CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of the Journal of Parallel Distributed Computing Java on Clusters ------------------------------------ Papers are solicited for a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) tentatively scheduled to be published in July 2000 =2E The focus of the special issue is the meeting of two technologies: Java and Cluster Computing. Java technology is maturing and is becoming the technology o f choice in designing server middleware and applications. The availability of high-speed networks and increasingly powerful commodity microprocessors are making the usage of cluster servers, or networks of computers an appealing vehicle for cost effective concurrent computing. The recent interests in Enterprise Java Technology, Cluster Computing and Network-based Computing have spurred research interests in Java on clusters. This special issue of JPDC is targeted to include a collection of original unpublished research articles that describe recent advances in Java on clusters and Network-Based Computing. Topics of interests include (but are not limited to): w Cluster middleware support for enterprise Java applications: =A7 Single System Image infrastructure =A7 System availability infrastructure =A7 Issues in building scalable services =A7 Data distribution and load balancing =A7 Scheduling and global resource management w Programming paradigms/environment for Java applications that exploit clusters w Performance evaluation/tuning of Java server applications w Enterprise JavaBeans cluster servers w Java Virtual Machines that exploit clusters w Java specific communication protocols w Distributed garbage collection w Tools for deploying, operating and managing Java applications on clusters w Compiler, operating system and architecture support for Java computing on clusters Papers of experimental or theoretical nature will be considered. Authors should follow the JPDC manuscript format as described in the "Information for Authors" at the end of each issue of JPDC. Authors should submit their papers by Novembe r 15, 1999. The review decision will be sent to the authors by February 10, 2000 =2E The journal version will be reviewed as per JPDC review process for special issues. Authors are encouraged to submit their paper electronically to the guest editor =2E Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable Postscript (.ps) or Acrobat (.pdf) file, formated to print on 8.5 x 11 inch (letter size) paper. Hard copy submissions are also permitted and, like electronic submissions, must be received by the above deadline. Send six copies of the manuscript to the guest editor. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Guest Editor: Eliezer Dekel IBM Research Laboratory in Haifa MATAM-Advanced Technology Center Haifa 31905 Israel E-mail: dekel@il.ibm.com Tel: +972-4-829-6234 Fax: +972-4-829-6114 ************************************************************************ Important dates: Paper submission: November 15, 1999 Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 10, 2000 Final version of paper: March 10, 2000 Tentative publication date: July 2000 ************************************************************************