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ARGONNE, IL -- The Globus Project, which develops tools and technologies for grid computing, will present three tutorials in January aimed at giving specific audiences in-depth information on the Globus Toolkit and grid computing. All the tutorials will be held at Argonne National Laboratory, in Argonne, IL, west of Chicago. Grid computing has recently emerged as an important computing field, distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing, innovative applications, and, in some cases, an emphasis on high-performance. The Globus Project leads the effort to define standard grid protocols and application program interfaces (APIs) in security, resource management, data management, and information discovery. The open source Globus Toolkit, which provides a reference implementation of these grid protocols and APIs, has been adopted by most of the major grid projects worldwide to provide a common, robust infrastructure for building applications that exploit distributed, heterogeneous, grid-enabled resources. The first tutorial, "Introduction to Grid Computing and the Globus Toolkit," will be held Jan. 28 and will provide an in-depth look at grid computing and the Globus Toolkit. On day two, participants will divide into two tracks--a developer's tutorial, which will run from Jan. 29 until noon on Feb. 1, and a systems administrators tutorial, which will run from Jan. 29 through noon on Jan. 31. Speakers will include Steve Tuecke, Globus Project lead architect, Argonne; Bill Allcock, Argonne; Charles Bacon, GRIDS Center and the University of Chicago; and John McGee, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute. All the tutorials will provide time for questions and discussions, however, because of the expected size of the audience, the sessions will not be hands-on. Wireless network connections will be available so that participants will be able to follow along on their laptops if desired. For additional information on the tutorials, including registration details, see http://www.globus.org/about/events/US_tutorial/index.html For more on the Globus Project, see http://www.globus.org/