The Call for Participation (CFP) is now open for OGF22 which will be held in
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA from February 25 - 29, 2008. A successful
event depends on great content which will come primarily from our community
so please visit http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/cfp.php to make your submission.
Hurry, as the CFP will close December 21! We are seeking content related to
the following topics:
1) OGF CHARTERED GROUPS AND BOFS
2) OGF SPECIFICATION ADOPTION
Two weeks ago at SC07, OGF demonstrated interoperability of 12 OGF
specifications and announced the implementation of the HPC Basic Profile in
products being planned by Microsoft, Altair Engineering and Platform
Computing. These significant accomplishments show how the work of OGF is
being recognized as key to further adoption of grid technology. This
multi-session track will build on the SC07 momentum by featuring
contributions from developers and users showcasing their work implementing
OGF specifications.
3) PHARMA/LIFE SCIENCES
The pharmaceutical industry and life sciences in general have begun to
depend on in silico experiments as critical elements in the path to
discovery. This has enabled exploration that is only limited by their
ability to access sufficient computing resources and to store and manage the
resultant mountain of data. Presentations and case studies from those that
have turned to Grid-based solutions to meet these needs are being solicited.
4) FINANCIAL SERVICES
The financial services industry is one of the early adopters, and successful
users, of Grid technology. As the technology matures, new (and old) issues
emerge like expanding grids to support transactional workloads, data
management and movement, and putting policies in place for charging and
tracking usage. We seek presentations and case studies that describe the
emerging issues the financial services industry is now facing in Grid.
5) OTHER COMMUNITY CONTENT
We also welcome submissions related to the following topics:
* HPC
* Virtualization
* Grid application and usage in eScience environments
* Grids in the IT data center
* Security
* Networking
* Visualization in a grid environment
* Grid application development
The CFP will close December 21, so please visit
http://www.ogf.org/OGF22/cfp.php and make your submission today!
Regards,
John Ehrig
Open Grid Forum
Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager
925 275-6677
www.ogf.org
New OGF document published in the Information track:
GFD-I.093
Title: An Architecture for Grid Checkpoint and Recovery Services
Authors/editors: N. Stone, D. Simmel, T. Kielmann, A. Merzky
Abstract: This document describes an architecture for Grid Checkpoint
and Recovery (GridCPR) services. The architecture is based upon
findings of the OGF Grid Checkpoint Recovery Working Group
(GridCPR-WG) in ongoing discussions and analysis of use cases for Grid
Checkpoint and Recovery as described in the GFD-I.92 document, Use
Cases for Grid Checkpoint and Recovery.
View and download OGF documents here:
http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?final
-- Greg Newby, OGF Editor
Under the advice of the OGF's steering group, announcements of newly
published documents, as well as those starting public comment, go to
the wg-all mailing list. This is a meta-list of all people on all OGF
lists. To manage your OGF list subscriptions, visit
http://www.ogf.org/mailman/
Dear OGF Members and Participants:
Many OGF members and technical contributors are participating next week at
the SuperComputing 07 show, including a number of OGF working groups and
member organizations that will be hosting interoperability demonstrations
using OGF specifications and specifications-in-development. These
demonstrations will show the HPC community how OGF standards are addressing
many of their critical interoperability issues. This represents a
significant new phase for OGF - moving from the creation of standards to
demonstrating interoperability and adoption in science and business.
The published and draft specifications being demonstrated include:
* HPC Basic Profile, including Basic Execution Service (BES) and Job
Submission Description Language (JSDL)
* Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA)
* Grid Storage Management (GSM)
* Grid Remote Procedure Call (GridRPC)
* Grid Information Retrieval (GIR)
* Resource Namespace Service (RNS)
* Grid File Transfer Protocol2 (FTP2)
* Information Dissemination (INFOD)
* Network Mark-up Language (NML) and Network Measurements (NM)
Numerous organizations will be participating in the demonstrations including
Altair Engineering, EGEE, Forschungszentrum Julich, Hungarian Grid
Competence Centre, IBM, INFN, Internet2, KISTI, KnowARC, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, OMII-UK, OMII-Europe,
Microsoft, NIC, Platform Computing, UK e-Science, University of Tsukuba and
University of Virginia eScience Group. As you can see, a great deal of hard
work was involved in creating these specifications and putting the
demonstrations together. Congratulations to the many OGF members and
contributors involved in making this happen!
If you would like to read more about the SC07 demonstrations, please see the
attached overview flyer which provides a brief description of each demo.
Also attached are more detailed flyers on the HPC Basic Profile and GIN
demonstrations.
Last but not least, OGF Sponsor XtreemOS invites all interested developers
and users to the Grid Operating Systems Community BoF at SC07 on Tuesday,
Nov 13, 2007 from 12:15 - 1:15PM to discuss the current state as well as
future directions for grid operating systems and middleware.
Regards,
John Ehrig
Open Grid Forum
Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager
925 275-6677
www.ogf.org
This document has newly entered a 30-day public comment. Please
consider reading it and providing your comments to the document
authors. Brief comments are welcome, not just detailed analysis.
Public comments are an excellent indication of community interest and
support for a document.
* Defining the Grid: A Roadmap for OGSA[TM] Standards v1.1.
Author/editor: C. Jordon, H. Kishimoto. Via OGSA-WG.
These documents were previously announced:
* Open Grid Services Architecture® Glossary of Terms version 1.6
Author/editor: J. Treadwell, via OGSA-WG
* Open Grid Forum Document Process and Requirements
Author/editor: C. Catlett, C. de Laat, D. Martin, G.B. Newby, D. Skow,
via the GFSG
* The Storage Resource Manager Interface Specification Version 2.2
Author/editor: A. Sim, A. Shoshani, via GCM-WG.
All documents in public comment may be reached at this Web address:
http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?public_comment
-- Greg Newby, OGF Editor
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The November 07 GridConnections newsletter is here. Open the attached
document or follow this link
http://www.ogf.org/News/newscal_enews.php?nov07 to view the newsletter.
In this month's edition:
* SC07 Preview - Interoperability Demonstrations
* OGF21 Wrap Up and Survey Results
* OGF and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Ink MoU
* SAGA Tutorial at Grid2007
* Documents Update - New Publications and Documents in Public Comment
* Upcoming Events - OGF22, Globecom, and DMTF Management Developers
Conference
* Newsletter Contributors Needed
* Membership Information - Budget Planning for 2008
Regards,
John Ehrig
Open Grid Forum
Enterprise and Marketing Program Manager
925 275-6677
www.ogf.org
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