Middleware and Grid Infrastructure Coordination Committee (MAGIC) 1st Documentation Workshop; August 26-28, 2002; Chicago, IL

网格技术和中间件正在改变地球仪的科学研究方式。 目前有100多个国家和国际电网项目，涉及数十个国家的许多不同学科、组织、合作者、设施和仪器。 尽管网格、工具、应用程序和中间件的开发在不断扩大，但这些技术的长期生存能力和持久性还不确定。 如果这些技术和中间件不能持续发展，不仅会威胁到科学和研究的未来，而且还可能严重影响教育界。研讨会由信息技术研究与发展机构间工作组（IWG/IT R D）的大规模网络协调组（LSNCG）主办。 IWG隶属于白宫国家科学技术理事会，负责协调联邦多机构IT研发工作。 LSN CG机构包括AHRQ、DARPA、DOE ST、DOE NNSA、NASA、NIH、NIST、NSA、NOAA NSF和ODDR E。 该研讨会正在计划和协调的魔法小组的LSN，其中包括来自IWG机构，大学和商业团体，包括国际参与者的代表研讨会的目标是开发一个愿景的中间件和网格，使科学应用和合作（5至10年），并确定所需的联邦联网研究，以实现这一愿景。 该研讨会的目的是从大学，商业，和联邦研究社区需要的研究，使中间件和网格，资源和工具的开发，并需要持久的基础设施，以支持研究人员使用中间件和网格，并进行中间件和网格的研究。 研讨会的成果将用于制定未来科学中间件和网格研究和基础设施的蓝图，可供LSN联邦机构在制定其研究计划和项目时使用。 该文件还将用于向决策者和研究人员通报中间件和网格所需的研究以及支持其使用的持久基础设施的需求。研讨会的目标将集中在制作一份文件“未来科学中间件和网格研究和基础设施的蓝图”，该文件将解决长期，持久，大规模网格和基于中间件的技术，以满足教育，研究和科学的需要。

Grid technologies and middleware are in the process of transforming the way science will be conducted around the globe. There are currently over 100 national and international grid projects involving many different disciplines, organizations, collaborators, facilities and instruments in literally dozens of countries. Despite the extensive and on-going development of grids, tools, applications, and middleware, the long term viability and persistence of these technologies is uncertain. And, if these technologies and middleware can not be made persistent, it will not only threaten the future of science and research, but may severely impact the education community as well.The workshop is sponsored by the Large Scale Networking Coordinating Group (LSN CG) of the Interagency Working Group in Information Technology Research and Development (IWG/IT R&D). The IWG, which functions under the White House National Science and Technology Council, coordinates Federal multiagency IT R&D efforts. The LSN CG agencies are AHRQ, DARPA, DOE ST, DOE NNSA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NSA, NOAA NSF, and ODDR&E. The workshop is being planned and coordinated by the MAGIC Team of the LSN that includes representation from the IWG agencies, the university and commercial communities, including international participantsThe workshop's objectives are to develop a vision for middleware and Grid to enable science applications and cooperation (5 to 10 years out) and to identify needed Federal networking research to implement that vision. The workshop is intended to obtain inputs from the university, commercial, and Federal research communities on needed research to enable middleware and Grids, resource and tool development, and the need for persistent infrastructure to support researchers using middleware and Grids and to carry out research on middleware and Grids. The workshop results will be used to develop a Blueprint for Future Science Middleware and Grid Research and Infrastructure that can be used by the LSN Federal agencies in development of their research plans and programs. The document will also be used to inform decision makers and researchers of the research needed in middleware and grids and the need for a persistent infrastructure to support their use.The goal of the workshop will be focused on producing a document "Blueprint for Future Science Middleware and Grid Research and Infrastructure," which will address the service and software infrastructure required for long-term, persistent, large scale Grid and Middleware-based technologies to meet the needs of education, research and science.