The Second European Conference on
Parallel and Distributed Systems (Euro-PDS'98)
July 1-3, 1998
Vienna, Austria
PURPOSE
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The Second European Conference on Parallel and Distributed
Systems (Euro-PDS'98) pursues the aim of becoming a major forum
for scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to
present their latest research results, ideas, developments and
applications in all areas of parallel and distributed systems. It will
include keynote addresses, contributed papers, tutorials, panels and
workshops.
The purpose of the Second European Conference on Parallel
and Distributed Systems is to bring together developers and
researchers from universities, industry and government to
advance the field of parallel and distributed computing. The technical
areas of the conference include: Architecture, Distributed Operating Systems,
Distributed and Parallel Databases, Communication Protocols, Mobile Computing,
Distributed Multimedia, Distributed Real-Time Systems, Distributed Algorithms
and Languages, Tools and Software Engineering, Distributed Resource Management
and Scheduling, Fault Tolerance, Availability, Scalability, Interoperability
and Security, Performance of Parallel and Distributed Systems.
A Web site located at http://www.iasted.com provides the latest information
on Euro-PDS'98.
LOCATION
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Vienna is old - Vienna is new! Vienna has 1.8 million
inhabitants -- a metropolis with an imperial past, it is now a center of
commerce with dynamic flair, a focal point in a new Europe. Vienna is
easily accessible, offering an abundance of cultural highlights and
culinary delights as well as exquisite shopping opportunities.
Vienna is the capital of Austria, home to many important sights
and international centers. It is located in the center of Europe
and has traditionally been a bridge between the east and the west.
The main landmarks of Vienna consist of St. Stephan's Cathedral at
the heart of the city, the Opera House, and the Palaces of Shoenbrunn and
Belvedere. The city is also home to many museums. The Fine Arts Museum
houses the largest collection of Breugels. The State Opera and
the Vienna Philharmonic are world-famous.
SCOPE
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The main focus of Euro PDS'98 will be parallel and distributed computing
and systems viewed from the three perspectives of architecture and
networking, software systems and applications.
SOFTWARE
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Federated databases and multi-databases
Multimedia information systems
Data management on the Internet
Industrial challenges with legacy information systems
Advanced applications of database systems
Interoperability in workflow management systems
Parallel and distributed information systems
Modeling and simulation
Performance measurements
Visualization
Operating systems
Programming languages
Various parallel programming paradigms
Software development environments
Parallelizing compilers
ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORKING
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Instruction level parallelism
Superscalar architectures
Performance evaluation
Multi-threaded architecture
Massive parallel systems
Computer architecture
SIMD/MIMD processors
Various parallel/concurrent architecture styles
Interconnection networks
Memory systems and management
I/O in parallel processing
VLSI systems
Computer networks
Communications and telecommunications
Wireless networks and mobile computing
ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS
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Parallel and distributed algorithms
Resource allocation and management
Load sharing and balancing
Mapping and scheduling
Network routing and communication algorithms
Reliability and fault-tolerance
Neural networks
High performance scientific computing
Application studies
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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GENERAL CHAIR
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Prof. Mehdi Jazayeri, Austria
Program Co-chairs
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Prof. Omran Bukhres, USA
Prof. H. El-Rewini, USA
Technical Vice Chairs
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ALGORITHMS & APPLICATIONS
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Prof. Arif Ghafoor
Department of Computer Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
USA 47907-1285
TEL (567) 494-3806
FAX (567) 494-3371
Email: ghafoor@ecn.purdue.edu
SOFTWARE
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Prof. eva Kuehn
University of Technology Vienna
Institute of Computer Languages
Argentinierstr. 8
A-1040 Wien
Austria
TEL (+431) 58801-4475 (or -4461)
FAX (+431) 505 78 38
E-mail: eva@complang.tuwien.ac.at
ARCHITECTURE & NETWORKING
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Prof. Emilio Luque
Department of Computer Architecture
Faculty of Sciences
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
08193 Barcelona
Spain
TEL (+34) 3 581 19 90
(+34) 3 581 13 56
FAX (+34) 3 581 24 78
Email: iarqr@cc.uab.es
Tutorials Chairperson
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Prof. Yahiko Kambayashi
Department of Information Science
Kyoto University
Sakyo Kyoto 606-01 Japan
TEL (+81) 75-753-5375
FAX (+81) 75-753-4970
Email: yahiko@kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Publicity and Coordinator Chairs
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Europe: Prof. Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, France
Americas: Prof. Rajeev Raje, USA
Asia-Pacific: Prof. Athman Bouguettaya, Australia
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and
experiences are solicited. Papers will be selected based on
their originality, significance, correctness, relevance and
clarity of presentation. Four copies of the manuscript should be submitted
to the corresponding chair prior to December 10, 1997. All papers will be
refereed following the international standards (at least three referees)
and accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings. A manuscript should be double-spaced and not exceed 15 pages
including tables and figures. The title page must include the title, author
name(s), affiliation, postal address, phone and e-mail address (please make
sure that e-mail is current and working). For multi-authored submissions,
the author for correspondence should be indicated.
Correspondence relating to submissions will be conducted by electronic mails
as much as possible. Faxed submissions are not acceptable.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
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Full papers and tutorials due December 10, 1997
Notifications sent February 14, 1998
Registration & manuscripts due March 16, 1998
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Karl Aberer, Germany
Osman Abou-Rabia, Canada
Ishfaq Ahmad, Hong Kong
Jose Miguel Alonso, Spain
Yacine Atif, Singapore
Mir Atiqullah, USA
Fabrizio Baiardi, Italy
Noureddine Belkhatir, France
Abdelghani Bellaachia, Morocco
Boualem Benatallah, Australia
Antonia Bertolino, Italy
Elisa Bertino, Italy
Ray Chin, USA
Christine Collet, France
Stephen Cook, UK
Flavio De Paoli, Italy
Mohammed El-Sharkawi, Kuwait
Innes Jelly, UK
Peter Kacsuk, Hungary
Yahiko Kambayashi, Japan
Joao Paulo Kitajima, Brasil
Masaru Kitsuregawa, Japan
Wolfgang Klas, Germany
Gabriele Kotsis, Austria
Michael A. Langston, USA
Javam C. Machado, Brazil
Zina Ben Miled, USA
Edward D. Moreno, Brazil
Peter Muth, Germany
Rodolphe Nassif, USA
Klara Nahrstedt, USA
Paddy Nixon, Ireland
Salvatore Orlando, Italy
Frantisek Plasil, Czech Republic
Jaroslav Pokorny, Czech Republic
Prabhu Ram, USA
Lucian Russell, USA
Stefano Russo, Italy
Vineet Singh, USA
Arun Somani, USA
Pradip K. Srimani, USA
Zahir Tari, Australia
Georg Trausmuth, Austria
Kazumasa Yokota, Japan
Yoon Yong-Ik, South Korea
Philip S. Yu, USA
Amr Zaky, USA
Albert Y. Zomaya, Australia
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Rajeev Raje Assistant Professor
Phone: 317-274-5174 (O) 317-274-9742 (Fax)
rraje@cs.iupui.edu/rajeev_raje@acm.org
http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~rraje
280H SL
Computer and Information Science Department
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
'ATHA TO BRAHMA JIDNYASA'......
The thirst of the knowledge does not end till 'Brahma'!!
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