Abstract
This volume collects the contributions to the “Computational Grids for Italian Astrophysics: Status and Perspectives” workshop, held at INAF headquarters, Rome, in November 2005. The workshop aimed at taking a snapshot of the status within the Italian astrophysical community of the development and usage of computational and data Grid(s), with particular reference to the status of the Grid.it (especially work-package 10, dedicated to astrophysical applications) and DRACO projects. The results obtained by the scientists participating in the two projects were summarised, to evaluate the effectiveness of the porting of scientific applications on the Grid, to recognise possible improvements, to foster cross-fertilisation with other sciences involved in Grid processing, to bring the requirements of astronomers to the attention of middleware developers and, maybe most important, to disseminate results so as to allow fellow astronomers to make use of the Grid. An attempt to define the roadmap for the future was also made, to understand which resources are needed and how to procure them. The workshop ideally closed a complete loop initiated in July 2003, when a first workshop called “Grids in Astrophysics and the Virtual Observatory” was organised. Some two years of nitty-gritty hard work and experience based on trial-and-error have shown that Grids are actually useful and have found application in many fields of astrophysical research, ranging from theoretical simulations to data processing, from distributed databases to planning of space missions.

Information
Type: Collection
Language(s): English
Year: 2007
Number of page(s): 199
Code (printed): ISBN 978-88-7699-057-1
Code (electronic): ISBN 978-88-7699-058-8 - Open Access Publication

Book Sections
F. Pasian, L. Benacchio (2007) “Computational Grids for Italian Astrophysics: Status and Perspectives”. A Foreword. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 9-11.

A. Baruffolo et al. (2007) WP10: Astrophysics in GRID.it. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 13-25.

C. Vuerli et al. (2007) Draco Project: Activities, Results and Future Perspectives. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 27-41.

F. Pasian (2007) The INAF Information Systems Unit and the Grids for the Italian Astrophysical Community. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 43-52.

R. Smareglia (2007) Interoperability between Grid and the Virtual Observatory: a Perspective. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 53-59.

G. Taffoni et al. (2007) Bridging the Virtual Observatory and the GRID with the Query Element. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 63-69.

M. Pavlov et al. (2007) The VST Data Processing within the GRID. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 71-81.

C. Vuerli et al. (2007) Monitoring and Remote Control of Scientific Instrumentation through the Grid. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 83-87.

G. Taffoni et al. (2007) Running Cosmic Structure Formation on the GRID. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 89-97.

G. Taffoni et al. (2007) Performing Orbital Satellite Evolution Using the GRID. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 99-105.

A. Baruffolo et al. (2007) ACME for GRID: Cross Correlation of Astronomical Catalogues on the Grid. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 107-114.

S. Gallozzi et al. (2007) The DRACO Web-Portal and Data Reduction in DataGrid. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 115-130.

V. Manna et al. (2007) The Integration of a Beowulf Cluster in Grid Environment. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 131-138.

V. Manna et al. (2007) The Orchestration of Astronomical Workflow in Grid Environment Using BPEL. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 139-144.

G. Capasso et al. (2007) Performing Spherical Harmonics Analysis Using Beowulf Cluster. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 145-152.

E. Cascone et al. (2007) Grid Site for the Italian Astrophysic Research. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 153-158.

C. Tortora et al. (2007) CMBR Spectrum Using Parallel Computations. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 159-166.

A. Costa et al. (2007) HPC and Grid Computing Towards Integrated Projects. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 167-175.

U. Becciani (2007) New GRID Infrastructure in Sicily. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 179-189.

I. Porceddu et al. (2007) INAF and the CyberSAR λ-GRID Challenge. In: Grid-enabled Astrophysics. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 191-199.