[Bioclusters] Call for Papers OSCAR Symposium 2004

[Bernard Li]

                      The 2^nd Annual OSCAR Symposium
                        Winnipeg, Manitoba   Canada
                              May 16-19, 2004

                      http://www.csm.ornl.gov/oscar04/

       (Co-located with HPCS'04 - http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~hpcs04/)


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   CALL FOR PAPERS
       Authors are invited to submit draft manuscripts not to exceed 8
       single spaced 8.5x11 inch pages using 10-point font.  Accepted
papers
       will be published electronically on the conference web site.  All
       submissions should be in English and in PDF format.   The paper
should
       include:
           a. Title
           b. Author name(s), affiliation and current address
           c. Abstract (maximum 200 words)
           d. Introduction stating the nature of the problem & purpose=20
           e. References


           Manuscript Length:  Max 8 pages
           Manuscript Detail:  Single spaced 8.5x11 inch, 10-point font=20
           Manuscript Format:  All submissions must be in PDF
         Send manuscripts to:  oscar04@mailhub.ornl.gov



   LIST OF TOPICS
       Authors are encouraged to submit papers related to the OSCAR
software
       stack.  Potential topics of interest include:
          o Experiences using the OSCAR environment
          o Clustering frameworks
          o Experiences creating OSCAR packages
          o Packages to consider for future OSCAR versions
          o Cluster tools
          o Design proposals
          o Experiences creating new OSCAR distributions
          o Proposals for new OSCAR projects
          o Experiences in cluster & grid computing=20


   CALENDAR
       April 16, 2004    Early registration deadline
       May 1, 2004       Manuscript submission deadline
       May 4, 2004       Notification of acceptance
       May 14, 2004      Final manuscript submission deadline


   CONTACT
       oscar04@mailhub.ornl.gov


   REGISTRATION
       Conference registration form available from the HPCS'04 site,
           http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~hpcs04/Registration.html     =20
       The fee covers both conferences, early registration ends April
16.


   ACCOMMODATIONS
       See the main HPCS'04 web page for information about the
conference
       hotel and Winnipeg. (http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~hpcs04/)


   CO-CHAIRS     =20
       Stephen L. Scott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
       Thomas Naughton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory


   PROGRAM COMMITTEE
       Jeremy Enos (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
       Xubin He (Tennessee Tech University)
       Chokchai Leangsuksun (Louisiana Tech University)
       Benoit des Ligneris (RevolutionLinux)
       Timothy Mattson (Intel)
       John Mugler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
       Thomas Naughton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
       Jeffrey Squyres (Indiana University)
       Stephen Scott (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)


   ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
       John Mugler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
       Thomas Naughton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
       Stephen Scott (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)