Topic 9: Parallel and distributed programming

Abstract

The Parallel and Distributed Programming Topic, Topic 9, is concerned with the development of parallel or distributed applications. Developing such applications is a hard task and it requires advanced algorithms, realistic modeling, efficient design tools, high performance languages and libraries, and experimental evaluation. This topic provides a forum for presentation of new results and practical experience in this domain. It emphasizes research that facilitates the design and development of correct, high-performance, portable, and scalable parallel program. Related to these central needs, this Topic also includes contributions that assess methods for reusability, performance prediction, large-scale deployment, self-adaptivity, and fault-tolerance. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.