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IEEE WCCI2016 Special Session on HPC for Computational Intelligence Methods applied to Computational Biology
by Paolo Cazzaniga 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

[We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message. Please disseminate this CFP to your colleagues and contacts] **************************************************************************** Special Session on Computational Intelligence Methods Accelerated on Parallel and Distributed Architectures <http://dinamico2.unibg.it/cazzaniga/CDCI-17.html> for Applications in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology <http://dinamico2.unibg.it/cazzaniga/CDCI-17.html> hosted by IEEE WCCI 2016 <http://www.wcci2016.org/> 25-29 July 2016, Vancouver, Canada **************************************************************************** Call For Papers Research problems in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology deal with systems at different scales of complexity and granularity (from the inference of single molecular structure to the emergent behavior of genome-wide networks), each one requiring completely different computational methods. Computational intelligence is frequently exploited to devise efficient heuristics solving problems in these disciplines; however, these approaches can be computationally challenging, limiting their applicability to real-world problems. The scope of this special session is to bring together researchers involved in the development of computational intelligence methods applied to Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology, specifically accelerated either by means of conventional architectures (e.g., computer clusters, GRID computing) or by unconventional technologies (e.g., Graphics Processing Units, Many Integrated Core coprocessors, biomimetic devices). The scope of this session includes accelerated Computational Intelligence methods applied to the fields of Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - analysis and visualization of large datasets - analysis and visualization of genome-wide models - biomedical model parameterization - development of synthetic biological devices - drug design - emergent properties in complex biological systems - flux balance analysis - gene expression array analysis - high-throughput data analysis - medical image analysis - medical imaging and pattern recognition - metabolic pathway analysis - mining of biomedical data - modelling, simulation and optimization of biological systems - molecular dynamics and molecular docking - molecular evolution and phylogenetics - molecular sequence alignment and analysis - optimization of biological systems - prediction and searching of molecular structure and folding - spectral analysis ************************************************************************* Important dates Paper submission: January 15, 2016 Camera ready due: April 15, 2016 Conference: 25-29 July 2016 ************************************************************************* Organizers Paolo Cazzaniga - University of Bergamo, Italy Daniel Ashlock - University of Guelph, Canada Marco S. Nobile - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy Daniela Besozzi - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy ************************************************************************* Submission guidelines - All papers must be submitted through the IEEE WCCI 2016 online submission system. - For papers submitted to the workshops or cross-disciplinary and CI applications special sessions track, please click on the IEEE CEC 2016 paper submission link, and in the "Main Research Topic", select the respective workshop or special session title under "Section 8. Workshops or Cross-Disciplinary and CI Applications". - Any paper submitted to the workshops or cross-disciplinary and CI applications special sessions track (if accepted and presented) will be published in one of the three conference proceedings (IJCNN, Fuzzy-IEEE or IEEE CEC) that is most appropriate to the paper. Such decision will be made by the Workshop or Special Session Organizers in consultation with the Workshop or Special Session Chair and one of the three Conference Chairs. - Only papers prepared in PDF format will be accepted. - Paper Length: Up to 8 pages, including figures, tables and references. At maximum, two additional pages are permitted with over-length page charge of US$100/page, to be paid during author registration. - Paper Formatting: double column, single spaced, #10 point Times Roman font. - Margins: Left, Right, and Bottom: 0.75" (19mm). The top margin must be 0.75" (19 mm), except for the title page where it must be 1" (25 mm). - No page numbers please. We will insert the page numbers for you. - Latex and Word templates are available here <http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html> ************************************************************************* Contacts Paolo Cazzaniga, PhD University of Bergamo email: paolo.cazzaniga(a)unibg.it tel: +390352052933 *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * Paolo Cazzaniga, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Human and Social Sciences* * University of Bergamo* *Piazzale S. Agostino 2 - 24129 Bergamo (BG) - Italy *

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HIP3ES2016 (Collocated with HIPEAC) EXTENDED DEALINE: December, 11th 2015
by david.castells＠uab.cat 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

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ISC 2016: CFP Deadline Extension
by Balaji, Pavan 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

ISC 2016 CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS The ISC research paper sessions provide first-class open forums for engineers and scientists in academia, industry and government to present and discuss issues, trends and results that will shape the future of high performance computing. ISC is now calling for excellent contributions in all HPC-related fields, such as computer architecture, algorithms, performance analysis, storage, extreme parallelism and software engineering. Submitted work will be reviewed by the ISC 2016 Research Papers Committee, which is headed by Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee & ORNL, and Dr. Pavan Balaji, Argonne National Laboratory. The ISC organizers as well as the German Gauss Center for Supercomputing and PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, will again sponsor the call for papers with three awards for outstanding papers: the Hans Meuer Award, the GAUSS Award and the PRACE ISC Award. The research paper sessions will be held from Monday, June 20, through Wednesday, June 22. --- IMPORTANT DATES * Abstract Submission Deadline: Tuesday, December 15, 2015, 11:59 pm AoE * Full Submission Deadline (final extended deadline): Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 11:59 pm AoE * Author Rebuttal: Monday, February 15, 2016 * Author Notification: Monday, March 7, 2016 * Camera-Ready Submission: Thursday, May 12, 2016 * Research Paper Sessions: Monday, June 20 - Wednesday, June 22, 2016 This year, we are planning a significant revamp of the research paper review process. Apart from a longer review cycle, allowing for more thorough reviews, we have an in-person Research Papers Committee meeting where each paper will be discussed before the acceptance decisions are made. We hope that this will allow us to further improve the quality of the research paper session. --- AREAS OF INTEREST We encourage the submission of high-quality papers reporting original work in theoretical, experimental and industrial research and development in the following areas: Architectures * Future design concepts of HPC systems * Multicore/manycore systems * Heterogeneous systems * Network technology * Programming models Storage & Data * From big data to smart data * Memory systems for HPC & big data * File systems & tape libraries * Data intensive applications * Databases Algorithms & Analysis * Scalability on future architectures * Performance evaluation & tuning * Innovative domain-specific algorithms Software Engineering in HPC * The art of parallel programming * Application of methods * Surveys Large Scale Simulations * Workflow management * Data analysis & visualization * Coupled simulations * Industrial simulations * Scalable Applications: 50k+ Data Centers * Batch job management * Job mix & system utilization * Monitoring & administration tools * Production efficiency * Energy efficiency Future Trends * Trends in the HPC chip market * Exascale HPC * HPC in the cloud NOTE: Submissions on other innovative aspects of high performance computing are also welcome. --- SUBMISSION & REVIEW PROCESS * Abstracts and papers need to be submitted via the Linklings submission site at https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/isc_hpc/. * We only accept paper submissions which are formatted correctly in LNCS style (single column format) using either the LaTeX document class or Word template. For details on the author guidelines, please refer to Springer's website. Incorrectly formatted papers will be excluded from the reviewing process. * Papers submissions are required to be within 18 pages in the above mentioned LNCS style. This includes all figures and references. * The submissions are "single-blind", i.e. submissions are allowed to include the author names. * Research papers will be peer-reviewed by the Research Papers Committee. Papers will be evaluated by reviewers based on their novelty, fundamental insights and potential for long-term contribution. Borderline papers will go through a rebuttal phase to give authors the chance to respond to reviewer comments and to discuss them with the Research Papers Committee. * By submitting a paper, you agree to present the paper at ISC High Performance 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. Presenters need to be registered participants. --- PROCEEDINGS The proceedings are managed by the proceedings chair, Dr. Julian Kunkel. All accepted research papers will be published in the Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The publication is free of charge to paper authors regardless of the number of pages. The papers can be downloaded from Springer's website for a limited time after ISC 2016, and a limited number of hardcopies will also be available during ISC 2016. The proceedings are indexed in the ISI Web of Science, EI Engineering Index, ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Scopus, and Zentralblatt MATH. The ISC organizers will include the presentation slides, if provided to them as PDF files no later than Monday, June 27, in the conference proceedings, which will be available online to ISC 2016 attendees a few days after the event. --- RESEARCH PAPER AWARDS * Hans Meuer Award The Hans Meuer Award honors the most outstanding ISC research paper submitted to the conference's Research Papers Committee. This award has been introduced in the memory of the late Dr. Hans Meuer, general chair of the ISC conference from 1986 through 2014, and co-founder of the TOP500 project. From all submitted research papers, the Research Papers Committee will select the overall best paper for the award. The winner will be announced at the ISC High Performance Opening Session and will be given the opportunity to present a keynote talk on their work in one of the research paper sessions. The winner will also receive a cash prize of 3,000 Euros, an award certificate, and a free conference pass for ISC High Performance in 2017. * Gauss Award The Gauss Award is sponsored by the German Gauss Center for Supercomputing, which is a collaboration of the German national supercomputing centers at Garching, Julich and Stuttgart. >From all papers accepted for the ISC Research Paper Sessions, the Gauss Award Committee will choose the most outstanding paper in the field of scalable supercomputing. The winner will receive a cash prize of 3,000 Euros, courtesy of the Gauss Center, which will be presented by Professor Michael Resch, chairman of the Gauss Award Committee, during the ISC Opening Session. The award winner will also have the opportunity to present a keynote talk on their paper during one of the research paper sessions. PRACE ISC Award PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, will award a prize to the best paper submitted to the ISC Research Paper Sessions in one of the following areas: * a breakthrough in science achieved through high performance computing; * an algorithm or implementation that achieves a significant improvement in scalability or performance; * a novel approach to performance evaluation on a massively parallel architecture. PRACE, with the help of its Scientific Steering Committee will select the paper to receive the award, which will be announced at the ISC Opening Session. The winner of the PRACE ISC Award will receive sponsorship for participation in a training event, or a conference relevant to petascale computing, and will have the opportunity to give a keynote talk on their work during the Research Papers Sessions.

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ALERT: Dec 1, 2015 Deadline for ISC2016 Workshop Proposals with Proceedings!
by Michela Taufer 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

ISC 2016 CALL FOR WORKSHOPS Are you interested in hosting a workshop at the ISC High Performance conference? ISC is now accepting proposals for full- or half-day workshops. /*Proposals for workshops that want to disseminate their own call for papers and implement the peer-review process should be submitted by December 1, 2015. Proposals for "regular" workshops without call for papers should be submitted by February 15, 2016. */ IMPORTANT DATES /** Pre-submission Deadline Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 11:59pm AoE * Pre-submission Notification Tuesday, December 15, 2015*/ * Final Submission Deadline Monday, February 15, 2016, 11:59pm AoE * Final Notification Tuesday, March 15, 2016 * Workshop Day Thursday, June 23, 2016 Workshop proposals can be submitted now via the ISC 2016 Linklings conference system at:https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/isc_hpc/. Proposals need to be uploaded as a single PDF file. The Workshops Committee will peer review all workshop proposals submitted, select the workshops and allocate their time slots. Note that the Workshops Committee will also make early acceptance decisions for workshops submitted to the pre-submission deadline. This will give workshop organizers more time to promote and prepare their workshops. We strongly encourage workshop organizers to submit their proposal as early as possible so that there is enough time to organize the workshop program before the conference. CONTACT AND FURTHER INFORMATION MS. HEIKE WALTHER<heike.walther(a)isc-group.com> -- _________________________________________________ Michela Taufer David and Beverly J.C. Mills Career Development Chair Computer and Information Sciences Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware 101 Smith Hall Newark, DE 19716 Phone: (302) 831 0071 Fax: (302) 831 8458 E-Mail: taufer(a)acm.org URL: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~taufer Global Computing Lab: http://gcl.cis.udel.edu Active Projects and SW Repository: Docking@Home: http://docking.cis.udel.edu ExSciTecH: https://exscitech.org/ QCNExplorer: http://qcnexplorer.org/ GitHub: https://github.com/TauferLab Follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/MichelaTaufer Follow my Group on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TauferLab __________________________________________________

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IEEE ISCC 2016, Messina, Italy Submission Deadline 21 Jan 2016
by Massimo Villari 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

[Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement] *** Call for Papers *** The 21th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2016) 27-30 June 2016, University of Messina, Messina, Italy http://www.ieee-iscc.org *** Submission Deadline: January 21th, 2016 *** ISCC 2016, in its 21st year, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2016 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to all the opportunities of computing, sensing and communication in the era of the integration of Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, and Big Data. You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a panel/invited session, or a tutorial, related to the following indicative topics of interest. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * 5th Generation Networks * Access Networks * Advances in Internet Protocols * Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications * Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications * Bio-inspired Computing in Communications * Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics * Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) * Cognitive Radio Networking * Communications Services and Management * Connected Vehicles * Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things * Digital Media Technologies * Digital Satellite Communications Service * Distributed and Mobile Middleware * Distributed Systems Architecture and Management * E-Commerce and E-Services * Economic and Regulatory Issues * Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery * Fog Computing * Green Networking and Smart Grid * Grid and Cluster Computing * Human Language Technologies * Image Processing and Visualization * Internet of the Future * Internet of Things and Smart Cities * Internet Services and Applications * Management of Telecommunications and Networks * Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking * Modeling and Simulation * Network Design, Optimisation and Management * Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience * Next Generation Networks Infrastructures and Management * Optical Networking * Overlay and Programmable Networks * Peer-to-Peer Computing * Real Time Communication Services * Routing and Multicast * Security, Cryptography and Privacy * Sensor Networks and Mobile Sensing * Services and Support for Smart Cities * Social Networks, Crowdsourcing and Crowdsensing * Software Defined Datacenters * Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization * Software Defined Smart Objects * Software Engineering * Standards Evolution * Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures * Wireless Body Area Network and Wireless Health * Wireless, Cellular and Mobile Communications 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/N21787 IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g. removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Accepted papers will be included in IEEE-ISCC Proceedings, to be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional upon proper formatting (IEEE Xplore compliant) and a satisfactory standard of English. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional upon: * One of the authors registers and one of the registered authors presents the paper. * Payment is made and online copyright transfer form is signed and uploaded. * The paper follows given format and the PDF file is IEEE Xplore compliant * The standard of English is satisfactory In the last years, the IEEE-ISCC Proceedings published in IEEE Xplore have been indexed by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the IEEE ISCC one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas. If you have any questions, please contact the Technical Program committee at: iscc2016(a)googlegroups.com Important Dates: * Paper Submission Deadline: January 21, 2016 * Notification of paper acceptance: March 15, 2016 * Submission of camera-ready papers due: March 31, 2016 General Co-Chairs: * Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy * Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA * Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Technical Program Co-Chairs: * Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy * Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy * Burak Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: * Maurizio Giacobbe, University of Messina, Italy * Davide Mulfari, University of Messina, Italy * Alfonso Panarello, University of Messina, Italy * Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy * Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Finance and Registration Co-Chairs: * Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA * Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Publication Co-Chairs: * Periklis Chatzimisios, Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece * Tolga Soyata, University of Rochester, USA Keynote Speakers Co-Chairs: * Kaushik Chowdhury, Northeastern University, USA * Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Industrial Co-Chairs: * Roberto di Bernardo, Engineering SPA, Italy * Carlos Roberto De Rolt, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina and BRy, Brazil * Prasad Saripalli, Edifecs, USA Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs: * Maria Fazio, University of Messina, Italy * Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada * Luiz Angelo Steffenel, UniversitÈ de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France Publicity Co-Chairs: * Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA * Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy * Alex Galis, University College London, United Kingdom * Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia * Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil * 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 * Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil * Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece * Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA * Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada * Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA * Susana Sargento, Instituto de TelecomunicaÁıes, University of Aveiro, Portugal * Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Prof. Eng. Massimo Villari, PhD Dip. di Ingegneria Civile, Informatica, Edile, Ambientale e Matematica Applicata (DICIEAMA) Universita' di Messina C.Da Di Dio, N°1 - 98166 - Messina - ITALY - phone: +39 090 397 7342 email: mvillari(a)unime.it http://it.linkedin.com/in/mvillari <http://it.linkedin.com/in/mvillari>

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CFP: Design Methods for Software Architectures in the Service-oriented Computing and Cloud Paradigms (special issue in the SPE journal)
by Rajkumar Buyya 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

*Journal of Software: Practice and Experience (SPE)* Special Issue on */Design Methods for Software Architectures in the Service-oriented Computing and Cloud Paradigms/* Guest Editors: Manuel Mora, Rory V. Oï¿½Connor, Frank Tsui, Jorge Marx Gï¿½mez Edited by: Rajkumar Buyya and R. Nigel Horspool ** **** CALL FOR PAPERS **** The design of the architecture of a system has been a critical relevant activity in the systems engineering discipline from several decades for the design of physical man-made systems. However, a reduced set of design methods and complementary decision-making techniques have been consistently used with successful results. In contrast, in the software engineering discipline there is a body of academic research on the foundations, methods, and complementary techniques with a scarce accumulative knowledge. Every design stream on software architecture elaborates their own vocabulary and methods and usually ignores other design streams. Additionally, there are most proprietary than open access design methods, and a reduced set of well-accepted methods, techniques and practices are still missing. Thus, software architecture design methods are inconsistently or little used in the practice during the application of software development methodologies except by the large system and software development companies. In particular software systems are widely demanded at present in two co-existing paradigms:Software-oriented Computing (SOC) and the Cloud Computing paradigms. SOC paradigm aims the development of medium-sized and large distributed inter-organizational systems by assembling it (ideally) as a system of service providers and consumers, known as a Service-oriented Computing Application (SOCA). Thus, the design of SOCAs inherently includes the challenges of high quality software architecture design, given its naturalcomposition by services provided by some entities and consumed by others (independently of the self-services in the same SOCA). In turn, the Cloud Computing paradigm aims to provide a cost-effective, scalable and dynamic provision of IT resources (processing, storage, networking) for elastic demands. This convergence of SOC and this emergent paradigm, introduces new software architecture design challenges and trade-off problems for achieving functional and non-functional requirements of Software as Service (SaaS) as a whole entity assembled by other composed and atomic services in the cloud. Hence, we consider that: 1) the SOC and Cloud Computing applications strongly dependently of their architectural designs; 2) practitioners demand well-structured and practically applicable software architecture design methods: 3) there are a scarcity of well-accepted software architecture design methods; and 4) there is a wide gap between theoretical recommendations and their daily utilization in the practice for software engineers working in small, medium-sized and large companies. Thus, a call for papers is required for high quality conceptual proposals or already applied software architecture design methods for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms.This special issue aims lately to improve our understanding and encourage the utilization of software architecture design methods by being perceived as useful, ease of use, ease of learn, compatible, and highly valued by practitioners. Accepted papers must demonstrate clearly how their contributions advance the current status of scholastic software architecture design methods. *The topics of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to:* ï¿½Case studies of successful applied software architecture design methods for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms ï¿½Case studies of failed utilizations of software architecture design for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms ï¿½Usability studies on specific software architecture design methods for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms ï¿½Successful examples of inclusion of software architecture design methods into agile software development methodologies for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms from practitioners perspectives. ï¿½Software architecture design methods for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms based on ISO/IEC standards (e.g. ISO 42010, ISO 12207, ISO 15288, among others). ï¿½Comparative studies of most recognized software architecture design methods for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms. ï¿½Cases on the development of prototype tools for supporting the software architecture design tasks for SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms. *IMPORTANT DATES:* *Open for manuscript submission in ScholarOne: May 1, 2016* *Closed for submissions: June 1, 2016* *Results of first round of reviews: August 1, 2016* *Submission of revised manuscripts: September 1, 2016* *Results of second round of reviews: November 1, 2016* *Publication materials due: December 1, 2016*** ** *Major Guidelines* The special issue requests original applied research papers that challenge or confirm the current status of software architecture design methods and complementary techniques through the report of usable well-structured software architecture design methods in the SOC and Cloud Computing paradigms.Papers based on original ideas are expected. Papers elaborated as extended versions of previous published research must provide at least 50% of new material. For this case, authors must submit a cover letter/document with: 1) a comparative table of findings, contributions and limitations from extended and initial paper; and 2) a brief justification on the extended sections in the new paper. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by two international reviewers at least. The editorial review committee will be conformed by academic and industry based people involved in the special issue themes.Selection and Evaluation Criteria are: - Evidences of advances on the current status of scholastic software architecture design methods - Practical relevance to use and apply the method or contributions of the paper - Scope and criticality of the application domain of the method or contributions of the paper - Correctness of the applied research method (problem definition, work hypothesis, materials and methods, application of materials and methods, discussion of results, contributions and limitations, and conclusions). -Clarity and readability of the paper ** *Author Submission Guidelines* Papers should be formatted according to the SPE Author Guidelines below: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1097-024X/homepage/For… Manuscript length: Regular papers should not exceed the length of 15 pages including figures and tables (in SPE format). Please note, the special issueï¿½s page limit is different from SPE regular paper submissions. Papers that exceed the length of 15 pages may not be considered for review and publication. In special cases, up to 20 pages will be allowed subject to approval from the Guest Editors. Authors desiring a 20 page limit should contact the Guest Editors in advance. *Submission Instructions* The article will be submitted in the usual way via the online submission site (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/spe) When submitting a manuscript for this special issue, authors should take care to select ï¿½Special Issue: Practical Design Methods for Software Architectures in the Service-oriented Computing and Cloud Paradigms: Challenging or Confirming Extant Scholastic Methodsï¿½ as the Manuscript Type and to select Manuel Mora as the preferred editor. *GUEST EDITORS:* *Prof. Manuel Mora**,ï¿½ Corresponding Guest Editor* Information Systems Department, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Ave. Universidad 940, Aguascalientes, AGS. Mexico 20131 Email: mmora(a)correo.uaa.mx <mailto:[email protected]> *Prof. Rory V. Oï¿½Connor* School of Computing, Dublin City University Glasnevin,Dublin 9, Ireland Email: rory.oconnor(a)dcu.ie <mailto:[email protected]> ** *Assoc. Prof. Frank Tsui * Department of Software Engineering and Game Design, Kennesaw University 1000 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA Email: ftsui(a)kennesaw.edu <mailto:[email protected]> *Prof.Jorge Marx Gï¿½mez* Department of Informatics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg Ammerlï¿½nder Heerstr. 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg / Germany Email: jorge.marx.gomez(a)uni-oldenburg.de <mailto:[email protected]>

