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FGCS Special Issue on Scalable Compute Continuum
by Matteo Nardelli 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

(Our apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP) ============================================== Future Generation Computer Systems Special Issue on Scalable Compute Continuum The full call for papers is available on the official FGCS website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/ab… ============================================== Motivation and Scope ======================= The “Compute Continuum” paradigm promises to manage the heterogeneity and dynamism of widespread computing resources, aiming to simplify the execution of distributed applications improving data locality, performance, availability, adaptability, energy management as well as other non-functional features. This is made possible by overcoming the fragmentation of IoT-edge-cloud resources and their segregation in tiers, enabling applications to be seamlessly executed and relocated along a continuum of resources spanning from the edge to the cloud. By distributing resources all around, the emerging Compute Continuum paradigm supports the execution of data-intensive applications as close as possible to data sources and end users. Besides consolidated vertical and horizontal scaling patterns, this paradigm also offers more detailed adaptation actions that strictly depend on the specific infrastructure components (e.g., to reduce energy consumption, or to exploit specific hardware such as GPUs and FPGAs). This enables the enhancement of latency-sensitive applications, the reduction of network bandwidth consumption, the improvement of privacy protection, and the development of novel services aimed at improving living, health, safety, and mobility. All of this should be achievable by application developers without having to worry about how and where the developed application components will be executed. Therefore, to unleash the true potential offered by the Compute Continuum, autonomous, proactive, and infrastructure-aware management is desirable, if not mandatory, calling for novel interdisciplinary approaches that exploit optimization theory, control theory, machine learning, and artificial intelligence methods. This special issue aims to investigate and gather research contributions on the emerging Compute Continuum, seeking solutions for running distributed applications while efficiently managing heterogeneous and widespread computing resources. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Scalable architectures and systems for the Compute Continuum; - System software for cloud-edge-IoT orchestration; - Distributed and decentralized management of resources and application deployment in the - Compute Continuum; - Programming models, languages and patterns for the Compute Continuum; - Compute Continuum performance modeling and analysis; - Compute Continuum as a service; - Energy-efficient solutions for sustainable Compute Continuum; - AI in the Compute Continuum; - Scalable applications for Compute Continuum (IoT, microservices, serverless); - Data-intensive and stream processing systems and applications in the Compute Continuum; - Digital Twins and industry applications in the Compute Continuum; - Prototypes and real-life experiments involving the Compute Continuum; - Benchmarks and experimental platforms for reproducible experiments in the Compute Continuum. Guest Editors ======================= Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. Patrizio Dazzi, University of Pisa, Italy. Gabriele Mencagli, University of Pisa, Italy. Matteo Nardelli, Bank of Italy, Italy. Massimo Torquati, University of Pisa, Italy. Important Dates ======================= Submission portal opens: May 1, 2023 Deadline for paper submission: November 3, 2023 Latest acceptance deadline for all papers: March 8, 2024 Manuscript Submission Instructions ======================= The FGCS’s submission system ( https://www.editorialmanager.com/FGCS/default.aspx) will be open for submissions to our Special Issue from May 1, 2023. When submitting your manuscript please select the article type VSI: SI_SCC_ScalCompContinuum. All submissions deemed suitable by the editors to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production to be published in the special issue. Looking forward to receiving your excellent submissions soon. Best regards, Valeria Cardellini, Patrizio Dazzi, Gabriele Mencagli, Matteo Nardelli, and Massimo Torquati

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GandALF 2023: Last Call For Papers
by Gabriele Puppis 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

