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From: panda@cis.ohio-state.edu (Dhabaleswar Panda)
Subject: Call For Papers, ICPADS '96
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: 1 Apr 1995 10:28:45 -0500
Message-ID: <3lrkfs$am1@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>

                          CALL FOR PAPERS
 
 1996 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS'96)
 
                         June 3-6, 1996
               Hotel Strada Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
 
Sponsored by Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), Japan.
In Cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
Parallel Processing and Technical Committee on Distributed Processing,
and IEEE Taipei Section.
 
The 1996 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems
is to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, and
computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and
research results on all aspects of parallel and distributed
systems. The main program will include technical presentations,
invited talks, panels, and tutorials. The Hotel Strada Shinjuku is
very near to Shinjuku, Tokyo.
 
Topics include, but are not limited to:
 
. Parallel/Distributed Architectures
. Parallel/Distributed Algorithms 
. Parallel/Distributed Applications
. Parallel/Distributed Databases
. Parallel Compilers and Languages
. Special Purpose and VLSI Systems
. Concurrency and Synchronization
. Programming Environments
. Performance Modeling 
. Performance Evaluation
. Resource Management
. Network Management
. Operating Systems
. High-Speed Networking and Protocols
. Internetworking
. Parallel Testing
. Fault Tolerant Systems
. Multimedia Systems and Communications
. Real Time Computation and Communication
. Mobile Computation and Communication
. Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
. Groupware
. Distributed Agent Systems
. Security
 
Paper and Proposal Submission:
------------------------------
Prospective authors are invited to submit six copies of their full paper to:
 
     Prof. Norio Shiratori
     ICPADS'96 Program Chair
     Research Institute of Electric Communications
     Tohoku Univ.
     Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980, Japan
     Tel. +81-22-227-6200 ext. 2355    Fax. +81-22-216-4460
     e-mail norio@shiratori.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp
 
All manuscripts should be written in English, double spaced, and no
longer than 25 A4/letter-size pages including an abstract, all text,
figures, tables, and references. The one cover page should include: 1)
title of the paper; 2) name, current affiliation, postal address,
email address, telephone number, and fax number for each author; 3)
name of one designated contact person; and 4) a list of up to eight
keywords ordered by relevancy.
 
The day before the conference (June 3) will be devoted to tutorials to
provide the background for the conference. Please send tutorial
proposals by October 2 to:
 
   Mr. Tohru Hoshi
   ICPADS'96 Tutorial Chair
   4th Dept., Systems Development Lab., Hitachi, Ltd.
   292 Yoshida-cho,  Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244, Japan
   Tel. +81-45-881-1241  ext.4830        Fax. +81-45-860-1674
   e-mail  hoshi@sdl.hitachi.co.jp
 
Important Dates:
----------------
Submission of papers and proposals : October 2, 1995
Notice of acceptance : January 25, 1996
Camera ready papers  : March 15, 1996
 
Further Information:
-------------------
For further information, please contact:
 
   Prof. Makoto Takizawa
   ICPADS'96 Vice Program Chair
   Dept. of Computers and Systems Engineering
   Tokyo Denki Univ.
   Ishizaka, Hatoyama, Saitama 350-03, Japan
   Tel. +81-492-96-2911 ext. 2507     Fax. +81-492-96-6185 
   e-mail taki@takilab.k.dendai.ac.jp
   http://takilab.k.dendai.ac.jp/conf/icpads96/

Organizing Committee
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General Chair
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Yutaka Matsushita, Keio Univ., Japan
 
Program Chair
-----------------
Norio Shiratori, Tohoku Univ., Japan
 
Steering Committee Chair
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Wen-Tsuen Chen, National Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan, ROC

International Advisory Committee
-------------------------------------
K. Hwang, Univ. of  Southern California, USA
H. T. Kung, Harvard Univ., USA
D. H. Lawrie, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, USA
R. C. T. Lee, Providence Univ., Taiwan, ROC
M. T. Liu, Ohio State Univ., USA
C. V. Ramamoothy, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA
H. T. Siegel, Purdue Univ., USA
E. Swartzlander, Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA
H. Tanaka, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Ben W. Wah, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, USA
C. L. Wu, Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA
 
Vice Program Chairs
------------------------
1. Theory and Algorithms
   Ten H. (Steve) Lai, Ohio Sate Univ., U.S.A.
2. Parallel Systems
   Woei Lin, National Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan, ROC.
3. Distributed Systems
   Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki Univ., Japan.
4. Communication Networks
   Yanghee Choi, Seoul National Univ., Korea.
5. Applications
   Ken-ichi Okada, Keio Univ., Japan.
6. Real-Time and Embedded Systems
   Wei-Kuan Shih, National Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan, ROC.
 
Tutorial Chair
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Tohru Hoshi, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan.
 
Publicity Co-Chairs
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Toshihiko Yamakami, NTT, Japan.
Dhabaleswar Panda, Ohio Sate Univ., U.S.A.
A Min Tjoa, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria.
Shian-Shyong Tseng, National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan, ROC.
 
Local Arrangements Chair
----------------------------
Kenji Suzuki, KDD, Japan

Publications and Awards
---------------------------
All accepted papers will appear in the Proceedings published by IEEE
Computer Society. The authors of selected papers are planned to be
invited to submit an extended version for possible publication in
International Journals.  An award will be given to the best paper.



