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)来自多个来源的计算、存储和网络资源(例如，组织？S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)。各种专有的和实验性的系统已经采取了第一步来证明这种联合的潜在有效性，但对安全性、互操作性和管理仍有很大的担忧。在许多方面，这种情况与新兴网络在互联网诞生之初所面临的情况很相似。整合似乎已成定局，但缺乏正确的架构框架，新模型必须与快速增长的不兼容生产系统的基础相抗衡。在此背景下，本研讨会重点讨论如何将来自多个自治组织的资源联合成一个无缝/无处不在的资源池，从而为用户提供访问他们所需的广泛分布和多样化的资源集合的标准界面。该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。研讨会的概念源于GENI和FIRE计划中关于建立联合网络试验台的多次讨论。讲习班期望就自治组织将其资源联合成一个无缝/无处不在的资源库意味着什么达成共识。

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.