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Call for Workshop proposals for ICPP 2020 conference
49th International Conference on Parallel Processing http://www.icpp-conf.org
Parallel and distributed computing is a central topic in science, engineering and society. ICPP, the International Conference on Parallel Processing, provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry and government to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art in all aspects of parallel and distributed computing.
The Workshops Committee of ICPP 2020 welcomes proposals for half or full day workshops affiliated with the conference, on topics of interest to ICPP 2020 attendees. The purpose of these workshops is to create new opportunities for presenting novel ideas in particular topics of interest, creating an specialized forum that may open new opportunities of collaboration and discussion.
The 49th ICPP will be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on August 17-20, 2020. Workshops will be held on Monday August 17th.
Important Dates Workshop proposal submissions: November 4, 2019
Workshop proposal notifications: November 11, 2019
Workshop proposal guidelines The proposals should include the following information: 1. Title/Acronym for the workshop. 2. Short biography of the Workshop organizers (5-10 lines). 3. Abstract on the workshop theme. 4. Discussion of the topic's relevance and workshop goals. 5. A description of the target audience. 6. Expected length (half-day or full-day). 7. Publicity plan for attracting submissions. 8. If applicable, details on previous instantiations of the workshop.
All workshop proposals will be evaluated by the ICPP Workshops Committee. The decision will be made based on the overall quality of the proposal and its match with the topics of interest to ICPP 2020. It is highly recommended that workshop proposals with similar scopes only submit a joint proposal.
Workshop Proposal Submission Workshop proposals (in pdf format) should be sent by email to one of the workshops chairs Federico Silla <fsilla@upv.es)>.
Please do not hesitate to contact the workshop chairs Federico Silla fsilla@upv.es or Tarek Abdelrahman tsa@ece.utoronto.ca, for any inquiry.