CFP : International Conference on Communications in Computing CIC 2000

CFP : International Conference on Communications in Computing CIC 2000
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See http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~cic2000/ CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'2000) June 26 - 29, 2000 Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA www: http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~cic2000 e-mail: cic2000@cs.uakron.edu Communications in Computing (CIC'2000) is a new conference that focuses on the communication requirements directly induced or required by computations. An essential element of parallel and distributed computing is the trade-off in the amount of computation versus the amount of communication performed. In other words, computations induce a certain amount of required communication. This conference provides a venue for scholarly publication that explores issues relating to the combined effects of communications and computations in the context of modern day computing systems. Following the recent broadening of the field of parallel and distributed computing, CIC'2000 covers all current research endeavors in this field, including: interconnection networks, parallel languages, broker technologies, applications, architectures, etc. Submissions are also encouraged from researchers in other areas of computing and from related areas in physics, computer engineering or other areas of study whose work supports the focus of this conference. Submissions are expected to represent exceptional work and not be published nor considered for publication elsewhere (survey papers are acceptable). The venue includes invited speakers and will foster synergistic relationships among the participants. As well, CIC'2000 will be jointly held with other conferences, thus participants have the opportunity to interact with an expected large body of international researchers. Currently, the following conferences will be held simultaneously with CIC'2000: (a) The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000), (b) The 2000 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'2000), and (c) The 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'2000). Last year, the PDPTA conference had over 750 participants with contributions from 44 countries; it is expected that this trend of participation will continue this year, thus providing researchers and attendees of CIC'2000 a ulti-conference' atmosphere. TOPICS The following topics are suggested as particular examples of interest to CIC'2000. Submissions are not limited to these topics. In all cases, submissions must reflect the focus of this conference. High Performance Applications (e.g. scientific, commercial, etc.) Distributed Systems and Advanced Applications (e.g. multimedia, cooperative systems) Scalable and Interoperable Systems and Associated Standards Software Systems (e.g. operating system support, middleware, development environments, tools, distributed objects) Architecture (e.g. VLSI, SIMD, MIMD, vector, systolic, reconfigurable, special-purpose) Interconnection networks (e.g. bus-based, optical) ATM based networks Communications (e.g. routing algorithms, switching techniques, wireless, mobile) Visualization (e.g. scientific visualization, debugging and load balancing tools) Photonics and Optical Computing Performance Issues (e.g. benchmarks, performance measurement, evaluation and prediction) Modeling and Simulation of High Performance Systems Advanced Compilation Techniques (e.g. parallelizing compilers) Programming Languages for Parallel and other High Performance Computing Environments Parallel/Distributed/Vector Algorithms Reliability and Fault Tolerance Embedded and Real Time Systems Digital Signal Processing Neural Computing, Genetic Algorithms and their applications Issues in High Performance Computing (e.g. evolving paradigms such as NOW/COW, PIM Systems as well as grand challenge problems) Internet technology, Web based processing, E-commerce, telecommunication network, cluster-based computing LOCATION OF CONFERENCE The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable ($79 + tax) per night (no extra charge for double occupancy) for the duration of the conference. ORGANIZATION General Chair: Program Chair: Dr. Brian J. d'Auriol Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science The University of Akron Email: bdauriol@cs.uakron.edu Dr. Abdullah Abonamah Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science The University of Akron Email abonamah@cs.uakron.edu STEERING COMMITTEE Hamid Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA Charlie Catlett, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), USA Hank Dietz, The University of Kentucky, USA Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA Yi Pan, The University of Dayton, USA Al Stutz, Ohio Supercomputing Center, USA Hal Sudborough, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia, Australia PROGRAM COMMITTEE Abdel-Elah Al-Ayyoub, The University of Akron, USA Virendra Bhavsar, University of New Brunswick, Canada Samuel T. Chanson, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Frank Dehne, Carleton University, Canada Paul Cull, Oregon State University, USA David E. Hudak, Ohio Northern University, USA Mohsen Guizani, University of West Florida, USA Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University, USA Peter C.J. Graham, University of Manitoba, Canada Qian-Ping Gu, University of Aizu, Japan Jonathan M.D Hill, Sychron Ltd, England Khan M. Iftekharuddin, North Dakota State University, USA Weijia Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Kirk E. Jordan, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Shahram Latifi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Imad Mahgoub, Florida Atlantic University, USA Annalisa Massini, Universita' "La Sapienza" - Roma, Italy Rami Melhem, University of Pittsburg, USA Christina Metaxaki-Kossionides, University of Thrace, Greece Pericles A. Mitkas, Colorado State University, USA Frank Mueller, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany Jean Frederic Myoupo, The University of Picardie-Jules Verne, France Mohammad Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA Marcin Paprzycki, University of Southern Mississippi, USA Behrooz Parhami, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Alexander Reinefeld, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB), Germany Hong Shen, Griffith University, Australia Fadi Sibai, Intel Corporation, USA Ajit Singh, University of Waterloo, Canada Y.N.Srikant, Indian Institute of Science, India Pradip K. Srimani, Colorado State University, USA Chaman Singh Verma, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India Alan Wagner, University of British Columbia, Canada Biing-Feng Wang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan S. Q. Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas, USA SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Submit eight or less pages for regular paper submissions or four or less pages for short paper submissions. Regular paper submissions are intended to provide significant research content, whereas, short paper submissions provide more of an overview. Papers are to be numbered starting from page one, be single spaced with 11pt font and are to include an abstract of 250 words or less together with up to five keywords describing the paper's content. 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. Indicate the presenter or primary contact author if presenter is unknown. Electronic submission of papers in structured PostScript format via e-mail directly to the program chair are acceptable and encouraged for the review process. If not submitting an electronic version, please submit four hardcopy originals to the program chair at the address below. A final preparation format will be available upon notification of acceptance. Be advised that page charges may be assessed for those accepted papers exceeding the page limit. Submitted papers greatly exceeding the page limit or otherwise deviating significantly from the requested format may be rejected without review. All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two reviewers with background in the areas of the reported work. All authors will receive referees' comments. Such comments will be divided into two categories: required and optional changes. All required changes will need to be incorporated prior to final acceptance in the symposium proceedings. Papers submitted as regular papers may, upon the recommendation of the reviewers and/or the conference chairs, be accepted as short papers. EVALUATION PROCESS All papers submitted will be evaluated based on the following criteria: contribution to the area of research, relevance to the focus of this conference, technical merit, novelty of the approach, soundness of results, clarity of presentation. PUBLICATION The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN) and will be available at the conference. A small selection of est papers' will be determined prior to the conference and all participants will be advised of such. We intend to have the best papers re-published in a special journal issuance. ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS A number of university faculty members and their staff in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas), will be organizing the conference. The conference will be sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, and Applications Press (CSREA: USA Federal EIN # 58-2171953) in cooperation with research centers, international associations, international research groups, and developers of high-performance machines and systems. The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be available at a later time. IMPORTANT DATES February 28, 2000 Manuscripts must be received by the Program Chair April 10th, 2000 Authors receive notification of acceptance May 1th, 2000 Final, camera-ready copy due (both hardcopy and electronic versions will be required) June 26-29, 2000 CIC'2000 Conference Authors of accepted papers will be requested to submit their conference registration materials along with the camera-ready copy. GENERAL CHAIR'S ADDRESS Please direct all correspondence to: Dr. Brian J. d'Auriol General Chair, CIC'2000 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science The University of Akron Akron, Ohio 44325-4002, USA phone: (330) 972-6773 (direct line) phone: (330) 972-7400 (department line) fax: (330) 374-8630 Email: bdauriol@cs.uakron.edu WWW: http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~bdauriol Please direct all submissions or questions concerning the submission, evaluation, or selection process to: Dr. Abdullah Abonamah Program Chair, CIC'2000 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science The University of Akron Akron, Ohio 44325-4002, USA phone: (330) 972-7191 (direct line) phone: (330) 972-7400 (department line) fax: (330) 374-8630 Email: abonamah@cs.uakron.edu WWW: http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~abonamah

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CALL FOR PAPERS

International Conference on
Communications in Computing
(CIC'2000)

June 26 - 29, 2000

Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

www: http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~cic2000
e-mail: cic2000@cs.uakron.edu

Communications in Computing (CIC'2000) is a new conference that focuses on the communication requirements directly induced or required
by computations. An essential element of parallel and distributed computing is the trade-off in the amount of computation versus the amount of
communication performed. In other words, computations induce a certain amount of required communication. This conference provides a
venue for scholarly publication that explores issues relating to the combined effects of communications and computations in the context of
modern day computing systems.

Following the recent broadening of the field of parallel and distributed computing, CIC'2000 covers all current research endeavors in this field,
including: interconnection networks, parallel languages, broker technologies, applications, architectures, etc. Submissions are also encouraged
from researchers in other areas of computing and from related areas in physics, computer engineering or other areas of study whose work
supports the focus of this conference.

Submissions are expected to represent exceptional work and not be published nor considered for publication elsewhere (survey papers are
acceptable). The venue includes invited speakers and will foster synergistic relationships among the participants.

As well, CIC'2000 will be jointly held with other conferences, thus participants have the opportunity to interact with an expected large body of
international researchers. Currently, the following conferences will be held simultaneously with CIC'2000:

(a) The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000),
(b) The 2000 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'2000), and
(c) The 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'2000).

Last year, the PDPTA conference had over 750 participants with contributions from 44 countries; it is expected that this trend of participation
will continue this year, thus providing researchers and attendees of CIC'2000 a
ulti-conference' atmosphere.

TOPICS

The following topics are suggested as particular examples of interest to CIC'2000. Submissions are not limited to these topics. In all cases,
submissions must reflect the focus of this conference.

High Performance Applications (e.g. scientific, commercial, etc.)
Distributed Systems and Advanced Applications (e.g. multimedia, cooperative systems)
Scalable and Interoperable Systems and Associated Standards
Software Systems (e.g. operating system support, middleware, development environments, tools, distributed objects)
Architecture (e.g. VLSI, SIMD, MIMD, vector, systolic, reconfigurable, special-purpose)
Interconnection networks (e.g. bus-based, optical)
ATM based networks
Communications (e.g. routing algorithms, switching techniques, wireless, mobile)
Visualization (e.g. scientific visualization, debugging and load balancing tools)
Photonics and Optical Computing
Performance Issues (e.g. benchmarks, performance measurement, evaluation and prediction)
Modeling and Simulation of High Performance Systems
Advanced Compilation Techniques (e.g. parallelizing compilers)
Programming Languages for Parallel and other High Performance Computing Environments
Parallel/Distributed/Vector Algorithms
Reliability and Fault Tolerance
Embedded and Real Time Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Neural Computing, Genetic Algorithms and their applications
Issues in High Performance Computing (e.g. evolving paradigms such as NOW/COW, PIM Systems as well as grand challenge
problems)
Internet technology, Web based processing, E-commerce, telecommunication network, cluster-based computing

LOCATION OF CONFERENCE

The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities
and over 3000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many vacation
and recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with
cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows,
snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families
and children. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable ($79 + tax) per night (no extra charge for double
occupancy) for the duration of the conference.

ORGANIZATION

General Chair:

Program Chair:

Dr. Brian J. d'Auriol
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
The University of Akron
Email: bdauriol@cs.uakron.edu

Dr. Abdullah Abonamah
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
The University of Akron
Email abonamah@cs.uakron.edu

STEERING COMMITTEE

Hamid Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA
Charlie Catlett, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), USA
Hank Dietz, The University of Kentucky, USA
Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA
Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
Yi Pan, The University of Dayton, USA
Al Stutz, Ohio Supercomputing Center, USA
Hal Sudborough, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia, Australia

