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         4th Australasian Parallel and Real-Time Systems Conference

                            29-30 September 1997

                               Newcastle, NSW,

                                  Australia

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The Fourth Australasian Conference on Parallel and Real-Time Systems
(PART'97) will be held in Newcastle, New South Wales, 29th - 30th of
September 1997.

The primary aim of this conference is to bring together Australasian and
International researchers, who are actively involved in research on parallel
and real-time systems, and provide the opportunity for creative discussions.

PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that demonstrate original
unpublished research in all areas of parallel and real time systems. Topics
of interest include, but will not be limited to:


   Parallel architectures and algorithms             Parallel programming
   Performance analysis and modelling                Mobile computing
   Network-based concurrent computing                Parallel databases
   Parallel I/O systems                              VLSI systems
   Heterogeneous computing                           Multimedia systems
   Distributed operating systems                     Message Passing Systems
   Real-time languages and tools                     Fault-tolerant computing
   Real-time aspects of distributed systems          Real-time scheduling
   AI and neural networks in real-time control       Reconfigurable Computing

Authors should submit their manuscripts not exceeding ten (10) pages to the
Program Chair. The authors' names, affiliation, email address and telephone
and fax numbers should be on the front page.

Authors are also encouraged to submit the manuscript electronically (in
Postscript form only). All manuscripts will be reviewed and authors will be
advised as per the dates given below. Accepted papers must be presented at
the conference with the presenting author registering as a delegate in order
for the papers to be included in the proceedings. Manuscripts whose authors
are full-time students, and the studentship must by certified by the
university, should be marked as student paper to be considered for the
Student Session and ``Best Student Paper'' award.

IMPORTANT DATES


Submission Deadline       8th May 1997

Author Notification       30th June 1997

Camera-ready copies       1st August 1997

Conference                29th-30th September 1997

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Proposals for special sessions are solicited. Interested individuals should
submit a proposal by 1 March 1997 to the Program Chair. A special Student
Session will be held.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Please send mail to part97@cs.newcastle.edu.au to register interest in the
conference. For more information contact the Conference chair at
part97@cs.newcastle.edu.au. Information about the Conference and venue is
available at http://www.cs.newcastle.edu.au/~part97.

ORGANISED BY:

                         The University of Newcastle

Conference Chair

Hossam ElGindy
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
e-mail: part97@cs.newcastle.edu.au
FAX: +61 49 21 6929

Program Chair

Piyush Maheshwari
School of Computer Science and Engineering
The University of New South Wales,
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
e-mail: piyush@cse.unsw.edu.au
ph: +61 2 9385 4025
FAX: +61 2 9385 5995

Program Committee

   * David Abramson, Griffith University, Australia
   * Alan Burns, University of York, United Kingdom
   * Francis Chen, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
   * Colin Fidge, University of Queensland, Australia
   * Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory, United States
   * Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia
   * Chris Johnson, Australian National University, Australia
   * Reinhard Klette, University of Auckland, New Zealand
   * Teo Yong Meng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
   * Lakshmi Narasimhan, DSTO, Australia
   * Paul Pritchard, Griffith University, Australia
   * Tobias Ruighaver, University of Melbourne, Australia
   * Hartmut Schmeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
   * Hong Shen, Griffith University, Australia
   * Andrew Spray, Schlumberges ATE, San Jose, United States
   * Clemens Szyperski, QUT, Australia
   * Antonis Symvonis, The University of Sydney, Australia
   * Jay Yantchev, University of Adelaide, Australia
   * Kang Zhang, Macquarie University, Australia
   * Albert Zomaya, University of Western Australia,Australia

Steering Committee Chair

Nalin Sharda, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Steering Committee

   * David Abramson, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
   * Les Berry, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
   * Hossam ElGindy, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
   * Clement Leung, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
   * Mohan Kumar, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
   * Swamy Kutti, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
   * George Mohay, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
   * Lalit Patnaik, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India