Deadline extended to July 27th.

Established in 1992, ICPADS has been a major international forum for scientists, engineers, and users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and latest research results on all aspects of parallel and distributed computing systems. The 21st IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2015) will be held in Melbourne, Australia, December 14 – 17, 2015. Melbourne is a city that’s both dynamic and cosmopolitan, and proud of its place as Australia’s cultural capital. The conference will be hold at RMIT University, an innovative global university of technology and design, with its heart in the city of Melbourne.

Contributions are solicited in all areas of parallel and distributed systems research and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Parallel and Distributed Applications and Algorithms
Cloud OS, Middleware, Toolkits, and Applications
Data Intensive Computing and Data Centre Architecture
Big Data Platforms
Web-Based Computing and Service-Oriented Architecture
Multi-core and Multithreaded Architectures
Virtualization Techniques
Resource Provision, Management, and Scheduling
Security and Privacy
Cluster and Grid Computing
Power-Aware and Green Computing
Internet of Things
Peer-to-Peer Computing
Wireless and Mobile Computing
Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Performance Modeling and Evaluation
Communication and Networking Systems
Dependable and Trustworthy Computing and Systems
Real-Time and Multimedia Systems
High Performance Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cyber-Physical Systems
Operating Systems Distributed and Parallel Systems
Embedded systems

Submission Information
Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference.
Submissions should include abstract, 5-10 keywords, and the e-mail address of the corresponding author and be in PDF format. Each submission must not exceed 8 pages in the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format with 10-12 point font, including tables and figures (IEEE CS format). Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the submission be accepted, at least one of the authors must register the paper and attend the conference to present the work. The final version will be limited to 8 pages in IEEE proceeding format for conference papers. Up to 2 extra pages may be purchased.

Papers accepted for ICPADS 2015 conference and workshops will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. All accepted papers in the conference will be published in the proceedings of the conference and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and indexed by EI. Best Paper Award will be presented in the conference. The best papers will be invited for a special issue of Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC).

Important Dates
On-line submission system open: April 10, 2015
Deadline for paper submissions: July 1, 2015
Notification of paper acceptance: September 2, 2015
Deadline for author registration: October 7, 2015
Deadline of camera-ready version: October 11, 2015

Organizing Committee

General Chairs
• Prof. Rao Kotagiri, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Prof. Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Program Chairs
• A/Prof. Tao Gu, RMIT University, Australia
• Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna, the University of Southern California, USA
Workshop Chair
• Dr. Ron van Schyndel, RMIT University, Australia
• Prof. Junzhou Luo, Southeast University, China
Finance Chair
• Dr. Zhifeng Bao, RMIT University, Australia
Local Arrangement Chair
• Dr. Flora Salim, RMIT University, Australia
Industry Liaison Chair
• A/Prof. Adrian Pearce, University of Melbourne, Australia
Publication Chair
• Dr. Shanton Chang, University of Melbourne, Australia
Publicity Chair
• Dr. Jianxin Li, RMIT University, Australia
• Prof. Yanmin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Student Travel/Award Chair/Web Chair
• Dr. Huai Liu, RMIT University, Australia