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                  CALL FOR PAPERS

                   SBAC-PAD 2006

         THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON 
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

          http://www.sbc.org.br/sbac/2006

     Ouro Preto - Brazil, October 18-20, 2006

  Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE
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SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION:

SBAC-PAD  is  an   international  annual  conference, 
started in 1987, which  has continuously presented an 
overview of new developments and trends  in  computer 
architecture, parallel and distributed processing and 
applications of high performance computing. 

SBAC-PAD    welcomes    and  invites   practitioners, 
researchers, developers, faculty members and students 
around the world to submit manuscripts on all aspects 
of   computer  architecture   and   high  performance 
computing. Topics of  interest  include  (but are not 
limited to):

. Application-Specific Architectures
. Benchmarking Performance Measurements and Analysis
. Cache and Memory Architectures
. Fault-Tolerant Architectures and Systems
. Grid Computing
. High Performance Applications
. Languages, Compilers  and  Tools  for  Parallel and
  Distributed Programming
. Large Scale Simulations
. Load Balancing and Scheduling
. Operating Systems
. Processor Microarchitectures
. Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, Architectures,
  Interconnection Networks, Routing and Communication
. Pervasive and Heterogeneous Computing
. Performance Measurements and Analysis
. Reconfigurable Systems

Manuscripts of original research, written in English,
not exceeding 8 pages in the double column IEEE style
(www.sbc.org.br/sbac/2006/ieee_style.doc),   can   be
uploaded  via  https://submissoes.sbc.org.br . Please
use only PDF or Postscript format. 

All submitted works  will be reviewed internationally
for quality, correctness, originality and  relevance. 
At least one  of  the authors of accepted papers must 
register and  present  the  paper  at the conference. 
Simultaneous   submission   to  other   journals   or 
conferences   with  published  proceedings   is   not 
allowed.  The  best  paper  in all areas and the best 
in  the  area  of  Applications  in  High-Performance 
Systems   will   be   awarded.  Furthermore,  we  are 
negotiating  with   an  international   journal,  the 
publication of selected high quality papers.

Proposals of tutorials in all SBAC-PAD related areas, 
from  academic  research  to industrial applications, 
are  solicited. Prospective  authors of tutorials are 
invited  to  submit  a preliminary proposal of a two-
hour  presentation (via https://submissoes.sbc.org.br 
– Category    tutorial)   including    title,   brief 
description  of  topics  to  be  covered, and a short 
biography of the speakers.

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IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

 Paper submission deadline: May 22, 2006
 Tutorial Proposals: May 22, 2006
 Author Notification: July 03, 2006
 Camera Ready Copy: July 17, 2006

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GENERAL INFORMATION:

Promoter:
 Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC)
 
Organizers:
 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
 Pontifícia Universidade  Católica  de  Minas  Gerais 
 (PUC Minas)
 Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
 Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES)
 The University of Melbourne 

General Chair:
 Wagner Meira Jr.
 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Organizing Committee:
 Carlos Augusto Martins (PUC-MG)
 Dorgival Guedes (UFMG)
 Renato Ferreira (UFMG)
 Ricardo Duarte (UFOP)

Program Chairs:
 Alberto Ferreira De Souza
 Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES)

 Rajkumar Buyya
 The University of Melbourne (Australia)

Program Committee:
Alberto Ferreira De Souza (Brazil)
Alfredo Goldman (Brazil)
Alvaro Coutinho (Brazil)
Andrea Valli (Brazil)
Bertil Folliot (France)
Bruno Schulze (Brazil)
Celso Mendes (USA)
Cesar De Rose (Brazil)
Christophe Crin (France)
Claudio Amorim (Brazil)
Claudio Geyer (Brazil)
Cristina Boeres (Brazil)
D. Janaki Ram (Índia)
David Kaeli (USA)
Denis Trystram (France)
Edil Fernandes (Brazil)
Edson Cáceres (Brazil)
Eduardo Bergamini (Brazil)
Felipe França (Brazil)
Frank Dehne (Austrália)
Guido Araujo (Brazil)
Hans-Ulrich Heiss (Germany)
Horst Simon (USA)
Howard Siegel (USA)
Jack Dongarra (USA)
Jairo Panetta (Brazil)
Jean-Luc Gaudiot (USA)
José Amaral (Canada)
José Fortes (USA)
José Saito (Brazil)
Kuan Li (Taiwan)
Lalit Patnaik (India)
Laurence Yang (Canada)
Liria Sato (Brazil)
Lucia Catabriga (Brazil)
Luiz Barroso (USA)
Luiz DeRose (USA)
Mario Nemirovsky (USA)
Nader Bagherzadeh (USA)
Neyval Reis Jr. (Brazil)
Orlando Loques (Brazil)
Osni Marques (USA)
Peter Rounce (United Kingdom)
Philippe Navaux (Brazil)
Priscila M V Lima (Brazil)
Rafael Lins (Brazil)
Rajkumar Buyya (Australia)
Renato Silva (Brazil)
Ricardo Bianchini (USA)
Ron Perrott (United Kingdom)
Ronaldo Goncalves (Brazil)
Sergio Bampi (Brazil)
Sergio Kofuji (Brazil)
Siang Song (Brazil)
Srikumar Venugopal (Australia)
Tiarajú Diverio (Brazil)
Valmir Barbosa (Brazil)
Vinod Rebello (Brazil)
Wagner Meira, Jr. (Brazil)
Walfredo Cirne (Brazil)
Yale Patt (USA)