Symposium on
AI and Grid Computing

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Artificial Intelligence and Simulated Behaviour (AISB)
2-5 April 2002, Imperial College, London, UK
Submissions due: December 15, 2001 


AISB Web Site: 
http://comma.doc.ic.ac.uk/aisb2002/ 



 





 


 











Overview 


Many recent advances in information technology and its use, such as:


     

  1.  
Component based software development 

  2.  
High speed networks 

  3. 
Standarisation of interfaces to databases and data
repositories

  4.  
Virtual machines and cluster computing

  5. 
Public domain and community software licensing arrangements

  6.  
On-demand (on-use) software payment schemes

  7.  
Network aware interfaces and visualisation

 

have the potential to transform the capability and modalities of
scientific research by providing transparent, intuitive, timely,
effective and efficient access to distributed, heterogeneous and
dynamic resources. These resources include computational facilities,
applications, visualisation, data and experimental facilities,
integrated and accessible as a single resource over the Internet -- the
Grid. 


To make effective utilisation of resources across a Grid that spans
organisational boundaries, it is imperative that the underlying
infrastructure support intelligence. Intelligent software is required
to undertake resource and service management, service discovery,
service aggregation/decomposition, and support performance management.
Commercial systems will also require the underlying infrastructure to
respect site autonomy, and particular site specific policies on usage. 
 

The objective of this symposium is to bring together researchers in 
computer science and AI, to discuss issues in managing Grid services
and resources. The topics of interest include:  


 

Applications which demonstrate an approach will be especially welcome. 
Authors will also be encouraged to submit sample source code if available. 







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Submissions and Dates 


Papers should report new work and should be printable on A4 paper using
10/12 point type. Papers/abstracts should not exceed 6-8 pages, and will be selected
based on clarity of presentation, and relevance. 
 

Electronic submission is preferred. Please email a PostScript or PDF copy of
your submission to Omer Rana (omer@cs.cf.ac.uk) before December 15 


You may also send paper copies to Omer Rana, Department of Computer Science,
Cardiff University, PO Box916, Cardiff CF2 3XF, UK. 


Submission Deadline: December 15


Accepted symposium papers will be published by AISB and the proceedings will
have an ISBN number. 



 Paper Presentation 


All presentations must be between 20 to 25 minutes. This will be followed by
a directed discussion of the presentation. The discussion will be lead by
some members of the program committee. 


Towards the end of the symposium, the general issues generated from the
symposium will be examined. 



Important Dates 



 




 


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Programme Committee 








Michael Schroeder (co-chair)


City University







Omer Rana  (co-chair)


Cardiff University 







Luc Moreau


University of Southampton 







Wolfgang Emmerich


UCL







David Walker 


Cardiff University







Rajkumar Buyya


Monash University, Australia 







Robert Allan


Daresbury Laboratory 







Ian Wakeman 


University of Sussex







Jim Austin


University of York 







Steven Newhouse 
 
Julie McCann  


Computing, 
 
Imperial College







Philippe DeWilde


Electrical/Electronics Engineering, 
 
Imperial College 







Steffen Moeller 


University of Rostock, Germany







Cefn Hoile


BT Labs











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