[LSG-RG] Proposed message

Sun Oct 28 13:37:55 CDT 2007

We can do this in the abstract, e.g. proteomics has strong HPC, data,
security mgt requirements etc hence needs Grid based solutions. But from
my perspective, we should be looking in more detail at the specific OGF
efforts and how they support proteomics based research (or not) - if
proteomics is the focus of this next meeting that is.

Otherwise we end up with a set of interesting presentations to life
scientists but serve no real benefit to the Grid community at large -
which surely is the point for folk to go to OGF meetings.

Note I have taken the liberty of copying these discussions to the wider
LSG-RG email list, since email discussions behind closed doors is one of
the issues this group needs to stop. More than happy for folk to
disagree with me...

Cheers,
R.

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From: Abbas Farazdel [mailto:farazdel at us.ibm.com] 
Sent: 27 October 2007 21:17
To: Richard Sinnott
Cc: Vincent Breton; Angulo, David; fumikazu at gsc.riken.jp; Richard
Sinnott
Subject: RE: Proposed message

I assume the focus of the presentations should address the following
questions and not just covering merely proteomics): 1) How grid
computing can be used to help proteomics scientists and professionals to
achieve breakthrough science or shorter time-to-solution; and 2) Are
there any requirements in the area of proteomics that presently is not
addressed by OGF groups but should be addressed. 

Best Regards, 

Dr. Abbas Farazdel 
Blue Gene Solutions Executive - Petascale Computing 
IBM Systems & Technology Group 
Office: +1 845 433 1652 (t/l-293); Mobile: +1 845 216 4066   
Fax: +1 845 491 3569 
Email: farazdel at us.ibm.com <mailto:farazdel at us.ibm.com>  

http://www.ibm.com/servers/deepcomputing/bluegene.html
<http://www.ibm.com/servers/deepcomputing/bluegene.html>  

"Richard Sinnott" <ros at dcs.gla.ac.uk> 

10/27/2007 02:03 PM 

To
"Angulo, David" <dangulo at cti.depaul.edu>, <fumikazu at gsc.riken.jp>, Abbas
Farazdel/Poughkeepsie/IBM at IBMUS, "Vincent Breton"
<breton at clermont.in2p3.fr> 
cc
<r.sinnott at nesc.gla.ac.uk> 
Subject
RE: Proposed message

As long as the proteomics presentations are aligned with the work
on-going within the OGF standards/implementations of those standards
etc, then I am all for this. From my own perspective, LSG-RG should be
telling people what works with OGF specs and what doesn't. Thus we
should be asking is anyone out there in LSG-RG land using the
imlementations of DAIS, ByteIO, OGSA-BES, authZ, etc etc.

There are many other life science conferences/workshops where folk can
talk about proteomics more generally etc. Having talks about
non-specific OGF related applications in the life science domain for me
does not make much sense. 

Thoughts?

R.

PS Please use the r.sinnott at nesc.gla.ac.uk as I no longer get emails
directly forwarded from my DCS account.

-----Original Message-----
From: Angulo, David [mailto:dangulo at cti.depaul.edu
<mailto:dangulo at cti.depaul.edu> ]
Sent: Sat 27/10/2007 17:15
To: Fumikazu KONISHI <fumikazu at gsc.riken.jp>; Abbas Farazdel; Vincent
Breton; Richard Sinnott
Subject: Proposed message

Dear all:

Please give feedback before Sunday, 5PM Chicago Time (CST).  At that
time, if I have no feedback, I will send this message.

========================

Dear all:

This is an e-mail message regarding the Life Science Grid Research Group
(LSG-RG) in the Open Grid Forum (OGF), formerly the Global Grid Forum
(GGF).

I will give a background of this group at the end of this message.
First, though, let me state the purpose of this message.

Our group has been extremely active since 2002, but the visibility of
our activities has waned.  One suggestion, which we believe is quite on
target, was to plan future meetings through our e-mail list (through
which you are receiving this message).

I would like to start out such an effort by asking for input in planning
our next meeting, which will be help in February 2008 in Boston.  At the
meeting in Seattle last week, the attendees were extremely interested in
the proteomics presentations, and the group decided that we would
solicit proteomics experts to speak at the next meeting.

Thus, I would like to extend a call for presentations in proteomics.  We
would like to specifically look for proteomic mass spectrometry
presentations, but all will be considered.  I would like the membership
of this e-mail list to help us in the solicitation of speakers, and
would like to solicit your input into what topics and/or speakers we
should pursue.

I'm looking forward to input from all.

David Sigfredo Angulo
Faculty
DePaul University
312-362-5041  dangulo at cti.depaul.edu

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