============================================================== CALL FOR TUTORIALS ============================================================== 24th International Symposium on High-Performance Interconnects HotI 2016 ============================================================== Huawei North America Headquarters Santa Clara, California August 24-26, 2016 Tutorials August 26 SCOPE: Attendees will come from mixed backgrounds and interests in interconnection networks. We encourage tutorials of broad applicability rather than those focusing solely on research in a limited domain or by a particular group. Areas of interest for tutorials include but are not limited to: * High performance computing networking * Ethernet networking * Software defined networking * Data center/cloud and Big Data networking * Optical interconnects * Emerging interconnect architectures * High-speed packet processing engines and network processors * System-on-Chip interconnects IMPORTANT DATES: Proposals due: May 6, 2016 Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2016 Materials due: August 10, 2016 Tutorials date: August 26, 2016 EQUIPMENT: Hot Interconnects will provide Internet access and rooms with standard presentation equipment. Hands-on tutorials must be prepared to rely on laptops brought by the participants. REVIEW PROCESS: Tutorial submissions will be considered based on appropriateness and utility for Hot Interconnects tutorial audience, timeliness and general interest, clarity, completeness, cohesiveness of the proposal, and presentation history and teaching/speaking experience of the presenters. PUBLICATION: All materials must be submitted to the tutorials chair by August 10 and will be released to the tutorial attendees. Submitters must explicitly agree to release the materials for this purpose. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Tutorials may be proposed for one half-day (three hours, 2 presenters max) duration. Tutorials on new and emerging technologies are encouraged. Tutorial proposals must be submitted electronically to '[email protected]'. Although not required, you are encouraged to submit samples of your visual aids. You may supply a URL at which the samples may be found. The submission should include a single PDF file with the following sections, each beginning on a separate page: 1. Title page including the following components: a. Title b. Name, organization, and email address of each author c. 200-word (maximum) abstract d. (Optional) A URL with samples of your visual aids 2. Description of the tutorial content (1 page maximum) containing a. Goals of the tutorials (takeaways for the audience) b. Why is it relevant for HOTI 2016 attendees? c. Target audience d. Content level: beginner, intermediate, or advanced e. Previous presentations of this tutorial including any differences in the proposed tutorial 3. Detailed outline of the tutorial (2 pages maximum) 4. Resume or curriculum vitae for each presenter (2 presenters maximum, 1 page maximum each) 5. A statement agreeing to release the notes to HOTI 2016 tutorial attendees SUBMISSION EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] WEBSITE: http://hoti.org/tutorials/ EMAIL: [email protected] CHAIR: Edgar A. Leon, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -- Edgar A. Leon, Ph.D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory