Dr Fabrizio Gagliardi

Professor Ian Foster

Professor Peter Hunter

Mark Linesch

Professor Reagan Moore

Jason Novotny

Professor Sir John Taylor

Professor Anne Trefethen

Tom Uram

'Asia-Pacific Grids' Panel Session
Panel Members:
- Dr Kum Won Cho, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Korea
- Dr Rhys Francis, CSIRO, Australia
- Dr Simon Lin, Academia Sinica Computer Centre, Taiwan
- Dr Yoshio Tanaka, AIST Grid Technology Research Center, Japan
- Professor Lawrence Wong, National Grid Office, Singapore
- Dr ZhiWei Xu, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Fabrizio Gagliardi - sponsored by Microsoft

Fabrizio Gagliardi has a rich and lifelong experience in computing applied to particle physics experiments.

Since he joined CERN in 1975, after graduating in Computer Science at the University of Pisa in Italy, he has held several technical and managerial positions in this field, including:
- leader of the European Union funded project GPMIMD2 (1993-1996)
- leader of the Data Management services of the Information Technology division (1996-1999)
- responsible of the CERN participation in the EU project Eurostore (1998 - 2000)

From January 2001 till March 2004, Fabrizio was the leader of the EU DataGrid project, a collaboration of 21 international scientific institutes and industry. As part of this activity, he has become one of the most active proponents of the Global Grid Forum of which he is cofounder and now member of its International Advisory Committee. This project completed successfully in March 2004 with excellent results.

In 2003 he has been very active in building an international consortium of 70 partners from Europe and outside Europe (US, Russia, Israel) to propose to the EU a project to build a large international Grid infrastructure to support production applications for the European Research Area and the rest of the international scientific community.

The project was approved to start on April 1st, 2004 for a total value of about 32 M of EU funding for a first phase of two years.

Since then Fabrizio has been the EGEE Project Director.

His activity is not limited to Europe. Since March 2001, he is member of the External Advisory Committee of the US NSF GriPhyN project (the largest US Grid project of this kind), and he is an IEEE member since 1982.

Fabrizio is a computing expert to the EU IST programme, and in that role reviewer of EU projects and members of working groups on grid technology and distributed computing.

Fabrizio is often invited as keynote speaker to major international computing events.

He is author and co-author of several publications on the subject of distributed and Grid computing.

Abstract: e-Infrastructure in Europe

Ian Foster

Ian Foster, co-author of "The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure", is an internationally recognized researcher and leader in the area of Grid computing.

Ian is Associate Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago.

The Distributed Systems Lab that he heads at Argonne and Chicago is home to the Globus Toolkit, the open source software that has emerged as the de facto standard for Grid computing. His awards include the GII Next Generation Award and the Lovelace Medal.

Abstract: Service-Oriented Science

Peter Hunter - sponsored by IBM

Peter Hunter completed an engineering degree in 1971 in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, a Master of Engineering degree in 1972 (Auckland) on solving the equations of arterial blood flow and a DPhil (PhD) in Physiology at the University of Oxford in 1975 on finite element modeling of ventricular mechanics.

His major research interests since then have been modelling many aspects of the human body using specially developed computational algorithms and an anatomically and biophysically based approach which incorporates detailed anatomical and microstructural measurements and material properties into the continuum models. The interrelated electrical, mechanical and biochemical functions of the heart, for example, have been modelled in the first 'physiome' model of an organ.

As the current co-Chair of the Physiome and Bioengineering Committee of the International Union of Physiological Sciences he is helping to lead the international Physiome Project which aims to use computational methods for understanding the integrated physiological function of the body in terms of the structure and function of tissues, cells and proteins. He established the first undergraduate biomedical engineering program in New Zealand in 2000 and the Bioengineering Institute in 2001.

He is currently Director of the Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland and Director of Computational Physiology at Oxford University.

Abstract: Computational Physiology and the Physiome Project

Reagan Moore

Reagan Moore is Director of Data and Knowledge Systems at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, where he coordinates research efforts in development of data grids, digital libraries, and preservation environments.

An ongoing research interest is use of data grid technology to enable management of shared collections that are distributed across institutions. Moore collaborates on 15 research projects that include the National Archives and Records Administration research prototype persistent archive, the National Science Foundation National Science Digital Library persistent archive, the Department of Energy Particle Physics Data Grid, the California Digital Library Digital Preservation Repository, and the Worldwide Universities Network data grid. Moore has been at SDSC since its inception in 1986, initially being responsible for operating system development.

