[LINK] Grid Computing dialogue

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi there,

In terms of open Grid Computing one hopes Link Institute
members enjoy an,  'open-grid-forum-down-under-dialogue/'

Ian is a 'Grid-expert' .. thoughts, questions of him Link?


From: Ian Lumb <ian.lumb at rogers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: Response to Your Link Posting

> Greetings!
> 
> I've responded to your Link posting at http://ianlumb.wordpress.com/ 
> 2006/08/01/gridtoday-article-on-the-open-grid-forum-down-under- 
> dialogue/.
> 
> (Eg: "It’s heartening for me, and for Grid Computing, to learn that my
> GRIDtoday article sparked some dialogue down-under on the Link list
> “.. an email discussion list for people interested in the development of
> the internet in Australia…”)
>
> -Ian

----- Original Message ----- 
To: <link at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:13 AM
Subject: [LINK] CERN drives Grid computing, needs volunteers 


> Although one expert claims they haven't done enough,
> (http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/711859.html) CERN
> is working hard on the development of a world Grid.
> 
> The problem appears to be the lack of commercial apps
> driving grid-computing development. We need Grids :-)
> 
> http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/GridatCERN/gridatcern.html
> 
> "CERN has a reputation for being at the forefront of networking 
> technology and 'where the Web was born' is the lab's motto.  
> 
> When it comes to Grid technology, this is particularly true: CERN is 
> leading some of the most ambitious Grid projects in the world. 
> 
> CERN has chosen Grid technology to solve a huge data storage and
> analysis challenge it faces in 2007, when the Large Hadron Collider,
> the biggest scientific instrument in the world, starts running. 
> 
> At that time, thousands of physicists around the world start clamouring 
> for access to the huge mounds of data that will come out of the 
> instrument. The data will be a goldmine for finding traces of new
> exotic fundamental particles of matter, which in turn will tell
> physicists a lot more about how the Universe was formed and what its
> future might be.
> 
> The data will be produced at about 10 Petabytes a year. That is more
> than 1000x the amount of information in book form printed every year
> around the world, and nearly 10% of all information that humans produce
> on the planet each year - including digital images, photos and what
> have you. In short, that is a LOT of information.
> 
> The only reasonable way to access this amount of information seems to
> be Grid technology. 
> 
> So CERN has taken a big gamble on Grid technology, and is pushing the 
> technology forward in several ways, in order to make the 2007 deadline 
> for the LHC ..."
> 
> **Current Volunteer @home public projects**
> 
> http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/gridprojects/athome.html
> 
> Climateprediction.net
> Compute Against Cancer
> Distributed Folding
> figthAIDS at Home
> Folding at Home
> Genome at home 
> LHC at home 
> Mersenne Lifesaver
> SETI at home 
> The Smallpox Protection Project 
> World Community Grid
> ----

Cheers, Ian
Stephen Loosley