Chapter 1 Parallel and Distributed Environments; A.Esposito.

1. Introduction.

2. basic concepts.

3. parallel programming. 3.1 Introduction. 3.1.1 MPI . 3.2 Performance assessment.

4. distributed systems. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 RPC. 4.3 Mobile agent framework.

5. The Web. 5.1 XML. 5.1.1 Introduction. 5.1.2 XML fundamentals. 5.1.3 Namespaces. 5.1.4 XML schema. 5.1.5 Applications.

Chapter 2 Object Oriented Technologies; A.Esposito

1. Introduction.

2. OO programming. 2.1 Basic concepts. 2.2 Java.

3.oo distributed frameworks. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Java mobile agents.

Chapter 3 The Semantic Web; A.Esposito

1. Introduction.

2. Description Logics. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 A model for reality: the Tbox. 2.3 The ABox. 2.4 Reasoners.

3. tools for the Semantic Web. 3.1 Languages. 3.2 Reasoners. 3.3 Tools for building ontologies.

Chapter 4 Web Services; A.Esposito

1. Introduction.

2. basic concepts. 2.1 Web Services Architecture.

3. web services description: wsdl.

4. Automatic discovery of web services. 4.1 UDDI. 4.2 The Semantic Web Services.

Chapter 5 Grid Computing; A.Esposito

1. Introduction.

2. GC basic concepts.

3. the globus toolkit. 3.1 GT and Web Services.

4. GT components.

5. job management. 5.1 GC for HPC .

6. information services.

7. data management.

Chapter 6 Complex Computational Electromagnetics using Hybridisation Techniques; Raed A. Abd-Alhameed and P.S.Excell

1. Introduction. 1.1 Integral equation methods. 1.2 Differential equation methods. 1.3 The advantages and disadvantages of the methods. 1.4 Hybrid Methods. 1.5 Literature Review.

2. Outline of theory and implementation of hybrid method. 2.1 Hybrid Treatment for Homogeneous Multiple Elements.

3. Incident Wave Excitations in the FDTD Method. 3.1Total/Scattered Field Formulation in Three Dimensions.

4. Modified Total/Scattered Field Formulation for the Hybrid Technique.

5. Validation of Total/Scattered Field Formulation Implementation using Homogeneous FDTD in Multiple Regions.

6. Hybrid MoM/FDTD Technique Algorithm. 6.1 Theoretical Formulation. 6.2 Multiple-Source Scattering Problems.

7. NEC/FDTD Hybrid Program.

8. Far Field Calculations using the Hybrid Code.

9. Numerical Examples using the Hybrid MoM/FDTDTechnique.

10. Summary.

Chapter 7 Enhanced EM software for Planar Circuits; D. Vande Ginste, F. Olyslager, D. De Zutter, and E. Michielssen

1. Introduction. 1.1 Setting and definition of the research topic. 1.2 Methodology. 1.3 Outline.

2. Classical solution technique for microstrip structures. 2.1 Geometry of the problem. 2.2 The EFIE description. 2.3 The Green's dyadic . 2.4 The Method of Moments.

3. Perfectly matched layer based Green's functions for layered media. 3.1 The Perfectly Matched Layer concept. 3.2 Closure of open microstrip substrates. 3.3 Series expansion for the Green's dyadic .

4. A PML-MLMFA for the modeling of large planar microstrip structures. 4.1 Introduction and outline. 4.2 Formulation of the technique. 4.3 Implementation of the technique. 4.4 Some important remarks about the complexity of the PML-MLFMA. 4.5 Numerical results.

5. Extensions and conclusions. 5.1 Extensions. 5.2 Conclusions.

Chapter 8 Parallel Grid-enabled FDTD for the Characterization of Metamaterials; L.Catarinucci, G.Monti, P.Palazzari and L.Tarricone

1. Itroduction.

2. Introduction to metamaterials. 2.1 DNG Metamaterials.

3. Negative Refraction.

4. How to Synt
About the Author:

Luciano Tarricone - Biography

Luciano Tarricone is an Associate Professor of Electromagnetic Fields at the University of Lecce, Italy. He received his laurea degree (with honors) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, and his PhD from the same university, both in Electronic Engineering. In 1990 he was a researcher at the Italian National Institute of Health, and between 1990 and 1994 at the IBM European Center for Scientific and Engineering Computing. Between 1994 and 2001 he was at the University of Perugia, Italy. Since 2001 he has joined the University of Lecce.

His main research areas are: supercomputing for Electromagnetics, environmental electromagnetic compatibility, CAD of microwave circuits and antennas. He authored around 160 papers in international conferences and journals, and edited 3 volumes in the area of high performance computing for electromagnetics.

Alessandra Esposito - Biography

Alessandra Esposito is a free consultant in the area of Computer Science and Information Technologies, with a focus on networking, web and grid applications for research in universities and small, medium and large companies.

She received her laurea degree (with honors) in Electronic Engineering from the University of Naples. Between 1990 and 1994 she was with IBM Scientific Center in Rome, Italy. In 1994 and 1995 she was a system engineer for Sodalia, Trento, Italy, involved in research and development in the area of distributed systems. Since 1995 she has cooperated with several research institutions, universities and business companies, in the framework of educational, research and industrial projects. She authored about 40 papers in international conferences and journals.