Introduction

• Evolution and generations
• Need and benefits
• Grid types
• Technical terms

Distributed Computing

• Internet Computing, peer-to-peer
• Grid architectures and middleware
• Computing on demand
• DHT and DRMS

Enterprise Computing

• Grid integration
• Open grid services and WSRF
• Computational economy and GRACE

Service Oriented Architecture

• SOA basics
• Design considerations
• Development for the grid

Web Services

• Web Services characteristics and architecture
• Web Services protocols (WSDL, UDDI) concepts
• Grid Services (WSRF, OGSI) concepts

Open Grid Services Architecture

• OGSA Model and interfaces
• OGSA basic services
• Handles, references and notifications
• Globus toolkit and OGSA

P2P Management

• Characteristics
• Data location and routing algorithms
• Benefits and shortcomings

Schedulers

• Scheduler role, features and selection
• Scheduling algorithms and architecture
• Common schedulers (OpenPB, Maui, Condor-G)

Workflow

• Workflow management systems
• Workflow specification languages

Globus Toolkit

• Concepts and architecture
• Hosting environments

Grid Security

• Certificate basics (X.509, PKI)
• Java certificate services
• Globus toolkit security libraries

Resource Management

• Resource management models (AO, market, hierarchical)
• Web services GRAM architecture
• Network and memory management

Data Management

• GridFTP
• Multiple protocol usage

Web Service Resource Framework

• WSRF basics and OSGI
• Normative specifications
• GT4 and WSRF

Message Passing Standards

• MPI and MPI 2.0
• MPICH2

Cluster

• Cluster application
• HA and load balancing cluster
• HPC clusters