CfP 2nd Workshop on the Use of P2P, GRID and Agents for the Development of Content Networks (UPGRADE-CN'07)

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2nd Workshop on the Use of P2P, GRID and Agents for the
Development of Content Networks (UPGRADE-CN'07)
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to take place during
 
17th IEEE HPDC (High Performance Distributed Computing)
June 25-29, 2007, Monterey Bay, California, USA                          
 
Important Dates
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February 20, 2007: Submission of Papers
March 10, 2007: Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection
April 10, 2007: Submission of Camera-Ready Copies
June  26, 2007: Workshop Takes Place

HPDC'07
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High-Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC) combines the advances in 
research and technologies in high speed networks, software, distributed 
computing and parallel processing to deliver high-performance, 
large-scale and cost-effective computational, storage and communication 
capabilities to a wide range of applications.
The intent of this meeting is to provide a forum in which researchers 
report on new ideas and technical insights, application teams express 
the challenges of constructing wide area or scalable high performance 
applications, and technology creators report on future developments.
 
 
UPGRADE-CN'07
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Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) have emerged to improve the 
efficiency of static, time-dependent and rich media content delivery 
atop large-scale IP-based networks. The main objective of current CDNs 
is the efficient delivery and increased availability of content to the 
consumer. However, modern applications do not just perform retrieval or 
access operation on content but also create content, modify and manage 
content, and actively place content at appropriate locations. To deal 
with such new requirements, the more general Content Networks (CNs) are 
being introduced. Design and implementation of robust and efficient CNs 
in large-scale computing environments demand for emerging paradigms and 
software technologies. Agent, P2P and GRID computing paradigms have 
already demonstrated their suitability in supporting the development of 
high-performance systems over large-scale, dynamic and heterogeneous 
environments. Therefore their integrated use, which accounts for 
dynamism (P2P), robustness (GRID), and intelligence (Agents), can 
augment the effectiveness and boost the efficiency of future content 
distribution infrastructures.
 
 
Areas of interest
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In this workshop we are interested in the combined issues of using P2P, 
GRID and Agent paradigms and technologies to support effective design 
and efficient implementation of high-performance content networks. In 
particular, the areas of interest are the following (although this list 
should not be treated as exclusive):
 
* architectures for general-purpose content networks
* architectures for streaming content distribution networks
* protocols and mechanisms for content management
* protocols and mechanisms for content delivery
* protocols and mechanisms for content discovery
* protocols and mechanisms for content distribution
* platforms and tools for content production
* mechanisms for content-based request redirection
* mechanisms for cooperative caching
* frameworks and toolkits for the development of CNs
* novel applications based on CNs
 
 
Program Chairs
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Giancarlo Fortino - Università della Calabria, Italy
g.fortino@unical.it
 
Carlo Mastroianni - ICAR/CNR, Italy
mastroianni@icar.cnr.it
 
Guillaume Pierre - Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
gpierre@cs.vu.nl
 
 
Workshop Program Committee
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Manuel Esteve, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Zongming Fei, University of Kentucky, USA
Andrew Harrison, University of Cardiff, UK
Ian Kelley, University of Cardiff, UK
Michela Meo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Carlos Palau, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Wilma Russo, Università della Calabria, Italy
Giandomenico Spezzano, ICAR/CNR, Italy
Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA
Domenico Talia, Università della Calabria, Italy
Ian Taylor, University of Cardiff, UK
Rainer Unland, University of Essen, Germany
 
 
Web Site
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http://lisdip.deis.unical.it/workshops/upgrade-n07/index.htm
 
 
Submission Guidelines
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Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas will be 
considered. Please submit full papers: 6 pages maximum in IEEE Computer 
Science format.
Please follow this link to submit your paper:
http://www.isi.edu/hpdc2007/submissions.htm
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the 
International Program Committee.
 
 
Publication
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The workshop proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society 
and distributed at the conference.
 
 
Journal Special Issue
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As for the first edition (which took place during the IEEE HPDC 2006 
conference in Paris), selected papers will be invited to a special issue 
of an international journal.

 

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Unland
University of Duisburg-Essen
Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems (ICB)
Practical Computer Science, especially Data 
Management Systems and Knowledge Representation
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