Grid Computing Lecture Notes

These notes are given as guides to the lecture contents only. Reading these notes should not be considered as a substitute for attending the lectures or reading the assigned papers, web materials or textbook. The material presented in the lecture may vary from the material here. Notes may be updated before or after each lecture.
The online version is in Adobe Acrobat and is 4up that is 4 slides per page. If you would prefer 2up or 1up please let me know.

• Topic 1 What is The Grid?
• Topic 2 Network & Client/Server Essentials
• Topic 3 Paradigms for Distributed Computing 1 - Socket Programming & RPC
  • Socket Example
• Topic 4 Paradigms for Distributed Computing 2 - RMI
  • Java RMI Tutotial at Sun
  • Intro to RMI
  • RMI Example
• Topic 5 Paradigms for Distributed Computing 3 - DCOM and CORBA
  • COM, DCOM etc at CMU
  • CORBA at OMG

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• Topic 6 Web Services
  • SOAP
  • WSDL
  • WSDL tutorial
  • UDDI
  • WSIL
  • Apache Axis
  • J2EE Tutorial
• Topic 7 XML
• Topic 8 OGSA
• Topic 9 Cluster Ohio configuration
• Topic 10 WSRF
• Topic 11 OGSA-DAI

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• Topic 12 Globus Toolkit Evolution
• Topic 13 Globus Tookit 4.0 - Part 1
• Topic 14 Globus Tookit 4.0 - Part 2
• Topic 15 Globus Future Directions & Related Software

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• Topic 16 Security Primer
• Topic 17 Cryptography
• Topic 18 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and X.509
  • http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6154-10/index.htm - Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography
• Topic 19 Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)
  • http://www.globus.org/security/overview.html - Globus Security Overview
  • http://www-unix.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.0/security/ - Globus Toolkit 4.0 Security
• Topic 19a Kerberos
• Topic 19b Shibboleth
  http://shibboleth.internet2.edu - Shibboleth
• Topic 20 Authorization - ACL, PMI, CAS, VOMS, PERMIS

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• Topic 21 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 3 - First Statful Web Service
  • The Globus Toolkit 4 Programmer's Tutorial by Borja Sotomayor
  • Parameters, directories etc
• Topic 22 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 4 - Singleton Resource
• Topic 23 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 5 - Multiple Resources
• Topic 24 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 6 - Resource Properties
• Topic 25 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 11 - Secure Math Server

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• Example Grid Infrastructure and Uses
- International Summer School on Grid Computing, Naples 2006
• EGEE as an Example of a Global Production Grid
• NAREGI grids - Japanese Science Grid
• Example Application of Grid for Industrial Semiconductor Manufacturing

Lecture notes from 2004

Since the Grid has developed significantly since 2004 and we are using a new book, the 2004 lecture notes are significantly different from what will be given this year. They are available here only as an additional reference.

• Topic 1 The Grid: Past, Present, Future
  Chapter 1of Grid Computing: Making The Global Infrastructure a Reality by Fran Berman (Editor), Geoffrey Fox (Editor), Anthony J.G. Hey (Editor).
• Topic 3 The Evolution of the Grid
• Topic 5 Implementing Production Grids Color version
• Topic 6 The Anatomy of the GridColor version

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  Grid Tookit 3.2

  • Topic 8a Introduction Color version
  • Topic 8b Architecture and Functionality Color version
  • Topic 8c Installation and Administration Color version

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• Topic 9 From Legion to Avaki Color version Revised 10/19/2004
• Condor
  • Topic 10a Condor and the Grid Color version
  • Topic 10b Condor-G Color version