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Soft Computing Journal Special Issue on: Autonomic Computing and Big Data Platforms
by Alexandru Costan 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Soft Computing Journal Special Issue on: Autonomic Computing and Big Data Platforms (AutoCompBD) http://www.springer.com/engineering/computational+intelligence+and+complexi… Call for Papers Scope and Objective The amount of data collected or generated by ICT systems is growing exponentially (today we reached a Petabyte Era, and will soon enter the ExaScale one). Processing and storing ever-larger volumes of data introduces new challenges, and consequently we need to constantly develop new technological means to face them. Massive parallel processing platforms are the answer, and are already being developed over distributed systems (i.e., over Cloud or Fog Computing). However, the problem is that such platforms need to support a wide variety of applications, coming with different processing requirements. Thus, self-* behavior is a must in this context, referring to self- managing characteristics of distributed computing resources, their capability to adapt to unpredictable changes while hiding intrinsic complexity to operators and users. This special issue is dedicated to dissemination and evaluation of advances in Autonomic Computing and Big Data Platforms, supported by large scale distributed systems (LSDS). Autonomic Computing is facilitated by self-management capabilities that modern LSDS introduce, such as self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-protection properties. In LSDS, an important characteristic is dependability (defined in terms of reliability, availability, safety and security of the operating system). Increased dependability means the system has to be able to detect, recover and tolerate every possible deviation from its normal operation, and a wide area of Autonomic Computing research is today dedicated to this subject. The models used in the development of systems with dependability capabilities combine monitoring, scheduling, data management, security, and fault tolerance. The challenge is that in Big Data platforms applications and users, and even the distributed resources themselves, introduce unpredictable dynamic behavior. Autonomic Computing is considered one great challenge today faced by the IT industry, in need of finding good answers to how to conquer the growing complexity of large-scale systems and how to adequately cope with the many issues faced by truly Big Data processing. All these topics challenge today researchers, due to the strong dynamic behavior of the user communities and of resource collections they use. The special issue is oriented on computer and information advances aims to develop and optimize advanced system software, networking, and data management components to cope with Big Data processing and the introduction of Autonomic Computing capabilities for the supporting Large Scale Platforms. We consider that our special issue will come with new and novel added value in the domain of Autonomic Computing and Big Data Platforms. Topics of Interest This special issue calls for original papers describing the latest research and innovations, solutions and developments on Autonomic Computing and Big Data Platforms. The following is a non- exhaustive list of topics in focus of this special issue: • Dependable Large Scale Distributed Systems (Cloud, Grid, P2P, Virtualization) • Architecture of Big Data Platforms • Autonomic Computing (Architectures and Systems, Theory and Models) • Autonomic Large Scale Systems, Middleware, and Services • Autonomic computing and proactive computing for autonomous systems • Monitoring and Control in Large Scale distributed System • Distributed resource management systems • Adaptive Scheduling, Load balancing and Load sharing • Fault-tolerant Systems; Dependability in autonomous systems; Survivability and recovery in autonomous systems; Monitoring and control in autonomous systems; • Management of autonomous systems; • Self-optimizing software systems • Self-stabilization and dynamic stability criteria and mechanisms • Tools, languages and platforms for designing self-driven systems • Autonomic computing and proactive computing for autonomous systems • Practices, criteria and methods to implement, test, and evaluate industrial autonomic systems, and experiences with autonomic computing systems • Adaptive parallel applications • Novel approaches to modelling and representing context adaptability, self-adaptability, and self-manageability • Models of computation for self-management context-aware systems Submission guidelines The submitted papers must be original and must not be under consideration in any other venue. Papers will be peer reviewed by independent reviewers and selected based on originality, scientific quality and relevance to this Special Issue and will be accepted or rejected in line with the usual standards of Soft Computing Journal. The journal editors will make final decisions on the acceptance of the papers. Authors should prepare their manuscript according to the Guide for Authors available from the online submission page of the Soft Computing Journal at https://www.editorialmanager.com/soco/. Authors should select “SI: AutoCompBD” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. Tentative schedule Manuscript Due: September 1, 2015 First Decision Date: October 31, 2015 Revision Due: December 1, 2015 Final Decision Date: December 31, 2015 Final Paper Due: February 28, 2016 Guest Editors Florin Pop (Corresponding Editor, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: florin.pop[at]cs.pub.ro Ciprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, e-mail: ciprian.dobre[at]cs.pub.ro Alexandru Costan, INRIA Rennes, France, e-mail: alexandru.costan[at]inria.fr <http://inria.fr/> CFP http://adis.hpc.pub.ro/SOCO-SI-AutoCompBD.pdf

