PPoPP is a forum for leading work on all aspects of parallel programming, including foundational and theoretical aspects, techniques, languages, compilers, runtime systems, tools, and practical experiences. In the context of the symposium, "parallel programming" encompasses work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines). Given the rise of parallel architectures into the consumer market (desktops, laptops, and mobile devices), PPoPP is particularly interested in work that addresses new parallel workloads, techniques, and tools that attempt to improve the productivity of parallel programming, and work towards improved synergy with such emerging architectures. Specific topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Parallel programming theory and models
Formal analysis and verification
Parallel programming languages
Compilers and runtime systems for parallel and heterogeneous systems
Task-parallel libraries
Parallel application frameworks
Software productivity for parallel programming
Middleware for parallel systems
Performance analysis, debugging and optimization
Development, analysis, or management tools
Parallel algorithms
Parallel applications
Concurrent data structures
Synchronization and concurrency control
Software engineering for parallel programs
Fault tolerance for parallel systems
Software for heterogeneous architectures
Programming tools for parallel and heterogeneous systems
Parallelism in non-scientific workloads: web servers, search, analytics, cloud computing
Papers should report on original research relevant to parallel programming, and should contain enough background materials to make them accessible to the entire parallel programming research community.

Papers describing experiences should indicate how they illustrate general principles; papers about parallel programming foundations should indicate how they relate to practice. Poster submissions should meet similar criteria for originality and relevance, but may present emerging ideas or results that are not yet sufficiently developed for a full paper.

PPoPP 2014 is co-located with HPCA 2014 and CGO 2014 this year. Authors should carefully consider the difference in focus of the conferences when deciding where to submit a paper.

Important dates
Abstract submission: September 8, 2013 (11:59pm EDT)
Full paper submission: September 15, 2013 (11:59pm EDT)
Notification of acceptance: November 12, 2013