[apologies for cross-postings] The Fourteenth International Symposium on Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification (GandALF 23) will be held in Udine (Italy) on September 18-20, 2023. The aim of GandALF 2023 <https://gandalf23.uniud.it/> is to bring together researchers from academia and industry who are actively working in the fields of Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification. The idea is to cover an ample spectrum of themes, ranging from theory to applications, and stimulate cross-fertilization. Papers focused on formal methods are especially welcome. Authors are invited to submit original research or tool papers on all relevant topics in these areas. Papers discussing new ideas that are at an early stage of development are also welcome. The topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to, the following: - Automata Theory - Automated Deduction - Computational aspects of Game Theory - Concurrency and Distributed computation - Decision Procedures - Deductive, Compositional, and Abstraction Techniques for Verification - Finite Model Theory - First-order and Higher-order Logics - Formal Languages - Formal Methods for Systems Biology, Hybrid, Embedded, and Mobile Systems - Game Semantics - Games and Automata for Verification - Logical aspects of Computational Complexity - Logics of Programs - Modal and Temporal Logics - Model Checking - Models of Reactive and Real-Time Systems - Probabilistic Models (Markov Decision processes) - Program Analysis and Software Verification - Reinforcement Learning - Run-time Verification and Testing - Specification and Verification of Finite and Infinite-state Systems - Synthesis Important Dates - Abstract submission deadline: 23 June 2023 - Paper submission deadline: 30 June 2023 - Acceptance notification: 7 August 2023 - Camera-ready deadline: 6 September 2023 - Conference dates: 18-20 September 2023 ⚠ all deadlines are AoE <https://time.is/Anywhere_on_Earth> Publication The proceedings will be published by Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science <http://www.eptcs.org/>. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit a revised version of their work to a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science <https://lmcs.episciences.org/>. The previous editions of GandALF already led to special issues of the International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (GandALF 2010), Theoretical Computer Science (GandALF 2011 and 2012), Information and Computation (GandALF 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020), Acta Informatica (GandALF 2015) and Logical Methods in Computer Science (GandALF 2021 and 2022). Submission Submitted papers should not exceed 14 pages (excluding references and clearly marked appendices) using EPTCS format (please use the LaTeX style provided here <http://style.eptcs.org/>), be unpublished, and contain original research. For papers reporting experimental results, authors are encouraged to make their data available with their submission. Submissions must be in PDF format and will be handled via easychair at the following address: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gandalf23 Invited Speakers - Laure Daviaud <https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/laure-daviaud> – City, University of London (UK) - Juha Kontinen <https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/juha-kontinen> – University of Helsinki (Finland) - Sophie Pinchinat <https://people.irisa.fr/Sophie.Pinchinat/> – IRISA/University of Rennes (France) - Alexander Rabinovich <http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~rabinoa> – Tel Aviv University (Israel) Program Committee - Dario Della Monica (co-chair) – University of Udine (Italy) - Antonis Achilleos (co-chair) – Reykjavik University (Iceland) - Parosh Aziz Abdulla – Uppsala University (Sweden) - Christel Baier – Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) - Valentina Castiglioni – Reykjavik University (Iceland) - Giorgio Delzanno – University of Genova (Italy) - Léo Exibard – Université Gustave Eiffel (France) - Gabriele Fici – University of Palermo (Italy) - Dana Fisman – Ben-Gurion University (Israel) - Nicola Gigante – Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) - Miika Hannula – University of Helsinki (Finland) - Naoki Kobayashi – The University of Tokyo (Japan) - Orna Kupferman – Hebrew University (Israel) - Martin Leucker – University of Lübeck (Germany) - Jakub Michaliszyn – University of Wrocław (Poland) - Fabio Mogavero – University of Napoli (Italy) - Shankara Narayanan Krishna – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (India) - Pawel Parys – University of Warsaw (Poland) - Guillermo Pérez – University of Antwerp (Belgium) - Giovanni Pighizzini – University of Milano (Italy) - Gabriele Puppis – University of Udine (Italy) - Joshua Sack – California State University Long Beach (USA) - Ocan Sankur – CNRS/Irisa (France) - Patrick Totzke – University of Liverpool (UK) - Jana Wagemaker – Radboud University (Netherlands) - Matteo Zavatteri– University of Padova (Italy) - Martin Zimmermann – Aalborg University (Denmark) Steering Committee - Luca Aceto – Reykjavik University (Iceland) - Javier Esparza – University of Munich (Germany) - Salvatore La Torre – University of Salerno (Italy) - Angelo Montanari – University of Udine (Italy) - Mimmo Parente – University of Salerno (Italy) - Jean-François Raskin – Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) - Martin Zimmermann – Aalborg University (Denmark) Website https://gandalf23.uniud.it/

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FGCS Special Issue on Scalable Compute Continuum
by Matteo Nardelli 29 May '23

29 May '23

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CALL FOR PAPERS) PAW-ATM: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X
by Morris, Karla NMN 24 May '23

24 May '23

Call for Papers PAW-ATM 2023: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ Held in conjunction with SC23, Denver, CO Submissions deadline: July 24, 2023 Notification to authors: August 31, 2023 Workshop date: November 13, 2023 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 2 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, appendices, and figures, but excluding bibliography and acknowledgments. Submissions shall not exceed twelve (12) pages total under any circumstance. 1. Extended abstracts summarizing preliminary/published results: Extended abstracts will be evaluated separately and will not be included in the published proceedings; they are intended to propose timely communications of novel work that will be formally submitted elsewhere at a later stage, and/or of already published work that would be of interest to the PAW-ATM audience in terms of topic and timeliness. Extended abstracts shall not exceed four (4) pages. See https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ for further details. WORKSHOP CHAIR * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratories ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Engin Kayraklioglu - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Irene Moulitsas - Cranfield University * Elliott Slaughter - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS * Bill Long - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Daniele Lezzi - Barcelona Supercomputing Center PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Dan Bonachea - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Jan Ciesko - Sandia National Laboratories * Iacopo Colonnelli - University of Turin * Mario Di Renzo - University of Salento and Stanford University * Salvatore Filippone - Universita di Roma Tor Vergata * Magne Haveraaen - University of Bergen * Peter Hawkins - Google * Engin Kayraklioglu - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Jannis Klikenberg - RWTH Aachen University * Daniele Lezzi - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Bill Long - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Francesc Lordan - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Lee Margetts - University of Manchester * Fabrizio Marozzo - University of Calabria * Josh Milthorpe - Australian National University * Henry Monge Camacho - Oak Ridge National Laboratory * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratories * Irene Moulitsas - Cranfield University * Elliott Slaughter - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory * Kenjiro Taura - University of Tokyo * Miwako Tsuji - RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science ADVISORY COMMITTEE * Bradford L. Chamberlain - Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Damian W. I. Rouson - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Katherine A. Yelick - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ARTIFACT EVALUATION COMMITTEE CHAIR * Irene Moulitsas - Cranfield University ARTIFACT EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS * Scott Baden - University of California San Diego * Desmond Bisandu - Cranfield University * Valentin Churavy - Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Fabio Durastante - University of Pisa * Yakup Koray Budanaz - Technical University of Munich * Boyu Kuang - Cranfield University * Soren Rasmussen - National Center for Atmospheric Research * Anjiang Wei - Stanford University IMPORTANT DATES * Submissions deadline: July 24, 2023 * Manuscripts review period: August 2-23, 2023 * Notification to authors: August 31, 2023 * Updated AD/AE appendix due from authors: September 4, 2023 * PAW-ATM workshop date: November 13, 2023

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[Announcements][Last Call]: The 12th EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing (EAI CloudComp 2023)
by Wayne Chiu 18 May '23

18 May '23

*** Apologies for Cross-Posting *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CFP *Last Call* - EAI CloudComp 2023 The 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing (EAI CloudComp 2023) https://cloudcomp.eai-conferences.org/2023/ 25-26, October, 2023, Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *Submission Deadline: 20 May, 2023 (AoE)* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Scope # As a novel computing paradigm, cloud computing has changed the world tremendously in the past two decades. It offers scalable computing and storage resources as services to support various applications cost- effectively and flexibly. It has also promoted the proliferation of big data analytics and deep learning in the last decade. Currently, cloud computing is continuing to power and drive technological development and advances in various areas such as industrial manufacturing, medical healthcare, intelligent transportation, smart city, e-government, e-commerce, and e-finance, etc. It is also the backbone for emerging edge/fog computing technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which constitute a rapidly-evolving ecosystem that profoundly changes the world’s IT landscape and people’s lives. CloudComp 2023 aims to bring together researchers and industry developers to discuss and share their recent viewpoints and contributions to cloud computing, It aims to present recent theories, experiences, and results obtained in a wide area relevant to computing, giving researchers and industrial practitioners an opportunity to gain in-depth insight on the current and futuristic cloud computing technologies. # Topics # We welcome contributions from the following fields: - Cloud Architecture - • X as a Service Paradigms - • Cloud Computing Architecture - • Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud - • Edge Computing / Fog Computing - • IoT/Sensor Clouds - • Simulation and Virtualization in Cloud Computing - • Cloud Data Management Architecture - Cloud Management - • Cloud Resource Scheduling and Computation Offloading - • Edge Resource Management and Optimization - • Quality of Service (QoS) in Cloud Computing - • Cost Models and Optimization in Cloud Computing - • Privacy, Security and Trust Issues in Cloud Computing - • Heterogeneity in Cloud Computing - • Energy-saving Issue in Cloud Computing - • Cloud Data Management - Cloud Applications - • Cloud Computing for Big Data Processing - • High Performance Computing based on Cloud - • Cloud Supported Smart X Technologies - • Distributed and Parallel Query Processing - • 5G and Cloud Computing - • Blockchain Techniques for Cloud Computing - • Edge Computing Applications # Publication # All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through *Springer* Link Digital Library. Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, IO-Port, MatchSciNet, Inspec and Zentralblatt MATH. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to: • Wireless Networks (WINET) Journal [IF: 2.602 (2020)] All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of: • EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cloud Systems • EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems Additional publication opportunities: • Sensors • EAI Transactions series (Open Access) • EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Paper Submission # Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section). • Regular papers should be up to 12-15+ pages in length. • Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length. . Please note that regular papers should be 10-20 pages in length. This conference uses single-blind review model. Reviewers are . anonymous to authors, names and affiliations of authors are shown to the Program Committee. All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here. # Important Dates # Full Paper Submission deadline 20 May 2023 Notification deadline 30 July 2023 Camera-ready deadline 15 September 2023 Start of Conference 25 October 2023 End of Conference 26 October 2023 # Organisation # General Chairs - Wenjuan Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Technical Program Committee Chairs - Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK - Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark, DK Technical Program Committee https://cloudcomp.eai-conferences.org/2023/organizing-committee/

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[Deadline extended] WSCC 2023: Workshop on Scalable Compute Continuum (co-located with EuroPar 2023)
by Matteo Nardelli 02 May '23

02 May '23

(Our apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP) ************************************************************************** WSCC 2023: Euro-Par 2023 International Workshop International Workshop on Scalable Compute Continuum Date: 28 August - September 2023 Location: Limassol, Cyprus Workshop web page: https://wscc2023.di.unipi.it/ Euro-Par web page: https://2023.euro-par.org/ ************************************************************************** * Call for Papers The “Compute Continuum” paradigm promises to manage the heterogeneity and dynamism of widespread computing resources, aiming to simplify the execution of distributed applications improving data locality, performance, availability, adaptability, energy management as well as other non-functional features. This is made possible by overcoming resource fragmentation and segregation in tiers, enabling applications to be seamlessly executed and relocated along a continuum of resources spanning from the edge to the cloud. Besides consolidated vertical and horizontal scaling patterns, this paradigm also offers more detailed adaptation actions that strictly depend on the specific infrastructure components (e.g., to reduce energy consumption, or to exploit specific hardware such as GPUs and FPGAs). This enables the enhancement of latency-sensitive applications, the reduction of network bandwidth consumption, the improvement of privacy protection, and the development of novel services aimed at improving living, health, safety, and mobility. All of this should be achievable by application developers without having to worry about how and where the developed components will be executed. Therefore, to unleash the true potential offered by the Compute Continuum, proactive, autonomous, and infrastructure-aware management is desirable, if not mandatory, calling for novel interdisciplinary approaches that exploit optimization theory, control theory, machine learning, and artificial intelligence methods. In this landscape, the workshop is willing to attract contributions in the area of distributed systems with particular emphasis on support for geographically distributed platforms and autonomic features to deal with variable workloads and environmental events, and take the best of heterogeneous and distributed infrastructures. A partial list of interesting topics of this workshop is the following: - Scalable architectures and systems for Compute Continuum - System software for cloud-edge-IoT orchestration - Distributed and decentralized management of resources and application deployment in the Compute Continuum - Programming models, languages and patterns for the Compute Continuum - Compute Continuum performance modeling and analysis - Compute Continuum as a service - Energy-efficient solutions for sustainable Compute Continuum - AI in the Compute Continuum - Scalable applications for Compute Continuum (IoT, microservices, serverless) - Data-intensive and stream processing systems and applications in the Compute Continuum - Digital Twins and industry applications in the Compute Continuum - Prototypes and real-life experiments involving Compute Continuum - Benchmarks and experimental platforms for reproducible experiments in the Compute Continuum * Submission Instructions The papers should be formatted according to the LNCS guidelines. They should be between a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 12 pages. * Special Issue Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the Special Issue of the Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems on “Scalable Compute Continuum”. For important dates and additional info, see the related Call for Papers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/ab… * Important Dates May 19th, 2023 Paper submission deadline June 19th, 2023 Paper acceptance notifications July 2nd, 2023 Camera-ready due * Workshop Co-Chairs - Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy - Patrizio Dazzi, University of Pisa, Italy - Gabriele Mencagli, University of Pisa, Italy - Matteo Nardelli, Bank of Italy, Italy - Massimo Torquati, University of Pisa, Italy Looking forward to receiving your excellent submissions soon. Best regards, Valeria Cardellini, Patrizio Dazzi, Gabriele Mencagli, Matteo Nardelli, and Massimo Torquati

