*To be held in conjunction with the
Eighteenth International Conference on Parallel Architectures and
Compilation Techniques,
PACT 2009 Raleigh, North Carolina.
September 12-16, 2009.*


This second workshop on Parallel Architectures and Bioinspired Algorithms
follows the success of the first workshop held in conjunction with
PACT 2008 in Toronto, and incorporates the biennial Workshop on Parallel
Bioinspired Algorithms, first edition held in Oslo, 2005 (together with IEEE
ICPP), and second edition in London 2007 (together with ACM GECCO 2007). The
aim is to join a large number of researchers interested in the
synergies arising from different but related fields: Parallel
Computer Architectures, Parallel and Distributed Computing, and
Bioinspired Algorithms. On one hand, parallel architecture
designers, and in general, system designers are starting to bear
in mind Bioinspired Algorithms as general optimization tools. These
algorithms comprise a set of heuristics that can help to optimize
a wide range of tasks required for Parallel and Distributed
Architectures to work efficiently: balancing computer load, fault‐tolerance
and dependability, thermal‐aware design, NoC design, and other
related problems. On the other hand, the application of Bioinspired
Algorithm to solve real‐world problems has shown that they need
high computation power. Parallel Architectures and
Distributed Systems have offered an interesting alternative to
sequential counterparts since improvements on parallel architectures
are allowing running computing intensive Bioinspired Algorithms for
solving many difficult engineering problems. Therefore, any effort for
increasing the relationship between both fields would be very welcome by
the community. This workshop will gather scientists, engineers, and
practitioners to share and exchange their experiences, discuss
challenges, and report state‐of‐the‐art and in‐progress research
on
all aspects of the answer to two questions: What can Bioinspired
Algorithms do for Parallel Computer Architectures? And what can
Parallel Computer Architectures do for bioinspired Algorithms?. You
are invited to submit a paper with unpublished original work for this
workshop. The topics include, but are not limited to:

• Evolutionary Algorithms for Parallel Computer Architectures
optimization.
• Computer Architecture optimizations using other biologically
inspired algorithms: Ant Colonies, Immune Systems, Artificial Life,
Cultural Algorithms, etc...
• Cluster and Grid Deployment of Bioinspired Algorithms.
• Desktop Grids infrastructures for supporting Bioinspired Algorithms.
• Large Scale Parallel Processing.
• Heterogeneous Computing Platforms for Bioinspired Algorithms.
• Improvement on scheduling techniques by means of Bioinspired Algorithms.

• Fault tolerant implementations of PEAs.
• Performance evaluation of PEAs.
• Improvement in system performance through optimization and tuning.
• Parallel Reconfigurable Architectures for Bioinspired Algorithms.
• Graphics processing units and Evolutionary Algorithms.
• Profiting from Cloud infrastructure when running Bioinspired Algorithms.


*PAPER SUBMISSION: *

Please submit original research results papers not published or
submitted for publication in other forums. All submitted papers will be
carefully evaluated based on originality and quality. The paper submission
site is available at http://bioinspired.dacya.ucm.es. For more information
please contact Ignacio Hidalgo at hidalgo@.... Accepted papers
will be published in a separated proceedings handed out during the
workshop and, selected papers, in an extended version on a SPECIAL
ISSUE of the PARALLEL COMPUTING journal.

*IMPORTANT DATES: *

• Paper Submission Deadline: July 24th
• Decision Notification: August 12th
• Camera‐Ready Submission: August 17th
• Early Registration Deadline: August 19th
• Conference Dates: September 12‐16


*Workshop Co-chairs

*J. Ignacio Hidalgo - Complutense University, Spain
Francisco Fernández - Extremadura University, Spain
Juan Lanchares - Complutense University, Spain

*Program Committee*

David Atienza, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), and EPFL
(Switzerland)
Erick CantúPaz, Yahoo Inc. (USA)
Jose Manuel Colmenar ArTeCS Research Group (Spain)
Steven Dropsho, Google Inc. (Switzerland)
Gianluigi Folino, ICAR‐CNR (Italy)
Oscar Garnica, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
Simon Harding, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)
Saurabh Mittal, Dunip Technologies (USA)
Sanaz Mostaghim, University of Karlsruhe (Germany)
Luis Piñuel, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
William Langdon, University College of London (UK)
Raffaelle Perego, ISTI‐CNR (Italy)
Beatrice OmbukiBerman, Brock University (Canada)
Giandomenico Spezzano, ICAR‐CNR (Italy)
José Luis Risco, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)


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