The Learning Grid

The notion of Grid computing has arisen with the desire to use computational, communication, and content resources on the internet efficiently and effectively in solving scientific problems. The origin of the term as now used is from the Supercomputing 97 Conference in which a demonstration, involving using 3600 processors from 15 sites in U.S., Germany, and Sweden to solve scientific computing problems in 10 application areas, was given using software from the GLOBUS project that made the coordination of these computations possible. In this workshop we would like to explore the use of the GRID for learning - thus the term Learning GRID. The workshop goal is to formulate a plan for using Grid technologies in the establishment of a Learning Grid. In particular, a desired outcome will be a determination of priorities for Grid development and areas of research requiring support in order to make the Grid an effective learning tool.