LUV Main May 2014 Meeting: Heartbleed + WLCG
Start: May 6 2014 19:00
End: May 6 2014 21:00
Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge
Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main
Campus, Parkville.
Location Link:
http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map
Meeting Link:
http://luv.asn.au/2014/05/06
Russell Coker, Why I Hate OpenSSL and Heartbleed
Sean Crosby, Worldwide LHC Computing Grid
Abstract: The talk will give a brief but fascinating
insight into the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG),
the computational backbone for the Large Hadron Collider
situated at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. It will also
include details on an opensource web-based read-only
filesystem engineered by CERN for deployment of
experimental software needed by the experiments.
Bio: Sean Crosby is the Research Computing System
Administrator and Developer for the Centre of Excellence
for Particle Physics at the Terascale, based at the
University of Melbourne. He has 10 years experience in
high performance computing for physics research.
The Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building,
Trinity College Main Campus Parkville Melways Map: 2B C5
Notes: Trinity College's Main Campus is located off
Royal Parade. The Evan Burge Building is located near
the Tennis Courts. See our Map of Trinity
College. Additional maps of Trinity and the surrounding
area (including its relation to the city) can be found
at
http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/about/location/map
Parking can be found along or near Royal Parade, Grattan
Street, Swanston Street and College Crescent. Parking
within Trinity College is unfortunately only available
to staff.
For those coming via Public Transport, the number 19
tram (North Coburg - City) passes by the main entrance
of Trinity College (Get off at Morrah St, Stop 12). This
tram departs from the Elizabeth Street tram terminus
(Flinders Street end) and goes past Melbourne Central
Timetables can be found on-line at:
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/725
Before and/or after each meeting those who are
interested are welcome to join other members for
dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to
eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North
Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat
after meetings.
LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in
obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for
hosting, and BENK Open Systems for their financial
support of the Beginners Workshops
Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated
association, registration number A0040056C.