NorduGrid Papers and Articles



PAPERS
Published papers
The main reference paper:
"Advanced Resource Connector middleware for lightweight computational Grids". M.Ellert et al., Future Generation Computer Systems 23 (2007) 219-240. /documents/arcpaper-fgcs.pdff
"The next generation ARC middleware and ATLAS computing model". A. Filipčič, D. Cameron, O. Smirnova et al., Proc. of CHEP 2012, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 396 (2012) 032039. /documents/arc-atlas-chep12.pdf
"Performance testing of distributed computational resources in the software development phase". J. Cernak, E. Cernakova, M. Kocan, Proc. of EGI Community Forum 2012 / EMI Second Technical Conference, PoS(EGICF12-EMITC2)091. /documents/ARC-testing.pdf
"EMI Execution Service implementation in ARC ". A. Konstantinov, M. Skou Andersen, Proc. of EGI Community Forum 2012 / EMI Second Technical Conference, PoS(EGICF12-EMITC2)081. /documents/EMIES-ARC.pdf
"The ARC Information System: overview of a GLUE2 compliant production system". F. Paganelli, B. Kónya, O.Smirnova et al., Proc. of EGI Community Forum 2012 / EMI Second Technical Conference, PoS(EGICF12-EMITC2)074. /documents/ARC-GLUE2.pdf
"Building and Operating a Distributed Regional Centre for LHC Computing and Data Storage". O. Smirnova, G. Behrmann, M. Grønager et al., Proc. of 7th IEEE International Conference on eScience (2011) ISBN 978-0-7695-4597-4. /documents/IEEE-eScience-NDGF.pdff
"Parallel Monte Carlo simulations on an ARC-enabled computing grid". J.K. Nilsen, B. Samset, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 331 (2011) 072026. /documents/parallel-MC.pdf
"arcControlTower: the System for Atlas Production and Analysis on ARC". A. Filipčič (for the ATLAS collaboration), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 331 072013 (2011). /documents/act-chep10.pdf
"ARC and gLite interoperability in ATLAS sites". A. Filipčič, Sz. Gadomsky and S. Haug, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 331 062033 (2011). /documents/ARC-ATLAS-interop.pdf
"Chelonia: A self-healing, replicated storage system". J.K. Nilsen, S. Toor, Zs. Nagy, A.L. Read, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 331 062019 (2011). /documents/chelonia-chep10.pdf
"Adaptive data management in the ARC Grid middleware". D. Cameron, A. Gholami, D. Karpenko and A. Konstantinov, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 331 062006 (2011). /documents/ARC-data-management.pdf
"Case-Study for Different Models of Resource Brokering in Grid Systems". S. Toor, B. Mohn, D. Cameron, S. Holmgren, Technical Report of the Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, nr. 2010-009 (2010) /documents/brokering-study.pdf
"The next-generation ARC middleware". O. Appleton, D. Cameron, J. Cernák et al., Annals of Telecommunications "Towards market-oriented Clouds", vol. 65, numbers 11-12 (2010) pp. 771-776. /documents/next-gen-ARC.pdf
"Improvements of common open Grid standards to increase High Throughput and High Performance Computing effectiveness on large-scale Grid and e-science infrastructures ". M. Riedel, M.S. Memon, A.S. Memon et al., Proc. of IEEE IPDPSW Symposium 2010 (2010) pp. 1-7, ISBN 978-1-4244-6533-0. /documents/improvement-of-standards.pdff
"Performance of an ARC-enabled computing grid for ATLAS/LHC physics analysis and Monte Carlo production under realistic conditions ". B. Samset, D. Cameron, M. Ellert et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 219 072016 (2010). /documents/ARC-ATLAS-performance.pdf
"Towards sustainability: An interoperability outline for a Regional ARC based infrastructure in the WLCG and EGEE infrastructures". L. Field, M. Grønager, D. Johansson and J. Kleist, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 219 062051 (2010). /documents/ARC-EGEE-interop.pdf
"Recent ARC developments: Through modularity to interoperability". O. Smirnova, D. Cameron, P. Dóbé et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 219 062027 (2010). /documents/ARC-new.pdf
"Grid Interoperation with ARC middleware for the CMS experiment". E. Edelmann, L. Field, J. Frey et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 219 062016 (2010). /documents/ARC-CMS.pdf
"Swiss ATLAS grid computing in preparation for the LHC collision data". S. Haug, C. Topfel, E. Cogneras et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 219 052019 (2010). /documents/swiss-ATLAS-grid.pdf
