Wanted to remind people of this meeting since it is in my area this year... The paper submission deadline has passed but there is still time to get poster proposals in. If you are planning on attending, drop me a line off-list (dag at sonsorol.org) -- since this is local for me and a bunch of other folks maybe we can organize a biocluster dinner or something. Heck, maybe even a "cluster crawl" around Cambridge, MA to check out various installations. That would be tough to organize though... Regards, Chris > ********************************************************************** > ********** > ** CALL FOR > PAPERS ** > ********************************************************************** > ********** > > Cluster 2005 > The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster > Computing > September 27-30, 2005 > Burlington Marriott Boston, Burlington, > Massachusetts, USA > http://cluster2005.org > info at cluster2005.org > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > In less than a decade, clusters of commodity PCs have become the most > cost-effective computing platforms for executing a wide range of > high performance applications from molecular biology simulations to > search and indexing on the Internet. > > In spite of countless deployed platforms and resounding application > successes, many research and development challenges remain for > achieving > better performance, scalability, and usability. The IEEE TFCC Cluster > 2005 conference provides an open forum for researchers, > practitioners, > and users to present and discuss issues, directions, and results > that will shape the future of cluster computing. > > As cluster architecture is becoming a more mature field of > application it remains particularly important to maintain an event > that links the academic interests and new ideas to the experience > reports of practitioners and application developers. > > See the upcoming Call for Participation for more details. > > SCOPE > ----- > > Cluster 2005 welcomes paper and poster submissions from engineers and > scientists in academia and industry describing original research work > in all areas of cluster computing. Topics of interest include, but > are not limited to: > > > Cluster Architecture and Networking: > - High-Speed System Interconnects - Lightweight Communication > Protocols > - Fast Message Passing Libraries - Networking Cost/Performance > > Performance Analysis and Evaluation: > - Monitoring and Profiling Tools - Performance Prediction > and Modeling > - Performance Analysis and Visualization > > Cluster Management and Maintenance: > - Cluster Security and Reliability - Tools for Managing Clusters > - Job and Resource Management - High-Availability Clusters > > Cluster Software and Middleware: > - Single-System Image Services - Software Environments and > Tools > - Standard Software for Clusters for Application Building > > Cluster Storage and Cluster I/O Subsystems: > - I/O Libraries - Realtime I/O (e.g in > Physics) > - Distributed File Systems and RAIDs > > Applications: > - Scientific Applications - Data Distribution and > Load Balancing > - Algorithms for Distributed Apps. - Innovative Cluster > Applications > - Scalable Internet Services on Clusters > > Grid Computing and Clusters: > - Cluster Integration in Grids > - Network-Based Distributed Computing > - Cluster-Based Grid Services > > > TECHNICAL PAPERS > ---------------- > > Format for submission: Full paper drafts, not to exceed 25 double- > spaced, numbered pages > (including title, author affiliations, abstract, keywords, figures, > tables and > bibliographic references) using 12 point font on 8.5x11-inch pages > with 1-inch margins > all around. A web based submission mechanisms will be activated on > the conference web site > two weeks before the submission deadline. Authors should submit a > PostScript (level 2) or > PDF file. Hard copy submissions can not be accepted. > > POSTERS > ------- > > Format for submission: 1 page abstract in PDF including names of > authors, their affiliation > and a 200 word abstract sent as an e-mail attachment to the poster > chair, Shawn Houston > <poster at cluster2005.org>. Poster presentations will also be offered > to the authors of > technical papers that were not accepted for oral presentation but > are recommended by the > committee for this form of publication. > > IMPORTANT DATES > --------------- > - Paper Submissions Due May 21, 2005 > EXTENDED TO Sat May 28, 2005, 12:00 > GMT (Zulu Time) > - Tutorials Submissions Due May 21, 2005 > EXTENDED TO Sat May 28, 2005, 12:00 > GMT (Zulu Time) > - Paper Acceptance Notification July 8, 2005 > - Poster Submissions Due July 16, 2005 > - Exhibition Proposal Due July 30, 2005 > - Poster Acceptance Notification July 30, 2005 > - Camera-Ready Paper Manuscripts Due July 30, 2005 > - Camera-Ready Poster Abstracts Due August 15, 2005 > - Cut-off for group hotel rates September 5, 2005 > - Conference September 27-30, 2005 > - Post-Conference Workshops September 30, 2005 > > ORGANIZING COMMITTEE > -------------------- > > * General Chair: > - Dimiter Avresky, Northeastern University, Boston, USA > > * General Vice Chair: > - Daniel S. Katz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, USA > > * Program Chair: > - Thomas Stricker, Google European Engineering Centre, > Switzerland > > * Workshops Chair: > - Rajkumar Buyya, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Computer Science and > Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia > > * Tutorials Chair: > - Box Leangsuksun, Lousiana Tech, Louisiana, USA > > * Exhibits/Sponsors Co-Chairs: > - Ivan Judson, Argonne National Laboratory, USA > - Rosa Badia, CEPBA-IBM Research Institute, UPC, Spain > > * Posters Chair: > - Shawn Houston, University of Alaska, USA > > * Publications Chair: > - Kurt Keville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA > > * Publicity Chair: > - Kevin Gleason, Mount Ida College, Newton, USA > > * Finance/Registration Chair: > - Madeleine Furlotte, Genzyme, USA > > >