Description
This session reviews a diverse range of new applicationsย in the field ofย grid computing. The first of the two 90 minute sessions introduces the event simulation package,ย OMNeT++ and also explores chip model testing using a black box model. In addition, the session presents a case study using the D4Science Virtual Research Environmentsย to produce AquaMaps, that document the presence of certain species in various regions of the world. The integration of ETICs services into the EGEE infrastructure is also explored, with the extension of ETICs services to use gLite submission facilities to submit jobs to the grid.
The second part of the session opens with an introduction to the vibrant international community of e-Social Science, in particular the porting of social simulation code to the EGEE grid. In answer to the challenges presented to the business community by the need to adapt rapidly to changing resource requirements, a case study presents a cloud-like solution over a gLite infrastructure. Two different scenarios will be discussed: a multi-tier web-based application hosting and a virtualization based hosting. Finally, the area of Civil Protection will be addressed, in theย first instance by a presentation of research strategies taking steps towards a roadmap for an advanced European level e-Infrastructure, in order to manage risk more efficiently. A furtherย case study addresses the remote control and monitoring of environmental wireless sensor networks for climate monitoring and to enable fast reactions to natural disasters.
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Alexander Voss (University of Manchester)05/03/2009, 17:30Planned or on-going scientific work using the gridOralSocial scientists are not traditionally users of advanced ICTs but important drivers such as demographic change, migration, environmental impact of human activity or worldwide economic crises demand new approaches. Researchers are beginning to respond to this challenge and are looking for ways to exploit new sources of data and computational resources to generate new knowledge about the social...Go to contribution page
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Dr Carmelo Ragusa (Cometa consortium at University of Messina)05/03/2009, 17:50Emerging Technologies within the EGEE infrastructureOralIn today market companies need to be agile and adapt to fast changes. Resource dimensioning is an hard and risky task which may lead companies to under-provision their data-center, which means unable to cope with peak loads, or over-provisioning it, which means unable to fullfill their ROI. We present our cloud-like solution over a gLite infrastructure. Two different scenarios are shown: a...Go to contribution page
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Dr Paolo Mazzetti (IMAA-CNR)05/03/2009, 18:10Grid Services exploiting and extending gLite middlewareOralIn the context of the EU co-funded project CYCLOPS the problem of designing a grid-based e-Infrastructure for Civil protection (CP) applications has been addressed. This work presents the main outcomes of the project, namely the proposed architectural framework and the research strategies aiming to its possible implementation.Go to contribution page
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Mr Bruno Oliveira (Universidade do Minho)05/03/2009, 18:30Planned or on-going scientific work using the gridOralThe CYCLOPS project is a FP6 SSA which aims to bring together two important Communities: GMES and Grid, focusing on the operative sector of European Civil Protection (CP). Recently University of Minho has done some work testing one of the CYCLOPS case studies - GRID deployment of control and monitoring of environmental wireless sensor networks (WSN) for climate monitoring and natural disasters...Go to contribution page