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 22nd IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2016) will be held in Wuhan, China, December 13 – 16, 2016. 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Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere.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 author information, abstract, 5-10 keywords, and be in PDF format. Each submission must not exceed 10 pages in the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format with 10 point font, including tables, figures and references. The final version will be limited to 8 pages in IEEE proceeding format for conference papers. Up to 2 extra pages may be purchased. 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 in order for the accepted paper to be included into the IEEE digital library.

Submission site (With EasyChair): https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icpads2016


PUBLICATIONS

Papers accepted for ICPADS 2016 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.


ORGANIZERS

General Co-Chairs
* Prof. Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
* Prof. Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam

Program Co-Chairs
* Prof. Xiaofei Liao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
* Prof. Robert Lovas, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
* Prof. Xipeng Shen, North Carolina State University, USA