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CFP: 2nd International Workshop on the Lustre Ecosystem
by Michael J. Brim 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

**** CALL FOR PAPERS **** 2nd International Workshop on the Lustre Ecosystem: Enhancing Lustre Support for Diverse Workloads Baltimore, Maryland, USA March 8‑9, 2016 http://lustre.ornl.gov/ecosystem **** IMPORTANT DATES **** Note: all submission deadlines are midnight anywhere‑on‑earth Extended abstracts due: January 15, 2016 Acceptance notification: February 4, 2016 Full papers due: March 14, 2016 Tutorial presentations: March 8, 2016 Technical presentations: March 9, 2016 **** SCOPE and TOPICS **** The Lustre parallel file system has been widely adopted by scientific high‐performance computing (HPC) centers as an effective system for managing large‑scale storage resources. Lustre achieves unprecedented aggregate performance by parallelizing I/O over file system clients and storage targets at extreme scales. Today, 7 out of 10 fastest supercomputers in the world use Lustre for high‑performance storage. Traditionally, Lustre development has focused on improving the performance and scalability of large‑scale scientific workloads. In particular, large‑scale checkpoint storage and retrieval, which is characterized by bursty I/O from coordinated parallel clients, has been the primary driver of Lustre development over the last decade. With the advent of extreme scale computing and Big Data computing, many HPC centers are seeing increased user interest in running diverse workloads that place new demands on Lustre. This workshop series is intended to help explore improvements in the performance and flexibility of Lustre for supporting non‑scientific application workloads. The 2015 workshop was the inaugural edition, and the goal was to initiate a discussion on the open challenges associated with enhancing Lustre for diverse applications, the technological advances necessary, and the associated impacts to the Lustre ecosystem. The workshop program featured a day of tutorials and a day of technical paper presentations. In this workshop, we seek contributions that explore improvements in the performance and flexibility of the Lustre file system for supporting diverse workloads. This will be a great opportunity for the Lustre community to discuss the challenges associated with enhancing Lustre for diverse applications, the technological advances necessary, and the associated ecosystem. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Using Lustre as a Shared Resource * Adaptability and Scalability of Lustre for Diverse Workloads * Resilience and Serviceability of Lustre * Knowledge Provenance in Lustre * Application‑driven Lustre Benchmarking * Integrating Big Data Technologies with Lustre * Performance Monitoring Tools for Lustre **** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES **** Authors should electronically submit extended abstracts of previously unpublished work in PDF format. Abstracts may consist of up to 5 US letter‑size (8.5 by 11in.) pages, including figures, tables, and references. Submissions should be formatted in IEEE Computer Society conference proceedings style. Accepted abstracts are expected to be expanded into technical papers of at most 10 pages in length, all‑inclusive. Full papers will be due the week following the workshop, and will undergo shepherding in preparation for publication in the workshop proceedings. **** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE **** == PROGRAM CO‑CHAIRS == Neena Imam, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Michael Brim, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Sarp Oral, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA == TUTORIALS CHAIR == Richard Mohr, University of Tennessee, USA

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CFP DAIS 2016
by Valerio Schiavoni 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

