[Mycolleagues] [IEEE CNOM] CFP: 6th Intl. Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing (MGC2008) - extended deadline

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Call for Papers: 6th International Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing
(MGC2008)
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in conjunction with ACM/IFIP/USENIX 9th International Middleware Conference
2008
Leuven, Belgium - December 1-5, 2008
http://mgc2008.lncc.br/

The MGC series of workshops have been generating substantial interest in the
community and
it is anticipated that this interest will continue. Far from exhausting the
topics of interest, they
have paved the way for a 6th edition of the workshop in the series.

For the MGC 2008 workshop researchers from the various GRID middleware
communities are
encouraged to submit and present original work to be considered for
publication.
Overall topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Resource Management and Scheduling
* Strategies and Protocols to support QoS
* Information Services
* Dependability and Fault Tolerance
* Performance Evaluation and Modeling
* Utility computing
* Object Metadata and Schemas
* Programming Models and Tools
* Resource Management and Scheduling
* Core Grid Infrastructure
* Cloud Computing in Grid Middleware
* Grid Middleware in Data Provenance
* Semantic Grid middleware
* Web Services
* Grid Security
* Virtualization in Grid Middleware
* Wireless Grids Middleware
* Data Grid Middleware
* Peer to Peer Protocols in Grid Computing
* Agent-based Approaches
* Network Support for Grid Computing
* Portals and Portlet Containers
* Adaptive/Autonomic Middleware
* Messaging in Grid Middleware
* Web 2.0 Middleware
* Application Testbeds
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Paper Submission:
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The MGC2008 Workshop invites authors to submit original and unpublished
work.
Papers should not exceed 6 pages ACM style (single-spaced 2-column of text
using 09-point size type on A4 paper).
* Electronic only submission (
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mgc2008)
* Submission requires willingness of at least one author to register/present
the paper
* All selected papers for the workshop are peer-reviewed and will be
published with ACM DL
* Selected (extended) papers should be invited to a special issue of
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience Journal.
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Deadlines:
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Submissions:     August 8, 2008
Acceptance:      September 15, 2008
Camera-ready:    October 8, 2008
Workshop date:   December 1(2), 2008
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Workshop Co-Chairs:
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Bruno Schulze - LNCC, BR
Geoffrey Fox - Univ. Indiana, US
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Program Committee (preliminary)
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David Abramson - Monash University, AU
Jim Basney - NCSA, US
Francoise Baude - U Nice Sophia-Antipolis, FR
Francisco Brasileiro - UFCG, BR
Rajkumar Buyya - University of Melbourne, AU
Franck Cappello - INRIA, FR
Eddy Caron - ENS-Lyon, FR
Geoffrey Coulson - Lancaster University, UK
Fred Douglis - IBM, US
Thomas Fahringer - UIBK, AT
Wolfgang Gentzsch - D-Grid Initiative, DE
Claudio Geyer - UFRGS, BR
Geoffrey Fox - Univ. Indiana, US
Antonio Tadeu Gomes - LNCC, BR
Shantenu Jha - Louisiana State University, US
Hai Jin - HUST, CN
Fabio Kon - USP, BR
Tevfik Kosar - LSU, US
Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, University of Lyon, FR
Edmundo Madeira - UNICAMP, BR
Thomas Magedanz - FHG, DE
Jim Myers - NCSA, US
Manish Parashar - Rutgers, US
Fabio Porto - EPFL, CH
Omer Rana - Cardiff University, UK
Prahlada Rao - CDAC, IN
Vinod Rebello - UFF, BR
Noemi Rodriguez - PUC-RJ, BR
Bruno Schulze - LNCC, BR
Vanish Talwar - HP, US
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Publicity Chair:
Carlos Westphall - UFSC, BR
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Main Contacts:
Bruno Schulze - schulze-at-lncc-dot-br
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