Call for Papers for the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (IEEE ISPA 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-computi...

(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 IEEE ISPA 2017 and its co-located IEEE IUCC 2017 and SpaCCS 2017 Conferences.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15, 2017 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/