This course is designed to give a broad overview of the motivations, concepts, technologies
and open research areas of grid computing. The emphasis of this course is on developing the skills and background to prepare students
in the use of computational grids for real world scientific applications. The course will involve active student participation in researching, discussing and presenting key areas of grid computing, using current literature. In the second half of the semester students will take part in collaborative team projects, which will be based on ongoing research projects in the Computer Science Department and the Center for Computation & Technology.
Areas we will cover include:
Instructor
Dr Gabrielle Allen
Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University
Email: gallen@cct.lsu.edu
Web: http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~gallen
IM: gridrebel
Office hours: Coates Hall: Wednesday 10am to 12am
General Information
Location: UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE CLASS WILL BE IN ROOM 338 JOHNSTON HALL
Times: 3.10pm to 4.30pm,Tuesdays and Thursdays
Prerequisites
Some programming experience is desirable for the projects.
Reading List
Students should strive to carefully read all the papers on the reading list. Each student will be responsible for presenting 2 papers to the class during the course. Presentations should aim to be 20 minutes in length, with 15 additional minutes for questions and discussions. Presenters are encouraged to lead the class in discussions. At least one week before presenting, students should meet with Dr. Allen to review their presentation plan. Note that there are a few short papers, this will involve additional background reading before presenting.
Team Projects
Textbook
The reading material will be downloadable from the web, but recommended books include:
The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure
Edited by Ian Foster and Carl Kesselmann
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
ISBN: 1-55860-933-4
Grading
| Class participation: | 40% (includes presentations and discussions) |
| Project: | 60% |
Other Notes
- Students are responsible for checking their mail regularly!
- There is a mail list for the class (7700@cct.lsu.edu) for information, you are signed up with LSU address, so make sure you read or forward this mail.
- If you join or leave the class please tell me to add/remove you from the mail list.
- If you email me make sure the subject includes CS7700
Class and Assignment Schedule
The schedule will change dynamically so keep checking back.
| Class | Date | Lecture | Assignments and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | No lecture | ||
| 1 | Aug 30 | Background | |
| 2 | Sep 4 | Application Examples: Astrophysics | Guest lecture: Prof Seidel (Physics) |
| 3 | Sep 6 | Application Example: SAGA | Guest lecture: Dr Kaiser (CCT) |
| 5 | Sep 11 | Application Example: Montage | Guest lecture: Prof Katz (ECE) |
| 6 | Sep 13 | Application Example: Hurricanes | Guest lecture: Archit Kulshrestha (CCT) |
| 7 | Sep 18 | Background | |
| 8 | Sep 20 | Background | Grid 2007 |
| 9 | Sep 25 | [Fos06] Zhifeng, [Bre04] Cristina | Project Plans due (Saturday) |
| 10 | Sep 27 | [Tha05] Ismail, [Cha05] Jean-Christophe | |
| Sep 28 | Globus Tutorial | Extra Class | |
| 11 | Oct 2 | [Har06] Sai, [Lee03] Ole | |
| 12 | Oct 4 | [Goo06] Jean-Christophe, [All01] Maria | |
| 13 | Oct 9 | [Par05] Jia, [Fel07] Ole | |
| Oct 11 | No Class: Fall Holiday | ||
| 14 | Oct 16 | [Lea06] Jia, [Mac07] Wei | |
| 15 | Oct 18 | [Kos05] Swathi, [Cza01] Zhifeng | |
| 16 | Oct 23 | Project Reports | First Project Report Due |
| 17 | Oct 25 | [Mas04] Gayathri, [New03] Yixin | |
| 18 | Oct 30 | [Wol03] Swathi, [Wel03] Anuradha | |
| 19 | Nov 1 | [Bec07] Gayathri, [Lam78] Yixin | |
| 20 | Nov 6 | [Lam82] Anuradha, [Sal84] Sai | |
| 21 | Nov 8 | [Ken94] Kexi , [Rip04] Ismail | |
| 22 | Nov 13 | Project Discussion | Supercomputing 2007 |
| 23 | Nov 15 | Project Discussion | Supercomputing 2007 |
| 24 | Nov 20 | Project Reports | Second Project Report Due |
| Nov 22 | No Class: Thanksgiving | ||
| 25 | Nov 27 | [Lei03] Kexi, [Ter01] Wei | |
| 26 | Nov 29 | Project Presentations | |
| 27 | Dec 4 | Project Presentations | |
| 28 | Dec 6 | Project Presentations | Final Project Report Due |
| Dec 11 | Finals Week | No Class | |
| Dec 13 | Finals Week | ||
| Dec 18 | Grades Due |