CFP: Special Issue of Cluster Computing Journal on Dependable Distributed Systems

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

CALL FOR PAPERS
Cluster Computing journal
Special Issue on Dependable Distributed Systems

With the continuing development of high-performance distributed systems, 
such as computational clusters and grids, greater levels of performance
and 
cost effectiveness are being realized.  New processor and computer
system 
architectures provide the basis for achieving increased computational 
performance, new high-speed network protocols and services reduce and
hide 
the communication overhead, and new algorithms and applications are
mapped 
and tuned for these systems to achieve the maximum efficiency, speedup,
and 
scalability.  Unfortunately, the ability to achieve higher levels of
node, 
network, and system dependability can be an even greater challenge than 
attaining higher performance.  As systems become larger and more
complex, 
the challenge for attaining dependable distributed systems only
escalates.

This special issue of the Cluster Computing journal will focus on
critical 
issues in the design and analysis of architectures, networks,
algorithms, 
applications, and services for dependable, distributed systems. 
Original 
papers that present research results, case studies, and experience
reports 
from new systems and applications are solicited, as are survey articles.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Specific areas of interest in dependable, high-performance distributed 
systems include but are not limited to the following areas:

* Application-specific algorithms for fault tolerance
* Dependability modeling and simulation of distributed systems
* Environments for the development of dependable applications
* Fault tolerance in cluster and grid architectures
* Fault tolerance in high-speed networks, nodes, or switch architectures
* Performance analysis of dependable services, applications, or systems
* Safety-critical or mission-critical distributed systems
* Scalable algorithms, systems services, etc. for fault tolerance

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline:  January 7, 2002
Notification of acceptance:  April 8, 2002
Final manuscript due:  June 10, 2002
Target publication date:  4th quarter of 2002

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Electronic submissions are required, in either Postscript or PDF format, 
and should be transmitted along with a cover letter by January 7, 2002
to 
one of the guest editors of this special issue at george@hcs.ufl.edu 
or  pdhough@ca.sandia.gov.

The cover letter should include the paper title, file name, and author 
names, and the name, email address, postal address, telephone and fax 
numbers of the correspondence author.  Submitted manuscripts should be
no 
longer than 20 double-spaced pages excluding tables and figures, and
must 
neither have been previously published nor currently under consideration 
for publication elsewhere.

GUEST EDITORS

Dr. Alan D. George
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida
P.O. Box 116200, 327 Larsen Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-6200
Phone: (352)392-5225
Fax: (352)392-8671
Email: george@hcs.ufl.edu

Dr. Patricia D. Hough
Computational Sciences & Mathematics Research
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 969, MS 9217
Livermore, 
CA  94551 

Phone: (925)294-1518
Fax: (925)294-2234
Email: pdhough@ca.sandia.gov


More information on the Cluster Computing journal can be found at its
web 
site:
http://www.baltzer.nl/journalhome.htm/1386-7857 

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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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