Special Issue: First International Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Next-generation GRID (ETNGRID 2004)

摘要

The Grid was originally designed as a large network of computer systems able to offer an environment where computing and storage resources are leased on-demand. The development of standards, such as the Open Grid Service Architecture (OGSA), along with the introduction of new paradigms, such as the Semantic Grid, are leading the Grid towards an environment that is not only suited for computational-intensive applications, but also for computing scenarios typical of distributed systems, such as service and information providing, multimedia environments, ubiquitous computing, etc. For these and other reasons, the Grid is becoming an interesting and challenging environment supporting both old and new services for cooperative applications. A relevant research effort is thus needed not only to investigate innovative Grid infrastructures but also to make the current Grid model suitable for these emerging usage scenarios. In such a context, the First Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Next-generation GRID, held as part of the WETICE 2004 event in Modena (Italy), aimed at gathering researchers working on different emerging Grid computing aspects, covering issues ranging from the middleware layer to application development and user interaction. This special issue contains a selection of the best papers of ETNGRID 2004.