CFP Euro-PDS'98

[Gabriele Kotsis]

      The Second European International Conference on
          Parallel and Distributed Systems (Euro-PDS'98)
                           July 1-3, 1998
                           Vienna, Austria

PURPOSE
The second International 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 International 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: Distributed and Parallel Systems, 
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
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 central city of the land, home to many important persons,
and, coincidentally, the place where all fledgling adventurers start. It
must be passed through to get from the eastern ocean shore to the
Grimwall which comprises the western border of the land.

The main landmarks of Vienna consist of St. Stephan's Cathedral, Mallin's 
Arena, and the world famous Bazaar. The city is also home to many visitors 
and houses the most famous Inn in the land, Otto's Inn.

SCOPE
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
	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
	Modelling and simulation
	Performance measurements
	Visualization
	Operating systems
	Programming languages
	Various parallel programming paradigms
	Software development environments
	Parallelizing compilers


ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORKING
	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
	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

GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Prof. Mehdi Jazayeri, Austria

Program Co-chairpersons
Prof. Omran Bukhres, USA
Prof. H. El-Rewini, USA


Technical Vice Chairs

ALGORITHMS & APPLICATIONS
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
Prof. Eva Khuen
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
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
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
Europe: Prof. Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, France
Americas: Prof. Rajeev Raje, USA
Asia-Pacific: Prof. Athman Bouguettaya, Australia

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

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

Full papers and tutorials due                   December 10, 1997
Notifications sent                              February 14, 1998
Registration & manuscripts due                  March    16, 1998



INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Karl Aberer, Germany
Osman Abou-Rabia, Canada
Ishfaq Ahmad, Hong Kong
Jose Miguel Alonso, Spain
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
Mohamed El-Sharkawi, Kuwait
Innes Jelly, UK  
Peter Kacsuk, Hungary 
Yahiko Kambayashi, Japan
Masaru Kitsuregawa, Japan
Wolfgang Klas, Germany
Gabriele Kotsis, Austria
Michael A. Langston, USA
Javam C. Machado, Brazil 
Zina Ben Miled, USA
Peter Muth, Germany
Rodolphe Nassif, USA 
Klara Nahrstedt, USA 
Paddy Nixon, Ireland
Salvatore Orlando, Italy 
Joao Paulo, Brazil
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 
Kazumasa Yokota, Japan
Atif Yacine, Singapore
Yoon Yong-Ik, South Korea
Philip S. Yu, USA
Amr Zaky, USA
Albert Y. Zomaya, Australia


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Secretariat Euro-PDS'98
#80, 4500 - 16th Ave. N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada   T3B 0M6

Tel: (403) 288-1195
Fax: (403) 247-6851
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