Grid Activities in Asia Pacific -- Asia Federation Report International Symposium on Grid Computing 2008 -- Grid Operation at Tokyo Tier-2 Centre for ATLAS -- The EUAsiaGrid Project -- Applications – High Energy Physics, Biomedicine & Life Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences, Digital Library & Content Management and Earth Science -- The e-Science for High Energy Physics in Korea -- CMS Data Transfer Tests Towards LHC Data taking -- CMS Computing Operations at INFN-CNAF with Castor MSS -- Distributed Computing and Data Analysis for CMS in View of the LHC Startup -- Grid Technologies for Cancer Research in the ACGT Project -- Secure Grid Services for Cooperative Work in Medicine and Life Science -- From tools and services to e-Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities -- Digital Library Storage using iRODS Data Grids -- Architectural Design for GRID Clearinghouse Service -- Grid Middleware & Interoperability -- Interoperability between gLite and GOS -- Realizing Interoperability among Grids: a Case Study with GARUDA Grid and the EGEE Grid -- Uniform Access to Heterogeneous Grid Infrastructures with JSAGA -- Operation & Management -- Development and Operation of the D-Grid Infrastructure.

Production Grids in Asia: Applications, Developments and Global Ties, an edited volume, is based on ISGC (International Symposium on Grid Computing), one of the most prestigious annual events in Asia. It brings together scientists and engineers worldwide to exchange ideas, present challenges/solutions, and introduce future development in the field of Grid Computing. ISGC 2008 was held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2008. Production Grids in Asia: Applications, Developments and Global Ties will present international projects in Grid operation, Grid Middleware and e-Science applications. Leading Grid projects from Asia Pacific will also be covered. Production Grids in Asia: Applications, Developments and Global Ties is designed for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners within the Grid community industry. This volume is suitable for advanced-level students in computer science as well.