See: http://europar-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/
Euro-Par 2003
International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
26th - 29th August 2003 in Klagenfurt, Austria
Online paper submission is open!
Final Date of Submission: 9th February 2003.
Call for papers
Euro-Par is well established as the premier European conference on all
aspects of parallel and distributed computing. Previous events were held in
Stockholm (1995), Lyon (1996), Passau (1997), Southampton (1998), Toulouse
(1999), Munich (2000), Manchester (2001) and Paderborn (2002). The
conference normally attracts more than 300 participants coming from
universities, research centres and industry.
Euro-Par 2003 will represent major themes in the categories of hardware,
software, algorithms and applications. New and interesting topics are
proposed, like Peer-to-Peer Computing, Distributed Multimedia Systems as
well as High-Performance Object-Oriented and Middleware Systems. For the
first time, we promote a Demo Session for the presentation of applications.
In common with previous years, Euro-Par 2003 will be organized as a number
of parallel sessions on the following topics for which papers are
solicited:
Topic 01: Support Tools and Environments
Topic 02: Performance Evaluation and Prediction
Topic 03: Scheduling and Load Balancing
Topic 04: Compilers for High Performance
Topic 05: Parallel and Distributed Databases, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Topic 06: Grid Computing and Middleware Systems
Topic 07: Applications on High-Performance Computers
Topic 08: Parallel Computer Architecture and Instruction-Level Parallelism
Topic 09: Distributed Algorithms
Topic 10: Parallel Programming: Models, Methods and Programming Languages
Topic 11: Numerical Algorithms and Scientific Engineering Problems
Topic 12: Architectures and Algorithms for Multimedia Applications
Topic 13: Theory and Algorithms for Parallel Computation
Topic 14: Routing and Communication in Interconnection Networks
Topic 15: Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Topic 16: Distributed Systems and Distributed Multimedia
Topic 17: High-Performance Object-Oriented and Middleware Systems
Topic 18: Peer-to-Peer Computing
Topic 19: Demonstration of Parallel and Distributed Computing taken from the
Topics above (Special Submission Rules)
Authors are requested to submit original papers to the topic they judge most
appropriate.
We plan to organize a vendors' session and industrial demonstrations.
Companies being interested to participate in the vendors' session or to
present a demonstration or both, should submit their proposal to László
Böszörményi (laszlo.boeszoermenyi@itec.uni-klu.ac.at ).
Submission Details may be found on the Submission Page. Final Date for
Submission: 9th February 2003.
All accepted papers will be available at the conference in the proceedings
published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series.
Special Issue:
Best papers of Euro-Par 2003 will appear in a Special Issue of the Parallel
Processing Letters for publication in the December Issue (Vol. 13, No.4).
Papers will be pre-selected during the Euro-Par Review Process. Final
Decision is based on attendance to the conference and the quality of the
paper.
Parallel Processing Letters (World Scientific) is a leading international
journal in the field of parallel and distributed computing and well known
for its rapid publication procedure.
TOPICS:
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Support Tools and Environments
Topic 01
Description
Tools have a crucial influence on the efficiency of a programmer and
of the parallel program. A wide variety of tools can be deployed
during implementation and in the production phase of a parallel
program. The topic aims at bringing together tool designers,
developers, and users and help them in sharing ideas, concepts, and
products in this field. We will cover individual tools supporting
implementation and production phases as well as concepts for tool
construction not necessarily targeted towards a specific single tool.
We would also appreciate practical experiences with tools and
comparisons between different tools. We encourage the submission of
new ideas on tools for hybrid message passing and shared memory
programming and on tools for clusters with large numbers of nodes.
Focus
* Debugging (off-line, on-line, threads)
* Performance Analysis (manual and automatic)
* Visualization (program flow, data)
* Computational Steering
* System-integrated load balancing
* Instrumentation techniques
* Integration of tools, compilers and operating systems
* Tool infrastructures
* Interoperable tool environments
* Tool evaluation
* Tool scalability for hundreds of nodes
* Hybrid shared memory and message passing tools
Global Chair
Prof. Dr. Helmar Burkhart
Institut für Informatik
University of Basel, Switzerland
Email: burkhart@ifi.unibas.ch
Vice Chairs
Prof. Rudolf Eigenmann
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University, USA
Email: eigenman@ecn.purdue.edu
Dr. Tomàs Margalef
Computer Science Department
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Email: tomas.margalef@uab.es
Local Chair
Prof. Dr. Thomas Ludwig
Institut für Informatik
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Email: t.ludwig@computer.org
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Performance Evaluation and Prediction
Topic 02
Description
Parallel systems exist solely to achieve better performance than is
possible on sequential systems. To meet this objective, it is
critical that users can both measure performance on a given system and
predict the performance for other systems. This workshop provides a
forum for research in all areas of performance measurement and
prediction. Of particular interest are tools and systems that work
with large-scale applications or large numbers (hundreds to thousands)
of processors.
In addition, approaches to understanding memory system performance are
encouraged.
Focus
* instrumentation for measurement and prediction
* predicting performance as applications scale-up
* measurement and modelling of grid middleware & applications
* performance data analysis and visualization
* evaluation and benchmarking
* system and hardware monitoring
* predictive performance models
* case studies involving tuning of real applications
* automatic performance analysis
Global Chair
Prof. Jeff Hollingsworth
Computer Science Department
University of Maryland, USA
Email: hollings@cs.umd.edu
Vice Chairs
Prof. Allen D. Malony
Department of Computer and
Information Science
University of Oregon, USA
Email: malony@cs.uoregon.edu
Prof. Jesús Labarta
European Center for Parallelism of Barcelona
Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Email: jesus@cepba.upc.es
Local Chair
Prof. Thomas Fahringer
Institute for Software Science
University of Vienna, Austria
Email: tf@par.univie.ac.at
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Scheduling and Load Balancing
Topic 03
Description
Scheduling and load balancing techniques are crucial issues in the
quest for performance in parallel and distributed applications. Such
techniques can be provided either at the application level or at the
system level, and both scenarios are of interest for this workshop.
A special emphasis will be put on the characteristics of scheduling
and load-balancing algorithms for new parallel and distributed systems
like clusters, grid and global computing.
Both theoretical and practical aspects will be covered.
Focus
* theoretical foundations of scheduling algorithms
* parallel graph partitioning algorithms
* adaptable load balancing algorithms
* actual implementations of scheduling and load-balancing algorithms
* tools and environments for load balancing and scheduling
* multi-level scheduling
* on-line scheduling
* scheduling on SMP clusters
* load-balancing for grid and global computing
* new features of scheduling algorithms (heterogeneity, hierarchy,
large scale scheduling, etc.)
* load balancing and middleware
* evaluation and analysis of load balancing and scheduling
techniques
Global Chair
Prof. Yves Robert
Laboratoire de l'Informatique du Parallélisme
ENS Lyon, France
Email: Yves.Robert@ens-lyon.fr
Vice Chairs
Dr. A.J.C. van Gemund
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
E-mail: a.j.c.vangemund@its.tudelft.nl
Dr. Henri Casanova
San Diego Supercomputing Center, USA
E-mail: casanova@cs.ucsd.edu
Local Chair
Dr. Dieter Kranzlmüller
GUP Linz
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Email: dk@gup.uni-linz.ac.at
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Compilers for High Performance (Compilation and Parallelization Techniques)
Topic 4
Description
This topic deals with all subjects concerning the automatic
parallelization and the compilation of programs for high performance
systems, from general-purpose platforms to specific hardware
accelerators. This includes language aspects, program analysis,
program transformations and optimizations for all resource utilization
(processors, functional units, memory requirements, power consumption,
code size, etc.).
A (non-exclusive) selection of standard issues covered is listed
below. The interplay between compiler technology and development and
execution environments is also included. Target programming styles
comprise the usual sequential imperative languages, but also very high
level, data-parallel, object-oriented, and single-assignment
languages. We also welcome submissions on practical experiences, -in
particular, industrial case studies- to assess the benefits and
limitations and the essential reasons responsible for success or
failure of current automatic parallelization techniques and
programming styles.
Focus
* static analysis
* program transformations
* cache optimizations
* automatic parallelization
* scheduling, allocation, mapping
* communication optimizations
* code generation
* languages (compilation aspects)
* dynamic compilation
* compiling for Grids and hybrid systems
* compiling for chip multiprocessors and embedded systems
Global Chair
Prof. Dr. Michael Gerndt
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Email: gerndt@in.tum.de
Vice Chairs
Prof. Chau-Wen Tseng
University of Maryland
College Park, USA
Email: tseng@cs.umd.edu
Dr. Michael O'Boyle
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK
Email: mob@dcs.ed.ac.uk
Local Chair
Dr. Markus Schordan
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, USA
Email: schordan1@llnl.gov
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Parallel and Distributed Databases, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Topic 05
Description
To manage the very large amount of data today available, computer
scientists are working on efficient systems, algorithms and
applications that can handle and analyze very large databases.
