CFP: 10th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems , April 15-16, 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

["K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>]

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                         PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
                                WPDRTS 2002
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                            Tenth International
           Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems
                  to be held in conjunction with IPDPS2002
                 April 15-16, 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Florida


Real-time and embedded systems have rapidly advanced from simple
application-specific embedded systems handling periodic updates from
sensors
to include large distributed heterogeneous systems designed for
asynchronous
and dynamic operation with high degrees of flexibility, autonomy,
quality of
service, and reliability.

The International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems
is
a forum for the presentation and discussion of approaches, research
findings, and experiences in the applications of large-scale parallel
and
distributed real-time systems. Of interest are both the development of
relevant technology (e.g.: hardware, middleware, tools) as well as the
applications built using such technology.

WPDRTS brings together industry, academia, and government researchers to
discuss and exchange ideas in the area of large-scale parallel and
distributed real-time and embedded systems and to explore the special
needs
and issues in applying these technologies to defense and commercial
applications.

Special Session:  This year there will be a special session on
autonomous hot-spot convergence! The problem statement is available at
http://comp.uark.edu/~aapon/wpdrts2002/problem2002.pdf.

Topics of Interest:

   * Algorithms and Applications: addressing computing needs of
large-scale
     parallel and distributed real-time and embedded military and
commercial
     applications areas such as signal/image processing, advanced
     vision/robotic systems, smart-sensor-based systems, industrial
     automation/optimization, vehicle guidance, command and control,
     databases.
   * Networking: in-the-large application programming models/API's,
     partitioning/mapping, system integration, debugging and testing
tools.
   * Programming Environments: software design, programming, and
     parallelization methods/tools for DSP-based, reconfigurable, and
     mixed-computation-paradigm architectures.
   * Operating Systems and Middleware: distributed middleware services
needs
     (e.g. QoS, object distribution), configurable/optimal OS features
     needs, scheduling, runtime systems, resource management
   * Architectures: special-purpose processors, packaging,
     mixed-computation-paradigm architectures, size/weight/power
modeling
     and management.
   * Modeling, Analysis and System Specification: new paradigms,
     benchmarking, tools and environments, formal methods, object
     orientation, validation, languages, simulation, high assurance
systems
   * Stochastic and Dynamic Real-Time Systems

General Chair

     Scott Brandt, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
     sbrandt@cse.ucsc.edu

Program Co-Chairs

     Barb Pfarr, NASA Goddard, USA, bpfarr@pop500.gsfc.nasa.gov
     Armin Zimmerman, Technische Universität Berlin, azi@cs.tu-berlin.de

Submission Details

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts describing original and
unpublished research of interest to the WPDRTS community. To submit a
research paper, please send an electronic version (postscript or PDF
file)
or five hard copies of the manuscript to the appropriate program chair.
Electronic submission is strongly preferred. Hard copy submission should
be
used only when the submission cannot be made electronically. The text
should
not exceed 10 single-spaced pages on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper using at
least
10 point font. Up to three extra pages may be used for figures and
tables.

Important Dates:

     Manuscripts Due: November 10, 2001
     Notification of Review Decision: December 18, 2001
     Camera Ready Version Due: January 18, 2002
     Workshop: April 15 and 16, 2002

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Publicity Chair: Amy Apon, University of Arkansas, USA, aapon@uark.edu
Workshop web site:   http://comp.uark.edu/~aapon/wpdrts2002/
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This message is forwarded to members of the COSC/EEE research group on 
networks,  and the COSC/Management/Maths research group on stochastic 
simulation, at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New zealand, 
and anybody else interested in research in these areas

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		Associate Prof. Dr  Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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