Invitasjon til gjesteforelesninga: "Minimum Intrusion Grid"
Professor Professor Brian Vinter, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, vil holde en gjesteforelesning fredag 25. februar 2011 kl 12:15.
Gjesteforelesningen inngår som en del av emnet INF-3203 / INF-8203 Advanced Distributed Systems. Sted: Store Auditorium, Realfagsbygget, UiT (merket 3 på kartet). Kart over Campus: ( https://uit.no/campustromso )
Alle interesserte er hjertelig velkomne.
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Date: Friday February 25th 2011, 12:15 - 13:00
Place: Store Auditorium, Faculty of Science and Tecnology, UiT
Title: " Minimum Intrusion Grid "
Lecturer: Professor Brian Vinter, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Abstract
This talk introduces the philosophy behind a new Grid model, the "Minimum intrusion Grid", MiG. The idea behind MiG is to introduce a `fat' Gridinfrastructure which will allow much `slimmer' Grid installations on both the user and resource side. The talk presents the ideas behind MiG, some initial designs and finally a status report of the implementation.
Grid computing has just topped the hype-curve, and while large demonstrations of Grid middleware exists, including Globus toolkit and NorduGrid ARC, the tendency in Grid middleware these days is towards a less powerful model -- Grid services -- than what was available previously. This reduction in sophistication is driven by a desire to provide more stable and manageable Grid systems. While striving for stability and manageability is obviously right, doing so at the cost of features and flexibility is not so obviously correct.
The "Minimum intrusion Grid", MiG, is an attempt to design a new platform for Grid computing which is driven by a stand-alone approach to Grid, rather than integration with existing systems. The goal of the MiG project is to provide a Grid infrastructure where the requirements on users and resources alike, to join Grid, is as small as possible -- thus the minimum intrusion part. While striving for minimum intrusion, MiG will still seek to provide a feature rich and dependable Grid solution.
Biography
Brian Vinter is Professor of eScience at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, where he heads the Centre for eScience. Vinter is a master of computer-engineering from Aalborg University in Denmark and PhD from Tromsø University, Norway. Professor Vinters professional interests are centered on High Performance Computing, Grid systems and eScience in general.
