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Third Workshop on Accelerator Programming using Directives (WACCPD) @ SC16
by Sunita Chandrasekaran 11 May '16

11 May '16

Third Workshop on Accelerator Programming using Directives (WACCPD) http://waccpd.org/ Monday, November 14, 2016 co-located with SC16: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis <http://sc16.supercomputing.org/> November 13-18, 2016 *Call for Papers:* One of the hard realities is that the hardware continues to evolve very rapidly with diverse memory subsystems or cores with different ISAs or accelerators of varied types. The HPC community is in constant need for sophisticated software tools and techniques to port legacy code to these emerging platforms. Maintaining a single code base yet achieving performance portable solution continues to pose a daunting task. Directive-based programming models such as OpenACC, OpenMP tackle this issue by offering scientists a high-level approach to accelerate scientific applications and develop performance portable solutions. This enables accelerators to be first-class citizens for HPC! To address the rapid pace of hardware evolution, developers continue to explore and add richer features to the various (parallel) programming standards. Domain scientists continue to explore the programming and tools space while preparing themselves for future Exascale systems. This workshop aims to solicit papers that explore innovative language features – their implementations, compilation & runtime scheduling techniques, performance optimization strategies, autotuning tools exploring the optimization space and so on. WACCPD has been one of the major forums for bringing together the users, developers and tools community to share their knowledge and experiences of using directives and similar approaches to program emerging complex systems. * Topics of interest for workshop submissions include (but are not limited to):* • Compiler and Runtime support for current and emerging architectures • Language-based extensions • Memory management using directives • Performance evaluation and lessons learnt • Auto-tuning and optimization strategies • Programming experience porting applications in any domain • Extensions to and shortcomings of current accelerator directives APIs • Hybrid heterogeneous or many-core programming with accelerator directives with other models (i.e. OpenMP, MPI, OpenSHMEM) • Scientific libraries interoperability with accelerator directives • Experiences in implementing compilers for accelerator directives on newer architectures • Low level communication APIs or runtimes that support accelerator directives • Asynchronous execution and scheduling (heterogeneous tasks) • Power / energy studies • Static analysis and verification tools • Modeling and performance analysis tools • Benchmarks and validation suites *Paper Submission Guidelines:* Submissions are limited to 10 pages. They must follow the ACM format (see http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) The 10-page limit includes figures, tables, and appendices, but does not include references, for which there is no page limit. Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=waccpd2016 Submitted papers should not have appeared in or be under consideration for a different workshop, conference or journal. It is also expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. * Steering Committee:* • Barbara Chapman (StonyBrook University, cOMPunity, USA) • Satoshi Matsuoka (Titech, Japan) • Thomas Schulthess (ORNL, USA) • Duncan Poole (OpenACC) • Oscar Hernandez (ORNL, USA) • Jeff Vetter (ORNL, USA) *Program Co-Chairs:* • Guido Juckeland, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany • Sunita Chandrasekaran, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA *Program Committee:* • Christopher Bergstorm (Pathscale) • James Beyer (NVIDIA, USA) • Henri Callandra (TOTAL, USA) • Robert Dietrich (TU Dresden, Germany) • Fernanda Foertter (ORNL, USA) • Mark Govette (NOAA, USA) • Georg Hager (FAU, Germany) • Jeff Hammond (Intel, USA) • Arpith J. Jacob (IBM, USA) • Henri Jin (NASA-Ames, USA) • Wayne Joubert (ORNL, USA) • Michael Klemm (Intel, Germany) • Seyong Lee (ORNL, USA) • Antonio J. Pena (BSC, Spain) • William Sawyer (CSCS, Switzerland) • Thomas Schwinge (MentorGraphics, Germany) • Ray Sheppard (Indiana University, USA) • Christian Terboven (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) • Michael Wolfe (NVIDIA, USA) *Important Deadlines:* • Submission Deadline: August 22nd, 2016 AoE • Author notification: September 30th, 2016 • Camera Ready papers due: October 2nd, 2016 AOE *Keynote Speaker:* Jack Well, the Director of Science for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), will give the Keynote at the workshop. OLCF is a DOE Office of Science national user facility, and the Titan supercomputer is located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Wells is responsible for the scientific outcomes of the OLCF’s user programs. Wells has previously lead both ORNL’s Computational Materials Sciences group in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division and the Nanomaterials Theory Institute in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences. Prior to joining ORNL as a Wigner Fellow in 1997, Wells was a postdoctoral fellow within the Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Wells has a Ph.D. in physics from Vanderbilt University, and has authored or co-authored over 80 scientific papers and edited 1 book, spanning nanoscience, materials science and engineering, nuclear and atomic physics computational science, applied mathematics, and text-based data analytics. *Contact: * Pls email organizers(a)waccpd.org for any questions.

