1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology APGrid PMA: Stauts Yoshio Tanaka (yoshio.tanaka@aist.go.jp) Grid Technology Research Center, AIST, Japan

2. ApGrid: Asia Pacific Partnership for Grid Computing Open community for Grid researchers in Asia Pacific ApGrid can be A meeting point for all Grid researchers in Asia-Pacific A communication channel to the GGF, and other grid communities A pool for finding international project partners India

3. NSF-funded project lead by UCSD/SDSC. 1 st workshop was held in March 2002. Establish sustained collaborations and advance the use of the Grid technologies for applications. Expected outcomes: Advance scientific applications Increase productive and effective use of the grid by researchers and scientists in the Pacific Rim Increase interoperability of grid middleware in Pacific Rim and throughout the world Tightly collaborating with ApGrid. Having workshops 2~3 times a year. P acific R im A pplication and G rid M iddleware A ssembly

4. Testbed in Asia Pacific – unique features – Truly (naturally) multi national/political/institutional VO beyond boundaries Not an application-dedicated testbed – general platform Diversity of languages, culture, policy, interests, … Grid BYO – Grass roots approach Each institution contributes his resources for sharing Not a single source funded for the development Physical resources Most contributed resources are small-scale clusters Networking is there, however the bandwidth is not enough We can have experiences on running international VO verify the feasibility of this approach for the testbed development 言語と文字

5. Architecture, technology Architecture, technology Based on GT2 Based on GT2 Allow multiple CAs Allow multiple CAs Build MDS Tree Build MDS Tree Grid middleware/tools from Asia Pacific Grid middleware/tools from Asia Pacific Ninf-G (GridRPC programming) Ninf-G (GridRPC programming) Nimrod-G (parametric modeling system Nimrod-G (parametric modeling system) SCMSWeb (resource monitoring) Grid Data Farm (Grid File System), etc. Status Status 22 organizations (10 countries) 23 clusters (1688 CPUs) Grids in Asia Pacific

6. Grass-roots Approach (strategy) Assumption Each institution has installed GT2 Necessary steps Gather and exchange trusted CA info. and trust with each other Configure MDS to build an ApGrid MDS tree For application use Install additional software in project-basis CA globus CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA ApGrid GIIS

7. Status and problems Most participating organizations have less interests in Security Many participants are application people Not enough human resources working on security Satisfy in using Globus Simple CA without providing CP/CPS This would be acceptable inside AP for experimental use. potential/ongoing collaboration with US and EU e.g.: AIST/Japan – TeraGrid KISTI/Korea – PPDG and iVDGL ASCC/Taiwan – LCG … Need to launch production level CAs

8. APGrid PMA: Asia Pacific Grid PMA General Policy Management Authority in Asia Pacific Launched on June 1 st, 2004 Defines minimum CA requirements APGrid PMA approved that we accept two levels of CA: Experimental-level CA Alternative of the Globus CA Can be trusted within A-P communities Production-level CA Strict management is necessary Expected to be trusted by international communities KISTI GRID CA and AIST GRID CA has been approved as a production level CA ASGC CA are under reviewing their CP/CPS (expected to be approved shortly) Australia has a plan to launch a new production-level CA

9. Questions (examples) Can TeraGrid trust AIST GRID CA? How is the procedure for reviewing? Do AIST GRID CA need to be reviewed by individual organizations (NCSA, PSC, SDSC, … )? If KISTI GRID CA wish to be trusted by TeraGrid, is separate review necessary? Can DOEGrid PMA be responsible? Can APGrid PMA help? Can ApGrid/PRAGMA trust TeraGrid CA? How is the procedure for reviewing? Do ApGrid/PRAGMA need to review all CAs (NCSA, PSC, SDSC, etc.)? Can APGrid PMA be responsible? Can DOEGrid PMA help? KEK/Japan may launch a new CA. Do the CA need to be reviewed by EUGrid PMA? Can APGrid PMA help? How do we keep consistency of CP/CPS? Recently, Academia Sinica revised the CP/CPS

10. More Information APGrid PMA http://www.apgridpma.org/ApGrid http://www.apgrid.org/PRAGMA http://www.pragma-grid.net/NAREGI http://www.naregi.org/GTRC/AIST http://www.gtrc.aist.go.jp/ My email address yoshio.tanaka@aist.go.jp