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(Extended) Call for Chapters - Computational & Data Grids: Principles, Designs, and Applications
by Nikolaos Preve 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Chapters --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, We would like to introduce you to a forthcoming edited book which focuses on the "Computational and Data Grids: Principles, Designs, and Applications" and to invite you to submit a chapter proposal or a paper before December 30. Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues if any of them would be interested in this edited book. Let us know if you have any questions regarding this matter. Thanks for your consideration. Nikolaos --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR CHAPTERS Proposal Submission Deadline: -Extended- December 30, 2009 Computational and Data Grids: Principles, Designs, and Applications A book edited by Nikolaos Preve (PhD) National Technical University of Athens, Greece To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=748 Introduction Grid computing is the next generation information technology infrastructure that promises to transform the way organizations and individuals compute, communicate and collaborate. Grid computing is an evolution of distributed computing and it refers to a large-scale high-performance computing which combines distributed heterogeneous computing resources and the result is a unique large virtual supercomputer with a vast amount of shared processing power and data storage. Considering the enormous amount of these underutilized computing resources, the necessity of a grid infrastructure is compulsory. A computational grid provides access to users who want to utilize the shared processing resources in order to efficiently apply high throughput applications on distributed machines. The second most common shared resource used in a grid is data storage and it is known as data grid. This type of grid provides distributed storage capacity such as attached memory to the processor, hard disk drives or other types of permanent storage. Grid computing can assist grid users in order to utilize to the maximum computing resources by applying tasks and solving a scientific or technical problem that requires a great number of computer processing cycles or the need to process large amounts of data. Objective of the Book This book aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and will cover the latest empirical research findings in the area of grid computing. The goal of this book is to represent theoretical frameworks, methodologies, implementations, and cutting edge research findings with a critical perspective bridging the gap between academia and the latest achievements of the computer industry. It will be written for professionals, as well as students, who are involved or interested in the study, use, design, and development of grid computing and want to improve and empower their understanding of it. Also, this book aims to help researchers and developers understand the basics of the field, to highlight the various developments over the years in the field by giving an in depth analysis of grid networks. Target Audience The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals, engineers, researchers and students who are interested and working in the field of grid computing. Moreover, the book will provide insights and can serve as both literature at an undergraduate level and as an overview of the area. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 1.Theories, definitions, methodologies, models, applications, simulations, and architectures relevant to grid computing 2.Implementations of computational grids, data grids, sensor and mobile grids 3.Grid data storage, grid databases, data management, and data mining 4.Indexing and query optimization over grid databases 5.Grid middleware 6.Web services 7.Security, cryptography, and cryptanalysis 8.Artificial intelligence 9.Algorithms 10.Scheduling, resource management, and optimization 11.Workflow and fault tolerance 12.Programming in grid computing 13.Cloud computing and grids 14.Grid computing in scientific problems (i.e. astrophysics, chemistry, economy and finance, electromagnetics, geophysics, meteorology, numerical analysis, statistics) Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before December 30, 2009, a 1-2 page chapter clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. We also highly encourage early full chapter submissions. Please include the title of the book in the subject line of your e-mail. Authors will be notified by January 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals and will be sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 31, 2010 or earlier. All submitted chapters must not have been published elsewhere and will undergo a double-blind peer review by at least two referees. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2010. Important Dates December 30, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline January 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance March 31, 2010: Full Chapter Submission June 15, 2010: Review Results Returned August 15, 2010: Final Chapter Submission September 15, 2010: Final Deadline Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Nikolaos Preve (PhD) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens, 15773 Zographou, Greece Tel.: +30 211 770 8053 - GSM: +30 697 750 4197 E-mail: nikpreb(a)mail.ntua.gr with cc to: Editorial Board E-mail: editorialt(a)gmail.com

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(EXTENDED) Call for Chapters - Computational & Data Grids: Principles, Designs, and Applications
by Nikolaos Preve 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Chapters --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, We would like to introduce you to a forthcoming edited book which focuses on the "Computational and Data Grids: Principles, Designs, and Applications" and to invite you to submit a chapter proposal or a paper before December 30. Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues if any of them would be interested in this edited book. Let us know if you have any questions regarding this matter. Thanks for your consideration. Nikolaos --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR CHAPTERS Proposal Submission Deadline: -Extended- December 30, 2009 Computational and Data Grids: Principles, Designs, and Applications A book edited by Nikolaos Preve (PhD) National Technical University of Athens, Greece To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=748 Introduction Grid computing is the next generation information technology infrastructure that promises to transform the way organizations and individuals compute, communicate and collaborate. Grid computing is an evolution of distributed computing and it refers to a large-scale high-performance computing which combines distributed heterogeneous computing resources and the result is a unique large virtual supercomputer with a vast amount of shared processing power and data storage. Considering the enormous amount of these underutilized computing resources, the necessity of a grid infrastructure is compulsory. A computational grid provides access to users who want to utilize the shared processing resources in order to efficiently apply high throughput applications on distributed machines. The second most common shared resource used in a grid is data storage and it is known as data grid. This type of grid provides distributed storage capacity such as attached memory to the processor, hard disk drives or other types of permanent storage. Grid computing can assist grid users in order to utilize to the maximum computing resources by applying tasks and solving a scientific or technical problem that requires a great number of computer processing cycles or the need to process large amounts of data. Objective of the Book This book aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and will cover the latest empirical research findings in the area of grid computing. The goal of this book is to represent theoretical frameworks, methodologies, implementations, and cutting edge research findings with a critical perspective bridging the gap between academia and the latest achievements of the computer industry. It will be written for professionals, as well as students, who are involved or interested in the study, use, design, and development of grid computing and want to improve and empower their understanding of it. Also, this book aims to help researchers and developers understand the basics of the field, to highlight the various developments over the years in the field by giving an in depth analysis of grid networks. Target Audience The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals, engineers, researchers and students who are interested and working in the field of grid computing. Moreover, the book will provide insights and can serve as both literature at an undergraduate level and as an overview of the area. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 1.Theories, definitions, methodologies, models, applications, simulations, and architectures relevant to grid computing 2.Implementations of computational grids, data grids, sensor and mobile grids 3.Grid data storage, grid databases, data management, and data mining 4.Indexing and query optimization over grid databases 5.Grid middleware 6.Web services 7.Security, cryptography, and cryptanalysis 8.Artificial intelligence 9.Algorithms 10.Scheduling, resource management, and optimization 11.Workflow and fault tolerance 12.Programming in grid computing 13.Cloud computing and grids 14.Grid computing in scientific problems (i.e. astrophysics, chemistry, economy and finance, electromagnetics, geophysics, meteorology, numerical analysis, statistics) Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before December 30, 2009, a 1-2 page chapter clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. We also highly encourage early full chapter submissions. Please include the title of the book in the subject line of your e-mail. Authors will be notified by January 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals and will be sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 31, 2010 or earlier. All submitted chapters must not have been published elsewhere and will undergo a double-blind peer review by at least two referees. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2010. Important Dates December 30, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline January 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance March 31, 2010: Full Chapter Submission June 15, 2010: Review Results Returned August 15, 2010: Final Chapter Submission September 15, 2010: Final Deadline Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Nikolaos Preve (PhD) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens, 15773 Zographou, Greece Tel.: +30 211 770 8053 - GSM: +30 697 750 4197 E-mail: nikpreb(a)mail.ntua.gr with cc to: Editorial Board E-mail: editorialt(a)gmail.com

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SERVICE DISCOVERY IN GRID
by Adebola Musa 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Good day to you, I am Adebola Musa, from Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. I am working in "service discovery in grid". Can u respond pls if you are working in this area or similar area, so we can discuss on the state of art with respect to this issue. I can also be reached through bola_musa(a)yahoo.com , adebola.musa(a)covenantuniversity.com Thank you & God bless. Rgds Adebola Musa (Tel: +234 803 571 8078)

