Topics in Grid Computing

SE 293 (3:0)

Topics in Grid Computing

Instructor

Sathish Vadhiyar

Class

Books

The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure (2nd edition) by Ian Foster (Editor), Carl Kesselman (Editor) Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 2^nd edition (November 2003) ISBN: 1-558-60933-4.
Grid Computing: Making the Global Infrastructure a Reality by Francine Berman (Editor), Geoffrey Fox (Editor), Tony Hey (Editor) Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; (April 8, 2003) ISBN: 0-470-85319-0.
Grid Resource Management: State of the Art and Future Trends by Jarek Nabrzyski (Editor), Jennifer M. Schopf (Editor), Jon Weglarz (Editor) Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; (September 2003) ISBN: 1-402-07575-8.

Syllabus

Orientation

Introduction
1. Motivation
2. Definitions of Grid Computing
3. Evolution of the Grid
4. Differences with similar efforts (Meta, cluster, heterogeneous, Internet)
5. Examples of usage
The Earliest Grid Motivations
1. High Throughput computing using non-dedicated workstations - Condor Part1, Part2, Condor Publication on Checkpointing Technique
The Building Blocks of Grid
1. The Globus toolkit
2. Security - Kherberos vs Globus GSI
3. Information Services - NWS
HPC and Grids
1. Scheduling HPC applications in Grids
  1. AppLeS
  2. Scheduling Parameter sweep applications
  3. Metascheduling
2. Rescheduling part2
3. Fault detection
4. Grid RPC mechanisms
Advanced Topics
1. Data Management in Grids (refer to students' presentations)
2. Grid simulation - MicroGrid
3. Grid Applications
4. Grid economy (refer to Students' presentations)
5. Grid standards and forums - OGSA, GGF and Other topics

Assignments

Class Paper Presentations

Name	Date	Paper Title
Amar Nath Satrawala	September 11	Multiround Algorithms for Scheduling Divisible Loads
Sivagama Sundari	September 20	Centralized versus Distributed Schedulers for Multiple Bag-of-Task Applications
Amar Nath Satrawala	September 27	Mobile MPI Programs in Computational Grids
Sivagama Sundari	October 4	Finding a Suitable Checkpoint and Recovery Protocol for a Distributed Application
Amar Nath Satrawala	November 6	Grid Solutions for Biological and Physical Cross-Site Simulations on the Grid
Sivagama Sundari	November 8	Predictor@Home: A "Protein Structure Prediction Supercomputer" Based on Global Computing
Amar Nath Satrwala	November 13	Filecules in High-Energy Physics: Characteristics and Impact on Resource Management
Sivagama Sundari	November 17	Service Contracts and Aggregate Utility Functions

Final Project

Papers to Look at: