FYI. Note that there are some very interesting and challenging security aspects of using virtualization in distributed/grid environments. Regards, Frank. =============================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS (VTDC 2006) Workshop on Virtualization Technologies in Distributed Computing held in conjunction with SC 06, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking and Storage. =============================================================== date: November 11, 2006, Tampa, Florida, USA SC 06: http://sc06.supercomputing.org/ VTDC 06: http://workspace.globus.org/vtdc06/ General Information The convergence of virtualization technologies and distributed computing is an exciting development and the subject of much research in both academia and industry. The VTDC workshop is intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences on the use of virtualization technologies in distributed computing, the challenges and opportunities offered by the development of virtual systems themselves, as well as case studies of application of virtualization. The scope of “virtualization technologies” includes techniques and concepts to enable virtual machines, virtual networks, virtual data, virtual storage, virtual applications and virtual instruments. The scope of “distributed computing” includes Grid-computing, cluster computing, peer-to-peer computing and mobile computing. The workshop program will include presentations of peer-reviewed papers as well as a panel with participants from academia and industry. The proceedings of VTDC 2006 will be published in the IEEE Computer Society's Digital Library. VTDC 2006 topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Using virtualization technologies for resource management and QoS assurance • Security aspects of using virtualization in a distributed environment • Virtual networks • Virtual data and storage systems • Fault tolerance in virtualization • Virtualization in P2P • Monitoring techniques in virtualization • Virtualization-based adaptive/autonomic systems • Virtual datacenters • Virtual environment factories and services • Environment configuration • Virtual machine management • Modeling (applications and systems) • Case studies of applications using virtual technologies • Deployment studies of virtualization technologies • Tools relevant to virtualization Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished work that exposes a new problem, advocates a specific solution, or reports on actual experience. Papers should be submitted as full-length 8 page papers of double column text using single spaces 10pt size type on an 8.5’’x11’’ paper, as per IEEE manuscript guidelines. Paper submission instructions will be placed on the workshop web page at http://workspace.globus.org/vtdc06. Presentations will be invited based on the originality, technical merit, and topical relevance of their submissions. Please contact vtdc06@mcs.anl.gov with questions. Important dates August 25, 2006 – Paper submission September 29, 2006 – Notification of acceptance October 27, 2006 – Final version due Program Chairs General Chair: Jose Fortes, University of Florida Program Chair: Kate Keahey, Argonne National Laboratory Program Committee Rob Carpenter, Intel Peter Dinda, Northwestern University Renato Figueiredo, University of Florida Marc Fiuczynski, Princeton University Ian Foster, University of Chicago Rob Gardner, HP Sebastian Goasguen, Purdue University Sverre Jarp, CERN Kevin Lai, HP Jose Moreira, IBM Ralf Ratering, Intel Frank Siebenlist, Argonne National Laboratory Dongyan Xu, Purdue University Mazin Yousif, Intel -- Frank Siebenlist franks@mcs.anl.gov The Globus Alliance - Argonne National Laboratory