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CFP: Hot Topics Session: DIDC 2014 (held in conjunction with HPDC 2014): Hot Topics in Data Intensive Distributed Computing (DIDC 2014)
by Mehmet Balman 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

We apologize if you receive multiple copies. Kindly forward this CFP to other interested parties. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CFP: Hot Topics Session: DIDC 2014 (held in conjunction with HPDC 2014): Hot Topics in Data Intensive Distributed Computing (DIDC 2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Jun 23, 2014 - Jun 27, 2014 Where Vancouver, Canada The Sixth International Workshop on Data Intensive Distributed Computing (DIDC 2014) will be held in conjunction with the 23rd International ACM Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC 2014), in Vancouver, Canada in June 23-27, 2014. http://www.fatih.edu.tr/~esma.yildirim/DIDC2014-workshop/home.html Submission due: April 10, 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Hot Topics Session In addition to regular papers track, DIDC 2014 is soliciting papers for a special Hot Topics session. Hot Topics papers are expected to discuss current trends and upcoming challenges in data-intensive distributed computing. Authors will be given short presentation slots during the workshop. Submissions should come with initial results or observations supporting the presented approach or current challenges. An ideal paper should initiate a lively discussion based on clearly stated arguments, orthogonal approaches, original ideas, or future problems in data-intensive distributed computing. Submission Guidelines: Hot Topics papers should be formatted in the same way as a regular submission with a maximum of five (5) pages. All submission will be evaluated based on the quality of presentation and the novelty of the given idea or approach. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another workshop, conference or a journal, nor may they be under review or submitted to another forum during the DIDC 2014 review process. Hot Topics papers will be included the DIDC 2014 proceedings as a separate track and will be published by ACM, and will be available through the ACM Digital Library. Papers should be prepared in ACM SIG Proceedings format at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates and submitted electronically (as a PDF file) via EasyChair. Please select Hot Topics track. https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=didc2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Organizers: Esma Yildirim, Fatih University, Turkey Mehmet Balman, VMware Inc. & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Steering Committee: Tevfik Kosar, University at Buffalo Ian Foster, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory Malcolm Atkinson, e-Science Institute Joel Saltz, SUNY StonyBrook University Program Committee: Gagan Agrawal, Ohio State University Roger Barga, Microsoft Research Umit Catalyurek, Ohio State University Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota Murat Demirbas, University at Buffalo Dan Katz, University of Chicago Scott Klasky, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Shawn McKee, University of Michigan Reagan Moore, University of North Carolina Ruth Pordes, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Ioan Raicu , Illinois Institute of Technology Brian Tierney, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Ismail Ari, Ozyegin University, Turkey Manish Parashar, Rutgers University Florian Schintke, Zuse Institute, Germany Sudharshan Vazhkudai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Chen Wu, University of Western Australia Venkatram Vishwanath, Argonne National Laboratory Weikuan Yu, Auburn University Surendra Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Rean Griffith, VMware Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ARMS-CC Workshop, co-located with PODC - 2014
by Florin Pop 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

