My apologies, the link for the "To register, please click here" was missing
on the announcement. Please find links below. Thank you, -Gabriele
IIC Interactive Seminar Link:
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Gabriele Fariello <
gabriele_fariello(a)harvard.edu> wrote:
*IIC Interactive Seminar Series
*
We are pleased to announce another IIC Interactive Seminar. We sincerely
hope you will be able to join us in learning about virtualized applications
at this hand-on event. -Gabriele
*Virtualized Applications*:
Increasing the Utility of Legacy or Idiosyncratic Software
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: 60 Oxford Street, Room 311
Note: Advance registration is encouraged. To register, please click here.
*Abstract:*
Code written for research and education is not generally designed to be
usable in multiple environments or updated for changes in technology. Is
there a way to keep using or even to disseminate older-generation or
idiosyncratic software? The IIC and the Neuroinformatics Research Group at
Harvard have developed a way to encapsulate legacy software in a virtual
machine and deploy it in diverse environments, even across platforms. Such a
Virtualized Application can run in its own isolated environment while
still interacting with the files on a system much as it would if installed
directly on that system. This approach can improve compatibility, make life
easier for users, and free up resources to meet research and educational
objectives. A brief talk about the methods, merits and shortcomings of the
Virtualized Application will be followed by a hands-on demonstration and
workshop.
Our presenter, Gabriele Fariello, is the Head of Neuroinformatics at the
Harvard University Center for Brain Science and a Researcher at the IIC. He
and his team members Timothy O'Keefe and Victor Petrov from the
Neuroinformatics Research Group will present a brief how-to explanation of
virtualized applications and their pros and cons.
The introduction will be followed by a hands-on discussion of general
topics including:
- Getting Started
- Host-guest file interactions
- Host-guest permissions management
- Performance Management / Considerations
- Using an IDE (such as Eclipse) to manage the guest Virtual Machine
Participants are encouraged to submit or pose additional discussion
questions, and are encouraged to come with laptops and a pre-installed
version of VMWare Player (or Workstation) available from
http://www.vmware.com and one or more Virtual Machines (see
http://www.easyvmx.com to create one if you do not have Workstation). An
example VA is available for download from
http://www.neuroinfo.org/downloads .
The workshop format will be as follows:
- 3:00 Introduction
- 3:10-3:40 Opening presentation
- 3:40-4:00 Questions
- 4:00-4:05 Break
- 4:05-4:50 Hand-on discussion of general and specific issues
- 4:50-5:00 Wrap-up / Break
Members of the NRG may be available after 5:00 PM for additional
discussions.
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