[hpc-announce] Call for Tutorial/Workshop Proposals, ISPASS 2016

[Stefanos Kaxiras]

*Call for Tutorial Proposals*

Tutorial proposals are solicited for ISPASS-2016, Uppsala, Sweden. 
Tutorials will be held on Apr 17, 2016.

Proposals for both half- and full-day tutorials are solicited on any 
topic that is relevant to the ISPASS audience. Tutorials that focus on 
workload characterization and analysis tools and techniques that enable 
research across layers of the computational stack are strongly encouraged.

In previous years, tutorials seeking to achieve any of the following 
goals have been particularly successful:

•Describe an important piece of research/experimental infrastructure.

•Educate the community on an emerging topic.

*Important Dates*

Submission deadline:*Wednesday, December 30th, 2015*

Notification:*Friday, January 8th, 2016*

*Submission Procedures*

Proposals should provide the following information:

•Title of the tutorial

•Presenter(s) and contact information.

•Proposed duration (full day, half day).

•1-2 paragraph abstract suitable for tutorial publicity.

•1 paragraph biography per presenter suitable for tutorial publicity.

•Short description (for evaluation). This should include:

1Tutorial scope and objectives,

2Topics to be covered,

3Target audience,

4If the tutorial has been held previously, the location (i.e., 
conference), date, and number of attendees.

Proposals should take the form of a PDF document, and be submitted via 
e-mail to Stefanos Kaxiras (stefanos.kaxiras at it.uu.se), with the subject 
“ISPASS 2016 Tutorial Proposal". Submissions will be acknowledged via 
e-mail.

*Call for Workshop Proposals*

Workshop proposals are solicited for ISPASS-2016, Uppsala, Sweden. 
Workshops will be held on Apr 17, 2016.

Proposals related to power/performance analysis and workload 
characterization as it relates to computer architecture, operating 
systems, programming languages/compilers in current and emerging areas 
such as datacenters and cloud computing, systems based on non-volatile 
memory technologies, mobile technologies, large scale data analysis, 
smart infrastructure, and extreme scale computing are encouraged.

*Important Dates*

Submission deadline:*Wednesday, December 30th, 2015*

Notification:*Friday, January 8th, 2016*

*Please include in your proposal*

•Title of the workshop

•Organizers and their affiliations

•Sample call for papers

•Duration - Half-Day or Full Day

•Preferred Day - Saturday or Sunday

•If the workshop was previously held, the location (conference), date, 
and number of attendees

Proposals should take the form of a PDF document, and be submitted via 
e-mail to Stefanos Kaxiras (stefanos.kaxiras at it.uu.se), with the subject 
“ISPASS 2016 Workshop Proposal". Submissions will be acknowledged via 
e-mail.