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[SBAC-PAD 2024] Call for Workshop Proposals
by Jean Luca Bez 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SBAC-PAD 2024 Call for Workshop Proposals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshops should provide forums for discussion among researchers and practitioners on focused topics or research areas relevant to the community of Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing. This year's edition has a special interest in emerging topics such as the use of HPC for AI and AI in HPC; the use of HPC in domain-specific problems (e.g., healthcare, genomics, life sciences, etc.); scalable data management and storage; energy-efficient HPC systems; reliability and correctness of HPC applications; adaptive and autonomous HPC systems; flexible and malleable HPC solutions; and heterogeneous/collaborative computing. Organizers may structure workshops as they see fit, including invited talks, panel discussions, presentations of work in progress, fully peer-reviewed papers, or some combination of the above. Workshops could be scheduled for half a day or a full day. The peer-reviewed accepted papers of organized workshops will be published in the SBAC-PAD proceedings and will be available online in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Each paper must have at least three reviews to be eligible for publication. Important dates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadline for Workshop Proposals: May 17th, 2024 Notification of acceptance: May 31th, 2024 Submission requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop proposals must be submitted in PDF format and should include: - Name, acronym, and length (half or full-day); - A short description of the workshop (0.5 - 1 page); - A list of topics of interest and their relation to the SBAC-PAD community, in particular, how the workshop fills a niche that is not already covered by the main conference; - The names, affiliations, and a short bio (5 - 10 lines) of the workshop organizers and, ideally, a list with a significant portion of the program committee; - A description of the expected structure of the workshop (contributed papers, invited talks, panels, posters, or any other kind of scientific/technical activity); - If the workshop is expected to have papers, include the expected paper length, submission count, and describe the review process; - Invited speaker ideas (panelists, keynote, or invited talks). No one is expected to be confirmed before the acceptance; and - Data about previous offerings of the workshop (if any), including attendance, the number of papers or presentations submitted and accepted, and the links to the corresponding websites. - The workshop co-chairs may ask for more info during the evaluation process Proposal Submission -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You may submit your proposal by emailing the workshop chairs. Please include the text "[SBAC-PAD'24] Workshop Proposal" in the subject line. SBAC-PAD 2024 Workshop Co-Chairs Jean Luca Bez (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA) - jlbez(a)lbl.gov Bogdan Nicolae (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) - bnicolae(a)anl.gov

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Supercomputing Spotlights: by Lori Diachin, May 22, 2024
by Erin Carson 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

The accomplishments of the Exascale Computing Project Presenter: Lori Diachin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 3:00-3:40 pm UTC (30 min talk + 10 min questions) 8 am PDT / 10 am CDT / 11 am EDT / 3 pm UTC / 5 pm CEST / 12 am JST Participation is free, but registration is required Registration link: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://siam.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tgb2dUw… Supercomputing Spotlights is a new webinar series featuring short presentations that highlight the impact and successes of high-performance computing (HPC) throughout our world. Presentations, emphasizing achievements and opportunities in HPC, are intended for the broad international community, especially students and newcomers to the field. Supercomputing Spotlights is an outreach initiative of SIAG/Supercomputing (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://siag-sc.org__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!bs80uo_YmGl… ) … Join us! Abstract: The duration and scale of the exascale computing project (ECP) provided a unique opportunity to advance computational science in a wide variety of application areas. The project lasted seven years and funded over one thousand researchers to develop 24 applications, over 70 software products, and deploy them on the exascale computers when they were first deployed at the DOE facilities. This results in many notable outcomes including: the first integrated HPC software stack comprising over 100 libraries, performance portable applications refactored for accelerator-based computing architectures, and a new generation of computational scientists exposed to state-of-the-art techniques. In this talk we will give an overview of the exascale computing project and highlight key legacy outcomes that will impact the computational science community for years to come. We will also discuss the major outcomes and lessons learned in creating the exascale ecosystem; particularly in algorithm design and implementation for accelerator-based compute nodes, performance portability across a range of platforms, fostering strong collaborations across multidisciplinary teams, and managing and measuring the success of a computational science project of this scale. Bio: Lori Diachin is the Director for the U.S. Department of Energy's Exascale Computing Project (ECP). ECP is a collaborative Department of Energy effort supported by both the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of Science to accelerate the delivery of a capable exascale computing ecosystem for breakthroughs in scientific discovery, energy assurance, economic competitiveness, and national security. In her role as the Director, Lori is responsible for setting the strategic direction for ECP and ensuring that the project has an impactful and executable plan that delivers on its goals and objectives. Lori is also serving as the Principal Deputy Associate Director (PDAD) in the Computing Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The Computing Directorate has approximately 1400 staff serving the needs of the laboratory in areas ranging from high performance computing, computing sciences for the missions of LLNL, and information technology for business and workforce enablement. In this role, Lori serves as a senior-level advisor to the Computing Associate Director and to division leaders and institute directors on strategies to develop and sustain critical computer and computational capabilities. Lori Diachin has over 30 years experience in high performance computing and applied mathematics research where her areas of expertise include mesh quality improvement, mesh component software, numerical methods, and parallel computing. She is the co-author of over 50 technical journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceeding articles in these areas. Before joining LLNL, Lori was a computer scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and a Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratory. Lori received her Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1988 and her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from University of Virginia in 1992. She joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2003. Best regards, The SIAG/SC officers for 2024-2025 Ulrike Meier Yang (chair) Rio Yokota (vice chair) Hartwig Anzt (program director) Erin Carson (secretary)