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[Deadline approaching] WSCC 2023: Workshop on Scalable Compute Continuum (co-located with EuroPar 2023)
by Matteo Nardelli 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

(Our apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP) ************************************************************************** WSCC 2023: Euro-Par 2023 International Workshop International Workshop on Scalable Compute Continuum Date: 28 August - September 2023 Location: Limassol, Cyprus Workshop web page: https://wscc2023.di.unipi.it/ Euro-Par web page: https://2023.euro-par.org/ ************************************************************************** * Call for Papers The “Compute Continuum” paradigm promises to manage the heterogeneity and dynamism of widespread computing resources, aiming to simplify the execution of distributed applications improving data locality, performance, availability, adaptability, energy management as well as other non-functional features. This is made possible by overcoming resource fragmentation and segregation in tiers, enabling applications to be seamlessly executed and relocated along a continuum of resources spanning from the edge to the cloud. Besides consolidated vertical and horizontal scaling patterns, this paradigm also offers more detailed adaptation actions that strictly depend on the specific infrastructure components (e.g., to reduce energy consumption, or to exploit specific hardware such as GPUs and FPGAs). This enables the enhancement of latency-sensitive applications, the reduction of network bandwidth consumption, the improvement of privacy protection, and the development of novel services aimed at improving living, health, safety, and mobility. All of this should be achievable by application developers without having to worry about how and where the developed components will be executed. Therefore, to unleash the true potential offered by the Compute Continuum, proactive, autonomous, and infrastructure-aware management is desirable, if not mandatory, calling for novel interdisciplinary approaches that exploit optimization theory, control theory, machine learning, and artificial intelligence methods. In this landscape, the workshop is willing to attract contributions in the area of distributed systems with particular emphasis on support for geographically distributed platforms and autonomic features to deal with variable workloads and environmental events, and take the best of heterogeneous and distributed infrastructures. A partial list of interesting topics of this workshop is the following: - Scalable architectures and systems for Compute Continuum - System software for cloud-edge-IoT orchestration - Distributed and decentralized management of resources and application deployment in the Compute Continuum - Programming models, languages and patterns for the Compute Continuum - Compute Continuum performance modeling and analysis - Compute Continuum as a service - Energy-efficient solutions for sustainable Compute Continuum - AI in the Compute Continuum - Scalable applications for Compute Continuum (IoT, microservices, serverless) - Data-intensive and stream processing systems and applications in the Compute Continuum - Digital Twins and industry applications in the Compute Continuum - Prototypes and real-life experiments involving Compute Continuum - Benchmarks and experimental platforms for reproducible experiments in the Compute Continuum * Submission Instructions The papers should be formatted according to the LNCS guidelines. They should be between a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 12 pages. * Special Issue Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the Special Issue of the Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems on “Scalable Compute Continuum”. For important dates and additional info, see the related Call for Papers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/ab… * Important Dates May 5th, 2023 Paper submission deadline June 19th, 2023 Paper acceptance notifications July 2nd, 2023 Camera-ready due * Workshop Co-Chairs - Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy - Patrizio Dazzi, University of Pisa, Italy - Gabriele Mencagli, University of Pisa, Italy - Matteo Nardelli, Bank of Italy, Italy - Massimo Torquati, University of Pisa, Italy Looking forward to receiving your excellent submissions soon. Best regards, Valeria Cardellini, Patrizio Dazzi, Gabriele Mencagli, Matteo Nardelli, and Massimo Torquati

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Job Opening: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare) at Hong Kong Baptist University
by COMP HKBU 24 Apr '23

