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CFP - 7th International conference on Parallel, Distributed Computing and Applications (IPDCA 2018)
by josephstalin31 . 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

7th International conference on Parallel, Distributed Computing and Applications (IPDCA 2018) April 28~29, 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark. http://csit2018.org/ipdca/index.html Call for Papers 7th International conference on Parallel, Distributed Computing and Applications (IPDCA 2018) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of Parallel, Distributed Computing. Original papers are invited on Algorithms and Applications, computer Networks, Cyber trust and security, Wireless networks and mobile computing and Bioinformatics. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge development in the field. Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Algorithms and Applications - Bioinformatics - Computer Networks & Communications - Cyber Trust and Security - Grid Computing - Networking and Architectures - Optical Computing - Software systems and Technologies - Theory of Parallel / Distributed Computing - Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit papers through the Conference Submission System by March 17, 2018. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) series (Confirmed). Selected papers from the conference IPDCA 2018, after further revisions, will be published in the following international journals. - International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) - ERA Indexed, UGC listed - International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA) - ERA Indexed, UGC listed - Advanced Computing: An International Journal (ACIJ) - International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks ( IJWMN ) - Journal on Applications of Graph Theory in Wireless Ad hoc Networks and Sensor Networks(JGRAPH-HOC) - International Journal of Next-Generation Networks ( IJNGN ) - International Journal of Peer-to-Peer networks ( IJP2P ) - International Journal of Distributed and Parallel Systems ( IJDPS ) - International Journal of Grid Computing & Applications ( IJGCA ) - International Journal of UbicComp ( IJU ) - International Journal of Ad hoc, Sensor & Ubiquitous Computing ( IJASUC ) - International Journal of Advanced Smart Sensor Network Systems ( IJASSN ) - International Journal of Mobile Network Communications & Telematics (IJMNCT) - International Journal on AdHoc Networking Systems ( IJANS ) Important Dates · Submission Deadline : March 17, 2018 · Authors Notification : April 10, 2018 · Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due : April 15, 2018

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Submission deadline for SYSTOR 2018's Highlight papers and Posters is approaching: March 29, 2018
by Goldstein, Maayan (Nokia - IL/Kfar Sava) 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

[ Apologies if you receive this multiple times ] SYSTOR 2018 Highlight papers and Posters submission deadline is coming up: March 29, 2018. Highlight Papers Track - papers accepted at top-tier conferences. Posters with Extended Abstract Track - original work presented as a poster, accompanied by a one-page extended abstract. Call for Papers: SYSTOR 2018 June 4-6, 2018 Haifa, Israel The ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR) is an excellent international forum for interaction across the systems research community. The program includes both innovative, peer-reviewed research papers in the broad area of systems and storage, as well as distinguished keynote lecturers, a poster session, and social events. ACM SYSTOR is designed to appeal to academic and industrial researchers and practitioners, welcoming both students and seasoned professionals. We invite you to submit original and innovative papers to SYSTOR 2018, The 11th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference. The conference will take place June 4-6, 2018 in Haifa, Israel. http://www.systor.org SYSTOR has a broad scope, promoting experimental and practical computer systems research encompassing the following topics: * Big data infrastructure * Cloud, datacenter, and distributed systems * Deployment, usage, and experience * Embedded and real-time systems * Fault tolerance, reliability, and availability * File and storage systems * Networked, mobile, wireless, peer-to-peer, and sensor systems * Operating systems, computer architecture, and their interactions * Performance evaluation and workload characterization * Runtime systems and compiler/programming-language support * Security, privacy, and trust * System design or adaptation for emerging storage technologies * Virtualization SYSTOR welcomes academic and industrial papers in systems and storage, broadly construed. SYSTOR encourages submissions that describe results from experimental system prototypes, as well as experience papers describing practical deployments, and valuable lessons learned from them. We solicit paper submissions in five 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 with Extended AbstractTrack - original work presented as poster accompanied by the extended abstract * Informal Student Presentations - informal presentation of research findings, co-located with the poster session Formatting and submission instructions: http://www.systor.org/2018/cfp.html IMPORTANT DATES * Full and Short Papers Track * Paper Submission March 3, 2018 * Acceptance Notification April 15, 2018 * Camera-ready May 6, 2018 * Highlight Papers Track * Extended Abstract Submission March 29, 2018 * Acceptance Notification April 24, 2018 * Posters with Extended Abstract Track * Poster & Abstract Submission March 29, 2018 * Acceptance Notification April 22, 2018 * Camera-ready May 6, 2018 * Informal Student Poster Presentations Track * Poster Submission May 15, 2018 * Acceptance Notification May 22, 2018 SYSTOR 2018 will host distinguished keynote speakers, a poster session, and several social events at the conference. Our goal is to provide an excellent forum for interaction across the systems community: international, academic, and industrial, for both students and more established members. Program Chairs: * Gala Yadgar (Technion, Israel) * Donald E. Porter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) Program Committee: * Nadav Amit (VMware Research, USA) * Antonio Barbalace (Huawei, Germany) * Angelos Bilas (University of Crete, Grece) * Renata Borovica-Gajic (University of Melbourne, Australia) * Edward Bortnikov (Yahoo! Labs, Israel) * Vijay Chidambaram (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) * Toni Cortes (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain) * Angela Demke Brown (University of Toronto, Canada) * Fred Douglis () * Yoav Etsion (Technion, Israel) * Boris Grot (University of Edinburgh, UK) * Vishakha Gupta-Cledat (Intel Labs, USA) * Danny Harnik (IBM Research - Haifa, Israel) * Joo-Young Hwang (Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea) * Michael Kaminsky (Intel Labs, USA) * Orran Krieger (Boston University, USA) * Adam Morrison (Tel Aviv University, Israel) * Sam H. Noh (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Republic of Korea) * Amitabha Roy (Intel Labs, USA) * Larry Rudolph (Two Sigma, USA) * Margo Seltzer (Harvard University and Oracle, USA) * Alexander Shraer (Apple, USA) * Keith H. Smith (NetApp, USA) * Vasily Tarasov (IBM Research - Almaden, USA) * Chia-Che Tsai (University of California - Berkeley, USA) * Xi Wang (University of Washington, USA) * Pete Wyckoff (Nutanix, USA) * Aviad Zuck (Technion, Israel) General Chair: * David Breitgand (IBM Research - Haifa, Israel) Posters Chair: * Michael Shapira (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Israel) Publication Chair: * Ittay Eyal (Technion, Israel) Publicity Chair: * Maayan Goldstein (Nokia, Bell Labs, Israel) Local Arrangements Chair: * Eti Jahr (IBM Research - Haifa, Israel) Steering Committee Head: * Dalit Naor (IBM Research - Haifa, Israel) Steering Committee: * Michael Factor (IBM Research - Haifa, Israel) * Ethan Miller (University of California Santa Cruz, USA) * Liuba Shrira (Brandeis University, USA) * Dan Tsafrir (Technion, Israel) * Erez Zadok (Stony Brook University, USA)

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OPTIM'2018 - Optimization of Energy Efficient HPC & Distributed Systems
by Nuno Roma 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

[We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this Call For Papers] ==================================================================== OPTIM'2018 - Int. Workshop on Optimization of Energy Efficient HPC & Distributed Systems July 16 - July 20, 2018 Orléans, France http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops---hpcs2018/workshop02-op… Submission Deadline: March 19th, 2018 ==================================================================== SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES Energy efficiency optimization has gradually become one fundamental constraint and requisite in the design of High Performance Computing (HPC) and Distributed Systems, comprehending several prominent research domains embracing the processor architectures (homogeneous/heterogeneous many-core GPPs), the processing accelerators and co-processors (e.g., APUs, GPUs, FPGAs, etc.), the distributed infrastructures (clusters, grids, data centers, etc.), the distributed platforms (application models, framework runtimes and virtual machines), and the underlying network and communication subsystem. Moreover, even in the embedded domain, saving energy in battery-supplied devices is established as a fundamental issue in mobile, hand-held and wireless applications and in most pervasive systems. Accordingly, due to the often imposed thermal, power and energy constraints, an effective minimization and optimization of the energy consumption surpasses the obvious economic impact of the energy cost, since it also directly affects other aspects of the overall infrastructure with a significant influence on its viability, including the power supply and its distribution, cooling mechanisms (cost and space overhead) and management techniques, etc. These new challenges require innovative and effective solutions to attain an effective optimization and/or minimization of the power consumption in HPC and distributed systems, including energy-efficient architectures, scheduling and mapping algorithms, load-balancing and scalability studies, and communication protocols. The goal of this workshop is to bring together active researchers who are interested in prevailing issues and prominent challenges related to optimizing computing systems power consumption, energy efficient systems, power-aware distributed systems, and green computing. The OPTIM workshop topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: *** Computer architecture trends for energy efficiency: Heterogeneous parallel processing architectures (e.g., ARM big.LITTLE); ISA diversity and morphable structures; run-time reconfiguration/adaptation and dynamic scalability; CPU‑accelerator co-design (GPUs, APUs, FPGAs, etc.); approximate computing techniques and architectures. *** Energy/power management and control: Run-time power/energy monitoring and sensing; heat/power/energy models; Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) and power/clock gating strategies; performance vs. power/energy scaling and management. *** Energy-aware large scale distributed systems: energy-efficient grids, clouds and data centers; exascale computing systems; energy-aware virtualization techniques for energy efficiency; energy-aware frameworks; virtual machines and network infrastructure management. *** Energy-aware communication: energy-efficient models, protocols and routing algorithms applied in the physical (PHY), data-link (MAC), network (IP), transport (TCP/UDP) and middleware layers above; energy-efficient cross-layer protocols; energy trade‑offs between communication and computation; energy-efficient network services and operations. *** Tools and algorithms: Programing languages, compilers and models for energy-aware computing; profiling and simulation tools for heat/power/energy estimation; power- and thermal-aware scheduling, mapping and task/thread migration policies for energy efficiency; energy-aware resource management; operating system support and energy management tools. *** Green Computing: models, methodologies and paradigms; sustainable computing; management and balance between performance, reliability and energy consumption; standardization and benchmarking for energy-aware systems; integration with smart grids. Both theoretical papers and papers describing systems implementations and real-world practical experiences will be welcome. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to optimization issues in energy efficient high performance and distributed computing systems. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. Indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400 words. The full manuscript should be at most 8 pages using the two-column format. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to HPCS’2018 webpage for the posters submission details) will also be accepted for submission. In case of multiple authors, an indication of which author(s) is responsible for correspondence must be indicated. Please include page numbers on all submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments. Submit your manuscript to the Workshop submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=optim2018 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’2018 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’2018 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 major indexing services accordingly. IMPORTANT DATES - Paper Submissions (EasyChair): March 19, 2018 - Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2018 - Camera Ready Papers: May 3, 2018 - Registration Due: May 3, 2018 - Conference Dates: July 16 – 20, 2018 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS - Nuno Roma, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Univ. Lisboa (Nuno.Roma(a)inesc-id.pt) - Luís Veiga, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Univ. Lisboa (Luis.Veiga(a)inesc-id.pt) If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers. -- Nuno Roma, PhD INESC-ID, IST, Universidade de Lisboa Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering http://sips.inesc-id.pt/~nfvr

