[hpc-announce] CFP: IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2016)

[Rajkumar Buyya]

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Call for Papers:

The 16th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid 
Computing (CCGRID2016)

May 16-19, 2016. Cartagena, COLOMBIA, South America. 
http//ccgrid2016.uniandes.edu.co
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Advances in architectures, networks, systems and middleware technologies 
are leading to  new concepts and platforms for computing, ranging from 
Clusters and Grids to Clouds and
Datacenters. The 16th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium in 
Cluster, Cloud, and  Grid Computing (CCGrid 2016) is a forum bringing 
together international researchers,  developers, and practitioners to 
present leading research activities and results on a  broad range of 
topics related to these concepts, platforms, and their applications.
The conference features keynotes, technical presentations, workshops, 
and posters,  as well as the Doctoral Symposium and the SCALE challenge 
featuring live demonstrations.

In 2016, CCGRID will come to Colombia, South America, for the first 
time, and it will  be held in Cartagena, a historical, picturesque 
modern port city on Colombia´s Caribbean Cost, which was designated on 
1984 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main conference
will be held on May 17-19, 2016, with affiliated workshops taking place 
on May 16, 2016.

All papers presented at the main conference, workshops, poster session 
(for proceedings  posters), doctoral symposium, and SCALE challenge of 
IEEE/ACM CCGrid 2016 will be  submitted to IEEE Xplore for publication 
and EI indexing.

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- Papers due on: October 30, 2015
- Author Notification: January 15, 2016
- Camera ready papers due: March 11, 2016

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Topics of interests:

CCGRID 2016 will have a focus on important and immediate issues that are 
significantly influencing all aspects of cluster, cloud and grid 
computing. Topics of interest include,  but are not limited to:

* Applications and Experiences:
   Applications of new computing concepts and platforms to real and 
complex problems in   science, engineering, business, and society; User 
studies; Experiences with large-scale   deployments, systems, or 
applications.

* Architecture and Networking:
   Design and use of emergent system architectures including but not 
limited to   accelerators; multicores; High availability solutions as 
well as network optimization,   SDN Software Defined Networks and NFV 
Network Function Virtualization.

* Data Centers and CyberInfrastructure:
   Self-managed behavior, models and technologies; Autonomic paradigms 
and systems    optimization (control-based, bio-inspired, emergent, 
etc.); Development, evaluation,    and optimization of large-scale 
computing architectures.

* Programming Models and Runtime System:
   Programming models, systems software and environments for cluster, 
cloud, and grid   computing; Fault-tolerant systems, programs, and 
algorithms; MapReduce model and   implementation; programming and 
runtime optimizations for VM environments.

* Performance Modeling and Evaluation:
   Prediction of speed, time, energy, etc.; Modeling and analysis; 
Monitoring and   evaluation tools; Benchmarks and testbeds.

* Scheduling and Resource Management:
   Techniques to schedule jobs and resources on cluster, cloud, and grid 
computing   platforms; SLA definition and enforcement.

* Mobile and Hybrid Clouds:
   Development, evaluation, and optimization of cloud architectures. 
Software tools  and techniques for clouds.

* Storage and I/O:
   System design and optimization for data storage and Big Data 
processing in cluster,   cloud, and grid environments.

* Security, Privacy and Reliability:
   Development and optimization in Application-level security, Security 
and reliability,  Privacy statements.

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Paper submission guidelines:

Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in PDF format. 
Submissions must not  exceed 10 letter-size pages using the IEEE format 
for conference proceedings. Submitted  papers must represent original 
unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other 
conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be
rejected without review and further action may be taken.

For details see https://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/authors

The paper submission online system is open:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ccgrid2016.
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Organization

General Chairs:
Harold Castro, Universidad de los Andes. CO.
Carlos Varela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
Carlos Jaime Barrios, Universidad Industrial de Santander, CO.

Program Committee Chairs:
Gul Agha, Illinios - Urbana Champaign, USA.
Philippe Navaux, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, BR.

Program Committee Tracks and Vice-Chairs:

APPLICATIONS
  Daniel S. Katz, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORKING
  Kirk Cameron, Virginia Tech, USA
  Dhabaleswar K. Panda, Ohio State University, USA

DATACENTERS and CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
  Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

PROGRAMMING MODELS and RUNTIME SYSTEMS
  Henri Bal, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
  William Gropp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

PERFORMANCE MODELING and EVALUATION
  Martin Schulz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), USA

SCHEDULING and RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  Douglas Thain, University of Notre Dame, USA

MOBILE and HYBRID CLOUDS
  Kate Keahey, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
  Cheng-Zhong Xu, Wayne State University, USA

STORAGE and I/O
  Toni Cortes, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain

SECURITY, PRIVACY, and RELIABILITY
  Gail-Joon Ahn, Arizona State University, USA