ADCOMP '98 SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED COMPUTING DECEMBER 14-16, 1998 HOTEL HOLIDAY INN, PUNE, INDIA URL for the conference site: http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/adcom98/ ********************************************************** ORGANIZED BY ADVANCED COMPUTING SOCIETY (ACS), INDIA In Cooperation With: IEEE Computer Society: TC for Computer Architecture ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The goal of the 6th annual conference of the Advanced Computing Society is to provide a stimulating forum to industry professionals, Researchers, and government policy planners to share ideas, report findings, discuss products and define future directions. Over the past five years, this conference has become one of the premium forums for the growing technical community in India. Last year at ADCOMP-97, more than half of the 200 attendees were from industry with significant participation from academic communities in India and overseas. We commit to build on this success and increase its influence on the technical communities. The conference will have sessions with contributed papers, invited talks, practical experience reports, tutorials, panels, and vendor exhibitions. CALL FOR PAPERS Authors are requested to submit six (6) copies of previously unpublished paper/experience-report to Program Co-Chairs before June 30, 1998. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Parallel Distributed and Network Computing Internet and Mobile Computing Advanced Computer Architecture Dependable and Secure Computing Real-time Computing High Performance Networks Advanced Operating and Programming Environments Multi-media and Multi-lingual Information Systems Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-based Computing Systems High Performance Graphics, Visualization and Virtual Reality Parallel and Distributed Databases and Datawarehousing Scientific and Engineering Applications Business and Societal Applications The length of a paper is limited to 5000 words (20 double spaced pages). Authors will be notified of acceptance by August 20, 1998. Camera ready papers would be required by October 05,1998. TUTORIALS Half/full day tutorials are proposed to be held on the first day of the conference. Tutorial proposals on topics of interest to Advanced Computing are welcome. Please submit your proposals to the Tutorial Chairs by June 30, 1998. SPECIAL SESSIONS Proposals for organizing special sessions in some particular topics consisting of invited talks from eminent persons in the field are also welcome. Persons interested in organizing such sessions are requested to contact the Program Co-Chairs before June 30, 1998. EXHIBITION The conference provides an opportunity to the vendors of computing systems to display their products. In addition, few sessions on vendor presentation are planned. Vendors interested in exhibiting their products are requested to contact the Exhibit Co-Chairs before June 30, 1998. STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS Several organizations are likely to sponsor fellowships to students at academic institutions within India to participate in the conference. For details contact the Fellowships Chair. ADVISORY CHAIR Vijay P. Bhatkar, C-DAC, India GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Vijay P. Bhatkar Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune 411 007, India Phone : +91-212-350507 Fax : +91-212-353051 E-mail: bhatkar@cdac.ernet.in Dharma P. Agrawal Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering North Carolina State University Box 7911, 232 Daniels Hall, Raleigh NC 27695-7911, USA Phone : +919-515-3984 Fax : +919-515-5523 E-mail : dpa@ncsu.edu PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Pradeep K. Sinha Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune 411 007, India Phone : +91-212-352461 Fax : +91-212-357551 E-mail: psinha@cdac.ernet.in Chitaranjan Das 232, Pond Laboratory Department of Computer Science and Engineering Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA Phone : +814-865-0194 Fax : +814-865-3176 E-mail : das@cse.psu.edu ORGANIZING CO-CHAIRS Sridhar P. Dixit Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune 411 007, India Phone : +91-212-373912 Fax : +91-212-357551 E-mail : spd@cdac.ernet.in Anand Khandekar Cirrus Logic, 106 A, Mutha Chambers Senapati Bapat Road, Opp. Sahara Hotel, Pune 411 016, India Phone : +91-212-371091 Fax : +91-212-371090 E-mail : anand_k@cirrus.stpp.soft.net INDUSTRIAL CO-CHAIRS Alok Aggarwal IBM Solutions Research Center Block I, Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016 Phone : Delhi-696-0961 : USA - (914) 784-7477 E-mail:aggarwala@us.ibm.com Sampath Narayan Silicon Graphics Systems 304, Embassy Square Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001, India Phone : +91-80-2282181 Fax : +91-80-2282173 Email : sampath@bangalore.sgi.com TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS Ashok S. Kolaskar Bio-informatics Centre, Pune University Campus Ganesh Khind, Pune 411 007, India Phone : +91-212-350195 Fax : +91-212-350087 E-mail : kolaskar@bioinfo.ernet.in Anup Kumar Department of Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science J. B. Speed Scientific School, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA Phone: +502-852-0471 Fax : +502-852-4713 E-mail : a0kuma01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu EXHIBIT CO-CHAIRS Seetharamakrishna Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune 411 007, India Phone : +91-212-352531 Fax : +91-212-357551 E-mail: krishna@cdac.ernet.in Vilas Kanyal Digital Equipment (India) Ltd., 201/A Nityanand Complex 2nd Floor, 247/A Bundgarden Road, Pune 411 001, India Phone : +91-212-621950/622989 Fax : +91-212-626853 FELLOWSHIPS CHAIR K. M. Mehta School of Computer Science and Engineering Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India Phone : +91-44-2351126/2351732 (Extn. 3341) Fax : +91-44-2350397 E-mail : annalibl@sirnetm.ernet.in FINANCE CHAIR M. G. Aslekar Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune 411 007, India Phone: +91-212-352461 Fax : +91-212-357551 PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS S. K. Gupta Director, Software Technology Park, Kubera Complex 1st Floor, Opposite Nitcon, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, Shivajinagar, Pune 411 005, India Phone: +91-212-329834/329835/329836 Fax : +91-212-329833 Sumedh Sathaye IBM TJ Watson Research Center PO Box 218, Yorktown Heights NY 10598, USA E-mail: sathaye@watson.ibm.com Phone: (914) 945-3216 PROGRAM COMMITTEE K. C. Anand, TIFR, India M. R. Bhujade, IIT Mumbai, India Jay N. Bhuyan, Tuskegee University, USA Bella Bose, Oregon State University, USA A. Basu, Fidelio Software, Bangalore P. K. Chande, G.S.I.T. Indore, India Vipin Choudhary, Wayne State University, USA Sukhendu Das, IIT Madras, India P. R. Eknath, C-DAC, Pune, India Paul Ezhilchelvan, Newcastle University, UK V. A. Guschin, ICAD, Russia K.C. Gowda, S.J.C.E , Mysore R. C. Hansdah, IISc Bangalore, India Lawrence Jenkins, IISc Bangalore, India R. C. Joshi, University of Roorkee, India Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras, India Subrat Kar, IIT Delhi, India Abhay Karandikar, IIT Mumbai, India S. C. Kim, Sogang University, Korea Sandeep Kumar, H. P. Labs, USA Sanjeev Kumar, Ericsson, USA Shashi Kumar, IIT Delhi, India Suresh Kumar, IBM, India J. Mohan Kumar, Australia Ravi Mittal, Hughes Software Systems, India N. Mohanram, C-DAC, Bangalore, India R. Munikoti, Nortel, Canada Rabinarayan Mahapatra, Texas A&M Prashant Mahapatra, Iowa State University, USA P. Mullik, RELQ, Bangalore P. S. Nagendra Rao, IISc Bangalore, India Ashwani Nanda, IBM, USA Arun Pande, TIL, Bangalore Ramjee Prasad, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands D. V. Poornaiah, ITI Bangalore, India A. K. Ramani, Putra University, Malaysia A. S. M. Sajeev, Monash University, Australia A. A. Sawant, College of Engg., Pune, India Dheeraj Sanghi, IIT Kanpur, India S. Sanyal, TIFR Mumbai Nalin K. Sharda, Victoria University, Australia Rajeev Shorey, SAS, Bangalore S. Singh, La Trobe Univ, Australia S. K. Sinha, IISc Bangalore M.S. Shiva Kumar, NIE Mysore Anand Sivasubramaniam, Pennsylvania State Univ, USA B. P. Sinha, ISI Calcutta, India Arun Somani, Iowa State, USA S. M. Srinidhi, Fore Systems, India Kishore S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA T. G. Venkatesh, IIT Delhi, India ADVISORY COMMITTEE R. K. Arora, DOE, India Mukesh Aghi, Tata IBM O. M. Belotserkovskii, ICAD, Russia Vijay P. Bhatkar, CDAC Pune (Chair) Laxmi N. Bhuyan, Texas A&M, USA V. Chandrasekharan, Pentafour, Chennai Ashok Desai, SGI, Bangalore S. M. Deshpande, IISc Bangalore Sudhir Dixit, Nokia Telecom, USA P. S. Goel, ISAC, Bangalore K. N. Gupta, CDOT, India S. S. Iyengar, Louisiana State University David Kahaner, ATIP, Japan Ajit Karnik, CDAC Pune G. Mehta, University of Hyderabad Sridhar Mitta, Wipro Infotech Som Mittal, Digital Electronics India Ltd, Bangalore Rajeev Modi, Silicon Automation Systems, Bangalore L. M. Patnaik, IISc, Bangalore Rajendra Pawar, NIIT, India D. Popovic, University of Bremen, Germany Amitava Roy, Hughes Software Systems, India K. V. Ramani, Future Software, Chennai S. Sasi Kumar, CDAC, Bangalore Vinod Sood, Hughes Software Systems, India R. Srinivasan, Tata Elxsi, Bangalore Vipin Tyagi, Network Program Inc, India Krishna Tanuku, Lucent Technologies, Bangalore M. Vidyasagar, CAIR, Bangalore R. M. Vasagam, Anna University,Madras IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission : June 30, 1998 Proposals for Tutorials : June 30, 1998 Proposals for Special Sessions: June 30, 1998 Camera Ready Papers Submission: October 05, 1998 ABOUT PUNE Pune lies on the Deccan Plateau (1700 Ft. above sea level) surrounded by hills and glazing lands. It is also at the eastern foot of Sahyadri peaks. Pune is just 4 hours drive from Mumbai, which is a major trade centre. Pune is well linked by road, rail and air to important cities. Pune has a number of tourist attractions, such as the Aga Khan Palace, Rajneesh Ashram, India's first Zen garden, a marvel in landscaping. Khandala and Lonavala, at a distance of 65 kms. from Pune, are the two hill stations known for their scenic beauty and pleasant climate and Mahabaleshwar, is one of the most famous and popular hill resorts in the country. ADVANCE COMPUTING SOCIETY Chair : Vijay P. Bhatkar Vice Chair : R. M. Vasagam Secretary : S. Sasi Kumar Secretariat Address: C-DAC, 2/1 Brunton Road, Bangalore 560 025, India Phone : +91-80-5584271/5584982/5584143 Advanced Computing Society (ACS) is engaged in fostering awareness about recent developments in computing systems. ACS organizes technical seminars, workshops and conferences. For more information, please contact Mr. S. Sasi Kumar (Secretary : ACS), C-DAC, 2/1 Brunton Road, Bangalore 560 025, India.