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Session |
Instructor |
Office Hours |
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Section 3B Room CH 396 Mon and Wed: |
Purushotham
Bangalore |
Monday and Wednesday: |
Over the last few years Grid Computing has gained popularity as the emerging architecture for next-generation high performance distributed computing. Grid Computing aims to provide ubiquitous access to distributed high performance computing resources shared between multiple organizations and provide "virtualization" of computational resources. In this course we will first study the motivation for developing and using Grid Computing, the evolution of Grid Computing, and relationship between Grid Computing and other types of computing such as Cluster Computing, Distributed Computing, Internet Computing, and Peer-to-Peer Computing. The benefits of Grid Computing along with the issues and challenges that must be addressed are also discussed along with the impact on developing scientific and engineering applications in a Grid environment.
The second part of the course concentrates on the various technologies and architectures used to develop "Grids." Students will work on projects to develop a "Grid Testbed" using the Globus Toolkit and other software packages available through the NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI). Projects during this part of the course will focus on understanding the different Grid technologies and architectures such as the Open Grid Specification Architecture (OGSA) and developing higher-level tools using these technologies. The last part of the course will be dedicated to the study of different Grid Computing Environments and Grid Applications. Students will work on projects to prototype simple Grid environments and/or applications using the "Grid Testbed" developed during the second part of the course.
Operating systems, Programming in Java language, and use of Unix/Linux operating system. Please check with the instructor if you have any questions about the course prerequisites.
The final grade for the course is determined as follows:
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Exams (2) |
30% |
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Homework/Projects (4-5) |
40% |
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Final Exam |
20% |
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Class Participation |
10% |
All students are required to attend all classes and to present excuses for justifiable absences (e.g., attending a conference, or serious illness). This includes classes given by guest lecturers (if any). Please check with the instructor if you have any questions or concerns.
All homework assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Any assignment turned in after this deadline is considered late. Late assignments will lose 10% for every 24-hour period, up to a maximum of 50% (weekends and holidays count as one 24-hour period). All assignments even if late must be turned in to pass this course.
Students who plagiarize a computer program (or parts of a program), get others to write a program (or parts of a program), or are found cheating on a quiz/exam, will be reported for academic dishonesty. Anyone who is caught cheating will receive a zero on a given test or assignment. If a second offense occurs, the student will receive an F in the class. This includes both the provider of the information as well as the receiver of the information. Any student who violates the university's academic honesty policy will be reported for academic discipline. All university and department policies related to students are included here by implication.
Every student will be required to use his/her official email address that is blazerid@uab.edu. New students must login and configure their email addresses. For more details on obtaining blazerid and configuring email please see: http://www.uab.edu/blazerid. All email communications will be made using this address. Additional instructions or announcements will be sent by e-mail, so check your mail often - at least twice a day (once in the morning and once at night). Also check the course webpage for up-to-date information and announcements. Instructor will check email frequently, so e-mail is often the best way to contact the instructor.
A discussion forum is setup for the class at http://www.cis.uab.edu/forum/. The discussion forum is available only to students registered for this class. Please read the Forum Announcements under the General Information section of the Discussion Forum to setup your account and post messages. Students can use this forum to discuss topics related to the class.
"The
Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure" by Ian Foster
and Carl Kesselman. Publisher: Morgan
Kaufmann; 2nd Edition (
"Grid Computing: Making the Global Infrastructure a
Reality" edited by Fran Berman, Geoffrey Fox, and Tony Hey. Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons (