Co-Located with the 1997 International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE-97, 18-23 May 1997.
Technological progress in processor power, networking, telecommunication equipment, multimedia and mobile systems, drive the growth of the number of application areas where parallel and distributed computing systems are applied. Parallelism is needed in order to achieve high performance, to provide fault tolerance and reliability in real-time or safety-critical systems, and to deal with the physical distribution of the resources. Application areas include: distributed information systems, client/server systems, multimedia systems, CSCW, high-performance computing, simulation, real-time and process control systems, embedded systems, manufacturing systems. Managing parallelism and distribution for applications in the above areas is likely to become a common activity for many software engineers. It is a complex activity, demanding for adequate engineering methodologies and proper support tools. Much of the work to date on the development of parallel and distributed software has emphasized the later stages of the process: language issues, algorithms, machine dependent aspects eg mapping, routing, load balancing, have been well explored. But engineers of these software systems are also faced with other problems, including:
Following up the success of PDSE96, which was held in conjunction with ICSE18 in Berlin, March 1996, the aim of PDSE'97 is to continue to provide a forum for exchange of information and publication of the latest technological and theoretical advances in software engineering for parallel and distributed systems. The workshop would focus on the problems that are unique to the software engineer developing parallel and distributed systems. To this end, the following non-exhaustive list of topics will be considered:
The workshop will be of interest to both industrial and academic practitioners and researchers who have experience in developing software for parallel and distributed systems. It will also be relevant to practising software engineers who are interested in developing expertise in the field of general parallel computation for research and development purposes.
The workshop is organized in cooperation with IFIP WG 10.3. IEEE and ACM/SIGSOFT sponsorships are pending. We anticipate proceedings publication with an international publisher (currently being arranged). The proceedings of PDSE96 were published in a book by Chapman&Hall in the IFIP conference series.
All papers will be reviewed by at least three referees.
Due to the strict timing schedule, electronic submission in Postscript format is strongly recommended.
Use anonymous ftp to
140.164.14.3
and put it in the directory /incoming/PDSE97
(in order to avoid overwritings, the PostScript file should be named:
corresponding_author_surname.firstname.any_number.ps).
Then, send by e-mail to russo@nadis.dis.unina.it
the title of the paper, full names,
affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses, fax and telephone numbers.
and upload the file (e.g., with Netscape, by selecting the
upload file item in the file menu).
Alternatively, four copies by paper submission must be received by the deadline below. Send paper submission to Stefano Russo, Program Chair.
The closing date for submissions is .
Authors will be notified of acceptance by .
Camera-ready versions will be required by 18th April 1997.