New Generation Computing, 22(2004)147-156
Ohmsha, Ltd. and Springer-Verlag

Life Sciences Grid in EUROGRID and GRIP Projects

Jaroslaw WYPYCHOWSKI, Jaroslaw PYTLINSKI, Lukasz SKORWIDER and Miroslaw NAZARUK
ICM Warsaw University
Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland

Krzysztof BENEDYCZAK, Michal WRONSKI and Piotr BALA
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Chopina 12/18, 87-100 Torun, Poland
bala@mat.uni.torun.pl

Received 2 November 2003
Revised manuscript received 31 October 2003

Abstract

In this paper we describe deployment of most important life sciences applications on the grid. The build grid is heterogenous and consists of systems of different architecture as well as operating systems and various middleware. We have used UNICORE infrastructure as framework for development dedicated user interface to the number of existing computational chemistry codes and molecular biology databases. Developed solution allows for access to the resources provided with UNICORE as well as Globus with exactly the same interface which gives access to the general grid functionality such as single login, job submission and control mechanism.

Keywords:Grid Computing, High Performance Computing, Molecular Modeling, Quantum Chemistry, Graphical User Interface.

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