[ieeetcsc-discuss] [Fwd: CFP - Workflow Abstractions for Parallel and Distributed Computing in e-Science]

[Rajkumar Buyya]

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Subject: CFP - Workflow Abstractions for Parallel and Distributed 
Computing	in e-Science
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:15:23 +0000
From: Jose C. Cunha <jcc at di.fct.unl.pt>
To: Rajkumar Buyya <raj at csse.unimelb.edu.au>

Dear Raj,

I would be grateful if you could announce the following Call for papers
through the ieeetcsc-discuss mailing list ?

With Many Thanks and Regards,
Jose

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Jose C. Cunha
Professor of Computer Science
Parallel and Distributed Processing Group
Centre for Informatics and IT
Dept. Informatics
Fac. Science and Technology
Univ. Nova de Lisboa
http://asc.di.fct.unl.pt/~jcc




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Minisymposium on  Workflow Abstractions for Parallel and Distributed
                         Computing in e-Science
                                    by
         José C. Cunha(*), Cecília Gomes(*), and Omer F. Rana(**)
  (*) CITI/Dept. Informatics, Fac. Science and Technology, Univ. Nova de
                             Lisboa, Portugal
  (**) School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK
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IMPORTANT DATES:
* March 5, 2008 - Title and short abstract
* March 10, 2008 - Extended abstracts (3-4 pages in Springer LNCS
         format)
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                           To be held at the
                      PARA 2008 STATE-OF-THE-ART IN
                    SCIENTIFIC AND PARALLEL COMPUTING
                            Trondheim, Norway
                             May 13-16, 2008
                       http://para08.idi.ntnu.no/

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Minisymposium Abstract:
Recent research in scientific applications has shown an
increasing need to improve the software tools and environments that
support complex computational processes for simulation, visualization,
with high degrees of user interaction, and involving large data sets. In
order to meet the new characteristics of such large-scale, dynamic and
distributed computations, there have been efforts in developing more
adequate parallel and distributed computing models and supporting
environments, and in adapting them to increasingly powerful cluster and
grid architectures.

Workflow-based environments provide a useful approach to provide
adequate abstraction levels for scientists and engineers, and also allow
flexibility in the mappings between the application abstractions and the
lower layers of the underlying computing platforms. Such approaches can
contribute to a new generation of more flexible and dynamic
environments, that may ease the tasks of application development and the
management of the life-cycle of scientific experiments.

This minisymposium aims to bring together experts working on the
development of abstractions and models for the specification and
coordination of workflows exploiting parallel and distributed computing,
namely to handle workflow structure and behavior, manipulation and
management of dynamic workflows, coordination and control of their
parallel and distributed execution. The focus of this minisymposium is
on how best to define abstract worflows before they are converted to
concrete/executable versions. Case studies of scientific applications,
with reports from experiments and lessons learned, illustrating the
above and related dimensions, are also welcomed.


A limited number of contributed, 20 minute talks will be selected for
this minisymposium. A tentative title and a short abstract should be
submitted via the PARA'08 submission system before March 5, 2008 (max
150 words in plain text). An extended abstract  (of 3-4 pages in
Springer LNCS format) should be submitted before March 10.

Detailed instructions for authors can be found at:

http://para08.idi.ntnu.no/author-info.html

Make sure to submit your paper under "MS:Workflows for e-Science".
PLEASE NOTE: In case you have difficulties in submitting through this
site, please contact: Jose Cunha <jcc at di.fct.unl.pt>

The abstract should be max 150 words + keywords typed into the
submission system and the text of the extended abstract must be in .tex
and PDF and follow Springer LNCS format

(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).

After acceptance, full papers formatted according to the rules of the
Springer LNCS and the PARA 2008 Workshop should be sent before May 2,
2008, in order to be reviewed for publishing in the Springer LNCS PARA
2008 volume.

Summary - Important Dates:

       * March 5, 2008 - Title and short abstract
       * March 10, 2008 - Extended abstracts (3-4 pages in Springer LNCS
         format)
       * May 02, 2008 - Full paper deadline
       * May 13-16, 2008 - Tutorials and workshop
       * September 15, 2008 - Camera ready paper for publication in
         Springer LNCS

         For specific information about this Minisymposium, please
         contact Jose C. Cunha (e-mail: jcc at di.fct.unl.pt)










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Dr. Rajkumar Buyya
Associate Professor and Reader
Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Lab
Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Melbourne
ICT Building, 111, Barry Street, Carlton
Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
Phone: +61-3-8344 1344 (office); +61-0431385688 (home)
Fax: +61-3-9348 1184; Email: raj at csse.unimelb.edu.au
URL: http://www.buyya.com | http://www.gridbus.org/~raj
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