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Open House and Workshop on Intercloud Computing

The first annual University of Florida ACIS/CAC Open House will be held September 30 & October 1 on the University of Florida campus. The meeting will start at noon on Thursday, September 30 and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 1. To download the announcement, please click here. To request an invitation, please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Lodgings: A block of rooms has been set aside at the J. Wayne Reitz Union Hotel on the University of Florida campus at rates of $99 to $109 per night. To reserve your room, please contact the hotel directly by phone at (352) 392-2151, or by email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The group code for Open House meeting attendees is CA10; please reference this code when you make your reservation. Rooms are limited, so advance reservations are recommended. 

CAC semiannual meeting, Fall 2010

The Fall 2010 meeting for the Center for Autonomic Computing is scheduled for October 5 & 6 at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, FL. The meeting will start at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5 and end at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6. 

Lodgings: A block of rooms has been set aside at the J. Wayne Reitz Union Hotel on the University of Florida campus at a rate of $84 per night. To reserve your room, please contact the hotel directly by phone at (352) 392-2151, or by email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The group code for CAC meeting attendees is CAC10; please reference this code when you make your reservation. Rooms are limited, so advance reservations are recommended.


Agenda (click to download a printable agenda)

Monday, October 4
6:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m. Welcome reception, location TBA
Tuesday, October 5
8:00 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
Session 1: Introduction
8:00 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
Welcome remarks—John Harris, UF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chair
8:15 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
I/UCRC center overview—Alex Schwarzkopf, NSF
8:45 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
CAC center overview—José Fortes, Center Director
9:00 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
Center evaluation and surveys—Vida Scarpello, NSF Evaluator
9:15 a.m.
9:45 a.m.Session 2: Networking
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m. Autonomic IP-over-P2P virtual network overlays—Renato Figueiredo, UF Site Director
9:30 a.m.
9:45 a.m.
Remote and asynchronous data transfers—Dario Pompili, RU Site Director
9:45 a.m.
10:15 a.m.

Session 3: Data Centers and Cloud Computing

9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
MapReduce-enabled CometCloud on MS HPCS—RU
10:00 a.m.10:15 a.m.
Platform autonomic manager (PAM) for large-scale data centers—Salim Hariri, UA Site Director
10:15 a.m.
10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
Session 4: Applications and Services
10:45 a.m.11:00 a.m.Decentralized online clustering for autonomic system management—RU
11:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
Soft deadline guarantees for real-time applications on a virtualized platform—Priya Bhat, UF
11:15 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Session : Security and Reliability
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m. Highly secure SCADA systems—Don Cox, UA
11:30 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
Towards self-caring IT systems—Selvi Kadirvel, UF
11:45 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Autonomic software protection system (ASPS): design and evaluation—UA
12:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Lunch and IAB meeting
1:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
Poster and demo session
2:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
Session 6: Project Proposals
2:30 p.m.
2:45 p.m.
Sensor-based autonomic monitoring of data centers—Dario Pompili
2:45 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Performance modeling of distributed multi-tier enterprise systems—MSU
3:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
Model-based framework for autonomic resource management of web services platforms—MSU
3;15 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
 Autonomic control and management of mobile applications—UA
3:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
Autonomic model-based security management of web services—MSU
3:45 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
TBA
4:00 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
TBA
4:15 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Poster and demo session
6:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
Dinner, UF President's House
Wednesday, October 6
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
LIFE forms (Center faculty and IAB members only)
10:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
IAB meeting (Center faculty and IAB members only)
11:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
Lunch

 


Getting around Gainesville

Getting to Gainesville:  The Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) is located nine miles from the University of Florida campus, and is serviced by Delta and US Airways. Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) are each approximately two hours away from Gainesville by car. Attendees flying into JAX or MCO can get to Gainesville by rental car (directions can be found here) or using the Runways shuttle service (1-800-578-6929). 

Transportation:  Please note that all events associated with both the CAC semiannual meeting and the CAC/ACIS Open House will be held on the University of Florida campus; attendees do not need to provide their own transportation during the meeting. For attendees who would like to rent a car, a list of rental car companies with offices at the Gainesville Regional Airport is provided below; directions from GNV to the Reitz Union Hotel can be found here. Parking at the Reitz Union Hotel is included in the conference room rate.

Alamo: (352) 377-7005
Avis: (352) 376-8115
Budget: (352) 373-3959
Enterprise: (352) 372-8779
Hertz: (352) 373-8444
National: (352) 377-7005 

If you have any questions regarding meeting details, please contact Julie via email at jooly AT acis DOT ufl DOT edu or by phone at (352) 846-0519. We look forward to seeing you at the meetings!