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NetSoft 2016: Call for Poster and PH.D. Forum Abstracts
by Woojin Seok 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email.] *Call for Posters and PH.D. Forum Abstracts* 2nd IEEE CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION – NetSoft 2016 Softwarization of Networks, Clouds, and Internet of Things SEOUL, KOREA, June 6-10, 2016 *CALL FOR POSTERS and PH.D. FORUM ABSTRACTS* The IEEE conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2016, invites both poster and Ph.D. forum abstracts on works-in-progress research in the field of networking software, Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV). For a list of topics, please refer to the NetSoft’2016 Call for Papers. We particularly encourage student and industry submissions. The poster and Ph.D. forum session at NetSoft 2016 offers a great opportunity for researchers and students to present their work in progress to the scientific community and obtain valuable feedback from a knowledgeable crowd at the top-notch conference. The poster and Ph.D. forum session will be structured as a poster presentation, followed by collective discussions. An accepted abstract must be presented by an author in the poster session (specific venue and time will be announced in *POSTER and FORUM PRESENTATION GUIDELINES *for the accepted abstracts) to interested attendees. Particularly, for the students, leading researchers will provide their own perspectives on current and future research in the field, as well as on how to best purse a graduate research in this context. The accepted abstracts will appear in the poster and forum handouts (will NOT be included in the electronic conference/workshops proceedings). Each accepted poster requires an author to register for the conference. A Best Poster and Forum Award will be given based on the novelty and potentials in research. The quality of presentation and the interaction during the session will also be important criteria. The award will be announced in the closing session of the main conference. *PAPER SUBMISSION* A submission should be a 1-page abstract, which summarizes the novelty of proposed ideas, presents initial and work-in-progress results, and identifies challenges and future works to develop a complete solution. Abstracts will be evaluated by the Posters and Ph.D. Forum Session committee based on their originality and the potential to stimulate discussions and promote future collaborations. The abstract should incorporate the following: Title, Brief Summary, Idea Description, and Initial Results. The abstract should be submitted through electronic mail (E-mail) to sjsong(a)umkc.edu and shpack(a)korea.ac.kr by May 6, 2016. *POSTER PRESENTATION GUIDELINES* TBA *IMPORTANT DATES* Paper Submission: May 6, 2016 Notification of Acceptance: May 11, 2016 Camera-ready Posters: May 16, 2016 *NETSOFT GENERAL CHAIR* James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea *POSTER and FORUM CO-CHAIRS* Sejun Song, UMKC, USA Sangheon Pack, Korea University, Korea *IEEE SDN Initiative Chair* Antonio Manzalini, Telecom Italia, Italy *TECHNICAL SPONSORS* IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society.

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PUMPS Summer School
by Antonio J. Peña 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

http://bcw.ac.upc.edu/PUMPS2016 In its seventh edition, the Programming and tUning Massively Parallel Systems summer school (PUMPS) offers researchers and graduate students a unique opportunity to improve their skills with cutting-edge techniques and hands-on experience in developing and tuning applications for many-core processors with massively parallel computing resources like GPU accelerators. - PUMPS 2016 Distinguished Lecturers: Wen-mei Hwu (Univ. of Illinois) and David Kirk (NVIDIA) - Invited Lecturer: Juan Gómez-Luna (Universidad de Córdoba) - BSC/UPC Lecturers: Xavier Martorell, Xavier Teruel The summer school is oriented towards advanced programming and optimizations, and thus previous experience in basic GPU programming will be considered in the selection process. We will also consider the current parallel applications and numerical methods you are familiar with, and the specific optimizations you would like to discuss. Some of the topics that will be covered during the course are: * CUDA Algorithmic Optimization Strategies * Dealing with Sparse and Dynamic data * Efficiency in Large Data Traversal * Reducing Output Interference * Controlling Load Imbalance and Divergence * Acceleration of Collective Operations * Dynamic Parallelism and HyperQ * Debugging and Profiling CUDA Code * Multi-GPU Execution * Architecture Trends and Implications * Introduction to OmpSs and to the Paraver analysis tools * OmpSs: Leveraging GPU/CUDA Programming * Hands-on Labs: CUDA Optimizations on Scientific Codes; OmpSs Programming and Tuning Participants will have access to a multi-node cluster of GPUs, and will learn to program and optimize applications in languages such as CUDA and OmpSs. Teaching Assistants will be available to help with your hands-on lab assignments. At poster and code clinic sessions you may show your current work and applications you are optimizing. NVIDIA will award the best poster presentation and course achievements. - Important Dates: Applications due: May 31, 2016 Notification of acceptance: June 10, 2016 Summer school: July 11-15, 2016 Due to space limitations, early application is strongly recommended. You may also be suggested to attend an online prerequisite training on basic CUDA programming before joining PUMPS. - Location: Barcelona Supercomputing Center / Computer Architecture Dept. at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - Complete information, program and registration: http://bcw.ac.upc.edu/PUMPS2016 PUMPS is organized by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (NVIDIA GPU Center of Excellence), the University of Illinois, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, the HiPEAC Network of Excellence, and the PRACE Advanced Training Centre. Looking forward to see you at the PUMPS Summer School, - PUMPS Co-Directors: Mateo Valero (BSC-UPC) and Wen-mei Hwu (Univ. of Illinois) - Local Organizers: Antonio J. Peña (BSC), Victor Garcia (BSC-UPC), and Nacho Navarro (BSC-UPC) - Contact: bcw2016(a)bcw.ac.upc.edu <mailto:[email protected]> -- Antonio J. Peña, PhD Senior Researcher Acting Director, GPU Center of Excellence Barcelona Supercomputing Center http://www.bsc.es/about-bsc/staff-directory/pena-antonio WARNING / LEGAL TEXT: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential, proprietary, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, distributing, copying, or in any way using this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and destroy and delete any copies you may have received. http://www.bsc.es/disclaimer

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CFP: The 6th IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing (BDCloud 2016)
by Yang Wang 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

