Grid computing and the utilization of the global Grid infrastructure have presented signi?cant challenges at all levels, including application development, progr- ming models, systems, infrastructures and services, networking, and security, and have led to the development of a global research community.

Applications and Frameworks.- Framework for Peer-to-Peer Distributed Computing in a Heterogeneous, Decentralized Environment.- Grid-Based Monte Carlo Application.- A Grid Service-Based Active Thermochemical Table Framework.- GridLab: Enabling Applications on the Grid.- Optimization and Performance.- Simulation of Dynamic Grid Replication Strategies in OptorSim.- Scheduling Independent Tasks with QoS Requirements in Grid Computing with Time-Varying Resource Prices.- A Theoretical Approach to Load Balancing of a Target Task in a Temporally and Spatially Heterogeneous Grid Computing Environment.- Source Code Transformations Strategies to Load-Balance Grid Applications.- Programming Models.- A Parallel CORBA Component Model for Numerical Code Coupling.- Meaning and Behaviour in Grid Oriented Components.- Trustless Grid Computing in ConCert.- Resource Discovery and Management.- A Unified Peer-to-Peer Database Framework for Scalable Service and Resource Discovery.- Grid Resource Discovery Based on a Routing-Transferring Model.- Resource Allocation for Steerable Parallel Parameter Searches.- Security and Policy Management.- An Authorization Framework for a Grid Based Component Architecture.- Supporting Secure Ad-hoc User Collaboration in Grid Environments.- XML-Based Policy Engine Framework for Usage Policy Management in Grids.- Fine-Grain Authorization for Resource Management in the Grid Environment.- Scheduling.- Adaptive Resource Scheduling for Network Services.- Enhanced Algorithms for Multi-site Scheduling.- Experiments with Scheduling Using Simulated Annealing in a Grid Environment.- Grid Infrastructure and Services.- A Policy Service for GRID Computing.- DYNAMO - DirectorY, Net Archiver and MOver.- GridRM: A Resource Monitoring Architecture for the Grid.- Overview of GridRPC: A Remote Procedure Call API for Grid Computing.- Data Services.- Distributed Query Processing on the Grid.- Using Disk Throughput Data in Predictions of End-to-End Grid Data Transfers.- Improving the Throughput of Remote Storage Access through Pipelining.

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