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The 9th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed
Processing with Applications (ISPA 2011)


Busan, Korea, 26-28 May 2011

http://www.ftrai.org/ispa2011
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Introduction
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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), ISPA-09 (Chengdu, China), ISPA-10 (Taipei, Taiwan).
The objective of ISPA 2011 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-11 is sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and IEEE Computer Society.


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Topics
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The 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
* High-performance scientific and engineering computing



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Important Dates
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Workshop proposals due: Nov. 1, 2010
Full paper due: Dec. 1, 2010
Notification of acceptance: Feb. 1, 2011
Camera-ready paper & early registration due: Feb. 15, 2011
Conference: May 26-28, 2011



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Submissions an Proceedings
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Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee.
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by IEEE Xplore Press.
Authors should submit a paper with 4-6 pages in length (Max. 8 pages, extra charges for two pages) by using online systems for review.
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 digital library.
Submission system: http://www.editorialsystem.net/ispa2011


Distinguished papers accepted and presented in ISPA 2011, after further revisions,
will be published in the special issues of the following international journals (TBA).




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Organization
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==Steering Co-Chairs==
Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, China
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

==General Co-Chairs==
James J.(Jong Hyuk) park, Seoul National University of Technology, Korea
C.S. Raghavendra, University of Southern California, USA
Zhiwei Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

== General Vice Co-chairs ==
Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea
Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea

==Program Co-Chairs==
Seungmin Rho , Korea University, Korea
Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Cho-Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

==Program Vice-Chairs==
Jan-Jan Wu, Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Bo Hong, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Weikuan Yu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Yuzhong Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sushil K. Prasad, Georgia State University, USA
Chao-Tung Yang, Tunghai University, Taiwan
Chokchai Leangsuksun, Louisiana Tech. University, USA
Wang-Chien Lee, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
==Workshop Co-Chairs==
Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea
Keqiu Li, Dalian University of Technology China
Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA

== International Advisory Committee ==
Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA
Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago, USA
Hai Jin, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, China
Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Yi Pan, Georgia State University USA
Jeff Hollingsworth, University of Maryland, USA
Shi-Jinn Horng, National Taiwan Univ. of Sci. and Tech. Taiwan
Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea

==Publicity Co-Chairs==
Jen-Wei Hsieh, National Taiwan Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Taiwan
Xiaofei Liao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Akihiro Fujiwara, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Deok Gyu Lee, ETRI, Korea
Xubin (Ben) He, Tennessee Technological University, USA

==International Liaison Co-Chairs==
Frode Eika Sanenes, Oslo University College, Norway
Rodrigo F. Mello, University of San Paulo, Brazil
Parimala Thulasiraman, University of Manitoba, Canada

==Sponsorship Co-Chairs==
Malrey Lee, ChonBuk National University, Korea
Hang-Bae Chang, Daejin University, Korea

==Web and system management chair==
Yang Sun Lee, Chosun University, Korea

==Keynote Speakers==
TBA


==Program Committee ==
http://www.ftrai.org/ispa2011/committees.php#PC



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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-11 web site to
Prof. Changhoon Lee (cryptography1@gmail.com), Keqiu (keqiu@dlut.edu.cn), and Hai Jiang (hjiang@cs.astate.edu) by Nov. 1, 2010 with the subject "ISPA-11 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL".
http://www.ftrai.org/ispa2011/Workshops.html


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Awards
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The organizing committee will offer IEEE TCSC best paper awards and FTRA best paper for the best paper and the
best presentation, which will be presented during the banquet and at the close of the
conference respectively.


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Contact
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If you have any questions about the CFPs and papers submission,
please email to Prof. James J.(Jong Hyuk) Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com) and Dr. Seungmin Rho (smrho@korea.ac.kr).