ISBN: 0-7695-2458-3

Daniel A. Reed, Chancellor?s Eminent Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Director, Renaissance Computing Institute

Wei Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University Ames,Iowa 50011

Jiang Lin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University Ames,Iowa 50011

Zhao Zhang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University Ames,Iowa 50011

J. Morris Chang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University Ames,Iowa 50011

Yue Li, Department of ECE University of Florida

Tao Li, Department of ECE University of Florida

Tamer Kahveci, Department of CISE University of Florida

Jos? Fortes, Department of ECE University of Florida

Wiplove Mathur, Texas Instruments, Inc. San Diego, CA 92121

Jeanine Cook, New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003

F?lix Hern?ndez-Campos, Department of Computer Science

Andrew B. Nobel, Department of Statistics and Operations Research University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

F. Donelson Smith, Department of Computer Science

Kevin Jeffay, Department of Computer Science

Allen B. Downey, Olin College of Engineering

Khushboo Shah, University of Southern California Dept. of Electrical Eng. Los Angeles

Stephan Bohacek, University of Delaware Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng. Newark, DE

Joshua L. Kihm, University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering UCB 425, Boulder, CO.

Daniel A. Connors, University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering UCB 425, Boulder, CO.

Harit Modi, Advanced Processor Architecture, Scalable Systems Group Sun Microsystems, Sunnyvale, CA

Lawrence Spracklen, Advanced Processor Architecture, Scalable Systems Group Sun Microsystems, Sunnyvale, CA

Yuan Chou, Advanced Processor Architecture, Scalable Systems Group Sun Microsystems, Sunnyvale, CA

Santosh G. Abraham, Advanced Processor Architecture, Scalable Systems Group Sun Microsystems, Sunnyvale, CA

Andrew Over, Australian National University

Peter Strazdins, Australian National University

Bill Clarke, Australian National University

Xiapu Luo, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China

Rocky K. C. Chang, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China

Edmond W. W. Chan, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China

M Goyal, EECS Department, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 3200 N Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI

W Xie, EECS Department, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 3200 N Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI

SH Hosseini, EECS Department, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 3200 N Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI

K Vairavan, EECS Department, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 3200 N Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI

Xin Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

George F. Riley, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

Qin Xin, Storage Systems Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

J. E. Thomas, Storage Systems Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

S. J. Schwarz, Computer Engineering Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053

Ethan L. Miller, Storage Systems Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Jianyong Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University

Anand Sivasubramaniam, The Pennsylvania State University

Qian Wang, The Pennsylvania State University

Alma Riska, Seagate Research Center, Pittsburgh

Erik Riedel, Seagate Research Center, Pittsburgh

Li Ou Xubin Ben He, Tennessee Technological University

Martha J. Kosa, Tennessee Technological University

Stephen L. Scott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Priscilla A.S.M Barreto, Barreto University of Brasilia

Paulo H.P. de Carvalho, University of Bras?lia

Jos? A. M. Soares, University of Bras?lia

Humberto J?nior Abdalla, University of Bras?lia

H. Elbiaze, Department of Computer Science

O. Cherkaoui, Department of Computer Science

B. McGibbon, Department of Mathematics

M. Blais, Department of Mathematics

Guang Tan, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Stephen A. Jarvis, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Xinuo Chen, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Daniel P. Spooner, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Graham R. Nudd, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Mostafa Ammar, Regents? Professor College of Computing Georgia Institiute of Technology

Tomas Kalibera, Distributed Systems Research Group, Department of Software Engineering Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Malostranske nam. Prague, Czech Republic

Lubomir Bulej, Distributed Systems Research Group, Department of Software Engineering Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Malostranske nam. Prague, Czech Republic

Petr Tuma, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences Pod Vodarenskou vezi 2, 182 07 Prague, Czech Republic

Peter Maly, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, K1S 5B6

C. M. Woodside, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, K1S 5B6

G. K. Karam, AT&T Shannon Labs, 180 Park Avenue, rm E267, Florham Park, NJ

Andrew Forrest, AT&T Shannon Labs, 180 Park Avenue, rm E267, Florham Park, NJ 07932

Mehdi Kargahi, School of Computer Science, IPM and Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Ali Movaghar, Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

ElMoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

George F. Riley, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

Bonnie S. Heck, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

Dheeraj Reddy, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

Shilpi Agarwal, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Joel Sommers, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Paul Barford, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mariana C. D?Abreu, Computer Science Department Universidad de Buenos Aires Pabell?n I, Ciudad Universitaria (1428) Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.

