[OGSA-AUTHZ] CFP: Workshop on Virtualization Technologies in Distributed Computing

[Frank Siebenlist]

FYI.

Note that there are some very interesting and challenging security
aspects of using virtualization in distributed/grid environments.

Regards, Frank.

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CALL FOR PAPERS (VTDC 2006)

Workshop on Virtualization Technologies in Distributed Computing

held in conjunction with SC 06, the International Conference for
High Performance Computing, Networking and Storage.
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date: November 11, 2006, Tampa, Florida, USA

SC 06: http://sc06.supercomputing.org/
VTDC 06: http://workspace.globus.org/vtdc06/

General Information

The convergence of virtualization technologies and distributed computing
is an
exciting development and the subject of much research in both academia and
industry. The VTDC workshop is intended to be a forum for the exchange
of ideas
and experiences on the use of virtualization technologies in distributed
computing, the challenges and opportunities offered by the development of
virtual systems themselves, as well as case studies of application of
virtualization. The scope of “virtualization technologies” includes
techniques
and concepts to enable virtual machines, virtual networks, virtual data,
virtual
storage, virtual applications and virtual instruments. The scope of
“distributed
computing” includes Grid-computing, cluster computing, peer-to-peer
computing
and mobile computing.

The workshop program will include presentations of peer-reviewed papers
as well
as a panel with participants from academia and industry. The proceedings
of VTDC
2006 will be published in the IEEE Computer Society's Digital Library.

VTDC 2006 topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Using virtualization technologies for resource management and QoS
assurance
• Security aspects of using virtualization in a distributed environment
• Virtual networks
• Virtual data and storage systems
• Fault tolerance in virtualization
• Virtualization in P2P
• Monitoring techniques in virtualization
• Virtualization-based adaptive/autonomic systems
• Virtual datacenters
• Virtual environment factories and services
• Environment configuration
• Virtual machine management
• Modeling (applications and systems)
• Case studies of applications using virtual technologies
• Deployment studies of virtualization technologies
• Tools relevant to virtualization

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished work that exposes
a new
problem, advocates a specific solution, or reports on actual experience.
Papers
should be submitted as full-length 8 page papers of double column text
using
single spaces 10pt size type on an 8.5’’x11’’ paper, as per IEEE manuscript
guidelines. Paper submission instructions will be placed on the workshop
web
page at http://workspace.globus.org/vtdc06. Presentations will be
invited based
on the originality, technical merit, and topical relevance of their
submissions.
Please contact vtdc06 at mcs.anl.gov with questions.

Important dates

August 25, 2006 – Paper submission
September 29, 2006 – Notification of acceptance
October 27, 2006 – Final version due

Program Chairs

General Chair: Jose Fortes, University of Florida
Program Chair: Kate Keahey, Argonne National Laboratory

Program Committee

Rob Carpenter, Intel
Peter Dinda, Northwestern University
Renato Figueiredo, University of Florida
Marc Fiuczynski, Princeton University
Ian Foster, University of Chicago
Rob Gardner, HP
Sebastian Goasguen, Purdue University
Sverre Jarp, CERN
Kevin Lai, HP
Jose Moreira, IBM
Ralf Ratering, Intel
Frank Siebenlist, Argonne National Laboratory
Dongyan Xu, Purdue University
Mazin Yousif, Intel

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