CALL FOR PAPERS, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, AND NEW IDEAS




            Special Session of EuroPVM/MPI 2005
         Current Trends in Numerical Simulation for
             Parallel Engineering Environments
            New Directions and Work-in-Progress

  September 18th - September 21st, Capri - Sorrento Peninsula, Italy

         http://wwwbode.in.tum.de/events/parsim05/





Scope

The use of parallel programming and architectures as become essential
for simulating practical problems in engineering disciplines. The
remarkable progress in CPU power, system scalabilty, and interconnect
technology, as well as the introduction of new paradigms like
computational Grids or E-Services, continues to provide new
opportunities, as well as new challenges. These trends are paralleled
by progress in numerical simulation techniques and the integration of
software used to support a large variety of engineering applications.

This special session is intended to provide a discussion forum for scientists
from both the engineering disciplines and computer science in order to foster
a closer cooperation between them. In contrast to traditional conferences,
emphasis is put on the presentation of up-to-date results with a short
turn-around time, which can also include the presentation of work-in-progress
with only partial results available at the time of submission. Authors are
also encouraged to present new projects and/or ideas.

After its successful introduction in 2002, the session is embedded into the
EuroPVM/MPI for the fourth time. The host conference, with its long tradition
as one of the European prime events in parallel computation, serves as an
ideal surrounding for this special session and will enable the participants to
present and discuss their work within the scope of both the session and the
EuroPVM/MPI.

Topics for this special session include, but are not limited to:

- Real-world problems from electrical, mechanical, civil,
  or medical engineering requiring parallel simulation techniques
- Scalability of large-scale parallel simulations
- Software techniques to optimize parallel simulations
- Problem solving environments for parallel simulation problems
- Mathematical aspects for parallel simulation approaches

Papers describing practical and/or industry experience are especially
encouraged.


Author Instructions

Authors are invited to submit either extended abstracts of at most 4 pages or
full papers with at most 8 pages (PDF format in LNCS style as described on the
conference web site). Submissions should illustrate new and innovative
directions in the area of parallel simulation techniques in engineering
environments. All submissions should be sent directly to
parsim05@mailbode.informatik.tu-muenchen.de.

Accepted papers will be published in the EuroPVM/MPI proceedings and can be up
to 8 pages long. Accepted contributions are expected to be presented by one of
the authors at EuroPVM/MPI 2005 during the ParSim session.

Schedule

All submissions are due by June 3rd, and because of the strict time schedule,
there will be no room for extensions. The notification of acceptance is
scheduled for June 13th. The review period will be short ensuring a quick
turn-around time and giving all accepted authors the chance to revise their
contributions until July 4th (EuroPVM/MPI camera ready deadline).


Session Organizers:

      Carsten Trinitis 	Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
                        Email: Carsten.Trinitis@cs.tum.edu
                        WWW:   http://wwwbode.cs.tum.edu/~trinitic/

      Martin Schulz 	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , USA
                        Email: schulzm@llnl.gov
                        WWW:   http://www.llnl.gov/casc/people/schulz/