WOCCS'2001
 

An IPDPS'2001 Workshop

6th Workshop on Optical Communications for Computing Systems.
(WOCCS)

April 23-27, 2001
Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Francisco Airport, California, USA

This workshop is part of the 16th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium organized at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Francisco Airport, California, USA, on April 23-27, 2001.
 
For more information on IPDPS'2001 please check the IPDPS home page.
 
 Scope of the Workshop
 
Advances in semiconductor technologies coupled with progress in parallel processing and distributed computing are placing stringent requirements on inter-system and intra-system communications. Demands for high density, high bandwidth, and low power interconnections are already present in a wide variety of computing and switching applications, including, for example, multiprocessing and parallel computing (simulations of real problems, monitoring of parallel programming, etc), and enhanced digital telecommunications services (broadcast TV, video on demand, video conferencing, wireless communication, etc.). Furthermore, with advances in silicon and Ga-As technologies, processor speed will soon reach the gigahertz (GHz) range. Thus, the communication technology is becoming and will remain a potential bottleneck in many systems. This dictates that significant progress needs to be made in the traditional metal-based interconnects, and/or that new interconnect technologies, such as optics, be introduced in these systems.
 
Optical means are now widely used in telecommunication networks and the evolution of optical and optoelectronic technologies tends to show that they could be successfully introduced in shorter distance interconnection systems such as parallel computers. These technologies offer a wide range of techniques that can be used in interconnection systems. But introducing optics in interconnect systems also means that specific problems have yet to be solved while some unique features of the technology must be taken into account in order to design optimal systems. Such problems and features include device characteristics, network topologies, packaging issues, compatibility with silicon processors, novel architectures and system level modeling.
 
The purpose of this workshop is two-fold. First, we hope to provide a good opportunity for the optical, architecture and communication research communities to get together for a fruitful cross-ferti1lization and exchange of ideas. The goal is to bring the optical interconnects research into the mainstream research in parallel processing, while at the same time provide the parallel processing community with a more comprehensive understanding of the advantages and limitations of optics as applied to high-speed communications. In addition, we intend to assemble a group of major research contributors in the field of optical interconnects for assessing its current status, and identifying future directions.
 
 Steering Committee
    
• Tim Drabik Stanford University, USA tim.drabik@stanford.edu
• Sadik Esener University of California San Diego, USA sadik@ece.ucsd.edu
• Afonso Ferreira INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France, afferrei@sophia.inria.fr
• Yi Pan Georgia State University, USA pan@cs.gsu.edu
    
 Program Chair
 
• Donald Chiarulli University of Pittsburgh, USA don@cs.pitt.edu
 
 Program Committee
    
• Hyeong-Ah Choi George Washington University, USA choi@seas.gwu.edu
• Mounir Hamdi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology hamdi@cs.ust.hk
• Michael Haney George Mason University, USA mhaney@gmu.edu
• Fouad Kiamilev University of Delaware, USA kiamilev@udel.edu
• Yao Li Phaethon Communications, USA yao@phaethoncommunications.com
• Ahmed Louri University of Arizona, USA louri@ece.arizona.edu
• Rick Lytel SUN Microsystems, USA rick.lytel@eng.sun.com
• Paul Lukowicz Electronics Laboratory, ETH-Zurich lukowicz@ife.ee.ethz.ch
• Philippe Marchand Optical Micro Machines, USA pmarchand@omm.com
• John Neff University of Colorado, USA jneff@wilma.colorado.edu
• Sanguthevar Rajasekaran University of Florida, USA raj@cise.ufl.edu
• Haldun Ozaktas Bilkent University, Turkey haldun@ee.bilkent.edu.tr
• Dennis Prather University of Delaware, USA dprather@udel.edu
• Richard Rozier LUCENT, USA rrozier@lucent.com
• Hong Shen Griffith University, Australia hong@cit.gu.edu.au
• Sartaj Sahni University of Florida, USA sahni@cise.ufl.edu
• Paul Spirakis University of Patras, Greece spirakis@cti.gr
• Jun Tanida Osaka University, Japan tanida@mls.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
• Jerry L. Trahan Louisiana State University, USA trahan@ee.lsu.edu
• Ramachandran Vaidyanathan Louisiana State University, USA vaidy@ee.lsu.edu
 
 Submission Guidelines
 
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that demonstrate original unpublished research in all areas of optical interconnections including development of experimental or commercial systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
  • High-Speed Interconnections
  • Optical Interconnects
  • Parallel Optical Architectures
  • Reconfigurable Optical Interconnects and Architectures
  • Applications of Optical interconnects
  • Modeling of Optical Systems and Applications
  • Performance Analysis and Comparisons
  • Packaging of optical interconnects
  • System Demonstrations
  • Routing in Optical Networks
To submit an original research paper, send your complete manuscript (not to exceed 8 single-spaced pages of text using point size 12 type on 8 1/2 X 11 inch or A4 pages) to the Program Chair. References, figures, tables, etc. must be included in the 8 pages.
  • Electronic submissions are encouraged and should be sent to WOCCS@cs.pitt.edu.
    Electronic submissions should be in the form of a readable postscript file, PDF file, Frame Maker or Microsoft Word document.
     
  • Hard copy submissions are also permitted and, like electronic submissions, must be received by the submission deadline. Send three copies of the manuscript to:
     
     Donald Chiarulli
     Program Chair, WOCCS
     Department of Computer Science
     212 MIB
     University of Pittsburgh
     Pittsburgh, PA, USA 15260
All manuscripts will be reviewed. Manuscripts must be received by 20 November 2000. Notification of review decisions will be sent by 10 December 2000. Workshop proceedings will be available at the conference and published by Springer Verlag in a volume of LNCS. Authors will receive, along with the notification of acceptance, the LNCS authors' kit for their papers. Camera-ready papers are due 15 January 2001 to match IPDPS deadlines. The final paper submission should be prepared according to the LNCS guidelines, which can be found at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.
 
About the Proceedings: The full proceedings of IPDPS symposium including WOCCS will be published on CD-ROM. WOCCS will also be published in a volume of LNCS by Springer Verlag. Each IPDPS registrant will be handed a copy of the CD-ROM and a paper copy of the LNCS containing the WOCCS proceedings.
 
 Important Dates
 
Submission deadline20 November 2000
Notification of acceptance10 December 2000
Camera ready paper due15 January 2001