CFP : Workshop on Communication Architecture for Clusters CAC 02

CFP : Workshop on Communication Architecture for Clusters CAC 02
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------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to the recent events in U.S., the paper submission deadline is extended to Nov. 5, 2001. Please send a title and abstract by Oct 29th and then submit the full paper by Nov. 5, 2001. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers Workshop on Communication Architecture for Clusters (CAC '02) To be held in Conjunction with Int'l Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS '02) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 15-19, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Postscript and PDF versions of this CFP may be obtained from the World Wide Web: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~cac ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THEME: The availability of commodity PCs/workstations and high-speed networks at low prices enabled the development of low-cost clusters. These clusters are being targeted for support of traditional high-end computing applications as well as emerging applications, especially those requiring high-performance servers. Designing high-performance and scalable clusters for these emerging applications requires design and development of high-performance communication systems, low-overhead programming environment support and support for Quality of Service (QoS). New user-level communication protocol standards such as Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA) and InfiniBand Architecture (IBA) are providing exciting ways to design high-performance communication architectures for clusters. A large number of research groups from academia, industry, and research labs are currently engaged in the above research directions. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the areas of communication and architecture to discuss state-of-the-art solutions as well as future trends for designing scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective communication architectures for clusters. The first workshop in this series (CAC '01) was held in conjunction with IPDPS '01 conference and it was very successful. CAC '02 workshop plans to continue the tradition of CAC '01. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Topics of interest for the workshop include but are not limited to: 1. Router/switch, network, and network-interface architecture for supporting efficient point-to-point and collective communication at intra-cluster and inter-cluster levels. 2. Design, development, and implementation of user-level communication protocols (GM, VIA, etc) on different networking and interconnect technologies (such as Myrinet, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, Infiniband, etc.). 3. High-performance implementation of different programming layers (Message Passing Interface (MPI), Distributed Shared Memory such as TreadMarks, Get/Put, Global Arrays, sockets, etc.). 4. Communication and architectural issues related to flow control, management of communication resources, deadlock-handling, reliability, and QoS. Results of both theoretical and practical significance will be considered. PROCEEDINGS: The proceedings of this workshop will be published together with the proceedings of other IPDPS '02 workshops by the IEEE Computer Society Press. PAPER SUBMISSIONS: We are planning a purely electronic submission and review process. Authors are requested to submit papers (in PDF format) not exceeding 10 single-spaced pages, including abstract, five key words, contact address, figures, and references. E-mail your manuscripts to: cac@cis.ohio-state.edu. Note: the PDF file must be viewable using the `acroread'' tool. It is also important, when creating your PDF file, to use a page size of 8.5x11 inches (LETTER sized output not A4), since an A4 sized page may be truncated on a LETTER sized printer. SCHEDULE: Title and Abstract: October 29, 2001 Full Paper submission: November 5, 2001 Notification of acceptance: December 10, 2001 Camera-ready due: January 21, 2002 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS: Dhabaleswar K. Panda (Ohio State), Jose Duato (Univ. of Valencia, Spain), and Craig Stunkel (IBM TJ Watson Research Center) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On the World Wide Web, see http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~cac for the latest information about this workshop. Alternatively, you can send e-mail to cac@cis.ohio-state.edu.

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Due to the recent events in U.S., the paper submission deadline is
extended to Nov. 5, 2001. Please send a title and abstract by Oct 29th
and then submit the full paper by Nov. 5, 2001.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           Call For Papers

      Workshop on Communication Architecture for Clusters (CAC '02)

                    To be held in Conjunction with 
     Int'l Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS '02)


               Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 15-19, 2002 

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 Postscript and PDF versions of this CFP may be obtained from the World 
            Wide Web: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~cac
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THEME:

The availability of commodity PCs/workstations and high-speed networks
at low prices enabled the development of low-cost clusters. These
clusters are being targeted for support of traditional high-end
computing applications as well as emerging applications, especially
those requiring high-performance servers.  Designing high-performance
and scalable clusters for these emerging applications requires design
and development of high-performance communication systems,
low-overhead programming environment support and support for Quality
of Service (QoS).  New user-level communication protocol standards
such as Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA) and InfiniBand
Architecture (IBA) are providing exciting ways to design
high-performance communication architectures for clusters.

A large number of research groups from academia, industry, and
research labs are currently engaged in the above research directions.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and
practitioners working in the areas of communication and architecture
to discuss state-of-the-art solutions as well as future trends for
designing scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective communication
architectures for clusters.

The first workshop in this series (CAC '01) was held in conjunction
with IPDPS '01 conference and it was very successful. CAC '02 workshop
plans to continue the tradition of CAC '01.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:
 
Topics of interest for the workshop include but are not limited to:

1. Router/switch, network, and network-interface architecture for
   supporting efficient point-to-point and collective communication 
   at intra-cluster and inter-cluster levels.

2. Design, development, and implementation of user-level communication
   protocols (GM, VIA, etc) on different networking and interconnect
   technologies (such as Myrinet, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, Infiniband, etc.).

3. High-performance implementation of different programming layers
   (Message Passing Interface (MPI), Distributed Shared Memory such 
   as TreadMarks, Get/Put, Global Arrays, sockets, etc.).

4. Communication and architectural issues related to flow control, 
   management of communication resources, deadlock-handling, 
   reliability, and QoS.

Results of both theoretical and practical significance will be
considered.

PROCEEDINGS:

The proceedings of this workshop will be published together with the
proceedings of other IPDPS '02 workshops by the IEEE Computer Society
Press.

PAPER SUBMISSIONS:

We are planning a purely electronic submission and review process.
Authors are requested to submit papers (in PDF format) not exceeding
10 single-spaced pages, including abstract, five key words, contact
address, figures, and references.  E-mail your manuscripts to:
cac@cis.ohio-state.edu.

Note: the PDF file must be viewable using the `acroread'' tool.  It
is also important, when creating your PDF file, to use a page size of
8.5x11 inches (LETTER sized output not A4), since an A4 sized page may
be truncated on a LETTER sized printer.

SCHEDULE:

Title and Abstract:           October 29, 2001 
Full Paper submission:        November 5, 2001 
Notification of acceptance:   December 10, 2001 
Camera-ready due:             January 21, 2002 

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS:

Dhabaleswar K. Panda (Ohio State), 
Jose Duato (Univ. of Valencia, Spain), and
Craig Stunkel (IBM TJ Watson Research Center)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

On the World Wide Web, see http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~cac for the
latest information about this workshop.  Alternatively, you can send
e-mail to cac@cis.ohio-state.edu.