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Workshops
Grid 2007, the flagship conference for Grid research, will host two
workshops on Wednesday, September 19.
Usage of Service Level Agreements in Grids
As the Grid evolves to become an infrastructure for providing and
consuming services in research and commercial environments, mechanisms
are needed to agree on the objectives and the quality of such service
provision. This could be facilitated by means of electronic contracts
between service consumers and one or more service providers, in order
to achieve the necessary reliability and commitment on both
sides. Such contracts help to establish a well-defined relationship
between a service provider and a client in the context of a particular
service provision. This is especially important if the services or
resources to be used come from different administrative domains, or if
commercial service provision needs to be supported. Service Level
Agreements (SLAs) are a promising approach to establishing these kinds
of guarantees and relationships. This workshop will provide a forum to
present current research and up-to-date solutions from research and
business communities.
For deadlines and other information, please visit the workshop web
page.
Workshop on Economic Models and Algorithms for Grid Systems
From an economic point of view, there does not exist an incentive
to provide resources for the Grid as there is no compensation in
return. Thus, in order to establish Grid computing as a viable
business model for enterprises, efficient economic models and
algorithms are needed to gear up for the widespread adoption of these
technologies in commerce and industry. These economic models and
algorithms must be designed as to establish the right incentives so
that users are encouraged to provide resources. In addition, to those
models and algorithms, supporting platforms and mechanisms are needed
that embed these incentives in real world systems.
This workshop focuses on economic models and algorithms for Grid
environments, their deployment with real-world Grid applications and
in the development of decision support. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:
For deadlines and other information, please visit the workshop web
page.
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