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CFP: International Symposium on Cloud Computing and Services for High Performance Computing Systems
by Yahyapour, Ramin 11 Mar '18

11 Mar '18

Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email. International Symposium on Cloud Computing and Services for High Performance Computing Systems (InterCloud-HPC 2018) http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/2-conference/symposia---hpcs2018/symp01-intercl… CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION As part of The 16th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2018) http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/ or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs18 July 16 - 20, 2018, Orléans, France Paper Submission Deadline: March 19, 2018 Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES "Cloud" is a common metaphor for an Internet accessible infrastructure, hiding most of the implementation and deployment details of the system from users. Cloud computing delivers IT-related capabilities as services over the Internet, allowing resources be managed and accessed in an Internet scale. Cloud computing has been envisaged to be one of the main-stream powering technologies of future IT systems. This symposium focuses on techniques, experiences, applications, and lessons learned for interoperable services in the cloud, particularly in the realms of high performance computing. For instance, HPC may be used for the construction of mathematical models and numerical solutions and techniques for solving scientific, socio-scientific and engineering problems. It often requires a huge number of computing and storage resources to perform large-scale analyses and experiments. Users could get access to their own virtualized HPC cluster in a self-service, dynamically scalable and fully configurable environment. Cloud computing can address many of the aforementioned concerns. Such a computing paradigm shift provides a flexible high performance computing environment. The symposium aims at providing a forum to bring together researchers and scientists to share and exchange cloud computing related research, technologies, experiences, and lessons for building various types clouds with interoperability and coordination capabilities in a high performance and high availability setting. The InterCloud-HPC Symposium topics include (but are not limited to) the following: Middleware Frameworks Cloud Architectures Fog and Edge Computing Cloud Interoperability and Federation Protocols Programming Models for HPC Clouds Semantic Web Services Definitions for Clouds Directory of Services for Clouds Management of Interoperability and Federation for Clouds Interoperable and Federated Cloud Security and Trust Cloud Interoperability and Federation Governance and Regulatory HPC Cloud-based Services QoS/SLA in Interoperable and Federated Clouds Converged Implementations of Clouds and Grids Geo-balancing in Interoperable and Federated Clouds Common Programming Models across Clouds Cloud Broker, Exchange, Arbitrage architectures Semantic Web for Clouds Cloud Protocols Virtualization Technologies and Techniques Virtualization Techniques for HPC GPU/Multicore Systems Management of Clouds Performance Evaluation and Monitoring of HPC Clouds Scalable Fault Resilience Techniques for HPC Clouds Cloud Application Experiences and Lessons PAPER SUBMISSIONS You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to Cloud Computing and Services for High Performance Computing Systems. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere until it appears in HPCS proceedings, in the case of acceptance, or notified otherwise. 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://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participation/call-for-po… 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 symposium paper submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=intercloudhpc2018 . Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission. Conference Policies 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, language, 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 2018 conference to present the paper at the symposium as scheduled. By submitting the paper to the HPCS conference, all authors agree to abide by all HPCS conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies as well as following ethical and professional codes of conduct, including those of the professional co-sponsoring organizations. For more information, please refer to the Authors Info and Registration Info pages. Proceedings Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2018 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 or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly. SPECIAL ISSUE Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a reputable journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website. If you have any questions about paper submission or the symposium, please contact the symposium organizers. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------- March 19, 2018 Acceptance Notification: -------------------------------------- April 15, 2018 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ----------- May 03, 2018 Conference Dates: -------------------------------------------- July 16 - 20, 2018

