==== Scope ====

    Parallel and distributed scientific and engineering computing has become a key 
technology which will play an important part in determining, or at
least shaping, future research and development activities in many
academic and industrial branches.
      This special workshop is to bring together computer scientists, applied
mathematicians and researchers to present, discuss and exchange
idea, results, work in progress and experience of research  in the
area of parallel and distributed computing for problems in science
and engineering applications.
  
      Among the main topics (are not limited) are:
      1. development of advanced parallel and distributed computational methods,
      2. parallel and distributed computing techniques such as
         architecture and compiler, etc) and and codes,
      3. applications to numerical fluid mechanics and material sciences,
      4. applications to signal and image processing, dynamic systems,
         semiconductor technology, and electronic circuits and systems design etc.

      Authors should send three copies of papers to the workshop
organizers (lyang@juliet.stfx.ca) via electronic mail . Contributions will be
reviewed for relevance and technical contents on basis of
papers. The proceedings of the workshops will be published by IEEE
Computer Society Press. 

      Further information about the conference proceedings and
registration fee can be found by web site:
      
      http://www.takilab.k.dendai.ac.jp/conf/icpads2000/

      http://www.stfx.ca/people/lyang/activities/icpads2000-cfp.html
      
  Deadline Schedule:
     
      Paper submission Due:         January 31, 2000 (extended!!!!)
      Notification of Acceptance:   February 22, 2000
      Final camera-ready paper:     March 31, 2000

Workshop Organizer:

      Prof. Laurence T. Yang (chair)
      Department of Computer Science,  St. Francis Xavier University
      PO box 5000, Antigonish, B2G 2W5, Nova Scotia, Canada
      Email: lyang@juliet.stfx.ca
      

Technical Committee:

      Hamid R. Arabnia,   University of Georgia, USA
      A. Basemann,        NEC Research Europe, Germany
      Ali Bouaricha,      Argonne National Laboratory, USA
      Martin Buecker,     Aachen University of Technology, Germany
      Krassimir Georgiev, Center Laboratory for Parallel Processing,
                          Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria
      Osni Marques,       National Energy Research Scientific ComputingCenter(NERSC)
                          Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
      Marcin Paprzycki,   University of Southern Mississippi, USA
      Eric de Sturler,    Swiss Center for Scientific Computing 
                             (SCSC-ETH Zurich) and
                          Swiss Federal Institute of Technology  
      Z. Zlatev,          National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark