Workshop Chairs _______________ Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia Fikret Ercal, University of Missouri-Rolla Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University Steering Committee __________________ Peter Fleming, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Frank Hsu, Fordham University, New York Oscar Ibarra, University of California, Santa Barbara Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida - Gainsville Hartmut Schmeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany H.J. Siegel, Colorado State University Program Committee _________________ Ishfaq Ahmad, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas Juergen Branke, University of Karlsruhe Sajal Das, University of Teaxs at Arlington Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Mason University Afonso Ferreira, SLOOP, CNRS-INRIA-UNSA, France Eileen Kraemer, University of Georgia Mohan Kumar, University of Teaxs at Arlington Dan Marinescu, Purdue University Rebecca Parsons, University of Central Florida John H. Reif, Duke University Peter M. A. Sloot, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Assaf Schuster, Technion, Israel Franciszek Seredynski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Ivan Stojmenovic, Ottawa University, Canada El-ghazali Talbi, Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille, France Techniques based on biological paradigms can provide efficient solutions to a wide variety of problems in parallel processing. A vast literature exists on biology-inspired approaches to solving an impressive array of problems and, more recently, a number of studies have reported on the success of such techniques for solving difficult problems in all key areas of parallel processing. Rather remarkably, most bio-based techniques are inherently parallel. Thus, solutions based on such methods can be conveniently implemented on parallel architectures. This workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for researchers to explore the connection between bio-based techniques and the development of solutions to problems that arise in parallel processing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:     Bio-based methods (e.g. ant algorithms, genetic algorithms, cellular automata, DNA and molecular computing, neural networks) for solving parallel processing problems (scheduling, data organisation and partitioning, communication and routing, VLSI layout etc.) Other methods based on natural phenomena such as simulated annealing and other artifical-life techniques applied to solve problems in parallel processing are also of interest  Parallel/Distributed platforms for bio-based computations Techniques for integrating conventional parallel and bio-based Paradigms Tools and algorithms for parallelizing bio-based techniques Applications and case studies combining traditional parallel and distributed computing and bio-based techniques Theoretical work related to solution optimality, convergence issues, and time/space complexities of parallel algorithms that employ bio-based methods Prospective authors of high quality research contributions are invited to submit 4 copies of a complete manuscript not exceeding 15 pages including figures and references. Electronic submissions are also encouraged, but in this case, a cover email message should be sent indicating title of the paper, author(s), and the address of the corresponding author. This should be followed by a separate email containing the paper in postscript format. All papers will be reviewed, and the proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag. Papers should be submitted to one of the workshop chairs.       Professor Albert Y. Zomaya Parallel Computing Research Laboratory Department of Electrical and Electronic    Engineering The University of Western Australia Nedlands, Perth Western Australia 6907 Australia Tel. +61-8-9380-3875 Fax. +61-8-9380-1088 Email: zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au   Professor Fikret Ercal Department of Computer Science University of Missouri Rolla, MO 65409-0350 USA Tel. +1-573-341-4857 Fax. +1-573-341-4501 Email: ercal@umr.edu   Professor Stephan Olariu Department of Computer Science Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0162 USA Tel.  +1-757-683-4417 Fax.  +1-757-683-4900 Email: olariu@cs.odu.edu Important Dates: Submission Deadline - November 15, 2001 Notification of Acceptance - December 10, 2001 Final Copy Due - January 5, 2002