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PDCAT2024: Submission Deadline extended to Sept 30, 2024
by Yingpeng Sang 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

-------Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP------------- Dear Esteemed Scholar, It is our great honor to inform you that the 25th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) will take place in Hong Kong, China, during December 13-15, 2024. It will be a great opportunity to share your excellent research work with esteemed colleagues from all over the world. PDCAT serves as a primary platform for scientists, engineers, and practitioners globally to present the most recent research findings, outcomes, concepts, advancements, and applications in all facets of parallel and distributed computing, including parallel architectures, algorithms, and programming techniques. Over its 24-year history, PDCAT has been successfully convened in many countries spanning Asia-Oceania, including China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. We earnestly wish participants to gain insights into foundational theories, practical experimental data, emerging business models, and the most recent academic trends from this conference. Publication The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, indexed by EI, Scopus, CPCI, etc. Extended versions of selected papers will be recommended to special issues of some SCI-indexed international journals, tentatively including Tsinghua Science and Technology, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Systems, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, etc. Topics We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics: Networking and Architectures. Wireless networks and mobile computing Internet of Things Software Systems and Technologies. Task mapping and job scheduling Formal methods and programming languages Algorithms and Applications. Parallel/distributed algorithms Distributed data and knowledge-based systems Security and Privacy. Access control and authorization Authentication, biometrics, smartcards High Performance Systems. Memory hierarchy and caching Performance tuning, optimization and profiling Big Data Management and Processing. Mass data stream processing in clouds Graphs, social networks, and semantic web Submission The submission should contain scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques, and results, including the motivation and a clear comparison with related work. The length of the submission should not exceed 12 pages in LNCS style (including references, but excluding the optional appendix). Please submit your paper via the EquinOCS system: https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/pdcat2024 Springer's LNCS LaTeX templates are available in OverLeaf: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer… For the complete author guideline, please access Springer's official site: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… Important Dates Paper submission: September 30, 2024. Notification acceptance: November 1, 2024. Camera-ready and Registration: November 15, 2024. Conference date: December 13-15, 2024. Contact us by: pdcat2024(a)siat.ac.cn Please check the PDCAT' 2024 web site for more details. https://hpcc.siat.ac.cn/meeting/pdcat2024/index.html Kind Regards. PDCAT Organizing Committee

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by Kenneth Tan 09 Sep '24

09 Sep '24

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[CFP] - Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS)
by William Spataro 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

11th Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS) at PDP 2025 (sorry for cross postings) ************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS: 11th Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS) The 33rd Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, and Network-Based Computing Turin (Italy) 12-14 March 2025 https://pdp2025.org/workshops/ Deadline: October 31st, 2024 Contact: William Spataro - spataro(a)unical.it ************************************************************************* AIMS AND SCOPE Model development through which computers can simulate the evolution of artificial and natural systems is fundamental for the advancement of Science. In the last decades, the increasing power of computers has allowed to considerably extend the application of computing methodologies in research and industry, but also to the quantitative study of complex systems. This has permitted a broad application of numerical methods for differential equation systems (e.g., FEM, FDM, PIC, etc.) on one hand, and the application of alternative computational paradigms, such as Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence, etc., on the other. These latter have demonstrated their effectiveness for modelling purposes when traditional simulation methodologies have proven to be impracticable due to space and/or time constraints. An important mission of the HPCMS Workshop now at its eleventh year at PDP - is to provide a platform for a multidisciplinary community composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, practitioners and experts from world leading Universities, Institutions, Agencies and Companies in Computational Science. HPCMS intent is to thus offer an opportunity to express and confront views on trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in computational problems and high-performance computing, related to areas in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - High Performance Computing in computational science: intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research applications - Complex systems modelling and simulation - Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence implementations - Integrated approach to optimization and simulation - MPI, OpenMP, Sycl and CUDA applications in Computational Science - Optimization algorithms, modelling techniques related to optimization in Computational Science - High-performance Software developed to solve science (e.g., biological, physical, and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems - Performance models and their integration into the design of efficient parallel algorithms for heterogeneous platforms - Hardware approaches (e.g., FPGAs, Neuromorphic computing, etc) of high performance computing in modeling and simulation IMPORTANT DATES DEADLINE Paper submission: 31 October 2024 Acceptance notification: 10 December 2024 Camera ready due: 27 January 2025 Conference: 12 - 14 March 2025 Submission guidelines Authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the IEEE Conference proceedings format (IEEEtran, double-column, 10pt) and follow format guidelines found at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. For submission, please use the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/User/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FPDP2025%2FSubmi… selecting the "High Performance Computing in Modeling and Simulation (HPCMS) submission link. Double-bind review: the first page of the paper should contain only the title and abstract; in the reference list, references to the authors own work should appear as "omitted for blind review" entries. Chairs William Spataro - University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe A. Trunfio - University of Sassari, Italy Donato D Ambrosio - University of Calabria, Italy Rocco Rongo - University of Calabria, Italy Andrea Giordano - ICAR-CNR, Italy HPCMS Program Committee Gladys Utrera, Universitat Polit cnica de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain Donato D Ambrosio, University of Calabria, Italy Pawel Topa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Gianluigi Folino, ICAR-CNR, Italy Lou D Alotto, York College/CUNY, New York, USA Ioakeim Georgoudas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Marco Beccutti, University of Torino, Italy Marisa Gil, Universitat Polit cnica de Catalunya, Spain Yaroslav Sergeyev, University of Calabria, Italy Antisthenis Tsompanas, University of the West of England, UK Rocco Rongo, University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece William Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe A. Trunfio, University of Sassari, Italy Marco Villani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Jaroslaw Was, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Davide Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy Andrea Giordano, ICAR-CNR, Italy Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy Gihan R. Mudalige, University of Warwick, UK Alessio De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe Agapito, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy Xavier Martorell, Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Universitat Polit cnica de Catalunya, Spain -- °-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° William Spataro Department of Mathematics & Computer Science High Performance Computing Center University of Calabria I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) Italy Phone(s) : +39.0984.496464 Fax : +39.0984.493570 Web: www.mat.unical.it/spataro Email: spataro(a)unical.it -°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Il banner è generato automaticamente dal servizio di posta elettronica dell'Università della Calabria <https://www.unical.it/5x1000>

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Student Research Symposium (SRS) @ HiPC 2024
by HiPC 2024 Publicity Chairs 12 Jul '24

12 Jul '24

Student Research Symposium (SRS) @ HiPC 2024 December 18-21, 2024 Bengaluru, India HiPC 2024 will feature the 16th Student Research Symposium (SRS) on High-Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HPC), aimed at stimulating and fostering student research and providing an international forum to highlight student research accomplishments. The symposium will be an integrated part of the main HiPC conference aiming to expose students to the best practices in HPC in academia and industry. The symposium will feature student posters and provide students with other enriching experiences, such as workshops, industry exhibits, and demos. HiPC will provide limited travel support to one author of selected posters. Awards for Best Poster will be presented at the symposium. More details are available at https://www.hipc.org/student-research-symposium Important Dates: * Submissions Open: Aug 26, 2024, AOE * Submission Deadline: Sep 30, 2024, AOE * Accept/Reject Decision Notification: Nov 8, 2024, AOE * Camera-ready Deadline for the Abstract of Accepted Posters: Nov 15, 2024, AOE * Symposium: Dec 18-21, 2024 Symposium Co-Chairs: Abhinandan S Prasad, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India Konduri Aditya, Indian Institute of Science, India Contact student_symposium(a)hipc.org for more details. ============================================== Unsubscribe computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org from this list: https://hipc.us14.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=29dc8951f64eba10697825402&i…

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Last Call for Early Registration: Summer School "CVML Programming Short Course and Workshop on Deep Learning, Computer Vision and Big Data Analytics 2024", 27-29 August 2024, Thessaloniki, Greece
by Efi 11 Jul '24

11 Jul '24

Dear AI/CS/ECE student/scientist/engineer/enthusiast, the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (AIIA <https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/>) Lab of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in cooperation with (TEMA) <https://tema-project.eu/>R&D project, the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <https://www.i-aida.org/>), is excited to invite you to register and attend the upcoming “CVML Programming Short Course and Workshop on Deep Learning, Computer Vision and Big Data Analytics 2024 <https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-de…>” which will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece from August 27th to 29th 2024. This Summer School offers a three-day short course that delivers an in-depth exploration of programming tools and techniques for addressing a variety of computer vision and deep learning challenges. The course focuses on the fundamentals of deep learning and its applications in Natural Disaster Management. Here's a glimpse of what the course entails: - Deep neural networks – Convolutional NNs - 2D Object Tracking in Embedded Systems - Real Time Object Detection. - Real-Time Image Segmentation. - Natural Language Processing. - Explainability in Computer Vision applications. Additionally, hands-on programming workshops will be conducted on each topic, providing participants with practical experience and skills enhancement. *Details* *Host Institution*: *Aristotle University of Thessaloniki* *27, 28, 29 August 2024, 08:30 - 16:30 EEST (UTC + 3 hours)* *On-site Participation: **KEDEA* <https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.626813,22.962576&z=16&t=m&hl=en&gl=GR&map…>* Building, AUTH, Thessaloniki, Greece* *General Registration* Early registration <https://rc.auth.gr/product-list/single-product/138> (till 15/07/2024) Students/Scientists, Engineers from other scientific disciplines having the necessary mathematical background are also welcomed to register. *Special Registration for AIDA Students** On top of the above registration, also enroll on this course using the “ENROLL ON THIS COURSE” button on the AIDA course page <https://www.i-aida.org/course/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on…>, so that this course is included on your AIDA Certificate of Course Attendance upon successful completion of the program. *AIDA Students are PhD students/candidates or Postdoc researchers belonging to any AIDA member <https://www.i-aida.org/about/members/>. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a *certificate of attendance* issued by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. *For more details, please visit*: https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-de… This summer school is technically sponsored by TEMA <https://tema-project.eu/>, AI.BIG Cluster <https://tema-project.eu/projects-cluster>, AIDA <https://www.i-aida.org/>, AI4Media <https://www.ai4media.eu/> R&D projects. School Organizer: Prof. Ioannis Pitas Chair of the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis (AIIA) Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece [image: image001.jpg]

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CFP: ROCS Workshop: 1st RecOnfigurable Computing and Systems Workshop at HiPC 2024
by HiPC 2024 Publicity Chairs 10 Jul '24

10 Jul '24

ROCS Workshop: 1st RecOnfigurable Computing and Systems Workshop 2024 Dec 18, 2024 Bengaluru, India In conjunction with the 31st IEEE International Conference on High-Performance Computing, Data, & Analytics (HiPC 2024) Call for Papers: Reconfigurable computing involves using hardware that can be dynamically reprogrammed to optimize performance for specific tasks. Heterogeneous computing combines different types of compute elements to handle diverse workloads efficiently. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are mainly used for reconfigurable computing, and are crucial for high-performance computing applications and accelerating machine learning (ML) applications. The Reconfigurable Computing and Systems Workshop (ROCS) is the first edition running in conjunction with HIPC, aimed at attracting participants to discuss aspects of reconfigurable and heterogeneous computing systems. The broad topics of interest include FPGA-based accelerators, programming methodologies, heterogeneous computing, applications such as ML acceleration, embedded systems, IoT devices, telecommunications, data center accelerators, software programmability, tool support and related areas. Important Dates: * Paper submission deadline: Sep 20, 2024 * Author notification: Oct 20, 2024 * Camera-ready submission: Nov 1, 2024 Length of submission: Submitted manuscripts can be full papers or short papers. * Full papers may not exceed six (6) single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5×11 inch pages (IEEE conference style) plus one extra page for references. * Short papers may not exceed four (4) plus one extra page for references in the same format. Single blind policy: All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by the Program Committee under a single-blind review process, so the submitted paper should NOT list any authors or their affiliations. Submission link: Submit your paper at: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/HiPC/ Questions may be sent to nanditha.rao(a)iiitb.ac.in ============================================== Unsubscribe computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org from this list: https://hipc.us14.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=29dc8951f64eba10697825402&i…

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International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Revolutions (AIR 2024) - Roanne, France, October 30-31, 2024
by Abagana Mahamat Oumar 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

Call for papers We would like to remind you that the final submission date is extended to 10 July 2024 Apologies for Cross-posting ************************************************* International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Revolutions (AIR 2024) Roanne, France, October 30-31, 2024 https://confscience.com/air/ All papers accepted in AIR 2024 will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore, IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, Scopus, EI’s Engineering Information Index, Compendex, ISI Thomson’s Scientific, ISTP/ISI Proceedings, etc. *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: June 10, 2024 10 July 2024 (extended) - Acceptance Notification: September 1, 2024 - Final Manuscript Due: October 1, 2024 *************************************************************************** The AIR 2024 conference will be held in Conjunction with: The International Conference on Borderless Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing (BAIQC 2024) The International Conference on Intelligence, Sustainability, and Innovation in Healthcare (ISIH 2024) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: Track 1: Fundamental and Theories - Theoretical Advances in AI Algorithms - Machine Learning - Neural Networks and Deep Learning - Multi-Agent Systems - Statistical Learning and Probability in AI - Natural Language Processing (NLP) Theories - Symbolic AI and Knowledge Representation - Explainable AI (XAI) - Generative AI - Cognitive Architectures - Reinforcement Learning Theories - Protocols and Communication - Collaborative Environments - Multi-user and Distributed Systems - AI and Digital Transformation - Computer Vision - Simulation and Virtual Environments - AI in Design Thinking and Creativity - AI-driven Innovation Models Track 2: AI and Sustainability - Circular Economy and AI - Eco-friendly AI Hardware Design - Green Computing: Sustainable Data Centers - Biodiversity Monitoring with AI - AI for Clean Energy Grids - Sustainable Transportation Solutions - Water Resource Management with AI - Renewable Energy Forecasting with AI - Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategies - Smart Buildings and Energy Efficiency - Waste Sorting and Recycling Automation - Sustainable Manufacturing with AI - Eco-conscious Consumer Behavior Analysis - Climate Data Analytics - Natural Disaster Preparedness and Response - Ocean Conservation with AI - Urban Green Spaces Planning - AI-driven Pollution Monitoring - Sustainable Tourism with AI - E-waste Recycling Innovation - AI and energy Track 3: AI Transformative Applications - Algorithmic Trading and Market Predictions - AI for Financial Inclusion - AI for marine applications - AI in Public Health Management - Predictive Analytics in Epidemiology - Smart Infrastructure in Urban Development - Precision Agriculture and AI - AI-based Disaster Response and Recovery - AI-driven Climate Resilient Infrastructure - Smart Traffic Management with AI - Blockchain in Agriculture Supply Chains - AI for Earthquake Prediction - Smart Grids and AI for Energy Distribution - Autonomous Vehicles Track 4: AI for Drones and UAS - Sustainable Drone Fleet Management - AI-powered Urban Air Mobility Solutions - Innovative Air Traffic Flow Optimization - AI-driven Weather Resilience in Air Traffic - Eco-conscious Drone Traffic Control - Sustainable Communication Networks - AI Drone-based Surveillance - Ethical AI in Emergency Response for Drones - AI for Precision Agriculture Sustainability - Human-Drone Collaboration - Sustainable AI-enhanced Search and Rescue - Sustainable Drone Operations - Responsible Innovation for Air Traffic Safety - AI-driven Noise Reduction - Autonomous Space Probes Track 5: AI and Education - AI and student innovation - Adaptive Learning Platforms - Personalized Tutoring with AI - Smart Classrooms and AI Integration - Automated Grading and Assessment - Virtual Reality (VR) and AI in Education - AI for Learning Disabilities - Gamification and AI - Predictive Analytics in Education - Ethical Considerations in AI Education - AI-Enhanced Content Creation - Chatbots and Virtual Assistants for Students - AI for Early Childhood Education - Language Learning with AI - AI and Educational Research Measuring - Educational Outcomes with AI - Education Accessibility with AI - Responsible AI Education and Training Track 6: Responsible AI - Fairness and Bias Mitigation in AI Algorithms - Responsible AI Governance and Regulation - Privacy-preserving AI Technologies - Ethical Considerations in AI Decision-making - Trustworthy AI: Building User Confidence - AI for Social Justice and Inclusion - Combating AI-generated Misinformation - AI-driven Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence - Secure AI Deployment - AI Accountability and Liability - Human Rights and AI - Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability - AI in Law and Legal Ethics - Bias Detection and Mitigation Tools - Cross-cultural Ethics in AI - Digital Ethics in Virtual Environments - Algorithmic Accountability in Criminal Justice - Responsible Data Management in AI *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=air2024). All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 6-8 pages long (written in the IEEE 2-column conference style) For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/air/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to (ahmed.nait(a)univ-st-etienne.fr) and (nafaa.jabeur(a)gutech.edu.om)

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International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing (BAIQC 2024), Roanne, France, October 30-31, 2024
by Abagana Mahamat Oumar 27 Jun '24

27 Jun '24

Call for papers We would like to remind you that the final submission date is extended to 10 July 2024 Apologies for Cross-posting ************************************************* International Conference on Borderless Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing (BAIQC 2024) Roanne, France, October 30-31, 2024 https://confscience.com/baiqc/ All papers accepted in BAIQC 2024 will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore, IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, Scopus, EI’s Engineering Information Index, Compendex, ISI Thomson’s Scientific, ISTP/ISI Proceedings, etc. *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: June 10, 2024 10 July 2024 (extended) - Acceptance Notification: September 1, 2024 - Final Manuscript Due: October 1, 2024 *************************************************************************** The BAIQC 2024 conference will be held in Conjunction with: The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Revolutions (AIR 2024) The International Conference on Intelligence, Sustainability, and Innovation in Healthcare (ISIH 2024) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: Track 1: Foundations and Theories - Quantum Computing architecture - Quantum Mechanics Fundamentals for Computing - Quantum Gates and Circuits - Quantum Algorithms - Quantum Error Correction - Quantum Hardware Architectures - Quantum Software Development - Quantum Complexity Theory - Quantum Speedup and Limitations - Quantum Entanglement and Superposition - Quantum Annealing - Quantum Cryptography Basics - Quantum Information Processing - Quantum Compilation Techniques - Quantum languages - QC Simulation Track 2: Integration of AI and QC - Machine Learning Applications in QC - Data Analytics for Quantum Information Processing - Hybrid Quantum-Classical Algorithms - Quantum-enhanced Machine Learning Models - Quantum Data Preprocessing - QC for Big Data Analytics - Quantum-inspired Classical Algorithms - Quantum Machine Learning - Quantum-enhanced Optimization - Quantum Simulation in AI Research - Quantum Machine Learning Interpretability - Quantum-enhanced Data Clustering - Quantum Data Privacy and Security - Quantum-enhanced Feature Selection - Quantum Reinforcement Learning - QC and NLP Track 3: Quantum Information Science - Quantum Information Theory - AI-Enhanced Quantum Communication Protocols - Quantum Key Distribution - Quantum Teleportation and Data Analytics - Quantum Networking - Enhancing Precision with Data-Driven Techniques - Quantum Sensing Techniques - Quantum State Tomography - Quantum Channel Capacity Optimization - Quantum Error Correction - Quantum Data-Driven Approaches - AI algorithms for Quantum Information Retrieval - Quantum Internet - Data-driven Self-regulating Systems Track 4: Quantum Security - Post-Quantum Cryptography - Quantum-resistant Algorithms - Quantum-safe Communication Infrastructures - Secure Quantum Key Exchange - Quantum-resistant Hash Functions - Quantum-resistant Signature Schemes - Quantum Cybersecurity Threats - Quantum-Secure Cloud Computing - Quantum-resistant Blockchain Technologies - Secure Quantum Communication Networks - Quantum-resistant Authentication - Quantum-resistant Access Control - Quantum Security Standards - Quantum-resistant Digital Signatures - Quantum-resistant Public-Key Cryptography Track 5: Applications and Technologies - Quantum-enhanced Sensing Technologies - QC for Chemistry and Material Science - QC in Finance - QC in Healthcare - Quantum-enhanced Imaging Technologies - Quantum-enhanced AI Applications - Quantum Robotics and Automation - Quantum-enhanced Supply Chain Optimization - QC in Energy - Quantum applications for Environmental Science - QC in Space Exploration - Quantum-enhanced Weather Prediction - QC for Traffic Optimization - QC for Smart Cities - Quantum-enhanced Satellite Communication - Quantum-enhanced Cyber-Physical Systems *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=baiqc2024). All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 6-8 pages long (written in the IEEE 2-column conference style) For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/baiqc/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to (ahmed.nait(a)univ-st-etienne.fr) and (nafaa.jabeur(a)gutech.edu.om)

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CfP-PDCAT 2024, Dec 13-15, Hong Kong, China
by Yingpeng Sang 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

Dear Esteemed Scholar, It is our great honor to inform you that the 25th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) will take place in Hong Kong, China, during December 13-15, 2024. It will be a great opportunity to share your excellent research work with esteemed colleagues from all over the world. PDCAT serves as a primary platform for scientists, engineers, and practitioners globally to present the most recent research findings, outcomes, concepts, advancements, and applications in all facets of parallel and distributed computing, including parallel architectures, algorithms, and programming techniques. Over its 24-year history, PDCAT has been successfully convened in many countries spanning Asia-Oceania, including China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. We earnestly wish participants to gain insights into foundational theories, practical experimental data, emerging business models, and the most recent academic trends from this conference. Publication The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, indexed by EI, Scopus, CPCI, etc. Extended versions of selected papers will be recommended to special issues of some SCI-indexed international journals, tentatively including Tsinghua Science and Technology, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Systems, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, etc. Topics We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics: Networking and Architectures. Wireless networks and mobile computing Internet of Things Software Systems and Technologies. Task mapping and job scheduling Formal methods and programming languages Algorithms and Applications. Parallel/distributed algorithms Distributed data and knowledge-based systems Security and Privacy. Access control and authorization Authentication, biometrics, smartcards High Performance Systems. Memory hierarchy and caching Performance tuning, optimization and profiling Big Data Management and Processing. Mass data stream processing in clouds Graphs, social networks, and semantic web Submission The submission should contain scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques, and results, including the motivation and a clear comparison with related work. The length of the submission should not exceed 12 pages in LNCS style (including references, but excluding the optional appendix). Please submit your paper via the EquinOCS system: https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/pdcat2024 Springer's LNCS LaTeX templates are available in OverLeaf: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer… For the complete author guideline, please access Springer's official site: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… Important Dates Paper submission: September 15, 2024. Notification acceptance: November 1, 2024. Camera-ready and Registration: November 15, 2024. Conference date: December 13-15, 2024. Please check the PDCAT' 2024 web site for more details. https://hpcc.siat.ac.cn/meeting/pdcat2024/index.html Kind Regards. PDCAT Organizing Committee

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[Deadline Extended] HiPC 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS
by HiPC 2024 Publicity Chairs 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

!!! DEADLINE EXTENDED !!! HiPC 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS 31st IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics 18–21 December 2024 in Bangalore, India Now accepting papers till July 3, 2024 (AOE)! Important Dates: Abstract Submission: June 26, 2024 (AOE) Paper Submission (double-blind): July 3, 2024 (AOE) Reviews to Authors: August 22, 2024 (Thursday) Rebuttal Period: August 22-27, 2024 (Thursday to Tuesday) Author Notification: September 13, 2024 (Friday) Shepherded Paper Submission: September 27, 2024 (Friday) Final Author Notification: October 5, 2024 (Friday) Submit your paper: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/HiPC/ Questions may be sent to pc2024(a)hipc.org HiPC 2024 is the 31 edition of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics. HiPC serves as a forum to present current work by researchers from around the world as well as highlight activities in Asia in the areas of high performance computing and data science. The meeting focuses on all aspects of high performance computing systems, and data science and analytics, and their scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. HiPC 2024 will also explore programs that expand and enrich the conference offerings, including workshops, tutorials, Birds-of-a-Feather meetings, Student Research Symposium, and industrial sessions, which provide increased professional opportunities to conference attendees. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts that demonstrate current research in all areas of high performance computing, and data science and analytics, covering all traditional areas and emerging topics including from machine learning, big data analytics. Each submission should be submitted to one of the six tracks listed under the two broad themes of High Performance Computing and Data Science. Please see https://www.hipc.org/papers/ for more details. Up to two best paper awards will be given to outstanding contributed papers. Authors of selected high quality papers in HiPC 2024 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC). GENERAL CO-CHAIRS: Sanmukh Rao Kuppannagari, Case Western Reserve University, USA Arnab K. Paul, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Goa Campus, India PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: HPC: Devesh Tiwari, Northeastern University, USA Data Science: Preeti Malakar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR: Viktor K. Prasanna, University of Southern California, USA ============================================================ This email was sent to computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org (mailto:computational.science@lists.iccsa.org) why did I get this? (https://hipc.us14.list-manage.com/about?u=29dc8951f64eba10697825402&id=40e3…) unsubscribe from this list (https://hipc.us14.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=29dc8951f64eba10697825402&i…) update subscription preferences (https://hipc.us14.list-manage.com/profile?u=29dc8951f64eba10697825402&id=40…) HiPC . Marathahalli . Bangalore, Karnataka 560037 . India

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Call for Papers PAW-ATM 2024: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X
by Morris Wright, Karla Vanessa 18 Jun '24

18 Jun '24

**************************************************************** Call for Papers PAW-ATM 2024: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X Held in conjunction with SC24, Atlanta, GA Submissions deadline: July 24, 2024 Notification to authors: August 30, 2024 Workshop date: November 17, 2024 https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ **************************************************************** SUMMARY As supercomputers become more and more powerful, the number and diversity of applications that can be tackled with these machines grows. Unfortunately, the architectural complexity of these supercomputers grows as well, with heterogeneous processors, multiple levels of memory hierarchy, and many ways to move data and synchronize between processors. The MPI+X programming model, use of which is considered by many to be standard practice, demands that a programmer be expert in both the application domain and the low-level details of the architecture(s) on which that application will be deployed, and the availability of such superhuman programmers is a critical bottleneck. Things become more complicated when evolution and change in the underlying architecture translates into significant re-engineering of the MPI+X code to maintain performance. Numerous alternatives to the MPI+X model exist, and by raising the level of abstraction on the application domain and/or the target architecture, they offer the ability for "mere mortal" programmers to take advantage of the supercomputing resources that are available to advance science and tackle urgent real-world problems. However, compared to the MPI+X approach, these alternatives generally lack two things. First, they aren't as well known as MPI+X and a domain scientist may simply not be aware of models that are a good fit to their domain. Second, they are less mature than MPI+X and likely have more functionality or performance "potholes" that need only be identified to be addressed. PAW-ATM is a forum for discussing HPC applications written in alternatives to MPI+X. Its goal is to bring together application experts and proponents of high-level languages to present concrete example uses of such alternatives, describing their benefits and challenges. SCOPE AND AIMS The PAW-ATM workshop is designed to be a forum for discussion of supercomputing-scale parallel applications and their implementation in programming models outside of the dominant MPI+X paradigm. Papers and talks will explore the benefits (or perhaps drawbacks) of implementing specific applications with alternatives to MPI+X, whether those benefits are in performance, scalability, productivity, or some other metric important to that application domain. Presenters are encouraged to generalize the experience with their application to other domains in science and engineering and to bring up specific areas of improvement for the model(s) used in the implementation. In doing so, our hope is to create a setting in which application authors, language designers, and architects can present and discuss the state of the art in alternative scalable programming models, while also wrestling with how to increase their effectiveness and adoption. Beyond well-established HPC scientific simulations, we also encourage submissions exploring artificial intelligence, big data analytics, machine learning, and other emerging application areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Novel application development using high-level parallel programming languages and frameworks * Examples that demonstrate performance, compiler optimization, error checking, and reduced software complexity * Applications from artificial intelligence, data analytics, bioinformatics, and other novel areas * Performance evaluation of applications developed using alternatives to MPI+X and comparisons to standard programming models * Novel algorithms enabled by high-level parallel abstractions * Experience with the use of new compilers and runtime environments * Libraries using or supporting alternatives to MPI+X * Benefits of hardware abstraction and data locality on algorithm implementation Papers that include description of applications that demonstrate the use of alternative programming models will be given higher priority. SUBMISSIONS Submissions are solicited in two tracks: 1) Full-length papers presenting novel research results: * Full-length papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Submitted papers must describe original work that has not appeared in, nor is under consideration for another conference or journal. Papers shall be eight (8) pages minimum and not exceed ten (10) pages including text, figures, and non-AD appendices, but excluding bibliography and acknowledgments. PAW-ATM follows the reproducibility initiative of SC24. Submissions shall include an Artifact Description (AD) appendix. The appendix pages related to the reproducibility initiative dependencies are not included in the page count. See https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ for further details. 2) User experience abstracts: * Abstracts will be evaluated separately and will not be included in the published proceedings. Submissions in this track will include a title and a 1-page abstract and the content may include any combination of novel and/or previously published work that is relevant to the workshop's scope. WORKSHOP CHAIR * Karla Vanessa Morris Wright - Sandia National Laboratories ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Engin Kayraklioglu - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Kenjiro Taura - University of Tokyo PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS * Bill Long - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Daniele Lezzi - Barcelona Supercomputing Center PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Marjan Asgari - National Resources Canada * Scott Baden - University of California, San Diego * Dan Bonachea - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Jan Ciesko - Sandia National Laboratory * Nelson Dias - Federal University of Parana * Mario Di Renzo - University of Salento * David Eberius - Intel * Engin Kayraklioglu - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Daniele Lezzi - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Bill Long - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Francesc Lordan - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Henry Monge Camacho - Oak Ridge National Laboratory * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratories * Irene Moulitsas - Cranfield University * Catherine Olschanowsky - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc * Tom Quinn - University of Washington * Michel Schanen - Argonne National Laboratory * Michael Schlottke-Lakemper - University of Augsburg * Elliott Slaughter - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory * Kenjiro Taura - University of Tokyo * Thiago Teixeira - Intel * Jana Thayer - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory * Miwako Tsuji - Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science ADVISORY COMMITTEE * Bradford L. Chamberlain - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Damian W. I. Rouson - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ARTIFACT EVALUATION COMMITTEE CHAIR * Irene Moulitsas - Cranfield University * Elliott Slaughter - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ARTIFACT EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS * Oliver Alvarado Rodriguez - New Jersey Institute of Technology * Desmond Bisandu - Cranfield University * Yakup Budanaz - ETH Zurich * Fabio Durastante - University of Pisa * Guillaume Helbecque - University of Lille * Boyu Neil Kuang - Cranfield University * Soren Rasmussen - National Center for Atmospheric Research * Kate Rasmuseen - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Anjiang Wei - Stanford University IMPORTANT DATES * Manuscript Submissions deadline: July 24, 2024 * Artifact Description (AD) Stage 1 (mandatory) Submissions deadline: July 24, 2024 * Notification to authors: August 30, 2024 * Artifact Evaluation (AE) Stage 2 (optional) Submissions deadline: September 4, 2024 * AE and Reproducibility Badges review period: September 5-27, 2024 * Camera-ready papers due from authors: September 20, 2024 * Final program: September 27, 2024 * Final AD/AE/Badges decisions and notification to authors: September 30, 2024 * Camera-ready AD/AE due from authors: October 2, 2024 * November 17, 2024: Workshop at SC24

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CFP: SBAC-PAD'2024, Hawaii, USA, November 13-15, 2024
by laurent.lefevre＠ens-lyon.fr 15 Jun '24

15 Jun '24

*** Apologies if multiple copies are received *** Call for Papers SBAC-PAD'2024 IEEE/SBC 36th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD 2024) November 13-15, 2024 Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Hawaii, USA https://sites.google.com/ime.usp.br/sbac2024 SBAC-PAD is an annual international conference series, which presents the latest trends, current research and developments, and novel tools and applications in the fields of Computer Architecture, High-Performance Computing, and Parallel and Distributed Computing technologies. SBAC-PAD is open to industry, faculty, researchers, practitioners, and undergraduate and graduate students from around the world. Its scientific program is composed of high-quality submitted papers, selected by a thorough peer review process, and invited talks from renowned researchers. ***** Important dates Abstract submission deadline July 16th, 2024 AoE (FIRM) Paper submission deadline July 16th, 2024 AoE (FIRM) Rebuttal period August 19 — August 22, 2024 Author notification September 02, 2024 Camera-ready submission September 23, 2024 The program committee will select the top-ranked papers as finalists, and one paper will be selected during the conference as the Best Paper. Selected papers will also be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. ***** Topics of Interest Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts to one of five tracks that address challenges in any of the following areas related to the fields of Computer Architecture (CA) and High-performance and Distributed Computing (HPDC). Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Application-specific systems; Architecture and programming support for emerging domains: Big Data, Deep Learning, Machine learning, Cognitive Systems; Artificial intelligence and machine learning methods for CA and HPDC, and CA and HPDC for Artificial intelligence applications; Benchmarking, performance modeling, analysis, and evaluation; Blockchain and distributed ledgers; Cloud, cluster, and edge/fog computing systems; Data-intensive workloads and tools; Data management, storage, and I/O; Embedded and pervasive systems; GPUs, FPGAs, and accelerator architectures; Languages, compilers, and tools for parallel and distributed programming; Modeling and simulation methodologies; Operating systems and virtualization; Parallel and distributed systems, algorithms, models, and applications; Power and energy-efficient systems; Predictive models to improve performance of scientific applications Processing-in-memory or near-data processing technologies Processor, cache, memory, storage, and network architecture; Quantum computing in CA and HPDC; Real-world applications and case studies; Reconfigurable, resilient, and fault-tolerant systems; Security and privacy in CA and HPDC; Workflow systems. ***** Paper submission Papers submitted to SBAC-PAD 2024 must present original research results and must not have been published or concurrently be submitted anywhere else. Please check the conference website for the submission link: https://sites.google.com/ime.usp.br/sbac2024/home Paper submissions must be in English, have 10 pages maximum (excluding the references), and follow the IEEE conference manuscript formatting guidelines for double-column text using a single-spaced 10-point font on 8.5 × 11-inch pages. Templates are available from http://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. Papers that do not meet these requirements might be rejected without a review. To be published in the conference proceedings and to be eligible for publication at the IEEE Xplore, one of the authors must register at the full rate and present his/her work at the conference. The SBAC-PAD 2024 submissions will undergo a double-anonymized review process, where reviewers will not know the authors' identities, and vice-versa. Therefore, authors should “anonymize” their submission by adopting the following guidelines, otherwise papers will be rejected without review: The authors cannot include their names, affiliations, funding sources, or acknowledgments in any part of the for-review version of their paper; Self-references that are relevant to the work are allowed, but they should not appear in the text in the first person. Instead, they should be referenced in the third person, like “Smith et al. found that… [4].”, and; For the authors' own unpublished work, they need to use anonymous citations. Conference Organisation ***** General Chairs Gerald F. Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) Alfredo Goldman (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) ***** Technical Program Co-Chairs Carla Osthoff (National Laboratory for Scientific Computing, Brazil) J. Nelson Amaral (University of Alberta, Canada) ***** Track Chairs Computer Architecture: Marco Zanata Alves (Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil) Distributed Systems, Networking, and Storage: Lucas Schor (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Parallel Applications and Algorithms: Rosa M. Badia (Barcelona SuperComputing Centre, Spain) Performance Evaluation: Marcos Assuncao (Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal) System Software: Vinod Rebello (Universidade Federal Fluminense)

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HiPC 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS
by Publicity HiPC 04 Jun '24

04 Jun '24

HiPC 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS 31st IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics 18–21 December 2024 in Bangalore, India HiPC 2024 is the 31 edition of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics. HiPC serves as a forum to present current work by researchers from around the world as well as highlight activities in Asia in the areas of high performance computing and data science. The meeting focuses on all aspects of high performance computing systems, and data science and analytics, and their scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. HiPC 2024 will also explore programs that expand and enrich the conference offerings, including workshops, tutorials, Birds-of-a-Feather meetings, Student Research Symposium, and industrial sessions, which provide increased professional opportunities to conference attendees. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts that demonstrate current research in all areas of high performance computing, and data science and analytics, covering all traditional areas and emerging topics including from machine learning, big data analytics. Each submission should be submitted to one of the six tracks listed under the two broad themes of High Performance Computing and Data Science. Please see https://www.hipc.org/papers/ for more details. Up to two best paper awards will be given to outstanding contributed papers. Authors of selected high quality papers in HiPC 2024 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC). *Important Deadlines:*Abstract Submission: June 19, 2024 (Wednesday) Paper Submission (double-blind): June 26, 2024 (Wednesday) Reviews to Authors: August 22, 2024 (Thursday) Rebuttal Period: August 22-27, 2024 (Thursday to Tuesday) Author Notification: September 13, 2024 (Friday) Shepherded Paper Submission: September 27, 2024 (Friday) Final Author Notification: October 5, 2024 (Friday) Submit your paper: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/HiPC/ Questions may be sent to pc2024(a)hipc.org GENERAL CO-CHAIRS: Sanmukh Rao Kuppannagari, Case Western Reserve University, USA Arnab K. Paul, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Goa Campus, India PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: HPC: Devesh Tiwari, Northeastern University, USA Data Science: Preeti Malakar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR: Viktor K. Prasanna, University of Southern California, USA

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VHPC'24: late-breaking submission opportunity till June 7th (extended)
by Tommaso Cucinotta 23 May '24

23 May '24

[apologies for cross-postings] ==================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 19th Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC '24) held in conjunction with the European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Aug 26th, 2024, Madrid, Spain. ==================================================================== Late-breaking submission deadline: June 7th, 2024 AoE (extended) (Springer LNCS Proceedings) Date: August 26th, 2024 Workshop URL: https://vhpc.github.io/ To submit an abstract or paper, please follow the link provided in the Call for Papers (CfP) announcement at the end of this message. 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. 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 co-existence within the same OS kernel, promises to provide many of the advantages of machine virtualization with high levels of responsiveness and performance; lastly, uni-kernels provide for many virtualization benefits with a minimized OS/library surface. I/O virtualization, in turn, allows physical network interfaces to exchange traffic with multiple VMs or containers; network virtualization, with its capability to create logical network overlays independently from the underlying physical topology, is another fundamental enabling technology for Cloud/HPC infrastructures. Last, storage virtualization needs to evolve to support increasingly demanding requirements in terms of performance and reliability for the managed application data. 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 cloud computing. Each topic encompasses aspects related to design/architecture, management, performance management, modeling and\ configuration/tooling: Design / Architecture: - Containers and OS-level virtualization (LXC, Docker/Podman, Nitro/Firecracker, Singularity) - Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, NPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) - GPU hypervisor memory virtualization in support of high-memory LLM training workloads - Hypervisor extensions to mitigate side-channel attacks ([micro-]architectural timing attacks, privilege escalation) - Use of Risc-V related technologies for cloud, virtualized and HPC use-cases - VM & Container trust and security models - Multi-environment coupling, system software supporting in-situ analysis with HPC simulation - Cloud reliability, fault-tolerance and high-availability - Cloud-based quantum compute services - Energy-efficient and power-aware virtualization - Containers inside VMs with hypervisor isolation - Virtualization support for emerging memory and storage technologies - Lightweight/specialized operating systems in conjunction with virtual machines - Unikernels and use cases for virtualized HPC environments - Formal definition and verification of hypervisors and virtualization system properties - ARM-based hypervisors, ARM virtualization extensions Management: - Container and VM management for HPC and cloud environments - Virtualized/Cloudified instances to support Lambda / Function-as-a- Service (FaaS) Paradigms - HPC services integration, services to support HPC - Service and on-demand scheduling & resource management - Dedicated workload management with VMs or containers - Workflow coupling with VMs and containers - Unikernels and lightweight VM application management - Environments and tools for operating containerized environments (batch, orchestration) - Models for non-HPC workload provisioning on HPC resources Performance Measurements and Modeling: - Performance improvements for or driven by unikernels - Optimizations of virtual machine monitor platforms and hypervisors - Scalability analysis of VMs and/or containers at large scale - Performance measurement, modeling and monitoring of virtualized/ cloud workloads - Virtualization in supercomputing environments, HPC clusters, HPC in the cloud with an emphasis on AI GPUs/TPUs/NPUs - Energy-efficient deployment of high-performance, ultra-low latency and real-time workloads in cloud infrastructures - Modeling, control and isolation of end-to-end performance for parallel & distributed cloud/HPC applications, including the use of cloud functions / FaaS Configuration / Tooling: - Tool support for unikernels: configuration/build environments, debuggers, profilers - Job scheduling/control/policy and container placement in virtualized environments - Measuring and controlling "OS/Virtualization noise" - Operating MPI in containers/VMs and Unikernels - GPU virtualization operationalization This year, we are calling the timely topic of virtualization in support of high-memory LLM training workloads including, but not limited to: - GPU hypervisor memory virtualization: Techniques for virtualizing GPU memory to allow flexible and efficient allocation across multiple workloads, enabling higher utilization of GPU resources - Flat CPU/GPU memory page tables/TLB: Unified virtual memory spaces and page table structures that allow both GPUs to address CPU memory mapped to accelerator global memory space - Storage/filesystem to virtual memory mapped approaches - Distributed memory virtualization - Memory compression and reduction techniques: approaches for compressing model parameters, activations, and gradients to reduce memory requirements during training - Out-of-core training algorithms - Efficient memory allocation and management: Techniques for optimizing memory allocation, reducing fragmentation, and improving memory utilization during training - Memory-efficient data formats and processing: Data formats and processing techniques that minimize memory overhead while maintaining training efficiency - Benchmarking and profiling tools: Tools and methodologies for measuring, analyzing, and optimizing memory usage in LLM training workloads - Case studies and applications: Real-world examples and applications of virtualization techniques in LLM training scenarios 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 Rolling abstract submission May 20th, 2024 AoE (extended) - Paper submission deadline Jun 20th, 2024 - Acceptance notification Jul 1st, 2024 - Camera-ready due Aug 26th-27th, 2024 - Workshop Day(s) Organization Michael Alexander (chair), Austrian Academy of Sciences Anastassios Nanos (co-chair), Nubificus Ltd., UK Tommaso Cucinotta (co-chair), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy Publicity chair Remo Andreoli, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy Technical Program Committee - Stergios Anastasiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece - Gabriele Ara, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Jakob Blomer, CERN, Switzerland - Eduardo César, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain - Taylor Childers, Argonne National Laboratory, USA - François Diakhaté, CEA DAM, France - Roberto Giorgi, University of Siena, Italy - Kyle Hale, Northwestern University, USA - Giuseppe Lettieri, University of Pisa, Italy - Nikos Parlavantzas, IRISA, France - Amer Qouneh, Western New England University, USA - Carlos Reaño, Queen’s University Belfast, UK - Riccardo Rocha, CERN, Switzerland - Lutz Schubert, University of Ulm, Germany - 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 12 pages, including tables and figures at a main font size no smaller than 11 points. 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. Initial submissions are in PDF; authors of accepted papers will be requested to provide source files. Lightning Talks Lightning Talks are in a 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 abstracts via the main submission link. General Information The workshop will be held in conjunction with the International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing on Aug 26-30, 2024, Madrid, Spain. Abstract, Paper Submission Link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31582 LNCS Format Guidelines: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… Follow VHPC Updates on X: https://twitter.com/VHPCworkshop -- Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor in Computer Engineering, PhD Coordinator of the Cyber Physical Research Area Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ReTiS) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy http://retis.sssup.it/people/tommaso

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Ada-Europe - AEiC 2024 early registration deadline imminent
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 18 May '24

18 May '24

----------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED Call for Participation *** Early registration DEADLINE May 20 *** 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) 11-14 June 2024, Barcelona, Spain www.ada-europe.org/conference2024 *** Extensive info and registration online *** *** Add tutorials and/or a workshop to your conference registration *** #AEiC2024 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming Organized by Ada-Europe and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, ACM SIGBED, ACM SIGPLAN, and Ada Resource Association (ARA), supported and sponsored by ASCENDER project, Eurocity, Collins Aerospace, ACM-W, BSC Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, AdaCore, Rising STARS project, ACM-W Barcelona Chapter, and OpenMP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** UPDATE Ada-Europe - AEiC 2024 early registration deadline imminent Come to the Ada-Europe conference in Barcelona, experience a packed program in an exciting town, benefit from tutorials or a hackaton on Tuesday, join a workshop on Friday, enjoy the social events and some sightseeing! Register now: discounted fees until May 20! <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/registration.html> Extra conference sponsorship allows for an extremely low 10 EUR fee for the AI Hackaton on Tuesday and the Ada Developers Workshop on Friday! See below for an overview, and visit our website for more details about accepted contributions, registration fees, social events and many more. *** General Information The 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) will take place in Barcelona, Spain. The conference schedule comprises a keynote and an invited talk, a panel with invited experts, a journal track, an industrial track, a work-in-progress track, a vendor exhibition, parallel tutorials and hackaton, and satellite workshops. There will be time for networking during breaks and lunches, as well as various social events. AEiC 2024 is the latest in a series of annual international conferences started in the early 80's, under the auspices of Ada-Europe, the international organization that promotes knowledge and use of the Ada programming language and reliable software in general, into academic education and research, and industrial practice. The Ada-Europe series of conferences has over the years become a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. These events highlight the increased relevance of Ada in general and in safety- and security-critical systems in particular, and provide a unique opportunity for interaction and collaboration between academics and industrial practitioners. The 2024 edition of the conference continues a number of important innovations started in previous years: - reduced conference registration fee for all authors; - low registration fee for all tutorials and workshops; - journal-based open-access publication model for peer-reviewed papers; - compact program with two core days (Wednesday & Thursday); - tutorials on Tuesday, followed by welcome event for all participants; - workshops on Friday, optional chill event on Thursday evening. *** Overview of the Week <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/overview.html> - Tue 11: 8 half-day tutorials, full-day hackaton, welcome reception - Wed 12: core technical program, conference banquet - Thu 13: core technical program, post conference chill-out - Fri 17: four full-day workshops Extensive information on AEiC 2024 is on the conference website, such as an overview of the program, the list of accepted papers and presentations, and descriptions of workshops, tutorials, hackaton, keynote and invited presentations, panel, and social events. Also check the conference site for registration, accommodation and travel information. The Final Program brochure will be available there as well. *** Venue <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/venue.html> The conference will take place in UPC Campus Nord, easily accessible by metro from the airport and city centre. If you can stay over before or after the conference, there's a lot to see around. Check the Practical Information section of the conference website for more info. *** Invited Speakers <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/keynotes.html> This year the conference will feature a keynote talk on the first day, and a panel with three invited speakers on the second, plus an invited talk. All will address topics of relevance in the conference scope, with time for questions and answers. - On Wed June 12, a keynote talk by Francisco J. Cazorla and Jaume Abella, from Barcelona Supercomputing Center, who will talk about "Strategies to Build Safety Relevant High-Performance HW/SW Platforms for Critical Embedded Systems". - On Thu June 13, a panel on "AI for Safety-Critical Systems: How 'I' Should the AI be?", moderated by Cristina Seceleanu, Mälardalen University, with three invited experts: Kerstin Bach (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Irune Yarza (Ikerlan), Marta Barroso (Barcelona Supercomputing Center). - And an invited talk by Rosa Maria Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, on "Simplifying the Life-Cycle Management of Complex Application Workflows". *** Conference Core Composition <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/accepted.html> The core conference program features three distinct types of technical presentations, with different duration, in addition to the keynote talk and the pannel session: journal-track talks (25 minutes), industrial-track talks (15 minutes), work-in-progress-track talks (10 minutes). All papers presented in the journal track, the industrial track and the work-in-progress track have undergone peer review. Presentations are combined into by-theme and not by-track sessions, in order that authors and participants alike enjoy all flavors of the program in a mixed as opposed to segregated combination. Papers and Presentations: - 8 sessions with a mix of presentations on specific topics - 13 journal-track talks - 8 work-in-progress reports - 5 industrial presentations and experience reports - submissions from around the world - accepted contributions by authors from Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA *** Tutorials <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/tutorials.html> Eight three-hour tutorials are offered on Tuesday 11th: - "Lock-Free Programming in Ada-2022: Implementing a Work-Stealing Scheduler for Ada-2022's Light-Weight Parallelism", by S. Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA - "Ada for Business Applications", by Gautier de Montmollin, Ada-Switzerland, Switzerland - "Rust Fundamentals", by Luis Miguel Pinho and Tiago Carvalho, ISEP, Portugal - "Concurrency and Parallelism in Rust", by Luis Miguel Pinho and Tiago Carvalho, ISEP, Portugal - "Modeling Concurrent State Machines in TLA+", by J. Germán Rivera, Tesla, USA - "Introduction to the Development of Safety-Critical Software", by Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog, France - "METASAT: Programming High Performance RISC-V Technologies for Space", by Leonidas Kosmidis, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Alejandro Calderon, Ikerlan, Aridane Alvarez Suarez, fentISS, Lorenzo Lazzara, Collins Aerospace, Eckart Göhler, OHB - "Introduction to Certifiable General Purpose GPU Programming for Safety-Critical Systems", by Leonidas Kosmidis, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Rod Burns and Verena Beckham, Codeplay/Intel as well as a "hackaton": - "Optimizing AI-driven Workflows within a Mission-Critical Cyber-Physical System", if you're keen to explore the latest AI techniques for Adaptive Optics applications in giant telescopes with Damien Gratadour, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, France *** Satellite Events Four workshops are held on Friday 14th: - 3rd ADEPT workshop "AADL by its practitioners" <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/adept.html> - 9th International Workshop on "Challenges and New Approaches for Dependable and Cyber-Physical System Engineering" (DeCPS 2024) <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/decps.html> - "Enabling the use of AI in Safety-Critical Systems" <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/safeai.html> - "Ada Developers Workshop", an informal yet dynamic gathering for developers in the Ada community to meet, share insights, and present their latest projects or project updates; a full "Ada day" with 9 presentations on various Ada-related topics by 8 authors from 5 countries: Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, and USA. <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/adadev.html> *** Social Program <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/social_program.html> The conference provides several opportunities to socialize: - Each day: coffee breaks and lunches offer ample time for interaction and networking with participants and vendors. - Tuesday early evening: welcome reception at the picturesque gardens of Torre Girona. Guests will be treated to a curated selection of local wines paired with the globally renowned Iberian ham, and an array of delectable appetizers representing the rich culinary heritage of Catalonia and Spain. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to explore the cutting-edge facilities of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and marvel at its latest addition, the Marenostrum V supercomputer, and its predecessor, Marenostrum IV, housed within the historic chapel of Torre Girona. - Wednesday evening: Conference Banquet at the emblematic restaurant "7 portes". Attendees will have the opportunity to savor the finest flavors of the Catalan and Mediterranean cuisines, such as the renowned "Paella Perallada", a masterpice that harmoniously combines semi-dry rice with succulent peeliled shellfish, delectable seafood and tender meats. With a history spanning over 180 years, "7 portes" stands as a witness to the evolution of some of the most illustrious artists of their time, including Pablo Picasso and Antoni Tàpies. Their presence has left an indelible mark, forming a captivating small art gallery within the restaurant's walls, waiting to be discovered by guests. - Thursday evening: Chill event at the Moritz Barcelona Brewery, the brewery of the first beer of Barcelona. The event is divided in three parts: a visit to the brewery, a welcome drink at the Brasserie room, offering an exclusive vantage point overlooking the maceration tanks, and a banquet served within the same Brasserie room, by renowned chef Jordi Vilà, adorned with a Michelin star, promising a gastronomic experience to be savored and remembered. *** Further Information Registration: - registration information is provided at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/registration.html> - early registration discount until Monday May 20, 2024 - payment possible by credit card or bank transfer - special low conference fee for authors - discount for Ada-Europe, ACM SIGAda, SIGBED and SIGPLAN members - registration includes coffee breaks, lunches and social events - low tutorial and workshop fees for all participants - strong discount on all fees for students - minimal fee for AI Hackaton and Ada Developers Workshop - see registration page for all details Promotion: - recommended Twitter hashtags: #AEiC2024 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming The conference is organized by: - Ada-Europe <http://www.ada-europe.org/> - Barcelona Supercomputing Center <https://www.bsc.es/> in cooperation with: - ACM SIGAda <http://www.sigada.org/> - ACM SIGBED <http://www.sigbed.org/> - ACM SIGPLAN <http://www.sigplan.org/> - Ada Resource Association (ARA) <http://www.adaic.org/community/> supported and sponsored by: - ASCENDER project: <https://www.bsc.es/research-and-development/projects/ ascender-arquitectura-software-para-entornos-de-computo-continuo> - Eurocity <https://eurocity.be/> - Collins Aerospace <https://www.collinsaerospace.com/> - ACM-W <https://women.acm.org/> - BSC Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence <https://www.bsc.es/news/bsc-news/ bsc-achieves-severo-ochoa-center-excellence-accreditation> - AdaCore <https://www.adacore.com/> - Rising STARS project <https://risingstars-project.eu/> - ACM-W Barcelona Chapter <https://twitter.com/BCN_ACM_W> - OpenMP <https://www.openmp.org/> Please make sure you book accommodation as soon as possible. For more info and latest updates see the conference website at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024>. We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona in June 2024! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2024 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 28th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) * June 11-14, 2024, Barcelona, Spain, www.ada-europe.org/conference2024

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VHPC'24: HPC Virtualization CfP extension: May 20 submission deadline
by Michael Alexander 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

==================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 19th Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC '24) held in conjunction with the European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Aug 26-30, 2024, Madrid, Spain. (Springer LNCS Proceedings) ==================================================================== Paper submission deadline: May 20th, 2024 AoE (extended) Date: August 26, 27, 2024 Workshop URL: vhpc dot org To submit an abstract or paper, please follow the link provided in the Call for Papers (CfP) announcement at the end of this message. 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. 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 co-existence 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 manyvirtualization benefits with a minimized OS/library surface. I/O virtualization, in turn, allows physical network interfaces to exchange traffic with multiple VMs or containers; network virtualization, with its capability to create logical network overlays independently from the underlying physical topology, is another fundamental enabling technology for Cloud/HPC infrastructures. Last, storage virtualization needs to evolve to support increasingly demanding requirements in terms of performance and reliability for the managed application data. 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 cloud computing. Each topic encompasses aspects related to design/architecture, management, performance management, modeling and\ configuration/tooling: Design / Architecture: - Containers and OS-level virtualization (LXC, Docker/Podman, Nitro/Firecracke, Singularity) - Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, NPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) - GPU hypervisor memory virtualization in support of high-memory LLM training workloads - Hypervisor extensions to mitigate side-channel attacks ([micro-]architectural timing attacks, privilege escalation) - Use of Risc-V related technologies for cloud, virtualized and HPC use-cases - VM & Container trust and security models - Multi-environment coupling, system software supporting in-situ analysis with HPC simulation - Cloud reliability, fault-tolerance and high-availability - Cloud-based quantum compute services - Energy-efficient and power-aware virtualization - Containers inside VMs with hypervisor isolation - Virtualization support for emerging memory and storage technologies - Lightweight/specialized operating systems in conjunction with virtual machines - Unikernels and use cases for virtualized HPC environments - Formal definition and verification of hypervisors and virtualization system properties - ARM-based hypervisors, ARM virtualization extensions Management: - Container and VM management for HPC and cloud environments - Virtualized/Cloudified instances to support Lambda / Function-as-a- Service (FaaS) Paradigms - HPC services integration, services to support HPC - Service and on-demand scheduling & resource management - Dedicated workload management with VMs or containers - Workflow coupling with VMs and containers - Unikernels and lightweight VM application management - Environments and tools for operating containerized environments (batch, orchestration) - Models for non-HPC workload provisioning on HPC resources Performance Measurements and Modeling: - Performance improvements for or driven by unikernels - Optimizations of virtual machine monitor platforms and hypervisors - Scalability analysis of VMs and/or containers at large scale - Performance measurement, modeling and monitoring of virtualized/ cloud workloads - Virtualization in supercomputing environments, HPC clusters, HPC in the cloud with an emphasis on AI GPUs/TPUs/NPUs - Energy-efficient deployment of high-performance, ultra-low latency and real-time workloads in cloud infrastructures - Modeling, control and isolation of end-to-end performance for parallel & distributed cloud/HPC applications, including the use of cloud functions / FaaS Configuration / Tooling: - Tool support for unikernels: configuration/build environments, debuggers, profilers - Job scheduling/control/policy and container placement in virtualized environments - Measuring and controlling "OS/Virtualization noise" - Operating MPI in containers/VMs and Unikernels - GPU virtualization operationalization This year, we are calling the timely topic of virtualization in support of high-memory LLM training workloads including, but not limited to: - GPU hypervisor memory virtualization: Techniques for virtualizing GPU memory to allow flexible and efficient allocation across multiple workloads, enabling higher utilization of GPU resources - Flat CPU/GPU memory page tables/TLB: Unified virtual memory spaces and page table structures that allow both GPUs to address CPU memory mapped to accelerator global memory space - Storage/filesystem to virtual memory mapped approaches - Distributed memory virtualization - Memory compression and reduction techniques: approaches for compressing model parameters, activations, and gradients to reduce memory requirements during training - Out-of-core training algorithms - Efficient memory allocation and management: Techniques for optimizing memory allocation, reducing fragmentation, and improving memory utilization during training - Memory-efficient data formats and processing: Data formats and processing techniques that minimize memory overhead while maintaining training efficiency - Benchmarking and profiling tools: Tools and methodologies for measuring, analyzing, and optimizing memory usage in LLM training workloads - Case studies and applications: Real-world examples and applications of virtualization techniques in LLM training scenarios 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 Rolling abstract submission May 20th, 2024 AoE (extended) - Paper submission deadline Jun 20th, 2024 - Acceptance notification Jul 1st, 2024 - Camera-ready due Aug 26th-27th, 2024 - Workshop Day(s) Chair Michael Alexander (chair), Austrian Academy of Sciences Anastassios Nanos (co-chair), Nubificus Ltd., UK Tommaso Cucinotta (co-chair), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy Publicity chair Remo Andreoli, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy Technical Program Committee - Stergios Anastasiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece - Gabriele Ara, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - Jakob Blomer, CERN, Switzerland - Eduardo César, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain - Taylor Childers, Argonne National Laboratory, USA - François Diakhaté, CEA DAM, France - Roberto Giorgi, University of Siena, Italy - Kyle Hale, Northwestern University, USA - Giuseppe Lettieri, University of Pisa, Italy - Nikos Parlavantzas, IRISA, France - Amer Qouneh, Western New England University, USA - Carlos Reaño, Queen’s University Belfast, UK - Riccardo Rocha, CERN, Switzerland - Lutz Schubert, University of Ulm, Germany - 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 12 pages, including tables and figures at a main font size no smaller than 11 points. 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. Initial submissions are in PDF; authors of accepted papers will be requested to provide source files. Lightning Talks Lightning Talks are in a 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 abstracts via the main submission link. General Information The workshop will be held in conjunction with the International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing on Aug 26-30, 2024, Madrid, Spain. Please contact ahead of time for presenting remotely via video. Abstract, Paper Submission Link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31582 LNCS Format Guidelines: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… Follow VHPC Updates on X: https://x.com/VHPCworkshop

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Post Doc position on advanced tools and libraries for exascale at University of Rome Tor Vergata
by Valeria Cardellini 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

The Department of Civil and Computer Science Engineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy (https://web.uniroma2.it/en) is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on advanced tools and libraries for exascale. The project is the context of the EuroHPC project EoCoE 3 (https://www.eocoe.eu/) on "Advanced tools & libraries for exascale, and their use in flagship applications" under the joint supervision of Prof. Salvatore Filippone and Prof. Valeria Cardellini. The research activities will focus on the development of mathematical software libraries needed in the physics-driven computational models of lighthouse codes and the data processing during and after simulations. The main objective in EoCoE3 is in extending the libraries to boost node-level efficiency, by exploiting at the best processors heterogeneity of high-end supercomputers, and scalability toward exascale. The activities will also comprise a collaboration with the development of the flagship applications for Wind and Water simulations. The duration of the appointment is for 12 months (with the possibility of 12 additional months based on the researcher's achievements) and the yearly gross salary is EUR 32.000,00. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The requirements for application are: - A doctoral degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computational Science, Mathematical Engineering or related field; - Experience in scientific software development for High Performance Computing with C/C++/Fortran; - Knowledge of parallel programming using MPI and/or OpenMP; - Knowledge of CUDA would be an advantage. The application deadline is Saturday May 18, 2024 at noon. Details on how to apply can be found at https://pica.cineca.it/uniroma2/f3-2024-0009/ Please contact us if you have any questions at salvatore.filippone(a)uniroma2.it and cardellini(a)ing.uniroma2.it

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PHD thesis position is open at the CIAD laboratory, France
by Yazan MUALLA 25 Apr '24

25 Apr '24

Dear all. I am glad to announce that a PhD thesis position is open at the CIAD laboratory (Belfort Montbéliard University of Technology, France) and ARMTEK company (France). The thesis in on studies and integration of multiagent systems and ontologies for the generation of contextualized documents in complex systems. Details for application are provided in the attached document. Application due date is 15 May 2024. Best Regards, Dr. Yazan Mualla Associate Professor Head of Specialty Program: Software Deployment Methods and Tools Council member of the Lab. Distributed Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence (CIAD) EA 7533 Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, F-90010 Belfort, FRANCE Postal Address: Belfort-Montbéliard University of Technology, 13, rue Ernest Thierry-Mieg, 90010 Belfort Cedex, FRANCE

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Ada-Europe Int.Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, AEiC 2024
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 16 Apr '24

16 Apr '24

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) 11-14 June 2024, Barcelona, Spain www.ada-europe.org/conference2024 *** Online registration open! *** *** Extensive info on conference site *** Organized by Ada-Europe and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, ACM SIGBED, ACM SIGPLAN, and Ada Resource Association (ARA), supported and sponsored by ASCENDER project, ACM-W, Eurocity, AdaCore, Rising STARS project, ACM-W Barcelona Chapter, and OpenMP #AEiC2024 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming *** Early registration discount until May 20 *** *** Highly recommended to book your hotel ASAP *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Exciting News! Preparations for AEiC 2024, the 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Software Reliable Technologies, are well underway! Registrations opened Tuesday April 16, and we've got some exciting offers lined up for you, courtesy of our generous sponsors Rising STARS and AdaCore, as well as an inspiring program. See below for an overview, and visit our website for more details about accepted contributions, registration fees, social events and many more. *** General Information The 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) will take place in Barcelona, Spain. The conference schedule comprises a keynote and an invited talk, a panel with invited experts, a journal track, an industrial track, a work-in-progress track, a vendor exhibition, parallel tutorials and hackaton, and satellite workshops. There will be time for networking during breaks and lunches, as well as various social events. AEiC 2024 is the latest in a series of annual international conferences started in the early 80's, under the auspices of Ada-Europe, the international organization that promotes knowledge and use of the Ada programming language and reliable software in general, into academic education and research, and industrial practice. The Ada-Europe series of conferences has over the years become a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. These events highlight the increased relevance of Ada in general and in safety- and security-critical systems in particular, and provide a unique opportunity for interaction and collaboration between academics and industrial practitioners. The 2024 edition of the conference continues a number of important innovations started in previous years: - reduced conference registration fee for all authors; - low registration fee for all tutorials and workshops; - journal-based open-access publication model for peer-reviewed papers; - compact program with two core days (Wednesday & Thursday); - tutorials on Tuesday, followed by welcome event for all participants; - workshops on Friday, optional chill event on Thursday evening. *** Overview of the Week - Tue 11: six half-day tutorials, full-day hackaton, welcome reception - Wed 12: core technical program, conference banquet - Thu 13: core technical program, post conference chill-out - Fri 17: four full-day workshops Extensive information on AEiC 2024 is on the conference website, such as an overview of the program, the list of accepted papers and presentations, and descriptions of workshops, tutorials, hackaton, keynote and invited presentations, panel, and social events. Also check the conference site for registration, accommodation and travel information. The Advance Program brochure will be available there as well. *** Venue The conference will take place in UPC Campus Nord, easily accessible by metro from the airport and city centre. If you can stay over before or after the conference, there's a lot to see around. Check the Practical Information section of the conference website for more info. *** Invited Speakers This year the conference will feature a keynote talk on the first day, and a panel with three invited speakers on the second, plus an invited talk. All will address topics of relevance in the conference scope, with time for questions and answers. - On Wed June 12, a keynote talk by Francisco J. Cazorla and Jaume Abella, from Barcelona Supercomputing Center, who will talk about "Strategies to Build Safety Relevant High-Performance HW/SW Platforms for Critical Embedded Systems". - On Thu June 13, a panel on "AI for Safety-Critical Systems: How 'I' Should the AI be?", moderated by Cristina Seceleanu, Mälardalen University, with three invited experts: Kerstin Bach (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Irune Yarza (Ikerlan), Marta Barroso (Barcelona Supercomputing Center). - And an invited talk by Rosa Maria Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, on "Simplifying the Life-Cycle Management of Complex Application Workflows". *** Conference Core Composition The core conference program features three distinct types of technical presentations, with different duration, in addition to the keynote talk and the pannel session: journal-track talks (25 minutes), industrial-track talks (15 minutes), work-in-progress-track talks (10 minutes). All papers presented in the journal track, the industrial track and the work-in-progress track have undergone peer review. Presentations are combined into by-theme and not by-track sessions, in order that authors and participants alike enjoy all flavors of the program in a mixed as opposed to segregated combination. Papers and Presentations: - 6 sessions with a mix of presentations on specific topics - 13 journal-track talks - 8 work-in-progress reports - 5 industrial presentations and experience reports - submissions from around the world - accepted contributions by authors from Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA *** Tutorials Six three-hour tutorials are offered on Tuesday 11th: - "Lock-Free Programming in Ada-2022: Implementing a Work-Stealing Scheduler for Ada-2022's Light-Weight Parallelism", by S. Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA - "Ada for Business Applications", by Gautier de Montmollin, Ada-Switzerland, Switzerland - "Rust Fundamentals", by Luis Miguel Pinho and Tiago Carvalho, ISEP, Portugal - "Concurrency and Parallelism in Rust", by Luis Miguel Pinho and Tiago Carvalho, ISEP, Portugal - "Modeling Concurrent State Machines in TLA+", by J. Germán Rivera, Tesla, USA - "Introduction to the Development of Safety-Critical Software", by Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog, France - "METASAT: Programming High Performance RISC-V Technologies for Space", by Leonidas Kosmidis, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Alejandro Calderon, Ikerlan, Aridane Alvarez Suarez, fentISS, Lorenzo Lazzara, Collins Aerospace, Eckart Göhler, OHB - "Introduction to Certifiable General Purpose GPU Programming for Safety-Critical Systems", by Leonidas Kosmidis, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Rod Burns and Verena Beckham, Codeplay/Intel as well as a "hackaton": - "Optimizing AI-driven Workflows within a Mission-Critical Cyber-Physical System", if you're keen to explore the latest AI techniques for Adaptive Optics applications in giant telescopes with Damien Gratadour, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, France *** Satellite Events Four workshops are held on Friday 11th: - 3rd ADEPT workshop "AADL by its practitioners" - 9th International Workshop on "Challenges and New Approaches for Dependable and Cyber-Physical System Engineering" (DeCPS 2024) - "Enabling the use of AI in Safety-Critical Systems" - "Ada Developers Workshop", an informal yet dynamic gathering for developers in the Ada community to meet, share insights, and present their latest projects or project updates, using the Ada programming language and Ada-related technology *** Social Program The conference provides several opportunities to socialize: - Each day: coffee breaks and lunches offer ample time for interaction and networking with participants and vendors. - Tuesday early evening: welcome reception at the picturesque gardens of Torre Girona. Guests will be treated to a curated selection of local wines paired with the globally renowned Iberian ham, and an array of delectable appetizers representing the rich culinary heritage of Catalonia and Spain. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to explore the cutting-edge facilities of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and marvel at its latest addition, the Marenostrum V supercomputer, and its predecessor, Marenostrum IV, housed within the historic chapel of Torre Girona. - Wednesday evening: Conference Banquet at the emblematic restaurant "7 portes". Attendees will have the opportunity to savor the finest flavors of the Catalan and Mediterranean cuisines, such as the renowned "Paella Perallada", a masterpice that harmoniously combines semi-dry rice with succulent peeliled shellfish, delectable seafood and tender meats. With a history spanning over 180 years, "7 portes" stands as a witness to the evolution of some of the most illustrious artists of their time, including Pablo Picasso and Antoni Tàpies. Their presence has left an indelible mark, forming a captivating small art gallery within the restaurant's walls, waiting to be discovered by guests. - Thursday evening: Chill event at the Moritz Barcelona Brewery, the brewery of the first beer of Barcelona. The event is divided in three parts: a visit to the brewery, a welcome drink at the Brasserie room, offering an exclusive vantage point overlooking the maceration tanks, and a banquet served within the same Brasserie room, by renowned chef Jordi Vilà, adorned with a Michelin star, promising a gastronomic experience to be savored and remembered. *** Further Information Registration: - registration information is provided at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/registration.html> - early registration discount until Monday May 20, 2024 - payment possible by credit card or bank transfer - special low conference fee for authors - discount for Ada-Europe, ACM SIGAda, SIGBED and SIGPLAN members - registration includes coffee breaks, lunches and social events - low tutorial and workshop fees for all participants - strong discount on all fees for students - minimal fee for AI Hackaton and Ada Developers Workshop - see registration page for all details Promotion: - recommended Twitter hashtags: #AEiC2024 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming AEiC 2024 Sponsors: - Barcelona Supercomputing Center: <https://www.bsc.es/> - ASCENDER project: <https://www.bsc.es/research-and-development/projects/ ascender-arquitectura-software-para-entornos-de-computo-continuo> - ACM-W: <https://women.acm.org/> - Eurocity: <https://eurocity.be/> - AdaCore: <https://www.adacore.com/> - Rising STARS project: <https://risingstars-project.eu/> - ACM-W Barcelona Chapter: <https://twitter.com/BCN_ACM_W> - OpenMP: <https://www.openmp.org/> The conference is supported and sponsored by - Ada-Europe: <http://www.ada-europe.org/> and organized in cooperation with - ACM SIGAda: <http://www.sigada.org/> - ACM SIGBED: <https://sigbed.org/> - ACM SIGPLAN: <http://www.sigplan.org/> - ARA: <https://www.adaic.org/community/> Please make sure you book accommodation as soon as possible. For more info and latest updates see the conference website at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2024>. We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona in June 2024! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2024 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 28th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) * June 11-14, 2024, Barcelona, Spain, www.ada-europe.org/conference2024

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[CFP] Extended Deadline - 1st Euro-Par Workshop in High-Performance Computing in Physics (PHYSHPC)
by William Spataro 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement] ******************************************************************************** We are glad to invite you to the 1st Workshop in High-Performance Computing in Physics (PHYSHPC) https://physhpc.github.io/ August 27th 2024 Madrid, Spain EXTENDED submission deadline: May 20th, 2024 (AoE) Acceptance Notification: June 20th, 2024 (AoE) Revisions of accepted papers due: July 1st, 2024 (AoE) The workshop is hosted by the 30th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par) https://2024.euro-par.org/ ******************************************************************************** MOTIVATION PHYSHPC is an interdisciplinary workshop hosted by Euo-Par, the prime European conference covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing. The workshop aims to create a meeting point between the communities of physicists (and, in general, of researchers from the natural sciences) and computer scientists who deal with computational problems and high-performance computing. Such a meeting is a stimulating opportunity for both communities to advance disciplinary knowledge thanks to sharing experiences, needs and original solutions. New scientific collaborations and opportunities for international research projects may be started. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Emerging and high-performance computing in complex systems modelling and simulation using FDM, PIC, Cellular Automata and other methods - High-performance technologies, such as MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, and Sycl, for scientific applications - Hardware approaches (e.g., FPGAs, Neuromorphic computing) of high-performance computing in modeling and simulation - Optimization algorithms related to parallel simulation of scientific applications, such as synchronization, load balancing, coarse grain optimization - Performance models and their integration into the design of efficient parallel algorithms for heterogeneous platforms - High-performance software libraries for scientific applications (Blas, ScaLAPACK, MAGMA, Plasma, GROMACS, Quantum Espresso, Yambo) - Simulation of quantum systems in HPC and quantum computing, quantum reservoir computing - Many-body systems - Computational chemistry and quantum chemistry - High-performance simulation of fluids and plasma SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are encouraged to submit unpublished, original research or critical reviews on algorithms, models, and tools that are of interest to the workshop, emphasizing original solutions and open issues. - Submissions can be in the form of full paper (10-12 pages), short paper (5-9 pages) or abstract (100-500 words). - Papers must be formatted in the Springer LNCS style: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and submitted in PDF format using the EasyChair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar24-ws-phd-poster-whpc PRESENTATIONS For each accepted contribution, at least one author must register for the conference and present their work in person. - A talk is 20 minutes, including 5 minutes of questions. - Authors can express a preference for a poster presentation by sending a message to the contact below on this page with the subject “PHYSHPC 2024 poster preference” and details such as the title of the contribution and the author list. Depending on the requests, a poster session will be scheduled. BEST PAPER AWARD The best contribution will receive the best paper award. PROCEEDINGS Accepted full papers will appear in a special volume of the Euro-Par 2024 LNCS proceedings. VENUE Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid-Puerta de Toledo campus) Calle Ronda de Toledo, 1 – 28005 Madrid. The venue is easily reached by public transportation, including trains, buses, and subway lines. The closest train station is Atocha, and the closest subway station is “Puerta de Toledo” (line 5). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Donato D’Ambrosio, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy - Alessio De Rango, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy - Nicolino Lo Gullo, Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Italy - Francesco Pucci, Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (ISTP), National Research Council (CNR), Italy - William Spataro, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Loris Belcastro, Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria, Italy - Elisabetta Boella, E4 Computer Engineering, Italy - Marisa Gil, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain - Andrea Giordano, Institute of High-Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR), National Research Council (CNR), Italy - Pierre Henri, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’Espace, and Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Université Côte d’Azur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France - Maria Elena Innocenti, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany - Fabrizio Marozzo, Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria, Italy - Xavier Martorell, Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain - Yaroslav Pavlyukh, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland - Leonardo Primavera, Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Italy - Rocco Rongo, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy - Domenico Talia, Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria, Italy - Andrea Trunfio, University of Sassari, Italy - Riku Tuovinen, University of Jyäskylä, Finland - Gladys Utrera, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain CONTACT For communications, questions or comments, please send an email to Donato D'Ambrosio: donato.dambrosio(a)unical.it -- °-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° William Spataro Department of Mathematics & Computer Science High Performance Computing Center University of Calabria I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) Italy Phone(s) : +39.0984.496464 Fax : +39.0984.493570 Web: www.mat.unical.it/spataro Email: spataro(a)unical.it -°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Il banner è generato automaticamente dal servizio di posta elettronica dell'Università della Calabria <https://www.unical.it/5x1000>

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Call for Papers PAW-ATM 2024: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X
by Morris Wright, Karla Vanessa 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

***************************************************************** Call for Papers PAW-ATM 2024: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X Held in conjunction with SC24, Atlanta, GA Submissions deadline: July 24, 2024 Notification to authors: August 30, 2024 Workshop date: November 17|18, 2024 https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ **************************************************************** SUMMARY As supercomputers become more and more powerful, the number and diversity of applications that can be tackled with these machines grows. Unfortunately, the architectural complexity of these supercomputers grows as well, with heterogeneous processors, multiple levels of memory hierarchy, and many ways to move data and synchronize between processors. The MPI+X programming model, use of which is considered by many to be standard practice, demands that a programmer be expert in both the application domain and the low-level details of the architecture(s) on which that application will be deployed, and the availability of such superhuman programmers is a critical bottleneck. Things become more complicated when evolution and change in the underlying architecture translates into significant re-engineering of the MPI+X code to maintain performance. Numerous alternatives to the MPI+X model exist, and by raising the level of abstraction on the application domain and/or the target architecture, they offer the ability for "mere mortal" programmers to take advantage of the supercomputing resources that are available to advance science and tackle urgent real-world problems. However, compared to the MPI+X approach, these alternatives generally lack two things. First, they aren't as well known as MPI+X and a domain scientist may simply not be aware of models that are a good fit to their domain. Second, they are less mature than MPI+X and likely have more functionality or performance "potholes" that need only be identified to be addressed. PAW-ATM is a forum for discussing HPC applications written in alternatives to MPI+X. Its goal is to bring together application experts and proponents of high-level languages to present concrete example uses of such alternatives, describing their benefits and challenges. SCOPE AND AIMS The PAW-ATM workshop is designed to be a forum for discussion of supercomputing-scale parallel applications and their implementation in programming models outside of the dominant MPI+X paradigm. Papers and talks will explore the benefits (or perhaps drawbacks) of implementing specific applications with alternatives to MPI+X, whether those benefits are in performance, scalability, productivity, or some other metric important to that application domain. Presenters are encouraged to generalize the experience with their application to other domains in science and engineering and to bring up specific areas of improvement for the model(s) used in the implementation. In doing so, our hope is to create a setting in which application authors, language designers, and architects can present and discuss the state of the art in alternative scalable programming models, while also wrestling with how to increase their effectiveness and adoption. Beyond well-established HPC scientific simulations, we also encourage submissions exploring artificial intelligence, big data analytics, machine learning, and other emerging application areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Novel application development using high-level parallel programming languages and frameworks * Examples that demonstrate performance, compiler optimization, error checking, and reduced software complexity * Applications from artificial intelligence, data analytics, bioinformatics, and other novel areas * Performance evaluation of applications developed using alternatives to MPI+X and comparisons to standard programming models * Novel algorithms enabled by high-level parallel abstractions * Experience with the use of new compilers and runtime environments * Libraries using or supporting alternatives to MPI+X * Benefits of hardware abstraction and data locality on algorithm implementation Papers that include description of applications that demonstrate the use of alternative programming models will be given higher priority. SUBMISSIONS Submissions are solicited in two categories: 1) Full-length papers presenting novel research results: * Full-length papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Submitted papers must describe original work that has not appeared in, nor is under consideration for another conference or journal. Papers shall be eight (8) pages minimum and not exceed ten (10) pages including text, figures, bibliography and acknowledgments. 2) User experience abstracts: * Abstracts will be evaluated separately and will not be included in the published proceedings. Submissions in this track will include a title and a 1-page abstract and the content may include any combination of novel and/or previously published work that is relevant to the workshop's scope. PAW-ATM follows the reproducibility initiative of SC24. Submissions shall include an Artifact Description (AD) appendix. The appendix pages related to the reproducibility initiative dependencies are not included in the page count. See https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ for further details. WORKSHOP CHAIR * Karla Vanessa Morris Wright - Sandia National Laboratories ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Engin Kayraklioglu - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Kenjiro Taura - University of Tokyo PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS * Bill Long - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Daniele Lezzi - Barcelona Supercomputing Center PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Marjan Asgari - National Resources Canada * Scott Baden - University of California, San Diego * Dan Bonachea - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Jan Ciesko - Sandia National Laboratory * Nelson Dias - Federal University of Parana * Mario Di Renzo - University of Salento * David Eberius - Intel * Engin Kayraklioglu - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Daniele Lezzi - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Bill Long - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Francesc Lordan - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Henry Monge Camacho - Oak Ridge National Laboratory * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratories * Irene Moulitsas - Cranfield University * Catherine Olschanowsky - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc * Tom Quinn - University of Washington * Michel Schanen - Argonne National Laboratory * Elliott Slaughter - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory * Kenjiro Taura - University of Tokyo * Thiago Teixeira - Intel * Jana Thayer - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory * Miwako Tsuji - Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science ADVISORY COMMITTEE * Bradford L. Chamberlain - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Damian W. I. Rouson - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ARTIFACT EVALUATION COMMITTEE CHAIR * Irene Moulitsas - Cranfield University * Elliott Slaughter - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ARTIFACT EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS * Oliver Alvarado Rodriguez - New Jersey Institute of Technology * Desmond Bisandu - Cranfield University * Yakup Budanaz - Technical University of Munich * Fabio Durastante - University of Pisa * Guillaume Helbecque - University of Lille * Boyu Neil Kuang - Cranfield University * Soren Rasmussen - National Center for Atmospheric Research * Kate Rasmuseen - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Anjiang Wei - Stanford University IMPORTANT DATES * Manuscript Submissions deadline: July 24, 2024 * Artifact Description (AD) Stage 1 (mandatory) Submissions deadline: July 24, 2024 * Notification to authors: August 30, 2024 * Artifact Evaluation (AE) Stage 2 (optional) Submissions deadline: September 4, 2024 * AE and Reproducibility Badges review period: September 5-27, 2024 * Final program: September 27, 2024 * Final AD/AE/Badges decisions and notification to authors: September 30, 2024 * Camera-ready papers due from authors: October 2, 2024 * November 17|18, 2024: Workshop at SC24

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Assistant Professor in Future Cloud Computing Technologies
by Zoltán Mann 10 Mar '24

10 Mar '24

The University of Amsterdam has an open position at the level of Assistant Professor, in the area of Future Cloud Computing Technologies. Topics of interest include: - green cloud computing - data management in cloud computing - security and privacy in cloud computing - cloud services for machine learning - sovereignty of cloud services - software engineering for cloud-based software - cloud-to-edge continuum The application deadline is 14 April 2024. For further details and to apply, see https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Assistant-Professor-in-Future-Cloud-Comput… .

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CFP: 2024 PAKDD Early Career Research Award Application
by Raymond Wong 07 Mar '24

07 Mar '24

2024 PAKDD Early Career Research Award Application ================================================== Link: https://pakdd.org/awards.html#link3 Thanks to PAKDD Steering Committee, PAKDD will provide Early Career Research Award to an individual in the first 10 years after PhD. The award aims to promote young researchers in KDD fields when they create their career. It consists of a plaque (and potentially cash) to the awardee. The recipient will receive the award at the annual PAKDD Conference during the awards session. For any questions, please contact the PAKDD Junior Award Selection Committee Chair, Raymond Wong (email: raywong(a)cse.ust.hk ). Eligibility =========== 1. Anyone in the field can nominate one person. Self-nominations are excluded. The nominator should obtain the endorsement from the nominee before nomination. 2. The nominee’s PhD should have been awarded no earlier than December 31st, current year – 11 years. For example, for the year 2024 awards, this means no earlier than 31st December 2013. 3. The nominee can be anyone except the current PAKDD Award Selection Committee. 4. The nominee must have published at least one full/long paper in PAKDD, and attended at least one PAKDD conference to present his/her results. Selection Criteria ================== The application is evaluated based on the nominee's overall research contributions, leadership, and service in KDD fields since the awarding of the PhD. The awardee should commit to attend the PAKDD 2024 ceremony on-site to receive the award. The Award Selection Committee will evaluate all nominations and decide on zero or more winners. Submission Details ================== The nominator should send a single PDF file containing all the following documents by March 17, 2024 (23:59:59 PST) to the current PAKDD Award Selection Committee Chair, Raymond Wong (email: raywong(a)cse.ust.hk ). The email title is "PAKDD: Application of 2024 PAKDD Early Career Research Award". In the email, please include the nominee in the CC list. 1. Statement including the following. Please use the given form at this link ( https://pakdd.org/Application_Forms/2024%20PAKDD%20Early%20Career%20Researc… ) a. Nominator Information i. Name ii. Email Address iii. Affiliation iv. Homepage URL b. Nominee Information i. Name ii. Email Address iii. Affiliation iv. Homepage URL c. Proposed Citation of Nominee (up to 25 words) d. Detailed Statement to Justify the nomination (500 words or fewer) 2. Endorsement Letter (approximate 1 page) written by at least one SC (Steering Committee) member who is not the nominator. The letter should include detailed statement about the nominee’s overall research, leadership, and service contributions in KDD fields since the awarding of the PhD. 3. Certificate showing PhD degree awarding intuition and the time receiving the PhD degree Only PDF files are accepted. No other file formats are accepted. Submissions violating the above guideline will be disregarded. Notifications will be sent to the nominators and the nominees by April 7, 2024 (23:59:59 PST). Nominations that did not result in an award in the current year can be re-submitted or updated in subsequent years as long as the eligibility conditions for the award still hold.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cybersecurity
by tkunz＠sce.carleton.ca 05 Mar '24

05 Mar '24

The Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in a project entitled “Realistic and Generalizable Training of Autonomous Cyber Agents”. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The initial duration is for two years (subject to the availability of funds), renewable for up to a total of three years. The postdoctoral fellow will be involved in research that uses Machine Learning, specifically Reinforcement Learning, to train autonomous blue (i.e., defensive) agents. The cyber environment is not static, with the network topology changing, new vulnerabilities occurring, new exploits being discovered, red agents deploying different attack strategies and/or different goals, etc. Therefore, the project aims to develop a training environment and training algorithms that result in blue agents capable of dealing with this changing landscape without extensive retraining. For more details about the project, the department, the required skills, and how to apply, please consult the attached document. -- Thomas Kunz Professor Systems and Computer Engineering Carleton University

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WSCG 2024 - Call for Papers (Extended to March 28) - 32. Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision
by Prof. Ing. Vaclav Skala, CSc. 25 Feb '24

25 Feb '24

Please, forward also to your fellows and/or PhD students Info sent via a list server: computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org ----------- WSCG 2024 - Call for Papers DEADLINE EXTENDED -------------- 32. WSCG 2024 Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization & Computer Vision 2024 (preferred physical mode) -- In copoperation with the Eurographics Association -- Pilsen (the city of beer) close to Prague, Czech Republic (held traditionally in Pilsen) June 3-6, 2024 - http://www.wscg.cz - detailed info - http://www.wscg.eu Keynotes--------- - Marina L. Gavrilova: Synergy of Computer Graphics and Generative AI: Advancements and Challenges, Biometric Technologies Laboratory & The SPARCS Laboratory University of Calgary, Canada ------------------ Important dates & Submission: -----------------= March 28, 2024 Abstract - recommended sooner March 28, 2024 - Full, Short/Communication*, Poster papers (submission via server only [http://wscgreg.zcu.cz]) *Short papers are upto 10 pages A4 Author's info (also visit http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm - recent proceedings) http://www.wscg.cz/inpage/authors-instructions/ Accepted papers to be published with DOI in Computer Science Research Notes, ISSN 2464-4617. The best selected papers will be published in the Journal of WSCG, ISSN 1213-6972. At least one author has to present the paper physically or online or pre-recorded. Proceedings will be produced after the conference. Recent publications available via http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm - repository since 1992. Accepted workshops/sessions: - Meshless methods in Computer Graphics and Visualization - Other agreements expected Contact: ======== Prof. Vaclav Skala mailto:WSCGconf@gmail.com?subject=WSCG2024 Conference organizer & Chair --------------------------- Prof. Vaclav Skala Contact: http://www.VaclavSkala.eu c/o University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614, Plzen, Czech Republic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof.Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu tel. 37-763-2473 ID verification:https://www.zcu.cz/cs/Employees/person.html?personId=16821 c/o University of West Bohemia Computer Graphics and Visualization Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept.of Computer Science & Engineering Univerzitni 8 CZ 306 14 Plzen Czech Republic ORCID: 0000-0001-8886-4281 ResearcherID:http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9141-2011 Scopus Author ID:https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004643209 Research Gate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vaclav_Skala/publications DBLP:https://dblp.org/orcid/0000-0001-8886-4281 https://dblp.org/pid/s/VaclavSkala.html ACM:https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100496969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jakákoli ujednání vzešlá z této e-mailové/elektronické komunikace se do jejich písemného potvrzení podepsaného oprávněnými osobami nepovažují za platná, účinná a vůči ZČU závazná. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any arrangements arising from this e-mail / electronic communication shall not be considered valid, effective and binding upon the UWB until their written confirmation signed by the authorized persons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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CALL for Spring 2024 International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA) course proposals
by Efi 22 Feb '24

22 Feb '24

Dear distinguished AI Professor or Senior Scientist (PhD holder), the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA) aims to become a reference initiative for AI education in Europe and implement mechanisms for inter-university sharing of AI educational assets at PhD-level. As part of the program, AIDA offers a series of courses on Artificial Intelligence and related fields given by distinguished lecturers. *w**e invite you to contribute to the definition of the AIDA Spring 2024 semester **course offer **program*. You can participate in the AIDA program by offering new or opening-up existing courses targeted to AIDA students* or other students worldwide according to the participation terms of your own organization. Short/Very Short course formats (5-16 hours) are typically encouraged, while semester courses, or asynchronous mode web courses will be considered as well. Accepted courses will be listed on AIDA website (*https://www.i-aida.org/ <https://www.i-aida.org/>*) and will be advertised for free with the support of AIDA dissemination channels. Proposals for courses for the AIDA Spring 2024 semester program should be sent to: Prof. Stefano Berretti *stefano.berretti(a)unifi.it <stefano.berretti(a)unifi.it>*, and Ms. Efi Patmanidou *epatman(a)csd.auth.gr <epatman(a)csd.auth.gr>* no later than *February 29th, 2024* and will be evaluated by the AIDA Committee. Proposals for AIDA Courses should include (please, find the AIDA Course Application Form: https://www.i-aida.org/phd-studies/short-courses/): *Course title:* *Lecturer name & affiliation:* *Host Institution:* *Content and organization: *Course details about the content. 1 paragraph *Level: *(Undergraduate/Postgraduate) *Course Duration: *Hours *Course Type: *(Short/Semester/Lecture series/Seasonal School*)* *Participation terms: **Registration fee policy for external (non-AIDA) students*, e.g., free of charge or fee of ??? Euros. *Special terms for AIDA students*, e.g., discount 50% or free for X number of AIDA students. *Add text for a) non-AIDA student registration and AIDA student registration/enrollment, as in (6) below.* *Lectures plan: *Days/time *Proposed schedule: *Start date – End date *Language: *English/Other *Modality: *Online/in person *Notes: *Are there exams? Details on how to successfully complete the course. 1-2 sentences. *Course Link:* *AIDA students may be PhD students, post-doc researchers, possibly qualified MSc students or professionals of AIDA Members Best regards, Stefano Berretti AIDA course planning _______________________________ Prof. Stefano Berretti, Ph.D. Media Integration and Communication Center (MICC) & Department of Information Engineering (DINFO) University of Florence via S. Marta 3 - 50139, Florence - ITALY email: stefano.berretti 'at' *unifi.it <http://unifi.it/>* phone: +39 055 275852 Add reaction