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AusPDC2010 - Call for papers
by Jinjun Chen 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC 2010) Brisbane, Australia, January 18-22, 2010 http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~rajivr/auspdc2010/<http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/%7Erajivr/auspdc2010/> in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week, 18-22 January 2010 Submission deadline: 31 August 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview/Scope: The 8th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed (AusPDC 2010) will be held in January, in Brisbane, Australia in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week, 18-22 January 2010. Scope of the Symposium AusGrid event has been broadened to include all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and hence it will be called as Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC) from 2010. In both New Zealand and Australia parallel and distributed computing has been recognised as strategic technologies for driving their moves towards knowledge economies. A number of projects and initiatives are underway in both countries in these areas. There is a natural interest in tools which support collaboration and access to remote resources given the challenges of the countries location and sparse populations. Topics of interest for the symposium include but not limited to: * Multicore * GPUs and other forms of special purpose processors * Cluster computing * Grid computing * Green computing * Cloud computing * Peer-to-peer computing * Service computing and workflow management * Managing large distributed data sets * Middleware and tools * Performance evaluation and modeling * Problem-solving environments * Parallel programming models, languages and compilers * Runtime systems * Operating systems * Resource scheduling and load balancing * Data mining * Reliability, security, privacy and dependability * Applications and e-Science The symposium is primarily targeted at researchers from Australia and New Zealand, however in the spirit of parallel and distributed computing, which aims to enable collaboration of distributed virtual organizations, we encourage papers and participation from international researchers. Best Paper Award: A best paper award sponsored by Manjrasoft Pty. Ltd, Australia will be presented to a paper receiving the highest quality rating. In addition, a special issue in a high quality international journal will be organized for selected best papers. Program Committee Chairs: - Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology - Rajiv Ranjan, University of Melbourne Program Committee: David Abramson, Monash University Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK David Bannon, Victoria Partnership for Advanced Computing Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne Paul Coddington, University of Adelaide Neil Gemmell, University of Otago, NZ Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University Kenneth Hawick, Massey University, NZ John Hine, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ Jane Hunter, University of Queensland Martin Johnson, Massey University, NZ Nick Jones, University of Auckland, NZ Laurent Lefevre, University of Lyon, France Andrew Lewis, Griffith University Piyush Maheshwari, Perot Systems Teo Yong Meng, National University of Singapore Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Srikumar Venugopal, University of New South Wales Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. Jinjun Chen Lecturer in Information Technology CS3 - Centre for Complex Software Systems and Services Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology, 1, Alfred Street, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9214 8739 Fax: +61 3 9819 0823 Office: EN508a, Engineering Building, Hawthorn Campus Email: jinjun.chen(a)gmail.com URL: http://www.swinflow.org/~jchen/ <http://www.swinflow.org/%7Ejchen/>

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AusPDC2010 - Call for papers
by Jinjun Chen 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC 2010) Brisbane, Australia, January 18-22, 2010 http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~rajivr/auspdc2010/ in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week, 18-22 January 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview/Scope: The 8th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed (AusPDC 2010) will be held in January, in Brisbane, Australia in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week, 18-22 January 2010. Scope of the Symposium AusGrid event has been broadened to include all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and hence it will be called as Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC) from 2010. In both New Zealand and Australia parallel and distributed computing has been recognised as strategic technologies for driving their moves towards knowledge economies. A number of projects and initiatives are underway in both countries in these areas. There is a natural interest in tools which support collaboration and access to remote resources given the challenges of the countries location and sparse populations. Topics of interest for the symposium include but not limited to: * Multicore * GPUs and other forms of special purpose processors * Cluster computing * Grid computing * Green computing * Cloud computing * Peer-to-peer computing * Service computing and workflow management * Managing large distributed data sets * Middleware and tools * Performance evaluation and modeling * Problem-solving environments * Parallel programming models, languages and compilers * Runtime systems * Operating systems * Resource scheduling and load balancing * Data mining * Reliability, security, privacy and dependability * Applications and e-Science The symposium is primarily targeted at researchers from Australia and New Zealand, however in the spirit of parallel and distributed computing, which aims to enable collaboration of distributed virtual organizations, we encourage papers and participation from international researchers. Best Paper Award: A best paper award sponsored by Manjrasoft Pty. Ltd, Australia will be presented to a paper receiving the highest quality rating. In addition, a special issue in a high quality international journal will be organized for selected best papers. Program Committee Chairs: - Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology - Rajiv Ranjan, University of Melbourne Program Committee: David Abramson, Monash University Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK David Bannon, Victoria Partnership for Advanced Computing Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne Paul Coddington, University of Adelaide Neil Gemmell, University of Otago, NZ Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University Kenneth Hawick, Massey University, NZ John Hine, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ Jane Hunter, University of Queensland Martin Johnson, Massey University, NZ Nick Jones, University of Auckland, NZ Laurent Lefevre, University of Lyon, France Andrew Lewis, Griffith University Piyush Maheshwari, Perot Systems Teo Yong Meng, National University of Singapore Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Srikumar Venugopal, University of New South Wales Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. Jinjun Chen Lecturer in Information Technology CS3 - Centre for Complex Software Systems and Services Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology, 1, Alfred Street, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9214 8739 Fax: +61 3 9819 0823 Office: EN508a, Engineering Building, Hawthorn Campus Email: jinjun.chen(a)gmail.com URL: http://www.swinflow.org/~jchen/

