[nm-wg] FYI: CFP GridNets 2006

[Brian Tierney]

This may be of interest to several folks on this list.
Maybe even a paper on the NMWG schema?

Begin forwarded message:

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>                            Call for Papers
>                            ===============
>
>
>                             GridNets 2006
>     Third International Workshop on Networks for Grid Applications
>       Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and Create-Net
>
> Co-located with IEEE Communications Society/Create-Net Broadnets 2006
>        San Jose, California, USA, October 1-2, 2006
>
>                       http://www.gridnets.org
>
>
>
> Grid developers and practicioners are increasingly realising the  
> importance of an efficient network support. Entire classes of  
> applications would greatly benefit by a network-aware Grid  
> middleware, able to effectively manage the network resource in  
> terms of scheduling, access and use. Conversely, the peculiar  
> requirements of Grid applications provide stimulating drivers for  
> new challenging research towards the development of Grid-aware  
> networks.
>
> Cooperation between Grid middleware and network infrastructure  
> driven by a common control plane is a key factor to effectively  
> empower the global Grid platform for the execution of network- 
> intensive applications, requiring massive data transfers, very fast  
> and low-latency connections, and stable and guaranteed transmission  
> rates. Big e-science projects, as well as industrial and  
> engineering applications for data analysis, image processing,  
> multimedia, or visualisation just to name a few are awaiting an  
> efficient Grid network support. They would be boosted by a global  
> Grid platform enabling end-to-end dynamic bandwidth allocation,  
> broadband and low-latency access, interdomain access control, and  
> other network performance monitoring capabilities.
>
> The Gridnets 2006 workshop will provide a focused and highly  
> interactive forum where researchers and technologists will have the  
> opportunity to present and discuss leading research, developments,  
> and future directions in the Grid networking area.
>
> As an IEEE publication, the proceedings will also be accessible  
> through the IEEE Xplore website and other digital libraries. Best  
> papers will be considered for publication in a special section of  
> Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) - The  
> International Journal of Grid Computing: Theory, Methods and  
> Application".
>
>
> Scope
> ------
>
> The GridNets 2006 workshop will focus on research issues and  
> challenges as well as lessons learned from experience. Topics of  
> interest include and are not limited to:
>
>     * New concepts and requirements to shape the design of eScience  
> and Research Networks
>     * Integration of advanced optical networking technologies and  
> architectures (OPS, OBS) for the Grid environment
>     * Coordination of network resources with other Grid resources  
> (CPU, Storage)
>     * Layer interactions: optical layer with higher layer protocols
>     * Grid advanced resource reservation
>     * Self-healing Grid networks
>     * Traffic characteristics and performance analysis
>     * New architectures and technologies that address Grid  
> requirements
>     * Experience on production-level optical network infrastructures
>     * Middleware design and grid layer integration issues for  
> accessing and managing network resources
>     * Routing and scheduling for dynamic bandwidth control
>     * Monitoring, provisioning, brokering of network resources
>     * New multi-service frameworks and models
>     * End-to-end application level control of network resource
>     * Peer-to-peer approach for Grid networks
>     * Network support for wireless Grids
>     * Novel data transport protocols designed for new application  
> services
>     * Data replication and multicasting strategies and protocols
>     * Fault-tolerance, protection, security, and scalability issues  
> related to connecting large number of sites
>     * Network cost, performance, and incentive issues
>     * Grid network simulation
>     * Identification of Grid peculiarities that network mechanisms  
> can build upon
>
>
>
> Important Dates
> -----------------
>
> Paper Submission Deadline: May 26, 2006
> Paper Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2006
> Final paper submission: July 31, 2006
>
> (For submission instructions, refer to http://www.gridnets.org )
>
>
>
> Organizing Committee
> ====================
>
> Workshop co-chairs: Pascale Vicat-Blanc Primet (ENS Lyon), Michael  
> Welzl (University of Innsbruck)
> Workshop vice-chair: Piero Spinnato (Create-Net)
> Technical Program Committee chair: Wayne Clark (Cisco)
> Panel chair: Bela Berde (Alcatel)
> Publicity chair: Antoine Pichot (Europe) (Alcatel), Tomohiro Kudoh  
> (Asia) (AIST), Brian Tierny (USA) (LBL)
> Steering Committee: Imrich Chlamtac (Create-Net), Gigi Karmous- 
> Edwards (MCNC), Michael Welzl (University of Innsbruck)
> Conference coordination and registration: Kitti H. Kovacs (ICST)
>
>
>
> Program Committee
> =================
>
> Bill Allcock - Argonne National Lab
> Micah Beck - University of Tennessee
> Augusto Casaca - INESC
> Piero Castoldi - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
> Cees De Laat - Universiteit van Amsterdam
> Peter Dinda - Northwestern University
> Jose Fernandes - FCCN
> Tiziana Ferrari - INFN - CNAF
> Gabriele Garzoglio - Fermi National Lab
> Wolfgang Gentzsch - D-Grid
> Wolfgang Gerteis - SAP Belfast
> Doan Hoang - University of Technology, Sydney
> David Hutchison - Lancaster University
> Adriana Iamnitchi - University of South Florida
> Admela Jukan - Universite de Quebec
> Jussi Kangasharju - Technical University Darmstadt
> Gigi Karmous-Edwards - MCNC
> Dieter Kranzlmüller - University of Linz
> Joe Mambretti - Northwestern Univ
> Max Mühlhäuser - Technical University Darmstadt
> Nicholas Race - Lancaster University
> Matei Ripeanu - University of British Columbia
> Volker Sander - University of Applied Sciences Aachen
> Dimitra Simeonidou - University of Essex
> Oliver Yu - University of Illinois at Chicago

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