Dear Colleagues:

Let me share recent developments in Grid Computing area especially with
Gridbus Project and Australia:

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1. 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing
to be held in Bangalore, India during December 10-13, 2007 is all set.
e-Science 2007 is an important conference for the international
e-Science and Grid Computing community as it provides a forum for all
e-Science and Grid researchers, developers and users and those who are
just curious to see the project results and become aware of the progress
made in this area.

The conference program comprises of keynote talks, peer-reviewed
research papers, workshops, an industry track, tutorials, and a poster
and research demo session. For full program details, please see:
http://www.escience2007.org/

2. Gridbus Exhibit at E-Science 2007 in India:
As one of the sponsors of International Conference on e-Science and
Grid Computing conference, the University of Melbourne will have a
exhibit/booth showcasing our Universitiy and the GRIDS lab's efforts in
this this area.

We will demonstrating all our recent technological developments in Grid
Computing and e-Science including:
* Aneka: Next-Generation Enterprise Grid Platform
This is first public and international exhibit or our new Aneka
software technology. For more info, pls check our our article:
http://www.gridbus.org/~raj/papers/AnekaNextGenGrid2007.pdf
* GridSim Toolkit: including advanced execution trace visualiser
* Gridbus Broker and its applications
especially Distributed Kidney Modelling
* Gridbus Workflow Engine driving neuroscience/brain imaging

Several members of the Gridbus Project (including me!) will be at
e-Science 2007 conference and it will be great to meet those attending
in person. Pleas do visit our booth.

3. Recently media has features our collaborative initiative with
Microsoft. Please visit:
http://www.gridcomputingplanet.com/article.php/3712291
for details.

4. Recently Australia is pushing a lot more on Grid Computing. One most
interesting recent development is formation of QUT and Microsoft
Research in Brisbane. Please visit: http://www.mquter.qut.edu.au/
for details.

5. IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) which sponsors
several events in Grid Computing and its applications topics has
recently released its 2007 activities report. Please see:
http://www.ieeetcsc.org/tcsc_files/TCSC2007AnnualReport.pdf
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Cheers
Raj
PS: Some of you heard that Australia just elected a new Government
leaders and new PM promised to support education revolution in
Australia. I believe this will offer excellent opportunity for young
researchers.
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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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