Special Issue on Computer Architecture and High-Performance Computing

摘要

This special issue of International Journal of Parallel Programming features extended versions of the best papers from SBAC-PAD 2009, the 21st International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High-Performance Computing. The symposium took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, between October 28th and 31st, 2009. SBAC-PAD has established a reputation for high quality and has become a main event for the computer architecture and high-performance computing communities. SBAC-PAD 2009 was no exception, with an excellent technical program. The topics covered a wide variety of areas, including parallel applications and algorithms, scheduling, graphical processing units, and multi-core architectures. SBAC-PAD 2009 attracted 60 complete submissions, each of which was submitted to one of four tracks: Computer Architecture, Applications and Algorithms, Network and Distributed Systems, and System Software. The submissions came from all continents, except for Africa. The papers received at least three and typically four or five reviews, for a total of 270 reviews. Finally, 21 papers were selected for presentation in the technical program and inclusion in the conference proceedings. We are grateful to the track Vice-Chairs David Brooks, David Bader, Y. Charlie Hu, and Dilma da Silva for their timely execution of a tight schedule and for their advice in numerous matters. We are indebted to the Program Committee (PC) members and to the external reviewers for their candid reviews. The technical program would not have been possible without their efforts.