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What's the state of openstack-hpc now?
by me,apporc 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Hi, all I found this etherpad[1] which was created long time ago, inside which there are some blueprints: support-heterogeneous-archs[2], heterogeneous-instance-types[3] and schedule-instances-on-heterogeneous-architectures[4] . But those blueprints had been obselete since year 2014, and some of its patches were abandoned. There however is a forked branch github[5] or launchpad[6], which is diverged far away from nova/trunk, and not updated since 2014 too. Is that we just abandoned those blueprints in openstack or else? Besides, there is a CaaS[7] project called Senlin[8], which refered to the word "HPC" in its wiki. But it seems like not really related. "Cluster" can mean many things, but hpc is some kind different. I can not get the status of GPU support in nova. As the case of network, SR-IOV[9] seems ok. For storage, i don't know what the word "mi2" means in etherpad[1]. According to what i got above, it seems we can not use hpc in openstack now. But there are some videos here[10], here[11] and here[12].Since we can not get GPU in nova instance, are they just building traditional hpcs without GPU? I need more information, thanks in advance. 1. https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/HVHsTqOQGc 2. https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/support-heterogeneous-archs 3. https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/heterogeneous-instance-types 4. https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/schedule-instances-on-heterogen… 5. https://github.com/usc-isi/nova 6. https://code.launchpad.net/~usc-isi/nova/hpc-trunk 7. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/CaaS 8. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Senlin 9. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/SR-IOV-Passthrough-For-Networking 10. https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/summit-videos/presentation/… 11. https://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/videos/presentation/hpc-on-open… 12. https://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/videos/presentation/canonical-h… -- Regards, apporc

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CFP [Springer LNCS]: Workshop on Big Data & Deep Learning in HPC
by Carlos Ferreira 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Porto, Portugal June 30, 2016 First Workshop on Big Data & Deep Learning in High Performance Computing (http://bigdatadeeplearning2016.inesctec.pt/) in conjunction with VECPAR 2016 - High Performance Computing for Computational Science (http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2016/) Paper Submission Deadline: 27 March 2016 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ WORKSHOP ON BIG DATA & DEEP LEARNING IN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ------------------------------------ The number of very large data repositories (big data) is increasing in a rapid pace. Analysis of such repositories using the "traditional" sequential implementations of ML and emerging techniques, like deep learning, that model high-level abstractions in data by using multiple processing layers, requires expensive computational resources and long running times. Parallel or distributed computing are possible approaches that can make analysis of very large repositories and exploration of high-level representations feasible. Taking advantage of a parallel or a distributed execution of a ML/statistical system may: i) increase its speed; ii) learn hidden representations; iii) search a larger space and reach a better solution or; iv) increase the range of applications where it can be used (because it can process more data, for example). Parallel and distributed computing is therefore of high importance to extract knowledge from massive amounts of data and learn hidden representations. The workshop will be concerned with the exchange of experience among academics, researchers and the industry whose work in big data and deep learning require high performance computing to achieve goals. Participants will present recently developed algorithms/systems, on going work and applications taking advantage of such parallel or distributed environments. ------------------------------------ LIST OF TOPICS ------------------------------------ All novel data-intensive computing techniques, data storage and integration schemes, and algorithms for cutting-edge high performance computing architectures which targets Big Data and Deep Learning are of interest to the workshop. Examples of topics include but not limited to: - parallel algorithms for data-intensive applications; - scalable data and text mining and information retrieval; - using Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, Storm, Streaming to analyze Big Data; - energy-efficient data-intensive computing; - deep-learning with massive-scale datasets; - querying and visualization of large network datasets; - processing large-scale datasets on clusters of multicore and manycore processors, and accelerators; - heterogeneous computing for Big Data architectures; - Big Data in the Cloud; - processing and analyzing high-resolution images using high-performance computing; - using hybrid infrastructures for Big Data analysis. - New algorithms for parallel/distributed execution of ML systems; - applications of big data and deep learning to real-life problems. ------------------------------------ SUBMISSION ------------------------------------ Papers submitted to