January 2005 - lsg-rg - lists.ogf.org

FW: RE: New industrial user communities for GGF?
by Angulo, David 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Dear all: I don't know anything about this conference, but I thought I'd pass it on. If anyone knows anything, feel free to post information to the list (or send to me directly). Thanks. Dave Dave Angulo Faculty DePaul School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Science dangulo(a)cti.depaul.edu 312-362-5041 <http://www.ud.com/> <http://www.ud.com/company/> <http://www.ud.com/solutions/> <http://www.ud.com/industries/> <http://www.ud.com/services/> <http://www.ud.com/partners/> <http://www.ud.com/rescenter/> Overview <http://www.ud.com/conference05/> Registration <https://www.ud.com/contact/registration.htm> Agenda <http://www.ud.com/conference05/aag.htm> Speakers <http://www.ud.com/conference05/speakers.htm> Sponsorships <http://www.ud.com/conference05/sponsors.htm> Not In Life Sciences? <http://www.ud.com/conference05/lifesciences.htm> <https://www.ud.com/contact/registration.htm> United Devices is proud to announce the 2005 Life Sciences Grid Conference -- a 2-day event focused on how grid computing is playing a critical role and delivering proven business benefits in Life Sciences. Join United Devices, our customers & partners, industry experts, and Life Sciences executives and scientists for a comprehensive look at what Life Sciences companies are doing with grid today - and tomorrow. UD'05 will provide attendees with an inside view of how grids are being used - and delivering value - across the Pharma business. What makes this conference a Do-Not-Miss Occasion? Real: We've got real customers talking about actual problems being solved by grid technology. Specific: Our sessions are focused and specific - we dive deep & deliver more value. Practical: Learn about strategies relevant to you - and leave with more than a hotel brochure. New: You'll hear it here first! Exclusive looks at cutting-edge grid uses (topics include human genomics and FDA compliance). Timely: Grids are expanding rapidly throughout Life Sciences - now's the time to understand how they can benefit you. You'll participate in discussions and workshops with professionals using grid in a variety of ways. You'll also have the chance to interact with application vendors, analysts and other experts. At UD'05, new and experienced grid users will join colleagues and industry experts for: 1. Business Value Presentations by Top Pharmas 2. Application Focus Sessions: Who's using grid - and how - for what benefit? 3. Ask the Expert: Submit questions after registration to be answered by our panel of experts 4. Technical Workshops: How your colleagues are interacting with grid technology Download a Conference brochure. <http://www.ud.com/conference05/ud05_brochure.pdf> Get more information about sponsoring this event. <http://www.ud.com/conference05/sponsors.htm> Space is limited -- Register today! <https://www.ud.com/contact/registration.htm> Who should attend: * CFOs, CIOs & CEOs interested in hearing about cost-saving solutions and proven, predictable ROI from grid * IT Managers who need real, proven technology solutions to virtualize, aggregate and manage their infrastructure * End Users of Life Sciences Applications from R&D to Sales & Marketing who want to connect with colleagues using grid <http://www.ud.com/conference05/> > Conference Brochure <http://www.ud.com/conference05/ud05_brochure.pdf> > Zurich Marriot Details <http://marriotthotels.ch/property/propertyPage/zrhdt> > Map and Transportation <http://marriotthotels.ch/property/mapandnearbyairports/default.mi?marsh aCode=zrhdt> Sponsored by: <http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/welcome.html> Keynote Addresses <http://www.ud.com/conference05/aag.htm> David Neilson, Johnson & Johnson Prof. Manuel Peitsch, Novartis Speakers From <http://www.ud.com/conference05/speakers.htm> GSK Johnson & Johnson Novartis HP Accelrys Schrodinger Tripos Gartner 451 Group Global Medical Forum Foundation Institute for Systems Biology University of Basel <http://www.ud.com/conference05/> Copyright (c) 1999-2005 United Devices. All Rights Reserved.

