[TCPP-announce] call for papers NIDISC

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                           Call For Papers
 
                             NIDISC 2004
The Sixth International Workshop on Nature Inspired Distributed Computing
            http://web.umr.edu/~ercal/nidisc/nidisc03.html
 
                     held in conjunction with the
     International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
                            www.ipdps.org

                            April 26, 2004
                     Eldorado Hotel, Santa Fe, NM
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Workshop Theme:
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Techniques based on biological paradigms can provide efficient solutions
to a wide variety of problems in parallel processing. A vast literature
exists on biology-inspired approaches to solving an impressive array of
problems and, more recently, a number of studies have reported on the
success of such techniques for solving difficult problems in all key 
areas of
parallel processing.

Rather remarkably, most bio-based techniques are inherently parallel.
Thus, solutions based on such methods can be conveniently implemented on
parallel architectures.

This workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for researchers to explore
the connection between bio-based techniques and the development
of solutions to problems that arise in parallel processing. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:


    o Bio-based methods (e.g. ant algorithms, genetic algorithms, cellular
      automata, DNA and molecular computing, neural networks) for solving
      parallel and distributed processing problems (scheduling, data
      organization and partitioning, communication and routing,
      VLSI layout, channel assignment etc.)

    o Other methods based on natural phenomena such as simulated
      annealing and other artifical-life techniques applied to solve
      problems in parallel processing are also of interest

    o Parallel/Distributed platforms for bio-based computations

    o Techniques for integrating conventional parallel and bio-based 
Paradigms

    o Quantum Computing

    o Tools and algorithms for parallelizing bio-based techniques

    o Applications and case studies combining traditional parallel and
      distributed computing and bio-based techniques

    o Theoretical work related to solution optimality, convergence
      issues, and time/space complexities of parallel algorithms that
      employ bio-based methods

        
Prospective authors of high quality research contributions are invited to
submit an electronic copy of their manuscript not exceeding 12 pages
including figures and references.
Please use one of the formats: Postscript, PDF, or MSWord.
In your cover email message, please also indicate title of the paper,
author(s), and the e-mail address of the corresponding author.

Papers should be submitted to one of the workshop chairs (see below).

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El-ghazali Talbi
Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille
France
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fikret Ercal
Department of Computer Science
University of Missouri
Rolla, MO 65409-0350 USA
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Important Dates:
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  December  5, 2003     Workshop paper due
  December 20, 2003     Author Notification
  January   5, 2004     Camera-ready Paper Due


General Chairs
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Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University ([EMAIL PROTECTED])


Program Co-chairs
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El-ghazali Talbi, Lab d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille, France 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Fikret Ercal, University of Missouri-Rolla ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Program Committee
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Enrique Alba, University of Malaga, Spain ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Juergen Branke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dan Marinescu, University of Central Florida ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Mirela Sechi M. A. Notare, Barddal University, Brazil 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hartmut Schmeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Franciszek Seredynski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Peter M. A. Sloot, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Ivan Stojmenovic, Ottawa University, Canada ([EMAIL PROTECTED])