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CfP: ARMS-CC new deadline and FGCS SI
by Florin Pop 11 May '16

11 May '16

****************************************************************************** * ARMS-CC 2016 Workshop * * Workshop on Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing, * Held in conjunction with PODC 2016 (http://www.podc.org) * Chicago, Illinois, July 29, 2016 * * Webpage: http://arms-cc.hpc.pub.ro * ****************************************************************************** News ---- Future Generation Computer Systems: Special Issue on Resource Management for Big Data Platforms (http://goo.gl/MVCn8V) This special issue is open for any submissions. The main target audience will be the papers accepted on the Workshop on Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing (ARMS-CC, http://arms-cc.hpc.pub.ro) organized in conjunction with PODC 2016 (http://www.podc.org) and also the papers accepted at the host conference. Call for Papers --------------- We have a great pleasure to invite you to participate in the ARMS-CC 2016, Workshop on Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing, held in conjunction with PODC 2016, Chicago, Illinois, July 29th, 2016. Welcome ------- Following the success of last years editions of ARMS-CC held in Donostia-San Sebastián (2015) and Paris (2014), the third edition of ARMS-CC workshop aims at providing a venue for researchers, engineers, and practitioners involved in the development of new resource management methods, scheduling algorithms, and middleware tools for Cloud Computing. The goal is to provide an interactive and friendly yet professional forum for original research contributions describing novel ideas, groundbreaking results or quantified system experiences, in the context of PODC Symposium. The work presented in ARMS-CC workshop can report and summarise on previous work, present early new results or put forward new and outrageous ideas. We cordially invite you to submit your contribution to the Workshop on Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing (ARMS-CC 2016). The scope of the workshop includes, but is not limited to: Foundational Models for Resource Management in Cloud Distributed Scheduling Algorithms Load-Balancing and Co-Allocation Dynamic, Adaptive and Machine Learning based Distributed Algorithms Self-* and Autonomic Cloud Systems Cloud Composition, Federation, Bridging, and Bursting Cloud Resource Virtualization and Composition Fault Tolerance, Reliability, Availability of Cloud Systems Cloud Workload Profiling and Deployment Control Cloud Quality Management and Service Level Agreement (SLA) High Performance Cloud Computing Many-Task Computing Mobile Cloud Computing Green Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Platforms for Big Data Resource Management in Big Data Platforms Scheduling Algorithms for Big Data Processing Resource Management for different Applications: Smart-Cities, e-Health, Cyber-Physical Systems, etc. Simulation and Performance Evaluation ARMS-CC workshop would be of interest to the PODC community because it highlights the consideration of self-* improvements, which is explicitly focused on resource utilization and combines local and global enforcement solutions, supports the estimation of resources needed, scalability, mobility, reliability, and fault tolerance. General Chairs -------------- Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, Email: florin.pop {at} cs.pub.ro Radu Prodan, Institute for Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Email: radu {at} dps.uibk.ac.at Program Committee ----------------- Adriana Iamnitchi, University of South Florida, USA Alexandru Costan, INRIA / INSA Rennes, France Ana Oprescu, VU University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Bogdan Ghit, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Bogdan Nicolae, IBM Reseach, Dublin, Ireland Bogdan Simion, University of Toronto, Canada Ciprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucarest, Romania Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy Florin Isaila, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Florina Ciorba, University of Basel, Switzerland Gabor Kecskemeti, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Gabriel Antoniu, INRIA / INSA Rennes, France Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ioan Raicu, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) / Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA Jorge Barbosa, University of Porto, Portugal Juan J. Durillo, University of Innsbruck, Austria Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Matei Ripeanu, University of British Columbia , Canada Stefania Costache, IBM Research, USA Thilo Kielmann, VU University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam, The Netherlands Valentin Cristea, University Politehnica of Bucarest, Romania Xiaomin Zhu, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China Important Dates --------------- The new schedule of ARMS-CC is as follow: Abstract registration: 08-May-2016 -> Extended to: 22-May-2016. Submission deadline: 15-May-2016 -> Extended to: 29-May-2016. Author notification: 12-June-2016 -> Expected to: 20-June-2016.. Camera-ready due: 01-July-2016. Workshop: 29-July-2016, Chicago, Illinois. Paper Submission and Publication -------------------------------- The full paper in PDF format will be submitted via EasyChair system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=armscc2016. Papers are to be submitted electronically, following the guidelines available on the PODC conference web page. Authors unable to submit electronically should contact the program chairs to receive instructions. ARMS-CC Workshop at PODC-16 will have a separate proceedings, which will be published in ACM Digital library. Submissions should not exceed 6 pages in length (in ACM format). Formatting a full paper, the author is requested to strictly conform to the template provided by ACM. The detailed author’s instruction and the related template files to be used with the most popular Document Composition tools (LaTeX, Microsoft Word), are available at the following URL: http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html. The final paper MUST be formatted according to the above instructions. The program committee, potentially assisted by outside referees in limited cases, will do reviewing of full papers. We will assign in the first step three reviewers for a submission and, if we not have a clear decision we will designate an advocate. The evaluation will be based on originality, scientific significance, technical soundness, and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be shepherded through an editorial review process by a member of the program committee. Accepted submissions will be treated as confidential prior to publication. A special issue for extended papers and submission rules will be announced before the workshop. Rejected submissions will be permanently treated as confidential. By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will attend the workshop to present it. This is the strong condition for a submission to be considered for publication in the special issue. Registration ------------ The registration for ARMS-CC will follow PODC registration rules.

