[PDCAT-11 Call for Papers] ***************************************************************************************** The 12th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT-11) 20-22 October, 2011, Gwangju, Korea http://www.ftrai.org/pdcat2011 Conference Proceeding Published by IEEE Press and will be included in the IEEE Xplorer(indexed in EI) ***************************************************************************************** ** Important Notices ** [Important Date] Submission Deadline: 25, June, 2011 (extended) All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceeding published by IEEE Press and will be included in the IEEE Xplorer. [Special Issues] All accepted and presented papers in PDCAT 2011, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals: - Journal of Internet Technology (JIT), Taiwan Academic Network, MoE (SCIE) - International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - Inderscience (SCOPUS Index) - Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS), Springer - JoC , FTRA Publising - IJITCC , InderScience. - Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) , KIPS (KCIE) ******************************************************************************** ==================== Introduction ==================== The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of parallel and distributed computing. Following PDCAT¡¯00 in Hong Kong, PDCAT¡¯01 in Taipei, PDCAT¡¯02 in Kanazawa, Japan, PDCAT¡¯03 in Chengdu, China, PDCAT¡¯04 in Singapore, PDCAT¡¯05 in Dalian, China! , PDCAT¡¯06 in Taipei, Taiwan, PDCAT¡¯07 in Adelaide, Australia, PDCAT¡¯08 in Dunedin, New Zealand, PDCAT¡¯09 in Hiroshima, Japan, PDCAT¡¯10 in Wuhan, China, PDCAT¡¯11 will be held in Gwangju, Korea. ==================== Topics ==================== The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below: Track 1. Networking and Architectures - Interconnection networks - Parallel/distributed architectures - Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems - ATM networks - Reliability, and fault-tolerance - Ubiquitous computing systems - Computer networks - Communication and telecommunication - Wireless networks and mobile computing - Optical networks - Cloud/Grid computing systems - Reconfigurable architecture Track 2. Software Systems and Technologies - Formal methods and programming languages - Internet computing - Image processing and computer vision - Agent technologies - Operating systems - Software tools and environments - Parallelizing compilers - Web services - Component-based and Technology - Simulation and Visualization Track 3. Algorithms and Applications - Parallel/distributed algorithms - Task mapping and job scheduling - Distributed data and knowledge based systems - Image processing and computer graphics - High-performance scientific computing - Reconfigurable high-performance computing - Resource allocation and management - Network routing and communication algorithms - Bioinformatics - Database applications and data mining - Intelligent computing and neural networks Track 4. Security and Privacy - Access control and authorization - Authentication, biometrics, smartcards - Distributed systems security - Mobile code and mobile agent security - RFID applications - Privacy preserving computation - Applied cryptography - Database security - Intrusion detection and survivability - P2P & ad hoc networks - Security protocols ==================== Important Dates ==================== Workshop Proposal: 10, June, 2011 Submission Deadline: 10, June, 2011 Authors Notification: 10, July, 2011 Final Manuscript Due: 1, August, 2011 Conference: 20-22, October, 2011 =========================== Submissions an Proceedings ============================ Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceeding published by IEEE Press and will be included in the IEEE Xplorer. Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows. - Full Paper: 6 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost) - Regular Paper: 4 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost) - Poster Paper: 2 pages (FTRA Publishing Proceeding with ISBN) Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Press (IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing group) and all papers of the proceedings will be included in the IEEE Xplorer¢â (indexed in EI). Please use the IEEE Conference Proceedings format (US letter size, available for download here: IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings) for submission. IEEE accepts both Microsoft Word and LaTex format. However, FTRA does not accept the use of LaTex. Therefore, you should use the Microsoft Word instead of using LaTex (The paper will be excluded from the proceeding if you use LaTex). Submission system : http://www.editorialsystem.net/pdcat2011/ All papers accepted and presented in PDCAT-11, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals. - Journal of Internet Technology (JIT), Taiwan Academic Network, MoE (SCIE) - International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - Inderscience (SCOPUS Index) - Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS), Springer - JoC , FTRA Publising - IJITCC , InderScience. - Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) , KIPS (KCIE) ======================== Organization ======================== =====Steering Chair===== Hong Shen, University of Adelaide, Australia =====General Chairs===== James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA Mark Baker, The University of Reading, UK =====Program Chairs===== Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea Binod Vaidya, University of Ottawa, Canada George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, CYPRUS =====Workshop Chairs===== Jongsung Kim, Kyungnam University, Korea Weigang Wu, Sun Yat-sen University, China Stephen Jarvis, University of Warwick, UK =====Publicity Chairs===== Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Teruo Matuzawa, JAIST, Japan Simon See, Nanyang Techology University, Singapore Julio Sahuquillo, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Sang Oh Park, Chungang University, Korea =====Invited Speakers===== Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada =====International Advisory Committee===== Richard P. Brent, Australian National University, Australia Weimin Zheng, Tsinghua University, China Koji Nakano, University of Hiroshima, Japan Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea Raj Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia =====Local Arrangement Chairs===== Hang-Bae Chang, Daejin University, Korea Malrey Lee, ChonBuk National University, Korea =====Registration / Finance Chair===== Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea =====Web and System management Chair===== Yang Sun Lee, Chosun University, Korea =====Program Committee===== http://www.ftrai.org/pdcat2011/Organizing.html =========================== Contacts ============================ If you have any questions about the CFPs and papers submission, please email to Prof. Jong Hyuk Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com) and Prof. Sang-Soo Yeo (ssyeo@msn.com).