<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">*********************************************<br>* Cluster 2009 Technical Papers *<br>*********************************************<br><br>Due to a number of requests for extension of submission of papers for Cluster 2009 (<a href="http://www.cluster2009.org/">http://www.cluster2009.org/</a>), the deadline schedule has been modified as follows: <br><br><b>Technical Paper Abstracts</b> due date: <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">14th April</span></b><br><b>Full Technical Paper</b> due date: <b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">21st April</b><br><p>Cluster 2009 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry, and government, describing original research in the field of cluster computing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</p><ul><li>Cluster Architecture and Hardware Systems<ul><li>Node architectures</li><li>Packaging, Power, and Cooling</li></ul></li><li>Cluster Software and Middleware<ul><li>Software Environments and Tools</li><li>Single -System Image Services</li><li>Parallel File Systems and I/O Libraries</li><li>Standard Software for Clusters</li><li>Virtualization</li></ul></li><li>Cluster Networking<ul><li>High-Speed Interconnects</li><li>High Performance Message Passing Libraries</li><li>Lightweight Communication Protocols</li></ul></li><li>Implications of Multicore and Clouds on Clusters<ul><li>Hardware Architecture</li><li>Software and Tools</li><li>Networking</li><li>Management</li><li>Applications</li></ul></li><li>Applications<ul><li>Application Methods and Algorithms</li><li>Adaptation to Multicore</li><li>Data Distribution, Load Balancing & Scaling</li><li>MPI/OpenMP Hybrid Computing</li><li>Visualization</li></ul></li><li>Performance Analysis and Evaluation<ul><li>Benchmarking & Profiling Tools</li><li>Performance Prediction & Modeling</li></ul></li><li>Cluster Management<ul><li>Security and Reliability</li><li>High Availability Solutions</li><li>Resource and Job Management</li></ul></li></ul><b>Paper Submission:</b><br><br>Paper Format: Since the camera-ready version of accepted papers must be compliant with the IEEE Xplore format for publication, submitted papers must conform to the following Xplore layout, page limit, and font size. This will insure a size consistency and a uniform layout for the reviewers. (With minimal changes, accepted document can be styled for publication according to Xplore requirements explained in the Xplore formatting guide, which is also in Xplore format).<br><ul><li>PDF files only.</li><li>Maximum 10 pages.</li><li>Single-spaced</li><li>8.5x11-inch, Two-column numbered pages in IEEE Xplore format</li><li>Format instructions are available at:<ul><li><a href="http://www.cluster2009.org/IEEE_Paper_LaTeX_Template_LETTER_V3.zip" target="_blank">IEEE Paper LaTeX Template (ZIP file)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cluster2009.org/IEEE_Paper_Word_Template_LETTER_V3.zip" target="_blank">IEEE Paper Word Template (ZIP file)</a></li></ul></li><li>Electronic Submission: Only web-based submission is accepted, at <a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cluster09" target="_blank">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cluster09</a></li><div><br></div></ul></div></div><br></body></html>