halld-collab : [Fwd: [Fwd: ICASE Colloquium: Dennis Gannon, IndianaUniversity, Bloomingtonon February 2, 2001 (fwd)]] (fwd)

[Elton Smith <elton@jlab.org>]

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Subject: [Fwd: ICASE Colloquium: Dennis  Gannon, Indiana University,
Bloomingtonon February 2, 2001 (fwd)]
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:29:44 -0500
From: Ian Bird <Ian.Bird@jlab.org>
Organization: Jefferson Lab
To: Elliott Wolin <wolin@jlab.org>

Elliot,

Maybe you or other Hall D people might be interested in this.

Ian

Bryan Hess wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:00:00 -0500 (EST)
> From: icase-colloquia-owner@icase.edu
> To: icase-colloquia@icase.edu
> Subject: ICASE Colloquium: Dennis  Gannon, Indiana University,
>      Bloomington on February 2, 2001
>
> ICASE COLLOQUIUM
> Langley Research Center
>
> "Science Portals and Distributed Software Component Architectures"
>
> Dennis  Gannon, Indiana University, Bloomington
>
> LOCATION: Bldg. 1152, Conference Room 225 (ICASE)
> TIME: February 2, 2001 10:30 a.m.
>
> A new model for distributed computation is called Grid systems.
> A Grid is defined to be a set of computers, data servers and on-line
> instruments that all support an extended set of common services which
> provide the ability to launch distributed applications that may
> span multiple administrative domains from a single point of
> authentication.  Grids provide ubiquitous information about its
> content and state, powerful data management tools that provide new
> ways to move and transparently cache files at remote locations,
> and specialized access models and interfaces for on-line
> instruments. Unfortunately, building distributed applications that
> run in grid environments is very hard. Software component architectures
> provide one way to simplify the programming problem.  Component
> Architectures already dominate the commercial software industry and
> distributed CAs such Enterprise Java Beans, the Corba Component Model
> are now in wide spread use.   The first half of this talk will describe
> the DOE Common Component Architecture and how Common Component
> Architecture Toolkit (CCAT) makes use of Grid services.  CCAT is
> based on a distributed object model that works with both C++ and Java
> by using an RMI protocol based on SOAP, a remote access method based on
> HTTP and XML.
>
> The second part of this talk will look at another problem involving
> distributed applications.  How do we make it very easy for people to
> use distributed application on the Grid?  A Science Portal is a system
> based on a combination of conventional web technology and remote
> access protocols designed by the Grid community.   The Science Portal
> provides the mechanism for non-expert users to access Grid resources
> without knowing about the details. It also provides mechanisms to
> support scientific collaborations.  The talk will describe several
> Portal efforts and their applications.
>
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