CLUSTER 2011 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER)

Cluster computing has become the most common method of configuring and deploying high performance computing systems. Clusters offer high performance that is cost-effective, and maturing software for clusters has made them more scalable and reliable. Clusters and are used to solve some of the most challenging and complex problems, to analyze and visualize massive data, and manage tremendous amounts of storage. Clusters have become the workhorse for computational science and engineering research, powering innovation and discovery that advance science and society.
However, there are many ongoing challenges and opportunities that must be addressed to build and use clusters of increasing scale with diverse technologies. Clusters may use commodity x86 processors but also GPUs or other accelerators, InfiniBand and other network technologies with different topologies, and different file system technologies with a wide range of node and disk configuration possibilities. The challenge to harness the parallel power of both small and large systems efficiently requires the concerted effort of the cluster community in the areas of cluster design and deployment, management and monitoring, and both system and applications software. A continued vigilance and assessment of the latest R&D developments are necessary to ensure that cluster computing can harness new technological advances in hardware and software to solve the challenges of today and tomorrow.
IEEE Cluster 2011 is the premier conference on all aspects of cluster computing for computational science. Cluster 2011 is hosted Austin, Texas, one of the leading technology cities in the U.S. Attendees will have access to the latest developments in cluster computing technologies and practices. Join the cluster computing community, and discuss new directions, opportunities, and ideas that will the future of cluster computing.
Cluster 2011 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work from researchers and practitioners in academia, government, and industry that describe original research and development efforts in cluster computing. Major topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Topics
Systems Design and Configuration
Node and system architecture
Packaging, power and cooling
Visualization clusters and tiled displays
GPU clusters
Interconnect/memory architectures
Single system image clusters
Protocols, libraries, and interfaces
Lightweight communication protocols
Management & Reliability
Security and reliability
High availability solutions
Resource and job management
Scheduling, and load balancing
Administration and maintenance tools
Fault tolerance, checkpointing and recovery
Cost and performance implications of reliability
Tools, Systems Software, and Middleware
Software environments and tools
Virtualization and cloud computing
Performance evaluation, analysis and optimization
Grid and cloud computing technologies
Algorithms, Applications and Performance
Scalable algorithms
HPC Applications on GPUs
Data Intensive processing
Programming language and tools
Hybrid programming techniques (MPI+OpenMP, MPI+OpenCL, etc.)
Benchmarking & profiling tools
Performance prediction & modeling
Storage and File Systems
Storage cluster architectures
File systems and I/O libraries
Storage clusters
Storage clouds
Paper Submission
Paper Format: Since the camera-ready version of accepted papers must be compliant with the IEEE Xplore format for publication, submitted papers must comform to the following Xplore layout, page limit, and font size. This will insure a size consistency and a uniform layout for the reviewers. (With minimal changes, accepted document can be styled for publication according to Xplore requirements explained in the Xplore formatting guide, which is also in Xplore format).
PDF files only.
Maximum 9 pages for Technical Papers, maximum 5 pages for Posters.
Single-spaced
2-column numbered pages in IEEE Xplore format (8.5x11-inch paper, margins in inches-- top: 0.75, bottom: 1.0, sides:0.625, and between columns:0.25, main text: 10pt ).
Format instructions are available for: LaTeX, Word document, PDF files.
Margin and placement guides are available in: Word, PDF and postscript files.
Concerning the final camera-ready version: Maximum of 2 extra pages at $100/page. Camera-ready means PDF file must comply with IEEE Xplore formatting and style for publication. A conversion tool kit for converting from Word, LaTeX, and PostScript and checking compliance is now available. See the Final Submission section then.
Only web-based submission is accepted. The URL will be available until May 11th.
Electronic Submission: Coming Soon
Last Minute Category Paper Submission
There is a "Last Minute" category for papers. The intent of the category is to provide a longer period for investigating new software or new hardware which can be characterized as "just-released".
For this case, only the Abstract is due on April 18th, and the full papers must be submitted on June 1st, leaving only about 2 weeks for review and submission of a camera-ready version.
Submit the abstract as a normal paper; but include a justification in the "Comments to Chair" and also select "Last Minute Category Paper" in the Technical Areas.
Poster Submission
See the Posters section.
Tutorial Proposals
See the Tutorials section.
Workshops Proposals
See the Workshops section.
http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/ieee/2011