title: Scientific Grid activities and PKI deployment in the Cybermedia Center, Osaka University.
abstract: The Cybermedia Center (CMC), Osaka University, is a research institution that offers knowledge and technology resources obtained from advanced researches in the areas of large-scale computation, information and communication, multimedia content and education. Currently, CMC is involved in Japanese national Grid projects such as JGN II (Japan Gigabit Network), NAREGI and BioGrid. Not limited to Japan, CMC also actively takes part in international activities such as PRAGMA. In these projects and international collaborations, CMC has developed a Grid system that allows scientists to perform their analysis by remote-controlling the world's largest ultra-high voltage electron microscope located in Osaka University. In another undertaking, CMC has assumed a leadership role in BioGrid by sharing its experiences and knowledge on the system development for the area of biology. In this paper, we will give an overview of the BioGrid project and introduce the progress of the Telescience unit, which collaborates with the Telescience Project led by the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR). Furthermore, CMC collaborates with seven Computing Centers in Japan, NAREGI and National Institute of Informatics to deploy PKI base authentication infrastructure. The current status of this project and future collaboration with Grid Projects will be delineated in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Cybermedia Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. akiyama@cmc.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toyokazu
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authors.lastname: Akiyama
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mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D048088:Informatics; D007564:Japan; D018511:Systems Integration; D017216:Telemedicine