Gabriel A. Wainer, Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering. Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive. Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, CANADA.

Dushyanth Narayanan, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK

Eno Thereska, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

Anastassia Ailamaki, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

Le Yan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Lin Zhong, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Niraj K. Jha, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Dong Lu, Ask Jeeves, Inc.

Peter Dinda, Northwestern University

Yi Qiao, Northwestern University

Huanyuan Sheng, Northwestern University

Yan Li, Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Snigdha Verma, Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Li Lao, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Jun-Hong Cui, Computer Science & Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

P.G. Harrison, Department of Computing Imperial College London

Y. Zhang, Department of Computing Imperial College London

Stefan Birrer, Department of Computer Science Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201, USA

Fabian E. Bustamante, Department of Computer Science Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201, USA

Jens Andersson, Department of Telecommunication Systems, Lund University, Sweden

Panlop Zeephongsekul, School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University, Australia

Xue Liu, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jin Heo, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lui Sha, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

James Z. Wang, Department of Computer Science Clemson University, Box 340974 Clemson, SC, USA

Zhidian Du, Department of Computer Science Clemson University, Box 340974 Clemson, SC, USA

Pradip K Srimani, Department of Computer Science Clemson University, Box 340974 Clemson, SC, USA

N. Hurley, Department of Computer Science University College Dublin, Ireland.

C. Doherty, Department of Computer Science University College Dublin, Ireland.

R. Brennan, Ericsson R&D Ireland, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Umar Farooq, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Shikharesh Majumdar, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Eric W. Parsons, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Sagy Bar, Sagy Bar

Mira Gonen, Mira Gonen

Avishai Wool, Avishai Wool

Junzhou Luo, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Southeast University

Yong Lee, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Southeast University

Jun Wu, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Southeast University

Antonios G. Alexiou, Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Greece and Computer Engineering and Informatics Dept., Univ. of Patras, Greece

Christos J. Bouras, Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Greece and Computer Engineering and Informatics Dept., Univ. of Patras, Greece

Leila Azouz Saidane, ENSI, CRISTAL Campus Manouba 2010, Tunis, Tunisie

Pascale Minet, INRIA Rocquencourt 78153 Le Chesnay, France

Steven Martin, Univ. Paris Sud, LRI,91405 Orsay, France

Ines Korbi, ENSI, CRISTAL Campus Manouba 2010, Tunis, Tunisie

Bruno Ciciani, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome La Sapienza

Francesco Calderoni, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome La Sapienza

Andrea Santoro, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome La Sapienza

Francesco Quaglia, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome La Sapienza

Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

John Nelson Daigle, University of Mississippi

Mauro Femminella, University of Perugia

Francesco Lo Presti, Dipartimento di Informatica Universit`a de l?Aquila

Chiara Petrioli, Dipartimento di Informatica Universita di Roma "La Sapienza"

Claudio Vicari, Dipartimento di Informatica Universita di Roma "La Sapienza"

Raja R. Sambasivan, Carnegie Mellon University

Andrew J. Klosterman, Carnegie Mellon University

Gregory R. Ganger, Carnegie Mellon University

Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE

Helen D. Karatza, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE

Ricardo Lent, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ UK

Bae Geuntae, Security Gateway ETRI Daejeon, Korea

Kim Daewon, Security Gateway ETRI Deajeon, Korea

Park Daeyeon, D. of EE and CS KAIST Daejeon, Korea

Hind Castel-Taleb, GET/INT/SAMOVAR Institut National des T?el?ecommunications 9 rue Charles Fourier 91011 Evry Cedex, France

Lynda Mokdad, Laboratoire Lamsade Universit?e de Paris Dauphine Place du Mar?echal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 cedex 16, France

Yunhao Liu, Dept. of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Lionel M. Ni, Dept. of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Li Xiao, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, USA

Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, USA

Shiding Lin, Microsoft Research Asia

Aimin Pan, Microsoft Research Asia

Rui Guo, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Zheng Zhang, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Weishuai Yang, Department of Computer Science, Binghamton University

Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, Department of Computer Science, Binghamton University

Abdelmajid Khelil, Universit?at Stuttgart, IPVS Department of Ditributed Systems Universit?atsstr. 38, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Pedro Jose Marron, Universit?at Stuttgart, IPVS Department of Ditributed Systems Universit?atsstr. 38, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Kurt Rothermel, Universit?at Stuttgart, IPVS Department of Ditributed Systems Universit?atsstr. 38, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Azzedine Boukerche, SITE university of Ottawa

Tingxue Huang, SITE university of Ottawa

Kaouther Abrougui, SITE university of Ottawa

D. Charles Engelhart, Penn. State University University Park PA 16802

Anand Sivasubramaniam, Penn. State University University Park PA 16802

Rza Bashirov, Eastern Mediterranean University Department of Mathematics Famagusta, North Cyprus, via Mersin-10, Turkey

Valentino Crespi, California State University Department of Computer Science Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA

Michael A. Jaeger, Communication and Operating Systems Group Technical University of Berlinn Einsteinufer 17, 10587 Berlin, Germany

Gero Muhl, Communication and Operating Systems Group Technical University of Berlin Einsteinufer 17, 10587 Berlin, Germany

Shankar Mahadevan, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling (IMM), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Richard Petersens Plads 2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Michael Storgaard, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling (IMM), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Richard Petersens Plads 2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Jan Madsen, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling (IMM), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Richard Petersens Plads 2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Kashif Virk, Informatics and Mathematical Modelling (IMM), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Richard Petersens Plads 2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Simon Schneider, Nokia Research Center, Bochum, Germany

Ulrich Mueller, Nokia Research Center, Bochum, Germany

Dirk Tiegelbekkers, Nokia Research Center, Bochum, Germany

Jerzy Konorski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Kazuki Konishi, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

Kumiko Maeda, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

Kazuki Sato, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

Akiko Yamasaki, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

Teruo Higashino, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

Keiichi Yasumoto, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Stuart Kurkowski, Colorado School of Mines

Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines

Neil Mushell, Colorado School of Mines

Michael Colagrosso, Colorado School of Mines

Stephan Eichler, Munich University of Technology

Benedikt Ostermaier, Munich University of Technology

Christoph Schroth, Munich University of Technology

Timo Kosch, BMW Research and Technology

Michael Manzke, Department of Computer Science, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland

Brian Coghlan, Department of Computer Science, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland

Alexander Thomasian, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bogdan A. Branzoi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Chunqi Han, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Lijuan Zhu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science Department

Gilbert Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science Department

Boleslaw K. Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science Department

Carl Tropper, McGill University, School of Computer Science

Tong Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ECSE

Tianchao Li, Institut fur Informatik, Technische Universitat Munchen Boltzmannstr. 3, D-85748 Garching bei M?unchen, Germany

Michael Gerndt, Institut fur Informatik, Technische Universitat Munchen Boltzmannstr. 3, D-85748 Garching bei M?unchen, Germany

D.E. Cooper, School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.

P. Ezhilchelvan, School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.

I. Mitrani, School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.

E. Vollset, School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.

Thomas Watteyne, CITI Laboratory, INSA Lyon, France

Isabelle Aug?-Blum, CITI Laboratory, INSA Lyon, France