this workshop should not exceed 12 pages in length. The papers should be formatted according to the rules of the Springer Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). All accepted papers will be published by Springer in the series entitled Lecture Notes in Computer Science. The proceedings will be distributed in electronic format to participants of VECPAR 2016. You should make your submissions through the EasyChair system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdl2016 ------------------------------------ REGISTRATION ------------------------------------ All participants must attend the VECPAR 2016 conference. http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2016/registration.html ------------------------------------ ORGANIZATION ------------------------------------ Carlos Ferreira (LIAAD - INESC TEC LA and Polytechnic Institute of Porto) João Gama (LIAAD - INESC TEC LA and University of Porto) Albert Bifet (Telecom ParisTech) Vítor Santos Costa (CRACS - INESC TEC LA and University of Porto) Rui Camacho (LIAAD -INESC TEC LA and University of Porto) Carlos Ferreira ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto - PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail(a)isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt

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CANA 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= 9th Workshop on Computer Aspects of Numerical Algorithms (CANA'16) Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016 WWW: http://fedcsis.org/cana E-mail: cana2016(a)fedcsis.org We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to CANA 2016 - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2016). FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Poland Section, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT. The CANA workshop is devoted to numerical algorithms with the particular attention to the latest scientific trends in this area and to problems related to implementation of libraries of efficient numerical algorithms. The goal of the workshop is meeting of researchers from various institutes and exchanging of their experience, and integrations of scientific centers. TOPICS ======================================= - Parallel numerical algorithms - Novel data formats for dense and sparse matrices - Libraries for numerical computations - Numerical algorithms testing and benchmarking - Analysis of rounding errors of numerical algorithms - Languages, tools and environments for programming numerical algorithms - Numerical algorithms on coprocesors (GPU, Intel Xeon Phi, etc.) - Paradigms of programming numerical algorithms - Contemporary computer architectures - Heterogeneous numerical algorithms - Applications of numerical algorithms in science and technology PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ======================================= Papers should be submitted by April 18, 2016 (strict deadline). Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Moreover, most Events' organizers arrange quality journals, edited volumes, etc. and may invite selected extended and revised papers for post-conference publications (information can be found at the websites of individual events). IMPORTANT DATES ======================================= - Paper submission: April 18, 2016 (strict deadline) - Position paper submission: May 30, 2016 - Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016 - Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016 - Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016 - Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016 EVENT CHAIRS ======================================= - Bylina, Beata, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland - Bylina, Jaroslaw, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland - Stpiczyński, Przemysław, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far) ======================================= - Amodio, Pierluigi, Università di Bari, Italy - Anastassi, Zacharias, Qatar University, Qatar - Brugnano, Luigi, Universita' di Firenze, Italy - Czachorski, Tadeusz, IITiS - Gansterer, Wilfried, University of Vienna, Austria - Georgiev, Krassimir, IICT - BAS, Bulgaria - Kucaba-Pietal, Anna, Politechnika Rzeszowska, Poland - Lirkov, Ivan, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies , Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria - Marowka, Ami, Bar-Ilan University, Israel - Satco, Bianca-Renata, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania - Sedukhin, Stanislav, The University of Aizu, Japan - Shishkina, Olga, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany - Srinivasan, Natesan, Indian Institute of Technology, India - Tudruj, Marek, Inst. of Comp. Science Polish Academy of Sciences/Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Poland - Tůma, Miroslav, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic - Vazhenin, Alexander, University of Aizu, Japan CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS AT: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook FedCSIS on LinkedIN: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISLinkedIN

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FINAL CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: VECPAR 2016 - High Performance Computing for Computational Science