****************************************************************************** * ARMS-CC 2014 Workshop * * Workshop on Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing, * Held in conjunction with PODC 2014 (http://www.podc.org) * Paris, France, on July 15th, 2014 * * Webpage: http://arms-cc.hpc.pub.ro * ****************************************************************************** It is our pleasure to invite you to the Workshop on Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing (ARMS-CC 2014). Cloud Computing concerns large-scale interconnected systems and it has the main purpose to aggregate and to efficient exploit the power of widely distributed resources. Resource Management and Task Scheduling play an essential role, in cases where one is concerned with optimized use of resources. The ubiquitous networks are highly dynamic distributed systems so the changes in overlay are frequent. On the other hand, the Cloud systems are highly dynamic in its structure because the user requests must be respected as an agreement rule. When ubiquitous networks become clients for Cloud systems new algorithm for events and tasks scheduling and new methods for resource management should be designed in order to increase the performance of such systems. The adaptive methods used in context are oriented on: self-stabilizing, self-organizing and autonomic systems; dynamic, adaptive and machine learning based distributed algorithms; fault tolerance, reliability, availability of distributed systems. A major goal of the workshop is to explore new directions and approaches for reasoning about resource management in Cloud Computing based on adaptive methods, and to encourage the submission of ongoing work, as well as position papers and case studies of existing verification projects. Also, the workshop offers a forum for both academics and practitioners to share their experience and identify new and emerging trends in this area. We cordially invite you to submit your contribution to the Workshop on Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing (ARMS-CC 2014). Topics include, but are not limited to: + Foundational Models for Resource Management in Cloud + Distributed Scheduling Algorithms + Load-Balancing and Co-Allocation + Dynamic, Adaptive and Machine Learning based Distributed Algorithms + Self-* and Autonomic Cloud Systems + Cloud Composition, Federation, Bridging, and Bursting + Cloud Resource Virtualization and Composition + Fault Tolerance, Reliability, Availability of Cloud Systems + Cloud Workload Profiling and Deployment Control + Cloud Quality Management and Service Level Agreement (SLA) + High Performance Cloud Computing + Mobile Cloud Computing + Green Cloud Computing + Cloud Computing Techniques for Big Data + Scheduling Algorithms for Big Data *** SUBMISSION and REVIEW PROCESS *** The full paper in PDF format will be submitted via EasyChair system. https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=armscc2014 Papers are to be submitted electronically, following the PODC guidelines: each submission must be in English, in PDF format, and begin with a cover page including: (1) the title, (2) the names and affiliations of all authors, (3) contact author’s email, address and telephone number, (4) a brief, one paragraph abstract of the paper. A regular submission must not exceed 10 single-column pages (excluding cover page and references). Additional necessary details may be included in a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. Accepted submissions will be treated as confidential prior to publication in a special issue for an international journal. The special issue will be announced before the workshop. Rejected submissions will be permanently treated as confidential. By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will attend the workshop to present it. This is the strong condition for a submission to be considered for publication in the special issue. *** IMPORTANT DATES *** Abstract submission: April 23, 2014 Full papers submission: May 1, 2014 Acceptance notification: June 1, 2014 Camera-ready copy due: June 15, 2014 Registration: According with PODC registration rules (to be updated) Workshop Date: July 15th, 2014 *** GENERAL CHAIRS *** Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, florin.pop {at} cs.pub.ro Maria Gradinariu Potop-Butucaru, UPMC Sorbonne Universités, LIP6, Paris, France, Email: maria.gradinariu {at} lip6.fr *** PROGRAM COMMITTEE *** Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA Marcos Aguilera, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, USA Silvia Bonomi, Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy Valentin Cristea, University Politehnica of Bucarest, Romania Ciprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucarest, Romania Pascal Felber, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland Pierre Guillome, IRISA / Université de Rennes 1, Frace Adriana Iamnitchi, University of South Florida, USA Thilo Kielmann, VU University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam, The Netherlands Joanna Kolodziej, Institute of Computer Science, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Iosif Charles Legrand, California Institute of Technology, USA / CERN, Switzerland Vivien Quéma, Grenoble INP / ENSIMAG, France Marc Shapiro, UPMC Sorbonne Universités, LIP6, Paris, France Nicolae Tapus, University Politehnica of Bucarest, Romania It will be a great pleasure for us to receive your contribution and to meet you in Paris. Many Thanks form ARMS-CC Workshop Chairs, Maria and Florin

