Workshop on Federating Computational Resources

研究人员和生产系统架构师越来越需要组合（联合）来自多个来源(例如，组织？他们自己的资源，他们的合作伙伴？资源、商业和学术云、可编程网络基板)。各种专有和实验系统已经迈出了第一步，以证明这种联合的潜在有效性，但在安全性、互操作性和管理方面仍然存在实质性的担忧。在许多方面，这种情况类似于互联网诞生之初新兴网络所面临的情况。合并似乎是肯定的，但是缺乏正确的体系结构框架，在这个框架中，新的模型必须与快速增长的不兼容的生产系统相抗衡。在此背景下，本次研讨会关注与将来自多个自治组织的资源联合到一个无缝/无处不在的资源池相关的问题，从而为用户提供标准接口，以访问他们所需的广泛分布和多样化的资源集合。本次研讨会汇集了领先的网络研究人员和网络研究基础设施开发人员，讨论来自多个来源的联合（组合）计算、存储和网络资源的细节。研讨会的概念源自GENI和FIRE计划中构建联合网络试验台的多次讨论。研讨会希望对自治组织将其资源联合到一个无缝/无处不在的资源池中意味着什么形成一个共同的理解。

There is increasing demand among researchers and production system architects to combine (federate) compute, storage, and network resources from multiple sources (e.g., the organization?s own resources, their partners? resources, commercial and academic clouds, programmable network substrates). Various proprietary and experimental systems have taken the first steps to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of such federations, but substantial concerns remain about security, interoperability and management. In many ways, the situation resembles what emerging networks faced at the dawn of the Internet. Consolidation seems certain, but there is a lack the right architectural framework, where new models must contend with a quickly growing base of incompatible production systems. Against this backdrop, this workshop focuses on issues related to federating resources from multiple autonomous organizations into a seamless/ubiquitous resource pool, thereby giving users standard interfaces for accessing the widely distributed and diverse collection of resources they need. This workshop brings together leading network researchers and network research infrastructure developers to discuss specifics of federate (combine) compute, storage, and network resources from multiple sources. The concept for the workshop follows from multiple discussions in the GENI and FIRE initiatives to build federated network test-beds. The workshop expects to develop a common understanding of what it means for autonomous organizations to federate their resources into a seamless/ubiquitous resource pool.