I would appreciate your assistance in distributing the appended
conference Call For Papers (PDPTA'98, Las Vegas, July 13-16, 1998)
to your colleagues.
Submission deadline for the draft papers is Feb. 20, 1998.
Any help in publicizing the conference would be most appreciated.
Kindest regards,
Hamid R. Arabnia
hra@cs.uga.edu
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
=============================
The 1998 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
Processing Techniques and Applications
(PDPTA'98)
July 13 - 16, 1998
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The 1998 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing
Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'98) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada,
July 13-16, 1998.
The last conference (PDPTA'97) had research contributions from 39
countries. It is hoped that PDPTA'98 will also have a strong
international flavor. For information on the last three PDPTA
conferences (PDPTA'95, PDPTA'96, & PDPTA'97), refer to:
http://www.jhpc.org/pdpta98 (or http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta.)
You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a
proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission
information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings.
THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.
SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
O Parallel/Distributed applications:
Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy
logic, medicine, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision,
computer graphics and virtual reality, parallel/distributed
databases, banking, ...
O Parallel/Distributed architectures:
MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic, vector/pipeline (supercomputers),
shared memory, distributed memory, general- and special-purpose
architectures, ...
O Building block processors:
Applications of processors that can be used as basic building
blocks for multicomputer systems.
O Networks and Interconnection networks:
Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, routing issues,
general-purpose network performance for distributed
applications, ...
O Reliability and fault-tolerance:
Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and
application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance
measurement.
O Performance analysis and evaluation.
O Real-time and embedded systems:
Small-scale parallel systems for high-performance control,
data acquisition, and analysis; configuration, routing,
scheduling, performance guarantees.
O Parallel/Distributed algorithms:
Algorithms exploiting MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic,
vector/pipeline, shared memory, distributed memory, ...
O Mobile computation and communication.
O Object Oriented Technology and related issues.
O Heterogeneous and multimedia systems.
O Software tools and environments for parallel computers:
Operating systems, compilers, languages, debuggers, ...
O High-performance computing in Computational Science:
Intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research programs
and applications.
O Other aspects and applications relating to high-performance
computations.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their
draft paper (about 5 pages) to H. R. Arabnia (address is given
below) by the due date. E-mail and Fax submissions are also
acceptable. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted)
will be limited to 8 pages. Papers must not have been
previously published or currently submitted for publication
elsewhere.
The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the
paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address,
telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first
page should also include the name of the author who will be
presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords.
PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
Each technical session will have 5/6 paper presentations.
The session chairs will be responsible in selecting the papers
for their own sessions. The names of session chairs will appear
as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings. Proposals
to organize technical sessions should include the following
information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of
session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and
how you plan to advertise the session and select papers for the
proposed session. Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address
is given below); E-mail submissions are preferred.
EVALUATION PROCESS:
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in
the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by
one person.
PUBLICATION:
The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press
(ISBN). It will be a multivolume set. The proceedings will
be available at the conference. It is planned to select about
40 papers for journal publication in related journals (after the
conference). All accepted papers will also be considered for
journal publication.
ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS:
A number of university faculty members in cooperation with
the Las Vegas Hilton (conference division) will be organizing
the conference. The conference is sponsored by the Computer
Science Research, Education, and Applications Tech. (CSREA) in
cooperation with the National Partnership for Advanced Computational
Infrastructure (NPACI; http://www.npaci.edu/online/), the North
American Transputer Users Group (NATUG), the National
Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment (Department
of Energy, USA), the Computer Vision Research and Applications
Tech. (CVRA), developers of high-performance machines and systems
(pending) and related computer associations (pending.)
LOCATION OF CONFERENCE:
The conference will be held in Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA. Las Vegas Hilton is one of the top resort hotels
in the world. It has excellent conference facilities and over
3000 rooms. The hotel is only minutes from the Las Vegas
airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. The hotel
has many vacation and recreational attractions, including:
casino, swimming pools, sunning, tennis courts, luxurious
health spa, golf course, evening shows (Andrew Lloyd Webber's
spectacular musical), a number of bars, nightclub, virtual
reality game rooms, shopping in the variety of distinct
retail stores, 9 restaurants (Italian, Japanese, ...),
snack bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a
day and most are suitable for families and children. The
hotel's room rate is ($99 + tax) per night for the duration of
the conference.
The hotel is minutes from other Las Vegas attractions (major
shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and
night clubs, free street shows, ...).
For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of
Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho,
Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away
from other major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego,
Phoenix, ...
EXHIBITION:
An exhibition is planned during the conference. We have
reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact
H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be
considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. Each
exhibitor will have the opportunity to include a two-page
description of their latest products in the conference
proceedings (if submitted by May 22, 1998).
IMPORTANT DATES:
February 20, 1998 (Friday): Draft papers (5-page) due
April 3, 1998 (Friday): Notification of acceptance
May 22, 1998 (Friday): Camera-Ready papers & Preregistration due
July 13 - 16, 1998: PDPTA'98 Conference
Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as
soon as possible.
All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference.
MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES (as of Jan. 2, 1998):
H. Abachi, Monash University, Victoria, Australia;
F. Ahmed, Penn State Erie, Erie, PA, USA;
Y. Akiyama, Tsukuba Research Center, Takezono, Tsukuba, Japan;
H. R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, Georgia, USA;
K. Araki, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan;
D. R. Avresky, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;
D. A. Bader, University of New Mexico, NM, USA;
M. Bozyigit, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia;
R. Buyya, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Bangalore, India;
G. Cybenko, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA;
E. H. D'Hollander, RUG, Parallel Information Systems, Gent, Belgium;
P. Evripidou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus;
R. Frost, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, California, USA;
J-L. Gaudiot, University of Southern California, California, USA;
J. Gustafson, Ames Laboratory, US Department of Energy, Ames, Iowa, USA;
M. R. Haghighat, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California, USA;
T. Hazra, Advanced Computing Concepts and Solutions, MD, USA;
K. Joe, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan;
H. Kasahara, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan;
K. Li, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA;
C-C. Lim, Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore;
J. Lombardo, National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment,
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA;
H. P. Luethi, Swiss Center for Scientific Computing, Zurich, Switzerland;
R. N. Mahapatra, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA;
K. Makki, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA;
S. A. M. Makki, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia;
A. Marsh, National Technical University of Athens, Greece;
N. Mirenkov, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan;
R. A. Olsson, University of California, Davis, California, USA;
Y. Pan, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA;
G. A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus;
N. Pissinou, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA;
E. E. Santos, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA;
S. Sedukhin, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan;
H. Shen, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia;
H. J. Siegel, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;
G. S. Stiles, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA;
Y. Takahashi, University of Tokushima, Japan;
E-G. Talbi, Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille (LIFL),
France;
G. K. Thiruvathukal, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA;
M. R. Tolun, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey;
M. Vaez, AT&T, Middletown, New Jersey, USA;
F. Valafar, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA;
H. Valafar, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA;
H. A. G. Wijshoff, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherland;
M. Yasrebi, Bell Atlantic, White Plains, New York, USA;
A. Y. Zomaya, University of Western Australia, Australia.
CONFERENCE CONTACT:
Hamid R. Arabnia
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Graduate Studies Research Center
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
Tel: (706) 542-3480
Fax: (706) 542-2966
E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu
http://www.jhpc.org/pdpta98 (or http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta.)
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