Intensive data consuming applications are running on very large
databases (on data warehouses, on multimedia databases) with the task
to extract information diamonds. Data mining is one of the key
applications here. However, these intensive data consuming
applications suffer from performance problems and single database
sources. Introducing data distribution and parallel processing help to
overcome resource bottlenecks and to achieve guaranteed throughput,
quality of service, and system scalability. Distributed architectures
supported by high performance networks and intelligent middleware
offer parallel and distributed databases a great opportunity to
support cost-effective everyday applications.
We especially solicit submissions for either the Experience and
Application Section, or the traditional System and Research Section.
Focus
Experience and Application Section
* data mining, knowledge discovery
* multimedia applications
* data warehousing and decision support
* discovering structures in web data, web data mining
* mobile computing and databases
* web applications
* data-intensive grids
* case studies
System and Research Section
* query optimization and query processing
* parallel algorithms for data mining
* communication requirements for parallel data mining
* data representation and storage for fast access
* middleware and architectural issues
* transaction processing
* distributed knowledge discovery
Global Chair
Prof. Bernhard Mitschang
Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems
Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Email: Bernhard.Mitschang@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Vice Chairs
Prof. David Skillicorn
Queen's University
Kingston, Canada
Email: skill@cs.queensu.ca
Dr. Philippe Bonnet
Datalogisk Institut
Københavns Universitet, Denmark
Email: bonnet@diku.dk
Local Chair
Prof. Domenico Talia
Dipartimento di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica
University of Calabria, Italy
Email: talia@deis.unical.it
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Grid Computing and Middleware Systems
Topic 06
Description
Grid computing, streamlined by the successful Global Grid Forum (GGF),
has become a major new research area over the past few years, with
strong involvement from both academia and the computing industry.
Although much progress has been made in the deployment of grid
infrastructures, many challenges still lie ahead of us before the
ultimate goal of the grid can be realized. The research issues cover
many areas of computer science, ranging from fundamental problems
(imposed by the sheer size of a grid), software engineering problems
(due to the inherent complexity), and technical issues, to a demand
for more application experience. Research on Grid technology,
therefore, will greatly benefit from interactions with related areas
of Computer Science, making Euro-Par an excellent platform to discuss
such research issues.
Focus
* Grid middleware
* Resource management
* Security
* Programming languages and models
* Scheduling and load balancing
* Grid algorithms and applications
* Distributed supercomputing
* Peer-to-peer computing for the Grid
* Management of large-scale distributed data
* Portals
Global Chair
Prof. Henri Bal
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Email: bal@cs.vu.nl
Vice Chairs
Dr. Domenico LaForenza
Information Science and Technologies Institute
Italian National Research Council (CNR)
Pisa, Italy
Email: domenico.laforenza@cnuce.cnr.it
Prof. Thierry Priol
INRIA Rennes Research Unit, France
Email: Thierry.Priol@irisa.fr
Local Chair
Prof. Peter Kacsuk
Computer and Automation Research Institute
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Hungary
Email: kacsuk@sztaki.hu
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Applications on High-Performance Computers
Topic 07
Description
Numerically intensive computing, such as large-scale simulations for
scientific and engineering applications, requires sophisticated usage
of highly parallel computers. The increase of availability,
scalability and efficiency of PC clusters has led to increased
interest in clusters and also in possible application in industry,
business, and management. The recent development of middleware tools
makes it possible to use computational or data grids to solve the
largest classes of problems with requirements for highly heterogeneous
computer resources.
This topic aims at the development, implementation and lessons learned
from the development and using of real industrial, engineering,
scientific, and commercial applications on parallel/distributed
computing systems including computational and data grids with special
interest given to multidisciplinary applications.
Papers describing the experience of porting industrial codes as well
as the presentation of new applications developed for modern
computational parallel/distributed environments are welcome. Interest
will be focused on performance issues.
Focus
* existing traditional industrial applications in computational
fluid dynamics, computational structural mechanics/dynamics,
computational chemistry and biotechnology, environmental quality
modelling, computational drug design, computational
electromagnetic modelling,
* new applications such as natural phenomena modelling, virtual
reality, multimedia support, data compression, geographical
information systems, data mining, data-intensive computing,
cognitive recognition and others,
* next generation software applications for business, engineering
and management,
* methodology for the development and implementation of large-scale
grid-enabled applications for simulation and visualisation, with
special interest on the applications that require real time
response and interaction with the user. Possible examples cover
pre-treatment planning in surgical procedures, flood prevention
and protection, weather forecast and air pollution modelling,
applications for physics analysis.
Global Chair
Prof. Jacek Kitowski
Institute of Computer Science and ACC CYFRONET UMM
University of Mining and Metallurgy , Karkow, Poland
Email: kito@icsr.agh.edu.pl
Vice Chairs
Prof. Boleslaw K. Szymanski
Department of Computer Science
Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, USA
Email: szymansk@cs.rpi.edu
Prof. Andrzej M. Goscinski
School of Information Technology
Deakin University, Australia
Email: ang@deakin.edu.au
Local Chair
Dr. Peter Luksch
Lehrstuhl für Rechnertechnik und Rechnerorganisation
Institut für Informatik,
Technische Universität München, Germany
Email: Peter.Luksch@computer.org
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Parallel Computer Architecture and Instruction-Level Parallelism
Topic 08
Description
Instruction-Level Parallelism and parallel processing techniques are
present in most contemporary computing systems. The scope of this
topic includes (but is not limited to) parallel computer
architectures, processor architecture (architecture and
microarchitecture as well as compilation), the impact of emerging
microprocessor architectures on parallel computer architectures,
innovative memory designs to hide and reduce the access latency,
multi-threading, and the impact of emerging applications on parallel
computer architecture design.
Our aim is to bring together researchers in the fields of parallel
computer architecture and processor architecture. We invite
researchers with interest in both conventional and non-conventional
approaches to participate. Papers are being sought on all aspects of
parallel computer architecture, processor architecture and
microarchitecture, including (but not limited to) the following list
of topics.
Focus
* parallel computer architecture
* ILP architectures and designs
* microarchitecture and implementation techniques
* performance evaluation and benchmarking of processor architectures
* multithreaded processors
* single chip multiprocessors
* memory system designs
* multiprocessor and vector architectures
* theoretical foundations of processor architectures
* compilation techniques for parallel computer architectures
* application-specific and embedded processors
* stream processing microarchitectures
* signal processors
* network processors
* reconfigurable processors
* asynchronous processors
Global Chair
Prof. Stamatis Vassiliadis
Computer Engineering Laboratory
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Email: S.Vassiliadis@et.tudelft.nl
Vice Chairs
Prof. Nikitas J. Dimopoulos
Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada
Email: nikitas@ECE.UVic.CA
Dr. Jean-Froncois Collard
Intel Compiler Lab, USA
Email: jean-francois.j.collard@intel.com
Local Chair
Prof. Arndt Bode
Lehrstuhl für Rechnertechnik und Rechnerorganisation
Institut für Informatik
Technische Universität München
Email: bode@in.tum.de
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Distributed Algorithms
Topic 09
Description
The wide acceptance of the internet standards and technologies, the
emerging Grid structures makes it hard to imagine a situation in which
it would be easier to argue about the importance of distributed
algorithms than it is today.
Euro-Par intends to provide a forum for researchers from academia and
industry interested in distributed algorithms, including the areas of
communications, active networks, real-time algorithms and operating
systems issues. Innovative algorithms improving the security in
distributed systems are of particular interest.
Focus
* design and analysis of distributed algorithms (including
performance analysis)
* resource sharing in distributed systems
* real-time distributed algorithms and systems
* distributed algorithms in telecommunications
* distributed mobile computing
* cryptography, security and privacy in distributed systems
* distributed fault-tolerance
* efficient algorithms based on shared memory and distributed memory
Global Chair
Prof. Jayadev Misra
Departement of Computer Sciences
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
Email: misra@cs.utexas.edu
Vice Chairs
Prof. Wolfgang Reisig
Institut für Informatik
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Email: reisig@informatik.hu-berlin.de
Dr. Michael Schöttner
Abteilung Verteilte Systeme
Universität Ulm, Germany
Email: schoettner@informatik.uni-ulm.de
Local Chair
Dr. Laurent Lefevre
RESO / LIP
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Email: laurent.lefevre@inria.fr
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Parallel Programming: Models, Methods and Programming Languages
Topic 10
Description
This topic provides a forum for the presentation of the latest
research results and practical experience in the development of
parallel programs. Advances in algorithmic and programming models,
design methods, languages, and interfaces are needed to produce
correct, portable parallel software with predictable performance on
different parallel and distributed architectures.
The topic emphasises results that improve the process of developing
high-performance programs, including high-integrity programs that are
scalable with both problem size and complexity. Of particular interest
are novel techniques by which parallel software can be assembled from
reusable parallel components without compromising efficiency. Related
to this is the need for parallel software to adapt, both to available
resources and to the problem being solved.
