1 “The grid virtualizes heterogeneous geographically disperse resources” "Introduction to Grid Computing with Globus," IBM Redbooks  Using geographically distributed and interconnected computers together for computing and for resource sharing. Grid Computing Barry Wilkinson Department of Computer Science UNC-Charlotte

2 Grid Computing Activities Participant in Supercomputing 2003 demo organized by the University of Melbourne (Raj Buyya). 21 countries, numerous sites.  Some recent projects: Grid Computing Course ( ) VisualGrid Project ( ) PI: Prof. W. Ribarsky NSF proposal to extend grid computing course development

3 Grid Computing Course participants 14 North Carolina institutions (2004 and/or 2005):  Appalachian State University  Elon University  North Carolina Central University  North Carolina State University  University of North Carolina at Asheville  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill  University of North Carolina at Charlotte  University of North Carolina at Greensboro  University of North Carolina at Pembroke  University of North Carolina at Wilmington  Western Carolina University  Winston-Salem State University  Lenoir Rhyne College,  Wake Technical Community College.

4 VisualGrid PI: Prof. W. Ribarsky Development System (Four 3.4 Ghz dual Xeons) visualgrid.uncc.edu Visualization lab data server (4 Tbytes) Compute resources 52-node (104 processor) University Research Cluster Software: Globus 4.0, Condor. CA Certificate Authority UNC-Charlotte resources UNC-Asheville resources transylvania.tr.cs.unca.edu (9-node system) VisualGrid portal  Goal: Collaborative environmental visualization research using a grid computing infrastructure  UNC-Charlotte UNC-Asheville, and EPA (funding agency)

5  University of North Carolina, Charlotte  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville  George Mason University  Louisiana State University  Southeastern Universities Research Association  University of North Carolina Wilmington  Lewis and Clark College, Oregon  Southern University at Baton Rouge  Howard University, Washington DC NSF proposal - Collaborative Research: A Collaborative Geographically Distributed Approach to Teaching Grid Computing If funded, will have an opening for a graduate assistant.