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2nd CfP: ICSNC 2014 || October 12 - 16, 2014 - Nice, France
by ICSNC 2014 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ICSNC 2014. The submission deadline is May 16, 2014. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== ICSNC 2014 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS ICSNC 2014, The Ninth International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications October 12 - 16, 2014 - Nice, France General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ICSNC14.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/CfPICSNC14.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/SubmitICSNC14.html Submission deadline: May 16, 2014 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html ICSNC 2014 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) WINET: Wireless networks 3G/4G integration; Wireless protocols, architectural and design concepts; Design and implementation of mobile information systems; Wireless communications and mechanisms; Antenna and RF subsystems; Coding & modulation & equalization; Channel modeling and characterization; Equalization/Synchronization; Wireless technologies; Wireless applications & services; IP Multimedia subsystems (IMS); Wireless and mobility; Wireless-wireline convergence; Radio communications systems; Specialized wireless networks; Management of wireless networks; Position on standards & fora on wireless networks; Business models on wireless networks; Communications regulations, Spectrum management; Software-Defined Radio (SDR) [ architectures, hardware, software, signal processing and smart antennas, etc.] HSNET: High speed networks Technologies, protocols, and applications for high speed networks; Voice over high speed networks; Services and interconnections of high speed networks; Technologies for High speed optical networks; Optical burst switching; End-to-end applications; Optical control plan; Advanced optical technology architectures; Design of high speed systems and networks; Methodologies and development tools for high speed networks; Management and control of high speed networks; Performance in high speed networks; Security aspects in high speed networks; QoS/SLA in high speed networks; Diagnosing high speed networks; High speed networks and NGN SENET: Sensor networks Architectures and protocols for wired and wireless sensor networks; Design of sensor networks; Instrumentation and models for deployment of sensors networks; Power in sensor networks; Ad hoc and wireless sensor networks; Management and control of sensor networks; Performance in sensor networks; Security and reliability aspects in sensor networks; Information assurance in sensor networks; QoS/SLA in sensor networks; Applications, case studies and prototypes with sensor networks MHNET: Mobile and Ad hoc networks Mobile technology and fundamentals; Analytical and validation models for mobility; Architecture and routing protocols for mobile networks; Architectures, frameworks, fundamentals on ad hoc networks; Energy efficient design, cross-layer design, scalability; MAC protocols for ad-hoc and sensor networks (801.11, Bluetooth, etc.); Data, information, and signal processing in mobile networks; Complexity analysis of mobile algorithms and protocols; Software platforms and development tools supporting mobility; QoS/SLA, access control and security in mobile and ad hoc networks; Location and mobility management; Location and service discovery in ad hoc networks; Planning, provisioning, and deployment mobility features; Directional and smart antennas for mobile and ad-hoc networks; Performance and security in ad hoc and mobile networks; Self-organization, synchronization and stability in ad hoc networks; Self-management in ad hoc and mobile networks; Ad hoc and mobile networks and auton omic computing; Mobile ad hoc platforms, systems and tools; Applications over ad hoc networks; Standards evolution on mobility and ad hoc networks AP2PS: Advances in P2P Systems Architectures and protocols; Gossip-based and epidemic protocols; Integration with network operators and service providers; Autonomic computing and networking; Semantic P2P; Opportunistic networking; Content delivery networks; Applications; Prototypes and simulations; Implementations; Comparative performance analysis; Dependability, resilience and availability; Benchmarking and optimization; Quality of experience; Security, trust and reputation; Digital rights management; Content filtering; P2P and wireless convergence; Integrated approaches; Energy efficiency MESH: Advances in Mesh Networks Architectures and algorithms; Wireless interference models; Large-scale networks; Real-time and non-real-time communications; Centralized and distributed scheduling; Service differentiation; Security, Privacy, and Trust; Protocol interference models; Single-channel multihop/multichannel routing; Quality of Services routing; Multimedia-centric routing; Cross-layer multicast routing; QoS-based access protocols for mesh networks; Multichannel access protocols; Applications; Multimedia services; Home IPTV; WiMax; Broadband home networking communications; Smart buildings; Broadband Internet access VENET: Vehicular networks Communication technologies in vehicular networks; Frameworks and architectures for vehicular networks; Interoperability with Internet and other networks; Vehicle-infrastructure communications; Vehicle-to-vehicle communications; Emerging inter/intra-vehicle and infrastructure-to-vehicle wireless technologies; Cross-layer design and optimization for vehicular networks; Middleware and service architectures for vehicular networks; Propagation issues Vehicular sensors and data collection and process; On-drive diagnostics and repair technologies and systems; Protocol features /MAC, QoS, routing, multicast, addressing, identity/; Mobility and hand-off ; Properties /security, privacy, performance, robustness, real-time, etc./; Control and management in vehicular networks; Driver-oriented support systems /assistance, active&passive safety, etc./; Case studies and fields trials on vehicular networks; Applications across vehicular networks /content distribution, alerting, etc./; Standar dization /802.11p, DSRC, etc./ and standard platforms /JasPar, AUTOSTAR, etc./ RFID: Radio-frequency identification systems Fundamentals for RFID systems; Communications in RFID systems; Next generation RFID Technologies; RFID middleware design and architecture; Antenna design for RFID; System design and deployment; Circuits and architecture; RFID ans sensor networks; Bridging RFID networks in heterogeneous networks; Collision, proximity, speed; Security, privacy, trust; Monitoring and control of RFID systems; Localization and tracking; Inventory tracking; Testing and verification; Planing and executing RFID systems; RFID pilot projects; Use cases in deploying and operating /finance, manufacture, agriculture, transportation, etc./; Tools for supporting the design and deployment of RFID systems SESYS: Security systems Security analysis methodologies; Middleware and distributed systems security; Cryptography, certificates, information hiding, access control; Protection, risk, vulnerabilities, attacks, authorization/authentication; Access control, wireless access control, broadband access control; Biometrics, smart cards, identification and trust methodologies; Certification, accreditation anonymity, and audit; Security management, emergency contingency planning, identify theft, life safety; Wireless and mobile security; Fast security associations; Electronic surveillance and e-commerce protocols; Security and trust in web-services-based applications; Peer-to-peer security, denial of services; Information survivability, insider threat protection, integrity; Intellectual property rights, privacy, legal and regulatory issues; Criminal exploitation of technology; Commercial and industrial security; Viruses, hackers, worms, spam, and other malicious code MCSYS: Multimedia communications systems Technologies, protocols, and mechanisms for multimedia communications; Multimedia compression mechanisms and information representation; Multimedia encoding and compression, MPEG-1 to MPEG-4, Wavelet and fractal; Multimedia frameworks, communications, and middleware; Next generation multimedia communications; Mobile multimedia communications; Methodologies and development tools for multimedia communications systems; Wireless mobile multimedia communications; Ad hoc multimedia networks; IP-based Multimedia Subsystems (IMS); QoS/SLA in mobile multimedia services and applications; Mechanisms for interactive multimedia applications; Designing and implementing interactive applications; Multimedia authoring, publishing, and right securing; Security and performance for multimedia communications; Management, QoS, and security aspects in streaming over wireless ad hoc networks; Management and control of multimedia systems; Standards protocols for multimedia communications POSYS: Policy-based systems Policy for automation control; Trusting policy control commands; Policy-driven autonomic organizations; Policy-based control scalability; Policy sensors for feedback control; Policy conflict detection and conflict resolution; Context-aware policy-driven adaptive frameworks; Policy integrity, trust and negotiations; Policy-based software applications; Policing pervasive computing environments; Policing on-demand systems and services PESYS: Pervasive education system Learning and teaching systems; E-learning methods and e-learning scenarios; Tools and architectures for mobile/ubiquitous e-learning; Cooperative learning and working; Mobile technology and education; Distance learning and education; Computers and arts; Education in developing regions; Reflection in learning software and hardware; Social impact metrics on distance learning; Methodologies and processes for education; Curriculum projects and experiences; Intelligent support; Multimedia environment for teaching; E-market place for higher education; Embedded systems education; Wearable computers and education Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ComICSNC14.html ================================================ To stop receiving notices about ICSNC, please reply with "DROP ICSNC hpc-announce(a)mcs.anl.gov" in the subject field. 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CFP -- ASBD @ ISCA: 4th Workshop on Architecture for Big Data
by Yungang Bao 30 Mar '14

30 Mar '14

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fourth Workshop on Architectures and Systems for Big Data (ASBD 2014) http://acs.ict.ac.cn/asbd2014/ June 14, 2014, Minneapolis, MN, USA Held in conjunction with The 41st International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2014) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Deadline: April 11, 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The term "Big Data" refers to the continuing massive expansion in the data volume and diversity as well as the speed and complexity of data processing. The use of big data underpins critical activities in all sectors of our society. Achieving the full transformative potential of big data in this increasingly digital world requires both new data analysis algorithms and a new class of systems to handle the dramatic data growth, the demand to integrate structured and unstructured data analytics, and the increasing computing needs of massive-scale analytics. We are pleased to request papers for presentation at the upcoming Fourth Workshop on Architectures and Systems for Big Data (ASBD 2014) held in conjunction with ISCA-41. The workshop will provide a forum to exchange research ideas related to all critical aspects of emerging analytics systems for big data, including architectural support, benchmarks and metrics, data management software, operating systems, and emerging challenges and opportunities. We hope to attract a group of interdisciplinary researchers from academia, industry and government research labs. To encourage discussion between participants, the workshop will include significant time for interactions between the presenters and the audience. We also plan to have a keynote speaker and/or panel session. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Processor, memory and system architectures for data analytics * Benchmarks, metrics and workload characterization for big data * Accelerators for analytics and data-intensive computing * Implications of data analytics to mobile and embedded systems * Energy efficiency and energy-efficient designs for analytics * Availability, fault tolerance and data recovery in big data environments * Scalable system and network designs for high concurrency/bandwidth streaming * Data management and analytics for vast amounts of unstructured data * Evaluation tools, methodologies and workload synthesis * OS, distributed systems and system management support for large-scale analytics * Debugging and performance analysis tools for analytics and big data * Programming systems and language support for deep analytics * MapReduce and other processing paradigms for analytics --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers and　Program Committees --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Co-Organizers: Lixin Zhang, ICT/CAS China Xiufeng Sui, ICT/CAS China Program Co-Chairs: Christos Kozyrakis, Stanford University USA Yungang Bao, ICT/CAS China Program Committee: Boris Grot, University of Edinburgh Changkyu Kim, Google Christopher Hughes, Intel Dejun Jiang, ICT,CAS Eric Chung, Microsoft Research Hassan Chafi, Oracle/Stanford H. Peter Hofstee, IBM Jishen Zhao, HP Lab Robert Hundt, Google Shiding Lin, Baidu Xiangyu Dong, Qualcomm Yuan Xie, PSU/AMD Steering Committee: Jian Li, IBM Research Jichuan Chang, HP Labs Evan Speight, IBM Research

