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Middleware is a layer of software that acts as glue between applications and the Internet. Although it is somehow difficult to define what middleware is (see RFC2768), it surely provides fundamental services in various situations such as authentication, authorization, accounting, directories, resource management, information discovery and retrieval, and security. Middleware solutions are starting to mature with a number of frameworks emerging that should ideally make use of common reusable components and tools to deliver specific middleware services for communities such as researchers in GRID communities and teaching and learning in Higher education for example. This workshop aims to share experiences of developing and managing middlewares from both a technical and policy aspect. It aims to bring together the domains of applications developers and middleware and security experts to identify areas of overlap and best practice so that the development of solutions can be simple and ideally modular in nature to ensure applications can be develop quickly and easily whilst conforming to middleware and security standards. The scope of the workshop includes but not limited to the following -topics:
Workshop papers should be within 4 pages, no extra page is
allowed. The Proceedings of the Symposium and the Workshops will be
published, in separated volumes, by the IEEE Computer Society
Press. Please follow the instruction
"Information for the Authors"
on the SAINT2007 web site for preparing your Workshop papers.
Papers Submission:
Papers should be sent to the Organizers no later than September 22,
2006. Authors must read "Information for the Authors" carefully and
send a paper to the e-mail address below.
saint2007-middleware-sec@net.ist.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Please do not forget to write your contact person's name and e-mail
address. After a review process by Program Committee of the
Workshop, authors of accepted papers will be requested to send its
final manuscript to IEEE-CS press no later than November 1,
2006. So, authors are kindly requested to submit papers as early as
possible to facilitate a review process.
It is the IEEE policy that accepted papers can be published only when IEEE recognized that at least one author has registered for presentation. So, authors will be requested to register along with the final manuscript. SAINT Conference Registration fees include a copy of the Conference proceedings, a copy of the Workshop proceedings, and admission to the Conference/Workshop sessions.
Note:The date and length (a full or half day) of the Workshop will be decided by SAINT2007 Organizing Committee taking account of the number of submitted papers, and be notified on the SAINT2007 web. Please also note that, according to the SAINT2007 Organizing Committee, the Workshop is subject to cancellation when the number submitted of papers will not be enough.
In addition, if you have any questions about this workshop, you can send an e-mail to the address below and you can also get the farther information of the workshop with the URL below
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