ISBN: 0-7695-2408-7

Michael J. Carey, ACM Fellow Member of the National Academy of Engineering BEA Systems, Inc.

Richard Hull, Director of Network Data and Services Research Bell Labs Research, Lucent Technologies

George M, Ph.D. Galambos, IBM Fellow Chief Technology Officer, IBM Global Services Canada

Ephraim , PhD Feig, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Officer Kintera, Inc.

J. Leon Zhao, University of Arizona

George W. Brown, Intel

Michael J. Carey, BEA

Akhil Kumar, Penn State University

James C. Spohrer, IBM

Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona

Frank E. Ferrante, EIC IT Professional Magazine

Arnold Bragg, RTI International

Ken Christensen, University of South Florida

Wayne Clark, Cisco Systems

Simon Liu, NIH/NLM

Joseph Williams, Microsoft

Liang-Jie Zhang, IBM

Dejan S. Milojicic, HP Labs

Jin Hai, Huazhong University

Hemant Jain, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Heather M. Kreger, IBM

Geng Lin, Cisco

William Vambenepe, HP

Ephraim Feig, Kintera Inc., USA

Ali Arsanjani, IBM Global Services

Cesar A Gonzales, IBM Fellow, IBM Research

Zhiwei Xu, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS

Yuichi Nakamura, IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory

Michiaki Tatsubori, IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory

Takeshi Imamura, IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory

Koichi Ono, IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory

Naveen N. Kulkarni, Software Engineering and Technology Labs, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore, India.

K M Senthil Kumar, Software Engineering and Technology Labs, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore, India.

Dr. Srinivas Padmanabhuni, Software Engineering and Technology Labs, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore, India.

Yan Wang, Department of Computing Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

Vijay Varadharajan, Department of Computing Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

TJ Harmer, Belfast e-Science Centre, The Queen?s University of Belfast, Belfast BT71NN, UK

J McCabe, Belfast e-Science Centre, The Queen?s University of Belfast, Belfast BT71NN, UK

P Donachy, Belfast e-Science Centre, The Queen?s University of Belfast, Belfast BT71NN, UK

RH Perrott, Belfast e-Science Centre, The Queen?s University of Belfast, Belfast BT71NN, UK

C Chambers, The British Broadcasting Corporation, Television House, London, UK

S Craig, The British Broadcasting Corporation, Television House, London, UK

R Lewis, The British Broadcasting Corporation, Television House, London, UK

B Mallon, The British Broadcasting Corporation, Television House, London, UK

L Sluman, The British Broadcasting Corporation, Television House, London, UK

Noel Kelly, Belfast e-Science Centre, Queen?s University of Belfast, UK

P.V. Jithesh, Belfast e-Science Centre, Queen?s University of Belfast, UK

Paul Donachy, Belfast e-Science Centre, Queen?s University of Belfast, UK

Terence J. Harmer, Belfast e-Science Centre, Queen?s University of Belfast, UK

Ron H. Perrott, Belfast e-Science Centre, Queen?s University of Belfast, UK

Mark McCurley, Fusion Antibodies Ltd

Michael Townsley, Fusion Antibodies Ltd

Jim Johnston, Fusion Antibodies Ltd

Shane McKee, Amtec Medical Ltd

Junseok Hwang, Techno-Economics & Policy Program, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea

Choong Hee Lee, Techno-Economics & Policy Program, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea

Soyoung Kim, Techno-Economics & Policy Program, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea

J. Charles Kesler, MCNC

Chiung-Hon Leon Lee, Department of Electrical Engineering National Chung Cheng University Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi, 621, Taiwan

Alan Liu, Department of Electrical Engineering Center for Telecommunication Research National Chung Cheng University Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi, 621, Taiwan

Pietro Mazzoleni, Department of Computer Science University of Milan,Italy

Bruno Crispo, Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Elisa Bertino, Department of Computer Science and CERIAS Purdue University, USA

Shouhuai Xu, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio

Weining Zhang, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio

Massimo Paolucci, DoCoMo European Laboratories, Munich, Germany

Xiong Liu, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Naveen Srinivasa, Software Agents Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Katia Sycara, Software Agents Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Paul Kogut, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions, King of Prussia, PA, USA

