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The Third International Conference on Parallel and
Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT'02)

3-6 September 2002 - Kanazawa Bunka Hall, Kanazawa, Japan

Sponsored by
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
IEICE Hokuriku Branch, IEEE Nagoya Section

The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of parallel and distributed computing. Following PDCAT'00 in Hong Kong, PDCAT'01 in Taipei, PDCAT'02 will be held in Kanazawa, the home of Hokuriku in Japan.

Kanazawa, the biggest city in the Hokuriku region has a population of 450,000, and is a castle town that was ruled over by the Maeda family for three centuries after the first lord Toshiie Maeda entered Kanazawa Castle in 1583. The development of its special products like rice, sake, sweets, etc. was due to its temperate and rainy climate with heavy snow in winter.

Kanazawa is surrounded by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. Two rivers run through the city; the Sai is said to be a lively masculine river and the Asano to be a sweet, feminine river. Such a natural background of great beauty gives the city a relaxed feeling. The buildings that gave birth to a high level of Japanese traditional craftsmanship stand tranquilly and blend in with the modern atmosphere in Kanazawa to create a charming ancient castle town.


Scope
The main focus for PDCAT'02 will be parallel and distributed computing viewed from the three perspectives of networking and architectures, software systems and technologies, algorithms and applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Networking and Architectures:
- Interconnection networks
- Computer networks
- Parallel/distributed architectures
- Communication and telecommunication
- Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
- Wireless networks and mobile computing
- ATM networks
- Optical networks
- Reliability and fault-tolerance
- Security

Software Systems and Technologies:
- Formal methods and programming languages
- Parallelizing compilers
- Internet computing
- Web technologies
- Component-based and OO Technology
- Operating systems
- Modeling and simulation
- Performance evaluation and measurements
- Tools and environments for software development
- Visualization

Algorithms and Applications:
- Parallel/distributed algorithms
- Resource allocation and management
- Task mapping and job scheduling
- Network routing and communication algorithms
- Distributed data and knowledge based systems
- Neural networks
- Image processing and computer graphics
- Database applications and data mining
- High-performance scientific computing
- Biological/molecular computing


PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and experience are solicited. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

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. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the work.

Submissions to PDCAT'02 will be conducted electronically. Authors unable to access e-mail may send 4 hard copies of their papers to:

PDCAT'02 Conference
Graduate School of Information Science
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1-1 Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi
Ishikawa 923-1292, JAPAN
Email: pdcat02@jaist.ac.jp
Web: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/pdcat02/

It is planned that a selection of papers from PDCAT'02 will be published in a special issue of IEICE Transactions on Software and Systems.


TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS
Workshops/special sessions and half-day tutorials are being planned for PDCAT'02. Each workshop will focus on a particular topic, and consists of several presentations and open discussion. A one-page abstract of each workshop presentation will be published in the conference proceedings. The proposal for a workshop/special session should include the title, topics covered, proposed/invited speakers, and estimated length (hours) of the workshop.Each tutorial proposal should provide the title, topics, targeted audiences, and instructor's biography. Anyone wishing to organize a workshop/special session or tutorial should submit a proposal by June 1, 2002 to the conference address (preferably via email) listed above.


IMPORTANT DATES
Due to many requests, the submission deadline for PDCAT'02 has been extended to March 15, 2002.
Paper submission deadline : March 15, 2002
Author notification
 : May 18, 2002
Camera-ready version due
 : June 14, 2002
Workshop/tutorial proposal due
 : June 15, 2002
Conference : September 3-6, 2002


General Chair
Susumu HORIGUCHI
Email: hori@jaist.ac.jp

Program Chair
Hong Shen
Email: shen@jaist.ac.jp
Graduate School of Information Science,
Japan Advanced Institute of Sci. and Tech.
Tatsunokuchi, ISHIKAWA 923-1292, JAPAN
Fax +81-761-51-1149

Program Vice-Chairs
Joe Kazuki, Nara Women's University, Japan
Yuke Wang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Zhiwei Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Program Committee
David Abramson, Monash University, Australia.
Hideharu Amano, Keio University, Japan
Hamid R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA
Ralph-Johan Back, Abo Akademi, Finland
Rajkumar Buyya, Monash University, Australia
Gen-Huey Chen, National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan
Guoliang Chen, Univ. of Sci. and Tech. of China
C. Edward Chow, Univ. of Colorado, USA
Fow-Sen Choa, Univ. of Maryland , USA
Zhongxian Ci, Dalian Univ. of Technology, China
Hossam ElGindy, U. of New South Wales,Australia
David John Evans, Nottingham Trent Univ., UK
Pingzhi Fan, Southwest Jiaotong Univ., China
Afonso Ferreira, Project MASCOTTE, France
Andrzej M. Goscinski, Deakin Univ., Australia
Qianping Gu, The University of Aizu, Japan
Minyi Guo, University of Aizu, Japan
Yijie Han, University of Mossuri Kansas City, USA
Yasushi Hibino, JAIST, Japan
Kei Hiraki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Hai Jin, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., China
Oscar H. Ibarra, Univ. of California Santa Barbara
Takuya Katayama, JAIST, Japan
Francis Lau, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yen-Chun Lin, Taiwan Univ. of Sci. and Tech.
Weifa Liang, Australian National Univ., Australian
Jie Li, Tshkuba University, Japan
Keqin Li, State University of New York, USA
Jigang Liu, Metropolitan State University, USA
Koji Nakano, JAIST, Japan
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA
Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA
Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State Univ., USA
Shietung Peng, Hosei University, Japan
Frode Eika Sanenes, Oslo Inst. of Tech., Norway
Stanislav G. Sedukhin, The Univ. of Aizu, Japan
John Sum, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., H. K
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
Michel TREHEL, Univ. de France-Comte, France
Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Jingling Xue, Univ. of New South Wales, Australia
Yuanyuan Yang, SUNY Stony Brook, USA
S. Q. Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Hong Zhu, Fudan University, China
Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia
Albert Y. Zomaya, Univ.of Western Australia

Local Arrangement Chair
Dr. Ryoko Hayashi
Email: ryoko@jaist.ac.jp

Publication Chair
Dr. Xiaohong Jiang
Email: jiang@jaist.ac.jp
Graduate School of Information Science,
JAIST, ISHIKAWA 923-1292,JAPAN.