First International Workshop in conjunction with the 15th Int' Conf.
on Database and Expert Systems Applications
DEXA2004
Grid and Peer-to-Peer Computing Impacts
on Large Scale Heterogeneous Distributed Database Systems (GLOBE'04)
August 30 - September 3, 2004 in Zaragoza, Spain
Proceedings published by IEEE Computer Science Press.
New large scale distributed applications are emerging as a results of
fast development of the Internet network.
These applications, which access to heterogeneous and distributed
data sources, require the design, and the development of large scale
distributed systems. These systems manage, in effective and secure way,
the computer resources and the data. In such a context, the heterogeneity
(data structure, data sources, software and hardware), the decentralization,
the location, the access and the availability of the resources (i.e. programs,
CPU, memory, network bandwidth, data) present a real challenge to the
development of large distributed systems.
The research topics such as the GRID and Peer-to-Peer comupting are relatively
recent. The main objective is to harness Internet connected resources at very
large scale. Recent advances in these area involve the design and development
of new methods and techniques which offer users a transparent, effective and
secured access to resources Of large scale heterogeneous distributed systems.
Decentralization, self-organization and symmetric communication characterize
the Peer-to-Peer systems. The implementation of these characteristics can be
realized by using mobile computing models (i.e. mobility of software and data).
The main objective of this workshop is to emphasize and to discuss some
the current and future impacts of Grid and Peer-to-Peer Computing on
large scale heterogeneous distributed database systems.
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