th This volume contains the papers presented at the 8 International Conference on - vanced
Parallel Processing Technologies APPT 2009. This series of conferences originated from
collaborations between researchers from China and Germany and has evolved into an international
conference for reporting advances in parallel processing technologies. APPT 2009 addressed the
entire gamut of related topics ranging from the architectural aspects of parallel computer
hardware and system software to the applied technologies for novel applications. For this
conference we received over 76 full submissions from researchers all over the world. All the
papers were peer reviewed in depth and qualitatively graded on their relevance originality
significance presentation and the overall appropriateness for their acceptance. Any concerns
raised were discussed by the Program Committee. The Organizing Committee did an excellent job
in selecting 36 papers for presen- tion. In short the papers included here represent the
forefront of research from China Switzerland Germany and other countries.
