Joe, This topic is definitely within the bounds of the workshop. I would be very interested in seeing your abstract and encourage you to submit. Sincerely, Chris Dabrowski At 12:27 PM 12/22/2005, you wrote:

Christopher,

I saw the workshop announcement and I had a topic which I didn't see mentioned But I believe it critical for the Grid reliability. We have been working on at Sun Is Probabilistic Risk Assessment for data Centers. We have developed a general framework for these probabilistic based risk analysis. The thrust of the work is to understand the impact of exogenous factors on datacenter reliability. exogenous factors include: dust, earthquakes, flooding. etc.

Let me know if you feel this is within the bounds of the workshop and we will submit a abstract.

Regards,

Joe Higgins Sun Microsystems.