Workshop on Web and Grid Services for Scientific Data Analysis (WAGSSDA)

Final Schedule

Introduction

Two concurrent processes are leading to potential changes in the way scientific data analysis is undertaken. First, many of the ideas from the world of the Grid are being transformed into a layer on top of Web Services. Second, a large amount of scientific data is becoming accessible through the Internet. Today, many scientific researchers are exploring these concepts to see if they can satisfy their data analysis needs.

The concepts of the Grid have had tremendous promise, but thus far this promise has not been fully realized. On the other hand, simple web-based technologies have transformed Web pages in powerful and dynamic content, which are being further enhanced by emerging Web Services. Many feel that grid services may be the solution that will allow the Grid to realize its potential, through use of Web Services.

Scientific data itself is increasingly distributed through the Internet, through such mechanisms as FTP, HTTP, GridFTP, and SRB. Frequently, users get frustrated simply trying to find a subset of data they want, or accessing it, let alone visualizing it, or obtaining knowledge from it. Various communities and projects are now developing standards and services to attempt to solve these problems.

The goal of this workshop is to cross-fertilize these areas, and to discuss components and services used in processing and data, as well as systems that combine both, all in the context of scientific data analysis. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Topics of Interest

• Web services, including integrating emerging WS specifications such as WS-Notification, WS-Addressing
• Grid services, including the use of WS-RF or other emerging frameworks
• Security, including graduated authentication or the use of WS-Security
• Workflow management
• Data analysis and management
• Knowledge extraction
• Semantic services, including ontologies, use of RDF and XML Schema

Draft Paper Submission Guidelines

• Not to exceed 20 double-spaced, 8.5 x 11-inch pages (including figures, tables and references) in 10-12 point font
• Number each page
• Include an abstract, five to ten keywords, and the corresponding author's e-mail address
• PDF format only
• E-Mail submissions only, to the co-chairs

Important Dates

Call For Papers (PDF)

Co-Chairs

Daniel S. Katz
Parallel Applications Technologies Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Daniel.S.Katz@jpl.nasa.gov

Mark Baker
Distributed Systems Group
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, PO1 2EG, UK
mark.baker@computer.org

Program Committee

• David Abramson, Monash University, Australia
• Vassil Alexandrov, University of Reading, UK
• Mike Ashworth, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, UK
• Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia
• Paul Coddington, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Ewa Deelman, ISI, USA
• David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK
• Ken Hawick, Massey University, New Zealand
• Chung-Ta King, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• Domenico Laforenza, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
• Francis C.M. Lau, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Reagan Moore, SDSC, USA
• John Morrison, University College Cork, Ireland
• Hong Ong, University of Portsmouth, UK
• Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State University, USA
• Savas Parastatidis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• Dana Petcu,Western University of Timisoara, Romania
• Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK
• Putchong Uthayopas, Kasetsart University, Thailand
• Cho-Li Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Roy Williams, Caltech, USA
• Jian Yang, Tilburg University, Netherlands
• Thomas Yunck, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
• Liang-Jie Zhang, IBM, USA