Where appropriate, contributions should demonstrate quantitative
performance results in support of their claims, and address
applications not adequately handled by well-established approaches.
Focus
* Languages, libraries and interfaces for different parallel
programming models (e.g. data-parallelism, task-parallelism,
functional, object-oriented, logic, component-based, etc.).
* Implementation and optimisation techniques for innovative parallel
languages and programming models (e.g. threads, dataflow, tiling,
skeletons, declarative languages, and generalised data-parallel
approaches, etc.).
* Performance models and their integration into the design of
efficient parallel algorithms and programs (e.g. BSP, LogP, CGM,
N-half and their alternatives, cost calculi and static performance
prediction, profile-driven approaches).
* Parallel programming paradigms and tools, their comparison and
integration (e.g. data-parallel vs. task-parallel, coordination
programming, performance analysis and debugging).
* Methodological aspects of developing, optimizing and validating
parallel programs (formalisms, semantics, specification, design,
transformations, verification, etc.).
* Software engineering for parallel and distributed systems (design
patterns, portability, robustness, standardization, etc.).
* Systematic approaches and programming models to support effective
program development in grid environments.
* Domain-specific parallel libraries and languages (e.g. for
simulation, irregular and unstructured meshes, computational
geometry, etc.).
Global Chair
Prof. José C. Cunha
New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Email: jcc@di.fct.unl.pt
Vice Chairs
Dr. Marco Danelutto
University of Pisa, Italy
Email: marcod@di.unipi.it
Prof. Peter H. Welch
University of Kent, United Kingdom
Email: P.H.Welch@ukc.ac.uk
Local Chair
Dr. Christoph Herrmann
Universität Passau, Germany
Email: herrmann@fmi.uni-passau.de
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Numerical Algorithms and Scientific Engineering Problems
Topic 11
Description
Fast and robust parallel algorithms for the basic problems of
numerical mathematics are crucial for solving the problems in
computational science and engineering that arise today.
This workshop will be a forum for the presentation and discussion of
new developments in the field of parallel numerical algorithms,
covering all aspects from basic algorithms, software design and
prototyping to efficient implementation on modern parallel
architectures and performance analysis. Because of its importance for
High Performance Scientific Computing applications, the parallel
direct or iterative solution of large systems of linear and nonlinear
equations will be of prime interest.
However, contributions dealing with problems other than numerical
linear and nonlinear algebra, or with general topics concerning
parallel numerical methods are also welcome.
Focus
* numerical linear algebra
* large sparse or dense linear systems and eigensystems
* nonlinear systems
* fast transforms (wavelets, FFT)
* discretized partial differential equations
Global Chair
Prof. Iain Duff
Computational Science and Engineering Department
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Oxfordshire, UK
Email: I.S.Duff@rl.ac.uk
Vice Chairs
Prof. Henk van der Vorst
Mathematical Institute
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Email: vorst@math.uu.nl
Dr. Luc Giraud
CERFACS
Toulouse, France
Email: giraud@cerfacs.fr
Local Chair
Prof. Peter Zinterhof
Department of Scientific Computing
Salzburg University, Austria
Email: peter.zinterhof@sbg.ac.at
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Architectures and Algorithms for Multimedia Applications
Topic 12
Description
In the recent years multimedia technology has emerged as a key technology,
mainly because of its ability to represent information in disparate forms as
a bit-stream. This enables everything from text to video and sound to be
stored, processed, and delivered in digital form. A great part of the
current research community effort has emphasized the delivery of the data as
an important issue of multimedia technology. However, the creation,
processing, and management of multimedia forms are the issues most likely to
dominate the scientific interest in the long run. The aim to deal with
information coming from video, text, and sound will result in a data
explosion. This requirement to store, process, and manage large data sets
naturally leads to the consideration of programmable parallel processing
systems as strong candidates in supporting and enabling multimedia
technology. Therefore, this fact taken together with the inherent data
parallelism in these data types makes multimedia computing a natural
application area for parallel processing. In addition to this, the concepts
developed for parallel and distributed algorithms are quite useful for the
implementation of distributed multimedia systems and applications. Thus, the
adaptation of these methods for distributed multimedia systems is an
interesting topic to be studied.