The 6th IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing(BDCloud 2016)============================================================= ----------------- Important Dates ----------------- Workshops proposals deadline: April 5th, 2016Paper submission for main conference deadline: May 1st, 2016Paper submission for workshops deadline: May 20th, 2016 Paper decision to authors: June 15th, 2016 Camera ready & Author Registration deadline:July 10th, 2016Early Registration deadline: July 25th Conference dates: October 8-10, 2016 --------------------------------- Paper Submission and Publication --------------------------------- Submissions must include an abstract, keywords,and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. The length of papers shouldnot exceed 8 pages in the IEEE CS Conference format, including tables, figures,and references. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded from thefollowing link: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Eachsubmission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members.Should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors must register for theconference and present the work. All accepted and presented papers will bepublished in conference proceedings by IEEE CPS (EI indexed). Submit your paper(s) at the submission site: http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~bdcloud Some of the best works from all accepted andpresented BDCloud 2016 papers (after their expansion and second round ofindependent reviews) will be invited into special issues of carefully chosenIEEE and ACM journals. We contacted the editorial board of three journals andreceived encouraging response about the possibility of offering a special issueof this journal based on the works presented during the BDCloud 2016 conference. ============================================================== --------------------------------- Introduction --------------------------------- Big data is a term applied to many data sets withsizes going beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture,manage, process and analyze the data within a tolerable time period. Suchdatasets are usually characterized by having high VARIETY due to the data comingfrom various sources or having highly unstructured character (examples includedata from social media, sensor networks, scientific applications, video andimage formats, websites and documents, Internet search indexes, medicalrecords, business transactions, web logs, etc.); and large VOLUMES that areneeded to be processed with high data VELOCITY (I/O-intensive systems). Moreover,big data need to be high VALUE and VERACITY for decision makers to effectively take action and trust theresults and rationale. Cloud computing is an increasingly popularapproach for delivering information infrastructures and resources as computingservices. A broad range of customers (both enterprises and individuals) can usuallyprovision and deploy Cloud services via pay-as-you-go pricing models, which letthem save significant capital investments in their own computing infrastructures.As estimated by IDC, by 2020, about 40% dataglobally will be touched with Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing can provide significant storage,computation, and distribution capabilities in support of solving multiple BigData challenges. The BDCloud (Big Data and Cloud Computing) conference wascreated to provide a prime international forum for researchers, industrypractitioners, and domain experts to exchange the latest advances in Big Dataand Cloud Computing as well as support synergy of both fields. ------------------- Topics ------------------- Topics of particular interest include, but arenot limited to: • Fundamentals of cloud computing • Architectural cloud models • Programming cloud models • Provisioning/pricing cloud models • Data storage and computation incloud computing • Resource and large-scale jobscheduling in cloud computing • Security, privacy, trust, risk incloud and big data • Fault tolerance and reliability incloud computing • Access control to cloud computing • Resource virtualization • Monitoring and auditing in the cloud • Scalable and elastic cloudservices • Social computing in the cloud • Innovative HCI and touch-screenmodels and technologies for the cloud • Mobile commerce, handheld commerce,and e-markets in the cloud • Intelligent/agent-based cloud computing • Migration of business applicationsto the cloud • Energy efficient cloudarchitecture • Energy aware data storage andcomputation in cloud computing • Energy aware scheduling,monitoring, auditing in the cloud • Green Cloud • Cloud use case studies • Big Data theory, applications andchallenges • Big Data mining and analytics inthe cloud • Big Data Infrastructure, MapReduceand cloud computing • Big Data visualization • Large data streams and incrementaldatasets in the cloud • Distributed and federated datasets • NoSQL data stores and DBscalability • Big Data sharing, security,privacy and trust • Big Data placement, scheduling,and optimization • Distributed file systems for BigData • Big Data processing, resourcescheduling, and SLA in the cloud • Performance characterization,evaluation and optimization • Simulation and debugging of BigData systems • Volume, Velocity, Variety, Valueand Veracity of Big Data • Storage and computation managementof Big Data • Large-scale workflow management inBig Data • Data management and distributeddata systems • Big Data applications --------------------- Organizing Committee --------------------- == General Chairs== Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USAAlbert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia == Program Chairs == Rafal Angryk, Georgia State University, USAXiaojun Cao, Georgia State University, USA Guanchun Luo, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,China == Proceedings Chair ==M. ShahriarHossain, University of Texas at El Paso, USA == Workshop Chair == Juan Banda, Stanford University, USA == Publicity Chair == Yang Wang, La Salle University, USA == Local/OrganizingChair == Tammie Dudley, Georgia State University, Atlanta,USA == Finance/Registration Chair == Zhipeng Cai, Georgia State University, USA == Web Chairs == Bing Li, Georgia State University, USA Ning Yu, Georgia State University, USA == Program Committee == See BDCloud-2016 web site: http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~bdcloud -------------------- Contact Information -------------------- If you have any question about the CFP and papersubmission, please email to bdcloud2016(a)gmail.com.

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ACM HPDC 16: Call For Participation
by Song, Shuaiwen 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

**** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION **** The 25th International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC-2016) Kyoto, Japan - May 31 through June 4, 2016 http://www.hpdc.org/2016 Sponsored by ACM SIGARCH In-Cooperation with ACM SIGHPC The ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) is the premier annual conference for presenting the latest research on the design, implementation, evaluation, and the use of parallel and distributed systems for high-end computing. The 25th HPDC will take place in historic Kyoto, Japan from May 31st to June 4th, 2016. Kyoto was designated a World Heritage Site in 1994 for its many historic monuments built during the more than 1000 years in which it served as the Japanese capital and cultural center. HPDC is hosting a total of six workshops on May 31st and June 1st. The main HPDC conference will run from June 2 to 4, featuring 28 presentations of papers and short papers, three keynotes/invited talks, and a poster session. Please see http://www.hpdc.org/2016/ for details. Registration is open now. Deadline for discounted, early registration is May 9, 2016. Travel awards for students to attend conference are available. The deadline for travel award submission is May 6. 2016 Important Dates Deadline for Advance Registration: May 9, 2016. Deadline for Pre-Registration: May 20, 2016. (From May 21, participants are asked to register on-site.) Shuaiwen Leon Song Staff Research Scientist High Performance Computing Group, Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), Washington, US, Office:509-372-4189 Email: Shuaiwen.Song(a)pnnl.gov<mailto:[email protected]> HomePage: https://sites.google.com/site/shuaiwenleonsongresearch/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It is never too late to become what you might have been. ^ -- George Elliot ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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PATC training: VI-HPS Tuning Workshop, May 23-27, Montpellier, France
by Michel Kern 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please share the announcement below with those who may be interested. The PATC partners in France are hosting a number of courses in the coming months. As for all PATC events, these courses are in English and are free of charge for all participants. These are just some of many courses offered by the PRACE Advanced Training Centres based in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. There are still seats available for the following course: 22nd VI- HPS Tuning Workshop, May 23-27, Cines, Montpellier, France Détails et inscriptions: https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/478/ This workshop is organized by the Virtual Institute - High Productivity Supercomputing (VI- HPS ) for the French PRACE Advanced Training Centre, and will be hosted by CINES : it will give an overview of the VI- HPS programming tools suite, explain the functionality of individual tools and how to use them effectively, as well as offer hands-on experience and expert assistance using the tools. See agenda and further details at http://www.vi-hps.org/training/tws/tw22.html You can find all the courses offered by the PATC s at http://events.prace-ri.eu/categoryDisplay.py?categId=2 and further info about Maison de la Simulation at http://www.maisondelasimulation.fr/Phocea/Page/index.php?id=71 If you have specific inquiries please contact patc(a)maisondelasimulation.fr Best regards Michel Kern, coordinator for PATC France -- Michel Kern Centre de Recherche Inria de Paris, Maison de la Simulation 2 rue Simone Iff, bureau A413, Digiteo Labs, bât 565, CEA Saclay 75012 Paris 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex tel. : +33 (0)1 80 49 42 36, tel. : +33 (0)1 69 08 58 32

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Women in HPC at ISC 2016: Call for posters and participation
by Sunita Chandrasekaran 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

*Women in HPC at ISC 2016: Call for posters and participation* *In collaboration with ISC High Performance 2016* *http://www.womeninhpc.org/women-in-hpc-at-isc-2016/* <http://www.womeninhpc.org/women-in-hpc-at-isc-2016> Women in HPC will attend ISC for a second year in June 2016. Once again we will bring together women from across the international HPC community, providing opportunities to network, showcasing the work of inspiring women and discussing how we can all work towards to improving the under-representation of women in supercomputing. *Workshop* *Thursday 23 June 2016 (Time to be confirmed)* The fourth international Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) workshop, held at ISC 2016, Frankfurt, Germany will once again bring together the HPC community to discuss the growing importance of increasing diversity in the workplace. This workshop aims to recognize and discuss the challenges faced by women, one of many underrepresented groups that exist in HPC, as well as opportunities for broadening participation in HPC fields and activities to encourage women to enter the field with consideration of differing legislation affecting hiring and employment practices among the different countries. *Call for posters: Now Open!* *Deadline for submissions 9 May 2016 AOE* As part of the workshop we will be inviting submissions from female early career researchers to present their work as a poster in a supportive environment that promotes the engagement of women in HPC research and applications, providing opportunities for peer to peer networking and the opportunity to interact with female role models. To submit your work please email your abstract as a word or text document containing the following information to info(a)womeninhpc.org by 9 May 2016: - Full name of main (presenting) author, short biography (150 words) and photograph for website publicity - Names of any other authors; - Current institution of all authors; - Abstract (up to 250 words) For full details please see: http://www.womeninhpc.org/women-in-hpc-at-isc-2016/workshop/submit *Panel discussion and breakout sessions*We will host a panel discussion and breakout sessions inviting questions and suggestions from the audience on how employers can help diversify the HPC workforce, the obstacles employers face, and sharing best practise across the international community from a variety of HPC employers. *Sign up and take part!* We would like to encourage everyone who has an interest in the equal representation of women to attend, irrespective of their gender. Registration is via ISC-HPC <https://www.isc-events.com/ir/registration.php> the website. For the workshop please register to attend the Thursday workshop session, which can be done either with as add-on to the conference program (Monday to Wednesday), or as a separate workshop-only pass.