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CFP - IEEE Cluster Workshop: PBio 2014 (proceedings published by IEEE) + Special Issue in Journal CCPE (IF: 0.845, Q2)
by Miguel A. Vega-Rodriguez 28 Mar '14

28 Mar '14

Call for Papers --- IEEE Cluster Workshop: 2nd International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (proceedings published by IEEE) + Special Issue in the Journal Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Wiley) (Impact Factor: 0.845, Quartile Q2) --- SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 15, 2014 We seek original, high-quality research papers, clearly focused on the application of Parallelism to any possible Bioinformatics problem. In particular, contributions are solicited on, but are not limited to, the following topics: - Cluster computing in Bioinformatics. - Data-intensive Bioinformatics (including Big Data storage and processing). - Parallel and distributed algorithms in Bioinformatics. - Workload partitioning strategies in Bioinformatics. - Memory-efficient algorithms in Bioinformatics. - Parallel tools and applications in Bioinformatics. - Multicore computing in Bioinformatics. - Supercomputing in Bioinformatics. - Cloud/Grid/P2P computing in Bioinformatics. - Volunteer computing in Bioinformatics. - Hardware accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) in Bioinformatics. - Green computing in Bioinformatics. - Emerging parallel programming models in Bioinformatics. - Parallel performance evaluation, analysis, and optimization in Bioinformatics. - Parallel visualization, modelling, simulation, and exploration in Bioinformatics. With regard to the Bioinformatics problems, many different alternatives exist: bioinformatics applied to biomedicine; biological sequence analysis, comparison and alignment; motif, gene and signal recognition/discovery; molecular evolution; phylogenetics and phylogenomics; determination or prediction of the structure of RNA and protein; DNA twisting and folding; gene expression and gene regulatory networks; deduction of metabolic pathways; microarray design and analysis; proteomics; functional genomics; molecular docking; design of DNA sequences for DNA computing; etc. All the details (paper format, submission system, important dates, etc.) at: http://arco.unex.es/mavega/pbio2014/ --- Kind regards. -- ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Miguel A. Vega-Rodriguez <mavega(a)unex.es> http://arco.unex.es/mavega ARCO Research Group University of Extremadura Dept. Technologies of Computers & Communications Escuela Politecnica. Campus Universitario, s/n 10003 Caceres. SPAIN Tel: +34-927-25-72-63 Fax: +34-927-25-71-87 -------------------------------------------------

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SC14 Call for Submissions to Emerging Technologies Track
by Vetter, Jeffrey S. 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

======================================================================= CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Emerging Technologies Track at ACM/IEEE SC 2014 New Orleans Convention Center New Orleans, LA November 16-21, 2014 http://sc14.supercomputing.org/program/emerging-technologies Submission Deadline: 31 July 2014 ======================================================================= In the Emerging Technologies Track of the Technical Program, SC14 will provide a showcase for high-risk, high-reward hardware and software technologies that may significantly change the world of HPC in the next ten years. For example, technologies like reconfigurable computing, new SoC designs, alternative programming systems, and novel cooling techniques may offer near-term benefits, while new device technologies, like carbon nanotubes, non-volatile memory, quantum computing, and chip-level optical interconnects offer potentially paradigm-changing benefits over the long- term. The SC14 Emerging Technologies Committee will select these technologies from submissions, based on a peer-review process with a single round of reviews. Successful projects will advocate future technologies with the potential to influence computing and society as a whole. Winners will receive free exhibit floor space in a high visibility location; this location will allow attendees the opportunity to witness technology demonstrations, see presentations, and hold in-depth technical discussions. We invite submissions from industry, academia, and government researchers for this Emerging Technologies Exhibit Showcase. Submissions will be evaluated on several criteria including potential impact on performance, productivity, power, reliability, cost of HPC systems, and novelty. Submissions with exceptional merit may be offered the opportunity to present their work at an Emerging Technology Theatre on the exhibit floor. Submissions are accepted through the submission website (listed below). Each submission should describe the project scope in detail and provide references to external resources (newspaper articles, existing installations, webpages etc.). SUBMISSION WEBSITE: http://sc14.supercomputing.org/program/emerging-technologies SCHEDULE AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: * Submission deadline: July 31, 2014 * Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2014 SUBMISSION FORMAT: Submissions are accepted at the submission website as single PDF of your proposal with a maximum of 4 pages including all important elements as follows: 1. Project description including figures, photos, references. 2. Project relevance to, and potential impact on SC. 3. Facility requirements. Each project needs to describe how much space it would require and how it would use the space provided. Please include your plan and requirements for displays, posters, A/V equipment, standing displays, additional security requirements, and additional equipment requirements, such as exceptional power or networking requirements. 4. Staffing. Would the project be able to have somebody in the booth, perhaps part time? 5. Presentation. Would you be willing to give a talk in the theatre or participate in a panel describing your project? 6. Miscellaneous. Everything that is important to add and does not fit in the other categories. Additional materials, such as prototype photos are encouraged. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CHAIRS: Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology Jeffrey Vetter, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Georgia Institute of Technology TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Sadaf R. Alam, Swiss National Supercomputing Centre Roy Campbell, DoD HPCMP Robert Colwell, DARPA William Harrod, DOE Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research David E. Keyes, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology Volodymyr Kindratenko, NCSA Jesus Labarta, Barcelona Supercomputing Center Michael Mascagni, Florida State University Hiroshi Nakashima, Kyoto University Daniel A. Reed, University of Iowa Joel Saltz, Stony Brook University Please contact us at emerging-technologies(a)info.supercomputing.org if you have any questions. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES WEBPAGE: http://sc14.supercomputing.org/program/emerging-technologies # # #

