[hpc-announce] Final CFP: Workshop Parallel Computing and Optimization (PCO 2015) in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2015, Hyderabad

[El Baz Didier]

Please, accept our apologies in case of multiple copies of this CFP.
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Final Call for Papers Workshop PCO 2015

Fifth Workshop on Parallel Computing and Optimization


to be held in conjunction with Symposium IEEE IPDPS, Hyderabad, India, 
May 29, 2015

New Paper Submission Deadline: January 9, 2015.


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Scope of the Workshop:

The workshop on Parallel Computing and Optimization aims at providing 
aforum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent advances in the
field of parallel or distributed computing for difficult combinatorial 
optimization
problems, like 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting 
stockproblems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear 
optimization
problems and global optimization problems.
Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for the solution of these 
difficult
problems like cooperative methods for integer programming problems 
andpolynomial optimization methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial 
Scientific
Computing (CSC) will also be treated.
Finally, the use of new approaches in parallel computing like GPU or hybrid
computing, peer to peer computing and cloud computing will be considered.
Application to planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, 
telecommunications
and computational biology will be considered.

Topics:
* Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming.
* Global optimization, polynomial optimization.
* Exact methods, heuristics.
* Graph partitioning, preconditioning, Combinatorial Scientific Computing,
* Parallel algorithms for combinatorial optimization.
* Parallel metaheuristics.
* Distributed optimization algorithms.
* Hybrid computing and the solution of optimization problems.
* Peer-to-peer computing and optimization problems.
* Applications: planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance,
telecommunications, computational biology,
combinatorial algorithms in high performance computing.

Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: January 9, 2015
Notification of acceptance: February 16, 2015
Camera ready papers due: February 28, 2015
Workshop: May 29, 2014

Submission details:
Prospective authors should submit their papers through Workshop PCO 2015
submission system, i.e., EDAS conference management service:
http://edas.info/N18899
Abstract and paper can be uploaded until January 9, 2015.
Authors shoud preferably follow the manuscript specifications of IEEE 
IPDPS,
i.e. submitted manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced, double 
column pages using 10-point size font
on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style) including figures, tables 
and references.
Style templates are available at the
IPDPS 2014 web page .

Chairs: Dr Didier El Baz,
LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse France
Bora Ucar
CNRS and ENS Lyon, France

Program Committee:
E. Alba, University of Malaga, Spain
J. Baker, Kent State University, USA
V. Boyer, University od Nuevo Leon, Mexico
P. Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China
U. Catalyurek, Ohio State University, USA
S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan
F. Galea, CEA, France
A. Gomez-Iglesias, National Fusion Laboratory, Spain
M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
G. Jourjon, NICTA Sidney, Australia
K. Kaya, BMI, USA
M. Lalami, LAAS-CNRS, France
B. Le Cun, University of Paris 10, France
C. Leon, University of La Laguna, Spain
K. Li, State University of New York, USA
N. Melab, University of Lille, France
C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France
E. Talbi, University of Lille, France
B. Ucar, ENS Lyon, France
L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada

Contacts:elbaz at laas.fr
http://homepages.laas.fr/elbaz/
LAAS-CNRS
Toulouse, France

bora.ucar at ens-lyon.fr
Bora Ucar
CNRS and ENS Lyon, France