Dear subscribers of computational.science listserv: We believe that the appended announcement is of interest to the subscribers. Please share with those who would be interested. Thank you. Rob --- CALL FOR PAPERS (Topics: HPC, Scientific Computing, Cloud, ...) Publisher: SPRINGER NATURE ALL ACCEPTED PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY SPRINGER NATURE in BOOK SERIES: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence https://www.springer.com/series/11769 Paper Submission Deadline (EXTENDED): April 25, 2020 All accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature in book series: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence. The books will be widely disseminated (to over 1,000 libraries and to 1,000's of individuals). It should be noted that publication of papers in research books would permit each paper to be quite comprehensive (if need be) and so the publication value would be comparable to journal publications; and so would be listed as such in the list of research contribution. Our set of previous published books by Springer received the top 25% downloads in their respective topics with many papers receiving over 100 citations (some received over 700 citations). PDPTA 2020: The 26th International Conference on Parallel & Distributed Processing Techniques & Applications https://americancse.org/events/csce2020/conferences/pdpta20 CSC 2020: The 18th International Conference on Scientific Computing https://americancse.org/events/csce2020/conferences/csc20 MSV 2020: The 17th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods https://americancse.org/events/csce2020/conferences/msv20 GCC 2020: The 16th International Conference on Grid, Cloud, and Cluster Computing https://americancse.org/events/csce2020/conferences/gcc20 Co-Located: July 27-30, 2020, Luxor (MGM), Las Vegas, USA In case of hesitation by some authors/speakers to travel during Year 2020 (due to Coronavirus), the CSCE Steering Committee has developed a policy for Non-Attendance. In summary, for Year 2020, the non-attendance by any registered author would not negatively impact the publication of his/her paper. Having said the above, based on a survey conducted recently, we anticipate that all (or the vast majority) of speakers/authors to physically attend the CSCE 2020 Congress in late July. For more information see: the NON-ATTENDANCE POLICY: https://americancse.org/events/csce2020/non_attendance_policy KEYNOTE LECTURES AND TUTORIALS: There will be between 10 and 15 Keynote lectures and Invited Talks; speakers include world-renowned scientists and educators. Featured Keynote Speakers in recent years have included: - Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer, architecture, UC Berkeley) - Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of Chicago & ANL) - Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic Programming; Stanford U.) - Prof. Barry Vercoe (Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT) - Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology) - Dr. Jose L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and CTO of NSF Office of Cyber-infrastructure) - Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.; known for Flynn's taxonomy) - Dr. Firouz Naderi (former Head of NASA Mars Exploration Program; former Administrator and/or Director of Jet Propulsion Lab, CalTech/NASA; NASA's JPL Solar System Exploration - Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer, VR, UC Berkeley) - Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California) - Prof. David Lorge Parnas (pioneer of software engineering) - Prof. Eugene H. Spafford (Executive Director, CERIAS and Professor, Purdue University) - Prof. Haym Hirsh (Dean, Cornell University & former NSF admin) - Prof. H. J. Siegel (Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE and Professor of CS; Director, CSU Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC), Colorado State University, Colorado, USA) - Prof. Amit Sheth (LexisNexis Eminent Scholar; Founder/Executive Director, Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis)) - Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms; U. of Michigan) - Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Father of Fuzzy Logic, UC Berkeley) - Dr. Leonid I. Perlovsky (Harvard University and CEO LP Information Tech) - Dr. James A. Crowder (Chief Engineer, Raytheon Intelligence) - Prof. Diego Galar (Director & Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden) - and over 200 other distinguished speakers. The Congress is among the top five largest international annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. We anticipate to have attendees from about 75 countries and territories. To get a feeling about the conferences' atmosphere, see some delegates photos available at (over 2,000 photos): https://photos.ucmss.com/ https://americancse.org/photo-gallery/index-html INTRODUCTION: In order to leverage synergy between various CS & CE fields, the program committees of PDPTA, CSC, MSV, GCC conferences have their 2020 events held at one venue (same location and dates). This joint research event is composed of a number of tracks (joint-conferences, tutorials, sessions, workshops, poster and panel discussions); all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 27-30, 2020. For the complete list of joint conferences, refer to: https://www.americancse.org/events/csce2020 We anticipate having between 1,000 and 2,000 participants in the Congress. The congress includes 20 major tracks ( https://www.americancse.org/events/csce2020 ) composed of: 122 technical, research, and panel sessions as well as a number of keynote lectures