- Distributed Algorithms and Systems
- Overview site with academic links. Hosted at Chalmers University of Technology. - DCcentral - Introduction to distributed computing in English, French, or Spanish. Includes tutorials, history, and projects.
- Albatross - Wide Area Cluster Computing - A project to better understand application behavior on wide-area networks. Publications, talks, software, status.
- An Eye on Grid Technology - Grid computing and grid services portal featuring articles, papers, news and streaming media content.
- Cetus Links: Distributed Objects and Components - Over a thousand links organized by the volunteer members of the Cetus organization.
- Distributed Computing Primer - Introduction to organising a distributed computing project.
- Distributed Computing: An Introduction - From global distributed projects like Seti@Home to corporate uses behind the firewall, we cover the fundamentals of distributed computing architectures, discuss major initiatives and applications, and talk about the challenges that lay ahead.
- Distributed Systems - Descriptions, bibliographies, and links to distributed operating systems, file systems, and computing environments.
- Flash Mob Computing - Home of the first Flash Mob Supercomputer and the official site for all things Flash Mob Computing.
- IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing - The Task Force is concerned with issues related to the design, analysis, development and implementation of cluster-based systems.
- Jeff Sutherland's Object Technology Site - Breaking news on distributed computing, object technology, components, and business objects.
- Mobile Information and Communication Systems - Research on self organizing mobile ad hoc networking technology and infrastructure. Project proposals and publications.
- Next-gen Distributed Computing - If your large enterprise is like most, about 10 percent of your available CPU cycles actually gets used -- a fact that is driving enterprises to deploy the next generation of cost-reducing distributed computing architectures.
- Open Grid Forum (OGF) - A community-initiated forum of individual researchers and practitioners working on distributed computing, or "grid" technologies.
- QUALCOMM | BREW Home - The BREW solution provides the necessary tools and value-added services to developers, device manufacturers and wireless operators for application development and distribution, device configuration, and billing and payment.
- The DC Zone - A growing distributed computing community, currently focused on Folding@Home, Find-a-Drug, Grid.org, World Community Grid, and DIMES, though open to other projects.
- The Distributed ASCI Supercomputer (DAS) - An experimental wide-area distributed computing cluster used for parallel computing research at five Dutch universities.
- The Israeli Association of Grid Technologies (IGT) - The Israeli Association of Grid Technologies (IGT) The IGT is a non-profit organization of leading vendors, ISVs, customers and academia, focused on knowledge sharing and networking for developing Enterprise Grid solutions. It is open, independent and vendor-neutral.
Media publications
- Distributed computing gets a corporate twist - Tech News - CNET.com - "Grid" technology, which distributes computing jobs and databases across numerous servers, has largely been an academic phenomenon. But on Thursday IBM plans to give the idea a corporate twist with its so-called Grid Computing Initiative. (Published 2001.08.01)
- Salon: Distributed.outrage - University computer administrator accused of "hacking" crimes, for installing a screensaver that supported distributed computing research. (Published 2001.07.17)
- SecurityFocus HOME News: Is Distributed Computing a Crime? - Article discusses how a computer network administrator faces multiple felony charges and years in a Georgia prison for allegedly installing Distributed.net clients without permission. (Published 2001.12.20)
- Wired News - Kasparov Goes Bigger than Blue - World chess champion Garry Kasparov -- famous for tangling with IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer -- takes on the world. His latest game uses distributed computing to connect any challenger. By Joyce Slaton. (Published 1999.06.10)