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GridWay development release
by Eduardo Huedo Cuesta 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Dear LSG-RG colleagues, Below you will find the official announcement of the GridWay framework release. You can find some use cases in http://www.gridway.org/usecases.php, including a Bioinformatics application for protein structure prediction and thermodynamic analysis. Don't hesitate to check the rest of the web site and download the software. Best regards, Eduardo Huedo ======================================================================== GRIDWAY PROJECT TO RELEASE GRIDWAY 4.0 DEVELOPMENT RELEASE The GridWay Team is proud to announce the development release of GW4.0, which incorporates improved functionality and robustness for interacting with the Globus Toolkit services. More information and download at http://www.gridway.org All components developed as part of the GridWay framework are released as "open source" under the GPL license to encourage innovation and pass full freedom to our users. BENEFITS The GridWay framework provides a submission agent that incorporates the runtime mechanisms needed for transparently executing jobs in a Globus-based Grid. Its modular architecture for job adaptation to a dynamic environment offers the following benefits: - Easy to deploy: GridWay is a client tool that does not require new services, apart from Globus basic services. - Easy to extend and adapt: GridWay modules allow its communication with the Grid services available in a given testbed. In fact, it could be used as a building block for much more complex service-oriented. - Easy to use: It is not bounded to a specific class of application generated by a given programming environment, which extends its application range and allows reusing of existing software. - Easy to scale: Its decentralized architecture gives the possibility of boosting scalability. REQUIREMENTS GridWay framework does not require new system software to be installed in the Grid resources apart from Globus Toolkit services. The framework is currently functional on any Grid testbed based on the Globus Toolkit. The client computer must reach the following requirements: - UNIX-like Operating System (i.e. Linux) - A running Globus installation, version 2.4-3.9.3 GridWay uses the following Globus Toolkit services: - Pre-WS and WS GRAM - GridFTP - MDS, when necessary by the Resource Selector FEATURES The GridWay framework offers the following functionality: - Unix-like: GridWay uses commands very similar to those found on Unix systems and resource management systems like PBS or SGE. - Job control: With GridWay you can submit, kill, migrate, watch and wait for jobs. Also, you can submit an array of jobs. - Error detection: GridWay automatically detects when a job has failed, and allows the user to abort, retry o migrate it to a new machine. - Log information: Most relevant information about the jobs can be obtained in the several log files that GridWay generates. - Programming: DRMAA subset support to develop distributed applications. -- ************************************************** Eduardo Huedo Cuesta Laboratorio de Computación Avanzada, Simulación y Aplicaciones Telemáticas Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) Ctra. de Ajalvir Km 4 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid Spain Tel: +34 91 520 64 28 Fax: +34 91 520 10 74 Email: huedoce(a)inta.es Web: http://www.cab.inta.es/~huedoce **************************************************

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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WEB SERVICES FOR COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS
by Carole Goble 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

*Call for Presentations* <>INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM *ON** WEB SERVICES FOR COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY **AND BIOINFORMATICS* *May 26 & 27, 2005 **Sponsored by Sun Microsystems** Organized by Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI)* *At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University** Location: Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Conference Facilities** Donaldson Brown Hotel & Conference Center*<>* Blacksburg, Virginia *The deadline for submission of the Call for Presentations is January 31, 2005. Please feel free to forward this message. This Call is soliciting presentations for the* /International Symposium on Web Services for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics/. *An increasing number of groups are providing access to data and computational resources through web services. Through providing this access, challenges can occur for hardware, software, and system management, which need to be resolved for web services to be successful. Also, the number of deployed web applications in the field of Computational Biology is increasing; thereby, leading to scientific results generated through the use of distributed resources.** We are looking for contributions in the following areas: * Architecture (SGE, Portals Architectures, Open Grid) * Technical Issues (Scheduling, Economics/Accounting/Cost Recovery, Security) * Web Service-Based Applications * Scientific Results Using Web Service-Based Applications The expected length of each presentation will be 30 minutes. If you would like to present, please provide the following information: * Title of Presentation// * Abstract (300 words)// * Contact Information // * Short Biography (150 words or less)// * Audio/Visual Requirements// The deadline for submission of the Call for Presentations is January 31, 2005. Please send your information or questions to *webconference(a)vbi.vt.edu* <mailto:webconference@vbi.vt.edu>. All applicants will be notified of acceptance of their presentation by February 28, 2005.

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