Virtualization technologies in the distributed
systems community are raising significant interest. The widespread
deployment and the native support for hardware-assisted virtualization
in the AMD and Intel processors available in today's desktops and
computer clusters enable research challenges to be solved more
efficiently. Virtualization technologies include virtual machines,
virtual networks, virtual data, virtual storage, virtual applications,
and virtual instruments. Distributed computing includes Grid
computing, cluster computing, peer-to-peer computing and mobile
computing.
The special session on Virtualization in Distributed
Systems is intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences on
the use of virtualization technologies for distributed systems, the challenges
and opportunities offered by the development of virtualization solutions
themselves, as well as case studies in the applications of virtualization in
distributed systems and in particular in Grid computing. The general venue will
be a good occasion to share, to learn, and to discuss the latest results in
this field of research.
The workshop
program will include presentations of peer-reviewed papers. The topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:
Important dates
Papers due: August 1st,
2008
Acceptance notification: October 15th, 2008
Camera-ready versions: Novemver 23rd, 2008
Submission guidelines
Prospective authors should submit a full paper not
exceeding 5000 words in length and including a 150-200 word abstract. To
facilitate an anonymous reviewing process, the first page of the paper should
contain only the title and abstract. Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS.
Best papers will be selected for a special issue of Journal of Systems
Architecture. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present
the paper at the Conference.
Papers submitted for the workshops or special sessions must be submitted through the conference submission system with an indication of the name of the workshop/special session. Papers must adhere to the formatting rules of the conference and will undergo the same review process as other papers submitted to the conference. Further submission details will soon be made available at http://www.pdp2009.org/submission.html
Organization
Session Chair:
Thierry Delaitre, University of Westminster, UK.
Program Committee:
Kate Keahey, ANL, USA
Hong Ong, ORNL, USA
Gabor Terstiansky, University of Westminster, UK
Tamas Kiss, University of Westminster, UK
Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK
Francois Spies, LIFC, FR
Julien Bourgeois, LIFC, FR
Gabor Kecskemeti, SZTAKI, HU
Email contact: T.Delaitre@wmin.ac.uk