The goal of IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2008) is to establish an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present their excellent ideas and experiences in all system fields of network and parallel computing. The conference proceedings of NPC 2008 will be published in English by LNCS , and extended versions of some selected papers will be published in a special issue of international journals. The IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing 2008 (IFIP NPC2008) will be held in Shanghai, noted for its intriguing, unique blend of Chinese and Western cultures. Shanghai is one of China's main travel hubs and can be easily reached from virtually anywhere. TOPICS of Interest include the following tracks, but are not limited to:
Track I: Network applications
1. Peer-to-peer computing
2. Cluster and Grid computing
3. Wireless computing
4. Ubiquitous computing
5. Internet Computing
6. Optical networks
7. Multimedia services and applications
Track II: Network technologies
1. Communication technology
2. Web technology
3. Network storage
4. Network reliability, security, and dependability
5. Network algorithms
6. Scheduling and load balancing
Track III: Network and parallel architectures
1. Shared and distributed memory
2. Nontraditional processor technologies
3. Network and interconnect architecture
4. Parallel I/O and storage systems
5. System design issues for low power and energy efficiency
6. Performance modeling and evaluation
7. Multicore design issues
8. OS support in hardware
Track IV: Parallel and distributed software
1. Parallel programming models, languages and compilers
2. Runtime systems
3. Operating systems
4. Resource management
5. Middleware
6. Data mining
7. Programming environments and tools
