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CHAMPAIGN, IL --The Linux Clusters Institute's (LCI) Fourth International Conference--Linux Clusters: The HPC Revolution 2003--will partner with the 2003 ClusterWorld Conference and Expo (CWCE) to present the world's premier conference on cluster computing in all its forms. The four-day event will be held at the San Jose Convention Center beginning June 23 with tutorials. The conference program and exposition will run June 24 - 26. The LCI conference will focus on using and managing large-scale cluster computing systems and will bring together users, researchers, vendors, developers, and managers throughout the field. Participants will learn about the latest cluster research and current cluster computing projects while they share their knowledge and experience with others. CWCE focuses on cluster computing on all operating systems. Details about CWCE content for the conference will be forthcoming on the CWCE website. The LCI technical conference program committee is soliciting novel papers related to end user applications, development of tools, systems integration, operation and support, and experiences in use and administration of Linux clusters. Those interested in presenting papers should submit a 5-to 8-page extended abstract by Feb. 17, 2003. Authors will be notified of their acceptance by March 15. Final papers are due May 2. Possible topics for papers include: *cluster computing in business, industry, or academia *experiences in development of highly parallel applications *porting experiences; *performance evaluation, analysis and optimization * high-performance applications and libraries *performance tools, debuggers, and environments *compilers *clusters in education *experiences in operating clusters for production HPC * clusters in data centers * new experimental and commercial clusters *clusters in heterogeneous HPC environments *system management and administration *resource management *tools for building and administering clusters * scheduling and load balancing Along with the paper presentations, the technical program will include industry-specific tracks that will offer users and industry researchers the chance to present their experiences with applications, tools, and administration of large-scale clusters. Anticipated industrial tracks include petroleum and geophysics, bioinformatics, rendering for content creation, aerospace and automotive, and finance. Those interested in developing a presentation for an industrial track must submit a one-page abstract outlining their experiences. The full day of tutorials will feature two tracks: Applications Tuning in a Nutshell and Systems in a Nutshell. For information on submitting papers or industrial track presentations, see http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution/callforpapers.html. For general information on the conference, see http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution.