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</FONT><FONT face=arial color=#0000ff size=2><B>Call for Papers and
Participation<BR> <BR>
WORKSHOP ON SCALABLE FILE SYSTEMS
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AND STORAGE
TECHNOLOGIES<BR> <BR>
in conjunction with<BR> <BR> THE 17TH
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL <BR>
AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS (PDCS
2004)<BR> <BR>
San Francisco,
CA<BR>
September 15-17, 2004<BR></B></FONT><FONT face=arial
size=2> <BR> <A
href="http://multimedia.ece.uic.edu/pdcs2004/PDCS_WS_CFP.pdf">http://multimedia.ece.uic.edu/pdcs2004/PDCS_WS_CFP.pdf</A><BR><STRONG><FONT
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Submission deadline : Extended to June 12, 2004</FONT></STRONG><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=arial
size=2>====================================================================<BR> <BR>Computational
simulations generate vast amounts of data that require<BR>distributed storage
facilities to effectively store, retrieve, and share<BR>the information among
collaborating applications. Performance of such<BR>simulations is impacted by
the performance of the storage subsystem. <BR>Storage technologies are
also evolving drastically in order to keep up<BR>with the ever-increasing demand
for improved data access. Along with<BR>complex simulations and associated
storage come new challenges. The goal<BR>of this workshop is to encourage
innovation by addressing the complex <BR>issues that arise in data
storage associated with very large-scale<BR>distributed applications. This
one-day workshop promotes the exchange of<BR>novel ideas, information and
developments among universities, industry and<BR>federal laboratories. Topics of
interest of this workshop include (but are<BR>not limited to) the illustration
of advances in the following areas:<BR> <BR>* Parallel File Systems :<BR>*
Storage Technology and protocols<BR>* Storage issues in Grid computing
environments<BR>* Storage issues associated with large-scale distributed
applications<BR>* I/O Performance Analysis;<BR>* Parallel I/O support for
databases.<BR> <BR>There will be several invited 30-minutes lectures as
well as contributed<BR>20-30 minutes talks. Accepted abstracts would be
published in the<BR>conference proceedings. Links to individual presenters
materials will be<BR>posted at <A
href="http://ardra.hpcl.cis.uab.edu/sfast04/">http://ardra.hpcl.cis.uab.edu/sfast04/</A><BR> <BR>To
submit papers, send your manuscript (4 page extended abstract)<BR>electronically
(PS or PDF format, compressed) or by mail (3 paper copies)<BR>to the following
address:<BR> <BR>Vijay Velusamy<BR>High Performance Computing
Laboratory<BR>Department of Computer and Information Sciences<BR>113A Campbell
Hall, 1300 University Boulevard<BR>Birmingham, AL 35294-1170<BR>e-mail: <A
href="mailto:vijay@hpcl.cis.uab.edu">vijay@hpcl.cis.uab.edu</A><BR> <BR><BR>IMPORTANT
DATES<BR>==================<BR>Submission deadline : June 4, 2004<BR>Acceptance
Notifications : July 5, 2004<BR>Camera-ready prints : July 28,
2004<BR> <BR>Invited Speakers:<BR>* Garth Gibson (Carnegie Mellon
University, Panasas,
Inc.)
<BR>* Gary Grider (Los Alamos National
Laboratories)
<BR>* Tyce Mclarty (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories)<BR>* Thomas H.
Cormen (Dartmouth College)<BR>* Robert Ross (Argonne National Laboratories)<BR>*
Thomas Ruwart (University of Minnesota)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=arial size=2><BR>Steering Committee:<BR>* Anthony Skjellum
(University of Alabama at Birmingham)<BR>* Vijay Velusamy (University of Alabama
at Birmingham)<BR>* Kumaran Rajaram (Verari Systems,
Inc.)<BR> <BR>====================================================================<BR> <BR>Vijay
Velusamy<BR> <BR>High Performance Computing Laboratory<BR>Department of
Computing and Information Sciences<BR>University of Alabama at Birmingham<BR><A
href="mailto:vijay@hpcl.cis.uab.edu">vijay@hpcl.cis.uab.edu</A><BR></FONT><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>