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Call for Papers [P2S2 2016] - paper submission deadline extended to March 24
by Min Si 13 Mar '16

13 Mar '16

CALL FOR PAPERS Ninth International Workshop on Parallel Programming Models and Systems Software for High-End Computing (P2S2), 2016 http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/p2s2/2016/index.php Aug. 16th, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA to be held in conjunction with ICPP 2016: The 45th International Conference on Parallel Processing WORKSHOP SCOPE ---------------------- The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners in parallel programming models and systems software for high-end computing architectures. Please join us in a discussion of new ideas, experiences, and the latest trends in these areas at the workshop. The focus areas for this workshop include, but are not limited to: - Systems software for high-end scientific and enterprise computing architectures + Communication sub-subsystems for high-end computing + High-performance File and storage systems + Fault-tolerance techniques and implementations + Efficient and high-performance virtualization and other management mechanisms for high-end computing - Programming models and their high-performance implementations + MPI, Sockets, OpenMP, Global Arrays, X10, UPC, CAF, Chapel, and others + Hybrid Programming Models - Tools for Management, Maintenance, Coordination and Synchronization + Software for Enterprise Data-centers using Modern Architectures + Job scheduling libraries + Management libraries for large-scale system + Toolkits for process and task coordination on modern platforms - Performance evaluation, analysis and modeling of emerging computing platforms PROCEEDINGS --------------------- Proceedings of this workshop will be published in CD format only and will be available at the conference (together with the ICPP conference proceedings). The published papers will be available at the conference in CD format, and will be submitted to the IEEE CS Digital Library. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS --------------------- Submissions should be in PDF format in U.S. letter size paper, and should be formatted in a double-column format with a font size 10 pt or larger. They should not exceed 10 pages (all inclusive). Submissions will be judged based on relevance, significance, originality, correctness and clarity. The paper submission online system is open: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=p2s22016 JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE --------------------- The P2S2-2016 workshop papers will be invited to extend the manuscripts to be considered for a Special Issue on Parallel Programming Models and Systems Software of the Elsevier International Journal of Parallel Computing (PARCO), edited by Abhinav Vishnu, Yong Chen and Pavan Balaji. This special issue is dedicated for the papers accepted in the P2S2 workshop. The submission to this special issue is by invitation only and the submission deadline is tentatively set as August 10th, 2016. IMPORTANT DATES and DEADLINES ------------------------------ Paper Submission: Feb 20th, 2016 (extended to Mar 24th, 2016) Anywhere on Earth Author Notification: May 10th, 2016 Camera-Ready Copy: June 3rd, 2016 Workshop Dates: Aug 16th, 2016 P2S2'16 ORGANIZING COMMITTEES ------------------------------ Steering Committee: William D. Gropp, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Vijay Saraswat, IBM Research Program Chair: Abhinav Vishnu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Yong Chen, Texas Tech University Pavan Balaji, Argonne National Laboratory Publicity Chair: Min Si, Argonne National Laboratory Technical Program Committee: See full listing at: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/p2s2/2016/organizers.php Looking forward to your contributions.

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CfP Middleware 2016: ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware Conference
by Mirco Musolesi 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

