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New document published: Distributed Resource Management Application API Version 2
by Greg Newby 12 Dec '12

12 Dec '12

OGF Community: A new document has been published in the OGF series. All OGF documents (including some that are open for public comment!) may be found here: http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/ * GFD-R.194 "Distributed Resource Management Application API Version 2 (DRMAA)"[Obsoletes GFD.22, GFD.130 and GFD.133]. Via DRMAA-WG. P. Tröger, R. Brost, D. Gruber, M. Mamoński, D. Templeton Abstract: This document describes the Distributed Resource Management Application API Version 2 (DRMAA). It defines a generalized API to Distributed Resource Management (DRM) systems in order to facilitate the development of portable application programs and high-level libraries. The intended audience for this specification are DRMAA language binding designers, DRM system vendors, high-level API designers and meta-scheduler architects. Application developers are expected to rely on product-specific documentation for the DRMAA API implementation in their particular DRM system. -- Greg Newby, OGF Editor Dr. Gregory Newby, Director of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Univ of Alaska Fairbanks-909 Koyukuk Dr-PO Box 756020-Fairbanks-AK 99775-6020 e: gbnewby AT alaska.edu v: 907-450-8663 f: 907-450-8603 w: www.arsc.edu/~newby

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New document in public comment: Distributed Resource Management Application API Version 2 (DRMAA) - C Language Binding
by Greg Newby 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Dear OGF members and affiliates: A new document has begun public comment. Please consider reading and providing feedback. Brief affirmations are very useful to demonstrate community input and support. More detailed analysis is also, of course, welcome. All documents in public comment are accessible here: http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?public_comment This document has been newly added for public comment: * Distributed Resource Management Application API Version 2 (DRMAA) - C Language Binding -- Greg Newby, OGF Standards Editor Dr. Gregory Newby, Director of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Univ of Alaska Fairbanks-909 Koyukuk Dr-PO Box 756020-Fairbanks-AK 99775-6020 e: newby AT arsc.edu v: 907-450-8663 f: 907-450-8603 w: www.arsc.edu/~newby

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New document published: SAGA API Extension: Information System Navigator API
by Greg Newby 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

OGF Community: A new document has been published in the OGF series. All OGF documents (including any that are open for public comment) may be found here: http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/ * GFD-R-P.195 "SAGA API Extension: Information System Navigator API." S.Fisher, A. Wilson. Via SAGA-WG Abstract: This document specifies an Information System Navigator API extension to the Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA), a high level, application-oriented API for grid application development. This Information System Navigator API is motivated by a number of Use Cases collected by the OGF SAGA Research Group in GFD.70, and by requirements derived from those Use Cases, as specified in GFD.71. Though motivated by the need to allow users to find information about services additional to that available via the SAGA Service Discovery API it is not dependent upon the Service Discovery API and is applicable to any information system that can be mapped to an entity relationship model. -- Greg Newby, OGF Editor Dr. Gregory Newby, Director of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Univ of Alaska Fairbanks-909 Koyukuk Dr-PO Box 756020-Fairbanks-AK 99775-6020 e: gbnewby AT alaska.edu v: 907-450-8663 f: 907-450-8603 w: www.arsc.edu/~newby

