[Bioclusters] 3rd Call for Papers: Cluster 2004

[Bertil Schmidt (Dr)]

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

> 	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 =
work in=20
> 	  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 =
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> 	   - 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, =
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> 	        bibliographical references) using 12 point font on =
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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 =

> 	        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 =
special issue=20
> 	  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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