[Apologies for cross-posting] Middleware 2016: ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware Conference http://2016.middleware-conference.org/ Where: Trento, Italy When: Dec 12, 2016 - Dec 16, 2016 Dates: Abstract Submission May 13 (Friday) *FIRM DEADLINE* Paper Submission May 20 (Friday) *FIRM DEADLINE* Author rebuttal June 27 - June 29 (Monday-Wednesday) Notification Due Aug 15 (Monday) Final Version Due Sep 7, 2015 Call for Papers: The annual ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware conference is a major forum for the discussion of innovations and recent advances in the design, construction and use of middleware systems. The scope of the conference is the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed system platforms and architectures for computing, storage, and communication environments. Highlights of the conference will include a high quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, and workshops. Topics: Original submissions of research papers on a diversity of topics are sought, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to: Platforms and Usage Models of Middleware for: * Emerging cloud computing platforms, 5G * Data-intensive computing (Big Data) and data analytics * Mobile devices and services * Ubiquitous and pervasive computing * Internet applications and multimedia * Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems, smart cities * Network function virtualization Systems Issues for Middleware * Reliability and fault tolerance * Consistency, availability, and replication * Energy- and power-aware techniques * Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling * Real-time solutions and quality of service * Scalability and performance * Security and privacy Design Principles and Programming Support * Event-based, publish/subscribe, and peer-to-peer solutions * Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective approaches * Novel programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware * Methodologies and tools for middleware design, implementation, verification, and evaluation * Retrospective reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation, etc. Original research papers of three types are sought on the above topics. a) Research Papers: Original research papers are sought on the above topics. b) Experimentation and Deployment Papers : These papers describe complete systems, platforms, and papers with comprehensive experimental evaluations of alternative designs and solutions to well-known problems. The emphasis during the evaluation of these papers will be less on the novelty and more on the demonstrated usefulness and potential impact of the contributions, the extensive experimentation involved, and the quality and weight of the lessons learned. c) Big-Ideas Papers: These are papers that have the potential for opening up new research directions. For such papers, the potential to motivate new research is more important than full experimental evaluation, though some preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of the approach or idea is important. The Middleware 2016 conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Accepted submissions will be available on the ACM digital library at least one week before the conference. Submitted papers may have at most 12 pages of technical content, including text, figures, appendices, etc. In addition to the 12 pages allowed for technical content, a submission may include any number of additional pages of bibliographic references. Submitted papers should adhere to the formatting instructions of the ACM Style that you can find on the submission page and should clearly indicate their type on their first page. Please note that submissions are single-blind: authors' names should appear. AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date will be the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the Middleware conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. The Middleware conference adopts a 2-phase review process in which the authors, after receiving a first set of reviews, have the opportunity to respond with a rebuttal to the reviewers’ comments. This rebuttal is then visible to the additional reviewers in the second phase, and in general is taken into account into the paper selection process. Organizers: General Chair: Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy Program Co-chairs: Sonia Ben Mokhtar, LIRIS-DRIM, Lyon, France Dejan Milojicic, Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA Technical Program Committee Alvin AuYoung Hewlett Packard Labs, USA Jean Bacon Cambridge University, UK Roberto Baldoni University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy Gordon Blair Lancaster University, UK Sara Bouchenak INSA Lyon, France Yérom-David Bromberg IRISA, France Abhishek Chandra University of Minnesota, USA Yuan Chen Hewlett Packard Labs, USA Lucy Cherkasova Hewlett Packard Labs, USA Shigeru Chiba The University of Tokyo, Japan Octave Chipara University of Iowa, USA Angelo Corsaro Prismtech Zoran Dimitrijevic Altiscale, Palo Alto, USA Fred Douglas EMC Tudor Dumitras University of Maryland, USA David Eyers University of Otago, New Zeland Pascal Felber University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Paulo Ferreira INESC ID / University of Lisbon, Portugal Christof Fetzer TU Dresden, Germany Ian Foster Argonne National Laboratory & The University of Chicago, USA Davide Frey INRIA, France Roy Friedman Technion, Israel Gang Huang Peking University, China Benoît Garbinato Université de Lausanne, Switzerland Rachid Guerraoui EPFL, Switzerland Abhishek Gupta Intel Corp. Franz J. Hauck Ulm University, Germany Cheng-Hsin Hsu National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Kevin Huguenin LAAS, CNRS, France Valerie Issarny INRIA, France Arun Iyengar IBM Research Hans-Arno Jacobsen University of Toronto, Canada Mark Jelasity University of Szeged, Hungray Rüdiger Kapitza TU Braunschweig, Germany Bettina Kemme McGill University, Canada Anne-Marie Kermarrek INRIA, France Fabio Kon University of São Paulo, Brazil Young-Woo Kwon Utah State University, USA Danny B. Lange Uber, USA Julia Lawall INRIA, France Doug Lea SUNY Oswego Zhenhua Li Tsinghua University, China David Lomet Microsoft Research, USA Joseph Loyall BBN Technologies Hong Mei Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Peking University, China Alberto Montresor University of Trento, Italy Jeff Morgan Samsung Research America, USA Amy L. Murphy Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy Mirco Musolesi University College London, UK Gabriel Parmer GDW Fernando Pedone University of Lugano, Switzerland Peter Pietzuch Imperial College London, UK Johan Pouwelse Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Vivien Quéma Grenoble INP, France Binoy Ravindran Virginia Tech, USA Laurent Réveillère Bordeaux INP, France Etienne Rivière University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Luis Rodrigues INESC-ID, IST, U Lisboa, Portugal Romain Rouvoy University of Lille 1 / Inria, France Rick Schlichting AT&T Labs Jatinder Singh University of Cambridge, UK Robert Soulé Università della Svizzera italiana, Italy Mike Spreitzer IBM Research, USA François Taïani Université de Rennes 1/ IRISA / ESIR, INRIA, France Eli Tilevich Virginia Tech, USA Peter Triantafillou University of Glasgow , UK Robbert Van Renesse Cornell University, USA Maarten van Steen University of Twente, Netherlands Nalini Venkatasubramanian University of California, Irvine, USA Luís Veiga INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Steve Vinoski Arista Networks, Nashua, NH, USA Timothy Wood George Washington University, USA -- Mirco Musolesi Reader in Data Science Department of Geography, University College London Pearson Building Gower Street WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom Web: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfamus

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Call for Nominations: SC'16 Test of Time Award -- Deadline April 1st
by Heroux, Michael A 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

The SC¹16 Test of Time Award (ToTA) recognizes an SC conference paper from 2006 or earlier for its influence on the supercomputing field. Because of its emphasis on sustained impact, ToTA is one of the most meaningful recognitions a paper can receive. Nominations are open now through April 1st, so please participate in this year¹s selection process by nominating a paper that you think deserves this recognition. More info: http://sc16.supercomputing.org/submitters/awards/test-of-time-award/ Web Submissions: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/ Email Contact: tota(a)info.supercomputing.org