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CFP: Extended deadline 23 March. The 20th IEEE Int. Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2018), 28-30 June 2018
by Zhengxin Yu 11 Mar '18

11 Mar '18

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ******************************* IEEE HPCC-2018 CFP ***************************** *The 20th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2018) * http://cse.stfx.ca/~hpcc2018/ *Exeter, England, UK, 28-30 June 2018 * *Sponsored by* IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable Computing (TCSC). *** The paper submission deadline is extended to 23 March 2018 (firm deadline) *** INTRODUCTION ============= With the rapid growth in computing and communications technology, the past decade has witnessed a proliferation of powerful parallel and distributed systems and an ever increasing demand for practice of high performance computing and communications (HPCC). HPCC has moved into the mainstream of computing and has become a key technology in determining future research and development activities in many academic and industrial branches, especially when the solution of large and complex problems must cope with very tight timing schedules. The 2018 High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2018) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present state-of-art advances and innovations in theoretical foundations, systems, infrastructure, tools, testbeds, and applications for the HPCC, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future. Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers to HPCC-2018. All accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore and will be indexed by Engineering Index (EI). The authors of selected best papers will be invited post conference to extend their contributions for special issues of prestigious journals to be planned in conjunction with the conference. SCOPE AND TOPICS ================ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Track 1: High Performance Computing and Applications Track 2: Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems Track 3: Communications and Networking IMPORTANT DATES ================ · Paper Submission Deadline: 23 March 2018 · Authors Notification: 22 April 2018 · Camera-Ready Paper Due: 22 May 2018 · Early Registration Due: 22 May 2018 · Conference Date: 28-30 June 2018 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE ========================== All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission website ( http://hpcc.ex.ac.uk/ ) with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts). You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/ Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at: https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht… Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the conference. JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES ====================== Distinguished papers selected from the conferences and associated workshops, after further extensions, will be recommended for submission and publication in the following prestigious journals or their Special Issues: - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (IEEE Computer Society) - Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Wiley) - Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer) - Expert Systems Journal (Wiley) - Cognitive Computation journal (Springer) - Big Data Analytics (BioMed Central/Springer)

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IEEE PVE-SDN 2018 Workshop
by Muge Fesci Sayıt 10 Mar '18

