The area of parallel and distributed computing has matured to the point when it could benefit from papers providing a broader perspective on the discipline and attempting to introduce order into the rapidly expanding knowledge. To address this need we have decided to publish overview papers.
An overview paper is expected to cover a subarea of parallel and/or distributed computing. It is supposed to contain a historical perspective on the developments up to date as well as information about the state of the art. It should also contain the description of what research is currently considered the most important and which roads are considered to be the most promising to lead to the answers. The paper should contain extensive bibliography. It is crucial that the paper be written in such a way as to be accessible to computer professionals who do not have detailed knowledge of the subject. All papers are refereed against a specially designed set of criteria matching their special nature, as is stated in refereeing form. Due to the nature of the endeavor we expect the overview papers to be longer than the papers typically accepted for Journal, publication.
Everyone interested in contributing an overview paper is invited to contact the editor-in-chief, Dana Petcu to discuss the details of the project.