Second Merged Symposium IPPS/SPDP 1999
13th International Parallel Processing Symposium & 10th Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing
April 12 - April 16, 1999
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sponsored by
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing
In cooperation with:
ACM SIGARCH,
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA),
and
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP),
1999 will mark the 2nd anniversary of the merger of IPPS and SPDP. This united
symposium, now referred to as IPPS/SPDP, will follow the format of previous
meetings. It continues to serve as a forum for engineers and scientists from
around the world to present their latest research findings in the fields of
parallel processing and distributed computing. In this second year of
conducting a joint program, IPPS/SPDP moves toward achieving an agenda
responsive to the combined constituencies of two well-established events.
Sponsored by the TCPP and held in cooperation with ACM SIGARCH as well as
the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committees on Computer Architecture &
Distributed Processing, IPPS/SPDP responds to the many topics generated by
the intersection of these areas of interest, as well as established topics in
each area. In addition to technical sessions of submitted paper
presentations and addresses by invited speakers, the expanded agenda of
IPPS/SPDP'99 will be explored via panels, workshops, tutorials, an
industrial track, and commercial exhibits.
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Jose' D.P. Rolim, University of Geneva
rolim@cui.unige.ch
Charles Weems, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
weems@cs.umass.edu
GENERAL VICE-CHAIR
John K. Antonio, Texas Tech University
antonio@ttu.edu
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that demonstrate original
unpublished research in all areas of parallel processing including
development of experimental or commercial systems. Topics of interest
include but are not limited to:
Parallel Architectures and Algorithms
Interconnection Networks and Implementation Technologies
Storage Systems
Performance Modeling/Evaluation
Parallelizing Compilers
Parallel Languages and Programming Environments
Applications of Parallel and Distributed Computing
Scientific Computing
Cluster Computing
Real Time Distributed Systems
Distributed Algorithms
Network Computing
To submit an original research paper, send your complete manuscript
(not to exceed 15 single-spaced pages of text using 12 point size
type on 8.5 x 11 inch pages) to the Program Chair. References,
figures, tables, etc. may be included in addition to the fifteen
pages of text. Electronic submissions are encouraged and should be
sent to {ipps99 or spdp99}@cs.purdue.edu. Electronic submissions must
be in the form of a readable postscript file containing the following
header information in ASCII form: title, author name(s), abstract,
postal address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers. The
header (in ASCII) should be followed by the postscript version of
the complete manuscript (including title, author's name, affiliation,
and abstract). Authors should submit a correct PostScript (level 2)
file of their paper to be considered and make sure that the PostScript
file will print on a PostScript printer that uses 8.5 x 11 inch (US
letter size) paper.
All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by
September 21, 1998. Submissions received after the due date or
exceeding the length limit may not be considered. Notification of
review decisions will be mailed by December 14, 1998. Camera-ready
papers are due January 25, 1999. Proceedings will be available at
the Symposium. Fax submissions will not be considered. Hard copy
submissions are also permitted and, like electronic submissions,
must be received by September 21, 1998. Authors who submit a
hard copy must also send an electronic mail message containing all
of the header information listed above, as well as sending six
copies of the printed manuscript to:
PROGRAM CHAIR
Mikhail Atallah
Computer Science Building
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1398
Vox +1 765-494-6017
Fax +1 765-494-0739
mja@cs.purdue.edu
PROGRAM VICE-CHAIRS
ALGORITHMS
Gianfranco Bilardi, Universita` di Padova and University of Illinois at Chicago
APPLICATIONS
George Cybenko, Dartmouth College
ARCHITECTURE
Jaswinder Pal Singh, Princeton University
SOFTWARE
Fran Berman, University of California at San Diego
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Sarita Adve, Rice University
Gul Agha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ricardo Bianchini, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Danny Z. Chen, University of Notre Dame
Alok Choudhary, Northwestern University
Jan Cuny, University of Oregon
Frank Dehne, Carleton University
Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee
Jose' Duato, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Sandhya Dwarkadas, University of Rochester
Afonso Ferreira, CNRS-I3S-INRIA, France
Eli Gafni, University of California at Los Angeles
Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mary Hall, ISI / University of Southern California
Martin Herbordt, University of Houston
Charles Holland, DoD HPC Modernization Program
Yousuff Hussaini, Florida State University
Oscar Ibarra, University of California at Santa Barbara
Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University
Israel Koren, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
John Kubiatowicz, University of California at Berkeley
Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota
Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Zhiyuan Li, Purdue University
Calvin Lin, University of Texas at Austin
David Martinez, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Ernst Mayr, TU Munich, Germany
Jill Mesirov, Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research
Yoichi Muraoka, Waseda University, Japan
Franco P. Preparata, Brown University
Alexander Reinefeld, Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing, Germany
Arnold L. Rosenberg, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida
Ahmed Sameh, Purdue University
Assaf Schuster, Technion, Israel
Eric Schwabe, Northwestern University
Vaidy Sunderam, Emory University
Lonnie Welch, University of Texas at Arlington
Harry Wijshoff, University of Leiden, Netherlands
WORKSHOPS
To be held on Monday and Friday, workshops are an opportunity to explore
special topics. Individuals and/or special interest groups are encouraged
to prepare proposals for workshops which cover a particular topic in the
field. By August 14, 1998, submit a one page proposal to:
Workshops Chair:
José D.P. Rolim,
IPPS/SPDP 1999 General Co-Chair
Universite de Geneve - Centre Universitaire d'Informatique
CH 1211 Geneve 4 - Switzerland
Vox +41 22 705 7646
Fax +41 22 705 7780
rolim@cui.unige.ch
Workshop papers will be published by Springer Verlag as part of their
Lecture Notes in the Computer Science Series, and they will also appear in the
CD-ROM version of the IPPS/SPDP'99 Proceedings. For more information on the
individual workshops and to obtain instructions for paper submissions,
check the Web at www.ippsxx.org.
INDUSTRIAL TRACK/COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS
The Industrial Track consists of original technical papers from participating
companies. Topics may include descriptions, comparisons, or evaluations of
the design, implementation, or performance of an existing commercial system.
Commercial Exhibits allow vendors to display their products in an informal
walk-up-and-talk setting. The closing date for companies wishing to participate
is October 30, 1998. For details and to make sure your company is on
the IPPS mailing list, contact:
John K. Antonio, IPPS/SPDP 1999 General Vice-Chair
Department of Computer Science
Texas Tech University, Box 43104 - Lubbock, TX 79409-3104 USA
Vox +1 806-742-3527
Fax +1 806-742-3519
Email: antonio@ttu.edu
TUTORIALS
Proposals are solicited for organizing full or half-day tutorials to be held
on the first day of the symposium. Interested individuals should submit a proposal
by October 16, 1998 to the Tutorials Chair, Matt W. Mutka(mutka@cps.msu.edu).
It should include a brief description of intended audience, lecture outline
and vita(e) for lecturer(s).
Jose' D.P. Rolim, University of Geneva
Charles Weems, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
GENERAL VICE-CHAIR
John K. Antonio, Texas Tech University
PROGRAM CHAIR
Mikhail Atallah, Purdue University
STEERING CO-CHAIRS
Viktor K. Prasanna, University of Southern California
George Westrom, Odetics, Inc. & FSEA
TUTORIALS CHAIR
Matt W. Mutka, Michigan State University
PROCEEDINGS CHAIR
Ramesh Sitaraman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
FINANCE CHAIR
Bill Pitts, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR
Susamma Barua, California State University, Fullerton
PRODUCTION CHAIR
Sally Jelinek, Electronic Design Associates, Inc.
PUBLICITY CHAIR
David A. Bader, University of New Mexico
dbader@eece.unm.edu
PUBLICITY COORDINATORS
Asia/Eastern Europe/Middle East
R. Govindarajan, Indian Institute of Science
govind@serc.iisc.ernet.in
Australia/ New Zealand
Albert Zomaya, University of Western Australia
zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au
Far East
Ishfaq Ahmad, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
iahmad@cs.ust.hk
North America
Robert D. Blumofe, University of Texas at Austin
rdb@cs.utexas.edu
Central and South America
Nelson Maculan, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
maculan@cos.ufrj.br
Western Europe/Africa
Alberto Broggi, University of Parma
broggi@CE.UniPR.IT
STEERING COMMITTEE
K. Mani Chandy, California Institute of Technology
Ali R. Hurson, Pennsylvania State University
Joseph Ja'Ja', University of Maryland
F. Tom Leighton, MIT
Viktor K. Prasanna, University of Southern California
Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida
Behrooz Shirazi, University of Texas at Arlington
H.J. Siegel, Purdue University
Hal Sudborough, University of Texas at Dallas
George Westrom, Odetics, Inc. & FSEA
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Said Bettayeb, University of South Alabama
Michel Cosnard, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France
Michael J. Flynn, Stanford University
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, University of Paderborn, Germany
Louis O. Hertzberger, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Richard Karp, University of Washington
Jan van Leeuwen, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kurt Mehlhorn, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Gary Miller, Carnegie Mellon University
Juerg Nievergelt, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Charles L. Seitz, Myricom, Inc.
Ioannis Tollis, University of Texas, Dallas
Leslie Valiant, Harvard University
Paolo Zanella, E.B.I., Cambridge, UK
IPPS/SPDP'99 TRAVELS TO THE CARIBBEAN
In 1999, pack your swimsuits and walking shoes to prepare for a Caribbean
week in the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico where the year round temperature
averages 78 degrees. IPPS/SPDP'99 will be held at the Caribe Hilton, a
five-star beachfront hotel available to us at a moderate rate. It is
located next to Old San Juan, an area of the city which reflects nearly 500
years of history in its restored Spanish colonial architecture. The island
is 100 by 35 miles in size, and exploration of the interior reveals the
lush vegetation and wildlife of rain forests and mangroves as well as caves
and lagoons.
Many airlines offering low fares have direct service to Puerto Rico, making
it the most accessible island in the West Indies. Once there, when not
participating in the symposium, there are opportunities for locally
organized day trips to nearby islands and, of course, every form of
watersport including sailing, scuba, and snorkeling. Nightlife offers a
full menu of cosmopolitan dining and music, as well as "Vegas in the
tropics" which describes the San Juan hotel strip featuring spectacular
show revues and casinos.
Indeed, the 1999 setting has something for everyone!
IPPS/SPDP 1999 DEADLINES
21 September 1998 ..... Manuscripts Due
14 December 1998 ..... Review Decisions Mailed
25 January 1999 ..... Print Ready Paper Due
14 August 1998 ..... Workshop Proposals Due
16 October 1998 ..... Tutorial Proposals Due
30 October 1998 ..... Commercial Exhibit Registration
