Dear All,

Please distribute the below Call for Participation for e-Science and
Grid Computing Conference as appropriate.

As indicated in the CFP, the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable
Computing, The University of Melbourne, and C-DAC sponsored travel
support is being offered to students (for both international and
India-based students). Please see:
http://www.ieeetcsc.org/young/eScience07/TCSC-UnimelbGrant.html
Please encourage research students to apply.

Thank you.
Raj

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Third IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing
December 10-13, 2007, Bangalore, India

http://www.escience2007.org

Sponsored By:
IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Scalable Computing
http://www.ieeetcsc.org

Organised/Supported by:
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Indiana University, USA
LSU Center for Computation & Technology, USA
EuroIndiaGrid Project
OMII (Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute), UK
Microsoft Corporation
Hewlett Packard (HP)
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UPCOMING DEADLINES:

* Advance Registration Deadline: Nov 7, 2007


PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
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The e-Science 2007 conference, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society's
Technical Committee for Scalable Computing (TCSC), is designed to bring
together leading international and interdisciplinary research
communities, developers, and users of e-Science applications and
enabling IT technologies. The conference serves as a forum to present
the results of the latest research and product/tool developments, and
highlight related activities from around the world.

Keynotes:
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The conference features plenary keynote speakers drawn from Europe,
North America, and Asia

The conference also features technical talks from industries.

Contributed Papers:
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The Program Committee has selected 60 top quality research papers out of
206 submissions from all over the world for presentation at the conference.

Workshops:
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* OGF (Open Grid Forum) Workshop on eScience Highlights
* Innovative and Collaborative Problem Solving Environment in
Distributed Resources
* Scientific Workflows and Business Workflow Standards in e-Science
* International Grid Interoperability and Interoperation Workshop

Posters and Research Demos:
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The conference features 21 posters and 5 "live" research demons selected
from submissions from all over the world.

Tutorials:
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1. Introduction to Globus Toolkit GT4
Presenter: Ravi Madduri, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

2. Market-based Grid Computing and the Gridbus Middleware
Presenter: Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia

3. Autonomic Grid Computing
Presenter: Manish Parashar, Rutgers University (USA)
Omer Rana, Cardiff University (UK)

4. Applications enablement on Grid
Presenters: Mangala and Prahlad Rao, C-DAC, India

The exhibition session will consist of exhibits/presentations from
vendor companies and R&D laboratories.

TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS:
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The IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing, The University of
Melbourne, and C-DAC sponsored travel support is being offered to
students. All eligible research degree students are encouraged to apply
to one of the following related scholarships:
1. International Students (TCSC supported):
http://www.ieeetcsc.org/young/eScience07/TCSCgrant.html
2. India-based Students (TCSC and Uni. of Melbourne supported):
http://www.ieeetcsc.org/young/eScience07/TCSC-UnimelbGrant.html
3. C-DAC supported (For Indian students only):
http://www.escience2007.org/scholarship.asp


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:
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The conference registration includes attendance to all e-Science (1)
workshops, (2) tutorials, (3) technical sessions, (4) posters and
research demo, (5) exhibits and (6) a copy of the conference proceedings
published by the IEEE Computer Society.
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Dr. Rajkumar Buyya
Associate Professor and Reader
Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Lab
Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Melbourne
ICT Building, 111, Barry Street, Carlton
Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
Phone: +61-3-8344 1344 (office); +61-0431385688 (home)
Fax: +61-3-9348 1184; Email: raj@...
URL: http://www.buyya.com | http://www.gridbus.org/~raj
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