4th International Symposium on

Solving Irregularly Structured Problems in Parallel

11-13 June 1997

University of Paderborn, Germany

The Symposium on Solving Irregularly Structured Problems in Parallel focuses on algorithmic and system aspects arising in the development of efficient parallel solutions to irregularly structured problems. It aims, in particular, at fostering the cooperation among practitioners and theoreticians of the field. IRREGULAR'97, to be held at the University of Paderborn, Germany, on June 11--13, 1997, is the fourth in the series, after Geneva, Lyon, and S. Barbara.

TOPICS

Papers are solicited in all research areas related to the parallelism of irregular problems, including, but not limited to:

algorithms and models

applications

approximation and randomization

automatic program synthesis

combinatorial optimization

compiling

imagery

load balancing

memory management

parallel data structures

scheduling and mapping

sparse matrices

symbolic computation

tree-structured computations

PUBLICATION

Proceedings are to be published in the Springer-Verlag series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Extended versions of selected papers shall be invited for a journal edition. Previous proceedings appeared as LNCS 980 and 1117.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Contributions may be submitted by either sending 6 hard copies to:

G. Bilardi, IRREGULAR'97

DEI - Universita di Padova

Via G. Gradenigo 6/A

I-35131 Padova

Italy

or e-mailing a postscript file to

irregular_submit@art.dei.unipd.it

Submissions should consist of: a cover page, with the author's full name, address, fax number, e-mail address, a 100-word abstract and keywords (for electronic submission, this page should be in the form of a separate ascii-only e-mail); an extended abstract describing original research in no more than 12 pages; an optional appendix, with more details to be read/consulted at the discretion of the Program Committee.

It is expected that accepted papers will be presented at the conference. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed.

INVITED SPEAKERS

C. Leiserson, MIT Cambridge

B. Monien, U. Paderborn

F. Meyer auf der Heide, U. Paderborn

A. Nicolau, UC Irvine

J. Roman, U. of Bordeaux

VENUE

Paderborn is a beautiful medieval town in the East of Northrine-Westphalia and a leading German center for Computer Technology, easily accesible by plane, train and car. The Symposium will be near the new ``Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum,'' hosting a computer museum and a scientific forum.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submissions: January 14, 1997

Notifications: March 16,1997

Camera Ready: April 4, 1997

ORGANIZATION

SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS
A. Ferreira, ENS Lyon
J. Rolim, University of Geneva

PROGRAM CHAIR
G. Bilardi, University of Padova & University of Illinois at Chicago

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

M. Atallah, Purdue U.

J. Blazewicz, U. of Poznan

B. Codenotti, IMC-CNR Pisa

J. Dongarra, U. of Tennessee

J-M. Geib, U. of Lille

J. Gu, Calgary U.

F. Hossfeld, KFA Juelich

O. Ibarra, UC Santa Barbara

R. Lueling, U. of Paderborn

N. Maculan. U. of Rio de Janeiro

B. Plateau, IMAG Grenoble

J. Reif, Duke U.

H. Simon, NERSC Berkeley

P. Spirakis, CTI, Greece

J. Solworth, UI Chicago

K. Yelick, UC Berkeley

E. Zapata, U. of Malaga

A. Zomaya, U. of W. Australia

LOCAL ORGANIZERS