Grid Computing is emerging as a next-generation parallel and distributed computing platform driven by the Internet, Web services technologies, and service-oriented computing architectures. Grids enable the sharing, selection, and aggregation of geographically distributed resources, such as computers (PCs, workstations, clusters, supercomputers), data sources, and scientific instruments, for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering, and commerce. To realise the full potential of computing Grids, a number of projects, both within Australia and around the world, have been making steady progress in the design, development, and deployment of Grid technologies and applications.
The notion of utility computing, which enables the leasing of information technology (IT) services on demand, is gaining wide attention due to its cost effective computing nature. Hence, the need for technologies that unify the notion of Service-Oriented Architectures, Grid and utility computing; and empower both service providers and consumers to operate based on their individual needs is rapidly growing.
The Gridbus Project at the University of Melbourne has been carrying out R&D and leading the creation of number of Cluster and Grid technologies to realize service-oriented grid and utility computing. The project focused on the design and development of (A) tools that transform existing applications into master-worker style applications; (B) high-level services that enable publication of application services in a market-like environment; (C) grid economy paradigm for distributed resource and users management; and (D) resource aggregators that discover distributed data and applications services at runtime and map application tasks to resources based on their cost, capability, performance, and user's QoS demands such the deadline and budget limits.
To realise this massive goal of creating a service-oriented and utility computing environment, the Gridbus project has been collaborating and interacting with application domain experts and industries both nationally and internationally. Some of our existing partners include School of Physics at Melbourne, WEHI for Medical Research (Melbourne), Osaka University (Japan), and Sun Microsystems (USA).
The aim of Gridbus workshop is to bring together our existing collaborators and new researchers to develop new collaborations. The workshop will feature a series of short informal presentations with major emphasis on discussion: evaluating what has been achieved so far (possibly with live demonstration), identifying what works, what doesn't, and identifies opportunities for collaborative R&D.
As a open and informal forum, the workshop is designed to promote the exchange of ideas and collaborations among different scientific and business communities.
| * Service-Oriented Grid Architectures | * Utility Computing |
| * Programming Models and Environments | * Remote Data Access and Management |
| * Grid Middleware and Toolkits | * Data Intensive Computing and WorkFlow Management |
| * Internet-based Computing Models | * Performance Evaluation and Modeling |
| * Grid Information Services | * Grid Security Issues |
| * Web Services and Technologies | * Grid Economy |
| * Resource Management and Scheduling | * Grid Applications |
| * Advance Resource Reservation and Scheduling | * Scientific, and Industrial and Social Implications |
If you wish to participate or present your thoughts on unifying service-oriented grid and utility computing, please contact the workshop coordinator by June 5, 2003.
Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Theatre 3 (ICT-205), ICT Building
University of Melbourne
Street Address:
ICT Building, 111, Barry Street,
Carlton, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 1344