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[DEADLINE EXTENDED] 1st High-Performance Runtime Workshop (HiPeR) 2015
by Samuel Thibault 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

* Please distribute widely and accept our apologies for cross-posting * *************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************** 1st High-Performance Runtime Workshop (HiPeR) 2015 ================================================== http://icl.utk.edu/workshops/hiper/2015/ In conjunction with 9th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium May 25-29, 2015 Hyderabad, INDIA Important Dates =============== * Due date for submission: January 30 2015 [EXTENDED] * Date for notification: February 14 2015 * Date for camera-ready submission: February 28 2015 Background ========== The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in complexity of parallel architectures at all levels: they now include not only high-speed network boards, but also multicore processors, GPU accelerators, and recently manycore accelerators. From a peak performance point of view, such computational power has never before been made available to the software stack. Yet getting the best performance from such complicated execution environments poses an unprecedented set of challenges: synchronizing immensely parallel computations, exploiting heterogeneity in multiple dimensions (e.g., processor elements, interconnect, memory hierarchy), managing critical data transfers, etc. In addressing these problems, runtime systems provide an interesting alternative to traditional programming paradigms, holding out the promise of dealing with the aforementioned complexity by automatically handling most of the aspects related to hardware characteristics and capabilities. But when we address the development and potential usages of such runtimes, what are emerging challenges must we confront? How, for example, can we facilitate the development and optimization process for applications that can take advantage of such a runtime? Given that many other difficult questions of this type are now arising, this workshop is an open platform to present and discuss innovative ideas and solutions related to the design and use of next generation runtime systems. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers to share the latest advances in various aspects of runtime systems, including their relations with application layers on one hand, and with Operating Systems and hardware on the other. Of particular interest is the integration of these components into larger, more complex, software stacks, either ones that are generic in scope, or ones that are related to a particular computational domain. Topics ====== Topics of interest to the workshop include, but are not limited, to the following: * Runtime support for High Performance Applications * Runtime distributed memory support * Domain Specific Languages for Task-Based Programming * Modeling and prediction of performance and energy consumption * Runtime co-optimization for multiple objectives (such as performance, power, resilience) * Dynamic workload management in heterogeneous runtime systems * Composability of runtime systems * Interaction between applicative middleware, runtime, and Operating System * Experience porting, running, or developing applications on runtime systems * Debugging support for runtime systems * Performance feedback and performance tools runtime systems * Runtime adaptability to future architectures * Dealing with I/O challenges in task-based runtime systems What/Where to submit ==================== Full paper submissions should not exceed ten (10) single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style, http://www.ipdps.org/templates/) including figures, tables, and references. Files should be submitted by following the instructions available at the EDAS portal (http://edas.info/N18801) Authors must ensure that electronically submitted files are formatted in PDF format for 8.5x11 inch paper. The proceedings of this workshop will be published electronically together with IPDPS proceedings via the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Program Committee ================= Workshop Organizers * George Bosilca (University of Tennessee, USA) * Samuel Thibault (University of Bordeaux - INRIA, France) Programming Committee (to be confirmed) ===================== * Marco Aldinucci (University of Torino, Italy) * Olivier Beaumont (Inria Bordeaux, France) * Taisuke Boku (University of Tsukuba, Japan) * Alfredo Buttari (ENSEEIHT, France) * Thierry Gautier (Inria Grenoble, France) * Roberto Gioiosa (PNNL, USA) * Julien Langou (UC Denver, USA) * Elisabeth Larsson (Uppsala University, Sweden) * Wolfgang Karl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) * Loris Marchal (ENS Lyon, France) * Timothy G. Mattson (Intel Labs) * Philippe Navaux (UFRGS, Brazil) * Pascale Rosse-Laurent (Bull) * Josef Weidendorfer (TU München, Germany) * Robert W. Wisniewski (Intel)

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Call for Papers: ICCCN 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, August 3–6, 2015
by Zhang, Liqiang 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

