[Bioclusters] Call for Papers Cluster2004

[Bertil Schmidt (Dr)]

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>                                    Cluster 2004
>               The 2004 IEEE International Conference on Cluster =
Computing
>                               September 20-23, 2004
>                    Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California, USA
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>                            http://grail.sdsc.edu/cluster2004
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> In less than a decade, commodity clusters have become mainstream
> and cost-effective computing platforms for executing a wide range of
> computation-, data-, and transaction-oriented parallel applications. =
In
> spite of countless deployed platforms and resounding application
> successes, many research and development challenges remain for =
achieving
> higher performance, scalability, and usability. The IEEE TFCC Cluster
> 2004 conference, to be held in beautiful San Diego, 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.
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> SCOPE
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>    Cluster 2004 welcomes paper and poster submissions from engineers =
and
>    scientists in academia and industry describing original research =
work in
>    all areas of cluster computing. In addition, Cluster 2004 will =
welcome
>    proposals for tutorials and workshops to be held concurrently with =
the
>    conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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>    Cluster Middleware:
>     - Single-System Image Services         - Software Environments and =
Tools
>     - Standard Software for Clusters       - I/O Libraries, File =
Systems,
>                                              and Distributed RAID
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>    Cluster Networking:
>     - High-Speed System Interconnects      - Lightweight Communication =
Protocols
>     - Fast Message Passing Libraries
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>    Cluster Management and Maintenance:
>     - Cluster Security and Reliability     - Tools for Managing =
Clusters
>     - Cluster Job and Resource Management  - High-Availability Cluster =
Solutions
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>    Applications:
>     - Scientific and E-Commerce Apps       - Data=20
> Distribution and Load Balancing
>     - Scheduling and Parallel Algorithms   - Innovative Cluster =
Applications
>     - Tools and Environments
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>    Performance Analysis and Evaluation:
>     - Benchmarking and Profiling Tools     - Performance Prediction =
and Modeling
>     - Analysis and Visualization
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>    Grid Computing and Clusters:
>     - Grid / Clusters Integration          - Network-Based Distributed =
Computing
>     - Mobile Agents and Java for
>       Clusters/Grids
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> TECHNICAL PAPERS
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>    Paper Format: Not to exceed 25 double-spaced, numbered pages =
(including
>          title, author affiliations, abstract, keywords, figures, =
tables and
>          bibliographical references) using 12 point font on =
8.5x11-inch pages
>          with 1-inch margins all around.
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>    Submission: An on-line submission page 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 will not be accepted.
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> POSTERS
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>     Augmenting direct submissions will be technical paper submissions =
that were
>     not accepted but are recommended by the committee for poster =
presentation.
>     (The latter of course requires authorization by the author(s).)
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>     Abstract Format: 1 page PDF including Title, Authors with their
>          affiliations, and a 200 word, single-spaced abstract.
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>    Submission: via email to Richard Barrett (rbarrett@lanl.gov)
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> JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE>=20
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>    Authors of the best papers from the conference will be invited to =
submit an
>    expanded version of their papers for possible publication in a =
special issue
>    of the International Journal of High Performance Computing and =
Networking
>    (IJHPCN), which will appear in 2005.
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> IMPORTANT DATES
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>      - Workshop Proposals Due                March 6, 2004
>      - Paper Submissions Due                 April 16, 2004
>      - Tutorial Proposals Due                May 14, 2004
>      - Paper Acceptance Notification         June 8, 2004
>      - Poster Submissions Due                June 8, 2004
>      - Exhibition Proposal Due               June 18, 2004
>      - Poster Acceptance Notification        June 22, 2004
>      - Camera-Ready Paper Manuscripts Due    July 2, 2004
>      - Camera-Ready Poster Abstracts Due     July 2, 2004
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>      - Cut-off for group hotel rates         August 30, 2004
>      - Pre-Conference Tutorials              September 20, 2004
>      - Conference                            September 21-22-23, 2004
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> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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>     * General Co-Chairs:
>       - Henri Casanova, University of California, San Diego, USA
>       - Daniel S. Katz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, USA
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>     * General Vice Chair:
>       - Bernard Tourancheau, Sun Microsystems, France
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>     * Program Chair:
>       - Philip Papadopoulos, San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA
>     * Deputy Program Chair:
>       - R=E9my Evard, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
>     * Program Vice Chairs
>       - Middleware: Carl Kesselman, Information Sciences Institute &
>                                     University of Southern California, =
USA
>       - Hardware: Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, =
Japan
>       - Applications: David Walker, Cardiff University, UK
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>     * Tutorials Chair:
>       - Jennifer M. Schopf, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
>     * Workshops Chair:
>       - Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
>     * Exhibits/Sponsors Co-Chairs:
>        - Jim Ang Sandia National Laboratories, USA
>     * Posters Chair:
>        - Richard Barrett, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
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>     * Publications Chair:
>        - Joseph C. Jacob, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, USA
>     * Publicity Chair:
>        - Bertil Schmidt, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
>     * Finance/Registration Chair:
>        - Vana Kalogeraki, University of California, Riverside, USA
>     * Local Arrangements:
>        - Chair Greg Bruno, San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA
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