[ieeetcsc-discuss] Request for Comments: InterGrid - Peering Architecture for Internetworking Disparate Grids

[Rajkumar Buyya]

Dear All:

We have initiated a new project, called "InterGrid", which aims at
developing "Peering Architecture and Policies for Internetworking
Disparate Grids". A high level summary of the project (aims) is given below:
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Summary: Grid computing enables the creation of Cyberinfrastructure for
e-Science and e-Business applications. Several nations around the world
including Australia have developed their own national Grids based on the
notion of virtual organisations. These dispersed Grid initiatives have
resulted in islands of Grids without any support for peering
arrangements between them. This limitation will impede realisation of
full potential of the Grid computing paradigm. This InterGrid project
aims to revolutionise Grid computing by investigating and developing (a)
architectural principles for interlinking Grids, (b) mechanisms for
resource provisioning and allocation within and across Grids and (c)
peering policies and algorithms for inter-Grid resource management.
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As you can see this InterGrid project is highly ambitious, a single
research group like ours cannot solve all research challenges.
Therefore, we developed a detailed research agenda with the aim of
sharing it with international community of researchers interested in
pursing this new research area within Grid computing. An article
describing InterGrid research agenda can be downloaded from:
   http://www.gridbus.org/papers/InterGrid.pdf

It will be great to hear your comments on the proposed InterGrid
research agenda.

Best regards
Raj
PS: I would also love to hear from those who are interested in pursuing 
this line of research with focus on a specific issue/area of your interest.