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AEiC 2024 - Ada-Europe conference - Deadlines Approaching
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

----------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED Call for Contributions - Additional Tracks 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) 11-14 June 2024, Barcelona, Spain *** DEADLINES approaching: 26 February and 4 March 2024 *** www.ada-europe.org/conference2024 --------------------------------- *** Submission DEADLINE 26 February 2024 *** Workshops: submit to Workshop Chair, Sergio Saez <ssaez(a)disca.upv.es> subject "[AEiC 2024: workshop proposal]" Tutorials: submit to Tutorial and Education Chair, Maria A. Serrano <maria.serrano(a)nearbycomputing.com> subject "[AEiC 2024: tutorial proposal]" *** EXTENDED submission DEADLINE 4 March 2024 *** Industrial- and Work-in-Progress-track: submit via https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aeic2024 select "Industrial Track" or "Work in Progress Track" For more information please see the full Call for Papers at www.ada-europe.org/conference2024/cfp.html --------------------------------- Organized by Ada-Europe and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in cooperation with Barcelona ACM-W Chapter, ACM SIGAda, ACM SIGBED, ACM SIGPLAN, Ada Resource Association (ARA), and OpenMP #AEiC2024 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2024 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 28th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) * June 11-14, 2024, Barcelona, Spain, www.ada-europe.org/conference2024

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Postdoc and PhD positions available @University and INRIA Lille (France)
by El-Ghazali Talbi 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Dear all, We would like to inform you that 3 positions are available at the University of Lille and INRIA in France. - Postdoc position in Neuromorphic-based Optimization. Details in document enclosed - PhD position in Exascale parallel optimization. Details in document enclosed - PhD position in Optimization of Spiking Neural Networks. Details in document enclosed Please distribute among potentially interested candidates. Best regards. -- Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS

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CfP: International Workshop on Converged Computing on Edge Cloud and HPC (WOCC'24)
by Valeria Cardellini 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

WOCC'24: International Workshop on Converged Computing on Edge, Cloud, and HPC May 16, 2024, Hamburg, Germany To be held in conjunction with ISC'24: The International Conference on High Performance Computing Workshop website: https://kth-scalab.github.io/events/wocc24 Submission webpage: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wocc24 ## Introduction The landscape of scientific computing is changing rapidly as complex, multi-stage pipelined workflows that combine traditional HPC computations with large-scale data analytics and AI are becoming increasingly common. Such complex workflows are expected to require the coordinated use of supercomputers, cloud data centers, and edge-processing devices in an environment with shared characteristics. Providing a seamless environment that combines the best of these worlds leads to an era of Converged Computing. Cloud computing is becoming a dominant market force, driving innovation in both hardware and the software needed to manage increasing system and workflow complexity. Cloud technologies are gaining prevalence in HPC due to their benefits of resource dynamism, automation, reproducibility, and resilience. Similarly, HPC technologies for application performance optimization and sophisticated scheduling of complex resources are being integrated into modern cloud infrastructures. However, the convergence of HPC and cloud also raises a series of new challenges in areas of resource management, data transfers, storage and throughput. The Second Workshop on Converged Computing (WOCC'24) will provide the edge, HPC and cloud communities a dedicated venue for discussing challenges and research opportunities, deployment efforts, and best practices in supporting complex workflows on coordinated use of supercomputers and cloud data centers as well as edge-processing devices. The workshop aims to spark discussion between participants who are developing applications, algorithms, middleware, and infrastructure for converged environments. ## Topics of Interest We encourage submission of works that are related to the following topics, and accept other related topics. Experience and best practice of converged computing of cloud, edge, and HPC Resource and job management software Architectures, networks, and storage Software stack, middleware, and infrastructure Advanced models for expressing system resources Scheduling, resource allocation, and adaptation Complex workflows including HPC, Machine-Learning, and Data Analytics components Early results and evaluation of porting HPC applications to clouds Elasticity and scalability amid resource heterogeneity Virtualization, containers, container runtimes, and container orchestration frameworks Scalable and elastic storage and I/O data management services and architectures Resilience, fault tolerance, and reliability in converged computing environments Early results of leveraging cloud techniques (e.g., Kubernetes, cloud databases) for HPC applications System- and application-level resource monitoring and optimization techniques and tools ## Important Dates Paper Submission: Mar 01, 2024 Author Notifications: Apr 01, 2024 Workshop day: May 16, 2024 Camera Ready: June 17, 2024, including Copyright Form ## Organization Co-chairs: Ivy Peng (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Daniel Milroy (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Tapasya Patki (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Valeria Cardellini (Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy) ## Program Committee: Antony Chazapis (FORTH-ICS, Greece) Jakob Luettgau (UTK, USA) Manolis Marazakis (FORTH-ICS, Greece) Claudia Misale (IBM, USA) Nina Mujkanovic (HPE, Switzerland) Gabriele Russo Russo (Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy) Rafael Tolosana-Calasanz (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) Nathan Tallent (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) Jae-Seung Yeom (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)

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HPDC 2024: CfP PhD Symposium
by Valeria Cardellini 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

************************************************ HPDC 2024: PhD Symposium call for papers Date: 3-7 June 2024 Location: Pisa, Italy Web: https://www.hpdc.org/2024/calls-phd.html ************************************************ The ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) is the premier annual conference for presenting the latest research on the design, implementation, evaluation, and use of parallel and distributed systems for high-end computing. The PhD Symposium at HPDC 2024 is intended to offer the possibility to show advanced "work in progress" to PhD students working on the HPDC 2024 conference relevant topics in the context of high-performance parallel and distributed computing. The selected contributions will appear in a special section of the conference proceedings. HPDC 2024 programme will host sessions where authors of accepted contributions will present their work to the entire HPDC conference audience, thus offering to graduate students an opportunity to discuss their research with experts in academia and industry, and to make useful contacts regarding future career opportunities. * Submission Guidelines Graduate students are invited to submit their paper of at most 4 pages in PDF format, including references. Papers should be formatted in the ACM Proceedings Style (double column format) and submitted via the submission website https://hpdc24-phd.hotcrp.com/ * Important Dates - Abstract submission: February 19, 2024 - Paper submission: March 1, 2024 - Acceptance notification: March 25, 2024 - Camera-ready version: April 18, 2024 - Conference dates: June 3-7, 2024 * PhD Symposium Chairs - Valeria Cardellini (Tor Vergata University of Rome) - Marco Danelutto (University of Pisa)

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AEiC 2024 - Ada-Europe conference - CfC for Additional Tracks
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Contributions - Additional Tracks 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) 11-14 June 2024, Barcelona, Spain www.ada-europe.org/conference2024 *** 2nd submission DEADLINE 26 February 2024 *** *** Industrial & Work-in-Progress track, Tutorials, Workshops *** Organized by Ada-Europe and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, ACM SIGBED, ACM SIGPLAN, and Ada Resource Association (ARA) #AEiC2024 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information The 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) will take place in Barcelona, Spain. AEiC is a leading international forum for providers, practitioners, and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design, development, and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for a challenging variety of application domains. The program will also include keynotes, Q&A and discussion sessions, and social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia, and government organizations active in the development of reliable software technologies. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to (more specific topics are described on the conference web page): * Formal and Model-Based Engineering of Critical Systems; * High-Integrity Systems and Reliability; * AI for High-Integrity Systems Engineering; * Real-Time Systems; * Ada Language; * Applications in Relevant Domains. The conference comprises different tracks and co-located events: * Journal track papers present research advances supported by solid theoretical foundation and thorough evaluation. * Industrial track contributions highlight industrial open challenges and/or the practitioners' side of a relevant case study or industrial project. * Work-in-progress track papers illustrate novel research ideas that are still at an initial stage, between conception and first prototype. * Tutorials guide attenders through a hands-on familiarization with innovative developments or with useful features related to reliable software. * Workshops provide discussion forums on themes related to the conference topics. * Vendor presentations and exhibitions allow for companies to showcase their latest products and services. *** Important Dates [CLOSED] Extended submission deadline for journal track papers 26 February 2024 Deadline for submission of industrial track papers, work-in-progress papers, tutorial and workshop proposals 22 March 2024 First round notification for journal track papers, and notification of acceptance for all other types of submissions 11-14 June 2024 Conference *** Call for Journal Track Submissions Following a journal-first model, this edition of the conference includes a journal track, which seeks original and high-quality papers that describe mature research work on the conference topics. Accepted journal track papers will be published in a Special Issue of Elsevier JSA - the Journal of Systems Architecture (Q1 ranked, CiteScore 8.5, impact factor 4.5). Accordingly, the conference is listed as "Journal Published" in the latest update of the CORE Conference Ranking released in August 2023. [Submission details removed. Call is closed now.] Authors who have successfully passed the first round of review will be invited to present their work at the conference. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The Ada-Europe organization will waive the Open Access fees for the first four accepted papers (whose authors do not already enjoy Open Access agreements). Subsequent papers will follow JSA regular publishing track. *** Call for Industrial Track Submissions The conference seeks industrial practitioner presentations that deliver insight on the challenges of developing reliable software. Especially welcome kinds of submissions are listed on the conference website. Given their applied nature, such contributions will be subject to a dedicated practitioner-peer review process. Interested authors shall submit a 1-to-2 pages abstract, by 26 February 2024, via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aeic2024, selecting the "Industrial Track". The format for submission is strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style. Templates are available at http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/guide. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference and will also be invited to expand their contributions into full-fledged articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the industrial track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to its chairs Luciana Provenzano (luciana.provenzano(a)mdu.se) and Michael Pressler (Michael.Pressler(a)de.bosch.com). *** Call for Work-in-Progress Track Submissions The work-in-progress track seeks two kinds of submissions: (a) ongoing research and (b) early-stage ideas. Ongoing research submissions are 4-page papers describing research results that are not mature enough to be submitted to the journal track. Early-stage ideas are 1-page papers that pitch new research directions that fall within the scope of the conference. Both kinds of submissions must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Submissions by recent MSc graduates and PhD students are especially sought. Authors shall submit their work by 26 February 2024, via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aeic2024, selecting the "Work-in-Progress Track". The format for submission is strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style. Templates are available at http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/guide. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference and will also be offered the opportunity to expand their contributions into 4-page articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the WiP track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chairs Alejandro R. Mosteo (amosteo(a)unizar.es) and Ruben Martins (rubenm(a)andrew.cmu.edu). *** Awards The organization will offer an honorary award for the best technical presentation, to be announced in the closing session of the conference. *** Call for Tutorials The conference seeks tutorials in the form of educational seminars on themes falling within the conference scope, with an academic or practitioner slant, including hands-on or practical elements. Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed duration (half-day or full-day), the intended level of the contents (introductory, intermediate, or advanced), and a statement motivating attendance. Tutorial proposals shall be submitted at any time but no later than the 26 February 2024 to the respective chair Maria A. Serrano (maria.serrano(a)nearbycomputing.com), with subject line: "[AEiC 2024: tutorial proposal]". Once submitted, each tutorial proposal will be evaluated by the conference organizers as soon as possible, with decisions from January 1st. The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration, halved for half-day tutorials. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops The conference welcomes satellite workshops centred on themes that fall within the conference scope. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the AEiC conference. Workshop organizers shall also commit to producing the proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal. Workshop proposals shall be submitted at any time but no later than the 26 February 2024 to the respective chair Sergio Saez (ssaez(a)disca.upv.es), with subject line: "[AEiC 2024: workshop proposal]". Once submitted, each workshop proposal will be evaluated by the conference organizers as soon as possible, with decisions from January 1st. *** Academic Listing The Journal of Systems Architecture, publication venue of the journal track proceedings of the conference, is Q1 ranked, with CiteScore 8.5 and Impact Factor 4.5. The Ada User Journal, venue of all other technical proceedings of the conference, is indexed by Scopus and by EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database. *** Call for Exhibitors and Sponsors The conference will include a vendor and technology exhibition with the option of a 20 minutes presentation as part of the conference program. Interested providers should direct inquiries to the Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriot (ahlan(a)ada-switzerland.ch). *** Venue The conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona is a major cultural, economic, and financial centre, known for its architecture, culture, and Mediterranean atmosphere, a hub for technology and innovation. There's plenty to see and visit in Barcelona, so plan in advance! *** Organizing Committee - Conference Chair Sara Royuela, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain sara.royuela(a)bsc.es - Journal Track Chairs Bjorn Andersson, Carnegie Mellon University, USA baandersson(a)sei.cmu.edu Luis Miguel Pinho, ISEP & INESC TEC, Portugal lmp(a)isep.ipp.pt - Industrial Track Chairs Luciana Provenzano, Mälardalen University, Sweden luciana.provenzano(a)mdu.se Michael Pressler, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany Michael.Pressler(a)de.bosch.com - Work-In-Progress Track Chairs Alejandro R. Mosteo, CUD Zaragoza, Spain amosteo(a)unizar.es Ruben Martins, Carnegie Mellon University, USA rubenm(a)andrew.cmu.edu - Tutorial Chair Maria A. Serrano, NearbyComputing, Spain maria.serrano(a)nearbycomputing.com - Workshop Chair Sergio Saez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain ssaez(a)disca.upv.es - Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland ahlan(a)Ada-Switzerland.ch - Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be - Webmaster Hai Nam Tran, University of Brest, France hai-nam.tran(a)univ-brest.fr - Local Chair Nuria Sirvent, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain nuria.sirvent(a)bsc.es *** Journal Track Committee Al Mok, University of Texas at Austin, USA Alejandro Mosteo, CUD Zaragoza, Spain Alwyn Godloe, NASA, USA António Casimiro, University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbara Gallina, Mälardalen University, Sweden Bernd Burgstaller, Yonsei University, South Korea C. Michael Holloway, NASA, USA Cristina Seceleanu, Mälardalen University, Sweden Doug Schmidt, Vanderbilt University, USA Frank Singhoff, University of Brest, FR George Lima, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil Isaac Amundson, Rockwell Collins, USA Jérôme Hugues, CMU/SEI, USA José Cruz, Lockeed Martin, USA Kristoffer Nyborg Gregertsen, SINTEF Digital, Norway Laurent Pautet, Telecom ParisTech, France Leonidas Kosmidis, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Mario Aldea Rivas, University of Cantabria, Spain Matthias Becker, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Patricia López Martínez, University of Cantabria, Spain Sara Royuela, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Sergio Sáez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy Xiaotian Dai, University of York, England *** Industrial Track Committee Aida Causevic, Alstom, Sweden Alexander Viehl, Research Center for Information Technology, Germany Ana Rodríguez, Silver Atena, Spain Aurora Agar, NATO, Netherlands Behnaz Pourmohseni, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany Claire Dross, AdaCore, France Elena Lisova, Volvo CE, Sweden Enricco Mezzeti, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Federico Aromolo, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy Helder Silva, Edisoft, Portugal Hugo Torres Vieira, Evidence Srl, Italy Irune Agirre, Ikerlan, Spain Jordi Cardona, Rapita Systems, Spain José Ruiz, AdaCore, France Joyce Tokar, Raytheon, USA Luciana Alvite, Alstom, Germany Marco Panunzio, Thales Alenia Space, France Patricia Balbastre Betoret, Valencia Polytechnic University, Spain Philippe Waroquiers, Eurocontrol NMD, Belgium Raúl de la Cruz, Collins Aerospace, Ireland Santiago Urueña, GMV, Spain Stef Van Vlierberghe, Eurocontrol NMD, Belgium *** Work-in-Progress Track Committee Alan Oliveira, University of Lisbon, Portugal J. Javier Gutiérrez, University of Cantabria, Spain Jérémie Guiochet, LAAS-CNRS, France José Cecílio, University of Lisbon, Portugal Kalinka Branco, University of São Paulo, Brazil Katherine Kosaian, University of Iowa, USA Kevin Cheang, AWS, USA Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Iowa State University, USA Leandro Buss Becker, University of Manchester, UK Li-Pin Chang, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Mathias Preiner, Stanford University, USA Raffaele Romagnoli, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Robert Kaiser, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany Sara Abbaspour, Mälardalen University, Sweden Sergi Alcaide, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Simona Bernardi, Unizar, Spain Stefan Mitsch, School of Computing at DePaul University, USA Teresa Lázaro, Aragon's Institute of Technology, Spain Tiago Carvalho, ISEP, Portugal Yannick Moy, AdaCore, France *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 28th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), Lisbon, Portugal ('18), Warsaw, Poland ('19), online from Santander, Spain ('21), Ghent, Belgium ('22), and Lisbon, Portugal ('23). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2024 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 28th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) * June 11-14, 2024, Barcelona, Spain, www.ada-europe.org/conference2024

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CFP: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024)
by Bahman Javadi 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024) July 7-13, 2024, Shenzhen, Chinahttps://cloud.conferences.computer.org/2024/ IEEE CLOUD is the flagship conference focusing on innovative cloud computing across all " Everything as a service" paradigms (XaaS). This includes modeling, designing, developing, publishing, monitoring, managing, operating, delivering, and scaling XaaS offerings from the cloud to the edge. The conference is a prime international forum for researchers, academics, businesses, industry, and standard bodies to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of cloud computing, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of cloud computing. IEEE CLOUD 2024 invites original papers addressing all aspects of cloud computing infrastructure, applications, and business innovations. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Cloud and AI * Cloud Computing for AI (LLMs, distributed machine learning, federated learning, etc.) * AI for the Cloud (predictive analysis, anomaly detection, automation for load balancing, remediation, and migration) * Use of Cloud to Improve AI Research and Deployment and Automation for Remediation & Mitigation * Observability, Transparency, and Reproducibility Infrastructure * Cloud Computing Systems and Data Center Architectures * Cloud-Centric Network Architectures (SDN, NFV, etc) * Cloud-Native Programming Models (Serverless, Microservices, Containers, etc.) * Virtualization, Containers, and Virtual Machines * Cloud Storage * Multi-Tenancy in the Cloud * Edge and Fog Computing Infrastructure * Internet-of-Things Infrastructure and Cyber-Physical Systems Cloud-based Applications * Large-Scale Cloud Applications * Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and LLM Applications * Distributed Ledger Applications * IoT Applications * Mobile Applications * Digital Twins & Metaverse Applications Cloud Management and Operations * Hybrid-Cloud Integration * Multi-Cloud Environments * Inter-Cloud Inoperability * Distributed and Parallel Query Processing * Resource Management * Cloud Metering and Monitoring * Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Management * Fault Tolerance, High availability, and Reliability * Cloud Service Adaptation and Automation * Cloud Federation, Service Composition * Sustainable Cloud Computing Cloud Security * Confidential Cloud Computing and Trusted Cloud Environments * Access Control, Authorization, and Authentication * Assurance, Audit, Certification, Compliance * Privacy-aware Data Management * Cross Data Center and Data Management Cloud Economics * Cloud Strategy for Enterprise Business Transformation * Cloud Service Level Agreement (SLAs) * Economics and Business Models for XaaS * Cloud Quality Management * Cloud ROI Analysis, Cost, and Pricing * Cross Cloud Data Market and Trading Cloud Service Delivery * Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) * Platform as a Service (PaaS) * Function as a Service (FaaS) * Software as a Service (SaaS) * Network / Storage as a Service * Machine Learning as a Service * LLM as a Service Cloud Computing Paradigms * Quantum Cloud Computing * Sky Computing * Edge Cloud Computing * Mobile Cloud Computing * Satellite Cloud Computing * Computing Continuum and Edge-Cloud-HPC Federation IMPORTANT DATES (ANYWHERE ON EARTH) December 1, 2023: Easy Chair open for submissions March 17, 2024: Deadline to register papers March 24, 2024: Deadline for final submissions May 6, 2024: Acceptance notifications July 7-13, 2024: SERVICES Congress in Shenzhen, China MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION Please visit theĸInformation for Authors pageĸon the Congress website for manuscript guidelines: https://services.conferences.computer.org/2024/info-for-authors/ GENERAL CHAIRS Tevfik Kosar, University at Buffalo Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, Kyndryl Shangguang Wang, BUPT PROGRAM CHAIRS Xuanzhe Liu, Peking University Seetharami Seelam, IBM Research, Yorktown Santonu Sarkar, Birla Institute of Technology & Science PUBLICITY CHAIRS Nicola Bena, University of Milan Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University Xuan Lu, University of Arizona Madhumita Phukan, Tech Mahindra Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina Zaipeng Xie, Hohai University

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Two fully funded postdoctoral research positions on "Machine Learning and Computer Vision" and the “International Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy (AIDA)” in AIIA Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
by Efi 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

The Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Laboratory (AIIA Lab, AIIA.CVML R&D group <https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/computer-vision-machine-learning/>) of the School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (AUTH) has two open postdoctoral research positions. The interested applicant must have strong theoretical and/or applied/programming background in Machine Learning and Computer Vision, with an emphasis on Deep Learning. A strong publication record is desirable. Potential (not exclusive) application domains include big data analysis, robotics/autonomous systems and digital media. A very competitive salary is offered. *Research topics:* - Extreme visual and social media data analytics for natural disasters - Visual drone-based industrial pipeline inspection - Deep digital media analysis - New decentralized deep learning methods - Fast embedded drone visual analysis - Support International Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy (AIDA <https://www.i-aida.org/>) *Horizon Europe projects that fund these positions*: TEMA Horizon Europe Project <https://tema-project.eu/> (2022-2026) SIMAR Horizon Europe Project <https://simar-project.eu/> (2022-2025) AI4Media <https://www.ai4media.eu/> Horizon 2020 Project and International Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy (AIDA <https://www.i-aida.org/>) *Application* The interested candidate must send their CV by e-mail to Prof. Ioannis Pitas <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=en> pitas(a)csd.auth.gr.

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CFP: International Workshop on Converged Computing on Edge, Cloud, and HPC (WOCC'24)
by Valeria Cardellini 30 Jan '24

30 Jan '24

WOCC'24: International Workshop on Converged Computing on Edge, Cloud, and HPC May 16, 2024, Hamburg, Germany To be held in conjunction with ISC'24: The International Conference on High Performance Computing Workshop website: https://kth-scalab.github.io/events/wocc24 Submission webpage: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wocc24 ## Introduction The landscape of scientific computing is changing rapidly as complex, multi-stage pipelined workflows that combine traditional HPC computations with large-scale data analytics and AI are becoming increasingly common. Such complex workflows are expected to require the coordinated use of supercomputers, cloud data centers, and edge-processing devices in an environment with shared characteristics. Providing a seamless environment that combines the best of these worlds leads to an era of Converged Computing. Cloud computing is becoming a dominant market force, driving innovation in both hardware and the software needed to manage increasing system and workflow complexity. Cloud technologies are gaining prevalence in HPC due to their benefits of resource dynamism, automation, reproducibility, and resilience. Similarly, HPC technologies for application performance optimization and sophisticated scheduling of complex resources are being integrated into modern cloud infrastructures. However, the convergence of HPC and cloud also raises a series of new challenges in areas of resource management, data transfers, storage and throughput. The Second Workshop on Converged Computing (WOCC'24) will provide the edge, HPC and cloud communities a dedicated venue for discussing challenges and research opportunities, deployment efforts, and best practices in supporting complex workflows on coordinated use of supercomputers and cloud data centers as well as edge-processing devices. The workshop aims to spark discussion between participants who are developing applications, algorithms, middleware, and infrastructure for converged environments. ## Topics of Interest We encourage submission of works that are related to the following topics, and accept other related topics. Experience and best practice of converged computing of cloud, edge, and HPC Resource and job management software Architectures, networks, and storage Software stack, middleware, and infrastructure Advanced models for expressing system resources Scheduling, resource allocation, and adaptation Complex workflows including HPC, Machine-Learning, and Data Analytics components Early results and evaluation of porting HPC applications to clouds Elasticity and scalability amid resource heterogeneity Virtualization, containers, container runtimes, and container orchestration frameworks Scalable and elastic storage and I/O data management services and architectures Resilience, fault tolerance, and reliability in converged computing environments Early results of leveraging cloud techniques (e.g., Kubernetes, cloud databases) for HPC applications System- and application-level resource monitoring and optimization techniques and tools ## Important Dates Paper Submission: Mar 01, 2024 Author Notifications: Apr 01, 2024 Workshop day: May 16, 2024 Camera Ready: June 17, 2024, including Copyright Form ## Organization Co-chairs: Ivy Peng (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Daniel Milroy (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Tapasya Patki (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Valeria Cardellini (Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy) ## Program Committee: Antony Chazapis (FORTH-ICS, Greece) Jakob Luettgau (UTK, USA) Manolis Marazakis (FORTH-ICS, Greece) Claudia Misale (IBM, USA) Nina Mujkanovic (HPE, Switzerland) Gabriele Russo Russo (Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy) Rafael Tolosana-Calasanz (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) Nathan Tallent (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) Jae-Seung Yeom (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)

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CCGrid2024 Doctoral Symposium and Early Career Track
by Bahman Javadi 27 Jan '24

27 Jan '24

Call for Submissions CCGrid2024 Doctoral Symposium and Early Career Track The Doctoral Symposium and Early Career track at CCGrid2024 provides a platform for students and early career researchers to gain visibility, solicit feedback, and get mentorship and networking opportunities with experts attending the conference. Participants of the track will present their work to their peers and researchers and participate in the poster sessions of the main conference. The best research, based on all aspects — extended abstract, presentation, and poster, will be part of the CCGrid2024 awards. We encourage PhD students at all stages of their dissertation (getting started, mid-way, all but done) and early career researchers, academicians, and practitioners to participate via submitting to the track and attending events related to the track. Submissions are invited in all areas related to the theme of the CCGrid2024 conference. The list of topics of interest is the same as in the Call for Conference Research Papers. Submissions can include partial or even preliminary ideas and results and details of proposed solutions, a high-level summary of your published work, or novel work-in-progress ideas. First-author students are encouraged to submit a short version of the main-track research paper to this track. Important Dates: ● Papers Due: February 15, 2024 ● Notification of Acceptance: March 4, 2024 ● Camera-Ready Papers Due: March 11, 2024 ● Conference Dates: May 6-9, 2024 Submission Guidelines: Eligibility The first author of the submission must be a student enrolled in a doctoral or Masters’ degree program at an academic institution, a postdoctoral researcher, or an early career researcher having a Masters’ or Doctoral degree within the last 3 years (exceptional circumstances will be considered based on a per case basis, e.g., parental time or caring for elderly, etc.). Page Limits, Formatting and Proceedings ● Authors are invited to submit 4-page extended abstracts, including figures and tables but excluding references. ● Manuscripts should be formatted using the IEEE two-column format for conference proceedings. Papers must be submitted as a PDF file. ● All contributions should be submitted electronically through the EasyChair portal. Please select the Doctoral Symposium and Early Career track for your submission since multiple technical tracks may be open at the same time. ● The review process for papers will be single-blinded. Authors should include their names, affiliations, and email addresses as part of the submission. All manuscripts will be reviewed and judged by the program committee members. ● Papers that do not follow these guidelines will not be reviewed. Presentation ● Authors of accepted papers will be allotted short speaking slots to present their work as part of a session at the main conference. ● Participants are also expected to present their work at an interactive poster session and talk one-on-one with the attendees. The recommended poster size is A1 (594mm by 841mm, portrait). ● At least one student/early career author of each accepted paper must register for the conference at the author registration rate and must present their work. Any no-shows will cause the accepted contribution to be withdrawn from the conference proceedings. Travel Support Limited travel support may be available to students and early career researchers whose papers are accepted to the track. PC Members ● Arnab Kumar Paul, Birla Institute of Technology and Science ● Dimitrios Tsoumakos, National Technical University of Athens ● Lena Mashayekhy, University of Delaware ● Lishan Yang, George Mason University ● Nikhil Hegde, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad ● Pradeep Kumar, College of William and Mary ● Sameer Shende, University of Oregon ● Sheng Di, Argonne National Laboratory ● Shrideep Pallickara, Colorado State University ● Tongping Liu, University of Massachusetts Amherst ● Travis Desell, Rochester Institute of Technology ● Uwe Breitenbücher, University of Stuttgart ● Xiaobo Zhou, University of Macau

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[Call for short abstract] Second volume of "Combating Fake News with Computational Intelligence Techniques
by mohamed Lahby 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues, Students and /Fellows, We are editing a second volume of Springer Book entitled *“Combating Fake News with Computational Intelligence Techniques"* We cordially invite you to contribute a chapter. The full chapter is due later this year but for now, We will just need the following: - Author List - Chapter Title - Abstract (between 2 and 6 sentences) The last deadline to submit your short abstract directly at *lahby(a)ieee.org <ahby(a)ieee.org>* is *Feb, 10, 2024. * NB: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book for publication The tentative structure of the book (but are not limited to the following Parts) is mentioned below:. *Part 1: *Theoretical and Applied Aspects *Part 2:* Data Analysis and Text Mining for combating fake news *Part 3:* Knowledge Retrieval for combating fake news *Part 4:* Generative AI for combating fake news *Part 5:* Futuristic Ideas and Cases studies Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Feel free to share with your network as well Best regards!

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CFP: 29th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2024
by Bahman Javadi 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Call for Papers 29th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2024 Paris, France, 24 - 29 June 2024 https://attend.ieee.org/iscc-2024/ The first IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) was held in 1995 in response to the growing interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC takes place annually, usually in the Mediterranean region, in locations such as Egypt, Greece, France, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Italy, and Brazil. In 2024, the Symposium is going to take place in Paris, France. === Important Dates === Paper submission deadline: **February 20, 2024** (23:59 EEST) Notification of paper acceptance: May 3, 2024 Conference dates: June 24 - 29, 2024 === Submissions === Papers describing original works are invited in any of the computer and communications areas covered by the Call for Papers. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2024 Conference Proceedings, which will be subject to independent peer-review procedures for quality, and may be eligible for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. Merit, relevance, and originality will guide paper acceptance. Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards will be presented. === Topics === You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a Panel/Invited Session or a Tutorial, related to the following topics of interest: - 5th Generation Networks (5G) and beyond - Resource Allocation/orchestration - Network Slicing - Network automation and enablers - Topology Management - Core Network and Service-Based Architecture - C-RAN and backhaul - Network Stability, Control and Optimization - Standardisation Activities by IEEE, 3GPP and ETSI - Security and Privacy - Privacy / Anonymity - Attacks and Defenses - Authentication, Authorization and Accounting - Hardware Security - Intrusion Detection - Moving Target Defense (MTD) - Blockchain - Software Defined - Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization - Software-defined Smart Objects - Software-Defined Data Centers - Software-Defined Radio - Overlay and Programmable Networks - Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Artificial Intelligent Systems and Applications in Computers and Communications - AI Technologies - Game Theory - Machine and Deep Learning of Knowledge - Bio-inspired Computing in Communications - Data Science and Data Engineering - Distributed Knowledge and Processing - Cloud and Edge Computing - Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) - Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking - Fog Computing - Distributed Systems Architecture and Management - Wireless Networks - Cognitive Radio Networking - Wireless, Cellular, and Mobile Communications - Modeling and Simulation - Signal Processing for Communications - Mobile and satellite networks convergence - IoT and Sensors Networks - LPWAN (LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE-M, Wi-SUN) - 6TiSCH, 6LoWPAN, Roll - Rest API, CoAP, CBOR, OSCORE - Operating Systems - Interoperability of IoT protocols and devices - Simulation, emulation and testbed support - Smart Spaces: design and applications - Cyber-Physical Systems - Telecare Medical Information System - Tiny Machine Learning for microcontrollers and IoT-ready devices - Vehicular Networks - Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) - IEEE 802.11p ITS-G5 - Millimeter Waves - V2X, V2I, V2N, V2V, V2P, V2D, V2G - Inter and intra-vehicle communication and protocols - Services and Protocols - Advances in Internet Protocols - Green Networking - Real-Time Communication Services - Routing and Multicast - Network Design, Optimization and Management - Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience - Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery - Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures - Standards Evolution - Digital Satellite Communications Service - Localisation Protocols - Communications Services and Management - Crowdsourcing applications, Crowdsensing and Mobile CrowdSensing - Social Networks - Optical Networks - Optical Network Protocols and Architectures - Energy-efficient/green Optical Communications and Networks - Visible Light Communications (Indoor, Outdoor and Localization) - Optical Wireless Communication Applications for Future Networks-Application domain / Framework / Architecture - e-Health and Bioinformatics - Smart Grid - Smart City - Industry 4.0 - Smart Building - Software Engineering - Peer-to-Peer Computing - Computing applications - Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications - Emerging topics in communications - Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications - Quantum Communications & Computing - Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces === Committees === General Co-Chairs - Nawel Zangar, ESIEE Paris, France - Massimo Villari University of Messina, Italy - Susana Sargento, University of Aveiro, Institute of Telecommunications, Portugal Technical Program Co-Chairs - Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy - Fabrice Theoleyre, CNRS, Strasbourg, France - Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes, France Workshop Co-Chairs - Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy - Ben Naila Chedlya, Nagoya University, Japan Keynote Co-Chairs - Michael Kounavis, Meta Platforms, New York, USA - Luca Foschini, Università di Bologna, Italy Poster and Demo Chair - Giuseppe Di Modica, University of Bologna, Italy - Soufiene Djahel, Coventry University, UK - Celimuge Wu, University of Electro-Communications, Japan Publicity Co-Chairs - Periklis Chatzimisios, International Hellenic University, Greece - Yu Min, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China - Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, Mexico Finance & Registration Co-Chairs - Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Webmaster - Malak Chniter, University of Sfax, Tunisia - Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes, France Steering Committee - Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA - Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy - Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil - Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece - Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA - Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, USA - Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA - Susana Sargento, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, University of Aveiro, Portugal - Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy

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[Free Springer Book] Call for chapters: General Aspects of Applying Generative AI in Higher Education: - Opportunities and Challenges
by mohamed Lahby 22 Jan '24

22 Jan '24

- Please accept our apologies if you received duplicate copies of this CFC.) - The submission deadline is February, 28th, 2024. Dear Colleagues, We are seeking two more high-quality chapters for our upcoming book titled, "*General Aspects of Applying Generative AI in Higher Education: - Opportunities and Challenges*" to be published by Springer (Approved), and indexed by Scopus. Kindly find the CFC below and even if you do not have an accepted proposal, please feel free to submit directly via the mentioned submission link. Regards, M. LAHBY Editor ★★★★★★★★★CALL FOR CHAPTERS★★★★★★★★★ *Book title: General Aspects of Applying Generative AI in Higher Education: - Opportunities and Challenges"* *Submission link : * https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISGAIE2024 Submission is also done by email to : m.lahby(a)enscasa.ma *Topics of Interest:* This book aims to engage a diverse audience of researchers, academics, and professionals across various disciplines to explore and exchange innovative ideas, methodologies, theories, and applications addressing the opportunities and challenges inherent in the application of Generative AI in higher education. The focus will be on leveraging computational intelligence techniques to enhance educational processes and outcomes. We invite contributions that delve into the broader aspects of integrating Generative AI, offering insights and solutions that contribute to the advancement of higher education in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished papers to this book. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Generative AI - Recent advances in Generative AI and their impact on education - The impact of Generative AI on learning and teaching - Transforming Education in the Age of Generative AI - Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, and Practice - Generative AI for Training teachers and students - Generative AI for Assistive Technology - Generative AI for Adaptive Learning - Generative AI for Personalized Learning - Generative AI for Assessment Theories & Methodologies - Generative AI for Evaluating Learning Progress and Teaching Success - Generative AI for Automated Feedback Systems - Generative AI for Virtual Teaching Assistants - Generative AIand Collaborative learning - Train Generative AI on Contextual Understanding - Plagiarism, and the Role of Generative AI - Data Privacy and Ethical Considerations - Futuristic Ideas and Cases Studies - Etc *Submission Procedure: * Authors are invited to submit their full chapter by *February 28th, 2024.* Manuscripts submitted for the book must be original, must not be previously published or currently under review anywhere. Submitted manuscripts should respect the standard guidelines of the Springer chapter format. Manuscripts must be prepared using Latex, or Word, and according to the manuscript preparation guidelines, following the link below : https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript… 6 Chapter should contain between 15-25 pages. Manuscripts that do not follow the formatting rules will be rejected without review. Prospective authors should send their manuscripts electronically through the CMT submission system as mentioned below: *Important Dates:* Chapter submission : *February 28th, 2024 * Notification of Acceptance : March 30, 2024 Revised chapter submission : April 15th, 2024 Final acceptance : May 1st, 2024 Online with DOI : First half of 2024 *Abstracting and Indexing:* The accepted chapters will be published by *Springer* and indexed in *Scopus* *EDITORS* Mohamed LAHBY, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco Yassine Maleh, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco Antonio Bucchiarone, Senior researcher MoDiS-FBK, Trento, Italy Satu Elisa Schaeffer, McGill University, Canada *Contact: * For questions regarding the book, please contact *Pr. Mohamed Lahby*: lahby <mlahby(a)gmail.co>@ieee.org Best regards

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WSCG 2024 - Call for Papers - 32. Int.Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization & Computer Vision
by Prof. Ing. Vaclav Skala, CSc. 20 Jan '24

20 Jan '24

Please, forward also to your fellows and/or PhD students Info sent via a list server: computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org ----------- WSCG 2024 - Call for Papers -------------- ----------- REMINDER --------- --- Traditional ANNUAL conference in Central Europe since 1992 ------ 32. WSCG 2024 Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization & Computer Vision 2024 (preferred physical mode) -- In copoperation with the Eurographics Association -- Pilsen (the city of beer) close to Prague, Czech Republic June 3-6, 2024 - http://www.wscg.cz - detailed info - http://www.wscg.eu ------------------ Important dates & Submission: January 30, 2024 - special session/workshop proposals via email only -------------- via submission server only --------------- February 28, 2024 Abstract - recommended sooner February 28, 2024 - Full, Short, Poster papers (submission via server only [http://wscgreg.zcu.cz]) Accepted papers to be published in Computer Science Research Notes, ISSN 2464-4617. The best selected papers will be published in the Journal of WSCG, ISSN 1213-6972. At least one author has to present the paper physically or online or pre-recorded. Proceedings will be produced after the conference. Recent publications available via http://wscg.zcu.cz/DL/wscg_DL.htm - repository since 1992. Accepted workshops/sessions: - Meshless methods in Computer Graphics and Visualization - Other agreements expected Contact: ======== Prof. Vaclav Skala mailto:WSCGconf@gmail.com?subject=WSCG2024 Conference organizer & Chair --------------------------- Prof. Vaclav Skala Contact: http://www.VaclavSkala.eu c/o University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univerzitni 8, CZ 30614, Plzen, Czech Republic -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof.Vaclav Skala http://www.VaclavSkala.eu tel. 37-763-2473 ID verification:https://www.zcu.cz/cs/Employees/person.html?personId=16821 c/o University of West Bohemia Computer Graphics and Visualization Faculty of Applied Sciences Dept.of Computer Science & Engineering Univerzitni 8 CZ 306 14 Plzen Czech Republic ORCID: 0000-0001-8886-4281 ResearcherID:http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9141-2011 Scopus Author ID:https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004643209 Research Gate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vaclav_Skala/publications DBLP:https://dblp.org/orcid/0000-0001-8886-4281 https://dblp.org/pid/s/VaclavSkala.html ACM:https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100496969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jakákoli ujednání vzešlá z této e-mailové/elektronické komunikace se do jejich písemného potvrzení podepsaného oprávněnými osobami nepovažují za platná, účinná a vůči ZČU závazná. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any arrangements arising from this e-mail / electronic communication shall not be considered valid, effective and binding upon the UWB until their written confirmation signed by the authorized persons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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CFP: International Workshop on Converged Computing on Edge, Cloud, and HPC (WOCC'24)
by Valeria Cardellini 19 Jan '24

19 Jan '24

WOCC'24: International Workshop on Converged Computing on Edge, Cloud, and HPC May 16, 2024, Hamburg, Germany To be held in conjunction with ISC'24: The International Conference on High Performance Computing Workshop website: https://kth-scalab.github.io/events/wocc24 <https://kth-scalab.github.io/events/wocc24> Submission webpage: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wocc24 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wocc24> ## Introduction The landscape of scientific computing is changing rapidly as complex, multi-stage pipelined workflows that combine traditional HPC computations with large-scale data analytics and AI are becoming increasingly common. Such complex workflows are expected to require the coordinated use of supercomputers, cloud data centers, and edge-processing devices in an environment with shared characteristics. Providing a seamless environment that combines the best of these worlds leads to an era of Converged Computing. Cloud computing is becoming a dominant market force, driving innovation in both hardware and the software needed to manage increasing system and workflow complexity. Cloud technologies are gaining prevalence in HPC due to their benefits of resource dynamism, automation, reproducibility, and resilience. Similarly, HPC technologies for application performance optimization and sophisticated scheduling of complex resources are being integrated into modern cloud infrastructures. However, the convergence of HPC and cloud also raises a series of new challenges in areas of resource management, data transfers, storage and throughput. The Second Workshop on Converged Computing (WOCC'24) will provide the edge, HPC and cloud communities a dedicated venue for discussing challenges and research opportunities, deployment efforts, and best practices in supporting complex workflows on coordinated use of supercomputers and cloud data centers as well as edge-processing devices. The workshop aims to spark discussion between participants who are developing applications, algorithms, middleware, and infrastructure for converged environments. ## Topics of Interest We encourage submission of works that are related to the following topics, and accept other related topics. Experience and best practice of converged computing of cloud, edge, and HPC Resource and job management software Architectures, networks, and storage Software stack, middleware, and infrastructure Advanced models for expressing system resources Scheduling, resource allocation, and adaptation Complex workflows including HPC, Machine-Learning, and Data Analytics components Early results and evaluation of porting HPC applications to clouds Elasticity and scalability amid resource heterogeneity Virtualization, containers, container runtimes, and container orchestration frameworks Scalable and elastic storage and I/O data management services and architectures Resilience, fault tolerance, and reliability in converged computing environments Early results of leveraging cloud techniques (e.g., Kubernetes, cloud databases) for HPC applications System- and application-level resource monitoring and optimization techniques and tools ## Important Dates Paper Submission: Mar 01, 2024 Author Notifications: Apr 01, 2024 Workshop day: May 16, 2024 Camera Ready: June 17, 2024, including Copyright Form ## Organization Co-chairs: Ivy Peng (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Daniel Milroy (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Tapasya Patki (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Valeria Cardellini (Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy) ## Program Committee: Antony Chazapis (FORTH-ICS, Greece) Jakob Luettgau (UTK, USA) Manolis Marazakis (FORTH-ICS, Greece) Claudia Misale (IBM, USA) Nina Mujkanovic (HPE, Switzerland) Gabriele Russo Russo (Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy) Rafael Tolosana-Calasanz (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) Nathan Tallent (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) Jae-Seung Yeom (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)

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CALL for Spring 2024 International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA) course proposals
by Efi 18 Jan '24

18 Jan '24

Dear distinguished AI Professor or Senior Scientist (PhD holder), the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA) aims to become a reference initiative for AI education in Europe and implement mechanisms for inter-university sharing of AI educational assets at PhD-level. As part of the program, AIDA offers a series of courses on Artificial Intelligence and related fields given by distinguished lecturers. *We invite you to contribute to this initiative for the definition of the AIDA Spring 2024 semester program*. You can participate in the AIDA program by offering new or opening-up existing courses targeted to AIDA students* or other students worldwide according to the participation terms of your own organization. Short/Very Short course formats (5-16 hours) are typically encouraged, while semester courses, or asynchronous mode web courses will be considered as well. Accepted courses will be listed on AIDA website ( https://www.i-aida.org/) and will be advertised for free with the support of AIDA dissemination channels. Proposals for courses for the AIDA Spring 2024 semester program should be sent to: Prof. Prof. Stefano Berretti stefano.berretti(a)unifi.it, and Ms. Efi Patmanidou epatman(a)csd.auth.gr no later than *January 31st, 2024* and will be evaluated by the AIDA Committee by *February 10th, 2024*. Proposals for AIDA Courses should include (pls, fill in the attached document): *Course title:* *Lecturer name & affiliation:* *Host Institution:* *Content and organization: *Course details about the content. 1 paragraph *Level: *(Undergraduate/Postgraduate) *Course Duration: *Hours *Course Type: *(Short/Semester/Lecture series/Seasonal School*)* *Participation terms: **Registration fee policy for external (non-AIDA) students*, e.g., free of charge or fee of ??? Euros. *Special terms for AIDA students*, e.g., discount 50% or free for X number of AIDA students. *Add text for a) non-AIDA student registration and AIDA student registration/enrollment, as in (6) below.* *Lectures plan: *Days/time *Proposed schedule: *Start date – End date *Language: *English/Other *Modality: *Online/in person *Notes: *Are there exams? Details on how to successfully complete the course. 1-2 sentences. *Course Link:* *AIDA students may be PhD students, post-doc researchers, possibly qualified MSc students or professionals of AIDA Members Best regards, Stefano Berretti AIDA course planning _______________________________ Prof. Stefano Berretti, Ph.D. Media Integration and Communication Center (MICC) & Department of Information Engineering (DINFO) University of Florence via S. Marta 3 - 50139, Florence - ITALY email: stefano.berretti 'at' unifi.it phone: +39 055 2758529

