August 2007

Aug
30

Post-doc opening in Roma

A post-doc position in the TAGora project is immediately available in Roma.
The successful candidate will work in the PHYS-SAPIENZA team of the project, based in Roma, and will take part in the operation of the project at large.

The ideal candidate holds a Ph.D. in Physics or Computer Science
with a strong attitude for large-scale data analysis and computational techniques,
as well as a positive interest for inter-disciplinary topics.
The net monthly salary will be around 2000 Euros
and the expected starting date is October 2007.

For further information and applications, please contact Prof. Vittorio Loreto at coordinator [at] tagora-project.eu
or vittorio.loreto [at] roma1.infn.it

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Aug
23

Adaptive Infrastructure meets Adaptive Applications

HPL-2007-138 Adaptive Infrastructure meets Adaptive Applications - Edwards, Nigel; Belrose, Guillaume; Brand, Klaus; Graupner, Sven; Rolia, Jerry; Wilcock, Lawrence
Keyword(s): enterprise applications; business process modelling; SAP; model driven IT management; adaptive infrastructure; virtualization; UML; CIM
Abstract: Enterprise class applications such as SAP consist of complex configurations of many interacting components. It requires considerable skill to match the design of an application's component configuration to an appropriate infrastructure configuration design. So even if we have an Adaptive Infrastruct ...
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Aug
20

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Aug
18

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Aug
17

Feature of the Week: Manage the publication lists of your homepage, research group homepage and research project homepage with BibSonomy!

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Aug
7

Mix, Match, Rediscovery: A mashup experiment of knowledge organization in an enterprise environment

HPL-2007-132 Mix, Match, Rediscovery: A mashup experiment of knowledge organization in an enterprise environment - Meza, Justin; Zhu, Qin
Keyword(s): mashup; Web 2.0; application; integration; RSS; content; context; knowledge; knowledge organization; enterprise
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Aug
7

A Game-theoretic Framework for Creating Optimal SLA/Contract

HPL-2007-126 A Game-theoretic Framework for Creating Optimal SLA/Contract - Moroni, Sofia; Figueroa, Nicolas; Jofre, Alejandro; Sahai, Akhil; Chen, Yuan; Iyer, Subu
Keyword(s): game theory; SLA; framework; contract
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Aug
7

Assessing client maturity: a key to successful outsourcing

HPL-2007-124 Assessing client maturity: a key to successful outsourcing - Komporozos-Athanasiou, Aris
Keyword(s): ITIL; IT outsourcing; client maturity; SLAs; open analytics
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Promoting contribution in peer-to-peer communities

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Keyword(s): peer-to-peer; online communities; user contribution
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Aug
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How web community organisation can help grid computing

HPL-2006-34 (R.2) How web community organisation can help grid computing - Mowbray, Miranda
Keyword(s): grid; peer-to-peer; community practices
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