24 Apr '23

The Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University presently offers BSc, MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes, and is now seeking exceptional candidates for the following tenure-track faculty position. *Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare) (PR0707/22-23)* The appointee will be expected to conduct high-impact research, teach and supervise students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and contribute to professional and institutional services. In addition, the appointee will collaborate with colleagues to pursue new strategic research initiatives under the Department/Faculty/University. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and have demonstrated abilities to conduct high-quality research in areas including but not limited to: • Machine learning for clinical decision making; • Natural language processing for electronic health records; • Computer vision for medical image analysis; • Explainable AI for healthcare applications; and • Data privacy and security in healthcare. Applicants should also show strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in computer science and/or information systems, possess track record of innovative research and high-impact publications, and be able to bid for and pursue externally-funded research programmes. The initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of three years. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement. For enquiries, please contact Professor Jianliang Xu, Head of Department (email:xujl@comp.hkbu.edu.hk). More information about the Department can be found at https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk. *Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.* Application Procedure: Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (https://jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably three best ones out of their most recent publications/works. They should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with PR number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources Office (Email: recruit(a)hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after the submission of application may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer. Review of applications is ongoing until the positions are filled. URL: *https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=872 <https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=872>*

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[hpc-announce] [CfP] 1st ASMECC workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum (ASMECC 2023) - co-located with ACSOS'23
by Gamblin, Todd 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email. If you'd like to opt out of these announcements, information on how to unsubscribe is available at the bottom of this email.] # 1st ASMECC Workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum (ASMECC 2023) The 1st ASMECC Workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum (ASMECC 2023) is co-located with the 4th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2023) that will take place in Toronto, Canada on September 25-29, 2023. ## Important Dates * Abstract deadline: July 1st, 2023 (soft) * Submission deadline: July 10th, 2023 * Notification: July 31st, 2023 * Camera-ready submission: August 5th, 2023 * Workshop date: September 25-29, 2023 (TBD) All times are intended in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) timezone. ## Scope and Topics Edge-cloud computing continuum paradigms (e.g. edge, fog, mist computing) enable distributed and pervasive computing and networking to support a variety of novel ICT-based applications and services. They represent a deployment target and a management plane for the software elements (components, microservices, functions) making up modern distributed applications. The heterogeneity, pervasiveness, dynamism, and interplay with applications, that characterise the cloud-edge continuum provide significant opportunities and challenges, in terms of operational flexibility and efficiency. A major challenge lies in supporting the autonomic management of applications while respecting and opportunistically optimising against the set of constraints, requirements, and preferences indicated by applications, users, owners, and providers. Edge-cloud continua have to become intelligent, embedding cognitive-like capabilities for monitoring, reasoning, planning, and acting. A number of specific issues arise, requiring novel ideas and techniques to be developed. For instance, how can MAPE-K architectures be adapted to work on the edge-cloud continuum? How may learning be exploited to refine dynamic deployment policies or anticipate changes? How can the learned models be explained? What programming models can be used to adequately express application logic independently of its deployment across the continuum? What formal specification languages can support architectural descriptions while enabling analysis of properties of interest? How can the infrastructure self-organise into resilient structures supporting connectivity and distributed task allocation? How to promote sustainability and energy/resource-efficiency across the edge-cloud continuum? These are just a few research questions that may be investigated. But the investigation itself requires tools, simulators, and benchmarks to conduct experiments in controlled environments without incurring in the costs of running experiments in real-world settings. This workshop solicits papers that investigate on the use of autonomic/self-* techniques to understand, design, and develop solutions on/for the edge-fog-cloud continuum. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: - Algorithms for self-adaptive/self-organising management of applications across the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Devops solutions for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Languages for the specification of deployments, applications, or management policies - AI techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - ML techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Mathematical methods supporting modelling and algorithmic solutions for the edge-fog-cloud and its management issues - Soft computing techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Self-* techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Theories and models at the basis of applications and platforms on the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Tools or simulators for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Edge-cloud computing for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems - Edge-cloud computing for swarm systems ## Submission instructions Originality. Submitted papers must be original, unpublished, and not concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere. Kinds of submissions. Submitted papers should provide original research contributions, and must not exceed 6 pages (including references; up to two additional pages may be purchased for CR). The workshop welcomes different kinds of research work: theoretical, experimental, review, tool, application. Format. All paper submissions should follow the formatting indications of the main conference, i.e., IEEE 8.5” x 11” Two-Column Format (IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings). E-submission site: <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsos202… > NOTE: upon submission, you have to select the track “Workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum”. ## Review process Reviews. 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[CfP] 1st ASMECC workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum (ASMECC 2023) - co-located with ACSOS'23
by Roberto Casadei 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

