---Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP--- Bench'19 (2019 International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing) Call for Papers Web: http://www.benchcouncil.org/Bench19/index.html November 14-16, 2019, Denver, Colorado, USA Introduction Benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing are fundamental activities in human being’s lives. Starting as nine BPOE Workshop series and SDBA Workshop in conjunction with ASPLOS, VLDB, and ICS, this symposium (Bench 19) is organized by International Open Benchmarking Council (BenchCouncil), and the main theme is benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing Big Data or AI in HPC, Datacenter, IoT, and Edge Computing. Bench 19 provides a high-quality, single-track forum for presenting results and discussing ideas that further the knowledge and understanding of the benchmark community as a whole. Also, we will invite speakers from China, US, Europe and Japan on HPC AI topics. Bench 19 has three special events: HPC AI benchmark suite and first HPC AI benchmarking report, Big Data and AI challenges, and BenchCouncil awards. Call for papers We solicit papers describing original and previously unpublished research. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following. **Benchmark, measurement, and optimization of: **Benchmark specifications and open-source implementation reports of: ** Methodologies, abstractions, metrics, algorithms, and tools in benchmark, measurement, and optimization for: ** Benchmark-driven domain-specific co-design of: ** Testbed methodologies and systems of: ** Workload characterization of: -Big Data -AI -HPC -Machine learning in HPC -Big scientific data -Datacenter -Cloud -Warehouse-scale computing -Mobile robotics -Edge and fog computing -IoT Paper Submission: Papers must be submitted in PDF. Short papers (no more than 4 pages in standard two-column IEEE conference format or 6 pages in LNCS format, not including references) are encouraged, and the authors can extend their short paper to 12 pages in LNCS format, not including references, in the final publication. If a full paper is submitted, the page limit is 8 pages in standard two-column IEEE conference format or 12 pages in LNCS format, not including references. The submissions will be judged based on the merit of the ideas rather than the length. After the conference, revised papers will be published by Springer (Pending). Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bench19 Improtant Dates Registration of abstract June 15, 2019 Paper Submission June 30, 2019 Acceptance Notification Aug 20, 2019 Organization General Chairs Dan Stanzione (Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin) Xiaoyi Lu (The Ohio State University) TPC Chairs Jianfeng Zhan (ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) Publications Chair Chen Zheng (Institute of Computing Technology, CAS) Award Committees D. K. Panda (The Ohio State University) Jianfeng Zhan (ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) BenchCouncil Achievement Award This award recognizes a senior member who has made long-term contributions to benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. The winner is eligible for BenchCouncil Fellow. BenchCouncil System Award This award recognizes a group of scientists and engineers who has made significant contributions to the design, implementation of a state-of-the-art or state-of-the-practice system. BenchCouncil Contribution Award Chair This award recognizes a senior member who has made long-term contributions to the benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing community. BenchCouncil best paper award Chair This award recognizes a paper presented at the Bench conferences, which demonstrates potential impact on research and practice in benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. Publicity Chairs Zhen Jia (Princeton University) Wanling Gao (Institute of Computing Technology, CAS) Web Chair Jiahui Dai (Beijing Academy of Frontier Sciences and Technology)