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CFP: CSA'18 (Abstract due: August 10)
by Koji Nakano 30 Jun '18

30 Jun '18

6th International Workshop on Computer Systems and Architectures (CSA'18) http://is-candar.org/csa18 To be held in conjunction with CANDAR'18. Hida Takayama, Japan, November 27-30, 2018 The main goal of this workshop is to provide a timely forum for the exchange and dissemination of new ideas, techniques and research in the field of computer systems and architectures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: <Computer hardware>: logic circuits, memory systems, I/O systems, supercomputers, FPGA, multi-core processors, computer terminals, <VLSI computers>: VLSI architectures, microcomputers, memory, SoC, NoC, multiprocessors <Computer systems>: Next-generation computers, parallel processing systems, grid, PC clusters, distributed systems, embedded systems, autonomous system, computer communication, operation and maintenance control, storage systems, embedded systems, IoT, industrial systems, network-connected home appliances, smart home appliances <System software>: operating systems, databases, language processors, compilers <Application software>: computer graphics, CAD, production management systems, simulation <Computer networks>: network interfaces, communication mechanism software, cloud computing <Computing techniques>: edge computing, reconfigurable computing, approximate computing, machine learning, high performance computing, real-world computing, real-time processing [Paper format] Regular paper: 5-7 pages Poster paper: 3-4 pages [Publication] The conference and workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE Conference Publishing Service and submitted to IEEE Xplore and CSDL digital libraries. Also they are submitted for indexing through INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. [Special Issue] We plan to publish extended versions of selected papers from CANDAR'18 main conference and workshops. [Important dates] Workshop abstract submission due: August 10, 2018 Workshop paper submission due: August 15, 2018 Workshop paper notification: October 1, 2018 Final camera-ready paper submission due: October 18, 2018

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ASPLOS 2019 Call for Papers
by Kinsy, Michel 29 Jun '18

29 Jun '18

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.] This is a friendly reminder that the abstract deadline is on July 31 (Tuesday). ======================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ASPLOS 2019 24th IEEE International Conference on Architecture Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems https://asplos-conference.org April 13th – April 17th, 2019 Providence, RI, USA ======================================================================== ASPLOS is the premier forum for multidisciplinary systems research spanning computer architecture and hardware, programming languages and compilers, operating systems and networking. ASPLOS 2019 will be held in Providence, Rhode Island, a historical city with modern University ties. Like its predecessors, ASPLOS 2019 invites papers on ground-breaking research at the intersection of at least two ASPLOS disciplines: architecture, programming languages, operating systems, and related areas. Non-traditional topics are especially encouraged. The importance of cross-cutting research continues to grow as we grapple with the end of Dennard scaling, the explosion of big data, scales ranging from ultra-low power wearable devices to exascale parallel and cloud computers, the need for sustainability, and increasingly human-centered applications. ASPLOS embraces systems research that directly targets these new problems in innovative ways. The research may target diverse goals, such as performance, energy and thermal efficiency, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The review process will be sensitive to the challenges of multidisciplinary work in emerging areas. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Existing and emerging platforms at all scales, from embedded to cloud * Internet services, cloud computing, and datacenters * Multicore architectures and systems * Heterogeneous architectures and accelerators * Systems for enabling parallelism at an extreme scale * Programming models, languages, and compilation for all platforms * Managing, storing, and computing on big data * Virtualization and virtualized systems * Memory and storage technologies and architectures * Power, energy, and thermal management * Security, reliability, and availability * Verification and testing, and their impact on design * Support for approximations and approximate computing * Non-traditional computing systems Authors should submit an abstract by July 31, 2018, 4:59:59pm US eastern time. They should submit the full version of the paper August 7, 2018, 4:59:59pm US eastern time. No extensions will be granted. The full version should be a PDF file following the submission guidelines that will be made available at the submission website. General Chairs: Iris Bahar and Maurice Herlihy (Brown University) Program Chairs: Emmett Witchel (UT Austin) and Alvin R. Lebeck (Duke University) ======================================================================== Important Dates: Abstract submission: July 31, 2018 Paper submission: August 7, 2018 Author response: October 17 - 19, 2018 Notification: November 7, 2018 Final copy deadline: January 14, 2019 ======================================================================== [On Behalf of the Organizing Committee] -- Michel A. Kinsy, PhD Assistant Professor Adaptive and Secure Computing Systems (ASCS) Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University 8 Saint Mary’s Street, Boston MA 02215 Office: PHO 335 - Phone: (617) 353 - 0037

