[WFM-RG] Fwd: [jcc at di.fct.unl.pt: Re: a PARA'08 minisymposium]

[Andrew Harrison]

Something that may be of interest...

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>
> The idea of this session is to particularly focus on issues of  
> abstractions
> for workflows -- especially on techniques that could support better
> description of abstract workflows to aid their mapping and subsequent:
> (i) sharing; (ii) optimization across multiple workflow systems.
>
>
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>
> Minisymposium on  Workflow Abstractions for Parallel and Distributed
>                        Computing in e-Science
>                                   by
>        José C. Cunha(*), Cecília Gomes(*), and Omer F. Rana(**)
>
> (*) CITI/Dept. Informatics, Fac. Science and Technology, Univ. Nova de
>                            Lisboa, Portugal
>
>        (**) School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK
>
>
>                          To be held at the
>                     PARA 2008 STATE-OF-THE-ART IN
>                   SCIENTIFIC AND PARALLEL COMPUTING
>                           Trondheim, Norway
>                            May 13-16, 2008
>                      http://para08.idi.ntnu.no/
>
>
> Abstract:  Recent research in scientific applications has shown an
> increasing need to improve the software tools and environments that
> support complex computational processes for simulation, visualization,
> with high degrees of user interaction, and involving large data  
> sets. In
> order to meet the new characteristics of such large-scale, dynamic and
> distributed computations, there have been efforts in developing more
> adequate parallel and distributed computing models and supporting
> environments, and in adapting them to increasingly powerful cluster  
> and
> grid architectures.
>
> Workflow-based environments provide a useful approach to provide
> adequate abstraction levels for scientists and engineers, and also  
> allow
> flexibility in the mappings between the application abstractions and  
> the
> lower layers of the underlying computing platforms. Such approaches  
> can
> contribute to a new generation of more flexible and dynamic
> environments, that may ease the tasks of application development and  
> the
> management of the life-cycle of scientific experiments.
>
> This minisymposium aims to bring together experts working on the
> development of abstractions and models for the specification and
> coordination of workflows exploiting parallel and distributed  
> computing,
> namely to handle workflow structure and behavior, manipulation and
> management of dynamic workflows, coordination and control of their
> parallel and distributed execution. The focus of this minisymposium is
> on how best to define abstract worflows before they are converted to
> concrete/executable versions. Case studies of scientific applications,
> with reports from experiments and lessons learned, illustrating the
> above and related dimensions, are also welcomed.
>
>
> A limited number of contributed, 20 minute talks will be selected for
> this minisymposium. A tentative title and a short abstract should be
> submitted via the PARA'08 submission system before March 5, 2008 (max
> 150 words in plain text). An extended abstract  (of 3-4 pages in
> Springer LNCS format) should be submitted before March 10.
>
> Detailed instructions for authors can be found at:
>
> http://para08.idi.ntnu.no/author-info.html
>
> Make sure to submit your paper under "MS:Workflows for e-Science"
>
> The abstract should be max 150 words + keywords typed into the
> submission system and the text of the extended abstract must be  
> in .tex
> and PDF and follow Springer LNCS format
>
> (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).
>
> After acceptance, full papers formatted according to the rules of the
> Springer LNCS and the PARA 2008 Workshop should be sent before May 2,
> 2008, in order to be reviewed for publishing in the Springer LNCS PARA
> 2008 volume.
>
> Summary - Important Dates:
>
>      * March 5, 2008 - Title and short abstract
>      * March 10, 2008 - Extended abstracts (3-4 pages in Springer LNCS
>        format)
>      * May 02, 2008 - Full paper deadline
>      * May 13-16, 2008 - Tutorials and workshop
>      * September 15, 2008 - Camera ready paper for publication in
>        Springer LNCS
>
>        For specific information about this Minisymposium, please
>        contact Jose C. Cunha (e-mail: jcc -at- di.fct.unl.pt)
>

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