Focus
* parallel and distributed architectures for multimedia
* parallel multimedia computing servers
* mapping multimedia applications to parallel and distributed
architectures
* system interfaces and programming tools to support multimedia
applications on parallel processing systems
* multimedia content creation, processing, and management using
parallel architectures
* parallel processing architectures of multimedia set-top boxes
* parallel implementations of multimedia codecs
* multimedia agent technology and parallel processing
* "proof of concept" implementations and case studies
Global Chair
Prof. Ishfaq Ahmad
Computer Science Department
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Email: iahmad@cs.ust.hk
Vice Chairs
Prof. Pieter Jonker
Department of Applied Physics
Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands
Email: pieter@ph.tn.tudelft.nl
Dr. Bertil Schmidt
School of Computer Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: asbschmidt@ntu.edu.sg
Local Chair
Prof. Andreas Uhl
Department of Scientific Computing
Salzburg University, Austria
Email: andreas.uhl@sbg.ac.at
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Theory and Algorithms for Parallel Computation
Topic 13
Description
The goal of algorithm design and complexity theory in
parallel/distributed computing is to study efficient algorithms for
(and limitations on the complexity of) problems, taking into account
such parallel complexity measures as the number of processing nodes,
the amount of communication or other resources in addition to
classical measures such as time and space. Research areas such as
development of efficient parallel algorithms including new techniques
on randomization and approximation, on realistic parallel computation
models, communication complexity, parallel complexity classes, and
lower bounds for specific problems have received a lot of attention in
recent years, but many important problems remain open. We invite
papers concerning investigations in these areas.
Focus
* static algorithms and lower bounds for key computational problems
in specific applications
* models of parallel and distributed computing (e.g., BSP, CGM,
LogP, PRAM, fixed processor networks, Boolean circuits, BDDs,
...)
* deterministic, randomized or approximation algorithms for these
problems
* communication complexity
* parallel complexity classes
* emerging new paradigms of parallel computing (quantum computing,
optical computing, biocomputing, ...)
Global Chair
Prof. Christos Kaklamanis
Computer Technology Institute and
Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics
University of Patras, Greece
Email: kakl@ceid.upatras.gr
Vice Chairs
Prof. Danny Krizanc
Computer Science Group
Mathematics Department
Wesleyan University, USA
Email: dkrizanc@wesleyan.edu
Dr. Pierre Fraigniaud
Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique
Université Paris-Sud, France
Email: pierre@lri.fr
Local Chair
Prof. Michael Kaufmann
Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik
Universität Tübingen, Germany
Email: mk@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
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Routing and Communication in Interconnection Networks
Topic 14
Description
This topic is devoted to communication in parallel computers, networks
of workstations, and more widely distributed systems such as grids.
All aspects of communication will be examined, including the design
and implementation of interconnection networks and communication
protocols, advances in system area and storage area networks, routing
and communication algorithms, and the communication costs of parallel
and distributed algorithms. Contributed papers are sought that present
significant, original advances in the theory and/or practice of
communication in on-chip interconnects, parallel computers, and
distributed systems, up to grid computing infrastructures.
Contributions addressing novel aspects such as techniques to reduce
power consumption and/or heat dissipation are particularly welcome.
Focus
* Interconnection networks
* Routing algorithms
* On-chip and power-efficient interconnects
* Network adapters and high-speed system area networks for cluster
computing
* I/O architectures and storage area networks
* Switch architectures
* Lightweight and user-level communication protocols
* Fault-tolerant and reconfigurable networks
* Multimedia and QoS-aware communication
* Network performance measurement and analysis
* Communication costs of parallel and distributed algorithms
* Collective communication and synchronization support for parallel
computation
Global Chair
Prof. José Duato
Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Email: jduato@gap.upv.es
Vice Chairs
Prof. Olav Lysne
Simula Research Lab and University of Oslo, Norway
Email: olavly@simula.no
Prof. Timothy Pinkston
University of Southern California, USA
Email: tpink@charity.usc.edu
Local Chair
Prof. Hermann Hellwagner
Institute of Information Technology
University Klagenfurt, Austria
Email: hermann.hellwagner@uni-klu.ac.at
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Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Topic 15
Description
The development of small and powerful computing devices and,
simultaneously, of wireless, mobile communication systems offers a
great variety of new applications, summarized under the name of Mobile
Computing. The phenomenal growth of those mobile computing devices,
together with current trends in embedded systems and software,
real-time interaction and omnipresent wireless networking fertilises
the formation of a Ubiquitous Computing landscape, in which digital
environments are aware of the presence of users, sensitive, adaptive
and responsive to the users needs, habits and emotions and
ubiquitously accessible for the user via natural interaction.