Cagdas E. Gerede, Dept. of Computer Science University of California Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

Bala Ravikumar, Dept. of Computer Science Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA

Jianwen Su, Dept. of Computer Science University of California Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

Radu Handorean, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Washington University, Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO, USA

Rohan Sen, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Washington University, Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO, USA

Gregory Hackmann, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Washington University, Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO, USA

Gruia-Catalin Roman, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Washington University, Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO, USA

R?diger Gartmann, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST)

Bernhard Holtkamp, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST)

Norbert Wei?enberg, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST)

Fuyuki Ishikawa, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo,Tokyo, Japan

Nobukazu Yoshioka, National Institute of Informatics,2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 101-8430, Japan

Yasuyuki Tahara, National Institute of Informatics

Shinichi Honiden, National Institute of Informatics and The University of Tokyo

Duncan Russell, Informatics Institute, School of Computing University of Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

Peter Dew, Informatics Institute, School of Computing University of Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

Karim Djemame, Informatics Institute, School of Computing University of Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

E. Michael Maximilien, IBM Almaden Research Center 650 Harry Road San Jose, CA 95120

Munindar P. Singh, North Carolina State University Department of Computer Science Raleigh, NC 27695

Khalid Belhajjame, LSR-IMAG, University of Grenoble BP 72 38402 Saint-Martin d?H?res, France

Genoveva Vargas-Solar, LSR-IMAG, University of Grenoble BP 72 38402 Saint-Martin d?H?res, France

Christine Collet, LSR-IMAG, University of Grenoble BP 72 38402 Saint-Martin d?H?res, France

L. Davis, Department of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104

R. Gamble, Department of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104

M. Hepner, Department of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104

M. Kelkar, Department of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104

Wei Zhao, Computer and Information Sciences Department University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.

Barrett R. Bryant, Computer and Information Sciences Department University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.

Fei Cao, Computer and Information Sciences Department University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.

Kamal Bhattacharya, IBM T.J. Watson Research P O Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Rainer Hauser, IBM Zurich Research Saeumerstrasse 4, Rueschlikon 8803, Switzerland

Jun Shen, Centre for Internet Computing and E-Commerce Faculty of ICT Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Yun Yang, Centre for Internet Computing and E-Commerce Faculty of ICT Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Chengang Wan, Centre for Internet Computing and E-Commerce Faculty of ICT Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Chuan Zhu, Software Development Laboratory IBM China DeShi Building No.9, East Road, ShangDi Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China

Xiaolin Lu, College of Information Technology, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Glenn Skinner, Sun Microsystem laboratories, Menlo Park, CA., USA

Grzegors Czajkowski, Sun Microsystem laboratories, Menlo Park, CA., USA

David Hearnden, Sun Microsystem laboratories, Menlo Park, CA., USA

Mick Jordan, Sun Microsystem laboratories, Menlo Park, CA., USA

Michael Wegiel, Sun Microsystem laboratories, Menlo Park, CA., USA

Asaf Adi, IBM Research, Haifa Lab

Dagan Gilat, IBM Research, Haifa Lab

Royi Ronen, IBM Research, Haifa Lab

Guy Sharon, IBM Research, Haifa Lab

Inna Skarbovsky, IBM Research, Haifa Lab

Howard Foster, Imperial College London, 180 Queen?s Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK

Sebastian Uchitel, Imperial College London, 180 Queen?s Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK

Jeff Magee, Imperial College London, 180 Queen?s Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK

Jeff Kramer, Imperial College London, 180 Queen?s Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK

Michael Hu, Police Information Technology Organisation,22 Upper Ground London SE1 9QY, UK

Xiaoning Wang, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

Lijuan Xiao, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

Wei Li, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

Zhiwei Xu, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

Narada Wickramage, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,University of Moratuwa,Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Sanjiva Weerawarana, IBM TJ Watson Research Center,New York, USA.

