CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------- IMUDI 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------- Special Session on Improving MPI User And Developer Interaction http://press.mcs.anl.gov/imudi/imudi2012 Scope: The IMUDI special session, to be held as a full-day meeting at the EuroMPI 2012 conference in Vienna, Austria, focuses on bringing together the MPI end-user and MPI implementor communities through discussions on MPI usage experiences, techniques, and optimizations. This meeting will focus on evaluating the MPI standard from the perspective of the MPI end-user (application and library developers) and address concerns and insights of MPI implementors and vendors. Unlike workshops associated with other conferences, the IMUDI session is still considered to be a part of the Euro MPI conference. Submissions will be reviewed separately to facilitate bringing together research publications falling into these "special focus" areas. Topics of Interest: The topics include but are not limited to: - Software development and optimization challenges for MPI-based applications and libraries - Evaluation of existing MPI features and use cases by the MPI application and library development community - Analysis of MPI-based and alternative programming model implementations of applications and libraries - New techniques and features to improve the MPI programming model and usage by current MPI end-users - Analysis of the evolution of the MPI programming model and implementation for future HPC systems - Analysis of alternative programming model features implemented within MPI - Issues related to deploying and supporting MPI on parallel machines - Experiences in porting applications and libraries to MPI Author instructions: Authors are invited to contribute either full papers (at most 10 pages) or a short paper (up to 6 pages). Papers should be submitted in PDF format using the LNCS style described on the IMUDI 2012 web site. (http://press.mcs.anl.gov/imudi/imudi2012) Submissions should be uploaded through EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imudi2012 Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the EuroMPI proceedings as part of Springer's LNCS series. Accepted contributions are expected to be presented by one of the authors at EuroMPI 2012 during the IMUDI special session. Session Organizers: Dries Kimpe, Argonne National Laboratory Jason Cope, Argonne National Laboratory Program Committee: To be announced. Important Dates: Submission of full and short papers: May 5th, 2012. Author Notification: June 11th, 2012. Camera Ready papers due: July 6th, 2012. Conference: September 24-26th, 2012. Conference Venue: IMUDI 2012 (as part of EuroMPI 2012) will be held in Vienna, Austria, at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vienna is easily accessible by plane and train, and in addition to the conference has a highly attractive cultural heritage.