Table of Contents

Numerical Methods.- Algorithms and Computational Kernels.- Nonnumerical Algorithms.- Parallel Algorithms.- Environments and Libraries.- Performance and Scalability.- Programming Techniques.- Networks and Distributed Algorithms.- Parallel and Distributed Computing.- Grid Computing.- Failure Handling.- Optimization.- Modeling and Simulation.- Image Analysis and Processing.- Graphics and Visualization.- Computation as a Scientific Paradigm.- Hybrid Computational Methods.- Complex Systems.- Applications.- Biomedical Applications.- Data Mining and Computation.- Education in Computational Science.- Emerging Trends.