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CFP: IISWC 2016 - Extended deadline!
by Ramon Bertran 11 May '16

11 May '16

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IEEE Cluster 2016: Call for Posters
by Balaji, Pavan 10 May '16

10 May '16

Call for Posters http://www.ieeecluster2016.org/ The IEEE Cluster 2016 provides a forum for both academia and industry professionals to present their latest research findings in all aspects of cluster, cloud, and grid technologies in the form of a posters, which will be included in the conference proceedings. Posters will be presented during the same session, during the conference. Additionally, authors may submit posters for publication on the web. The topics of interest are: Area 1: Application, Algorithms, and Libraries * HPC applications on clusters * Performance modeling and measurement * Novel algorithms on clusters * Hybrid programming techniques (e.g., MPI+OpenMP) * Cluster benchmarks * Application-level libraries on clusters * Effective use of clusters in novel applications * Performance evaluation tools Area 2: Architecture, Network/Communications, and Management * Energy-efficient cluster architectures * Node and system architecture * Packaging, power and cooling * GPU/ManyCore and heterogeneous clusters * Interconnect/memory architectures * Single system image clusters * Administration and maintenance tools Area 3: Programming and System Software * Cluster system software/operating systems * Cloud-enabling cluster technologies and virtualization * Energy-efficient middleware * Cluster system-level protocols and APIs * Cluster security * Resource and job management * Programming and software development environments on clusters * Fault tolerance and high-availability Area 4: Data, Storage, and Visualization * Cluster architectures for big data storage and processing * Middleware for big data management * Cluster-based cloud architectures for big data * File systems and I/O libraries * Support and integration of non-volatile memory * Visualization clusters and tiled displays * Big data visualization tools * Programming models for big data processing * Big data application studies on cluster architectures Participants submitting proceedings-published posters are required to submit a short paper (2 pages) describing the poster content, the research supporting it, and the relevance and importance to the cluster, cloud, and grid computing community. If accepted, this short paper will be published in the proceedings of the conference. Posters will be displayed during the conference and will be posted on the conference website. Display Poster Size The poster boards will be 24x36" (60x90cm), portrait. Please make sure that your posters are no larger than that. Submission Guidelines Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 2 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. See formatting templates for details: LaTex package and word template are available from http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html Please submit your posters at https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ieeecluster/ Important Dates Submission date: June 8th, 2016 Notification: July 22nd, 2016 Cluster 2016 Posters Chairs Ewa Deelman, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA (Chair) Maciej Malawski, AGH University of the Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland (Vice-Chair)

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CFP: ERROR workshop at eScience 2016
by Justin M Wozniak 10 May '16

10 May '16

2nd Workshop on E-science ReseaRch leading tO negative Results (ERROR) in conjunction with eScience 2016 Baltimore, Maryland, USA October 23 or 24, 2016 http://press3.mcs.anl.gov/errorworkshop2016 Researchers invest a significant amount of time and efforts in their research. Similarly, funders significantly invest to cover the costs of research. New techniques and technologies influence research approaches, methods, and scale in a rapidly changing e-science landscape. Ever-increasing problem and data sizes mean researchers must deal with novelty in multiple dimensions, some of which are beyond their control. A combination of such factors increases the likelihood that some of the obtained results will not be useful in the context of the goals of the original project: the results are negative (deviating from initial hypothesis), abnormal (anomalous to results from similar studies), or otherwise unexpected. Under normal circumstances, such negative results are never published, and the reasons that they were obtained are seldom discussed and analyzed. Many useful lessons known only by a small audience, such as a researcher and her group, are thus lost to the general community. Yet ignoring such results and the process by which they were obtained poses a risk of repetition by another researcher or group. The fact that other researchers likely face the same situations and the same pitfalls further increases the cost of research, a cost that would have been avoided if the negative results were brought forward and discussed in-depth within and across communities. Documenting and more widely communicating these experiences will benefit the community and help recover some positive return from the expended efforts and cost. Major topics include (but are not limited to) * Unforeseen technology/problem/technique misfits * Institutional policies (on rejected research) * Failures and obstacles faced during a successful research work * Controversial results because of undiscovered technological/technical glitch * Unconventional results which contradict theoretical expectations * Discovery of better approaches after a significant efforts spent on research * Inadequate or misconfigured infrastructure * Abnormal and anomalous results * Ongoing research with setbacks and lessons learned * A hypothesis with one or more limiting assumptions * Discovery of unexpected behavior in hardware, networks or platforms * Data size that is too big or too small for the applied technique * Implementation of simulation tools based on incorrect physical observations * Defect in software design, architecture and/or user interface * Software and platform incompatibilities * Zero defect software policy and its implications Paper Submission Guidelines --------------------------- Authors are invited to submit a maximum of 6-page manuscripts describing original and unpublished work surrounding the aforementioned topics. The format of the paper should be of double column text using single spaced 10 point size on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, as per IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines. Templates are available from: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/author_temp…. Authors should submit a PDF file that will print on a postscript printer to the easychair conference system at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=error2016 Important Dates --------------- 24 June 2016: Paper submission deadline 1 August 2016: Author notification 1 September 2016: Camera ready version 23 October 2016: Workshop dates General Chair and Contact ------------------------- Justin M. Wozniak, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory wozniak(a)mcs.anl.gov Steering Committee ------------------ Ketan Maheshwari, University of Pittsburgh Daniel S. Katz, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory Silvia Olabarriaga, University of Amsterdam Douglas Thain, Notre Dame University Program Committee ----------------- Raj Kettimuthu, Argonne National Laboratory Matei Ripeanu, University of British Columbia Sou-Cheng Choi, NORC at the University of Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology Tristan Glatard, CNRS (France) / McGill University (Canada) Eun Sung Jung, Argonne National Laboratory Tram Truong Huu, National University of Singapore Cédric Tedeschi, University of Rennes Javier Rojas Balderrama, INRIA, France Timothy G. Armstrong, Cloudera Dagmar Krefting, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin Simon Caton, National College of Ireland -- Justin M Wozniak

