[CFP] IEEE Cluster 2012 (Deadline extended)

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             CALL FOR PAPERS

 IEEE Cluster 2012: IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing

       http://ieeecluster2012.csp.escience.cn/

         September 24-28, Beijing, China

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IMPORTANT DATES [NOTE THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION]

Paper submission deadline: May 25, 2012 (Extended)
Acceptance notification: June 20, 2012


Call for Papers

Cluster computing has become the most common method of configuring and
deploying high performance computing systems. Clusters offer high
performance that is cost-effective, and maturing software for clusters
has made them more scalable and reliable. Clusters and are used to
solve some of the most challenging and complex problems, to analyze
and visualize massive data, and manage tremendous amounts of storage.
Clusters have become the workhorse for computational science and
engineering research, powering innovation and discovery that advance
science and society.

However, there are many ongoing challenges and opportunities that must
be addressed to build and use clusters of increasing scale with
diverse technologies. Clusters may use commodity x86 processors but
also GPUs or other accelerators, InfiniBand and other network
technologies with different topologies, and different file system
technologies with a wide range of node and disk configuration
possibilities. The challenge to harness the parallel power of both
small and large systems efficiently requires the concerted effort of
the cluster community in the areas of cluster design and deployment,
management and monitoring, and both system and applications software.
A continued vigilance and assessment of the latest R&D developments
are necessary to ensure that cluster computing can harness new
technological advances in hardware and software to solve the
challenges of today and tomorrow.

IEEE Cluster 2012 is the premier conference on all aspects of cluster
computing for computational science. Cluster 2012 is hosted Beijing,
China, one of the leading technology cities in China. Attendees will
have access to the latest developments in cluster computing
technologies and practices. Join the cluster computing community, and
discuss new directions, opportunities, and ideas that will influence
the future of cluster computing.

Cluster 2012 welcomes paper and poster submissions on innovative work
from researchers and practitioners in academia, government, and
industry that describe original research and development efforts in
cluster computing. Major topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:
Topics

    Systems Design and Configuration
        Node and system architecture
        Packaging, power and cooling
        Visualization clusters and tiled displays
        GPU clusters
        Interconnect/memory architectures
        Single system image clusters
        Protocols, libraries, and interfaces
        Lightweight communication protocols
        Management & Reliability
        Security and reliability
        High availability solutions
        Resource and job management
        Scheduling, and load balancing
        Administration and maintenance tools
        Fault tolerance, checkpointing and recovery
        Cost and performance implications of reliability
    Tools, Systems Software, and Middleware
        Software environments and tools
        Virtualization and cloud computing
        Performance evaluation, analysis and optimization
        Grid and cloud computing technologies
    Algorithms, Applications and Performance
        Scalable algorithms
        HPC Applications on GPUs
        Data Intensive processing
        Programming language and tools
        Hybrid programming techniques (MPI+OpenMP, MPI+OpenCL, etc.)
        Benchmarking & profiling tools
        Performance prediction & modeling
    Storage and File Systems
        Storage cluster architectures
        File systems and I/O libraries
        Storage clusters
        Storage clouds


Paper Submission

    Paper Format: Since the camera-ready version of accepted papers
must be compliant with the IEEE Xplore format for publication,
submitted papers must comform to the following Xplore layout, page
limit, and font size. This will insure a size consistency and a
uniform layout for the reviewers. (With minimal changes, accepted
document can be styled for publication according to Xplore
requirements explained in the Xplore formatting guide, which is also
in Xplore format).

    Maximum 9 pages for Technical Papers, maximum 5 pages for Posters.
Single-spaced 2-column numbered pages in IEEE Xplore format
(8.5x11-inch paper, margins in inches-- top: 0.75, bottom: 1.0,
sides:0.625, and between columns:0.25, main text: 10pt ).Concerning
the final camera-ready version: Maximum of 2 extra pages at $200/page.
Camera-ready means PDF file must comply with IEEE Xplore formatting
and style for publication. A conversion tool kit for converting from
Word, LaTeX, and PostScript and checking compliance is now available.
See the Final Submission section then. Only web-based submission is
accepted.

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