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ICPADS 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS
by Yanmin Zhu 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

Please accept my apology if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ---------------------------------------------- ICPADS 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------- Established in 1992, ICPADS has been a major international forum for scientists, engineers, and users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and latest research results on all aspects of parallel and distributed computing systems. The 20th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2014) will be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 16 19, 2014. As the inaugurating site of ICPADS, Hsinchu is a city with a blend of technology innovations and traditional cultures. The conference venue, MXIC Building, is located at National Tsing Hua University, one top university in Taiwan with outstanding academic programs as well as a spacious verdant campus. Contributions are solicited in all areas of parallel and distributed systems research and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Parallel and Distributed Applications and Algorithms Cloud OS, Middleware, Toolkits, and Applications Data Intensive Computing and Data Centre Architecture Big Data Platforms Web-Based Computing and Service-Oriented Architecture Multi-core and Multithreaded Architectures Virtualization Techniques Resource Provision, Management, and Scheduling Security and Privacy Cluster and Grid Computing Power-Aware and Green Computing Internet of Things Peer-to-Peer Computing Wireless and Mobile Computing Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Performance Modeling and Evaluation Communication and Networking Systems Dependable and Trustworthy Computing and Systems Real-Time and Multimedia Systems High Performance Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Cyber-Physical Systems Operating Systems Distributed and Parallel Systems Embedded systems ---------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference. Submissions should be in the PDF format and include an abstract, 5-10 keywords, and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. Each submission must not exceed 8 pages in the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format with 10-12 point font, including tables and figures. Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the submission be accepted, at least one of the authors must register the paper and attend the conference to present the work in order that the accepted paper can be included in the IEEE digital library. The final version will be limited to 8 pages in the IEEE proceeding format. Up to 2 extra pages may be purchased. ---------------------------------------------- PUBLICATION ---------------------------------------------- All accepted papers will be included in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI. Best Paper Award will be presented in the conference. ---------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------------------------- On-line submission system open: April 10, 2014 Deadline for paper submissions: July 1, 2014 Notification of paper acceptance: September 2, 2014 Deadline for author registration: October 7, 2014 Deadline of camera-ready version: October 11, 2014 ---------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITEE ---------------------------------------------- General Co-Chairs Prof. Dhabaleswar K. Panda, Ohio State University, USA Prof. Jang-Ping Sheu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Program Co-Chairs Prof. Yeh-Ching Chung, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Prof. Yanmin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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CFP: Workshop on Parallel Methods for Search & Optimization
by Philippe Codognet 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

