[hpc-announce] CFP: Journal of Parallel Distributed Computing: Special Issue - Dynamic Resources Management in HPC

[Sergio Iserte]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Journal of Parallel Distributed Computing (JPDC) Special Issue - Dynamic 
Resources Management in HPC

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As High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems approach the exascale era 
and beyond, the complexity of applications, architectures, and workloads 
is rapidly increasing. Traditional static resource allocation 
models—where resources are fixed at job launch—are proving inadequate to 
fully exploit the potential of modern HPC infrastructures.

Emerging applications such as multi-physics simulations, large-scale AI 
training, digital twins, and adaptive mesh refinement demand dynamic and 
irregular resource usage. At the same time, HPC systems are becoming 
increasingly heterogeneous and distributed, integrating CPUs, GPUs, 
FPGAs, SmartNICs, and even quantum accelerators, all within 
energy-constrained environments.

In this context, Dynamic Resource Management (DRM) is a key enabler for 
performance, scalability, energy efficiency, and system throughput. DRM 
allows applications and runtimes to adapt resource usage at runtime, 
meeting the needs of future scientific and industrial workloads. This 
special issue aims to provide a timely forum for consolidating advances 
in DRM and fostering cross-fertilization between the HPC, cloud, and 
distributed computing communities. We invite original contributions that 
advance the theory, algorithms, software, and systems for dynamic 
resource management in HPC.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

*Malleable and elastic parallel applications: programming models, 
runtime support, and case studies

*Dynamic Load Balancing (DLB) and integration with DRM strategies

*Middleware and runtime frameworks enabling resource reallocation at scale

*Scheduling and resource managers supporting malleable jobs in HPC and 
exascale systems

*Adaptive workflows and pipelines spanning edge-to-cloud-HPC environments

*Energy- and power-aware DRM

*Integration with heterogeneous resources (GPUs, FPGAs, SmartNICs, 
quantum accelerators)

*AI-driven decision making for adaptive resource allocation

*Resilience and fault tolerance under dynamic resource reconfiguration

*Case studies and real-world applications of DRM in science and industry

Important Dates

Final Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31st March 2026

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be original and not under consideration for 
publication elsewhere. Manuscriptsshould be prepared according to the 
JPDC Guide for Authors.

Submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process in line with 
JPDC standards. Papers should be

submitted through the Submission site for Journal of Parallel and 
Distributed Computing under the article type "VSI:DynResHPC".

Contact

For questions regarding this special issue, please contact the Guest 
Editors:

*Sergio Iserte (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain) – 
sergio.iserte at bsc.es

*Verónica G. Melesse Vergara (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) – 
vergaravg at ornl.gov

*Miwako Tsuji (RIKEN / University of Tsukuba, Japan) – 
tsuji at ccs.tsukuba.ac.jp