1^st
Call For Papers

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Sponsored by the IEEE Task Force
on Cluster Computing

This symposium is in conjuction with the European Conference on Intelligent Systems and Technologies - ECIT and Romanian Symposium on Computer Science - ROSYCS, Iaşi, Romania, 17-20 July, 2002.

Updated information can be found at http://www.infoiasi.ro/~ispdc/.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original unpublished papers describing theoretical and/or experimental research, as well as position papers. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• models and formal verification

• programming paradigms and tools

• resource discovery and management

• task and communication scheduling

• performance management

• heterogeneous cluster computing

• grid computing

• mobile agent systems

• peer-to-peer computing

• adaptive computing

• ubiquitous computing

• mobile computing

• web distributed computing

• real-time distributed systems

• security

• fault tolerance

• application case studies

Papers should not exceed ten (10) single-spaced pages of text using 12-point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch pages. References, figures, tables, etc., may be included in addition to the ten pages of text. The summary should include an abstract of approximately 100 words. The corresponding author is requested to include in a cover letter: (1) complete postal address; (2) email address; and (3) phone/fax numbers.

Electronic submissions are preferred (pdf, ps, doc) and should be sent to submit-ISPDC@infoiasi.ro. All submissions will be reviewed by referees. The proceedings of this symposium will be published.

Important Dates

General Chairs

• Alex Nicolau, University of California at Irvine, USA

• Toader Jucan, University "Al.I.Cuza" Iaşi, Romania

• Isaac Scherson, UCI, USA

Organizing Committee

• Anthony T. Chronopoulos, UTSA, USA

• Dan Grigoraş, UCC, Ireland

• Dan C. Marinescu, UCF, USA

• John P. Morrison, UCC, Ireland

• Traian Muntean, Marseille University, France

• Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK

Program Committee

• Giovanni Aloisio, University of Lecce, Italy

• Hamid Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA

• Mark Baker, Portsmouth University, UK

• Kiril Boyanov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

• Anthony Chronopoulos, UTSA, USA

• Valentin Cristea, PUB, Romania

• Terrence Fernando, Salford University, UK

• Bertil Folliot, University Paris 6, France

• Zoltan Fülop, Szeged University, Hungary

• Erol Gelenbe, UCF, USA

• Wolfgang Gentzsch, Sun Microsystems, USA

• Michael Gerndt, TU Muenchen, Germany

• Sergei Gorlatch, TU Berlin, Germany

• Lucio Grandinetti, University of Calabria, Italy

• Dan Grigoraş, UCC, Ireland

• Jayantha Herath, St. Cloud State University, USA

• Tony Hey, Director UK e-Science, UK

• Hai Jin, HUST, China

• Dan C. Marinescu, UCF, USA

• Anatoly Melnyk, National University Lvov, Ukraine

• John Morrison, UCC, Ireland

• Traian Muntean, Marseille University, France

• Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State University, USA

• Fethi Rabhi, University of New South Wales, Australia

• Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK

• Isaac Scherson, UCI, USA

• Karsten Schmidt, Humboldt University, Germany

• Ferucio Ţiplea, UAIC, Romania

• Bernard Toursel, USTL, France

• Marek Tudruj, ICS PAS/PJIIT, Poland

• Toshitsugu Yuba, University of Electrocommunications, Japan

• David Walker, Cardiff University, UK