------ Please accept our apologies if multiple copies of this message are received ------ Call for Papers – ICCCN 2015 The 24th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN 2015) August 3 – August 6, 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.icccn.org/icccn15/ ICCCN is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel ideas and fundamental advances in the fields of computer communications and networks. ICCCN serves to foster communication among researchers and practitioners with a common interest in improving computer communications and networking through scientific and technological innovation. ICCCN is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. Scope: The primary focus of the conference is on new and original research results in the areas of design, implementation, and applications of computer communications and networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Cognitive, Cellular and Mobile Networks (CCM) * Communication Architecture, Algorithms, Modeling and Evaluation (CAAME) * Data Centers and Big Data Computing (DCBC) * Green Networks and Sustainable Computing (GREEN) * Grid, Cloud, Internet and Peer-to-peer Computing and Communication (GCIP) * Internet of Things (IoT) * Multimedia and Real-Time Networking (MRN) * Security, Privacy, and Trust (SPT) * Sensor/Embedded Networks and Pervasive Computing (SNPC) * Software Defined Networks and Network Testing and Deployment (SDN) * Wireless LAN, Ad Hoc, and Mesh Networks (WAM) * Hot Topics in Networking (HOT) Instructions for Authors: Submitted manuscripts must be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font) and must be submitted via EasyChair (http://www.easychair.org/) as PDF files (formatted for 8.5x11-inch paper). The manuscripts should be no longer than 8 pages. Up to two additional pages are permitted if the authors are willing to pay extra charge at the time of publication (manuscripts should not exceed 10 pages in total). Submitted papers should not be previously published in or be under consideration for publication in another conference or journal. Paper titles and/or author names cannot be changed and/or added to the papers once papers are submitted to ICCCN 2015 for review. The Program Committee reserves the right to not review papers that either exceed the length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must include a title, abstract, keywords, author(s) and affiliation(s) with postal and e-mail address(es). A paper abstract must be registered on EasyChair by the deadline indicated below. Review and Publication of Manuscripts: Submitted papers will be reviewed by the TPC and judged on originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation. An accepted paper must be presented at the conference venue by the registered author at the full registration rate. Each full registration covers up to two papers authored by the registered author. “Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.” Papers of special merit will be selected for possible fast track publication. Workshops: · Workshop on Network Services and Applications: Big Data and e-Health (BDeHS); · Workshop on Context-aware QoS Provisioning and Management for Emerging Networks, Applications and Services (ContextQoS); · Workshop on Privacy, Security and Trust in Mobile and Wireless Systems (MobiPST); · Workshop on Wireless Mesh and Ad-hoc Networking (WiMAN); · Workshop on Manageability and Security of Software Defined Network and Network Function Virtualization (MASONS); Please note that the page limit for the workshop program is different. Workshop papers should be no longer than 6 pages with up to two extra pages given the authors are willing to pay extra page charge. The detailed info can be found in the workshop Call for Papers (workshop links at the ICCCN 2015 website). For any questions or additional information, please contact the General, TPC, or Workshop Chairs. Important Dates: February 19, 2015: Abstract Due February 26, 2015: Paper Due April 13, 2015: Acceptance Notification May 8, 2015: Camera Ready Due General Chairs: Min Song, Michigan Technological University, USA (mins(a)mtu.edu)<http://www.mtu.edu/> Zhisheng Niu, Tsinghua University, China (niuzhs(a)tsinghua.edu.cn) Program Chairs: Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, USA (striegel(a)nd.edu) Kewei Sha, Oklahoma City University, USA (ksha(a)okcu.edu) Workshop Chairs: Mike Wittie, Montana State University, USA (mwittie(a)cs.montana.edu) Wei Cheng, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA (wcheng3(a)vcu.edu) Publicity Chairs: Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Liqiang Zhang, Indiana University – South Bend, USA Publications Chairs: Bo Sheng, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA Bin Tang, Wichita State University, USA Webmaster: Chenren Xu, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

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ISCC 2015: Final Call for Papers (Submission Deadline Extension)
by Announce Announcements 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

