EU Funded Grid Development in Europe

Abstract

Abstract. Several Grid projects have been established that deploy a "first generation Grid". In order to categorise existing projects in Europe, we have developed a taxonomy and applied it to 20 European Grid projects funded by the European Commission through the Framework 5 IST programme. We briefly describe the projects and thus provide an overview of current Grid activities in Europe. Next, we suggest future trends based on both the European Grid activities as well as progress of the world-wide Grid community. The work we present here is a source of information that aims to help to promote European Grid development.

Bioinformatics and Healthcare Computing Models and Services on Grid Initiatives for Data Analysis and Management

“…The main domains of grid applications as reported by the literature include Earth and Environmental Sciences, Computational Biology and Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering and Multimedia, and commercial and business applications, see Figure 1. It can be seen that several scientific applications use grid technologies in the areas of biology and medical industries [2]. …”

“…In addition, a review of grid projects in Europe is published on January 2004 [2]. However, the literature has not comprehensively covered the key services available through the interdisciplinary bio-grid platforms and tools.…”

Experiences with GRIA — Industrial Applications on a Web Services Grid

“…This activity has now been taken over by the EGEE (Enabling Grids for e-Science in Europe) project which is proposing a new Web Services middleware (gLite) [12,13]. Other related Grid research sponsored by the European Commission is summarised in [14].…”