Introduction
MTA SZTAKI, over its part, LPDS (Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems) as a key research institute in grid technologies is a founding member of the Hungarian Grid Competence Centre and the Hungarian National Grid Initiative (NGI-HU), and coordinates several European Grid projects in the 7th Framework Programme (EDGI, DEGISCO, SHIWA, SCI-BUS).
The mission of the Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems is two-fold in grid related research:
- to provide efficient software development tools and high-level services together with customizable scientific gateways based on workflows (P-GRADE Grid Portal, gUSE/WS-PGRADE) for harvesting the most wide-spread grid infrastructures based on gLite, Globus, BOINC, and
- to offer easy-to-maintain middleware solutions (SZTAKI Desktop Grid) and technologies for inter-operability (3G-Bridge, DCI-Bridge) that enables cost-efficient alternative platforms for scientific and business applications.
Main research areas:
- Grid computing including Desktop Grids
- Service Oriented Architecture
- Cloud systems
- Interoperation and interoperability
- Resource brokering
- Graphical development environments and gateways
- Workflow based IT solutions
Main achievements:
LPDS has participated in national and international Grid research projects since 2000 with outstanding results in the area of Grid middleware and in the development of high-level user interfaces. The Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Systems is headed by Peter Kacsuk DSc. 5 colleagues with PhD and 26 full- or part-time members work for the laboratory.