============================================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on Parallel Methods for Search & Optimization ParSearchOpt14 July 18, 2014 · Vienna, Austria Workshop Homepage: http://www.easychair.org/smart-program/VSL2014/ParSearchOpt-index.html This workshop will take place during the "Vienna Summer of Logic 2014" cluster of conferences http://vsl2014.at/ ============================================================================================== Important Dates --------------------- Paper submission April 4, 2014 Notification May 2, 2014 Aims and Scope --------------------- ParSearchOpt is the fourth workshop in this series. It is a continuation of the CP 2011 "Workshop on Parallel Methods for Constraint Solving", the 2012 Shonan Meeting on "Parallel Methods for Constraint Solving and Combinatorial Optimization", and the CPAIOR 2013 workshop on "Parallel Methods for Combinatorial Search & Optimization". In the last decade, with the development of multi-core workstations, the availability of GPGPU-enhanced systems and the access to Grid platforms and supercomputers worldwide, Parallel Programming reached mainstream programming and appeared as a key issue in order to use in an efficient manner the computing power at hand. With the move towards Exascale computing during this decade, this trend will continue to gain importance. Search methods and combinatorial optimization techniques are not isolated from this phenomenon, as bigger computing power means the ability to attack more complex combinatorial problems. In the last years several experiments have been done to parallelize the execution of search methods such as SAT solving, Constraint Programming and combinatorial optimization methods such as Local Search, Meta-heuristics and Branch & Bound. However these works have mostly been done for shared memory multi-core systems (i.e. with a few cores) or for small PC clusters (a few machines). The next challenge is to devise efficient techniques and algorithms for massively parallel computers with tens or hundreds of thousands of cores in the form of heterogeneous hybrid systems based on both multi-core processors and GPUs. An important point is also for researchers working on the parallel search and optimization in different fields to share their experience on both theoretical and practical issues. This workshop is thus aimed to be a forum for researchers willing to exchange ideas, theoretical frameworks, design of algorithms and methods, implementation issues, experimental results and to further boost this growing area of research through cross-fertilization. We solicit papers on these topics, and welcome reports on work in progress, work already presented in a different context, as well as position papers. Paper Submissions -------------------------- Papers must be 15 pages plus references and use the Springer LNCS style. Papers must be submitted through EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=parsearchopt14 Program Committee --------------------------- Salvador Abreu (Universidade de Évora, CENTRIA) Alejandro Arbelaez (INSIGHT Center for Data Analytics, University College Cork) Philippe Codognet (JFLI - CNRS / UPMC / University of Tokyo) - chair Daniel Diaz (Universite de Paris-I) Youssef Hamadi (Microsoft Research) Ines Lynce (INESC-ID/IST, University of Lisbon) Jean-Charles Régin (University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis / I3S / CNRS) Ashish Sabharwal (IBM Research) Lakhdar Sais (CRIL, Université d'Artois) Horst Samulowitz (IBM Research) Vijay Saraswat (IBM) Christian Schulte (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Meinolf Sellmann (IBM) - chair Peter Stuckey (University of Melbourne) Guido Tack (Monash University) - chair Charlotte Truchet (LINA, UMR 6241, Université de Nantes)

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HUCAA'14 Deadline Extension: Workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications
by Holger Fröning 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

