EGEE Tutorial at ISGC 2006, Taipei

Session

Introduction to Grids and to EGEE

1 May 2006, 09:00

1. Introduction

01/05/2006, 09:00

3. What is Grid Computing?

Dr Mike Mineter (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)

01/05/2006, 09:15

4. An overview of the EGEE project and middleware

Gergely Sipos (MTA SZTAKI, Hungary)

01/05/2006, 09:45

EGEE has established an international grid infrastructure. This talk describes the activities and objectives of EGEE. It then outlines the major middleware services: Authorisation and Authentication Information Services Data Managament Workload management These will be used during the practicals later in the day.

2. Authentication, Authorisation and Security

Dr Mike Mineter

01/05/2006, 10:15

The fundamental challenges of grid computing are described: how can trust be established between sites and users?? How can security be protected when communication is across a public network? How are users authorised to use computers and data?