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GPCE’16 Call for Papers
by Christoph Seidl 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 15th International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE 2016) October 31-November 1, 2016 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collocated with SPLASH 2016) http://www.gpce.org http://www.facebook.com/GPCEConference http://twitter.com/GPCECONF IMPORTANT DATES * Submission of abstracts:June 17, 2016 * Submission of papers:June 24, 2016 * Paper notification:August 26, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE Generative and component approaches and domain-specific abstractions are revolutionizing software development just as automation and componentization revolutionized manufacturing. Raising the level of abstraction in software specification has been a fundamental goal of the computing community for several decades. Key technologies for automating program development and lifting the abstraction level closer to the problem domain are Generative Programming for program synthesis, Domain- Specific Languages (DSLs) for compact problem-oriented programming notations, and corresponding Implementation Technologies aiming at modularity, correctness, reuse, and evolution. As the field matures, Applications and Empirical Results are of increasing importance. The International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) is a venue for researchers and practitioners interested in techniques that use program generation, domain-specific languages, and component deployment to increase programmer productivity, improve software quality, and shorten the time-to-market of software products. In addition to exploring cutting-edge techniques of generative software, our goal is to foster further cross-fertilization between the software engineering and the programming languages research communities. SUBMISSIONS We seek research papers reporting original and unpublished results of theoretical, empirical, conceptual, or experimental research that contribute to scientific knowledge in the areas listed below (the PC chair can advise on appropriateness). GPCE distinguishes the following types of submissions: Research Papers: * Full Papers: Full papers report original and unpublished results of theoretical, empirical, conceptual, or experimental research that contribute to scientific knowledge in the areas listed below (the PC chair can advise on appropriateness). Full paper submissions are limited to 10 pages + 2 extra pages for references. * Short Papers: The goal of short papers is to promote current work on research and practice. Short papers represent an early communication of research and do not always require complete results as in the case of a full paper. In this way, authors can introduce new ideas to the community, discuss ideas and get early feedback. Please note that short papers are not intended to be position statements. Short papers are included in the proceedings and will be presented with a smaller time slot at the conference. Short papers are limited to 4 pages + 1 extra page for references. * Tool demonstrations: Tool demonstrations should present tools that implement generative techniques, and are available for use. Any of the GPCE topics of interest are appropriate areas for tool demonstrations, although purely commercial tool demonstrations will not be accepted. Submissions must provide a tool description of 4 pages, excluding 1 extra page for references and a demonstration outline including screenshots of up to 4 pages. Tool demonstrations must have the keywords “Tool Demo” or “Tool Demonstration” in the title. The 4-page tool description will, if the demonstration is accepted, be published in the proceedings. The 4-page demonstration outline will be used by the program committee only for evaluating the submission. Tech talks: Depending on whether there is space in the program, GPCE may solicit Tech talks. See the GPCE’15 tech talks call for contributions for details. For now, if you are interested in presenting a Tech talk, please contact the chairs. Submissions must adhere to the SIGPLAN proceedings style (sigplanconf.cls, see http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm) can be made via the submission page https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gpce16. Authors of a set of top ranked papers selected by the GPCE’16 program committee will be invited to submit extended versions of their GPCE’16 papers to a special issue of the Elsevier Computer Languages, Systems and Structures (COMLAN) journal. The special issue will publish GPCE’16 papers by invitation from the guest editors and will only include top-ranked papers from GPCE’16 (based on the GPCE’16 review). The special issue will be published by Elsevier in Computer Languages, Systems and Structures (COMLAN): http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-languages-systems-and-structures/ TOPICS GPCE seeks contributions on all topics related to generative software and its properties. As technology is maturing and sophisticated but increasingly complex applications and services are realized in a variety of application areas (e.g., Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems, Software Defined Networking, etc.), this year, we are particularly looking for empirical evaluations in this context. Key topics include (but are certainly not limited to): * Generative software - Domain-specific languages - Product lines - Metaprogramming - Program synthesis - Implementation techniques and tool support * Practical applications and empirical evaluations - Empirical evaluations of all topics above - Application areas and engineering practice * Properties of generative software - Correctness of generators and generated code - Reuse and evolution - Modularity, separation of concerns, understandability, and maintainability - Performance engineering, nonfunctional properties - Application areas and engineering practice A more detailed list of topics can be found on the website. Examples of key challenges in the field are * Synthesizing code from declarative specifications * Supporting extensible languages and language embedding * Ensuring correctness and other nonfunctional properties of generated code; proving generators correct * Improving error reporting with domain-specific error messages * Reasoning about generators; handling variability-induced complexity in product lines * Providing efficient interpreters and execution languages * Human factors in developing and maintaining generators Note on empirical evaluations: This year, GPCE seriously commits on encouraging submissions about empirical evaluations of generative software. Empirical papers often have a difficult stand at programming language venues. We understand the frustration with reviews for empirical papers that, for example, simply recommend repeating entire experiments with human subjects due to slight deviations in the execution. To alleviate these problems, we have asked several experts routinely working with empirical methods to join the program committee and we will actively seek external reviews where appropriate. During submissions, authors can optionally indicate whether their paper contains substantial empirical work, and we will invest all effort necessary to ensure that such papers will be reviewed by experts familiar with the used empirical research method. The program-committee discussions will reflect on both technical contribution and research method. Policy: Incremental improvements over previously published work should have been evaluated through systematic, comparative, empirical, or experimental evaluation.Submissions must adhere to SIGPLAN's republication policy (http://www.sigplan.org/republicationpolicy.htm) Please contact the program chair if you have any questions about how this policy applies to your paper (chairs(a)gpce.org) ORGANIZATION Chairs (chairs(a)gpce.org) General Chair: Bernd Fischer (Stellenbosch University, ZA) Program Chair: Ina Schaefer (Technische Universität Braunschweig, DE) Publicity Chair: Christoph Seidl (Technische Universität Braunschweig, DE) Program Committee * Kenichi Asai (Ochanomizu University) * Anya Helene Bagge (University of Bergen, NO) * Walter Binder (University of Lugano, CH) * Sandrine Blazy (IRISA / University of Rennes 1, FR) * Rastislav Bodik (University of Washington, US) * Shigeru Chiba (University of Tokyo, JP) * Ewen Denney (NASA Ames Research Center, US) * Sebastian Erdweg (TU Darmstadt, DE) * Martin Erwig (Oregon State University, US) * Matthew Flatt (University of Utah, US) * Aniruddha Gokhale (Vanderbilt University, US) * Jeff Gray (University of Alabama, US) * Michael Haupt (Oracle Labs) * Christian Kästner (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US) * Julia Lawall (LIP6, FR) * Derek Rayside (University of Waterloo, CA) * Tiark Rompf (Purdue & Oracle Labs, US) * Ulrik Schultz (University of Southern Denmark, DK) * Sandro Schulze (Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, DE) * Mary Sheeran (Chalmers University of Technology, SE) * Norbert Siegmund (University of Passau, DE) * Walid Taha * Markus Völter (itemis, DE) * Steffen Zschaler (King's College London, UK) * Tijs van der Storm (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, NL)

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IEEE CSCloud 2016- Submission Deadline Extended: March 15, 2016, Beijing, China, Jun. 25-27, 2016.
by John Free 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Conference site: http://csis.pace.edu/CSCloud/2016/index.html *CFP: The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (CSCloud 2016)* *June 25th-27th, Beijing, China* *http://csis.pace.edu/CSCloud/2016/index.html <http://csis.pace.edu/CSCloud/2016/index.html>* *Due to the large volume of requests, the submission deadline has been extended to March 15th, 2016. * IEEE CSCloud 2016 will be held at Beihang University, Beijing, China. *Special Issues:* The accepted papers have to be presented orally at the conference and will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI) and included in IEEE Digital Library. Selected best papers will be recommended to the special issues of well-regarded SCI journals. *We will also select top accepted papers and recommend them to selected journals for a direct publishing. * - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (TSG): "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security" (SGCPS). - Elsevier's Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC): Special issue on "Scalable Computing for Smart Energy Cyber-Physical Systems" (SCSE-CPS) - ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communication and Applications (TOMM): "Multimedia Big Data: Networking" (MBDN) - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics: "Internet-of-Things for Smart Cities and Urban Informatics" (IoTSCUI). - ACM/Springer Mobile Networks & Applications (MONET) Special Issue on Cloud-assisted Industrial Systems and Applications (CISA) - Elsevier's Information Sciences: "Cryptography and Data Security in Cloud Computing" (CDSCC) (Impact Factor: 4.038) - Elsevier Journal of Computer and System Science: "Theoretical and Algorithmic Foundations of Big Data" (TAFBD) (Impact factor 1.138) - Wiley's Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience: "Big Data Security and Intelligent Data in Clouds" (BDS-IDS2016) - Journal of Signal Processing Systems (JSPS): "Big Data Security and Smart Clouds" - Journal of Computational Science, Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Parallel Techniques for Scientific Computing", (RAPTSC) (IF: 1.231) - Scientific Programming Special Issue on "Resource Management in Virtualized Clouds" (RMVC) - Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems: "Heterogeneous Sensors Based Object Identification and Information Fusion" (HSBOIIF) - Journal of Internet Technology: “Advanced Technology on Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications over Future Networking” (AT-MSPCFN) The increasing usages of Web-based technologies have enabled numerous benefits in people’s daily life, from mobile social applications to heterogeneous high performance computing. The implementations of the Internet-related solutions are considered one of the important approaches for enterprises to grow their businesses. However, novel mechanisms using networking techniques also introduce new threats harming users’ privacy information and operations. Two critical aspects in Web security are cyber security and cloud computing. IEEE CSCloud 2016 focuses on these two aspects and aims to gather recent achievements in cyber security and cloud computing fields. The conference invites those papers that concentrate on new paradigms, algorithms, and applications in cyber security or cloud computing. We also encourage researchers and practitioners to build up the connections between academia and industry. *Topics of interests *include, but are not limited to: - New paradigms in cyber security - Emerging attack methods - Digital forensics and privacy issues in cloud computing - Cyber monitoring approaches - Big data security strategy - Big data security issues in social networks - Social engineering, insider threats, advance spear phishing - Security and fault tolerance for embedded or ubiquitous systems - Cloud users’ privacy information protection - Critical issues and solutions of Cyber security in tele-health - Cyber security in mobile embedded systems - New security cloud computing model, framework, and application - Heterogeneous clouds and vulnerabilities - Secure methods for heterogeneous cloud resource sharing - Green cloud computing mechanisms - Cloud-based audio/video streaming techniques - Quality of Service (QoS) improvements techniques - Case studies for cyber security applications - New attack methods and applications - Cloud-based sensor network and security issues *Committees:* *Honor General Chair* Sun-Yuan Kung, Princeton University, USA *General Chairs* Weifeng Lv, Beihang University, China Bhavani Thuraisingham, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA Meikang Qiu, Pace University, USA *Program Chairs* Jianwei Niu, Beihang University, China Shui Yu, Deakin University, Australia *Important Dates:* Paper Submission: *March** 15th , 2016* Author Notification: Apr. 15th, 2016 Camera-Ready: May 15th, 2016 Author Registration: May 15th, 2016 Conference Date: June 25th-27th, 2016 *Submission Information:* Submitted manuscripts should be written in English conforming to the IEEE conference proceedings format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column, template available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…) Full Papers (up to 6 pages complimentary, or 12 pages with the over length charge), Short Papers (up to 4 pages complimentary, or 5 pages with the over length charge), and Posters (up to 1 page complimentary, or 2 pages with the over length charge) are solicited. See Instructions for authors. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through EasyChair. (Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cscloud2016)

