SCOPE

Two new paradigms are changing the way we do computing: Clusters and Grids. Both have been born by the need for more economical means for high-performancecomputing. Clusters employ cost-effective commodity components for building powerful computers, and Grids allow to better utilize the computing resources that are available via Internet.
CCGrid2003, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Task Force on Cluster Computing, is designed to bring together international cluster and grid computing researchers, developers, and users to present and exchange the latest innovations and findings that drive future research and products. The areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Middleware for Clusters and Grids
- Interconnects and Protocols
- File Systems, I/O and Databases
- Resource Management
- Scheduling and Load Balancing
- Management of Large-Scale Distributed Data
- Programming Languages and Models
- Tools and Environments
- Programming Support for SMP Clusters
- System Management and Administration
- Performance Evaluation and Modeling
- Problem Solving Environments
- Applications for Clusters and Grids
- Computing / Science Portals
- Peer-to-Peer Computing

TECHNICAL PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit original papers of up to 8 pages of double-column text using single spaced 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, as per IEEE manuscript guidelines, see http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm. Papers over 8 pages may be immediately rejected without refereeing. Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or PDF file that will print on a PostScript printer.
All submissions will be handled via the web. The submission site http://ccgrid.acm.org has been closed. Please do NOT send your submission via email or hardcopy.
NOTE:The submission due date : CLOSED

CALL FOR POSTERS & RESEARCH DEMO

Poster Chair solicits call for posters (upto 2 pages writeup) and research demos .
The detail is here.

IMPORTANT DATES

Technical Papers Due: October 30, 2002
Notification of Acceptance: December 17, 2002
Sending Author Kit : February 4,2003
Camera-Ready Papers Due: March 1, 2003
Tutorials: May 12, 2003
Conference: May 13-15, 2003

Addendum: Common Misconception (by Satoshi Matsuoka, the PC Chair):
"I would like to attend but Japan is expensive for travelers!"

This is a very common misconception, the result of early days when the only hotels where the travelers stayed at were the top-ranked hotels, fortified in the early ‘90s when the exchange rate was 80-90 yens/US Dollar. Things have changed a lot since then; the exchange rate has gone down considerably (120-130 yens/US Dollar), but the prices of items have remained stable domestically due to deflationary status of the Japanese economy. Moreover, travelers can now find abundant low-price hotels and inexpensive but good restaurants to dine. For the CCGrid 2003 in particular, the conference will be held at a hotel near the Imperial Palace called Toshi-Center Hotel. Despite being new and quite comfortable as well as being conveniently located at the center of Tokyo, the room rate for a single room is approximately 9000 yens or $70-$75 U.S. I am sure everyone will find Japan to be quite economical and pleasant place to visit, especially in May when it is the best time of the year.

CHAIRS

Program Committee Chair
Satoshi Matsuoka ,Tokyo Inst. Technology, Japan
Program Committee Co-chair
Yutaka Ishikawa ,Univ. of Tokyo, Japan