16th IFIP International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - IFIP DAIS 2016 June 6-9 2015. Heraklion, Crete, Greece http://2016.discotec.org/index.php?MG=20&Mid=6&sub1=1 Important Dates - Abstract submission: February 1, 2016 - Paper submission: February 8, 2016 - Notification of acceptance: March 21, 2016 - Camera-ready version: April 4, 2016 - Early registration: May 9, 2016 - Conference and workshops: June 6-9, 2016 Main topics of interest DAIS 2016 welcomes contributions on architectures, models, technologies and platforms for large scale and complex distributed applications and services that are related to the latest trends towards bridging the physical/virtual worlds based on flexible and versatile service architectures and platforms. Submissions will be judged on their originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and technical correctness. * Novel and innovative distributed applications and systems, in particular in the areas of - middleware, - cloud and grid computing, - Internet of Things (IoT), - data center and internet-scale systems, - big data systems, - social networking, - cyber-physical systems, - mobile computing, - service-oriented computing, - context-aware computing, and - peer-to-peer systems; * Novel architectures and mechanisms, in particular in the areas of - pub/sub systems, - language-based approaches, - overlay protocols, - virtualization, - parallelization, and - bio-inspired distributed computing; * System issues and design goals, including - self-management, - security and practical applications of cryptography, - trust and reputation, - cooperation incentives and fairness, - fault-tolerance and dependability, - scalability and elasticity, and - performance and energy-efficiency; * Engineering and tools, including - model-driven engineering, - domain-specific languages, - design patterns and methods, - testing and validation, - distributed debugging. Paper submission Contributions must be original, unpublished, and not submitted for publication elsewhere. DAIS 2016 offers three types of submissions: • Full research papers in no more than 14 pages. • Full practical experience reports, including experimental and evaluation studies, case studies, and practice reports in no more than 14 pages. • Work-in-progress papers, describing ongoing work and interim results, in no more than 6 pages. Submissions should be submitted electronically as PDF, using the Springer LNCS style to the conference submission web site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dais2016 Each paper will undergo a thorough process of peer reviews by the Program Committee. All papers accepted in any of the conference tracks will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Proceedings will be made available at the conference. Submission implies that at least one author will register and attend the conference if the paper is accepted. Program Chairs - Evangelia Kalyvianaki, City University London, UK - Márk Jelasity, University of Szeged, Hungary Programme Committee - Luciana Arantes Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, France - Carlos Baquero HASLab, INESC TEC & Universidade do Minho, Portugal - Sonia Ben Mokhtar LIRIS CNRS, France - Alysson Bessani University of Lisbon & FCUL/LaSIGE, Portugal - Andrea Bondavalli University of Florence, Italy - Sara Bouchenak INSA Lyon, France - Jian-Nong Cao Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Miguel Correia IST/INESC-ID, Portugal - Paolo Costa Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK - Wolfgang De Meuter Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium - Jim Dowling KTH, Sweden - Frank Eliassen University of Oslo, Norway - Ittay Eyal Cornell University, USA - David Eyers University of Otago, New Zealand - Pascal Felber University of Neuchatel, Switzerland - Kurt Geihs Universitaet Kassel, Germany - Karl M. Goeschka Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Franz J. Hauck University of Ulm, Germany - K. R. Jayaram IBM Research, USA - Vana Kalogeraki Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece - Ruediger Kapitza TU Braunschweig, Germany - Attila Kertesz University of Szeged, Hungary - Benjamin Mandler IBM Research, Israel - Evangelos Markatos FORTH-ICS & University of Crete, Greece - Miguel Matos HASLab, INESC TEC & Universidade do Minho, Portugal - Rene Meier Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland - Alberto Montresor University of Trento, Italy - Kiran-Kumar Muniswamy-Reddy Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA - Marta Patino Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain - Peter Pietzuch Imperial College London, UK - Hans P. Reiser University of Passau, Germany - Altair Santin Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil - Spyros Voulgaris VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Steering Committee - Farhad Arbab (Coordination), CWI, Netherlands - Frank de Boer, CWI, Netherlands - John Derrick, University of Sheffield, UK - Jim Dowling, KTH, Sweden - Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany - Alain Girault, INRIA, France - Lea Kutvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland - Michele Loreti, University of Florence, Italy - Elie Najm (Chair), Telecom-ParisTech, France - Uwe Nestmann, TU Berlin, Germany - Rocco de Nicola, University of Florence, Italy - Rui Oliveira (DAIS), University of Minho, Portugal - Marjan Sirjani, Reykjavik University, Iceland - Jean-Bernard Stefani (FORTE), INRIA, France - Gianluigi Zavattaro, University of Bologna, Italy -- Valerio Schiavoni Institut d'informatique Université de Neuchâtel Switzerland

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Call for Papers - ICCS ECA-2016 Workshop (San Diego June 6 - 8 2016) - deadline 18th December 2015
by Matti Heikkurinen/LMU 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Environmental computing applications - state of the art ECA 2016 ICCS 2016 workshop Jun 6, 2016 - Jun 8, 2016 San Diego, California, U.S.A. http://envcomp.eu/ICCS16/ There are several domain- or problem-specific areas – such as meteorology or seismic analysis – that use multi-model and multi-data approaches to analyse environmental phenomena and their impact. However, a more general approach to produce actionable knowledge from different environmental data sources is needed. The topic is of acute interest due to societal challenges and technical developments that require developing approaches to generalise, productise and mature current state-of-the-art environmental modelling solutions for managing disasters and disaster risks. The workshop will bring together together practitioners, policymakers, environmental modelling experts to present the latest developments in Environmental Computing. Paper submissions by groups working on these or related fields are encouraged in order to inspire communication across different specialties. The topics of interest include: * Case studies * Environmental modelling techniques (and optimisation of them) * Multi-model systems * Civil protection (and related engineering challenges) * Scalability of environmental HPC and Big Data applications * Risk assessment and management * Interdisciplinary collaboration * Dynamic model coupling approaches * Interdisciplinary metadata frameworks * Visualisation Paper submission Papers should be submitted via the ICCS 2016 easychair ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccs20160 - select “Environmental Computing Applications – State of the Art” in the first menu). Organisation and contact Dieter Kranzlmüller, LMU Munich and LRZ, Germany Matti Heikkurinen, LMU Munich http://envcomp.eu/ICCS16/ info(a)envcomp.eu -- Matti Heikkurinen - LMU heikku(a)nm.ifi.lmu.de - +41 76 716 05 31