He has a PhD in plasma physics from the University of California, San Diego, (1978) and a BSc in physics from the California Institute of Technology (1967)

Abstract: Data Grids and Data Virtualization

Mark Linesch

Mark Linesch was named chairman of the Global Grid Forum (GGF) in September 2004. In this role, Linesch is responsible for leading the global architectural and standardization efforts for grid computing. GGF was founded in 1999 to promote and support the development, deployment and implementation of grid architectures and standards - enabling pervasive adoption of industry standard distributed computing worldwide.

Prior to this assignment, Linesch was Vice President for the Adaptive Enterprise program, which is HP's strategy for helping enterprise customers synchronize business and IT to capitalize on change. Formerly with Compaq, Linesch served as the Vice President responsible for Internet, eCommerce and Infrastructure solutions for Compaq's Enterprise and Service Provider customers. With more than 20 years in the industry, Mark has held executive positions in strategic planning, business development, product and solutions marketing, as well as, solutions and software engineering.

Originally from Ohio, Linesch graduated with highest honors from the University of Cincinnati and is a recipient of the University of Cincinnati Scholarship Award for academic excellence.

Abstract: Grid Computing - The Path to Pervasive Adoption

Jason Novotny

Jason Novotny is the Chief Architect GridSphere Portal, UCSD.

Now acting as technical project manager for the GridSphere portal at UCSD, Jason has been chief architect of GridSphere for the duration of the EU funded GridLab project.

Jason has been involved in distributed computing research and grid computing since the early beginnings in 1998 and authored the Grid Portal Development Kit (GPDK) and co-authored the MyProxy online credential repository software.

Jason has been involved with developing and deploying distributed applications and grid middleware for the DOE Science Grid, the NCSA/Alliance Virtual Machine Room (VMR) and the NASA information Power Grid (IPG) and has been an active participant in Grid Forum since its inception.

Abstract: Grid Portals: Bridging the Gap between Users and Grid Services

Professor Sir John Taylor, OBE, FRS, FREng

In December 2003, John Taylor completed his five year term as Director General of Research Councils, responsible for the UK Science Budget and the seven Research Councils funding research across the whole spectrum of science and technology in the UK science and engineering base.

He was formerly director of Hewlett Packard Laboratories Bristol, where he developed major programs of research in areas including internet security, wireless communications, telecommunications, personal digital imaging and mathematics. Earlier, he lead various research groups at RSRE and ARE in secure computing and communications, and command and control.

He was President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1998-9, and chaired the UK Technology Foresight Panel in IT Electronics and Communications until December 1998. He is an honorary fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a visiting professor at Oxford University.

He was knighted in 2004 for services to scientific research and is currently chairman of Roke Manor Research Ltd, a non-executive director of Rolls Royce and chair of the South West RDA's Shadow Science and Industry Council.

Abstract: e-Research: Col-laboratories and Data Curation

Professor Anne Trefethen

Dr. Anne Trefethen is Acting Director of the UK e-Science Core Programme. She has been the Deputy Director of the programme since July 2001. She is also the Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary e-Research Centre at the University of Oxford. She has been involved in many aspects of e-Science both nationally and internationally.

Before joining the e-Science Core programme, she was the Vice President for Research and Development at NAG Ltd, leading technical development in the range of scientific, statistical and high performance libraries produced by NAG.

Anne lived for ten years in the USA where from 1995 she was the Associate Director for Scientific Computational Support at the Cornell Theory Center. She had worked for several years on high performance computing in the area of parallel linear algebra and parallel scientific applications, both at the Theory Centre and as a research scientist at Thinking Machines Corporation.

Abstract: e-Science and Cyberinfrastructure in Europe

Tom Uram

Thomas D. Uram is a software developer for the Futures Laboratory (FL) of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. As part of the Access Grid team, he is concerned with developing the next generation of the Access Grid software. Tom works with members of the FL to explore new techniques for scientific collaboration within the context of the Access Grid.

Abstract: The Access Grid: Software and Toolkit for Internet Collaboration

"Asia-Pacific Grids" Panel Session

Speakers:

- Kum Won Cho, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Korea
Kum Won Cho received his Ph.D degree from KAIST University in Aerospace Engineering. His current research interests include: High performance computing / Grid computing, numerical methods for partial difference equations, and aerodynamics and unsteady moving body simulation

Kum Won Cho is currently Head of the KISTI Supercomputing Application Technology Department.

