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[Paddy Nixon <Paddy.Nixon@xxxxxxxxx>]

CALL FOR PAPERS


                              Special Issue of the
                   Journal of Parallel Distributed Computing

                                Java on Clusters
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Papers are solicited for a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and
Distributed Computing (JPDC) tentatively scheduled to be published in
July 2000
.
The focus of the special issue is the meeting of two technologies: Java
and
Cluster Computing. Java technology is maturing and is becoming the
technology o
f
choice in designing server middleware and applications. The availability
of
high-speed networks and increasingly powerful commodity microprocessors
are
making the usage of cluster servers, or networks of computers an
appealing
vehicle for cost effective concurrent computing.

The recent interests in Enterprise Java Technology, Cluster Computing
and
Network-based Computing have spurred research interests in Java on
clusters.
This special issue of JPDC is targeted to include a collection of
original
unpublished research articles that describe recent advances in Java on
clusters
and Network-Based Computing. Topics of interests include (but are not
limited
to):

   w  Cluster middleware support for enterprise Java applications:
     §    Single System Image infrastructure
     §    System availability infrastructure
     §    Issues in building scalable services
     §    Data distribution and load balancing
     §    Scheduling and global resource management
   w  Programming paradigms/environment for Java applications that
exploit
   clusters
   w  Performance evaluation/tuning of Java server applications
   w  Enterprise JavaBeans cluster servers
   w  Java Virtual Machines that exploit clusters
   w  Java specific communication protocols
   w  Distributed garbage collection
   w  Tools for deploying, operating and managing Java applications on
clusters
   w  Compiler, operating system and architecture support for Java
computing on
   clusters

Papers of experimental or theoretical nature will be considered. Authors
should
follow the JPDC manuscript format as described in the "Information for
Authors"
at the end of each issue of JPDC. Authors should submit their papers by
Novembe
r
15, 1999.  The review decision will be sent to the authors by February
10, 2000
.
The journal version will be reviewed as per JPDC review process for
special
issues.

Authors are encouraged to submit their paper electronically to the guest
editor
.
Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable Postscript
(.ps) or
Acrobat (.pdf) file, formated to print on 8.5 x 11 inch (letter size)
paper.
Hard copy submissions are also permitted and, like electronic
submissions, must
be received by the above deadline.  Send six copies of the manuscript to
the
guest editor.
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Guest Editor:
     Eliezer Dekel
     IBM Research Laboratory in Haifa
     MATAM-Advanced Technology Center
     Haifa 31905
     Israel

     E-mail: dekel@xxxxxxxxxx
     Tel:   +972-4-829-6234
     Fax:   +972-4-829-6114
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Important dates:
     Paper submission:                        November 15, 1999
     Notification of acceptance/rejection:              February 10,
2000
     Final version of paper:                       March 10, 2000
     Tentative publication date:                   July 2000
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