The 2001 International Workshop on
Cluster Computing Education
CLUSTER-EDU 2001
Organized at the
IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing
and the Grid
(CCGrid2001)
May 16-18, 2001
Brisbane, Australia
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 20th,
2000
Call for Papers
Scope
In the last few years, cluster computing
on networks of stand alone computers, e. g., workstations and PCs, has
been unifying parallel computing, distributed computing, high performance
computing, high available computing and web computing.
As the world of computing evolves, the
education of students must change to incorporate the new ideas, techniques,
and tools of cluster computing. This workshop explores these changes and
how they impact both undergraduate and graduate education.
With the advent of networked inexpensive
high performance computers and freely available cluster computing tools,
most educational institutions have the opportunity to provide their students
with a high quality learning experience in cluster computing. However,
these same institutions need direction in what and how to teach cluster
computing. So far the work done by educators has been fragmented. This
workshop will bring together educators around the world to discuss cluster
computing and how best to teach it.
CLUSTER-EDU 2001 solicits papers that focus on any aspect of
cluster computing education, including but definitely not limited to:
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Selection and presentation of topics for a cluster computing course
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Integration of cluster computing with existing courses
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Organization and pedagogical strategies for teaching cluster computing
courses
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Cluster computing hardware requirements and selection
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Issues in managing a cluster computing system for teaching
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Performance issues for teaching cluster computing
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Message-passing software and its use in teaching
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Shared memory programming, tools, and teaching
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Distributed shared memory (DSM) software and its use in teaching
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Teaching Java High Performance Computing (HPC)
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Teaching Grid Computing
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Applications used as vehicles to teach cluster computing
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Cluster computing textbooks and other educational materials
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Student performance in cluster computing classes and ways for improvement
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The use of Web technologies in teaching cluster computing
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Innovative and simple-to-build applications for demonstrating clustering
capabilities
Paper Submission
Papers submitted to CLUSTER-EDU 2001 must be unpublished
and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. The manuscript
must be written in English and be at most ten pages long (including figures
and tables, and references) of double column text using single spaced 10
point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, as per IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript
guidelines. Exact IEEE instructions can be accessed from:
http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm
ftp://ftp.computer.org/pub/outgoing/cspress/proceedings/IEEE_CS_Latex.zip
Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2) or PDF file that will print
on a PostScript printer to one of the workshop chairs by email.
All papers will be reviewed. Submission implies the willingness of at least
one of the authors to register for the conference and present the paper.
The deadline for submissions is November 4, 2000. Decisions will be announced
by December 20, 2000. Accepted papers will appear in the proceedings of
CCGrid2001,
to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.
Workshop Co-Chairs
Dan Hyde
Department of Computer Science
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA
Tel: (570) 577-1281
Email: hyde@bucknell.edu
Barry Wilkinson
Department of Computer Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, USA
Tel: (704) 547-4879
Email: abw@uncc.edu
Important Dates:
Papers due: November 4, 2000
Deadline
extended to November 20th, 2000
Notification of Acceptance: December 20, 2000
Camera Ready Papers due: January 24, 2001
CCGrid2001 Symposium: May 16-18, 2001
CLUSTER-EDU 2001 Home
Page:
http://www.cs.uncc.edu/~abw/CLUSTER-EDU_2001/