PDGC-2012 2nd IEEE International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing

(http://www.juit.ac.in/pdgc-2012/index1.php)
December 6-8, 2012
Jaypee University of Information Technology,
Waknaghat, Solan-173234, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

The Second IEEE International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing (PDGC-2012) will serve as an international forum for researchers and practitioners interested in recent advances in the areas of parallel, distributed and grid computing. It will provide an opportunity to present and exchange advanced scientific and technological information in hardware, software and theoretical foundation in these areas.

The proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be indexed in IEEE Xplore

IEEE Conference Record number: 30155;
IEEE Catalogue number: CFP1234K-PRT ; ISBN: 978-1-4673-2923-1 (Print Version);
IEEE Catalogue number: CFP1234K-CDR ; ISBN: 978-1-4673-2924-8 (CD-ROM Version);
IEEE LINK
(http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.htm?Conf_ID=30155)

The Best 4-6 Selected Papers from PDGC 2012 will be published in the Special Issue of International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (IJPEDS-http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17445760.asp), Taylor and Francis.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Distributed Systems: Distributed Algorithms, Distributed Databases, Heterogeneous Distributed Systems, Distributed Shared Memory Systems, Virtual Memory, Distributed Object-oriented Systems, AI in Distributed Systems, Real Time Distributed Systems.
• Parallel Computer Systems: Parallel Algorithms, Algorithms Exploiting Clusters and General-Purpose Distributed and Parallel Systems, Hybrid & Embedded Parallel Systems, Memory Organization, Support for Parallel I/O, Multi/Many Core Systems, GPU and FPGA based Parallel Systems.
• Networks and Interconnection Networks: Scalable Networks, Reconfigurable Networks, Routing Issues, General-Purpose Network Performance for Distributed Applications, Network Protocols, Internet Technology, Optical Interconnections and Computing, Novel Network Topologies.
• Network-based Computing: Web Computing, Cluster Computing, Cloud Computing, Computational Grids, Data Grids, Semantic Grid, Mobile Agents, Distributed Web Services.
• Dependable Computing and Systems: Fault-tolerance, Self-stabilization, Performance Prediction and Analysis, Simulation, Knowledge-based Program Development.
• Cluster and Grid Computing: Collaboration Technologies, Communication and Networking Systems, Data Analysis and Management on Grids, Data Grids, Grid Computing Infrastructures, Middleware and Tools, Grid Computing Services, Grid Infrastructures for Data Analysis, Grid Standards as related to Applications.
• Cloud Computing: Actor Model, Cluster Manager, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Servers, Utility computing, Virtual Private Cloud.
• Multimedia and Service Networking: Multimedia Communications and Services, Real-time Networking, Performance Modeling, Networked Real-time Embedded Systems, Services on-Demand, Network Management, Multimedia Architectures and Protocols, Multimedia Applications, Quality of Service Support, Operating System and Networking Support, Internet Tools and Applications, Audio/Video Delivery over the Internet.
• Peer-to-Peer Computing: Performance Modeling and Evaluation, Power-aware Computing, Real-Time and Multimedia Systems, Resource Management and Scheduling.
• Security and Privacy: Security in Computational and Data Grids, Security in Distributed Environments, Configuration, Policy, Management Issues.
• Petri Nets: Theory, Analysis, Tools and Applications.
• Software Tools and Environments for Parallel and Distributed Platforms: Operating Systems, Compilers, Languages, Debuggers, Monitoring Tools, Software Engineering on Parallel/Distributed Systems.
• Related Fields: Web-based Computing and Service-Oriented Architecture, Wireless and Mobile Computing, Algorithms Design and Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic, Biologically Inspired Computing, Systems Biology, Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks, Remote Sensing, Social Networks (Social Media), Human Computer Interaction, Graph Embedding, Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, Nanotechnology in High Performance Computing.

Keynote Speakers:

• Thomas H. Cormen (http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~thc/), Darmouth College, USA
• Ivan Stojmenovic, Fellow IEEE (http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~ivan/), SITE, University of Ottawa, CANADA
• Assaf Schuster (http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~assaf/), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL
• Nikil Dutt, Fellow IEEE and ACM Distinguished Scientist (http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dutt/), University of California-Irvine, USA
• Eliezer Dekel (https://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view.php?person=il-DEKEL), IBM Haifa Research Lab, Haifa, ISRAEL
• Peter Widmayer (http://www.pw.ethz.ch/people/head/widmayer/index), ETH Zürich, SWITZERLAND
• Sanay Ranka (https://sites.google.com/site/sanjayranka/), University of Florida, USA

Paper Submission:

Authors are invited to submit full papers in English of not more than 6 pages (including figures, tables & references) in IEEE double-column format. Submissions must present original work that has not been previously published, and is not under submission elsewhere. All articles will be reviewed for scientific quality by the Technical Program Committee and external reviewers. Submissions should use the general IEEE template with the minimum font size of 10 points. All papers must include a title, complete contact information for all authors, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author should be identified clearly. Papers must be submitted electronically (in PDF format) via on-line submission using the EDAS system at the following link: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=11771. If you encounter problems in submitting the papers through our EDAS conference paper submission system, forward your paper at pdgc2012@gmail.com

Important Dates:

Paper Submission: 15 September, 2012
Acceptance Notification: 30 September, 2012
Camera-Ready Manuscript: 15 October, 2012
Conference Registration: 01 October, 2012

PDGC 2012 COMMITTEES

CHIEF PATRON
Jaiprakash Gaur, Founder Chairman, Jaypee Group, Founder Pro-Chancellor, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

PATRON
Manoj Gaur, Executive Chairman, Jaypee Group, Pro-Chancellor, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Yaj Medury, COO-Jaypee Education System, INDIA
Ravi Prakash, Vice Chancellor, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Durg Singh Chauhan, Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Technical University, INDIA
Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA
Deepak Khazanchi, University of Nebraska, USA
Shiban K. Koul, Chairman-IEEE Delhi Section, INDIA
Tejinder Singh Lamba, Dean (A&R), Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

FINANCE CHAIR
Balbir Singh, Director, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Satya Prakash Ghrera (http://www.juit.ac.in/Department/CSE/faculty_cs&it.php?faculty_id=63), Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Nitin (http://www.juit.ac.in/Department/CSE/faculty_cs&it.php?faculty_id=79), Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Raj Bhatnagar (http://www.cs.uc.edu/~rbhatnag/), University of Cincinnati, USA
Dhiraj K. Pradhan (http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~pradhan/), University of Bristol, UK
Vipin Tyagi (http://www.jiet.ac.in/Department/faculty.php?id=15268280&dep=cse), Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, INDIA
Vivek Sehgal (http://www.juit.ac.in/Department/CSE/faculty_cs&it.php?faculty_id=254), Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Bruce Lo, University of Wisconsin, USA
Yashwant Singh, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Hamid Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA
David Al-Dabass, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Suman Saha, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Arvind Kumar, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Nitin, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Shipra Sharma, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

REGISTRATION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Sunil Khah, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Pradeep Naik, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Ashish Rohilla, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Rakesh Bajaj, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Amit Srivastava, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

WEB ADMIN COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Rohit, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Atul Pooni, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Shiv Kumar Gupta, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
A.Q. Ansari, IEEE-Delhi Section, INDIA
Prerna Gaur, IEEE-Delhi Section, INDIA
V. R. Singh, IEEE-Delhi Section, INDIA
Deepak Garg, IEEE-Delhi Section, INDIA
M.P.S Bhatia, Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, INDIA
Ghulam Abbas, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Mohammed Al-Faiz, Nahrain University, IRAQ
Mikulas Alexik, University of Zilina, SLOVAKIA
Mohsen Askari, University of Technology, AUSTRALIA
Ravi Gupta, Intel, INDIA
Dheeraj Chahal, IBM Research Lab, INDIA
Dheeraj Kaushik, Intel, USA
Ruchir Saraswat, Intel, UK
Umesh Sisodia, CircuitSutra Technologies, INDIA
Om Verma, LG, CHINA
Eduard Babulak, University of Maryland University College, USA
Victor Govindaswamy, Texas A&M University, USA
Phalguni Gupta, Indian Institue of Technology Kanpur, INDIA
Hanen Idoudi, ENSI-Manouba University, TUNISIA
Siba kumar Udgata, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, INDIA
GS Badrinath R & D Group, Samsung Electronics Noida, INDIA
Peter Kropf, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Alexey Vinel, Saint-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, RUSSIA
S. S Dubey from IBM India (Asia Pacific Executive), INDIA
Abdelmajid Khelil, Technische Universität Darmstadt, GERMANY
Mohand Lagha, Saad Dahlab University of Blida, ALGERIA
Jean Frédéric Myoupo, The University of Picardie-Jules Verne, FRANCE
Augusto Neto, Universidade Federal do Ceará, BRAZIL
Sattar Sadkhan, University of Babylon, IRAQ
Manu Sood, Himachal Pradesh University, INDIA
Andy Adamatzky, University of the West of England, UK
Meenakshi Arya, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Gurvinder Singh Baicher, University of Wales, UK
Ravindara Bhatt, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Jinjun Chen, University of Technology Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Deeapak Garg, IEEE Delhi Section, INDIA
Nabanita Das, Indian Statistical Institute, INDIA
Radhakrishna Pillai, Indian Institute of Management Kozikhode, INDIA
Rajesh Siddavatam, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Wlodek Zuberek, Memorial University, CANADA
Kanad Kishore Biswas- Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, INDIA
Zhihui Du, Tsinghua University, CHINA
Rahul Dwivedi, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Maria Engracia Gomez, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, SPAIN
Pooja Jain, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Reinhard Moeller, University of Wuppertal, GERMANY
Vasudeva Varma, IIIT Hyderabad, INDIA
Jorge A Cobb, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Tapan Jain, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Emmanuel Jeannot, INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, FRANCE
Pardeep Kumar, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Jimson Mathew, University of Bristol, UK
Rajni Mohana, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Shri Ram, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Lei Shu, Osaka University, JAPAN
Neeraj Mittal, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Dietmar Tutsch, University of Wuppertal, GERMANY
Carsten Gremzow, University of Wuppertal, GERMANY
Gilbert Babin, HEC Montreal, CANADA
Vincent Emeakaroha, Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA
Alessandro Brawerman, Positivo University, BRAZIL
Khalid Al-Begain,University of Glamorgan, UK
Vipin Arora, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Amit Singh, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, CANADA
Rajan Vaish, University of California, USA
Amol Vasudeva, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Ravikant Verma, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Rohit Verma, University Of Florida, USA
Raj Bhatnagar, University of Cincinnati, USA
Dhiraj K. Pradhan, University of Bristol, UK
Meenakshi Sood, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
Vinay Kumar, Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA

General Co-Chairs:

Satya Prakash Ghrera (http://www.juit.ac.in/Department/CSE/faculty_cs&it.php?faculty_id=63), Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA
&
Nitin (http://www.juit.ac.in/Department/CSE/faculty_cs&it.php?faculty_id=79), Jaypee University of Information Technology, INDIA