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CFP: 2016 Workshop on modeling and simulation of systems and applications
by Hoisie, Adolfy 10 May '16

10 May '16

Call for Position Papers Workshop on Modeling & Simulation of Systems and Applications August 10-12, 2016 ♦ University of Washington, Seattle To promote advancements in ModSim research, we will be soliciting community input in the form of abstracts. If accepted, the abstract’s author(s) will be invited to offer presentations or posters at the 2016 ModSim Workshop. Workshop URL: http://hpc.pnl.gov/modsim/2016/<http://hpc.pnl.gov/modsim/2016/index.shtml> Submission URL: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=modsim20160 EasyChair Submission Deadline: Friday, June 03, 2016 Submission Guidelines: Abstracts should be submitted according to the guidelines described in EasyChair. The Organizing Committee will review these abstracts and invite selected contributors to participate in the ModSim 2016 workshop. Once extended, the invitation will specify whether a presentation or poster is required. Responsive submissions will be made public via the workshop website<http://hpc.pnl.gov/modsim/2016/presentations.shtml>, and selected papers may be included in a post-workshop proceedings (pending final publication decision). ModSim 2016 Topics Advanced Architectures (including beyond CMOS) Powerful components, such as GPU and RISC processors, 3D memory devices, and ASIC devices linked by increasingly sophisticated interconnection technologies, are frequently combined in novel and unproven ways. This practice, coupled with ever-present demands for greater execution and power efficiencies, lower acquisition costs, and higher reliability, creates even more complexity. ModSim can enable exploration of the most novel architectures, cultivating an understanding of what does and does not work (and why) and guiding complex engineering processes to successful conclusions. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts describing their research, tools, and techniques for modeling and simulating computer architectures and components, particularly topics related to modeling architectures beyond CMOS, such as neuromorphic computing. Integration of Measurement and ModSim New architectures and systems offer a wealth of information regarding performance and power. However, understanding how to capture this information is often complex. Current state-of-the-art monitoring systems can point to various definitions of counter events, while different depth and breadth across vendors and significant idiosyncrasies only add to the complexity. Benchmarking is another measurement technique that offers a snapshot of system and application behavior at the application or microarchitecture-probe level. In ModSim, a range of methodologies and tools employ measurements. Among them, model validation is vital. ModSim 2016 will take an in-depth look at the “virtuous circle” of measurement and modeling. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts related to: standardization of counter interfaces and definition of events, design of monitoring systems, monitoring systems architectures, trackable events, measurement tools and interfaces, ingesting measurement data into simulators, and measurement-based simulation verification and validation. ModSim Methods and Tools While the types and numbers of modeling and simulation tools and techniques continue to grow, their value and use still depend on deciding what users want ModSim to achieve. Whether solving a complex, real-world problem or enhancing general research and applications, interoperable, best-practice-based, validated models can contribute valuable understanding. Researchers are invited to submit their abstracts related to ModSim methods and/or tools, including: interfaces, best practices, how different methodologies can cooperate, verification and validation supporting interoperability, and integration of ModSim for various layers of the hardware-software stack, to name only a few. Modeling Integrated Workflows Numerous science communities have adopted scientific workflow concepts and tools to manage large-scale science computations. These workflows automate data movement and processing tasks associated with collecting and analyzing data. As domain science communities increasingly rely on workflow systems to run complex tasks, it has become essential that these workflow systems operate correctly. ModSim techniques and methods must be used to provide this verification function. Researchers are invited to submit their abstracts related to the following areas: whole-model simulations; resource (computers, instruments, storage, or networks) selection and optimization; dynamic and interactive workflows; and other aspects of end-to-end data generation and movement (streaming data from detectors to storage/computers, bulk data transfers to/from storage systems, visualization or analysis data returned to scientists). The Organizing Committee will send notifications of acceptance to authors in early July.