10 Mar '18

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ============================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE PVE-SDN 2018 Workshop on Approaches, Analyses, and Performance Issues in Virtualized Environments and Software Defined Networking (PVE-SDN) Colocated with IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft 2018) 25-29 June 2018 – Montreal, Canada http://sites.ieee.org/sagroups-1916-1/ieee-pve-sdn-2018 =========================================================================== The emergence of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) as two pillars of a new networking paradigm has led to design and deployment of elastic content- and service-delivery virtual networks on cloud-based data centres whose backbones consist of software- defined substrate physical networks. This dynamic, multi-layer architecture for network functions introduces new challenges in maintaining performance and quality of service for service providers, and requires new ideas and frameworks in performance measurement and network management. This workshop aims to bring together academic and industry researchers from software- defined ecosystems to identify and discuss technical challenges, state of the art techniques,and contemporary results related to performance analysis of SDN and NFV environments. Submissions are welcome on a variety of topics including but not limited to: - Performance models for virtualized environments - Performance metrics in virtualized environments - Performance measurement in virtualized environments - Quality of Service and Quality of Experience in cloud-based networks - Content distribution in virtualized environments and software-defined networks - Resource-aware virtualisation and infrastructure as a service - Management of software-defined ecosystems - Service provider requirements - SDN/NFV Performance in Context of 5G - Performance of SDN data, control, and management planes - Design and assessment of efficient SDN northbound/southbound interfaces - Performance of multi-controller SDN deployments - Service function chaining performance evaluation - Performance of NFV orchestration solutions - Approaches relevant to SDN and/or NFV - Analysis of SDN and/or NFV systems - SDN/NFV in Context of BlockChains, and FinTech Prospective authors are invited to submit papers prepared using IEEE 2-column conference style with no more than 6 pages including figures and references. All the accepted papers need to be presented at the workshop. They will be included in the workshop proceedings as well as IEEE Xplore. =========================================================================== Important Dates Paper submission: March 16, 2018 Acceptance notification: April 6, 2018 Camera-ready submission: April 20, 2018 For more details, please check the workshop website: http://sites.ieee.org/sagroups-1916-1/ieee-pve-sdn-2018/ =========================================================================== Organizers General Co-Chairs: Mohammad Asad Rehman Chaudhry, Soptimizer, Canada Shahram S. Heydari, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Hesham ElBakoury, FutureWei, Huawei, USA Technical Co-Chairs: Mohamed Faten Zhani, ÉTS Montreal, Canada Lucia Gradinariu, Zeepabyte, Inc., USA Adrian Popescu, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Panel Co-Chairs: Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy Amir Sheikh, Cox Communications, USA Publicity Co-Chairs: Müge Sayit, International Computer Institute, Ege University, Turkey Zakia Asad, Soptimizer, Canada Industry Liaison Co-Chairs: Khalid Adnan, Verizon Wireless Frank Rayal, Xona Partners Steering Committee: Mohammad Asad Rehman Chaudhry, Soptimizer, Canada Shahram S. Heydari, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy Hesham ElBakoury, FutureWei, Huawei, USA Mohamed Faten Zhani, ÉTS Montreal, Canada Müge Sayit, International Computer Institute, Ege University, Turkey Adrian Popescu, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Amir Sheikh, Cox Communications, USA Lucia Gradinariu, Zeepabyte, Inc., USA Zakia Asad, Soptimizer, Canada Khalid Adnan, Verizon Wireless --- Müge Sayıt, Ph.D. <muge.fesci.ege.edu.tr, mugefesci(a)gmail.com> Associate Professor Ege University International Computer Institute 35100, Bornova, Izmir TURKEY Tel: +90-232-3113230 Fax: +90-232-3887230

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ROSS'18 - Runtimes and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, Call for Papers, Crazy Ideas, and Talks
by Torsten Hoefler 10 Mar '18

10 Mar '18

========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ========================================================================== International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers *** ROSS 2018 *** In cooperation with ACM SIGHPC ------------------------------ Held in conjunction with HPDC 2018, Tempe, Arizona, USA, June 12, 2018 ========================================================================== http://www.mcs.anl.gov/events/workshops/ross/2018/ ========================================================================== **** Encouraging Wild and Crazy Ideas as Well as Talk submissions **** The complexity of node architectures in supercomputers increases as we cross petaflop milestones on the way towards Exascale. Increasing levels of parallelism in multi- and many-core chips and emerging heterogeneity of computational resources coupled with energy and memory constraints force a reevaluation of our approaches towards operating systems and runtime environments. The ROSS workshop, to be held as a full-day meeting at the HPDC 2018 conference in Tempe, Arizona, USA, focuses on principles and techniques to design, implement, optimize, or operate runtime and operating systems for supercomputers and massively parallel machines. In addition to typical workshop publications, we encourage novel and possibly immature ideas, provided that they are interesting and on-topic. Well argued position papers are also welcome. TOPICS OF INTEREST: ------------------- - OS and runtime system scalability on many-node and multi/many-core systems - management of heterogeneous and reconfigurable compute resources, including FPGAs, GPUs, etc. - distributed/hybrid/partitioned OSes and runtime systems for Supercomputing - system noise analysis and prevention - interaction between middleware, runtime system, and the OS - modeling and performance analysis of runtime systems - OS and runtime considerations for large-volume, high-performance I/O - memory management and emerging memory technologies - the role of OS and runtime system in minimizing power usage SCHEDULE AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: ---------------------------------- Submission deadline: April 2, 2018 (extended) Author notification: April 27, 2018 Final papers due: May 11, 2018 Workshop date: June 12, 2018 The ROSS workshop proceedings will be published electronically via the ACM Digital Library. Submitted manuscripts should be formatted using the ACM Master article template sigconf format (please be sure to use the current version). Extensive documentation can be found at the ACM site (http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) The maximum length is 8 pages. All papers must be in English. Please visit the workshop website for further instructions and the submission link. WORKSHOP CHAIRS: ---------------- Kamil Iskra Argonne National Laboratory, USA Torsten Hoefler ETH Zurich, Switzerland PROGRAM COMMITTEE: ------------------ Patrick Bridges, University of New Mexico, USA Ron Brightwell, Sandia National Laboratories, USA Bronis R. de Supinski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Roberto Gioiosa, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Yutaka Ishikawa, RIKEN, Japan Michael Lang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA John Lange, University of Pittsburgh, USA Stefan Lankes, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Bernd Mohr, Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Germany Yoonho Park, IBM Research, USA Pascale Rosse-Laurent, Bull, France Jesper Larsson Traeff, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Robert Wisniewski, Intel, USA Contact us at ross2018(a)easychair.org if you have any questions. -- ### qreharg rug ebs fv crryF --- http://htor.inf.ethz.ch/ --- Torsten Hoefler | Associate Professor Dept. of Computer Science | ETH Zürich Universitätsstrasse 6 | Zurich-8092, Switzerland CAB F 75 | Phone: +41 44 632 68 79