This topic solicits papers dealing with the following mobile and
ubiquitous computing elements: mobility, ubiquity, awareness,
intelligence, and natural interaction. Mobility addresses solutions
that help to make time, geographic, media and service boundaries less
and less important. Ubiquity refers to a situation in which we are
surrounded by a multitude of interconnected embedded systems, which
are (mostly) invisible and moved into the background of our
surrounding (workplace, building, home, outdoor). Awareness refers to
the ability of the system to recognise and localise objects as well as
people and their intentions. Intelligence refers to the fact that the
digital surrounding is able to adapt itself to the people that live in
it, learn from their behaviour, and possibly recognise as well as show
emotion. Natural interaction finally refers to advanced modalities
like natural speech- and gesture recognition, as well as
speech-synthesis, which will allow a much more human-like
communication with the digital environment than is possible today.
The aim of the topic is to bring together, at Euro-Par 2003, computer
scientists and engineers in the areas of wireless networking, mobile
computing, and ubiquitous computing in order to present and share
their ideas about the design and analysis of ubiquitous computing
environments and the challenges imposed by the applications of mobile
and ubiquitous computing.
Focus
* Mobile/wireless computing infrastructure
* Communication in mobile networks
* Mobility and QoS management
* Ad-hoc and personal area networks
* Media access techniques and terminals
* Ubiquitous/pervasive computing software architectures
* Ubiquitous access and context computing
* Smart devices and smart spaces
* Intelligent environments
* Sensors and actuators
* Positioning/tracking/authentication systems and technologies
* Mobile/ubiquitous/wearable computing scenarios
* Location-dependent/personalized wireless applications
* User interfaces and interaction models
Global Chair
Prof. Max Mühlhäuser
FG Telekooperation
TU Darmstadt, Germany
Email: max@informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
Vice Chairs
Prof. Azzedine Boukerche
Department of Computer Sciences University of North Texas, USA
Email: boukerche@cs.unt.edu
Dr. Karin Hummel
Institute for Computer Science and Business Informatics
University of Vienna, Austria
Email: karin@ani.univie.ac.at
Local Chair
Prof. Alois Ferscha
Institut für Praktische Informatik, Gruppe Software
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
Email: ferscha@soft.uni-linz.ac.at
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Distributed Systems and Distributed Multimedia
Topic 16
Description
Euro-Par intends to provide a forum for researchers from academia and
industry interested in distributed systems, including communication
and operating systems aspects.
For the first time at Euro-Par we want to lay a special emphasis on
the questions of distributed multimedia systems. We believe that
multimedia is one of the most important challenges of the next decade
and therefore it is worth to set such a focus. We are especially
interested in the questions of digital items in distributed multimedia
systems as defined in MPEG-21.
Focus
* Techniques and formal models for the design and analysis of
distributed (multimedia) systems
* Architectures and structuring mechanisms for parallel and
distributed (multimedia) systems
* Distributed (multimedia) operating systems
* Concurrency, performance and scalability in distributed
(multimedia) systems
* Fault tolerance of distributed (multimedia) systems
* Transparency in distributed (multimedia) systems
* Media-, system- and application-level adaptation in distributed
multimedia systems
* Streaming and quality of service in distributed multimedia systems
* Technologies and applications related to MPEG-4 and MPEG-7
multimedia representation standards
* Technologies and applications relying on the notion of digital
item as defined in the MPEG-21 standard
Global Chair
Prof. Fernando Pereira
Electrical and Computers Department
Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisboa, Portugal
Email: Fernando.Pereira@lx.it.pt
Vice Chairs
Prof. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE),
University of Ottawa, Canada
Email: elsaddik@site.uottawa.ca abed@mcrlab.uottawa.ca
Dr. Roy Friedman
Department of Computer Science,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
Haifa, Israel
E-mail: roy@cs.technion.ac.il
Local Chair
Prof. Laszlo Böszörmenyi
Institute of Information Technology
University Klagenfurt, Austria
Email: laszlo@itec.uni-klu.ac.at
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High-Performance Object-Oriented and Middleware Systems
Topic 17
Description
This topic will focus on object-orientation in a broad range of topics
(including parallelism, communication, distribution, and
high-performance applications and systems) and Java in the broad area
of high-performance computing (including engineering and scientific
applications, simulations, and data-intensive applications).
Focus
Object-Orientation (OO) in a broad range of Topics, including:
· Parallelism
· Communication
· Distribution
· High-Performance Applications and Systems.
Java in the broad area of High-Performance Computing including:
· Large Scale Enterprise Middleware
· Scalable Grade Middleware -- Autonomic Systems
· Engineering and Scientific Applications
· Simulations and Data-intensive Applications.
