<s>
The	O
Laboratory	O
of	O
Parallel	O
and	O
Distributed	O
Systems	O
(	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
department	O
of	O
MTA	O
SZTAKI	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
research	O
laboratory	O
in	O
distributed	O
grid	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
technologies	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
LPDS	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
founding	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Hungarian	O
Grid	O
Competence	O
Centre	O
,	O
the	O
Hungarian	O
National	O
Grid	O
Initiative	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Hungarian	O
OpenNebula	O
Community	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
coordinates	O
several	O
European	O
grid/cloud	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mission	O
of	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
is	O
twofold	O
:	O
on	O
one	O
hand	O
,	O
they	O
aim	O
to	O
provide	O
efficient	O
software	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
high-level	O
services	O
together	O
with	O
customizable	O
scientific	O
gateways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
is	O
developing	O
easy-to-maintain	O
middleware	O
solutions	O
and	O
technologies	O
for	O
interoperability	O
that	O
enables	O
cost-efficient	O
alternative	O
distributed	O
,	O
grid	O
,	O
and	O
cloud	O
platforms	O
for	O
scientific	O
and	O
business	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LPDS	B-Operating_System
laboratory	O
,	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
other	O
departments	O
of	O
MTA	O
SZTAKI	O
,	O
was	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
SZTAKI	O
Cloud	O
and	O
takes	O
part	O
in	O
many	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
cloud	O
research	O
is	O
focusing	O
on	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
Service	I-General_Concept
(	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
-based	O
cloud	O
systems	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
previously	O
evolved	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
of	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
available	O
for	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
execution	O
in	O
a	O
scalable	O
and	O
transparent	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
gUSE	B-Operating_System
(	O
grid	O
and	O
cloud	O
user	O
support	O
environment	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
well-known	O
and	O
permanently	O
improving	O
open	O
source	O
science	O
gateway	O
framework	O
that	O
enables	O
users	O
convenient	O
and	O
easy	O
access	O
to	O
grid	O
and	O
cloud	O
infrastructures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gUSE	B-Operating_System
framework	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
National	O
Grid	O
Initiatives	O
(	O
NGIs	O
)	O
to	O
support	O
small	O
user	O
communities	O
that	O
cannot	O
afford	O
to	O
develop	O
their	O
own	O
customized	O
science	O
gateway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
P-GRADE	B-Operating_System
Portal	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
Liferay	O
technology-based	O
web	O
portal	O
of	O
gUSE	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
infrastructure	O
is	O
significantly	O
more	O
effective	O
and	O
more	O
cost-efficient	O
than	O
the	O
former	O
infrastructure	O
built	O
on	O
traditional	O
conceptions	O
and	O
individual-specific	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SZTAKI	B-Operating_System
Desktop	I-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
provides	O
an	O
enterprise	O
solution	O
to	O
exploit	O
PCs	O
and	O
clusters	O
located	O
at	O
different	O
sites	O
of	O
a	O
company	O
or	O
institute	O
,	O
solving	O
large	O
scale	O
distributed	O
programs	O
via	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
application	O
programming	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LPDS	B-Operating_System
has	O
participated	O
in	O
national	O
and	O
international	O
grid	O
and	O
cloud	O
research	O
projects	O
since	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
notable	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
grid/cloud	O
resources	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
high-level	O
user	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
field	O
,	O
an	O
important	O
result	O
is	O
the	O
WS-PGRADE/gUSE	O
(	O
used	O
in	O
several	O
European	O
grid	O
)	O
,	O
made	O
for	O
accessing	O
grid	O
and	O
cloud	O
systems	O
through	O
a	O
portal	O
in	O
a	O
convenient	O
and	O
user-friendly	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
participates	O
in	O
Big	B-Application
data	I-Application
management	O
and	O
storage	O
within	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
agricultural	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ongoing	O
projects	O
with	O
the	O
participation	O
of	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
LPDS	B-Operating_System
has	O
played	O
an	O
active	O
role	O
in	O
providing	O
grid	O
and	O
cloud	O
training	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LPDS	B-Operating_System
organized	O
and	O
hosted	O
summer	O
schools	O
and	O
training	O
on	O
the	O
grid	O
-	O
and	O
cloud-related	O
topics	O
since	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Head	O
of	O
the	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
is	O
Prof	O
.	O
Dr.	O
Péter	O
Kacsuk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deputy	O
Head	O
of	O
the	O
LPDS	B-Operating_System
is	O
Dr.	O
Robert	O
Lovas	O
.	O
</s>
