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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Thirteenth International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT'12)

14-16 December 2012 ?C Beijing, CHINA
URL: http://cit.bjtu.edu.cn/pdcat2012
Sponsored by NSFC, BJTU, IEEE Beijing Chapter
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AIM AND SCOPE
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The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and
Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners
throughout the world to present the latest research, results, ideas, developments and
applications in all areas of parallel and distributed computing. Following PDCAT'00 in
Hong Kong, PDCAT'01 in Taipei, PDCAT'02 in Kanazawa, Japan, PDCAT'03 in Chengdu, China,
PDCAT'04 in Singapore, PDCAT'05 in Dalian, China, PDCAT'06 in Taipei, Taiwan, PDCAT'07 in
Adelaide, Australia, PDCAT'08 in Dunedin, New Zealand, PDCAT'09 in Hiroshima, Japan,
PDCAT'10 in Wuhan, China, PDCAT'11 in Gwangju, Korea, PDCAT'12 will take place in Beijing,
China.

We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following
topics:

1. Networking and Architectures:
Interconnection networks
Parallel/distributed architectures
Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
ATM networks
Reliability, and fault-tolerance
Ubiquitous computing systems
Computer networks
Communication and telecommunication
Wireless networks and mobile computing
Optical networks
Cloud/Grid computing systems
Reconfigurable architecture

2. Software Systems and Technologies:
Formal methods and programming languages
Internet computing
Image processing and computer vision
Agent technologies
Operating systems
Software tools and environments
Parallelizing compilers
Web services
Component-based and OO Technology
Simulation and Visualization

3. Algorithms and Applications:
Parallel/distributed algorithms
Task mapping and job scheduling
Distributed data and knowledge based systems
Image processing and computer graphics
High-performance scientific computing
Reconfigurable high-performance computing
Resource allocation and management
Network routing and communication algorithms
Bioinformatics
Database applications and data mining
Intelligent computing and neural networks

4. Security and Privacy:
Access control and authorization
Authentication, biometrics, smartcards
Distributed systems security
Mobile code and mobile agent security
RFID applications
Privacy preserving computation
Applied cryptography
Database security
Intrusion detection and survivability
P2P & ad hoc networks
Cloud security
Security protocols


PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE:
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Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and experience are solicited.
Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance,
and clarity of presentation. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the
conference proceedings. Papers must be written in English and submitted electronically as
a PDF/Word file at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdcat2012. Submissions
should be made in IEEE conference proceedings format (template available at
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting), and must not exceed 6 pages in length.
The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society (cited by EI) and
extended versions of selected papers will be published in special issues of 4 international
journals: Journal of Supercomputing (SCI), Cybernetics and Systems (SCI), Computers and
Electrical Engineering (SCI), Journal of Interconnection Networks (EI).

IMPORTANT DATES:
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Paper submission deadline: July 20, 2012
Author notification: Sep. 5, 2012
Camera-ready version due: Sep. 20, 2012
Conference: Dec 14-16, 2012

ABOUT BEIJING:
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Beijing is China's political, cultural, science and education centre as well as a key
transportation hub with direct flights to most major cities in the world. Beijing has
served as the capital of the country for more than 800 years. The city has many places of
historic interest and scenic beauty. Beijing became the focus of world attention in 2008
when it hosted the Olympics. The games were a symbol of both China??s progress and China??s
tradition with high-class and eye-catching facilities and spectacular ceremonies. People
from all around the world were welcomed to travel to Beijing under the slogan "One World,
One Dream".

GENERAL CHAIRS
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Depei Qian, Beihang University, China
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia

PROGRAM CHAIR
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Hong Shen, Beijing Jiaotong Univ./Univ. of Adelaide

PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS
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Jianer Chen, Central-South Univ./Texas A & M Univ.
Teofilo Gonzalez, Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara, USA,
Shi-Jinn Horng, Nat. Taiwan U. of Sci. & Tech.,Taiwan
James J. Park, Seoul National U. of Sci &Tech, Korea


CONTACT US:
Any queries regarding PDCAT 2012 should be directed to pdcat2012@bjtu.edu.cn.