Computational grids

By providing pervasive, dependable and consistant access to advanced computational capabilities, computational grids will support the development of dramatically new classes of applications that depend on the existance of non-local computational resources.

The construction of computational grids will rely on the coordinated research of experts in high-performance computing, distributed systems, networking protocols, computer and
network security, electronic commerce, information systems, resource management, operating systems, algorithms, system software, applications development tools. The editors have brought together a distinguished group of contributors who are experts in these areas. Together they offer a manifesto, design blueprint, users' guide, and research agenda for computational grids of the future.

Table of contents :
Chapter 1: Preface
Chapter 2: Foreword, Larry Smarr, NCSA
Chapter 3: Computational Grids, Ian Foster, Argonne, and Carl Kesselman, USC/ISI
Chapter 4; Distributed Supercomputing Applications, Paul Messina, Caltech
Chapter 5: Real-time Applications, Bill Johnston, LBNL
Chapter 6: Data-Intensive Applications, Reagan Moore, SDSC
Chapter 7: TeleImmersion and Collaborative Virtual Environments, Tom DeFanti, EVL/UIC, and Rick Stevens, Argonne
Chapter 8: Application-Specific Tools, Jack Dongarra, Tennessee, and Chris Johnson, Michelle Miller, Utah
Chapter 9: Object-Based Approaches+Part 2, Dennis Gannon, Indiana, and Andrew Grimshaw, Virginia
Chapter 10: Compilers, Libraries, Languages, Ken Kennedy, Rice
Chapter 11: Commodity Technologies (+HTML), Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse
Chapter 12: The Globus Toolkit, Ian Foster, Argonne, and Carl Kesselman, USC/ISI
Chapter 13: High- Performance Scheduling, Fran Berman
Chapter 14: High Throughput Computing Resource Management, Miron Livny, Wisconsin
Chapter 15: Instrumentation and Measurement, Jeff Hollingsworth, Maryland, and Bart Miller, Wisconsin
Chapter 16: Performance Visualization and Evaluation, Dan Reed, Randy Ribler, UIUC
Chapter 17: Security, Accounting, and Assurance, Cliff Neuman, USC/ISI
Chapter 18: Computing Platforms, Andrew Chien, UIUC
Chapter 19: Protocols, Michael Melliar-Smith, Louise Moser UCSB
Chapter 20: Network Quality of Service, Roch Guerin, IBM and Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University
Chapter 21: Operating Systems and Network Interfaces, Peter Druschel, Rice, and Larry Peterson, Arizona
Chapter 22: Network Infrastructure, Jon Postel and Joe Touch USC/ISI
Chapter 23; Testbeds, Charlie Catlett, John Toole, NCSA