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HPCS/POMCO'2016 Intlernational Workshop + Special issue in JPDC journal
by imen chakroun 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Please accept our apologies if you got multiple copies of this CFP. ============================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Parallel Optimization using/for Multi and Many-core High Performance Computing (POMCO 2016) <http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops---hpcs2016/workshop20-po…> http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops---hpcs2016/workshop20-po… As part of The International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2016) July 18 – July 22, 2016 The University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria *Submission Deadline: April 14, 2016* ============================================================================= *SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES * On the road to exascale, multi-core processors and many-core accelerators/coprocessors are increasingly becoming key-building blocks of many computing platforms including laptops, high performance workstations, clusters, grids, and clouds. On the other hand, plenty of hard problems in a wide range of areas including engineering design, telecommunications, logistics and transportation, biology, energy, etc., are often modeled and tackled using optimization approaches. These approaches include greedy algorithms, exact methods (dynamic programming, Branch-and-X, constraint programming, A*, etc.) and meta-heuristics (evolutionary algorithms, particle swarm, ant or bee colonies, simulated annealing, Tabu search, etc.). In many research works, optimization techniques are used to address high performance computing (HPC) issues including HPC hardware design, compiling, scheduling, auto-tuning, etc. On the other hand, optimization problems become increasingly large and complex, forcing the use of parallel computing for their efficient and effective resolution. The design and implementation of parallel optimization methods raise several issues such as load balancing, data locality and placement, fault tolerance, scalability, thread divergence, etc. This workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for the researchers to present their original contributions on the joint use of advanced (discrete or continuous, single or multi-objective, static or dynamic, deterministic or stochastic, hybrid) optimization methods and distributed and/or parallel multi/many-core computing, and any related issues. *The POMCO Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following*: - Parallel models (island, master-worker, multi-start, etc.) for optimization methods revisited for multi-core and/or many-core (MMC) environments. - Parallelization techniques and advanced data structures for exact (e.g. tree-based) optimization methods. - Parallel mechanisms for hybridization of optimization algorithms on MMC environments - Parallel strategies for handling uncertainty, robustness and dynamic nature of optimization methods. - Implementation issues of parallel optimization methods on MMC workstations, MMC clusters, MMC grids/clouds, etc. - Software frameworks for the design and implementation of parallel and/or distributed MMC optimization algorithms - Computational/theoretical studies reporting results on solving challenging problems using MMC computing - Energy-aware optimization for/with MMC parallel and/or distributed optimization methods - Optimization techniques for efficient compiling, scheduling, etc. for MMC environments - Optimization techniques for scheduling, compiling, auto-tuning for MMC clusters, MMC grids/clouds, etc. *INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS* You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to *Parallel Computing and Algorithms for Simulation and Optimization*. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. For Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers/call-for-posters for posters submission details) will also be considered. Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the workshop paper submission EasyChair site at <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pohpc2016> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pohpc2016. Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission. Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and presentation, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and attend the HPCS 2016 conference to present the paper at the workshop. *Proceedings* Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2016 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly. *SPECIAL ISSUE* Selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work in a special issue of the Elsevier Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing <http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-comput…> (JPDC). http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-comput… If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers. *IMPORTANT DATES * *Paper Submissions: ---------------------------------------- April 14, 2016* *Acceptance Notification: ----------------------------------- April 28, 2016* *Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ----------- May 15, 2016* *Conference Dates: ---------------------------------------- July 18 – 22, 2016* *WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS* *Albert Y. Zomaya *The University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Phone: +61-2-9351 6442 Fax: +61-2-9351 3838 Email: <albert.zomaya(a)sydney.edu.au>albert.zomaya(a)sydney.edu.au *Nouredine Melab* Université Lille 1/INRIA Lille - Nord Europe/CNRS CRIStAL Lille, France Phone: +33 3 59 57 78 86 Fax: +33 3 28 77 85 37 Email: <nouredine.melab(a)univ-lille1.fr>nouredine.melab(a)univ-lille1.fr *Imen Chakroun *Exascience Life Lab, IMEC Research Center Leuven, Belgium Phone: +32 16 28 81 89 Fax: +32 Email: imen.chakroun(a)imec.be <imen.chakroun(a)imec.be> *INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE**: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the workshop International Program Committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2016 and will be published as part of the HPCS 2016 Proceedings. - *Ahcène Bendjoudi,* CERIST-Centre de recherche sur l'information scientifique et technique, Algeria - *Pascal Bouvry,* University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg - *Imen Chakroun,* IMEC, Leuven, Belgium - *Peter Korosec,* Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia - *Bertrand Le Cun,* Université de Paris-Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense, France - *Andrew Lewis,* Griffith University, Australia - *Gabriel* *Luque,* University of Malaga, Spain - *Pierre Manneback,* University of Mons, Belgium - *Mohand Mezmaz,* University of Mons, Belgium - *Celso C. Ribeiro,* Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil - *Catherine* * Roucairol,* Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France - *Franciszek Seredynski,* Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland - *Giandomenico Spezzano,* University of Calabria, Italy - *Patricia Stolf,* Université de Toulouse, France - *Dirk Sudholt,* University of Sheffield, U.K. - *El-Ghazali Talbi,* Université Lille 1, France - *TBA* For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: <http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/> http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/ or <http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs16> http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs16 or contact one of the Conference's organizers.

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Call for Participation: Intl. Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2016)
by Frank Hannig 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

*Call for Participation* *29th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS)*, *Nuremberg, Germany, April 4–7, 2016*. The focus of the 2016 conference will be on /Heterogeneity in Architectures and Systems - From Embedded to HPC/. Program highlights at a glance: * Three keynote speeches o /"Knights Landing Intel Xeon Phi CPU: Path to Parallelism with General Purpose Programming"/ *Avinash Sodani, Chief Architect 'Knights Landing' Xeon-Phi processor at Intel Corporation* o /"Massive Parallelism - C++ and OpenMP Parallel Programming Models of Today and Tomorrow"/ *Michael Wong, ISOCPP.org, OpenMP CEO* o /"Heterogeneous Systems Era"/ *John Glossner, President of the Heterogeneous System Architecture Foundation (HSAF), CEO of Optimum Semiconductor Technologies* * *Five* co-located *workshops* plus a *tutorial* on /"Massively Parallel Task-Based Programming with HPX//"/ * ... and much more, details are available on the ARCS 2016 website: https://www3.cs.fau.de/arcs2016/ (Early registration ends on March 11, 2016)

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Deadline Extension: HUCAA'16 Workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications
by Federico Silla 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

(apologies if you receive multiple HUCAA publicity emails) ============================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS ********************************************************** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 4TH 2016 ********************************************************** 5th International Workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications (HUCAA 2016) http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/hucaa2016 August 16, 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA In conjunction with 45th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2016) ============================================================ ABOUT THE WORKSHOP The workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications gears to gather recent work on heterogeneous and unconventional cluster architectures and applications, which might have an impact on future mainstream 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 special and unconventional applications. In particular we call for GPUs and other accelerators (Intel MIC/Xeon Phi, FPGA) used at cluster level. Even though accelerators are already used pervasively, we still see many unconventional and even disruptive uses of them. Other examples of unconventional cluster architectures and applications include virtualization, in-memory storage, hard- and software interactions, run-times, databases, and device-to-device communication. We are in particular encouraging work on disruptive approaches, which may show inferior performance today but can already point out their performance potential. The broad scope of the workshop facilitates submissions on unconventional uses of hardware or software, gearing to gather ideas that are coming to life now and not limiting them except for their context: clusters. Also, these proposals may rather be reflective of a broader industry trend. We are seeking new proposals presented from a holistic perspective. Also, proposals may rather be reflective of a broader industry trend. In this regard, one of the aims of the workshop is anticipating the evolution of clusters. Instead of just presenting new work carried out in the traditional cluster areas usually addressed in other conferences and workshops, we are thinking on creating the right atmosphere for a discussion of opportunities in cluster computing. In this regard, contributions would not only be accepted according to their technical merits but also according to their contribution to this discussion. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include any heterogeneous or unconventional cluster architecture or application. Examples include, but are not limited to: - Clustered GPUs, Xeon Phis or other accelerators - Runtimes, resource management and scheduling for heterogeneous cluster architectures - Communication methods for distributed or clustered accelerators - Energy-aware data movement techniques - Energy efficiency at the cluster or node level - New industry and technology trends and their potential impact - High-performance, data-intensive, and power-aware computing - Application-specific cluster and datacenter architectures - Emerging programming paradigms for parallel heterogeneous computing - Software cluster-level virtualization for consolidation purposes - Hardware techniques for resource aggregation - New uses of GPUs, FPGAs, and other specialized hardware IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: March 21, 2016 EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 4TH 2016 Notification of acceptance: May 13, 2016 Camera-ready paper: June 3, 2016 Workshop: August 16, 2016 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions may not exceed 8 pages in PDF format including figures and references, and must be formatted in the 2-column IEEE format. Submitted papers must be original work that has not appeared in and is not under consideration for another conference or journal. Work in progress is welcome, but first results should be made available as a proof of concept. Submissions only consisting of a proposal will be rejected. Please visit the workshop website for additional details. HUCAA'16 manuscript submissions are managed by EasyChair. To submit a paper, go to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hucaa16 EXTENDED PAPER JOURNAL VERSION The authors of the best papers from the workshop will be directly invited to submit an extended version for a special issue on a JCR journal (TBD). From the rest of the papers presented in the workshop, selected ones will be invited to submit an extended version. These papers will undergo a shepherding process in order to provide the authors with guidance for improving their work. Notice that this special issue will be open to other works not previously submitted to the workshop, although these new papers will compete with the shepherded ones, which will have higher priority for similar quality. ORGANIZATION CO-CHAIRS - Federico Silla, Technical University of Valencia, Spain - Holger Fröning, U. Heidelberg, Germany STEERING COMMITTEE - José Duato, Technical University of Valencia, Spain - Sudhakar Yalamanchili, Georgia Tech, US - Ulrich Brüning, U. Heidelberg, Germany TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Tarek Abdelrahman, U. Toronto, Canada - José Luis Abellán, Catholic University of Murcia, Spain - Olivier Aumage, INRIA, France - José María Cecilia, Catholic University of Murcia, Spain - Pierfrancesco Foglia, University of Pisa, Italy - Basilio Fraguela, U. Coruna, Spain - Marc Gonzalez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain - Sascha Hunold, Technical University of Vienna, Austria - Christos Kartsaklis, Oak Ridge National Lab, US - Christoph Kessler, Linköping University, Sweden - Tomàs Margalef, U. Autonoma Barcelona, Spain - Gaspar Mora, Intel, US - Thu D. Nguyen, U. Rutgers, US - Dimitrios S. Nikolopoulos, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK - Lena Oden, Argonne National Labs, US - Alberto Ros, University of Murcia, Spain - Dirk Pleiter, Research Center Jülich, Germany - Alistar Rendell, Australian National University, Australia - Etienne Riviere, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland - Won Ro, Yonsei University, South Korea - Antonio Robles, Technical University of Valencia, Spain - Gallopoulos Stratis, University of Patras, Greece - Douglas Thain, U. Notre Dame, US - Matthew Jacob Thazhuthaveetil, Indian Institute of Science, India - Blesson Varghese, U. St Andrews, UK - Shuangyang Yang, Louisiana State University, US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION http://www.hucaa-workshop.org/hucaa2016 or send email to: Federico Silla, Technical University of Valencia: fsilla {at} disca.upv.es Holger Fröning, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg: holger.froening {at} ziti.uni-heidelberg.de -- -------------------------------------- Federico Silla Associate Professor Credited as Full Professor Technical University of Valencia, Spain http://www.disca.upv.es/fsilla ---------------------------------------

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CFP - ReCoSoC 2016 - June 27-29 2016 - Tallinn, Estonia
by Almeida, Gabriel 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

