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[CFP][Deadline: Jan 31st 2021] HPS'21: 2nd Workshop on High-Performance Storage (held in conjuction with IPDPS'21)
by Bogdan Nicolae 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

====================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ====================================================== 2nd Workshop on High-Performance Storage HPS 2021 Held in conjunction with IPDPS 2021. ====================================================== https://sites.google.com/view/hps-2021/home ====================================================== Created in 2020, HPS is a newly established workshop that covers all aspects of High-Performance I/O and storage, including storage hardware, storage systems, libraries, and I/O intensive applications. The recent years are seeing an accelerated evolution of high-end storage systems, libraries, and services, due to several reasons: Technology: The availability of an increasing number of persistent solid-state storage technologies that can replace either memory or disk is creating new opportunities for the structure of storage systems. Performance Requirements: Disk-based parallel file systems cannot satisfy the performance needs of high-end systems. It is not clear how solid-state storage is best used to alleviate the problem. Infrastructure evolution: HPC technology will not only be deployed in dedicated supercomputing centers in the future. “Embedded HPC”, “HPC in the box”, “HPC in the loop”, “HPC in the cloud”, “HPC as a service”, “near- to-real-time simulation” are concepts requiring new small-scale deployment environments for HPC. A federation of systems and functions with consistent mechanisms for managing I/O, storage and data processing across all participating systems will be required to create a “continuum” of computing. Application Evolution: Data analysis, including graph analytics and machine learning training, are becoming increasingly important high-end applications. I/O is often a major bottleneck for such applications, both in a cloud environment and in an HPC environment – especially when fast turnaround or integration of heavy computation with heavy analysis are required. This is becoming more and more frequent in the context of the current emergence of the computing continuum described above, in support of hybrid workflows combining simulation and analytics. Virtualization and disaggregation: As virtualization and disaggregation become broadly used in cloud and HPC computing, the issues of virtualized storage and storage disaggregation have increasing importance. The workshop aims to bring together researchers and developers working on high-end storage systems, libraries and applications in HPC and clusters, and users of such systems that are interested in these issues. HPS 2021 welcomes original submissions in a range of areas, including but not limited to: • High-end storage systems • Parallel and distributed high-end storage architectures and organizations • The synergy between different storage models (POSIX file system, object storage, key-value, row-oriented, and column-oriented databases) • Storage and data processing architectures and systems for hybrid HPC/cloud/edge infrastructures, in support of complex workflows potentially combining simulation and analytics • Structures and interfaces for leveraging persistent solid-state storage • High-performance I/O libraries and services • I/O performance in high-end systems and applications • Data reduction and compression • Benchmarks and performance tools for high-end I/O • Language and library support for data-centric computing • Storage virtualization and disaggregation • Active processing in storage technologies. • Ephemeral storage media and consistency optimizations • Storage architectures and systems for scalable stream-based processing • Study cases of I/O services in support of various application domains (bioinformatics, scientific simulations, large observatories, experimental facilities, etc.) SUBMISSION INFORMATION The workshop will accept traditional research papers (8-10 pages) for in-depth topics and short papers (4-8 pages) for work in progress on hot topics. Papers should present original research and provide sufficient background material to make them accessible to the broader community. Paper format: single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The submitted manuscripts should include author names and affiliations. The IEEE conference style templates for MS Word and LaTeX provided by IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing are available here: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Submission site: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?page=Submit&id=HPSWorkshopFull… IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission (optional) deadline: January 25th, 2021 Paper submission deadline: January 31st, 2021 Acceptance notification: February 28th, 2021 Camera-ready deadline: March 20th, 2021 Workshop date: May 21st, 2021 ORGANIZATION Workshop Chairs: Gabriel Antoniu, Inria, France - Chair - gabriel.antoniu(a)inria.fr Marc Snir, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA - Co-Chair- snir(a)illinois.edu Program Co-Chairs: Bogdan Nicolae, Argonne National Lab, USA - Chair - bogdan.nicolae(a)acm.org Osamu Tatebe, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Co-Chair - tatebe(a)cs.tsukuba.ac.jp Program Committee: Angelos Bilas, Forth, Greece Suren Byna, LLBL, USA Franck Cappello, ANL, USA Jesus Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Toni Cortes, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Kathryn Mohror, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Alexandru Costan, Inria and INSA Rennes, France Matthieu Dorier, Argonne National Lab, USA Dana Petcu, University West Timisoara, Romania Michael Schoettner, University of Dusseldorf, Germany Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy Kento Sato, RIKEN, Japan François Tessier, Inria, France Weikuan Yu, Florida State University, USA For additional details, please refer to our web site: https://sites.google.com/view/hps-2021/home

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ICCCN 2021: Call for Papers
by Xin, Yufeng 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email. If you'd like to opt out of these announcements, information on how to unsubscribe is available at the bottom of this email.] CALL FOR PAPERS The 30th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN 2021) July 19 – July 22, 2021, Athens, Greece http://www.icccn.org/icccn21/ ICCCN 2021 is Technically Co-Sponsored by the IEEE/IEEE Communication Society Paper Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icccn2021 (for all Conference, Workshop, and Poster papers). ICCCN is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel ideas and fundamental advances in the fields of computer communications and networks. ICCCN serves to foster communication among researchers and practitioners with a common interest in improving computer communications and networking through scientific and technological innovation. Scope: The primary focus of the ICCCN 2021 conference is on new and original research results in the areas of design, implementation, and applications of computer communications and networks. Topics of interest lie in one of the following main thematic areas and corresponding tracks: · Ad Hoc, Mobile, and Sensor Networking (AMSN) · Communication Networks Architectures, Algorithms, Measurement and Performance Evaluation (CAAME) · Social Networks and Computing (SNC) · Internet of Things (IoT) · Security, Privacy, Trust and Incentives (SPTI) · Orchestration Methods and Middleware in support of Big Data, and the Cloud (OMM) · Software Defined Networks and Network Virtualization Technologies (SDN/NFV) · Hot Topics in Networking (HOT) Instructions for Authors: Submitted manuscripts must be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font) and must be submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icccn2021) as PDF files (formatted for 8.5×11-inch paper). The manuscripts should be no longer than 9 pages. Up to two additional pages are permitted if the authors are willing to pay extra charge at the time of publication (manuscripts should not exceed 11 pages in total in IEEE format). Submitted papers should not be previously published in or be under consideration for publication in another conference or journal. Paper titles and/or author names cannot be changed and/or added to the papers once papers are submitted to ICCCN 2021 for review (and in the camera-ready version if accepted). The Program Committee reserves the right to not review papers that either exceed the length specification or have been submitted or published elsewhere. Submissions must include a title, abstract, keywords, author(s) and affiliation(s) with postal and e-mail addresses. Note: If a submission is not accepted as a regular paper, it may be accepted as a "short paper". All accepted papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The paper’s abstract must be registered on EasyChair by the deadline indicated below. Review and Publication of Manuscripts: Submitted papers will be reviewed by the TPC and judged on originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation. An accepted paper must be presented at the conference venue by the registered author at the full registration rate. Each full registration covers up to two conference papers authored by the registered author. Accepted/presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference, including IEEE Xplore® Digital Library, if the paper is not presented by one (the registered) of the authors of the accepted paper at the conference. Workshops: ICCCN 2021 workshops are exciting forums to present, discuss, and formulate specialized topics and emerging hot research topics (new areas, new problems or new methods). The workshops offer a perspective distinct from and complementary to the research themes of the main conference. Workshop papers should be no longer than 6 pages with up to two extra pages given the authors are willing to pay extra page charge (manuscripts should not exceed 8 pages in total in IEEE format). The detailed info can be found in each workshop’s Call for Papers (http://www.icccn.org/icccn21/workshop/list-of-workshops/) For any questions or additional information, please contact the Workshop General or Workshop Program Chairs. Poster Papers: ICCCN 2021 provides an opportunity to present in-progress work in the fields of computer communications and networks. Topics of interest are the same as the research topics in the ICCCN’21 conference Call for Papers. Early implementations, prototypes, work-in-progress systems/applications as well as commercial products that are related to the topics are welcome. Presenting a poster is an effective way to obtain early and valuable feedback from a knowledgeable crowd at the conference. Posters must be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font). Each poster submission must be no longer than 2 pages including all figures/tables and references. Important Dates: Conference and Poster Paper Submission Due: February 19th, 2021. Workshops Paper Submission Due: March 5, 2021 (visit each workshop’s home page for more info). Acceptance Notification: April 16th, 2021. Camera-Ready Due: April 30th, 2021. Please refer to "Author Information" posted at the conference website for more info on paper submission and related rules/policies. Executive Chair: Prof. Tarek Abdelzaher, UIUC, USA. General Chair: Prof. George Rouskas, NC State University, USA (rouskas(a)ncsu.edu<mailto:[email protected]>) TPC Co-Chairs: Prof. Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston, USA (dgurkan(a)uh.edu<mailto:[email protected]>) Prof. Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (papavass(a)mail.ntua.gr<mailto:[email protected]>) Workshops General Chair: Prof. Kewei Sha, University of Houston - Clear Lake, USA (comersha(a)gmail.com<http://www.icccn.org/icccn20/call-for-papers/[email protected]>) Publications Chair: Ahmed Abdelhadi, University of Houston, USA (aabdelhadi(a)uh.edu<mailto:[email protected]>) Poster Chair: Prof. Wenjun Jiang, Hunan University, China (wenjj8a(a)163.com<mailto:[email protected]>) Publicity Co-Chairs: Valeria Loscri, INRIA, France (valeria.loscri(a)inria.fr<mailto:[email protected]>) Yufeng Xin, RENCI, USA (yxin(a)renci.org<mailto:[email protected]>) Local Arrangement Chair: Prof. Verena Kantere, National Technical University of Athens, vkante(a)dblab.ece.ntua.gr<mailto:[email protected]>

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8th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2021): First Call for Papers
by George Angelos Papadopoulos 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

