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.