Call for Papers

The goal of IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2004) is to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their excellent ideas and experiences in all system fields of network and parallel computing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Parallel & Distributed Architectures Parallel & Distributed Applications/Algorithms Parallel Programming Environments and Tools Network & Interconnect Architecture Network Security  Network Storage Advanced Web and Proxy Services Middleware Frameworks and Toolkits Cluster & Grid Computing Ubiquitous Computing Peer-to-peer Computing Multimedia Streaming Services  Performance Modeling/Evaluation Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be considered for another conference. Papers must be written in English, and they should be at most 12 pages long in total, less than 6000 words,  including bibliography and well-marked appendices. Authors also need to make sure that the electronically submitted files will print on a PostScript printer that use 8.5х11 page paper. All submitted papers should be in PDF format. Author's instructions can be found here.  The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series (cited by SCI). Best papers from NPC 2004 will be published in a special issue of International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN) after conference. Submission procedures are available via Web access. When the paper is received correctly, a confirmation will be sent to your registered e-mail. If no electronic access is available, contact the program vice-chair at the address below: Dr. Hai Jin, Professor Director, Cluster and Grid Computing Lab Vice-Dean, School of Computer Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, 430074, China Tel:    +86-27-87543529 Fax:   +86-27-87557354 E-mail: hjin@hust.edu.cn Submissions received after the due date or exceeding the length limit may not be considered. Notification of review decisions will be sent out by April 28,2004. Camera-ready manuscripts will be due by June 1,2004. Please note the key dates: Paper Submission                                     March  22, 2004 Author Notification                                    May  15, 2004 Final Camera Ready Manuscript               June 15, 2004