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The paper describes the project intended to improve the computing network topology and performance of the China IHEP Data Center taking into account growing numbers of hosts, experiments and computing resources. The analysis of the computing performance of the IHEP Data Center in order to optimize its distributed data processing system is a really hard problem due to the great scale and complexity of shared computing and storage resources between various HEP experiments. In order to fulfil the requirements, we adopt the simulation program SyMSim that was developed at the Laboratory of Information Technologies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. This simulation system is focused on improving the efficiency of the grid-cloud structures development by using the work quality indicators of some real system. SyMSim facilitates making a decision regarding required equipment and resources. The simulation uses input parameters from the data base of the IHEP computing infrastructure, besides we use some data of the BESIII experiments to indicate workflow and data flow parameters for simulation three different cases of organizing IHEP computing infrastructure. The first simulation results show that the proposed approach allows us to make an optimal choice of the network topology improving its performance and saving resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is difficult to promote cyber security measures in research institutes, especially in DMZ networks that allow connections from outside network. This difficulty mainly arises from two types of variety. One is the various requirements of servers operated by each research group. The other is the divergent skill level among server administrators. Unified manners rarely fit managing those servers. One of the solutions to overcome the above mentioned difficulties is vulnerability management. To overcome these challenges, There are two possible approaches. One of the options is to offer a simple and powerful vulnerability management service to the administrators of the DMZ hosts (DMZ admins). The other is to facilitate flexibility and efficiency in the development process of the service. To achieve these requirements, we designed and developed a vulnerability management portal site for DMZ admins, named DMZ User's Portal. This paper describes the design of DMZ User's Portal and the development process using a development framework, named DBPowder. Using the DMZ User's Portal, each DMZ admin can perform a vulnerability scan on his/her own servers with ease. In other words, this delegates security vulnerability discovery and responsibility to individual DMZ admins that improve security awareness for them. Then, each DMZ admin can grasp and manage the security by himself/herself. The 13-year result from vulnerability scans show that the status of security in the KEK-DMZ has been kept in good conditions. Also, we are developing DBPowder object-relational mapping (ORM) framework to improve the flexibility and efficiency in the development process of DMZ User's Portal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WLCG relies on the network as a critical part of its infrastructure and therefore needs to guarantee effective network usage and prompt detection and resolution of any network issues, including connection failures, congestion and traffic routing. OSG Networking Area in partnership with WLCG has focused on collecting, storing and making available all the network related metrics for further analysis and discovery of issues that might impact network performance and operations. In order to help sites and experiments better understand and fix the networking issues, WLCG Network Throughput working group was formed, which works on the analysis and integration of the network-related monitoring data collected by the OSG/WLCG infrastructure and operates a support unit to help find and fix the network performance issues. This paper describes the current state of the OSG network measurement platform and summarises the activities taken by the working group, including updates on the higher level services that were recently developed, network performance incidents investigated as well as past and present analytical activities related to networking and their results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Twelve scholars based at information programs worldwide have recently participated in research that asks: How is the concept of information visualized in my community and beyond? The study employed an arts-informed, visual methodology and the draw-and-write technique to stimulate local and global conversations about the pictorial nature of information in society. The work has generated new insights into information as a visual phenomenon and generated an archive of "iSquare" images to be used for information research, education, and practice. As a contribution to the conference theme of "Impact on Society," this panel introduces the project, describes its technical infrastructure, highlights emerging social scientific and artistic outcomes, and reports cross-cultural discoveries. The multimedia and interactive session will include in-person presentations, short videos from collaborators overseas, an expert discussant, dialogue with the audience, and an art exhibition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Information Technology department at CERN has been using ITIL Service Management methodologies [1] and ServiceNow since early 2011. In recent years, several developments have been accomplished regarding the data centre and service monitoring, as well as service status reporting. The CERN Service Portal, built on top of ServiceNow, hosts the CERN Service Status Board, which informs end users and supporters of ongoing service incidents, planned interventions and service changes. The Service Portal also includes the Service Availability Dashboard, which displays the technical status of CERN computing services. Finally, ServiceNow has been integrated with the data centre monitoring infrastructure, via GNI (General Notification Infrastructure) in order to implement event management and generate incidents from hardware, network, operating system and application alarms. We detail how these developments have been implemented, and how they help supporters monitor and solve issues and keep users informed of service status. Also, we highlight which lessons have been learnt after the implementation. Finally, possible future improvements are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This panel showcases analyses of emerging trends of eparticipation--use of information communication technologies (ICTs) and social media for political participation. E-participation has gained popularity in many countries, and some cases have shown that e-participation has actually brought significant changes in societies. In this panel, we address two issues: (1) the impacts of eparticipation on society, and (2) the role of information science in understanding this phenomenon. We will focus on introducing emerging trends in e-participation and their impact on individuals and societies in South Korea, the United States, and Honduras. Further, we introduce methods for efficiently analyzing e-participation data, and discuss challenges involved in implementing these methodologies. Because this is intended to be an interactive panel, the audience will be encouraged to engage in discussions and contributing their own experiences and ideas related to current trends in e-participation in various countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]