[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ******************************* IEEE HPCC-2018 CFP ***************************** *The 20th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2018)* http://cse.stfx.ca/~hpcc2018/ *Exeter, England, UK, 28-30 June 2018* *Sponsored by* IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable Computing (TCSC). INTRODUCTION ============= With the rapid growth in computing and communications technology, the past decade has witnessed a proliferation of powerful parallel and distributed systems and an ever increasing demand for practice of high performance computing and communications (HPCC). HPCC has moved into the mainstream of computing and has become a key technology in determining future research and development activities in many academic and industrial branches, especially when the solution of large and complex problems must cope with very tight timing schedules. The 2018 High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2018) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present state-of-art advances and innovations in theoretical foundations, systems, infrastructure, tools, testbeds, and applications for the HPCC, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future. Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers to HPCC-2018. All accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore and will be indexed by Engineering Index (EI). The authors of selected best papers will be invited post conference to extend their contributions for special issues of prestigious journals to be planned in conjunction with the conference. SCOPE AND TOPICS ================ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Track 1: High Performance Computing and Applications Track 2: Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems Track 3: Communications and Networking IMPORTANT DATES ================ · Paper Submission Deadline: 10 February 2018 · Authors Notification: 15 April 2018 · Camera-Ready Paper Due: 15 May 2018 · Early Registration Due: 15 May 2018 · Conference Date: 28-30 June 2018 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE ========================== All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission website ( http://hpcc.ex.ac.uk/ ) with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts). You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/ Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at: https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/ publishing/templates.html Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the conference. JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES ====================== Distinguished papers selected from the conferences and associated workshops, after further extensions, will be recommended for submission and publication in the following prestigious journals or their Special Issues: - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (IEEE Computer Society) - Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Wiley) - Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer) - Expert Systems Journal (Wiley) - Cognitive Computation journal (Springer) - Big Data Analytics (BioMed Central/Springer)