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CFP - Software Tools and Techniques for Fog and Edge Computing
by Rajkumar Buyya 29 Jun '18

29 Jun '18

====================================================================== Special Issue on Software Tools and Techniques for Fog and Edge Computing Journal of Software: Practice and Experience (Wiley Press) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1097024x Call for Papers Full call can be accessed from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1097024x/homepage/special_issu… The Special issue seeks to attract contributions covering both theory and practice of all aspects of Software Tools and Techniques for Fog and Edge Computing. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Data centers and infrastructures for Fog/Edge Computing * Middleware for Fog/Edge infrastructures * Programming models and runtime systems for Fog/Edge Computing * Scheduling for Fog/Edge infrastructures * Fog/Edge storage * Monitoring/metering of Fog/Edge infrastructures * Fog/Edge Computing applications * Latency/locality * critical applications * Legal issues in Fog/Edge clouds * Security and privacy–including support for new cryptographic approaches * Modelling Fog/Edge environments –e.g. using process networks, agent- based models, Peer-2-Peer systems, etc. * Performance monitoring and modelling * Applications of Fog/Edge Computing Important Dates Submission due date: July 30, 2018 Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2018 Submission of final manuscript: November 30, 2018 Publication date: 1st Quarter, 2019 (Tentative) Guest Editors Prof. Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK A/Prof. Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy A/Prof. Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA Prof. Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Prof. Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia ======================================================================

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SKG2018 Call for Paper
by kg＠ict.ac.cn 29 Jun '18

29 Jun '18

Dear Colleagues, The 14th International Conference on Semantis, Knowledge and Grids is going to be held in Guangzhou, Chain, on Sept.12-14, 2018. We are welcoming submissions of high quality papers on topics in the general areas of semantic computing, knowledge management, information retrieval, and scalable distributed computing. Inter-disciplinary papers across these areas are of special interest. computing, knowledge networking, and advanced computing architectures ( http://www.knowledgegrid.net/skg2018 ) Important Dates: The First Round Submissions due: June 30, 2018 Notifications: July 30, 2018 Conference Day: Sept. 12-14, 2018 Camera-ready due: After Conference Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong Provence, China Keynote Speakers are invited: Geoffrey Fox, ACM Fellow, Indiana University, USA. Jiming Liu, IEEE Fellow, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. Jiannong Cao, IEEE Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. Marian Bubak, AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland and University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Keith W Ross, ACM Fellow, New York University, USA. Yorick Wilks, ACM Fellow, Oxford University & Shedfield University, UK Zhiwei Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Details of the conference is available at http://www.knowledgegrid.net/skg2018 Best Regards, SKG 2018 Organization Committee.

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Re: [hpc-announce] Call For Papers
by Eng. Dana Bandock 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

