[hpc-announce] DEADLINE EXTENDED - CALL FOR WORKSHOPS - CARLA 2022

[Márcio Castro]

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Call for Workshops - Latin America High Performance Computing Conference (CARLA 2022)

September 26-30, 2022 - Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Website: http://www.carla22.org
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CARLA is an international conference that since 2014 provides a forum to foster the growth and strength of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) community in Latin America through the exchange and dissemination of new ideas, techniques, and research in HPC and its applications areas. In 2022, the Latin America High Performance Computing Conference (CARLA 2022) will be in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in September 26-30, 2022.

Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit proposals for workshops to be affiliated to CARLA 2022 on topics related to the conferences main subjects. In particular, workshops on challenging, emerging areas related to the conference topics are especially sought. We encourage workshop organizers to plan activities that will provide their participants with a true workshop experience.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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 - Workshops Proposal Submission: May 10, 2022 (EXTENDED)
 - Workshops Proposal Notification: May 15, 2022
 - Workshops Call For Papers Deadline: July 15, 2022
 - Workshops Accepted Camera-ready: August 19, 2022
 - Conference dates: September 26-30, 2022

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WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
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Workshop proposals must be written in English, not exceed 5 pages with a reasonable font and margins, and be submitted in PDF format via e-mail to schnorr at inf.ufrgs.br (subject "CARLA Workshop Proposal"). Proposals should include at least the following items:

 - Title
 - Short description
 - Duration (e.g. half day, full day, etc.)
 - Description of the topics and relevance of the workshop to the CARLA and HPC communities
 - Organizers (short 2-page CVs plus experience in organizing events)
 - Proposed program committee
 - Expected number of submissions and participants, including justification
 - Expected number of accepted papers
 - Format of the workshop including activities that facilitate discussion among participants, please explicitly refer to the expected hybrid nature of the workshop
 - The equipment and any other resource necessary for the organization of the workshop
 - Information about previous workshop editions (if applicable), including submission and registration numbers

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WORKSHOP PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
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The number of acceptable workshop proposals is limited by the time available and the facilities of the conference venue. Workshop proposals will be evaluated according to the:

 - Scientific quality of the proposal
 - Significance to High-Performance Computing
 - Likely number of high-quality submissions
 - Quality of workshop experience for participants
 - Overlap with other workshops

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WORKSHOP ARTICLES GENERAL RULES
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If the workshop will receive article submissions, please follow these general rules. All submissions for workshop articles must be in English, the only official language of the main conference. Workshop regular articles should not exceed 8 pages (including references), but abstract submissions (short articles) may be available also as one or two-pages long. All submitted workshop research articles must be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Only contributions that are not submitted elsewhere or currently under review will be considered. Only accepted contributions presented at the conference workshops will be considered for publication. 

We are currently studying possibilities for handling the per-workshop articles submission procedures and the corresponding publication of workshop articles. We expect to have more news about this soon, contact the workshop chairs for more information.

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BOARD COMMITTEE
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* General Chairs
  - Philippe O. A. Navaux (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  - Carlos Jaime Barrios Hernández (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)

* Program Chairs
  - Alvaro Coutinho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  - Esteban Moskcos (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

* Workshop Chairs
  - Lucas Schnorr (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  - Silvio Rizzi (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)