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Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide1: Cindy Zheng Peter Arzberger Philip Papadopoulos Mason Katz Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly University of California, San Diego http://www.pragma-grid.net http://goc.pragma-grid.net PRAGMA Grid – Testbed For CollaborationsOverview: Overview PRAGMA Grid Goal and approach Structures and resources Collaborations in PRAGMA Grid Applications and middleware With science and technology teams Grid interoperation experiments Research publications Collaboration benefit Form and leverage rich resources Form and leverage collaboration networks Enhance software quality and usability Enhance vision and involvement Enhance research visibility and software dissemination Enhance funding positions Join usGoals and Approaches: Goals and Approaches Routine-use experiments and testbed (2004 - ) Grass-roots PRAGMA membership not necessary Don’t have to be in pacific rim Contribute work and resources (of local grids) long term collaborations Application driven Issues, solutions, collaborations, interoperate middleware interoperability Make grid easier to use for scientistsSlide4: PRAGMA Grid Testbed 32 Clusters from 29 institutions in 14 countries/regions (+ 7 in preparation) UZurich Switzerland NECTEC ThaiGrid Thailand UoHyd India MIMOS USM Malaysia CUHK HongKong ASGC NCHC Taiwan IOIT-HCM Vietnam AIST OsakaU UTsukuba TITech Japan BII IHPC NGO Singapore MU Australia APAC QUT Australia KISTI Korea JLU China SDSC USA CICESE Mexico UNAM Mexico UCN Chile UChile Chile UMC USA UUtah USA NCSA USA BU USA ASURC Costa Rica BESTGrid New Zealand CNIC GUCAS China AIST SDSC NGO NECTEC ThaiGrid 7 gfarm sites ASGC LZU China CNICSoftware Layers: Software Layers Heterogeneous environment Minimal requirements Globus 2, 3, 4 Moving recommendationsApplications and Middleware http://goc.pragma-grid.net/applications/default.html: Applications and Middleware http://goc.pragma-grid.net/applications/default.html Real science applications pair and drive middleware development Achieve long-run and scientific results Open to applications of all scientific disciplines Climate simulation Savannah/Nimrod (MU, Australia) MM5/Mpich-Gx (CICESE, Mexico; KISTI, Korea) Quantum-mechanics, quantum-chemistry: TDDFT, QM-MD, FMO/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) Genomics iGAP/Gfarm/CSF (UCSD, USA; AIST, Japan; JLU, China) HPM: genomics (IOIT-HCM, Vietnam) mpiBlast/Mpich-G2 (ASGC, Taiwan) Organic chemistry Gamess-APBS/Nimrod (UZurich, Switzerland) Molecular simulation Siesta/Nimrod (UZurich, Switzerland; MU, Australia) Amber/Rsh ( USM, Malaysia) Computer Science Load Balancer (VAST-HCM, Vietnam) GriddLeS (MU, Australia) 2 applications from Vietnam!Application/Middleware Collaborationshttp://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki: Mutually beneficial Nimrod based Gamess-APBS Gamess-APBS: UZurich, Switzerland Nimrod: MU, Australia Mpich-Gx based MM5 and WRF MM5 and WRF: CICESE, Mexico Mpich-Gx: KISTI, Korea Test/develop Gfarm and CSF with iGAP Gfarm: AIST, Japan CSF: JLU, China iGAP: UCSD, USA Application/Middleware Collaborations http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wikiTechnologies And Expertise: Technologies And Expertise Rocks – cluster management and grid software integration (SDSC, USA) Ninf-G – Grid-RPC (AIST, Japan) Nimrod – parameter sweep (MU, Australia) Mpich-Gx – Mpich-G2+ (KISTI, Korea) SCMSWeb – grid monitoring (ThaiGrid, Thailand) Gfarm – Grid file system (AIST/TsukubaU, Japan) MOGAS – Grid accounting (NTU, Singapore) CSF – Meta-scheduling (JLU, China) Grid security – APGrid (IGTF), Naregi-CA CSE-Online – cyber-environment (UUtah, USA) OptIPuter – high Performance Networking …Collaborations With Science and Technology Teams: Grid security Naregi (Japan), APGrid, GAMA (SDSC, USA) Grid monitoring Monitoring - SCMSWeb (ThaiGrid, Thailand) Accounting - MOGAS (NTU, Singapore) Gfarm (AIST/UTsukuta, Japan) Cyber-environment Cyber-environment - CSE-Online (UUtah, USA) SCMSWeb (ThaiGrid, Thailand) Myproxy (APAC, Australia) Rocks and middleware (SDSC, USA; …) Ninf-G, SCE, Gfarm, Bio, K*Rocks, Condor, … Datagrid, sensor, network Gfarm-fuse (AIST, Japan) GEON data network GLEON sensor network OptIPuter High performance networked TDW Telescience Collaborations With Science and Technology TeamsGrid Interoperation Experimentshttp://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operations: Grid Interoperation Experiments http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operations OGF – Grid Interoperation Now (GIN), GIN-OPS GIN testbed (February, 2006 – on-going) TDDFT/Ninf-G (PRAGMA - AIST, Japan) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG, NorduGrid; EGEE Savanah fire simulation (PRAGMA - MU, Australia) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG Multi-Grid monitoring SCMSWeb probe matrix (PRAGMA - ThaiGrid, Thailand) Common schema (PRAGMA, TeraGrid, EGEE, NorduGrid) Peer-grid interoperation experiments PRAGMA->TeraGrid (October, 2006 – on-going) PRAGMA member runs application across both grids QM/MD/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) Manual reservation, 7 sites in PRAGMA, 3 sites in TeraGrid OSG<->PRAGMA (January, 2007 – on-going) Members from both grids run applications across both grids OSG - Spatial Interpolation (UIowa, USA) PRAGMA - FMO/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) OSG - FermilabGrid PRAGMA – SDSC, USA; NECTEC, Thailand; NGO, Singapore; ThaiGrid, ThailandGrid Interoperation Now (GIN)http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.gin/wiki/GinOps: Grid Interoperation Now (GIN) http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.gin/wiki/GinOps OGF – GIN-OPS GIN testbed (February, 2006 – on-going) TDDFT/Ninf-G (PRAGMA - AIST, Japan) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG, NorduGrid; EGEE Savanah fire simulation (PRAGMA - MU, Australia) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG Multi-Grid monitoring SCMSWeb probe matrix (PRAGMA - ThaiGrid, Thailand) Common schema (PRAGMA, TeraGrid, EGEE, NorduGrid)Peer-grid Interoperation Experimentshttp://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operations: PRAGMA->TeraGrid (October, 2006 – on-going) PRAGMA member runs application across both grids QM/MD/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) Manual reservation, 7 sites in PRAGMA, 3 sites in TeraGrid OSG<->PRAGMA (January, 2007 – on-going) VDT and Rocks integration Members from both grids run applications across both grids Peer-grid Interoperation Experiments http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operationsCollaborate in Publishing Research Results: Collaborate in Publishing Research Results Some published papers in 2006: Arzberger P, Papadopoulos P. PRAGMA: Example of Grass-Roots Grid Promoting Collaborative EScience Teams. CTWatch. Vol 2, No. 1 Feb 2006. www.ctwatch.org/quarterly/articles/2006/02/pragmaexample-of-grass-roots-grid-promoting-collaborativee-science-teams Abramson D, Lynch A, Takemiya H, Tanimura Y, Date S, Nakamura H, Jeong K, Hwang S, Zhu J, Lu Z, Amoreira C, Baldridge K, Lee H, Wang C, Shih HL, Molina T, Li, W, Arzberger P. Deploying Scientific Applications on the PRAGMA Grid testbed: Ways, Means and Lessons. IEEE/CCGRID International Workshop on Grid