by Carlos Ferreira 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 12th International Meeting on High-Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR 2016) University of Porto, Porto, Portugal June 27 - 30, 2016 http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2016/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As part of the 12th VECPAR International Meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science, we are seeking proposals for affiliated workshops. The workshops should be focused in fresh topics related to parallel and distributed computational science, from theory to practice, where new ideas, subjects, open problems and works on progress can be discussed and explored. The accepted workshops will be held on 1st of July 2016 and may be organized as half- or full-day. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for workshop proposals: February 15th, 2016 Notification of acceptance: February 19th, 2016 Deadline for paper submission: To be defined by the chairs Author notification: To be defined by the chairs Camera-ready version of papers: May 15th, 2016 PROPOSALS GUIDELINES Workshop title and acronym; Workshop description (150-200 words) to be included in the VECPAR website; Name and short bio of the workshop proponents; A list of the tentative program committee. Responsibilities of the Workshop Chairs: Prepare a dedicated call for papers; Maintain the workshop website; Define the workshop program committee; Select the papers by a peer review process. PROCEEDINGS The papers of the workshops will be published under the Springer LNCS series. The authors may be asked to revise the paper after the conference in order to meet the series requirements. BUDGET VECPAR 2016 will not pay for travel or other arrangements for workshop organizers or any of their invited guests. HOW TO SUBMIT The workshop proposals should be sent by email to the Workshops Chair: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal tavares(a)fe.up.pt Carlos Ferreira [http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png] ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto - PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail(a)isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt<http://www.isep.ipp.pt>

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FINAL CFP: VECPAR 2016 - High Performance Computing for Computational Science
by Carlos Ferreira 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS 12th International Meeting on High-Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR 2016) University of Porto, Porto, Portugal June 27 - 30, 2016 http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2016/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: (EXTENDED DEADLINES!) Deadline for submission: *** February 5th, 2016 *** Notification of acceptance: March 20th, 2016 Camera ready version: May 2nd, 2016 The International Meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR) is the premier venue for presenting and discussing the latest research and practice in high end computer modeling and complex systems. VECPAR encourages submission of research contributions from academia, research laboratories and industry to address pressing issues in computational science resulting from applications of interest to society and hardware innovations. VECPAR'16, the 12th edition of the VECPAR series of conferences is organized by the University of Porto, Portugal, and will be held at the Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences. An award is planned for best student papers. Contributions are solicited in all areas of computational science and engineering (CS&E), including (but not limited to) the following topics: * Large scale Simulations in CS&E * Parallel and Distributed Computing * Parallel Algorithms * Numerical Algorithms on Multicore, GPUs and Emerging Architectures * Symbolic algorithms on Multicore, GPUs and Emerging Architectures * Support Tools and Environments * Scheduling and Load Balancing * Performance Analysis, Evaluation and Tuning You should make your submissions through EasyChair at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vecpar2016 Submitted papers must be formatted according to the rules of the Springer Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 Please note that papers (for conference presentation) must not exceed 8 pages in length, using the LNCS format. Accepted papers will be distributed in electronic format to participants of VECPAR'16. Printed versions of the invited talks and a set of selected papers will be published by Springer in the series entitled Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Selected papers will be limited to 14 pages and will be judged based on relevance, significance, originality, correctness and clarity. More information about this process will be sent to interested authors after the conference. Carlos Ferreira [http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png] ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto - PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail(a)isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt<http://www.isep.ipp.pt>