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HPDC 2018 Call for Posters / Doctoral Consortium
by Song, Shuaiwen 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

The 27th ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC’18) is soliciting submissions for posters that report cutting-edge research and work-in-progress in parallel and distributed systems for high-end computing. Poster submissions with a Ph.D. student as the leading author are also qualified for participating in the Doctoral Consortium program. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: clouds, clusters, grids, big data, massively multicore, extreme-scale computing systems, and other forms of parallel and distributed systems. Posters provide an excellent opportunity for short presentations and informal discussions with HPDC’18 conference attendees. Posters will be prominently displayed at the HPDC’18 conference and presenters will have the chance to showcase their latest R&D results and innovations. Poster presentations will also be coordinated with Doctoral Consortium activities at the conference. The accepted posters will be digitally archived and made publicly available. A Best Poster Award will be presented based on the quality of research work and the quality of poster presentation. Submission Guidelines Poster submissions must include a 150-word abstract, a draft of the poster (can have place holders), and an up to two-page extended abstract including references. Please submit via the conference web site by the submission deadline. Posters will be reviewed and selected by a committee. Important Dates Submission due: April 6, 2018 Author Notifications: April 10, 2018 Camera Ready: April 12, 2018 (optional, if the authors choose to have the poster appear in the conference supplemental proceedings) Conference Dates: June 11 - 15, 2018 More About Doctoral Consortium Program Participating Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to both present their research work and interact with senior academic and industry people in an informal setting. In addition, there will be mentoring sessions to help students improve communication skills, obtain valuable information for career planning, get familiar with a few of the trendy research topics, and make valuable contacts - all while enjoying the HPDC main conference and many associated workshops. The Doctoral Consortium will be scheduled so that the participating students can follow all the main scientific and social events of the conference, and it is open to all Ph.D. students, including the authors of papers presented at the conference. Tentative Schedule: Day Time Activity Tuesday Morning Break Introduction and icebreakers Tuesday Afternoon Break Workshop on poster presentation skills Wednesday Morning Break Panel on research and career planning Wednesday Evening Poster Session and Banquet Thursday Morning Break Student Feedback and program evaluation Workshop on poster presentation skills offers a chance for everyone to give a 3 minute talk about their poster and gain feedback from both the mentors and their peers. The goal is to be positive about the poster and provide constructive comments on both the poster material organization as well as the quick presentation. Panel on research and career planning will include representatives from academia, research laboratories (non-industry), and industry. After a short presentation from each about what their job entails and why you might consider it, attendees are open to ask any questions to help guide what decision is the right one for them. Students are encouraged to engage with conference attendees during the paper sessions. Making connections that help incorporate attendees into the community are an important additional goal. Mentoring aid, including introductions if necessary, will be offered to assist the process. To participate in the Doctoral Consortium , students are expected to submit a poster to the poster track as the leading author. This is required as part of the presentation skills since every student will present their poster to friendly peers to get feedback prior to the whole conference poster event. We are less concerned that the poster represents new work than we are that the student get experience presenting material they are knowledgeable about to gain skills and confidence with speaking with establish members of the community. Poster/Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Yong Chen Texas Tech university, USA (yong.chen(a)ttu.edu<mailto:[email protected]>) Jay Lofstead Sandia National Laboratories, USA (gflofst(a)sandia.gov<mailto:[email protected]>) -- Shuaiwen Leon Song Senior Staff Scientist and TL HPC Group, Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL); Adjunct Scholar, CS department, College of William and Mary HomePage: https://sites.google.com/site/shuaiwenleonsongresearch/

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2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018): Second Call for Papers
by George Angelos Papadopoulos 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS *** 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018) Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus, 12-14 November, 2018 http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ami2018 Ambient intelligence refers to normal working and living environments being surrounded by embedded devices that can merge unobtrusively and in natural ways using information and intelligence hidden in the network connecting these devices (e.g. The Internet of Things). Such devices, each specialised in one or more capabilities, are intended to work together based on an infrastructure of intelligent systems, to provide a variety of services improving safety, security and the quality of life in ordinary living, travelling and working environments. ABOUT AMI 2018 The 2018 European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2018) has a focus on the role of Ambient Intelligence "Towards a Smart and Human Centered Internet of Things". We invite submissions of full and short papers as well as posters, presenting original research. AmI 2018 is an interdisciplinary venue for leading international researchers, designers, and practitioners that present and discuss new results in Ambient Intelligence. AmI builds on the success of thirteen predecessor conferences, which started in 2003 with the EUSAI-event in Veldhoven, The Netherlands. More information about the AmI series can be found here: http://ami-conferences.org . The Proceedings of AmI 2018 will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Furthermore, Springer will sponsor the Best Paper Award with 1,000 EUR. TOPICS AmI 2018 will revolve around the focus topic “Towards a Smart and Human- Centred Internet of Things” that follows the vision of Calm Technology, where technology is useful but does not demand our full attention or interfere with our usual behavior and activities. Relevant research topics include, but are not limited to: • Sensors and Actuators Networks • Ambient Networking and Communication • Mobile, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing • Internet of Things and Interconnected devices • Internet of Humans and Human Sensors • Artificial Intelligence Models, Methods and Techniques • Machine Learning, Data mining and Big Data • Modelling Context Awareness and Location-based Services • Agent Technologies and Multi-agent Platforms • Cloud Computing for Intelligent Ambients • Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction • Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality • Symmetric Interaction in Real and Virtual worlds • Reliability, Assurance and Safety • Security, Privacy and Trust • Systems Architecture and Middleware • Software Development Methodologies and Tools • Robotic Companions • Industrial Internet and Industry 4.0 • Sustainability and Fair Trade • Smart Homes and Intelligent buildings • Energy Efficiency • Ambient Assisted Living • Healthcare and Well-being • Smart Cities • Connected Cars and Autonomous Driving • Pervasive Games in Hybrid Worlds • Ambient Intelligence Education • Evaluation methods and techniques for Trials • Citizen science, Living labs, Maker communities PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSION Papers must be anonymized to facilitate blind review. Authors are encouraged to minimize any references that may reveal the identity of the authors and their institutions. Relevant references to an author's previous research should not be suppressed but instead referenced in a neutral way. All papers will be reviewed by at least three Program Committee members. The length of each paper including figures and references may not exceed 16 pages for regular papers and 6 pages for short papers. The posters session aims to collect papers showing work in progress and thus raise opportunities to present and discuss current work in an informal setting. These papers will be presented as posters in the conference. Poster contributions may not exceed 2 pages, including figures and references. For more information about what should be considered a regular, short or poster contribution, please refer to the conference web site. All paper and poster submissions must be written in English and submitted in PDF format. Submission of a paper or poster should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper or poster be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the work. For preparation of papers and posters please follow the instructions for authors available at the Springer LNCS Web page (http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui…) Authors of full and short papers as well as posters are welcome to submit using the conference review system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ami2018 . This year's best paper awards are graciously sponsored by Springer with 1,000 EUR. SPECIAL ISSUE The authors of the best papers to be accepted at AmI 2018 will be invited to submit substantially extended and revised versions of their papers with at least 70% new material to a special journal issue for AmI 2018 to be published in the Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanised Computing, by Springer. IMPORTANT DATES • Paper and Poster Submissions due: 17th June 2018 • Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 22nd July 2018 • Camera-Ready Versions due: 29th July 2018 • Author Registration: 5th August 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair • George Roussos, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Program Chairs • Achilleas D. Kameas, Hellenic Open University, Greece • Kostas Stathis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Workshops Chairs • Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University of Rome, Italy • Fariba Sadri, Imperial College, UK Local Organization Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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[Deadline approaching] CFP for International Workshop on the Synergy of Parallel Computing, Optimization and Simulation Special (PaCOS 2018) part of HPCS2018
by imen chakroun 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

