Plans are taking shape for ISC 2016 to be held June 19-23 in Frankfurt, Germany, for the second straight year. The call for research papers went out this week and while specific topic areas have been identified (noted below), Research Paper Committee Chair Jack Dongarra emphasizes other novel HPC-related proposals are also welcome.
Proposals in the following areas are being sought:
- Architectures (future design concepts for HPC, multicore/manycore systems, heterogeneous systems, network technology, programming models)
- Algorithms and Analysis (scalability on future architectures, performance evaluation and tuning and innovative domain-specific algorithms)
- Data Centers (batch job management, job mix and system utilization, monitoring and administration tools, production efficiency, energy efficiency)
- Large-Scale Simulations (workflow management, data analysis and visualization, coupled simulations, industrial simulations, scalable applications: 50K+ threads)
- Future Trends (trends in the HPC chip market, exascale HPC, HPC in the cloud)
- Storage and Data (from big data to smart data, memory systems for HPC and big data, file systems and tape libraries, data intensive applications and databases)
- Software Engineering in HPC (the art of parallel programming, application of methods, surveys)
“For 2016 we will provide first-class open forums for engineers and scientists in academia, industry and government to present and discuss issues, trends and results that will shape the future of high performance computing. The areas of interest cover Architecture, Algorithms & Analysis, Large Scale Simulation, Future Trends, Storage & Data, Software Engineering, and Data Centers. All accepted papers will be published in the Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS),” said Jack Dongarra.
In addition to being published, accepted papers have the chance to win one of two awards. The Hans Meuer Award will be given to a paper decided upon by the Research Paper Committee. This distinguished award is in memory of Dr. Hans Meuer, who served as general chair of the ISC conference for 27 consecutive years.
The second award, sponsored by the Gauss Center for Supercomputing, is the Gauss Award. It will be given to a paper that stands above the rest in the field of scalable supercomputing.
Both awards come with a 3,000 Euro cash prize along with the opportunity to deliver a keynote during either the paper session or one of the research sessions. The winner of the Hans Meuer Award will also receive free conference participation for the 2017 event.
The deadline for proposal submission is December 1, 2015. Author Rebuttals are due February 15, 2016, and the Research Paper Sessions will begin on June 20, 2016.
The ISC High Performance conference, now moving into its 31st year, is known as the world’s oldest conference for the HPC community. This year’s event drew in 2,846 attendees along with 153 different companies and research organizations.
More details about the event and submission guidelines can be found here: http://www.isc-hpc.com/home.html