Table of Contents

1: Grid Computing.- An Opportunistic Algorithm for Scheduling Workflows on Grids.- A Service Oriented System for on Demand Dynamic Structural Analysis over Computational Grids.- Scalable Desktop Grid System.- Analyzing Overheads and Scalability Characteristics of OpenMP Applications.- Parallel Fuzzy c-Means Cluster Analysis.- Peer-to-Peer Models for Resource Discovery in Large-Scale Grids: A Scalable Architecture.- 2: Cluster Computing.- JaceV: A Programming and Execution Environment for Asynchronous Iterative Computations on Volatile Nodes.- Aspect Oriented Pluggable Support for Parallel Computing.- Model for Simulation of Heterogeneous High-Performance Computing Environments.- On Evaluating Decentralized Parallel I/O Scheduling Strategies for Parallel File Systems.- Distributed Security Constrained Optimal Power Flow Integrated to a DSM Based Energy Management System for Real Time Power Systems Security Control.- Metaserver Locality and Scalability in a Distributed NFS.- Top-k Query Processing in the APPA P2P System.- Posterior Task Scheduling Algorithms for Heterogeneous Computing Systems.- Design and Implementation of an Environment for Component-Based Parallel Programming.- Anahy: A Programming Environment for Cluster Computing.- DWMiner: A Tool for Mining Frequent Item Sets Efficiently in Data Warehouses.- A Parallel Implementation of the K Nearest Neighbours Classifier in Three Levels: Threads, MPI Processes and the Grid.- On the Use of the MMC Language to Utilize SIMD Instruction Set.- A Versatile Pipelined Hardware Implementation for Encryption and Decryption Using Advanced Encryption Standard.- 3: Numerical Methods.- Combinatorial Scientific Computing: The Enabling Power of Discrete Algorithms in Computational Science.- Improving the Numerical Simulation of anAirflow Problem with the BlockCGSI Algorithm.- EdgePack: A Parallel Vertex and Node Reordering Package for Optimizing Edge-Based Computations in Unstructured Grids.- Parallel Processing of Matrix Multiplication in a CPU and GPU Heterogeneous Environment.- Robust Two-Level Lower-Order Preconditioners for a Higher-Order Stokes Discretization with Highly Discontinuous Viscosities.- The Impact of Parallel Programming Models on the Performance of Iterative Linear Solvers for Finite Element Applications.- Efficient Parallel Algorithm for Constructing a Unit Triangular Matrix with Prescribed Singular Values.- A Rewriting System for the Vectorization of Signal Transforms.- High Order Fourier-Spectral Solutions to Self Adjoint Elliptic Equations.- Multiresolution Simulations Using Particles.- Evaluation of Several Variants of Explicitly Restarted Lanczos Eigensolvers and Their Parallel Implementations.- PyACTS: A High-Level Framework for Fast Development of High Performance Applications.- Sequential and Parallel Resolution of the Two-Group Transient Neutron Diffusion Equation Using Second-Degree Iterative Methods.- Enhancing the Performance of Multigrid Smoothers in Simultaneous Multithreading Architectures.- Block Iterative Algorithms for the Solution of Parabolic Optimal Control Problems.- Evaluation of Linear Solvers for Astrophysics Transfer Problems.- 4: Large Scale Simulations in Physics.- Scalable Cosmological Simulations on Parallel Machines.- Performance Evaluation of Scientific Applications on Modern Parallel Vector Systems.- Numerical Simulation of Three-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media.- Simulation of Laser Propagation in a Plasma with a Frequency Wave Equation.- A Particle Gradient Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Statistical Mechanics and Convergence Analysis.- 5: Computing in Biosciences.- A Computational Framework for Cardiac Modeling Based on Distributed Computing and Web Applications.- Triangular Clique Based Multilevel Approaches to Identify Protein Functional Modules.- BioPortal: A Portal for Deployment of Bioinformatics Applications on Cluster and Grid Environments.- Workshop 1: Computational Grids and Clusters.- Adaptive Distributed Metamodeling.- Distributed General Logging Architecture for Grid Environments.- Interoperability Between UNICORE and ITBL.- Using Failure Injection Mechanisms to Experiment and Evaluate a Grid Failure Detector.- Semantic-Based Service Trading: Application to Linear Algebra.- Management of Services Based on a Semantic Description Within the GRID-TLSE Project.- Extending the Services and Sites of Production Grids by the Support of Advanced Portals.- Workshop 2: High-Performance Data Management in Grid Environments.- PSO-Grid Data Replication Service.- Execution Management of Scientific Models on Computational Grids.- Replica Refresh Strategies in a Database Cluster.- A Practical Evaluation of a Data Consistency Protocol for Efficient Visualization in Grid Applications.- Experiencing Data Grids.