[hpc-announce] Final CFP: IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Computing and Optimization (PDCO 2018) in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2018 Vancouver Canada

[Didier El Baz]

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********************************************************************** The 8th IEEE IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed 
Computing and Optimization (PDCO 2018) 

https://pdco2018.sciencesconf.org/ 

held in conjunction with 
the 32nd IEEE International 
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'2018) 
May 21-25, 2017 

Vancouver, Canada 
http://www.ipdps.org 
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Final Submission Deadline: February 9, 2018
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Scope: 
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The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Computing and Optimization 
aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on 
recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed computing for 
difficult optimization problems, ranging from theoretical to applied 
problems. The latter include 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems 
and cutting stock problems, large scale linear programming problems, 
nonlinear optimization problems, global optimization and scheduling 
problems. Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for solving these 
difficult problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming 
problems, nature-inspired techniques and hybrid methods. Aspects r
elated to Combinatorial Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. 
We also solicit submissions of original manuscripts on sparse matrix 
computations and related topics (including graph algorithms); and 
related methods and tools for their efficiency on different parallel 
systems. The use of new approaches in parallel and distributed computing 
like GPU, MIC, cloud computing, volunteer computing will be considered. Applications combining traditional parallel and distributed computing 
and optimization techniques as well as theoretical issues (convergence, 
complexity, etc.) are welcome. Application domains of interest include 
(but are not limited to) cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing,
finance, telecommunications and computational biology. 


Topics: 
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* Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming; 
* Scheduling;
* Global optimization, polynomial optimization; 
* Exact methods, heuristics, metaheuristics, hybrid methods; 
* Cooperative methods, hybrid methods; 
* Parallel / distributed algorithms for combinatorial optimization; 
* Parallel / distributed metaheuristics; 
* Distributed optimization algorithms; 
* Nature inspired distributed computing; 
* Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing; 
* Peer to peer computing and optimization problems; 
* Applications: cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, computational biology, 
* combinatorial algorithms in high performance computing. 


Steering Committee: 
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Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (co-chair) 
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France (co-chair) 
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, INRIA, CNRS, France 
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia 

General Chairs: 
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Grégoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France 

Program Chairs: 
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Vincent Boyer, University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico 
Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain 

Publicity Chairs: 
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Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA 
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada 

Program Committee (to be completed): 
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A. Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algiers, Algeria
J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China
J. J. Durillo, Leibniz Supercomputer Center, Munich, Germany
S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan
M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
K. Li, State University of New York, USA
N. Melab, University of Lille, France
M. Menai, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
A. Nakib, University Paris 12, France
S. Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
S. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece
C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France
M. Seredynski, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
G. Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
G. Spezzano, University of Calabria, Italy
A. Tchernykh, CICESE Research Center, Mexico
S. Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
F. Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada

Submission : 
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Papers in the Proceedings of the workshops will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library after the conference. 
Prospective authors should submit their papers through Workshop PDCO 2018 submission system: i.e. EasyChair: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdco2018
Abstract and paper can be uploaded until January 26, 2018. Authors should preferably follow the manuscript specifications 
of IEEE IPDPS, i.e. submitted manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 
8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables and references. Style templates are available at the 
IPDPS web site. 

Important Dates: 
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- Final Submission Deadline: February 9, 2018.
- Author notification: February 23, 2018.
- Camera ready version: March 15, 2018.
- Workshop: May 21, 2018. 

Contact: 
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For questions regarding the Workshop, please contact the conference organizers at pdco2018 at sciencesconf.org