INFORMATION

The 18th IASTED International Conference on
PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS
~ PDCS 2006 ~



November 13 – 15, 2006
Dallas, Texas, USA

Call for Proposals for
Special Sessions/Workshops

 

Proposals for special sessions/workshops are solicited for the 18th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS) 2006 to be held in Dallas, TX, Nov. 13-15, 2006.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE
http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2006/Dallas/pdcs.htm

WORKSHOPS
Each workshop should include at least 12 papers. Proposals for workshops should include a workshop title, a list of topics covered, review method, and the qualifications and brief biography of the workshop organizer(s).

SPECIAL SESSIONS
Each special session should include at least 6 papers. Proposals for special sessions should include a session title, a list of topics covered, review method, and the qualifications and brief biography of the session organizer.

All papers will be handled electronically and submitted to the organizer of the special session/workshop. Please check the special session submission for detailed information.

Areas for special sessions/workshops include, but are not limited to, the following:

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE

  • Advanced computer architectures for general and application-specific enhancement
  • Parallel computer architectures
  • Interconnect and network interface architectures
  • Microarchitecture design techniques
  • Power-efficient architectures and techniques
  • Secure and reliable processor designs
  • Network processor architectures
  • System-on-chip and network-on-chip architectures
  • Embedded and reconfigurable architectures
  • Innovative hardware/software trade-offs
  • Modeling and performance analysis
  • Tools and methodology for architecture designs
  • Verification and testing techniques

WIRELESS SENSOR/AD HOC NETWORKS AND MOBILE COMPUTING

  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Wireless Ad Hoc networks
  • Wireless mesh networks
  • Wireless personal area networks
  • Wireless peer-to-peer applications
  • Heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Power-aware computation and communication
  • Distributed algorithms for wireless networks
  • Network resource management and QoS provisioning
  • Mobility, location and handoff management
  • Application-oriented protocols
  • Emerging applications of wireless mobile networks
  • Multimedia over wireless
  • Wireless security
  • Modeling, performance evaluation, and optimization techniques

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All special session/workshop proposals should be submitted to the Special Session/Workshop Chair, Dr. Mei Yang, at meiyang@egr.unlv.edu by Mar. 15th, 2006. Evaluation of the special session/workshop proposals will be based on the relevance and timeliness of the area and topics.

PAPER REVIEW AND PUBLICATION
All submitted papers and posters will be reviewed by the organizer of the special session/workshop and the reviewers they invite. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

 

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