[hpc-announce] REPPAR'16 (final deadline extension) - 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): 25 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