[hpc-announce] PDCAT 2012 Call For Workshop/Tutorial Proposals

[Qichang Liang]

The 13th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT 2012)

                         14-16 December 2012, Beijing, China

                        http://cit.bjtu.edu.cn/pdcat2012/

         Workshop/tutorial proposals Submission deadline : 1st July 2012


Call for Workshops/Tutorials proposals



The PDCAT 2012 Organizing Committee invites workshop/tutorial
proposals for
PDCAT 2012 to be held in Beijing, China, in December 2012.



Workshop/tutorial proposals are invited on specific aspects of
parallel and distributed computing, particularly relating to the
subject areas indicated by the topics below. We encourage workshops/
tutorials which will discuss fundamental research issues driven by
academic interests or more applied industrial or commercial concerns.
The format of the workshop/tutorial will be determined by the
organizers. Workshops/tutorials can vary in length from a half day to
a full day. Having more than one co-organizer for a workshop/tutorial
is strongly advised.

Workshop proceedings will be published as part of the PDCAT 2012
proceedings. So, it is very important that high quality workshops are
accepted, and that workshop chairs observe strict quality strandards
in the selection of papers for their events.

Workshops/tutorials attendees should register to the main conference.

Important Dates and Proposal Submission

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Workshop/tutorial proposals and any enquiries should be sent by e-mail
to the workshop chair below. Proposals should be submitted in PDF
format (printable on A4 paper).

Workshop/tutorial Proposals Due:     1st July, 2012

Notification:               14th July, 2012

URL for Workshop Website Due:    20th July, 2012

Workshop/tutorial:               14-16 December, 2012


Proposal Requirements

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Proposals for workshops/tutorials should be no more than 2 pages in
length. They should contain the following information:

     * Title and brief technical description of the workshop/tutorial,
specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be its focus.

     * A brief description of why and to whom the workshop/tutorial is
of interest.

     * A list of related workshops/tutorials or similar events held in
the last 3 years, or to be held in 2012/2013.

     * The names and contact information (web page, email address) of
the proposed organizing committee for workshops. This committee should
consist of two or three people knowledgeable about the technical
issues to be addressed, preferably not members of the same institution.

     * A description of the qualifications of the proposed organizing
committee with respect to organizing this workshop (e.g., papers
published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization,
other relevant information).


Responsibilities

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Each workshop organizing committee will be responsible for the
following:



# Produce a web page and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their
workshop. The URL should be sent to the workshop chair. The CFP should
mention that at least one author of each accepted submission must
attend the workshop and that all workshop participants must pay the
PDCAT registration fee.

# Ensure that all workshop papers are a maximum of 6 pages in length
(in IEEE format).

# Provide a brief description of the workshop for the conference web
page and program.

# Select the participants and the format of the workshop.

# Advertise the workshop.

# Produce a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings.

# *Important note*: The PDCAT 2012 Organizing Committee may decide,
based on the submission score to cancel or merge workshops before the
conference. So we encourage workshop organisers to attract a large
number of submissions.

The PDCAT 2012 Organizing Committee will be responsible for the
following:

     * Provide a link to a workshop's local page.

     * Provide logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop.

     * In conjunction with the organizers, determine the workshop date
and time.

     * Provide copies of the conference proceedings to attendees.


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Topics of interest for workshop organisers include (but are open to
any interesting topics):

     * Multi-Core systems

     * Grid/cloud computing

     * Power-aware computing

     * Software for accelerators and hybrid systems

     * Task mapping and scheduling

     * Parallel applications

     * Parallel Programming Models


Workshop Chair
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     * Zhiyi Huang, University of Otago, New Zealand