[hpc-announce] CFP: IPDPS-APDCM2020 (Abstract due: February 6)

[Koji Nakano]

CALL FOR PAPERS

22nd Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models
http://www.cs.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/apdcm/
APDCM2020, May 18, 2020

to be held in conjunction with

33rd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
IPDPS May 18-22, 2020, New Orleans, USA

[Call for Papers]
The past twenty years have seen a flurry of activity in the area of
parallel and distributed computing. In recent years, novel parallel
and distributed computational models have been proposed in the
literature, reflecting advances in new computational devices and
environments such as optical interconnects, programmable logic arrays,
networks of workstations, radio communications, mobile computing, DNA
computing, quantum computing, sensor networks etc. It is very
encouraging to note that the advent of these new models has lead to
significant advances in the resolution of various difficult problems
of practical interest.

 The main goal of this workshop is to provide a timely forum for the
exchange and dissemination of new ideas, techniques and research in
the field of the parallel and distributed computational models. The
workshop is meant to bring together researchers and practitioners
interested in all aspects of parallel and distributed computing taken
in an inclusive, rather than exclusive, sense. We are convinced that
the workshop atmosphere will be conducive to open and mutually
beneficial exchanges of ideas between the participants.

[Topics]
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

<Models of Parallel and Distributed Computing>: Radio communication
models, Mobile computing models, Sensor network models,
Hardware-specific models, FPGA models, Systolic arrays and cellular
automata, Peer-to-peer models, Biologically-based computing models,
Quantum computing model, Ising model, Reconfigurable models, Optical
models, CUDA, OpenCL, GPU computing models, BSP and LogP models, PGAS
model, Cloud computing model, Edge/Fog computing model, NUMA model

<Algorithms and Applications>: Geometric and graph algorithms,
Combinatorial algorithms, Randomized and approximation techniques,
Optimization, Numerical algorithms, Network algorithms, Localized
algorithms, Distributed algorithms, Image processing, High-performance
computing, GPU applications, MapReduce, Machine Learning

<Practical Aspects>: Architectural and implementation issues,
Performance analysis and simulation, MPI, Multi-core processors,
Programmable logic arrays, GPGPU, Design of network protocols,
Embedded systems, Cloud computing, Cluster Computing, Development
tools, Fault tolerance, Security Issues, Big data analysis

[Submission Guidelines]
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit an electronic version of
original, unpublished manuscripts, not to exceed 10 pages using
Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. We also welcome
comprehensive survey papers on timely topics. Abstracts must be
registered through EasyChair by February 6, 2020 (23:59PM in UTC).
Abstract submission is mandatory, because reviewers are selected based
on abstracts. After the abstract registration, the PDF of the paper
must be submitted by February 11, 2020 (23:59PM in UTC). You can
update abstract and the PDF before the due dates.

[Proceedings]
IPDPS is sponsored by IEEE, and all papers presented at APDCM workshop
will be included in the Proceedings published from IEEE Computer Society.

[Keynote Talk]
Speaker: Jie Wu, Temple University
Title: Mobile Blockchain Mining Games in Computation Offloading
Abstract: Computation offloading is considered as a viable solution to
blockchain mining in mobile environments. In this talk, we present a
two-layer computation offloading paradigm that includes two types of
service provider (SP): an edge computing service provider and a cloud
computing service provider. We formulate a multi-leader multi-follower
Stackelberg game among SPs (as leaders) and miners (as followers) to
address the price-based resource management problem. We also study the
hierarchical game by including a miner subgame formulated as a
classical Nash equilibrium problem.

[Special Issue]
We plan to publish full versions of selected papers in the
International Journal on Networking and Computing (IJNC). Authors of
selected papers will be invited to submit their manuscripts after the
workshop.

[Best/Outstanding Papers]
We will select the Best/Outstanding papers and the award shields will
be given to the authors. Please see [[history]] for Best/Outstanding
papers in past editions.

[Important Dates]
All dates are in UTC and submission must be done by 23:59PM in UTC.
Abstract registration due: February 6, 2020 (extended)
Full paper submission due: February 11, 2020 (extended)
Notification: March 1, 2020
Final Manuscript due: March 20, 2020