Workshop Abstract and Agenda
Geographical information systems (GIS) are beginning to
play a prominent
role in many Grid systems, including GEON, LAITS, LEAD, SERVOGrid, and
several other efforts. The value of integrating computational modeling
and geographic information has been vividly demonstrated in recent
natural disasters around the world. For this workshop, we have
assembled a community forum that will include overview presentations and
discussions from the aforementioned groups.
The purpose of this forum is to increase awareness of GIS Grids and
collaboration in community projects. We will also announce at the
workshop an open call for submissions to a special issue of the journal
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.
This forum focuses on Grid and scientific computing requirements for GIS
systems. The workshop format will consist of featured presentation
section, followed by a panel discussion of GIS Grid system
requirements. Featured project presentations include the following:
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GEON: Ashraf Memon, San Diego Supercomputing Center
(abstract)
(talk)
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LAITS: Wenli Yang, George Mason University
(abstract)
(talk)
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LEAD: Beth Plale, Indiana University
(abstract)
(talk)
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SERVOGrid: Marlon Pierce, Indiana University
(abstract)
(talk)
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GISolve: Shaowen Wang, University of Iowa
(talk)
We also welcome briefings from other relevant projects.
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