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CfP - IEEE ISORC 2016.
by MARIA SOLEDAD GARCIA VALLS 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

IEEE ISORC 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS YORK, UNITED KINGDOM MAY 17 - 20, 2016 http://www.isorc2016.org Important Dates Submission deadline January 12, 2016 Acceptance notification February 20, 2016 Camera-ready papers March 20, 2016 The best papers from ISORC 2016 will be invited for submission to the ISORC special issue of a suitable IEEE / ACM Journal ISORC has become established as the leading event devoted to state-of-the-art research in the field of object/component/service-oriented real-time distributed computing (ORC) technology. In 2016, we have adopted a new theme, Real-Time Issues and Challenges for novel applications and systems: Medical devices, intelligent transportation systems, Industrial automation systems, Internet of Things and Smart Grids. In addition to high-quality theoretical papers, we solicit high-quality papers pertaining to the above application domains. We invite original submissions pertaining to all aspects of ORC technology and especially those that are well aligned with the 2016 theme. These include, but are not limited to: Programming and system engineering: real-time programming challenges, ORC paradigms, object/component models, languages, synchronous languages, RT CORBA, Embedded .NET, RT RMI, RT Java, UML, model-maintenance, system of systems, time-predictable systems and hardware. Distributed computing and communication infrastructures: real-time communication, networked platforms, protocols, Internet QoS, peer-to-peer computing, sensor networks, VANETS and V2V and V2I communication, trusted and dependable systems. System software: real-time kernels and OS, middleware support for ORC, QoS management, extensibility, synchronization, resource allocation, scheduling, fault tolerance, security. Applications: Medical devices, intelligent transportation systems, Industrial automation systems, Internet of Things and Smart Grids, embedded systems (automotive, avionics, consumer electronics, building systems, sensors, etc), multimedia processing, RT Web-based applications. System evaluation: output accuracy, timing, dependability, end-to-end QoS, overhead, fault detection and recovery time. Cyber-physical systems: mobile systems, wireless sensor networks, real-time analytics. Guidelines for Manuscripts IEEE ISORC 2016 invites papers in three categories. According to program committee guidelines, papers presenting practical techniques, ideas, or evaluations will be favored, with papers reporting experimentation results and industrial experiences particularly welcome. Originality will not be interpreted too narrowly, but papers that are based on severely unrealistic assumptions will not be accepted however mathematically or logically sophisticated the discussion may be. Submission guidelines for each category of paper are as follows: Papers should describe original work and be maximum 8 pages in length using the IEEE paper format (link to templates). A maximum of two extra pages may be purchased. Industrial papers and practitioner reports, describing experiences of using ORC technology in application or tool development projects, are an integral part of the technical program of ISORC. A majority of these papers are expected to be shorter and less formal than research papers. They should clearly identify and discuss in detail the issues that represent notable industrial advances. Reports with project metrics supporting their claims are particularly sought, as well as those that show both benefits and drawbacks of the approaches used in the given project. Short papers (4 pages or less using the IEEE format) on substantial real-time applications are also invited, and should contain enough information for the program committee to understand the scope of the project and evaluate the novelty of the problem or approach. Acceptance Criteria According to program committee guidelines, papers presenting practical techniques, ideas, or evaluations will be favored. Papers reporting experimentation results and industrial experiences are particularly welcome. Originality will not be interpreted too narrowly. Papers that are based on severely unrealistic assumptions will not be accepted however mathematically or logically sophisticated the discussion may be. Publication information Papers are to be submitted through the Easychair system. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE. A person will not be allowed to present more than 2 papers at the symposium. -- MARISOL GARCIA VALLS Universidad Carlos III de Madrid http://www.it.uc3m.es/mvalls

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