Computing, 2006, Singapore. Lee B-S, Tang M, Zhang J, Soon O Y, Zheng C, Arzberger P. Analysis of Jobs on a Multi-Organizational Grid Testbed. IEEE/CCGRID Int’l Workshop on Grid Computing, 2006, Singapore. Zheng C, Abramson D, Arzberger P, Ayuub S, Enticott C, Garic S, Katz M, Kwak J, Lee B S, Papadopoulos P, Phatanapherom S, Sriprayoonsakul S, Tanaka Y, Tanimura Y, Tatebe O, Uthayopas P. The PRAGMA Testbed: Building a Multi-Application International Grid. 2005 IEEE/CCGRID International Workshop on Grid Computing, 2006, Singapore. Li WW, Arzberger PW, Yeo CL, Ang L, Tatebe O, Sekiguchi S, Jeong K, Wuang S, Date S, Kwak JH. Proteome Analysis Using iGAP in Gfarm. The Second International Life Science Grid Workshop 2005, Grid Asia 2005, Singapore 2005. Wei X, Ding Z, Li W W, Tatebe O, Jiang J, et al. GDIA: A Scalable Grid Infrastructure for Data Intensive Applications. IEEE Int’l Conference on Hybrid Information Technology, ICHIT 2006, Cheju Island, Korea. Krishnan S, Baldridge K K, Greenberg J. P, Stearn B, Bhatia K. An End-to-End Web Services-Based Infrastructure for Biomedical Applications. Proceedings of Grid 2005, 6th IEEE/ACM Int’l Workshop on Grid Computing, November 13-14, 2005, Seattle, WA, U.S. …PRAGMA Grid Collaborations Benefits: PRAGMA Grid Collaborations Benefits Form and leverage rich resources Form and leverage collaboration networks Enhance software quality and usability Enhance vision and involvement Enhance research visibility and software dissemination Enhance funding positionsForm and Leverage Rich Resources : Form and Leverage Rich Resources Heterogeneous global grid 31 clusters, 28 institutions, 14 countries, >900 cpus, >900GB memory, >23TB user disk space Contribution big or small Access everything immediately Example: USM Technologies and expertise Develop, test, integrate, collaborate Learn and adopt with best help Example: UChile Purchase, Rocks, Naregi-CA, SCMSWeb, Gfarm, … Organize, collaborate, CLGridForm and Leverage Collaboration Networks: Form and Leverage Collaboration Networks Geosciences Network (GeoN) From US-based, going global PRAGMA grid geosciences sites AIST, Japan GUCAS, CNIC, China SDSC, USA UoHyd, India Geogrid workgroup Conjoint workshops Global Lake Ecological Observetory Network (GLEON) Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA)Enhance Software Quality and Usability : Enhance Software Quality and Usability From familiar local grid environment to heterogeneous global grid Feedbacks from diverse user communities Fault-tolerance (ie. Ninf-g) Deployment (ie. MOGAS) Performance and interoperation (ie. Gfarm) Functionalities and user friendly (ie. SCMSWeb) Speed up development Enhance middlewareEnhance Vision and Involvement: Enhance Vision and Involvement Learning and collaborating New possibilities New discoveries New directions Example SCMSWeb Cluster -> grid -> multi-grid Integrate accounting, network performance, … Common schema among grid monitorsEnhance Research Visibility and Software Dissemination: Enhance Research Visibility and Software Dissemination Global exposure Users learn/contribute hands-on Local grids adopts quality software Naregi-ca APGrid, UCSD, Chile, … SCMSWeb GIN-OPS, Chile, … Gfarm Chile, Puerto Rico, Enhance Funding Positions: Enhance Funding Positions PRAGMA’s track records and growth Significant, effective, visible collaborations Increase funding sources and prospects Many sites got new or renewed fundings PRAGMA, Mexico, Chile, Thailand, … In turn, help PRAGMA growSlide21: Join us PRAGMA Grid Run applications Work on grid technologies Grid interoperaton Thank You http://goc.pragma-grid.net http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki You do not have the permission to view this presentation. 