SCIENCE
2003 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing
December 1-4, 2003
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Sponsored by:
IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing
IEEE Computer Society
The University of Hong Kong Conference Highlights
** There will be 48 contributed papers to be presented on
Dec. 2-4, covering a wide range of subjects in cluster
computing research. See our full program in :
http://www.csis.hku.hk/cluster2003/advance-program.html
** Keynote addresses given by world-class researchers:
- Linux Clusters for Extremely Large Scientific Simulation
(Mark K. Seager, LLNL)
- Distributed Security Enforcement for Trusted Cluster and
Grid Computing (Kai Hwang, USC)
- Cluster Computing for Financial Engineering
(Thomas F. Coleman, Cornell)
- Towards Grid and Cluster Federations (Satoshi Sekiguchi, AIST)
- ...
More deatils: http://www.csis.hku.hk/cluster2003/keynote.htm
** Panel discussion on Dec. 3:
"Top Problems in Cluster Computing and Systems
and Possible Solutions", led by
- Rusty Lust, Angonne National Lab., USA
- Dhabaleswar K. Panda, Ohio State University, USA
- Phil Papadopoulos, San Diego Supercomputing Center, USA
- Thomas Stricker, ETH, Switzerland
- Chip Watson, DOE Jefferson Lab, USA
- Zhiwei Xu, Institute of Computing Technology, China
- Xiaodong Zhang (Moderator), NSF and College of William
and Mary, USA
** Four tutorials, introducing state-of-the-art clustering
technologies on Dec. 1 :
1. Designing Next Generation Clusters with Infiniband:
Opportunities and Challenges
2. Using MPI-2: Advanced Features of the Message
Passing Interface
3. The Gridbus Toolkit for Grid and Utility Computing
4. Building and Managing Clusters with NPACI Rocks
More … http://www.csis.hku.hk/cluster2003/tutorials.htm
** Vender technical talks and exhibitions by :
HP, Microsoft, IBM, Extreme Networks, Sun Microsystems,
Dawning, Intel, DELL, Cluster File System, Linux Networx,
Mellanox, RackSaver, …
More … http://www.csis.hku.hk/cluster2003/vender.htm
** A live Grid demo session on Dec. 4, featuring 8 innovative
Grid applications/systems.
More .. http://www.csis.hku.hk/cluster2003/griddemo.html
** A boat trip at the beautiful and romantic Victoria Harbour
in the evening of Dec. 4
More .. http://www.csis.hku.hk/~chyu/cluster2003/boat.html
** One-day tour on Dec. 5 :
- Enjoy the fascinating view of the Victoria Harbor from
the Victoria Peak
- The breathtaking views over sandy beaches at Repulse Bay
- Visit the "Ling Chi" ("herb of the gods") plantation garden.
- "Big Bowl Feast" ("Pun Choi" in Chinese) -- food served in
wooden basins
More … http://www.csis.hku.hk/~chyu/cluster2003/tour.html
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Conference/Tutorial Registration :
http://www.csis.hku.hk/cluster2003/registration.htm
Hotel Reservation:
http://www.csis.hku.hk/cluster2003/hotel.htm
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