Session13-HPCEd

Special Session on High Performance Computing and

Modeling & Simulation Education

(HPC-Ed 2020)

CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

The fields of High Performance Computing, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Big Data and Analytics, Computational Sciences, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and several other related subjects are essential for newly developed technologies and discoveries. They are increasingly needed in many domains and daily life applications. Consequently, these systems and their applications will require a well trained workforce which can exploit the newly available capabilities and push forward to more innovations and breakthroughs.

Preparing and training the new workforce for these technologies will require the development of well-thought out curriculum, pedagogical tools and platforms, programming languages and models, as well as laboratories and project oriented expertise.

This track on High Performance Computing and Modeling & Simulation Education is meant to provide a forum and an opportunity for our communities in the subject matters to present, exchange and collaborate on the educational aspects and pedagogical developments of HPC related topics and their applications.

The HPC-Ed topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

• • Undergraduate and graduate Curriculum development for HPC, Parallel processing, Cloud Computing, sustainable and energy-aware HPC systems, and Distributed Computing systems

• Undergraduate and graduate Curriculum development for modeling and simulation using HPC and Distributed computing systems

  • Experiences and lessons learned from existing programs and courseware

  • Novel practices for course work development and delivery

  • Assisting Tools and platforms for learning and education

  • Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary curricula and programs

  • Languages, programming environments and Operating Systems education

  • Project based Learning

  • Design of laboratories and learning experiments

  • Program Assessment and Evaluation

  • Application domains Curricula and Education (Big data, IoT, AI, Computational Sciences, Fog & Edge Computing, Mobile Computing, etc.)

  • Non-traditional learning and education

• Computing Curricula 2020, Cybersecurity Curricula 2017, Etc.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS

You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to High Performance Computing and Modeling & Simulation Education, including curriculum development, courseware, laboratory and experimentation. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere until it appears in HPCS proceedings, in the case of acceptance, or notified otherwise. Submission can be for

- Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript.

- Short papers (up to 4 pages), please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 4 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript.

- Poster papers and Posters (please refer to http://hpcs2020.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participation/call-for-posters for posters submission details) will also be considered.

Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.

Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the special session paper submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hpced2020. Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission.

Conference Policies

Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and soundness, presentation, language, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and attend (virtually) the HPCS 2020 conference to present the paper at the special session as scheduled. By submitting the paper to the HPCS conference, all authors agree to abide by all HPCS conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies as well as following ethical and professional codes of conduct, including those of the professional co-sponsoring organizations. For more information, please refer to the Authors Info and Registration Info pages.

Proceedings

Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2020 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly.

SPECIAL ISSUE

Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a reputable journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website.

If you have any questions about paper submission or the special session, please contact the special session organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------- 28 September 2020 - Extended

Acceptance Notification: -------------------------------------- 06 October 2020

Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ----------- 16 October 2020

Conference Dates: --------------------------------------------- 25 - 29 January 2021

SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZERS

Claude Tadonki

Centre de Recherche en Informatique (CRI - Fontainebleau)

MINES ParisTech, Paris, France

Phone: +33 (0)1 64 69 48 36

Fax: +33 (0)1 64 69 48 47

Email: claude.tadonki@mines-paristech.fr

Gabriele Mencagli

Department of Computer Science

University of Pisa, Italy

Phone: +39-050-221 3132

FAX: +39-

Email: mencagli@di.unipi.it

International Program Committee*:

All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the special session technical program committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2020 and will be published as part of the HPCS 2020 Proceedings.

• • • • Corinne Ancourt, MINES ParisTech-PSL, France

      • Diego Leonel Cadette Dutra, LCP/PESC/COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil

      • Esteban Clua, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

      • Guilherme Cox, NVIDIA, California, USA

      • Tiziano De Matteis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

      • Daniele De Sensi, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

      • Andre Rauber Du Bois, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

      • Henrique Freitas, PUC Minas, Brazil

      • Dalvan Griebler, PUCRS/SETREM, Brazil

      • Khaled Ibrahim, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, California, USA

      • Marcin Paprzycki, IBS PAN and WSM, Poland

      • Marcelo Zamith, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(* Committee formation is pending and will be finalized shortly.)

For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://hpcs2020.cisedu.info/ or http://conf.cisedu.info/rp/hpcs20 or contact one of the Conference's organizers.