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[CfP-Deadline Extended] 26 Jan 2024 | EICC 2024, 5-6 Jun 2024, Xanthi (Greece) | ACM ICPS + special issue Int J Inf Secur
by S Vrhovec 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

======================================================================= EICC 2024: European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference 5-6 June 2024 | Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece W: https://www.fvv.um.si/eicc2024/ | E: eicc(a)um.si ======================================================================= == Call for papers/posters == Paper submission: 26 Jan 2024 (extended) Author notification: 1 Mar 2024 Poster submission: 8 Mar 2024 Camera-ready: 5 Apr 2024 Submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eicc2024 EICC 2024 proceedings will be published by ACM ICPS. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a Special Issue of the International Journal of Information Security (Springer, 1615-5262/1615-5270). The conference will offer a Best Paper Award, Best Student Paper Award, and Best Poster Award sponsored by the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS), University of Kent (UK). == About EICC 2024 == The European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference – EICC 2024 aims at establishing a venue for the exchange of information on cybersecurity and its many aspects between academics and practitioners in Europe. EICC was until 2019 known as the Central European Cybersecurity Conference – CECC and has been rebranded to underscore the interdisciplinarity of the conference and broaden its reach. EICC 2024 encourages the dialogue between computer scientists and researchers in all other fields related to cybersecurity, such as behavioral sciences, sociology, criminology, investigations and law. Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome. EICC 2024 is planned as a face-to-face conference. == Scope == The conference is devoted to exploring and presenting original innovative applications, scientific and technological advancements in the field of cybersecurity. Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to: - Cybersecurity and cyber resilience - Cyber insurance - Digital privacy - Digital currency, blockchains and cybercrime - Law, investigation, internet jurisdiction and ethics - Child safety in the cyberspace - Cyber forensics - Surveillance, interception, blocking and sovereignty - Cyber warfare - Network security - Critical infrastructure security - Embedded systems security - Business continuity and disaster recovery - Information security governance - Security management - Cloud security - Internet of things security - Big data and cybersecurity - Healthcare information security - Software development security - Cyber-physical systems security - Adversarial machine learning - Trust management Special sessions: Digital Privacy for Industrial Applications - DP4I 2024 [Submission Deadline: 15 Mar 2024] Medical Device Security and Privacy - MeDSec 2024 [Submission Deadline: 28 Feb 2024] Complex Network Analysis for Cybersecurity - CNACYS 2024 [Submission Deadline: 29 Mar 2024] Please see the conference website for further details. -- Simon Vrhovec https://simvrh.wordpress.com/

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[EXTENDED DEADLINE] IEEE WCCI/IJCNN 2024 Special Session on Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems
by Alessio Martino 13 Jan '24

13 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues, We are inviting you to submit your research work to *WCCI 2024 <https://2024.ieeewcci.org/>* Special Session *Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems* <https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/wcci-aics-2024> We would appreciate if you forward this CfP to friends and colleagues that might be interested. ******************************************************************************* *Special Session on Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems* *IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI)* <https://2024.ieeewcci.org/> *June 30th-July 5th, 2024. Venue - Yokohama, Japan.* ******************************************************************************* SCOPE and TOPICS The special session aims to explore the intricate relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and complex systems through Complexity Theory, delving into the understanding of modern AI systems such as deep learning architectures and large language models (e.g., GPT/ChatGPT, BARD, Llama, Anthropic, etc.) as complex dynamic systems. With a focus on stochastic processes, explainable AI, cognitive approaches, multimodal learning, AI and security, and AI and bias, the session will serve as a multidisciplinary platform that extends beyond engineering to include cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy, and other relevant fields. Specifically, we welcome researchers and engineers in AI and complex systems theory, cognitive scientists, linguists, and philosophers as well as industry professionals seeking to apply complexity theory in AI solutions to submit their works to this special session to investigate on the following four objectives: - To investigate how Complexity Theory can offer invaluable tools for analyzing AI systems, particularly in the context of dynamic behavior, emergent properties, and stochastic processes. - To explore how AI can be employed to study and understand complex systems, including information granulation (Granular Computing) and multi-agent environments. - To establish new methodologies for measuring the intelligence and linguistic understanding of AI systems through the lens of Complexity Theory. - To discuss the future directions and next steps in the intersection of AI and Complexity Theory in reaching artificial general intelligence (AGI). Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Emergent Behavior and Stochastic Processes in AI Systems: Understanding how complex systems theory can explain the adaptive, emergent characteristics and stochastic outputs of AI. - Multifractal and Stochastic Analysis of AI: Utilizing complexity theory for the multifractal and stochastic analysis of AI systems. - Dynamic Systems Theory in AI: How dynamic systems theory can be applied to AI for better system analysis and prediction. - Explainable AI: Investigating methods for making complex AI systems understandable and interpretable. - Cognitive Approach in AI: Exploring how cognitive science can inform and improve AI systems. - Multimodal Learning: The role of multimodal learning in enhancing the capabilities of AI systems. - AI in Multi-Agent Complex Systems: Exploring the role of AI in the study and understanding of multi-agent complex systems. - AI and Security: Discussing the implications of complexity theory for AI in cybersecurity. - AI and Bias: Addressing the challenges and solutions for bias in AI systems. - Linguistic and Philosophical Aspects: Investigating the implications of complexity in AI for language models, meaning, and other linguistic aspects, as well as philosophical considerations. ******************************************************************************* IMPORTANT DATES * EXTENDED PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 29th, 2024 * Paper Acceptance Notification: March 15th, 2024 * Final Paper Submission & Early Registration: May 1st, 2024 ******************************************************************************* SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The submission procedure, deadlines, and paper format are the same as the *IEEE WCCI 2024 *main conference. In particular, we recall that papers must be submitted through the *IEEE WCCI 2024* online submission system <https://edas.info/N31614> and selecting the "Special Session Papers" track on IJCNN 2024. At submission stage, make sure to select "Special Session: AICS: Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems" amongst the Topics. ******************************************************************************* ORGANIZERS and CONTACT - *Prof. Alessio Martino* – LUISS University, Rome, Italy Email: amartino(a)luiss.it - *Prof. Enrico De Santis* – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Email: enrico.desantis(a)uniroma1.it - *Prof. Antonello Rizzi* – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Email: antonello.rizzi(a)uniroma1.it Official Special Session Website: <https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/wcci-aics-2024> ________________________________________ Alessio Martino, PhD Assistant Professor of Computer Science LUISS Guido Carli University Department of Business and Management Viale Romania 32, 00197 Rome, Italy<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Viale+Romania,+32,+00197+Roma+RM/@41.9250…> (Room 539) Phone: (+39) 06-85225957 E-mail: amartino(a)luiss.it<mailto:amartino@luiss.it> La presente e-mail proviene da Luiss Guido Carli e s'intende inviata per scopi lavorativi. 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ICCSA 2024: 2nd Call for Papers
by Osvaldo Gervasi 13 Jan '24

13 Jan '24

We apologize for multiple copies received. ************************************************************************************* ** ** ** The 2024 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications ** ** ICCSA 2024 ** ** Thuyloi University, Hanoi, Vietnam ** ** July 1-4, 2024 ** ** https://iccsa.org ** ** ** ** Electronic Submission System: https://ess.iccsa.org ** ** Author's page: https://iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors ** ** ** ** Deadline for submitting a full paper: Feb 7th, 2024 ** ** ** ************************************************************************************* The ICCSA 2024 conference will be organized in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 1-4, 2024 in collaboration with Thuyloi University. Virtual registration will be available in the spirit of facilitating researchers suffering from very critical economic and political situations. Besides online sessions, there will be pure on-site sessions with presential participation. ICCSA 2024 will be the next event in a series of highly successful International Conferences on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA), previously held in a blended form in Athens - Greece (2023), Malaga - Spain (2022), in Cagliari - Italy (2021), online (2020, as an online-only event due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions). Then, before COVID, in Saint Petersburg - Russia (2019), Melbourne - Australia (2018), Trieste - Italy (2017), Beijing - China (2016), Banff - Canada (2015), Guimaraes - Portugal (2014), Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam (2013), Salvador da Bahia - Brazil (2012), Santander - Spain (2011), Fukuoka - Japan (2010), Suwon - Korea (2009), Perugia - Italy (2008), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (2007), Glasgow - United Kingdom (2006), Singapore - Singapore(2005), Assisi - Italy (2004), Montreal - Canada (2003), and, as ICCS, in Amsterdam - The Netherlands (2002) and San Francisco - USA (2001). Computational Science is a central pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial activities and plays a unique role in exploiting innovative ICT technologies. The ICCSA Conference offers an opportunity to bring together scientists of different disciplines, discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced solutions breeding new trends in Computational Science. **Conference Themes** The ICCSA 2024 Conference themes, grouped in six tracks, are the following (but are not limited to): 1. Track: Computational Methods, Algorithms and Scientific Application Computational Biology Computational Combustion Computational Chemistry Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics Computational Geometry Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics Computational Electromagnetics Numerical Methods and Algorithms 2. Track: High-Performance Computing and Networks Parallel and Distributed Computing Cluster Computing Supercomputing Cloud Computing Autonomic Computing P2P Computing Mobile Computing Grid and Semantic Grid Computing Workflow Design and Practice Computer and Network Architecture 3. Track: Geometric Modelling, Graphics and Visualization Scientific Visualization Computer Graphics Geometric Modelling Pattern Recognition Image Processing CAD/CAM Web3D, Virtual and Augmented Reality 4. Track: Advanced and Emerging Applications Biochemistry Bioinformatics Astrophysics Biometric Modelling Environmental, Climate and Weather Modelling Geology and Geophysics Nuclear Physics Financial and Economic Modelling Computational Journalism Geographical Information Systems 5. Track: Information Systems and Technologies Information Retrieval Scientific Databases Security Engineering Risk Analysis Reliability Engineering Software Engineering Data Mining Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Learning Technologies Web-Based Computing Web 2.0 Blockchain 6. Track: Urban and Regional Planning Urban and regional growth Sustainable urban and regional development Socio-ecological systems Open Data, Big Data Cultural Heritage Smart and Sustainable Cities Mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems Decision Support Systems Complexity assessment and mapping Logistics **Paper Submission** To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2024 website: https://ess.iccsa.org. Only papers submitted through the electronic system and strictly adhering to the relevant format will be considered for reviewing and publication. The paper can belong to one of the following categories: Full Papers, Short Papers, and PHD Showcase Papers, and can refer either to the General Tracks or to one of the 70 workshop: FULL PAPERS Reporting an innovative and consolidated research work. The submitted paper must be between 12 and 18 pages long. SHORT PAPERS Reporting preliminary results of ongoing research. The submitted paper must be between 8 and 11 pages long. PHD SHOWCASE PAPERS Reporting ongoing research already achieving significant results and primarily carried out by PhD students and junior researchers. The submitted paper must be between 10 to 18 pages long. Each paper must deal with original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication elsewhere (copyright problems fall entirely under the responsibility of the authors). Each paper will be reviewed by at least three experts in the relevant field (acceptance rate was 28% in 2005, 26% in 2006 and 28% in 2007, 29% in 2008, 30% in 2009, 29% in 2021, 2011, 2012, and 30% in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023) according to the Single Blind review method, ensuring the publication of only top quality contributions. When a paper is accepted, at least one of the authors has to register for the conference and deliver the related talk. Failure to do so shall lead to the rejection of the application to attend next year's conference and the exclusion of the paper from the current year's proceedings. **Workshops** Refer to the web page https://iccsa.org/workshops for the updated list of Workshops. 1) Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2024 ) 2) Artificial Intelligence supported Medical data examination (AIM 2024) 3) Advanced and Innovative web Apps 2024 (AIWA 2024) 4) Advanced Processes of Mathematics and Computing Models in Complex Computational Systems (AMCM 2024) 5) Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Emergency management, risk assessment and mitigation based on the Resilience concepts (ASTER 2024) 6) Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Research and Analysis (ASTRA 2024) 7) Advances in Web Based Learning 2024 (AWBL 2024) 8) Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2024) 9) Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2024) 10) Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM 2024) 11) Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2024) 12) Cyber Intelligence and Applications (CIA 2024) 13) Computational Methods, Statistics and Industrial Mathematics (CMSIM 2024) 14) Computational Optimization and Applications (COA 2024) 15) Computational Astrochemistry 2024 (CompAstro 2024) 16) Computational methods for porous geomaterials (CompPor 2024) 17) Workshop on Computational Science and HPC (CSHPC 2024) 18) Cities, Technologies and Planning (CTP 2024) 19) Sustainable Digital Circular Economy (DiCE 2024) 20) Towards the implementation of the energy transition: new methods and digital solutions (DIGIT4RES 2024) 21) Evaluating Inner Areas Potentials (EIAP 2024) 22) Econometric and Multidimensional Evaluation in Urban Environment (EMEUE 2024) 23) Environmental, Social, Governance of Energy Planning (ESGEP 2024) 24) Ecosystem services in spatial planning for climate neutral urban and rural areas (ESSP 2024) 25) Ethical AI applications for a human-centered cyber society (EthicAI 2024) 26) The 14th International Workshop on Future Information System Technologies and Applications (FiSTA 2024) 27) Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (Geog-And-Mod 2024) 28) Geomatics for Resource Monitoring and Management (GRMM 2024) 29) International Workshop on Information and Knowledge in the Internet of Thing (IKIT 2024) 30) regeneratIng browNFields Enhancing uRban rEsilieNCe appEal (INFERENCE 2024) 31) International Workshop on Collective, Massive and Evolutionary Systems (IWCES 2024) 32) International Workshop on territorial Planning to integrate Risk and urban Ontologies. (IWPRO 2024) 33) Ontology for Heterogeneous Knowledge in Design and Planning (KoDeP 2024) 34) MaaS Solutions for Airports, Cities and regional connectivity (MaaS 2024) 35) The development of urban mobility management and risk assessment (MAINTAIN 2024) 36) Multidimensional Evolutionary Evaluations for Transformative Approaches (MEETA 2024) 37) Building multi-dimensional models for assessing complex environmental systems (MES 2024) 38) Mathematical Numerical Approaches for Differential Equations (MNADE 2024) 39) MOdels and indicators for assessing and measuring the urban settlement deVElopment in the view of ZERO net land take by 2050 (MOVEto0 2024) 40) 4th Workshop on Privacy in the Cloud/Edge/IoT World (PCEIoT 2024) 41) Quantum Computing Impact Cybersecurity Application (QC4CS 2024) 42) RE-Thinking FOR MainTENancE: perspectives, tools and opportunities for resilient territories (ReThink4M10E 2024) 43) Scientific Computing Infrastructure (SCI 2024) 44) Spatial COgnition in urban and regional Planning Under Risk (SCOPUR 2024) 45) Downscale Agenda2030 (SDGscale 2024) 46) Secured Edge Computing (SEC 2024) 47) SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS FOR LAND USE MANAGEMENT (SEMLUM 2024) 48) Workshop for Sustainable Development, IoT Applications, and Intelligent Supply Chain Management Systems (SIS 2024) 49) Ports of the future - Smartness and Sustainability (SmartPorts 2024) 50) Smart Transport and Logistics - Smart Supply Chains (SmarTransLog 2024) 51) Smart Tourism (SmartTourism 2024) 52) Sustainable evolution of long-Distance frEight paSsenger Transport (SOLIDEST 2024) 53) Sustainability performance assessment: models, approaches, and applications toward interdisciplinary and integrated solutions (SPA 2024) 54) Specifics of smart cities development in Europe (SPEED 2024) 55) Smart, Safe, and Health Cities (SSHC 2024) 56) Smart and Sustainable Island Communities (SSIC 2024) 57) Spatio-temporal Data Science: Harnessing Big Data and AI for Geocomputation (STDS Geocomputation 2024) 58) From STreet Experiments to Planned Solutions (STEPS 2024) 59) SUSTAINABLE development of PORTS (SUSTAINABLEPORTS 2024) 60) Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and its Applications (TCCMA 2024) 61) Transport Infrastructures for Smart Cities (TISC 2024) 62) From structural to TRAnsformative-change of City Environment: challenges & solutions & perspectives (TRACE 2024) 63) Transport and digital multiscale sustainable network for circular economy (Trans_Net 2024) 64) Temporary Real Estate management: Approaches and methods for Time-integrated impact assessments and evaluations (TREAT 2024) 65) Urban Regeneration: Innovative Tools and Evaluation Model (URITEM 2024) 66) Urban Space Accessibility and Mobilities (USAM 2024) 67) Virtual Reality and Augmented reality and applications (VRA 2024) 68) Workshop on Advanced and Computational Methods for Earth Science applications (WACM4ES 2024) 69) Deep Image Understanding: Bridging the Gap with Artificial Intelligence (WAICVIP 2024) 70) Artificial Intelligence in Social Media Analytics (WAISMA 2024) When submitting your contribution to one of the above-listed Workshops, please pay attention to selecting the correct entry in the list box shown in the Abstract, Paper and Camera Ready submission forms. An author is enabled to change the workshop associated with a submitted paper until the submission deadline by updating the paper in the system and selecting the proper Workshop from the list. **Important Dates** Please see important dates page: https://iccsa.org/important-dates **Proceedings** The proceedings of the Conference will be published by Springer (Lecture Notes in Computer Science series) in two different volume sets: ICCSA 2024 (for Papers, Short Papers and PHD Showcase papers belonging to the General Tracks) and ICCSA Workshops 2024 (for Papers, Short Papers and PHD Showcase papers belonging to the 70 Workshops). Please notice the page limitations of the three types of submissions: 1. Full Papers: 12-18 pages 2. Short papers: 8-11 pages 3. PHD Showcase Papers: 10-18 pages For a selected number of top-quality papers, after the Conference, the authors will be requested to extend the paper in order to be published as special issues in appropriate international journals. The proceedings will be indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. All reviewed papers will be checked against Plagiarism and Generative AI. Authors interested in publishing open access can find the necessary information at the URL: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/open-access-publishing-in… Conference policy By submitting the paper to the ICCSA conference, all authors agree to abide by all ICCSA conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies. Namely, the authors confirm that the work is original, has not appeared in literature in any form in the past and will not be submitted to any other venue concurrently with ICCSA submission or until it appears in ICCSA proceedings (in the case of acceptance). Furthermore, upon paper acceptance, authors agree to transfer the copyright on the accepted paper to ICCSA, and one of the authors will register the paper and present the paper at the event. No paper withdrawals can be accepted after the Conference pre-registration date or within three months of the actual event, whichever date comes first. Paper withdrawal requests can be only accepted in writing through email, letter or fax to conference organizers. The conference has no responsibility for any intentional or accidental misuse, misinterpretation, or failure to follow the above rules and conditions and holds no legal, civil or other responsibility for opinions, content or utilization of any methods/algorithms expressed in the Conference Proceedings. Registration fee payments cannot be refunded for changes or errors not attributable to ICCSA. Contact Information David Taniar Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity Monash University Melbourne Australia Email: david <dot> taniar <at> monash <dot> edu Osvaldo Gervasi Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia Via Vanvitelli, 1 06123 Perugia Italy Phone: +39-075-5855048 Fax: +39-075-5855024 Email: osvaldo <dot> gervasi <at> unipg <dot> it URL: http://ogervasi <dot> unipg <dot> it

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Call for Papers, PDSEC-2024 Workshop, May 2024
by Jean-Claude Charr 12 Jan '24

12 Jan '24

**CALL FOR PAPERS** The 25th IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC-2024) (http://www.ieee- <http://www.ieee-/> tcsc.org/2024/pdsec/ <http://tcsc.org/2024/pdsec/>) will be held on May 31, 2024 in San Francisco, California, USA, in conjunction with IPDPS 2024. Deadline: PDSEC-2024 deadline: 02 Feb 2024 (AoE) Scope and Interests: The technological trends in HPC system evolution indicates an increasing burden placed on application developers due to the management of the unprecedented complexity levels of hardware and its associated performance characteristics. Many existing scientific applications codes are unlikely to perform well on future systems without major modifications or even complete rewrites. In the future, it will be necessary to utilize, in concert, many characteristics such as multiple levels of parallelism, many lightweight cores, complex memory hierarchies, novel I/O technology, power capping, system-wide temporal/spatial performance heterogeneity and reliability concerns. The parallel and distributed computing (PDC) community has developed new programming models, algorithms, libraries and tools to meet these challenges in order to accommodate productive code development and effective system use. However, the scientific application community still needs to identify the benefit through practical evaluations. Thus, the focus of this workshop is on methodologies and experiences used in scientific and engineering applications and algorithms to achieve sustainable code development for better productivity, application performance and reliability. In particular, we will focus on the following topics in parallel and distributed scientific and engineering applications, and not limited to: - Big scientific data - Performance modeling and simulation for the execution of scalable scientific applications on new heterogeneous architectures - Graph analytics with their (scientific) applications - Code modernization methodologies and experiences for adapting the changes in future computing systems - Languages for scientific computing on hybrid systems (e.g. Python, MPI+X where X is OpenMP, OpenCL, CUDA etc.) - Tools and techniques for improving the performance, reliability and resilience of scientific applications - Use cases of enterprise distributed computing technology (such as MapReduce, Data Analytics and Machine-learning tools) in scientific and engineering applications - Scalable parallel and distributed algorithms supporting science and engineering applications - Performance portability across heterogeneous architecture Important Dates: Paper submission due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 02, 2024 Notification of Acceptance . . . . . . . . . . February 23, 2024 Final camera-ready paper . . . . . . . . . . . .February 29, 2024 Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 31, 2024 General Chairs Sabine Roller, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany George Bosilca, University of Tennessee, USA Program Chairs Raphael Couturier, University of Franche-Comte, France Neda Ebrahimi Pour, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Publicity Chair Jean-Claude Charr, University of Franche-Comte, France Steering Committee Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Thomas Rauber, University of Bayreuth, Germany Gudula Runger, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Web Chair Jiawei Wang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Sincerely, Jean-Claude Charr Associate professor at IUT NFC University of Franche-Comte, France

