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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Call For Participation: The 2014 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'14), Las Vegas, U.S.A., July 21-24, 2014


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                      Call For Participation

            The 2014 World Congress in Computer Science,
            Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing

                July 21-24, 2014, Las Vegas, USA
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This is an invitation to attend The 2014 World Congress in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing. The congress
is composed of 20 major tracks (15 tutorials, 145 sessions and workshops,
and 19 keynotes/invited lectures/panel discussions, ...); all will be
held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 21-24, 2014.
Attendees will have full access to all conferences' sessions, tracks,
and tutorials. Registration is required to attend. As of now, 62% of
registrants are from academia, 23% from industry; 14% from government
and funding agencies; and 1% unknown (correct as of July 1). About
half of the attendees are from outside USA; from 76 nations.

See below for:

A. General Information
B. Topical Scope
C. Registration Information (Deadline: July 18, 2014)
D. Congress Schedules/Programs
E. Location of congress
F. Planned Tutorials and Featured Keynotes
G. Partial list of organized sessions
H. Misc Information

We look forward to seeing you during the 3rd week of July.
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A. GENERAL INFORMATION:


B. TOPICAL SCOPE:

   Advances in Big Data Analytics (ABDA); Bioinformatics & Computational
   Biology (BIOCOMP); Scientific Computing (CSC); Data Mining (DMIN);
   e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and
   e-Government (EEE); Reconfigurable Systems (RSA); Embedded Systems
   and Applications (ESA); Foundations of Computer Science (FCS); Frontiers
   in Computer Science and Computer Engineering Education (FECS); Grid &
   Cloud Computing and Applications (GCA); Genetic & Evolutionary Methods
   (GEM); Artificial Intelligence (ICAI); Internet Computing and Big Data
   (ICOMP); Wireless Networks (ICWN); Information & Knowledge Engineering
   (IKE); Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition (IPCV);
   Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV); Parallel and
   Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA); Security
   and Management (SAM); Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP);
   and Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS).


C. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: (Deadline: July 18, 2014)

D. CONGRESS SCHEDULES/PROGRAMS:

E. LOCATION OF CONGRESS:

F. PLANNED TUTORIALS AND FEATURED KEYNOTES: (partial list)

   Tutorials are free to conference registrants - Tutorial titles include:
   (most tutorials are 3 hours long):

   -> Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation
      of Computer Science Program
   -> Natural Language in Information Security and Privacy
   -> Energy-Aware Resource Management for Computing Systems
   -> Cryptography and Network Security
   -> Multidimensional Detective - the Blessings of Dimensionality
   -> Agents at High Seas
   -> First Programming Language in CS Education - The Argument For Scala
   -> The Use of ICT to Mitigate Income Inequality
   -> Using Weka to Mine Temporal Work Patterns of Programming Students
   -> Recommendation Systems for Big Data
   -> Fault Tolerance and Beyond
   -> Actor Parallelism and Akka/Scala
   -> Hacking with Kali Linux
   -> Cloud Computing for Big Data Challenges (Cloud Architectures and
      Big Data Tools)
   -> Smartphone Sensor Mining Applications: Ubiquitous Possibilities

   Partial list of Keynotes/Invited Talks:

   -> Smart Data for you and me: Personalized and Actionable Physical
      Cyber Social Big Data
      Prof. Amit Sheth
      Fellow, IEEE; LexisNexis Eminent Scholar; Founder/Executive Director,
      Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis),
      and Professor of Computer Science, Wright State University, Ohio, USA

   -> Visualization and Data Mining for High Dimensional Datasets
      Prof. Alfred Inselberg
      Tel Aviv University, Israel; Senior Fellow, San Diego Supercomputing
      Center; Inventor of the multidimensional system of Parallel
      Coordinates and author of textbook "Parallel Coordinates: VISUAL
      Multidimensional Geometry", (praised by Stephen Hawking among others.)

   -> Big Data Analytics Cognitive Algorithms
      Dr. Leonid I. Perlovsky
      Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA; The US Air Force Research
      Lab., USA; CEO, LP Information Technology, USA; Chair, IEEE Task Force
      on The Mind and Brain; Recipient of John McLucas Award (the highest US
      Air Force Award for basic research).

   -> Panel Discussion: Thoughts, Language, and Memories for Humans vs.
      Artificially Intelligent Entities
      Panel Chair: Dr. James A. Crowder; Chief Engineer, Raytheon
      Intelligence, USA
      Panelists:
      Prof. Victor Raskin; Distinguished Professor & Associate Director &
      Charter Fellow, CERIAS; Purdue University, USA
      Dr. Julia M. Taylor; Fellow, CERIAS; Purdue University, USA
      Shelli Friess; Relevant Counseling, Colorado, USA
      Dr. John Carbone; Raytheon Intelligence, Colorado, USA

   -> A Primitive Artificial Prefrontal Cortex for Cognitive Self-Regulation
      in Artificial Life Forms
      Dr. James A. Crowder
      Chief Engineer, Raytheon Intelligence, Colorado, USA; Chief Mentor
      Scientist of the Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
      Research Lab., Alexandria School of Innovation, Colorado, USA

   -> Big Data Issues for Mining Knowledge in Maintenance Information
      Systems
      Prof. Diego Galar
      Division of Operation and Maintenance Engineering,
      Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden; Former Pro-Vice-
      Chancellor, Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), Spain

   -> Data Science Emergence
      Dr. Peter Geczy
      National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
      (AIST), Japan; Institute of Physical & Chemical Research (RIKEN)

   -> Integrative Systems Biology Approaches to Identify Disrupted Pathways
      in Disease Development
      Dr. Mary Qu Yang
      Director, Joint Bioinformatics Ph.D. Program of University of
      Arkansas Little Rock College of Engineering & Information Technology,
      University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, USA


G. PARTIAL LIST OF ORGANIZED SESSIONS (multiple speakers per session):
   Some of these sessions are further divided into more focused sessions
   and many have topics that overlap the topics of other sessions (correct
   as of July 1, 2014)

