Workload and resource management are essential functionalities in the software infrastructure for grid computing. The management and scheduling of dynamic grid resources in a scalable way requires new technologies to implement a next generation intelligent grid environment. This work demonstrates that AI technologies can be utilised to achieve effective workload and resource management. A combi...

“Grid” computing has emerged as an important new field, distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing, innovative applications, and, in some cases, high performance orientation. In this article, the authors define this new field. First, they review the “Grid problem,” which is defined as flexible, secure, coordinated resource sharing among dy...

“Grid” computing has emerged as an important new field, distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing, innovative applications, and, in some cases, high-performance orientation. In this article, we define this new field. First, we review the “Grid problem,” which we define as flexible, secure, coordinated resource sharing among dynamic collec...

Grid” computing has emerged as an important new field, distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing, innovative applications, and, in some cases, high-performance orientation. In this article, we define this new field. First, we review the “Grid problem,” which we define as flexible, secure, coordinated resource sharing among dynamic collect...

This paper is intended to convey the message of the talk I gave at the Theo Murphy meeting at the Kavli Centre in July 2010. It, like the talk, is polemical, and conveys the exasperation felt by a practitioner of genetically modified (GM) plant science at its widespread misrepresentation. I argue that sustainable intensification of agriculture, using GM as well as other technologies, reduces it...

High Performance Computing (HPC) has historically been the impetus for new technologies. However, in dealing with power related issues HPC has lagged behind. Power has recently been recognized as one of the major obstacles to fielding a Peta-Flop class system. In this paper we will discuss power related topics by leveraging what is currently a rare capability of examining real power usage at a ...

Virtualization technology enriches the tools including live-migration for resource scheduling. Resource scheduler adjusts resource allocation to keep quality of service against load fluctuation as well as save energy. Taxonomy of resource scheduling for virtualized data center are explained in this work. The latest technologies are introduced and compared. We also indicate the trend of its deve...

Cloud Computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous and on-demand access to shared resource pool. It represents a paradigm shift from traditional personal computing to computing as a pay-per-use utility. Cloud Computing is not without its challenges and despite tremendous progress in recent years, issues relating to security, resource provisioning and high availability still continue to plague i...