[ieeetcsc-discuss] CFP: The 5th High Availability and Performance Computing Workshop (HAPCW) 2008

[Christian Engelmann]

The extended abstract deadline is February 28!
My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.

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  The 5th High Availability and Performance Computing Workshop (HAPCW),
   held in conjunction with the High-Performance Computer Science Week
       on April 3-4 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver, CO, USA.
                http://xcr.cenit.latech.edu/hapcw2008/
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High availability (HA) computing and resiliency have always played a 
critical role in commercial, mission critical applications. Likewise, 
high-performance computing (HPC) has equally been a significant enabler 
of the R&D community due to its scientific discoveries. Serviceability 
aims toward effective means by which corrective and preventive 
maintenance can be performed on a system. Higher serviceability improves 
availability and resiliency, which helps retaining quality, performance, 
and continuity of services at expected levels. Together, the combination 
of HA, resiliency, and HPC will clearly lead to even more benefits to 
critical HPC resource environments.

The 5th High Availability and Performance Computing Workshop (HAPCW) 
2008 will be held in conjunction with the High-Performance Computer 
Science Week (HPCSW) 2008 event on April 3-4 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in 
Denver, CO, USA.

This workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers to discuss 
state-of-the-art and on-going research and development, and to share 
their findings and ideas in high availability and performance computing 
  (HAPC). Since 2003, we have held four consecutive successful workshops 
in conjunction with the Los Alamos Computer Science Institute (LACSI) 
Symposium at the Eldorado Hotel in Santa Fe, NM, USA. This workshop 
represents a continuation as part of the High-Performance Computer 
Science Week. In addition to the presentation of reviewed papers, the 
workshop will include a panel discussion of relevant topics.

Submission Guidelines:
Original, unpublished work is required. Extended abstracts are not to 
exceed 2 pages (two columns, single space, 10 point font), including 
tables and illustrations. Accepted contributions will be published on 
the proceedings Web site and CD, which will be available at the 
workshop. The final manuscript shall be a maximum of 6 IEEE conference 
style pages in camera-ready format. Please send all extended abstracts 
by email, in Postscript or PDF format to Dr. Ben He, hexb at tntech.edu.

Topics of interest include the following:
• Hardware for fault detection and resiliency
• System-level resiliency for HPC
• Statistical methods to improve system resiliency
• Fault tolerance mechanisms and experiments
• Resource management for system resiliency and availability
• Resilient systems based on hardware probes
• Reliability and robustness in HPC applications and systems
• Failure recovery strategies in Grid computing and HPC
• Reliable communication in HPC environments
• Architecture and tools supporting HAPC
• High availability computing
• Experience in creating HPAC environments
• Self-healing, self-configuration, self-optimization, fault prevention,
   detection and recovery, fault tolerance and autonomic computing
• Configuration, resource and fault management
• Mission critical HPC applications

Web sites:
• HAPCW: http://xcr.cenit.latech.edu/hapcw2008/
• HPCSW: http://www.hpcsw.org/

Important Dates:
• Feb 28, 2008: Extended abstract due
• March 10, 2008: Acceptance notification
• March 20, 2008: Final paper due (electronic copy)
• April 3-4, 2008: Workshop (2 half days)

Program Committee:
• Alan Robertson, IBM Linux Technology Center, USA
• Andy Yoo, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• Bernard Li, Verseon
• Bill Yurcik, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
• Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun, Louisiana Tech University, USA
• Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Daniel S. Katz, Louisiana State University, USA
• David E. Bernholdt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Geoffroy R. Vallee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma, USA
• Hong Ong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Ibrahim Haddad, Motorola, USA
• John T. Daly, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
• Kasidit Chanchio, Thammasat University, Thailand
• Li Ou, Dell, USA
• Mihaela Paun, Louisiana Tech University, USA
• Raju N. Gottumukkala, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
• Rattikorn Hewett, Texas Tech University, USA
• Stephen Scott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Tong Liu, Hewlett-Packard, USA
• Xubin (Ben) He, Tennessee Technological University, USA
• Yung-Chin Fang, Dell, USA

Workshop General Co-Chairs:
• Stephen L. Scott
   Computer Science and Mathematics Division
   Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
   scottsl at ornl.gov
• Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun
   eXtreme Computing Research Group
   Computer Science Program
   Louisiana Tech University, USA
   box at latech.edu

Program Co-Chairs:
• Xubin (Ben) He
   Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
   Tennessee Technological University, USA
   hexb at tntech.edu
• Christian Engelmann
   Computer Science and Mathematics Division
   Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
   engelmannc at ornl.gov

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