*** Final Call for Papers *** The 20th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2015) 6-9 July 2015, Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus http://ieee-iscc.org/2015 *** Submission Deadline Extended: February 16th, 2015 *** ISCC 2015, in its 20th anniversary, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2015 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in most state-of-the-art areas of computer and communications. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues and opportunities related to the computing, sensing and communication in the era of the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and Big Data. You are invited to submit a full paper or a proposal for a panel/invited session or a tutorial, related to the following topics of interest. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * ACCESS NETWORKS * DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES * BIOINFORMATICS AND MEDICAL INFORMATICS * MODELING AND SIMULATION * BIG DATA, DATA MINING AND DATABASE * APPLICATIONS * DIGITAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE * NETWORK DESIGN, OPTIMIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT * NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS INFRASTRUCTURES AND MANAGEMENT * DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT * NETWORK RELIABILITY, QUALITY OF SER-VICE AND QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE * ECONOMIC AND REGULATORY ISSUES * OPTICAL NETWORKING * E-COMMERCE AND E-SERVICES * FAULT-TOLERANCE AND ERROR RECOVERY * PEER-TO-PEER COMPUTING * REAL TIME COMMUNICATION SERVICES * GRID, CLUSTER AND CLOUD COMPUTING * ROUTING AND MULTICAST * HUMAN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES * IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION * SECURITY, CRYPTOGRAPHY AND PRIVACY * SOFTWARE ENGINEERING * INTERNET SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS * STANDARDS EVOLUTION * ADVANCES IN INTERNET PROTOCOLS * MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS * COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKING * SENSOR NETWORKS AND MOBILE SENSING * DISTRIBUTED AND MOBILE MIDDLEWARE * OVERLAY AND PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKS * WEB SERVICES AND SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES * WIRELESS, CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS * GREEN NETWORKING AND SMART GRID * CLOUD COMPUTING * INTERNET OF THE FUTURE * BIO-INSPIRED COMPUTING IN COMMUNICATIONS * COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND MANAGEMENT * INTERNET OF THINGS AND SMART CITIES * ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS * SOCIAL NETWORKS AND CROWDSOURCING * SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR SMART CITIES * WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS AND WIRELESS HEALTH Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more than 8 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Extended versions of selected best papers will be recommended for publication in a special Issue of a prestigious international journal. Papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, on-line via the EDAS system: http://edas.info/N18819 Paper Submission Deadline: February 16th, 2015 (extended) Notification of Paper Acceptance: March 27th, 2015 Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: April 17th, 2015 General Co-Chairs Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA Local Arrangement Co-Chairs George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Finance and Registration Co-Chairs Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Publication Co-Chairs Josephine Antoniou, University of Central Lancanshire, Cyprus Nicos Komninos, City University London, UK Keynote Speakers Co-Chairs Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Marios Lestas, Frederick University, Cyprus Workshop Co-Chairs Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece Andreas Kamilaris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs Habib M. Ammari, Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn, USA Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Frederick University, Cyprus Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia Ahmet Sekercioglu, Monash University, Australia Qing Yang, Montana State University, USA Steering Committee Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Christos Douligeris, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece Adel S. Elmaghraby, Univ. of Louisville, USA Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA Ahmed Tantawy, IBM, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is not SPAM. If you want to be removed from this list, please send an email to [announce(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy] with the single word 'remove' in the subject of the email.

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CFP ICPP-EMS'2015, Beijing, China, September 1-4, 2015
by Kuan-Ching Li 17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------ The 2015 International Workshop on Embedded Multicore Systems (ICPP-EMS'2015) to be held in conjunction with The 44th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP'2015) https://sites.google.com/site/icppems2015 September 1-4, 2015 Beijing, China *** Submission due date: May 1, 2015 *** ================================================== WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS ================================================== -PROCEEDINGS with IEEE CPS, ISI THOMPSON AND EI INDEXED -INTERESTING PROGRAMME, with experts in the field -SPECIAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS -EXCELLENT SOCIAL EVENTS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES ================================================== Embedded systems with Multicore designs are of major focuses from both industry and academia. While embedded Multicore systems will look to play an important role ahead for system designs, many challenging issues remain. Applications, programming models, architecture designs, emerging memory architectures, and software tools all need to help for the advance of embedded Multicore computing ahead. The 2015 International Workshop on Embedded Multicore Systems (ICPP-EMS 2015) will bring researchers and experts together to present and discuss the latest developments and technical solutions concerning various aspects of embedded Multicore computing. ICPP-EMS 2015 seeks original unpublished papers focusing on emerging applications, embedded compilers, embedded memory and architecture design, DSP/GPU systems, ESLs, embedded Multicore programming models, and WCET analysis. Moreover, ICPP-EMS 2015 also welcomes work-in-progress, case studies, visionary idea, new application challenges, and industrial practice studies. Topics of Interest - Memory Architectures for embedded Multicore systems - Design for emerging embedded memory systems - Compilers for DSP processors - Embedded Multicore processors - Compilers for heterogeneous embedded Multicore systems. - Programming models for embedded Multicore systems - Signal processing on embedded Multicore systems - Multimedia signal processing algorithms on embedded Multicore systems - Multimedia applications on embedded Multicore systems - Human-computer interaction on Multicore systems - Augmented reality applications on Multicore systems - Software for Multicore, GPU, and embedded architectures - VM for embedded systems - 3D IC and Multicore architectures - Real-time system designs for embedded Multicore environments - Compiler for low-power - ESL designs for embedded Multicore systems - Applications for Automobile electronics of Multicore designs - Embedded OS designs and performance tuning tools - Hardware/Software co-design framework - Embedded devices + cloud computing framework - Compiler for worst-case execution time analysis - Formal method for embedded systems Submission Papers should present original research and should provide sufficient background material to make them accessible to the community. Full paper submissions should not exceed 8 pages in standard IEEE conference format. Papers should be submitted electronically, through link https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icppems2015 Best and selected papers presented in the workshop will be invited to appear published in Special Issues of International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES), International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN) and International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE), Inderscience publishers. Important dates Submission due date: May 1, 2015 Notification date: June 05, 2015 Camera Ready due date: June 20, 2015 ICPP Conference dates: September 1-4, 2015 Organizers General Chairs Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Cho-Li Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Wen Zhi Chen, Zhejiang University, China Program Chairs Chen Liu, Clarkson University, USA Bing Guo, Sichuan University, China Albert Cohen, INRIA, France Steering Committee Jenq Kuen Lee, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan Pen-Chung Yew, University of Minnesota, USA Roy Ju, Mediatek, USA International Liaison Barbara Chapman, University of Houston, USA Jean-Luc Gaudiot, Univ. of California - Irvine, USA Shang-Hong Lai, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan Qingguo Zhou, Lanzhou University, China Contact For additional information, please send your email to PC co-chair Prof. Chen Liu (cliu(a)clarkson.edu)

