From the Web to the Grid and Beyond: Computing Paradigms Driven by High-Energy Physics

Description

This book is the first comprehensive account to trace the history of this pioneering spirit in the field of computing technologies. It covers everything up to and including the present-day handling of the huge demands imposed upon grid and distributed computing by full-scale LHC operationsoperations which have for years involved many thousands of collaborating members worldwide and accordingly provide the original and natural testbed for grid computing concepts.

This book takes the reader on a guided tour encompassing all relevant topics, including programming languages, software engineering, large databases, the Web, and grid- and cloud computing. The important issue of intellectual property regulations for distributed software engineering and computing is also addressed.

Approachable and requiring only basic understanding of physics and computer sciences, this book is intended for both education and research.

Contents
1 Technologies, Collaborations and Languages: 20 Years of HEP Computing
2 Why HEP Invented theWeb?
3 Computing Services for LHC: From Clusters to Grids
4 The Realities of Grid Computing
5 Software Development in HEP
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7 Evolution of Parallel Computing in High Energy Physics
8 Aspects of Intellectual Property Law for HEP Software Developers
9 Databases in High Energy Physics: A Critical Review
10 Towards a Globalised Data Access
11 The Planetary Brain
Glossary
Index
Name Index