Web Directory

» Albatross - Wide Area Cluster Computing
   A project to better understand application behavior on wide-area networks. Publications, talks, software, status.
   http://www.cs.vu.nl/albatross/

» An Eye on Grid Technology
   Grid computing and grid services portal featuring articles, papers, news and streaming media content.
   http://www.gridsummit.com/toc.htm

» Cetus Links: Distributed Objects and Components
   Over a thousand links organized by the volunteer members of the Cetus organization.
   http://www.cetus-links.org/top_distributed_objects_components.html

» Distributed Computing Primer
   Introduction to organising a distributed computing project.
   http://www.bacchae.co.uk/docs/dist.html

» Distributed Computing: An Introduction
   From global distributed projects like Seti@Home to corporate uses behind the firewall, we cover the fundamentals of distributed computing architectures, discuss major initiatives and applications, and talk about the challenges that lay ahead.
   http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C1697%2C11769%2C00.asp

» Distributed Systems
   Descriptions, bibliographies, and links to distributed operating systems, file systems, and computing environments.
   http://www-vs.informatik.uni-ulm.de:81/DOSinWWW/DistribSys.html

» Distributed computing gets a corporate twist
   "Grid" technology has largely been an academic phenomenon, but IBM gives the idea a corporate twist with its Grid Computing Initiative. [CNet News]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-270988.html

» Distributed.outrage
   University computer administrator accused of "hacking" crimes, for installing a screensaver that supported distributed computing research. [Salon]
   http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/17/screensaver/

» Flash Mob Computing
   Home of the first Flash Mob Supercomputer and the official site for all things Flash Mob Computing.
   http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/

» IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing
   The Task Force is concerned with issues related to the design, analysis, development and implementation of cluster-based systems.
   http://www.ieeetfcc.org/

» Is Distributed Computing a Crime?
   Computer network administrator faces multiple felony charges and years in prison for allegedly installing Distributed.net clients without permission. [SecurityFocus]
   http://www.securityfocus.com/news/300

» Jeff Sutherland's Object Technology Site
   Breaking news on distributed computing, object technology, components, and business objects.
   http://jeffsutherland.com/

» Kasparov Goes Bigger than Blue
   World chess champion Garry Kasparov, famous for tangling with IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer, takes on the world. His latest game uses distributed computing to connect any challenger. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/06/20124

» Mobile Information and Communication Systems
   Research on self organizing mobile ad hoc networking technology and infrastructure. Project proposals and publications.
   http://www.terminodes.org/

» Open Grid Forum (OGF)
   A community-initiated forum of individual researchers and practitioners working on distributed computing, or "grid" technologies.
   http://www.ogf.org/

» The DC Zone
   A growing distributed computing community, currently focused on Folding@Home, Find-a-Drug, Grid.org, World Community Grid, and DIMES, though open to other projects.
   http://thedczone.com/

» The Distributed ASCI Supercomputer (DAS)
   An experimental wide-area distributed computing cluster used for parallel computing research at five Dutch universities.
   http://www.cs.vu.nl/~bal/das.html

» The Israeli Association of Grid Technologies (IGT)
   The Israeli Association of Grid Technologies (IGT) The IGT is a non-profit organization of leading vendors, ISVs, customers and academia, focused on knowledge sharing and networking for developing Enterprise Grid solutions. It is open, independent and ven
   http://www.grid.org.il/