WORKSHOP: Global Grid Forum Travel Funding: October 8-10, 2001, Rome, Italy

网格论坛是一个基层社区组织，于1998年11月在SC 98上作为BOF会议开始。自那时以来，网格论坛已经在美国举办了五次非常成功的研讨会，并成立了十个重点工作组，每个工作组都在特定的技术领域内开发最佳实践和标准。超过500人参与网格论坛电子新闻组，典型的研讨会出席人数为150-190人。网格论坛已成为主要倡议的主要聚集点和协作工具，包括NSF高级计算基础设施（PACI）计划，NASA的信息电网（IPG）计划，国防部现代化计划，基于DOEgrid的计划，这种协作工具存在的两个主要优点是，它允许这些计划相互利用，并确保各种机构特定的网格系统能够互操作。在过去的一年里，电网论坛已经加入了欧洲和亚太地区的类似努力，增加了利用美国以外的主要电网项目的机会。网格论坛将于2001年3月在阿姆斯特丹举行第六次大型研讨会“全球网格论坛1”。这次会议将与CERN管理的欧洲数据网格项目的启动会议一起举行。该项目资助大约30名美国与会者，包括少数群体服务机构的学生和研究人员前往参加会议。参与者将从现有的网格论坛领导者中招募。

Grid Forum is a grass-roots community organization that began as a BOF session at SC98 in November1998. Grid Forum has held five highly successful workshops in the US since that time and has formed tenfocused working groups, each developing best practices and standards within a particular set of technicalareas. Over 500 individuals participate in Grid Forum electronic newsgroups and typical workshopattendance is 150-190 people. Grid Forum has served as the primary gathering point and collaborationvehicle for major initiatives including the NSF Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure(PACI) program, NASA's Information Power Grid (IPG) program, the DoD modernization program, DOEgrid-based programs, and others.Two of the primary advantages to the existence of such a collaboration vehicle are that it allows theseprograms to leverage one another and it assures that the various agency-specific grid systems are able tointeroperate. During the past year, Grid Forum has joined with similar efforts in Europe and Asia-Pacific,increasing the opportunity to leverage to major grid projects outside of the US. Beyond the advantages ofleverage and ensuring interoperability, a single global standards activity ensures that grid technologies donot fragment at continental boundaries.Grid Forum will hold its sixth major workshop, "Global Grid Forum 1" in Amsterdam in March 2001.This meeting will be held in conjunction with the kick-off meeting for the European Data Grid projectthat is managed by CERN. This project supports travel by approximately 30 US participants, including students and researchers from Minority Serving Institutions, to that meeting. The participants will berecruited from the ranks of existing Grid Forum leaders.