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                 Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the 
                  Journal of Parallel Distributed Computing
                                      on 

                      CLUSTER  AND NETWORK-BASED COMPUTING 
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The emerging trend in high performance computing is moving towards Cluster and 
Netowrk-based Computing, an approach in which powerful commodity single/multiprocessor 
workstations or PCs are connected by either a general purpose local area network or 
specialized interconnects to achieve high performance.  The recent advances in 
high-speed networks, efficient networking protocols and improved microprocessor 
design for higher performance, coupled with the availability of public domain  
software, including operating system, compiler tools, and message passing libraries, 
make Cluster Computing appealing in terms of both performance and cost-effectiveness. 
Along with this web-based computing or internet based computing is becoming a popluar 
paradigm for cost-effective high-performance computing. 

The recent interests in Cluster and Network-based Computing have spurred  research 
interests in network architectures and protocols, design and implementation of software 
tools for efficient messaging layers, programming environments and distributed 
shared memory abstraction,  the use of Java and web-based computing, design, 
implementation and performance evaluation/tuning of parallel and distributed 
algorithms, scheduling and global resource management, Parallel I/O and file 
systems, high-availability, check-pointing and process migration, and compiler, 
operating system and architecture support for cluster computing.   


This special issue of the Journal Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) is 
targeted to include a collection of original unpublished research articles that 
describe recent advances in Cluster and Network-Based Computing.  Topics of 
interests include, but are not limited to: 
      network architectures and protocols, design and implementation of software 
      tools for efficient messaging layers, programming environments and distributed 
      shared memory abstraction,  the use of Java and web-based computing, design, 
      implementation and performance evaluation/tuning of parallel and distributed 
      algorithms, scheduling and global resource management, parallel I/O and file 
      systems, high-availability, check-pointing and process migration, and compiler, 
      operating system and architecture support for cluster computing.   
Papers of experimental or theoretical nature will be considered.

Authors should follow the JPDC manuscript format as described in the "Information
for Authors" at the end of each issue of JPDC. Authors should submit their 
papers by  January 1, 2000.  The review decision will be communicated to the 
authors by June 1, 2000.  The journal version will be reviewed as per JPDC review 
process for special issues.  For details for the JPDC special issue see
            http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/~govind/JPDC-cfp.txt  (or)
            http://www.cse.psu.edu/~anand/JPDC-cfp.txt    

Authors are encouraged to submit their paper electronically to either one of the 
co-guest editors.  Electronic submissions must  be in the form  of a readable 
postscript file.  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  size (letter size) 
paper. Hard copy submissions  are also permitted and, like electronic submissions, 
must  be received by the above deadline.  Send six copies of the manuscript one
of the co-guest editors. 



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                               Co-Guest Editors
R. Govindarajan		                   Anand Sivasubramaniam
Supercomputer Education and                Department of Computer Science  
   Research Centre                             and Engineering
Indian Institute of Science                The Pennsylvania State University
Bangalore 560 012 India.                   University Park, PA 16802 
E-mail: govind@csa.iisc.ernet.in           Email: anand@cse.psu.edu
Tel:   +91 (80) 309 2794                   Tel:  (814) 865 1406 
Fax:   +91 (80) 334 6648                   Fax:  (814) 865 3176
URL: http://csa.iisc.ernet.in/~govind      URL:  http://www.cse.psu.edu/~anand
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IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper Submission                       :  JANUARY 1, 2000.
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection   :  JUNE 1, 2000
Final Version of the  Paper            :  October 1, 2000
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