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Extended Deadline - CFP: EduPar-15@IPDPS workshop - Abstract + Manuscript Due Jan 22
by Sushil K. Prasad 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

5th NSF/TCPP Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Education (EduPar-15) In conjunction with *29th IEEE International Parallel & **Distributed Processing Symposium,* *May 25-29, 2015, Hyderabad, INDIA* Website: *http://cs.gsu.edu/~tcpp/curriculum/?q=edupar* <http://cs.gsu.edu/~tcpp/curriculum/?q=edupar> *CALL FOR PAPERS* Parallel and Distributed Computing (PDC) now permeates most computing activities. The pervasiveness of computing devices containing multicore CPUs and GPUs, including home and office PCs, laptops, and mobile devices, is making even common users dependent on parallel processing. Certainly, it is no longer sufficient for even basic programmers to acquire only the traditional sequential programming skills. The preceding trends point to the need for imparting a broad-based skill set in PDC technology at various levels in the educational fabric woven by Computer Science (CS) and Computer Engineering (CE) programs as well as related computational disciplines. However, the rapid changes in computing hardware platforms and devices, languages, supporting programming environments, and research advances, more than ever challenge educators in knowing what to include in the curriculum and what to teach in any given semester or course. The 5th workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Education invites unpublished manuscripts from individuals or teams from academia, industry, and other educational and research institutes on topics pertaining to the teaching of PDC topics in the Computer Science and Engineering curriculum as well as in Computational Science and with PDC and high performance computing (HPC) concepts. The emphasis of the 5th workshop continues to be on undergraduate education, although certain aspects of graduate education, if relevant to undergraduates, may be considered at the discretion of the program committee. The workshop especially seeks papers that report on experience with implementing aspects of the NSF/TCPP or ACM/IEEE CS2013 curriculum or other novel approaches to incorporating PDC topics into undergraduate core courses that are taken by the majority of students in a program. Methods, pedagogical approaches, tools, and techniques that have the potential for adoption across the broader community are of particular interest. This effort is in coordination with the TCPP curriculum initiative ( http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~tcpp/curriculum/index.php) for CS/CE undergraduates supported by NSF and its NSF-supported Center for Parallel and Distributed Computing Curriculum Development and Educational Resources (CDER). The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 1. Pedagogical issues in PDC 2. Novel ways of teaching PDC topics, including informal learning environments 3. Models for incorporating PDC topics in core CS/CE curriculum 4. Experience with incorporating PDC topics into core CS/CE courses 5. Experience with incorporating PDC topics in the context of other applications learning 6. Pedagogical tools, programming environments, and languages for PDC SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Authors are asked to submit *6-8 page* papers in pdf format at the EasyChair submission site https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edupar15. Submissions should be formatted as single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. See style templates for details. Submissions will be reviewed based on the novelty of contributions, impact on broader undergraduate curriculum, particularly on core curriculum, relevance to the goals of the workshop, and, for experience papers, the results of their evaluation and the evaluation methodology. All accepted papers will appear in the IPDPS workshop proceedings. LaTex Package <http://www.ipdps.org/templates/IEEECS_CPS_LaTeX_Letter_2Col.zip> Word Template <http://www.ipdps.org/templates/IEEECS_CPS_8.5x11x2.zip> IMPORTANT DATES: January 11, 2015: Abstract submission deadline January 18, 2015: Paper submission deadline *January 22, 2015: Abstract + Paper submission deadline * February 20, 2015: Author notification February 28, 2015: Camera-ready paper deadline ORGANIZATION: *Workshop Chair:* Sushil K. Prasad, Georgia State University *Program Chair:* *Andrew Lumsdaine, Indiana University* *Proceedings Chair* *Martina Barnas, Indiana University* *Program Committee:* *Ioana Banicescu, Mississippi State University* *Martina Barnas, Indiana University BloomingtonRichard Brown, St. Olaf CollegeJeffrey Carver, University of AlabamaNiloy Ganguly, Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurVictor Gergel, Nizhni Novgorod State UniversityNasser Giacaman, The University of AucklandDomingo Gimenez, University of MurciaAnshul Gupta, IBM ResearchDavid Kaeli, Northeastern UniversityKrishna Kant, Temple UniversityKishore Kothapalli, International Institute of Information Technology, HyderabadAndrew Lumsdaine, Indiana UniversityHenry Neeman, University of OklahomaPeter Pacheco, University of San FranciscoDavid Padua, University of IllinoisManish Parashar, Rutgers UniversitySathya Peri, Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadCynthia Phillips, Sandia National LaboratoriesSushil Prasad, Georgia State UniversityYves Robert, ENS LyonNoemi Rodriguez, PUC-RioJawwad Shamsi, FAST National University of COmputer and Emerging SciencesRudrapatna Shyamasundar, IBM, India Research LabFrédéric Vivien, INRIAMichael Wrinn, Intel*

