Future Generation Computer System (FGCS) (ISSN: 0167-739X)

Description

The Grid is a rapidly developing computing structure that allows components of our information technology infrastructure, computational capabilities, databases, sensors, and people to be shared flexibly as true collaborative tools. Over the last 3 years there has been a real explosion of new theory and technological progress supporting a better understanding of these wide-area, fully distributed computing systems. After the advances made in distributed system design, collaborative environments, high performance computing and high throughput computing, the Grid is the logical next step.

The new Aims and Scope of FGCS will cover new developments in:

[1] Grid Applications and application support:
Novel applications
eScience and eBusiness applications
Problem solving environments and virtual laboratories
Grid economy
Semantic and knowledge based grids
Collaborative Grids and virtual organizations
High Performance and high throughput computing on grids
Complex application workflows
Scientific, industrial and social implications
Grids in education


[2] Grid methods and middleware:
Tools for grid development: monitoring and scheduling
Distributed dynamic resource management
Grid- and web-services
Information management
Protocols and emerging standards
Peer to peer and internet computing
Pervasive computing
Grid Security


[3] Grid Theory:
Process specification; program and algorithm design
Theoretical aspects of wide area communication and computation
Scaling and performance theory
Protocol verification