Grid Computing is emerging as a next-generation parallel and distributed computing platform driven by the Internet, Web services technologies, and service-oriented computing architectures. Grids enable the sharing, selection, and aggregation of geographically distributed resources, such as computers (PCs, workstations, clusters, supercomputers), data sources, and scientific instruments, for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering, and commerce. To realise the full potential of computing Grids, a number of projects, both within Australia and around the world, have been making steady progress in the design, development, and deployment of Grid technologies and applications. Some Australian Grid projects include: Nimrod-G , DISCWorld , GrangeNet , and Gridbus .
The interest in Grid computing, driven by real-world applications, within Australia is rapidly growing. The first Australian Grid Forum workshop (OzGrid) has been proposed to bring together (Australian and international) policy makers, researchers, developers, and users of Grid technologies and applications. As a open forum, the workshop is designed to promote the exchange of ideas and collaborations among different scientific and business communities. The workshop will also promote the development of Australian academic Grid testbeds that facilitate sharing of resources for technology research and development.
In addition, the workshop is expected to prominently feature a discussion on developing a National Grid (e.g., APAC-II grid working paper) with community inputs.
This workshop also serves as the first meeting of the recently proposed
Australian Grid Forum
(AGF). The forum's steering committee meeting will also be held in conjunction
with the workshop. This provides an opportunity for all participants to
influence how the AGF should be organised and what it will do.
| * Programming Models and Environments | * Remote Data Access and Management |
| * Grid Middleware and Toolkits | * Data Intensive Computing and WorkFlow Management |
| * Internet-based Computing Models | * Performance Evaluation and Modeling |
| * Service-Oriented Grid Architectures | * Resource Integration Issues |
| * Grid Information Services | * Grid Security Issues |
| * Web Services and Technologies | * Grid Economy |
| * Resource Management and Scheduling | * Grid Applications |
| * Advance Resource Reservation and Scheduling | * Scientific, and Industrial and Social Implications |
Please submit your proposal for presentation to Rajkumar Buyya by email (raj@cs.mu.oz.au) on or before Nov. 25, 2002.
If you have not registered your attendance please email jane@vpac.org or candy@vpac.org.
If you require any assistance in booking accommodation please contact Belinda Kesters (belinda@vpac.org). Please note that we can gain discounts on accommodation rates in Melbourne at a convenient location.
Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing Limited
110, Victoria Street
Carlton South, Melbourne, Vic 3053
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9925 4645
Fax: +61 3 9925 4647