[hpc-announce] HPDC 2024: Call for Workshops and Tutorials

[Maria Fazio]

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HPDC 2024: Call for Workshops and Tutorials 
Date: 3-7 June 2024 
Location: Pisa, Italy 
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* Overview 

HPDC warmly invites proposals for workshops and tutorials. Workshops offer a platform for valuable discussions among researchers and practitioners, focusing on key topics and emerging research areas in the field of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and distributed computing. Workshops typically feature a blend of invited talks, peer-reviewed papers, panel discussions, and work-in-progress presentations. Workshop organizers are encouraged to structure their sessions for an audience of approximately 20-40 participants, with flexibility for either a full day or half day format depending on interest and space availability. 

We welcome proposals for workshops on new, innovative topics as well as submissions to continue successful workshops from previous years. Note that proceedings of HPDC workshops will be published in by the ACM in dedicated proceedings. The selected workshops and tutorials will be held on the first two days of the conference (June 3rd and 4th). 

* Important Dates AoE 

    November 6, 2023. Workshops and Tutorial proposals' early deadline 

    November 13, 2023. Notification of acceptance (Workshops and Tutorials) - early submissions 

    December 4, 2023. Workshops and Tutorial proposals' late deadline 

    December 11, 2023. Notification of acceptance (Workshops and Tutorials) - early submissions 

    TBA Paper Submission deadline 

    TBA Notification of acceptance (Papers) 

    TBA Camera-ready due 

* Workshops and Tutorials Submission Process 

To Submit: Please email your proposal to the Worshops and Tutorial chairs using the following addresses: matteo.mordacchini at iit.cnr.it , mrz7dp at virginia.edu . The submissions must conform to the Submission Guidelines. 

* Workshop Proposals Formatting Guidelines 

Please adhere to the following formatting guidelines for workshop proposals. Your proposal should be submitted as a single PDF document containing 2 to 4 pages and should include the following information: 
- Workshop name: Provide the complete workshop title along its acronym. 
- Duration: Specify whether the workshop is intended for a full day or a half day. 
- Workshop Theme and Key Topics: Describe the overarching theme of the workshop and its core topics. Emphasize the focused nature of the theme. 
- Relevance to HPDC: Highlight how the proposed workshop complements the main HPDC program. 
- The structure of the workshop (peer-reviewed articles, invited articles, invited talks, panels, etc.). 
- Workshop Structure: Explain the workshop's structure, including elements like peer-reviewed articles, invited talks, panels, and more. 
- Invited Speakers and Panelists: Propose the names of potential invited speakers and panelists and describe how they will contribute to the workshop's discussions. 
- Program Committee (Optional): Provide a tentative list of program committee members if available. 
- Review Process: Detail the review process for workshop paper acceptance. 
- Call for Papers (Optional): If applicable, include a preliminary version of the Call for Papers (CFP). 
- Paper Publication: Specify the type and length of papers to be accepted if the workshop plans to publish papers. 
- Intended Audience: Outline plans for attracting submissions and workshop attendees. 
- Attraction and Engagement: A plan for attracting submissions and attendees to the workshop. 
- Organizer Bios: Briefly introduce the workshop organizers with their biographical information. 
- Previous Workshop Data (if applicable): Share details of past workshop editions, including attendance, submitted papers, and accepted papers. 
- Workshop Setup: Accepted workshops should be prepared to establish a dedicated website. If you plan to use a paper submission process with peer review, provide the submission link. 

* Tutorial Proposals Formatting Guidelines 

Tutorial proposals should be formatted as a single PDF document of 2-4 pages, describing the following: 
- The full name and acronym of the Tutorial 
- Abstract, objectives and motivation, and intended audience 
- Name and a short biography of each tutorial presenter 
- A description of the topics that the tutorial will address, emphasizing their timeliness 
- An outline of the tutorial content, including its tentative schedule and the presenters for different parts 
- Possibility of and suitability for a virtual presentation of the tutorial 
- A description of the past/relevant experience of the speaker(s) on the topic of the tutorial 
- A description of previous tutorial experience of the speaker(s), and past versions of the tutorial 
- State whether a similar tutorial has been offered in recent ICC & Globecom (last two years) and how your tutorial differs