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IEEE CloudCom 2012 - Call For Papers (Taipei, Taiwan, December 03-06, 2012)
by Sill, Alan 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Please note the upcoming due date, approximately one month from today, for abstract submission to this conference. As with the previous CloudCom 2011, OGF is cooperating with the IEEE in sponsorship of this conference and we encourage appropriate attendance by members of the OGF community. Alan From: <cfp(a)grid.chu.edu.tw<mailto:cfp@grid.chu.edu.tw>> Subject: IEEE CloudCom 2012 - Call For Papers (Taipei, Taiwan, December 03-06, 2012) Date: June 14, 2012 4:34:33 AM CDT 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science IEEE CloudCom 2012 http://2012.cloudcom.org The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, December 03-06, 2012 1. Sponsors 2. Important Dates 3. Topics 4. Keynote Speakers 5. Special Issues 6. Workshops 7. Panels and Tutorials 8. Submission & Publication ============ 1. Sponsors: ============ Sponsored by: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Computer Society IEEE Technical Commitee on Scalable Computing In-cooperation with: National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Chung Hua University, Taiwan National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taiwan Tunghai University, Taiwan Taiwan Association of Cloud Computing National Science Council Ministry of Education OpenGrid Forum IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative =================== 2. Important Dates: =================== Abstract Submission (obligatory): July 13, 2012 Full Submission: July 27, 2012 Notification: Sep. 7, 2012 Camera-ready & Author registration: Sep. 28, 2012 Poster and Demo: Sep. 10, 2012 Poster and Demo Notification: Sep. 20, 2012 ========== 3. Topics: ========== 1. Architecture *Cloud Infrastructure as a Service *Cloud Platform as a Service *Cloud federation and hybrid cloud infrastructure *Programming models and systems/tools *Green data center *Networking technologies for data center *Cloud system design with FPGA, GPU, APU *Monitoring, management and maintenance *Economic and business models *Dynamic resource provisioning 2. MapReduce *Performance characterization and optimization *MapReduce on multi-core, GPU *MapReduce on hybrid distributed environments *MapReduce on opportunistic / heterogeneous computing systems *Extension of the MapReduce programming model *Debugging and simulation of MapReduce systems *Data-intensive applications using MapReduce *Optimized storage for MapReduce applications *Fault-tolerance & Self-* capabilities 3. Security and Privacy *Accountability *Audit in clouds *Authentication and authorization *Cryptographic primitives *Reliability and availability *Trust and credential management *Usability and security *Security and privacy in clouds *Legacy systems migration *Cloud Integrity and Binding Issues 4. Services and Applications *Cloud Service Composition *Query and discovery models for cloud services *Trust and Security in cloud services *Change management in cloud services *Organization models of cloud services *Innovative cloud applications and experiences *Business process and workflow management *Service-Oriented Architecture in clouds 5. Virtualization *Server, storage, network virtualization *Resource monitoring *Virtual desktop *Resilience, fault tolerance *Modeling and performance evaluation *Security aspects *Enabling disaster recovery, job migration *Energy efficient issues 6. HPC on Cloud *Load balancing for HPC clouds *Middleware framework for HPC clouds *Scalable scheduling for HPC clouds *HPC as a Service *Performance Modeling and Management *Programming models for HPC clouds *HPC cloud applications *Optimal cloud deployment for HPC ==================== 4. Keynote Speakers ==================== Academia: Prof. Sanjay Ranka, University of Florida, USA Prof. Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Prof. Amr El-Abbadi, University of California, USA Industrial: Dr. Siani Pearson (HP Cloud & Security Research Lab, UK) Dr. Mazin Yousif (Shell, USA) Dr. Joe Baguley (VMware, UK) (Pending) Dr. San-Cheng Chang, Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan) ================= 5. Special Issues ================= Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be published in special issues of the following prestigious journals Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier) (ISI Impact Factor = 2.365) International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley) (ISI Impact Factor = 0.229) Journal of Systems Architecture (Elsevier) (ISI Impact Factor = 0.768) Automated Software Engineering (Springer) (ISI Impact Factor = 0.806) Journal of Internet Technology (ISI Impact Factor = 0.448) Information System Frontier (Springer) (ISI Impact Factor = 1.596) International Journal of Grid and High-Performance Computing (Scopus, EI) ============= 6. Workshops ============= The following workshops will be organized in conjunction with the IEEE CloudCom-2012. Proceedings of CloudCom 2012 Workshops will be also published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE-DL & EI indexed) - The 2012 International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Simulations - The 2012 International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Research Collaborations - The 1st International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Internet of Things - The 2nd International Workshop on Network Infrastructure Services as part of Cloud Computing - The 2012 International Workshop on GPU Computing in Clouds - The 2012 International Workshop on Cloud Computing for Bioinformatics and Its Applications - The 2012 International Workshop on Data Analytics and Mining in the Cloud - The 2012 Internatinal Workshop on IT Service Management in Distributed Computing For details in organizing a workshop with CloudCom, please visit http://grid.chu.edu.tw/cloudcom2012/Call_For_Workshops.html ======================= 7. Panels and Tutorials ======================= The following tutorials will be organized in conjunction with the IEEE CloudCom-2012. - Tutorial on Hadoop (Yahoo!) For details in organizing a Panel / Tutorial with CloudCom, please contact Panels and Tutorials Chair, Prof. Sartaj Sahni (sahni(a)cise.ufl.edu<mailto:sahni@cise.ufl.edu>) =========================== 8. Submission & Publication =========================== Papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE CS format, and submitted in PDF format via the EasyChair system https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ieeecloudcom2012 Accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE CS Press (IEEE-DL & EI indexed). To subscribe other emails or see information of this mailing list, please go to http://grid.chu.edu.tw/mailling_list/subscribe.php To unsubscribe, please click http://grid.chu.edu.tw/unsubscribe.php?mail=Alan.Sill@ttu.edu For other questions, please send email to cfp-admin(a)grid.chu.edu.tw<mailto:cfp-admin@grid.chu.edu.tw>

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Fwd: Call for papers: Collaborative research using eScience infrastructure and high speed networks
by Sill, Alan 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

**** apologize if you receive multiple copies of this call for proposals ****** Dear Friends, The attached link to call for papers<http://www.surfnet.nl/en/Hybride_netwerk/SURFlichtpaden/Pages/Collaborative…> is a wonderful opportunity present at a workshop co-located with IEEE international conference on eScience to be held on 9th October<x-apple-data-detectors://0> in Chicago, Illinois. The talks are accepted based received 1 - 2 page abstracts. The accepted talks will have an opportunity to publish written papers in a special section of the scientific journal Future Generation of Computer Systems (FGCS). The link with the details on the workshop is at :http://www.surfnet.nl/en/Hybride_netwerk/SURFlichtpaden/Pages/CollaborativeresearchusingeScienceinfrastructureandhighspeednetworks.aspx The workshop and the special section will focus on scientific use-cases in which high-speed wide area networks , such as enabled by NRENs around the world and by the GLIF community, are used in a novel way. The workshop will cover and highlight applications that use such networks to connect instruments and facilities around the world in a novel manner. It will also explore upcoming trends in the design and architectures of these advanced networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Distributed applications running on high-speed networks * Network architectures for integrated e-Science research * Advances in networking devices and protocols that support management and control of distributed e-Science infrastructures * Models for networks and infrastructure descriptions suitable for inter-NRENs cooperation Researchers are invited to submit extended abstracts describing a scientific use case of the advanced use of distributed resources connected by high speed (national or international) networks. Extended abstracts of 600 to 1200 words (one to two A4 pages) must be submitted in English, the official language of the conference. These should be accompanied (attached to the extended abstract above the two pages) by a short professional biography of the author(s) and the full names and contact details of the author(s) as outlined below. Keywords will assist the program committee in planning the final program of the conference. Important Dates: Workshop abstract submission: 25 June 2012<x-apple-data-detectors://2> Workshop acceptance notification: 11 July 2012<x-apple-data-detectors://3> Final extended abstract: 10 September 2012<x-apple-data-detectors://4> Workshop: 9 October 2012<x-apple-data-detectors://5> For the special section in FGCS: Full paper submission: 15 October 2012<x-apple-data-detectors://6> Please send your abstracts to creihsn-submission(a)list.surfnet.nl <mailto:%20creihsn-submission@list.surfnet.nl> Look forward to your participation and abstract! Inder -- Inder Monga 510-486-6531<tel:510-486-6531> http://www.es.net<http://www.es.net/> Follow us on Twitter: ESnetUpdates/Twitter<http://bit.ly/bisCAd> Visit our blog: ESnetUpdates Blog<http://bit.ly/9lSTO3> <http://bit.ly/d2Olql>

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US NSF - Dear Colleague Letter - Strategic Technology for CyberInfrastructure (STCI) (NSF12086)
by Sill, Alan 02 Jun '12

02 Jun '12

Dear OGF colleagues, We do not normally mail out links to individual national funding opportunities, as these vary substantially in focus and availability, and OGF has a globally-oriented focus. The following announcement is compatible, however, with a long-standing effort that OGF has undertaken to bring information to the attention of national programs throughout the globe about the benefits of using standards-based interfaces in creating and maintaining science cyberinfrastructure services. While this is not, as far as we know, the result of any direct action by OGF, it is consistent with the goals and point of view of our community, and represents an opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of our output and work in a practical setting. We would like to call the following funding opportunity to the attention of our US-based colleagues, and encourage the creation of similar programs in other countries regions. In this case, a modest set of opportunities is being added to an existing national cyberinfrastructure program. I would like to encourage the exchange of information among members of our community on similar programs that could provide support for, or contact with, development of compatible national, regional or global services. Quoting from the announcement linked below: "We encourage submission of proposals to the Strategic Technology for CyberInfrastructure (STCI) Program for modest pilot projects presenting experimental national services to the NSF scientific and engineering community through a standard interface. These interfaces should allow for programmatic access to the service with usage and costs being tracked on a per researcher and per group basis. Proposals should present ideas about how they might deal with cost recovery in a permanent service. These cloud services might be at the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) (for example, compute cycles or storage), Software as a Service (SaaS) (for example, MatLab or ANSYS), or Platform as a Service (PaaS) (for example, Google Docs) level. Services presented should allow for surge capability to draw on additional resources (up to 10x more) should demand spike. This is not a new program. Proposals should be submitted in accordance with guidance found on the STCI program description page." Further information is available at the following link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12086/nsf12086.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_… With best wishes, Alan Sill Vice President of Standards Open Grid Forum

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