"Analysis of internal network requirements for the distributed Nordic Tier-1". G. Behrmann, L. Fischer, M. Gamst, M. Grønager and J. Kleist, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 219 052001 (2010). /documents/NDGF-network.pdf
"Performance and Stability of the Chelonia Storage Cloud". J.K. Nilsen, S. Toor, Zs. Nagy, B. Mohn, A.L. Read, arXiv:1002.0712v1 [cs.DC] (2010) /documents/Chelonia-performance.pdf
"Supporting interoperability of e-science infrastructures with a common information service". A. Memon, M. Riedel, M. Memon, A. Streit, B. Kónya, S. Andreozzi, Proc. of IEEE AH-ICI 2009 (2009) pp. 1-6, ISBN 978-1-4244-4569-1. /documents/common-infoservice.pdff
"Web Service-based Architecture of New ARC Components". P. Stefan, T. Frågåt, F. Ould-Saada et al., Proceedings of TNC2009 (2009) ISBN 978-90-77559-19-2. /documents/ws-arc-architecture.pdf
"A comparison between ARC and gLite for medical image processing on Grids ". T. Glatard, X. Zhou, S. Camarasu-Pop et al., Proc. of MICCAI workshop on HealthGrids 2009 (2009) pp. 64-73. http://www.nordigrid.org/documents/MICCAI_ARC_gLite.pdf
"Towards cross-middleware authentication and single sign-on for ARC Grid middleware ". W.Qiang, A.Konstantinov, Computer Science - Research and Development 23 (2009) 267-274. /documents/arc-sso.pdff
"Interoperation of world-wide production e-Science infrastructures". M. Riedel, E. Laure, Th. Soddemann et al., Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience vol. 21, issue 8 (2009) pp. 961-990. /documents/interoperation.pdff
"An Easy Setup for Parallel Medical Image Processing: Using Taverna and ARC". X. Zhou, H. Krabbenhöft, M. Niinimäki, A. Depeursinge, S. Möller, H. Muller, in Proceedings of the HealthGrid 2009, Eds. T. Solomonides et al. IOS Press 2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-027-8, pp. 41-50 (2009). /documents/healthgrid2009-taverna.pdf
"Grid Information System Interoperability: The Need For A Common Information Model". L. Field, S. Andreozzi, B. Kónya, in Proceedings of the IEEE Fourth International Conference on eScience'08, pp. 501-507, 2008. /documents/ieee-infosys.pdff
"Interoperability between ARC and gLite - Understanding the Grid-Job Life Cycle". M. Gronager, D. Johansson, J. Kleist, C. Soettrup, A. Waananen, L. Field, D. Qing, K. Happonen, T. Linden, in Proceedings of the IEEE Fourth International Conference on eScience'08, pp. 493-500, 2008. /documents/ARC-glite-interop.pdff
"A Distributed Tier-1". L. Fischer, M. Grønager, J. Kleist, O.Smirnova, in Proceedings of CHEP07, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 119 (2008) 052016, IOP Publishing Ltd 2008. /documents/chep07-tier1.pdf
"ALICE - ARC integration.". C. Anderlik, A.R. Gregersen, J. Kleist, A. Peters, P. Saiz, in Proceedings of CHEP07, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 119 (2008) 062006, IOP Publishing Ltd 2008. /documents/chep07-alice.pdf
"Towards GLUE 2: evolution of the computing element information model". S. Andreozzi, S. Burke, L. Field, B. Kónya, in Proceedings of CHEP07, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 119 (2008) 062009, IOP Publishing Ltd 2008. /documents/chep07-glue2.pdff
"A distributed storage system with dCache". G. Behrmann, P. Fuhrmann, M. Grønager, J. Kleist, in Proceedings of CHEP07, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 119 (2008) 062014, IOP Publishing Ltd 2008. /documents/chep07-dcache.pdf
"ATLAS DDM integration in ARC". G. Behrmann, D. Cameron, M. Ellert, J. Kleist, A. Taga, in Proceedings of CHEP07, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 119 (2008) 062015, IOP Publishing Ltd 2008. /documents/chep07-ddm.pdf
"Complete distributed computing environment for a HEP experiment: Experience with ARC-connected infrastructure for ATLAS". A. Read, A. Taga, F. Ould-Saada, K. Pajchel, B.H. Samset, D. Cameron, in Proceedings of CHEP07, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 119 (2008) 062041, IOP Publishing Ltd 2008. /documents/chep07-atlas.pdf
  "The ARC solution for Grid middleware". F. Ould-Saada, eStrategies Projects pp. 14-15, 2008, British Publishers.
"Dynamic Runtime Environments for Grid Computing, in Proceedings". D. Bayer, T. Bhimdi, G. Öchsler, F. Orellana, A. Wäänänen, B. Kónya, S. Möller, in Proceedings of Cracow Grid Workshop 2007 (CGW07), Eds. M. Bubak, M. Turala, K. Wiatr, ACC CYFRONET AGH, Krakow 2008, ISBN 978-83-915141-9-1, pp 155-162 (2008).