*** First Call for Papers *** 8th International Symposium on End-User Development (IS-EUD 2021): "Democratizing AI Development" July 6-8, 2021, Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel 4*, Limassol, Cyprus http://cyprusconferences.org/iseud2021/ End-user development (EUD) aims at empowering end users to develop and adapt systems at a level of complexity that is adequate to their expertise, practices, and skills. EUD may occur along the entire software lifecycle, with the purpose of making users able to participate in their artifact development, not only at design time, but also during actual use. Originally, EUD was conceived as a more general concept than end-user programming; thus, scholars proposed methods, techniques and tools that allow end users to modify or extend software artifacts, such as spreadsheets, web applications, video games, and mobile applications. In the co-called Internet of Things era, end-user development moved on to address the problem of defining and modifying the behavior of smart environments, including smart objects, pervasive displays, smart homes, smart cities, and so on. Therefore, the term "end-user development" acquired a broader meaning covering approaches, frameworks and socio-technical environments that allow end users to express themselves in crafting digital artifacts that encompass both software and hardware technology. Recent research and technological trends like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Cyber-Security, Robotics, and Industry 4.0, have contributed to renew the vision of end-user development, by providing tools and platforms that allow end users to harness the power of AI to create solutions involving Computer Vision, Image Processing, Conversational User Interfaces, as well as solutions for smart environments. Such developments lower the threshold for creating AI solutions, and expand the programmer base for such solutions, by extending AI application both for professional and discretionary use. IS-EUD is a bi-annual event for researchers and practitioners with an interdisciplinary approach to EUD, including: Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Work Interaction Design, and related areas. IS-EUD 2021 Theme: Democratizing AI Development The 2021 edition of IS-EUD focuses on EUD for AI-based systems, where end users are called on to become end-user developers of intelligent agents, digital twins, collaborative and social robots. This edition would like to discuss the adoption of EUD in new fields, the proposal of novel EUD paradigms, and the impact of AI-based EUD in terms of user acceptability and appropriation. One of the most interesting topics in human-AI interaction is explainability of AI-based systems: research submissions presenting end- user oriented solutions to this problem will be particularly welcome. Theoretical and empirical work analyzing pros and cons of this new EUD wave, identifying requirements for end-user development of AI and acceptance of related solutions is invited. Software infrastructures and eco- systems supporting the reuse of solutions and the emergence of meta- design practices are of particular interest to this community, linking the challenges relating AI to topics central to the IS-EUD community. Conference Topics The conference welcomes contributions that: * describe new, simple and efficient environments for end-user development * describe new processes, methods and techniques for empowering users to create, modify and tailor digital artifacts * present case studies and design implications on challenges and practices of end-user development * develop theoretical concepts and foundations for the field of end-user development Specific topics include (but are not limited to) the following ones: * User-oriented orchestration of AI-based devices * Conversational interfaces for end-user development * End-user development for big data visualization and exploration * End-user development for collaborative robotics * End-user development for social robotics * End-user development in Industry 4.0 * End-user development and explainable AI-based systems * Cybersecurity and end-user development * End-user development in daily life * Technologies and infrastructures for end-user development * Empirical studies of end-user development * Recommender systems to support end-user development * Cultures of participation and meta-design approaches * Technology acceptance and adoption studies of end-user development technologies * Evaluation of end-user development technologies * Supporting creative work through end-user development Submissions We invite two types of paper submissions: 1. Regular papers, up to 16 pages, describing original unpublished research making a substantial contribution to the research field 2. Short papers, up to 8 pages, describing original unpublished research, making a small but solid contribution to the field All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. The review process for this category is double-blind, thus submissions must be anonymized. Accepted papers (both regular and short) will appear in the archival proceedings of IS-EUD 2021, published by Springer in the Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series, and will be presented in plenary sessions of the conference. Workshop proposals are invited (max 6 pages) aligned to the themes of the conference. Workshops provide an informal setting where participants have the opportunity to discuss specific topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. Workshops can be half day or one-day long and will be held on July 6, 2021. Accepted workshop proposals will be included in the IS-EUD 2021 adjunct proceedings, which will be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication. Submissions of regular papers, short papers and workshop proposals should indicate in the title page "Regular", "Short" or "Workshop" respectively. Demonstration and Work in Progress papers are also welcomed. A Demonstration paper (max 6 pages) should be structured according to the following: * Abstract (150 words maximum) * Topics to be covered and their relevance to the EUD community * Detailed description of the planned demonstration activity * Diagrams or screenshots (if relevant) * Supporting documentation (e.g., project website) * References Work in Progress submissions (max 6 pages) are intended for presenting preliminary results or tentative findings and position papers. The authors of accepted contributions will have the opportunity to give an oral presentation during parallel sessions. Finally, the IS-EUD Doctoral Consortium is intended to bring together PhD students working on theory and application of EUD. We particularly encourage students that are about half-way through their doctoral research to submit doctoral consortium contributions (max 6 pages) describing the topic of their PhD, their approach and a summary of their progress. Demonstration, Work in Progress and Doctoral Consortium submissions should indicate in the title page “Demo”, “WiP” or “DC” respectively. Accepted submissions will be included in IS-EUD 2021 adjunct proceedings, which will be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication. Submissions of all types should be carefully formatted according to the Springer LNCS format: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and should be submitted through the Easy Chair system at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iseud2021 Important Dates * Regular and Short papers submission: March 8, 2021 * Notification: March 30, 2021 * Camera-ready: April 30, 2021 * Workshop proposal submission: March 8, 2021 * Notification: March 15, 2021 * Camera-ready: April 30, 2021 * Demonstration and Work in Progress submission: April 7, 2021 * Notification: April 21, 2021 * Camera-ready: April 30, 2021 * Doctoral Consortium submission: April 7, 2021 * Notification: April 30, 2021 * Camera-ready: May 15, 2021 Organizers General Chairs * Panos Markopoulos (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) * George A. Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Program Chairs * Daniela Fogli (University of Brescia, Italy) * Daniel Tetteroo (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) Short papers Chairs * Barbara Rita Barricelli (University of Brescia, Italy) * Simone Borsci (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Work in Progress Chairs * Jelle Van Dijk (University of Twente, The Netherlands) * Carmen Santoro (ISTI-CNR, Italy) Demonstration Chair * Stefano Valtolina (University of Milan, Italy) Workshop Chairs * Styliani Kleanthous (Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus) * Simone Stumpf (City University London, UK) Doctoral Consortium Chairs * Monica Maceli (Pratt Institute, USA) * Antonio Piccinno (University of Bari, Italy)

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Call for technical Sessions -- FedCSIS 2021
by Marcin Paprzycki 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

Call for Technical Sessions 16th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS 2021) Sofia, Bulgaria, 6-9 September 2020 www.fedcsis.org The 16th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS 2021) cordially invites you to contribute a Technical Session (symposium, workshop, consortium meeting, project dissemination meeting, special session, etc.). The FedCSIS conferences consist of five Tracks that contain Technical Sessions. Many of them are recurring yearly events, but we solicit and welcome proposals for new Technical Sessions, until January 21, 2021. Moreover, existing events that would like to join the FedCSIS conference series, are also welcome. The Technical Sessions can run over any span of time within the conference dates; from half-day to three days. FedCSIS is a large rigorous scientific conference staged across Europe. Annually, it attracts ~300 submissions from ~30 countries from around the world. Papers are accepted in three categories: regular (full and short), position, and communication. All regular, presented, papers are submitted to IEEE Xplore Digital Library, and many are offered post-publication opportunities (journals, Springer volumes, etc.) after appropriate extensions and changes. Position and communication papers are published in separate volumes of the Annals of Computer Science and Information systems series. All papers are published with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers, and submitted to, and indexed in, most influential indexing services. Since 2012, FedCSIS Proceedings are indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science. Any newly proposed Technical Session will be evaluated on the basis of scientific/technical interest and/or its relevance to practitioners in its topics, the clarity of the proposal in addressing the requested information, the innovativeness of the topics, and a “value-added” to the denoted FedCSIS track, i.e.: * Artificial Intelligence and Applications * Computer Science and Systems * Network Systems and Applications * Information Technology for Management, Business & Society * Software and Systems Development Call for Papers, for Technical Sessions, will be announced by three means: (1) by FedCSIS Chairs in generic Calls for Conference Papers, to reach out to the computer science and information system researchers at large; (2) by Track Chairs in Calls for Track Papers, to reach out to the researchers specifically interested in track topics; (3) by Technical Session Chairs in Calls for Technical Session Papers, to reach out to the professional communities involved in research addressed by the Technical Session. All papers will have to be submitted to the FedCSIS Conference System. However, in all cases, paper submitters will have to select a Technical Session (event) within which their paper will be reviewed for acceptance. Technical Session proposals should include the following information (3 pages maximum): 1. The nature of the Technical Session (symposium, workshop, consortium meeting, project dissemination meeting, special session, etc.). 2. The title and acronym of the Technical Session, and a list of topics. 3. A brief explanation of why the proposed session will fit into the FedCSIS aims and program. 3. The contact information of the Technical Session chairs, including a link to their personal websites, and an overview of previous experiences with organization of scientific events. 4. Preliminary list of PC members who have agreed (or are likely to agree) to join. 5. Indication of the expected number of papers/attendees. 6. Information of expected post-publications of extended and revised papers in high-quality journals, edited volumes, etc. Technical Session organizers should email their proposals (in a single pdf file) by January 21, 2021 to the FedCSIS Secretariat at: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org More information concerning FedCSIS and its scientific, organization and financial rules can be found at: https://www.fedcsis.org -- Ta wiadomość została sprawdzona na obecność wirusów przez oprogramowanie antywirusowe Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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IEEE HiCOMB 2021: Call for Papers
by Kalyanaraman, Anantharaman 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

HiCOMB 2021 Call For Papers 18th IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology May 17, 2021 To be held in conjunction with IPDPS'21 Portland, OR http://www.hicomb.org/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.hicomb.org/__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!_RXL…> January 29, 20121 by 11:59pm AoE (firm deadline) Author notification: February 28, 2021 Final camera-ready papers due: March 12, 2021 Workshop: May 17, 2021 Submission types: * regular papers (up to 10 pages) * short papers (up to 4 pages) * extended abstracts (1 page) Submitted manuscripts may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced double-column pages using a 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references (see IPDPS Call for Papers for more details). All papers will be reviewed by three or more referees. Proceedings option: This year, the authors of the accepted papers will be given a choice on whether to have the paper appear in the IPDPSW Proceedings (which will be digitally indexed and archived as part of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library). If the authors choose not to make it part of the proceedings, then the paper will not be considered archival. In either case, all accepted papers will be posted online on the workshop website, and all accepted papers (archived or not) will have an oral presentation slot at the workshop by one of the authors of the paper. To submit a paper, please upload a PDF file through the HiCOMB 2021 submission link, which will be made available on the HiCOMB website. Topics: The size and complexity of genomic and biomedical big data continue to grow at a furious pace, and the analysis of these complex, noisy, data sets demands efficient algorithms and high performance computing architectures. Hence, high-performance computing (HPC) has become an integral part of research and development in bioinformatics, computational biology, and medical and health informatics. The goal of the HiCOMB workshop is to showcase novel HPC research and technologies to solve data- and compute-intensive problems arising from all areas of computational life sciences. The workshop will feature contributed papers as well as invited talks from reputed researchers in the field. For peer-reviewed papers, we invite authors to submit original and previously unpublished work that are at the intersection of the "pillars" of modern day computational life sciences and HPC. More specifically, we encourage submissions from all areas of biology that can benefit from HPC, and from all areas of HPC that need new development to address the class of computational problems that originate from biology. Areas of interest within computational life sciences include (but not limited to): - Biological sequence analysis (genome assembly, long/short read data structures, read mapping, clustering, variant analysis, error correction, genome annotation) - Computational structural biology (protein structure, RNA structure) - Functional genomics (transcriptomics, RNAseq/microarrays, single cell analysis, proteomics, phospho-proteomics) - Systems biology and networks (biological network analysis, gene regulatory networks, metabolomics, molecular pathways) - Tools for integrated multi-omics and biological databases (network construction, modeling, link inference) - Computational modeling and simulation of biological systems (molecular dynamics, protein structure/docking, dynamic models) - Phylogeny (phylogenetic tree reconstruction, molecular evolution) - Microbes and microbiomes (taxonomical binning, metagenomics, classification, clustering, annotation) - Biomedical health analytics and biomedical imaging (electronic health records, precision medicine, image analysis) - Biomedical literature mining (text mining, ontology, natural language processing) - Computational epidemiology (infectious diseases, diffusion mechanisms) - Phenomics and precision agriculture (IoT technologies, feature extraction) - Visualization of large-scale biomedical data and patient trajectories Areas of interest within HPC include (but are not limited to): - Parallel and distributed algorithms (scalable machine learning, parallel graph/sequence analytics, combinatorial pattern matching, optimization, parallel data structures, compression) - Data-intensive computing techniques (communication-avoiding/synchronization-reducing techniques, locality-preserving techniques, big data streaming techniques) - Parallel architectures (multicore, manycore, CPU/GPU, FPGA, system-on-chip, hardware accelerators, energy-aware architectures, hardware/software co-design) - Memory and storage technologies (processing-in-memory, NVRAM, burst buffers, 3D RAM, parallel/distributed I/O) - Parallel programming models (libraries, domain specific languages, compiler/runtime systems) - Scientific workflows (data management, data wrangling, automated workflows, productivity) - Scientific computing (numerical analysis, optimization) - Empirical evaluations (performance modeling, case-studies) Program Chair: Mehmet Koyuturk, Case Western Reserve University General Chairs: Alba Cristina M. A. de Melo, University of Brasilia Ananth Kalyanaraman, Washington State University For Program Committee and program details please refer to the workshop webpage: http://www.hicomb.org/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.hicomb.org/__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!_RXL…>

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[ICS'21] Call for papers
by Xu Liu 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

ACM International Conference on Supercomputing 2021 Call for papers The ACM International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS) is the premier international forum for the presentation of research results in high-performance computing systems. The 35th conference (ICS-2021) will be held virtually; Papers are solicited on all aspects of research, development, and application of high-performance and supercomputing systems, including, but not limited to: High performance computing Cloud computing Big data Machine learning Computer architecture Algorithms Languages and runtimes Performance The review process will include a rebuttal period, and the papers will be judged based on novelty, technical soundness, and potential impact on the field. Important dates Abstract submission: January 28th, 2021 (firm deadline, no extension) Paper submission: February 4th, 2021 (firm deadline, no extension) Rebuttal period: March 16-18, 2021 Author notification: March 31st, 2021 All dates above are AOE (Anywhere on Earth). For details, see https://ics21.github.io -- Xu Liu Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science North Carolina State University

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IoTBDS 2021 (iotbds.org) Extended till 19 Jan 2021, thanks
by Victor Chang 25 Dec '20

25 Dec '20

Dear colleagues, I hope you and your family are doing well. We have the Sixth International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security 2020 (IoTBDS 2021), an online streaming conference, between 23-25 April, 2021. Submission deadline has been extended to 19 Jan, 2021 due to IMPACTS OF COVID-19. We work with high quality journals, well-known keynote speakers and researchers/scientists/practitioners/decision-makers from all over the world. Please check our websites http://iotbds.org/ and COMPLXIS 2021 http://www.complexis.org with the same submission deadlines and also /, FEMIB 2021 http://femib.scitevents.org/ and social network website https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015/. We have the support from Journal of Global Information Systems (JGIM, EI and WOS Q2), Computers and Electrical Engineering (CAEE, WOS Q1), Journal of Grid Computing (JoGC, WIS Q1) and a few more top journals. Our conference has an index from Scopus, EI etc. We look forward to meeting you and seeing your presentations. Many thanks in advance. Thanks and regards, Victor CALL FOR PAPERS 6th International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security IoTBDS website: http://www.iotbds.org April 23 - 25, 2021 Online Streaming In Cooperation with DNS.PT Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Supporting journals include CAEE (Comp & Elec Eng, WOS SCI Q1), JoGC (J of Grid Comp WOS SCI Q1), JGIM (J of Global Info Management, EI & WOS SSCI Q2) and IJOCI. IMPORTANT DATES Position Papers Regular Papers Paper Submission January 19, 2021 Authors Notification February 24, 2021 Camera Ready and Registration March 9, 2021 Workshops Paper Submission February 24, 2021 Authors Notification March 10, 2021 Camera Ready and Registration March 18, 2021 Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission March 2, 2021 Authors Notification March 15, 2021 Camera Ready and Registration March 23, 2021 Scope The internet of things (IoT) is a platform that allows a network of devices (sensors, smart meters, etc.) to communicate, analyse data and process information collaboratively in the service of individuals or organisations. The IoT network can generate large amounts of data in a variety of formats and using different protocols which can be stored and processed in the cloud. The conference looks to address the issues surrounding IoT devices, their interconnectedness and services they may offer, including efficient, effective and secure analysis of the data IoT produces using machine learning and other advanced techniques, models and tools, and issues of security, privacy and trust that will emerge as IoT technologies mature and become part of our everyday lives. Big Data (BD) has core values of volume, velocity, variety and veracity. After collecting much data from IoT, BD can be jointly used with machine learning, AI, statistical and other advanced techniques, models and methods, which can create values for people and organizations adopting it, since forecasting, deep analysis and analytics can help identify weaknesses and make improvements based on different analysis. Maintaining a high level of security and privacy for data in IoT are crucial and we welcome recommendations, solutions, demonstrations and best practices for all forms of security and privacy for IoT and BD. Conference Topics Area 1 Big Data Research - Big Data Fundamentals Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity and Value - Modeling, Experiments, Sharing Technologies & Platforms - Analytics, Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering - Data Center Enabled Technologies - Networking and Social Networks - Data Management for Large Data - Software Frameworks (MapReduce, Spark Etc) and Simulations - Social Science and Implications for Big Data Area 2 Emerging Services and Analytics - Health Informatics as a Service (HIaaS) for Any Type of Health Informatics, Computation and Services - Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) including Frameworks, Empirical Approaches and Data Processing Techniques - Big Data Algorithm, Methodology, Business Models and Challenges - Security as a Service including Any Algorithms, Methodology and Software Proof-of-Concepts - Financial Applications for Risk, Pricing, Disaster Analysis and Predictive Modeling - Education as a Service (EaaS) Including eLearning, Tele-educational and Tele-research Applications - Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) including Workflows and Supply Chain in IoT and Big Data - Analytics as a Service (AaaS) for Any Types of Analytics - Scheduling, Service Science, Performance Evaluation and Load Balance for SaaS and Analytics - eGovernment, eCommerce, eScience and Creative Technologies for IoT and Big Data - IoT Services and Applications - New Service Models and Emerging Services Area 3 Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals - Software Architecture and Middleware - Context-Awareness and Location-Awareness - Performance Evaluation and Modeling - Networking and Communication Protocols - Machine to Machine Communications - Energy Efficiency - Software Engineering for IoT and IoE - Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches Data Analytics Area 4 Internet of Things (IoT) Applications - Technological Focus for Smart Environments - Smart City Examples and Case Studies - Architecture for Secure and Interactive IoT - Social Implications for IoT Intelligent - Systems for IoT and Services Computing - Sensor Networks, Remote Diagnosis and Development - Transportation Management Traffic Theory, Modeling and Simulation - Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems for Vehicles, Green Systems and Smart City Area 5 Big Data for Multi-discipline Services - Smart City and Transportation - Education and Learning - Business, Finance and Management - Case Studies of Real Adoption - Biomedical Experiments and Simulations - Social Networks Analysis, Media and eGovernment - Risk Modeling and Analysis, Simulations of Economic Impacts of the Pandemic - Healthcare Services, Health Informatics and Biological Research of the Pandemic Area 6 Security, Privacy and Trust - Algorithms, Software Engineering and Development - Encryption (All Aspects) - Firewall, Access Control, Identity Management - Intrusion and Detection Techniques - Case Studies - Location-Based Privacy - Data Security, Data Recovery, Disaster Recovery - Adoption Challenges and Recommendation - Security, Privacy and Trust - Testing (Software Engineering; Penetration; Product Development) - Experiments on Using Security Solutions and Proof-of-Concepts - Emerging Issues and Recommendations for Organizational Security - Social Engineering, Hacking Preventions and Ethical Hacking Techniques, Recommendations and Case Studies - Software Engineering for Security Modeling, Business Process Modeling and Analytics Area 7 IoT Technologies - Artificial Intelligence - Biotechnology - Communication - Data Processing - Internet of Things - Sensors - Zigbee - Vehicle-to-Infrastructure - Vehicle-to-Vehicle - Transport Safety and Mobility - Electronic Technologies for in-Vehicle - 3D Printing and Nanotechnology IoTBDS KEYNOTE LECTURE Yaochu Jin, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada IoTBDS CONFERENCE CHAIR Victor Chang, Teesside University, United Kingdom IoTBDS PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Gary Wills, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary PROGRAM COMMITTEE http://www.iotbds.orgProgramCommittee.aspx

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QEST 2021: Call for Papers
by Marco Paolieri 23 Dec '20

23 Dec '20

QEST 2021 International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems https://www.qest.org/qest2021/ Co-located at QONFEST (Paris) with CONCUR, FORMATS, FMICS https://qonfest2021.lacl.fr ************************************** Important Dates Abstract Submission: April 8th, 2021 Paper Submission: April 15th, 2021 Artifact Submission: April 22nd, 2021 Notifications: June 7th, 2021 Conference: August 23rd-27th, 2021 ************************************** ================ Scope and Topics ================ The International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST) is the leading forum on quantitative evaluation and verification of computer systems and networks. QEST 2021 is the 18th conference in the series. Scientific areas of interest include: - quantitative specification methods. - stochastic and non-deterministic models and metrics for performance, reliability, safety, correctness, and security. - new algorithms for the analysis or simulation of stochastic, probabilistic and non-deterministic models. - (as a recent emphasis) application of data-driven, machine learning techniques for the quantitative evaluation and verification of systems, in particular for safety-critical applications (learning for safety, as well as safe learning). - case studies that highlight the role of quantitative specification, modelling and evaluation in the design of systems. Systems of interest include computer hardware and software architectures, communication systems, cyber-physical systems, infrastructural systems, security systems and biological systems. - papers that describe novel tools to support the practical application of research results in all of the above areas are also welcome. QEST 2021 will set up a repeatability evaluation process (details below). QEST 2021 is open to both theoretical, experimental and applicative research. The conference welcomes a diversity of modelling formalisms, programming languages and methodologies that incorporate quantitative aspects such as probabilities, temporal properties, rewards and forms of non-determinism. Papers may advance empirical, simulation and analytic methods, and industrially-relevant case studies. In QEST 2021, we plan to organize a special session under the topic "modelling and analysis in biology", comprising topics such as epidemiological systems, systems biology, biological networks, and computational biology. Contributions in this area are particularly welcome. =========== Submissions =========== QEST 2021 considers three types of papers (authors will be able to specify the type of the contribution at the submission): - THEORETICAL/METHODOLOGICAL: to advance the understanding on a topic or issue, or to describe the development and proposal of new analysis processes and techniques. - APPLICATION: to describe a novel application and compare it with previous results. - TOOL: to develop new tools and the formalisms they support, with a focus on the software architecture and practical implementation and use. Tool papers must be accompanied by an artifact in the Repeatability/Artifact Evaluation. Paper submission can be REGULAR and SHORT: regular papers must not exceed 16 pages, excluding references, plus 4 pages for the appendix containing supporting material. Short papers should preferably be limited to 8 pages, also excluding references. Regarding TOOL papers, the conference will include the possibility of a demo session for interaction with the authors. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should be submitted electronically using EasyChair [2]. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. Authors should consult Springer's authors' guidelines [0] and use Springer's LaTeX templates [1] for the preparation of their papers. ============ Publications ============ All accepted papers will be presented and discussed at the conference by one of the authors. The QEST 2021 proceedings will be published in the Springer LNCS series and indexed by ISI Web of Science, Scopus, ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar. All submitted papers will be evaluated by at least three reviewers on the basis of their originality, technical quality, scientific or practical contribution to the state of the art, methodology, clarity, and adequacy of references. ================================= Repeatability/Artifact Evaluation ================================= Reproducibility of experimental results is crucial to foster an atmosphere of trustworthy, open, and reusable research. To improve and reward reproducibility, QEST 2021 for the first time includes a dedicated Repeatability/Artifact Evaluation (RAE). Submission of an artifact is mandatory for tool papers (both regular and short), and optional but encouraged for theoretical/methodological and application papers where it can support the results presented in the paper. Artifacts will be reviewed concurrently with the paper review process, and accepted papers with a successfully evaluated artifact will receive a badge to be shown on the published paper's title page. Detailed guidelines for preparation and submission of artifacts can be found on the QEST 2021 RAE web page at [3]. Exceptions to the submission guidelines may be granted by the PC chairs in cases where the tool cannot in any reasonable way be run by the RAE committee. ============= Special Issue ============= A selection of the best full papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue in the ACM Transactions on Modelling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS). (Further details will be provided on the website.) ============= [0] ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/svproc/guidelines/Springer_Guide… [1] ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/llncs2e.zip [2] https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=qest2021 [3] TBA in January 2021 ========== Committees ========== General Chair (QONFEST): Benoît Barbot (Université Paris-Est Créteil, FR) Program Chairs: Alessandro Abate (Oxford University, UK) Andrea Marin (University Ca’ Foscari Venice, IT) Repeatability Evaluation Chairs: Arnd Hartmanns (University of Twente, NL) David Safranek (Masaryk University, CZ), Publicity Chair: Marco Paolieri (University of Southern California, US) Program Committee: Ebru Aydin Gol (Middle East Technical University, TR) Luca Bortolussi (University of Trieste, IT) Davide Bresolin (University of Padova, IT) Peter Buchholz (TU Dortmund, DE) Laura Carnevali (University of Florence, IT) Giuliano Casale (Imperial College London, UK) Pedro D'Argenio (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, AR) Susanna Donatelli (University of Turin, IT) Maryam Elahi (Mount Royal University, CA) Marco Gribaudo (Politecnico of Milan, IT) Ichiro Hasuo (National Institute of Informatics, JP) András Horváth (University of Turin, IT) David N. Jansen (Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN) Nils Jansen (Radboud University, NL) Peter Kemper (William & Mary College, US) William Knottenbelt (Imperial College London, UK) Jan Křetínský (Technical University of Munich, DE) Gethin Norman (University of Glasgow, UK) Meeko Oishi (University of New Mexico, US) Marco Paolieri (University of Southern California, US) David Parker (University of Birmingham, UK) Tuan Phung-Duc (University of Tsukuba, JP) Elizabeth Polgreen (University of Edinburgh, UK) Sylvie Putot (LIX Ecole Polytechnique, FR) Anne Remke (University of Muenster, DE) Sabina Rossi (University Ca’ Foscari Venice, IT) Miklós Telek (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU) Ufuk Topcu (University of Texas at Austin, US) Mirco Tribastone (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, IT) Benny Van Houdt (University of Antwerp, BE) Verena Wolf (Saarland University, DE) Katinka Wolter (FU Berlin, DE) Lijung Zhang (Chinese Academy of Science, CN) Paolo Zuliani (Newcastle University, UK)

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GoodIT 2021- Call for Special Track Proposal
by Michienzi Andrea 23 Dec '20

23 Dec '20

=== Call for Special Tracks proposals === GoodIT 2021 will feature special tracks whose aim is to focus on a specific topic of interest for the overall scope of the conference. ### Scope We solicit proposals for tracks that will be held within the 1st ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2021) that will be held in Rome, Italy, September 9-11, 2021. Within the main conference, GoodIT 2021 will feature conference tracks and invites the submission of track proposals. The aim of the track is to focus on a specific topic of interest for the conference. Track proposal should highlight current topics related to experiences with the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of IT technologies to social good. Presentations delivered during the tracks are based on original papers that have been selected through a peer-reviewing process and that have not been previously published. Accepted track papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library. ### Track Proposal Format A track proposal must contain the following information: - Title of the track - The names of the organizers (up to two) with affiliations, contact information, and a brief bio. - A brief description of the scope and topics of the track (max 1/2 page) and a brief explanation of: (1) why the topic is timely and important; (2) why the topic is related to the conference; (3) why the track may attract a significant number of submissions of good quality. - Indication if a journal special issue is associated with the track - The advertising plan to increase paper submissions (a list of emailing-lists will help) - A tentative program committee lists - A draft call for papers (max 1 page) ### Track Proposal Submission Guidelines The proposal should be submitted as a unique PDF file to the track chairs: catia.prandi2(a)unibo.it and marco.furini(a)unimore.it. The subject of the e-mail must be: “GoodIT 2021 – track proposal”. ### Publication Papers submitted to each track should be original and peer-reviewed by its own program committee (at least 3 reviews per submitted paper is required). An accepted paper must be registered and presented by one of the authors at the conference venue and the format must follow the one of the main conference (http://www.grc.upv.es/goodit2021/authors/) All accepted and presented papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library. ### Important Dates -> Proposal Submission Deadline: 15 February 2021 -> Notification of Selection: 19 February 2021 ### Contact Track Chairs: – Prof. Marco Furini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) marco.furini[AT]unimore.it – Dr. Catia Prandi (University of Bologna, Italy) catia.prandi2[AT]unibo.it

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SPAA 2021 Call for Papers
by Yan Gu 21 Dec '20

21 Dec '20

33th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures July 6 - 8, 2021 Philadelphia, PA, USA Important Deadlines: Abstract registration: February 8, 2021, 11:59pm AoE Full papers submission: February 11, 2021, 11:59pm AoE Rebuttal: April 6-8, 2021 Notification: April 18, 2021 Camera-ready: May 16, 2021 Contributed papers are sought in all areas of parallel algorithms and architectures, encompassing any computational system that can perform multiple operations or tasks simultaneously. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Parallel and Distributed Algorithms Parallel and Distributed Data Structures Green Computing & Power-Efficient Architectures Management of Massive Data Sets Parallel Complexity Theory Parallel and Distributed Architectures Multi-Core Architectures Instruction Level Parallelism and VLSI Compilers and Tools for Concurrent Programming Supercomputer Architecture and Computing Transactional Memory Hardware and Software The Internet and the World Wide Web Game Theory and Collaborative Learning Routing and Information Dissemination Resource Management and Awareness Peer-to-Peer Systems Mobile, Ad-Hoc, and Sensor Networks Robustness, Self-Stabilization, and Security Synergy of Parallelism in Algorithms, Programming and Architecture Submission details: Please indicate in the title of your manuscript whether this is a regular paper or a brief announcement. All regular rejected papers automatically will be considered for brief announcements. Titles of regular papers which should not be considered for this option should mention "full paper only" after the title. Visit this link for submission details. Regular papers: A regular paper submission must report on original research that has not been previously or concurrently published. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced double-column pages. The title page and bibliography are not counted toward the ten pages. All necessary details to substantiate the claims of the paper should be included in a clearly marked appendix. If desired, the authors can simply attach a copy of the full paper as an appendix. Regular papers will be allotted 10 pages plus bibliography in the proceedings. Brief announcements: Examples of good brief announcements include: work in progress, announcement of tools/libraries, challenge problems posted to the community, corrections to earlier results. Brief announcements may also include smaller results of interest. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed two (2) single-spaced double-column pages for brief announcements. The title page is not counted toward the two pages. Double-Blind Policy: Submissions to SPAA 2021 will be double-blind. Additional details are available at this link. Awards: The program committee will select a set of best and outstanding papers, which will be presented in a special session of the conference. Safe ToC: SPAA is proud to be affiliated with the SafeToC initiative. Program Chair Yossi Azar, Tel Aviv University Program Committee Hagit Attiya, Technion Guy Blelloch, CMU Rezaul Chowdhury, Stony Brook University Martin Farach-Colton, Rutgers University Panagiota Fatourou, FORTH and University of Crete Pierre Fraigniaud, Université de Paris and CNRS Mohsen Ghaffari, ETH Zurich Wojciech Golab, University of Waterloo Rachid Guerraoui, EPFL Sungjin Im, UC Merced Peter Kling, University of Hamburg Fabian Kuhn, University of Freiburg Jing Li, NJIT Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, Paderborn University Avery Miller, University of Manitoba Vahab Mirrokni, Google Research Benjamin Moseley, CMU Gopal Pandurangan, University of Houston Boaz Patt-Shamir, Tel Aviv University Rajmohan Rajaraman, Northeastern University Tao B. Schardl, MIT Julian Shun, MIT Yihan Sun, UC Riverside Xueyan Tang, Nanyang Technological University Kanat Tangwongsan, Mahidol University SPAA General Chair Kunal Agrawal, WUSTL SPAA Treasurer David Bunde, Knox College SPAA Publicity Chairs Yan Gu, UC Riverside Julian Shun, MIT SPAA Workshop/Tutorial Chair Yan Gu, UC Riverside SPAA SafeTOC Advocate Vijaya Ramachandran, University of Texas at Austin Local Arrangement Chair Roberto Palmieri, Lehigh University Yan Gu UC Riverside

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