Announcing the Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing and e-Research on May 18-19 in Edinburgh, UK, held in conjunction with the UK e-Science programme. Position papers are due April 22nd. Workshop web page http://www.semanticgrid.org/ubinesc.html Registration page http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/530/ See below for a text version of the workshop Web page. This workshop addresses the intersection of the Semantic Grid and the physical world. The background includes the NGG+ report and this GGF9 paper http://www.semanticgrid.org/GGF/ggf9/gpc/ Please circulate this call to any of your colleagues who are interested in research which touches in some way on aspects of both ubiquitous computing (equally ambient intelligence, pervasive computing) and e-Science/e-Research/grid computing, including of course semantic aspects. Thanks -- Dave Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing and e-Research http://www.semanticgrid.org/ubinesc.html A joint workshop between the UK-UbiNet Ubiquitous Computing Network and the e-Science Programme National eScience Centre, Edinburgh, UK 18-19 May 2005 The digital world of the Grid meets the physical world through a variety of sensors, instruments and interfaces. Projects in the e-Science programme have increasingly become aware of the need to focus on this digital-physical interface of the grid, and the ubiquitous computing community is looking towards the Grid for aspects of processing, data handling, integration and access. Meanwhile there is also interest in applying middleware techniques across these distributed computing domains. The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners across these fields and identify research agendas which bring together ubiquitous computing and e-Science / e-Research / Grid. Target audience The workshop is jointly organised by the e-Science and UK UbiNet communities, and follows on from a Birds-of-Feather session at the UK e-Science All Hands Workshop in September 2004. It is aimed at all members of the ubiquitous/pervasive computing or e-Science research, development and user communities who have an interest in the application of ubiquitous computing to e-Science applications, grid computing to ubiquitous applications (e.g. sensor networks), grid computation and virtualisation over networks of devices, or any other area which draws on both ubiquitous computing and e-Research - see the list of example topics below. As well as bringing people together and sharing results, requirements and issues, the workshop will provide a basis to discuss mechanisms for taking this research community forward, especially in the light of the strategic attention given to some of these areas in forthcoming funding programmes. Agenda The objective of the workshop is to facilitate discussions between atendees. The workshop sessions will consist of an invited talk plus two or three 10 minute presentations of relevant position papers, followed by a 20-30 minute discussion. Position Papers We invite position papers of up to 5 pages in length. These should present work and ideas which touch on both ubiqutious computing and e-Science/e-Research/Grid. Topics include but are certainly not limited to: * e-Science applications which use devices for data acquisition, interaction or notification * Sensor networks and the grid, including pollution monitoring etc * Grid instruments and appliances * Medical devices and the grid * Grid in the home * Ambient intelligence and the Grid * Ubicomp HCI for devices on the Grid * Computation on networks of devices * Self-organisation (self-configuration, self-management, self-healing) in Grid and pervasive distributed systems * Using grid to integrate pervasive applications * Middleware issues for ubiquitous devices * Virtualisation over networks of devices * Metadata, context, and information systems issues in Grid and pervasive * Description, discovery and composition of services and/or devices * Semantic grid and pervasive computing * Agent based computing and multiagent systems for grid and pervasive Position papers should be in Word, PDF or HTML format and will be made available on the Web. For planning purposes we request an abstract one week in advance of the position paper deadline: * Abstracts due Friday April 15, 2005 * Position papers due Friday April 22, 2005 Abstracts and papers should be submitted electronically to Nicky Harding, email nch@ecs.soton.ac.uk. Invited talks * Environmental e-Science, Tom Rodden, University of Nottingham * Smart Laboratories to Smart Papers, Jeremy Frey, CombeChem and User Task Force * UbiGrid, Oliver Storz/Adrian Friday, University of Lancaster * Appliance Aggregation, Dimitris Lioupis, University of Patras * The myTea project, monica schraefel, University of Southampton * FireGrid Dave Berry, University of Edinburgh * Self-organisation in Environmental Sensor Networks, Ian Marshall, University of Kent (title TBC) * Resource Management Strategies for Sensor Network Ensembles, Omer Rana, Welsh e-Science Centre Registration The Workshop will be held at the National e-Science Centre (NeSC) in Edinburgh, starting in the morning of Wednesday 18 May and finishing in the afternoon of Thursday 19 May. If you would like to attend the workshop please visit the NeSC Web Site for this event: http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/530/ Organising and Programme Committee * David De Roure, University of Southampton (Chair) * Tom Rodden, University of Nottingham * Morris Sloman, Imperial College * Oliver Storz, University of Lancaster * Ian Marshall, University of Kent * Peter Dickman, University of Glasgow * Omer Rana, University of Cardiff Enquiries Please contact David De Roure <dder@ecs.soton.ac.uk> or Nicky Harding <nch@ecs.soton.ac.uk> -- Prof David De Roure phone +44 (0)23 8059 2418 Head of Grid and Pervasive Computing fax +44 (0)23 8059 2865 School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton email dder@ecs.soton.ac.uk Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK http://www.soton.ac.uk/~dder/