[dbjapan] ISPA-08 Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals

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            Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals
    The 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and
     Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA-08)

                December 10-12, 2008
                 Sydney, AUSTRALIA
         http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~ispa2008/

Introduction
====================

Following the traditions of previous successful ISPA conferences,
ISPA-03 (held in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan), ISPA-04 (held in Hong
Kong), ISPA-05 (held in Nanjing, China), ISPA-06 (held in Sorrento,
Italy) and ISPA-07 (held in Niagara Falls, Canada), the objective of 
ISPA-08 is to provide a forum for scientists and engineers in academia 
and industry to exchange and discuss their experiences, new ideas, research 
results, and applications about all aspects of parallel and distributed 
computing and networking. It will feature session presentations, workshops, 
tutorials and keynote speeches. ISPA-08 is sponsored by IEEE CS Technical 
Committee on Scalable Computing and IEEE Computer Society.

Scope and Interests
====================

The Conference invites papers on all aspects of Parallel/Distributed
Computing and Networking, and their applications. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:

Computer networks
Network routing and communication algorithms
Parallel/distributed system architectures
Tools and environments for software development
Parallel/distributed algorithms
Distributed systems and applications
Wireless networks, mobile and pervasive computing
Reliability, fault-tolerance, and security
Performance evaluation and measurements
Grid and cluster computing
Internet computing and Web services
Database applications and data mining
High-performance scientific and engineering computing

Submission Information
====================

The conference and workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press to be indexed by 
EI. Papers not exceed 15 pages with free layout style should be submitted through: 
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ispa08
Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, if the
paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend
the conference. Otherwise papers will be removed from the IEEE CS digital library.

Workshop Proposals
====================

In conjunction with the ISPA-08 conference, several workshops will be held. If you would 
like to organize a workshop, please submit a workshop proposal including call for paper, 
organizing committee, important dates, contact person, short bio of the organizers to the 
ISPA-08 workshop chairs: Dr. Hai Jiang (
hjiang [at] cs.astate.edu) and Dr. Tao Li (taoli [at] ece.ufl.edu) 
before February 28, 2008. The detailed guideline can be found at:
http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~ispa2008/workshops.html
Proceedings of the ISPA-08 workshops will be published by IEEE CS Press. The workshops
with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration 
for the leading workshop organizer.


Important Dates
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Workshop proposals due: March 01, 2008
Paper submission due: June 01, 2008
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2008
Camera-ready paper due: September 15, 2008
Registration due:  September 15, 2008

Organizing and Program Committees
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Steering Chairs

Minyi Guo, University of Aizu, Japan
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

General Chairs

Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia

Program Chairs
Daniel S. Katz, Louisiana State University, USA
Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK

Program Vice-Chairs

Algorithms and Applications
Paul Coddington, University of Adelaide, Australia

Architectures
Keith Underwood, Intel, USA

Middleware
Hidemoto Nakada, AIST, Japan

Networks and Communications
Hong Ong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Performance and Simulation
Stephen Jarvis, University of Warwick, UK

Security
Richard Sinnott, University of Glasgow, UK

Workshop Chairs
Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA
Tao Li, University of Florida, USA

Publicity Chairs
Naixue Xiong, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Yide Zhang*, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China
Chaoguang Men, Harbin Engineering University, China
Kwo-Chan Huang*, National Taichung University, Taiwan
* To be confirmed

Local Chair
Bing Bing Zhou, University of Sydney, Australia

Special Issues
====================

A selection of the best papers will be published in a special issue of
Journal of Supercomputing and International Journal of High Performance Computing 
and Networking (IJHPCN), respectively.

Conference Contact
====================

Bing Bing Zhou: b.zhou [at] usyd.edu.au
Daniel S. Katz: d.katz [at] ieee.org
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