Scope and Interests

Track 1: Parallel and Distributed Architectures

• Chairs: Vladimir Voevodin, Moscow University, Russia

• Marco Aldinucci, Universita’ degli Studi di Torino, Italy

• Parallel Architectures

• Parallel Programming Paradigms

• Heterogeneous Systems

• Service-Oriented Architectures

Track 2: Software Systems and Programming Models

• Chairs: Xinjun Mao, National University of Defense Technology, China

• Jose Daniel Garcia, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain

• Cluster, Distributed & Parallel Operating Systems and Middleware

• Multi-core Programming and Software Tools

• Parallel I/O Systems and Storage Systems

• Parallel and Distributed Databases

Track 3: Distributed and Network-based Computing

• Chairs: Laurent Lefevre, Ecole Normal Lyon, INRIA, France

• Peter Kropf,University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

• Mobile and Wireless Computing

• Cloud, Grid, and Services Computing

• Web and Internet Computing

• Interconnection Networks

• Network Simulations

Track 4: Big Data and its Applications

• Chairs: Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy

• Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania

• Architecture, Networks and Systems of Big Data

• Big Data Applications, Algorithms and Data Structures

• Research and Development Trends of Big Data

• Big Data Benchmarking, Interoperability, Monitoring, Security, Privacy and Management

• Distributed Data Analytics and Feature Extraction

• Big Data Interoperability and Orchestration

• Parallel Processing for Big Data

Track 5: Parallel and Distributed Algorithms

• Chairs: Thomas Rauber, University of Bayreuth, Germany

• Stefano Markidis, KTH, Sweden

• Reliability and Fault-tolerant Computing

• High-performance Scientific Computing

• Parallel Algorithms

• Resource Management and Scheduling

Track 6: Applications of Parallel and Distributed Computing

• Chairs: Gudula Ruenger, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

• Tomoaki Tsumura, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

• Multimedia in Parallel Computing

• Parallel Computing in Bioinformatics

• Parallel Machine Learning Algorithms

• Industrial Applications

• Industrial Applications

Track 7: Service Dependability and Security in Distributed and Parallel Systems

• Chairs: George Loukas, University of Greenwich, UK

• Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

• Dependability Issues in Computer Networks and Communications

• Dependability Issues in Distributed and Parallel Systems

• Dependability of Software Defined Networks

• Self- healing, Self-protecting and Fault-tolerant Systems

• Network and Information Security

• Trust, Security and Privacy in Cloud computing, Social Networks, and Internet of Things

Track 8: Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical-Social Computing

• Chairs: Seungmin (Charlie) Rho, Sungkyul University, Korea

• Eduard Mehofer. University of Vienna. Austria

• Social Computing and Analytics on Cyber-Physical Data

• Smart Communities with Cyber-Physical Systems

• Ubiquitous Sensing in Social Networks

• Building Social Life Networks

• Pervasive/Ubiquitous Control, Computing and Networking

• Cyber-Physical Systems and Networks

• Cyber-Physical Social Applications and Case Studies

Track 9: Performance Modeling and Evaluation

• Chairs: Tomas Margalef. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

• Performance of Parallel & Distributed Computing Systems

• Software and Hardware Reliability, Testing, Verification and Validation

• Tools and Environments for Parallel & Distributed Software Development

• Optimization, Modeling and Simulation

• Stochastic Analysis, Statistical Analysis and Simulation

• Data Collection and Analysis

• Planning, Scheduling and Quality-of-Service

• Game theory, Economics and Control Theory