---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Eleventh IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS'99) Cambridge, MA, USA, November 3-6, 1999 SPONSOR The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) LOCATION PDCS '99 will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the premier research universities in the world. MIT is located in Cambridge, a small city outside Boston, which it shares with Harvard University. This quaint New England town is known for its history and intellectual atmosphere. PURPOSE The Eleventh International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, sponsored by IASTED, is a major annual forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest research results, ideas, development, and applications in all areas of parallel and distributed processing. The 1998 conference attracted researchers from 38 countries. The 1999 meeting will be held outside Boston, USA and will include keynote addresses, contributed papers, tutorials, and workshops. SCOPE The main focus of PDCS '99 will be parallel and distributed computing and systems viewed from the three perspectives of architecture and networking, software systems, and algorithms and applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORKING parallel/concurrent architecture styles interconnection networks memory systems and management I/O in parallel processing VLSI systems optical computing SIMD/MIMD processors computer networks communications and telecommunications wireless networks and mobile computing SOFTWARE SYSTEMS operating systems programming languages parallel programming paradigms vectorization and program transformation parallelizing compilers tools and environments for software development distributed data- and knowledge-base systems modeling and simulation performance evaluation and measurements visualization ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS parallel/distributed algorithms resource allocation and management load sharing and balancing task mapping and job scheduling network routing and communication algorithms reliability and fault tolerance signal and image processing neural networks high-performance scientific computing application studies General Co-Chairs Y. Pan, University of Dayton, USA P.K. Srimani, Colorado State University, USA Program Committee Chair S.Q. Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Tutorial Chair S. Latifi, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, USA Industry Liason Chair B. J. d'Auriol, University of Akron, USA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE A.A. Abonamah - University of Akron, USA O. Abou-Rabia - Laurentian University, Canada S.P. Amarasinghe - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Y. Atif - Technological University, Singapore M. Atiquzzaman - University of Dayton, USA J.W. Baker - Kent State University, USA B. Cong - California State University - Fullerton, USA M. Cross - University of Greenwich, UK T. Davids - University of Florida, USA E.H. D'Hollander - University of Ghent, Belgium O. Egecioglu - University of California - Santa Barbara, USA H. ElGindy - University of Newcastle, Australia M. Guizani - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA M. Hamdi - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong C.-C. Hsu - National Taiwan University, Taiwan W. Jia - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong M. Jurczyk - University of Missouri - Columbia, USA Y. Kambayashi - Kyoto University, Japan W. Klas - Universitaet Ulm, Germany S. Lee - National Chungcheng University, Taiwan M. Lu - Texas A&M University, USA A. Louri - University of Arizona, USA K. Nakano -Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan J. Nievergelt - ETH Zurich, Switzerland M. Paprzycki - University of Southern Mississippi, USA F. De Paoli - Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy B. Parhami - University of California - Santa Barbara, USA C.-I. Park - Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea S. Peng - University of Aizu, Japan C.M. Pinotti - CNR-Pisa, Italy C. Qiao - State University of New York - Buffalo, USA R. Rajaraman - Northeastern University, USA A.W. Richa - Arizona State University, USA H. Rotithor -Digital Equipment Corporation, USA I.D. Scherson - University of California - Irvine, USA A. Schuster - Technion, Israel E. Sha - University of Notre Dame, USA X. Shen - University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA G. Singh - Kansas State University, USA R.K. Sitaraman - University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA X.-H. Sun - Louisiana State University, USA P. Stenstrom - Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Sweden R. Vaidyanathan - Louisiana State University, USA S. Venkatesan - University of Texas at Dallas, USA C. Xu - Wayne State University, USA A.S. Wagner - University of British Columbia, Canada Y. Yang - University of Vermont, USA G.H. Young - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong W. Zheng - Tsinghua University, China PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers reporting original and unpublished research results are solicited. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please send four copies of a manuscript to the program committee chair by May 15, 1999: Professor S. Q. Zheng Department of Computer Science Box 830688, MS EC31 University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75083-0688, USA Phone: (972) 883-2329 Fax: (972) 883-2349 Email: sizheng@utdallas.edu A manuscript should not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures. In the cover letter, please indicate the author for correspondence, and the following information for all authors: his/her affiliation, complete postal address, phone and fax numbers, and email address (make sure the email address is current and working). All questions regarding paper submissions should be directed to Professor Zheng. A special issue consisting of selected papers from PDCS '99 will be published in the International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks. Other papers on this topic may be submitted to: Professor Marlin H. Mickle Editor-In-Chief, IJPDSN Department of Electrical Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS Several workshops are being planned for PDCS '99. Each workshop will focus on a particular topic, and consist of several presentations and open discussions. A one-page abstract of each workshop presentation will be published in the conference proceedings. Anyone wishing to organize a workshop should submit four copies of his/her proposal to the program chair, at the address given above, by May 15, 1999. Proposal for a workshop should include the title, topics covered, proposed/invited speakers, and estimated length (hours). PDCS '99 will also offer half-day tutorials in parallel and distributed computing. Each tutorial proposal should provide the title, topics to be covered, targeted audience, and instructor's biography. Proposals should be submitted to the tutorial chair by May 15, 1999: Professor Shahram Latifi Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 89154-4026 Phone: (702) 895-4016 Fax: (702) 895-4075 Email: latifi@ee.unlv.edu STEERING COMMITTEE S.G. Akl - Queens University, Canada P. Banerjee - Northwestern University, USA N. Deo - University of Central Florida, USA A. Elmagarmid - Purdue University, USA G. Fox - Syracuse University, USA H.S. Hinton - University of Colorado, USA D.F. Hsu - Fordham University, USA O. Ibarra - University of California - Santa Barbara, USA J. JaJa - University of Maryland, USA L. Johnsson - University of Houston, USA H.T. Kung - Harvard University, USA T. Leighton - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA J. Liu - University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, USA M. Mickle - University of Pittsburgh, USA L. Ni - Michigan State University, USA S. Olariu - Old Dominion University, USA S. Sahni - University of Florida, USA H. Sudborough - University of Texas - Dallas, USA W. Zhao - Texas A&M University, USA A.Y. Zomaya - University of Western Australia, Australia ADVISORY COMMITTEE H.R. Arabnia - University of Georgia, USA I. Chlamtac - University of Texas at Dallas, USA F. Dehne - Carleton University, Canada E. Dekel - IBM Haifa Research Laboratory, Israel J. Duato - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain D. Z. Du - University of Minnesota, USA A. El-Amawy - Louisiana State University, USA A. Ferreira - CNRS-INRIA, France T.F. Gonzalez - University of California - Santa Barbara, USA E.V. Krishnamurthy - Australian National University, Australia K. Li, State University of New York - New Paltz, USA B. Maggs - Carnegie Mellon University, USA R. Melhem - University of Pittsburgh, USA D. Nassimi - New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA M.A. Palis - Rutgers University, USA C.S. Raghavendra - The Aerospace Corporation, USA S. Rajasekaran - University of Florida, USA J.D.P. Rolim - University of Geneva, Switzerland H. Shen - Griffith University, Australia I. Stojmenovic - University of Ottawa, Canada J. Wu - Florida Atlantic University, USA IMPORTANT DATES Manuscripts due: May 15, 1999 Author notification: July 15, 1999 Camera-ready manuscripts and pre-registration: September 1, 1999 For more information or to be placed on the mailing list, please contact: IASTED PDCS '99 Secretariat 1811 West Katella Avenue, Suite 101 Anaheim, CA 92804 USA Phone: (714) 778-3230 Fax: (714) 778-5463 Email: iasted@iasted.com Web site: www.iasted.com, follow link to PDCS'99