   -> Algorithms for Big Data
   -> Cloud Computing + System Infrastructures & Enhanced Cache Methods
   -> Cloud Computing & GRID
   -> Security & Privacy in the Era of Big Data & Risk Analysis
   -> Applications of Big Data & Software Tools
   -> Communication Systems & Topologies
   -> Social Networks
   -> Pervasive Computing
   -> Big Data Management & Frameworks + Big Data Programming
   -> Big Data Search & Mining Methods
   -> BIG DATA, STORAGE, & Privacy
   -> Mobile Computing + Big Data & Data Management & Storage
   -> Graph Algorithms, Ontology Methods
   -> BIG Data Architectures
   -> Education Infrastructures
   -> Gene Expression & Representation, Microarray, Sequencing, Alignment
   -> Computational Biology & Medical Applications
   -> Health Informatics, Data mining
   -> Protein Folding
   -> Health Care & Medical Applications
   -> Protein Classification & Structure Prediction, Folding
   -> Computational Structural Biology + Drug Design
   -> Medical Science, Visualization, HPC
   -> Bioinformatics
   -> Web, Text, Multimedia Mining
   -> Regression, Classification, Clustering, Association
   -> Real-World Data Mining Applications, Challenges & Perspectives
   -> Evolving systems
   -> Embedded Systems + HPC + Sensory Devices
   -> Network On Chip Systems
   -> Computational Science, Object Oriented Methods
   -> Finite Element Methods and Analysis
   -> Simulation, Numerical Methods & APPLICATIONS
   -> Visualization, Graphics, Tools & Techniques
   -> Automated Testing + Scheduling Systems
   -> Formal Modeling + Analysis & Optimization
   -> Micro-Controller Design
   -> ODE + Kalman Filter + Elasticity Theory
   -> Micro-Controllers, Micro-Processors
   -> State Machine Language & Optimization Methods
   -> Modeling and Applications
   -> Computational Science, Systems, HPC, Scientific &
      Engineering Algorithms
   -> Simulation Methods and Computational Modeling
   -> Accreditation & Academic Reviews + Evaluation
   -> Teaching Programming + Software Engineering
   -> Performance Enhancement Methods + Integrated Learning
   -> Class Management Systems, Learning Models + Distance Learning,
      Social Networks
   -> Programming Languages, Studies and Related Issues
   -> Learning Models, Methodologies, Tools and Case Studies
   -> Agile Methodologies + Pair Programming and Team Teaching Methods
   -> Semantic Web
   -> Web Services and Applications
   -> Recruitment, Retention & Mentoring + Enrollment Studies & Management
   -> Teaching Support Systems and Tools
   -> Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms
   -> Computational Intelligence
   -> Intelligent Linguistic Technologies
   -> Machine Learning, Agent Technologies, Swarm Optimization, HMM
   -> Knowledge Discovery and Learning
   -> Natural Language Processing, Topic Detection, Human-Machine Interaction
   -> Robotics and Applications, BCI
   -> Pattern Recognition and Dimensionality Reduction Methods
   -> Computational Intelligence, Data Fusion, AI, Novel Applications
   -> Fuzzy Logic & Systems and Applications + ANN Information Retrieval
      & Search Methods
   -> Decision Support Systems + Medical Applications, Assistive Living
      and Healthcare
   -> Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Based Systems
   -> AI, Algorithms & Applications
   -> Neural Networks + Data Mining + Machine Learning
   -> Evolutionary Strategies, Genetic Algorithms and Novel Applications
   -> Applications of Advanced AI Techniques to Information Management
   -> Ad-Hoc Networks, VANET, Protocols and Related Technologies
   -> Wireless Networks and Security Issues
   -> Internet of Things + Broadcasting and Tele-Control Systems
   -> Computer and Hardware Security
   -> Internet of Things and SCADA Cybersecurity Education
   -> Energy Efficiency Issues
   -> Security Management
   -> Optimization Methods
   -> Context Aware Networking
   -> Data & Information Mining + Forecasting Methods
   -> Crowd-Sourcing and Mining
   -> Stochastic Methods & Visualization
   -> Genetic Algorithms & Applications
   -> Genetic Programming
   -> Simulated Annealing, Swarm Optimization Algorithms
   -> Agent-Based Algorithms
   -> Feature Extraction and Artificial Intelligence
   -> Computer Vision and Applications
   -> Biometrics + Face Recognition, Expression Detection, Human Detection
   -> Vision, Pattern Matching
   -> Noise Reduction
   -> Imaging Science and Medical Applications
   -> Image and Signal Processing Applications & Novel Algorithms
   -> Pattern Recognition
   -> Image Retrieval Methods, Image Feature Extraction
   -> Image Segmentation
   -> Image Quality Assessment
   -> Stereo, 3D Imaging, Depth Algorithms
   -> Video Processing, Analysis and Applications
   -> Object Detection, Recognition & Classification
   -> Compression Methods & Technologies
   -> Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving
   -> Energy Efficient Networking Systems
   -> Parallel Computing and Algorithms + Multi-Core and Energy-Aware
      Computing
   -> Parallel Programming + Novel Frameworks
   -> Big Data and Data Analytics + Related Technologies and Methods
   -> High-Performance Computing + Distributed Algorithms & Applications
   -> Systems Software + Parallel Programming Models + Petri Nets
   -> Cache Coherence + Multi-Core and Applications
   -> Scientific Computing, FFT, Matrix Problems, Linear Systems, Finite
      Element Methods
   -> Complex Systems, Theory and Applications
   -> Parallel Architectures and Systems
   -> Communication Systems & Input Output Systems + Interconnection
      Networks & Topologies
   -> Routing Methods
   -> Security Education
   -> Wireless Networks Security + Modeling of Information Security
   -> Information Assurance
   -> Biometrics & Forensics
   -> Cryptographic Technologies
   -> Software Engineering & Applications + Education & Training
   -> E-Government & Issues of Interest to Government, and
      Public Administration
   -> Software Engineering & Web Based Systems + Open Source Software
   -> Enterprise Architectures
   -> Game Design + GUI
   -> Energy Efficient Software Design, Requirements Engineering,
      Cost Estimation
   -> Software Engineering & Safety, Software Quality, Error Checking
   -> Software Development Strategies, Agile Technology, Business
      Models, Reuse
   -> Learning & Teaching Methods, E-Learning + Educational Tools
   -> E-Business, E-Commerce, E-Banking, Enterprise Information Systems
   -> Diversity Issues
   -> Software Architecture & Design Patterns + Specification Methods
   -> Process Mining + Autonomic Computing

H. MISC INFORMATION:
   To get a feeling about the conferences' atmosphere, see the 2013
   delegates photos available at: There are over 1,000 photos (click
   on any photo for the album to pop up.)
  
   and earlier year's: http://worldcomp.phanfare.com/

   Publication: Measurable Scientific Impact of Congress:

   As of December 14, 2013, papers published in the conference proceedings
   that have been held as part of the federated Congress, have received
   over 27,500 citations (includes about 3,300 self-citations). Citation
   data obtained from http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ . The
   citation data does not even include more than 15,000 other citations
   to papers in tracks whose first offerings were initiated by the joint
   congress.


CONTACT:
Inquiries should be sent to: sc@world-comp.org


Saturday, March 23, 2013

Call for Papers with Extended Deadline of Apr. 12, 2013: 5th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop (*A-PDPTA’13) (formerly CA-CSC’13) within the 2013 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'13), USA, July 22-25, 2013



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Call for Papers
5th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop (*A-PDPTA’13) (formerly CA-CSC’13) within the 2013 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'13)

July 22-25, 2013, Las Vegas, USA

Deadline: April 12, 2013
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Dear Professionals and Research Students working in areas involving both theory and application fields of computer science, we are inviting you to join us for our:
5th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop within The 2013 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'13): July 22-25, 2013, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, USA), one of 22 conferences at WORLDCOMP'13 - The
2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing.

Chairs of Session: Lou D'Alotto*, J.F. Nystrom**, William Spataro***

* York College/CUNY and The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA, ldalotto@gc.cuny.edu **Ferris State University, Michigan, USA, JamesNystrom@ferris.edu ***University of Calabria, Italy, spataro@unical.it

Deadline for the full paper submission is April 12, 2013.

Official CFP
Following the success of our previous Cellular Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop, which included exciting keynotes addressed from
  leading Cellular Automata researchers, Prof. Dr. Peter Sloot, and by Prof. Yaroslav D. Sergeyev, father of the Infinity Computer, we are glad to invite you to our fifth edition. From this year, topics of the Workshop have been extended to the more general Automata theme, including both theoretical and applicative aspects of this important computer science field.

The main objective of this Workshop, organized within the 2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'13), is to offer scientists, researchers and engineers an opportunity to express and confront their views on trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in both theory and diverse application fields such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc.

Distinguished papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of SuperComputing, a leading ISI research journal publishing theoretical, practical, tutorial and survey papers on all aspects of supercomputing.

Please see other publication details below.

SCOPE:
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- cellular automata
             theoretical
             systems modeling
             other applications
- finite automata
- formal language theory
- theoretical issues on automata theory
- parallel implementations

SUBMISSION:
Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers directly to the Workshop Chairs (see emails above). Please include “*A – PDPTA’13” in the email subject header. Submissions must be received by April 25, 2013 and they must be in either MS doc (not docx) or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12). 
All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (PDPTA’13) must be stated on the first page.

IMPORTANT DATES:
April 12, 2013:  Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages) May 1, 2013:  Notification of decision May 14, 2013:  Final papers + Copyright + Registration July 22-25, 2013: The 2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'13 – 22 joint
conferences)

CATEGORIES OF ACCEPTED PAPERS:
(RRP)  Regular Research Papers: 7-page IEEE-style publication in the proceedings. 20-minute formal presentation slot.
(RRR)  Regular Research Reports: 7-page IEEE-style publication in the proceedings. Presentation in an informal setting (during Discussion
Sessions.) Typically, those authors with language difficulties prefer this mode of presentation.
(SRP)  Short Research Papers: 4-page IEEE-style publication in the proceedings. Presentation in an informal setting (during Discussion
Sessions.)  Same presentation mode as RRR papers.
(PST)   Posters 1-page IEEE-style publication in the proceedings. 
Presentation in an informal setting (during Discussion Sessions.

PUBLICATION:
The proceedings will be published in printed conference books (ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each published paper. Science citation databases
include: Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STN International); and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be included in SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings; in the past, the proceedings were included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings for indexing procedures to SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier. The printed proceedings/books will be available for distribution on site at the conference.

