University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
CCR
Center for
Computational Research
A Short History of the Grid
nGrand
Challenge Problems (1980s)
qNSF and DOE
initiatives
q“Science is
a team sport”
qInitiate
multi-resource projects involving computation, instruments, visualization, data
nEvolution of
Related Communities
qParallel
computation
mAddress resource limitations
qNetworking
mGigabit testbed program
˘ Investigate potential
testbed network architectures
˘Explore
usefulness for end-users
CASA Gigabit Testbed
(1990s)