[WFM-RG] Works 08: Full Paper Deadline Extension

9 Sep 2008

      Dear All,

Sorry for any duplicate emails ... After a number of requests we have  
decided to extend the deadline for full papers for WORKS 2008 until  
the 19th September. However, we request a paper title and abstract by  
the 12th September. Full CFP is below,

Ian

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Call for Papers

The 3rd Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science

in conjunction with SC'08, Austin, TX

November 17, 2008

http://www.isi.edu/works08

In recent years workflows have emerged as a key technology that  
enables large-scale computations on distributed resources. Workflows  
enable scientists to design complex analysis that are composed of  
individual application components or services. Often times these  
components and services are designed, developed, and tested  
collaboratively. Because of the size of the data and the complexity  
of the analysis, large amounts of shared resources such as clusters  
and storage systems are being used to store the data sets and execute  
the workflows. The process of workflow design and execution in a  
distributed environment can be very complex and involve mapping high- 
level workflow descriptions onto the available resources, as well as  
monitoring and debugging of the subsequent execution. Because  
computations and data access operations are performed on shared  
resources, there is an increased interest in managing the fair  
allocation and management of those resources at the workflow level.

Adequate workflow descriptions are needed to support the complex  
workflow management process which includes workflow creation,  
workflow reuse, and modifications made to the workflow over time-for  
example modifications to the individual workflow components.  
Additional workflow annotations may provide guidelines and  
requirements for resource mapping and execution.

Large-scale scientific applications pose several requirements on the  
workflow systems. Besides the magnitude of data processed by the  
workflow components, the resulting and intermediate data need to be  
annotated with provenance information and any other information  
needed to evaluate the quality of the data and support the  
repeatability of the analysis.

The Third Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science  
focuses on the entire workflow lifecycle including the workflow  
composition, mapping, and robust execution. The workshop also  
welcomes contributions in the applications area, where the  
requirements on the workflow management systems can be derived. The  
topics of the workshop include but are not limited to:

·         Workflow applications and their requirements.

·         Workflow representations, including semantic workflow  
descriptions.

·         Applying business workflows to the scientific domain.

·         Workflow composition, tools and languages.

·         Workflow user environments, including portals.

·         Workflow refinement tools that can manage the workflow  
mapping process.

·         Workflow execution in distributed environments.

·         Workflow fault-tolerance and recovery techniques.

·         Interleaving workflow creation and execution.

·         Data-driven workflow processing.

·         Adaptive workflows.

·         Workflow monitoring.

·         Workflow optimizations.

·         Performance analysis of Workflows

·         Workflow debugging.

·         Workflow provenance.

·         Interactive Workflows.

·         Workflow debugging

·         Workflow provenance

·         Interactive Workflows

·         Relevance of Business Workflow Standards

·         Workflow interoperability and sharing

Important dates:

·        Abstract submission: September 12, 2008

.        Full Paper Submission: September 19th, 2008

·         Acceptance notification: October 7, 2008

·         Final papers due: October 31, 2008

Papers submitted to this workshop should be in IEEE format (ftp:// 
pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/) and no longer than  
10 pages. Short papers of up to 6 pages can also be submitted. The  
papers should be original and not previously published. Papers will  
be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and  
relevance to the workshop topics.  Papers presented at the workshop  
will be included in the workshop proceedings as part of the IEEE  
digital library.

To submit the abstracts and papers, please email works08@isi.edu

Program Committee Chairs:

·         Ewa Deelman, USC Information Sciences Institute

·         Ian Taylor, Cardiff University and the LSU Center for  
Computation and Technology

Program Committee Members:

·         Adam Belloum, University of Amsterdam

·         Marian Bubak, AGH Krakow / Universiteit van Amsterdam, PL/NL

·         David De Roure, Southampton University

·         Thomas Fahringer, University of Innsbruck

·         Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University

·         Dennis Gannon, Indiana University

·         Yolanda Gil, USC Information Sciences Institute

·         Carole Goble, University of Manchester

·         Andrew Harrison, Cardiff University

·         Peter Kacsuk, MTA Sztaki Research Institute

·         Daniel Katz, Louisiana State University

·         Tevfik Kosar, Louisiana State University

·         Miron Livny, University of Wisconsin, Madison

·         Bertram Ludaescher, UC Davis

·         Steven McGough, Imperial College London

·         Johan Montagnat, Inria Sophia-Napolis

·         Jarek Nabrzyski,  LSU Center for Computation and Technology

·         Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano

·         Rizos Sakellariou, University of Manchester

·         David Walker, Cardiff University

·         Edward Walker, University of Texas Austin

Lecturer, School of Computer Science, Cardiff.
Assistant Professor, Dept. Computer Science and CCT, LSU.
www.cs.cf.ac.uk/user/I.J.Taylor/ & www.p2pgridbook.com
Tel: +44-781110 3142