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Abdel-Elah Al-Ayyoub, The University of Akron, USA
Virendra Bhavsar, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Samuel T. Chanson, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
Frank Dehne, Carleton University, Canada
Paul Cull, Oregon State University, USA
David E. Hudak, Ohio Northern University, USA
Mohsen Guizani, University of West Florida, USA
Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University, USA
Peter C.J. Graham, University of Manitoba, Canada
Qian-Ping Gu, University of Aizu, Japan
Jonathan M.D Hill, Sychron Ltd, England
Khan M. Iftekharuddin, North Dakota State University, USA
Weijia Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kirk E. Jordan, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Shahram Latifi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Imad Mahgoub, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Annalisa Massini, Universita' "La Sapienza" - Roma, Italy
Rami Melhem, University of Pittsburg, USA
Christina Metaxaki-Kossionides, University of Thrace, Greece
Pericles A. Mitkas, Colorado State University, USA
Frank Mueller, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany
Jean Frederic Myoupo, The University of Picardie-Jules Verne, France
Mohammad Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA
Marcin Paprzycki, University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Behrooz Parhami, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Alexander Reinefeld, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB), Germany
Hong Shen, Griffith University, Australia
Fadi Sibai, Intel Corporation, USA
Ajit Singh, University of Waterloo, Canada
Y.N.Srikant, Indian Institute of Science, India
Pradip K. Srimani, Colorado State University, USA
Chaman Singh Verma, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India
Alan Wagner, University of British Columbia, Canada
Biing-Feng Wang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
S. Q. Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Submit eight or less pages for regular paper submissions or four or less pages for short paper submissions. Regular paper submissions are
intended to provide significant research content, whereas, short paper submissions provide more of an overview. Papers are to be numbered
starting from page one, be single spaced with 11pt font and are to include an abstract of 250 words or less together with up to five keywords
describing the paper's content. 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. Indicate the presenter or primary contact author if presenter is unknown.

Electronic submission of papers in structured PostScript format via e-mail directly to the program chair are acceptable and encouraged for the
review process. If not submitting an electronic version, please submit four hardcopy originals to the program chair at the address below. A final
preparation format will be available upon notification of acceptance. Be advised that page charges may be assessed for those accepted papers
exceeding the page limit. Submitted papers greatly exceeding the page limit or otherwise deviating significantly from the requested format may
be rejected without review.

All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two reviewers with background in the areas of the reported work. All authors will receive
referees' comments. Such comments will be divided into two categories: required and optional changes. All required changes will need to be
incorporated prior to final acceptance in the symposium proceedings. Papers submitted as regular papers may, upon the recommendation of the
reviewers and/or the conference chairs, be accepted as short papers.

EVALUATION PROCESS

All papers submitted will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

contribution to the area of research,
relevance to the focus of this conference,
technical merit,
novelty of the approach,
soundness of results,
clarity of presentation.

PUBLICATION

The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN) and will be available at the conference. A small selection of est
papers' will be determined prior to the conference and all participants will be advised of such. We intend to have the best papers re-published
in a special journal issuance.

ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS

A number of university faculty members and their staff in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas), will be
organizing the conference. The conference will be sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, and Applications Press (CSREA:
USA Federal EIN # 58-2171953) in cooperation with research centers, international associations, international research groups, and
developers of high-performance machines and systems. The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be available at a later time.

IMPORTANT DATES

February 28, 2000
Manuscripts must be received by the Program Chair
April 10th, 2000
Authors receive notification of acceptance
May 1th, 2000
Final, camera-ready copy due (both hardcopy and electronic versions will be required)
June 26-29, 2000
CIC'2000 Conference

Authors of accepted papers will be requested to submit their conference registration materials along with the camera-ready copy.

GENERAL CHAIR'S ADDRESS

Please direct all correspondence to:
Dr. Brian J. d'Auriol
General Chair, CIC'2000
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-4002, USA
phone: (330) 972-6773 (direct line)
phone: (330) 972-7400 (department line)
fax: (330) 374-8630
Email: bdauriol@cs.uakron.edu
WWW: http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~bdauriol

Please direct all submissions or questions concerning the submission, evaluation, or selection process to:
Dr. Abdullah Abonamah
Program Chair, CIC'2000
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-4002, USA
phone: (330) 972-7191 (direct line)
phone: (330) 972-7400 (department line)
fax: (330) 374-8630
Email: abonamah@cs.uakron.edu
WWW: http://www.cs.uakron.edu/~abonamah