[Mycolleagues] Call for Chapter Proposals
*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS*
http://personal.cs.surrey.ac.uk/personal/pg/G.Exarchakos/igibook/cfcp.html
** EXTENDED Proposal Submission Deadline: September 15, 2008 **
*/Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented
Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications./*
A book edited by
Dr. Nick Antonopoulos, University of Surrey
Mr. Georgios Exarchakos, University of Surrey
Dr. Maozhen Li, Brunel University
Dr. Antonio Liotta, University of Essex
*Introduction*
Service-oriented computing is a popular design methodology for large
scale business computing systems. A significant number of companies aim
to reap the benefit of cost reduction by realizing B2B and B2C processes
on large-scale SOA-compliant software system platforms. Peer-to-Peer
(P2P) and Grid computing are two very pertinent fields that have
received a significant and sustained research interest in terms of
designing and deploying large scale and high performance computational
resource sharing systems. P2P and Grids started as two different
distributed computing philosophies which, however, nowadays tend to have
a significant overlap: Grid computing represented a more
business-oriented orchestration of relatively homogeneous and powerful
distributed computing resources to optimize the execution of time
consuming tasks whereas P2P networks had an emphasis on the discovery
and sharing of resources on the edges of a heterogeneous network.
Effectively, these two fields collectively form the de facto basis for
the methodologies and techniques that need to be used to develop
performance-driven service-oriented software platforms capable of
satisfying four key aspects of quality of service: efficiency,
scalability, robustness and security.
*Objective of the Book*
This handbook aims to address the need for more literature onto the
applicability and use of P2P and Grid computing techniques for
delivering efficient service-oriented computing. Specifically the book
has two key objectives:
? explore how the P2P and Grid paradigms can deliver quality of
service in operations like discovery, secure utilization and
coordination of distributed services. This addresses the
commercial demand for distributed computing.
? use the service-oriented computing as the context of a technical
comparison between these two fields. This addresses the distributed
computing academic and research community desire to better understand
the link between P2P networks and Grids.
*Target Audience*
The above objectives make this book appropriate and useful to the
following audience:
? researchers and doctoral students working specifically in P2P
computing, Grids or SOA implementations and deployments, primarily
as a reference publication, or even in distributed computing,
software engineering, Web Services, modeling of business processes, etc.
? academics delivering research-oriented modules in the above fields.
This book serves as a collection of related articles to facilitate
a broad understanding of this subject and can become a recommended
literature in such courses.
? system architects and developers who could decide to adapt and
apply a number of the techniques and processes presented in the book.
? managers and IT consultants as a book that demonstrates the potential
applicability of certain methods to delivering efficient and secure
commercial electronic services to customers globally.
*Recommended thematic contexts and topics include, but are not limited to:*
? Theme 1: Fundamentals (surveys,literature reviews, tutorials and
new contributions) of service-oriented computing, P2P and Grid systems
Service-orientation, taxonomies, typical P2P and Grid architectures and
services, search strategies, optimization schemes, P2P & Grid computing
tutorials, P2P & Grid Systems modeling and simulations, P2P & Grid
comparisons.
? Theme 2: Efficiency Service utilization, reputation management,
network self-organization and reconfiguration, adaptive networks,
task scheduling, performance measurement, network monitoring,
agent-assisted P2P-Grids systems.
? Theme 3: Scalability & Robustness Standard and mobile P2P/Grids
network topologies, service contracts, workflow management, service
migration, resource caching techniques, load balancing, P2P & Grid
network simulators/testbeds, multi-layered P2P-Grid systems.
? Theme 4: Security Trust calculation and management, payment schemes,
access control, free riding prevention, P2P and Grid economies,
digital rights management schemes, distributed authentication,
PKI infrastructures, distributed storage and management of certificates.
? Theme 5: Service-oriented applications of P2P and Grids
Digital business ecosystems, media streaming, office applications,
aggregate computing, wireless sensor networks, content distribution
networks, application-specific P2P/Grids feasibility studies, instant
messaging, collaborative desktop applications, social networking,
computational and data Grids, distributed operating systems, cloud
computing, video-on-demand and P2P telephony.
*Submission Procedure*
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
*September 15, 2008*, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified by *September 30, 2008* about the status of
their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected
to be submitted by *November 15, 2008*. All submitted chapters will be
reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be
published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the
Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference) and
Medical Information Science Reference imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com
.
To find more information visit:
http://personal.cs.surrey.ac.uk/personal/pg/G.Exarchakos/igibook
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document) or by mail to:
Dr. Nick Antonopoulos
Department of Computing, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
Tel.: +44 1483 686052 ? Fax: +44 (0) 1483 686051
E-mail: n.antonopoulos@surrey.ac.uk
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