Grid Computing Assignments

• Assignment 1:
  Read the papers:
  • The Grid: A New Infrastructure for 21st Century Science Ian Foster (Reprint Physics Today http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-55/iss-2/p42.html)
  • Software infrastructure for the I-WAY metacomputing experiment Ian Foster, Jonathan Geisler, Bill Nickless, Warren Smith, Steven Tuecke, Argonne ftp://ftp.globus.org/pub/globus/papers/isoft.pdf (Reprinted from Concurrency : Practice and Experience Volume 10, Issue 7, 1998. Pages: 567-581
  and be prepared to discuss them in class. Note you may be required to lead the discussion.
• Assignment 2:
  Read the paper:
  • The Physiology of the Grid (Draft 2.9, 6/22/2002) http://www.gridforum.org/ogsi-wg/drafts/ogsa_draft2.9_2002-06-22.pdf)
  and be prepared to discuss it in class 9/21/2004 or 9/23/2004. Note you may be required to lead aspects of the discussion.
• Install Globus and Configure a Grid
• Presentation Topics
• Survey Topics