[hpc-announce] Call for Submissions - 3rd OpenMP Users Developer Conference (UK and Europe)

[Tim Lewis]

Call for Submissions and Participation

3rd OpenMP Users Developer Conference

Serving the UK and European OpenMP Community

1-2 DECEMBER 2020 -- ONLINE

https://ukopenmpusers.co.uk/

Join us on the 1-2 December 2020 for online talks, workshops and discussions aimed at furthering the collaboration and knowledge sharing among the growing community of high-performance computing specialist using OpenMP.

Invitation
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You are cordially invited to contribute and participate with a talk, workshop, tutorial, or poster.  Submissions, in the form of a short abstract (max 500 words), are requested for consideration and should be submitted by Friday 30th October.  Submissions do not have to cover new or un-published work but should be topical and appropriate for a technical audience of OpenMP users.

Submissions related to any aspect of using OpenMP are of interest, including but not limited to case-studies of using OpenMP in applications, software tools, OpenMP programming methods, debugging, performance analysis, optimisation, and integration. The conference will also include invited presentations by experts from academia and industry, plus a panel discussion, and will be free to attend.

We are delighted to be working with the Science and Technology Facilities Council to make this year’s event part of the CIUK 2020 (Computing Insights UK) extended programme of activities aimed at users of HPC facilities.  See: https://www.scd.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/CIUK2020.aspx

Although the original concept of the first conference was to bring as many UK OpenMP developers together in person we are delighted that going virtual has provided us with the opportunity to expand our horizons and welcome our European colleagues to join in.

Important Dates
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+ The final deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday 30th October
+ Authors will be notified the week of 2nd November.
+ Electronic versions of all presentations, posters, tutorial materials, etc. are required to be sent to the organisers no later than Friday 27th December.

All deadlines end at 23:59 anywhere on earth.


Author Guidelines
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+ Technical Presentations:  Presentation are a max of 20 minutes long, plus time for Q&A.  Authors are required to be available to participate in the 10-minute Q&A session that will follow their scheduled presentation.  Authors may pre-record their presentations for live streaming but must still be available for the Q&A session that follows it.  Slides and video recordings of the presentations will be published on the website.

+ Tutorials & Workshops:  Full and half day sessions will be presented on the first day of the conference (December 1).  Slides and video recordings will be published if the format of the sessions is suitable.

+ Posters: Posters will be published on the website.  Authors may also submit a 10-15 min video presentation to accompany the online poster.

Selection Criteria
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All submissions will be selected based on the submitted short abstract and do not have to cover unpublished work but should be topical and appropriate for a technical audience.

The program committee will review submissions based on the following criteria.

+ Concept of the submission and its relevance and timeliness
+ Technical depth
+ Clarity of the submission
+ Research findings and results of your work
+ Your credentials and expertise in the subject matter

Registration
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Attendance for delegates is free but online registration will be required.

Additional Information
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For further details and updates, please consult the workshop web site at URL: https://ukopenmpusers.co.uk/ contact one of the organisers or email tim.lewis at ukopenmpusers.co.uk

Published Proceedings
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A set of electronic proceedings, including the abstracts, slides and posters will be made available on the website.

How to Submit
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+ Submit via: https://ukopenmpusers.co.uk/call-for-submissions/
+ Submissions open: October 1, 2020

Workshop Chairs
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+ Simon McIntosh-Smith, Prof. in High Performance Computing, University of Bristol – Conference Chair
+ Jim Cownie, Independent – Program Co-Chair
+ Dr Mark Bull, Architect (Research and Training), EPCC – Program Co-Chair
+ Tim Lewis, Founder, Conference Organiser & Marketing Chair


Please stay safe and healthy. We look forward to your contributions and meeting you in December 2020. Thank you very much.

Best Regards.

The Organising Team