An Introduction to The Lattice Project
The Lattice Project is the research in Grid computing conducted by the Laboratory of Molecular Evolution. It can also refer to the Grid computing system that is currently in production at the University of Maryland. Michael Cummings has directed The Lattice Project from its inception in late 2003 to the present, and Adam Bazinet has been the primary developer. During this time the system has been continually developed, improved, and used to complete many scientific analyses. We were initially motivated by the need for more computing power for our own research, but our development of the Grid system has always been with general, non-domain-specific use in mind. In fact, the majority of our users have been other researchers at the University of Maryland.If you're looking for background material, perhaps the Wikipedia entry on Grid computing is a neutral place to start. You will find many different takes on the concept, but here is a simply stated definition of Grid computing: applying the resources of many computers to a single problem at the same time. To broaden out this definition a little, one generally assumes that the computers in question are not centrally administered, and may not even be known to the end user of Grid computing.
Before we go further, you should be aware that there is already a lot in print about The Lattice Project. It's true that some of the technical details may have changed since a particular manuscript was published, but most of the core ideas have remained the same. If you're interested, please take a look at our publications about The Lattice Project. Slides from presentations we've given are also available.
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