IWCC 1999: Melbourne, Australia

@proceedings{DBLP:conf/iwcc/1999,
  title     = {1st International Workshop on Cluster Computing (IWCC '99), 2-3
               December 1999, Melbourne, Australia},
  booktitle = {IWCC},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
  year      = {1999},
  isbn      = {0-7695-0343-8},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Keynote Addresses

• Kai Hwang:
  Fault-Tolerant Cluster Architecture for Business and Scientific Applications. 3
  
• Anthony Skjellum:
  Clustering for Research and Production Scale, Parallel and Distributed Computing. 4
  
• David Abramson:
  From PC Clusters to a Global Computational Grid. 5
  

Cluster Setup and Performance Measurement

• David A. Bader, Arthur B. Maccabe, Jason R. Mastaler, John K. McIver III, Patricia A. Kovatch:
  Design and Analysis of the Alliance/University of New Mexico Roadrunner Linux SMP SuperCluster. 9-18
  
• David Lancaster, Kenji Takeda:
  Comparative Performance of a Commodity Alpha Cluster Running Linux and Windows NT. 19-25
  
• Glenn R. Luecke, Bruno Raffin, James Coyle:
  Comparing the Communication Performance and Scalability of a Linux and an NT Cluster of PCs, a Cray Origin 2000, an IBM SP and a Cray T3E-600. 26-35
  
• Jens Mache:
  An Assessment of Gigabit Ethernet as Cluster Interconnect. 36-42
  
• Liang Peng, Ming-Dong Feng, Chung-Kwong Yuen:
  Evaluation of the Performance of Multithreaded Cilk Runtime System on SMP Clusters. 43-
  

Cluster Communications Software and Protocols

• Amy W. Apon, Hsiang Ann Chen, Charlotte F. Fischer, Larry Wilbur:
  A Communication Staging Technique for Network Cache Interconnected Clusters. 55-62
  
• Thierry Monteil, Jean-Marie Garcia, David Gauchard, Olivier Brun:
  Communication Kernel for High Speed Networks in the Parallel Environment LANDA-HSN. 63-70
  
• Naoshi Ogawa, Takahiro Kurosawa, Mitsuhiro Kishimoto, Nobuhiro Tachino, Andreas Savva, Keisuke Fukui:
  Smart Cluster Network (SCnet): Design of High Performance Communication System for SAN. 71-80
  
• Sudharshan Vazhkudai, P. Tobin Maginnis:
  A High Performance Communication Subsystem for PODOS. 81-91
  
• Anthony T. C. Tam, Cho-Li Wang:
  Realistic Communication Model for Parallel Computing on Cluster. 92-
  

Network Communication Optimizations

• Jeremy E. Dawson, Peter E. Strazdins:
  Optimizing User-Level Communication Patterns on the Fujitsu AP3000. 105-111
  
• Christophe Cérin, Jean-Luc Gaudiot:
  Algorithms for Stable Sorting to Minimize Communications in Networks of Workstations and Their Implementations in BSP. 112-120
  
• Ming Zhu, Wentong Cai, Bu-Sung Lee:
  Key Message Algorithm: A Communication Optimization Algorithm in Cluster-Based Parallel Computing. 121-
  

Cluster File Systems and File Access

• Bruce Janson, Bob Kummerfeld:
  Soda: A File System for a Multicomputer. 131-136
  
• Hau-Yang Cheng, Chung-Ta King:
  File Replication for Enhancing the Availability of Parallel I/O Systems on Clusters. 137-144
  
• Paul Roe, Siu Yuen Chan:
  I/O in the Gardens Non-Dedicated Cluster Computing Environment. 145-149
  
• Hakan Taki, Gil Utard:
  MPI-IO on a Parallel File System for Cluster of Workstations. 150-157
  
• Roy S. C. Ho, Hai Jin, Kai Hwang:
  Single I/O Space for Scalable Cluster Computing. 158-
  

Scheduling Programs on Clusters

• Kamran Kazemi, Chris McDonald:
  Formal Specification of Virtual Process Topologies. 169-176
  
• Oscar R. López-Bonilla:
  Task Partitioning Utilizing Available Time on Multiprocessor Systems for a Given Schedule. 177-186
  
• Bing Bing Zhou, Paul Mackerras, Chris W. Johnson, David Walsh, Richard P. Brent:
  An Efficient Resource Allocation Scheme for Gang Scheduling. 187-194
  
• Djemai Kebbal, El-Ghazali Talbi, Jean-Marc Geib:
  Building and Scheduling Parallel Adaptive Applications in Heterogeneous Environments. 195-201
  
• Jefferson L. Tan:
  Cost-Efficient Load Distribution Using Multicasting. 202-
  

Cluster Management and Metacomputing

• Fumie Costen, John Brooke, Mike Pettipher:
  Investigation to Make Best Use of LSF with High Efficiency. 211-220
  
• Naoya Suzuki, Munehiro Fukuda, Lubomir Bic:
  Self-Migrating Threads for Multi-Agent Applications. 221-228
  
• Lionel Brunie, Laurent Lefèvre, Olivier Reymann:
  High Performance Distributed Objects for Cluster Computing. 229-236
  
• Yoshio Tanaka, Mitsuhisa Sato, Motonori Hirano, Hidemoto Nakada, Satoshi Sekiguchi:
  Resource Manager for Globus-Based Wide-Area Cluster Computing. 237-
  

Cluster Operating Systems and Monitoring

• Eduardo Pinheiro, Ricardo Bianchini:
  Nomad: A Scalable Operating System for Clusters of Uni and Multiprocessors. 247-254
  
• Wai-kong Cheuk, Chi-Kwong Li, Wai-Yip Chan:
  Contractual Operating System - Design and Problems. 255-260
  
• Zhengyu Liang, Yundong Sun, Cho-Li Wang:
  ClusterProbe: An Open, Flexible and Scalable Cluster Monitoring Tool. 261-
  

Cluster Programming and Analysis Models

• Darren Butler, Paul Roe:
  Sharing the Garden GATE: Towards an Efficient Uniform Programming Model for CLUMPS. 271-277
  
• Simon Huband, Chris McDonald:
  Debugging Parallel Programs Using Incomplete Information. 278-286
  
• Michael Hobbs, Andrzej M. Goscinski:
  The Influence of Concurrent Process Duplication on the Performance of Parallel Applications Executing on COWs. 287-
  

Algorithms and Applications

• Zhihui Du, Sanli Li, Shuyou Li, Mengyue Wu, Jing Zhu:
  Massively Parallel Simulated Annealing Embedded with Downhill - A SPMD Algorithm for Cluster Computing. 297-302
  
• Paul J. Darwen:
  Unobtrusive Workstation Farming Without Inconveniencing Owners: Learning Backgammon with a Genetic Algorithm. 303-311
  
• Christoph Best, M. Peardon, Norbert Eicker, P. Ueberholz, Thomas Lippert, Klaus Schilling:
  Lattice Field Theory on Cluster Computers: Vector- Vs. Cache-Centric Programming. 312-319
  
• Renato Simöes Silva:
  A Finite Element Solver for Convection Diffusion Problems Using a Cluster of PC's. 320-
  

Industry Track

• Sun Cluster^TM Architecture: A White Paper. 331-338
  
• Fritz Ferstl:
  Global Resource Director (GRD): Customer Scenarios for Large Multiprocessor Environments. 339-346
  
• Daniel Charlu:
  HP Hyperplex^® Clustering Technology. 347-