The
Globus Project
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The Globus project is developing the fundamental technology that is needed to build computational grids, execution environments that enable an application to integrate geographically-distributed instruments,  displays, and computational and information resources.  Such computations may link tens or hundreds of these resources.

The development of the World Wide Web has changed the way that we think about information.  We do not think twice about accesses to Web pages that are spread across the world.  The goal of the Globus project is to bring about a similar revolution with respect to computation.   We can hardly imagine the types of applications we might construct if we had instantaneous access to a supercomputer from our desktop!  The Globus project is developing the technology that can make this vision a reality.

The Globus project is organized around four main thrusts:

Research We study basic problems in areas such as resource management, security, and algorithms
Tools We build robust research prototype software that can run on a range of interesting and important platforms.
Testbeds We build and deploy large-scale testbeds.
Applications We develop large-scale grid-enabled applications in collaboration with application scientists.

You can find more information on each of these topics on the referenced pages.

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