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CALL FOR PAPERS:

Fifth Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS)

Within PDP 2018

The 26th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, and
Network-Based Computing
Cambridge, UK
21-23 March 2018

http://www.pdp2018.org/specialsessions/hpcms.html

EXTENDED Deadline: November 3rd, 2017

Contact: William Spataro - spataro@unical.it

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AIMS AND SCOPE
The development of models through which computers can simulate the evolution of artificial and natural systems is fundamental for the advancement of Science. In the last decades, the increasing power of computers has allowed to considerably extend the application of computing methodologies in research and industry, but also to the quantitative study of complex phenomena. This has permitted a broad application of numerical methods for differential equation systems (e.g., FEM, FDM, etc.) on one hand, and the application of alternative computational paradigms, such as Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence, etc., on the other. These latter have demonstrated their effectiveness for modelling purposes when traditional simulation methodologies have proven to be impracticable.

Following the success of our past HPCMS workshops which were held in Turin, Turku and Crete, we are glad to invite you to our fourth edition which will take place in St. Petersburg (Russia).

An important mission of the HPCMS Workshop is to provide a platform for a multidisciplinary community composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, practitioners and experts from world leading Universities, Institutions, Agencies and Companies in Computational Science, and thus in the High Performance Computing for Modelling and Simulation field.
HPCMS intent is to offer an opportunity to express and confront views on trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in diverse application fields, such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- High-performance computing in computational science: intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research applications
- Complex systems modelling and simulation
- Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence implementations
- Integrated approach to optimization and simulation
- MPI, OpenMP, GPGPU applications in Computational Science
- Optimization algorithms, modelling techniques related to optimization in Computational Science
- High-performance Software developed to solve science (e.g., biological, physical, and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems
- Hardware approaches of high performance computing in modeling and simulation

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission: 3rd Nov 2017
Acceptance notification: 1st Dec 2017
Camera ready due: 22nd Dec 2017
Conference: 21th - 23th Mar 2018

Submission guidelines
Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the IEEE Conference proceedings format (IEEEtran, double-column, 10pt). Double-bind review: the first page of the paper should contain only the title and abstract; in the reference list, references to the authors’ own work should appear as "omitted for blind review" entries. For submission, please use the following link: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdp2018

Manuscript submission Publication
All accepted papers will be included in the same volume, published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Final Paper Preparation and Submission Instructions will be published after the notification of acceptance. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the Conference. Conference proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in Xplore and the CSDL, and for indexing, among others, to DBLP, Scopus ScienceDirect, and ISI Web of Knowledge.

Special Issue
As for previous editions, organizers of the HPCMS session are planning a Special Issue of an important international ISI Journal, based on distinguished papers that will be accepted for the session. For instance, a selected number of papers of the past workshop editions have been published on the ISI Journal “International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications” and “Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience”.


Organizers
William Spataro – University of Calabria, Italy
Georgios Sirakoulis - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Giuseppe A. Trunfio – University of Sassari, Italy

Program Committee
Gihan R. Mudalige, University of Warwick, UK
Angelos Amanatiadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Donato D’Ambrosio, University of Calabria, Italy
Pawel Topa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Gianluigi Folino, ICAR-CNR, Italy
Lou D’Alotto, York College/CUNY, New York, USA
Antonios Gasteratos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Ioakeim Georgoudas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Marco Beccutti, University of Torino, Italy
Rolf Hoffmann, Darmstadt University, Germany
Ioannis Karafyllidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Yaroslav Sergeyev, University of Calabria, Italy
Antisthenis Tsompanas, University of the West of England, UK
Rocco Rongo, University of Calabria, Italy
Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
William Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy
Giuseppe A. Trunfio, University of Sassari, Italy
Marco Villani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Jaroslaw Was, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Davide Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy
Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy
Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy