2007-02-16 #1

new Book with title 'Workflows for e-Science' released

The new book Workflows for e-Science - Scientific Workflows for Grids from Taylor, I.J.; Deelman, E.; Gannon, D.B.; Shields, M. (Eds.) has been released.

Here the list of Chapters (pdf):

Introduction
Scientific versus Business Workflows
Part I Application and User Perspective
3 Generating Complex Astronomy Workflows
4 A Case Study on the Use of Workflow Technologies for Scientific Analysis: Gravitational Wave Data Analysis
5 Workflows in Pulsar Astronomy
6 Workflow and Biodiversity e-Science
7 Ecological Niche Modeling Using the Kepler Workflow System
8 Case Studies on the Use of Workflow Technologies for Scientific Analysis: The Biomedical Informatics Research Network and the Telescience Project
9 Dynamic, Adaptive Workflows for Mesoscale Meteorology
10 SCEC CyberShake Workflows—Automating Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Calculations
Part II Workflow Representation and Common Structure
11 Control- Versus Data-Driven Workflows
12 Component Architectures and Services: From Application Construction to Scientific Workflows
13 Petri Nets
14 Adapting BPEL to Scientific Workflows
15 Protocol-Based Integration Using SSDL and π-Calculus
16 Workflow Composition: Semantic Representations for Flexible Automation
17 Virtual Data Language: A Typed Workflow Notation for Diversely Structured Scientific Data
Part III Frameworks and Tools: Workflow Generation, Refinement, and Execution
18 Workflow-Level Parametric Study Support by MOTEUR and the P-GRADE Portal
19 Taverna/myGrid: Aligning a Workflow System with the Life Sciences Community
20 The Triana Workflow Environment: Architecture and Applications
21 Java CoG Kit Workflow
22 Workflow Management in Condor
23 Pegasus: Mapping Large-Scale Workflows to Distributed Resources
24 ICENI
25 Expressing Workflow in the Cactus Framework
26 Sedna: A BPEL-Based Environment for Visual Scientific Workflow Modeling
27 ASKALON: A Development and Grid Computing Environment for Scientific Workflows
Part IV Future Requirements
Looking into the Future of Workflows: The Challenges Ahead