==================================================================== "Grid Computing - The Next Decade" Call for Papers Zakopane, Poland, 4-6 January, 2012 Venue: Hotel Belvedere, www.belvederehotel.pl/en/ ==================================================================== We are pleased to announce that "Grid Computing - The Next Decade" workshop will be held in January 4-6, 2012, in Zakopane, Poland. The workshop comprises of two and a half days of presentations, tutorials, and networking opportunities related to the Grid and Cloud computing global research and applications ecosystem. The program offers keynote talks by Grid and Cloud computing prominent thinkers as well as presentations of modern distributed computing infrastructures, capabilities and applications from users and community leaders. The meeting will also serve to build research and collaboration bridges between European, US, Asia-Pacific and other region’s research organizations. Moreover, a panel with representatives from US, European, Chinese and Japanese funding agencies will discuss funding opportunities for cross-boundary, global collaborations. There are multiple opportunities for participation and we are currently soliciting proposals for 4-page extended abstracts for presentations and posters. Submissions should be centered on Grid and Cloud applications, tools and related technologies. More information available at http://www.gridlab.org/ Key Deadlines ------------- Abstract submission deadline – September 23, 2011 Acceptance Notification – September 30, 2011 Conference Registration Opens – September 30, 2011 Program Committee Chair: Jarek Nabrzyski, University of Notre Dame Local Chair: Krzysztof Kurowski, PSNC Co-Chairs: Gabrielle Allen, LSU Andre Merzky, LSU Ed Seidel, LSU Program Committee Members (tentative): David Abramson, Monash University, Australia Giovanni Aloisio, University of Salento, Italy Ewa Deelman, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA Wolgang Gentzsch, HPC Consultant, Germany Shantenu Jha, Ruttgers University, USA Peter Kacsuk, MTA Sztaki Research Institute, Hungary Kate Keahey, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Daniel S. Katz, University of Chicago & ANL, USA Thilo Kielmann, Vrije University, Netherlands Maciej Malawski, University of Notre Dame, USA Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan Alexander Reinefeld, ZIB Berlin, Germany Michael Russell, Computation Institute, USA Satoshi Sekiguchi, AIST, Japan John Shalf, LBNL, USA Ian Taylor, Cardiff University, UK Brygg Ullmer, LSU, USA Martin Anthony Walker, Private Consultant, Switzerland Abstracts can be submitted through EasyChair at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gridlab2012 -- Nothing is ever easy...