IEEE Cluster 2001: About the Conference
The rapid emergence of COTS-based Cluster Computing as a major strategy for delivering high
performance to technical and commercial applications is driven by the superior cost
effectiveness and flexibility achievable through ensembles of PCs, workstations, and servers.
Cluster computing, such as Beowulf class, SMP clusters, and ASCI machines is redefining the manner in which parallel and distributed
computing is being accomplished today and is the focus of important research in hardware, software, and application development.
Cluster2001 will be held in the beautiful Pacific coastal city of Newport Beach in Southern
California, from October 8 to 11, 2001. The previous conference, held in Chemnitz, Germany,
attracted hundreds of participants from all over the world. For the first time, the Cluster
2001 merges five popular professional conferences and workshops: IWCC, PC-NOW,
CCC, JPC4 and German CC into an integrated, large-scale, international forum to be held in Northern America.
One of the exciting evening events is a banquet on the Queen Mary in
nearby Long Beach.
The conference series information can be found at: http://www.clustercomp.org/
You can also download the conference flyer here: PDF
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Conference Highlights
The conference is targeted at users, practitioners, developers, and researchers in the field of
high performance cluster computing. A diverse ensemble of sessions has been assembled
in order to help promote technical exchanges at a variety of different levels
aimed at expanding and nurturing the field of high performance cluster computing. These include:
- Over 45 contributed papers covering a wide range of subjects, including:
| Hardware Technology for Clustering |
| High-Speed System Interconnects |
| Lightweight Communications Protocols |
| Fast Message Passing Mechanisms |
| Single-system Image Services |
| File Systems and Distributed RAID |
| Cluster Security and Reliability |
| Cluster Job and Resource Management |
| Data Distribution and Local Balancing |
| Tools for Managing Clusters |
| Middleware, Groupware, and Infoware |
| High Availability Cluster Solutions |
| Scientific and E-Commerce Applications |
| Performance and Benchmarking |
| Federated Clusters and Grids |
| Novel Cluster Systems Architectures |
| Network-Based Distributed Computing |
| Mobile Agents and Java for Clusters |
| Software Environments for Clusters |
| Clusters for Bioinformatics |
- Special introductory remarks by Thomas Sterling (Caltech & JPL).
- Three Keynote Speakers, featuring:
- Nine featured plenary speakers:
| Jack Dongarra,
University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| Dan Reed,
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of
Illinois |
| Rusty Lusk,
Argonne National Laboratory |
| Don Becker,
Scyld, Inc. |
| Atsushi Hori,
Swimmy Software, Inc. |
| Stephen Scott,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Zhiwei Xu |
| David Walker,
Cardiff University |
| William Camp,
Sandia National Laboratories |
- Three panel discussions, covering hardware, software, and
applications.
- A poster session featuring a variety of technologies from academia,
industry, and research laboratories.
- Six tutorials on a range of topics:
- Over 20 exhibitors representing a broad cross section of the cluster
computing community.
- A number of social events, including a poster reception, exhibit
reception, and a special evening banquet at the historic Queen Mary
ocean liner in the nearby port of Long Beach.
The conference promises to be one of the landmark meetings of the year
in cluster computing, and is definitely one not to be missed.
We would like to extend to all participants a warm welcome to Newport Beach!
Mark Baker
Larry Bergman
General Chairs, Cluster 2001
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