Call For Papers                    2023 ACM/IEEE 8th International Workshop on         Extreme Scale Programming Models and Middleware (ESPM2-2023)                                  In conjunction with SC'23                                         Denver, Colorado                       https://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/espm2/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------   The eight edition of the ESPM2 workshop, being proposed to be held as a   full-day meeting with the Supercomputing (SC23) conference in Denver,   Colorado focuses on programming models and runtimes for extreme scale     systems. Next generation architectures and systems being deployed are   characterized by high concurrency, low memory per-core, and multiple   levels of hierarchy and heterogeneity. These characteristics bring out new challenges in energy efficiency, fault-tolerance and, scalability. It is commonly believed that software has the biggest share of the     responsibility to tackle these challenges. In other words, this         responsibility is delegated to the next generation programming models   and their associated middleware/runtimes. This workshop focuses on     different aspects of programming models such as task-based parallelism (Charm++, Legion, X10, HPX, etc), PGAS (OpenSHMEM, UPC, CAF, Chapel, UPC++, etc.), Machine  Learning (NVIDIA RAPIDS, Scikit-learn etc.), Deep Learning (Caffe, Microsoft CNTK, Google TensorFlow, Facebook PyTorch), directive-based   languages (OpenMP, OpenACC) and Hybrid MPI+X, etc. It also focuses on   their associated middleware (unified runtimes, interoperability for     hybrid programming, tight integration of MPI+X, and support for         accelerators/FPGAs) for next generation systems and architectures.     The ultimate objective of the ESPM2 workshop is to serve as a forum     that brings together researchers from academia and industry working     in the areas of programming models, runtime systems, compilation and   languages, and application developers.                                 ESPM2 2023 will be held as a full day workshop in conjunction with the SC23 in Denver, Colorado, USA.                                              Topics of interest to the ESPM2 workshop include (but not limited to): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -New programming models, languages and constructs for exploiting  high concurrency and heterogeneity -Experience with and improvements for existing parallel languages and run-time environments such as:  --MPI --PGAS (OpenSHMEM, UPC, CAF, Chapel, UPC++, etc.),  --Directive-based programming (OpenMP, OpenACC), --Asynchronous Task-based models (Charm++, Legion, X10, HPX, etc)  --Hybrid MPI+X models -Machine Learning (NVIDIA RAPIDS, Scikit-learn etc.), and -Deep Learning (TensorFlow, PyTorch, LBANN) -Parallel compilers, programming tools, and environments -Programming environments for heterogeneous multi-core systems and accelerators such as OpenPOWER, ARM, GPUs, etc.   Submission Procedure: ------------------------- Abstracts and papers need to be submitted via the Linklings conference   system. After logging in, please select the "Make a New Submission"     tab on the top. Click on the "SC23 Workshop: ESPM2 2023" link among the available options to submit your work.                                   Submissions should not exceed 8 pages using IEEE conference format with 10pt font. Each submission must be a single PDF file.                   Papers must be submitted in PDF format (readable by Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 and higher) and formatted for 8.5" x 11" (U.S. Letter).             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. Please contact the Program Chairs for any questions / clarifications. Reproducibility Initiative --------------------------- For all technical papers submitted to ESPM2'23, we request the  authors to include an "Artifact Description Appendix".  More information can be found in the CFP: https://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/espm2_cfp/ Important Dates --------------------- Abstract submission deadline:               Aug 14th, 2023 (11:59 PM, AoE) Full paper submission deadline:        Aug 28th, 2023 (11:59 PM, AoE) Author notification:                               Sept 6th, 2023 Camera-ready deadline:                        Oct 22nd, 2023 (11:59 PM, AoE)   Program Chairs --------------------- Hari Subramoni,                        The Ohio State University Aamir Shafi,                               The Ohio State University Kark Schulz,                               AMD Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda,      The Ohio State University Web and Publicity Chair -------------------------------- Mustafa Abduljabbar,       The Ohio State University Further Information ------------------------- See the ESPM2 '23 website at: https://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/espm2_cfp/   Thanks, The ESPM2 '23 Organizing Committee.