Introduction

• Understanding the different generations, need and benefits of grids
• Describing the different types of grids
• Explaining various technical terminologies used in grid computing

Distributed Computing

• Illustrating the various distributed computing models like internet computing, peer-to-peer, etc.
• Detailing the different grid architectures and middleware used in grid computing
• Explaining the concept of computing on demand, distributed hash table (DHT) and distributed resource management system (DRMS)

Enterprise Computing

• Understanding the integration of grid in an enterprise
• Describing the concept and application of open grid services and web services resource framework (WSRF) in enterprise grid
• Explaining the impact of grids on economy and overview of GRACE research project

Service Oriented Architecture

• Illustrating the concepts of SOA
• Detailing the design considerations and development in SOA for the grid

Web Services

• Describing the characteristics and architecture of web services
• Detailing the different WSDL and UDDI web Services protocols
• Understanding the concepts of grid services frameworks like WSRF and OGSI

Open Grid Services Architecture

• Explaining the OGSA model and the interfaces offered
• Illustrating the basic services offered by OGSA
• Understanding the basics of handles, references and notifications in OGSA
• Describing the relationship and usage of Globus toolkit with OGSA

P2P Management

• Detailing the various characteristics of peer-to-peer systems
• Illustrating the data location and routing algorithms used b napster, kazaa, etc.
• Explaining the different benefits and shortcomings of p2p systems

Schedulers

• Understanding the role, features and selection criteria of scheduler
• Describing the various scheduling algorithms and architecture used in grids
• Explaining the common schedulers like OpenPB, Maui, Condor-G used in grid computing environments

Workflow

• Illustrating the various workflow management systems like Karajan, triana, etc.
• Detailing the different workflow specification languages used in grids like XLANG, GSFL, WSFL, etc.

Globus Toolkit

• Understanding the concepts and architecture of open source globus toolkit (GT)
• Explaining the various hosting environments for GT deployment

Grid Security

• Describing the basics of security certificate like X.509 and PKI for implementing security in grid environment.
• Illustrating security implementation by Java certificate services and globus toolkit security libraries

Resource Management

• Detailing the various resource management models like AO, market, hierarchical, etc.
• Explaining the web services GRAM architecture for resource management in GT
• Illustrating the various network and memory management techniques

Data Management

• Understanding file transfer using GridFTP and applying multiple protocols

Web Service Resource Framework

• Explaining the concepts of WSRF and interlinking with OSGI
• Describing the various normative specifications of WSRF
• Illustrating interlinking of GT4 and WSRF for stateful services

Message Passing Standards

• Detailing the various message passing protocols like MPI, MPI 2.0 and MPICH2

Cluster

• Explaining the usage of grids as cluster and their applications
• Describing the concepts of high-availability, load balancing and high performing computing clusters