Engineering design and search is a long term process which involves multiple of packages such as option tools and Computational Fluent Dynamic (CFD). GEODISE uses grid middleware such as Globus to distribute jobs into different machines to improve the efficiency of the computation. Each job produces results which include design parameters. The design parameters are the crucial facts to determine whether the next job is carried on or not. The grid-enabled Short Message Service (SMS) has been used here for sending the result of design searches or updates on progress to a mobile phone.

The system network and architecture are shown in the accompanying PPT deck and shows how users can send a short text message from a computer program to a mobile phone. The grid-enabled SMS service includes a messenger client, a messenger server and a Short Message Service Center (SMSC). The messenger client and the messenger server are hosted in a Globus environment where they can use the Globus security mechanisms. The Globus security infrastructure (GSI) permits a user to “single sign-on” to resources and we use a mechanism analogous to the ‘gridmap’ file of Globus to authorize use of the messenger client.

In the future we are allowing mobile users to send a reply message to the SMS. The contents of the message can then be retrieved to change the design parameter value or to stop the current running job in the Matlab environment.

The gd_sendtext command enables a user to send a short text message to a mobile phone in Matlab environment. The gd_sendmail enables user to send an image to user's email account. A tool to send an image to a 3G mobile phone and a tool to send a reply message from a mobile phone to a program will be implemented in the future.

This is an example of a chargeable service and, whilst we may release this to the public domain, someone needs to pay for the SMS messages (!): at present these have been donated to the project by an industrial partner.

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