Topic 14: Routing and Communication in Interconnection Networks

Abstract

Communication networks, protocols, and application programming interfaces (APIs) are crucial factors for the performance of parallel and distributed computations. This topic of Euro-Par 2003 is therefore devoted to all aspects of communication in on-chip interconnects, parallel computers, networks of workstations, and more widely distributed systems such as grids. Papers were solicited that examine the design and implementation of interconnection networks and communication protocols, advances in system area and storage area networks, routing and communication algorithms, and the communication costs of parallel and distributed algorithms. On-chip and power-e.cient interconnects, I/O architectures and storage area networks, switch architectures as well as multimedia and QoS-aware communication were new topics introduced in this year’s Call for Papers (CfP).