Message from the Program Chair

Abstract

Welcome to the 9th International Conference on High Performance Computing. The conference features 10 contributed paper sessions with 57 papers, 2 invited sessions with 9 papers, an industrial track session, a poster session, 5 keynote addresses, 10 tutorials, and 5 workshops. The 57 contributed papers are from 12 countries. The 10 contributed paper sessions were put together by a distinguished and international program committee that comprised 56 committee members and 5 program vice-chairs: Oscar Ibarra (Algorithms), Vipin Kumar (Applications), Michel Cosnard (Architecture), Mani Srivastava (Communication Networks), and Francis Lau (Systems Software). Following a rigorous review process, the program committee selected 57 of the 145 papers that were submitted in response to the call for papers for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the conference proceedings. The 2 invited sessions were organized by Vijay Kumar (Biocomputation) and Viktor Prasanna (Embedded Systems), the industrial track by Sudheendra Hangal, the poster session by Paul Roe and Rajkumar Buyya, the keynote addresses by Cauligi Raghavendra, the tutorials by Srinivas Aluru, and the workshops by C.P. Ravikumar. I wish to thank the entire program committee and especially the program vice-chairs for the excellent job they did in the review of the 145 submitted papers and subsequent selection of papers. Thanks also go to those who organized the remaining sessions, mentioned above, that make up the conference as well as to those who performed the administrative functions that are essential to the success of this conference. Finally, I thank Viktor Prasanna for giving me the opportunity to serve as program chair of this conference.