Organized by: Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Supported by: IEEE HK, ACM HK, and IPSJ
With the advance of computer networks and hardware technology, parallel and distributed processing has become a key technology which plays an important part in determining future research and development activities in many academic and industrial branches. It provides a means to solve computationally intensive problems by improving processing speed. It is also the only viable approach to building highly reliable and inherently distributed applications. Following the success of the first conference ISPA'03, held in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan,ISPA'04 will 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. ISPA'04 will feature session presentations, workshops, and keynote speeches.
Computer networks
Reliability, fault-tolerance, and security
Network routing and communication algorithms
Performance evaluation and measurements
Parallel/distributed system architectures
Tools and environments for software development
Parallel/distributed algorithms
Distributed systems and applications
Wireless networks, mobile and pervasive computing
High-performance scientific and engineering computing
Internet computing and Web technologies
Database applications and data mining
Peer-to-peer computing
Biological/molecular computing
Grid and cluster computing
Submissions should include an abstract, key words, the e-mail address of the corresponding author, and must not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures, with PDF, PostScript, or MS Word format. Electronic submission through the submission website is strongly encouraged. Hard copies will be accepted only if electronic submission is not possible. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work.
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Workshop proposals due: |
15 June 2004 |
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Paper submission due: |
9 July 2004 |
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Acceptance notification: |
18 Sep. 2004 |
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Camera-ready due: |
30 Sep. 2004 |
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Conference: |
13-15 Dec. 2004 |
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The proceedings of the symposium will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science. A selection of the best papers for the conference will be published in a special issue of The Journal of Supercomputing and International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN). |
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The program committee will select one winner for the Best Paper Award (all regular papers are eligible) and one winner for the Best Student Paper Award (only the regular papers whose first author is a full-time student are eligible). Each winner will be presented at the conference with a certificate and US$200. |
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| Keynote Speeches: | |
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Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA |
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---- "Present and Future Supercomputer Architectures" |
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Prof. Linoel Ni, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
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---- "Challenges in P2P Computing" |
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Prof. David B. Johnson, Rice University, USA |
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| ---- "Multihop Wireless Ad Hoc Networking: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities" | |
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