Third IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing (e-Science 2007) Cross-Middleware Interoperability in Distributed Concurrent Engineering Bangalore, India December 10-December 13 ISBN: 0-7695-3064-8
Secure, distributed collaboration between different organizations is a key challenge in Grid computing today. The GDCD project has produced a Grid-based demonstrator Virtual Collaborative Facility (VCF) for the European Space Agency. The purpose of this work is to show the potential of Grid technology to support fully distributed concurrent design, while addressing practical considerations including network security, interoperability, and integration of legacy applications. The VCF allows domain engineers to use the concurrent design methodology in a distributed fashion to perform studies for future space missions. To demonstrate the interoperability and integration capabilities of Grid computing in concurrent design, we developed prototype VCF components based on ESA's current Excel-based Concurrent Design Facility (a non-distributed environment), using a STEP-compliant database that stores design parameters. The database was exposed as a secure GRIA 5.1 Grid service, whilst a .NET/WSE3.0-based library was developed to enable secure communication between the Excel client and STEP database.
Citation:
E. Rowland Watkins, Mark McArdle, Thomas Leonard, Mike Surridge, "Cross-Middleware Interoperability in Distributed Concurrent Engineering," e-science, pp.561-568, Third IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing (e-Science 2007), 2007 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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