The 16th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and
Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the
world to present their latest research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of
parallel and distributed computing. Beginning in Hong Kong in 2000, PDCAT-15 will be held in Jeju,
Korea after 15 years of successful journey through various countries/regions including Taiwan, Japan,
China, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea across Asia-O

The Symposium includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below:

1. Networking and Architectures:
- Interconnection networks
- Parallel/distributed architectures
- Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
- ATM networks
- Reliability, and fault-tolerance
- Ubiquitous computing systems
- Computer networks
- Communication and telecommunication
- Wireless networks and mobile computing
- Optical networks
- Cloud/Grid computing systems
- Reconfigurable architecture

2. Software Systems and Technologies:
- Formal methods and programming languages
- Internet computing
- Image processing and computer vision
- Agent technologies
- Operating systems
- Software tools and environments
- Parallelizing compilers
- Web services
- Component-based and OO Technology
- Simulation and Visualization

3. Algorithms and Applications:
- Parallel/distributed algorithms
- Task mapping and job scheduling
- Distributed data and knowledge based systems
- Image processing and computer graphics
- High-performance scientific computing
- Reconfigurable high-performance computing
- Resource allocation and management
- Network routing and communication algorithms
- Bioinformatics
- Database applications and data mining
- Intelligent computing and neural networks

4. Security and Privacy:
-Access control and authorization
-Authentication, biometrics, smartcards
-Distributed systems security
-Mobile code and mobile agent security
-RFID applications
-Privacy preserving computation
-Applied cryptography
-Database security
-Intrusion detection and survivability
-P2P & ad hoc networks
-Security protocols