HPCSC 2008: Call for Participation -- International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation

Call For Participation

The 2008 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2008) June 3 - 6, 2008
Nicosia, Cyprus

Co-Sponsored by IEEE Germany, ASIM, EUROSIM, CASS, JSST, LSS, PTSK, TSS,
The University of Cyprus
http://cisedu.us/cis/hpcs/08/

Extended Main Track Submission Deadline: February 28, 2008

You are cordially invited to participate in this conference through paper submission, a tutorial, an invited speech, a demo, a poster, a panel discussion, a workshop, or a special session organization, whichever sounds more appropriate and convenient to you.

The conference will include invited presentations from experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper presentations describing original work on the current state of research in high performance computing and systems, modeling and simulation, applications in computational sciences, and all related issues. There will also be tutorial sessions, workshops, special sessions, demos, posters and panel discussions. Conference sponsorships are welcomed.

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Important Dates:

Main Track Paper Submission Deadline ------------- February 28, 2008
Workshop/Special Session Proposal Deadline ------ February 8, 2008
Tutorial/Demo/Panel Proposal Deadline ------------- February 28, 2008
Notification of Acceptance ------------------------------ March 20, 2008
Registration & Camera-Ready Manuscripts Due ---- April 17, 2008
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Workshops and Special SessionsW1: Workshop on Security and High Performance Computing Systems (SHPCS’08)Submission Deadline: February 26, 2008

W2: Workshop on Optimization Issues in Grid and Parallel Computing Environments (Optim’08)Submission Deadline: March 5, 2008

W3: Workshop on Architecture-aware Simulation and Computing (AASC’08)Submission Deadline: March 15, 2008

SS1: Special Session on Web Services and the Semantic Grid (WSSG’2008)Submission Deadline: March 14, 2008

SS2: Special Session on Simulation and Modeling of Parallel Systems (SMPS’2008)Submission Deadline: March 15, 2008

SS3: Special Session on Pattern Analysis and Recognition (PAR’2008)Submission Deadline: March 15, 2008

KEYNOTE

Multicore Grids and the Data Deluge
Geoffrey C. Fox

HPCS 2008
PLENARY SPEAKER
Wolfgang Gentzsch
TUTORIALS
TUTORIAL I
Using Multicore Chips for Scientific Computing
Geoffrey C. Fox
TUTORIAL II
Grid Database Access, Management and IntegrationSandro Fiore and Salvatore Vadacca
TUTORIAL III
Building Shared High Performance Computing Infrastructure for the Biomedical Sciences: Learnings from Biomed HPC 2007Marcos Athanasoulis and Florence Reinisch

For further details and updates, please consult the conference web site at URL:

http://cisedu.us/cis/hpcs/08/, or contact one of the Co-Chairs:

Vladimir Getov, University of Westminster, UK
Gaetan Hains, LACL, Université Paris-12, France
Mads Nygard, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Program Chair: Waleed W. Smari, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA

Thank you very much.

Warm Regards.

HPCS 2008 Organizers