Cluster2010 welcomes original unpublished paper and poster submissions from researchers in academia, industry, and government, describing innovative research in the field of cluster and high-performance computing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Applications and Algorithms
Scalable algorithms
High-performance applications
Application design and implementation methods
Application-specific systems
Real-world applications and case studies
Communication and Memory
Interconnect and memory architectures
Communication protocols, libraries, and interfaces
Network interfaces and communication support
Storage and Reliability
Storage architectures
File systems and I/O libraries
System reliability and availability
Checkpointing and recovery
Cost and performance implications of reliability
Tools, Systems Software, and Middleware
Middleware and cluster-wide software
Benchmarking and profiling tools
Resource management and load balancing
Modeling and simulation methodology
Performance analysis, prediction, and evaluation
Virtualization and cloud support
Visualization

Paper Submission Guidelines
Paper submissions should demonstrate current research in any area of interest to Cluster2010. All submissions will be judged based on their correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, presentation, and relevance to the conference attendees. Submissions must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Submitted papers must not exceed 10 letter-size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables, and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. For more information and submission templates, please see http://www.cluster2010.org.
Workshops and Tutorials Proposals are solicited for workshops to be held in conjunction with the main conference. Proposals should be submitted to the Workshops and Tutorials Chairs. Additional details and submission guidelines are available at http://www.cluster2010.org/.
Posters
Cluster2010 will have a poster session for early work. Poster submission guidelines and instructions on setup procedures are available at http://www.cluster2010.org/.


IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract deadline March 8, 2010
Paper deadline: March 15, 2010
Author notification: June 15, 2010
Camera-ready deadline July 15, 2010
Workshop proposal submission deadline: December 31, 2009
Workshop notification: January 31, 2010
Tutorial proposal submission deadline: December 31, 2009
Tutorial notification: January 31, 2010
Poster submission deadline: July 15, 2010
Poster notification: July 29, 2010

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING CHAIRS AND COMMITTEES
General Chair
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, FORTH-ICS & Univ. of Crete, Greece
Program co-Chairs
Angelos Bilas, FORTH-ICS & Univ. of Crete, Greece
Ricardo Bianchini, Rutgers University, USA

Program Vice-Chairs
Applications and Algorithms:Frank Dehne, Carleton University, Canada‎
Communication and Memory: Dhabaleswar K. Panda, Ohio State University, USA
Storage and Reliability: Anand Sivasubramaniam, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Tools, System Software, and Middleware: Frank Mueller, North Carolina State University, USA
Poster Chair
Vijay Pai, Purdue University, USA
Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chairs
Michael Gerndt, Technical University of Munich, Germany‎
Martin Schulz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Proceedings Chair
Xiaosong Ma, North Carolina State University, USA
Publicity Co-Chairs
Jose E. Moreira, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Scott Pakin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Toni Cortes, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and BSC, Spain
Finance Chair
Timothy Mark Pinkston, University of Southern California, USA
Sponsor and Exhibitors Co-Chairs
Rosa M. Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center - CSIC, Spain
Ali R. Butt, Virginia Tech, USA
Local Arrangements Chair
Ioannis Askoxylakis, FORTH-ICS, Greece



CONTACT INFORMATION
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
Institute of Computer Science (ICS)

Email: cluster2010@ics.forth.gr

c/o Prof. Dimitrios S. Nikolopoulos, General Chair
N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton Heraklion
Heraklion, GR-700 13, Crete, Greece
Tel.: +30 2810391657
Fax: +30 2810391601

c/o Mr. Ioannis Askoxylakis, Local Arrangements Chair
N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton Heraklion
Heraklion, GR-700 13, Crete, Greece
Tel.: +30 2810391723
Fax: +30 2810391601