The Java CoG Kit Experiment Manager

In this paper, we introduce a framework for experi- ment management that simplifies the user's interac- tion with Grid environments. We have developed a service that allows the individual scientist to manage a large number of tasks as typically found in exper- iment management. Our service includes the ability to conduct application state notifications. Similar to the definition of standard output and standard er- ror, we have defined standard status that allows us to conduct application status notifications. We have tested our tool with a large number of long running experiments, and shown its usability in practical ap- plications such as bioinformatics.