Welcome to the 20th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT)

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. Started in Hong Kong in 2000, PDCAT 2019 will be held in Gold Coast, Australia, after 19 years of success in many cities of countries including Japan, China, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Korea across Asia-Oceania.

We look forward to your contribution and participation.

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We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Networking and Architectures
Interconnection networks
Parallel/distributed architectures
Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
Reliability, and fault-tolerance
Ubiquitous computing systems
Computer networks, Optical networks
Communication and telecommunication
Wireless networks and mobile computing
Internet of Things
Cloud/Grid computing systems
Reconfigurable architecture
Algorithms and Applications
Parallel/distributed algorithms
Big data computing and analysis
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
Software Systems and Technologies
Task mapping and job scheduling
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
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, Cloud security
Intrusion detection and survivability
P2P & ad hoc networks
Security protocols

Important Dates
Paper submission: 1st July 2019 (Extended to 29th July 2019)
Notification of acceptance: 30th August 2019
Camera ready copy due: 15th September 2019
Conference: 5-7th December 2019

Paper Submissions
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. Submissions should be made in IEEE conference proceedings format (template available here), and must not exceed 6 pages in length.

Conference proceedings is planned to be published by IEEE Computer Society. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in special issues of reputable international journals.