The Sixth International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT¡¯05) 5-8 December 2005 ¨C Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, China http://www.jaist.ac.jp/pdcat05 Sponsored by IEICE Information and Systems Society, IEEE Beijing Chapter, JAIST, DUT 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 in Kanazawa, Japan, PDCAT¡¯03 in Chengdu, China, PDCAT¡¯04 in Singapore, PDCAT¡¯05 will be held in Dalian, China. We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics: 1. Networking and Architectures: - Interconnection networks 1-01 - Computer networks 1-02 - Parallel/distributed architectures 1-03 - Communication and telecommunication 1-04 - Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems 1-05 - Wireless networks and mobile computing 1-06 - ATM networks 1-07 - Optical networks 1-08 - Security, reliability, and fault-tolerance 1-09 - Grid computing systems 1-10 - Ubiquitous computing systems 1-11 2. Software Systems and Technologies: - Formal methods and programming Languages 2-01 - Parallelizing compilers 2-02 - Internet computing 2-03 - Web technologies 2-04 - Agent technologies 2-05 - Component-based and OO Technology 2-06 - Operating systems 2-07 - Simulation and performance evaluation 2-08 - Tools and environments for software development 2-09 - Visualization 2-10 3. Algorithms and Applications: - Parallel/distributed algorithms 3-01 - Resource allocation and management 3-02 - Task mapping and job scheduling 3-03 - Network routing and communication algorithms 3-04 - Distributed data and knowledge based systems 3-05 - Bioinformatics 3-06 -Image processing and computer graphics 3-07 - Database applications and data mining 3-08 - High-performance scientific computing 3-09 -Intelligent computing and neural networks 3-10 ¡¡ PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and experience are solicited.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 abstract, key words, the e-mail address of the corresponding author, and must not exceed 10 pages of single column, including tables and figures. Submissions imply the willingness of at least one author to register, attend the conference, and present the paper. Submissions to PDCAT'05 are conducted only electronically. Authors should send their manuscripts in the PDF or DOC formats to pdcat05@jaist.ac.jp including the keyword of PDCAT2005 and the appropriate topic codes inside the email subjects. For example, if you have a paper in the topic of Internetconnection networks, the email subject may be 'PDCAT2005 Submission (1-01)'. If you cannot find a suitable topic for your paper, please use the subject 'PDCAT2005 Submission (others)'. It is planned that the conference proceedings of PDCAT'05 will be published in English by IEEE Computer Society (cited by EI) and extended versions of some selected papers are to be published in a special issue of two journals: IEICE Trans. on Information and Systems (cited by SCI), International Journal High Performance Computing and Networking. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: June 5, 2005 Author notification: Aug 1, 2005 Camera-ready version due: Sep 1, 2005 Conference: Dec 5-8, 2005 ABOUT DALIAN: Dalian, a well-known city with a longstanding history and civilization, lies on the east coast of Eurasia and the southern tip of Liaodong peninsular in Northeast China, with the Yellow Sea on the east, Bohai Sea on the west, facing the Shandong peninsular across the sea on the south and backed up by the vast Northeast Plain on the north. Dalian is the marine gateway of Northeast China. Now as the provincial level decision-making authority, also named as ¡±Northern Hong Kong¡±, it comprises 5 districts, 3 county-level cities with a total population of 5,601,000. Dalian has a world-class reputation for its seafood, shopping, and sightseeing. Numerous tourist spots including the Xinghai Shell Museum, the second phase of the Dalian Water Paradise and the Sun Asia Ocean World have been opened for tourists. All these tourist spots can be visited comfortably in December. Dalian is well connected to major cities via air and rail.? COMMITTEE MEMEMBERS Honorary Chair Gengdong Cheng, President, Dalian University of Technology, China General Chair Hong Shen, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan Program Chair Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan Program Vice Chairs S. ¨CY. Robert Li, Chinese Univ. of HK, China Teruo Matuzawa, JAIST, Japan Fuliang Yin, Dalian Univ. of Tech., China Tutorial & Workshop Chair Susumu Horiguchi, Tohoku Univ., Japan Local Arrangement Chair Yingwei Jin, Dalian Univ. of Tech., China Industry Liaison Chair Simon See, Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore Finance Chair Haibin Kan, Fudan University, China Publication Chair Keqiu Li, JAIST, Japan Program Committee Hideharu Amano, Keio University, Japan Hamid R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA Tetsuo Asano, JAIST, Japan Richard P. Brent, Oxford University, UK Guoliang Chen, U. of Sci. & Tech. of China, China Tom Chen, South Methodist University, USA Zongxian Chi, Dalian Univ. of Tech., China Youqiang Duan, Petrolium University, China Brian d'Auriol, Univ. of Texas at El Paso, USA David John Evans, Loughborough Univ., UK Pingzhi Fan, Southwest Jiaotong Univ., China Afonso Ferreira, MASCOTTE -INRIA, France Teofilo F. Gonzalez, UC Santa Babara, USA He Guo, Dalian Univ. of Tech., China Yijie Han, Univ. of Mossuri Kansas City, USA Sang Yong Han, Chung-Ang University, Korea Kei Hiraki, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Susumu Horiguchi, Tohoku Univ., Japan Shi-Jinn Horng, Nat Taiwan U. Sci. & Tec., Taiwan Frank Hsu, Fordheim University, USA Liusheng Huang, U. of Sci. & Tech. of China, China Zhiyi Huang, Univ. of Otago, New Zealand Oscar Ibarra, UC Santa Barbara, USA Hai Jin, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China Yingwei Jin, Dalian Univ. of Tech., China Mineo Kaneko, JAIST, Japan Takuya Katayama, JAIST, Japan Francis Lau, Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Weifa Liang, Australian Nat. Univ., Australia Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State Univ., USA Changxing Pei, Xidian University, China Frode Eika Sanenes, Oslo Inst. of Tech., Norway Stanislav G. Sedukhin, The Univ. of Aizu, Japan Simon See, Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore Seung-Jung Shin, Hansei University, Korea Waleed W. Smari, Univ. of Dayton, USA John Sum, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan Hiroshi Toyoizumi, Univ. of Aizu, Japan Xin Wang, Fudan University, China Xiukun Wang, Dalian Univ. of Tech., China Yuke Wang, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA Zhaohui Wu, Zhejiang University, China Nong Xiao, Univ of Sci &Tec of Def, China Zhiwei Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Jingling Xue, Univ. of New South Wales, Australia Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada Bingbing Zhou, Univ. of Sydney, Australia Hong Zhu, Fudan University, China Albert Y. Zomaya, Univ. of Sydney, Australia Lu Yan, Turku Center for Computer Science, Finland