and tutorials; all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 27-30, 2020. Last year, the Congress had attracted speakers/authors and participants affiliated with over 158 different universities (including many from the top 50 ranked institutions), major IT corporations (including: Microsoft, Google, Apple, SAP, Facebook, Oracle, Amazon, Yahoo, Samsung, IBM, Ebay, GE, Siemens, Philips, Ericsson, BAE Systems, Hitachi, NTT, Twitter, Uber Technologies, ...), major corporations (including: Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, PetroChina, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, Airbus, Boeing, Hyundai, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, ...), government research agencies (NSF, NIH, DoE, US Air Force, NSA National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, ...), US national laboratories (including, NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ANL Argonne National Lab, Sandia National Lab, ORNL Oak Ridge National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab, Pacific Northwest National Lab, ...), and a number of Venture Capitalists as well as distinguished speakers discussing Intellectual Property issues. Last year, 54% of attendees were from academia, 25% from industry; 20% from government and funding agencies; and 1% unknown. About half of the attendees were from outside USA; from 69 nations. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: https://american-cse.org/ Publisher: Springer Nature - Book Series: Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence Book Title: Advances in Parallel & Distributed Processing, & Applications Indexation: Subject to Springer science indexation which includes: online Springer Link (link.springer.com/), Scopus (www.info.scopus.com), SCI Compendex, EI Compendex (www.ei.org), EMBASE, Web of Science, Inspec, ACM digital library, Google Scholar, EBSCO, and others. Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them to the evaluation web site at: https://american-cse.org/ Submissions must be uploaded by the due date (see IMPORTANT DATES) and must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (maximum of 10 pages for Regular Research Papers; maximum of 6 pages for Short Research Papers; and maximum of 3 pages for Extended Abstract/Poster Papers - the number of pages includes all figures, tables, and references). ALL REASONABLE TYPESETTING FORMATS ARE ACCEPTABLE (many authors use Springer's one-column style format for their submissions or IEEE style format: later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their final papers for publication). Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include the followings: - Title of the paper - Name, affiliation, postal address, and email address of each author (identify the name of the Contact Author) - Abstract (between 100 and 120 words) - A maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the work described in the paper - Write the type of the submission as "Regular Research Paper", "Short Research Paper", or "Extended Abstract/Poster Paper". - The actual text of the paper can start from the first page (space permitting). Submissions are to be uploaded to the submission/evaluation web site portal at https://american-cse.org/ Type of Submissions/Papers: - Full/Regular Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages): Regular Research Papers should provide detail original research contributions. They must report new research results that represent a contribution to the field; sufficient details and support for the results and conclusions should also be provided. The work presented in regular papers are expected to be at a stage of maturity that with some additional work can be published as journal papers. - Short Research Papers (maximum of 6 pages): Short Research Papers report on ongoing research projects. They should provide overall research methodologies with some results. The work presented in short papers are expected to be at a stage of maturity that with some additional work can be published as regular papers. - Extended Abstract/Poster Papers (maximum of 3 pages): Poster papers report on ongoing research projects that are still in their infancy (i.e., at very early stages). Such papers tend to provide research methodologies without yet concrete results. Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictory recommendations, a member of the conference program committee would be charged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would involve seeking help from additional referees. Papers whose authors include a member of the conference program committee will be evaluated using the double-blinded review process. (Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may be considered for discussion/panels). IMPORTANT DATES: April 25: 2020: Submission of papers: https://american-cse.org/ - Full/Regular Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages); - Short Research Papers (maximum of 6 pages); - Abstract/Poster Papers (maximum of 3 pages) May 08, 2020: Notification of acceptance (+/- two days) May 22, 2020: Final papers + Copyright + Registration July 27-30, 2020: PDPTA 2020: The 26th International Conference on Parallel & Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications + CSC 2020: The 18th International Conference on Scientific Computing + MSV 2020: The 17th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation & Visualization Methods + GCC 2020: The 16th International Conference on Grid, Cloud, and Cluster Computing https://www.americancse.org/events/csce2020 CONTACT: Questions and inquiries should be sent to: Conference Secretariat: cs@american-cse.org