Grid Computing, EGEE and the gLite middleware - Introduction

Session

EGEE Tutorial: Introduction to Grids and to EGEE

22 Nov 2006, 09:00

University of Reading

1. Introduction

22/11/2006, 09:00

3. What is Grid Computing?

22/11/2006, 09:15

4. An overview of the EGEE project and middleware

22/11/2006, 10:00

EGEE has established an international grid infrastructure. This talk describes the activities and objectives of EGEE. It then outlines the major middleware services: Authorisation and Authentication Information Services Data Managament Workload management These will be used during the practicals later in the day on the GILDA grid. GILDA is a grid provided for training by the...

2. Authentication, Authorisation and Security

22/11/2006, 10:30

The fundamental challenges of grid computing are described: how can trust be established between sites and users?? How can security be protected when communication is across a public network? How are users authorised to use computers and data?