[hpc-announce] REPPAR'16 (extended deadline) - Call for Papers and Tutorials / Demos / Contributed Talks

[Sascha Hunold]

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                           CALL FOR PAPERS
                                AND
                        DEMOS/TUTORIALS/TALKS

3rd International Workshop on Reproducibility in Parallel Computing (REPPAR)
                          http://reppar.org

                          August 22, 2016
     in conjunction with Euro-Par 2016 (August 22-26), Grenoble, France
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1 Scope
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  The workshop is focused on the design, implementation, execution, and
  analysis of experiments in parallel and distributed computing
  (including HPC, Clouds, Networking, Big Data) to improve the
  reproducibility of results.


2 Topics addressed in the workshop include:
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  - Experimental design of parallel computing experiments
  - Experiences and best practices for conducting experiments (including
    papers that address the reproduction of other articles)
  - Supporting reproducibility in experimental testbeds for parallel
    computing
  - Tools for reproducible research (e.g., control of experiments,
    versioning, archiving)
  - Analysis of experimental data (e.g., visualization, statistical
    analysis, provenance)
  - Automated uncertainty quantification for experimental workflows (or
    data-focused workflows)
  - Systems to incorporate (potentially very large) data into automated
    testing frameworks
  - Sustainable models for public data sharing


3 Paper Types
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  - full workshop paper: a regular article with up to 12 pages

  Please note that only full workshop papers (10-12 pages), which have
  been positively reviewed by at least three referees before being
  presented at the workshop, may be included in the workshop
  proceedings.


4 Demos and Tutorials
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  We welcome demos and tutorials addressing (potential) solutions to the
  reproducibiblity/replicability problem.  Please contact us directly if
  you want to give a tutorial (demo).


5 Contributed Talks
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  The workshop will provide several slots (20 min talk + 5 min
  questions) for contributed talks. We therefore invite scientists to
  submit abstracts (max. 1 page) of contributed talks that are related
  to the workshop topics. The abstracts accepted for contributed talks
  will not be included in the workshop proceedings.  Please submit the
  abstract through EasyChair.


6 Important Dates
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  - Workshop papers due (extended): 16 May 2016
  - Workshop author notification: 17 June 2016
  - Workshop paper (for informal workshop proceedings) due: 29 July 2016
  - Workshop camera-ready papers due: 3 October 2016

  - Demos/Tutorials proposals due: 10 June 2016
  - Abstract of contributed talks due: 10 June 2016


7 Proceedings
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  Accepted articles will be published in the Euro-Par workshop
  proceedings after the conference.


8 Submission
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  Submissions are handled through the EasyChair conference system.

  [https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2016ws]

  To submit your paper, log in to the EasyChair website of the Euro-Par
  workshops (Euro-Par 2016 WS) and select the track "Reproducibility in
  Parallel Computing (REPPAR)".

  Papers should not exceed 12 pages and must comply with the Springer
  LNCS format. Papers that do not comply with this format will be
  rejected.


9 Organizers
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  - Sascha Hunold, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  - Arnaud Legrand, CNRS, LIG Grenoble, France
  - Lucas Nussbaum, CNRS, LORIA, France
  - Mark Stillwell, Imperial College London, UK


10 Program Committee
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  - James McClure, Virginia Tech, USA
  - Swann Perarnau, Argonne National Lab, USA
  - Robert Ricci, University of Utah, USA
  - Luka Stanisic, Inria Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest, France