Virtual Organisations and Grids: Applications, Patterns and Infrastructures

21 November, 06 01:00 PM - 22 November, 06 05:00 PM

e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=725

Virtual Organisations (VOs) are formed when two or more organisations work together on a common goal or project. In Grid computing, VO management tools are needed which allow organisations to join a project and authorise access to their (or their collaborators’) resources according to the needs and policies of each member organisation. Several projects are investigating the best way to conceptualise and manage VOs. These projects are producing and deploying several VO management infrastructures.

The goal of this workshop is to compare different notions of "virtual organisation" and to compare tools (both existing and in development) with the requirements of several application areas. Speakers will present use cases from different applications areas and tools that have been or are being developed to address these requirements. Applications areas may include collaborative engineering (chemical, civil, automotive, and aerospace), e-health, high-energy physics or e-learning).

These talks and demonstrations will cover the mechanisms for managing the membership of VOs and also those that control of who is authorised to use which resources. Workshop participants will examine questions such as whether the use cases share common patterns, whether all application areas can be supported by a single infrastructure, and whether the infrastructures can be made to interoperate.

The outcome of the workshop will be a written report that describes the current situation and presents the results of the discussion. We intend that this should influence future development and deployment.

Target Audience

Managers of virtual organisations,business development managers, researchers, middleware developers.

Programme

This event is provisionally scheduled to start at 13:00 Tuesday 21 November 2006 and close at 17:00 on Wednesday 22 November 2006.

A conference dinner will be held on the 21 November at 19:30 in Howies, Victoria Street, Edinburgh.

A provisional programme is available at: http://wiki.esi.ac.uk/Virtual_Organisations_And_Grids

Registration for this event is now closed. To enquire about an application or to cancel a previous application please contact NeSC Administration.

Related Links

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Important Dates

28 Sep - Registration Opens
14 Nov - Registration Deadline
14 Nov - Date we will respond to your application by (Please note this is the latest date we will respond to your application. It is normal policy for us to respond within 5 working days where possible.)
21 Nov - Event Starts at 13:00hrs

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