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                  IEEE Grid 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS
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Grid computing enables the sharing of distributed computing and data
resources such as processing, networking and storage capacity to create
a cohesive resource environment for executing distributed applications
in e-Science and businesses. The Grid conference series is an annual
international meeting that brings together a community of researchers,
developers, practitioners, and user involved with Grid technology. The
objective of the meeting is to serve as both the premier venue for
presenting foremost research results in the area and as a forum for
introducing and exploring new concepts. The conference will feature
invited talks, pre-coordinated workshops and refereed paper presentations.
Grid 2008 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work from
researchers in academia, industry and government describing original
research work in grid computing. Previous events in this series have
been successful in attracting high quality papers and a wide international
participation. 

Grid 2008 is hosted in the Science Park City of Tsukuba which is only
50km away from downtown Tokyo and only 90min bus ride from Tokyo/Narita
International Airport. Your will experience well harmonized surroundings
of wide variety of High Technologies and nature. 

2008 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (http://www.
cluster2008.org/) will be held on the same days and location as the
Grid 2008.  CFP of Cluster 2008 is available at the home page..


SCOPE
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Grid 2008 topics of interest (in no particular order) include, but  
are not limited to:

- Applications, including eScience and eBusiness Applications
- Architectures and Fabrics
- Autonomic and Utility Computing on Global Grids
- Cluster and Grid Integration
- Creation and Management of Virtual Enterprises and Organizations
- Distributed and Large-Scale Data Access and Management
- Grid Economy and Business Models
- Information Services
- Metadata, Ontologies, and Provenance
- Middleware and Toolkits
- Monitoring, Management and Organization Tools
- Networking and Security
- Performance Measurement and Modeling
- Problem Solving Environments
- Programming Models, Tools and Environments
- QoS and SLA Negotiation
- Resource Management, Scheduling, and Runtime Environments
- Scientific, Industrial and Social Implications


TECHNICAL PAPERS
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Grid 2008 invites authors to submit original papers. Papers should be
no more than 8 pages in length (including tables, figures, references...)
and be submitted as a PDF file. Submission implies the willingness of
at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. 
A separate conference proceedings will be published and will also be
a part of the IEEE Xplore and the CS digital library. 
For author instructions visit www.grid2008.org. 

  - PDF files only.
  - Maximum 8 pages for Technical Papers, maximum 6 pages for Posters.
  - Single-spaced
  - 8.5x11-inch, Two-column numbered pages in IEEE Xplore format
  - Format instructions are available at
    http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html
    and
    ftp://pubftp.computer.org/Press/Outgoing/proceedings/
  - Concerning the final camera-ready version: Maximum of 2 extra
    pages at $100/page. Camera-ready means PDF file must comply with
    IEEE Xplore formatting and style for publication.
  - Electronic Submission: Only web-based submission is accepted.
    The URL will be announced on the Grid 2008 web page.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Mar. 1, 2008    Technical Paper Submission Open
Apr.25, 2008    Technical Paper Submission Due (extended)
Jun.16, 2008    Paper Acceptance Notifications (extended)
Jul.22, 2008    Poster submissions Due
Aug.10, 2008    Poster Acceptance Notifications


CONFERENCE ORGANIZING CHAIRS AND COMMITTEES
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General Chair: 
     Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST, Japan)
Program Co-Chairs: 
     Kento Aida (NII, Japan), 
     Henri Casanova (University of Hawaii, USA)
Program Vice Chairs: 
  Applications
     Daniel S. Katz (Louisiana State University, USA)

  Data Management
     Ann Chervenak (Information Sciences Institute, USA)

  Knowledge Management and Semantic Grid
     Isao Kojima (AIST, Japan)

  Networking/Security/Infrastructure
     Marty Humphrey (University of Virginia, USA)

  Scheduling/Resource Management/Runtime Environments
     Emmanuel Jeannot (INRIA, France)

  Tools/Software/Middleware
     David Abramson (Monash University, Australia)

Poster Chair: 
     Susumu Date (University of Osaka, Japan)

Proceedings Chair:
     Sornthep Vannarat (NECTEC, Thailand)

International Relation Chair: 
     Satoshi Matsuoka (Titech, Japan)

Local Arrangement Chair: 
     Hidemoto Nakada (AIST, Japan)

Financial Chair: 
     Katsuya Nishi (Beyond Computing, Japan)

Publicity Chair: 
     Hisayasu Kuroda (University of Tokyo, Japan)
     Wolfgang Ziegler (Fraunhofer SCAI, Germany)
     Wilfled Li (UCSD, USA)
     Yoshio Tanaka (AIST, Japan)

Conference Secretaries: 
     Yuko Oshima (AIST, Japan)
     Mayumi Takita(ICS Convention Design Inc., Japan)

Steering Committee Chair
     Manish Parashar (Rutgers University, USA)
Steering Committee:
     Rosa Badia (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain)
     Mark Baker (The University of Reading, UK)
     Rajkumar Buyya (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
     Dennis Gannon (Indiana University, USA)
     Wolfgang Gentzsch (D-Grid, Germany)
     Daniel S. Katz (Louisiana State University, USA)
     Craig Lee, (The Aerospace Corporation, USA)
     Heinz Stochinger, (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland)
     Warren Smith, (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
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