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[Jim Blythe]

Hi,

In case anyone is interested, this conference includes Scientific
Workflows in the list of topics.

-Ewa


CALL FOR PAPERS
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13th Annual Mardi Gras Conference--
Frontiers of Grid Applications and Technologies
3-5 February 2005
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
http://www.mardigrasconference.org
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The Center for Computation & Technology at LSU is hosting the 13th
Mardi Gras Conference, February 3rd to 5th 2005, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Mardi Gras conferences take place annually, concentrating each year on a
different computational theme of current relevance. This years conference,
titled Frontiers of Grid Applications and Technologies, will focus on Grid
Computing, particularly how applications are exploiting emerging Grid and
distributed computing environments as well as the supporting and enabling
Grid technologies.

Scope

Grid Computing is an increasingly important field of computer science,
promising a world where shared scientific research computers and
instruments, experimental data, numerical simulations, analysis tools,
research and development, as well as people, are closely coordinated and
integrated in "virtual organizations". While Grid technologies and
infrastructure are rapidly being developed and are now maturing through
the guidance of bodies such as the Global Grid Forum, focus now needs to
be turned towards the applications which will run in these new
environments. Existing applications need to be adapted and tuned to
exploit Grids, and more importantly new generations of applications need
to be designed and developed to take full advantage of the possibilities
of distributed infrastructures and collaborative working.
We are seeking papers and posters of relevance to Grid and peer-to-peer
applications and infrastructure, including but not limited to

o Case studies of applications, including compute-, data-
or network-intensive, collaborative, and tele-immersive.
o Innovative and advanced scenarios, including dynamic data-driven,
interactive and adaptive.
o Application APIs and programming models
o High speed and optical networks
o Tools for developing and deploying applications.
o Middleware and toolkits
o Problem solving environments
o Building and managing production environments
o Virtual organizations
o Scientific workflow
o Resource management and scheduling
o Portals and collaborative environments
o Education

Keynote Speakers

To be provided

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 6th December 2004
Acceptance notification: 20th December 2004
Final papers due: 11th January 2005
Pre-conference registration closes: 11th January 2005
Conference dates: 3rd to 5th February 2005

Paper Submission

The organizers invite authors to submit original and unpublished work as
well as outstanding "work-in-progress" papers. Authors are invited to
submit papers of not more than 6 pages of double column text using=20
single
spaced 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, as per IEEE 8.5 x 11
manuscript guidelines, see http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm.
Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or PDF file that will print
on a PostScript printer. Electronic submission by email is strongly
encouraged. Hard copies should be sent only if electronic submission is
not possible. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the
authors to register and present the paper. Please email your papers to
organizers at mardigrasconference.org, which is the preferred method for
submission. Put "Paper Submission" in the subject of the email.

All papers selected for this workshop are peer-reviewed and will be
published as a part of the conference proceedings. It is expected that
selected papers will be extended and published in a special journal=20
issue.

Demonstration Session

One session of the conference will be devoted to talks that include as
part of the presentation a live demonstration of Grid applications=20
and/or
Grid technologies. Papers to propose demonstration presentations should
follow the format of the paper submission section above, with a page=20
limit
of 3 pages, and will be part of the conference proceedings. A separate
document of up to two pages should describe the proposed
demonstration=20
and
any networking or other requirements. For more information on the
demonstration session, contact Dr Gerald Baumgartner at gb at csc.lsu.edu.

Poster Submission

Authors are encouraged to submit a title and abstract for posters. Each
accepted poster presenter will be provided with a 36" x 48" tri-fold
poster board. Wireless networking will be available during poster=20
sessions.
Poster set up starts at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, February 4. Dismantling of
poster displays will begin Saturday, February 5 at 8:00 a.m. and must be
completed by Noon on Saturday. For more information on posters, contact
Dr Seung-Jong Park at sjpark at bit.csc.lsu.edu.

Associated Meetings

Open Science Grid Workshop and GridSphere Meeting

Registration Fees

Advanced registration, $175.00
Late/on-site registration, $225.00

To qualify for advance registration discounts, your registration form=20
and
payment must be received by midnight, January 11, 2005. Registration
received after January 11 will be charged at the late/on-site=20
registration
rate.

Registration and more information:

http://www.mardigrasconference.org

Schedule

Conference sessions will be held for full days on Thursday, 3rd February
and Friday, 4th February, and for the morning of Saturday, 5th February.
On Saturday afternoon an excursion will take participants to join in the
celebrations for Mardi Gras in New Orleans, returning to Baton Rouge on
Sunday morning at approximately 2 a.m. A full program will be available
at a later time.

Program Committee

Edward Seidel (Chair), Center for Computation & Technology, LSU
Peter Arzberger, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Paul Avery, University of Florida
Simon Cox, University of Southampton
Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory
Sara Graves, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Tomasz Haupt, Mississippi State University
Hartmut Kaiser, Albert Einstein Institute
Scott Koranda, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jaroslav Nabrzyski, Poznan Supercomputing & Networking Center
Alexander Reinefeld, Zuse Institute Berlin
Mary Fran Yafchak, Southeastern Universities Research Association

Local Organizing Committee

Gabrielle Allen (Chair), Center for Computation & Technology, LSU
Gerald Baumgartner, Computer Science, Louisiana State University
Rajgopal Kannan, Computer Science, Louisiana State University
Bijaya Karki, Computer Science, Louisiana State University
Michael Khonsari, Louisiana Board of Regents
Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun, Computer Science, Louisiana Tech University
Seung Jong Park, Center for Computation and Technology, LSU
J. Ramanujam, Electrical & Computer Engineering, LSU
Edward Seidel, Center for Computation and Technology, LSU
Ian Taylor, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Karen Jones, Center for Computation & Technology, LSU

Contact

For further information please contact=20
organizers at mardigrasconference.org

Sponsored By

Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and CCT,=20
LSU.
Lecturer, Cardiff University, UK
Home Page: http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/user/I.J.Taylor/
Tel: +1-202-247-8341 or +44-781110 3142
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