Table of Contents

• Message from the ChairsSandeep K. Gupta, Wang-Chien Lee, Pradip K. Srimani. 3 [doi]
• A Conceptual Model for Pervasive ComputingLaurent Ciarletta, Alden Dima. 9-16 [doi]
• Location-Based Personal Agents: A Metaphor for Situated ComputingSeng Wai Loke, Andry Rakotonirainy, Karsten Schulz. 17 [doi]
• Sensor Information Networking ArchitectureChavalit Srisathapornphat, Chaiporn Jaikaeo, Chien-Chung Shen. 23-30 [doi]
• Flits: Pervasive Computing for Processor and Memory Constrained SystemsWilliam Majurski, Alden Dima, Mary Laamanen. 31-38 [doi]
• Ambient Computational EnvironmentsGary J. Minden, Joseph B. Evans. 39-42 [doi]
• Lightweight Version Vectors for Pervasive Computing DevicesYun-Wu Huang, Philip S. Yu. 43 [doi]
• Bandwidth Usage Analysis of Service Location ProtocolMichel Barbeau. 51-56 [doi]
• Efficient Remote Data Access in a Mobile Computing EnvironmentLaura Bright, Louiqa Raschid. 57-64 [doi]
• Timeliness of Service Discovery in DEAPspaceMichael Nidd. 73 [doi]
• Challenges in URL Switching for Implementing Globally Distributed Web SitesZornitza Genova, Kenneth J. Christensen. 89-94 [doi]
• Active Streaming in Transport Delay MinimizationJaved I. Khan. 95-102 [doi]
• Reducing Web Latency with Hierarchical Cache-Based PrefetchingDan Foygel, Dennis Strelow. 103 [doi]
• The Cycle Server: A Web Platform for Running Parallel Monte Carlo Applications on a Heterogeneous Condor Pool of WorkstationsMike Zhou, Michael Mascagni. 111-118 [doi]
• Design of an I/O Balancing File System on Web Server ClustersWei Liu, Min Wu, Xinming Ou, Weimin Zheng, Meiming Shen. 119-126 [doi]
• Load Distribution via Static Scheduling and Client Redirection for Replicated Web ServersWenting Tang, Matt W. Mutka. 127 [doi]
• Internet-Based TSP Computation with Javelin++Michael O. Neary, Peter R. Cappello. 137-144 [doi]
• NinjaMail: The Design of a High-Performance Clustered, Distributed E-Mail SystemJ. Robert von Behren, Steven E. Czerwinski, Anthony D. Joseph, Eric A. Brewer, John Kubiatowicz. 151 [doi]
• Message from the ChairsFrederic Desprez, J.-F. Mahaut. 161 [doi]
• Invited Talk: Metacomputing in a High Performance Computing CenterMichael M. Resch. 165-172 [doi]
• Scheduling Algorithms for Efficient Gather Operations in Distributed Heterogeneous SystemsJun-ichi Hatta, Susumu Shibusawa. 173-180 [doi]
• Applying and Monitoring Latency-Based Metacomputing InfrastructuresPhilipp Drum, Günther Rackl. 181-188 [doi]
• MPC: A New Message Passing Library in CorbaT. Es-sqalli, Jacques Guyard, Eric Fleury. 189 [doi]
• Invited Talk: The NetSolve Environment: Progressing Towards the Seamless GridDorian C. Arnold, Jack Dongarra. 199-206 [doi]
• Specification of a Scilab Meta-Computing ExtensionSylvain Contassot-Vivier, Frédéric Lombard, Jean-Marc Nicod, Laurent Philippe. 207-214 [doi]
• Extending WebCom: A Proposed Framework for Web Based Distributed ComputingJohn P. Morrison, James J. Kennedy, David A. Power. 215 [doi]
• Message from the ChairsLaurence Tianruo Yang, Yi Pan. 225 [doi]
• Implementation of Multiple-Precision Parallel Division and Square Root on Distributed-Memory Parallel ComputersDaisuke Takahashi. 229-236 [doi]
• Adaptive Wavelet ADI Method: Application and ParallelizationWei Cai, Xian-He Sun. 237-242 [doi]
• New Mesh Generating Adapted to Parallel Systems: PVM Implementation IssueAndrei Doncescu, Didier Puzenat. 243 [doi]
• Parallel Checkpoint/Restart without Message LoggingKalman Z. Meth, William G. Tuel Jr.. 253-258 [doi]
• Parallel Computation of Configuration Space on Reconfigurable Mesh with FaultsJohn Jing-Fu Jenq, Dajin Wang. 259-266 [doi]
• Fault-Tolerant Adaptive and Shortest Routing in 2-D Extended Meshes Using Faulty-Block-InformationXiao Chen. 267 [doi]
• Implementing and Evaluating an Efficient Dynamic Load-Balancer for Distributed Molecular Dynamics SimulationNaohito Sato, Jean-Marc Jézéquel. 277-284 [doi]
• A Jump and Look All Round Long Range Image Restoration and Its ParallelismWen Li, Dapeng Zhang, Zhiyong Liu, Xiangzhen Qiao. 285-290 [doi]
• Resilient Image FusionTiranee Achalakul, Joohan Lee, Stephen Taylor. 291 [doi]
