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 UNITN Global computing 2004 |
International Workshop on Global Computing 2004 (GC 2004)
9-12 March 2004
Rovereto (TN) - Italy
According to the IST/
FET proactive
initiative on GLOBAL
COMPUTING, the goal is to obtain techniques (models, frameworks, methods,
algorithms) for constructing systems that are flexible, dependable, secure,
robust and efficient. The dominant concerns are not those of representing
and manipulating data efficiently but rather those of handling the co-ordination
and interaction, security, reliability, robustness, failure modes, and
control of risk of the entities in the system and the overall design,
description and performance of the system itself. Completely different
paradigms of computer science may have to be developed to tackle these
issues effectively.
The research should concentrate on systems having
the following characteristics:
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The systems are composed of autonomous computational entities where activity
is not centrally controlled, either because global control is impossible or impractical, or because the entities are created or controlled by different owners. |
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The computational entities are mobile, due to the movement of the physical
platforms or by movement of the entity from one platform to another. |
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The configuration varies over time. For instance, the system is open to
the introduction of new computational entities and likewise their deletion. The behaviour of the entities may vary over time. |
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The systems operate with incomplete information about the environment.
For instance, information becomes rapidly out of date and mobility requires information about the environment to be discovered. |
The ultimate goal of the research action is to provide a solid scientific foundation for the design of such systems, and to lay the groundwork for achieving effective principles for building and analysing such systems.
This workshop covers the aspects related to languages and programming, analysis of systems and resources as well as the aspects more oriented to algorithms involving all the funded projects under the initiative. After an year from the start of the projects, the goal of the workshop is to fix the state of the art on the topics covered by the two clusters related to programming environments and analysis of systems as well as to devise strategies and new ideas to profitably continue the research effort towards the overall objective of the initiative.
How to prepare the review (by Leonardo Flores)
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