Merge pull request #17 from boegel/isc24_final_tweaks

final tweak for CernVM-FS tutorial proposal

isc24/CernVM-FS/attendance.tex

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Based on the attendance of the online tutorials we have organised, we expect to see 30-50 people attending this tutorial
-at ISC.
+Based on the attendance of the online tutorials on CernVM-FS and the previous tutorials we organised at ISC,
+we expect to see 30-50 people attending this tutorial at ISC'24.
 
 %\comment{Kenneth: check head count EUM'23}
 

isc24/CernVM-FS/main.tex

@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ \subsection*{Target audience}
 
 \section{Logistics}
 
-\subsection*{Content level}
-60\% beginner, 40\% intermediate
+\paragraph*{Content level} 60\% beginner, 40\% intermediate
 
 \subsection*{Prerequisites}
 \input{prerequisites.tex}

isc24/CernVM-FS/prerequisites.tex

@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 \item Basic knowledge of Linux shell environment (SSH, filesystem navigation, \ldots)
 \item Basic knowledge of networking (IP address, port, client/server, network latency, \ldots)
 %\item Basic knowledge of Linux file systems (files, directories, navigation, \ldots)
-\item Hands-on experience with running scientific software workloads is a plus
 \end{itemize}
 
+\noindent Hands-on experience with running scientific software workloads is a plus, but not strictly necessary.
+
+\noindent Attendees are expected to bring their laptop which should be able to connect to the WiFi and use SSH to connect to a remote virtual machine running Linux.
+
 %Attendees wishing to participate in the guided examples are expected to use their
 %own notebook computers with a working SSH client.
 

isc24/CernVM-FS/previous_tutorials.tex

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ \subsection*{Previous tutorials}
 A free online introductory tutorial on CernVM-FS was organised as a part of the 6th EasyBuild User Meeting
 (Jan'21)\footnote{\href{https://easybuild.io/eum21/\#cvmfs-tutorial}{https://easybuild.io/eum21/\#cvmfs-tutorial}}.
 It consisted of 5 short sessions (1h each), one per day in the same week, and was attended by about 25 people.
-A quick evaluation survey afterwards showed that 75\% of attendees rated the tutorial as "excellent", while the remaining 25\%
-rated it as "good".
+A quick anonymous evaluation survey afterwards showed that 75\% of attendees rated the tutorial as ``excellent'',
+while the remaining 25\% rated it as ``good''.
 
 \paragraph{}
-More recently (Dec'23), a ``\emph{Best Practices for CernVM-FS in HPC}'' 3-hour free online tutorial
+More recently (Dec'23), a 3-hour free online tutorial ``\emph{Best Practices for CernVM-FS in HPC}''
 was organised in the context of the MultiXscale EuroHPC Centre-of-Excellence
 \footnote{\href{https://multixscale.github.io/cvmfs-tutorial-hpc-best-practices}{https://multixscale.github.io/cvmfs-tutorial-hpc-best-practices}}.
 It was a resounding success, with over 200 registrations, and 125 actual attendees during the online session.
-An evaluation survey that was completed by over 50 attendees showed that the tutorial was very well received:
+An anonymous survey that was completed by over 50 attendees showed that the tutorial was very well received:
 it got an average rating of 8.64 out of 10, with 88\% giving a score of 8 or higher, and over 90\% of survey
-participants stating that they would "definitely" recommend the tutorial to friends or colleagues (along with 8\%
-answering "maybe", and one person stating "I'm not sure").
+participants stating that they would ``definitely'' recommend the tutorial to friends or colleagues (along with 8\%
+answering ``maybe'', and one person stating ``I'm not sure'').

isc24/CernVM-FS/travelsupport.tex

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-The tutorial presenters request free passes for their tutorial,
-as well as travel support for two presenters, one from Spain, one from Belgium.
+We request travel support for two presenters, both from Europe.