Dear Professor, We invite you to submit your paper to the WCTCS18/ICCA18 and get benefits from the following: 1- Accepted papers will be submitted to IEEE Explore. 2- You can submit a chapter to a scientific book that will be published by Springer-Verlag (Germany). 3- You are eligible to submit a paper to the journal of Complex Systems-Published by SPRINGER (ISI Indexed - Thomson-Clarivate, will have an IF very soon). 3- Meet with top scholars from FRANCE, GERMANY, FINLAND, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, GCC, MIDDLE EAST and LEBANON (who have already accepted and registered papers). 4- Networks with local and international researchers to build strong collaborations. 5- Visit one of the most beautiful country in the region with tasty food and generous hospitality. We are looking forward to meeting you in Beirut in July 24-27, 2018 Best regards Eng. Dana Bandock dana.bandock(a)ijcis.info *********************************************************************************************************** *********************************************************************************************************** *****************************Apologize for Multiple Reception of this message****************************** *********************************************************************************************************** *********************************************************************************************************** ************** INDEXED WORKSHOP - CONFERENCE ************* PAPERS SUBMISSION DEADLINE JULY 13, 2018 http://www.ijcis.info/WCTCS%2018.pdf The 2018 International Workshop on Computer Tools and Communication Systems (WCTCS'18) - July 26th, 2018 & Special Sessions: Reconfigurable Computing CubeSat Technologies, Mission Analysis and Subsystems Design. JOINTLY WITH International Conference on Computer and Applications Third Edition July 25-26, 2018, RAMADA PLAZA RAOUCHEH, Beirut, Lebanon EDAS NUMBER 24063 - IEEE CONFERENCE NUMBER 43450 In the Memory of Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh Founder of Fuzzy Logic LATEST NEWS: ICCA'17 Proceedings are Published in IEEE XPLORE AN INDEXED CONFERENCE - SPONSORED BY SPRINGER-VERLAG & IEEE & IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY (Technical Co-sponsorship) The International Conference on Computer and Applications ICCA 18 is an annual event focusing on state of the art technologies pertaining to digital information, communications and multimedia. It addresses all applications of computing including (but not limited to) connected health, information security, edutainment and serious games, education, grid computing, transportation, social computing, natural language processing, knowledge extraction and reasoning, knowledge extraction, image and pattern processing, virtual reality, cloud computing, robotics, networks algorithms, web engineering, big data analytics, ontology, constraints satisfaction, cryptography and steganography, neural networks, artificial intelligence, biometry and bio-informatics, embedded systems, computer graphics, algorithms and optimization, Internet of things and smart cities. It is an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to meet together and discuss the recent trends in computer applications. Young researchers are highly encouraged to submit their work to the conference. Technical Committee include ------------------------------------- Prof. Patrick S. P. Wang (USA) Dr. Sumaya Al-Maadeed (Qatar) Dr. Justin Varghese (Saudi Arabia) Prof. Mohamed Jemni (Tunisia) Prof. Jinana Faidhi (Canada) Prof. Omara Karam (Dean, Egypt) Prof. Abed Elsadik (Canada) Dr. Saudia Subash, (India) Dr. Nabil Sahli (Oman) Prof. Jianfeng Ma Prof. Amir Hooshang Mazinan (Iran) Prof. Albert Zomaya (Australia) Prof. Hassan Ali Artail (Lebanon) Dr. J. Subash Bose (Saudi Arabia) Prof. Osman Ibrahim (Egypt) Prof. Chadi Assi (Canada) Prof. Ali M. Jaoua (Qatar) Dr. Jalal Akaichi (Saudi Arabia) Prof. Ali Haidar (Lebanon) Prof. Mohammad Khalil (Lebanon) Prof. Adrian Constantin (Vienna) Prof. Wenliang Du (USA) Dr. Majdi Rawashdeh (Jordan) Dr. Mohamad EID (UAE) Prof. Peter Mark Athanas Prof. Sabah Mohammad (Canada) Prof. Youcef Baghdadi (Oman) Prof. Moutaz Saleh (Qatar) Dr. Mohsin Bilal (USA) Prof. Nima Bari (USA) Dr. Khaled Khan (Qatar) Dr. Nader Hossain (Canada) Dr. Daouad Daouad (Jordan) Prof. Samir A. Elsaoud (Egypt) Prof. Mohamed Jemni (Tunisia) Dr. Abdelaali Hassaine (Qatar) Prof. Sadok Benyahia (Tunisia) Dr. Borhan Marzougui (UAE) Prof. Hassan Ali Artail (Lebanon) Prof. Fadi Dornaika (Spain) Prof. Abdul Sadka (UK) Prof. Med Salim Bouhlel (Tunisia) Prof. Ali Elzaart (Lebanon) Prof. A. Vasilakos (Sweden) Prof. Hany Ammar (USA) Dr. Islam Taj-Eddin (Egypt) Dr. Borhan Marzougui (UAE) Dr. Mohamad EID (UAE) Dr. Ahmad S. Mashhour (Bahrain) Prof. ELSayed ElHorbaty (Egypt) Prof. Mudasser F. Wyne (USA) Prof. Abdel Badi Salem (Egypt) Dr. Mohamed M. Yeddes (UAE) Prof. Ezekiel F. Adebiyi (Nigeria) Prof. Wald. Koczkodaj (Canada) Prof. Taleb Obaid (Iraq) Prof. Sebti Foufou (Qatar) Prof. Abdelaziz Bouras (Qatar) Prof. Azlinah Mohamed (Malaysia) Prof. Zakaria Maamar (UAE) Dr. Mohamed A. Mellal (Algeria) Dr. Osama Shata (Qatar) Prof. Arthur Edwards (Colima) Prof. Hossam El Sofany (Egypt) Prof. Arafat Awajan (Jordan) Dr. Khalid AbualSaud (Qatar) ............................. Submission Instructions ------------------------------ Authors are encouraged to submit high quality, original work written in good English that has neither appeared in, nor is under consideration by other conferences or journals. Paper submission is done through EDAS management system. A Special privileges will be given to young researchers (i.e., PhDs, Postdoctoral fellow). Proceedings Publication ------------------------------ All accepted and registered papers will be submitted to be published into IEEE Xplore. Alternatively, the program committee will select the best papers to be published by Springer-Verlag in a book on "Recent Trends in Computer Applications for Sustainable Development" and in a special issue of the journal of Complex & Intelligent Systems (Indexed in Web Of Science). Springer Book ------------------ The best papers will be selected after a second round of peer review for publications in an edited volume by SPRINGER after the conference. Interested authors should update their papers based on the ICCA'18 reviewers comments (research work, contribution, English, etc.). The publication of the accepted paper doesn't require any additional payment from the authors: The conference website: http://www.ijcis.info/icca18ieee.htm The workshop website: http://www.ijcis.info/WCTCS%2018.pdf Contact: ------------ Eng. Dana Bandock icca(a)ijcis.info dana.bandock(a)ijcis.info