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CFP (Submission Deadline Extended): LDMS User's Group Conference (LDMSCON2024)
by Surjadidjaja, Vanessa 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

======================================== SUBMISSION EXTENSION LDMS User's Group Conference (LDMSCON2024) ======================================== Due to several requests for a few days extension from individuals interested in presenting at LDMSCON2024 this year, we are extending the submission deadline for presentations at LDMSCON2024. The deadline for submission is now Friday, May 17, 2024 Please find below more information about the conference, abstract submission, and registration. June 11-13 2024, Boston https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://sites.google.com/view/ldmscon2024/home__… The LDMS Users Group Conference is a forum for users to share experiences, including successes and failures, with the Lightweight Distributed Metric Service (LDMS) system software. It also provides the opportunity for users to provide feedback about ways in which the product could be enhanced to meet currently unmet needs and developers to present the future roadmap of the software. The conference brings together researchers, developers, and users from academia, industry, and laboratories to advance the fields of: * Scalable low-overhead monitoring * Data-driven automated workflow and resource orchestration * Run time data analysis and visualization SUBMISSION CATEGORIES: 1) 30 minute presentations - site experiences, installation and configuration, data analysis and visualization, data management for facilitating analysis, use of analysis for performance and diagnostic insights, data-driven automated workflow, etc. with LDMS. 2) 10 minute lightning talks - on desired capabilities or challenges in monitoring and analysis. These presentations are intended to drive discussions and possible development for LDMS. For more information: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/cfp/LDMSCON2024__;!!G_uCfs… IMPORTANT DATES: * Abstracts -- Due May 17, 2024. * Early Registration Begins: March 24 - May 24 2024, 23:59 EST (GMT-0400) For Registration: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ldmscon2024-registr… Full Details (program, submissions, tutorials, registration) can be found at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://sites.google.com/view/ldmscon2024/home__… Thank you, Vanessa Surjadidjaja Sandia National Laboratories HPC Development

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[Due Jul 15]CCCT 2024 Cloud Computing and Technologies, Oct 1-3, OKCity, USA & Online
by Cloud People 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] =========================================== --- 1st Call for Abstracts and Papers ------------- 2024 OkIP International Conference on Cloud Computing and Technologies (CCCT) Downtown Oklahoma City, OK, USA & Online October 1-3, 2024 https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://eventutor.com/e/CCCT004__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS… OkIP Published & Submission to SCOPUS/WoS Submission Deadline: July 15, 2024 Extended versions of the best papers will be considered for publication in the inaugural volume of the International Journal of Cloud Computing and Technologies. *** Contribution Types (Two-Column IEEE Format Style): - Full Paper: Accomplished research results (6 pages) - Short Paper: Work in progress/fresh developments (3 pages) - Extended Abstract/Poster/Journal First: Displayed/Oral presented (1 page) *** Areas: >> Cloud Advanced Concepts - Pervasive Computing | Cloud Standards - Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud | Governance - Multi-Tenancy Clouds | 5G/6G/7G Cloud - Business Models | Industry-Specific Clouds - Middleware Frameworks | COTS Vs SaaS - Load Balancing | Cloudsourcing | … >> Applications and Services - Application Portability/Scalability/Availability - Application Modeling/Performance/Monitoring - Application Dvlpmt/Debugging Method/Tool - Application Testing/Architectures - Programming Models/Benchmarks/tools - Service Design/Creation/Delivery/Pricing - Service Modeling/Specification/Composition - Service Discovery/Monitoring/Control - Service Innovation/Operation/Strategy - Service Marketing/Management/Deployment - Service Frameworks/Standardization - Data Management Applications/Services/Tools - Everything as a service XaaS/IaaS/PaaS/SaaS - Service Delivery/Integration/Orchestration >> Security/Privacy/Compliance - Identity/Credential/Trust Management - Cloud Accountability/Auditability/Trust - Authentication and Authorization Support - Security/Privacy/Compliance Control - Privacy Protection and Preservation - Data Protection and Loss/Leakage Prevention - Integrity/Systems Risk/Mitigation Management - Intrusion Detection System/Failure Awareness - Security/Privacy as a Service - Trust/Cryptography/Blockchain as a Service - Cloud Resiliency/Fault Tolerance - Cloud Disaster Recovery | Anomaly Detection - Traffic Reliability | Multi-Tier Cloud Apps - Cloud Risk/Mitigation/Cognitive-Compliance - Availability/Transparency/Regulation/Policy >> Platform/Provisioning/Storage - Modeling and Provisioning in Cloud | Kernels - Virtualisation Technologies/Enablers - Software-Defined Networking | Microservices - Containers | Public/Private/Hybrid Storage - Integrated Circuits | Processing Units - FPGAs/GPUs/APUs/TPUs/vCPUS Design - System Scalability/Performance/Evaluation - Computational Resources/Engines/Functions - Storage Type/Process/Architecture - Object/Block/File/Archival Storage - Resource Provisioning/Monitoring/Management - Resource Evaluation/Maintenance - Serverless Design/Development/Deployment - Serverless Functions/Applications/Services - In-Memory Storage | Performance Prediction - CPU/Memory Resource Requirements - Cost-Effectiveness/Awareness - API Platform/Ecosystem >> Infrastructure/AI in the Cloud - Performance and Optimization in Cloud - Architect. Modeling/Components Distribution - Cloudlet Infrastructure | Edge-Cloud Systems - Energy Efficiency | Performance Acceleration - Performance Monitoring/Evaluation - Multi-Cloud/Heterogeneous Environment - Distributed Infrastructure/Architecture - Workload-Alloc. |Hyperparameter Optimization - Elasticity in Cloud | Crowd Computing - Large-Scale Optimization | Fog Computing - Virtualized/Cloud/Green Data Centers - Portability/Interoperability/Mobility - Auditor/Carrier/Broker/Provider/Customer - Dynamic Resources/Service/Context Mgmt - Dynamic Cloud Innovation/Integration/Coop. - Dynamic Cloud Experimentation/Adaptability - Data Reduction/Compres./Recovery/Encryption - Genetic/Graph Algorithms in the Cloud - Association-Rule/Data Mining in the Cloud - Cloud Big Data Analytics/Benchmarks - Bayesian Networks/Optimization in the Cloud - Cloud Deep/Reinforcement/Machine Learning - Neural-Network/Collective Intelligence - Cloud Blockchain-Based Systems | eLearning - IoT Cloud Infrastructure/Models/Architectures - Stream Processing on the Cloud - eBanking/eBusiness/eGovernance/eHealth - Context-aware/Peer-to-Peer Computing >> Important Dates: - Abstract or Paper Submission: July 15, 2024 - Author Notification: July 31, 2024 - Camera Ready Paper Submission, Registration: August 14, 2024 - Conference Date: October 1-3, 2024 >> Technical Program Committee https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://eventutor.com/event/49/page/124-committe… Please feel free to contact us for any inquiries at: Kris Zeuti OkIP Secretariat info(a)okipublishing.com

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20th IEEE eScience Conference (eScience 2024): Second Call for Papers and Posters
by ABE Hirotake / 阿部洋丈 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

*** Second Call for Papers and Posters *** --------------------------------------------- 20th IEEE eScience Conference (eScience 2024) --------------------------------------------- September 16-20, 2024, Osaka, Japan https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.escience-conference.org/2024/__;!!G_… eScience 2024 provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, developers, and users of eScience systems and applications. Its objective is to promote and encourage all aspects of eScience and its associated systems, applications, algorithms, and tools, with a strong focus on practical solutions and open challenges. The conference welcomes conceptualization, implementation, and experience contributions enabling and driving innovation in data- and compute-intensive research across all disciplines, from the physical and biological sciences to the social sciences, arts, and humanities; encompassing artificial intelligence and machine learning methods; and targeting a broad spectrum of architectures, including HPC, cloud, and IoT. This year, the conference is promoting four additional key topics: * Machine Learning for eScience * Research Infrastructures for Machine Learning * Reproducible and Replicable eScience * Continuum Computing: Convergence between Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) The conference is soliciting two types of contributions: * Full papers (10 pages including references) presenting previously unpublished research achievements or eScience experiences and solutions * Posters (2 pages) showcasing standalone research, innovations or early-stage results that are anticipated to develop into a full paper Submitted papers should use the IEEE 8.5x11 manuscript guidelines: double-column text using single-spaced 10-point font on 8.5x11-inch pages. Templates are available from https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferenc… . All submissions will be single-blind peer reviewed. Selected full papers will receive a slot for an oral presentation. Accepted posters will be presented during a poster reception. Accepted full papers and poster papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Rejected full papers can be re-submitted for a poster presentation. At least one author of each accepted paper or poster must register as an author at the full registration rate. Each author registration can be applied to only one accepted submission. Note. The use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the acknowledgements section of any paper submitted to an IEEE Conference or Periodical. The sections of the paper that use AI-generated text shall have a citation to the AI system used to generate the text. For more information, please check the IEEE's guidelines for submission. https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://conferences.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/au… ------ Awards ------ eScience 2024 will host the following awards, which will be announced at the conference. * Best Paper Award * Best Student Paper Award * Best Poster Award * Best Student Poster Award ----- Dates ----- * Paper Submissions Due: Monday, May 6th, 2024 * Notification of Paper Acceptance: Monday, July 1st, 2024 * Poster Submissions due: Friday, July 22nd, 2024 * Poster Acceptance Notification: Monday, July 29th , 2024 * All Camera-ready Submissions due: Monday, August 12th, 2024 * Conference: Sep 16-20, 2024 ------------------- Contact information ------------------- * Tanu Malik, Technical Program Co-Chair, DePaul University, USA * David Abramson, Technical Program Co-Chair, University of Queensland, Australia Email contact: Technical-Program(a)eScience-conference.org -- ABE Hirotake / 阿部洋丈 Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba habe(a)cs.tsukuba.ac.jp

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CFP: INDIS Workshop at SC24 (Deadline 8/1)
by Nik Sultana 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

CALL FOR PAPERS The 11th Annual International Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS 2024) in conjunction with SC24 (Supercomputing) Atlanta, Georgia, USA | November 17th, 2024 We invite researchers and engineers to submit high-quality technical academic papers to the 11th Annual International Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS 2024). The workshop will be held in conjunction with the SC24: IEEE/ACM International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (Supercomputing), which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, November 17-22, 2024. We invite papers that propose new and novel techniques that increase the capacity and functionality of scientific computing and high-performance networks. This workshop encourages submissions that address one or more of the workshop topics addressing networking research challenges; and developments that are essential in information systems infrastructure for the scientific discovery process. We also welcome participants from SCinet to present high-quality experimental papers on their latest designs and solutions. SCinet, as the high-speed network engine of the SC conference, represents state of the art, connects many demonstrators of big science data processing infrastructures at the highest line speeds, deploys the newest technologies available, and demonstrates network instrumentation techniques and novel functionality. The show floor network connects to many laboratories and universities worldwide using high-bandwidth connections. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Network innovations: novel approaches, protocols and algorithms to meet the current and emerging requirements for data intensive applications. * High-performance network testbeds and simulations for parallel and distributed science experiments and workloads. * High-performance and large-scale network monitoring, control and management services. * Software-defined networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) in service of data science applications. * Machine learning algorithms for network telemetry, performance measurements, network and Input/Output (I/O) profile analytics, and high-touch solutions on network packets, flows and hardware stats to identify patterns and troubleshooting issues. * Compute in-network (aka edge- middleware computing platforms) and offloaded infrastructure services on programmable hardware (e.g. FPGA). * High-performance data streaming and memory-to-memory transfer applications and techniques * Wireless and Quantum networking and testbeds. * End-to-end quality of service (QoS) performance and Traffic Engineering (TE) applications. * Multi-domain networking, including hybrid clouds and multi-domain authorization. * Scientific data privacy, security, integrity, provenance and sharing in multi-domain environments. Important Dates: Paper Submission Due: August 1st, 2024 Notification of acceptance: September 5th, 2024 Camera-ready version: September 27th, 2024 Workshop Date: November 17th, 2024 Submission Guidelines: Papers will be published in the SC24 conference workshop proceedings through IEEE TCHPC upon approval. Workshop papers are expected to be in IEEE standard conference format (two-column and 10 point font size) with 8-10 pages for full papers and 4 pages for short papers describing novel work in the topics of interest. Experiments from SCinet and show floor are encouraged (e.g. Traveling FABRIC node). Manuscripts should be submitted via the SC Linklings system (Visit Wokshop website for more information). Organizing Committee: Anees Al-Najjar: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA (Co-Chair) Akbar Kara: Ciena Corporation, TX, USA (Co-Chair) Nik Sultana: Illinois Institute of Technology, IL, USA Cees de Laat: Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherland Mariam Kiran: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA -- https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.cs.iit.edu/*nsultana1__;fg!!G_uCfscf7…

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Extended deadline CFP: RISC-V PPAM 2024 Workshop
by Roman Wyrzykowski 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** Due to multiple requests, the paper submission deadline is extended to May 17, 2024 (full papers), and June 11, 2024 (2-page abstracts}. ************************************************************* ****** 1st PPAM Workshop on RISC-V ****** ****** RISC-V PPAM 2024 ****** ****** https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://ppam.edu.pl/workshops__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e… ****** ****** ****** ****** in conjunction with: ****** ****** 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ****** ****** PARALLEL PROCESSING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS ****** ****** PPAM 2024 ****** ****** ****** ************************************************************* September 8-11, 2024, Ostrava, Czechia https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://ppam.pl__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e-NQINnyrYg-xooj… Co-located with PPAM 2024, this is the first edition of workshops devoted to all aspects of the RISC-V technology with a special emphasis on high-performance computing (HPC), edge computing, and AI/ML. BACKGROUND ========== The goal of this workshop is to continue building the community of RISC-V technology, sharing the benefits of this technology with computer science specialists and domain scientists. RISC-V is an open standard Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that enables the royalty-free development of CPUs and a common software ecosystem. Following this community-driven ISA standard, a very diverse set of CPUs suited to a range of workloads have been, and continue to be, developed. While RISC-V has already become very popular in some fields, like automotive, embedded and edge computing, it has yet to gain traction in general-purpose computing, including HPC, and AI/ML. In particular, recent advances in RISC-V make it a more realistic proposition for HPC workloads than ever before. An example is the vectorization extension, which provides essential performance advantages for HPC workloads but was only standardized in early 2022, so we are only now seeing mature CPUs that fully implement this extension. By sharing the benefits of the architecture, success stories, and techniques, the first edition of this Workshop aims to popularize RISC-V among the PPAM community, bringing together specialists involved in developing RISC-V hardware/software and those looking to exploit the potential of new computer architectures in a broad spectrum of domains, including general-purpose computing, HPC, embedded and edge computing, AI/ML, etc. This Workshop is organized in technical cooperation with Codasip company and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). In particular, a keynote talk by Filippo Mantovani from BSC will introduce the Workshop thematics. Topics of interest for the Workshop include (but are not limited to): • RISC-V hardware/software ecosystem, • Novel hardware and accelerators built on RISC-V, • Tools, compilers, libraries, and techniques to support the use of RISC-V for HPC, • RISC-V in general-purpose computing, HPC, AI/ML, embedded and edge computing, • Porting of codes to RISC-V, including benchmarking, • Scientific and industrial use cases and case studies that use RISC-V • Industry papers related to RISC-V PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ================================ All rules of paper submission of the PPAM 2024 conference apply. In particular: • Papers will be refereed and accepted based on their scientific merit and relevance to the Workshop topics. • Papers presented at the Workshop will be included in the conference proceedings and published by Springer in the LNCS series after the conference. • Before the Workshop, abstracts of accepted papers will be posted on the PPAM site. • Authors should submit papers (PDF files) using the online submission tool. • Papers are not to exceed 14 pages (LNCS style). • Alternatively, abstracts delivering original works are invited to be presented at the Workshop. They should be prepared according to the Springer LNCS format on 2 pages. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the workshop site before the conference. BEST PAPER AWARD: ================ A special award including 400 euros will be awarded to the authors of the best paper/presentation. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Paper due: May 17, 2024 2-page abstract due: June 11, 2024 Notification of acceptance: June 21, 2024 Workshop: September 9-10, 2024 Camera-ready: October 31, 2024 WORKSHOP CHAIRS =============== Roman Wyrzykowski - Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland roman(a)icis.pcz.pl Lubomir Riha - IT4Innovations, Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia lubomir.riha(a)vsb.cz PROGRAM COMMITTEE (non-final list) ================================== Nick Brown - EPCC, University of Edinburgh, UK Denis Dutoit - CEA, France Teresa Cervero - Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Paweł Gepner - Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Daniele Gregori - E4, Italy Andreas Herten - Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany Aleksandar Ilic - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Filippo Mantovani - Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Manolis Marazakis - University of Crete, Greece Norbert Meyer – Poznan Supercomputing andNetworking Center, Poland Tadej Murovic - Codasip, Czech Republic Tomasz Olas - Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland Olivier Perks - Rivos Inc., USA Estela Suarez - Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany Lilia Zaourar - CEA, France

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OSNEM Special Issue:AI in Online Social Networks: opportunities and challenges
by Andrea Passarella 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier Online Social Networks and Media Journal (OSNEM) Special issue on AI in Online Social Networks: opportunities and challenges Submission Deadline: Continuous submissions until July 31st, 2024 https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/online-soc… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Online Social Networks and Media are a fundamental component of everyday life and the use of AI technologies in OSNEM can further boost their role. The use of AI in online social networks offers great opportunities and, at the same time, raises several challenges. AI's ability to analyze vast amounts of data in real-time allows social media platforms to offer highly personalized experiences to users. The use of AI may raise concerns about ethical issues such as privacy, algorithmic bias, misinformation, etc., but AI can also be used for content moderation on social media to detect and remove harmful or inappropriate content, identifying and mitigating the spread of fake news. etc. The use of AI on OSNEM can promote the democratic processes by facilitating the dissemination of information and encourage political engagement. On the other hand, AI algorithms can create echo chambers, influence voting behavior and generate significant risks for democracy. AI-driven security measures can help to protect OSNEM users from fraud and privacy breaches but, malicious actors can also use AI to support their attacks. The exponential diffusion of generative AI adds novel dimensions to this landscape, on the one hand supporting novel forms of interactions spanning into the Metaverse, but on the other hand exposing vulnerable users to dramatic threats. The aim of this special issue is to push the state of the art in using AI in OSNEM, by presenting quantitative contributions that investigate the opportunities and challenges of using AI in Online Social Networks. Within this framework, topics include, but are not limited to: - Using AI in OSNEM for personalization, efficiency, and recommendations; - AI-based studies for analysis and modelling of information and opinion dynamics in OSNEM; - AI-based predictions based on OSNEM data analysis; - AI impact on OSNEM security, trustworthiness and privacy; - Generative AI in OSNEM; - AI and social networking in the Metaverse; - AI methodologies for large-scale OSNEM data collection and analysis - AI methods to safeguard OSNEM users (e.g., bot detection, toxic content identification, content moderation, echo chamber avoidance) - Case studies of AI application in OSNEM Online Social Networks and Media is a multidisciplinary journal for the wide community of computer and network scientists working on developing OSNEM platforms and services and using OSNEM as a big data source to mine, learn and model the (online) human behaviour. Manuscripts only based on questionnaires, even focused on the reported use of social media, are outside the scope of the journal. On the other hand, the journal welcomes papers which present analyses based on big data mined from social networks/media. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule Manuscript submission deadline: continuous submission until July 31st, 2024 (*) First notification: two months after the submission Expected publication: papers are published a few weeks after acceptance. Guest Editors Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Instructions for submission Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. If prior work was published in a conference, the submitted manuscript should include a substantial extension of at least 35% novel contributions. In this case, authors are also required to submit their published conference articles and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The submission website for this journal is located at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/osnem/de… . Please select ''VSI:AI&OSNEM'' when you reach the ''Article Type'' step in the submission process. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified, for consideration by the special issue, the authors should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted for the special issue on “AI&OSNEM”. (*) Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (in the first issue available as soon as the paper is accepted). All accepted papers will be listed together in an online virtual special issue published in the journal website. For further information, please contact the guest editors at {m.conti,a.passarella} at iit.cnr.it

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Federated Learning conference CFP (FLTA2024)
by Sadi Alawadi 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

*The 2nd IEEE International Conference on **Federated Learning Technologies and Applications* (FLTA2024). https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://flta-conference.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!ac… *17-20 September 2024. Valencia, Spain.* Federated Learning, AI/ML new frontier, is a revolutionary technology in decentralized systems that enables privacy-preserving distributed Machine Learning. It is now playing a significant role in Edge Intelligence and pioneering several applications such as Healthcare and Medical Research, Smart Cities and Industry 4.0, Automotive and Mobility Services, beyond 5G\6G applications, and much more. It promises to move the learning to the network edge, closer to the data allocation. This trend enables real-time decision-making, Data privacy preservation, and elastic scalability and efficiency. In essence, FL leads to sustainability in data privacy and security of large-scale data analytics. This conference aims to attract the work of researchers and practitioners in Federated Learning to share and exchange their experiences and research studies in both academia and industry. FLTA 2024 aims to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of FL communication, computing, and system requirements. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations, attendees can engage with leading experts and learn about the latest developments and future trends in the field. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but are not limited to: *SCOPE* Federated learning frameworks Federated learning architectures Federated learning algorithms Privacy-preserving AI & Edge AI Distributed Machine Learning Secure and Trustworthy AI\ML *TOPICS OF INTEREST* Federated Learning Communication-efficiency Federated Learning modelling and simulation Federated Learning datasets and benchmarking Federated Learning new trends & open Challenges FL Associated Technologies FL Aggregation Algorithms FL Applications, use cases, scenarios FL security and efficiancy *Publication* *IEEE is a technical sponsor of FLTA 2024*. All accepted papers in FLTA 2024 and the workshops co-located with it will be submitted to IEEEXplore, DBLP, and Scopus for inclusion. Also, all the best paper nominees will be invited to Q1 journals. *Submission Guidelines* There are three categories of submission in the Main track: - *Long papers:* 7-8 pages. - *Short papers:* 5-6 pages. - *Poster papers (Undergrad):* 1-2 pages. *Submission Link:* https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flta2024… *Important dates* - Paper submission deadline: *May 31, 2024* (Extended Deadline) - Notification of paper acceptance: July 15, 2024 - Submission of camera-ready papers due: August 10, 2024 *Workshop dates:* - Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30th, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: May 10th, 2024 *Organizing Committee* *General Co-Chair* - Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria - Omer Rana, Complex Systems research group, Cardiff University, United Kingdom *Local organizing committee chair:* · Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain · Sandra Sendra, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain (Local Organising chair) · Gregorio Martinez Perez, University of Murcia, Spain *Program Co-Chairs* · Feras M. Awaysheh, Tartu University, Estonia · Sadi Alawadi, Halmstad University, Sweden · Lorenzo Carnevale, University of Messina, Italy *Awards, diversity, and inclusion chair* · Flavia Delicato, Fluminense Federal University, Brazile · Anna Kobusińska Poznań University of Technology, Poland Please send any inquiry on FLTA to: info(a)flta-conference.org

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CFP: SC24 Call for Panel Proposals - Deadline May 3, 2024
by Preeti 28 Apr '24

28 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues, Consider submitting a panel proposal for SC’24, Atlanta, 17-22 Nov 2024. The extended submission deadline is approaching (May 3). The proposal submission should be 1-2 pages. SC runs one of the largest number of panels at any computing-related conference. These highly engaging panel discussions enable lively interactions among the community members at the SC Conference. Panels topics include - Parallel programming methods, models, languages, and environments - HPC software and runtime systems - Reproducibility and confirming studies - Architectures - Ethics and societal impact of HPC - Debugging and correctness tools - Performance evaluation, scalability, and portability - High-performance I/O, storage, archive, and file systems - Applications and application frameworks - Algorithms, numerical methods, and libraries - Scalable data analytics and management - AI, machine learning, and deep learning - Scientific and information visualization - Power use monitoring and optimization - Systems administration and/or resource management of HPC systems - Fault tolerance, reliability, maintainability, and adaptability - Cloud, data center, and distributed computing - High-performance networking - Computer and network security - Novel forms of computing - Embedded and/or reconfigurable systems - Collaborative environments and strategies - HPC education - “Hot topics” of current interest to the SC community - Creating a diverse and inclusive HPC community We also encourage you to consider submitting to some of the emerging/hot topics of current interest: - High performance networking (and new interconnects) - Scientific visualization and scalable data analysis - HPC education - Emerging architectures (accelerators, cooling,..) - High performance I/O and storage architecture - Performance analysis at exascale - Quantum computing The Panels Committee strongly promotes diversity and inclusivity in all aspects. We particularly welcome and encourage panels that include diverse panelists, particularly those typically underrepresented at the conference. For more details, visit: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://sc24.supercomputing.org/program/panels/_… ======================================================== IMPORTANT DEADLINES - May 3, 2024: Submissions close - June 7, 2024: Notifications no later than - November 19 - 22, 2024: SC’24 Panels ======================================================== Questions? Contact the chairs at panels(a)info.supercomputing.org Sincerely, Preeti Malakar, IIT Kanpur (pmalakar at cse.iitk.ac.in), SC24 Panels Chair David Abramson, University of Queensland (david.abramson at uq.edu.au), SC24 Panels Vice Chair SC24 Panels Committee Gabrielle Allen, University of Wyoming Vito Bongiorno, Retired Bronis R. de Supinski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), University of Chicago Elizabeth Jessup, University of Colorado Sven Karlsson, Technical University of Denmark Divya M G, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bangalore Lois Curfman McInnes, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Manish Parashar, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI), University of Utah Vijayalakshmi Saravanan, University of South Dakota, Rochester Institute of Technology Jesper Larsson Träff, Technical University Wien (Vienna University of Technology) Osman Unsal, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Ana Lucia Varbanescu, University of Twente, University of Amsterdam ********************************************************************************

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