ICPADS '94 CALL FOR PAPERS 1994 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems December 19-21, 1994 National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Sponsored by National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. In Cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing and Technical Committee on Distributed Processing General Co-Chairs ----------------- Zen Chen, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC H. J. Siegel, Purdue Univ., USA Program Co-Chairs ----------------- Cheng Chen, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Lionel M. Ni, Michigan State Univ., USA Steering Committee Chair ------------------------ Wen-Tsuen Chen, National Tsing Hua Univ., ROC International Advisory Committee -------------------------------- K. Hwang, Univ. of Southern California, USA H. T. Kung, Harvard Univ., USA D. H. Lawrie, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, USA R. C. T. Lee, Providence Univ., ROC M. T. Liu, Ohio State Univ., USA C. V. Ramamoothy, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA E. Swartzlander, Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA H. Tanaka, Tokyo Univ., Japan Ben W. Wah, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, USA C. L. Wu, Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA Secretary-General ----------------- Hsi-Jian Lee, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Tutorial Co-Chairs ------------------ Jie-Yong Juang, National Taiwan Univ., ROC Chia-Hong Lee, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Eric Wu, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Publicity Co-Chairs ------------------- John K. Antonio, Purdue Univ., USA Suh-Yin Lee, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Publication Chair ----------------- Shiuh-Pyng Hsieh, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Local Arrangements Chair ------------------------ Kuo-An Hwang, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Exhibit Co-Chairs ----------------- Ruei-Chuan Chang, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Bao-Shuh P. Lin, Industrial Technology Research Institute, ROC Kuo-Wei Wu, National Center for High-Performance Computing, ROC Treasurer --------- Chung-Ping Chung, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Registration ------------ Zen-Chung Shih, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC Secretariate ------------ Shu-Yuen Hwang, National Chiao Tung Univ., ROC The 1994 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems is to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on all aspects of parallel and distributed systems. The main program will include technical presentations, invited talks, panels, tutorials, and commercial/technical exhibitions. Also planned are technical tours to the Science-Based Park, the Industrial Technology Research Institute, and national laboratories in the "Culture Science City" of Taiwan, Hsinchu. Topics include, but are not limited to: . Parallel/Distributed Architectures . Parallel/Distributed Algorithms . Parallel/Distributed Applications . Parallel/Distributed Databases . Parallel Compilers and Languages . Special Purpose and VLSI Systems . Concurrency and Synchronization . Programming Environments . Performance Modeling . Performance Evaluation . Resource Management . Operating Systems . High-Speed Networking . Parallel Testing . Fault Tolerant Systems . Multimedia Systems Prospective authors are invited to submit five copies of their full paper to: (Far East Regions) (Other Regions) Professor Cheng Chen Professor Lionel M. Ni Department of Computer Science and Department of Computer Science Information Engineering A 714 Wells Hall National Chiao Tung University Michigan State University Hsinchu, Taiwan, 300, ROC East Lansing, MI 48824-1027, USA Tel: +886-35-714564 Tel: +1-517-353-4386 Fax: +886-35-719730 Fax: +1-517-336-1061 Email: icpads94@eicpca5.eic.nctu.edu.tw Email: ni@cps.msu.edu All manuscripts should be written in English, double spaced, and no longer than 25 A4/letter-size pages including an abstract, all text, figures, tables, and references. The one cover page should include: 1) title of the paper; 2) name, current affiliation, postal address, email address, telephone number, and fax number for each author; 3) name of one designated contact person; and 4) a list of up to eight keywords ordered by relevancy. Important Dates: Submission of papers : June 6, 1994 Notice of acceptance : September 15, 1994 Camera ready papers : October 15, 1994