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CfP: CIBB 2016 - Special Session on High-Performance Computing and Deep learning methods for Genomic Data Analysis
by Marco Aldinucci 10 May '16

10 May '16

Apologies if you receive multiple copies! ************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL SESSION ON High-Performance Computing and Deep learning methods for Genomic Data Analysis TO BE HELD AT CIBB 2016 13th International Conference on Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Stirling, UK -- September 1-3, 2016 http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/index.html <http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/index.html> ************************************************************************ PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 29, 2016 ************************************************************************ AIMS AND SCOPE The unprecedented wealth of heterogeneous genomic data has generated an enormous demand for tools and methods to analyse and decipher the complexity of such large information. Genomics bursts on the scene with the most growing data, so much that the Genomic research community is now facing many of the scale-out issues that High-Performance Computing has been addressing for years: it requires powerful infrastructures with fast computing and storage capabilities, with substantial challenges regarding data processing, statistical analysis, and data representation. Traditional techniques and tools for data analytic and autonomous learning are no longer suitable — or even unusable — to extract human-interpretable knowledge and information from this significant amount of data. The aim of this special session is to present the latest advancements concerning High-Performance Computing solutions, deep learning and optimization algorithms required to manage the large-scale challenges outlined above — including related BigData aspects — and to foster the integration of researchers interested in HPC and Computational Biology. Examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * HPC applications for Bioinformatics * HPC architectures for Computational Biology * Parallel Machine Learning and Deep Learning approaches for Bioinformatics * Bioinformatics big data applications and MapReduce implementations * Next-Generation Sequencing data analysis and interpretation * Differential gene expression analysis and clustering techniques * Algorithms for genomic and proteomic * Genomic data visualisation SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS High quality original submissions are solicited for presentation at the Special Session. Papers must be between 4 and 6 pages length, written in latex and submitted in PDF format using the provided latex template and instructions available at: http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/cibb2016-sample-v.1.3.zip <http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/cibb2016-sample-v.1.3.zip>. Papers should be submitted on the EasyChair conference system at the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cibb2016 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cibb2016> PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and will be published in proceedings for conference distribution. Authors (at least one) of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the conference. Extended and revised versions of the papers presented at CIBB 2016 will be invited for a post-conference monograph. This is traditionally published in the Springer series of Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI) , (arrangements undergoing). Continuing the tradition of CIBB, we are planning to publish the best papers in one (or more, as appropriate) special issue of an international scientific journal (such as BMC Bioinformatics, in the latest editions). IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: 29th May 2016 Acceptance notification: 22nd June 2016 Camera ready due: 8th July 2016 Authors registration due: 8th July 2016 SESSION CO-CHAIRS Zakaria Benmounah - Constantine 2 University, Algeria AND University of Cambridge, UK Filippo Spiga - University of Cambridge, UK Fabio Tordini - University of Torino, Italy CONTACTS: cibb2016(a)gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]> --- Marco Aldinucci Computer Science Dept - University of Torino - Italy Homepage: http://di.unito.it/aldinuc <http://di.unito.it/aldinuc> FastFlow: http://di.unito.it/fastflow <http://di.unito.it/fastflow>

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CIBB 2016 - Second Call for Papers
by Andrea Bracciali 09 May '16