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CFP DEADLINE EXTENDED - C4BIE 2015
by c4bie 2015 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email. If you'd like to opt out of these announcements, information on how to unsubscribe is available at the bottom of this email.] *C**4**BIE*2015 Cloud for Business, Industry and Enterprises Cloud computing paradigm has started to become forefront IT delivery model for a majority of the enterprises. Despite its global acceptance, areas such as Resource Management, Cloud Economics, security etc. are yet to mature. C4BIE 2015 <http://ec2-174-129-212-31.compute-1.amazonaws.com/C4BIE2015/> (Cloud for Business, Industry and Enterprises 2015) workshop to be held in conjunction with CCGRID 2015 <http://cloud.siat.ac.cn/ccgrid2015/program-workshops.html> intends to gather the pre-eminent minds of the field to discuss and envision the path ahead for Cloud Computing, which would make sense for Business, Industry and Enterprises. The workshop is open to entire Cloud Computing community. Authors can submit their contributions at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=c4bie2015. The current workshop seeks original, high quality and unpublished research contributions as well as implementation experiences from prospective Authors, Professionals, Practitioners, Researchers in the area of Cloud computing. Work MUST show a current or future benefit for Business/ Industry/ Enterprise. *The publication of the workshop proceedings will be published by the IEEE Xplore and EI indexing in the same volume as the main conference*. *Extended (atleast 30% extension is mandatory) versions of selected C4BIE 2015 papers (i.e., papers that are accepted and presented at C4BIE 2015) will be published in a special issue of the Open Journal of Cloud Computing <http://www.ronpub.com/index.php/journals/ojcc/special-issues/upcoming-speci…> (OJCC).* The topics of interest include but not limited to: - Adaptive Cloud - Resource Management in Cloud - Cloud Economics - Machine Learning @ Cloud - Retail Business Cloud - Cloud enabled machine Critical Industrial applications - Hospitality Cloud - Pharma Cloud - Cloud and Mobility - Big Data Management @ Cloud - Health Cloud - Government/Public-Sector Cloud - Financial Business Cloud - Service Oriented Architecture (for Cloud) - Cloud Security - Machine Learning and Cloud - Cloud towards Green IT - Social Cloud - Cloud Usability - Media/Entertainment Cloud - Semantic Cloud - Analytics @ Cloud - Cloud Visualization - Sensor Cloud - Cloud and Internet of Things - Other vertical industry applications - Cloud based innovative horizontal services (Eg. ERP, CRM etc.) *Important Dates* Submission of Papers Due - 09 February 2015 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection - 01 March 2015 Camera-Ready Papers Due - 20 March 2015 Workshop Date - 04 May 2015 *Workshop Organizing Committee* - *Dr. G Subrahmanya VRK Rao* - Cognizant Technology Solutions - *Prof. Marco Aiello* - University of Groningen, The Netherlands - *Prof. Rajkumar Buyya* - University of Melbourne, Australia - *Raj Bala* - Cognizant Technology Solutions - *Prof. Shikharesh Majumdar* - Carleton University, Canada *Venue* C4BIE 2015 <http://ec2-174-129-212-31.compute-1.amazonaws.com/C4BIE2015/venue.jsp> will be held in conjunction with CCGRID 2015 <http://cloud.siat.ac.cn/ccgrid2015/venue-info.html> at Hilton Shenzhen Shekou Nanhai, 1177 Wanghai Rd, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518067, China. *Contact* c4bie2015(a)easychair.org / c4bie2015(a)gmail.com ******************************************************************************** The hpc-announce mailing list has been setup to have a common mailing list to share information with respect to upcoming HPC related events. You are included in this mailing list based on your participation or interest in a previous HPC conference or other event. The purpose for providing a single mailing list is to allow participants to easily identify such emails, and handle them appropriately. Some options include: 1. If you feel that the number of such emails is too many, filter them to less-frequently-read folders in your email client. 2. Change your subscription to a digest option (https://lists.mcs.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/hpc-announce ) which will consolidate emails sent that week into a single summary email. 3. Finally, if you do not wish to receive any emails from hpc-announce, you can unsubscribe from the mailing list (https://lists.mcs.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/hpc-announce ). Once unsubscribed, we guarantee that you will not be added back in through participation in a different HPC related conference or event. You will need to send an email to hpc-announce-owner(a)mcs.anl.gov to be added back on. If you need help with any of the above, please email us at hpc-announce-owner(a)mcs.anl.gov. ********************************************************************************

