Having been a very successful platform for 16 years for discussion and presentation of high quality papers in the field of computer science and computer systems, Future Generation Computer Systems has matured beyond its original aims and scope. Therefore it was decided to broaden the aims and scope especially towards the application of large computer systems being the domain of computational science research. The emphasis will now be on new, high quality, original work in the field of: New system architectures (among others for embedded computing) Resource management strategies Run-time support systems for advanced computing WEB and Internet based applications of computing Large-scale scientific and engineering computing (including HPCN) Modelling and simulation methods Advanced methods for data interpretation Complex system simulations New numerical algorithms New solver methods (particle methods, natural solvers etc.) In addition to the publication of original submitted material, the journal will continue the tradition of publishing special issues. These issues are completely dedicated to one specific topic considered to be of high relevance to the readership. The editors accept and support proposals for such special issues.