# 1st ASMECC Workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum (ASMECC 2023) The 1st ASMECC Workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum (ASMECC 2023) is co-located with the 4th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 2023) that will take place in Toronto, Canada on September 25-29, 2023. ## Important Dates * Abstract deadline: July 1st, 2023 (soft) * Submission deadline: July 10th, 2023 * Notification: July 31st, 2023 * Camera-ready submission: August 5th, 2023 * Workshop date: September 25-29, 2023 (TBD) All times are intended in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) timezone. ## Scope and Topics Edge-cloud computing continuum paradigms (e.g. edge, fog, mist computing) enable distributed and pervasive computing and networking to support a variety of novel ICT-based applications and services. They represent a deployment target and a management plane for the software elements (components, microservices, functions) making up modern distributed applications. The heterogeneity, pervasiveness, dynamism, and interplay with applications, that characterise the cloud-edge continuum provide significant opportunities and challenges, in terms of operational flexibility and efficiency. A major challenge lies in supporting the autonomic management of applications while respecting and opportunistically optimising against the set of constraints, requirements, and preferences indicated by applications, users, owners, and providers. Edge-cloud continua have to become intelligent, embedding cognitive-like capabilities for monitoring, reasoning, planning, and acting. A number of specific issues arise, requiring novel ideas and techniques to be developed. For instance, how can MAPE-K architectures be adapted to work on the edge-cloud continuum? How may learning be exploited to refine dynamic deployment policies or anticipate changes? How can the learned models be explained? What programming models can be used to adequately express application logic independently of its deployment across the continuum? What formal specification languages can support architectural descriptions while enabling analysis of properties of interest? How can the infrastructure self-organise into resilient structures supporting connectivity and distributed task allocation? How to promote sustainability and energy/resource-efficiency across the edge-cloud continuum? These are just a few research questions that may be investigated. But the investigation itself requires tools, simulators, and benchmarks to conduct experiments in controlled environments without incurring in the costs of running experiments in real-world settings. This workshop solicits papers that investigate on the use of autonomic/self-* techniques to understand, design, and develop solutions on/for the edge-fog-cloud continuum. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: - Algorithms for self-adaptive/self-organising management of applications across the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Devops solutions for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Languages for the specification of deployments, applications, or management policies - AI techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - ML techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Mathematical methods supporting modelling and algorithmic solutions for the edge-fog-cloud and its management issues - Soft computing techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Self-* techniques for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Theories and models at the basis of applications and platforms on the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Tools or simulators for the edge-fog-cloud continuum - Edge-cloud computing for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems - Edge-cloud computing for swarm systems ## Submission instructions Originality. Submitted papers must be original, unpublished, and not concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere. Kinds of submissions. Submitted papers should provide original research contributions, and must not exceed 6 pages (including references; up to two additional pages may be purchased for CR). The workshop welcomes different kinds of research work: theoretical, experimental, review, tool, application. Format. All paper submissions should follow the formatting indications of the main conference, i.e., IEEE 8.5” x 11” Two-Column Format (IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings). E-submission site: <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsos2023> NOTE: upon submission, you have to select the track “Workshop on Autonomic and Self-* Management for the Edge-Cloud Continuum”. ## Review process Reviews. Papers will be peer reviewed for originality, relevance to themes, significance, presentation, soundness, and overall quality – emphasising breadth and relevance to the topics of the workshop. All papers will be reviewed by a TPC with a minimum of 3 reviews per paper. Reviews will be single-blind. ## Post-acceptance instructions Registration and presentation. At least one of the authors of every accepted paper must register and present the paper at the workshop. Publication and indexing. All accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore and indexing databases like Elsevier, IET, and Scopus. ## Workshop Chairs - Roberto Casadei (Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy) - Lukas Esterle (Aarhus University, Denmark) - Stefano Forti (University of Pisa, Italy) For any inquiry, please contact us at <asmecc23.workshop(a)easychair.org>.

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