Computational and Data Grids: Principles, Applications, and Design - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1613501137 ISBN 13: 9781613501139

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2011

Synopsis

Grid computing promises to transform the way organizations and individuals compute, communicate, and collaborate. Computational and Data Grids: Principles, Applications and Design offers critical perspectives on theoretical frameworks, methodologies, implementations, and cutting edge research in grid computing, bridging the gap between academia and the latest achievements of the computer industry. Useful for professionals and students involved or interested in the study, use, design, and development of grid computing, this book highlights both the basics of the field and in depth analyses of grid networks.

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About the Author

Nikolaos P. Preve received his BS, MS and his PhD degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece. He is currently working in the field of computer networks research in both national, European and international projects while he is specialized in computer and telecommunication networks. He has been mainly involved as a project leader and technical manager of several successfully integrated projects both in national and international level. He is also in parallel teaching in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and in the Department of Informatics at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece. His main research interests are in the fields of wireless networks, mobile and personal communications, parallel and distributed computing and grid computing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613501137
• ISBN 13: 9781613501139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Preve Nikolaos P.