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Deadline Extension: CCPE Journal Special Issue on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications (HUCAA)
by Holger Fröning 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

(apologies if you receive multiple HUCAA publicity emails) *********************************** Deadline extended: February 22 2015 (no further extensions) *********************************** ====================================================================== SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience Special Issue on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications Guest Editors: Federico Silla and Holger Fröning http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/ccpe2015 <http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/ccpe2015> http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/issues/2015.html#HUCAA2015 <http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/issues/2015.html#HUCAA2015> ====================================================================== This special issue 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. Examples include GPUs and other accelerators (Intel MIC/Xeon Phi, FPGA) used at cluster level. Other examples include run-time management, virtualization, in-memory storage, hard- and software interactions, 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 special issue 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 special issue is anticipating the evolution of clusters, instead of just presenting new work carried out in the traditional cluster areas usually addressed in other journals and conferences. 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, datacenter, and high performance cloud 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 - Dedicated support for novel parallel programming paradigms like PGAS or MapReduce IMPORTANT DATES - EXTENDED submission deadline: Feb 22, 2015 - Notification to authors: April 15, 2015 - Revision Due: May 15, 2015 - Final decision due: June 15, 2015 - Final manuscript due: July 15, 2015 - Publication: 4th Quarter of 2015 (estimated) INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. If prior work was published in a conference, the submitted manuscript should include a substantial extension of at least 30% novel contributions. In this case, authors are also required to submit their published conference articles and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. GUEST EDITORS - Federico Silla, Technical University of Valencia, Spain, fsilla(a)disca.upv.es <mailto:[email protected]> - Holger Fröning, University of Heidelberg, Germany, holger.froening(a)ziti.uni-heidelberg.de <mailto:[email protected]> REVIEW BOARD Tarek Abdelrahman, U. Toronto, Canada Victor Bauset, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Costas Bekas, IBM Research - Zurich, Switzerland Javier Cuenca, U. Murcia, Spain Jesús Escudero, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Pierfrancesco Foglia, U. Pisa, Italy Basilio Fraguela, U. Coruna, Spain Efstratios Gallopoulos, U. Patras, Greece Pedro Javier Garcia, U. Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Rong Ge, Marquette University, US Luc Giraud, INRIA, France Marc Gonzalez, U. Politecnica Catalunya, Spain Mitch Gusat, IBM, Zürich, Switzerland Christoph Kessler, U. Linköping, Sweden Pierre Manneback, U. Mons, Belgium Tomàs Margalef, U. Autonoma Barcelona, Spain Henning Meyerhenke, KIT, Germany Sonia Ben Mokhtar, INSA, Lyon, France Angeles Navarro, U. Malaga, Spain Thu D. Nguyen, U. Rutgers, US Dimitrios S. Nikolopoulos, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK Antonio Pena, Argonne National Laboratory, US Dirk Pleiter, Research Center Jülich, Germany Krzysztof Rzadca, U. of Warsaw, Poland Thomas Rauber, U. Bayreuth, Germany Alistair Rendell, Australian National University, Australia Etienne Riviere, U. Neuchatel, Switzerland Won Woo Ro, Yonsei University, South Korea Antonio Robles, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Sudip Seal, Oak Ridge National Labs, US Douglas Thain, U. Notre Dame, US Matthew Jacob Thazhuthaveetil, Indian Institute of Science, India Blesson Varghese, U. St Andrews, UK Prudence Wong, U. of Liverpool, UK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/ccpe2015 <http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/ccpe2015> http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/issues/2015.html#HUCAA2015 <http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/issues/2015.html#HUCAA2015>

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CFP: IEEE CAMAD 2015
by tingelist 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

CALL FOR PAPERS ================================================ 20th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelingand Design of Communication Links and Networks (IEEE CAMAD 2015) September 14-16 2015 Guildford, UK http://www.ieee-camad.org/ ================================================ IMPORTANT DATES * Paper Submission: May 1, 2015 * Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2015 * Camera Ready Papers: August 1, 2015 SCOPE IEEE CAMAD 2015 will be held as a stand-alone event in the University of Surrey in the UK. The University of Surrey is home of the 5G Innovation Centre and is dedicated to conduct research and development in future mobile communication technology. IEEE CAMAD will continue to focus on 5G technologies this year. IEEE CAMAD will be hosting several special sessions, and will bring together scientists, engineers, manufacturers and service providers to exchange and share their experiences and new ideas focusing on research and innovation results under 5G. In addition to contributed papers, the conference will also include keynote speeches, panel and demo sessions. TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Autonomic Communication Systems and Self-Organized Networks * Body Area Networks and Applications * Cloud Computing, Network Virtualization and Software Defined Networks * Cognitive Radio and Network Design * Cross-Layer & Cross-System Protocol Design * Design of Content Aware Networks and Future Media Internet * Design of Satellite Networks * Design, Modeling and Analysis of Wireless, Mobile, Ad hoc and Sensor Networks * Design, Modeling and Analysis of Network Services and Systems * Future Service Oriented Internet Design * Green Wireless Communication Design * Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Integrated Communication Systems * Modeling and Simulation Techniques for IoT and M-to-M Communications * Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Social Networks * Next Generation Mobile Networks * Network Monitoring and Measurements * Network Optimization and Resource Provisioning * Next Generation Internet * Optical Communications & Fiber Optics * Network Management, Middleware Technologies and Overlays * Quality of Experience: Framework, Evaluation and Challenges * Seamless Integration of Wireless, Cellular and Broadcasting Networks with Internet * Fast Simulation Techniques for Communication Networks * Simulation Techniques for Large-Scale Networks * Smart Grids: Communication, Modeling and Design * Test Beds and Real Life Experimentation * Traffic Engineering, Modeling and Analysis * Validation of Simulation Models with Measurements PAPER SUBMISSION Perspective authors are invited to submit, using the EDAS system (http://edas.info/N19233) a full paper of not more than five (5) IEEE style pages including results, figures and references. All submitted papers will go through a thorough review process and will be reviewed by at least three TPC members. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings and IEEE digital library. GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey, UK Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece TPC CO-CHAIRS Chuan Heng Foh, University of Surrey, UK Wai Pang Ng ,Northumbria University, UK Athanasios C. Iossifides, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Zhili Sun, University of Surrey, UK PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Payam Barnaghi, University of Surrey, UK Deyun Gao, Beijing Jiaotong University, China MelikeErol-Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA Ping Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore AngelosMarnerides, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

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CFP: Workshop on Analytics Platforms for the Cloud (APC’15)
by Valentina Salapura 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Please distribute to the HPC mailing list. Thank you! ================================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on Analytics Platforms for the Cloud (APC’15) May 18 2015, Ischia, Italy http://tinyurl.com/cloud-analytics ================================================================================ IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: February 8th, 2015 Notification of acceptance: March 6th, 2015 Camera ready papers: March 20th, 2015 SCOPE Cloud computing has become popular because of cost, agility, scale, and flexibility. At the same time, the use of flexible analytic platforms such as Hadoop, Spark, etc. have grown in popularity and are being used to drive the computational side of many types of workloads. Many are now starting to bring these two together to drive efficient deployment of analytic capabilities which can specifically leverage the flexibility and agility of Cloud delivery. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners in analytics and cloud computing an end-to-end view on the challenges and opportunities of cloud-based analytics, and enable idea sharing. TOPICS OF INTEREST Authors are invited to submit papers that focus on all aspects of analytic platforms leveraging cloud delivery technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Cloud Analytic Models and Platforms - Managed Container Technologies - Spark and in memory computing - End-to-end cloud analytics solutions - Efficient Cloud Deployment of Analytic Frameworks - Hybrid Cloud Analytics PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Full papers will be submitted via EasyChair system at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apc20150 Papers should not exceed 8 double-column pages in ACM SIG alternate style including figures, tables, and references. Our review process is double-blind. Please remove all identifying information from the paper submission (also if citing own work). Accepted posters will be published in the proceedings and in the ACM Digital Library. As per ACM guidelines, at least one of the authors of accepted papers is required to register for the workshop. GENERAL CHAIRS - Dr. Alan Bivens, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center - Dr. Valentina Salapura, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE TBD For more information, please visit: http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=5744

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