Kum Won Cho has had experience with numerical analysis code development including 3-diemnsional Navier-Stokes, structured, unstructured and Chimera grid generation and unsteady moving body simulation.

Kum Won Cho has had expertise in performance issue of numerical analysis code including efficiency improvement by profiling, loop recording, memory issue and parallel efficiency, numerical code development based on Grid computing environment, Fortran and working knowledge in C/C++ and is familiar with engineering software including tecplot, COVISE, Fluent, CFX and numerical and parallel libraries including MPI.

- Rhys Francis, CSIRO, Australia
Rhys completed his undergraduate degree in applied mathematics from Monash University in 1976 and his Ph.D in computer science from La Trobe University in 1990.

He started his working career as a software engineer for Varian Techtron developing the first external mini-computer interface for their Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometers.

In 1980 he moved to an academic position at La Trobe University where he founded the concurrency research group, investigating parallel and distributed systems.

In 1990 Rhys joined CSIRO as a research team leader focussing on high-level application languages and modelling algorithms for problems in high performance computing.

In 1994 he was appointed as a Research Program Manager and offered a challenge: to define and start-up a new research area. Over the next few years Rhys created CSIRO's research program in electronic document technologies which led to many exciting technology developments including the solution to keeping electronic records forever.

From 1997 Rhys became involved in a wide variety of projects with either a knowledge management or an e-commerce flavour across industries including wool, dairy, manufacturing, construction, and also worked to define research projects relevant to high tech companies within the financial and media sectors. These activities established his broader interest in future ICT technologies and their application and led to his role as the ICT Sector Leader for CSIRO. In that position Rhys assisted CSIRO redefine its ICT research strategy, adopted by the CSIRO Board in 2003.

During 2004, Rhys became CSIRO's Director for High Performance Scientific Computing and is now also the Program Manager for the APAC National Grid (a high performance IT infrastructure being built by the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing). From those positions, Rhys is working towards the development and installation of advanced eResearch services that can significantly enhance Australian research activities.

- Simon Lin, Academia Sinica Computer Centre, Taiwan
Simon Lin received his Ph.D degree from Edinburgh University in Theoretical Physics. His current research interests include Computational Physics and Scientific Computing, Statistcal Physics and Field theory, Grid Computing, Metadata and Digital Archives. Hes is also a adjuct professor in several universities.

Simon is currently the Director of the Computing Centre, Academia Sinica and the Executive Officer of the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC); he is also the Chair of the General Support Division, which supports the infrastructure operation and maintenance, of Taiwan's National Digital Archives Program (NDAP).

- Yoshio Tanaka, AIST Grid Technology Research Center, Japan
Yoshio Tanaka received his B.E. in 1987, his M.E. in 1989 and his Ph.D.(Eng.) degree in 1995 all in mathematics from Keio University. He was working at Real World Computing Partnership from 1996 to 1999. He is currently a team leader of Grid Infraware Team at Grid Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

His current research interests include Grid programming tools, developments and managements of Grid Testbed and virtual organization, and performance evaluation of parallel systems. He is developing a large scale Grid testbed in Asia Pacific Region through the work at Asia Pacific Partnership for Grid Computing (ApGrid) and Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA).

- Lawrence Wong, National Grid Office, Singapore
Lawrence Wong obtained the B.Sc. (Honours) and Ph.D. degrees in electronic and electrical engineering from Loughborough University, UK, in 1976 and 1980 respectively. He was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA, from 1980 to 1983. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, in 1983.

He is currently a Professor in this department as well as Director of the Computer Centre, Advisor to the Centre for Instructional Technology, NUS, and Chairman of the Singapore Advance Research and Education Network (SingAREN) Management Committee. He was a visiting consultant to AT&T Bell Laboratories on numerous occasions between 1984 and 1992. His research interests are in mobile radio communication systems, dynamic resource allocation and handoff algorithms, and multimedia signal processing and compression. He was a co-winner of the IEE Marconi Premium Award in 1989. He has published over 120 papers in international journals and conferences.

- ZhiWei Xu, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zhiwei Xu is a Deputy Director of Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Science. He led the development of China's first national computational grid, and was chief architect of Dawning superservers, which, as reported in the journal Science, were instrumental in helping bio-scientists to discover the draft sequence of rice genome.

ZhiWei is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computer Research and Development and an associate editor of the Journal of Grid Computing.