Ebook: Network and Parallel Computing: IFIP International Conference, NPC 2007, Dalian, China, September 18-21, 2007. Proceedings

Welcome to the proceedings of the 2007 IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2007) held in Dalian, China. NPC has been a premier conference that has brought together researchers and pr- titioners from academia, industry and governments around the world to advance the theories and technologies of network and parallel computing. The goal of NPC is to establish an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present their - cellent ideas and experiences in all system fields of network and parallel computing. The main focus of NPC 2007 was on the most critical areas of network and parallel computing: network applications, network technologies, network and parallel arc- tectures, and parallel and distributed software. In total, the conference received more than 600 papers from researchers and prac- tioners from over 20 countries and areas. Each paper was reviewed by at least three internationally renowned referees and selected based on its originality, significance, correctness, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Among the high-quality subm- sions, only 53 regular papers were accepted by the conference. All of the selected conference papers are included in the conference proceedings. After the conference, some high-quality papers will be recommended to be published in a special issue of several international journals.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2007, held in Dalian, China in September 2007.The 53 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from over 600 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on network applications: cluster and grid computing, internet computing, optical networks, peer-to-peer computing, ubiquitous computing, wireless computing; network technologies: communication technology, network algorithms, network reliability, security, and dependability, network storage; network and parallel architectures: multicore design issues, network and interconnect architecture, nontraditional processor technologies, performance modeling and evaluation, system design issues for low power and energy efficiency; as well as parallel and distributed software: data mining, parallel programming tools, models, languages and compilers.