[hpc-announce] ISC 2018 Call for Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs)

[Georg Hager]

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ISC 2018 Call for BoFs

Submission deadline: Wednesday, February 28, 2018

http://isc-hpc.com/bof-sessions-2018.html
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ISC High Performance 2018, the event for High Performance Computing,
Networking, and Storage, invites like-minded attendees to come
together in our informal Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions to discuss
current HPC topics, network, and share their thoughts and ideas. Each
60-minute BoF session addresses a different topic and is led by one or
more individuals with expertise in the area. BoFs are different in
nature from panels, technical paper sessions, tutorials, vendor talks,
and other, more presentation-oriented parts of the ISC
program. Proposals that cannot demonstrate a clear concept for the
intended interactivity of their BoF will be rejected. During and after
the conference, attendees will be asked for feedback on all program
components, including BoFs. The amount of interactivity will be given
special attention in the survey.

Submitted BoF proposals will be reviewed by the ISC 2018 BoFs
Committee, which is headed by Dr. Georg Hager, University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg, with Prof. Simon McIntosh-Smith from the
University of Bristol as Deputy Chair.

The BoF sessions will be held from Monday, June 25th to Wednesday,
June 27th, 2018.

Attendance will require at least an Exhibition Pass.

Important Dates

Submission Deadline            Wednesday  February 28, 2018, 11:59 pm AoE
Notification of Acceptance     Wednesday, March 28, 2018
BoF Sessions                   Monday, June 25 - Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Final Presentation Slides due  Friday, June 29, 2018

Areas of Interest

BoF sessions are intended to cover all areas of interest as listed in
the ISC 2018 call for research papers.

Submission & Review Process

BoF proposals need to be submitted via the ISC 2018 submission site at
https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/isc_hpc/ by Wednesday, February
28, 2018. The following information needs to be provided in the online
submission form:

    Title of the BoF session
    BoF organizer/speaker information
    Short abstract (250 words maximum)
    Topic area (as listed in the call for research papers)
    One to five keywords
    Maximum intended fraction of time spent for presentations
    Description of approach to make the BoF interactive
    Targeted audience
    Estimated number of attendees

The BoFs Committee will review and evaluate all submitted BoF
proposals based on their originality, significance, quality, clarity,
and diversity with respect to the overall diversity goals of the
conference. Proposals must also show a clear concept for the required
interactive nature of a BoF. Each proposal will be reviewed by at
least three reviewers. The committee will select the BoFs for
presentation at ISC 2018 and allocate their time slots.

Terms & Conditions

By submitting a BoF proposal, you agree to organize and host the BoF
session at ISC 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany.  BoF presenters need to be
registered ISC 2018 participants.  The ISC organizers will provide
meeting room facilities and basic technical equipment for the BoF
sessions.  Travel, accommodation, registration fees and other such
costs will not be covered by the ISC organizers.