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CALL FOR PAPERS

NPC 2016
The 13th IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing
http://www.cvnis.net/npc2016/
October 28th-29th, 2016, Xian, China

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SPONSOR: IFIP
IN-COOPERATION: ACM SIGMICRO, CCF TCHPC
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High performance computing and Big Data are two main areas where NPC-2016 will provide a dynamic forum to explore, discuss and debate state-of-the-art technology issues and challenges. High-performance computers and big-data systems are tied inextricably to the broader computing ecosystem and its designs and market adoption. They also highlight information security needs and economic competitiveness in ways that distinguish them from most other scientific instruments. We strongly believe that the stake is high, and it is far beyond the boundaries of nations and continents, and should strongly encourage a broad international participation.

We share the view that during the past decade the tools and cultures of high-performance computing and big data analytics are diverging to the detriment of both, and the international community should find a unified path which can best serve the need of a broad spectrum of major application areas. Unlike other tools, which are limited to particular scientific domains, computational modeling and data analytics are applicable to all areas of science and engineering, as they breathe life into the underlying mathematics of scientific models.

NPC 2016 welcomes original submissions in a range of areas, including but not limited to:
o In-Memory computing
o Applications of parallel and distributed computing.
o Systems, networks, and architectures for high end computing.
o Parallel and multi-core issues and opportunities.
o Big data intelligence.
o Virtualization of machines, networks, and storage.
o Programming languages and environments.
o I/O, file systems, and data management.
o Resource management, scheduling, and load-balancing.
o Performance modeling, simulation, and prediction.
o Fault tolerance, reliability and availability.

NPC is in its 13th year and previous conferences have attracted high quality papers and wide international participation.
As in previous years, we will publish top papers from NPC 2016 in a special issue of the International Journal of Parallel Programming, and proceedings will be published as part of Springer LNCS. Additional details are on the NPC'2016 website above.
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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submissions Due June 5th, 2016 extended to June 18th, 2016(11:59:59 PM, PST) Hard Deadline, no further extensions
Results notification July 17, 2016
Camera-ready version due August 7th, 2016

NPC’2015 Conference in Xian, China, Oct. 28-29, 2016

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GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Guangrong Gao, University of Delaware
Xinbo Gao, Xidian University
Depei Qian, Beihang University

Organization Chair
Quan Wang, Xidian University

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Barbara Chapman, University of Houston
Wenguang Chen, Tsinghua University

PUBLICATIONS CHAIR
Stephane Zuckerman, University of Delaware

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS
Qiguang Miao, Xidian University

PUBLICITY CHAIRS
Xiaofei Liao, HUST
Choli Wang, HKU
Koji Inoue,Kyushu University

REGISTRATION CHAIR
Jianfeng Song, Xidian University

WEB CHAIR
Yining Quan, Xidian University
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

David Abramson, University of Queensland
Hong AN, USTC
Pavan Balaji, Argonne National Lab
Taisuke BOKU, University of Tsukuba
Sunita Chandrasekaran, University of Delaware
Barbara Chapman, Stony Brook University
Wenguang CHEN, Tsinghua University
Yurong CHEN, Intel
Yeching Chung, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan
Yuefan DENG, Stony Brook University
Zhihui DU, Tsinghua University
Robert Harrison, Stony Brook University
Torsten Hoefler, ETH
Chao LI, SJTU
Miron Livny, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Yi LIU, Beihang University
Kai LU, NUDT
Yutong LU, NUDT
Yingwei LUO, PKU
Keiji Kimura, Waseda University
Kise Kenji, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Xiaosong Ma, Qatar Computing Research Institute
Philip Papadopoulos, UCSD
Xuanhua SHI, HUST
Weiguo WU, XJTU
Jingling Xue, UNSW
Chao YANG, Institute of Software, CAS
Jun YAO, Huawei
Li Zha, ICT CAS
Weihua ZHANG, Fudan University
Yunquan ZHANG, ICT CAS
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STEERING COMMITTEE

Kemal Ebcioglu, Global Supercomputing, USA (Chair)
Hai Jin, Huazhong Univ. of Science & Technology, China
Chen Ding, University of Rochester, USA
Jack Dongarra, Univ of Tennessee, USA
Guangrong Gao, Univ of Delaware, USA
Daniel Reed, University of Iowa, USA
Zhiwei Xu, Institute of Computing Technology, China
Yoichi Muraoka, Waseda University, Japan
Jean-Luc Gaudiot, University of California Irvine, USA
Guojie Li, Institute of Computing Technology, China
Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, USA
Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA
Tony Hey, Microsoft, USA
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