Conference Overview
Recent advances in computer architecture and computing systems (such as, multicore processors and hybrid systems with accelerators) have made it very challenging for programmers to reach the performance potential of current systems. In addition, recent advances in numerical algorithms and software optimizations have tremendously increased the number of alternatives for solving a problem, which further complicates the software tuning process.

These issues have led researchers to the idea of software systems that can automate the performance tuning process by running a large set of empirical evaluations to configure applications and libraries on the targeted computing platform.

The Sixth international Workshop on Automatic Performance Tuning (iWAPT2011) is an International workshop that provides opportunities for researchers and practitioners in all fields related to automatic performance tuning to exchange ideas and experiences on algorithms, libraries, and applications tuned for recent computing platforms. This workshop will consist of a few invited speaker presentations from leading researchers in academia or industry, and several presentations of peer-reviewed papers that report the latest results in auto-tuning research.

Topics of Interest
To be announced.
Papers are solicited in following areas of automatic performance tuning including, but not limited to:

-Performance modeling
-Adaptive algorithms
-Numerical algorithms and libraries
-Scientific applications
-Parallel and distributed computing
-Computing with GPGPU and accelerators
-Database management system
-Numerical precision and stability
-Resource restrictions (real-time, memory etc.)
-Empirical Compilation
-Automatically-tuned Code Generation
-Frameworks and theories of automatic tuning and software optimization
-Autonomic computing and context-aware computing
-Low-power computing and green computing
-Position papers
In addition to normal technical papers, please consider submitting "position paper" on any of the topics. For example, a position paper could include your thoughts on future auto-tuning features you consider important, drawbacks of current application tuning techniques or tools, or constructive suggestions how to improve state-of-the-art application tuning methods. The maximum length of position paper is same as technical paper.

Paper Submission Guidelines
Technical or position-style paper length - maximum 10 pages

The submitted paper must be camera-ready and formatted according to the rules of Procedia Computer Science.

Please use this file for a Latex template plus instructions and for an MS word template file.

Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. PostScript and source versions of your paper must be submitted electronically through the paper submission system.

Please, note that papers must not exceed ten pages in length (Regular paper), when typeset using the Procedia format.

Submission
Submission must be made through the web form. See: http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2011/papers/upload.php
The submissions between abstract and full-paper will be performed on the same web page by providing the above web page.

Important Dates
Abstracts submission due (on the web system): January 10, 2011, 11:59pm (Japan Standard Time)
Full papers submission due: January 17, 2011, 11:59pm (Japan Standard Time)
Notification of acceptance of papers: February 20, 2011, 11:59pm (Japan Standard Time)
Camera ready papers: March 7, 2011
Early registration opens: February 15, 2011
Early registration closes: March 31, 2011
Conference sessions: Wednesday June 1 - Friday June 3, 2011
Registration
Registration fee
To join the workshop, you must register for ICCS2011.
The registration page for ICCS2011 will open via: http://www.iccs-meeting.org/

Committees
Program Chair
Takahiro Katagiri, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN

Program Vice-chair
Richard Vuduc, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Program Committee
John Cavazos, University of Delaware, USA
Domingo Jimenez Canovas, University of Murcia, Spain
Toshiyuki Imamura, The University of Electro-communications, Japan
Jakub Kurzak, University of Tennessee, USA
Julien Langou, University of Colorado Denver, USA
Osni Marques, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Akira Naruse, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan
Serge G. Petiton, Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille, France
Markus Puschel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Daisuke Takahashi, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Keita Teranishi Cray, Inc., USA
Yusaku Yamamoto, Kobe University, Japan
Masahiro Yasugi, Kyoto University, Japan
Qing Yi, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Organizing Committee
General Chair: Toshiyuki Imamura, The University of Electro-communications, Japan
Publicity Chair: Shoichi Hirasawa, The University of Electro-communications, Japan
Web Chair: Hisayasu Kuroda, Ehime University, Japan
PC Chair: Takahiro Katagiri, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Steering Committee
Victor Eijkhout, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas, USA
Toshiyuki Imamura, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Domingo Jimenez Canovas, University of Murcia, Spain
Takahiro Katagiri, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Ken Naono, Hitachi Ltd., Japan
Markus Puschel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Reiji Suda, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Richard Vuduc, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
R. Clint Whaley, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Yusaku Yamamoto, Kobe University, Japan
Jonathan T. Carter, NERSC/Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, USA
John Cavazos, University of Delaware, USA