MGC 2004

 2nd International Workshop on Middleware for Grid
                                                     Computing - MGC 2004
                                         in conjunction with the 5th International Middleware Conference 2004
                                                    Toronto, Ontario, Canada - October 18th, 2004
                                                                 http://mgc2004.lncc.br

History: The first edition of this workshop (MGC2003) was held on June 17th 2003, in conjunction with the
Middleware Conference, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. MGC 2003 saw a good combination of the many different flavors
in Middleware for Grid Computing, with 16 technical presentations and discussions on several stimulating topics
including, among the others, Classic Grids, object oriented technologies, Service-based Grids, Open grid Service
Architecture, Agent Grid, Interactive Grid, Grid Economy / Scheduling, and Portlets. After the event, extended and
thoroughly revised versions of the papers were invited to a Special Issue of Concurrency and Computation:
Practice and Experience Journal - Vol.16 N.5 2004. The first workshop generated substantial interest in the
community and we hope to build on this tradition this year. Far from exhausting the topics of interest, MGC 2003
paved the way for a second edition of the workshop, that will continue the most interesting and stimulating topics
emerged last year, and also include some novel issues.

Description: Much of the focus of Grid until recently has been within research organizations. Currently the
involvement of commercial organization has increased tremendously. 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.

In this Workshop we would encourage researchers from the various GRID middleware communities to submit and
present original work for publication. Overall topics of interest include but are not limited to:
 * Classic Grid Middleware                                       * Managing Information in Grid Middleware
 * Object Oriented technologies or Component Middleware * Grid Object Metadata and Schemas
 * WSRF/OGSA/Web services                                        * Programming Models, Tools, and Environments
 * Grid Middleware Architectures                                 * Performance Evaluation and Modeling
 * Grid Services                                                 * Evolution of and experiences with Grid systems
 * Grid Middleware Security                                      * Wireless Grids
 * Resource Management and Scheduling                            * Data Grid Middleware
 * Strategies and protocols for obtaining QoS                    * Dependability and Fault Tolerance in Grids
 * Semantic Grid Middleware                                      * Virtualization in Grids

Paper Submission: The Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing invites authors to submit original and
unpublished work. Papers should not exceed 4-6 single-spaced pages of text (2 columns) using 10 point size type
on A4 paper and conform to ACM style. Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or PDF file that will print on a
PostScript printer. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the
paper. All selected papers for are peer-reviewed and will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Selected
(extended) papers will be invited to a special issue of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
Journal for 2005. Some papers may be selected to be presented as posters. Electronic only submission.

Important Dates:          Paper submissions:                  extended to July 18th, 2004
                          Papers Not. of acceptance:          August 14th, 2004
                          Papers Camera-ready:                September 1st, 2004

Program Committee
* David Abramson - Monash U, AU                        * Edmundo Madeira - UNICAMP, BR
* Cristiana Amza - U Toronto, CA                       * Thomas Magedanz - TU Berlin & FHG Fokus, DE
* Rajkumar Buyya - U Melbourne, AU                     * Radha Nandkumar - NCSA/UIUC, US - Workshop Co-Chair
* Jim Basney - NCSA/UIUC, USA                          * Andrea Omicini - U Bologna, IT
* Emmanuel Cecchet - INRIA Alpes, FR                   * Fabio Porto - EPFL, CH - Publicity Co-Chair
* Renato Cerqueira - PUC-Rio, BR                       * Omer Rana - Cardiff U, UK
* Walfredo Cirne - UFCG, BR                            * Vinod Rebello - UFF, BR
* Geoff Coulson - Lancaster U, UK                      * Noemi Rodriguez - PUC-Rio, BR
* Petre Dini - Cisco Systems & Concordia U, CA         * Bruno Schulze - LNCC, BR - Workshop Co-Chair
* Geoffrey Fox - U Indiana , US                        * Stefan Tai - IBM T J Watson, US
* Wolfgang Gentzsch - MCNC, US                         * Carlos Westphall - UFSC , BR
* Manfred Hauswirth - EPFL, CH                         * Artur Ziviani - LNCC, BR
* Kate Keahey - U Chicago and ANL, US