11/01/05
A global cyberinfrastructure
of computing and communication technologies is emerging to
help researchers better understand complex systems -- from
the micro to the macro level, in both time and space. Driven
by the demands of application scientists, engineered by a
worldwide collaboration of leaders in advanced networking,
and enabled by grid middleware developers, this infrastructure
has, at its core, new architectural approaches to next-generation
internet design and development using optical networking.
A single optical fiber can carry multiple wavelengths of light,
or “lambdas,” enabling multiple networks to run
in parallel on the same fiber -- research & education
networks, commodity networks, or application-specific networks.
Communities of interest can create their own private networks
or can share networks, creating on-demand “LambdaGrids”
of interconnected, distributed computing, sensor and instrument
resources that enable new infrastructures for advanced science.
The Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF) is an international
virtual organization that supports persistent data-intensive
scientific research and middleware development on LambdaGrids.
This year’s iGrid (international Grid) event will showcase
advances in scientific collaboration and discovery enabled
by GLIF, by providing a forum for the world’s premier
discipline scientists, computer scientists and network engineers
to work together in multidisciplinary teams to understand,
develop and demonstrate innovative solutions in a LambdaGrid
world.
iGrid 2005 is a coordinated effort to accelerate the use of
existing multi-10 Gbps international and national networks,
to advance scientific research, and to educate decision makers,
academicians and industry researchers on the benefits of these
hybrid networks. iGrid 2005 provides an international testbed
for participants to collaborate on a global scale to advance
the state of the art in high-performance computing and communications.
iGrid 2005 organizers challenge the international research
community to demonstrate application advances and middleware
innovations developed for the LambdaGrid. iGrid 2005 welcomes
your participation to showcase novel techniques for problem
solving enabled by GLIF. You may propose to do a real-time
demonstration or presentation or participate in one of three
“challenges.” To participate, you must submit
a proposal of your intended activities (proposal requirements
are described below) by February 1, 2005 for full consideration.
You will be notified of acceptance by mid-March.
CALL FOR REAL-TIME DEMONSTRATIONS AND SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS
REAL-TIME DEMONSTRATIONS will provide “windows”
into the worldwide LambdaGrid. Scientists who generate terabytes
and petabytes of data on remote computers or instruments can
demonstrate how they use the LambdaGrid to interactively visualize,
analyze, and correlate data from multiple sites; results will
be projected onto large visualization and/or virtual-reality
displays. Previous iGrid events featured applications in art,
bioinformatics, chemistry, cosmology, cultural heritage, education,
manufacturing, medicine, geoscience, neuroscience and physics.
They featured a variety of Grid middleware developments, with
emphasis on data management grids, data replication grids,
visualization grids, data/visualization grids, computational
grids, access grids, and grid portals. And, they utilized
a variety of computer-based technologies, including distributed
computing, visualization and virtual reality, tele-science,
data mining, remote instrumentation control, collaboration,
high-definition media streaming, and human/computer interfaces.
SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS complement the demonstrations. Tutorials,
workshops, keynote presentations and lectures by renowned
scientists and technologists about GLIF activities, optical
networking and control plane management, middleware developments
and application advances, will provide attendees with an in-depth
understanding of today’s emerging global cyberinfrastructure
so that they can incorporate these new technologies into their
future plans.
CHALLENGES have been part of all previous iGrid events. iGrid
challenges the world’s scientists and technologists
to advance the state of the art, while providing the infrastructure
and the expertise to assist. For 2005, we pose the following
challenges to the international community.
-- TERABIT LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LANs): While scientists are
learning to optimally use wide-area gigabit networks, there
is interest in developing multi-terabit networks by first
prototyping them on a local scale. Who wants to help design
a Terabit LAN, and who has data-intensive applications that
need it?
-- SUPER-HIGH-DEFINITION (SHD) DIGITAL CINEMA: Four times
the resolution of HDTV, SHD projection technology is emerging
from the research laboratory. Who has high-resolution computer-generated
imagery to show, and who is developing the tools and techniques
for secure streaming media?
-- HIGH-RESOLUTION VIRTUAL REALITY: A large-format autostereo
tiled display and possibly a 6-wall CAVE will be available.
Who has high-resolution three-dimensional computer-generated
imagery to show?
Let us know if you are interested in any of these challenges
and we will put you in touch with others who are working on
these problems for iGrid 2005.
All participants will have the opportunity to submit an article
to the Elsevier journal “Future Generation Computer
Systems” (FGCS); the editor-in-chief has agreed to publish
a special iGrid 2005 issue. Papers should describe research
activities and findings, and are due one month after iGrid
2005 to ensure timely publication.
SELECTION CRITERIA AND DISCLAIMER
A Program Committee will review iGrid 2005 proposals for real-time
demonstrations and symposium presentations. Information on
how to submit proposals is given below. Criteria for acceptance
include use of GLIF networking resources, as well as demonstrations
and/or presentations of LambdaGrid-enabled scientific discoveries
and/or technological innovations.
If you wish to participate
in iGrid 2005 but are not familiar with GLIF, we will put
you in touch with GLIF participants in your country. If your
network organization is not yet part of GLIF, we will attempt
to work with them or to provide you with computer accounts
at GLIF sites so you can demonstrate how your advanced application
will perform once a ubiquitous optical cyberinfrastructure
is in place.
Each real-time demonstration
and/or symposium presentation must have a representative attend
iGrid 2005 to present.
DISCLAIMER: We are
in the process of obtaining external funding assistance for
the iGrid event, and iGrid 2005 may be cancelled if such assistance
is not forthcoming. Your response to this Call for Participation
will help substantiate our funding requests to government
agencies and corporate partners for support.
LOCATION AND ATTENDANCE
This event will be held at the California Institute for Telecommunications
and Information Technology [Cal-(IT)2] building on the campus
of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla,
California. iGrid 2005 activities will take place 26-29 September
2005, followed by GLIF meetings on 30 September 2005.
On-site attendance for iGrid 2005 will be limited; registration
information will be available in late Spring 2005.
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SUBMISSION INFORMATION: PROPOSALS DUE 1 FEBRUARY 2005 for
full consideration
(A) REAL-TIME DEMONSTRATIONS (Organizer: Maxine Brown)
1. Demonstration title.
2. Primary contact person’s name, institution, e-mail
address.
3. Contact information for collaborators (name, institution,
e-mail)
4. Project Description
a. One-paragraph summary of your project and its significance.
b. URL for further project documentation.
c. A graphical image (not logo) of your application (JPEG
or TIFF) is encouraged.
d. How does your project utilize advanced networking? Why
is this important?
5. Hardware/Software requirements: Do you need to place any
special hardware (e.g., disk stores or clusters) at GLIF sites?
Do you need computer accounts at participating sites? What
software do you need on these machines?
6. Network requirements: What networks (locally/nationally/internationally)
will you access? (Note: If these networks are not yet in place,
when are they expected to be operational? And, at what speeds?)
7. Network usage: How much bandwidth does your application
use?
(B) SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS (Organizer: Tom DeFanti)
1. Type of presentation
a. Tutorial, workshop, or lecture?
b. For a beginner, intermediate or advanced networking audience?
c. If a tutorial or workshop, is it a half day or full day?
NOTE: Lectures will be 30 minutes to 1 hour. Actual times
will be determined once the Symposium’s schedule is
finalized.
2. Presentation title.
3. Presenter’s name, institution, e-mail address.
4. Contact information for other presenters (name, institution,
e-mail) if a tutorial or workshop
5. Presentation description
a. One-paragraph abstract.
b. URL for further presentation documentation.
c. A graphical image of your presentation (JPEG, TIFF, PPT)
is encouraged.
6. Audio/visual requirements: Projectors for PPT presentations
will be provided. Do you have any special A/V needs?
Submit Real-Time Demonstration and Symposium Presentation
proposals via email by 1 February 2005 for full consideration
to:
Maxine Brown <maxine@uic.edu>
Proposals will be reviewed by the iGrid 2005 Program Committee.
Further input may be requested. Results from the Program Committee
will be distributed by mid-March 2005.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information, contact:
Maxine Brown <maxine@uic.edu>
Tom DeFanti <tom@uic.edu>
iGrid 2005 co-organizers and StarLight/Euro-Link/TransLight
co-principal investigators
Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois
at Chicago
URL: http://www.startap.net/igrid2005
