[Bioclusters] FW: Call for Papers: Cluster2004

[Bertil Schmidt (Dr)]

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>                                  Cluster 2004=20
>            The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing =

>                             September 20-23, 2004=20
>                    Omni Hotel, San Diego, California, USA=20
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>                      http://grail.sdsc.edu/cluster2004=20
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> In less than a decade, commodity clusters have become mainstream=20
> and cost-effective computing platforms for executing a wide range of=20
> computation-, data-, and transaction-oriented parallel applications. =
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> spite of countless deployed platforms and resounding application=20
> successes, many research and development challenges remain for =
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> higher performance, scalability, and usability. The IEEE TFCC Cluster=20
> 2004 conference, to be held in beautiful San Diego, provides an open =
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> for researchers, practitioners, and users to present and discuss =
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> directions, and results that will shape the future of cluster =
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> SCOPE=20
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>   Cluster 2004 welcomes paper and poster submissions from engineers =
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>   scientists in academia and industry describing original research =
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>   all areas of cluster computing. In addition, Cluster 2004 will =
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>   proposals for tutorials and workshops to be held concurrently with =
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>   conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:=20
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>   Cluster Middleware:                                          =20
>    - Single-System Image Services         - Software Environments and =
Tools=20
>    - Standard Software for Clusters       - I/O Libraries, File =
Systems,=20
>                                             and Distributed RAID=20
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>   Cluster Networking:=20
>    - High-Speed System Interconnects      - Lightweight Communication =
Protocols=20
>    - Fast Message Passing Libraries=20
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>   Cluster Management and Maintenance:=20
>    - Cluster Security and Reliability     - Tools for Managing =
Clusters=20
>    - Cluster Job and Resource Management  - High-Availability Cluster =
Solutions=20
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>   Applications:=20
>    - Scientific and E-Commerce Apps       - Data Distribution and Load =
Balancing=20
>    - Scheduling and Parallel Algorithms   - Innovative Cluster =
Applications=20
>    - Tools and Environments=20
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>   Performance Analysis and Evaluation:=20
>    - Benchmarking and Profiling Tools     - Performance Prediction and =
Modeling=20
>    - Analysis and Visualization=20
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>   Grid Computing and Clusters:=20
>    - Grid / Clusters Integration          - Network-Based Distributed =
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>    - Mobile Agents and Java for=20
>      Clusters/Grids=20
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> TECHNICAL PAPERS=20
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>   Paper Format: Not to exceed 25 double-spaced, numbered pages =
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>         title, author affiliations, abstract, keywords, figures, =
tables and=20
>         bibliographical references) using 12 point font on 8.5x11-inch =
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>         with 1-inch margins all around.=20
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>   Submission: An on-line submission page will be activated on the=20
>         conference web site two weeks before the submission=20
>         deadline. Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or PDF=20
>         file. Hard copy submissions will not be accepted.=20
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> JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE=20
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>   Authors of the best papers from the conference will be invited to =
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>   expanded version of their papers for possible publication in a =
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>   of the International Journal of High Performance Computing and =
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>   (IJHPCN), which will appear in 2005.=20
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> IMPORTANT DATES=20
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>     - Workshop Proposals Due>             March 6, 2004=20
>     - Paper Submissions Due             April 16, 2004=20
>     - Tutorial Proposals Due            May 14, 2004=20
>     - Paper Acceptance Notification     June 1, 2004=20
>     - Exhibition Proposal Due           June 18, 2004=20
>     - Final Paper Manuscripts Due       July 2, 2004=20
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>     - Pre-Conference Tutorials          September 20, 2004=20
>     - Conference                        September 21-22-23, 2004=20
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> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE=20
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>    * General Co-Chairs:=20
>      - Henri Casanova, University of California, San Diego, USA=20
>      - Daniel S. Katz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, USA=20
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>    * General Vice Chair:=20
>      - Bernard Tourancheau, Sun Microsystems, France=20
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>    * Program Chair:=20
>      - Philip Papadopoulos, San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA=20
>    * Deputy Program Chair:=20
>      - R=E9my Evard, Argonne National Laboratory, USA=20
>    * Program Vice Chairs=20
>      - Middleware: Carl Kesselman, Information Sciences Institute &=20
>                                    University of Southern California, =
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>      - Hardware: Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, =
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>      - Applications: David Walker, Cardiff University, UK=20
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>    * Tutorials Chair:=20
>      - Jennifer M. Schopf, Argonne National Laboratory, USA=20
>    * Workshops Chair:=20
>      - Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia=20
>    * Exhibits/Sponsors Co-Chairs:=20
>       - Jim Ang Sandia National Laboratories, USA=20
>    * Posters Chair:=20
>       - Richard Barrett, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA=20
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>    * Publications Chair:=20
>       - Joseph C. Jacob, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, USA=20
>    * Publicity Chair:=20
>       - Bertil Schmidt, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore=20
>    * Finance/Registration Chair:=20
>       - Vana Kalogeraki, University of California, Riverside, USA=20
>    * Local Arrangements:=20
>       - Chair Greg Bruno, San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA=20
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