"Integrating ARC grid middleware with Taverna workflows". H. N. Krabbenhöft , S. Möller, D. Bayer, Bioinformatics 2008 24(9):1221-1222. /documents/arc-taverna.pdf
"Roadmap for the ARC Grid Middleware". P.Eerola et al., PARA 2006, LNCS 4699, pp. 471-479, 2007, B. Kågström et al. (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007. /documents/roadmap-para06.pdff
"Data Management for the World's Largest Machine". S.Haug, F.Ould-Saada, K.Pajchel and A.L.Read, PARA 2006, LNCS 4699, pp. 480-488, 2007, B. Kågström et al. (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007. /documents/atlas-para06.pdff
"The Nordic Data Grid Facility". R. Buch, L.Fischer, M.Grønager, O.Smirnova, META 1(2006)p.14.
"Nordic Grid activities strengthen the WLCG". M.Grønager, CERN Courier, September 7, 2006
  "LCG and ARC middleware interoperability". M.Grønager et al., in Proceedings of CHEP 2006, #348.
"A Framework for Job Management in the NorduGrid ARC Middleware". H.T. Jensen, J.Kleist, J.R.Leth, EGC 2005, LNCS 3470, pp. 861-871, 2005, P. Sloot et al. (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005. /documents/EGC05-jobmanagement.pdff
  "Performance of the NorduGrid ARC and the Dulcinea Executor in ATLAS Data Challenge 2". R.Sturrock et al., in Proceedings of CHEP 2004, eds. A.Aimar, J.Harvey and N.Knoors, CERN-2005-002, Vol. 2, 2005, p. 1095.
  "Data management services of NorduGrid". A.Konstantinov et al., in Proceedings of CHEP 2004, eds. A.Aimar, J.Harvey and N.Knoors, CERN-2005-002, Vol. 2, 2005, p. 765.
  "Experiences with Data Indexing services supported by the NorduGrid middleware". J.L.Nielsen et al., in Proceedings of CHEP 2004, eds. A.Aimar, J.Harvey and N.Knoors, CERN-2005-002, Vol. 2, 2005, p. 673.
  "Usage statistics and usage patterns on the NorduGrid: Analyzing the logging information collected on one of the largest production Grids of the world". K.Pajchel et al., in Proceedings of CHEP 2004, eds. A.Aimar, J.Harvey and N.Knoors, CERN-2005-002, Vol. 2, 2005, p. 711.
"Science on NorduGrid". P.Eerola et al., in Proceedings of ECCOMAS 2004.
"The NorduGrid Collaboration". F.Ould-Saada, SWITCHjournal 1/2004 "Grid: Vom Stromnetz zum innovativen Vernetzungsdienst", pp 23-24.
  "The NorduGrid production Grid infrastructure, status and plans". P.Eerola et al.. Proc. 4th Int'l Workshop on Grid Computing (GRID'03), IEEE CS Press, pp. 158-165.
"The NorduGrid Architecture And Middleware for Scientific Applications". O.Smirnova et al., ICCS 2003, LNCS 2657, p. 264. P.M.A. Sloot et al. (Eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003. /documents/iccs03.pdff
  "The NorduGrid architecture and tools". P.Eerola et al., in Proceedings of CHEP 2003,eConf C0303241:MOAT003,2003.
  "Atlas Data-Challenge 1 on NorduGrid". P.Eerola et al., in Proceedings of CHEP 2003, eConf C0303241:MOcT011,2003.
"Building a Production Grid in Scandinavia". P.Eerola et al., IEEE Internet Computing, 2003, vol.7, issue 4, pp.27-35. /documents/w4smir-last.pdff
  "Grid Technology". O. Smirnova, Nordic States journal, summer 2003 issue, PSCA International publishing house.
"The NorduGrid project: Using Globus toolkit for building Grid infrastructure". M.Ellert et al., Nucl. Instr. and Methods A 502 (2003) 407-410. /documents/e-acat2002.pdff
"An Overview of an Architecture Proposal for a High Energy Physics Grid". A.Wäänänen et al., PARA 2002, LNCS 2367, p. 76. J. Fagerholm et al. (Eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002. /documents/e-para02.pdff
Unpublished papers
  "JSDL vs XRSL comparison" (May 7, 2005).
"An Overview of The NorduGrid Architecture Proposal" (May 5, 2002). E-print cs.DS/0205021.
  NorduGrid "Architecture Proposal" (March 20, 2002)
"Comments on Installation Procedure and Usage of Workload Management Software of EU DataGrid". A.Konstantinov (February 2002)
"Comments on the Computing Element Information Provider of the EU DataGrid Testbed 1". B.Kónya (January 28, 2002)
  "Performance evaluation of the GridFTP within the NorduGrid project". B.Kónya, O.Smirnova (October 15, 2001). E-print cs.DS/0205023.
Internal reports
Proposals and drafts
  "Nordic Testbed for Wide Area Computing and Data Handling – Final Report" (January 15, 2003)
  "NorduGrid Mid-term Report" (December 21, 2001)
    "NorduGrid Status Report" (September 1, 2001)