Generic web service wrapper for efficient embedding of legacy codes in service-based workflows

Tristan Glatard (1, 2) , David Emsellem (3) , Johan Montagnat (2)

1 ASCLEPIOS - Analysis and Simulation of Biomedical Images
2 Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux, et Systèmes de Sophia-Antipolis (I3S) / Equipe MODALIS
3 Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux, et Systèmes de Sophia-Antipolis (I3S) / Equipe RAINBOW

In this paper, we present a generic wrapper that enables the optimization of legacy codes assembled in application workflows on grid infrastructures. We first describe advantages of a service-based approach for job management. We then introduce our wrapper, that works at execution time, thus allowing service grouping strategies to optimize the execution. We demonstrate performance results on a real medical imaging application. We finally propose a new ser- vice oriented architecture of the whole system, from appli- cation composition to job submission on the grid.

Domaines: Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]; Imagerie médicale; Modélisation et simulation; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Imagerie; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Tristan Glatard, David Emsellem, Johan Montagnat. Generic web service wrapper for efficient embedding of legacy codes in service-based workflows. Grid-Enabling Legacy Applications and Supporting End Users Workshop, Jun 2006, Paris, France. pp.1-10. ⟨hal-00683196⟩