January 2021 - computational.science

*** CALL FOR PAPERS -- Final Submission Deadline Extension ***
by Dominik Bartuschat 31 Jan '21

31 Jan '21

Eleventh International Workshop on Advances in High-Performance Computational Earth Sciences: Applications and Frameworks (IHPCES 2021) https://www.cspp.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IHPCES2021/ Dear colleagues, IHPCES 2021, the 11th workshop in the series of "Advances in High-Performance Computational Earth Sciences" workshops, will take place in conjunction with the ICCS 2021 Conference in Krakow, Poland, from June 16-18, 2021. The objective of this series of workshops is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art research in high performance computational earth sciences. IHPCES workshops foster communication between Earth scientists, applied mathematicians, and computer scientists. The workshop therefore presents a unique opportunity to exchange advanced knowledge, computational methods, and science discoveries in computational geosciences. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Large-scale simulations on supercomputing systems in earth sciences Advanced modeling and simulations on natural disaster prevention and mitigation Advanced numerical methods for high performance computational earth sciences Parallel and distributed algorithms and programming strategies for supercomputers Software engineering for parallel systems with multi-core processors and accelerators Algorithms for Big Data analytics and applications for large-scale data processing Methodologies and tools designed for extreme-scale computing We welcome full (up to 14 pages) and short (up to 7 pages) papers in Springer LNCS format (we can not accept "Abstract Only" submissions). All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings of ICCS 2021, published by Springer in its LNCS series. Important dates: February 12, 2021 Paper Submission Due March 15, 2021 Author Notification April 5, 2021 Camera-Ready Papers Due IHPCES 2021 co-chairs: Takashi Shimokawabe - The University of Tokyo, Japan Kohei Fujita - The University of Tokyo, Japan Dominik Bartuschat - University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany Program committee (tentative): Hideo Aochi - Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, France Joern Behrens - University of Hamburg, Germany Xing Cai - Simula Research Laboratory/University of Oslo, Norway Takeshi Fukaya - Hokkaido University, Japan Takashi Furumura - University of Tokyo, Japan Lutz Gross - University of Queensland, Australia Alexander Heinecke - Intel Parallel Computing Lab, USA Sebastian Kuckuk - University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany Johannes Langguth - Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Osni Marques - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Hiromichi Nagao - The University of Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nakajima - The University of Tokyo, Japan Kenji Ono - Kyushu University, Japan Olaf Schenk - Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Osamu Tatebe - University of Tsukuba, Japan Peng Wang - NVIDIA, USA Mei Wen - National University of Defense Technology, China Huilin Xing - University of Queensland, Australia We are looking forward to your contributions to IHPCES 2021. With best regards, Dominik Bartuschat on behalf of the IHPCES 2021 co-chairs -- Dr.-Ing. Dominik Bartuschat, M.Sc. (hons.) Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg Lehrstuhl fuer Informatik 10 - Systemsimulation Cauerstrasse 11 D-91058 Erlangen Tel: +49 9131 85 28925 Fax: +49 9131 85 28928 E-Mail: dominik.bartuschat(a)fau.de

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[CfP] VHPC 21 - HPC Virtualization (Springer LNCS)
by Michael Alexander 27 Jan '21

27 Jan '21

==================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 16th Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC 21) held in conjunction with the International Supercomputing Conference - High Performance, June 24 - July 2, 2021, Zoom Online Event. (Springer LNCS Proceedings) ==================================================================== Date: July 2, 2021 Workshop URL: vhpc[dot]org Online Zoom Event registration [free, limited slots] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ux8jRopGhCYku3Z_FFMfud3RLwMg4-DABE_EeqlLmAQ Abstract Registration Deadline: February 15, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: April 5, 2021 Springer LNCS Call for Papers Containers and virtualization technologies constitute key enabling factors for flexible resource management in modern data centers, and particularly in cloud environments. Cloud providers need to manage complex infrastructures in a seamless fashion to support the highly dynamic and heterogeneous workloads and hosted applications customers deploy. Similarly, HPC environments have been increasingly adopting techniques that enable flexible management of vast computing and networking resources, close to marginal provisioning cost, which is unprecedented in the history of scientific and commercial computing. Most recently, Function as a Service (Faas) and Serverless computing, utilizing lightweight VMs-containers widen the spectrum of applications that can be deployed in a cloud environment, especially in an HPC context. Here, HPC-provided services become accessible to distributed workloads outside of large cluster environments. Various virtualization-containerization technologies contribute to the overall picture in different ways: machine virtualization, with its capability to enable consolidation of multiple underutilized servers with heterogeneous software and operating systems (OSes), and its capability to live-migrate a fully operating virtual machine (VM) with a very short downtime, enables novel and dynamic ways to manage physical servers; OS-level virtualization (i.e., containerization), with its capability to isolate multiple user-space environments and to allow for their coexistence within the same OS kernel, promises to provide many of the advantages of machine virtualization with high levels of responsiveness and performance; lastly, unikernels provide for many virtualization benefits with a minimized OS/library surface. I/O Virtualization in turn allows physical network interfaces to take traffic from multiple VMs or containers; network virtualization, with its capability to create logical network overlays that are independent of the underlying physical topology is furthermore enabling virtualization of HPC infrastructures. Publication Accepted papers will be published in a Springer LNCS proceedings volume. Topics of Interest The VHPC program committee solicits original, high-quality submissions related to virtualization across the entire software stack with a special focus on the intersection of HPC, containers-virtualization and the cloud. Major Topics: - HPC workload orchestration (Kubernetes) - Kubernetes HPC batch - HPC Rootless Container Environments Landscape - HW Heterogeneity - Container ecosystem - Networking - Lightweight Virtualization - Unikernels / LibOS - State-of-the-art processor virtualization (RISC-V, EPI) - Containerizing HPC Stacks/Apps/Codes: Climate model containers each major topic encompassing design/architecture, management, performance management, modeling and configuration/tooling. Specifically, we invite papers that deal with the following topics: - HPC orchestration (Kubernetes, Virtualizing Kubernetes for HPC, Deployment paradigms - Multitenancy - Serverless - Declarative data center integration - Network provisioning - Storage - OCI i.a. images - Isolation/security - HW Accelerators, including GPUs, FPGAs, AI, and others - State-of-practice/art, including transition to cloud - Frameworks, system software - Programming models, runtime systems, and APIs to facilitate cloud adoption - Edge use-cases - Application adaptation, success stories - Kubernetes Batch (Scheduling / job management, Execution paradigm - workflow, Data management, Deployment, Multi-cluster/scalability, performance, Workflow / execution paradigm) - End-to-end rootless Docker alternative container environment & use-cases - Creating, Running containers as non-root (rootless) - Running rootless containers with MPI - Container live migration - Running containers in restricted environments without setuid - Networking (SDN / NVF, SR-IOV, Network Slicing & provisioning, polling, federated learning OS abstractions). - Lightweight Virtualization (Micro VMMs: Rust-VMM / AWS Firecracker / solo5, Xen, KVM, Nitro, RVirt, Rust based hypervisors / Cloud Hypervisor / Novel hypervisors - Unikernels / LibOS - HPC Storage in Virtualization - HPC container storage - Cloud-native storage - Hypervisors in storage virtualization - Processor Virtualization - RISC-V (hypervisor extensions / ports / IOMMU specification) - EPI - Composable HPC microservices - Merging of high throughput computing and HPC - Novel schedulers for job to data placement - Containerizing Scientific Codes (Building / Deploying / Securing / Storage / Monitoring) - High performance containers - Portability of containers/images, impact on performance - Use case for containerizing HPC codes: Climate model containers for portability, reproducibility, traceability, immutability, provenance, data & software preservation The Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC) aims to bring together researchers and industrial practitioners facing the challenges posed by virtualization in order to foster discussion, collaboration, mutual exchange of knowledge and experience, enabling research to ultimately provide novel solutions for virtualized computing systems of tomorrow. The workshop will be one day in length, composed of 20 min paper presentations, each followed by 10 min discussion sections, plus lightning talks that are limited to 5 minutes. Presentations may be accompanied by interactive demonstrations. Important Dates February 15, 2021 - Abstract registration deadline April 5, 2021 - Paper submission deadline (Springer LNCS) May 3, 2021 - Acceptance notification July 2, 2021 - Workshop Day July 10th, 2021 - Camera-ready version due Chair Michael Alexander (chair), BOKU, Vienna, Austria Anastassios Nanos (co-chair), Nubis, Greece Program committee Stergios Anastasiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece Paolo Bonzini, Red Hat, Italy Jakob Blomer, CERN, Europe Eduardo César, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Taylor Childers, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Stephen Crago, USC ISI, USA Tommaso Cucinotta, St. Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy François Diakhaté CEA DAM Ile de France, France Balazs Gerofi, RIKEN, Japan Kyle Hale, Northwestern University, USA Brian Kocoloski, Washington University, USA Simon Kuenzer, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Giuseppe Lettieri, University of Pisa, Italy Klaus Ma, Huawei Technologies, China Alberto Madonna, Swiss National Supercomputing Center, Switzerland Nikos Parlavantzas, IRISA, France Anup Patel, Western Digital, USA Kevin Pedretti, Sandia National Laboratories, USA Amer Qouneh, Western New England University, USA Carlos Reaño, Queen’s University Belfast, UK Riccardo Rocha, CERN, Europe Borja Sotomayor, University of Chicago, USA Jonathan Sparks, Cray, USA Kurt Tutschku, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden John Walters, USC ISI, USA Yasuhiro Watashiba, Osaka University, Japan Chao-Tung Yang, Tunghai University, Taiwan Paper Submission-Publication Papers submitted to the workshop will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee and external reviewers. Submissions should include abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author, and must not exceed 10 pages, including tables and figures at a main font size no smaller than 11 point. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. Accepted papers will be published in a Springer LNCS volume. The format must be according to the Springer LNCS Style. Initial submissions are in PDF; authors of accepted papers will be requested to provide source files. Abstract, Paper Submission Link: edas[dot]info/newPaper.php?c=28004 Lightning Talks Lightning Talks are non-paper track, synoptical in nature and are strictly limited to 5 minutes. They can be used to gain early feedback on ongoing research, for demonstrations, to present research results, early research ideas, perspectives and positions of interest to the community. Submit abstract via the main submission link. General Information The workshop is one day in length and will be held in conjunction with the International Supercomputing Conference - High Performance (ISC) 2021, June 24 - July 2.

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Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Computing
by Massimo CAFARO 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

We apologize for multiple copies of this CfP. Journal: Future Internet Special Issue Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing Special Issue Editor: Prof. Massimo Cafaro Deadline: 30 April 2021 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/PDGCP2P_C Summary Dear Colleagues, recent years have witnessed the growing interest for parallel and distributed computing not just for large scale processing of big data, but also in the context of several research trends such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Mining, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Green Computing in Data Centers etc. The aim of the Special Issue is to address current research and trends in the field by focusing on theory, technologies and applications, highlighting both challenges and opportunities. The scope of the Special Issue is very broad, taking into account the interdisciplinarity of parallel and distributed computing. Among the topics of interest, there are (but the Special Issue is not strictly limited to these): - Parallel algorithms; - Distributed algorithms, including P2P algorithms; - Fault-tolerant algorithms; - Cloud and grid computing; - Architectures for parallel and distributed computing; - Green computing and data centers; - Middleware and libraries for parallel and distributed computing; - Scheduling and resource allocation. Prof. Massimo Cafaro Prof. Italo Epicoco Dr. Marco Pulimeno Guest Editors Keywords: parallel computing, distributed computing, grid computing, cloud computing, P2P. - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining Dept. of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail cafaro(a)acm.org CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************ --

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Paper Invitation to Special Issue "Polynomial Sequences and Their Applications"
by Anna Napoli 23 Jan '21

23 Jan '21

Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to inform you that a Special Issue of the Mathematics Journal (a peer-reviewed open access journal ISSN 2227-7390 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics>, WoS impact factor 1.747, Q1 and top 10%) dedicated to polynomial sequences and their applications is now open to receive submission for possible publications. Special Issue: *Polynomial Sequences and Their Applications.* Website:https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/polynomial_… <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/polynomial_sequence…> Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Francesco Aldo Costabile, Prof. Dr. Maria I. Gualtieri, Prof. Dr. Anna Napoli Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, cubo 30/A, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy. Deadline for manuscript submissions: *30 June 2021.* Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: ·Modern Umbral Calculus (Binomial, Appell, Sheffer Polynomial Sequences). ·Orthogonal polynomials, Matrix orthogonal polynomials, Multiple orthogonal polynomials and Orthogonal polynomials of several variables. ·Operational methods and Monomiality Principle. ·Generating functions, special classes. ·Matrix and determinant approach to special polynomial sequences. ·Applications of special polynomial sequences in approximation theory, in boundary value problems and in quadrature formulas. ·Number theory and special classes of polynomials. ·Asymptotic methods in orthogonal polynomials. ·Fractional Calculus. ·Extrapolation methods. *Description* Polynomials are an incredibly useful mathematical tools as they are simply defined and can be calculated quickly on computer systems. They can be differentiated and integrated easily, and can be pieced together to form spline curves. Furthermore, from Weierstrass’s Approximation Theorem, every continuous function defined on a closed interval can be uniformly approximated by polynomials. Therefore sequences of polynomials perform an important role in several branches of sciences: mathematics, phisics, engineering etc. For examples, polynomial sequences arise in physic and approximation theory as the solutions of certain ordinary differential equations. Orthogonal polynomials play an important role in the applications. In statistics Hermite polynomials are very important, which are, also, orthogonal polynomials. In algebra and combinatorics umbral polynomials are used such as: rising factorials, falling factorials, Abel, Bell, Bernoulli, Euler, Boile, ciclotomic, Dickson, Fibonacci, Lucas, Touchard etc. polynomials. Some of these belong to special classes, such as Sheffer, Appell and the binomial type.For this reason the research in this field appears in different Journals/Magazines. A special issue that makes the state of art of current research would be very useful for the mathematical community. We warmly invite you to contribute to our Special Issue. Don't hesitate to forward this message to anyone who could be interested. Thank you very much for your kind consideration and apologies for multiple copies. We look forward to hearing from you. Francesco A. Costabile, Maria I. Gualtieri, Anna Napoli

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Job ad: Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position in the Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
by Sanjay Purushotham 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

[Apologies for multiple copies] Application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/81030 *Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position in the Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)* The Department of Information Systems (IS) at UMBC invites applications for an open rank tenure-track faculty position starting August 2021. Successful candidates will complement and extend our current strengths. More information about research interests of our faculty can be found at https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/home/research/areas-of-research/. Candidates with research interests cross-cutting multiple areas are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates must have earned a PhD in related fields no later than August 2021. The Department has 33 full-time faculty and over 1,600 students, including over 80 PhD students. The department offers undergraduate degrees in Information Systems and Business Technology Administration. Graduate degree programs, MS and PhD, are offered in both Information Systems and Human-Centered Computing, including an innovative online MS program in IS. In addition, the Department houses the Master’s in Health Information Technology, which is a professional degree program. Our faculty are actively engaged in collaborative interdisciplinary research within and across departments and institutions, and four of our current faculty have received NSF CAREER awards. Further details can be found at https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/. UMBC is a public research university that is leading the world in inclusive excellence in research and teaching. We are redefining how to teach and we are one of the most innovative universities in the nation (US News). To continue to support this goal, the Faculty Development Center provides excellent support such as classroom observation, collection and analysis of student feedback as well as regular workshops and pedagogical demonstrations. Our research is bold, cross disciplinary, and leverages our location near to the hospitals in Baltimore, NIH, NASA, NSF, and the USGS. UMBC’s strategic location in the Baltimore-Washington corridor puts us close to many high-tech companies as well. The 2018 Chronicle of Higher Education also named UMBC as one of the best colleges to work for, for the ninth year in a row. The department, college and UMBC are deeply committed to the success of all of our faculty. We have various mentoring programs such as “launch committees” to offer regular and structured mentorship for faculty to develop a thriving and successful research program and the Eminent Scholar mentoring program to build relationships with leaders in the field beyond UMBC. The campus is close to both energetic urban centers and family-friendly suburbs. Nearby cities such as Columbia and Ellicott City have been routinely ranked as top 10 best places to live in the US. Candidates are expected to establish a collaborative, externally funded, and nationally recognized research program and contribute to teaching a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses offered by the department effectively. We expect candidates to be innovative in terms of pedagogical methods, course content, and curriculum development, and be committed to advising, mentoring and supporting student success. All candidates should have experience in – or have the potential for – building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment in teaching, mentoring, research, life experiences, or service. Candidates for the Associate and Full Professor rank should also demonstrate a track record of inclusive excellence. Candidates for the Associate Professor rank should also have a strong record of research, teaching, service, and a sustained externally-funded research program. Candidates for the Full Professor rank should also demonstrate leadership in their field, hold an excellent academic record, and show a history of securing external funds for multiple sizable research projects. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who are members of groups that historically have been under-represented in the professoriate. We especially welcome applications from candidates who are willing to contribute to the diversity mission of the university and the department. UMBC is a national model for diversity and inclusive excellence in STEM. Examples of these are our Meyerhoff Scholar programs ( http://meyerhoff.umbc.edu/) the Center for Women in Technology ( http://cwit.umbc.edu) and PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate programs. Inclusive excellence is a hallmark of UMBC and a foundational value of our community. UMBC is the nation’s #1 producer of African American undergraduates who go on to complete an M.D./Ph.D. and #2 nationally for African American undergraduates who complete a STEM Ph.D. The IS department is proud to support a diverse student and faculty body in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity. The IS faculty has a culture of inclusiveness of excellence, demonstrated by both academic research such as community engaged scholarship, research on improving accessibility of technology to disabled, as well as efforts to address diversity issues in STEM such as CWIT scholar program and starting a regional chapter of Women in Data Science and Machine Learning. More than half of the leadership positions in the department including the chair are currently held by women faculty. Applications for the positions must be submitted as PDF files via Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/81030. Review of applications will start in December 2020 but will continue until positions are filled. All interviews will be conducted online but applicants are welcome to talk to IS faculty to learn about Baltimore and the surrounding area. A complete submission will consist of: 1) Cover letter 2) CV 3) One-page statement of teaching philosophy. 4) Two-page statement of research interests. 5) One-page statement of demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence. 6) Names and contact information of at least three references. Letters will be required later for short-listed candidates. Candidates’ experience will be evaluated commensurate to the rank to which they are applying. For inquiries, please email to is_faculty_search_2020(a)umbc.edu. An informational webinar will be also held in late November or early December. If you are interested in the webinar, please register at https://forms.gle/CmugCMfPdnPRoT386. Review of applications will begin in December, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled. *UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.*

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