[hpc-announce] Call for Tutorials - SC18, The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

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SC18, The International Conference for High Performance Computing,
Networking, Storage and Analysis

Call for Tutorials

Submissions due: April 16, 2018 (11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth)
FIRM deadline, no extensions

Context and scope:
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The SC tutorials program is one of the highlights of the SC Conference 
series,
and it is one of the largest tutorial programs at any computing-related
conference in the world. It offers attendees the chance to learn from 
and to
interact with leading experts in the most popular areas of high 
performance
computing (HPC), networking, storage, and analysis.

SC tutorials cover a wide range of topics. The tutorials committee is
soliciting proposals for full-day (six hours) or a half-day (three 
hours)
tutorials on topics in the following areas (as well as others):
* Basic and introductory topics for expanding broader engagement
* Applications and application frameworks
* Algorithms, numerical methods, and libraries
* Software engineering for portable performance and scalability
* Parallel programming methods, models, languages and environments
* Software tools for accelerators (co-processors, GPGPUs, FPGA, etc.)
* Algorithmic, tools and runtime support for heterogeneous systems
* Performance evaluation and/or optimization tools
* Debugging and correctness tools
* High performance I/O, storage, archive, and file systems
* Scalable data mining and machine learning
* High performance networking technology
* Scientific and information visualization
* Systems, tools and techniques for energy efficiency
* Large systems administration and/or resource management
* Computer and network security
* Fault-tolerance, reliability, maintainability, and adaptability
* High performance computer architecture
* Clusters and distributed systems
* Embedded- and/or reconfigurable systems
* "Hot Topics" of current interest to the SC18 community

Review Process:
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Submissions will be reviewed by the SC18 tutorials committee, which will
consider among other factors:
* Insights offered, in breadth and/or depth
* Quality of the proposal (clarity, completeness, and cohesiveness of 
the
   proposal, quality of the visual aids)
* Relevance for the SC18 audience and appropriateness for a tutorial
* Timeliness of the topic
* Potential audience appeal
* Presentation history and teaching/speaking experience of the 
presenters
* For "hands-on" tutorials, evidence that demos or live exercises have 
been
  thoroughly tested

Additional information, including guidelines for proposal preparation 
and
details regarding honoraria and support, can be found at:
https://sc18.supercomputing.org/submit/tutorials-submissions/

Submission Deadline: April 16, 2018 (FIRM deadline, no extensions)
Conditional Notification: June 8, 2018
Conference Dates: November 11-16, 2018
Tutorial Dates: November 11-12, 2018

Be sure to send your questions well in advance of the April 16, 2018 
deadline
for submitting tutorial proposals.  There will be no extensions to the 
deadline
for 2018.

Web Submissions: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/
Email Contact: tutorials at info.supercomputing.org

SC18 Tutorials Chair
Janine Bennett, Sandia National Laboratories
SC18 Tutorials Vice-Chair
Kevin Huck, University of Oregon