Distributed applications or workflows need to access and use compute, storage and network resources simultaneously or chronologically coordinated respectively. Examples are distri...
In this paper, we discuss some of the lessons that we have learned working with the Hadoop and Sector/Sphere systems. Both of these systems are cloud-based systems designed to sup...
Simulation studies of Grid scheduling strategies require representative workloads to produce dependable results. Real production Grid workloads have shown diverse correlation stru...
In this paper we present a novel communication layer for distributed heterogenous environments typical found in the area of Grid computing. This communication layer is used as par...
Abstract. There are many potential users and uses for grid computing. However, the concept of sharing computing resources excites security concerns and, whilst being powerful and f...