International Workshop on the Synergy of Parallel Computing, Optimization and Simulation (PaCOS 2018) *CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE APPROACHING!!* As part of The 16th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2018) http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/ or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs18 July 16 – 20, 2018 Orléans, France Paper Submission Deadline: *March 25, 2018* Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters *SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES * Most real-world problems are complex and stochastic and, thus, hard to approach. Such problems originate from a wide range of areas including manufacturing and production, logistics and supply chain management, healthcare, and many more. Simulation and optimization have traditionally been considered separately as alternative approaches to deal with such problems. The recent advances in computational power have promoted the proliferation of hybrid techniques that combine both approaches. The challenge is to design efficient and effective hybridization mechanisms taking advantage of great details provided by simulation as well as the ability of optimization methods to provide (near-)optimal solutions. Simulation-optimization (SO) approaches include, but are not limited to: - statistical selection methods such as ranking and selection, and multiple comparison procedures; - black-box search methods that directly make use of the simulation estimates of the objective function like random search algorithms, simulation-based single- and multi-objective metaheuristics (e.g. local search or evolutionary algorithms) (also called simheuristics), probability distribution model–based methods; - meta-model based methods such as first- and second-order regression models and neural networks; - gradient-based methods like stochastic approximation, etc. On the other hand, SO applications can/might become increasingly large (parameter, variable, and objective spaces) and complex (cross-disciplinary and mixed discrete-continuous optimization), requiring the use of parallel computing techniques for efficient and effective execution. However, the design and implementation of parallel SO methods raise several issues such as problem decomposition, parallel sampling, synchronization between simulation and optimization processes, load balancing, scalability, etc. This workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for researchers to present their original contributions on the joint use of advanced single- and multi-objective optimization methods, simulation and distributed and/or parallel multi/many- core computing, and any related issues. The PaCOS Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: - Parallelization techniques and advanced data structures for SO methods. - Parallel mechanisms for the hybridization of optimization and simulation. - Implementation issues of parallel SO on multi-core processors, accelerators, clusters, grids/clouds, etc. - Energy- and thermal-aware implementation of parallel SO methods. - Software frameworks for the design and implementation of parallel and/or distributed SO techniques. - SO applications including healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, biological applications, advanced big data analytics, engineering design, etc. - Computational/theoretical studies reporting results on solving complex problems using SO techniques. *INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS * You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to synergy between parallel computing, optimization and simulation. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere until it appears in HPCS proceedings, in the case of acceptance, or notified otherwise. 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://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participat ion/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 site at *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pacos2018 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pacos2018>*. Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission. *Conference Policies* 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, language, 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 2018 conference to present the paper at the Workshop as scheduled. By submitting the paper to the HPCS conference, all authors agree to abide by all HPCS conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies as well as following ethical and professional codes of conduct, including those of the professional co-sponsoring organizations. For more information, please refer to the Authors Info and Registration Info pages. *Proceedings* Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2018 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 or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly. *SPECIAL ISSUE* Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a reputable journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website. If you have any questions about paper submission or the Workshop, please contact the workshop organizers. *IMPORTANT DATES* Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------- *March 25, 2018* Acceptance Notification: -------------------------------------- April 15, 2018 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ----------- May 03, 2018 Conference Dates: -------------------------------------------- July 16 – 20, 2018 *WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS* Nouredine Melab Université Lille 1/INRIA Lille - Nord Europe/CNRS CRIStAL Lille, France Phone: +33 3 59 57 78 86 <03%2059%2057%2078%2086> Fax: +33 3 28 77 85 37 <03%2028%2077%2085%2037> Email: nouredine.melab(a)univ-lille1.fr Imen Chakroun Exascience Life Lab, IMEC Research Center Leuven, Belgium Phone: +32 16 28 81 89 <+32%2016%2028%2081%2089> Fax: +32 Email: imen.chakroun(a)imec.be Peter Korošec Jožef Stefan Institute Ljubljana, Slovenia Phone: +386 1 477 3460 <+386%201%20477%2034%2060> Fax: +386 Email: peter.korosec(a)ijs.si Jan GMYS Université de Mons / Faculté Polytechnique Mons, Belgium Phone: +32 65/37 46 94 <+32%2065%2037%2046%2094> Fax: +32 Email: jan.gmys(a)umons.ac.be * International Program Committee: * All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2018 and will be published as part of the HPCS 2018 Proceedings. - Mathieu Balesdent, ONERA, France - Soumya Banerjee, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India - Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria - Loic Brevault, ONERA, France - Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cadiz, Spain - Andreas Fischbach, Technische Hochschule Köln, Cologne, Germany - Roberto Santana Hermida, University of the Basque Country, Spain - Andrew Lewis, Griffith University, Australia - Gabriel Luque, University of Malaga, Spain - Pierre Manneback, University of Mons, Belgium - Gregor Papa, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia - Tiago Carneiro Pessoa, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil - Patricia Stolf, Université de Toulouse, France - El-Ghazali Talbi, Université de Lille, France - Daniel Tuyttens, University of Mons, Belgium - Takeshi Yamada, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan - Martin Zaefferer, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Germany ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ

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