Call For Papers for PDPTA'98

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            The 1998 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
                                Processing Techniques and Applications
                                                              (PDPTA'98)


                                                    July 13 - 16, 1998
                                                Las Vegas, Nevada, USA






The 1998 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing
Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'98) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada,
July 13-16, 1998.
The last conference (PDPTA'97) had research contributions from 39
countries. It is hoped that PDPTA'98 will also have a strong
international flavor. For information on the last three PDPTA
conferences (PDPTA'95, PDPTA'96, & PDPTA'97), refer to:
http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta.


You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a
proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission
information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings.


THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.




SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:


              O Parallel/Distributed applications:
                    Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy
                    logic, medicine, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision,
                    computer graphics and virtual reality, parallel/distributed
                    databases, banking, ...


              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 Networks and Interconnection networks:
                    Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, routing issues,
                    general-purpose network performance for distributed
                    applications, ...


              O Reliability and fault-tolerance:
                    Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and
                    application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance
                    measurement.


              O Performance analysis and evaluation.


              O Real-time and embedded systems:
                    Small-scale parallel systems for high-performance control,
                    data acquisition, and analysis; configuration, routing,
                    scheduling, performance guarantees.


              O Parallel/Distributed algorithms:
                    Algorithms exploiting MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic,
                    vector/pipeline, shared memory, distributed memory, ...


              O Mobile computation and communication.


              O Object Oriented Technology and related issues.


              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 (about 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 8 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 Associate 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 advertise the session and 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
            (ISBN). It will be a multivolume set. The proceedings will
            be available at the conference. It is planned to select 20
            papers for journal publication in related journals (after the
            conference).




ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS:


            A number of university faculty members in cooperation with
            the Las Vegas Hilton (conference division) will be organizing
            the conference. The conference is sponsored by the Computer
            Science Research, Education, and Applications Tech. (CSREA) in
            cooperation with the North American Transputer Users Group
            (NATUG) (pending), the National Supercomputing Center for
            Energy and the Environment (USA), the Computer Vision Research
            and Applications Tech. (CVRA), developers of high-performance
            machines and systems (pending) and related computer
            associations (pending.)




LOCATION OF CONFERENCE:


            The conference will be held in Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas,
            Nevada, USA. Las Vegas Hilton is one of the top resort hotels
            in the world. It has excellent conference facilities and over
            3000 rooms. The hotel is only minutes from the Las Vegas
            airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. The hotel
            has many vacation and recreational attractions, including:
            casino, swimming pools, sunning, tennis courts, luxurious
            health spa, golf course, evening shows (Andrew Lloyd Webber's
            spectacular musical), a number of bars, nightclub, virtual
            reality game rooms, shopping in the variety of distinct
            retail stores, 9 restaurants (Italian, Japanese, ...),
            snack bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a
            day and most are suitable for families and children. The
            hotel's room rate is ($99 + tax) per night for the duration of
            the conference.
            The hotel is minutes from other Las Vegas attractions (major
            shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and
            night clubs, free street shows, ...).
            For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of
            Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho,
            Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away
            from other major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego,
            Phoenix, ...




EXHIBITION:


            An exhibition is planned during the conference. We have
            reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact
            H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be
            considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. Each
            exhibitor will have the opportunity to include a two-page
            description of their latest products in the conference
            proceedings (if submitted by May 22, 1998).




IMPORTANT DATES:


            February 20, 1998 (Friday): Draft papers (5-page) due
                  April 3, 1998 (Friday): Notification of acceptance
                      May 22, 1998 (Friday): Camera-Ready papers & Preregistration due


                            July 13 - 16, 1998: PDPTA'98 Conference


            Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as
            soon as possible (well ahead of the February 20 deadline).


            All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference.




MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: Currently being formed
    Last Year's Program Committee members (PDPTA'97) were:
          H. Abachi, Monash University, Victoria, Australia;
          I. Ahmad, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong;
          H. R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;
          D. Avresky, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA;
          F. Baiardi, Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy;
          A. S. Bavan, University of North London, London, UK;
          M. Bozyigit, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, SA;
          M. N. Chong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
          P. Clayton, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa;
          E. H. D'Hollander, University of Ghent, Belgium;
          S. Darbha, Rutgers University, NJ, USA;
          S. K. Das, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA;
          K. Efe, University of Southwestern Louisiana, LA, USA;
          M. E. Fayad, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA;
          O. Frieder, George Mason University and Florida Tech, USA;
          D. J. Haglin, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN, USA;
          M. Halem, Space Data and Comp. Div., Goddard Space Flight Center,
                NASA, USA;
          T. Hazra, TeleTV, Inc., Western Virginia, VA, USA;
          T. Hintz, University of Technology, Australia;
          K. C. Hui, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;
          O. H. Ibarra, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA;
          A. Jagota, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA;
          X. Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
          D. R. Kaeli, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA;
          D. Kazakos, University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA;
          F. W. Keong, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore;
          H. Kimm, University of Tennessee, Martin, TN, USA;
          S. Latifi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA;
          F. Lee, Best System Inc., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC;
          K. Li, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA;
          K. Makki, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA;
          S. A. M. Makki, University of Queensland, Australia;
          G. Masson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;
          M. Naraghi-Pour, Louisiana State University, LA, USA;
          B. Nassersharif, National Supercomputing Center For Energy
                and the Environment, NV, USA;
          M. S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, NJ, USA;
          M. A. Palis, Rutgers University, NJ, USA;
          Y. Pan, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA;
          S. Pande, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA;
          G. A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus;
          E. K. Park, University of Missouri-Kansas, USA;
          W. Peng, Southwest Texas State University, USA;
          N. Pissinou, University of Southwestern Louisiana, LA, USA;
          S. Rajasekaran, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;
          H. M. Sagha, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;
          S. Sahni, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;
          S. Sedukhin, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan;
          H. Sharif, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA;
          H. Shi, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
          B. Shirazi, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA;
          M. Singhal, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;
          G. S. Stiles, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA;
          S. Y. W. Su, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;
          L. Tao, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada;
          M. R. Tolun, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey;
          N-F. Tzeng, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA;
          F. Valafar, University of Georgia, GA, USA;
          D. S. L. Wei, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan;
          H. M. Windisch, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany;
          C. W. Xu, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA;
          M. Yasrebi, Nynex Science and Technology, Inc., NY, USA;
          G. H. Young, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;
          A. Y. Zomaya, University of Western Australia, Australia.




CONFERENCE CONTACT:


                    Professor Hamid R. Arabnia
                    (PDPTA General Chair)
                    The University of Georgia
                    Department of Computer Science
                    415 Graduate Studies Research Center
                    Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
                    Tel: (706) 542-3480
                    Fax: (706) 542-2966
                    E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu




                                                                      http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta
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