09 May '16

[apologies for multiple posting] ============================================================== SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS CIBB 2016 13th International Meeting on Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland UK September 1-3 2016 http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/ cibb2016(a)gmail.com ============================================================== In evidence (please see below and the web for details): - the very interesting list of INVITED SPEAKERS is growing ! - five new SPECIAL SESSIONS are running ! - EXTENDED DEADLINES for paper submission Please, connect to the conference via @CIBB2016 on twitter Keynote Speakers (to be completed) Prof. Mark Beaumont School of Biological Sciences, Bristol University Evolutionary Biology Prof. Natalio Krasnogor School of Computing Science, Newcastle University Computing Science and Synthetic Biology Prof. Bud Mishra Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and NYU School of Medicine, New York University NYU, and Mt Sinai School of Medicine Computer Science, Cell Biology and Genetics Dr. Guido Sanguinetti School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh System design of stochastic models SPECIAL SESSIONS Engineering Bio-interfaces and Rudimentary Cells as a way to develop Synthetic Biology Contacts: Maria Raposo, mfr(a)fct.unl.pt Biocuration and integration of biomedical databases Contacts: Riccardo Rizzo, ricrizzo(a)pa.icar.cnr.it Modelling and simulation methods for Systems Biology and Systems Medicine Contacts: Paolo Cazzaniga, paolo.cazzaniga(a)unibg.it High-Performance Computing and Deep learning methods for Genomic Data Analysis Contacts: : Fabio Tordini, tordini(a)di.unito.it Statistical inference in mechanistic models of biological system Contacts: Dirk Husmeier, Dirk.Husmeier(a)glasgow.ac.uk Scope The main goal of this 13th edition of the CIBB international conference is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum open to researchers interested in the application of computational intelligence, in a broad sense, to open problems in bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology and medical informatics. Cutting edge methodologies capable of accelerating life science discoveries will be discussed. Following its tradition and roots, this year's meeting will bring together researchers from the international scientific community interested in advancements and future perspectives in bioinformatics and biostatistics. Also, looking at current trends and future opportunities at the edge of computer and life sciences, the application of computational intelligence to system and synthetic biology, and the consequent impact on innovative medicine will be of great for the conference. Theoretical and experimental biologists are also invited to participate in order to present novel challenges and foster multidisciplinary collaboration. The scientific program of CIBB 2016 will include Keynote Speakers, tutorials and special sessions. Contributed papers will be presented in plenary oral sessions, special sessions, or poster sessions. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: · Next generation sequencing bioalgorithms · Multi-omics data analysis · High dimensional statistical analysis of omics data · Algorithms for alternative splicing analysis · Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis · Methods for the visualization of high dimensional complex omic data · Software tools for bioinformatics · Methods for comparative genomics · Methods for functional classification of genes · Methods for unsupervised analysis, validation and visualization of structures discovered in bio-molecular data · Health-Informatics and Medical Informatics. · Methods for the integration of clinical and genetic data · Heterogeneous data integration and data fusion for diagnostics · Algorithms for pharmacogenomics · Biomedical text mining and imaging · Methods for diagnosis and prognosis within personalized medicine · Statistical methods for the analysis of clinical data · Prediction of secondary and tertiary protein structures · Mass spectrometry data analysis in proteomics · Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis · Bio-molecular databases and data mining · Mathematical modeling and automated reasoning on biological and synthetic systems · Computational simulation of biological systems · Methods and advances in systems biology · Spatio-temporal analysis of synthetic and biological systems · Network systems biology · Models for cell populations and tissues · Methods for the engineering of synthetic components · Modelling and engineering of interacting synthetic and biological systems · Software tools for bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology Publication Accepted papers will be presented at the conference (at least one author is expected to register), and will be published on proceedings for conference distribution. Extended and revised versions of the papers presented at CIBB 2016 will be invited for a post-conference monograph. This is traditionally published in the Springer series of Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI), (arrangements undergoing). Continuing the tradition of CIBB, we are planning to publish best papers in one (or more, as appropriate) special issue of an international scientific journal (such as BMC Bioinformatics, in the latest editions). Paper Submission Papers must be prepared following the guidelines illustrated on the CIBB web site and should be long between 4 and 6 pages. Papers should be submitted in PDF format on the Easy Chair conference system (link available on the web site). Important Dates Paper submission deadline: 29th May 2016 Notification of acceptance: 22nd June 2016 Final paper due: 8th July 2016 Conference: 1st -3rd September 2016 General Chairs Andrea Bracciali, University of Stirling, UK David Gilbert, Brunel University London, UK Gilbert MacKenzie, UL, ENSAI and Keele, UK

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HeteroPar 2016: deadline extention to May 16
by Loris Marchal 09 May '16

