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Cluster Setup and Performance Measurement (5)
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Design and Analysis of the Alliance/University of New Mexico Roadrunner Linux SMP SuperCluster, David A. Bader, Arthur B. Maccabe, Jason R. Mastaler, John K. McIver III and Patricia A. Kovatch

Comparative Performance of a Commodity Alpha Cluster running Linux and Windows NT, David Lancaster and Kenji Takeda

Comparing the Communication Performance and Scalability of a Linux and an NT Cluster of PCs, a Cray Origin 2000, am IBM SP and a Cray T3E-600, Glenn R. Luecke, Bruno Raffin and James J. Coyle

 An Assessment of Gigabit Ethernet as Cluster Interconnect, Jens Mache

Evaluation of the Performance of Multithreaded Cilk Runtime Systems on SMP Clusters, Liang Peng, Mingdong Feng and Chung-Kwong Yuen
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Cluster Communications Software and Protocols (5)
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A Communications Staging Technique for Network Cache Interconnected Workstation Clusters, Amy W. Apon, Hsiang Ann Chen, Charlotte F. Fischer and Larry E. Wilbur

Communication Kernel for High Speed Networks in the Parallel Environment LANDA-HSN, Thierry Monteil, Jen-Marie Garcia, David Gauchard and Oliver Brun

Smart Cluster Network (SCNet): Design of High Performance Communication System for SAN, Naoshi Ogawa, Takahiro Kurosawa, Nobuhiro Tachino, Andreas Savva, Keisuke Fukui and Mitsuhiro Kishimoto

A High Performance Communications System for PODOS, Sudharshan Vazhkudai and Tobin Maginnis

Realistic Communications Model for Parallel Computing on Cluster, Anthony T. C. Tam and Cho-Li Wang

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Network Communication Optimisations (3)
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Optimizing User-Level Communication Patterns on the Fujitsu AP3000, Jeremy Dawson and Peter Strazdins

Algorithms for Stable Sorting to Minimize Communications in networks of Workstations and their Implementation in BSP, Christophe Cerin and Jen-Luc Gaudiot

Key Message Algorithm: A Communication Optimization Algorithm in Cluster-based Parallel Computing, Ming Zhu, Wentong Cai and Bu-Sung Lee

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Cluster File Systems and Parallel I/O  (5)
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Soda: A File System for a Multicomputer,Bruce Janson and Bob Kummerfeld

File Replication for Enhancing the Availablity of Parallel I/O Systems on Clusters, Hau-Yang Cheng  and Chung-Ta King

I/O in the Gardens Non-Dedicated Cluster Computing Environment, P. Roe and S-Y. Chan

MPI-IO on a Parallel File System for Clusters of Workstations I/O, Taki Hakan and Gil Utard

Single I/O Space for Scalable Cluster Computing, Roy S. C. Ho, Kai Hwang and Hai Jin

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Scheduling Programs on Clusters (5)
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Formal Specification of Virtual Process Topologies, Kamran Kazemi and Chris McDonald

Task Partitioning Utilizing Available Time on Multiprocessor Systems for a Given Schedule, Oscar R. Lopez-Bonilla

An Efficient Resource Allocation Scheme for Gang Scheduling, B. B. Zhou, P. Mackerras, C. W. Johnson, D. Walsh and R. P. Brent

Building and Scheduling Parallel Adaptive Applications in Heterogeneous Environments, D. Kebbal, E. G. Talbi and J. M. Geib
 

Cost-Efficient Load Distribution Using Multicasting, J. Tan

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Cluster Management and Metacomputing  (4)
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Investigation to Make Best Use of LSF with High Efficiency, Fumie Costen, John Brooke and Mike Pettipher

Self Migrating Threads for Multi-Agent Applications, Naoya Suzuki, Munehiro Fukuda and Lubomir F. Bic

High Performance Distributed Objects for Cluster Computing, Lionel Brunie, Laurent Lefrvre and Oliver Reymann

Resource Manager for Globus-based Wide-area Cluster Computing,Y. Tanaka, M. Hirano, M. Sato, H. Nakada and S. Sekiguchi

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Cluster Operating Systems and Monitoring (3)
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Nomad: A Scalable Operating System for Clusters of Uni and Multiprocessors, Eduardo Pinheiro and Ricardo Bianchini

Contractual Operating System - Design and Problems, Wai-kong Cheuk, Chi-kwong Li and Wai-Yip Chan

ClusterProbe: An Open, Flexible and Scalable Cluster Monitoring Tool, Zhengyu Liang, Yundong Sun and Cho-Li Wang

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Cluster Programming and Analysis Models (3)
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Sharing the Garden GATE: Towards an Efficient Uniform Programming Model for CLUMPS, Darren Butler and Paul Roe

Debugging Parallel Programs Using Incomplete Information, Simon Huband and Chris McDonald

The Influence of Concurrent Process Duplication on the Performance of Parallel Applications Executing on COWs, Michael Hobbs and Andrzej Goscinski

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Algorithms and Applications  (4)
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Massively Parallel Simulated Annealing Embedded with Downhill - A SPMD Algorithm for Cluster Computing, Zhihui Du, Sanli Li, Shuyou Li, Mengyue Wu and Jing Zhu

Unobtrusive Workstation Farming Without Inconveniencing Owners: Learning Backgammon with a Genetic Algorithm, Paul J. Darwen

Lattice Field Theory on Cluster Computers: Vector- vs. cache-centric Programming, C. Best, N. Eiker, T. Lippert, M. Peardon and K. Schilling

A Finite Element Solver for Convection Diffusion Problems Using a Cluster of PCs, Renata Simoes Silva

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INDUSTRY TRACK
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 IRA PRAMANICK, Sun Microsystems
 Sun Cluster Architecture: A White Paper

 FRITZ FERSTL
 Global Resource Director (GRD): Customer Scenarios for Large Multiprocessor Environments

 DANIEL CHARLU, Hewlett-Packard Company
 HP Hyperplex(r) Clustering Technology