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Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide1: Cindy Zheng Peter Arzberger Philip Papadopoulos Mason Katz Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly University of California, San Diego http://www.pragma-grid.net http://goc.pragma-grid.net PRAGMA Grid – Testbed For CollaborationsOverview: Overview PRAGMA Grid Goal and approach Structures and resources Collaborations in PRAGMA Grid Applications and middleware With science and technology teams Grid interoperation experiments Research publications Collaboration benefit Form and leverage rich resources Form and leverage collaboration networks Enhance software quality and usability Enhance vision and involvement Enhance research visibility and software dissemination Enhance funding positions Join usGoals and Approaches: Goals and Approaches Routine-use experiments and testbed (2004 - ) Grass-roots PRAGMA membership not necessary Don’t have to be in pacific rim Contribute work and resources (of local grids) long term collaborations Application driven Issues, solutions, collaborations, interoperate middleware interoperability Make grid easier to use for scientistsSlide4: PRAGMA Grid Testbed 32 Clusters from 29 institutions in 14 countries/regions (+ 7 in preparation) UZurich Switzerland NECTEC ThaiGrid Thailand UoHyd India MIMOS USM Malaysia CUHK HongKong ASGC NCHC Taiwan IOIT-HCM Vietnam AIST OsakaU UTsukuba TITech Japan BII IHPC NGO Singapore MU Australia APAC QUT Australia KISTI Korea JLU China SDSC USA CICESE Mexico UNAM Mexico UCN Chile UChile Chile UMC USA UUtah USA NCSA USA BU USA ASURC Costa Rica BESTGrid New Zealand CNIC GUCAS China AIST SDSC NGO NECTEC ThaiGrid 7 gfarm sites ASGC LZU China CNICSoftware Layers: Software Layers Heterogeneous environment Minimal requirements Globus 2, 3, 4 Moving recommendationsApplications and Middleware http://goc.pragma-grid.net/applications/default.html: Applications and Middleware http://goc.pragma-grid.net/applications/default.html Real science applications pair and drive middleware development Achieve long-run and scientific results Open to applications of all scientific disciplines Climate simulation Savannah/Nimrod (MU, Australia) MM5/Mpich-Gx (CICESE, Mexico; KISTI, Korea) Quantum-mechanics, quantum-chemistry: TDDFT, QM-MD, FMO/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) Genomics iGAP/Gfarm/CSF (UCSD, USA; AIST, Japan; JLU, China) HPM: genomics (IOIT-HCM, Vietnam) mpiBlast/Mpich-G2 (ASGC, Taiwan) Organic chemistry Gamess-APBS/Nimrod (UZurich, Switzerland) Molecular simulation Siesta/Nimrod (UZurich, Switzerland; MU, Australia) Amber/Rsh ( USM, Malaysia) Computer Science Load Balancer (VAST-HCM, Vietnam) GriddLeS (MU, Australia) 2 applications from Vietnam!Application/Middleware Collaborationshttp://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki: Mutually beneficial Nimrod based Gamess-APBS Gamess-APBS: UZurich, Switzerland Nimrod: MU, Australia Mpich-Gx based MM5 and WRF MM5 and WRF: CICESE, Mexico Mpich-Gx: KISTI, Korea Test/develop Gfarm and CSF with iGAP Gfarm: AIST, Japan CSF: JLU, China iGAP: UCSD, USA Application/Middleware Collaborations http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wikiTechnologies And Expertise: Technologies And Expertise Rocks – cluster management and grid software integration (SDSC, USA) Ninf-G – Grid-RPC (AIST, Japan) Nimrod – parameter sweep (MU, Australia) Mpich-Gx – Mpich-G2+ (KISTI, Korea) SCMSWeb – grid monitoring (ThaiGrid, Thailand) Gfarm – Grid file system (AIST/TsukubaU, Japan) MOGAS – Grid accounting (NTU, Singapore) CSF – Meta-scheduling (JLU, China) Grid security – APGrid (IGTF), Naregi-CA CSE-Online – cyber-environment (UUtah, USA) OptIPuter – high Performance Networking …Collaborations With Science and Technology Teams: Grid security Naregi (Japan), APGrid, GAMA (SDSC, USA) Grid monitoring Monitoring - SCMSWeb (ThaiGrid, Thailand) Accounting - MOGAS (NTU, Singapore) Gfarm (AIST/UTsukuta, Japan) Cyber-environment Cyber-environment - CSE-Online (UUtah, USA) SCMSWeb (ThaiGrid, Thailand) Myproxy (APAC, Australia) Rocks and middleware (SDSC, USA; …) Ninf-G, SCE, Gfarm, Bio, K*Rocks, Condor, … Datagrid, sensor, network Gfarm-fuse (AIST, Japan) GEON data network GLEON sensor network OptIPuter High performance networked TDW Telescience Collaborations With Science and Technology TeamsGrid Interoperation Experimentshttp://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operations: Grid Interoperation Experiments http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operations OGF – Grid Interoperation Now (GIN), GIN-OPS GIN testbed (February, 2006 – on-going) TDDFT/Ninf-G (PRAGMA - AIST, Japan) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG, NorduGrid; EGEE Savanah fire simulation (PRAGMA - MU, Australia) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG Multi-Grid monitoring SCMSWeb probe matrix (PRAGMA - ThaiGrid, Thailand) Common schema (PRAGMA, TeraGrid, EGEE, NorduGrid) Peer-grid interoperation experiments PRAGMA->TeraGrid (October, 2006 – on-going) PRAGMA member runs application across both grids QM/MD/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) Manual reservation, 7 sites in PRAGMA, 3 sites in TeraGrid OSG<->PRAGMA (January, 2007 – on-going) Members from both grids run applications across both grids OSG - Spatial Interpolation (UIowa, USA) PRAGMA - FMO/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) OSG - FermilabGrid PRAGMA – SDSC, USA; NECTEC, Thailand; NGO, Singapore; ThaiGrid, ThailandGrid Interoperation Now (GIN)http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.gin/wiki/GinOps: Grid Interoperation Now (GIN) http://forge.gridforum.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.gin/wiki/GinOps OGF – GIN-OPS GIN testbed (February, 2006 – on-going) TDDFT/Ninf-G (PRAGMA - AIST, Japan) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG, NorduGrid; EGEE Savanah fire simulation (PRAGMA - MU, Australia) PRAGMA, TeraGrid, OSG Multi-Grid monitoring SCMSWeb probe matrix (PRAGMA - ThaiGrid, Thailand) Common schema (PRAGMA, TeraGrid, EGEE, NorduGrid)Peer-grid Interoperation Experimentshttp://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operations: PRAGMA->TeraGrid (October, 2006 – on-going) PRAGMA member runs application across both grids QM/MD/Ninf-G (AIST, Japan) Manual reservation, 7 sites in PRAGMA, 3 sites in TeraGrid OSG<->PRAGMA (January, 2007 – on-going) VDT and Rocks integration Members from both grids run applications across both grids Peer-grid Interoperation Experiments http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Grid_Inter-operationsCollaborate in Publishing Research Results: Collaborate in Publishing Research Results Some published papers in 2006: Arzberger P, Papadopoulos P. PRAGMA: Example of Grass-Roots Grid Promoting Collaborative EScience Teams. CTWatch. Vol 2, No. 1 Feb 2006. www.ctwatch.org/quarterly/articles/2006/02/pragmaexample-of-grass-roots-grid-promoting-collaborativee-science-teams Abramson D, Lynch A, Takemiya H, Tanimura Y, Date S, Nakamura H, Jeong K, Hwang S, Zhu J, Lu Z, Amoreira C, Baldridge K, Lee H, Wang C, Shih HL, Molina T, Li, W, Arzberger P. Deploying Scientific Applications on the PRAGMA Grid testbed: Ways, Means and Lessons. IEEE/CCGRID International Workshop on Grid Computing, 2006, Singapore. Lee B-S, Tang M, Zhang J, Soon O Y, Zheng C, Arzberger P. Analysis of Jobs on a Multi-Organizational Grid Testbed. IEEE/CCGRID Int’l Workshop on Grid Computing, 2006, Singapore. Zheng C, Abramson D, Arzberger P, Ayuub S, Enticott C, Garic S, Katz M, Kwak J, Lee B S, Papadopoulos P, Phatanapherom S, Sriprayoonsakul S, Tanaka Y, Tanimura Y, Tatebe O, Uthayopas P. The PRAGMA Testbed: Building a Multi-Application International Grid. 2005 IEEE/CCGRID International Workshop on Grid Computing, 2006, Singapore. Li WW, Arzberger PW, Yeo CL, Ang L, Tatebe O, Sekiguchi S, Jeong K, Wuang S, Date S, Kwak JH. Proteome Analysis Using iGAP in Gfarm. The Second International Life Science Grid Workshop 2005, Grid Asia 2005, Singapore 2005. Wei X, Ding Z, Li W W, Tatebe O, Jiang J, et al. GDIA: A Scalable Grid Infrastructure for Data Intensive Applications. IEEE Int’l Conference on Hybrid Information Technology, ICHIT 2006, Cheju Island, Korea. Krishnan S, Baldridge K K, Greenberg J. P, Stearn B, Bhatia K. An End-to-End Web Services-Based Infrastructure for Biomedical Applications. Proceedings of Grid 2005, 6th IEEE/ACM Int’l Workshop on Grid Computing, November 13-14, 2005, Seattle, WA, U.S. …PRAGMA Grid Collaborations Benefits: PRAGMA Grid Collaborations Benefits Form and leverage rich resources Form and leverage collaboration networks Enhance software quality and usability Enhance vision and involvement Enhance research visibility and software dissemination Enhance funding positionsForm and Leverage Rich Resources : Form and Leverage Rich Resources Heterogeneous global grid 31 clusters, 28 institutions, 14 countries, >900 cpus, >900GB memory, >23TB user disk space Contribution big or small Access everything immediately Example: USM Technologies and expertise Develop, test, integrate, collaborate Learn and adopt with best help Example: UChile Purchase, Rocks, Naregi-CA, SCMSWeb, Gfarm, … Organize, collaborate, CLGridForm and Leverage Collaboration Networks: Form and Leverage Collaboration Networks Geosciences Network (GeoN) From US-based, going global PRAGMA grid geosciences sites AIST, Japan GUCAS, CNIC, China SDSC, USA UoHyd, India Geogrid workgroup Conjoint workshops Global Lake Ecological Observetory Network (GLEON) Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA)Enhance Software Quality and Usability : Enhance Software Quality and Usability From familiar local grid environment to heterogeneous global grid Feedbacks from diverse user communities Fault-tolerance (ie. Ninf-g) Deployment (ie. MOGAS) Performance and interoperation (ie. Gfarm) Functionalities and user friendly (ie. SCMSWeb) Speed up development Enhance middlewareEnhance Vision and Involvement: Enhance Vision and Involvement Learning and collaborating New possibilities New discoveries New directions Example SCMSWeb Cluster -> grid -> multi-grid Integrate accounting, network performance, … Common schema among grid monitorsEnhance Research Visibility and Software Dissemination: Enhance Research Visibility and Software Dissemination Global exposure Users learn/contribute hands-on Local grids adopts quality software Naregi-ca APGrid, UCSD, Chile, … SCMSWeb GIN-OPS, Chile, … Gfarm Chile, Puerto Rico, Enhance Funding Positions: Enhance Funding Positions PRAGMA’s track records and growth Significant, effective, visible collaborations Increase funding sources and prospects Many sites got new or renewed fundings PRAGMA, Mexico, Chile, Thailand, … In turn, help PRAGMA growSlide21: Join us PRAGMA Grid Run applications Work on grid technologies Grid interoperaton Thank You http://goc.pragma-grid.net http://goc.pragma-grid.net/wiki