Call for Chapters to a Book on

High Performance Cluster Computing

Book URL: http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/~rajkumar/hpcc.html

In the recent years, high speed network and improved microprocessor performance are making network of workstations an appealing vehicle for parallel computing. Cluster/network of workstations built using commodity hardware or software is playing a major role in redefining the concept of Supercomputing.

There are many independent efforts in progress in the industry and research labs for developing supercomputers based on the cluster concept. Currently, there are no books available which can act as a reference for researchers (in the industry and academy) and students at the post graduate level.

To fill this gap a book on "Cluster Computing" has been proposed. One of the leading US based international publishers has expressed its willingness to publish the book as an International Edition.

The proposed book is expected to cover (but is not limited to) the following aspects:

• Cluster Hardware (Cluster of Workstations or PCs)
• Active Messages and Light Weight Protocols
• Cluster Operating System
• Single System Image
• Network Capabilities for Fast Communication
• Message Passing Systems such as MPI and PVM for Clusters
• Characterization of Communication and Synchronization Traffic
• Operating Environments
• Data Distribution and Load Balancing
• Programming Paradigms/Environment for Clusters
• HPCC Models for Graphics and Multimedia
• Problem Solving Environment for Clusters
• Tools for Operating and Managing Clusters
• Parallel and Distributed Computing/HPC in Java
• Algorithms for Solving Problems on Clusters
• Building Applications on Clusters
• Large Scale System Administration
• Issues in Building Scalable Services
• Fault Tolerance Issues for Clusters
• NT Clusters
• Admistration of Clusters
• Algorithms and Applications

New Topics can be added based on your Comments.

These topics are to be discussed both at the theoretical level and also at the example system level. They are to be discussed as tutorial topics so that the proposed book will be of interest to a large number of potential readers. As a whole, it should cover "the what, why and how of cluster computing" both at the conceptu- al and the programming level.

Call for Contributions

Contributions to the book in form of independent chapters are sought. Chapters can have co-authors and an author or co-authors can contribute more than one chapter. To contribute, please provide the following information (as soon as possible):

* a more or less complete table of contents of the chapter.
* a brief discussion (overview/abstract) on the chapter.
* a short biography (the type of biography found in an IEEE publication).

It is expected that the book will be completed in about six months and you need to send the above information as early as possible. The book editor will work individually with the contributors to establish the time frame for the completion of work.

For more information please feel free to contact the book editor: