[hpc-announce] [CFP: ExaComm 2021] 6th International Workshop on Communication Architectures for HPC, Big Data, Deep Learning, and Clouds at Extreme Scale (ExaComm 2021) in Conjunction with ISC 2021

Sun Mar 14 21:08:43 CDT 2021

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                  Call For Papers (Digital Workshop)

Sixth International Workshop on Communication Architectures for

    HPC, Big Data, Deep Learning and Clouds at Extreme Scale

                            (ExaComm 2021)

                   to be held in conjunction with

              International Supercomputing Conference 2021

                          Friday July 2, 2021

                http://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/exacomm/

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Extreme Scale computing in HPC, Big Data, Deep Learning and Clouds are

marked by multiple-levels of hierarchy and heterogeneity ranging from the

compute units (many-core CPUs, GPUs, APUs etc) to storage devices (NVMe,

NVMe over Fabrics etc) to the network interconnects (InfiniBand,

High-Speed Ethernet, Omni-Path etc). Owing to the plethora of heterogeneous

communication paths with different cost models expected to be present in

extreme scale systems, data movement is seen as the soul of different

challenges for exascale computing. On the other hand, advances in

networking technologies such as NoCs (like NVLink), RDMA enabled networks

and the likes are constantly pushing the envelope of research in the field

of novel communication and computing architectures for extreme scale

computing.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and software/hardware

designers from academia, industry and national laboratories who are involved

in creating network-based computing solutions for extreme scale architectures.

The objectives of this workshop will be to share the experiences of the members

of this community and to learn the opportunities and challenges in the design

trends for exascale communication architectures.

ExaComm 2021 will be held (digitally) as a full day workshop in conjunction

with the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2021), on Friday, July 2.

Topics

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ExaComm 2021 welcomes original submissions in a range of areas, including

but not limited to:

* Scalable communication protocols

* High performance networks

* Runtime/middleware designs

* Impact of high performance networks on Deep Learning / Machine Learning

* Impact of high performance networks on Big Data

* Novel hardware/software co-design

* High performance communication solutions for accelerator based computing

* Power-aware techniques and designs

* Performance evaluations

* Quality of Service (QoS)

* Resource virtualization and SR-IOV

Papers should present original research and should provide sufficient

background material to make them accessible to the broader community.

Keynote Speakers

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Details coming soon.

Panel Information

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Details coming soon.

Paper Submission and Registration

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Abstracts and papers need to be submitted via the EasyChair conference management

system. We request the authors to use the LNCS style (single column format) using

either the LaTeX document class or Word template. For details on the author

guidelines, please refer to Springer's website (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).

Incorrectly formatted papers will be excluded from the reviewing process. Submission

must be made as a single PDF file which includes all figures and bibliography.

Submissions are accepted under the following two categories:

  * Full Paper: 12 pages with all figures and bibliography in the LNCS format described above

  * Short Paper: 8 pages with all figures and bibliography in the LNCS format described above

Papers should present original research and should provide sufficient background

material to make them accessible to the broader community. It should not be submitted

in parallel to any other conference or journal. At least one of the authors of each

accepted paper must register as a participant of the workshop and present the paper

at the workshop. Each research paper will be taken through a comprehensive peer review

process by an internationally recognized group of experts in the field. Papers will

be evaluated along the metrics of:

            a) Quality of Presentation;

            b) Novelty / Originality;

            c) Relation to State of the Art;

            d) Technical Strength;

            e) Significance of Work; and

            f) Relevance to Workshop.

Every effort will be made to ensure that each paper receives multiple reviews.

Please contact the Workshop Organizers for any questions / clarifications.

Proceedings Information

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The papers accepted to be presented in ExaComm'21 will be published in a separate,

post-conference joint ISC workshop proceedings volume, published online with Springer

Publishing.

It serves the purpose to share your paper during the workshop day and to foster

discussions. These PDFs will be deleted a week after the conference. You may adjust

your paper for the camera-ready version after the workshop day and improve it based

on the feedback received.

The process for preparing the conference-ready and camera-ready versions of accepted

papers is described below.

There are two deadlines you have to consider:

* Conference-ready deadline: Friday, May 21, 2021

* Camera-ready deadline: Early August, 2021

The conference-ready paper version will be hosted during the conference and the link

will be shared with workshop attendees. It serves the purpose to share your paper

during the workshop day and to foster discussions. These PDFs will be deleted a week

after the conference. You may adjust your paper for the camera-ready version after the

workshop day and improve it based on the feedback received. The camera-ready version

will be prepared for publication with Springer.

Papers need to be formatted according to Springer's single column LNCS style (LaTeX or Word).

https://www.springer.com/us/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

More details coming soon.

Important Dates

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Abstract submission deadline: 11:59 PM, AoE, Monday, March 22, 2021

Paper submission deadline:    11:59 PM, AoE, Monday, March 29, 2021

Paper review deadline:        Thursday, April 29, 2021

Author notification:          Monday, May 3, 2021

Conference-ready deadline:    Friday, May 21, 2021

Workshop Day:                 Friday, July 2, 2021

Camera-ready deadline:        Early August, 2021

ExaComm'21 Workshop Organizers

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Hari Subramoni, The Ohio State University

Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda, The Ohio State University

Web and Publicity Chair

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Aamir Shafi, The Ohio State University

Program Committee

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Details coming soon.

Further Information

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See the ExaComm '21 website at: http://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/exacomm/

Thanks,

The ExaComm '21 Organizing Committee.