MORE:
The 5th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop, together with all other WORLDCOMP Workshops and Conferences, will be held at Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River, wave pool, nightly shows, many restaurants, etc. The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable.
More information about the *A-PDPTA 2013 Workshop and the general PDPTA 2013 conference and WorldComp’13 congress can be found at:


We are looking forward to welcoming you in Las Vegas!
Lou D'Alotto, J.F. (Jim) Nystrom, and William Spataro, Co-chairs

Monday, June 25, 2012

Call for Participation: The 2012 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'12), USA, July 16-19, 2012


                      Call For Participation

            The 2012 World Congress in Computer Science,
            Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing

                 July 16-19, 2012, Las Vegas, USA


This is an invitation to attend The 2012 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing. The congress is composed of 22 main tracks (9 tutorials, 188 sessions and workshops, and 39 keynotes/invited lectures/panel discussions, ...); all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 16-19, 2012.
Attendees will have full access to all conferences' sessions, tracks, and tutorials. Registration is required to attend. We anticipate about 2,000 attendees: 62% from academia; 24% from industry; 11% from government agencies; and 3% unknown. About half of the attendees are from outside USA; from 88 different countries. Speakers are affiliated with 320 academic institutions, 89 major corporations, and multiple government agencies.

See below for:

A. General Information
B. Topical Scope
C. Registration Information
D. Financial Assistantship for full-Time Students E. List of Co-Sponsors F. Detailed Congress Schedules/Programs G. Location of congress H. Planned Tutorials and Featured Keynotes

We look forward to seeing you in July.
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A. General Information:

B. Topical Scope:

   Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP); Computer Design (CDES);
   Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR); Scientific Computing (CSC);
   Data Mining (DMIN); e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems,
   and e-Government (EEE); Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems & Algorithms
   (ERSA); Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA); Foundations of Computer
   Science (FCS); Frontiers in Education in Computer Science & Computer
   Engineering (FECS); Grid Computing and Applications (GCA); Genetic and
   Evolutionary Methods (GEM); Artificial Intelligence (ICAI); Internet
   Computing (ICOMP); Wireless Networks (ICWN); Information and Knowledge
   Engineering (IKE); Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition
   (IPCV); Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV); Parallel and
   Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA); Security and
   Management (SAM); Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP); and
   Semantic Web & Web Services (SWWS).

C. Registration Information:

D. Financial Assistantship for full-Time Students:

   The congress has finalized the financial assistantship decisions for students
   who are affiliated with non-USA institutions (decisions were communicated
   with the awardees in March and April 2012). Unfortunately, 26 of the awardees
   are not able to secure USA visa in a timely manner to attend the meeting. The
   congress is now providing these 26 slots to full-time graduate students who
   are enrolled in USA institutions. This financial assistantship is for
   attendance only (ie, excludes speakers and authors of papers). Sponsored
   students will receive the complete conference package (printed books/proceedings,
   CD, dinner reception, 4 breakfasts, 12 refreshments, access to all tracks and
   tutorials, ...), registration fee waiver, partial help with hotel accommodation,
   and/or possibly some help with airfare. In order to apply, send the following
   information for consideration to sc@world-comp.org as soon as possible
   (include as attachments in pdf only): a 2-page CV; a letter from your major
   professor or Department Head/Chair stating that you are a full-time graduate
   student in good standing; and a break-down of your itemized costs (airfare,
   hotel, ...). In the Subject Header of your email write "student sponsorship".
   Award decisions will be finalized within 24 hours of receipt of the requested
   information.

E. List of Co-Sponsors:
   Appears on the right-most column of Home Page at:

F. Detailed Congress Schedules/Programs:

G. Location of WORLDCOMP:

H. Planned Tutorials and Featured Keynotes:

CONTACT:
Inquiries should be sent to: sc@world-comp.org

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Call for Post-Conference Proceedings Papers with Extended Deadline of June 2, 2012: The 2012 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'12) at WORLDCOMP'12, USA, July 16-19, 2012


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           CALL FOR PAPERS - Extended Deadline: June 2, 2012

     The 2012 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
                Processing Techniques and Applications

                              PDPTA'12

                   July 16-19, 2012, Las Vegas, USA
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INVITATION:
You are invited to submit a full paper (max of 7 pages) for consideration.
All accepted papers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings
(ISBN) and will also be made available online. Abstract submissions (1 to 2
pages) will be considered for poster presentations. The conference proceedings
will be made available in printed book as well as online. The proceedings
will be indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/
data for each paper. The proceedings of the congress that PDPTA is part of
enjoys a high number of citations; about 26,000 citations have been made (so
far) to papers published in the proceedings. The conference is co-sponsored
by various associations and groups as well as centers, large labs, and
institutes affiliated with University of Iowa, George Mason University,
Texas A&M University, Harvard University and MIT, University of Minnesota,
US national labs, and many others. Corporate sponsors include, Intel
Corporation, Super Micro Computer, Inc., and others.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
This announcement is ONLY for those who MISSED the opportunity to submit
their papers in response to earlier "Call For Papers". Therefore, authors
who have already submitted papers in response to earlier "Call For Papers"
should IGNORE this announcement. (Those who have been notified that their
papers have been accepted, MUST still follow the instructions that were
emailed to them; including meeting the deadlines mentioned in the
notifications that were sent to them).

IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES:
Please note that the conference web site refers to different deadlines; those
who receive this announcement should ignore the deadlines mentioned on the
web (we are not updating the deadlines on the conference web site because we
would like to control the number of submissions - we can only manage a limited
number of additional submissions at this late date). What appears below are
the current deadlines.

June 2, 2012:       Submission of papers for evaluation
                    Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by
                    uploading them to the following general evaluation web site:
                    http://world-comp.org
June 14, 2012:      Notification of acceptance/not-acceptance
June 22, 2012:      Registration
July 16-19, 2012:   The 2012 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
                    Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'12)

July 30, 2012:      Camera-Ready Papers Due for publication
                    (papers submitted and accepted in response to this announcement
                    will be published in the Final Edition of the proceedings which
                    will go to press soon after the conference.)

SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

O  Parallel/Distributed applications:
   Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy logic,
   medicine, remote sensing, computer vision, computer graphics and
   virtual reality, parallel/distributed databases, banking,
   financial markets, high-performance computational biology, ...
O  Parallel/Distributed architectures:
   Clusters and parallel systems of various topologies, supercomputers,
   shared memory, distributed memory, general- and special-purpose
   architectures, instructional level and thread level parallelism,
   petascale and exascale systems design.
O  Networks and interconnection networks:
   Scalable networks, reconfigurable networks, routing issues,
   general-purpose network performance for distributed applications,
   network protocols, internet technology, optical interconnections and
   computing, novel network topologies, ...
O  Reliability and fault-tolerance:
   Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and application-level),
   fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance measurement.
O  Building block processors:
   Applications of processors that can be used as basic building blocks
   for multicomputer systems.
O  Real-time and embedded systems:
   Small-scale parallel systems for high-performance control,
   data acquisition, and analysis; configuration, routing, scheduling,
   performance guarantees, ...
O  Parallel/Distributed algorithms:
   Stability, scalability, and fault-tolerance of algorithms and data
   structures, scheduling, and load balancing. Algorithms exploiting
   clusters and general-purpose distributed and parallel systems, new
   vector/pipeline issues, shared memory, distributed memory,
   virtual memory, ...
O  Multimedia communications, systems, and applications:
   High-speed networking, multimedia architectures and protocols,
   multimedia applications, quality of service support, operating system
   and networking support, internet tools and applications, audio/video
   delivery over the internet, ...
O  Software tools and environments for parallel and distributed platforms:
   operating systems, compilers, languages, debuggers, monitoring tools,
   software engineering on parallel/distributed systems, ...
O  High-performance computing in computational science:
   intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research applications.
O  Performance evaluation and management of wireless networks
   and distributed systems.
O  FPGA, multicore, GPU, SOC and applications.
O  Ultra low power data-driven systems.
O  Performance analysis, evaluation, prediction, ...
O  Nanotechnology in HPC.
O  RAID systems.
O  High-performance mobile computation and communication.
O  Object oriented technology and related issues.
O  Petri Nets: theory, analysis, tools and applications.
O  Web-based simulation and computing (planetlab, ...)
O  Grid and Cloud computing.
O  Other aspects and applications relating to HPC
O  Emerging technologies


SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS AND INDEXING INFORMATION:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them
to the evaluation web site at:  http://world-comp.org
Submissions must be uploaded by June 2, 2012 and must be in either
MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all figures, tables, and
references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable
typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers
will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their
final papers for publication.) Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first
page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation,
postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should
also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical
keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. The name of
the conference that the paper is being submitted for consideration must
be stated on the first page of the paper (ie, PDPTA) as well as a 100 to
150-word abstract. The length of the final/Camera-Ready papers (if
accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEE style) pages.
Authors whose papers are ACCEPTED will be instructed to upload their papers
to a particular web site for publication - the uploaded papers to the
publication web site will only be checked for correct typesetting.

