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Cluster 2007 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry and government describing original research work in cluster computing. Cluster 2007 is hosted by the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) in the culturally rich, high-tech city of Austin, Texas. Here you will experience an open forum with fellow cluster researchers, system designers and installers, and users for presenting and discussing new directions, opportunities and ideas that will shape cluster computing. Companies interested in presenting their exhibits should contact Exhibit Chair Ivan Judson (judson@mcs.anl.gov) by July 13, 2007. Topics of Interest * Cluster Software and Middleware * Software Environments and Tools * Single -System Image Services * Parallel File Systems and I/O Libraries * Standard Software for Clusters * Cluster Networking * High-Speed Interconnects * High Performance Message Passing Libraries * Lightweight Communication Protocols * Applications * Application Methods and Algorithms * Adaptation to Multi-Core * Data Distribution, Load Balancing Scaling * MPI/OpenMP Hybrid Computing * Visualization * Performance Analysis and Evaluation * Benchmarking Profiling Tools * Performance Prediction Modeling * Cluster Management * Security and Reliability * High Availability Solutions * Resource and Job Management * Administration and Maintenance Tools Paper Submission and Format Since the camera-ready version of accepted papers must be compliant with the IEEE Xplore format for publication, submitted papers must conform to the following Xplore layout, page limit, and font size. This will ensure a size consistency and a uniform layout for the reviewers. (With minimal changes, accepted document can be styled for publication according to Xplore requirements explained in the Xplore formatting guide, which is also in Xplore format). * PDF files only. * Maximum 10 pages for technical papers, maximum 6 pages for posters. * Single-spaced. * 2-column numbered pages in IEEE Xplore format. * 8.5x11-inch paper, margins in inches: top: 0.75, bottom: 1.0, sides: 0.625, and between columns: 0.25, main text: 10pt. * Format instructions are available for LaTeX. * Margin and placement guides are available in Word, PDF and postscript files. * Final camera-ready version: Maximum of 2 extra pages at $100/page. Camera-ready means PDF file must comply with IEEE Xplore formatting and style for publication. * A conversion tool kit for converting from Word, LaTeX and PostScript and checking compliance is available. See the Final Submission section at: its Web site * Electronic Submission: Only web-based submission is accepted. The URL will be announced two weeks before the submission deadline at: its Web site Important Dates Technical paper submissions: May 18, 2007 Last minute paper abstracts: May 18, 2007 Workshop/Tutorial proposals: May 18, 2007 Poster submissions: June 8, 2007 Panel proposals: June 8, 2007 Workshop/Tutorial notification: June 8, 2007 Technical paper notification: June 29, 2007 Poster notification: July 13, 2007 Exhibit proposals: July 13, 2007 Last minute papers: July 13, 2007