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DISC 2016 -- SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
by Swan Dubois 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email] [Do not hesitate to forward to your colleagues, students...] ============================================================================= DISC 2016 -- SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 30th International Symposium on Distributed Computing September 26-29, 2016, Paris, France www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2016 SUBMISSION SITE IS NOW OPEN : https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=disc16 ============================================================================= DISC is the International Symposium on Distributed Computing, organized in cooperation with the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). --------------- Important Dates --------------- Abstract Registration : May 3, 2016 (AoE) Paper Submission : May 10, 2016 (AoE) Notification : July 7, 2016 Camera-Ready Submission : July 20, 2016 Conference : September 26--29, 2016 ----- Scope ----- Original contributions to theory, design, implementation, modeling, analysis, or application of distributed systems and networks are solicited. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Distributed algorithms; correctness and complexity - Concurrency, synchronization, and transactional memory - Distributed operating systems, middleware, database systems - Self-stabilizing, self-organizing, and autonomous systems - Wireless, mobile, sensor and ad-hoc networks - Fault tolerance, reliability, availability - Game-theoretic approaches to distributed computing - Specification, verification, and testing: tools, methodologies - Networks: protocols, architectures, services, applications - Multiprocessor and multicore architectures and algorithms - System on chip and network on chip architectures - Security in distributed computing, cryptographic protocols - Distributed computing issues in the Internet and the Web - Cloud and peer-to-peer computing - Software-defined networking and network functions virtualization - Mobile agents and autonomous robots ---------- Submission ---------- Papers are to be submitted electronically, following the guidelines on the conference web page. Submissions must be in English, in .pdf format, and begin with a cover page (not a cover letter) including: (1) title, (2) authors' names and affiliations, (3) contact author's email address, (4) a short abstract of the paper, (5) indication of whether this is a regular paper or a brief announcement, and (6) indication of whether the paper is eligible for the best student paper award. A submission for a ***regular presentation*** must report on original research that has not previously appeared, and has not been concurrently submitted to a journal or conference with published proceedings. Any overlap with a published or concurrently submitted paper must be clearly indicated. A regular submission must not exceed 10 single-column pages using at least 11 point font on letter paper (excluding cover page and references). Authors are expected to include all the ideas necessary for an expert to verify the central claims in the paper. If necessary, the details may appear in a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the discretion of the program committee. A ***brief announcement*** submission must not exceed 2 pages in the same format. The material in brief announcements can be published in other conferences. Submissions not conforming to these rules and papers outside of the scope of the conference will be rejected without consideration. If requested by the authors on the cover page, a regular submission that is not selected for a regular presentation can be considered for the brief announcements track. Such a request will not affect consideration of the paper for a regular presentation. ----------- Publication ----------- The proceedings will be published as a volume in the ARCoSS Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Camera-ready versions of accepted papers must be submitted in the LNCS format. Accepted papers must be presented by one of the paper's authors, at the conference site, and according to the final schedule. Any paper accepted into the technical program but not presented on-site will be withdrawn from the official proceedings archived on Springer. ------ Awards ------ Awards will be given to the best paper and the best student paper. To be eligible for the best student paper award at least one of the paper authors must be a full-time student at the time of submission, and the student(s) must have made a significant contribution to the paper. ----------------- Program Committee ----------------- Silvia Bonomi, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy Carole Delporte-Gallet, Paris-Diderot University, France Swan Dubois, UPMC Sorbonne Universités, France Michael Elkin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Godard Emmanuel, Aix-Marseille University, France Panagiota Fatourou, FORTH ICS & Crete University, Greece Pascal Felber, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland Paola Flocchini, Ottawa University, Canada Cyril Gavoille (chair), Bordeaux University, France Chryssis Georgiou, Cyprus University, Cyprus Seth Gilbert, National University of Singapore, Singapore Vincent Gramoli, Sydney University, Australia Rachid Guerraoui, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Magnús M. Halldórsson, Reykjavik University, Island David Ilcinkas, CNRS & Bordeaux University, France Matthew P. Johnson, CUNY Graduate Center, USA Christoph Lenzen, MPI for Informatics, Germany Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Osaka University, Japan Mikhail Nesterenko, Kent State University, USA Paolo Penna, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland Luís Rodrigues, Lisbona University, Portugal Elad M. Schiller, Chalmers University, Sweden Johannes Schneider, ABB Corp. Research, Switzerland Christian Sommer, Apple Inc., USA Jennifer L. Welch Texas A&M University, USA Philipp Woelfel, Calgary University, Canada -------------------- Organizing Committee -------------------- Lélia Blin (logistic chair), Evry University, France Swan Dubois (publicity chair), UPMC Sorbonne Universités, France David Ilcinkas (proceedings chair), CNRS & Bordeaux University, France Colette Johnen (workshop chair), Bordeaux University, France Petr Kouznetsov (sponsoring chair) Telecom ParisTech, France Maria Potop-Butucaru (general chair), UPMC Sorbonne Universités, France Stéphane Rovedakis (web chair), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France ------------------ Steering Committee ------------------ Roberto Baldoni, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy Keren Censor-Hillel, Technion, Israel Shlomi Dolev (chair), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Cyril Gavoille, Bordeaux University, France Fabian Kuhn, Freiburg University, Germany Yoram Moses, Technion, Israel Achour Mostefaoui, Nantes University, France ------------------- Contact Information ------------------- If you have any question about the CFP and paper submission, please email to gavoille(a)labri.fr. ------------------- Swan DUBOIS UPMC Sorbonne Universités DISC 2016 Publicity Chair

