OCI: Collaborative Research: Community Driven Improvement of Globus Software

OCI：协作研究：社区驱动的 Globus 软件改进

• 批准号: 0534027
• 负责人: Carl Kesselman
• 金额: $ 450万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-12-01 至 2011-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0534027&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: OCI; Collaborative; Research; Community; Driven

This collaborative proposal describes development work on the software system known as the Globus Toolkit spanning a 5-year period. This development work, labeled as "Community Driven Improvement of Globus Software", or CDIGS, promises generally to respond to the needs of the scientific user community in adding enhanced functionality and performance to an existing and well-used software base exceeding 2.5 million lines of code. The proposal guides the reader first through a primer on the Globus user community and the Globus technology and components. The detailed project plan focuses on the first 24 months and cites specific work in the areas of security, data management, execution management, information services, and common runtime. Their methodology on software engineering practices describes how they plan to develop, integrate, and make available new capabilities across major GT code releases. The proposal also describes in several sections their approach to user engagement and community support, leveraging multiple channels of engagement ranging from meetings and community events to IRC and email list forums. One section covers the project team and management plan, where the roles of well known and veteran GT developers and designers are defined. The project team consists of about 14 FTE covering full-time software engineering, coordination, management, and documentation. The management plan includes the creation of a Technology board that oversees software engineering activities, an External Advisory board comprised of industry/academic/federal experts and stakeholders, and a Globus Alliance board charged with defining technical direction and providing a direct tie with the Globus Alliance organization. The proposal included 102 letters of support, including letters from most of the significant grid-related projects worldwide.Intellectual Merit: Despite the term "research" appearing in the title, the proposal is clear about being a development project. The proposal claims that new knowledge will be gained, spanning areas of software engineering, in the pursuit of delivering Globus technology to the scientific users in grid environments. Broader Impact: The proposal identifies throughout the dependence on GT by a slew of major CI initiatives. Continued support and new development of Globus will thus support and further enable these existing distributed environments, as well as smooth the way for new grid environments to form in the support of distributed science, engineering, and education. The proposal makes a direct case for CDIGS supporting production science.

该协作提案描述了在5年期间被称为Globus工具包的软件系统上的开发工作。这项开发工作被标记为“ Globus软件的社区驱动改进”或CDIGS，通常有望满足科学用户社区的需求，从而为超过250万行代码的现有和良好使用的软件基础增加了增强的功能和性能。该提案首先通过Globus用户社区以及Globus技术和组件的入门来指导读者。详细的项目计划着重于最初的24个月，并在安全，数据管理，执行管理，信息服务和普通运行时引用了特定的工作。他们在软件工程实践上的方法描述了他们计划如何开发，集成并在主要的GT代码版本中提供新功能。该提案还在几个部分中描述了它们的用户参与和社区支持的方法，从而利用了从会议和社区活动到IRC和电子邮件列表论坛的多个参与渠道。一个部分涵盖了项目团队和管理计划，在该计划中，定义了知名和资深GT开发人员和设计师的角色。项目团队由大约14个FTE组成，涵盖了全日制软件工程，协调，管理和文档。管理计划包括建立一个负责监督软件工程活动的技术委员会，由行业/学术/联邦专家和利益相关者组成的外部咨询委员会以及一个负责定义技术方向并与Globus Alliance Armissim的直接联系的Globus Alliance委员会。该提案包括102封支持信，包括来自全球大多数重要的网格相关项目的信件。智能优点：尽管标题中出现了“研究”一词，但该提案很清楚是一个开发项目。该提案声称，将获得新知识，跨越软件工程领域，以追求在网格环境中向科学用户传递Globus技术。 更广泛的影响：该提案通过一系列主要的CI计划确定了整个对GT的依赖。因此，Globus的持续支持和新的开发将支持并进一步实现这些现有的分布式环境，并为新的网格环境提供了为分布式科学，工程和教育提供支持的道路。该提案为支持生产科学的CDIG提供了直接的理由。