MGC 2003

 MGC2003 - Worshop on Middleware for Grid Computing
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1st
International Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing
Co-located with
Middleware 2003
Tuesday, June
17, 2003
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Important Dates:
Paper Submission:
Extended - Sunday 2 March 2003
Notification of Acceptance:
Thursday 20 March 2003
Camera Ready Paper Due:
Sunday 20 April 2003
Description: As network
performance has outpaced computational power and storage capacity, a new
paradigm has evolved to enable the sharing and coordinated use of geographically
distributed resources. This paradigm is popularly known as Grid computing
and aims to couple distributed resources offering consistent and inexpensive
access to resources irrespective of their physical location. Grid computing
provides scalable and secure remote access to computing, data, and other
resources throughout the Internet. These new technologies enable the clustering
of a wide variety of geographically distributed resources, such as supercomputers,
storage systems, data sources, and special devices and services, that can
then be used as a unified resource.
Much of the focus of the
Grid to date has been within research organizations. As the power of grid
technologies becomes apparent, however, commercial parties are also increasing
their level of participation. That leads to a greater focus on integration
with commercial computing models and more work on the security and resource
management models required for automated and secure access negotiation
for remote resources. In order to control such a broad base of resources,
Grid Computing has a Middleware layer which controls the distributed execution
of applications.
Objective: This workshop
focuses on Grid Systems from a middleware perspective, bringing together
the different middleware traditions, as the classic Grid Middleware research,
the Object-Oriented or Component Middleware, and the Service-Oriented Middleware
(Open Grid Service Architecture / Web services).
Program Committee:
Workshop Co-Chairs:
Bruno Schulze - LNCC, Br
Radha Nandkumar - NCSA,
USA
Thomas Magedanz - Fraunhofer
Inst. FOKUS, De
Workshop Publicity Co-Chairs:
Jauvane C. de Oliveira -
LNCC, Br
Rajkumar Buyya - University
of Melbourne, Au
Walfredo Cirne - Federal
University C. Grande, Br
Geoff Coulson - Lancaster
University, UK
Geoffrey Fox - Indiana University
- CGL, USA
Ian Foster - University
of Chicago and ANL, USA
Wolfgang Gentzsch - Sun
Microsystems, USA
Cláudio Geyer - Federal
University Rio G. Sul, Br
Edmundo Madeira - State
University Campinas, Br
Andrea Omicini - University
of Bologna, It
Omer Rana - Cardiff University,
UK
Vinod Rebello - Fluminense
Federal University, Bt
Noemi Rodriguez - Catholic
University PUC-Rio, Br
Werner Vogels - Cornell
University, USA
Submission: We encourage
researchers from the various Grid Middleware communities to submit original
work for publication. Overall topics of interest include but are not limited
to:
Classic Grid Middleware
OO or Component Middleware
OGSA / Web Services Middleware
Architectures and Fabrics
Information Services
Security Issues
Object Metadata and Schemas
Resource Management and Scheduling
Programming Models, Tools, and
Environments
Performance Evaluation and Modeling
Evolution of and experiences
with Grid systems
Grid Economy
The Workshop on Middleware for
Grid Computing invites authors to submit original and unpublished work.
Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register
and present the paper.
All selected papers for this
workshop will be peer-reviewed and published in a workshop proceedings.
Some contributions to this
workshop will be selected for the special issue of the "
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience" Journal.
Submissions could be as full
papers presenting complete experiences and surveys, or as short (position)
papers presenting ongoing activities. Full (short) papers should not exceed
12 (6) single-spaced pages of text using 10 point size type on A4 paper.
Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or PDF file that will print
on a PostScript printer. Papers should be in English. Electronic only submission.
Papers will be presented
as technical presentations or poster presentations.
Send submission to: MGC2003