09 May '16

(Our apologies for duplicates) > ============================================================================== > CALL FOR PAPERS > > 14th International Workshop on Algorithms, Models and Tools > for Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Platforms > > HeteroPar'2016 > > August 22 or 23, 2016, Grenoble, France > in conjunction with EuroPar 2016 > > http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/ROMA/HeteroPar2016 > ============================================================================== > > * Submission of manuscripts : extended to: May 16, 2016 > * Notification of acceptance: June 17, 2016 > * Deadline for final version: October 3, 2016 > * Date of workshop: Mon.-Tue., August 22 or 23, 2016 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Heterogeneity is emerging as one of the most profound and challenging > characteristics of today's parallel environments. From the macro level, where > networks of distributed computers composed by diverse node architectures are > interconnected with potentially heterogeneous networks, to the micro level, > where deeper memory hierarchies and various accelerator architectures are > increasingly common, the impact of heterogeneity on all computing tasks is > increasing rapidly. Traditional parallel algorithms, programming environments > and tools, designed for legacy homogeneous multiprocessors, will at best > achieve a small fraction of the efficiency and the potential performance that > we should expect from parallel computing in tomorrow's highly diversified and > mixed environments. New ideas, innovative algorithms, and specialized > programming environments and tools are needed to efficiently use these new and > multifarious parallel architectures. The workshop is intended to be a forum > for researchers working on algorithms, programming languages, tools, and > theoretical models aimed at efficiently solving problems on heterogeneous > networks. > > The topics to be covered include but are not limited to: > > * Heterogeneous parallel programming paradigms and models > * Languages, libraries, and interfaces for different heterogeneous > parallel programming models > * Performance models and their integration into the design of efficient > parallel algorithms for heterogeneous platforms > * Parallel algorithms for heterogeneous and/or hierarchical multi-core > systems, including manycores and hardware accelerators (FPGAs, GPUs, > Xeon Phi, etc.) > * Parallel algorithms for efficient problem solving on heterogeneous platforms > (numerical linear algebra, nonlinear systems, fast transforms, > computational biology, data mining, multimedia, etc.) > * Software engineering for heterogeneous parallel systems > * Applications on heterogeneous platforms > * Integration of parallel and distributed computing on heterogeneous platforms > * Experience of porting parallel software from supercomputers to > heterogeneous platforms > * Fault tolerance of parallel computations on heterogeneous platforms > * Algorithms, models and tools for grid, desktop grid, cloud, > and green computing > > Authors are encouraged to submit original, unpublished research or > overviews on Algorithms, Models and Tools for Parallel Computing on > Heterogeneous Platforms. Manuscripts should be limited to 12 pages in > Springer LNCS stylesheet and submitted through the EasyChair > Conference System. Accepted papers that are presented at the workshop > will be published in revised form in a special Euro-Par Workshop > Volume in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series after > the Euro-Par conference. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special issue in Elsevier's Parallel Computing journal: > > Authors of paper accepted for presentation at HeteroPar 2016 will be > proposed to submit an extended version of their work to a Special > Issue of Elsevier's Parallel Computing journal. This issue, by > invitation only, is limited to authors of both the HeteroPar 2016 > workshop and the HCW 2016 workshop. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Program Chair > > * Loris Marchal, CNRS, France > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Steering Committee > > * Domingo Gimenez, University of Murcia, Spain > * Alexey Kalinov, Cadence Design Systems, Russia > * Alexey Lastovetsky, University College Dublin, Ireland > * Yves Robert, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France > * Leonel Sousa, INESC-ID/IST, TU Lisbon, Portugal > * Denis Trystram, LIG, Grenoble, France > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Program Committee > > * Rosa M. Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain > * Jorge Barbosa, Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal > * Olivier Beaumont, INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, France > * Cristina Boeres, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil > * Aur√©lien Bouteillier, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA > * Louis-Claude Canon, Universit√© de Franche-Comt√©, France > * Edgar Gabriel, University of Houston, USA > * Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece > * Shuichi Ichikawa, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan > * Emmanuel Jeannot, INRIA, France > * Hatem Ltaief, KAUST, Saudi Arabia > * Giorgio Lucarelli, LIG, University of Grenoble-Alpes, France > * Pierre Manneback, University of Mons, Belgium > * Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan > * Rafael Mayo Gual, University Jaume I, Spain > * Masahiro Nakao, RIKEN Advanced Institute of Computational Science, Japan > * Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania > * Enrique S. Quintana-Ort√≠, Universidad Jaume I, Spain > * Thomas Rauber, University of Bayreuth, Germany > * Matei Ripeanu, University of British Columbia, Canada > * Erik Saule, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA > * Thomas Scogland, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA > * Antonio M. Vidal, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain > * Frederic Vivien, INRIA, France > * Jon Weissman, University of Minnesota, USA >

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CFP: IEEE DS-RT 2016 (deadline extended to May 16th)
by DSRT Symposium 07 May '16

