Welcome to The First Australian Grid Forum Workshop (AGF/OzGrid1)

1. Welcome to The First Australian Grid Forum Workshop(AGF/OzGrid1) Dec. 9-10, 2002, Melbourne, Australia

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3. Application Drivers • Solving grand challenge applications using computer modeling, simulation and analysis Aerospace Internet & Ecommerce Life Sciences Digital Biology CAD/CAM Military Applications Military Applications Military Applications

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5. Workshop Objectives • Serve as a Forum that brings together (Australian and international) policy makers, researchers, developers, and users of Grid technologies and applications. • Promote the exchange of ideas and collaborations among different scientific and business communities. • Promote sharing of Grid Technologies and Expertise. • Promote the development of Australian Academic Grid testbeds that facilitate sharing of resources for technology research and development. • Initiate and Promote National Grid Research Agenda

6. Volunteers/Organisers • Workshop Co-Chairs: • Bill AppleBe, Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) • Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne • Paul Coddington , University of Adelaide • Andrew Wendelborn, University of Adelaide • Local Organisation • Jane Sabato (chair) • Candy Chong , VPAC (co-chair) • Belinda Kesters , VPAC • David Bannon , VPAC • Sudharshan , VPAC • Shoaib Burq, GRIDS Lab @ Melbourne • Srikumar Venugopal, GRIDS Lab @ Melbourne

7. Australian Grid Forum • A “open” community forum to provide an exchange of information about Australian grid activities and a focus for discussion of grid-related issues. • Provide a broad-based repository of information about all Australian grid activities. • A facilitator of open communication between groups, to encourage collaboration and to ensure the progress of grid activities both locally, and through interaction with international grid organizations. • Support specialised discussion and working groups. • Share expertise in development and deploymemt Grid technologies and applications.

8. Australian Grid Forum can do: • Coordinate a web site with • links to Australian grid-related projects; • a catalogue of grid facilities; • a discussion forum: • ideas for applications, new directions etc • example discussion issue: setting up a hierarchy of GIIS for Australia • a mailing list; • Facilitate information exchange, such as • sharing experience with deployment of Grid technologies • setting up workshops, web conferences, and similar • Specialized discussion groups and working groups • Promote Australian Grid Technologies • Encourage Aus application areas • Seek collaborative opportunities within Australia, Asia Pacific and internationally • Assist in an advisory and educational role through APAC in particular • Encourage setting up of Access Grid nodes (via VisLab)

9. Australian National University Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing Distributed Systems Technology Centre Monash University Queensland Parallel Supercomputing Foundation Queensland University of Technology University of Adelaide University of Melbourne University of Sydney Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing Xcomp Pty Ltd International! Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel MTA SZTAKI, Hungary (speaking) Osaka University, Japan Technical Authors’ Affiliations

10. Technical Presentations • 22 technical talks spread across 6 sessions for 2 days. • 2 separate Open Discussions • Developing National Grid Agenda • Australian Grid Forum: Charter and Future

11. Program Schedule: Day 1 • 10.15-12.30 Session 1: Grid Infrastructure • Chair: Andrew Wendelborn, Adelaide • 1.30 – 3.10 Session 2: Grid Application Development Tools • Chair: Wayne Kelly, Queensland University of Technology • 3.25-5.30 Session 3: Grid Testbed and Application Scheduling • Chair: Paul Coddington, University of Adelaide • 6.00-xx: APAC Sponsored Dinner!

12. Program Schedule: Day 2 • 9.00-10.40: Session 4: Grid Performance Engineering • Chair: Bill AppelBe, VPAC • 10.55-12.30 Session 5: Data Intensive Computing Applications • Chair: Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney • 1.30-2.30 Session 6: National Grid Program – Open Discussion Forum • Australian Academic Grid Testbed Development • Sharing Technologies and Expertise • Developing Collaborations • 2.30-3.00 Session 7: APAC II Grid: Plans and Future • John O'Callaghan, Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing • 3.00-3.15 Afternoon Tea Break • 3.15-4.15: Session 8: Australian Grid Forum (AGF) & Steering Committee Meeting • Plans, Objectives, Working Groups • Next AGF Events • 4.15-4.30 Conclusions and Closing Remarks