[cid:[email protected]]<http://www.recosoc.org> Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce the 11th edition of ReCoSoC to be held in Tallinn, Estonia. (http://www.recosoc.org) Over the past decade ReCoSoC has established itself as a international reference event for research in the areas of reconfigurable and communication-centric systems-on-chip. Its informal and dynamic philosophy encourages technical and scientific interactions of both academic and industrial participants through presentations and special sessions reporting latest advances in the related areas. PDF version of the CfP<http://ati.ttu.ee/recosoc2016/files/cfp-ReCoSoC16-v1.pdf> The areas of interest include (but are not limited to) : • New paradigms for reconfigurable and communication-centric computing • Reconfigurable and adaptive embedded SoCs • Communication-centric design techniques at different abstraction levels • On-chip communication architectures • Low power design of reconfigurable and multiprocessor SoCs • Communication-aware multiprocessor embedded systems • OS and middleware for reconfigurable and multicore SoCs • Specification languages and design methodologies • Verification and evaluation techniques • Industrial case studies ReCoSoC organizes several special sessions. You are cordially invited to submit your papers to the following special sessions: • Secure multi/many-core architectures in the era of Internet-of-Things • Emerging Technologies for Reconfigurable Systems in the Manycore Era • System Design for Heterogeneous 3D-Architectures • Smart Health Authors are invited to submit contributions as maximum 8 page papers in IEEE conference format. ReCoSoC 2016 follows a double-blind review process: author's should not reveal their identity in the manuscript. Contribution(s) have to be submitted electronically through the EasyChair portal of the conference: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=recosoc2016 All accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore. The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their contribution to the journal Microprocessors and Microsystems: Embedded Hardware Design (MICPRO, Elsevier). Important Dates: Abstract submission deadline: April 1st, 2016 Full paper submission deadline: April 6th, 2016 Author notification: May 15th, 2016 Camera-ready due: June 5th, 2016 Committees General Chairs: Gert Jervan (TU Tallinn, EE) Thomas Hollstein (TU Tallinn, EE / Frankfurt UAS, DE) Program Chairs: Diana Göhringer (Ruhr-University Bochum, DE) Masoud Daneshtalab (KTH, SE) Publicity Chair: Gabriel Almeida (Harman International, DE) Publication Chair: Kalle Tammemäe (TU Tallinn, EE) Local Organization: Liisi Ilu (TU Tallinn, EE) Steering Committee: Gilles Sassatelli (LIRMM-CNRS, France) Manfred Glesner (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Leandro Soares Indrusiak (University of York, UK) Thomas Hollstein (Tallinn TU, Estonia) Lionel Torres (LIRMM-CNRS, France) Michel Robert (LIRMM-CNRS, France) Peter Zipf (Univ. Kassel, Germany) Michael Huebner (Univ. Bochum, Germany) Juergen Becker (ITIV, KIT, Germany) Guy Gogniat (LabStiCC - Univ Brittany, France) Program Committee: Pascal Benoit (LIRMM, University of Montpellier 2) Lilian Bossuet (University of Lyon) Eduardo de La Torre (Technical University of Madrid) Jean-Luc Dekeyser (Inria) Peeter Ellervee (Tallinn University of Technology) Abdoulaye Gamatie (CNRS) Alberto Garcia-Ortiz (U. Bremen / TEM.IDS) Guy Gogniat (Université de Bretagne Sud - UEB) Sergei Gontscharov (Universität Bremen) Daniel Gregorek (University of Bremen) Jan Haase (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität der Bundeswehr) Jim Harkin (University of Ulster) Dominic Hillenbrand (KIT) Michael Huebner (Ruhr-University Bochum) Leandro Indrusiak (University of York) Athanasios Kakarountas (University of Central Greece) Chrysovalantis Kavousianos (University of Ioannina) Loic