Preface

HIPS´04 held in conjunction with the 18th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2004) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, was the ninth in a series of workshops on High-Level Parallel Programming Models and Supportive Environments. It provided a forum for researchers working in the areas of applications, computational models, language design, compilers, system architecture, and programming tools to discuss new developments in programming component-based parallel systems. We selected thirteen high-quality papers for presentation at the one-day workshop and for publication in these proceedings. Session 1 and Session 2 covered the design and implementation of high-level programming models for parallel environments. Session 3 was devoted to component frameworks supporting the composition and running of component-based applications. In Session 4, techniques for programming component-based applications and an infrastructure for problem solving environments was presented. In summary, the solid collection of papers made for an interesting and stimulating workshop and once again, provided evidence that high-level parallel programming is still a widely open and active research topic. Thus, this series of workshops will certainly be continued in the years to come.