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APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka

Plenary Abstracts


APAN Plenary (Room A+B 16:00-17:30, Jan 22)

Chair: Dae Young Kim <dykim@cnu.ac.kr>


The Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly: A community building collaborations and advancing grid-based applications
Peter Arzberger <parzberg@ucsd.edu> and Philip Papadopoulos (Univ. of California)

Abstract

The Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA) was initiated in 2002 involving more than a dozen institutions along the Pacific Rim, with a dual mission to build sustainable collaborations and to advance the use of grid technologies via applications. Activities include conducting joint projects that develop grid software driven by application needs, sharing resources across institutional and international boundaries, developing training and exchange programs, and communicating and disseminating the results of these efforts. PRAGMA works with regional and international bodies that set standards (such as the Global Grid Forum (GGF)) and enhance the overall infrastructure such as Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN), the Asia Pacific Grid (ApGrid) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications and Information (APEC-TEL)). We will review the trends that led to PRAGMA and outline some future directions.


Genkai/Hyeonhae Project: Frontier Network Opening the New Era of International Collaboration
Keijiro Araki <araki@dontaku.csce.kyushu-u.ac.jp> (Kyushu University)

Abstract

For these two years, Internet researchers and engineers in Korea and Japan have been planning international collaborative work with an advanced giga-bit network through the direct connection of the optical fiber cable between Busan, Korea and Fukuoka, Japan. Now, it is the time to open the giga-bit network between the two countries. I will talk about an overview of the international project named Genkai/Hyeonhae Project and the significance of such international networking efforts especially from the social point of view.


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