Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm From: talbi@lifl.fr (El-ghazali.Talbi) Subject: PDPTA'97 session on Load balancing Keywords: load balancing, scheduling Organization: Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille - France Date: 7 Feb 1997 14:44:35 GMT Message-ID: <5dff4j$ajd@netserver.univ-lille1.fr> ************************************************************************ LAST LAST LAST LAST LAST LAST ************************************************************************ LAST C A L L F O R P A P E R S ================================== **************************************************** Session on Load Balancing and Scheduling **************************************************** to be held in International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'97) June 30 - July 2, 1997 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The 1997 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'97) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 30 - July 2, 1997. The last conference (PDPTA'96) had research contributions from 37 countries. It is hoped that PDPTA'97 will also have a strong international flavor. For information on the last two PDPTA conferences (PDPTA'95 and PDPTA'96), refer to: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Session Chair : El-ghazali TALBI (LIFL / University of Lille 1 - France) ============= Scope and objectives of the session : ==================================== In the design of parallel applications, programming environments and distributed operating systems, the strategy used for process (task, object, thread, ...) allocation has a great impact on the system performances. Most of the proposed allocation algorithms in the literature are based on heuristics, because of the impossibility to have a coherent global state of a distributed system and the time constraints of the process allocation decision making. The objectives of this session is to give a review of the different research studies in this field. Allocation algorithms may be classified following the strategy used in the information exchange protocol to maintain the current state of a distributed system, and the process placement protocol to localize the destination of a process. The process migration mechanism may be used to redistributed the load. Topics : Dynamic load balancing, Load sharing, Scheduling. ======= SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (about 5 pages) to E-G. TALBI (address is given below) by the due date. E-mail and Fax submissions are also acceptable. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 10 pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press. It will be a multivolume set. The proceedings will be available at the conference. ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS: A number of university faculty members in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Hotel (conference division) will be organizing the conference. The conference is sponsored by the Computer Science Research, Education, and Applications Tech. (CSREA) in cooperation with the North American Transputer Users Group (NATUG), the Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech. (CVRA), the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment (USA), developers of high-performance machines and systems (pending) and related computer associations (pending.) LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a new hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. The hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: casino, waterfalls, spa, kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The hotel's room rate is very reasonable ($79 + 8% tax) per night for the duration of the conference. The hotel is minutes from other Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and night clubs, free street shows, ...). For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away from other major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, ... EXHIBITION: An exhibition is planned during the conference. We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. Each exhibitor will have the opportunity to include a two-page description of their latest products in the conference proceedings (if submitted by May 19, 1997). IMPORTANT DATES: February 12, 1997 : Draft papers (5-page) due April 8, 1997 : Notification of acceptance May 19, 1997 : Camera-Ready papers & Preregistration due June 30, July 1, July 2: PDPTA'97 Conference All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. SESSION CONTACT: Dr. El-ghazali TALBI (PDPTA Session "Load Balancing and Scheduling" Chair) Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille Université de Lille 1 Bat. M3 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq FRANCE Tel: (33 3) 20 43 45 13 Fax: (33 3) 20 43 65 66 E-mail: talbi@lifl.fr PUBLICITY CHAIRS: Professor Yi Pan Department of Computer Science University of Dayton Dayton, OH 45469-2160, USA pan@cps.udayton.edu Tel: (513) 229-3807 Fax: (513) 229-4000 Professor Albert Y. Zomaya Parallel Computing Research Lab Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Western Australia Western Australia 6907 zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au Tel: +61-9-380-3875 Fax: +61-9-380-1088