1. Editors' Message

   • Ian Foster
   • Peter Kacsuk

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 2

2. Standards for Grid Computing: Global Grid Forum

   • Charlie Catlett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 7

3. Characterizing Grids: Attributes, Definitions, and Formalisms

   • Zsolt Németh
   • Vaidy Sunderam

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 23

4. Mapping Abstract Complex Workflows onto Grid Environments

   • Ewa Deelman
   • James Blythe
   • Scott Koranda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 39

5. Ninf-G: A Reference Implementation of RPC-based Programming Middleware for Grid Computing

   • Y. Tanaka
   • H. Nakada
   • S. Matsuoka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 51

6. Simulation Studies of Computation and Data Scheduling Algorithms for Data Grids

   • Kavitha Ranganathan
   • Ian Foster

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 62

7. Automatic Flow-Control Adaptation for Enhancing Network Performance in Computational Grids

   • Wu-chun Feng
   • Mark K. Gardner
   • Eric H. Weigle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 74

8. Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Remos Network Monitoring System

   • Bruce Lowekamp
   • Nancy Miller
   • Peter Steenkiste

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 93

9. Instructions for Authors

   Instructions for Authors Pages: 95 - 98