The proceedings will be published in printed conference books (ISBN) and
will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed in
science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each
published paper (science citation databases such as: Inspec / IET / The
Institute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center for
Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (covers the core
scientific literature in Science; about 90% of inclusions are journals;
only about 9% are proceedings; the set of proceedings that PDPTA is part
of has been selected to be among the 9% - accessable from INIST, Datastar,
Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STN International); and others.
Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be included in
EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings, in the past, the proceedings that PDPTA
was part of were included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be
sending the proceedings for indexing procedures to EI Compendex/Elsevier.

In addition to the publication of the proceedings, selected authors will be
invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in a
number of research books contracted with various publishers. These books
will be composed after the conference. Also, many chairs of tracks will be
forming journal special issues to be published after the conference.

Note that authors who submit papers in response to this announcement, will
have their papers evaluated for publication consideration in the Final
Edition of the conference proceedings which will go to press soon after the
conference (the conference would then make the necessary arrangements to ship
the printed proceedings/books to such authors). The Final Edition of the
conference proceedings will be identical to earlier edition except for a
number of sections/chapters appended to the proceedings/book. 4043

Submission of Poster Papers:

Poster papers can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow the same instructions
that appear above. On the first page, the author should state that "This paper
is being submitted as a poster for PDPTA". Poster papers (if accepted) will
be published if and only if the author of the accepted poster wishes to have
his/her poster published as a 2-page extended abstract.)

GENERAL INFORMATION:

PDPTA conference is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a
number of other federated research conferences (World Congress in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing). This federated congress
is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer
engineering and applied computing. The congress will be composed of research
presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel
discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote/tutorial/panel
speakers have included: Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer, architecture, U. of
California, Berkeley), Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology),
Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms; U. of Michigan),
Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of Chicago & ANL),
Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer, VR, U.  of California, Berkeley), Prof. Barry Vercoe
(Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT), Dr. Jim Gettys (known as X-man, developer
of X Window System, xhost; OLPC), Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic
Programming, Stanford U.), Prof. Brian D. Athey (NIH Program Director, U. of
Michigan), Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California),
Dr. Jose L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and Consultant), Broad Institute of MIT
and Harvard U.), Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Father of Fuzzy Logic), Dr. Firouz Naderi
(Head, NASA Mars Exploration Program/2000-2005 and Associate Director, Project
Formulation & Strategy, Jet Propulsion Lab, CalTech/NASA; Director, NASA's JPL
Solar System Exploration), Prof. David Lorge Parnas (Fellow of IEEE, ACM, RSC,
CAE, GI; Dr.h.c.: ETH Zurich, Prof. Emeritus, McMaster U. and U. of Limerick),
Prof. Eugene H. Spafford (Executive Director, CERIAS and Professor, Purdue
University), Dr. Sandeep Chatterjee (Vice President & Chief Technology Officer,
SourceTrace Systems, Inc.), and many other distinguished speakers. To get a
feeling about the conferences' atmosphere, see the 2011 delegates photos available

An important mission of the congress is "Providing a unique platform for
a diverse community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers,
developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concerted
effort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities
(such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies,
and research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress also
attempts to connect participants from institutions that have teaching as
their main mission with those who are affiliated with institutions that
have research as their main mission. The congress uses a quota system to
achieve its institution and geography diversity objectives."

One main goal of the congress is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated
research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated
research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model
facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of
computer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. The
Congress also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary
research initiatives; ie, facilitating increased opportunities for
cross-fertilization across sub-disciplines.
The list of co-sponsors of 2012 meeting is Currently being prepared;
for the 2011 list of sponsors, refer to:

MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF PROCEEDINGS:

The congress proceedings enjoy a high number of citations. In total, about
26,000 citations have been made (so far) to papers published in the proceedings
of the federated congress. The link below contains the url's to the citation
data for each track (each link is a live search and so it may take a few
seconds for the data to pull up):


USEFUL WEB LINKS AND OTHER MISC INFORMATION:
1. PDPTA 2012 web site:
2. To see the caliber of the past offering of worldcomp, see the 2011 congress web site:
3. The 2011 delegates photos are available at:

CONTACT:

Any inquiries should be sent to: sc@world-comp.org