Call for Papers
International Workshop on
Optical SuperComputing (OSC08)
August 24, 2008, Vienna, Austria
http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~osc2008
http://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~moltean/osc2008
In conjunction with the:
Seventh International Conference on Unconventional
Computation (UC'08)
Dates:
Submission deadline May 1, 2008
Acceptance notification June 1, 2008
Camera-ready copy due June 15, 2008
Program Committee:
Hossin Abdeldayem NASA-GoddardNASA-Goddard
H. John Caulfield Fisk UniversityFisk University
Shlomi Dolev (Chair) Ben-Gurion UniversityBen-Gurion University
Hen Fitoussi Ben-Gurion UniversityBen-Gurion University
Joseph W. Goodman Stanford UniversityStanford University
Will Green IBM T. J. WatsonIBM T. J. Watson
Lene Hau Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Mihai Oltean (Co-Chair) Babe¸s-Bolyai UniversityBabe¸s-Bolyai University
Tobias Haist (Co-Chair) Stuttgart UniversitatStuttgart Universitat
Alastair McAulay Lehigh UniversityLehigh University
Stephane Messika LRILRI
John Reif DukeDuke
Joseph Rosen Ben-Gurion UniversityBen-Gurion University
Natan T. Shaked Ben-Gurion UniversityBen-Gurion University
Damien Woods University College CorkUniversity College Cork
Steering and Organization Committee:
Shlomi Dolev Ben-Gurion UniversityBen-Gurion University
Mihai Oltean Babe¸s-Bolyai UniversityBabe¸s-Bolyai University
Wolfgang Osten Stuttgart UniversitatStuttgart Universitat
How to submit:
Authors are invited to submit their extended abstracts
electronically. A detailed description of the
electronic submission procedure will appear on the
workshop web-page, as of March 1, 2008. Authors
unable to submit electronically should contact
the program chair, Shlomi Dolev by email,
dolev@cs.bgu.ac.il or by phone, +972-8-6472715 to
receive instructions.
SCOPE: OCS, the International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing, is a
new annual forum for research presentations on all facets of optical computing
for solving hard computation tasks. Optical computing devices have the potential
for being the very next computing infrastructure. Given the frequency
limitations and cross-talk phenomena, as well as soft-errors of
electronic devices
on one hand, and the natural parallelism of optical computing devices,
as well as the advance in fiber optics and optical switches on the other hand
make optical computing commercial-able. Research contributions to the theory,
design, specification, analysis, implementation, or application of optical
supercomputers are solicited. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:OCS, the International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing,
is a
new annual forum for research presentations on all facets of optical computing
for solving hard computation tasks. Optical computing devices have the potential
for being the very next computing infrastructure. Given the frequency
limitations and cross-talk phenomena, as well as soft-errors of
electronic devices
on one hand, and the natural parallelism of optical computing devices,
as well as the advance in fiber optics and optical switches on the other hand
make optical computing commercial-able. Research contributions to the theory,
design, specification, analysis, implementation, or application of optical
supercomputers are solicited. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:
• Design of optical computing devices,Design of optical computing devices,
• Electoroptics devices for interacting with optical computing
devices,Electoroptics devices for interacting with optical computing
devices,
• Practical implementations,Practical implementations,
• Analysis of existing devices and case studies,Analysis of existing
devices and case studies,
• Optical and laser switching technologies,Optical and laser switching
technologies,
• Applications and algorithms for optical devices,Applications and
algorithms for optical devices,
• Alpha practical, X-Rays and nano-technologies for optical computing,
Workshop presentations will have two formats: Regular presentations of 25
minutes accompanied by papers of up to 15 pages in the proceedings. This
form is intended for contributions reporting on original research, submitted
exclusively to this workshop. Brief announcements of 5 to 10 minutes accompanied
by two page abstracts in the proceedings. This format is a forum
for brief communications, which may be published in other workshops. Longer
versions expanding the brief announcements will be collected at a web site.
The workshop proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer Verlag, and
a special issue of the Natural Computing journal. Also, we plan to have an
associated peer reviewed feature issue in the Journal of the Optical Society of
America A (JOSA A) and we have made preliminary inquiries concerning this,
updated will be post in the workshop website.Alpha practical, X-Rays
and nano-technologies for optical computing,
Workshop presentations will have two formats: Regular presentations of 25
minutes accompanied by papers of up to 15 pages in the proceedings. This
form is intended for contributions reporting on original research, submitted
exclusively to this workshop. Brief announcements of 5 to 10 minutes accompanied
by two page abstracts in the proceedings. This format is a forum
for brief communications, which may be published in other workshops. Longer
versions expanding the brief announcements will be collected at a web site.
The workshop proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer Verlag, and
a special issue of the Natural Computing journal. Also, we plan to have an
associated peer reviewed feature issue in the Journal of the Optical Society of
America A (JOSA A) and we have made preliminary inquiries concerning this,
updated will be post in the workshop website.Regular presentations of 25
minutes accompanied by papers of up to 15 pages in the proceedings. This
form is intended for contributions reporting on original research, submitted
exclusively to this workshop. Brief announcements of 5 to 10 minutes accompanied
by two page abstracts in the proceedings. This format is a forum
for brief communications, which may be published in other workshops. Longer
versions expanding the brief announcements will be collected at a web site.
The workshop proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer Verlag, and
a special issue of the Natural Computing journal. Also, we plan to have an
associated peer reviewed feature issue in the Journal of the Optical Society of
America A (JOSA A) and we have made preliminary inquiries concerning this,
updated will be post in the workshop website.Brief announcements of 5
to 10 minutes accompanied
by two page abstracts in the proceedings. This format is a forum
for brief communications, which may be published in other workshops. Longer
versions expanding the brief announcements will be collected at a web site.
The workshop proceedings will be published by LNCS Springer Verlag, and
a special issue of the Natural Computing journal. Also, we plan to have an
associated peer reviewed feature issue in the Journal of the Optical Society of
America A (JOSA A) and we have made preliminary inquiries concerning this,
updated will be post in the workshop website.Natural Computing
journal. Also, we plan to have an
associated peer reviewed feature issue in the Journal of the Optical Society of
America A (JOSA A) and we have made preliminary inquiries concerning this,
updated will be post in the workshop website.Journal of the Optical Society of
America A (JOSA A) and we have made preliminary inquiries concerning this,
updated will be post in the workshop website.(JOSA A) and we have made
preliminary inquiries concerning this,
updated will be post in the workshop website.
SUBMISSIONS FORMAT: The cover page should include (1) title, (2)
authors and affiliation, (3) postal and e-mail address of the contact
author, (4)
indication of the format(s) to which the paper is submitted, and (5) a brief
abstract describing the work. It is recommended that each submission begin
with a succinct statement of the problem, summary of the main results, and a
brief explanation of their significance, all suitable for a
non-specialist. Technical
development of the work, directed to the specialist, should follow. A submission
for the regular presentation format should be no longer than 4,500 words
(10 pages on letter-size paper using at least 11-point font, figures and tables
included) excluding references. If the authors believe that more details are
essential to substantiate the main claims of the paper, they may include a
clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program
committee. Extended abstracts deviating significantly from these guidelines
risk rejection without consideration of their merits. A submission for the brief
announcement format should be no longer than three pages. Authors of
accepted brief announcements will be asked to submit a full version of their
work to be placed on a WWW site.
If requested by the authors in the cover letter, an extended abstract
that is not
selected for a long presentation will also be considered for the brief
announcement
format. Such a request will not affect consideration of the paper for a
long presentation.The cover page should include (1) title, (2)
authors and affiliation, (3) postal and e-mail address of the contact
author, (4)
indication of the format(s) to which the paper is submitted, and (5) a brief
abstract describing the work. It is recommended that each submission begin
with a succinct statement of the problem, summary of the main results, and a
brief explanation of their significance, all suitable for a
non-specialist. Technical
development of the work, directed to the specialist, should follow. A submission
for the regular presentation format should be no longer than 4,500 words
(10 pages on letter-size paper using at least 11-point font, figures and tables
included) excluding references. If the authors believe that more details are
essential to substantiate the main claims of the paper, they may include a
clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program
committee. Extended abstracts deviating significantly from these guidelines
risk rejection without consideration of their merits. A submission for the brief
announcement format should be no longer than three pages. Authors of
accepted brief announcements will be asked to submit a full version of their
work to be placed on a WWW site.
If requested by the authors in the cover letter, an extended abstract
that is not
selected for a long presentation will also be considered for the brief
announcement
format. Such a request will not affect consideration of the paper for a
long presentation.regular presentation format should be no longer than
4,500 words
(10 pages on letter-size paper using at least 11-point font, figures and tables
included) excluding references. If the authors believe that more details are
essential to substantiate the main claims of the paper, they may include a
clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program
committee. Extended abstracts deviating significantly from these guidelines
risk rejection without consideration of their merits. A submission for the brief
announcement format should be no longer than three pages. Authors of
accepted brief announcements will be asked to submit a full version of their
work to be placed on a WWW site.
If requested by the authors in the cover letter, an extended abstract
that is not
selected for a long presentation will also be considered for the brief
announcement
format. Such a request will not affect consideration of the paper for a
long presentation.brief
announcement format should be no longer than three pages. Authors of
accepted brief announcements will be asked to submit a full version of their
work to be placed on a WWW site.
If requested by the authors in the cover letter, an extended abstract
that is not
selected for a long presentation will also be considered for the brief
announcement
format. Such a request will not affect consideration of the paper for a
long presentation.format should be no longer than three pages. Authors of
accepted brief announcements will be asked to submit a full version of their
work to be placed on a WWW site.
If requested by the authors in the cover letter, an extended abstract
that is not
selected for a long presentation will also be considered for the brief
announcement
format. Such a request will not affect consideration of the paper for a
long presentation.