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SEN-MAS 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= 5th International Workshop on Smart Energy Networks & Multi-Agent Systems (SEN-MAS'16) Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016 WWW: http://fedcsis.org/sen-mas E-mail: sen-mas2016(a)fedcsis.org We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to SEN-MAS 2016 - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2016). FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT. TOPICS ======================================= The SEN-MAS'16 Workshop aims at providing a forum for presenting and discussing recent advances and experiences in building and using multi-agent systems for modelling, simulation and management of smart energy networks. In particular, it includes (but is not limited to) the following topics of interest: - Experiences of Smart Grid implementations by using MAS - Applications of Smart Grid technologies - Management of distributed generation and storage - Islands Power Systems, Microgrid Applications - Real time configurations of energy networks - Distributed planning process for energy networks by using MAS - Self-configuring or self-healing energy systems - Load modelling and control with MAS - Simulations of Smart Energy Networks - Software Tools for Smart Energy Networks - Energy Storage - Electrical Vehicles - Interactions and exchange between networks for electricity, gas and heat - Stability in Energy Networks - Distributed Optimization in Energy Networks PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ======================================= Papers should be submitted by April 18, 2016 (strict deadline). Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Extended versions of selected papers presented during the conference will be published as Special Issue(s) of: - Scalable Computing; Practice and Experience - Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling (publication fee waiver for the papers that are going to be selected is expected) - Multiagent and Grid Systems - Computer Science Journal (7 points in current ranking of MNiSW - this is something cryptic to the outsiders, but will be clear for scientists from Poland) IMPORTANT DATES ======================================= - Paper submission: April 18, 2016 (strict deadline) - Position paper submission: May 30, 2016 - Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016 - Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016 - Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016 - Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016 EVENT CHAIRS ======================================= - Derksen, Christian, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Kowalczyk, Ryszard, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia STEERING COMMITTEE ======================================= - Derksen, Christian, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Lehnhoff, Sebastian, OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology, Germany - Kowalczyk, Ryszard, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Nahorski, Zbigniew, Systems Research Institute - Polish Academy of Science, Poland PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far) ======================================= - Moench, Lars, FernUniversität Hagen, Germany - Ossowski, Sascha, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain - Renz, Wolfgang, HAW Hamburg - Sonnenschein, Michael, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany - Sudeikat, Jan, Hamburg Energie GmbH, Germany CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS AT: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook FedCSIS on LinkedIN: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISLinkedIN

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: VECPAR 2016 - High Performance Computing for Computational Science
by Carlos Ferreira 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

As part of the 12th VECPAR International Meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science, we are seeking proposals for affiliated workshops. The workshops should be focused in fresh topics related to parallel and distributed computational science, from theory to practice, where new ideas, subjects, open problems and works on progress can be discussed and explored. The accepted workshops will be held on 1st of July 2016 and may be organized as half- or full-day. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for workshop proposals: February 15th, 2016 Notification of acceptance: February 19th, 2016 Deadline for paper submission: To be defined by the chairs Author notification: To be defined by the chairs Camera-ready version of papers: May 15th, 2016 PROPOSALS GUIDELINES Workshop title and acronym; Workshop description (150-200 words) to be included in the VECPAR website; Name and short bio of the workshop proponents; A list of the tentative program committee. Responsibilities of the Workshop Chairs: Prepare a dedicated call for papers; Maintain the workshop website; Define the workshop program committee; Select the papers by a peer review process. PROCEEDINGS The papers of the workshops will be published under the Springer LNCS series. The authors may be asked to revise the paper after the conference in order to meet the series requirements. BUDGET VECPAR 2016 will not pay for travel or other arrangements for workshop organizers or any of their invited guests. HOW TO SUBMIT The workshop proposals should be sent by email to the Workshops Chair: João Manuel R. S. Tavares Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal tavares(a)fe.up.pt Carlos Ferreira [http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png] ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto - PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail(a)isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt<http://www.isep.ipp.pt>

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MMAP 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= 9th International Symposium on Multimedia Applications and Processing (MMAP'16) Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016 WWW: http://fedcsis.org/mmap E-mail: mmap2016(a)fedcsis.org We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to MMAP 2016 - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2016). FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT. MMAP 2016 is organized by Software Engineering Department, Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics, University of Craiova, Romania "Multimedia Applications Development" Research Centre. It is a major forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The MMAP 2016 Symposium welcomes submissions of original papers concerning all aspects of multimedia domain ranging from concepts developments to advanced technologies and innovative and theoretical applications. MMAP invites original previously unpublished contributions that are not submitted concurrently to a journal or another conference. Papers acceptance and publication will be judged based on their relevance to the symposium theme, clarity of presentation, originality and accuracy of results and proposed solutions. TOPICS ======================================= Topics of interest are related to Multimedia Processing and Applications including, but are not limited to the following areas: - Audio, Image and Video Processing - Animation, Virtual Reality, 3D and Stereo Imaging - Big Data Science and Multimedia Systems - Cloud Computing and Multimedia Applications - Machine Learning, Data Mining, Information Retrieval in Multimedia Applications - Multimedia File Systems and Databases: Indexing, Recognition and Retrieval - Multimedia in Internet and Web Based Systems - E-Learning, E-Commerce and E-Society Applications - Human Computer Interaction and Interfaces in Multimedia Applications - Multimedia in Medical Applications - Entertainment and games - Security in Multimedia Applications: Authentication and Watermarking - Distributed Multimedia Systems - Network and Operating System Support for Multimedia - Mobile Network Architecture - Intelligent Multimedia Network Applications - Future Trends in Computing System Technologies and Applications PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ======================================= Papers should be submitted by April 18, 2016 (strict deadline). Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Extended versions of selected papers presented during the conference will be published as Special Issue(s): - currently, a special issue of the Computer Science and Information Systems journal (ISI Indexed) is being prepared on the basis of selected papers from the MMAP 2015; it will be published in 2016 - special issue, based on the selected MMAP 2016 submissions is also planned for the Journal of Computer Science & Applications - similarly, in 2016, special issues of these two journals are going to be considered - furthermore, we are in active negotiations for additional Special Issue(s) based on the papers accepted for the MMAP 2016 -- special issues proposals should be submitted to MMAP'16 organizers IMPORTANT DATES ======================================= - Paper submission: April 18, 2016 (strict deadline) - Position paper submission: May 30, 2016 - Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016 - Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016 - Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016 - Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016 EVENT CHAIRS ======================================= - Brezovan, Marius, University of Craiova - Burdescu, Dumitru Dan, University of Craiova, Romania STEERING COMMITTEE ======================================= - Amy Neustein, Boston University, USA, Editor of Speech Technology - Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia and University of Canberra, Australia - Ioannis Pitas, University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania - Borko Furht, Florida Atlantic University, USA - Harald Kosch, University of Passau, Germany - Vladimir Uskov, Bradley University, USA - Thomas M. Deserno, Aachen University, Germany PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far) ======================================= - Badica, Amelia, University of Craiova, Romania - Böszörmenyi, Laszlo, Klagenfurt University, Austria - Burlea Schiopoiu, Adriana, University of Craiova - Camacho, David, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain - Cretu, Vladimir, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania - Debono, Carl James, University of Malta, Malta - Fabijańska, Anna, Lodz University of Technology, Poland - Institute of Applied Computer Science, Poland - Fomichov, Vladimir, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia., Russia - Giurca, Adrian, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany - Grosu, Daniel, Wayne State University, United States - Groza, Voicu, University of Ottawa, Canada - Kabranov, Ognian, Cisco Systems, United States - Kannan, Rajkumar, Bishop Heber College Autonomous, India - Korzhik, Valery, State University of Telecommunications, Russia - Kotenko, Igor, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia - Kriksciuniene, Dalia, Vilnius University, Lithuania - Lau, Rynson, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China - Lloret, Jaime, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain - Logofatu, Bogdan, University of Bucharest, Romania - Mangioni, Giuseppe, DIEEI - University of Catania, Italy - Mannens, Erik, Ghent University - Mihaescu, Cristian, University of Craiova, Reunion - Mocanu, Mihai, University of Craiova, Romania - Morales-Luna, Guillermo, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico - Ohzeki, Kazuo, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan - Popescu, Dan, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia, Australia - Querini, Marco, Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering - RUTKAUSKIENE, Danguole, Kaunas University of Technology - Salem, Abdel-Badeeh M., Ain Shams University, Egypt - Sari, Riri Fitri, University of Indonesia, Indonesia - Stanescu, Liana, University of Craiova - Tejera, Mario Hernández, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Trausan-Matu, Stefan, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania - Trzcielinski, Stefan, Poznan University of Technology, Poland - Tsihrintzis, George, University of Piraeus, Greece - Vega-Rodríguez, Miguel A., University of Extremadura, Spain - Velastin, Sergio, Kingston University, United Kingdom - Virvou, Maria, University of Piraeus, Greece - Watanabe, Toyohide, University of Nagoya - Wotawa, Franz, Technische Universitaet Graz, Austria - Zurada, Jacek, University of Louisville, United States CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS AT: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook FedCSIS on LinkedIN: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISLinkedIN

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AAIA 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================= 11th International Symposium Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AAIA'16) Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016 www.fedcsis.org E-mail: aaia2016(a)fedcsis.org We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to AAIA - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2016). FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT. The AAIA'16 will bring researchers, developers, practitioners, and users to present their latest research, results, and ideas in all areas of artificial intelligence. We hope that theory and successful applications presented at the AAIA'15 will be of interest to researchers and practitioners who want to know about both theoretical advances and latest applied developments in Artificial Intelligence. As such AAIA'16 will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners to address the important issues. TOPICS ======================================= Papers related to theories, methodologies, and applications in science and technology in this theme are especially solicited. Topics covering industrial issues/applications and academic research are included, but not limited to: - Decision Support - Machine Learning - Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Arithmetics (see also AAIA’16 Plenary Panel) - Rough Sets and Approximate Reasoning - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Data Modeling and Feature Engineering - Data Integration and Information Fusion - Hybrid and Hierarchical Intelligent Systems - Neural Networks and Deep Learning - Bayesian Networks and Bayesian Reasoning - Case-based Reasoning and Similarity - Web Mining and Social Networks - AI in Business Intelligence and Online Analytics - AI in Robotics and Cyber-Physical Systems - AI-centered Systems and Large-Scale Applications PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ======================================= Papers should be submitted by April 18, 2016 (strict deadline). Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Moreover, most Events' organizers arrange quality journals, edited volumes, etc. and may invite selected extended and revised papers for post-conference publications (information can be found at the websites of individual events). IMPORTANT DATES ======================================= - Paper submission: April 18, 2016 (strict deadline) - Position paper submission: May 30, 2016 - Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016 - Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016 - Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016 - Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016 EVENT CHAIRS ======================================= - Janusz, Andrzej, University of Warsaw, Poland - Ślęzak, Dominik, University of Warsaw & Infobright Inc., Poland PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far) ======================================= - Artiemjew, Piotr, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland - Bartkowiak, Anna, Wroclaw University (retired profersor UWr), Poland - Bazan, Jan, University of Rzeszów, Poland - Bordogna, Gloria - Błaszczyński, Jerzy, Poznan University of Technology, Poland - Cetnarowicz, Krzysztof, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland - Chakraverty, Shampa, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, India - Chen, Phoebe - Cheung, William, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong S.A.R., China - Cyganek, Boguslaw, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland - Czarnowski, Ireneusz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland - Czyżewski, Andrzej, Electronics, Telecommunications, and Informatics Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology - Dardzinska, Agnieszka, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland - Dey, Lipika, Tata Consulting Services, India - do Carmo Nicoletti, Maria - Duentsch, Ivo, Computer Science Department, Brock University, Canada - Eklund, Patrik, Umea University, Sweden - Froelich, Wojciech, Institute of Computer Science, University of Silesia, Poland - Gao, Xiaoying - Holzinger, Andreas, Graz University of Technology, Austria - Jin, Xiaolong, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - Kayakutlu, Gulgun, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey - King, Irwin - Korbicz, Józef, University of Zielona Gora, Poland - Krasuski, Adam, The Main School of Fire Service (SGSP), Poland - Kryszkiewicz, Marzena, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland - Lopes, Lucelene, PUCRS, Brazil - Marek, Victor, University of Kentucky, United States - Matson, Eric T., Purdue University, United States - Menasalvas, Ernestina, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain - Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, University Jean Moulin Lyon3, France - Mirkin, Boris, Birkbeck University of London UK and NRU Higher School of Economics Moscow RF, Russia - Miyamoto, Sadaaki, University of Tsukuba, Japan - Moshkov, Mikhail, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia - Musiał-Gabryś, Katarzyna - Myszkowski, Pawel, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland - Nourani, Cyrus F., Akdmkrd-DAI TU Berlin, CBS Copenhagen-TansMedia GmbH, Munich, and SFU Burnaby, Canada - Nowostawski, Mariusz, Norwegian University of Technology and Science NTNU, Norway - Ohsawa, Yukio, The University of Tokyo, Japan - Peters, Georg, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany - Porta, Marco, University of Pavia, Italy - Przybyła-Kasperek, Małgorzata, University of Silesia, Poland - Raghavan, Vijay, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States - Rao, Raghavendra - Rauch, Jan - Reformat, Marek, University of Alberta, Canada - Ruta, Dymitr, EBTIC, Khalifa University, UAE - Ryżko, Dominik - Santofimia, Maria Jose, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain - Schaefer, Gerald, Loughborough University, United Kingdom - Shang, Lin - Sikora, Marek, Silesian University of Technology, Poland - Sydow, Marcin, Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish-Japanese Acad. of IT, Poland - Szczęch, Izabela, Poznan University of Technology, Poland - Szpakowicz, Stan, EECS, University of Ottawa, Canada - Szwed, Piotr, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland - Tsay, Li-Shiang, North Carolina A&T State University, United States - Unold, Olgierd, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland - Wang, Xin, University of Calgary, Canada - Weber, Richard, Universidad de Chile, Chile - Wieczorkowska, Alicja, Polish Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Poland - Wilbik, Anna - Wozniak, Michal, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland - Zadrozny, Slawomir, Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland - Zakrzewska, Danuta, Lodz University of Technology, Poland - Zielosko, Beata, University of Silesia, Poland - Ziolko, Bartosz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS AT: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook FedCSIS on LinkedIN: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISLinkedIN

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Extended Deadlines: VECPAR 2016 - High Performance Computing for Computational Science
by Carlos Ferreira 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS 12th International Meeting on High-Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR 2016) University of Porto, Porto, Portugal June 27 - 30, 2016 http://vecpar.fe.up.pt/2016/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: (EXTENDED DEADLINES!) Deadline for submission: *** February 5th, 2016 *** Notification of acceptance: March 20th, 2016 Camera ready version: May 2nd, 2016 The International Meeting on High Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR) is the premier venue for presenting and discussing the latest research and practice in high end computer modeling and complex systems. VECPAR encourages submission of research contributions from academia, research laboratories and industry to address pressing issues in computational science resulting from applications of interest to society and hardware innovations. VECPAR'16, the 12th edition of the VECPAR series of conferences is organized by the University of Porto, Portugal, and will be held at the Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences. An award is planned for best student papers. Contributions are solicited in all areas of computational science and engineering (CS&E), including (but not limited to) the following topics: * Large scale Simulations in CS&E * Parallel and Distributed Computing * Parallel Algorithms * Numerical Algorithms on Multicore, GPUs and Emerging Architectures * Symbolic algorithms on Multicore, GPUs and Emerging Architectures * Support Tools and Environments * Scheduling and Load Balancing * Performance Analysis, Evaluation and Tuning You should make your submissions through EasyChair at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vecpar2016 Submitted papers must be formatted according to the rules of the Springer Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 Please note that papers (for conference presentation) must not exceed 8 pages in length, using the LNCS format. Accepted papers will be distributed in electronic format to participants of VECPAR'16. Printed versions of the invited talks and a set of selected papers will be published by Springer in the series entitled Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Selected papers will be limited to 14 pages and will be judged based on relevance, significance, originality, correctness and clarity. More information about this process will be sent to interested authors after the conference. Carlos Ferreira [http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png] ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto - PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail(a)isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt<http://www.isep.ipp.pt>

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