Global Chair
Prof. Geoffrey Fox
Community Grids Laboratory
Indiana University, USA
gcf@indiana.edu
Vice Chairs
Dr. Mark Bull
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC)
University of Edinburgh, UK
Email: M.Bull@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Dr. Andrew Wendelborn
Department of Computer Science
University of Adelaide, Australia
Email: andrew@cs.adelaide.edu.au
Local Chair
Prof. Michael Philippsen
Institut für Informatik
Univesität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Email: philippsen@cs.fau.de
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Peer-to-Peer Computing
Topic 18
Description
This Topic is devoted to High-Performance Computing on widely
distributed systems utilizing Peer-to-Peer technologies. In contrast
with the usual Client-Server organization scheme, these systems are
(or attempt at being) highly decentralized, self-organizing with
respect to the external context, and with a notion of balanced
resource trading. Hence, each node within such a system can provide
both Client and Server capability. In the long term, participating
nodes may expect to be granted as much resources as they provide.
Because of size, autonomy and high volatility of their resources, P2P
platforms provide the opportunity for researchers to re-evaluate many
fields of Distributed Computing, such as protocols, infrastructures,
security, certification, fault tolerance, scheduling, performance,
etc.
This Topic focuses on High-Performance Computing in the broadest
sense: putting together CPU cycles, acquiring input data, managing
temporary and persistent data, interacting with the user, storing
result files, etc. Work addressing new issues raised by the current
trend for the convergence of Grid and P2P systems will be of
particular interest: concerning installation, utilization,
flexibility, scalability, etc.
Authors wishing to demonstrate running systems and applications in
addition to their research paper are invited to refer to the specific
Demonstration Topic 19.
Focus
* P2P platforms for HPC
* Middleware, programming models, environments and toolkits for P2P
HPC
* P2P-aware algorithms for HPC
* Large-scale data management for P2P HPC
* Convergence between P2P and Grid systems
* Performance monitoring, benchmarking, evaluation and modeling of
P2P systems
* Security, confidentiality in P2P HPC
* Resource and service discovery in P2P systems
* Structuring P2P systems
* Utilizing intelligent approaches in P2P
* Agent based support for P2P systems
Global Chair
Prof. Luc Bougé
IRISA, ENS Cachan, Brittany extension
Rennes, France
Email: Luc.Bouge@bretagne.ens-cachan.fr
Vice Chairs
Dr. Bernard Traversat
Project JXTA
Sun Microsystems, SCA21-308
Santa Clara, USA
Email: Bernard.Traversat@sun.com
Dr. Omer Rana
Department of Computer Science
Cardiff University, UK
Email: O.F.Rana@cs.cardiff.ac.uk
Local Chair
Dr. Franck Cappello,
CNRS,
LRI-Université Paris-Sud, France
Email: Franck.Cappello@lri.fr
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Demonstrations of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Topic 19
Description
Euro-Par solicitates, for the first time, papers describing original
demonstrations in the area of parallel and distributed computing, and
related to the eighteen Euro-Par conference topics. Demonstrators
shall present live exemplars of tools, prototypes, or simulations
showing feasible technology in parallel and distributed computing. It
is expected that the demonstrations will provide feedback from the
technology developer community on what has been achieved and to enable
discussion of new technology and methods.
Demonstrations which are related to European projects, grid computing
etc. are particularly encouraged.
Demonstrators will be provided with space for posters as well as
networking and basic computing equipment to present their prototypes.
Submission Details
Authors are invited to submit a 4 page demonstration paper following
the submission procedure detailed here.
Authors of a demonstration paper should:
* state the topic (1.-18.) to which the demonstration is related,
* state the originality of the submission in terms of the prototype
demonstrated,
* describe the mechanism for demonstrating the prototype at Euro-Par
2003,
* describe the original scientific content which is the basis for
the demonstrated prototype (provide links to related research
articles, technical reports, etc.)
Authors of a demonstration paper may support their submissions by
providing:
* links to Web-interfaces for the prototype,
* links to snapshot of the prototype,
* links to videos-, and/or animations which show the functionality
of the prototype.
Global Chair
Prof. Ron Perrott
School of Computer Science
Queen's University Belfast, UK
Email: r.perrott@qub.ac.uk
Vice Chairs
Prof. Henk Sips
Faculty of Information Technology and Systems
Technical University of Delft
The Netherlands
Email: H.J.Sips@its.tudelft.nl
Dr. Jarek Nabrzyski
Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
Poznan, Poland
Email: naber@man.poznan.pl
Local Chair
Michael Kropfberger
Institute of Information Technology
University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Email: mike@itec.uni-klu.ac.at
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