ACM SIGACT news distributed computing column 8

Abstract

The Distributed Computing Column covers the theory of systems that are composed of a number of interacting computing elements. These include problems of communication and networking, databases, distributed shared memory, multiprocessor architectures, operating systems, verification, internet, and the web.This issue consists of the paper "Distributed Computing Research Issues in Grid Computing" by Henri Casanova. Many thanks to Henri for contributing to this issue.

Index Terms

• Computer systems organization

  • Architectures

    • Distributed architectures

• Software and its engineering

  • Software organization and properties

    • Software system structures

      • Distributed systems organizing principles