PDCAT 2010 - The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT-10)

The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of parallel and distributed computing. Following PDCAT’00 in Hong Kong, PDCAT’01 in Taipei, PDCAT’02 in Kanazawa, Japan, PDCAT’03 in Chengdu, China, PDCAT’04 in Singapore, PDCAT’05 in Dalian, China, PDCAT’06 in Taipei, Taiwan, PDCAT’07 in Adelaide, Australia, PDCAT’08 in Dunedin, New Zealand, PDCAT’09 in Hiroshima, Japan, PDCAT’10 will be held in Wuhan, China.

Scope and Topics
The Conference invites papers on all aspects of Distributed Computing and Applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Networking and Architectures:
- Interconnection networks 1-01
- Parallel/distributed architectures
- Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems 1-02
- ATM networks 1-03
- Reliability, and fault-tolerance 1-04
- Ubiquitous computing systems 1-05
- Computer networks 1-06
- Communication and telecommunication 1-07
- Wireless networks and mobile computing 1-08
- Optical networks 1-09
- Cloud/Grid computing systems 1-10
- Reconfigurable architecture 1-11
2. Software Systems and Technologies:
- Formal methods and programming languages 2-01
- Internet computing 2-02
- Image processing and computer vision 2-03
- Agent technologies 2-04
- Operating systems 2-05
- Software tools and environments 2-06
- Parallelizing compilers 2-07
- Web services 2-08
- Component-based and OO Technology 2-09
- Simulation and Visualization 2-10

3. Algorithms and Applications:
- Parallel/distributed algorithms 3-01
- Task mapping and job scheduling 3-02
- Distributed data and knowledge based systems 3-03
- Image processing and computer graphics 3-04
- High-performance scientific computing 3-05
- Reconfigurable high-performance computing 3-06
- Resource allocation and management 3-07
- Network routing and communication algorithms 3-08
- Bioinformatics 3-09
- Database applications and data mining 3-10
- Intelligent computing and neural networks 3-11
4. Security and Privacy:
-Access control and authorization 4-01
-Authentication, biometrics, smartcards 4-02
-Distributed systems security 4-03
-Mobile code and mobile agent security 4-04
-RFID applications 4-05
-Privacy preserving computation 4-06
-Applied cryptography 4-07
-Database security 4-08
-Intrusion detection and survivability 4-09
-P2P & ad hoc networks 4-10
-Security protocols 4-11

Important Dates
Workshop proposals due: April 30, 2010
Full paper due:
July 20, 2010 (Delayed, but fixed)

Notification of acceptance: Sept. 01 2010
Camera-ready paper & early registration payment due: Sept. 20, 2010
Conference: Dec. 8-11, 2010