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In less than a decade, cluster computing has become the mainstream technology for High Performance Computing and Information Technology. It has gained this prominence by providing reliable, robust and cost-effective platforms for solving many complex computational problems, accessing and visualizing data, and providing information services. Cluster 2007 is hosted by 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. Cluster 2007 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry and government describing original research work in cluster computing. The ability to aggregate the computing power of thousands of processors is a significant milestone in the scalability of commodity systems. Nevertheless, the ability to use both small and large systems efficiently is an ongoing effort in the areas of Networking, Management, Interconnects, and Application Optimization. A continued vigilance and assessment of R&D efforts is important to insure that Cluster Computing will harness the new technological advances in hardware and software to solve the challenges of our age, and the next generation. Topics of interest are (but not limited to): Topics - 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: Due Date May 11. Paper Format: Since the camera-ready version of accepted papers must be compliant with the IEEE Xplore format for publication, submitted papers must comform to the following Xplore layout, page limit, and font size. This will insure 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 , Word document , PDF files. - Margin and placement guides are available in: Word , PDF and postscript files. - Concerning the 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 will be available by April 11. See the Final Submission section then. - Electronic Submission: Only web-based submission is accepted. The URL will be announced two weeks before the submission deadline, on the Cluster2007 web page. - Poster Submission: - Six pages maximum. - Deadline June 8. - Exhibitions: In addition to the normal technical paper sessions, they plan to organize vendor sessions and industrial exhibitions. Companies interested in participating in the vendor sessions or presenting their exhibits at the meeting or both, should contact the Exhibits Chair member, Ivan R. Judson (judson@mcs.anl.gov) by July 13, 2007. Important Dates: Due Date May 11: Technical Paper Submissions Last Minute Paper Abstracts Workshop/Tutorial Proposals Poster Submissions Due June 8 Panel Proposals Due June 8 Tech. Paper Acceptance June 29 Poster Acceptance July 13 Last Minute Papers Due July 13 Due Date Aug 3 Camera-Ready Documents Conference Organization General Chair Karl W. Schulz, University of Texas, USA Program Chair Kent Milfeld, University of Texas, USA Program Vice Chairs Toni Cortes, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Barney Maccabe, University of New Mexico, USA Mitsuhisa Sato, University of Tsukuba, Japan Steering Committee Liaison Daniel S. Katz, Louisiana State University, USA Tutorial Chair Ira Pramanick, SUN Microsystems, USA Workshop Chair Dan Stanzione, Arizona State University, USA Poster Chair Henry Tufo, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Publicity Chair Ron Brightwell, Sandia National Labs, USA Publication Chair Marcin Paprzycki, Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland Exhibit/Sponsors Chair Ivan Judson, Argonne National Lab, USA Finance Chair Janet McCord, University of Texas, USA Local Arrangements Chair Faith Singer-Villalobos, University of Texas, USA