Introducing the latest release from IGI Global:
Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and
Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations
ISBN: 978-1-60566-364-7; 360 pp; May 2009
Published under Information Science Reference an imprint of IGI Global
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34273
Edited by: Nik Bessis, University of Bedfordshire, UK
DESCRIPTION
Managers today are experiencing an increased focus on emergent collaborative
technologies designed to enable virtual organization users to share
resources and accomplish complex tasks better.
Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and
Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations provides a
state-of-the-art collection of opportunities and applicable practices of
grid technology to sustain competitive advantage. Offering a collection of
international research studies by leading experts, this book describes how
grid technology can be applied to serve the purpose within interconnected
organizations in an effective and efficient collaborative setting.
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"This book will ensure that Grid technology shall be of the fullest interest
to decision makers seeking collaborative decision management and support by
advancing effective virtual organizations."
- Nik Bessis, University of Bedfordshire, UK
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TOPICS COVERED
Building service-oriented grid applications
Control dynamics
Maximizing collaborative emergency response
Placement and scheduling over grid warehouses
Scenarios of next generation grid applications
Semantics-based process support
Socio-technical virtual organization
Sustainable and interoperable e-infrastructures
Trust, virtual teams, and grid technology
For more information about Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative
Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations,
you can view the title information sheet at
http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/34273.pdf. To view the Table of
Contents and a complete list of contributors online go to
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34273
<http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34273&v=tableOfContents>
&v=tableOfContents. You can also view the first chapter of the publication
at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/excerpts/34273.pdf.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Nik Bessis is currently a senior lecturer and head of postgraduate taught
courses, in the Department of Computing and Information Systems at
University of Bedfordshire (UK). He obtained a BA from the TEI of Athens in
1991 and completed his PhD (2002) and MA (1995) at De Montfort University,
Leicester, UK. His research interest is the development of distributed
information systems for virtual organizations with a particular focus in
next generation Grid technology; data integration and data push for the
creative and other sectors.
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To view the full contents of this publication, check for Grid Technology for
Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing
Effective Virtual Organizations in your institution's library. If you
library does not currently own this title, please recommend it to your
librarian.
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Extended draft paper submission: HPCNCS-09 call for papers
This Extended Call for Papers for the 2009 International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) is for those who didn't get a chance to submit the papers for the earlier call for papers. The papers received and accepted in response to this extended call for papers will be included in the final version of the respective conference proceedings. These proceedings will be either ready by the time of the conference (i.e., they will be available during the conference) or soon after the conference (before the end of August 2009), based how fast the proceedings can be prepared.
Note: If you have already submitted a paper (whether accepted or rejected or currently under review) for MULTICONF-09, please DO NOT submit that paper again to this extended call for papers.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Draft paper submission date: May 11, 2009
Acceptance/rejection decision: May 21, 2009
Camera ready paper and copyright and pre-registration due: May 28, 2009
Conference dates: July 13-16, 2009
HPCNCS-09 will be held during July 13-16 2009 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper submissions. The conference will take place at the same time and venue where several other international conferences are taking place. The other conferences include:
· International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-09)
· International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09)
· International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09)
· International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09)
· International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09)
· International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications (RAITA-09)
· International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09)
· International Conference on Theory and Applications of Computational Science (TACS-09)
· International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09)
The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org contains more details.
Sincerely
John Edward
Publicity committee