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AusPDC2010 - Call for papers
by Jinjun Chen 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC 2010) Brisbane, Australia, January 18-22, 2010 http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~rajivr/auspdc2010/ in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week, 18-22 January 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview/Scope: The 8th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed (AusPDC 2010) will be held in January, in Brisbane, Australia in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week, 18-22 January 2010. Scope of the Symposium AusGrid event has been broadened to include all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and hence it will be called as Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC) from 2010. In both New Zealand and Australia parallel and distributed computing has been recognised as strategic technologies for driving their moves towards knowledge economies. A number of projects and initiatives are underway in both countries in these areas. There is a natural interest in tools which support collaboration and access to remote resources given the challenges of the countries location and sparse populations. Topics of interest for the symposium include but not limited to: * Multicore * GPUs and other forms of special purpose processors * Cluster computing * Grid computing * Green computing * Cloud computing * Peer-to-peer computing * Service computing and workflow management * Managing large distributed data sets * Middleware and tools * Performance evaluation and modeling * Problem-solving environments * Parallel programming models, languages and compilers * Runtime systems * Operating systems * Resource scheduling and load balancing * Data mining * Reliability, security, privacy and dependability * Applications and e-Science The symposium is primarily targeted at researchers from Australia and New Zealand, however in the spirit of parallel and distributed computing, which aims to enable collaboration of distributed virtual organizations, we encourage papers and participation from international researchers. Best Paper Award: A best paper award sponsored by Manjrasoft Pty. Ltd, Australia will be presented to a paper receiving the highest quality rating. In addition, a special issue in a high quality international journal will be organized for selected best papers. Program Committee Chairs: - Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology - Rajiv Ranjan, University of Melbourne Program Committee: David Abramson, Monash University Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK David Bannon, Victoria Partnership for Advanced Computing Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne Paul Coddington, University of Adelaide Neil Gemmell, University of Otago, NZ Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University Kenneth Hawick, Massey University, NZ John Hine, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ Jane Hunter, University of Queensland Martin Johnson, Massey University, NZ Nick Jones, University of Auckland, NZ Laurent Lefevre, University of Lyon, France Andrew Lewis, Griffith University Piyush Maheshwari, Perot Systems Teo Yong Meng, National University of Singapore Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Srikumar Venugopal, University of New South Wales Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. Jinjun Chen Lecturer in Information Technology CS3 - Centre for Complex Software Systems and Services Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology, 1, Alfred Street, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9214 8739 Fax: +61 3 9819 0823 Office: EN508a, Engineering Building, Hawthorn Campus Email: jinjun.chen(a)gmail.com URL: http://www.swinflow.org/~jchen/

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FW: Interoperability Experiences with the OGSA WSRF BP 1.0 document
by Vivian Lee 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi All, This is the final call for the attached "Interoperability experiences with the OGSA BP WSRF 1.0 document, please send me any comments before this Friday. Many Thanks, Vivian ______________________________________________________________________ Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited Hayes Park Central, Hayes End Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 8FE Registered No. 4153469 This e-mail and any attachments are for the sole use of addressee(s) and may contain information which is privileged and confidential. Unauthorised use or copying for disclosure is strictly prohibited. The fact that this e-mail has been scanned by Trendmicro Interscan and McAfee Groupshield does not guarantee that it has not been intercepted or amended nor that it is virus-free.

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IEEE APSCC 09 Call for Workshop Proposals
by Chai Teck Yoong 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

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Fwd: Interoperability Experiences with the OGSA WSRF BP 1.0 document
by David Snelling 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

______________________________________________________________________________ Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Limited Hayes Park Central, Hayes End Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 8FE Registered No. 4153469 This e-mail and any attachments are for the sole use of addressee(s) and may contain information which is privileged and confidential. Unauthorised use or copying for disclosure is strictly prohibited. The fact that this e-mail has been scanned by Trendmicro Interscan and McAfee Groupshield does not guarantee that it has not been intercepted or amended nor that it is virus-free.

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Call for papers - NPC2009
by Jinjun Chen 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Call for Papers - The 6th IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2009) - http://www.swinflow.org/confs/npc09. Submission deadline: April 15, 2009 Details can be referred to the conference website - http://www.swinflow.org/confs/npc09. Best Wishes, Jinjun -- Dr. Jinjun Chen Lecturer in Information Technology CS3 - Centre for Complex Software Systems and Services Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology, 1, Alfred Street, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9214 8739 Fax: +61 3 9819 0823 Office: EN508a, Engineering Building, Hawthorn Campus Email: jinjun.chen(a)gmail.com URL: http://www.swinflow.org/~jchen/

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