IWCC'99 ADVANCE PROGRAM    -  December 2-3, 1999
Day One - Dec.2, 1999
8:30am-9:00am:   Registration ( open full day)
9:00am -9:10am: Opening Remarks
9:10am-10:00am: Keynote Speech by Kai Hwang, University of Southern California, USA 
                                                       10:00am-10:30am: Break – Refreshments
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 1-A: Cluster Setup and Performance Measurement (5 Papers)
 Chair: Thomas Sterling, California Institute of Technology, USA
10:30-12:30: Session 1-B: Cluster Communication Software and Protocols (5 Papers)
 Chair: Ken Hawick, Adelaide University, Australia
                                                                         12:30pm-1:30pm: Lunch Break
1:30pm-2:20pm: Keynote Speech by Anthony Skjellum,  MPI Software Technology Inc., USA 
                                                 2:20pm-2:45pm: Break – Refreshments 
2:45pm-4:25pm: Session 2-A: Cluster File System and Parallel I/O (5 Papers ) 
 Chair: Tarek A El-Ghazawi, George Mason University, USA.
2:45pm-4:25pm: Session 2-B: Program Scheduling on Clusters (5 Papers ) 
 Chair: Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia 
                                                  4:25pm-4:45pm: Break – Refreshments 
4:45pm-5:45pm: Industry Talks 
Chair: Anthony Skjellum,  MPI Software Technology Inc., USA  
1. Bruce A. Foster, Compaq Computer Corporation, Boston Mass., USA
2. Patrick Estep, Hewlett Packard, USA 
5:45pm-6:45pm – Poster Session
                                                                    7:00pm-9:00pm : Banquet 

                                                                Day Two - Dec.3, 1999
 
8:30am-9:00am:   Registration ( open full day)
9:00am-9:50am:   Keynote  Speech by David Abramson, Monash University, Australia
9:50am-10:20am: Industry Talk by Ira Pramanick, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA
                                                           10:20am-10:40am: Break – Refreshments 
10:40am-12:00 noon: Session 3-A:Metacomputing (4 Papers)
 Chair: Rajkumar Buyya, Monash University, Australia.
10:40am-11:40am: Session 3-B:Communication Optimisation (3 papers)
  Chair: Mark Baker, University of Portsmouth, UK
12:00 noon -12:40pm: Session 4-A: Algorithms  (2 Papers)
Chair: Peter Strazdins,  Australian National University, Australia
11:40am-12:40pm: Session 4-B:  Cluster OS and Monitoring (3 Papers)
Chair: Chung-Ta King, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
                                                                      12:40pm-1:40pm: Lunch Break
1:40pm-2:00pm: Invited Speech: "Computational Astrophysics on Superclusters" byProf. Bailes
2:00pm-3:30pm : Panel:  "Cluster Computing R&D in Australia"by Paul Roe
 3:30pm-3:45pm: Break – Refreshments 
3:45-4:45: Session 5-A: Applications (2 Papers)
Chair: Hai Jin, University of Hong Kong, China

 

3:45-4:45: Session 5-B: Cluster Programming (3 Papers)
Chair: Chris McDonald, University of Western Australia, Australia.
 
4:45pm-5:30pm:  Plenary: "Beowulf-class Linux Clustering: Past, Present and Future" by Thomas Sterling
5:30pm-5:40pm: Closing Remarks