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SBAC-PAD 2018 Conference (Lyon) : Call for Posters - Deadline : July 20
by Laurent Lefevre 27 Jun '18

27 Jun '18

SBAC-PAD 2018 - Call for Posters 30th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing September 24-27, 2018 École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France https://graal.ens-lyon.fr/sbac-pad/index.php/call-for-posters SBAC-PAD is an international symposium, started in 1987, which has continuously presented an overview of new developments, applications, and trends in parallel and distributed computing technologies. SBAC-PAD is open for faculty members, researchers, specialists and graduate students around the world. In this edition, the symposium will be held at the École Normale Supérieure of Lyon, in France. Known as the Gastronomy Capital, Lyon is the 2nd largest economic and industrial region in France, and has become one of the favorite destinations for tourism in Europe. We encourage submissions to the SBAC-PAD 2018 poster session. Posters will be presented during the symposium. Please submit a PDF document that includes only an one-page draft of the poster to be presented. We ask only for poster drafts to ensure their quality and to provide feedback to poster presenters. Important Dates: - Poster submission deadline: July 20, 2018 - Acceptance notification: August 1, 2018 Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Application-specific systems - Architecture and programming support for emerging domains (Big Data, Deep Learning, Machine learning, Cognitive Systems) - Benchmarking, performance measurements, and analysis - Cloud, cluster, and edge/fog computing systems - Embedded and pervasive systems - GPUs, FPGAs and accelerator architectures - Languages, compilers, and tools for parallel and distributed programming - Modeling and simulation methodology - Operating systems and virtualization - Parallel and distributed systems, algorithms, and applications - Power and energy-efficient systems - Processor, cache, memory, storage, and network architecture - Real-world applications and case studies - Reconfigurable, resilient and fault-tolerant systems Submission Instructions: Submit your poster draft in PDF format via the submission system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sbacpad-posters2018) The poster draft should include all information (title, authors' names and affiliations). Those whose posters are accepted for presentation will be asked to prepare a A0 full size color poster. The symposium will provide boards for authors to display their posters. Poster chairs : * Laurent Lefèvre, Inria, ENS Lyon, University of Lyon, France * Marcos Dias de Assuncao, Inria, ENS Lyon, University of Lyon, France * Srikumar Venugopal, IBM Research, Ireland * Alfredo Goldman, Sao Paulo University, Brazil -- --- Dr Laurent LEFEVRE, Permanent Inria Researcher Inria AVALON - LIP (UMR CNRS, Inria, ENS, UCB) Bureau 317, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon 46, allee d'Italie - 69364 LYON Cedex 07 - FRANCE Tel: +33 (0) 4 26 23 38 85 Fax: +33 (0) 4 7272 8080 laurent.lefevre(a)ens-lyon.fr http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/laurent.lefevre ---

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SPPEXA-COLOC Poster Session at EuroPar 2018, Travel support available
by Karl Fuerlinger 27 Jun '18