• Data Distribution and Communication Schemes for IQMR Method on Massively Distributed Memory ComputersLaurence Tianruo Yang. 299-306 [doi]
• Modelling the Runtime of Scientific Programs on Parallel ComputersThomas Rauber, Gudula Rünger. 307-314 [doi]
• An Investigation of Feedback Guided Dynamic Scheduling of Nested LoopsDavid J. Hancock, J. Mark Bull, Rupert W. Ford, T. L. Freeman. 315 [doi]
• An Effective File Migration Algorithm in Cluster File SystemsWei Liu, Weimin Zheng, Meiming Shen, Xinming Ou, Min Wu. 329-336 [doi]
• A Practical Realization of Parallel DisksSanguthevar Rajasekaran, Xiao-ming Jin. 337 [doi]
• Experiences with Scientific Applications on an SCI-based Linux ClusterH. Martin Bücker, Bernhard Eck, Jörg Henrichs. 347-352 [doi]
• Heterogeneous Parallelization of the Linkmap ProgramAaditya Rai, Noé Lopez-Benitez, J. D. Hargis, S. E. Poduslo. 353-360 [doi]
• Performance Evaluation of Distributed Algorithms for Mining Association Rules on Workstation ClusterTomohiro Shimomura, Susumu Shibusawa. 361 [doi]
• The Parallel Waveform IQMR Algorithm for Transient Simulation of Semiconductor DevicesLaurence Tianruo Yang. 373-380 [doi]
• Parallel Computing Aided Design of Earthing Systems for Electrical Substations in Non-Homogeneous Soil ModelsJ. Gómez-Calviño, I. Colominas, F. Navarrina, M. Casteleiro, José M. Cela. 381 [doi]
• Message from the ChairP. Sadayappan. 391 [doi]
• Scheduling Multiple Multicast for Heterogeneous Network of Workstations with Non-Blocking Message-PassingShih-Hsien Yeh, Jan-Jan Wu, Pangfeng Liu. 395-402 [doi]
• Efficient Multicast in Heterogeneous Networks of WorkstationsRan Libeskind-Hadas, Jeffrey R. K. Hartline. 403-410 [doi]
• Performance Evaluation of a Communication Optimization Model in Network-Based Parallel ComputingMing Zhu, Wentong Cai, Bu-Sung Lee. 411 [doi]
• A Performance Evaluation of List Scheduling Heuristics for Task Graphs without Communication CostsJanez Brest, Viljem Zumer. 421-428 [doi]
• Optimal and Suboptimal Reliable Scheduling of Precedence-Constrained Tasks in Heterogeneous Distributed ComputingAtakan Dogan, Füsun Özgüner. 429-436 [doi]
• Characterization and Enhancement of Dynamic Mapping Heuristics for Heterogeneous SystemsVladimir Yarmolenko, José Duato, Dhabaleswar K. Panda, P. Sadayappan. 437 [doi]
• Message from the ChairWu-chi Feng. 447 [doi]
• Task Concurrency Management Experiment for Power-Efficient Speed-up of Embedded MPEG4 IM1 PlayerAggeliki S. Prayati, Chun Wong, Paul Marchal, Nathalie Cossement, Francky Catthoor, Rudy Lauwereins, Diederik Verkest, Hugo De Man, Alexios N. Birbas. 453-460 [doi]
• Managing Soft QoS Requirements in Distributed SystemsGary Molenkamp, Michael Katchabaw, Hanan Lutfiyya, Michael A. Bauer. 461-468 [doi]
• End-to-End QoS Architecture for VPNs: MPLS VPN Deployment in a Backbone NetworkHaeryong Lee, Jeongyeon Hwang, Byungryong Kang, Kyoungpyo Jun. 479-484 [doi]
• Impact of Traffic Shaping in ATM Networks on Video QualityYongdong Wang, Michael Jurczyk. 485-492 [doi]
• A Service Interworking Unit for Accommodating Multimedia Communications with Quality of Service between ATM and InternetTae-Man Han, You-Hyeon Jeong. 493 [doi]
• Message from the ChairsStephan Olariu, Ivan Stojmenovic. 501 [doi]
• A Cell ID Assignment Scheme and Its ApplicationsJingyuan Zhang. 507-512 [doi]
• Load Balancing Study in PCS Wireless NetworksAzzedine Boukerche, Alessandro Fabbri. 513 [doi]
• An Analytical Modeling of Handoff for Integrated Voice/Data Wireless Networks with Priority Reservation and Preemptive Priority ProceduresQing-An Zeng, Dharma P. Agrawal. 523-530 [doi]
• SND-MAC: An Efficient Media Access Control Method for Integrated Services in High Speed Wireless NetworksZhijun Cai, Mi Lu. 541 [doi]
• Exact Location Identification in a Mobile Computing NetworkKoushik Sinha, Nabanita Das. 551-558 [doi]
• Class-Based Proxy Server for Mobile ComputersJongkuk Lee, Myungchul Kim, Hee Yong Youn, Yusik Hahm, Dongman Lee. 559-566 [doi]
• A QoS-Ensured Transmission Scheme with Content-Based Priority for Mobile Cluster UsersWang Xin, Li Fei, Susumu Ishihara, Tadanori Mizuno. 567-574 [doi]
• An Efficient RPC Scheme in Mobile CORBA EnvironmentLee Man Kei, Xiaohua Jia. 575-582 [doi]