Speaker
R. Barbera
(Univ. Catania and INFN Catania)
Description
Computational and data grids are now entering a more mature phase where experimental
test-beds are turned into production quality infrastructures operating around the
clock. All this is becoming true both at national level, where an example is the
Italian INFN production grid (http://grid-it.cnaf.infn.it), and at the continental
level, where the most strinking example is the European Union EGEE Project
Infrastructure (http://www.eu-egee.org).
However, the impact of grid technologies on the next future way of doing e-science
and research in Europe will be proportional to the capability of National and
European Grid Infrastructures to attract and serve
many diverse scientific and industrial communities through serious and detailed
dissemination and tutoring programs.
In this contribution we present GILDA, the Grid Infn Laboratory for Dissemination
Activities (http://gilda.ct.infn.it). GILDA is a complete suite of grid elements
(Certification Authority, Virtual Organization, Distributed Test-bed, Grid
Demonstrator, etc.) completely devoted to dissemination activities. GILDA can also
act as a fast-prototyping test-bed where to start the porting/interfacing of new
applications with the grid middle-ware. The use and exploitation of GILDA in the
context of the Network Activities of the EGEE Project will be discussed.
Primary authors
A. Carrieri
(INFN Catania)
A. Falzone
(NICE s.r.l.)
A. Italiano
(INFN CNAF)
E. Ferro
(INFN Padova)
E. Giorgio
(INFN Catania)
G. Andronico
(INFN Catania)
G. La Rocca
(INFN Catania)
G. Platania
(INFN Catania)
M. Pappalardo
(INFN Catania)
M. Verlato
(INFN Padova)
R. Barbera
(Univ. Catania and INFN Catania)
R. Catania
(INFN Catania)
S. Monforte
(INFN Catania)
V. Ardizzone
(INFN Catania)
