18. HPCS 2004: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Part I: Algorithms

• Jürgen Foag, Thomas Wild: Queuing Algorithm for Speculative Network Processors. 3-8 BibTeX
• José M. Rodríguez, F. Chris MacPhee, David J. Bonham, Virendrakumar C. Bhavsar: Solving the Quadratic Assignment and Dynamic Plant Layout Problems Using a New Hybrid Meta-Heuristic Approach. 9-16 BibTeX
• Ruppa K. Thulasiram, Chen Zhen, Abba B. Gumel: A Second Order L₀ Stable Algorithm for Evaluating European Options. 17-23 BibTeX

Part II: Applications

• Justin W. L. Wan, Kevin Lai, Adam W. Kolkiewicz, Ken Seng Tan: A Parallel Quasi-Monte Carlo Approach to Pricing American Options. 27-35 BibTeX
• Robert J. Thacker, Hugh M. P. Couchman: A New Fast Parallel Statistical Measurement Technique for Computational Cosmology. 37-43 BibTeX
• Ge Baolai: On the Performance of Parallel Implementations of an ADI Scheme for Parabolic Equations with Mixed Derivatives Using Multithreads and MPI. 45-54 BibTeX
• Mesbah Uddin, Andrew Pollard: MPI Scalability of a Large Memory LES Code. 55-61 BibTeX
• James Wadsley, Gopi Veerevalli, Hugh Couchman: Numerical Mixing and and Entropy Transport for Compressible CFD Applications. 63-71 BibTeX
• Carson Kai-Sang Leung: Efficient Parallel Mining of Constrained Frequent Patterns. 73-82 BibTeX

Part III : Experiences

• Mario A. R. Dantas, A. Hosken: The ATHA Environment: Experience with a User Friendly Environment for Opportunistic Computing. 85-88 BibTeX
• Ge Baolai: An Enhanced C/C++ and FORTRAN API to Posix Threads. 89-98 BibTeX

Part IV: The Grid

• Robert D. McLeod, Sheng Huang, Marek Laskowski, Sajid Hussain: Communication Issues within HPC Grids. 101-107 BibTeX
• Morgan Kan, Danny Ngo, Mark Lee, Paul Lu, Nolan Bard, Michael Closson, Meng Ding, Mark Goldberg, Nicholas Lamb, Yang Wang, Ron Senda, Edmund Sumbar: The Trellis Security Infrastructure: A Layered Approach to Overlay Metacomputers . 109-117 BibTeX

Part V: Modeling, Simulation, and Performance

• S. Filizadeh, A. M. Gole: Interfacing Gradient-Based Optimization Methods with Simulation Programs: A Novel Tool for the Design of High Performance Systems. 121-127 BibTeX
• Mohamed Dahmani, Benoît Morin, Robert Roy: Performance Evaluation for Neutron Transport Application Using Message Passing. 129-134 BibTeX
• Brian J. d'Auriol, Maria Beltran: Optical Bus Communication Modeling and Simulation. 135-142 BibTeX

Part VI: Systems

• Ying Qian, Ahmad Afsahi, Nathan R. Fredrickson, Reza Zamani: Performance Evaluation of the Sun Fire Link SMP Clusters. 145-156 BibTeX
• Afrin Naz, Krishna M. Kavi, Philip H. Sweany, Mehran Rezaei: A Study of Separate Array and Scalar Caches. 157-164 BibTeX
• Angela C. Sodan, Xuemin Huang: Adaptive Time/Space Sharing with SCOJO. 165-176 BibTeX

Short Papers

• Mario A. R. Dantas, D. P. Cunha: An Experimental Case Study of Replication on Reconciliation in a Wireless Environment. 179-182 BibTeX
• Yangjun Chen, Yibin Chen: Efficient Top-down Algorithms for Tree Inclusion. 183-187 BibTeX
• F. Chris MacPhee, Virendrakumar C. Bhavsar: Static Assignment Schemes for the Concurrent Computation of Algebraic Fractals. 189-191 BibTeX
• Ying Zhou, Angela C. Sodan: Survey of Zero-Copy Optimization in User-Level Communication and Adaptive Knowledge-Based Solution. 193-197 BibTeX
• Angela C. Sodan, Gang Hu: GAMine - Generalized Intelligent Middleware for Data Access in Parallel Scientific Datamining. 199-203 BibTeX
• Amit Chhabra, Parimala Thulasiraman, Mohammad Towhidul Islam, Ruppa K. Thulasiram: An OpenMP Implementation of FTCS Method for Reduced Black-Sholes Equation. 205-207 BibTeX
• Hossein Pourreza, M. Rasit Eskicioglu, Peter C. J. Graham: Preliminary Performance Assessment of Four Cluster Interconnects on Identical Hardware. 209-212 BibTeX
• Vishnu K. Narayanasami, Peter C. J. Graham: Design of a User Level Data Staging System for use in High Performance Computing Systems. 213-215 BibTeX