IPDPS 2004 International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, http://www.ipdps.org/ CALL FOR PAPERS Submission Deadline: October 3, 2003, For more information e-mail: info@ipdps.org 18th Annual International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium IPDPS 2004 Monday, 26 April -- Friday, 30 April, 2004 Eldorato Hotel Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing In cooperation with: ACM SIGARCH IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA) IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) Hosted by University of New Mexico ================================= IPDPS 2004 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ================================= In 2004, IPDPS will follow its accustomed format, providing a forum for engineers and scientists from around the world to present their latest research findings in the fields of parallel processing and distributed computing. Workshops and tutorials serve as the "book-end" events on the first and last days. Note that in Santa Fe, IPDPS will return to its Monday through Friday schedule. The three intervening days open with addresses by invited speakers and focus on the presentation of contributed papers in technical sessions organized around symposium topics of interest. Particularly hot topics are further explored via panel discussions, and new to IPDPS this year is the opportunity for participants to organize Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions. Details on local accommodations as well as travel tips will be posted on the Web before the end of the year, so you are encouraged to regularly check the IPDPS Web site at www.ipdps.org for updates. General email inquiries should be addressed to . GENERAL CO-CHAIRS * David A. Bader, University of New Mexico * Michel Cosnard, Universite' de Nice & INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France GENERAL VICE CHAIR * Charles Weems, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, WORKSHOPS --------- Workshops are an opportunity to explore special topics, and running a workshop in association with IPDPS offers many advantages. The 19 workshops held at IPDPS 2003 are already planning for continuation in 2004 and several more have been proposed. Contact Workshop Co-Chairs Luc Bouge' or Alan Sussman for details on workshop proposals. To obtain more information on an individual IPDPS workshop, go to the IPDPS Web site at www.ipdps.org. Each workshop has its own requirements and schedule for submissions and all are linked from the IPDPS Web site. BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER (BOF) (NEW TO IPDPS 2004!) --------------------------------------------- This year, IPDPS participants will have the opportunity to organize Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions. These are informal sessions in which a group of researchers can gather for discussions on a topic of mutual interest. BOF space will be available early in the evening and a typical BOF lasts one to two hours. We'll provide the space, you provide the topic and the gather the people. You may reserve space in advance by contacting the Vice General Chair Charles Weems at . You may also schedule a spontaneous BOF on-site if you encounter a group with common interests while at the conference. Sessions that are reserved in advance will be posted on the IPDPS web site, and can be linked to a BOF announcement web page. The goal of IPDPS and TCPP for the BOF sessions is to encourage new collaborations and research directions, to inspire educational initiatives and the formation of standards groups, and to nuture the development of new workshop proposals and other initiatives and interactions within our community. INDUSTRIAL-TRACK/COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS ------------------------------------ Industrial track presentations are an excellent opportunity for companies to showcase new technologies and to enter into the lively discussions encouraged at IPDPS. Paired with three days of "walk-up-and-talk" exhibits, industrial researchers can promote awareness about their recent technological advances and obtain feedback from a diverse audience. Industrial sponsors are linked from the IPDPS home page, giving them several months of visibility, and papers presented become part of the IPDPS proceedings. Proposals for innovative ways to showcase vendor products or to provide sponsor benefits in lieu of exhibiting are also encouraged. Companies interested in participating should contact one of the Industrial Track Chair by October 19, 2003: Kiran Bondalapati . TUTORIALS --------- Proposals are solicited for organizing full or half-day tutorials. Interested individuals should submit a proposal by October 19, 2003 to the Tutorials Chair Patricia Teller . Contact her for details prior to submitting your proposal. ============================ IPDPS 2004 - IMPORTANT DATES ============================ 3 October 2003 Manuscripts Due 19 October 2003 Tutorial Proposals Due 19 October 2003 Industrial Track Submissions Due 19 December 2003 Review Decisions Mailed 23 January 2004 Print Ready Paper Due =============== CALL FOR PAPERS =============== Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that demonstrate original unpublished research in all areas of parallel and distributed processing including development of experimental or commercial systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 1. Parallel and distributed algorithms, including selfish computing, stability and fault tolerance of distributed systems, communication and synchronization protocols. 