<br><font size=3 face="Lucida Grande">SCOPE<br>
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The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners
in parallel programming models and systems software for high-end computing
systems. Please join us in a discussion of new ideas, experiences, and
the latest trends in these areas at the workshop.<br>
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The PDF version of this Call for Papers is present here.<br>
TOPICS OF INTEREST<br>
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The focus areas for this workshop include, but are not limited to:<br>
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* Programming models and their high-performance implementations<br>
o MPI, Sockets, OpenMP, Global Arrays,
X10, UPC, Chapel, Fortress and others<br>
o Hybrid Programming Models<br>
* Systems software for scientific and enterprise computing<br>
o Communication sub-subsystems for high-end
computing<br>
o High-performance File and storage
systems<br>
o Fault-tolerance techniques and implementations<br>
o Efficient and high-performance virtualization
and other management mechanisms for high-end computing<br>
* Tools for Management, Maintenance, Coordination and Synchronization<br>
o Software for Enterprise Data-centers
using Modern Architectures<br>
o Job scheduling libraries<br>
o Management libraries for large-scale
system<br>
o Toolkits for process and task coordination
on modern platforms<br>
* Performance evaluation, analysis and modeling of emerging
computing platforms<br>
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PROCEEDINGS<br>
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Proceedings of this workshop will be published by the IEEE Computer Society
(together with the ICPP conference proceedings) in CD format only and will
be available at the conference.<br>
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<br>
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Submissions should be in PDF format in U.S. Letter size paper. They should
not exceed 8 pages (all inclusive). Submissions will be judged based on
relevance, significance, originality, correctness and clarity.<br>
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Submissions can be made at this link.<br>
DATES AND DEADLINES<br>
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Paper Submission:
Extended to May 21, 2008<br>
Author Notification:
June 4, 2008<br>
Camera-Ready Copy:
June 18, 2008 </font>