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Call For Papers -
11th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS'99)

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 00:28:56 -0600
From: "Parallel and Dist. Comp. Practices" <pdcp@orca.st.usm.edu>
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                          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

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Last update: 1999/03/11.