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The Seventh International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2024)
by Massimo Cafaro 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

The Seventh International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2024) Pisa, Italy, June 3 - 4, 2024 in conjunction with ACM HPDC 2024 https://sntaworkshop.github.io/2024/ Submission link https://snta24.hotcrp.com/paper/new Submission deadline March 1, 2024 The tasks of systems and network telemetry are vital for effective operations and management of HPC and distributed computing systems by offering comprehensive measurement and analysis capabilities to provide visibility into what is occurring at any time. The tasks will be significantly complicated with the greater complexity of computing systems, increasing network speed, and the newly introduced mobile and IoT devices. Such changes will render the existing telemetry and analysis techniques outdated, and more scalable techniques may be in place for data-driven and deeper data analysis. In addition to the quantitative and qualitative challenges, data pressure in systems and networks also comes from various sources such as sensors, computing systems, networking and security devices, and other emerging computing elements speaking with different syntax and semantics, which makes organizing and incorporating the generated data difficult for extensive analysis. This workshop aims at bridging the systems and network measurement and the latest advances in artificial intelligence and data science technologies to advance the performance and reliability of HPC and distributed systems. New analysis techniques are needed in the modern world from the diverse angles of systems/network performance, availability, and security. For example, real-time streaming analytics algorithms and methods need to be explored for estimating network performance and summarizing the traffic variables to capture the network activities due to the network bandwidth increase. Multivariate analysis of telemetric variables may provide an intuitive, comprehensive view of the systems and network dynamics. New logging techniques are also needed with the latest developments in storage and archival technologies. In addition, many applications in this area may need to address the application-specific requirements and challenges. This workshop intends to share visions of investigating new approaches and methods at the intersection of data sciences and HPC/distributed computing systems. Topics of Interest (but not limited to) • Systems and network measurement, analysis, and summarization • Data-driven, multivariate, streaming-based data processing • Scalable distributed and federated machine learning • Performance modeling, analysis, and optimization • Cybersecurity, forensics, privacy, and anonymization • Intelligent workflow, visualization, and applications • Smart instruments, edge/fog-systems, and IoTs • Wireless, sensor, 5G/6G networks measurement and analysis • Software/Knowledge-Defined-* technologies • Advances in network and storage technologies • Design and evaluation of HPC and distributed systems • Best practices and implementations tied to systems/network data analysis Submission Guidelines All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are invited to submit either a full (max 8 pages) paper or a short/work-in-progress (max 5 pages) paper. Papers will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as part of the ACM digital library. Submission link: https://snta24.hotcrp.com/paper/new Important Dates • Submission deadline: March 1, 2024 • Author notification: April 1, 2024 • Camera-ready deadline: April 18, 2024 • Workshop: June 3-4, 2024 Program Committee • Mohammed Abuhamad, Loyola University Chicago, USA • Stergios Anastasiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece • Engin Arslan, University of Nevada at Reno, USA • Sang-Yoon Chang, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA • Ming-Hung Chen, IBM, USA • Chunglae Cho, ETRI, Korea • Italo Epicoco, University of Salento, Italy • Wenjun Fan, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China • In Kee Kim, University of Georgia, USA • Alina Lazar, Youngstown State University, USA • Chul-Ho Lee, Texas State University, USA • Dongeun Lee, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA • Che-Rung Lee, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan • Kwangsung Oh, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA • Amir H. Payberah, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden • Marco Pulimeno, University of Salento, Italy • Thomas Ropars, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France • Alex Sim, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA • Houjun Tang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA • K. John Wu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Organizing Committee • Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy • Eric Chan-Tin, Loyola University Chicago, USA • Jerry Chou, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan • Jinoh Kim, Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA Keynote Speaker (TBD) Publication Papers will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as part of the ACM digital library. Venue The conference will be held in conjunction with ACM HPDC 2024. Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to SNTA.help(a)gmail.com. -- ************************************************************************************** Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining & Machine Learning Head of HPC Lab https://hpc-lab.unisalento.it Director of Master in Applied Data Science Department of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web https://www.massimocafaro.it 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 INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing. ************************************************************************************** --

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Ada-Europe conference - 31 Jan Journal Track Extended Deadline
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

----------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED Call for Contributions 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) 11-14 June 2024, Barcelona, Spain www.ada-europe.org/conference2024 *** Journal track deadline EXTENDED to 31 January 2024 *** *** Other submissions by 26 February 2024 *** Organized by Ada-Europe and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, ACM SIGBED, ACM SIGPLAN, and Ada Resource Association (ARA) #AEiC2024 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information The 28th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) will take place in Barcelona, Spain. AEiC is a leading international forum for providers, practitioners, and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design, development, and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for a challenging variety of application domains. The program will also include keynotes, Q&A and discussion sessions, and social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia, and government organizations active in the development of reliable software technologies. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to (more specific topics are described on the conference web page): * Formal and Model-Based Engineering of Critical Systems; * High-Integrity Systems and Reliability; * AI for High-Integrity Systems Engineering; * Real-Time Systems; * Ada Language; * Applications in Relevant Domains. The conference comprises different tracks and co-located events: * Journal track papers present research advances supported by solid theoretical foundation and thorough evaluation. * Industrial track contributions highlight industrial open challenges and/or the practitioners' side of a relevant case study or industrial project. * Work-in-progress track papers illustrate novel research ideas that are still at an initial stage, between conception and first prototype. * Tutorials guide attenders through a hands-on familiarization with innovative developments or with useful features related to reliable software. * Workshops provide discussion forums on themes related to the conference topics. * Vendor presentations and exhibitions allow for companies to showcase their latest products and services. *** Important Dates 31 January 2024 EXTENDED submission deadline for journal track papers 26 February 2024 Deadline for submission of industrial track papers, work-in-progress papers, tutorial and workshop proposals 22 March 2024 First round notification for journal track papers, and notification of acceptance for all other types of submissions 11-14 June 2024 Conference *** Call for Journal Track Submissions Following a journal-first model, this edition of the conference includes a journal track, which seeks original and high-quality papers that describe mature research work on the conference topics. Accepted journal track papers will be published in a Special Issue of Elsevier JSA - the Journal of Systems Architecture (Q1 ranked, CiteScore 8.5, impact factor 4.5). Accordingly, the conference is listed as "Journal Published" in the latest update of the CORE Conference Ranking released in August 2023. Contributions must be submitted by 31 January 2024. Submissions should be made online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/jsa/, selecting the "Ada-Europe AEiC 2024" option (submission page open from 15 November 2023) as article type of the paper. General information for submitting to the JSA can be found at the Journal of Systems Architecture website. JSA has adopted the Virtual Special Issue model to speed up the publication process, where Special Issue papers are published in regular issues, but marked as SI papers. Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis. Therefore, authors are encouraged to submit papers early, and need not wait until the submission deadline. Authors who have successfully passed the first round of review will be invited to present their work at the conference. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The Ada-Europe organization will waive the Open Access fees for the first four accepted papers (whose authors do not already enjoy Open Access agreements). Subsequent papers will follow JSA regular publishing track. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chairs, Bjorn Andersson (baandersson(a)sei.cmu.edu) and Luis Miguel Pinho (lmp(a)isep.ipp.pt). *** Call for Industrial Track Submissions The conference seeks industrial practitioner presentations that deliver insight on the challenges of developing reliable software. Especially welcome kinds of submissions are listed on the conference website. Given their applied nature, such contributions will be subject to a dedicated practitioner-peer review process. Interested authors shall submit a 1-to-2 pages abstract, by 26 February 2024, via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aeic2024, selecting the "Industrial Track". The format for submission is strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style. Templates are available at http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/guide. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference and will also be invited to expand their contributions into full-fledged articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the industrial track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to its chairs Luciana Provenzano (luciana.provenzano(a)mdu.se) and Michael Pressler (Michael.Pressler(a)de.bosch.com). *** Call for Work-in-Progress Track Submissions The work-in-progress track seeks two kinds of submissions: (a) ongoing research and (b) early-stage ideas. Ongoing research submissions are 4-page papers describing research results that are not mature enough to be submitted to the journal track. Early-stage ideas are 1-page papers that pitch new research directions that fall within the scope of the conference. Both kinds of submissions must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Submissions by recent MSc graduates and PhD students are especially sought. Authors shall submit their work by 26 February 2024, via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aeic2024, selecting the "Work-in-Progress Track". The format for submission is strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style. Templates are available at http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/guide. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference and will also be offered the opportunity to expand their contributions into 4-page articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the WiP track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chairs Alejandro R. Mosteo (amosteo(a)unizar.es) and Ruben Martins (rubenm(a)andrew.cmu.edu). *** Awards The organization will offer an honorary award for the best technical presentation, to be announced in the closing session of the conference. *** Call for Tutorials The conference seeks tutorials in the form of educational seminars on themes falling within the conference scope, with an academic or practitioner slant, including hands-on or practical elements. Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed duration (half-day or full-day), the intended level of the contents (introductory, intermediate, or advanced), and a statement motivating attendance. Tutorial proposals shall be submitted at any time but no later than the 26 February 2024 to the respective chair Maria A. Serrano (maria.serrano(a)nearbycomputing.com), with subject line: "[AEiC 2024: tutorial proposal]". Once submitted, each tutorial proposal will be evaluated by the conference organizers as soon as possible, with decisions from January 1st. The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration, halved for half-day tutorials. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops The conference welcomes satellite workshops centred on themes that fall within the conference scope. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the AEiC conference. Workshop organizers shall also commit to producing the proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal. Workshop proposals shall be submitted at any time but no later than the 26 February 2024 to the respective chair Sergio Saez (ssaez(a)disca.upv.es), with subject line: "[AEiC 2024: workshop proposal]". Once submitted, each workshop proposal will be evaluated by the conference organizers as soon as possible, with decisions from January 1st. *** Academic Listing The Journal of Systems Architecture, publication venue of the journal track proceedings of the conference, is Q1 ranked, with CiteScore 8.5 and Impact Factor 4.5. The Ada User Journal, venue of all other technical proceedings of the conference, is indexed by Scopus and by EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database. *** Call for Exhibitors and Sponsors The conference will include a vendor and technology exhibition with the option of a 20 minutes presentation as part of the conference program. Interested providers should direct inquiries to the Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriot (ahlan(a)ada-switzerland.ch). *** Venue The conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona is a major cultural, economic, and financial centre, known for its architecture, culture, and Mediterranean atmosphere, a hub for technology and innovation. There's plenty to see and visit in Barcelona, so plan in advance! *** Organizing Committee - Conference Chair Sara Royuela, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain sara.royuela(a)bsc.es - Journal Track Chairs Bjorn Andersson, Carnegie Mellon University, USA baandersson(a)sei.cmu.edu Luis Miguel Pinho, ISEP & INESC TEC, Portugal lmp(a)isep.ipp.pt - Industrial Track Chairs Luciana Provenzano, Mälardalen University, Sweden luciana.provenzano(a)mdu.se Michael Pressler, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany Michael.Pressler(a)de.bosch.com - Work-In-Progress Track Chairs Alejandro R. Mosteo, CUD Zaragoza, Spain amosteo(a)unizar.es Ruben Martins, Carnegie Mellon University, USA rubenm(a)andrew.cmu.edu - Tutorial Chair Maria A. Serrano, NearbyComputing, Spain maria.serrano(a)nearbycomputing.com - Workshop Chair Sergio Saez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain ssaez(a)disca.upv.es - Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland ahlan(a)Ada-Switzerland.ch - Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be - Webmaster Hai Nam Tran, University of Brest, France hai-nam.tran(a)univ-brest.fr - Local Chair Nuria Sirvent, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain nuria.sirvent(a)bsc.es *** Journal Track Committee Al Mok, University of Texas at Austin, USA Alejandro Mosteo, CUD Zaragoza, Spain Alwyn Godloe, NASA, USA António Casimiro, University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbara Gallina, Mälardalen University, Sweden Bernd Burgstaller, Yonsei University, South Korea C. Michael Holloway, NASA, USA Cristina Seceleanu, Mälardalen University, Sweden Doug Schmidt, Vanderbilt University, USA Frank Singhoff, University of Brest, FR George Lima, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil Isaac Amundson, Rockwell Collins, USA Jérôme Hugues, CMU/SEI, USA José Cruz, Lockeed Martin, USA Kristoffer Nyborg Gregertsen, SINTEF Digital, Norway Laurent Pautet, Telecom ParisTech, France Leonidas Kosmidis, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Mario Aldea Rivas, University of Cantabria, Spain Matthias Becker, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Patricia López Martínez, University of Cantabria, Spain Sara Royuela, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Sergio Sáez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy Xiaotian Dai, University of York, England *** Industrial Track Committee Aida Causevic, Alstom, Sweden Alexander Viehl, Research Center for Information Technology, Germany Ana Rodríguez, Silver Atena, Spain Aurora Agar, NATO, Netherlands Behnaz Pourmohseni, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany Claire Dross, AdaCore, France Elena Lisova, Volvo CE, Sweden Enricco Mezzeti, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Federico Aromolo, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy Helder Silva, Edisoft, Portugal Hugo Torres Vieira, Evidence Srl, Italy Irune Agirre, Ikerlan, Spain Jordi Cardona, Rapita Systems, Spain José Ruiz, AdaCore, France Joyce Tokar, Raytheon, USA Luciana Alvite, Alstom, Germany Marco Panunzio, Thales Alenia Space, France Patricia Balbastre Betoret, Valencia Polytechnic University, Spain Philippe Waroquiers, Eurocontrol NMD, Belgium Raúl de la Cruz, Collins Aerospace, Ireland Santiago Urueña, GMV, Spain Stef Van Vlierberghe, Eurocontrol NMD, Belgium *** Work-in-Progress Track Committee Alan Oliveira, University of Lisbon, Portugal J. Javier Gutiérrez, University of Cantabria, Spain Jérémie Guiochet, LAAS-CNRS, France Kalinka Branco, University of São Paulo, Brazil Katherine Kosaian, University of Iowa, USA Kevin Cheang, AWS, USA Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Iowa State University, USA Leandro Buss Becker, University of Manchester, UK Li-Pin Chang, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Mathias Preiner, Stanford University, USA Raffaele Romagnoli, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Robert Kaiser, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany Sara Abbaspour, Mälardalen University, Sweden Sergi Alcaide, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Simona Bernardi, Unizar, Spain Stefan Mitsch, School of Computing at DePaul University, USA Teresa Lázaro, Aragon's Institute of Technology, Spain Tiago Carvalho, ISEP, Portugal Yannick Moy, AdaCore, France *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 28th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), Lisbon, Portugal ('18), Warsaw, Poland ('19), online from Santander, Spain ('21), Ghent, Belgium ('22), and Lisbon, Portugal ('23). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2024 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 28th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2024) * June 11-14, 2024, Barcelona, Spain, www.ada-europe.org/conference2024

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CFP: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024)
by Bahman Javadi 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024) July 7-13, 2024, Shenzhen, Chinahttps://cloud.conferences.computer.org/2024 IEEE CLOUD is the flagship conference focusing on innovative cloud computing across all " Everything as a service" paradigms (XaaS). This includes modeling, designing, developing, publishing, monitoring, managing, operating, delivering, and scaling XaaS offerings from the cloud to the edge. The conference is a prime international forum for researchers, academics, businesses, industry, and standard bodies to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of cloud computing, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of cloud computing. IEEE CLOUD 2024 invites original papers addressing all aspects of cloud computing infrastructure, applications, and business innovations. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Cloud and AI * Cloud Computing for AI (LLMs, distributed machine learning, federated learning, etc.) * AI for the Cloud (predictive analysis, anomaly detection, automation for load balancing, remediation, and migration) * Use of Cloud to Improve AI Research and Deployment and Automation for Remediation & Mitigation * Observability, Transparency, and Reproducibility Infrastructure * Cloud Computing Systems and Data Center Architectures * Cloud-Centric Network Architectures (SDN, NFV, etc) * Cloud-Native Programming Models (Serverless, Microservices, Containers, etc.) * Virtualization, Containers, and Virtual Machines * Cloud Storage * Multi-Tenancy in the Cloud * Edge and Fog Computing Infrastructure * Internet-of-Things Infrastructure and Cyber-Physical Systems Cloud-based Applications * Large-Scale Cloud Applications * Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and LLM Applications * Distributed Ledger Applications * IoT Applications * Mobile Applications * Digital Twins & Metaverse Applications Cloud Management and Operations * Hybrid-Cloud Integration * Multi-Cloud Environments * Inter-Cloud Inoperability * Distributed and Parallel Query Processing * Resource Management * Cloud Metering and Monitoring * Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Management * Fault Tolerance, High availability, and Reliability * Cloud Service Adaptation and Automation * Cloud Federation, Service Composition * Sustainable Cloud Computing Cloud Security * Confidential Cloud Computing and Trusted Cloud Environments * Access Control, Authorization, and Authentication * Assurance, Audit, Certification, Compliance * Privacy-aware Data Management * Cross Data Center and Data Management Cloud Economics * Cloud Strategy for Enterprise Business Transformation * Cloud Service Level Agreement (SLAs) * Economics and Business Models for XaaS * Cloud Quality Management * Cloud ROI Analysis, Cost, and Pricing * Cross Cloud Data Market and Trading Cloud Service Delivery * Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) * Platform as a Service (PaaS) * Function as a Service (FaaS) * Software as a Service (SaaS) * Network / Storage as a Service * Machine Learning as a Service * LLM as a Service Cloud Computing Paradigms * Quantum Cloud Computing * Sky Computing * Edge Cloud Computing * Mobile Cloud Computing * Satellite Cloud Computing * Computing Continuum and Edge-Cloud-HPC Federation IMPORTANT DATES (ANYWHERE ON EARTH) December 1, 2023: Easy Chair open for submissions March 17, 2024: Deadline to register papers March 24, 2024: Deadline for final submissions May 6, 2024: Acceptance notifications July 7-13, 2024: SERVICES Congress in Shenzhen, China MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION Please visit theĸInformation for Authors pageĸon the Congress website for manuscript guidelines: https://services.conferences.computer.org/2024/info-for-authors GENERAL CHAIRS Tevfik Kosar, University at Buffalo Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, Kyndryl Shangguang Wang, BUPT PROGRAM CHAIRS Xuanzhe Liu, Peking University Seetharami Seelam, IBM Research, Yorktown Santonu Sarkar, Birla Institute of Technology & Science PUBLICITY CHAIRS Nicola Bena, University of Milan Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University Xuan Lu, University of Arizona Madhumita Phukan, Tech Mahindra Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina Zaipeng Xie, Hohai University

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AI, Big Data and Blockchain 2024 - Call for Papers
by MobiWIS Conference 07 Jan '24

07 Jan '24

------------------------ Call for Papers ----------------------------- The 5th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain (ABB 2024) Hybrid Event, Vienna, Austria 19-21 Aug 2024 http://www.ficloud.org/abb2024/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the associated machine & deep learning models, methods, tools and techniques have increasingly been used for developing autonomous and intelligent systems which can revolutionize industrial and commercial applications in various fields such as online commerce, intelligent transportation, healthcare and medicine, security, manufacturing, education, games, and various other industrial applications. All such fields produce and consume massive amount of big data, which include, for example, online commerce data (marketing data, customer reviews, customer relationship), transportation data (road sensors, cameras, GPS), and data about healthcare, social media, and various other applications. Deep learning techniques and big data techniques yield useful outputs in predicting, discovering and acquiring insights and deeper knowledge about events for better and efficient decision making. The groundbreaking technology of blockchain technology also enable decentralization, immutability, and transparency of data and applications. It has been exploited in modern research and industrial domains in order to achieve high level of trust, security and reliable execution of applications and data which are shared across a network of computers. The joint international conference on AI, Big Data and Blockcain aims to enable synergy between these areas and to provide a leading forum for researchers, developers, practitioners, and professional from public sectors and industries in order to meet and share latest solutions and ideas in solving cutting edge problems in modern information society and economy. The conference focuses on specific challenges in AI, big data and blockchain. Topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Deep/Machine learning based models - Statistical models and learning - Data analysis, insights and hidden pattern - Data analysis and decision making - Data wrangling, munching and cleaning - Data integration and fusion - Data visualization - Data and information quality - Security threat detection - Visualizing security threats - Enhancing privacy and trust - Data mining; Information extraction; - Sentiment analysis - Data classification and clustering - Knowledge acquisition and learning - Clustering, classification and regression - Supervised and unsupervised learning - Blockain security and trust - Blockchain data management - Data & application reliability - Blockchain and data distribution - Blockain and finacial transactions - Blockchain and Bitcoin applications - Blockain and NoSQL databases - Protocols for blockchain - Cryptography, Cryptocurrency - Fraud detection and prevention - Blockchain and Internet of Things - Scalability of blockchains Application areas: - Finance, business and retail - Intelligent transportation - Healthcare and clinical decision support - Bioinformatics and biomedical informatics - Computer vision - Human activity recognition - Cybersecurity - Natural language processing - Recommender systems - Social media and networks Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 11 March 2024 Authors Notification: 25 May 2024 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2024 Paper Submission: Papers must be written in English. Full papers should be limited to 12 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers must be formatted in Springer's format. See Information for Authors of Springer Proceedings ( https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferen… ). All papers accepted for this conference are peer-reviewed and are planned to be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems series. Submitted research papers may not overlap with papers that have already been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceeding Submission:of papers are done through the EasyChair submission system. See conference website for further details.

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FiCloud 2024 Conference - Call for Papers
by MobiWIS Conference 07 Jan '24

07 Jan '24

----------------------Call for Papers ------------------------------- The 11th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2024) Vienna, Austria [Hybrid] 19-21 August 2024 http://www.ficloud.org/2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet of Things (IoT) vision is to provide a dynamic and global network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in order to enable the interaction and integration of virtual as well as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars, refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly integrated into the information network and interaction can be made through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant future, IoT will be forcing its way into every aspect of our lives and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and nature, green energy, food, medicine, automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, and so on. IoT is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly, cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. The theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It provides a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing. CONFERENCE TRACKS: - Software Models and Services - Big Data in Cloud and IoT - Security, Privacy and Trust - Context-aware Systems - Networking and Communication Protocols - Performance Modelling and Evaluation - AI and Machine Learning - Energy Efficiency - Cloud and IoT Continuum - Fog and Edge Computing - Industry Track Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 11 March 2024 Authors Notification: 25 May 2024 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2024 Paper submission and Publication: Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages and for short papers is 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. See instructions on the conference website link (given above). All papers accepted for this conference are planned to be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for special issues in international journals. For paper submission please, see the conference website.

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