Meeting Theme: Sensing at the fingertips
Dates: 13-14 November 2024
Format: 2 half days + informal dinner
How do you detect anomalies?Venue/Location
CSC Office (FUNET)
Life Science Center Keilaniemi office complex.
Park Inn by Radisson Berlin Alexanderplatz,
Virchow Room,
Alexanderpl. 7, 10178 Berlin, GermanyKeilaranta 14, 02150 Espoo, Finland.
Google maps link:
Google Maps href https://maps.app.goo.gl/BVc8QMuM1X6YPX1r6
Hotels
Ordered byt distance to the venue:
Heymo 1 by Sokos Hotels, https://www.
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If visitors would rather stay in the Helsinki City Center, there are many hotels to choose from and it's easy get to us with subway.
Travel From the Airport
Finland's main airport, Helsinki Airport ("HEL") is the closest airport. You can either use public transport (local train + subway, about 1 hour) or take a taxi (about 30 minutes) to reach us.
Public transport:
Download HSL app beforehand and register in the app, info and download links https://www.hsl.fi/en/tickets-and-fares/hsl-app . Helsinki Airport has free wifi you can use to buy your ticket. Ticket needs to be purchased before you board (train/bus/tram/ferry) or enter the platform area (subway). If you're boarding a blue bus, enter via front door and show your ticket to the driver. All other transport methods: just get on.
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How to get there
From Berlin Airport BER
By public transport:
Take the S9 on the S-Bahn to reach the hotel in 44 minutes. Alternatively, with the regional train, you need 25 minutes.
By car:
The hotel is a 28-kilometer drive from the airport on motorway B96a, which is typically the fastest route.
From Berlin Central Station
By bus:
Take bus TXL to S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr, then walk 270 meters to the hotel.
By tram:
Take the M5 tram to U Alexanderplatz (Berlin), then walk 260 meters to the hotel.
By train:
Take the S-Bahn line S5 toward Strausberg Nord, S7 toward Ahrensfelde/Wartenberg, or S9 toward Berlin-Schönefeld. Exit at the Alexanderplatz station. The travel time is approximately 7 minutes.
Hotels
Recommended in terms of proximity to meeting location:
- H4 Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Premier Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Hampton by Hilton Berlin City Centre Alexanderplatz
*Park Inn by Radisson Berlin is fully booked.
Remote Participation
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REGISTRATION LINK HERE
For any questions, please email nadelina.sandu@geant.org
AGENDA (Times in CET)
Wednesday, 13th of November
| Time | |
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13:00 - 14:00 | Arrival & Lunch at Spagos Restaurant (1st floor of hotel) |
14:00 - 14:15 | Welcome from DFN - Robert Stoy (DFN) |
| Session 1 - Chair Mick | |
14:15 - 14:45 | MANRS - Arturo Servin (Interconnect and Edge Planning Technical Program Manager at Google and member of the MANRS Steering Committee) Update on MANRS (Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security). |
14:45 - 15:15 | RPKI - Oleksiy Semenyaka (RIPE NCC) |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Increasing Network Visibility - RCTS 2.0 - João Silva (FCCN) This presentation showcases the advancements in network visibility achieved within the FCT|FCCN L2/L3 network over the past two years, following the RCTS100 project. This project not only upgraded the network to Nx100G connections but also introduced a complete technological shift in network management. The goal is to illustrate how specific tools and features interact to provide enhanced visibility while offering better performance and scalability than previous solutions. |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break |
| Session 2 - Chair Jonny | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | EOSC - Peter Szegedi (European Commission) |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Sources of truth: DFN's GIS - Thomas Schmid (DFN) |
| 17:15 - 17:45 | Routing Security - Steve Wallace (Internet2) |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | End of day 1 |
| 19:30 | Group dinner at Restaurant Julchen Hoppe (Google maps link here) |
Thursday, 14th of November
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcomes |
| Session 3 - Chair Jože | |
09:15 - 09:45 | NOC Troubleshooting: Unified View, Automated Action - Mirna Ljubić Tustonjić (CARNET) In modern Network Operation Centers (NOCs), the complexity of managing operational networks is amplified by the need to access data from numerous tools and systems. The latest SIG-NOC tools survey indicates that, on average, organizations use 11.5 different tools daily. This multi-tool environment can slow down the troubleshooting process, as network engineers are forced to navigate between several screens to find and fix problems. To overcome this challenge, we have created a solution as part of the GN5-1 project’s Network Development work package (WP6), which automates the collection of data from various tools and date sources and presents it on a unified dashboard using Grafana. This method significantly accelerates troubleshooting, making it faster and more efficient. Our presentation will focus on demonstrating this practical use case, outlining the data sources involved, and showing how we visualize this information to provide a comprehensive network overview on a single screen. |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Deep insights through network visibility - use cases for NRENs - Aitor Mendaza Ormaza (BENOCS) Network visibility is essential for a smooth-running network. NRENs benefit in different ways from gaining such insight into their network: they can save cost of transit and internet exchanges, can secure more direct and symmetrical paths for their traffic, resulting better quality of service for their users. Further benefit is gained when analyzing how the traffic is running through different VRFs, visualizing the entire traffic exchanged with any specific network within the NREN system or with the external internet. |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Flash Talks:
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| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break |
| Session 4 - Chair Maria Isabel | |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | The DFN network X-WiN and its current core network migration from a monitoring perspective - Robert Stoy (DFN) |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | GÉANT Automation platform - Karel van Klink (GÉANT) |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Open discussion - How is AI affecting our Networks and Datacentres? - Jonny Lundin (SUNET) |
| 12:45 |
Airport is in zone C, CSC is in zone B but all reasonable routes go thru city center (zone A) -> buy an ABC ticket (4,10€ for one trip or 16,50€ for 48 hour ticket). Take any of the local trains (I or P) from Helsinki Airport train station and ride it to the end (Central Railway Station). Change to subway (any westbound train: to Kivenlahti or Tapiola) and get off at Keilaniemi station.
Taxi
If you opt for the taxi, it'll cost you about 50€ (or more if it's a rush hour). Our host strongly suggests to use only taxis from airport's lanes 1 (FixuTaxi), 2 (Taksi Helsinki) or 3 (Menevä). Lane 4 has all other taxi companies with individual pricing.
Remote Participation
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DRAFT AGENDA (ALL TIMES ARE IN EEST)
Dates: 7&8 May 2024 in Helsinki, Finland
*Recording available on request. Please contact nadelina.sandu@geant.org
Registrations
Tuesday, 7th of May
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 - 13:15
(12:00 - 12:15 CEST)
Welcome from CSC, Juha Oinonen, CSC/FUNET
13:15 - 13:45
Data Lakes in Data Centres operations and Monitoring Object-Storage Services, Juha Törnroos, CSC/FUNET
In this talk we will see what the object storage services are, what they are used for, how they are connected to the network and how they are monitored
13:45 - 14:15
Fiber based sensing technologies and field test sensing activities at Sikt, Kurosh Bozorgebrahimi, SIKT
The talk will give a short introduction of some known fiber sensing techniques. In addition, it will present Sikt’s fiber sensing activities in the lab and field.
Fibre sensing: SOP methods and results from live trials, Rasmus Lund, NORDUnet
GEANT SOC, Ryan Richford, GÉANT
In this talk, we will see what the GEANT SOC is doing, how it is evolving and the boundaries of responsibility
The SOC and the NOC at JISC, David Neller, Paul Knee and Mark Worthington, JISC
In this talk, both the SOC and the NOC teams at JISC will share their experiences on the following:
• How we grew to where we are today
• responsibilities of each team
• communication/separation of duties between teams
The SOC and the NOC at SURF, Wim Biemolt, SURF
SURFsoc and other security topics related to network activities at SURF.
Open Discussion
Flash talks
- The Community Programme and the Community Hub, Dawn Hsu-hua Ng, GÉANT
- FUNET NOC flash talk - Juha Suhonen, CSC/FUNET
Private visit to Elisa's Telephone Museum, kindly hosted by CSC/Funet (please, be aware the Museum is on 2nd floor and entrance is via a staircase, so it's not an accessible location).
The museum is located bit north of the Helsinki city center, https://goo.gl/maps/DGFapC4aTNs
Dinner at Restaurant Mamma Rosa (Runeberginkatu 55, 00260 Helsinki, Finland), sponsored by GÉANT.
Please note: drinks are self-paid.
Wednesday, 8th of May
| 8:45 - 09:00 | Welcomes |
| Time (EEST) | Session 3 - Monitoring and NOC life |
|---|---|
09:00 - 09:30 (8:00 - 8:30 CEST) | Combining network surveillance of different optical domains with one dashboard and Grafana, Jonas Hagström, SUNET |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Our Automation journey, Mick O'Donovan, HEAnet |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | ZINO 2.0 - Network state monitoring tool, Morten Brekkevold, Sikt, |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | Session 4 - Monitoring / NIS2 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Monitoring latency and jitter with Timemap, Alfredo Funicello and Filippo Landini (GARR) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Adapting to the NIS2 directive - Urpo Kaila, CSC/FUNET |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | What does the NIS2 Directive mean for the network operations and NOC? - Alf Moens, GÉANT |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Flash talk
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| 12:45 - 13:00 | Meeting Evaluation and future topics, volunteers for next host and SC - Maria Isabel Gandia (CSUC) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch at "The Plate" (Life Science Center Keilaniemi's own restaurantSpagos Restaurant (1st floor of hotel) |