Cluster 2005

The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing

September 27-30, 2005
Burlington Marriott Boston, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

http://cluster2005.org

info@cluster2005.org

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Commodity clusters today provide a convenient and cost-effective platform for executing complex computation-, data- and/or transaction-centric applications. Many research and development challenges remain in all areas of cluster computing, including middleware, networking, algorithms and applications, resource management, platform deployment and maintenance, and integration of clusters into computational grids. Cluster 2005 provides an open forum for researchers, practitioners and users to present and discuss issues, directions, and results that will shape the future of cluster computing. This years event is to be held in and around Boston / Cambridge, see the upcoming Call for Participation for more details.

SCOPE
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Cluster 2005 welcomes paper and poster submissions from engineers and scientists in academia and industry describing original research work in all areas of cluster computing. In addition, Cluster 2005 will welcome proposals for tutorials and workshops to be held concurrently with the conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Cluster Middleware: - Single-System Image Services - Software Environments and Tools - Standard Software for Clusters - I/O Libraries, File Systems, and Distributed RAID

Cluster Networking: - High-Speed System Interconnects - Lightweight Communication Protocols - Fast Message Passing Libraries

Cluster Management and Maintenance: - Cluster Security and Reliability - Tools for Managing Clusters - Cluster Job and Resource Management - High-Availability Cluster Solutions

Applications: - Scientific and E-Commerce Apps - Data Distribution and Load Balancing - Scheduling and Parallel Algorithms - Innovative Cluster Applications - Tools and Environments - Computational Sciences

Performance Analysis and Evaluation: - Benchmarking and Profiling Tools - Performance Prediction and Modeling - Analysis and Visualization

Grid Computing and Clusters: - Grid / Clusters Integration - Network-Based Distributed Computing - Mobile Agents and Java for Clusters/Grids

TECHNICAL PAPERS
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Format for submission: Full paper drafts, not to exceed 25 double-spaced, numbered pages (including title, author affiliations, abstract, keywords, figures, tables and bibliographic references) using 12 point font on 8.5x11-inch pages with 1-inch margins all around. A web based submission mechanisms will be activated on the conference web site two weeks before the submission deadline. Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or PDF file. Hard copy submissions can not be accepted.

POSTERS
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Format for submission: 1 page abstract in PDF including names of authors, their affiliation and a 200 word abstract sent as an e-mail attachment to the poster chair, Kurt Keville . Poster presentations will also be offered to the authors of technical papers that were not accepted for oral presentation but are recommended by the committee for this form of publication.

Cluster 2005 is considering proposals for colocated workshops. See deadline for proposals below.

IMPORTANT DATES
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- Workshop Proposals Due, March 16, 2005
- Paper Submissions Due, May 14, 2005
- Tutorial Proposals Due, May 14, 2005
- Paper Acceptance Notification, June 8, 2005
- Poster Submissions Due, June 8, 2005
- Exhibition Proposal Due, June 18, 2005
- Poster Acceptance Notification, June 22, 2005
- Camera-Ready Paper Manuscripts Due, July 2, 2005
- Camera-Ready Poster Abstracts Due, July 2, 2005
- Cut-off for group hotel rates, August 30, 2005
- Conference, September 27-30, 2005
- Post-Conference Tutorials, September 31, 2005

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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* General Chair:
- Dimiter Avresky, Northeastern University, Boston, USA

* General Vice Chair:
- Daniel S. Katz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, USA

* Program Chair:
- Thomas Stricker, Google Engineering, Switzerland

* Workshops Chair:
- Rajkumar Buyya, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia

* Tutorials Chair:
- Box Leangsuksun, Lousiana Tech, Louisiana, USA

* Exhibits/Sponsors Co-Chairs:
- Ivan Judson, Argonne National Laboratory, USA - Rosa Badia, CEPBA-IBM Research Institute, UPC, Spain

* Posters Chair:
- Kurt Keville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

* Publications Chair:
- Jayanta Sircar, Harvard University, USA

* Publicity Chair:
- Kevin Gleason, Mount Ida College, Newton, USA

* Finance/Registration Chair:
- Madeleine Furlotte, Genzyme, USA