Vortrag: Prof. Carl Kesselman, 15.4.1999

[Maria Cherry]

                              UNIVERSITAET WIEN 
              INSTITUT FUER SOFTWARETECHNIK UND PARALLELE SYSTEME
                                 gemeinsam mit 
                                    VCPC 
               EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR PARALLEL COMPUTING AT VIENNA 
                       
                        FWF-Projekt SFB F011 "AURORA"


        EINLADUNG ZU EINEM VORTRAG IM RAHMEN DES AURORA-KOLLOQUIUMS
                         
            
                                               
      The Computational Grid: The Future of High Performance Computing?


			  
		  	    Prof. Carl Kesselman
		  	    
		        Information Sciences Institute
		      University of Southern California
 
		   
                  
                  ZEIT: Donnerstag, 15. 4. 1999, 17.15 Uhr s.t.
          ORT: Institut fuer Softwaretechnik und Parallele Systeme
                   1090 Wien, Liechtensteinstrasse 22, 
                          Seminarraum, Mezzanin



Abstract:


In this talk, I will introduce Computational Grids, a next generation
computing infrastructure that combines aspects of both high-performance and
distributed computing to enable a whole new class of applications.  Within
the Grid, the physical locality and administrative boundaries of resources
diminishes in importance, allowing computers, storage systems, display
devices, networks and people can be combined to meet the requirements of
advanced applications, including supercomputer enhanced instruments,
collaborative engineering and distributed supercomputing.  I will describe
our work with the Globus Grid toolkit and illustrate the potential of the
Grid by describing a number of significant applications that have been
developed using Globus.  I also discuss the role of Grid technology with
respect to traditional high-performance computing, and the possibilities of
the Grid influencing the future development of high-performance software and
applications.