Grid Computing Lecture Notes
These notes are given as guides to the lecture contents only.
Reading these notes should not be considered as a substitute for attending the
lectures or reading the assigned papers, web materials or textbook. The material
presented in the lecture may vary from the material here.
Notes may be updated before or after each lecture.
The online version is in Adobe Acrobat and is 4up that is 4 slides
per page. If you would prefer 2up or 1up please let me know.
- Topic 1 What is The Grid?
- Topic 2 Network & Client/Server Essentials
- Topic 3 Paradigms for Distributed Computing 1 - Socket Programming & RPC
- Topic 4 Paradigms for Distributed Computing 2 - RMI
- Topic 5 Paradigms for Distributed Computing 3 - DCOM and CORBA
- Topic 6 Web Services
- Topic 7 XML
- Topic 8 OGSA
- Topic 9 Cluster Ohio configuration
- Topic 10 WSRF
- Topic 11 OGSA-DAI
- Topic 12 Globus Toolkit Evolution
- Topic 13 Globus Tookit 4.0 - Part 1
- Topic 14 Globus Tookit 4.0 - Part 2
- Topic 15 Globus Future Directions & Related Software
- Topic 16 Security Primer
- Topic 17 Cryptography
- Topic 18 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and X.509
- Topic 19 Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)
- Topic 19a Kerberos
- Topic 19b Shibboleth
- Topic 20 Authorization - ACL, PMI, CAS, VOMS, PERMIS
- Topic 21 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 3 - First Statful Web Service
- Topic 22 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 4 - Singleton Resource
- Topic 23 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 5 - Multiple Resources
- Topic 24 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 6 - Resource Properties
- Topic 25 Globus GT4 Programming Tutorial Ch 11 - Secure Math Server
- Example Grid Infrastructure and Uses - International Summer School on Grid Computing, Naples 2006
Lecture notes from 2004
Since the Grid has developed significantly since 2004 and we are using a new book, the 2004 lecture notes
are significantly different from what will be given this year. They are available here only as an
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