de.NBI - Getting Started With the de.NBI Cloud

The German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI) is operating an OpenStack cloud computing infrastructure for the life science community (https://cloud.denbi.de/). The goal of this course is to give a fundamental introduction to the underlying OpenStack infrastructure and is dedicated to bioinformaticians or experienced computational data analyst who want to utilize scalable and flexible cloud resources for their research. Participants will learn how to setup a cloud project and work with virtual instances, how to efficiently utilize cloud computing resources, about networking and security issues, means of deploying bioinformatics tools in the cloud, and how to set up a customized compute cluster in a cloud environment using BiBiGrid. Course subjects will be covered by short talks and practical hands-on sessions.

Date: March the 8th, 2018
Location: CeBiTec building - room G1-106, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 27, 33615 Bielefeld

A brief agenda is available here (subject to change).

Keywords:
OpenStack, Cloud Computing, virtual machines (VMs)

Tools:
OpenStack, BiBiGrid

Prerequisites:
- practical experience in Linux/Unix derivatives, the command line interface and file system required
- basic knowledge of networking recommended

Contact: Alexander Sczyrba (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Sebastian Jünemann (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Please send your application to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (subject cloud-course-03-2018) including a very brief motivation, a few words about your background, and if you already have some knowledge of cloud infrastructures. There will be no participation fee, yet travel and accommodation expenses need to be paid by the participants. Available course places will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

Travel advices:

Accommodation advices (if required):

The City of Bielefeld provides an Online booking system for hotels on their website.

Below are contact details for a selection of hotels in Bielefeld. Participants will need to make their own reservations directly with the hotel.

Am Bahnhof 3
33602 Bielefeld
Telefon: 0521-52820
Telefax: 0521-5282100
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Homepage: http://www.bielefelder-hof.de/
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Niederwall 31-35
33602 Bielefeld
Telefon: 0521-52530
Telefax: 0521-5253444
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Homepage:http://www.arcadia-hotel.de/bielefeld/the-hotel.html
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Standard single room: 100€, including breakfast

Distance to the venue: 4,3 km, excellent tram connection

Waldhof 15
33602 Bielefeld
Telefon: 0521-52800
Telefax: 0521-5280113
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Homepage:http://www.mercure.com/de/hotel-0897-mercure-hotel-bielefeld-city/index.shtml
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Distance to the venue: 4 km, good tram connection

Am Johannisberg 5
33615 Bielefeld
Telefon: 0521-92380
Telefax: 0521-9618333
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Homepage: http://www.park-inn-bielefeld.de/
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Standard single room: approx. 97€, including breakfast

Distance to the venue: 3,4 km, no tram connection, good on-site parking

Bahnhofstraße 32
33602 Bielefeld
Telefon: 0521-521980
Telefax: 0521-52198 113
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Homepage: http://www.comfort-garni.de/

Standard single room: 77€, including breakfast

Distance to the venue: 3,9 km, very good tram connection

Otto-Brenner-Str. 133-135
33607 Bielefeld
Tel: 0521/2999-0
Fax: 0521/2999-220
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Homepage: www.brenner-hotel.de

Ritterstraße 15
33602 Bielefeld
Tel: 0521/96725-0
Fax: 0521/96725-445
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Homepage: http://www.altstadt-hotel-bielefeld.de/

The modern Youth Hostel offers cheap accomodation starting at 24,50 euros. Guests of Bielefeld University don't need a DJH-pass for making reservations.

Jugendgästehaus und Bildungszentrum Bielefeld gGmbH
Hermann-Kleinewächter-Str. 1
33602 Bielefeld
Tel.: 0521-52205-0
Fax: 0521-52205-110
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Homepage: http://www.djh-wl.de/bielefeld

Standard single room: 54€ per person, including breakfast
Standard double room: 37€ per person, including breakfast

Distance to the venue: 4,6 km, good tram connection