[sem-grd] CFP: Semantic Infrastructure for Grid Computing Applications Workshop at CCGrid 2005 -- Deadline Extended

[Pouchard, Line Catherine]

CALL for PAPER:  DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 10, 2004 

Semantic Infrastructure for Grid Computing Applications Workshop (SIGAW)

http://www.csm.ornl.gov/~7lp/workshop/SIGAW.html
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Organized at the
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
CCGrid 2005 May 9-12, 2005, Cardiff, UK 

http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/ccgrid2005/
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About the Field 

Pressing needs have emerged in grid computing applications (domain
sciences) for adequate description of the large volumes of data produced
by data-intensive simulations and experiments on scientific instruments.
The data produced by scientific applications such as climate modeling,
high throughput biology and proteomics, high energy physics and others
and the knowledge derived from it will lose value in the future if the
mechanisms for inventory, cataloging, searching, viewing, retrieving,
and presenting this data are not quickly improved. For example, at the
end of 2002, the volume of climate modeling data available to the
climate research community produced in the US was 75 Terabytes (1.2
million files) distributed across 5 storage facilities, and as much as 3
Petabytes (3000 TBs) are expected for the end of 2007. Other sciences
such as biomedical science and bioinformatics produce smaller but
numerous, diverse, and widely distributed files stored on individual
desktops and databases. Faced with an impending data crisis, scientists
and data managers are turning to computer scientists for proposing and
developing adequate solutions: a crucial part of these solutions are
semantic-based data descriptions, models, services, and systems. 

Scope 

This workshop is designed to take a snapshot of promising research on
semantic systems in the context of Grid computing and track emerging
do-able solutions for developing a semantic infrastructure. Languages,
tools and technologies are already available, in particular those
borrowed from the Semantic Web community, the Digital Library community,
and the Semantic Grid. However, much remains to be done. For instance, a
semantic infrastructure leveraging common denominators between grid
applications and architectures is needed. Additionally, semantic systems
must easily adapt to tailor customized solutions for individual
applications. Some lightweight versions must be available to facilitate
customization and integration in existing environments (for instance
problem-solving environments). Other systems need to scale to the
volumes and diversity of the data. As successful prototypes move towards
deployment provisions for maintenance will have to be made. The workshop
is seeking papers presenting innovative research, design, and lessons
learned with an emphasis on scientific applications. 

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Topics of interest include: 


Integration of rich semantics in grid architectures Ontologies and
semantic services for grid applications Automatic capture and annotation
tools for semantic-based data description Semantic-based searching tools
Scalable, flexible, lightweight systems and technologies Ontology
repositories and maintenance Virtual data stores Instantiable
architectures for semantic systems Convergence and/or interoperability
of Grid and W3C standards Semantic-based improved interoperability
Federations of semantic systems for cross-linking data files between
independent data grids. 
Data grid semantic issues related to control mechanisms and state
information Preservation semantic issues related to authenticity and
technology evolution 

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Chair: Line Pouchard
Co-Chair: Luc Moreau
Contact: pouchardlc at ornl.gov 

Program Committee 

Naveen Ashish, NASA Ames
Dan Cook, University of Washington
Ewa Deelman, ISI, University of California Ian Foster, Argonne National
Laboratory Yolanda Gil, ISI, University of California Mike Huhns,
University of South Carolina Rich Keller, NASA Ames Reagan Moore,
University of California, San Diego Jim Myers, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory Benno Overeinder, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Marlon Pierce, University of Indiana Daniel Rubin, Stanford University
Andrew Woolf, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and CCLRC 
 
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Submissions 

Paper should not exceed 6 pages total. Position papers will be accepted
based on available space. Authors should refer to conference
requirements for formats (double-column, single space, 10 point size,
IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines). 

Submit pdf papers to the ORNL upload system at
http://www.ornl.gov/~ncsgroup/fileupload.shtml, with recipient
pouchardlc at ornl.gov. 

Submissions Due: December 10, 2004
Notification of Acceptance: January 15th, 2005 Camera-ready copy:
February 9th, 2005 Workshop date: TBD

Per conference policies:
(1) submissions of material that has already been published, and
(2) submissions of the same (or very similar) material to multiple
workshops -- or to a workshop and the main track of CCGrid 2005 will not
be permitted.
(3) All Submissions will peer-reviewed. 

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Line Pouchard
Computer Science and Mathematics
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6367
865-574-6125 (tel)
865-574-0680 (fax)
http://www.csm.ornl.gov/~7lp