Date:           Mon, 2 Dec 1996 09:27:55 MET
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Subject:        CfP: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing on

Parallel and Distributed Data Structures

Publication Date: April 1998

The Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing is announcing a special issue on parallel and distributed data structures.

Parallel and distributed computing is one of the important areas of research in computer science, seeking to extract and exploit inherent parallelism in problems, in order to gain speedup over sequential solutions. Since data structures play crucial role in algorithm design, significant advancement in parallel programming and hence wide-spread use of commercial parallel computers will not be feasible without a rich collection of efficient parallel and distributed data structures for large-scale problems.

This special issue of Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing aims to publish high quality papers on the design, analysis and implementation of state-of-the-art parallel and distributed data structures. Of particular interest are efficient and practical algorithms for real-life applications as well as performance studies on commercially-available parallel architectures such as shared-memory multiprocessors, distributed-memory multicomputers and networks of workstations.

Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Design and Implementation of Parallel and Distributed Data Structures
• Applications of Parallel and Distributed Data Structures
• Conflict-Free Data Structure Access in Multiprocessors
• Special-Purpose Architectures for Data Structure Implementations
• Communication, Synchronization and Scheduling Issues
• Mapping, Partitioning and Load Balancing Issues
• Randomized Algorithms for Parallel and Distributed Data Structures
• Parallel and Distributed Data Structures applied to such areas as VLSI CAD, Databases, Graphics and Image Processing, Simulation, Graph Problems, Computational Geometry, etc.

Prospective authors of high quality research contributions are invited to submit 6 copies of a complete manuscript not exceeding 35 double-spaced pages (including tables, figures, references and appendices) by March 15, 1997 to any of the following Guest Editors. All submissions to the Special Issue will be refereed according to the standards of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Guest Editors:

Sajal K. Das
Department of Computer Sciences      Tel:    (817) 565-4256
University of North Texas            Fax:    (817) 565-2799
Denton, TX 76203-6886                E-mail: das@cs.unt.edu

Stephan Olariu
Department of Computer Science       Tel:    (757) 683-4417
Old Dominion University              Fax:    (757) 683-4900
Norfolk, VA 23529                    E-mail: olariu@cs.odu.edu

Sushil K. Prasad
Dept of Math. & Computer Science     Tel:    (404) 651-2253
Georgia State University             Fax:    (404) 651-2246
Atlanta, GA 30303                    E-mail: sprasad@gsu.edu