May 2007 - ogsa-wg - lists.ogf.org

Proposed agenda for May 24 call
by Hiro Kishimoto 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi all, The following is a proposed agenda for OGSA-WG telecon on May 24th Thursday from 8am - 10am (CDT). We subdivide the call into two 1 hour slots and the 2nd slot starts 9am. 9-11am EDT, 8-10am CDT, 6-8am PDT, 10pm-midnight JST, 2-4pm UK FIRST SLOT: 8-9am CDT - Information/data modeling SECOND SLOT: 9-10am CDT - Workflow Dial-in numbers for Thursday: Free: +1-888-452-0308 Intl/Toll: +(210) 234-7446 PIN: 71815 See more information: - https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1477 Screen share service: URL: http://ogsa.glance.net/?key=0524 Usage: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1584 Note: ** OGF IPR POLICY APPLIES ** http://www.ogf.org/About/abt_policies.php <===== SLOT 1: STARTS 8am; ENDS 9am CDT =====> 1) Early discussion (10 min) Social study notification - https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1717 Note taker assignment Roll call Agenda bashing 2) Minutes approval (5 min) - Apr. 26: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14415 - OGF20 additional: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14505 - OGF20 info model: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14504 - OGF20 F2F: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14536 3) Information/data modeling discussion (45 min) Update on discussions with DMTF for container/service model doc Next steps for container/service mode doc (we need to discuss and reach concurrence on the options given discussions with the DMTF CIM core workgroup) <===== SLOT 2: STARTS 9am; ENDS 10am CDT =====> 4) Minutes approval (5 min) - Apr. 26: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14416 - OGF20 workflow: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc1445 - OGF20 F2F: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14536 5) workflow discussion (45 min, Steve McGough) Minutes from F2F meeting: > - More important, composing BES instances and DMI instances > together in order to meet the full JSL requirements (stage > in, execute, stage out) > - Executing an application can actually be observed as a > workflow all by itself (provision, deploy, configure, > instantiate, execute, etc.) > - The group would like to collect a list of scenarios that > describe workflows in greater detail > - The group reached consensus to create a Community Practice > track document summarizing the experiences taken so far > with workflows. 6) Wrap up (10 min) AOB -- Hiro Kishimoto

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OGSA-WG Summer interim F2F survey
by Hiro Kishimoto 21 May '07

21 May '07

Hi all, OGSA-WG are going to have an interim F2F meeting from August 13 to 15. https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1776 Please let us know your availability by answering the following SurveyMonkey page sooner than later. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=88233875297 Thanks, -- Hiro Kishimoto

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Request for Comments: InterGrid - Peering Architecture for Internetworking Disparate Grids
by Rajkumar Buyya 21 May '07

21 May '07

Dear OGSA Colleagues: (A couple of months ago) We have initiated a new project, called "InterGrid", which aims at developing "Peering Architecture and Policies for Internetworking Disparate Grids". A high level summary of the project is given below: -------------- Summary: Grid computing enables the creation of Cyberinfrastructure for e-Science and e-Business applications. Several nations around the world including Australia have developed their own national Grids based on the notion of virtual organisations. These dispersed Grid initiatives have resulted in islands of Grids without any support for peering arrangements between them. This limitation will impede realisation of full potential of the Grid computing paradigm. This InterGrid project aims to revolutionise Grid computing by investigating and developing (a) architectural principles for interlinking Grids, (b) mechanisms for resource provisioning and allocation within and across Grids and (c) peering policies and algorithms for inter-Grid resource management. --------- As you can see this InterGrid project is highly ambitious, a single research group like ours cannot solve all research challenges. Therefore, we put together a detailed research agenda with the aim of sharing it with international community of researchers interested in pursing this new research area within Grid computing. An article describing InterGrid research agenda can be downloaded from: http://www.gridbus.org/papers/InterGrid.pdf It will be great to hear your comments on the proposed InterGrid research agenda. I would also love to hear from those who are interested in pursuing this line of research with focus on a specific issue/area of your interest. Best regards Raj ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Rajkumar Buyya Associate Professor and Reader Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Lab Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering The University of Melbourne ICT Building, 111, Barry Street, Carlton Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia Phone: +61-3-8344 1344 (office); +61-0431385688 (home) Fax: +61-3-9348 1184; Email: raj(a)csse.unimelb.edu.au URL: http://www.buyya.com | http://www.gridbus.org/~raj ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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EC-GIN - Analysis of Grid Applications
by Yehia El khatib 21 May '07

21 May '07

Hello all. I am a research assistant at the Computing Department in Lancaster University, UK. I am working on the EC-GIN project, which was introduced by Sven Hessler during the GHPN session at OGF20. Europe-China Grid InterNetworking (EC-GIN) is an EU-funded project* concerned with improving the network ability to support Grid applications and services. One of the first tasks as part of the project is to study Grid applications that have been used or are currently being used in the field of e-science as well as other fields. We wish to come up with an analysis of the network demands and behavior of these applications. For this purpose, we have put together a short questionnaire (14 questions). It is aimed at collecting information about the network requirements of grid applications as perceived by application designers, developers, and administrators. As Sven mentioned in his presentation, we are seeking your cooperation by answering the questionnaire, which can be done in one of the two following ways: 1. The survey can be answered online at: http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=vlz28x01dk8elfc300530 2. The survey is also available in .doc and .pdf formats at the following location: ftp://148.88.225.74/opendir/ Please email the filled forms to me (yehia at comp.lancs.ac.uk). We are interested in your feedback and highly appreciate it. * EC-GIN is a Framework 6 STREP project. Action Line: IST-2005-2.6.5.1.c Grids China Project Reference: 045256 http://www.ec-gin.eu Best regards, Yehia El khatib Research Assistant Computing Department Lancaster University yehia(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk +44 (0)787 057 0318

