System Design and Engineering

Course 1: Grid Middleware “Fundamentals of Grid Computing”

Date: XX-01-2005

Description: The objective of this lecture is to introduce some of the basic concepts of the Grid Technology. Among other topics addressed in this lecture are the types of resource targeted by the Grid technology, the different categories of the users of the Grid, and the problems and the concerns of each category of users.

Keywords: Grid Technology, OGSA, WSRF

Course material: Slides [PPT] ( Not Yet Available[DOC])

References:

1. V. Berstis, “Fundamentals of Grid Computing” IBM Redbooks paper

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Course 2: A service Oriented Architecture & Web Service Technology

Date: XX-01-2005

Description: The objective of this lecture is to discuss the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), why it is becoming important, in which context it can be used, and what are the main components composing its architecture. The lecture presents the Web service as a case study of the SOA.

Keywords: SOA, OGSA, WSRF,

Course material: slides[PPT](Not Yet Available [DOC])

References:

1. Paul A Moore “Characteristics of a Service Oriented Architecture”, www.iryx.com

2. David S. Linthicum “12 Steps to Implementing a Service Oriented Architecture” www.grandcentral.com

3. Dan Gisolfi “Web services architect, Part 1: An introduction to dynamic e-business” www.us/ibm.com

4. Dan Gisolfi “Web services architect, Part 2: An introduction to dynamic e-business” www.us/ibm.com

5. Sotomayor “Web service Tutorial” http://www.casa-sotomayor.net/gt3tutorial/core/service_data/sd_ogsa.html.

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Course 3: WS-Resource Framework

Date: XX-01-2005

Description: The WS-Resource construct has been proposed as a means of expressing the relationship between stateful resources and Web services. In this lecture, we introduce here the WS-Resource framework, and discuss the set of proposed Web services specifications composing the WS-Resource approach. The specifications describe the means by which a view of the state of the resource is defined and associated with a Web services description, forming the overall type definition of a WS-Resource.

Keywords: WSRF, WS-ResourceProperties, WSResourceLifetime, WS-RenewableReferences, WS-ServiceGroup, and WS-BaseFaults

Course material: the slides [PPT] ( Not Yet Available [DOC])

References:

1. Karl Czajkowski et al. “The WS-Resource Framework”

2. Ian Foster et al. “Modeling Stateful Resources with Web Services”

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Course 4: The Grid Security System

Date: XX-01-2005

Description:.This course addresses the Security issues of the Grid Technology. For end-users, the primary requirement of the secure system is simplicity: Access to the virtual organization's resources should not be significantly different from access to the local organization's resources. There should be a single sign-on, where users need to log on only once to access all permitted resources. Programs running on a user's behalf should possess a subset of the user's rights and have access to the permitted resources. To support such a requirement the Grid security infrastructure must transparently interface. The course introduces the basic mechanisms on which the Grid security infrastructure is based. The course does not extensively explains standards security mechanisms such as the public security infrastruc

Keywords: PKI, Grid Credential, Multiple-security domains

Course material: the slides [PPT]( Not Yet Available [DOC])

References:

1. Randy Butler et al. "A National-Scale Authentication Infrastructure"

2. Ian Foster et al. "A Security Architecture for Computational Grids"

3. Von Welch et al. "Security for Grid Services"

4. Laura Pearlman et al. "A community Authorization Service for Group Collaboration"

5. Ian Foster et al. "Managing Security in High-Performance Distributed Computations"

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Course 5: The Sun Cluster Grid Architecture (Sun Grid Engine Project)

Date: XX-01-2005

Description:

Keywords: three-tier system architecture, multi-host queues,

Course material: the slides [PPT] ( Not Yet Available [DOC])

References:

1. “Sun Cluster Grid Architecture” A technical white paper describing the foundation of Sun Grid Computing

2. Paulo Tibério Bulhões, Chansup Byun, Rick Castrapel & Omar Hassaine “N1TM Grid Engine 6 Features and Capabilities”

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Course 6: The Unicore Project

Date: 13-01-2005

Description:.

Keywords: Job Abstraction object, Network job manager

Course material: the slides [PPT]

References:

1. UNICORE Plus Final Report Uniform Interface to Computing Resources

2. M. Romberg. The UNICORE architecture: Seamless access to distributed resources. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing HPDC-8, pages 287--293, Aug. 1999

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Course 7: The Legion Project

Date: XX-01-2005

Description:.

Keywords: Object-based integrated system, top-down approach, and Grid OS

Course material: the slides [PPT]

References:

1. A. S. Grimshaw, et al. “A philosophical and technical comparison of Legion and Globus”

2. Steve J. Chapin, et al. “Resource Management in Legion”

3. Holly Dail et al. “Application-Aware Scheduling of a Magnetohydrodynamics Application in the Legion Metasystem”

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Course 8: The Globus Project

Date: XX-01-2005

Description

Keywords: low level functionality, bottom-up approach

Course material: the slides [PPT]

References:

1. Joseph Bester et al. “GASS: A Data Movement and Access Service for Wide Area Computing Systems”

2. A. S. Grimshaw, et al. “A philosophical and technical comparison of Legion and Globus”

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Course 9: The Knowledge Grid

Date: XX-01-2005

Description:

Keywords: knowledge discovery, knowledge representation, and knowledge mapping

Course material: the slides [PPT] ()

References:

1. Alexander Smirnov et al. “ Knowledge logistics in information grid environment” Future Generation Computer Systems 20 (2005) 61–79

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Course 10: The Information Grid

Date: XX-01-2005

Description:.

Keywords: XXXXXX, XXXXXX

Course material: the slides [PPT]

References:

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Course 11: The Data Grid

Date: XX-01-2005

Description:.

Keywords: XXXXXX, XXXXXX

Course material: the slides [PPT]

References:

1. The Globus Tutorials page

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Course 12: Resource Management & Workflow Management

Date: XX-01-2005

Description:

Keywords: XXXXXX, XXXXXX

Course material: the slides [PPT] ()

References:

1. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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The Assignments:

Date: XX-01-2005 (presentation + demonstration + report)

Assignments: the assignments are defined as small projects that have to be developed by group of students. Each group of maximum four students has to select one of the available projects. On the January 29, 2005 each group has to give a short Presentation + demonstration

List of the assignments: Assignments description [DOC] Assignments task (STEP by STEP)

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Contents

Course 1: Grid Middleware “Fundamentals of Grid Computing”

Course 2: A service Oriented Architecture & Web Service Technology

Course 3: WS-Resource Framework

Course 4: The Grid Security System

Course 5: The Sun Cluster Grid Architecture (Sun Grid Engine Project)

Course 6: The Unicore Project

Course 7: The Legion Project

Course 8: The Globus Project

Course 9: The Knowledge Grid

Course 10: The Information Grid

Course 11: The Data Grid

Course 12: Resource Management & Workflow Management

The Assignments:

Other Grid Links: