[ieeetcsc-discuss] deadline extension: 5th International Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing - MGC 2007

[Daniel S. Katz]

The submission deadline has been extended by one week.

5th International Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing - MGC 2007

in conjunction with ACM/IFIP/USENIX 8th International Middleware
Conference 2007
Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA - November 26 ? 30, 2007

http://mgc2007.lncc.br/

The MGC series of workshops have been generating substantial interest in
the community and it is anticipated that this interest will continue.
Far from exhausting the topics of interest, they have paved the way for
a 5th edition of the workshop in the series.

For the MGC 2007 workshop researchers from the various GRID middleware
communities are encouraged to submit and present original work to be
considered for publication. Overall topics of interest include but are
not limited to:

Applications:
- Computational Science
- Business Scenarios
- Application Frameworks

Conceptual Views/Theory:
- Resource Management and Scheduling
- Strategies and Protocols to support QoS
- Information Services
- Dependability and Fault Tolerance
- Performance Evaluation and Modeling
- Utility computing

Development Techniques/Technologies:
- Web Services
- Object Metadata and Schemas
- Programming Models and Tools
- Resource Management and Scheduling
- Core Grid Infrastructure
- Grid Security
- Virtualization in Grid Middleware
- Wireless Grids Middleware
- Data Grid Middleware
- Peer to Peer Protocols in Grid Computing
- Agent-based Approaches
- Network Support for Grid Computing
- Portals and Portlet Containers
- Adaptive/Autonomic Middleware
- Messaging in Grid Middleware
- Web 2.0 Middleware

Paper Submission: The Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing invites
authors to submit original and unpublished work. Papers should not
exceed 6 pages ACM style (single-spaced 2-column of text using 09-point
size type on A4 paper). Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or
PDF file that will print on a PostScript printer.
- Electronic only submission (via submission server).
- Submission requires the willingness of at least one of the authors to
register and present the paper.
- All selected papers for this workshop are peer-reviewed and will be
published with ACM.
- Selected (extended) papers should be invited to a special issue of
Concurrency and Computation:
Practice and Experience Journal.

Deadlines:
Submissions:     Friday - August 10th, 2007
Acceptance:      Saturday - September 1st, 2007
Camera-ready:    Monday - October 1st, 2007

Tentative workshop dates: November 26(27), 2007

Program Committee
-David Abramson - Monash Univ., AU
-Mark Baker - University of Reading, UK
-Jim Basney - NCSA, US
-Francoise Baude - U Nice Sophia-Antipolis, FR
-Rajkumar Buyya - U Melbourne, AU
-Geoffrey Coulson - Lancaster Univ., UK
-Michel DaydÈ  ENSEEIHT, FR
-Thomas Fahringer - UIBK, AT
-Geoffrey Fox - Univ. Indiana, US
-Wolfgang Gentzsch - D-Grid Initiative, DE
-Claudio Geyer - UFRGS, BR
-Antonio Tadeu Gomes - LNCC, BR
-Manfred Hauswirth - DERI e NUIG , IRE
-Shantenu Jha - Louisiana State University, US
-Hai Jin - HUST, CN
-Himanshu Khurana ñ NCSA/UIUC, US
-Tevfik Kosar - LSU, US
-Edmundo Madeira - UNICAMP, BR
-Thomas Magedanz - FHG, DE
-Fabio Porto - EPFL, CH
-Prahlada Rao - CDAC , IN
-Vinod Rebello ñ UFF, BR
-Matei Ripeanu - UBC, CA
-Noemi Rodriguez - PUC-RJ, BR
-Vanish Talwar - HP Labs, US
-Douglas Thain - UND, US
-Srikumar Venugopal - U Melbourne, AU
-Viktor.Yarmolenko ñ U Manchester, UK
-Von Welch ñ NCSA, US
-Carlos Westphall - UFSC, BR

Workshop Co-Chairs:
-Bruno Schulze - LNCC, BR
-Omer Rana - Cardiff University, UK
-Jim Myers - NCSA, US
-Walfredo Cirne - Google, USA and UFCG, BR

Publicity Co-Chair:
-Daniel Katz - Louisiana State University, US

Reviewing Process:
The papers will receive 3 peer reviews. The scores obtained will be used
to rank order the papers for presentations and poster sessions.

Registration:
Attendees at workshops must register for the main conference.

Main Contact:
Bruno Schulze - schulze at lncc.br

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Daniel S. Katz                              http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~dsk/
       Louisiana State University
(225) 578-2750 (voice)       (225) 578-5362 (fax)        d.katz at ieee.org