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The International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) - ERA Indexed
by lawrencedurrel＠aicty.org 24 Apr '16

24 Apr '16

The International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC)http://airccse.org/journal/ijcnc.html ISSN 0974 - 9322 (Online) ; 0975 - 2293 (Print) Scope & Topics The International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) is a bi monthly open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles which contribute new results in all areas of Computer Networks & Communications.The journal focuses on all technical and practical aspects of Computer Networks & data Communications. The goal of this journal is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on advanced networking concepts and establishing new collaborations in these areas. Authors are solicited to contribute to this journal by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the Computer Networks & Communications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, the following - Network Protocols & Wireless Networks - Network Architectures - High speed networks - Routing, switching and addressing techniques - Next Generation Internet - Next Generation Web Architectures - Network Operations & management - Adhoc and sensor networks - Internet and Web applications - Ubiquitous networks - Mobile networks & Wireless LAN - Wireless Multimedia systems - Wireless communications - Heterogeneous wireless networks - Measurement & Performance Analysis - Peer to peer and overlay networks - QoS and Resource Management - Network Based applications - Network Security - Self-Organizing Networks and Networked Systems - Optical Networking - Mobile & Broadband Wireless Internet - Recent trends & Developments in Computer Networks Paper submission Authors are invited to submit papers for this journal through e-mail ijcnc(a)airccse.org Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this Journal. Important Dates - Submission Deadline : May 07, 2016 - Notification : June 08, 2016 - Final Manuscript Due : June 16, 2016 - Publication Date : Determined by the Editor-in-Chief For other details please visit : http://airccse.org/journal/ijcnc.html

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NetSoft 2016: Call for Demonstrations
by Woojin Seok 23 Apr '16

