SIENA & NIST
SIENA NIST SIENA’s objectives are complementary to the role of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in cloud standards, guidance and technology. NIST partners with the EC and SIENA specifically in these areas. SIENA & NIST have developed a working relationship to help exchange efforts in common needs, recommendations and next steps.




 
TITLE SIENA @ US NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop V, June 5-7, Washington, DC AUTHORS
SIENA @ US NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop V, June 5-7, Washington, DC
OVERVIEW
At the NIST’s fifth Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop held in Washington, DC, Alan Sill Senior Scientist at Texas Tech University and Vice President of Standards, Open Grid Forum (OGF), gave a presentation on behalf of the SIENA Roadmap Editorial Board covering the SIENA Roadmap on Distributed Computing Infrastucture for e-Science and Beyond in Europe, its final results as well as the SIENA Calls for Action.
The US NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop V was a two day forum event followed by a 1-day hands-on Workshop focused on supporting collaboration the NIST Cloud Computing program and USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap initiative with external stakeholders.