CALL FOR PAPERS

Load Balancing in Distributed Simulations

Special Session of the 2003 High Performance & Large Scale Computing Conference  

In Conjunction with
The 17th EUROPEAN SIMULATION MULTICONFERENCE
(ESM 2003)

June 9 - 11, 2003

Nottingham, UK

Session Chair: Dr. Georgios K. Theodoropoulos, University of Birmingham, U.K.

A Special Session on "Load Balancing in Distributed Simulations" is planned as part of the 2003 High Performance & Large Scale Computing Conference, which will be held in conjunction with the 17th European Simulation Multiconference (ESM 2003), June 9 - 11, 2003, Nottingham, UK.

Selected papers from this session will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science & Technology, a publication of the United Kingdom Simulation Society

The need for synchronisation renders load balancing techniques developed for conventional parallel and distributed systems insufficient. Substantial effort has been put into developing appropriate load balancing algorithms for both conservative and optimistic distributed simulations, ranging from static, centralised approaches to highly decentralised and dynamic schemes. The purpose of this Special Session is to provide a vehicle for reporting state-of-the-art developments in this field. Papers reporting original and unpublished research results on this topic are solicited.    

Authors are invited to submit an electronic copy of their manuscript to the Session Chair:

Dr Georgios Theodoropoulos
School of Computer Science,
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT,
United Kingdom
E-mail: gkt@cs.bham.ac.uk
Fax: +44-121-414 4281
Phone: +44-121-414 4780

For further information or questions about the conference, please consult the HP&LSC web site at URL: http://www.engr.udayton.edu/faculty/wsmari/hpc03 and ESM 2003 web site at URL: http://ducati.doc.ntu.ac.uk/uksim/ESM2003/webpage.htm.  

For information about the “International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science & Technologyplease consult the United Kingdom Simulation Society web site at URL: http://ducati.doc.ntu.ac.uk/uksim

Important Dates

Full Paper Submission Deadline ---------------------------------- February 5, 2003

Notification of Acceptance ---------------------------------------- March 31, 2003

Registration & Camera-Ready Manuscripts Due -------------- May 1, 2003