LCI Conference Paper Deadline Extended to February 24

released 02.20.03

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Karen Green NCSA Public Information Officer kareng@ncsa.uiuc.edu 217.265.0748

CHAMPAIGN, IL — The deadline for submitting paper abstracts for the Linux Clusters Institute (LCI) Fourth International Conference has been extended through Feb. 24. The conference, which will partner with the ClusterWorld Conference and Expo (CWCE), will begin on June 23 with tutorials and continue with a technical program and exposition June 24-26. All events will be held at the San Jose Convention Center.

The partnered event will cover all aspects of cluster computing and will be the world's most comprehensive gathering to discuss clusters. The LCI/CWCE event will expand its focus to using and managing Linux cluster computing systems and will bring together users, researchers, vendors, developers, and managers throughout the field. Participants will learn about the latest cluster research and current cluster computing projects while they share their knowledge and experience with others. Details about CWCE content for the conference is available at http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution/. Additional information on the entire event will be forthcoming on the CWCE website at http://www.clusterworldexpo.com/.

The technical program committee, organized by the LCI, is soliciting original papers related to end user applications, development of tools, systems integration, operation and support, and experiences in use and administration of Linux clusters. Those interested in presenting papers should submit a five to eight page extended abstract. Authors will be notified of their acceptance by March 15. Final papers are due May 2.

Possible topics for papers include:

• cluster computing in business, industry, or academia


• experiences in development of highly parallel applications


• porting experiences


• performance evaluation, analysis and optimization


• high-performance applications and libraries


• performance tools, debuggers, and environments


• compilers


• clusters in education


• experiences in operating clusters for production HPC


• clusters in data centers


• new experimental and commercial clusters


• clusters in heterogeneous HPC environments


• system management and administration


• resource management


• tools for building and administering clusters


• scheduling and load balancing

Along with the paper presentations, the technical program will include industry-specific tracks that will offer users and industry researchers the chance to present their experiences with applications, tools, and administration of large-scale clusters. Anticipated industrial tracks include petroleum and geophysics, bioinformatics, rendering for content creation, aerospace and automotive, and finance. Those interested in developing a presentation for an industrial track must submit a one-page abstract outlining their experiences. The full day of tutorials will feature two tracks: Applications Tuning in a Nutshell and Systems in a Nutshell.

For information on submitting papers or industrial track presentations, see http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution/callforpapers.html. For general information on the conference, see http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/Linux-HPC-Revolution/. More information will soon be available at http://www.clusterworldexpo.com/.

The Linux Clusters Institute provides education and advanced technical training to the worldwide high performance computing community for the deployment and use of Linux-based computing clusters. The LCI is a partnership founded by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the High Performance Computing, Education, and Research Center at the University of New Mexico, and the Advanced Computing Technology Center at the IBM Watson Research Center.