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Proposed agenda for May 21 call
by Hiro Kishimoto 21 May '07

21 May '07

Hi all, The following is a proposed agenda for OGSA-WG telecon on May 21st Monday from 5pm to 7pm (CDT). We subdivide the call into two 1 hour slots and the 2nd slot starts 6pm. 6-8pm EDT, 5-7pm CDT, 3-5pm PDT, 7-9am JST, 11pm-1am UK FIRST SLOT: 5-6pm CDT - OGSA Security SECOND SLOT: 6-8pm CDT - Administrative/Logistics The dial-in number for Monday; US: +1 718 3541071 (New York) or +1 408 9616509 (San Jose) UK: +44 (0)207 3655269 (London) Japan: +81 (0)3 3570 8225 (Tokyo) PIN: 4371991 See more information: - https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1477 Screen share service will be provided. URL: http://ogsa.glance.net/?key=0521 Usage: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1584 Note: ** OGF IPR POLICY APPLIES ** http://www.ogf.org/About/abt_policies.php <===== SLOT 1: STARTS 5pm; ENDS 6pm CDT =====> 1) Early discussion (10 min) Social study notification - https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1717 Note taker assignment Roll call Agenda bashing 2) Minutes approval ** Minutes approval: - Apr. 23: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14410 - OGF20: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14473 3) OGSA Express AuthN protocol (50 min, Andrew and Duane) Review Usecase and three profile documents <===== SLOT 2: STARTS 6pm; ENDS 7pm CDT =====> 4) Minutes approval ** Minutes approval: - Apr. 23: https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14411 5) Logistics (50 min) Review telecon schedule - https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/doc14536 Summer F2F update OGSA primer update (Andrew) 6) Wrap up (10 min) AOB -- Hiro Kishimoto

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No call in the week of May 14.
by Hiro Kishimoto 13 May '07

13 May '07

Hi all, Thank you very much for all of you who came or dial-in to OGF20 OGSA-WG sessions and F2F meeting at UoM. We had great meeting in Manchester. Following our tradition, we won't have conf calls on May 14 (Mon) and May 17 (Thu). Thanks, -- Hiro Kishimoto

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Chicken Chicken Chicken
by Chris Kantarjiev 11 May '07

11 May '07

Here are the relavent links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk The paper is available at http://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf The presentation is available at http://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.ppt I suspect the author was inspired by http://www.scs.cs.nyu.edu/~dm/remove.pdf which was (successfully!) submitted to a conference whose organizers relentlessly spam researchers with the call-for-papers, ignoring all requests to unsubscribe from their mailing list. Do check out the figures, and also http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/ which likewise lead to a successful publication. (If you don't know what this is about, you should have come to the F2F!) Best, chris

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afternoon session
by Hiro Kishimoto 11 May '07

11 May '07

Those who will dial-in afternoon sessions, We will start our afternoon session around 1pm UK time. Talk to you soon, -- Hiro Kishimoto

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[Fwd: [OGSA-AUTHZ] OGF20]
by Frank Siebenlist 11 May '07

11 May '07

FYI - Frank. -- Frank Siebenlist franks(a)mcs.anl.gov The Globus Alliance - Argonne National Laboratory

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OGSA F2F meeting on Friday at UoM
by Hiro Kishimoto 10 May '07

10 May '07

Hi all, OGSA-WG F2F meeting will start 9am on Friday. Since it is about 10 minutes walk from MICC, we will meet at the meeting room (Mercury room 1.19) at 9am #. See you all tomorrow. https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/go/wiki1714 > * Date: 11 May, 2007 > * Time: 9am - 5pm > * Location: The University of Manchester > > * Building: Kilburn, School of Computer Science, which is > building 39 (near centre of campus map); there's a bus stop directly > outside the building. Buses along Oxford Road are very frequent (bus > network map) and best caught from outside the Palace Hotel if you're > staying near the OGF venue, though that's only about 10 minutes away > from our building by foot. The entrance is not at street level but > rather two stories up (the upper entrance in this fairly recent > picture, just under the notice saying "Kilburn Building"); you will > need to use either the paved stairway outside building 32 (turn > right by 180 degrees at the top) or the metal stairs at the > south-western corner of the Kilburn building. > > * Room: Mercury (1.19) - we may change this to one of the > neighbouring rooms; check for posted signs once you enter the > department. There are also internal floor maps posted. All of these > rooms are on the level that you enter at. All may be reached by > following the corridor round the edge of the roof garden with the > sculpture in it. -- Hiro Kishimoto

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