1 Introduction
Following the traditions of previous successful ISPA conferences, ISPA-03 (Aizu, Japan), ISPA-04 (Hong Kong), ISPA-05 (Nanjing, China), ISPA-06 (Sorrento, Italy), ISPA-07 (Niagara Falls, Canada) and ISPA-08 (Sydney, Australia), the objective of ISPA-09 is to provide a forum for scientists and engineers in academia and industry to exchange and discuss their experiences, new ideas, research results, and applications about all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and networking. It will feature session presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. ISPA-09 is sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and IEEE Computer Society.
2 Scope and topics
The Conference invites papers on all aspects of Parallel/Distributed Computing and Networking, and their applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

· Virtualization techniques, tools, and applications

· Computer networks

· Network routing and communication algorithms

· Parallel/distributed system architectures

· Tools and environments for software development

· Parallel/distributed algorithms

· Distributed systems and applications

· Wireless networks, mobile and pervasive computing

· Reliability, fault-tolerance, and security

· Performance evaluation and measurements

· Grid and cluster computing

· Internet computing and web services

· Database applications and data mining

3 Important Dates
Workshop proposals due: Feb. 18, 2009
Full paper due: March 16, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 27 2009
Camera-ready paper & early registration payment due: May 18, 2009
Conference: August 10-12, 2009

4 Submission

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The conference and workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press to be indexed by EI. Papers not exceed 15 pages with free layout style should be submitted via http://cse.stfx.ca/~ispa09/sub/

Workshop submissions are within 6 pages.
Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, if the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference. Otherwise papers will be removed from IEEE CS digital library. A selection of the best papers will be published in special issues of some journals.

Camera-ready paper submission way will be public after April 20, 2009.


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Call for Workshops
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We encourage researches to submit their workshop proposals (according to the guidelines available at ISPA-09 web site to Dr Guojun Wang (csgjwang@gmail.com) (and cc to Dr Jinjun Chen (jchen@swin.edu.au), or Dr Deqing Zou (deqingzou@hust.edu.cn)) with the subject "ISPA-09 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL".


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Awards
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The organizing committee will offer honorary awards for the best paper, which will be presented during the banquet.


5 Committees
Steering Co-Chairs
Minyi Guo, University of Aizu, Japan

Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

General Co-Chairs
Hai Jin, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, China
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA
Alistair Rendell, Australian National University, Australia
Workshop Co-Chairs
Guojun Wang, Central South University, China
Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Publicity Co-Chairs
Keqiu Li, Dalian University of Technology China
Rodrigo F. Mello, University of San Paulo, Brazil
Dang Minh Quan, International University of Germany, Germany
Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Publication Chair
Ran Zheng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Local Committee
Financial Chair: Xia Xie, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Local Chair: Xia Xie, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Web Chair: Dingding Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

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International Program Committee
Program Co-Chairs:
Xiaofei Liao, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, China

Fumikazu Konishi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Hong Ong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Program Committee Members:
Algorithms and Applications
Program vice chair: Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Janpan
Architectures and virtualization
Program vice chair: Ron Brightwell, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Bibo Tu, The Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Science, China
Middleware (some to be confirmed)
Program vice chair: Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
David Abramson, Monash University, Australia
Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Eddy Caron, ENS Lyon, France
Ligang He, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Low Yoke Hean, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Weicheng Huang, National Center for High Performance Computing, Taiwan
Hae-Duck Joshua Jeong, Korean Bible University, Korea
Jongsuk Ruth Lee, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Korea
Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Tuan-Anh Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
Yoshio Tanaka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Kenjiro Tarura, University of Tokyo, Japan
Cho-Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Song Wu, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
Yongwei Wu, Tsinghua University, China
Network and pervasive computing
Program vice chair: Jairo Gutierrez, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Chun-Hsi Huang, University of Connecticut, USA
Performance Simulations and Evaluations
Program vice chair: Chao-Tung Yang, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Chung-Ta King, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Jerry Hsi-Ya Chang, National Center for High Performance Computing, Taiwan
Wuu Yang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Ruay-Shiung Chang, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Sheng-De Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Wenguang Chen, Tsing Hua University, China
Lian Li, Lanzhou University, China
Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA
Jingling Xue, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Rajeev Thakur, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Jean-Luc Gaudiot, The University of California, Irvine, USA
Marcin Paprzycki, Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia
Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan
GeYong Min, University of Bradford, UK
David Tanier, Monash University, Australia
Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Reliability, fault-tolerance, and security
Program vice chair: Chokchai Leangsuksun, Louisiana Tech. University, USA
Ann Gentile, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Franck Cappello, INRIA, France
George Bosilca, University of Tennessee, USA
Jim Brandt, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Jon Stearley, Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Mihaela Paun, Louisiana Tech University, USA
Stephen L. Scott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Sudharshan Vazhkudai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Thomas Herault, LRI (Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique), France
Yung-Chin Fang, Dell, USA
Zhiling Lan, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Database and data mining, data management
Program vice chair: Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
Guoqiong Liao, Jiangxi University Of Finance and Economics, China
Michal Wozniak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland