We invite you and your colleagues to apply now for the 2011 OSG Summer
School, where you can learn to harness the power of distributed
computing while spending a week at the beautiful University of
Wisconsin-Madison.

During the school, you will learn to use high-throughput computing
(HTC)
systems -- at your own campus or using the national Open Science Grid
(OSG) -- to run large-scale computing applications that are at the
heart
of today's cutting-edge science.  Through lectures, discussions, and
lots of hands-on activities with experienced OSG staff, you will learn
how HTC systems work, how to run and manage lots of jobs and huge
datasets to implement a scientific computing workflow, and where to
turn
for more information and help.

The school is ideal for graduate students in computer science or other
sciences where large-scale computing is a vital part of the research
process, although there are a few slots for other applicants. In the
past, we've had students from diverse backgrounds including (and not
limited to):

* Statistics
* Genetics
* Botany
* Geographic information systems
* Biology
* Economics
* Sociology
* Physics
* Computer Science
* And more!

Successful applicants will have all travel and school expenses paid
for
by the OSG. Furthermore, as part of a collaboration with TeraGrid,
students will go to the annual TeraGrid Conference (TG11, July 18–21,
2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah) with all travel and conference expenses
paid.

Important dates:

* Applications Open: Now
* Applications Close: Friday, April 1, 2011
* School Session: June 26-30, 2011

For more information, please visit:

     http://www.opensciencegrid.org/GridSchool

Or, email us at:

     gridschool-2011-i...@opensciencegrid.org

We hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
Tim Cartwright and Alain Roy
2011 OSG Summer School Organizers