23 Apr '16

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. ] *CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS* The IEEE conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2016, invites demonstration proposals on networking software related research prototypes. As a high-profile, leading edge forum for researchers and engineers in the field of networking software, Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), NetSoft 2016 offers a unique opportunity to demonstrate innovative and leading edge networking software prototypes, engage with highly skilled technical audience, and discuss emerging technologies with key thought leaders. Demonstrations showcasing working systems, innovative applications, ground breaking ideas, and novel concepts related to networking software are welcome. In particular, we are seeking the following types of contributions without implying any order of preference: • Demonstrations from student authors related to the concepts presented in their paper(s). • Demonstrations from authors whose contributions have been accepted in the main conference and workshops • Demonstrations from faculty and academic research groups related to NetSoft 2016 key topics • Demonstrations from industrial researchers. • Demonstrations from open source communities. *PAPER SUBMISSION * Prospective contributors are expected to turn in a demo proposal in the form of a 2-page paper in IEEE conference double-column format, preferably incorporating a demo system architecture illustration. Demo papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted demo papers will be included in the electronic conference/workshops proceedings bundle provided to NetSoft 2016 attendees and will be subsequently submitted to IEEE Xplore. The paper should incorporate the following: • Title • Abstract • Description • Key networking concepts involved and what is demonstrated • Prototype Illustrations • Highlights of the innovation, ground breaking, novel ideas in the area of Networking Software. • A crisp list of individual items that will be demonstrated. • The list of technical requirements for the demonstration (power outlet, space, etc.). The proposal may include additional documents like power points, etc., that clarifies the demonstration. Demonstration proposal papers should be submitted through electronic mail (E-mail) to roberto.riggio(a)create-net.org, drsungwon(a)khu.ac.kr, and kamiyama.noriaki(a)ist.osaka-u.ac.jp by April 29th, 2016. *IMPORTANT DATES * Paper Submission: April 29th, 2016 Notification of Acceptance: May 6th, 2016 Camera Ready Papers: May 13th, 2016 *DEMO CO-CHAIRS*Sungwon Lee, KHU, Korea Roberto Riggio, Create-Net, Italy Noriaki Kamiyama, Osaka University, Japan *NETSOFT GENERAL CHAIR * James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea Thanks. Woojin Seok. NetSoft 2016 Publicity Co-Chair

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Middleware 2016 - Call for Workshops
by Mirco Musolesi 23 Apr '16

23 Apr '16

Middleware 2016 - Call for Workshops Online version available at http://2016.middleware-conference.org/workshop/ 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. Middleware is the software that resides between applications and the underlying architecture and platforms, often with an emphasis on networked computing. The goal of middleware is to facilitate the development of applications by providing higher-level abstractions for better programmability, performance, scalability, security. It is a rapidly evolving and growing field. The Middleware conference traditionally includes a number of high quality workshops. We invite experts on related research subjects to submit one-day workshop proposals in scope of Middleware 2016. Proposed workshops can be on any topic related to middleware, but we are particularly interested in new workshops in emerging, new middleware areas. IMPORTANT DATES - Workshop proposal submission deadline June 17, 2016 - Workshop proposal acceptance notification June 24, 2016 - Workshop calls for papers online July 15, 2016 - Approximate workshop paper submission deadline September 9, 2016 - Workshop paper notification October 3, 2016 - Workshop paper camera ready (hard deadline) October 17, 2016 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION A workshop proposal (not exceeding three pages, 11pt, in PDF format) should include the following information: - The title of the workshop; - The names and e-mail addresses of the organizing committee; - A brief technical description of the workshop topic area; - A short description of the intended format of the workshop (keynote speakers, discussions, ...); - Tentative workshop paper submission and notification deadlines. Note that the latest camera-ready deadline for all workshop papers is October 17, 2016. This is a HARD DEADLINE to allow papers to be published in the ACM digital library. - A brief statement of the relevance of the workshop to Middleware; - A preliminary list of PC members that have accepted to participate in the committee; - A description of the organizers’ strategy for attracting submissions and attendees to the workshop, including information about how publicity will be carried to attract world-wide participation. Each workshop will organize its own submissions and reviewing procedures, and it will provide its own web page. A link will be provided to this web page from the Middleware 2016 Web site. Workshop organizers will ensure that all accepted papers are peer reviewed. Moreover, they will organize their schedule so that: (i) the paper submission deadline falls after the main conference’s notification date; (ii) authors are notified no later than October 10, 2016; and (iii) authors submit their that camera-ready papers no later than October 17, 2016. Accepted papers should be no longer than 6 pages in the standard ACM format. Workshop organizers are responsible for preparing the papers for their workshops in the format required by ACM. As in previous years, the Middleware conference organisers will provide companion proceedings including all workshop papers, which will be available in the ACM Digital Library. This is subject to the availability of camera-ready version by October 17, 2016. Workshop proposals must be sent to both of the following addresses: - Anirüddhā Gokhālé, Vanderbilt University, USA (a.gokhale(a)vanderbilt.edu) - Guillaume Pierre, IRISA/Rennes 1 University, France (guillaume.pierre(a)irisa.fr) -- 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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