Guy Warner
(National e-Science Centre)
16/04/2005, 11:00
A Grid is “an infrastructure that enables flexible, secure, coordinated resource sharing among dynamic collections of individuals, institutions and resources” (Ian Foster and Carl Kesselman). This talk explains what this means. It explains how by a single log-on, users are authenticated and authorised to use computers in other organisations for computation or data access. The roles of...
Mike Mineter
(National e-Science Centre)
16/04/2005, 11:45
The many concurrent developments of grid middleware have created what is sometimes termed a middleware "ecosystem" - some developments are cooperative, and others are alternative solutions to the same problems. The talk describes the most commonly used middleware packages: Globus, Condor, VDT. It describes how the current LCG-2 / EGEE-0 production service builds upon these. Focus then...
Mike Mineter
(National e-Science Centre)
16/04/2005, 13:30
The Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) project is funded by the European Commission and builds on recent advances in grid technology to develop a service grid infrastructure which is available 24 hours-a-day. This talk outlines the context, goals, and activities of EGEE.
Valeria Ardizzone
(University of Catania; INFN)
16/04/2005, 14:15
GILDA (Grid Infn Laboratory for Dissemination Activities, https://gilda.ct.infn.it) is a virtual laboratory for demonstration and dissemination purposes.
GILDA consists of the following elements:
* the GILDA Testbed: a series of sites and services on which the last version of the INFN Grid middle-ware (fully compatible with LCG middle-ware) is installed;
* the Grid Demonstrator:...
Boon Low
(National e-Science Centre)
16/04/2005, 15:15
Outline of the UK's Digital Curation Centre and of developments at San Diego Supercomputing Center: DSPACE and its use of grid computing