(apologies if you receive multiple HUCAA publicity emails) DEADLINE EXTENSION: We've extended the paper submission deadline for the HUCAA 2014 workshop (held in conjunction with ICPP2014) to April 21th! ====================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 3nd International Workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications (HUCAA 2014) http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/hucaa2014 Sept. 9-12, 2014 - Minneapolis, MN, US In conjunction with the ICPP 2014 The 43nd International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP2014) ====================================================================== ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications gears to gather recent work on heterogeneous and unconventional cluster architectures and applications, which might have a big impact on future cluster architectures. This includes any cluster architecture that is not based on the usual commodity components and therefore makes use of some special hard- or software elements, or that is used for very special and unconventional applications. In particular we call for GPUs and other accelerators (Intel MIC/Xeon Phi, FPGA) used at cluster level. Other examples include virtualization, in-memory storage, hard- and software interactions, run-times, databases, and device-to-device communication. We are in particular encouraging work on disruptive approaches, which may show inferior performance today but can already point out their performance potential. The broad scope of the workshop facilitates submissions on unconventional uses of hardware or software, gearing to gather ideas that are coming to life now and not limiting them except for their context: clusters. Also, these proposals may rather be reflective of a broader industry trend We are seeking new proposals presented from a holistic perspective. In this regard, one of the aims of the workshop is anticipating the evolution of clusters. Instead of just presenting new work carried out in the traditional cluster areas usually addressed in other conferences and workshops, we are thinking on creating the right atmosphere for a discussion of opportunities in cluster computing. In this regard, contributions would not only be accepted according to their technical merits but also according to their contribution to this discussion. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include any heterogeneous or unconventional cluster architecture or application. Examples include, but are not limited to: - Clustered GPUs, Xeon Phis or other accelerators - Runtimes, resource management and scheduling for heterogeneous clusters - Communication methods for distributed or clustered accelerators - Energy-aware data movement techniques - New industry and technology trends and their potential impact - High-performance, data-intensive, and power-aware computing - Application-specific cluster and datacenter architectures - Emerging programming paradigms for parallel heterogeneous computing - Software cluster-level virtualization for consolidation purposes - Hardware techniques for resource aggregation - Management layers for large-scale systems - New uses of GPUs, FPGAs, and other specialized hardware IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: NEW: April 21th, 2014 Notification of acceptance: June 6th, 2014 Camera-ready paper: June 15th, 2014 Workshop: Sept. 9-12, 2014 (final day TBD) PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions may not exceed 8 pages (two column, single spaced, 10pt font, 81⁄2×11-inch pages) in PDF format including figures and references. We recommend a minimum of 6 pages. Submitted papers must be original work that has not appeared in and is not under consideration for another conference or journal. Work in progress is welcome, but first results should be made available as a proof of concept. Submissions only consisting of a proposal will be rejected. Please visit the workshop website for additional details. ORGANIZATION CO-CHAIRS - Holger Fröning, U. Heidelberg - Federico Silla, U. Politécnica Valencia STEERING COMMITTEE - José Duato, U. Politécnica Valencia - Sudhakar Yalamanchili, Georgia Tech - Ulrich Brüning, U. Heidelberg TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Elvira Baydal, U. Politécnica Valencia, Spain - Bryan Catanzaro, NVIDIA, US - Hans Eberle, Oracle, US - Norbert Eicker, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany - Pedro Garcia, U. Castilla-La Mancha , Spain - Mark Hummel, NVIDIA, US - Ben Juurlink, Technical University of Berlin, Germany - Heiner Litz, Stanford University, US - Rafael Mayo Gual, U. Jaume I, Spain - Gaspar Mora, Intel, US - Mondrian Nuessle, EXTOLL, Germany - Juan Manuel Orduña, U. Valencia, Spain - Antonio J. Peña, Argonne National Laboratory, US - Samuel Rodrigo, Oracle, Norway - Ron Sass, U. North Carolina at Charlotte, US - Christian Terboven, RWTH Aachen, Germany - Jesper Larsson Traeff, U. Tech. Vienna, Austria - Tilman Wolf, U. Massachusetts, US - Jeff Young, Georgia Tech, US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/hucaa2014 or send email to: froening{at}uni-hd.de fsilla{at}disca.upv.es

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IASDS 2014 CFP (Extended Deadline: April 7)
by Jenkins, Jonathan P. 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th Workshop on Interfaces and Architectures for Scientific Data Storage (IASDS) http://press3.mcs.anl.gov/iasds14/ September 9-12, 2014, held in conjunction with ICPP 2014 in Minneapolis, MN, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Deadline: April 7, 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- High-performance computing simulations and large scientific experiments generate tens of terabytes of data, and these data sizes grow each year. Existing systems for storing, managing, and analyzing data are being pushed to their limits by these applications, and new techniques are necessary to enable efficient data processing for future simulations and experiments. This workshop will provide a forum for engineers and scientists to present and discuss their most recent work related to the storage, management, and analysis of data for scientific workloads. Emphasis will be placed on forward-looking approaches to tackle the challenges of storage at extreme scale or to provide better abstractions for use in scientific workloads. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * parallel file systems * scientific databases * active storage * scientific I/O middleware * extreme scale storage Past Workshops: * IASDS2013, Indianapolis: http://press3.mcs.anl.gov/iasds13/ * IASDS2012, Beijing: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds12 * IASDS2011, Austin: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds11 * IASDS2010, Crete: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds10 * IASDS2009, New Orleans: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/iasds09 Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: Monday, April 7, 2014 Author Notification: Monday, May 12, 2014 Final Manuscript Due: Friday, June 15, 2014 Submission Info: Submissions should be formatted according to the IEEE standard double-column format with a font size 10 pt or larger. Each paper is limited to 10 pages in length. The submission site is: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iasds2014 Workshop Chairs: John Jenkins, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (jenkins at mcs.anl.gov<http://mcs.anl.gov>) Dries Kimpe, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (dkimpe at mcs.anl.gov<http://mcs.anl.gov>) Program Committee: Javier Garcia Blas, Carolos III University. David Hart, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Jay Lofstead, Sandia National Laboratory. Ron Oldfield, Sandia National Laboratory. Yoshihiro Oyama, University of Electro-Communications. Philip Rhodes, University of Mississippi. Douglas Thain, University of Notre Dame. Contact Information: Please contact iasds2014(a)easychair.org<mailto:[email protected]> if you have any questions.

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