Ziyang Duan, Reuters America 3 Times Square, 18th Floor New York, NY 10036

Subhra Bose, Reuters America 3 Times Square, 18th Floor New York, NY 10036

Charles Shoniregun, University of East London School of Computing & Technology Essex, RM8 2AS UK

Paul A. Stirpe, New York Institute of Technology Computer Science Old Westbury, New York 11568

Alex Logvynovskiy, Business,Computing & Information Management London South Bank University 103 Borough Road

George Spanoudakis, Dept of Computing City University, London, UK

Andrea Zisman, Dept. of Computing, City University, London, UK

Alexander Kozlenkov, Dept. of Computing, City University, London, UK

Vikram Sorathia, Dhirubhai Ambani-Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT) Gandhinagar, 382007, India.

Zakir Laliwala, Dhirubhai Ambani-Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT) Gandhinagar, 382007, India.

Sanjay Chaudhary, Dhirubhai Ambani-Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT) Gandhinagar, 382007, India.

Ling Liu, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jianjun Zhang, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Wei Han, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Calton Pu, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

James Caverlee, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Sungkeun Park, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

Terence Critchlow, Lawrence Livermore Nationral Laboratory, California, USA

Matthew Coleman, Lawrence Livermore Nationral Laboratory, California, USA

David Buttler, Lawrence Livermore Nationral Laboratory, California, USA

Zhongnan Shen, Department of Computer Science University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110

Jianwen Su, Department of Computer Science University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110

Jian Wu, College of Computer Science, Zhejiang Univ.,Hangzhou 310027, China

Zhaohui Wu, College of Computer Science, Zhejiang Univ.,Hangzhou 310027, China

Anup Kumar, Mobile Information Network and Distributed Systems (MINDS) Lab Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department

Ayman El-Geniedy, Mobile Information Network and Distributed Systems (MINDS) Lab Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department

Sanjuli Agarwal, Mobile Information Network and Distributed Systems (MINDS) Lab Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department

Changzhou Wang, Mathematics and Computing Technology Boeing Phantom Works Seattle, WA, USA

Guijun Wang, Mathematics and Computing Technology Boeing Phantom Works Seattle, WA, USA

Alice Chen, Mathematics and Computing Technology Boeing Phantom Works Seattle, WA, USA

Haiqin Wang, Mathematics and Computing Technology Boeing Phantom Works Seattle, WA, USA

S. S. Manvi, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

M. N. Birje, Department of Information Science & Engineering Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot 587 102, INDIA

Bhanu Prasad, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA

Bart Orriens, Department of Information Systems and Management, Tilburg, University, Netherlands

Jiang Yang, Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Australia

Tae-hyung Kim, Department of Computer Science Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011

Carl K. Chang, Department of Computer Science Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011

Lin Chen, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China

Minglu Li, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China

Jian Cao, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China

Yi Wang, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China

Jian Cao, Department of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R.China

Jie Wang, Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Stanford University, CA 94305 , U.S.A.

Shensheng Zhang, Department of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R.China

Minglu Li, Department of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, P.R.China

Daniela Grigori, Prism, Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines 45 avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, FRANCE

Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Prism, Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines 45 avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, FRANCE

M Bilal, J P Thomas, Oklahoma State University, USA

Mathews Thomas, IBM Global Solution Center, USA

Subil Abraham, IBM Global Solution Center, USA

Sangmi Lee Pallickara, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University

Beth Plale, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University

Scott Jensen, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University

Yiming Sun, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University

Prem Uppuluri, School of Computing and Engineering University of Missouri - Kansas City

Narendranadh Jabisetti, School of Computing and Engineering University of Missouri - Kansas City

Uday Joshi, School of Computing and Engineering University of Missouri - Kansas City

Yugyung Lee, School of Computing and Engineering University of Missouri - Kansas City

Minglu Li, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China

Min-You Wu, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China

Ying Li, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China

Jian Cao, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China

Linpeng Huang, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China

Qianni Deng, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China

Xinhua Lin, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China

Changjun Jiang, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Weiqin Tong, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Yadong Gui, Shanghai Supercomputer Center, Shanghai, China

Aoying Zhou, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Xinhong Wu, Shanghai Urban Transportation Information Center

Shui Jiang, East China Institute of Computer Technology

Xuanhua Shi, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

Zongfen Han, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

Weizhong Qiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

Song Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China