[hpc-announce] CFP - Several Special Issues - 10th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO) in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2020

[Didier Elbaz]

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              The 10th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed
                Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2020)

https://pdco2020.sciencesconf.org/

                            held in conjunction with
                          the 34th IEEE International
    Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'2020)
                             May 18-22, 2020

                         New Orleans, USA
http://www.ipdps.org <http://www.ipdps.org/>
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FIXED DEADLINE (no more extensions): February 16, 2020

Authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended 
version of their work to one of the following *Special Issues*:

- Journal of Applied Sciences - Optimization, Processing, and 
Visualization of Data for Sustainability 
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/optimization_processing_visualization>
- Algorithms Journal - Optimization Algorithms and Applications 
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Optimization_Algorithms>
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI - Multi-swarms of unmanned autonomous 
systems 
<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12547/multi-swarms-of-unmanned-autonomous-systems>

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Scope:
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The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and 
Optimization aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and 
engineers on recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed 
combinatorics for difficult optimization problems, ranging from 
theoretical to applied problems. The latter include for instance 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 difficult 
optimization problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming 
problems, nature-inspired techniques and hybrid methods. Aspects related 
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. Applications combining traditional parallel and distributed 
combinatorics 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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* Exact methods, heuristics, metaheuristics, hybrid methods;
* Parallel / distributed algorithms for combinatorial optimization;
* Parallel / distributed  metaheuristics;
* Nature inspired parallel / distributed computing;
* Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming;
* Global optimization, polynomial optimization;
* Cooperative methods, hybrid methods;
* Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing;
* 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, E-Bus Competence Center, 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 
2020 submission system: 
https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?page=Submit&id=PDCOWorkshopFullSubmission&site=ipdps2020 
<https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?page=Submit&id=PDCOWorkshopFullSubmission&site=ipdps2020>

Abstract and paper can be uploaded until February 16,  2020. 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 on IPDPS website <http://www.ipdps.org/>.


Special Issue:
============
Authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended 
version of their work to one of the following Special Issues:

- Journal of Applied Sciences - Optimization, Processing, and 
Visualization of Data for Sustainability 
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/optimization_processing_visualization>
- Algorithms Journal - Optimization Algorithms and Applications 
<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Optimization_Algorithms>
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI - Multi-swarms of unmanned autonomous 
systems 
<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12547/multi-swarms-of-unmanned-autonomous-systems>



Important Dates:
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- Submission Deadline: February 16, 2020
- Author notification: March 6, 2020
- Camera ready version: March 22, 2020
- Workshop: May 18, 2020


Contact:
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For questions regarding the Workshop, please contact the conference 
organizers at pdco2020 at sciencesconf.org <mailto:pdco2020 at sciencesconf.org>