Held in conjunction with International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) April 22-26, 2003, Nice, France. Important Dates: Submission Deadline - November 10, 2002 - Notification of Acceptance - December 10, 2002 - Final Copy Due - January 5, 2003 General Chairs --------------- Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney (zomaya@it.usyd.edu.au) Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University (olariu@cs.odu.edu) Workshop Chairs --------------- Fikret Ercal, University of Missouri-Rolla (ercal@cs.umr.edu) El-ghazali Talbi, Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille, France (El-ghazali.Talbi@lifl.fr) Program Committee ----------------- Enrique Alba, University of Malaga, Spain (eat@lcc.uma.es) Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas (boukerch@cs.unt.edu) Juergen Branke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany (jbr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de) Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University (tarek@seas.gwu.edu) Dan Marinescu, University of Central Florida (dcm@cs.ucf.edu) Mirela Sechi M. A. Notare, Barddal University, Brazil (mirela@newsite.com.br) Hartmut Schmeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany (schmeck@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de) Franciszek Seredynski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland (sered@IPIPAN.Waw.PL) Peter M. A. Sloot, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (peterslo@wins.uva.nl) Ivan Stojmenovic, Ottawa University, Canada (ivan@site.uottawa.ca) WORKSHOP THEME: --------------- Techniques based on biological paradigms can provide efficient solutions to a wide variety of problems in parallel processing. A vast literature exists on biology-inspired approaches to solving an impressive array of problems and, more recently, a number of studies have reported on the success of such techniques for solving difficult problems in all key areas of parallel processing. Rather remarkably, most bio-based techniques are inherently parallel. Thus, solutions based on such methods can be conveniently implemented on parallel architectures. This workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for researchers to explore the connection between bio-based techniques and the development of solutions to problems that arise in parallel processing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: o Bio-based methods (e.g. ant algorithms, genetic algorithms, cellular automata, DNA and molecular computing, neural networks) for solving parallel and distributed processing problems (scheduling, data organization and partitioning, communication and routing, VLSI layout, channel assignment etc.) o Other methods based on natural phenomena such as simulated annealing and other artifical-life techniques applied to solve problems in parallel processing are also of interest o Parallel/Distributed platforms for bio-based computations o Techniques for integrating conventional parallel and bio-based Paradigms o Quantum Computing o Tools and algorithms for parallelizing bio-based techniques o Applications and case studies combining traditional parallel and distributed computing and bio-based techniques o Theoretical work related to solution optimality, convergence issues, and time/space complexities of parallel algorithms that employ bio-based methods Prospective authors of high quality research contributions are invited to submit an electronic copy of their manuscript not exceeding 12 pages including figures and references. Please use one of the formats: Postscript, PDF, or MSWord. In your cover email message, please also indicate title of the paper, author(s), and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. Papers should be submitted to one of the workshop chairs (see below). ************************************************************************* Fikret Ercal Department of Computer Science University of Missouri Rolla, MO 65409-0350 USA Tel. +1-573-341-4857 Fax. +1-573-341-4501 Email: ercal@umr.edu El-ghazali Talbi Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille France Email: talbi@lifl.fr