Cluster 2007 Conference

Call for Papers

In less than a decade, cluster computing has become the mainstream technology for High Performance Computing and Information Technology. It has gained this prominence by providing reliable, robust and cost-effective platforms for solving many complex computational problems, accessing and visualizing data, and providing information services.

The ability to aggregate the computing power of thousands of processors is a significant milestone in the scalability of commodity systems. Nevertheless, the ability to use both small and large systems efficiently is an ongoing effort in the areas of Networking, Management, Interconnects, and Application Optimization. A continued vigilance and assessment of R&D efforts is important to insure that Cluster Computing will harness the new technological advances in hardware and software to solve the challenges of our age, and the next generation. Cluster 2007 is hosted in the culturally rich, high-tech city of Austin, Texas. Here you will experience an open forum with fellow cluster researchers, system designers and installers, and users for presenting and discussing new directions, opportunities and ideas that will shape Cluster Computing.

Cluster 2007 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry and government describing original research work in cluster computing. Topics of interest are (but not limited to):

• Cluster Software and Middleware
  • Software Environments and Tools
  • Single -System Image Services
  • Parallel File Systems and I/O Libraries
  • Standard Software for Clusters
• Cluster Networking
  • High-Speed Interconnects
  • High Performance Message Passing Libraries
  • Lightweight Communication Protocols
• Applications
  • Application Methods and Algorithms
  • Adaptation to Multi-Core
  • Data Distribution, Load Balancing & Scaling
  • MPI/OpenMP Hybrid Computing
  • Visualization
• Performance Analysis and Evaluation
  • Benchmarking & Profiling Tools
  • Performance Prediction & Modeling
• Cluster Management
  • Security and Reliability
  • High Availability Solutions
  • Resource and Job Management
  • Administration and Maintenance Tools

Paper Submission:

• Paper Format: Since the camera-ready version of accepted papers must be compliant with the IEEE Xplore format for publication, submitted papers must comform to the following Xplore layout, page limit, and font size. This will insure a size consistency and a uniform layout for the reviewers. (With minimal changes, accepted document can be styled for publication according to Xplore requirements explained in the Xplore formatting guide, which is also in Xplore format).
  • PDF files only.
  • Maximum 10 pages for Technical Papers, maximum 6 pages for Posters.
  • Single-spaced
  • 2-column numbered pages in IEEE Xplore format
    
  (8.5x11-inch paper, margins in inches-- top: 0.75, bottom: 1.0, sides:0.625, and between columns:0.25, main text: 10pt ).
  Format instructions are available for: LaTeX , Word document , PDF files.
  Margin and placement guides are available in: Word , PDF  and postscript  files.
  
  • Concerning the final camera-ready version: Maximum of 2 extra pages at $100/page. Camera-ready means PDF file must comply with IEEE Xplore formatting and style for publication.
    A conversion tool kit for converting from Word, LaTeX, and PostScript and checking compliance is now available. See the Final Submission section then.

• Only web-based submission is accepted. The URL will be available until May 11th.

  Electronic Submission:

Last Minute Category Paper Submission:

• There is a "Last Minute" category for papers. The intent of the category is to provide a longer period for investigating new software or new hardware which can be characterized as "just-released".
• For this case, only the Abstract is due on May 18th, and the full papers must be submitted on July 22th, leaving only about 2 weeks for review and submission of a camera-ready version.
• Submit the abstract as a normal paper; but include a justification in the "Comments to Chair" and also select "Last Minute Category Paper" in the Technical Areas.

Poster Submission:

• See the Posters section.

Tutorial Proposals:

• See the Tutorials section.

Workshops Proposals:

• See the Workshops section.