Semantic Infrastructure for Grid Computing Applications Workshop


at IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid
CCGRID 2005
May 9-12, 2005, Cardiff, UK


in conjunction with the GGF Semantic Grid Research Group


ACCEPTED PAPERS
Workshop date: May 9, 2005
Please cite the full reference to CCGrid 2005 IEEE conference proceedings
(can be found under publications)


Chair: Line Pouchard , Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US
Co-Chair: Luc Moreau , University of Southampton, UK,
Co-chair: Valentina Tamma , University of Liverpool, UK
Contact: sigaw@ornl.gov

About the Field

Pressing needs have emerged in grid computing applications (domain sciences) for adequate description of the large volumes of data produced by data-intensive simulations and experiments on scientific instruments. The data produced by scientific applications such as climate modeling, high throughput biology and proteomics, high energy physics and others and the knowledge derived from it will lose value in the future if the mechanisms for inventory, cataloging, searching, viewing, retrieving, and presenting this data are not quickly improved. For example, at the end of 2002, the volume of climate modeling data available to the climate research community produced in the US was 75 Terabytes (1.2 million files) distributed across 5 storage facilities, and as much as 3 Petabytes (3000 TBs) are expected for the end of 2007. Other sciences such as biomedical science and bioinformatics produce smaller but numerous, diverse, and widely distributed files stored on individual desktops and databases. Faced with an impending data crisis, scientists and data managers are turning to computer scientists for proposing and developing adequate solutions: a crucial part of these solutions are semantic-based data descriptions, models, services, and systems.

Scope

This workshop is designed to take a snapshot of promising research on semantic systems in the context of Grid computing and track emerging do-able solutions for developing a semantic infrastructure. Languages, tools and technologies are already available, in particular those borrowed from the Semantic Web community, the Digital Library community, and the Semantic Grid. However, much remains to be done. For instance, a semantic infrastructure leveraging common denominators between grid applications and architectures is needed. Additionally, semantic systems must easily adapt to tailor customized solutions for individual applications. Some lightweight versions must be available to facilitate customization and integration in existing environments (for instance problem-solving environments). Other systems need to scale to the volumes and diversity of the data. As successful prototypes move towards deployment provisions for maintenance will have to be made. The workshop is seeking papers presenting innovative research, design, and lessons learned with an emphasis on scientific applications.


Topics of interest include:

  • Integration of rich semantics in grid architectures


  • Ontologies and semantic services for grid applications


  • Automatic capture and annotation tools for semantic-based data description


  • Semantic-based searching tools


  • Scalable, flexible, lightweight systems and technologies


  • Ontology repositories and maintenance


  • Virtual data stores


  • Instantiable architectures for semantic systems


  • Convergence and/or interoperability of Grid and W3C standards


  • Semantic-based improved interoperability


  • Federations of semantic systems for cross-linking data files between independent data grids.


  • Data grid semantic issues related to control mechanisms and state information


  • Preservation semantic issues related to authenticity and technology evolution



    • Program Committee

    Hafiz Farooq Ahmad, Communication Technologies, Sendai, Japan


    Naveen Ashish, NASA Ames


    Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Gręcia" of Catanzaro, Italy


    Dan Cook, University of Washington


    Ewa Deelman, ISI, University of California


    David De Roure, Southampton University, UK


    Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory


    Yolanda Gil, ISI, University of California


    Mike Huhns, University of South Carolina


    Rich Keller, NASA Ames


    Carl Kesselman, ISI, University of California


    Manolis Koubarakis, Technical University of Crete


    Bertram Ludaescher, SDSC, University of California, San Diego


    Reagan Moore, University of California, San Diego


    Jim Myers, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory


    Benno Overeinder, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam


    Marlon Pierce, University of Indiana


    Daniel Rubin, Stanford University


    Andrew Woolf, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and CCLRC




    Workshop Papers will be published with the Conference Proceedings
    Per conference policies:
    (1) submissions of material that has already been published, and
    (2) submissions of the same (or very similar) material to multiple workshops -- or to a workshop and the main track of CCGrid 2005 will not be permitted.
    (3) All Submissions will peer-reviewed anonymously.


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