CoLab: e-Science Collaboration between Leeds and Beihang in China For Grid-Enabled Visualisation Applications

网格是电子科学应用的技术平台，为分布式环境中共享计算能力、软件、数据和知识的协调和安全使用提供了大规模基础设施。网格计算技术正在为更好、更快、更便宜或不同的研究创造新的机会。面向服务的体系结构（SOA）已经成为构建网格应用程序和支持不同组织之间协作的优越模型，而网格中的安全性和其他问题一样，仍然是急需解决的重大挑战。中国的利兹大学和北京航空航天大学在英国和中国的电子科学项目中都有领导小组。他们在网格计算方面有许多互补的专业知识，包括基础设施、中间件系统和应用程序，并且在面向服务的网格中间件、系统安全性和可靠性以及支持网格的可视化应用程序等领域有大量共同的研究兴趣。CoLaB将以利兹大学和北航现有的电子科学合作为基础，作为利兹大学（白玫瑰网格、DAME、eViz和e-Demand）和北航（CNGrid、中国电网、NSFCGrid和CROWN）多个电子科学项目之间正式研究合作的姊妹项目。这将通过在英国和中国组织一系列研讨会，以及每年对英国和中国电网项目的访问来实现。该项目的主要交付成果将是：1)集成白玫瑰网格和中国网格的先进网格基础设施；2)联合开发的面向服务的网格系统，具有可用的安全性和可靠性框架，为3)全球范围内的一系列可视化服务提供支持，并为这些服务的用户提供大规模协作的机会。

Grids are an enabling technological platform for e-Science applications, offering a large-scale infrastructure for the coordinated and secure use of shared computing power, software, data, and knowledge in a distributed environment. Grid computing technologies are creating new opportunities for better, faster, cheaper, or different research. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has emerged as a superior model for building Grid applications and supporting collaborations amongst different organisations, whilst security in Grids remains, amongst other problems, a significant challenge that needs to be addressed urgently.The University of Leeds and Beihang University in China have leading groups in both the UK and Chinese e-Science programmes. They have many complimentary expertises in Grid computing including infrastructures, middleware systems and applications, and share a large number of common research interests in the areas of service-oriented Grid middleware, system security and dependability, and Grid-enabled visualization applications. CoLaB will be based on the existing e-Science collaboration between Leeds and Beihang, serving as a sister project that facilitates formal research collaboration amongst various e-Science projects in Leeds (White Rose Grid, DAME, eViz and e-Demand) and Beihang (CNGrid, ChinaGrid, NSFCGrid and CROWN). This will be achieved by organising a series of workshops in UK and China, and annual visits to both the UK and Chinese Grid projects. The main deliverables of this project will be 1) an advanced Grid infrastructure which integrates the White Rose Grid and the Grids in China, 2) a jointly developed, service-oriented Grid system with a usable security and dependability framework that provides support for 3) a set of visualization services across the globe, with opportunities for large-scale collaborations amongst the users of these services.