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CFP-IEEE SC2 2017 Submission Deadline - August 10, 2017
by Anna Kobusińska 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

IEEE SC2 2017, The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing Kanazawa, Japan, November 22-25, 2017 https://grid.chu.edu.tw/sc2-2017 Dear Colleagues: We cordially invite you to share your latest research results at the 2017 IEEE SC2 Conference. --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- The “Cloud” is a natural evolution of distributed computing and the widespread adaption of virtualization and SOA. Services computing is a new cross-discipline subject that covers the science and technology needed to bridge the gap between business services and IT services. In cloud computing, IT-related capabilities and resources are provided as services, via the Internet and on-demand, accessible without requiring detailed knowledge of the underlying technology. SC2 2017 is an important forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IT-driven cloud computing technologies and services, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future directions of cloud and services computing. IEEE SC2 2017 will be held on Nov. 22-25, 2017 in Kanazawa, Japan. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Cloud architecture - Cloud OS, middleware, and toolkits - Storage architecture - Big data infrastructure, systems, methodologies, and applications - Virtualization techniques - Resource provision, monitoring, and scheduling - Privacy and access control for cloud computing - Performance evaluation and modeling measurement for cloud computing - Programming models for building cloud applications - Networking in cloud computing - Security, privacy and trustworthy in clouds - Security, privacy and trustworthy for service oriented architectures and systems - Energy efficient hardware and software solutions - High availability and reliability - Large scale cloud applications - Internet/web computing and data mining - Volunteer and utility computing - Green and pervasive computing - Service oriented architecture - Discovery of services and data in cloud computing infrastructures - Foundations of services computing - Services-centric business models - Business process integration and management --------------------------------------- PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------- IEEE CS proceedings, indexed by - IEEE Xplore - Scopus - Compendex EI - ACM Digital Library - DBLP - Google Scholar Extended version of the selected papers will be invited for publication in prestigious international journals. Cluster Computing (Springer) Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) Vehicular Communications Journal International Journal of Big Data Intelligence International Journal of Grid and High-Performance Computing Journal of Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing IET Intelligent Transport Systems ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Research Track: Submission 8/10 Notification 9/10 Poster / Special Session Submission 9/17 Notification 9/24 Registration Due 10/5 Camera ready 10/5 --------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION --------------------------------------------- Papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE format, and submitted in PDF format via the IEEE SC2 2017 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sc22017 IEEE formatting information: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- General Chairs Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA Ren-Hung Hwang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Christophe Cerin, Université Paris 13, France General Executive Chairs Tokuro Matsuo, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Japan Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Program Chairs Amir H. Alavi, Michigan State University, USA Yue-Shan Chang, National Taipei University, Taiwan Workshop Chairs Chia-Hung Yeh, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Alex Kuo, University of Victoria, Canada Demo/Poster Chair Carson Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada Special Session Chair Kuan-Chou Lai, National Taichung University, Taiwan Award Chair Ce-Kuen Shieh, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan International Liaison & Publicity Chair Yu Chen, Binghamton University, USA Bingsheng He, National University of Singapore, Singapore Jun Li, University of Sydney, Australia Bingwei Liu, Aetna Inc., USA Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan Yan Zhang, University of Oslo, Norway Li-Hsin Yen, National Chiao Tung Univ. Taiwan Rynson Lau, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Publication Chair Wen-Hwa Liao, Tatung University, Taiwan Saeid Abolfazli, YTL Communications and Xchanging, Malaysia Advisory Committee Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia H.J. Siegel, Colorado State University, USA Chung-Ta King, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA Lizhe Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Hung-Chang Hsiao, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Hui Lei, IBM, USA Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California Irvine, USA Philip Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Please visit the IEEE SC2 2016 website http://grid.chu.edu.tw/sc2-2017/tpc.php for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members. *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The CSPlus (Computational Science Publicity and Liaison for Ubiquitous Society) mailing list has been setup to share information with respect to upcoming events. 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CFP-10th IEEE Int. Conf. on Service Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA 2017)
by Anna Kobusińska 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

Call For Papers - IEEE SOCA 2017 in Kanazawa, Japan, November 22-25, 2017 The 10 th IEEE International Conference on Service Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA 2017) http://conferences.computer.org/soca Kanazawa, Japan, November 22-25, 2017 --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- Service-oriented computing (SOC) is considered today a key enabler for the development of robust and high-quality intelligent Internet-scale distributed applications. Extensive research and development in the past few years has pushed SOC technology into state-of-the-art applications in emerging areas such as Cloud computing, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), Mobile-Edge Computing, Social computing as well as mobile and enterprise systems. However, many of the critical components on building reliable, robust, and user-centric, cloud-based service-oriented architecture applications and systems are still open for research. Hence, it is time to face new service-oriented architecture (SOA) research opportunities by addressing new research challenges on emerging applications domains like smart cities, smart logistics, smart factories and e-Health, just to mention a few. Many of the service components are deployed on resource-limited embedded systems and are performance sensitive; others are deployed on cloud servers providing highly parallel services and on edge servers in the middle of resource-limited systems and high-end servers. Edge servers and clouds are connected through various types of networks, including emerging network function virtualization services. These components are part of complex applications and systems that span multiple execution environments. Their capabilities are increasingly being managed and (re)configured via emerging software-defined and elasticity mechanisms. In addition, they have to interact with humans in order to obtain useful human-sensing data and solve complex problems. Thus, on the one hand, SOC may provide effective solutions for managing the ever-increasing complexity while meeting the challenging requirements of services on largely distributed, heterogeneous and dynamic resource environments. On the other hand, the exploitation of emerging trends in such environments to build SOC applications and systems for large-scale service-based systems is an open research challenge. The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA 2017 http://conferences.computer.org/soca/) provides an international forum for researchers from multiple disciplines to exchange and share their experiences, ideas, and latest research results on all aspects of service- oriented computing. The conference includes three days of parallel-track program, special-topic workshops, keynotes and tutorials, and panel discussion. We invite submissions of high-quality papers describing fully developed results or ongoing work on the following topics and related areas: -Service-oriented architectures, engineering, and applications -Cloud-based service systems -SOCA in IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems -Service Models and Applications for Mobile-Edge Computing -Service coordination techniques in IoT and cloud environments -SOC-based smart process and workflow management -Configurable, reconfigurable and software-defined service middleware -Data analytics and data services in and for SOC-based systems -IoT and data marketplaces -Smart data and service contracts -Cognitive computing techniques for SOCA -Social computing for and atop SOCA -SOCA development, deployment and testing tools and methodologies -Security and privacy for SOCA -Dependable and trustworthy SOCA -SOCA for smart applications (cities, transportation systems, factories, homes and offices, etc.) ------------------------ Important Dates ------------------------ Workshop/Special Session Proposal May 30, 2017 Workshop/Special Session Notification June 15, 2017 Paper Submission Deadline August 10, 2017 Acceptance Notification September 15, 2017 Camera-Ready Submission October 1, 2017 ---------------------------- Paper Format and Submission ---------------------------- We seek for both full and short papers. Full papers will be submitted as PDF files, using the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Format (two column, 10 point, single-spaced, US Letter, no margin smaller than one inch) with a page limit of 8 pages. Short paper should be limited with 4 pages. All papers will be reviewed by at least 3 technical committee members. The paper can be submitted at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=soca2017 ---------------------------- Organizing Committees ---------------------------- General Chairs Boualem Benatallah, UNSW, Australia Christian Huemer, Vienna University of Tech., Austria Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Inst. of Tech., Japan General Vice-Chairs Yong Tang, South China Normal University, China Tokuro Matsuo, Advanced Inst. of Industrial Tech., Japan Hong-Linh Truong, Vienna University of Tech., Austria Program Chairs Bormin Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Tech., China Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA Program Vice-Chairs Jing Fan, Zhejiang University of Technology, China Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Tech., Poland Kevin Wang, University of Auckland, New Zealand Workshop Co-Chairs Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University, Japan Changqin Huang, South China Normal University, China Finance Chair Tokuro Matsuo, Advanced Inst. of Industrial Tech., Japan Publication Chair Jong-Chan Kim, Kookmin University, Korea Web Chair Ci-Wei Lan, IBM CSDL, Taiwan Steering Committee Marco Aiello, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Jane YJ Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Christian Huemer, Vienna University of Tech., Austria Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Inst. of Tech., Japan Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA Yong Tang, South China Normal University, China

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IEEE DataCom 2017 Submission Deadline (Firm) - July 27, 2017
by Anna Kobusińska 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

IEEE DataCom 2017 Orlando, Florida, USA, November 6-10, 2017 http://grid.chu.edu.tw/datacom2017 Dear Colleagues: We cordially invite you to share your latest research results related to Big Data, and Cloud Computing at the IEEE DataCopm 2017 conference. The conference proceedings of DataCom 2017 will be published by IEEE CPS and submitted to IEEE Xplore and indexing services such as EI and ISSN. Selected papers will be published in special issues of prestigious international journals. IEEE DataCom 2017 also welcomes works-in-progress paper, industry paper, demo & poster papers. --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- Big data is a rapidly expanding research area spanning the fields of computer science and information management, and has become a ubiquitous term in understanding and solving complex problems in different disciplinary fields such as engineering, applied mathematics, medicine, computational biology, healthcare, social networks, finance, business, government, education, transportation and telecommunications. The goal of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing (IEEE DataCom 2017) is to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their ideas and experiences in the fields of Big Data intelligence and computing. IEEE DataCom 2017 welcomes paper submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry and government describing original research work in Big Data. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version (with at least 30% new material) for review and publication in special issues of international journals. IEEE DataCom 2017 will be held on November 6-10, 2017 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - The 5Vs of the data landscape: volume, variety, velocity, veracity, value - Big data science and foundations, analytics, visualization and semantics - Software and tools for big data management. - Security, privacy and legal issues specific to big data - Big data economy, QoS and business models - Scientific discovery and business intelligence - Software, hardware and algorithm co-design, high-performance computing - Large-scale recommendation systems and graph analysis - Infrastructures and systems for big data analytics and managements - Middleware and tools for big data analytics and managements - Algorithmic, experimental, prototyping and implementation - Data quality issues: such as validation, metrics, optimizations and consistency - Data-driven innovation, computational modelling and data integration - Data intensive computing theorems and technologies - Big data for advanced manufacturing and productivity - Modeling, simulation and performance evaluation - Green data centers / environmental-friendly perspectives - Computing, scheduling and resource management for sustainability - Complex applications in areas where massive data is generated ---------------------------------------- PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS ---------------------------------------- IEEE CS proceedings, indexed by - IEEE Xplore - Scopus - EI Engineering Index - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar Extended version of the selected papers will be invited for publication in prestigious international journals. ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Research Track: Paper Submission - July 27, 2017 Author Notification - August 27, 2017 Poster/Demo/Special Session: Paper Submission - August 31, 2017 Author Notification - September 6, 2017 Camera ready / registration: September 17, 2017 —----------------- SUBMISSION —----------------- Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Papers should be prepared in IEEE CS format and submitted via the IEEE DataCom 2017 web site, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeedatacom2017 IEEE formatting information: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html - Proposals for organizing tutorials, workshops and special sessions need to be submitted to the Tutorials, Workshops and Special Sessions Chairs, respectively. A proposal should include title, theme, scope and main presenters/organizers. - Research paper (8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. - Works-in-Progess (WIP) (6 pages) papers are expected to present either work currently in progress or less developed but highly innovative ideas. - Demo/Poster papers (4 pages) must describe working systems and be related to DataCom. These systems may be innovative prototype implementations or mature systems that use related technology. Papers/proposals need to be submitted to the Demo/Poster Chair. - Workshop and Special Session papers need to be submitted to the corresponding workshops and special sessions. All accepted papers in the main tracks, workshops, special sessions and demos/posters will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings (EI indexed). Extended versions of selected excellent papers will be considered for publication in special issues of prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed). ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- General Chairs Sanjay Ranka, University of Florida, USA Hai Jin, HUST, China Manu Malek, Stevens Inst. of Tech., USA General Executive Chairs Jun Wang, University of Central Florida, USA Tao Li, NSF/UFL, USA Program Chairs Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Xiaolin Li, University of Florida, USA Wenguang Chen, Tsinghua University, China Workshop Chairs I-Hsin Chung, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA Wuu Yang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Demo/Poster Chair Che-Rung Lee, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Special Session Chair Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA Award Chair Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA International Liaison & Publicity Chair Bingsheng He, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Jun Huang, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University, Australia William Liu, Auckland University of Technology, and Zealand Bhekisipho Twala, Univ. Johannesburg, South Africa Hao Wang, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Sheng-De Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Publication Chair Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Advisory Committee Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Yuanyuan Yang, Stony Brook University, USA Christophe Cérin, University of Paris XIII, France Yeh-Ching Chung, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan Beniamino Di Martino, Second University of Naples, Italy Domenico Talia, Università della Calabria, Italy Vincent S. Tseng, National Chiao Tung Univ. Taiwan Cho-Li Wang, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jinsong Wu, University de Chile, Chile Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Please visit the IEEE DataCom 2017 website http://grid.chu.edu.tw/datacom2017/tpc.php for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members. ******************************************************************************** The hpc-announce mailing list has been setup to have a common mailing list to share information with respect to upcoming HPC related events. You are included in this mailing list based on your participation or interest in a previous HPC conference or other event. The purpose for providing a single mailing list is to allow participants to easily identify such emails, and handle them appropriately. Some options include: 1. If you feel that the number of such emails is too many, filter them to less-frequently-read folders in your email client. 2. 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The 2017 ICDM Workshop on Data Science and Big Data Analytics (DSBDA 2017)
by ICT DataScience 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

The 5th ICDM Workshop on Data Science and Big Data Analytics (DSBDA 2017) [http://www.bigdatalab.ac.cn/~dsbda/2017/] In conjunction with The IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2017) [http://icdm2017.bigke.org/] New Orleans, USA · November 18, 2017 Introduction ================ Due to the rapid development of IT technology including Internet, Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, and Internet of Things, as well as the consequent decrease of cost on collecting and storing data, big data has been generated from almost every industry and sector as well as governmental department. The volume of big data often grows exponentially or even in rates that overwhelm the well-known Moore’s Law. Meanwhile, big data has been extended from traditional structured data into semi-structured and completely unstructured data of various types, such as text, image, audio, video, click streams, log files, etc. It is no doubt that big data can offer us unprecedented opportunities. However, it also poses many grand challenges. Due to the massive volume and inherent complexity, it is extremely difficult to store, aggregate, manage, and analyze big data and finally mine valuable information/knowledge from the complex data/information networks. Therefore, in the presence of big data, the theories, models, algorithms and methods of traditional data related fields, such as, data mining, data engineering, machine learning, statistical learning, computer programming, pattern recognition and learning, visualization, uncertainty modeling, and high performance computing etc., become no longer effective and efficient. On the other hand, some data is generated exponentially or super-exponentially in a streaming manner. Therefore, how to delicately analyze and deeply understand big data so as to obtain dynamical and incremental information / knowledge, is a grand challenge. In general, at the era of big data, it is expected to develop new theories, models, algorithms, methods, and paradigms for mining, analyzing, and understanding big data, and even a new inter-discipline, Data Science, for studying the perception, acquisition, transportation, storage, management, analysis, visualization, and applications of big data, and finally implement the transformation from data to knowledge. DSBDA 2017 aims to provide a networking venue that will bring together scientists, researchers, professionals, and practitioners from both industry and academia and from different disciplines (including computer science, social science, network science, etc.) to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, share experiences, promote collaborations, and report state-of-the-art research work on various aspects of data science and big data analytics. Topics ================ The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Data science and data analytics * Acquisition, representation, indexing, storage, and management of big data * Processing, pre-processing, and post-processing of big data * Models, algorithms, and methods for big data mining and understanding * Knowledge discovery and acquisition from big data * Visualizing analytics and organization for big data * Streaming data processing * Context data mining from big Web data * Social computing over big Web data * Industrial and scientific applications of big data * Tools for big data analytics Submissions ================ The page limit of workshop papers is 8 pages in the standard IEEE 2-column format ( http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html) including the bibliography and any possible appendices. All papers must be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society proceedings manuscript style, following IEEE ICDM 2017 submission guidelines available at http://icdm2017.bigke.org/. Papers should be submitted in PDF format, electronically, using the CyberChair submission system: https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2017/icdm17/scripts/submit.php?subarea=SP04&u… . Note that all accepted papers will be included in the IEEE ICDM 2017 Workshops Proceedings volume published by IEEE Computer Society Press, and will also be included in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The workshop proceedings will be in a CD separated from the CD of the main conference. The CD is produced by IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Therefore, papers must not have been accepted for publication elsewhere or be under review for another workshop, conferences or journals. Important Dates ================ Submissions Due Date: August 7, 2017 Notifications of Acceptance: September 7, 2017 Camera-Ready Deadline: September 15, 2017 Workshop Date: November 18, 2017 Steering Committee =================== Prof. Benjamin W. Wah, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Prof. Jinpeng Huai, Beihang University, China Prof. Xueqi Cheng, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Workshop Chairs ================ Dr. Xiaolong Jin Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Email: jinxiaolong(a)ict.ac.cn Dr. Jiafeng Guo Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Email: guojiafeng(a)ict.ac.cn Dr. Huewei Shen Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Email: shenhuawei(a)ict.ac.cn

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[CFR]: ESORICS+Workshops 2017 Registration is Open (Early-bird pricing through ***August, 15th 2017***)
by Cristina Alcaraz 20 Jul '17

20 Jul '17

Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to join us at the 22nd European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2017 in Oslo, Norway! ESORICS is the annual European research event in Computer Security. The Symposium started in 1990 and has been held in several European countries, attracting a wide international audience from both the academic and industrial communities. Registration for ESORICS+Workshops 2017 is open, but will end soon. Early registration deadline is ***August, 15th 2017*** Registration rates: https://www.ntnu.edu/web/esorics2017/registration If an invitation letter is needed (e.g. VISA) the letter will be provided after the registration. To do this, it is necessary to send an email to the organizing committee: mailto:esorics2017@ntnu.edu Venu page: https://www.ntnu.edu/web/esorics2017/venue Travel and accommodation page: https://www.ntnu.edu/web/esorics2017/travel-accomodation We hope to see you in Oslo, Norway! -- Cristina Alcaraz ESORICS 2017 Publicity Chair University of Malaga

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CFP: 3rd Workshop on Heterogeneous High-performance Reconfigurable Computing (H2RC 2017) at SC17: Extended abstracts due Sept. 1
by Jason D. Bakos 19 Jul '17

19 Jul '17

========================================================================== ** Call for Papers ** ========================================================================== Third International Workshop on Heterogeneous High-performance Reconfigurable Computing (H2RC 2017) Held in conjunction with Supercomputing 2017 Friday Morning, November 17, 2017 Denver, CO http://h2rc.cse.sc.edu ========================================================================== Submission Deadline: September 1, 2017 (one page extended abstracts) ========================================================================== As conventional von-Neumann architectures are suffering from rising power densities, we are facing an era with power, energy efficiency, and cooling as first-class constraints for scalable HPC. FPGAs can tailor the hardware to the application, avoiding overheads and achieving higher hardware efficiency than general-purpose architectures. Leading FPGA manufacturers have recently made a concerted effort to provide a range of higher-level, easier to use high-level programming models for FPGAs. Such initiatives are already stimulating new interest within the HPC community around the potential advantages of FPGAs over other architectures. With this in mind, this workshop, now in its third year, brings together HPC and heterogeneous-computing researchers to demonstrate and share experiences on legacy and new high-level programming models, optimizations specific to scientific computing and data analytics, tools for performance/energy improvements, FPGA computing in the cloud, and popular applications for reconfigurable computing such as machine learning and big data. ========================================================================== Submissions (one page extended abstract): Submissions are solicited that explore the state of the art in the use of FPGAs in heterogeneous high-performance computing architectures and, at a system level, in data centers and supercomputers. FPGAs may be considered from either or both the distributed, parallel and composable fabric of compute elements or from their dynamic reconfigurability. We particularly encourage submissions which focus on the mapping of algorithms and applications to heterogeneous FPGA-based systems as well as the overall impact of such architectures on the compute capacity, cost, power efficiency, and overall computational capabilities of data centers and supercomputers. Submissions may report on theoretical or applied research, implementation case studies, benchmarks, standards, or any other area that promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of heterogeneous high-performance reconfigurable computing and will help to shape future research and implementations in this domain. A non-comprehensive list of potential topics of interest is given below: 1. FPGAs in Supercomputer, Cloud and Data Center: FPGAs in relation to challenges to Cloud/Data Center/Supercomputing posed by the end of Dennard scaling 2. Supercomputing, Cloud and Data Center Applications: Exploiting FPGA compute fabric to implement critical cloud/HPC applications 3. Leveraging Reconfigurability: Using reconfigurability for new approaches to algorithms used in cloud/HPC applications 4. Benchmarks: Compute performance and/or power and cost efficiency for cloud/HPC with heterogeneous architectures using FPGAs 5. Implementation Studies: Heterogenous Hardware and Management Infrastructure 6. Programming Languages/Runtimes/OS/Tools/Frameworks for Heterogeneous High Performance Reconfigurable Computing 7. Future-gazing: New Applications/The Cloud Enabled by Heterogeneous High Performance Reconfigurable Computing, Evolution of Computer Architecture in relation to Heterogeneous High Performance Reconfigurable Computing 8. Community building: Standards, consortium activity, open source, education, initiatives to enable and grow Heterogeneous High Performance Reconfigurable Computing Prospective authors are invited to submit original and unpublished contributions as a ONE PAGE EXTENDED ABSTRACT in ACM SIG Proceedings format. ========================================================================== You can submit your contribution(s) through a link on the H2RC website: http://h2rc.cse.sc.edu ========================================================================== Important dates: Submission Deadline: September 1, 2017 Acceptance Notification: October 15, 2017 Camera-ready Manuscripts Due: November 4, 2017 Workshop Date: November 17, 2017 ========================================================================== Workshop Format: H2RC is a half-day Friday workshop. It will be comprised of Keynote and invited talks and talks selected from paper submissions. ========================================================================== Organizing Committee: Workshop Organizers: Michaela Blott, Xilinx Franck Cappello, Argonne National Lab Torsten Hoefler, ETH Zurich Jason D. Bakos, University of South Carolina Program Committee: Rizwan Ashraf, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Paul Chow, University of Toronto Carl Ebeling, Altera Hans Eberle, NVIDIA Alan George, University of Florida Christoph Hagleitner, IBM Miriam Leeser, Northeastern University Viktor Prasanna, Univ. of Southern California Marco Santambrogio, Politecnico Di Milano Jeffrey Vetter, Oak Ridge National Lab -- Jason D. Bakos, Ph.D. Professor Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Univ. of South Carolina 301 Main St., Suite 3A01L Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-8627 (voice), 803-777-3767 (fax) http://www.cse.sc.edu/~jbakos jbakos(a)cse.sc.edu

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Recruitment - PhD Interns on Cyber-Physical Security at SUTD, Singapore
by Jianying Zhou 19 Jul '17

19 Jul '17

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a young university established in collaboration with MIT. Cyber security is one of its most important areas and grows very fast with rich research funding. It has the world's best facilities in cyber-physical systems (CPS) including testbeds for Secure Water Treatment (SWaT), Water Distribution (WADI), Electric Power and Intelligent Control (EPIC), and IoT. (See more info at https://itrust.sutd.edu.sg/research/testbeds/) I am looking for PhD interns with interest in cyber-physical system security (IoT, autonomous vehicle, and power grid etc.), especially on the topics such as 1) Lightweight and low-latency crypto algorithms for CPS devices, 2) Resilient authentication of devices and data in CPS, 3) Advanced SCADA firewall to filter more sophisticated attacking packets in CPS, 4) Big data based threat analytics for detection of both known and unknown threats, 5) Attack mitigation to increase the resilience of CPS. The attachment will be at least 3 months. Allowance will be provided for local expenses. Interested candidates please send your CV with a research statement to Prof. Jianying Zhou. Contact: Prof. Jianying Zhou Email: jianying_zhou(a)sutd.edu.sg Home: http://jianying.space/

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CFP : Special Issue on Parallel Computing in Modelling and Simulation on JPDC
by William Spataro 18 Jul '17

18 Jul '17

(sorry for cross postings) SPECIAL ISSUE ON PARALLEL COMPUTING IN MODELLING AND SIMULATION SCOPE and OBJECTIVES Model development for the simulation of the evolution of artificial and natural systems is essential for the advancement of Science. Recently, the increasing power of computers has allowed to considerably extend the application of parallel computing methodologies in research and industry, but also to the quantitative study of complex phenomena. This has permitted a broad application of numerical methods for differential equation systems (e.g., FEM, FDM, 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. This Special issue aims 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, and thus in the Parallel Computing for Modelling and Simulation field. The intent is to offer an opportunity to express and confront views on trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in diverse application fields, such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc. TOPICS of INTEREST Tentative authors are invited to submit original unpublished works on topics from a wide range of parallel computing methods, including but not limited to the following: * Parallel algorithms for modelling and simulation * 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, GPGPU applications in Computational Science * Optimization algorithms, modelling techniques related to optimization in Computational Science * Software developed to solve science (e.g.,biological, physical, and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems * Hardware approaches of parallel computing in modelling and simulation IMPORTANT DATES Submission: 15th September 2017 First Notification: 1st December 2017 Revision Submission: 15th January 2018 Second Notification: 1st March 2018 Final version Submission: 1st April 2018 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Regarding the paper submission, we expect that papers submitted to this special issue for possible publication must be original and must not be under consideration for publication in any other journal or conference. Previously published or accepted conference/workshop papers must contain at least 40%-50% new material to be considered for the special issue. All papers are to be submitted by referring to http://ees.elsevier.com/jpdc. During submission please select paper type “VSI:ParCompModelSimu” under Manuscript Category. All manuscripts must be prepared according to the journal publication guidelines which can also be found on the website provided above. Papers will be reviewed following the journal standard review process. GUEST EDITORS William Spataro (University of Calabria, IT) spataro(a)unical.it Giuseppe A. Trunfio (University of Sassari, IT) trunfio(a)uniss.it Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis (Democritus University of Thrace, GR) gsirak(a)ee.duth.gr -- °-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° William Spataro Department of Mathematics & Computer Science High Performance Computing Center University of Calabria I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) Italy Phone(s) : +39.0984.49.3691 / 4875 / 6464 Fax : +39.0984.493570 Member of the OpenCAL Team (https://github.com/OpenCALTeam) 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 <http://unical.it/portale/portaltemplates/view/view_largomento.cfm?48976>

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CFP - IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications
by Peter Mueller 18 Jul '17

18 Jul '17

*************************************************************************************************** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this IEEE ISPA 2017 CFP with 14+ SIs & 10+ Keynotes. We appreciate your great help if you forward this IEEE ISPA 2017 CFP to your colleagues and friends. *************************************************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers for the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (IEEE ISPA 2017) --- Paper Submission Deadline extended to July 28, 2017 ***One of China Computer Federation (CCF) Class "C" Conferences*** Organizers: Guangzhou University, China Central South University, China Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and IEEE TCSC. Venue & Dates: Guangzhou, China, December 12-15, 2017 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/conference/ISPA2017/ Co-Located Conferences: (1) The 16th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IEEE IUCC 2017), Guangzhou, China, December 12-15, 2017 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/conference/IUCC2017/ (2) The 10th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2017), Guangzhou, China, December 12-15, 2017 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/conference/SpaCCS2017/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issues Section Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 14+ SCI & EI indexed special issues (confirmed): (1) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.79) http://tii.ieee-ies.org/ (2) IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: to appear soon) https://www.computer.org/web/tetc (3) IEEE Access (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.270) http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/ (4) Information Sciences - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.364) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-sciences/ (5) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.430) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/ (6) Cluster Computing - Springer (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.514) http://link.springer.com/journal/10586 (7) Multimedia Tools and Applications - Springer (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.331) https://link.springer.com/journal/11042 (8) Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.320) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-comput… (9) Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience - Wiley (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 0.94) http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/ (10) Security and Communication Networks - Hindawi (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 0.806) https://www.hindawi.com/journals/scn/ (11) Future Internet - MDPI (ESCI & EI Indexed) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet (12) International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - INDERSCIENCE (ESCI & EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJCSE (13) International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJES (14) International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijhpcn * More special issues will be added later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keynote Speeches Section You are welcome to attend 10+ Keynote Speeches Shared by Co-Located IEEE ISPA 2017 & IEEE IUCC 2017 & SpaCCS 2017 Conferences: http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/conference/ISPA2017/KeynoteSpeeches.htm Keynote Speaker 1: Prof. Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA (Fellow of APS (Physics) and Fellow of ACM (Computing)) https://www.soic.indiana.edu/all-people/profile.html?profile_id=203 Title: Next Generation Grid: Integrating Parallel and Distributed Computing Runtimes from Cloud to Edge Applications Keynote Speaker 2: Prof. Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of UK, Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the IEE/IET) http://www-mobile.ecs.soton.ac.uk/newcomms/?q=people/lh Title: Quantum-Search Algorithms, Quantum Codes and All That... Keynote Speaker 3: Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada (Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science) http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~boukerch/ Title: Autonomous and Connected Vehicles: A New Challenge for Smart Cities Keynote Speaker 4: Prof. Jie Wu, Temple University, USA (IEEE Fellow) https://cis.temple.edu/~wu/ Title: Dual-Centric Data Center Network Architectures Keynote Speaker 5: Prof. Robert Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore (IEEE Fellow) http://www.mysmu.edu/faculty/robertdeng/ Title: Privacy-Preserving Access Control and Computations of Encrypted Data in the Cloud Keynote Speaker 6: Prof. Vijay Varadharajan, The University of Newcastle, Australia (Fellow of the British Computer Society, Fellow of the IEE) http://web.science.mq.edu.au/directory/listing/person.htm?id=vijay Title: TBD. Keynote Speaker 7: Prof. Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (Cheung Kung Scholars Chair Professor, Fellow of the CCF) http://www.linkedin.com/in/jinhust Title: Towards Dataflow-based Graph Accelerator Keynote Speaker 8: Prof. Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan http://cis.k.hosei.ac.jp/~jianhua/mahome/ Title: TBD. Keynote Speaker 9: Prof. Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia http://www.swinflow.org/~jchen/ Title: Big Data - Big Application * More keynote speakers will be added later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction The IEEE ISPA 2017 (15th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability, security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium, scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines). The 15th IEEE ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful IEEE ISPA conferences in the years from 2003 to 2016 in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. IEEE ISPA 2017 is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the IEEE Computer Society. IEEE ISPA 2017 is particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing, tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software Defined networking and its applications. Scope and Interests (1) Systems and Architectures Track Cloud computing and data center technology Migration of computations Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability Energy management and Green Computing Wireless and mobile networks Internet of Things (IoT) Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC Parallel and distributed algorithms Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development Novel parallel programming paradigms Programming models for cloud services and applications Code generation and optimization Compilers for parallel computers Middleware and tools Scheduling and resource management Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track High-performance scientific and engineering computing Grid and cluster computing Pervasive and ubiquitous computing Databases, data mining, and data management Big data and business analytics Scientific cloud systems and services Internet computing and web services Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications Software Defined Networks and its applications Submission and Publication Information All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ispa2017) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 8 pages (or up to 12 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in IEEE Computer Society proceedings Format ( http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html ) with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. 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 and presented papers will be included in the IEEE CPS Proceedings. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be recommended to high quality international journals. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: July 28, 2017 (Extended) Author Notification: September 15, 2017 Camera-Ready Paper Due: October 15, 2017 Conference Dates: December 12-15, 2017 General Chairs Qinghua Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Chairs Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China Program Vice Chairs (1) Systems and Architectures Track Jinjun Chen, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia Qing Yang, Montana State University, USA (2) Technologies and Tools Track Julien Bourgeois, Universit¨¦ de Franche-Comt¨¦, France Gang Pan, Zhejiang University, China (3) Applications Track Javid Taheri, Karlstad University, Sweden Weigang Li, University of Brasilia, Brazil Steering Chairs Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Committee Members Please check the conference website for detail. Workshop Chairs Karl Andersson, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden Habib M. Ammari, Norfolk State University, USA Shui Yu, Deakin University, Australia Andy Li, University of Florida, USA Publicity Chairs Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Mianxiong Dong, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Publication Chair Fang Qi, Central South University, China Registration Chair Pin Liu, Central South University, China Organizing Chairs Dongqing Xie, Guangzhou University, China Shuhong Chen, Guangzhou University, China Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China Webmaster Dacheng Meng, Central South University, China Contact Please email inquiries concerning IEEE ISPA 2017 to: Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and the conference organizers (ISPA2017Guangzhou AT gmail DOT com). Prof. Guojun Wang's Homepage: http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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EVLSID 2018 ** Deadline for paper submission extended to July 30, 2017 **
by Ishan Thakkar 18 Jul '17

18 Jul '17

Call for Papers: International Conference on Embedded and VLSI Design 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 31st International Conference on VLSI Design The 17th International Conference on Embedded Systems January 6-11, 2018, Pune, India http://embeddedandvlsidesignconference.org ** Deadline for paper submission: July 30, 2017 ** This joint conference is a forum for researchers and designers to present and discuss current topics in VLSI design, electronic design automation, embedded systems, and emerging technologies. Two days of tutorials will be followed by three days of regular paper sessions, special sessions, and embedded tutorials. Industry presentation sessions along with exhibits, panel discussions, Design Contest, and Education Forum round off the program. The conference is followed by the Reliability Aware System Design and Test (RASDAT) workshop. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on previously unpublished results in the following categories: ******************************** EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN E1: Embedded Systems Hardware: HW/SW co-design, SoC, multi-core systems, board level hardware, HW security, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, sensors/actuators, displays E2: Embedded Systems Software: Operating systems, firmware, algorithms, middleware, runtimes, parallelization, virtualization, software for low power, security, reliability, real-time support, emerging applications (e.g., automotive, telematics, analytics) E3: FPGA and Reconfigurable Systems: FPGA architecture and FPGA circuit design, CAD for FPGA, FPGA prototyping, FPGA-based accelerators E4: Wireless Systems: Sensor networks, low-power wireless systems, wireless protocols, wireless power delivery E5: Embedded Case Studies: Practical and industrial tools, methodologies, designs in various application areas: wireless, medical, networking, multimedia, automotive, controls, etc. DESIGN TOOLS AND EDA T1: Design Verification: Functional, formal, coverage-driven, hardware-assisted, and assertion-based verification, behavioral, RTL, and gate-level simulation, emulation, equivalence checking T2: Test, Reliability, Fault-Tolerance: DFT, fault modelling and simulation, ATPG, BIST, repair, delay test, fault tolerance, online test, AIMS/RF test, board-level and system-level test, silicon debug, post-silicon validation, memory test, reliability testing T3: Computer-Aided Design (CAD): Logic and behavioral synthesis, logic mapping, simulation and formal verification, layout (partitioning, placement, routing, floor planning, and compaction), post route optimizations DESIGN METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGY M1: System-level Design: Methodologies and architectures, processor and memory design, multi-core, GPU design, networks-on-chip, defect-tolerant architectures, accelerators, distributed systems (e.g., automotive), cyber-physical systems M2: Advances in Digital Design: Logic and physical synthesis, place and route, clock tree design, timing and signal integrity, design for manufacturability and yield, power integrity, variation-tolerant design M3: Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Design: Design of analog, mixed signal, and RF IP, high-speed wired and wireless interfaces, low-power analog and RF M4: Power-Aware Design: Power analysis and estimation, optimization and low-power design, energy-efficient design, battery-aware design, thermal management, energy harvesting M5: CMOS Technology and Devices: Deep nanoscale CMOS devices, device modelling and simulation, multi-domain simulation, device/circuit-level reliability and variability M6: Emerging Technologies: Post-CMOS devices, MEMS sensors, biomedical circuits, lab-on-chip, carbon nanotubes, silicon photonics, spintronic, memristors, neuromorphic and quantum computing SAFE AND SECURE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS S1: Design for Safety and Reliability Physically unclonable functions, random number generators, fault tolerance systems and architectures S2: Secure Circuits and Systems System security, side channel attacks and anti-piracy methodologies, Embedded systems security in healthcare, automotive, industrial and IoT applications S3: Safety Assurance of Circuits/ Systems Design for functional safety and certifications in airborne, health care, automotive systems ******************************** EMBEDDED TUTORIALS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS: Proposals in relevant emerging areas should be submitted as two-page abstracts. On acceptance, authors are required to submit full regular papers. HALF-DAY AND FULL-DAY TUTORIALS: Tutorial proposal are invited for topics of interest including VLSI design, EDA, VLSI technology, and embedded systems. The tutorials will be arranged on the first two days of the conference. PANELS: Proposals must be submitted with an abstract, and a list of panelists. SUBMISSIONS: All submissions should be made electronically via the conference website by the deadline. Your manuscript should clearly state the novel ideas, results, and applications of the contribution. Paper submissions will undergo a double-blind review. Papers must be in PDF format and not exceed 6 single-spaced pages including figures and references in two-column IEEE conference paper format. Papers exceeding the page limit or identifying the authors will be rejected without review. EXHIBITS: Please contact the Exhibits Chair to explore opportunities to display your products/services. FELLOWSHIPS: The conference will award fellowships, based on need and merit, to partially cover expenses of attendees from India. Application details will be posted at the conference website. DESIGN CONTEST: Please check the conference website or contact the Design Contest Chair for more details. USER TRACK AND PHD FORUM: Please check the conference website for details on criteria and submission dates. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of Full paper deadline: July 30, 2017 Acceptance notification: September 17, 2017 Camera ready paper due: October 8, 2017

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