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The Seventh International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation

INFOCOMP 2017
June 25 - 29, 2017- Venice, Italy


Call for Papers

The diversity of semantics of data, context gathering and processing led to complex mechanisms for applications requiring special communication and computation support in terms of volume of data, processing speed, context variety, etc. The new computation paradigms and communications technologies are now driven by the needs for fast processing and requirements from data-intensive applications and domain-oriented applications (medicine, geoinformatics, climatology, remote learning, education, large scale digital libraries, social networks, etc.). Mobility, ubiquity, multicast, multi-access networks, data centers, cloud computing are now forming the spectrum of de factor approaches in response to the diversity of user demands and applications. In parallel, measurements control and management (self-management) of such environments evolved to deal with new complex situations.

INFOCOMP 2017 continues a series of events dedicated to advanced communications and computing aspects, covering academic and industrial achievements and visions.

We solicit both academic, research, and industrial contributions. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of the above topics short papers on work in progress, and panel proposals.

Industrial presentations are not subject to the format and content constraints of regular submissions. We expect short and long presentations that express industrial position and status.

Tutorials on specific related topics and panels on challenging areas are encouraged.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.

All topics and submission formats are open to both research and industry contributions.

Trends and advances on architecture/methods

Intensive computing and Big Data
Performance portability
Trading off locality and load balancing
Complex multi-physics models
Multiscale methods
Emerging programming models
Hybrid parallel programming
APGAS (Asynchronous Partitioned Global Address Space) programming model
Resiliency and elasticity approaches
Scalable petascale data-driven approach
Extreme scale technologies
Task characterization-driven scheduling
Data analytics and visualization
HPC in IoT (Internet of Things) systems
Observational data and simulations
Complex scientific data sets
Massively scalable task parallelism
Routing-aware tasks
Multi-tenant cloud workloads
Soft error resiliency

Trends and advances on disciplines/applications

Urban Simulations
Scalable cortical computing
Molecular dynamics supercomputing
Petascale biomolecular simulations
Data-centric parallel systems
Lithospheric dynamics
Graph computation
Genome-scale gene networks
Scale free graphs
Migratable objects
Quantum simulations
Metascalable quantum molecular dynamics simulations
Real-time data analytics
Uncertain execution scales
Sharing in IaaS clouds
Large-scale visualization
Distributed NoSQL data stores

Large scale and fast computation

Developments in information and computing systems
Grid computing
Cloud computing
Pervasive / ubiquitous computing
Services computing and Opportunistic computing
High Performance Computing (HPC)
Fast data processing
Real-time processing
Fast switching and routing protocols
Parallelization of algorithms and applications
Energy-efficient High Performance Computing
Large scale data visualization
Tools for parallelization
High performance codes
Optimization
Innovative architectures
Distributed systems, dynamical systems
Future architectures, integrated systems, beyond cloud, reaching exaflop
Supercomputing architectures, operation, and management
Petascale, Exascale
Big data, dCache
HPC centers, data centers
Benchmarking
Green500, Graph500, Top500
Service provisioning
Green computing, cooling techniques

Programming models

Programming languages and parallel algorithms
Message Passing Interface (MPI), OpenMP
Massively Parallel Processing, Symmetric Multi-Processing
PGAS, GASPI, CAF (Co-array Fortran), UPC (Unified Parallel C)
X10, Chapel, CUDA, OpenCL, OpenACC, OpenHMPP, Lime, OmpSs, OpenStream
Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)
Programming paradigms
Manycore, multicore
CPU, GPU, FPGA, accelerators
Chip design, architectures, and programming
Fault tolerance, troubleshooting, debugging
High end issues, latency, concurrency

Networks/systems communications

Cross-layer design and optimization
Cyber-physical systems and networks
Data centers, virtualization, and cloud networks
Delay/disruption tolerant networks
Future Internet broadband services
Software Defined Networks (SDN)
Fast networks / InfiniBand architectures for future interactive multicore applications
Sensor networks and embedded systems
Ad hoc mobile networks
Access technologies
P2P networks
Optical networks
Cellular and broadband wireless networks
Mobility models and mobile networks
Multicast, broadcast and anycast
Multimedia protocols and networking
Software defined radio and cognitive radio networking
Content-based network service
Certification, public key infrastructures, data integrity
Privacy and anonymity

Networks/systems measurement, control and management

Networks/systems measurement, simulation and emulation
Network-, system-, and application-management
Congestion control and capacity planning
Dynamic spectrum management
Addressing and location management
Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE)
Quality of Data (QoD) and Quality of Context (QoC)
e-Commerce, accounting, pricing and billing
Highly parallel file systems, Lustre, GPFS
Interconnects, high speed ethernet
Use of distributed compute and storage resources
Energy-aware mechanisms for control and management
Configuration, reuse of software components
Resource allocation and management
Denial of service mitigation and prevention
System and data security
Communication visualization

Advanced applications

Scientific, theoretical, methodological, practical, and technical contributions
Advanced scientific computing
Simulation and modelling (scientific applications, engineering, industry)
Mathematical and numerical algorithms and methods
Computer science and geoinformatics
e-Energy, geosciences, prospection, exploration, oil and gas
Mobility and logistic services
Geoscientific Information Systems (GIS)
Remote sensing and satellite imaging
Cartography, hydrology
Climatology and environmental sciences
Molecular dynamics simulation
Genetic algorithms
Physics and chemistry applications
Medicine, genetics, epidemiology, medical geology
Multi-dimensional data visualization
Search engines and scientific discovery
Online social networking
Vehicular, underground and underwater networks and applications
Scientific data processing
Computation frameworks and tools (Mathematica, SAGE, Maple, Matlab, Scilab, Gromacs, ANSYS, Fluent, etc.)
Database applications and development
Information and database systems
Education, e-Learning, and e-Science
ICT business evaluation and management
Legal informatics, Open Access, Science / Copyright, Patents
Earth and planetary sciences
Archaeology, cultural heritage
Knowledge discovery, documentation, and classification
Data intensive computing, data science
Methdodology and case studies regarding computing and communication scenarios
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) applications
Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) applications

Turbulence modeling and simulation

Fundamental turbulence
Complex flows
Turbulence modeling
Environmental turbulence
Simulation of solid-liquid systems
Heat/cooling transfer modeling
Transitional flows models
Flows simulation
Particle simulations
Turbulent multi-phase flows
Oscillations
Stability and instability
Turbulent air-water flows
Liquid/Liquid interface turbulence
Aeroacoustics

Evaluation context

Energy-aware and energy-efficient networks
Implementation and experimental testbeds
Traffic measurement and traffic patterns
Characterization of topology dynamics
Access and biometric technologies, performance, and cost prediction
Web services and performance
Performance measurement and benchmarking
Energy-aware and energy-efficient High Performance Computing
Usability studies
Social and ethic consequences with biometry and data security
Standards, benchmarks, protocols

Biometry, security, access technologies, algorithms, and applications

Technologies and advances in biometric algorithms and interfaces (gait, electrocardiography, iris, image, fingerprint, palm veins, multi-modality)
Biometric systems
Integration of biometrics with other technologies
Challenge response
Simplified enrollment
NFC support, spoofing, and countermeasures
Single sign on (SSO)
Adaptive trust
Template protection (protection of reference data)
Large and scalable biometric systems using cloud services
Deployed solutions and applications
Experience reports and systems
Description in physical and logical access control (information system access, immigration and border control, law enforcement, entertainment, finance, life science, healthcare, forensics)
Distributed and mobile devices
Public Key Infrastructures
Digital Forensics
Quantum cryptography theory and application for commercial usage
topology of information (braid group approach)

 

INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORS

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals.

Publisher: XPS (Xpert Publishing Services)
Archived: ThinkMindTM Digital Library (free access)
Prints available at Curran Associates, Inc.
Articles will be submitted to appropriate indexes.

Important deadlines:

Submission (full paper)

February 5 March 5, 2017

Notification

April 5, 2017

Registration

April 20, 2017

Camera ready

May 12, 2017

Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received submissions will be acknowledged via an automated system.

Contribution types

  • regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]
  • short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]
  • ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
  • extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
  • posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
  • posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
  • presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
  • demos: two pages [posted on www.iaria.org]
  • doctoral forum submissions: [in the proceedings, digital library]

Proposals for:

FORMATS

Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received submissions will be acknowledged via an automated system.

Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11", not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found on the Instructions page. Helpful information for paper formatting can be found on the here. Latex templates are also available.

Slides-based contributions can use the corporate/university format and style.

Your paper should also comply with the additional editorial rules.

Once you receive the notification of contribution acceptance, you will be provided by the publisher an online author kit with all the steps an author needs to follow to submit the final version. The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance.

We would recommend that you should not use too many extra pages, even if you can afford the extra fees. No more than 2 contributions per event are recommended, as each contribution must be separately registered and paid for. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to ensure that the paper will be included in the conference proceedings and in the digital library, or posted on the www.iaria.org (for slide-based contributions).

CONTRIBUTION TYPE

Regular Papers (up to 6-10 page article -6 pages covered the by regular registration; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost- ) (oral presentation)
These contributions could be academic or industrial research, survey, white, implementation-oriented, architecture-oriented, white papers, etc. They will be included in the proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the appropriate contribution type. 12-14 presentation slides are suggested.

Short papers (work in progress) (up to 4 pages long) (oral presentation)
Work-in-progress contributions are welcome. These contributions represent partial achievements of longer-term projects. They could be academic or industrial research, survey, white, implementation-oriented, architecture-oriented, white papers, etc. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as work in progress. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. For more details, see the Work in Progress explanation page. 12-14 presentation slides are suggested.

Ideas contributions (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
This category is dedicated to new ideas in their very early stage. Idea contributions are expression of yet to be developed approaches, with pros/cons, not yet consolidated. Ideas contributions are intended for a debate and audience feedback. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Idea. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. For more details, see the Ideas explanation page. 12-14 presentation slides are suggested.

Extended abstracts (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
Extended abstracts summarize a long potential publication with noticeable results. It is intended for sharing yet to be written, or further on intended for a journal publication. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Extended abstract. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. 12-14 presentation slides are suggested.

Posters (paper-based, two pages long) (oral presentation)
Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/projects presentations. The poster may be presented during sessions reserved for posters, or mixed with presentation of articles of similar topic. A two-page paper summarizes a presentation intended to be a POSTER. This allows an author to summarize a series of results and expose them via a big number of figures, graphics and tables. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Poster Two Pages. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. 8-10 presentation slides are suggested. Also a big Poster is suitable, used for live discussions with the attendees, in addition to the oral presentation.

Posters (slide-based, only) (oral presentation)
Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/projects presentations. The poster may be presented during sessions reserved for posters, or mixed with presentation of articles of similar topic. The slides must have comprehensive comments. This type of contribution only requires a 8-10 slide-deck. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Poster (slide-only). The slide-deck will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
8-10 presentation slides are suggested. Also a big Poster is suitable, used for live discussions with the attendees, additionally to the oral presentation.

Presentations (slide-based, only) (oral presentation)
These contributions represent technical marketing/industrial/business/positioning presentations. This type of contribution only requires a 12-14 slide-deck. Please submit the contributions following the submission instructions by using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Presentation (slide-only). The slide-deck will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.

Demos (two pages) [posted on www.iaria.org]
Demos represent special contributions where a tool, an implementation of an application, or a freshly implemented system is presented in its alfa/beta version. It might also be intended for thsoe new application to gather the attendee opinion. A two-page summary for a demo is intended to be. It would be scheduled in special time spots, to ensure a maximum attendance from the participants. Please submit the contributions following the submission instructions by using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Demos. The Demos paper will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.

Doctoral forum submissions: (up to 6-10 page article -6 pages covered the by regular registration; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost- ) (oral presentation)
There contributions refer to PhD dissertations, new PhD approaches, and PhD out-of-the-book thinking, etc. They will be included in the proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the appropriate contribution type Doctoral forum. 12-14 presentation slides are suggested.

Tutorial proposals
Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals should be for 2-3 hour long. Proposals must contain the title, the summary of the content, and the biography of the presenter(s). The tutorials' slide decks will be posted on the IARIA site.
Please send your proposals to tutorial proposal

Panel proposals
The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies. The panel's slide deck will be posted on the IARIA site.
Please send your proposals to panel proposal

Workshop proposals
See http://www.iaria.org/workshop.html

Mini Symposium proposal
See http://www.iaria.org/symposium.html

 
 

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