28TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE, COMPUTING, AND COMMUNICATIONS
CONFERENCE (IPCCC) 2009

December 14-16, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Website: http://www.ipccc.org

The International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference
is a premier IEEE conference presenting research in the performance of
computer and communication systems. For more than a quarter century,
IPCCC has been a research forum for academic, industrial, and government
researchers.

We encourage submission of high-quality papers reporting original work
in both theoretical and experimental research areas. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to, the following:

**** Hot Topics For IPCCC 2009 ****
Grid and cloud computing
Internet Services and Network Management
Network protocols
Network Information Assurance, and Security
Multi- and single- core processor architecture
Cache, Memory, and Disk Storage Systems
Workload Characterization and its Impact on Architecture Design
Embedded Systems
Ubiquitous computing
Mobile ad hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Performance Evaluation and Modeling
Performance Tools and Techniques

In addition, proposals for panel sessions and workshops are welcome.
Please contact the General Chairs for details.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Submission instructions and procedures are available at the IPCCC
website at: www.ipccc.org.

All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee. They will be
judged with respect to their quality, originality, and relevance.
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings,
conditional upon the author's advance registration. Awards will be given
for the best paper.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop and Panel Proposal Due: August 1, 2009
Conference Paper Submission Due: August 15, 2009
Paper Acceptance Notification: October 15, 2009
Camera-ready Manuscript Due: November 8, 2009

ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
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General Chairs:
Youtao Zhang
Univ. of Pittsburgh

Maggie Cheng
Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology

Program Chairs:
Sheng Zhong
SUNY Buffalo

Kuai Xu
Arizona State Univ. at the West Campus

Finance Chair
Ullah Nasr
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.

Web Chair
Neil Nelson
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.

Registration Chair
Jack Chen
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.

Publication Chair
Chengkai Li
U. Of Texas at Arlington

Publicity Chair
Xiaoming Li
U. Of Delaware