Further, we see a rapid increase in wide-area network performance and deployment with a blurring and convergence of computing and communication. The combination of concurrent digital and optical technology is expected to create a Global Information Infrastructure (GII) that will enable new applications, and open up a new set of communication and computer software and architecture challenges. We need portable and scalable (portable to the future and to hybrid heterogeneous world-wide systems) solutions.
These high-speed networks and machines are being successfully applied in a wide range of academic, research, and commercial application areas. This use is producing a substantial amount of practical experience in those problems that parallelize well and the features of hardware and systems software needed to use concurrency effectively. There are also new computational methods, such as cellular automata and massively parallel neural networks, which are particularly suited to concurrent execution. There is a rapid growth in both scientific (grand challenges) and information (national challenge) applications. These will impact academia, business, the homes and education. New applications are also being opened up by advances in human-computer interfaces with full immersive environments soon to be generally available. Until now there has been no journal which brings this work together. Results, if published at all, are scattered through specialized technical journals.
This journal will therefore focus on practical experience with concurrent machines and highspeed networks, especially:
The papers will all have a practical or phenomenological emphasis. Authors wishing to submit a paper to the journal should contact the editor directly at the address given.