07 May '16

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Final Call for Papers - DS-RT 2016 20th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications http://ds-rt.com/2016 21 - 23 September, 2016, London, UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT: Due to numerous requests, submission deadline (hard) is extended to: 16th May 2016 Please also note Call for Posters/Demos/Industrial case studies below. *** The Symposium *** The 2016 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2016) promises to be a grand affair and will take place in London, UK. DS-RT 2016 serves as a platform for simulationists from academia, industry and research labs for presenting recent research results in Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. DS-RT 2016 targets the growing overlap between large distributed simulations and real time applications, such as collaborative virtual environments, pervasive and ubiquitous application scenarios, motor-, controller-, sensor- and actuator systems. The conference features prominent invited speakers as well as papers by top researchers in the field. DS-RT 2016 will include contributed technical papers, invited papers, and panel discussions. The proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS press. *** Call for Papers *** DS-RT provides an international forum for the discussion and presentation of original ideas, recent results and achievements by researchers, research students, and systems developers on issues and challenges related to distributed simulation and real time applications. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very encouraged. The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to: - Paradigms, Methodology and Software Architectures for Large Scale Distributed and Real-Time Simulations (e.g. Parallel and Distributed Simulation, Multi-Agent Based Distributed Simulation, HLA/RTI, Web, Grid and cloud based Simulation, hardware-software co-design for extreme scale simulations) - Paradigms, Modelling, Architecture and Environments for Large Scale Real-time Systems and Concurrent Systems with hard and soft Real-Time Contstraints - Advanced modelling techniques (reuse of models, new modelling languages, agent-based M&S, and spatial M&S) - Non-functional Properties of Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Systems (e.g. Dependability, Availability, Reliability, Maintainability, Safety, Security, Trustworthiness, QoS) - Theoretical Foundations of Large Scale Real-Time and Simulation Models (e.g. Event Systems, Causality, Space-Time Models, Notions of Time, Discrete and Continuous Systems, Simulator Coordination) - Simulation Studies at Large and Very Large Scale (e.g. Industrial, Commercial, Ecological and Environmental, Societal, Power and Energy, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Systems) - Performance and Validation of Large Scale and Distributed Simulations (e.g., benchmarking and analytical results, empirical studies DIS, HLA/RTI studies) - Algorithms and methods for parallel or distributed simulation (synchronization, scheduling, memory management, and load balancing) - Languages and Tools, Development Environments, Data Interfaces, Network Protocols and Model Repositories that address Very Large Simulations - Data Management and Distribution Issues, Interest Management, Semantic Modelling, Multi-resolution Modelling, Dead-Reckoning Mechanisms - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Architectures and Applications that involve Simulations and/or adhere to Real-Time Constraints - Simulation based Virtual Environments and Mixed Reality Systems (e.g. Interactive Virtual Reality, Human Communication through Immersive Environments) - Collaborative Virtual and Augmented Reality, Shared Interaction Spaces, Telepresence Systems and Shared Workspaces, 3D Video and Acoustic Reconstruction, Shared Object Manipulation - Serious Gaming and Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) applications, architectures and scalability issues - Visual Interactive Simulation Environments (e.g., Generic Animation, Visual Interactive Modelling, Interactive Computer Based Training and Learning, Scientific Visualization, High-End Computer Graphics) - Design Issues, Interaction Designs, Human Commuter Interaction Issues raised by Large Scale DS-RT Systems - Media Convergence (e.g. New Technologies, Media Theory, Real-Time considerations of Multi Modality, etc.) - Innovative Styles of Interactions with Large Scale DS-RT Systems (e.g. Implicit, Situative and Attentive Interaction, Tangible Interaction, Embedded Interaction, etc.) - Technologies for Living Labs (e.g. Mirror World Simulation, Interoperability, Large Scale Multi Sensor Networks, Global Wireless Communication, Multi Stakeholder Understanding and Innovation) - Environmental and Emerging Simulation Challenges (e.g. Growth of Human Population, Climate Change, CO2, Health Care, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development, Water and Energy Supply, Human Mobility, Air Traffic, World Stock Markets, Food Supply Chains, Megacities, Smart Cities, Disaster Planning, etc.) - Advanced Simulation Studies and Technologies (e.g. Discrete event, continuous Simulation, etc.) - Cognitive Modelling and Simulation, Artificial Intelligence in Simulation, and Neural Network Models and Simulation - Service-oriented Computing and Simulation, Web-based Modelling and Simulation, and Simulation of Multimedia Applications and Systems - Advances in Simulation Methodology and Practices - Smart Network Design and Traffic Modelling Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to the Journal of Simulation. *** Important Dates Full Papers *** Paper Registration Deadline: 12th May 2016 (for indicating intent to submit) Paper Submission Deadline: 16th May 2016 Notification of Acceptance: 16th June 2016 Camera Ready version due: 16th July 2016 Author registration deadline: 16th July 2016 Symposium presentation: 21 - 23 September 2016 *** Call for Posters/Demos/Industrial Case Studies *** The 20th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT 2016) also solicits posters and technical demonstrations that report on recent original results, ongoing research or industrial case studies in the area of distributed simulation and real time applications. *** Important Dates Posters/Demos/Industrial Case Studies *** Poster submission deadline: 23rd May 2016 Notification of acceptance: 16th June 2016 Camera-ready deadline: 16th July 2016 *** Submission *** Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by IEEE-CS press. General information regarding submission can be found at http://ds-rt.com/2016 Questions from authors may be directed to the Program Co-Chairs. IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY *** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*** General Chair: Simon J.E Taylor, Brunel University London, UK Program Co-Chairs: Gary Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Georgios Theodoropoulos, Durham University, UK Publicity Chairs: Mirela Notare, Faculdade de Tecnologia em Transporte Aéreo, Brazil Alfredo Garro, University of Calabria, Italy Special Session Co-Chairs Robson De Grande, DIVA Strategic Research Network, Canada Anthony Ventresque, Univ. COllege Dublin, Ireland Finance and Local Chair Anastasia Anagnostou, Brunel University London, UK Poster Chair Gabriele D Angelo, Univ. of Bologna, Italy

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