The Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) is directed to researchers, scientists, engineers, educators, managers, programmers, and users of computers who have particular interests in parallel processing and/or distributed computing. The goal of the journal is to publish in a timely manner original research, critical review articles, and relevant survey papers on the theory, design, implementation, evaluation, programming, and applications of parallel and/or distributed computing systems. The journal provides an effective forum for communication among researchers and practitioners from various scientific areas working in a wide variety of problem areas, sharing a fundamental common interest in improving the ability of parallel and distributed computer systems to solve increasing numbers of difficult and complex problems as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

The scope of the journal includes (but is not restricted to) the following topics as they relate to parallel and/or distributed computing:

• Theory of parallel and distributed computing
• Parallel algorithms and their implementation
• Innovative computer architectures
• Shared-memory multiprocessors
• Peer-to-peer systems
• Distributed sensor networks
• Pervasive computing
• Optical computing
• Software tools and environments
• Languages, compilers, and operating systems
• Fault-tolerant computing
• Applications and performance analysis
• Bioinformatics
• Cyber trust and security
• Parallel programming
• Grid computing