Architecture for resource allocation services supporting interactive remote desktop sessions in utility grids

摘要

The Middleware Advanced Workshops program started in 2000 withthe 1st Workshop on Reflective Middleware in New York. Thesurprising success of this first workshop, both in number ofsubmission and number of participants, motivated the continuationof the Workshop program in the following events of the Middlewareseries. In Heidelberg, Middleware'2001 hosted two well attendedworkshops on Mobile Computing and Electronic Commerce, alwaysfocusing on research within the middleware area. In Rio,Middleware'2003 expanded the program with an open Call forWorkshops that resulted in four high-quality workshops: Mobile andAd-Hoc Computing, Reflective and Adaptive Middleware, GridComputing, and Model-Driven Approaches.>The preparation for the 2004 edition of the Middleware workshopsstarted in late 2003 with the Call for Workshop Proposals. Wereceived seven good, well planned proposals and, with the help ofexperts in the Middleware field, four workshops were selected. Theselection criteria was based on adherence to the conference themeand objectives, capacity of attracting a good number of researchersand practitioners, whether the proposal was backed by well-known,active researchers in the field, and the overall formal quality ofthe proposal.>For the first time, we will host a Doctoral Symposium,equivalent to similar events in other conferences such as OOPSLA.It is organized by Edward Curry from the National University ofIreland and Doug Lea from SUNY Oswego. During the DoctoralSymposium, 8 PhD candidates will present their theses work to afirst-class Mentor Committee composed of some of the top Middlewareresearchers in the world. The goal of the symposium is to exposethe students to helpful criticism before their thesis defense.Students beginning their research are also encouraged to attend theworkshop as observers to better understand how to structure aresearch project and learn from the experience of others. The firstedition of the Symposium will be highly international with theparticipation ofPhD candidates from Brazil, Germany, Netherlands,Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.>The Workshop on Middleware for Grid Computing was verysuccessful in Rio and now, organized by Bruno Schulze (LNCC,Brazil) and Radha Nandkumar (NCSA/UIUC, USA), is in its secondedition. It received 48 paper submissions from which 15 papers wereselected. This workshop will also host a specific poster sessionwith 9 posters. The Workshop on Middleware for Pervasive and Ad-HocComputing also started well in Rio and this year, organized byPaddy Nixon from Strathclyde University (UK) grew both in quantityand quality attracting papers from the lead researchers in theinternational community.>Last but not least, the Workshop on Adaptive and ReflectiveMiddleware continues very healthy. In its third edition itcontinues to be a venue for researchers working on the middlewarecore, finding new ways of structuring it to make it more flexible,adaptable, and efficient. This year, it is being organized by FabioCosta (UFG, Brazil) and Nanbor Wang (Tech-X Corp., USA).