======================================================================== Call For Papers Third International Workshop on Communication Architectures for HPC, Big Data, Deep Learning and Clouds at Extreme Scale (ExaComm 2017) June 22, 2017, Frankfurt, Germany to be held in conjunction with ISC 2017, June 18 - 22, 2017 Frankfurt, Germany http://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/exacomm/ ======================================================================== Extreme Scale computing in HPC, Big Data, Deep Learning and, Clouds are marked by multiple levels of hierarchy and heterogeneity ranging from the compute units (many-core CPUs, GPUs, APUs etc) to storage devices (NVMe, NVMe over Fabrics etc) to the network interconnects (InfiniBand, High-Speed Ethernet, Omni-Path etc). Owing to the plethora of heterogeneous communication paths with different cost models expected to be present in extreme scale systems, data movement is seen as the soul of different challenges for exascale computing. On the other hand, advances in networking technologies such as NoCs (like NVLink and Stormlake), RDMA enabled networks and the likes are constantly pushing the envelope of research in the field of novel communication and computing architectures for extreme scale computing. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and software/hardware designers from academia, industry and national laboratories who are involved in creating network-based computing solutions for extreme-scale architectures. The objectives of this workshop will be to share the experiences of the members of this community and to learn the opportunities and challenges in the design trends for exascale communication architectures. ExaComm 2017 will be held in conjunction with the International Supercomputing (ISC 2017), Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. Topics ------ ExaComm 2017 welcomes original submissions in a range of areas, including but not limited to: * Scalable communication protocols * High-performance networks * Runtime/middleware designs * Impact of high-performance networks on Deep Learning / Machine Learning * Impact of high-performance networks on Big Data * Novel hardware/software co-design * High-performance communication solutions for accelerator-based computing * Power-aware techniques and designs * Performance evaluations * Quality of Service (QoS) * Resource virtualization and SR-IOV Papers should present original research and should provide sufficient background material to make them accessible to the broader community. Best Paper Award ---------------- Mellanox has generously offered to sponsor the Best Paper Award. This award will be given to the author(s) of the paper selected by the Technical Program Committee and the Program Chairs. The award will be determined from viewpoints of the technical and scientific merits, impact on the science and engineering of the research work and the clarity of presentation of the research contents in the paper. Keynote Speakers ---------------- We are happy to announce that Dr. Jeffrey S. Vetter, Group Leader of the Future Technologies Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will deliver the keynote address at ExaComm'17. More details coming soon! Paper Submission and Registration --------------------------------- Abstracts and papers need to be submitted via the EasyChair conference system. EasyChair URL for ExaComm'17: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=exacomm2017 We request the authors to use the LNCS style (single column format) using either the LaTeX document class or Word template. For details on the author guidelines, please refer to Springer's website (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). Incorrectly formatted papers will be excluded from the reviewing process. Submission must be made as a single PDF file which includes all figures and bibliography. Submissions are accepted under the following two categories: Full Paper : 12 pages with all figures and bibliography in the LNCS format Short Paper : 8 pages with all figures and bibliography in the LNCS format Papers should present original research and should provide sufficient background material to make them accessible to the broader community. It should not be submitted in parallel to any other conference or journal. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a participant of the workshop and present the paper at the workshop. Each research paper will be taken through a comprehensive peer review process by an internationally recognized group of experts in the field. Papers will be evaluated along the metrics of a) Quality of Presentation; b) Novelty / Originality; c) Relation to State of the Art; d) Technical Strength; e) Significance of Work; and f) Relevance to Workshop. Every effort will be made to ensure that each paper receives multiple reviews. The papers accepted to be presented in ExaComm'17 will be published in a separate post-conference joint workshop proceeding volume, published online with Springer Publishing. The camera-ready versions need to be submitted via the EasyChair conference management system. The link to the submission site will be provided soon. Please contact the Program Chairs for any questions/clarifications Proceedings Information ----------------------- The papers accepted to be presented in ExaComm'17 will be published in a separate, post-conference joint ISC workshop proceedings volume, published online with Springer Publishing. The idea about post-conference proceedings is that they give the authors the flexibility to adjust their contributions slightly based on the feedback given during the workshops. The camera-ready versions need to be submitted via the EasyChair conference management system. The link to the submission site will be provided soon. Page limits for full and short papers are as follows Full Paper: 12 pages with all figures and bibliography in the LNCS format Short Paper: 8 pages with all figures and bibliography in the LNCS format The authors must use the LNCS style (single column format) using either the LaTeX document class or Word template. For details on the author guidelines, please refer to Springer's website (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). Incorrectly formatted papers will be excluded from the proceedings. Submission must be made as a single PDF file which includes all figures and bibliography. The copyright of the submission will need to be transferred to Springer. A copyright form will be provided for this at the appropriate time. Please contact the Program Chairs for any questions/clarifications. Important Dates --------------- Abstract submission deadline : 11:59 PM, AoE, April 7, 2017 Technical paper submission deadline : 11:59 PM, AoE, April 14, 2017 Author notification : May 19, 2017 Camera-ready deadline : 11:59 PM, AoE, June 2, 2017 Workshop : Thursday, June 22, 2017 ExaComm'17 Workshop Organizers ------------------------------ Hari Subramoni, The Ohio State University Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda, The Ohio State University Program Committee ----------------- * Taisuke Boku, University of Tsukuba, Japan * Ron Brightwell, Sandia National Laboratories * Hans Eberle, NVIDIA * Jesus Escudero-Sahuquillo, University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain * Ada Gavrilovska, Georgia Tech * Brice Goglin, INRIA, France * Dror Goldenberg, Mellanox Technologies * R. Govindarajan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India * Ryan Grant, Sandia National Laboratories * Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China * Sven Karlsson, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark * Nectarios Koziris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece * Takeshi Nanri, University of Kyushu, Japan * Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK * Antonio Pena, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain * Sebastien Rumley, Columbia University * Smruti Ranjan Sarangi, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India * Martin Schulz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory * John M. Shalf, NERSC/LBNL * Tor Skeie, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway * Sayantan Sur, Intel * Xin Yuan, Florida State University * Jidong Zhai, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Further Information ------------------- See the ExaComm'17 website at http://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/exacomm/ Thanks, The ExaComm'17 Organizing Committee.