Call for Papers *************************************************************************** The 9th IEEE International Conference on Grid Computing (Grid 2008) 29 September - 1 October 2008 Tsukuba, Japan http://www.grid2008.org/ *** Submission Deadline: 19 April 2008 *** *************************************************************************** Sponsored by: The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (final approval pending) ================================= IEEE Grid 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS ================================= Grid computing enables the sharing of distributed computing and data resources such as processing, networking and storage capacity to create a cohesive resource environment for executing distributed applications in e-Science and businesses. The Grid conference series is an annual international meeting that brings together a community of researchers, developers, practitioners, and user involved with Grid technology. The objective of the meeting is to serve as both the premier venue for presenting foremost research results in the area and as a forum for introducing and exploring new concepts. The conference will feature invited talks, pre-coordinated workshops and refereed paper presentations. Grid 2008 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry and government describing original research work in grid computing. Previous events in this series have been successful in attracting high quality papers and a wide international participation. Grid 2008 is hosted in the Science Park City of Tsukuba which is only 50km away from downtown Tokyo and only 90min bus ride from Tokyo/Narita International Airport. Your will experience well harmonized surroundings of wide variety of High Technologies and nature. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (http://www. cluster2008.org/) will be held on the same days and location as the Grid 2008. CFP of Cluster 2008 is available at the home page.. SCOPE ----- Grid 2008 topics of interest (in no particular order) include, but are not limited to: - Applications, including eScience and eBusiness Applications - Architectures and Fabrics - Autonomic and Utility Computing on Global Grids - Cluster and Grid Integration - Creation and Management of Virtual Enterprises and Organizations - Distributed and Large-Scale Data Access and Management - Grid Economy and Business Models - Information Services - Metadata, Ontologies, and Provenance - Middleware and Toolkits - Monitoring, Management and Organization Tools - Networking and Security - Performance Measurement and Modeling - Problem Solving Environments - Programming Models, Tools and Environments - QoS and SLA Negotiation - Resource Management, Scheduling, and Runtime Environments - Scientific, Industrial and Social Implications TECHNICAL PAPERS ---------------- Grid 2008 invites authors to submit original papers. Papers should be no more than 8 pages in length and be submitted as a PDF file. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. A separate conference proceedings will be published and will also be a part of the IEEE Xplore and the CS digital library. For author instructions visit www.grid2008.org. - PDF files only. - Maximum 8 pages for Technical Papers, maximum 6 pages for Posters. - Single-spaced - 8.5x11-inch, Two-column numbered pages in IEEE Xplore format - Format instructions are available at http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html and ftp://pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/ - Concerning the final camera-ready version: Maximum of 2 extra pages at $100/page. Camera-ready means PDF file must comply with IEEE Xplore formatting and style for publication. - Electronic Submission: Only web-based submission is accepted. The URL will be announced on the Grid 2008 web page. IMPORTANT DATES ----------------- Mar. 1, 2008 Technical Paper Submission Open Apr.18, 2008 Technical Paper Submission Due Jun. 9, 2008 Paper Acceptance Notifications Jul.22, 2008 Poster submissions Due Aug.10, 2008 Poster Acceptance Notifications CONFERENCE ORGANIZING CHAIRS AND COMMITTEES ------------------------------------------- General Chair: Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST, Japan) Program Co-Chairs: Kento Aida (NII, Japan), Henri Casanova (University of Hawaii, USA) Program Vice Chairs: Applications Daniel S. Katz (Louisiana State University, USA) Data Management Ann Chervenak (Information Sciences Institute, USA) Knowledge Management and Semantic Grid Isao Kojima (AIST, Japan) Networking/Security/Infrastructure Marty Humphrey (University of Virginia, USA) Scheduling/Resource Management/Runtime Environments Emmanuel Jeannot (INRIA, France) Tools/Software/Middleware David Abramson (Monash University, Australia) Poster Chair: Susumu Date (University of Osaka, Japan) Proceedings Chair: Sornthep Vannarat (NECTEC, Thailand) International Relation Chair: Satoshi Matsuoka (Titech, Japan) Local Arrangement Chair: Hidemoto Nakada (AIST, Japan) Financial Chair: Katsuya Nishi (Beyond Computing, Japan) Publicity Chair: Hisayasu Kuroda (University of Tokyo, Japan) Wolfgang Ziegler (Fraunhofer SCAI, Germany) Wilfled Li (UCSD, USA) Yoshio Tanaka (AIST, Japan) Conference Secretaries: Yuko Oshima (AIST, Japan) Mayumi Takita(ICS Convention Design Inc., Japan) Steering Committee Chair Manish Parashar (Rutgers University, USA) Steering Committee: Rosa Badia (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain) Mark Baker (The University of Reading, UK) Rajkumar Buyya (The University of Melbourne, Australia) Dennis Gannon (Indiana University, USA) Wolfgang Gentzsch (D-Grid, Germany) Daniel S. Katz (Louisiana State University, USA) Craig Lee, (The Aerospace Corporation, USA) Heinz Stochinger, (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland) Warren Smith, (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) *********************************************************************