program

 



Friday, April 18, 2008

8:20am -8:30am


Welcome

8:30am - 9:20am



Keynote speaker:
David P. Anderson,
University of California at Berkeley, USA
Abstract

9:20am - 10:00am

SESSION I: Data and resource management

Optimizing the Data Distribution Layer of BOINC with BitTorrent
Fernando Costa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Luis Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Gilles Fedak, INRIA, France
Ian Kelley, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Efficient Content Search in iShare, a P2P based Internet-Sharing System
Seyong Lee, Purdue University, USA
Xiaojuan Ren, Purdue University, USA
Rudolf Eigenmann, Purdue University, USA

10:00am - 10:30pm

Break

10:30am - 11:50pm

SESSION II: SCHEDULING

Probabilistic Allocation of Synchronous Tasks to Desktop Grids Resources
Joshua Wingstrom, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Henri Casanova, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Computing Low Latency Batches with Unreliable Workers in Volunteer Computing Environments
Eric Heien, Osaka University, Japan
N. Fujimoto, Osaka University, Japan
Kenichi Hagihara, Osaka University, Japan

Scheduling Algorithms for Multiple Bag-of-Task Applications on Desktop Grids: a Knowledge-Free Approach
Cosimo Anglano, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Massimo Canonico, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Italy

Increasing the Amount of Work Completed by Volunteer Computing Projects with Task Distribution Policies
David Toth, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
David Finkel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute


11:50am - 1:00pm

Lunch Break


1:00pm - 1:50pm



Keynote speaker:
Dr. Henri Bal ,
Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Abstract

1:50pm - 2:50pm

SESSION III: SECURITY

Defeating Colluding Nodes in Desktop Grid Computing Platforms
Gheorghe Cosmin Silaghi, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Filipe Araujo, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Patricio Domingues, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Portugal
Luis Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Alvaro Arenas, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Portugal

Optimal Spot-checking to Minimize the Computation Time in Volunteer Computing
Kan Watanabe, Tohoku University, Japan
Masaru Fukushi, Tohoku University, Japan
Susumu Horiguchi, Tohoku University, Japan

Providing security to the Desktop Data Grid
Jesus Luna, FORTH, Greece
Michail Flouris, FORTH, Greece
Manolis Marazakis, FORTH, Greece
Angelos Bilas, FORTH, Greece

2:50pm - 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm - 4:20pm



Keynote speaker:
Peter Kacsuk, SZTAKI, Hungary
Towards a World-Wide Grid Integrating Service Grids and Desktop Grids
Abstract

4:20pm - 5:40pm

SESSION IV: EXPERIENCE

Implementing an Industrial-Strength Academic Cyberinfrastructure at Purdue University
Preston Smith, Purdue University, USA
Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, USA
Carol Song, Purdue University, USA

Simplifying Resource Sharing in Voluntary Grid Computing with the Grid Appliance
David Wolinsky, University of Florida, USA
Renato Figueiredo, University of Florida, USA

Provisioning of Virtual Environments for Wide Area Desktop Grids through Redirect-on-write Distributed File System
Vineet Chadha, University of Florida, USA
David Wolinsky, University of Florida, USA
Renato Figueiredo, University of Florida, USA

Centralized BOINC Resources Manager for Cooporative Networks
Daniel Lombrana Gonzalez, University of Extremadura, USA
Francisco Fernandez, University of Extremadura, USA
German Galeano Gil, University of Extremadura, USA
Ben Segal, CERN, Switzerland

Adjourn