27 Jun '18

************************************************************* Call for Submissions and Participation: SPPEXA COLOC Poster Session on Data Locality at Euro-Par 2018 Travel support for attending the Euro-Par 2018 conference is avaialble to PhD Students and early-stage researchers with the finalcial support of SPPEXA, the DFG priority programme for software for Exascale computing. ************************************************************* Posters ------- The topic of the Poster Sessions is Data Locality in all its forms. Specifically this forum asks for submission on topics including, but not limited to, those listed below: - Programming abstractions for data locality - Approaches for multi-level locality - Support for data locality in task-based programming models - Global address space approaches and data locality - Language extensions and domain-specific libraries for locality - On-chip networks and data locality - Hardware mechanisms for exploiting locality - Locality in large-scale HPC interconnect networks (inter-node locality) - Advances in cache coherence protocols and modern shared memory systems - Data locality and communication avoidance - Data locality and multi-tier memory systems - Approaches for processing in memory - Dataflow approaches Important Dates --------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------- Last date for submission: July 31, 2018 (AoE) Notification of acceptance: On a rolling basis usually within one week of the submission ----------------------------- ---------------------- Travel Support -------------- Travel support for the event is available to young scientists with the help of financial support by SPPEXA, the DFG priority program for software for Exascale computing. Submission and More Information ------------------------------- Please submit your poster using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sppexacolocposter18 For more information please consult the poster session website: http://sppexa-coloc-postersession.org/ Organization ------------ - Karl Fuerlinger, LMU Munich, Germany - Emmanuel Jeannot, INRIA, France -- Dr. Karl Fürlinger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Munich Network Management Team (MNM) Institut für Informatik / Dept. of Informatics Oettingenstr. 67, Room E U106 D-80538 München, Germany

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[CFP] The Second International Workshop on Data Science Engineering and its Applications (DSEA 2018) , Valencia, Spain. October 15-18
by SLICE IIT Roorkee 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Second International Workshop on Data Science Engineering and its Applications (DSEA 2018) Valencia, Spain. October 15-18, 2018 http://emergingtechnet.org/DSEA2018/ *Call for Papers* We are pleased to invite you to submit original contributions to DSEA 2018 via the official submission system at https://easychair.org/ conferences/?conf=dsea2018. This can include, technical and experimental, theoretical, conceptual, or a survey. All submissions will be peer-reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance, and clarity. Today, Data is becoming an increasingly decisive resource in modern societies, economies, and governmental organizations. Data science inspires novel techniques and theories drawn from mathematics, statistics, information theory, computer science, and social science. It involves many domains, such as signal processing, probability models, machine learning, data mining, database, data engineering, pattern recognition, visualization, predictive analytic, data warehousing, data compression, computer programming, etc. High Performance Computing typically deals with smaller, highly structured data sets and huge amounts of computation. Data Science has emerged to tackle the problem of creating processes and approaches to extracting knowledge or insights from gigantic, unstructured data sets. The Second International Workshop for Data Science Engineering and Applications (DSEA 2018) aims to provide a forum that brings together researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts for discussion and exchange of ideas on the latest theoretical developments in Data Science and Computing as well as on the best practices for a wide range of applications. The topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to: *Architecture, management and process for Data Science *Big Data Mining and Knowledge Management *Evaluation and Measurement in Data Science *Privacy and protection standards and policies for Data Science *Data Quality *Data science for the internet of things (IoT) *Management Issues of Social Network Big Data *Big Data Computing for Data science *Social Network and Big Data Analytics *Open Source tools for Data Science and Big Data *Data Mining for Data science *High performance computing for data analytic *Mathematical Issues in Data Science and Applications *Cloud Computing for Big Data and Social Networks *Data Science and Big Data for the Internet of Things *Data Science and Big Data Management for Large-scale databases *Data Science and Big Data for Decision Making *Visualization tools for Data Science and Big Data *Data-driven Scientific Research *Data warehouses and cloud computing support for Data Science *Case studies *Important Dates:* *Submission Deadline: Jul 15, 2018* Notification Due: Aug 25, 2018 Final Version Due: Sep 5, 2018 *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 6 pages, strictly following the IEEE Proceedings Templates. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference. The papers that are accepted and presented at the conference will appear in conference proceedings. Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also, submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *Submission System* Papers should be submitted electronically by the deadline to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dsea2018. *Organizers* General Co-chairs *Sateesh Kumar Peddoju, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India *Thar Baker, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Technical Program Co-chairs *Sugam Sharma, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA *Samia Gamoura, Université de Lyon, France *Parijat Shukla, Xilinx, Inc., India Publication and Publicity Co-chairs *Efren Mezura-Montes, University of Veracruz, Mexico *Sandra Sendra, Universidad de Granada, Spain *Vaskar Raychoudhury, Miami University, USA For any question about DSEA, please contact: drpskfec(a)iitr.ac.in & sugam.k.sharma(a)gmail.com

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[CFP] 5th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2018)
by Zhao, Xinghui 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

5th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2018) December 17-20, 2018 – Zurich, Switzerland – Call for Papers Website: http://bdcat-conference.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bdcat-2Dconference.org_…> Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdcat2018<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__easychair.org_conferen…> Download Call for Papers: http://bdcat-conference.org/pages/bdcat2018-cfp.txt<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bdcat-2Dconference.org_…> Call for Full Papers The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT) is an annual conference series aiming to provide a platform for researchers from both academia and industry to present new discoveries in the broad area of big data computing and applications. The first 4 events were held in London, Cyprus, Shanghai, and Austin. BDCAT 2018 will be held in conjunction with the 11th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2018) in Zurich, Switzerland. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts on a broad range of topics related to big data science, computing paradigms, platforms and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: I. Big Data Science -Big Data Analytics -Data Science Models and Approaches -Algorithms for Big Data -Big Data Search and Information Retrieval Techniques -Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Approaches -Machine Learning Techniques for Big Data -Big Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning, and Best Practices -Big Data and Deep Learning II. Big Data Infrastructures and Platforms -Scalable Computing Models, Theories, and Algorithms -In-Memory Systems and Platforms for Big Data Analytics -Big Data and High Performance Computing -Cyber-Infrastructure for Big Data -Performance Evaluation Reports for Big Data Systems -Storage Systems (including file systems, NoSQL, and RDBMS) -Resource Management Approaches for Big Data Systems -Many-Core Computing and Accelerators III. Big Data Applications -Big Data Applications for Internet of Things -Mobile Applications of Big Data -Big Data Applications for Smart City -Healthcare Applications such as Genome Processing and Analytics -Scientific Application Case Studies on Cloud Infrastructure -Big Data in Social Networks -Data Streaming Applications IV. Big Data Trends and Challenges -Fault Tolerance and Reliability -Scalability of Big Data Systems -Energy-Efficient Algorithms -Big Data Privacy and Security -Big Data Archival and Preservation V. Visualization of Big Data -Visual Analytics Algorithms and Foundations -Graph and Context Models for Visualization -Analytics Reasoning and Sense-making on Big Data -Visual Representation and Interaction -Big Data Transformation, and Presentation Submission Manuscripts shall be formatted in IEEE conference style and may not exceed ten pages. In detail, authors are invited to submit papers electronically. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 10 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables and references using the IEEE templates. Papers should be prepared in two-column single-spaced format. Authors should submit the manuscript in PDF format and make sure that the file will print on a printer that uses letter size (8.5 x 11) paper. The official language of the meeting is English. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Papers conforming to the above guidelines can be submitted through the BDCAT 2018 paper submission system. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the conference TPC Chairs for more information. Awards and Special Issues A selection commission chaired by the BDCAT 2018 TPC chairs will select and acknowledge the best paper and best student paper to receive an award during the conference. Authors of highly rated papers from BDCAT 2018 will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of a prestigious journal in the area of big data which is currently being defined. Important Dates -Paper submission due: August 01, 2018 -Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2018 -Camera-ready papers due: October 08, 2018 -Early + author registration deadline: October 08, 2018 -Conference: December 17-20, 2018 General Chairs -Josef Spillner, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland -Alan Sill, Texas Tech, USA Program Committee Chairs -Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University, USA -Richard Sinnott, University of Melbourne, Australia Track Chairs -Big Data Science Track: Kenneth Johnson, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand -Big Data Infrastructure Track: Dong Dai, Texas Tech University, USA -Big Data Applications Track: Bo Sheng, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Sponsorship Chair -Christof Marti, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Publicity Chairs -Yan Tang, Hohai University, China -Zaheer Khan, University of the West of England, UK UCC/BDCAT Steering Committee -Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia -Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK -Josef Spillner, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland -Alan Sill, Texas Tech, USA -Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK

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CfP: 1st International Workshop on Optimization in Modern Computing Systems (OptiMoCS 2018)
by Zoltán Mann 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

Call for Papers 1st International Workshop on Optimization in Modern Computing Systems (OptiMoCS 2018) Co-located with ESOCC 2018 - the 7th European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing 12th September 2018, Como (Italy) Paper submission deadline: 14th July 2018 https://sites.google.com/site/optimocs2018 Background ---------- Modern computing paradigms (e.g., service-oriented computing, cloud computing, edge and fog computing, mobile computing, network function virtualization) allow the construction, deployment, and operation of systems of ever larger scale and complexity. Such systems must satisfy several important, often contradicting, quantifiable goals. Metrics of interest include performance, consumption of computing and network resources, energy consumption, and financial costs. Optimization of these goals is an important concern in the design and operation of many different systems, leading to challenging optimization problems. Improved algorithms for these problems directly translate to more effective and more efficient systems. Objectives ---------- The workshop aims to provide a platform for discussing recent work on optimization in modern computing systems. By focusing on optimization as a domain- and technology-independent concern, synergies between different domains and technologies can be identified and used. In particular, the optimization of different systems gives rise to similar challenges, e.g., with respect to search space explosion, handling uncertainties, multiple objectives, or soft constraints. The workshop will foster the discussion on possible approaches to such challenges and the transfer of ideas between different technical domains. Topics of interest ------------------ The workshop solicits papers that address either general optimization techniques that are relevant to the optimization of modern computing systems, or specific optimization problems and approaches in the optimization of modern computing systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Optimization problems in - Service-oriented computing - Cloud computing - Edge and fog computing - Mobile computing - Internet of Things - Network function virtualization - Business process management * Optimization techniques - Exact algorithms - Heuristics, meta-heuristics - Approximation algorithms - Mathematical programming methods - Matheuristics * Evaluation of optimization approaches - Formal quality guarantees - Systematic empirical studies - Probabilistic and statistical approaches - Case studies of real-world applications of optimization - Comparison of different algorithms * Further concerns relating to optimization - Multi-objective optimization - Handling uncertainty - Quantifying quality attributes like security, privacy, or dependability - Quality assurance, verification and validation of optimization algorithms Submission guidelines --------------------- Original, high-quality papers are solicited, from researchers and practitioners alike. Both full papers (maximum 15 pages) and short papers (maximum 8 pages) will be considered. All papers must be written in English and follow Springer's LNCS formatting instructions and templates. Submitted papers must be original, not submitted and not published elsewhere. Accepted papers are planned to be published in Springer's CCIS Series as post-workshop proceedings. Papers must be submitted in PDF using the online submission system under the following URL: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=optimocs2018. All submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Paper acceptance will be based on originality, significance, technical soundness, clarity of presentation, and relevance to the workshop topics. Further information ------------------- OptiMoCS 2018 will be co-located with ESOCC 2018 - the 7th European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing. The workshop will take place on 12th September 2018 in Como (Italy). Como is a beautiful city in Northern Italy, near Milano. It can be easily reached e.g. from the airports of Milano, Lugano, or Bergamo. At least one author of each accepted paper must register, attend the workshop, and present the work. Registration is subject to the terms, conditions and procedure of the main ESOCC 2018 conference. To encourage both high-quality submissions and high-quality presentations, an award is planned for the best paper and for the best presentation. Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/site/optimocs2018 Important dates --------------- Paper submission: July 14, 2018 Notification: August 13, 2018 Camera-ready: August 27, 2018 Workshop: September 12, 2018 Program committee ----------------- Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groningen, Netherlands Steffen Becker, University of Stuttgart, Germany Luiz Bittencourt, University of Campinas, Brazil Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg David Breitgand, IBM Research, Israel Antonio Brogi, University of Pisa, Italy Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Emiliano Casalicchio, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Noel Crespi, Institut Mines-Telecom, France Schahram Dustdar, TU Wien, Austria Marco Guazzone, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy Odej Kao, TU Berlin, Germany Gabor Kecskemeti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Zoltan Adam Mann (chair), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Francesco Palmieri, University of Salerno, Italy Roberto Pietrantuono, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Javid Taheri, Karlstad University, Sweden Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Stefan Wesner, University of Ulm, Germany

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