[hpc-announce] PAW16: PGAS Applications Workshop Call for Papers

[Smith, Lauren L CIV (US)]

CALL FOR PAPERS
PAW16: PGAS Applications Workshop
http://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/
November 14, 2016 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Held in conjunction with SC16
http://sc16.supercomputing.org/
In cooperation with SIGHPC

SUMMARY
The race towards Exascale computing is on, and a lot of stress
is put on researchers to break the boundaries of productivity
and efficiency imposed by traditional programming models.
Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) languages are an
effective alternative, and the most promising path towards
sustainable programming environments for exascale machines.
Languages such as UPC, Fortran, Chapel, and X10 are now more
widely available than ever, thanks to increased support
from vendors and open-source communities. PGAS models also
take the form of meta-languages and libraries, such as
Unified Parallel C++ (UPC++), Co-Array C++, OpenSHMEM,
MPI-3 and Global Arrays. These have the benefit of being
integrated with existing languages, simplifying the learning
curve for existing programmers.
The increasing availability of PGAS compilers and support
software opens up more opportunities than ever for researchers
and developers to test new strategies and port applications to
more demanding requirements.

SCOPE AND AIMS
The scope of the PAW workshop is to provide a forum for exhibiting
case studies of PGAS programming models in the context of real-world
applications as a means of better understanding practical applications
of PGAS technologies. We encourage the submission of papers and talks
detailing practical PGAS applications, including characterizations of
scalability and performance, of expressiveness and programmability, as
well as any downsides or areas for improvement in existing PGAS models.
In addition to informing other application programmers about the
potential that is available through PGAS programming, the workshop is
designed to communicate these experiences to compiler vendors, library
developers, and system architects in order to achieve broader support
for PGAS programming across the community.

TOPICS
Topics include, but are not limited to:
 * Novel application development using the PGAS model
 * Real-world examples demonstrating performance, compiler optimization,
 error checking, and reduced software complexity.
 * Performance evaluation of applications running under PGAS
 * Algorithmic models enabled by PGAS model
 * Compiler and runtime environments
 * Libraries using/supporting PGAS and applications
 * Benefits of hardware abstraction and data locality on algorithm
   implementation.

DATES
 * Submission Deadline: July 31, 2016
 * Author Notification: September 1, 2016
 * Camera Ready: October 1, 2016
 * Workshop Date: November 14, 2016

SUBMISSION
Submissions are solicited in two categories:
 * Full-length papers presenting novel research results:
 Full-length papers will be published in the workshop proceedings in
 cooperation with SIGHPC. Submitted papers must be original work
 that has not appeared in and is not under consideration for another
 conference or a journal. Papers shall not exceed eight (8) pages
 including text, appendices, and figures. References are not included.
 * Extended abstracts summarizing published/preliminary results:
 Extended abstracts will be evaluated separately and are not intended to
 prevent the work from being submitted to other forums for publication.
 Extended abstracts shall not exceed four (4) pages.
Submissions shall be submitted through EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=paw16); they must conform to
ACM Guidelines (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template).
Accepted full-length papers will be given longer presentation slots
at the workshop than the abstract-only option.

WORKSHOP CHAIR
 * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratory
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
 * Bradford L. Chamberlain - Cray Inc.
 * Salvatore Filippone - Cranfield University
 * Bill Long - Cray Inc.
 * Katherine A. Yelick - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 * Yili Zheng - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
 * Bill Long - Cray Inc.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
 * Salvatore Filippone - Cranfield University
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 * Gheorghe Almasi - IBM
 * Bradford L. Chamberlain - Cray Inc.
 * Daniel Chavarria - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 * Bert de Jong - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 * Salvatore Filippone - Cranfield University
 * Tarek El-Ghazawi - George Washington University
 * David Grove - IBM
 * Jeff Hammond - Intel
 * Oscar Hernandez - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 * Amir Kamil - University of Michigan
 * John Mellor-Crummey - Rice University
 * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratory
 * Nick Park - DoD
 * Damian W. I. Rouson - Sourcery Institute
 * Lauren Smith - DoD
 * Katherine A. Yelick - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 * Yili Zheng - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
In case of questions please email us at: paw16 at cranfield.ac.uk



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Lauren L. Smith

HPC Computer Science Researcher

lauren.l.smith18.civ at mail.mil

240-373-6489