Lagadec (Lab-STICC, UMR 6285, ENSTA-Bretagne) Sébastien Le Beux (Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology (INL)) Heiner Litz (Stanford University) Vagelis Mariatos (TEI of Mesolonghi) Fernando Moraes (PUCRS) Jari Nurmi (Tampere University of Technology) Kyprianos Papadimitriou (Technical University of Crete) Sebastien Pillement (University of Nantes - IETR) Achim Rettberg (University Oldenburg) Marco Domenico Santambrogio (Politecnico di Milano) Tiberiu Seceleanu (ABB Corporate Research) Kostas Siozios (National Technical University of Athens) Dimitrios Soudris (NTUA) Dirk Stroobandt (Ghent University) Marc Stöttinger (Continental Teves AG oHG) Peter Zipf (Uni Kassel) Lionel Torres (LIRMM) Chao Wang (University of Science and Technoglogy of China) Nikolaos Voros (Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece) Best Regards Gabriel Almeida Publicity Chair - ReCoSoC 2016 DR. GABRIEL ALMEIDA Software Architect - CoC Platform Software HARMAN Connected Car Division Becker-Goering-Str. 16 76307 Karlsbad, Germany Phone: +49 7248 71 3012<tel:+49%207248%2071%203012> Email: gabriel.almeida(a)harman.com<mailto:[email protected]> Web: www.harman.com<http://www.harman.com/> [Harman_Email_Signature_8_18 FINAL] Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by return e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Please use the link below if you want to share large files: https://transfer.harman.com/filedrop/[email protected]

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SYSTOR'16 CFP - paper submission deadline extended to March 15
by Anna Levin 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

**Please note paper submission deadline has been extended to March 15, 2016** We invite you to submit your work for presentation at SYSTOR 2016, the 9th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference. The conference will take place June 6?8, 2016 in Haifa, Israel. Important Dates Full and Short Papers Track Paper Submission March 15, 2016 Acceptance Notification April 15, 2016 Camera-ready May 6, 2016 Highlight Papers Track Extended Abstract Submission May 6, 2016 Acceptance Notification May 20, 2016 Posters Track Extended Abstract Submission April 8, 2016 Acceptance Notification April 22, 2016 Camera-ready May 6, 2016 Conference June 6-8, 2016 Full details on the website: http://www.systor.org/2016/cfp.html SYSTOR organizers aim to provide an excellent international forum for interaction across the systems research community, appealing and useful to academic and industrial researchers, welcoming both students and seasoned professionals. Following this goal, SYSTOR 2016 will host distinguished keynote speakers and offer an interactive poster session as well as social events. SYSTOR promotes experimental and practical computer systems research and welcomes both academic and industrial contributions, including the following topics: - Operating systems, computer architecture, and their interactions - Distributed, parallel, and cloud systems - Networked, mobile, wireless, peer-to-peer, and sensor systems - Runtime systems and compiler/programming-language support - File and storage systems - Security, privacy, and trust - Virtualization - Embedded and real-time systems - Fault tolerance, reliability, and availability - Deployment, usage, and experience - Performance evaluation and workload characterization SYSTOR 2016 solicits submissions in four separate categories: Full Papers Track - original research, at most 10 pages without the references Short Papers Track - original research, at most 5 pages without the references Highlight Papers Track - papers accepted at top-tier conferences Posters Track - original work presented as poster accompanied by the extended abstract Anna Levin Cloud Networking IBM Research and Development Haifa Research Lab E-mail: LANNA(a)il.ibm.com

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