2. Applications of parallel and distributed computing, including web applications, peer-to-peer computing, grid computing and scientific applications. 3. Parallel and distributed architectures, including signal and image processors, network processors, other special purpose processors, nontraditional processor technologies, network and interconnect architecture, and performance modeling and evaluation. 4. Parallel and distributed software, including parallel programming languages and compilers, operating systems, runtime, middleware, libraries, programming environments and tools for parallel and distributed computing. BEST PAPER AWARDS ----------------- Awards will be given for the best paper in each of the four conference topics. The selected papers will also be considered for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. WHAT TO SUBMIT -------------- Submitted manuscripts may not exceed 12 single-spaced pages of text using 12-point size type on 8.5x11 inch pages. References, figures, tables, etc. may be included in addition to the twelve pages of text. Hardcopy submissions will be accepted, but files in either PostScript (level 2) or PDF format are strongly encouraged. (Note: Authors need to make sure that the electronically submitted files will print on a PostScript printer that uses 8.5x11 inch paper.) Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be considered for another conference. Submission procedures are available via Web access at www.ipdps.org. For those who have only e-mail access, send an e-mail message to for an automatic reply that will contain detailed instructions for submission of manuscripts. If no electronic access is available, contact the program chair at the address given below. All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by October 3, 2003 at 12 Noon EST. (Note: Authors will be granted an automatic extension of up to 1 week without making a special request. However, no further extensions will be granted.) Submissions received after the due date or exceeding the length limit may not be considered. Notification of review decisions will be mailed by December 19, 2003. Camera-ready papers will be due January 23, 2004. IPDPS 2004 Proceedings for both contributed papers and workshops will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press on CD-ROM and will be distributed at the Symposium along with a hard copy volume of abstracts. PROGRAM CHAIR ============= Prof. Dr. Burkhard Monien University of Paderborn Department of Computer Science Fürstenallee 11 33102 Paderborn, Germany Tel.: +49 5251/60-6695 Fax: +49 5251/60-6697 PROGRAM VICE-CHAIRS =================== * ALGORITHMS Prof. Dr. Paul Spirakis Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics University of Patras School of Engineering GR 265 00, Patras, Greece Tel.: +30 61 274 736, +30 61 220 112 Fax: +30 61 993 973, +30 61 222086 * APPLICATIONS Prof. Dr. Horst Simon Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory One Cyclotron Road M/S: 50B-4230 Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Tel.: 001 510 486-7377 Fax: 001 510 486-4300 * ARCHITECTURES Prof. Dr. Per Stenström Department of Computer Engineering Chalmers University of Technology Hörsalsvägen 11 S-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden Tel.: 0046 31 772 1761 Fax: 0046 31 772 3663 * SOFTWARE Prof. Dr. Guang Gao University of Delaware Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 140 Evans Hall Newark, DE 19716, USA Tel.: 001 302 831-8218 Fax: 001 302 831-4316 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Andreas Adelmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Jose Nelson Amaral, University of Alberta, Canada Hagit Attiya, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Angelos Bilas, University of Crete, Greece Costas Busch, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Silvia Crivelli, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Chita Das, Pennsylvania State University, USA Chen Ding, University of Rochester, USA Thom Dunning, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Sandhya Dwarkadas, University of Rochester, USA Robert Elsässer, University of Paderborn, Germany Lori Freitag, Sandia National Laboratory, USA Andreas Frommer, University of Wuppertal, Germany Phillip B. Gibbons, Intel Research Pittsburgh, USA Antonio Gonzalez, Intel Research Barcelona, Spain William Gropp, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Erik Hagersten, University of Uppsala, Sweden Christos Kaklamanis, University of Patras, Greece George Karypis, University of Minnesota, USA Kurichi Kumar, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore An-Chow Lai, Intel Corp. Alvin Lebeck, Duke University, USA Keqin Li, State University of New York, USA Xiaoye Sherry Li, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Marios Mavronicolas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus John Mellor-Crummey, Rice University Houston, USA Jose Moreira, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA Yoichi Muraoka, Waseda University, Japan Kengo S. Nakajima, Research Organisation for Inf. Science & Technology, Japan Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA Dhabaleswar Panda, Ohio State University, USA Timothy Mark Pinkston, University of Southern California, USA Alex Pothen, Old Dominion University, USA Vijaya Ramachandran, University of Texas at Austin, USA Alexander Reinefeld, ZIB Berlin, Germany Pascal Sainrat, Institute de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, France Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Denis Trystram, Institut d’Informatique et Mathématiques Appliquées de Grenoble, France Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany Berthold Vöcking, University of Dortmund, Germany Cho-Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, China Harry Wijshoff, University of Leiden, The Netherlands David E. Womble, Sandia National Laboratory, USA Li Xiao, Michigan State University, USA Monday, 26 April 2004 -- Friday, 30 April 2004 18th International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium Join us in Santa Fe! The 18th International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium -- hosted by the University of New Mexico -- will be held at the Eldorado Hotel in Santa Fe. The oldest capital city in North America and the oldest European community west of the Mississippi, Santa Fe was settled in the early 1600's by Spanish conquistadors at the site of the ancient Pueblo Indian ruin of Kaupoge, or "place of shell beads near the waters." Nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico's desert highlands, Santa Fe offers a remarkable set of galleries, museums, and the renowned Native American market. As well as its Native American and Spanish influences, the diverse associations with Santa Fe include Georgia O'Keeffe, Los Alamos, and Taos. Home to a world-renowned opera company, Santa Fe is an international city surrounded by the spectacular outdoors of the Southwest, including the Bandelier National Monument, Valles Caldera, and the Jemez Mountains. IPDPS 2004 attendees will be able to enjoy the mountain spring weather and participate in the village life of Santa Fe at the Eldorado "on the plaza." And Santa Fe is less than an hour away by shuttle or car from the Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) -- a drive through spectacular scenery. For more information check the web site at www.ipdps.org. ======================= IPDPS 2004 ORGANIZATION ======================= GENERAL CO-CHAIRS David A. Bader, University of New Mexico Michel Cosnard, Universite' de Nice & INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France GENERAL VICE CHAIR Charles Weems, University of Massachusetts at Amherst PROGRAM CHAIR Burkhard Monien, University of Paderborn, Germany STEERING CO-CHAIRS Viktor K. Prasanna, University of Southern California George Westrom, Future Scientists & Engineers of America WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Luc Bouge', ENS Cachan & IRISA, Rennes, France Alan Sussman, University of Maryland TUTORIALS CHAIR Patricia J. Teller, University of Texas at El Paso INDUSTRIAL TRACK CHAIR Kiran Bondalapati, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. PROCEEDINGS CHAIR Jose Nelson Amaral, University of Alberta, Canada FINANCE CHAIR Bill Pitts, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS Susamma Barua, California State University, Fullerton Wennie Shu, University of New Mexico PRODUCTION CHAIR Sally Jelinek, Electronic Design Associates, Inc. PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Serge Chaumette, Universite' de Bordeaux, France Yi Pan, Georgia State University HOST COORDINATOR Martina Kindilien Center for High Performance Computing University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 +1.505.277.4591 STEERING COMMITTEE K. Mani Chandy, California Institute of Technology Ali R. Hurson, Pennsylvania State University Joseph JaJa, University of Maryland F. Tom Leighton, MIT Jose' Rolim, University of Geneva Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida Behrooz Shirazi, University of Texas at Arlington H.J. Siegel, Colorado State University Hal Sudborough, University of Texas at Dallas Steering Committee 2004 membership also includes the general co-chairs, program chairs, and vice general co-chairs from 2003, 2004, & 2005. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Said Bettayeb, University of South Alabama (USA) Michael J. Flynn, Stanford University (USA) Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, University of Paderborn (Germany) Louis O. Hertzberger, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Richard Karp, University of California, Berkeley (USA) Jan van Leeuwen, University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) David R. Martinez, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (USA) Kurt Mehlhorn, Max Planck Institute (Germany) Gary Miller, Carnegie Mellon University (USA) Juerg Nievergelt, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Charles L. Seitz, Myricom, Inc. (USA) Ioannis Tollis, University of Texas, Dallas (USA) Leslie Valiant, Harvard University (USA) Paolo Zanella, E.B.I., Cambridge (UK) ============================ IPDPS 2004 - IMPORTANT DATES ============================ 3 October 2003 Manuscripts Due 19 October 2003 Tutorial Proposals Due 19 October 2003 Industrial Track Submissions Due 19 December 2003 Review Decisions Mailed 23 January 2004 Print Ready Paper Due