Classroom Exercises for Grid Services
Amy Apon, Jens Mache, Yuriko Yara, Kurt Landrus · TigerPrints (Clemson University) · 2004
Abstract. Grid protocols and technologies are being adopted in a wide variety of academic, government, and industry research laboratories, and there is a growing body of research-oriented literature in Grid computing. However, there is a need for educational material that is suitable for classroom use. The goal of this paper is to develop and evaluate a suite of classroom exercises for use in a graduate or advanced undergraduate course. The exercises build on basic knowledge of operating systems concepts at the undergraduate level. This paper presents our design of the exercises. We evaluate the effectiveness of one exercise extensively and provide suggestions to educators about how to effectively use the Globus Toolkit 3 in a classroom setting. 1