C A L L F O R P A P E R S International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'96) New Horizons August 9-11, 1996 Sunnyvale, California, USA The next International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'96) will be held in Sunnyvale (California) from August 9 through August 11, 1996 (4 days after the 1996 Olympics.) The last conference (PDPTA'95) had research contributions from 24 countries. It is hoped that PDPTA'96 will also have a strong international flavor. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: o Parallel/Distributed architectures: MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic, vector/pipeline (supercomputers), shared memory, distributed memory, general- and special-purpose architectures, ... o Building block processors: Applications of processors that can be used as basic building blocks for multicomputer systems. o Interconnection networks: Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, ... o Reliability and fault-tolerance: Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance measurement. o Parallel/Distributed algorithms: Algorithms exploiting MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic, vector/pipeline, shared memory, distributed memory, ... o Parallel/Distributed applications: Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy logic, medical, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision, computer graphics and virtual reality, parallel/distributed databases, ... o Mobile computation and communication. o Heterogeneous and multimedia systems. o Software tools and environments for parallel computers: Operating systems, compilers, languages, debuggers, ... o High-performance computing in Computational Science: Intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research programs and applications. o Other aspects and applications relating to high-performance computations. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (maximum 5 pages) to H. R. Arabnia (address is given below) by the due date. E-mail and fax submissions are also acceptable. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 12 pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have 5/6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible in selecting the papers for their own sessions. The names of session chairs will appear as co-editors in the conference proceedings. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and how you plan to select papers for the proposed session. Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given below); E-mail submissions are preferred. EVALUATION PROCESS: Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press. Papers that report significant results will be considered for publication in relevant journals and/or a book (pending.) ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS: A number of university faculty members in cooperation with the Sunnyvale Hilton Inn (Conference division) will be organizing the conference. The conference is sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, and Applications Tech. (CSREA) in cooperation with developers of high-performance machines and systems (pending) and related computer associations (pending.) LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: The conference will be held in Sunnyvale Hilton. The hotel is located in a semi-resort atmosphere along a lake at the middle of all the Silicon Valley's activities. It is minutes from major freeways, recreational destinations, world-class wineries, shopping, museums, fine dining and nightclubs. The hotel is 5 miles from San Jose International Airport and 35 miles from San Francisco Airport. EXHIBITION: An exhibition is planned during the conference. We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact the Exhibition Chair, Professor David Kaeli, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, 318 Dana Research Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA (E-mail: kaeli@ece.neu.edu or H. R. Arabnia (address is given below.) IMPORTANT DATES: April 2, 1996: Draft papers (5-page max.) due May 2, 1996: Notification of acceptance June 21, 1996: Camera-Ready papers due Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as soon as possible. (At least 50% of the Registration Fee must accompany the Camera-Ready paper to cover the publication costs. This will be deducted from the registration fee when the presenting author registers. Reduced registration fees will be available to full time students. The fee has not been set yet; we are working on it.) PROGRAM COMMITTEE (as of January): H. Abachi, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. H. R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA. F. Baiardi, Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy. A. S. Bavan, University of North London, London, England. M. Bozyigit, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. M. N. Chong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. P. Clayton, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. D. J. Haglin, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN, USA. T. Hazra, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Tech., Reston, VA, USA. T. Hintz, University of Technology, NSW, Australia. K. C. Hui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. D. R. Kaeli, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. F. W. Keong, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. H. Kimm, University of Tennessee, Martin, Tennessee, USA. G. H. Massiha, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayett, LA, USA. G. Masson, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. S. Mitrovic, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA. M. Naraghi-Pour, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Y. Pan, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA. M. A. Saheb, Albany State, Albany, GA, USA. S. Sedukhin, The University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan. B. Shirazi, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA. L. Tao, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada. F. Valafar, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. D. S. L. Wei, The University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan. H. M. Windisch, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany. M. Yasrebi, Nynex Science and Technology, White Plains, NY, USA. CONFERENCE CONTACT: Professor Hamid R. Arabnia (PDPTA'96 Conference Contact) 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Department of Computer Science The University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602, U.S.A. Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu