ISPA-16 (14th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability, security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium, scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines).

The 14th ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful ISPA conferences in the years from 2003 to 2015 in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. ISPA-16 is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the IEEE Computer Society. ISPA-16 is particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing, tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software Defined networking and its applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Base Technologies and Tools Track
Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC
Parallel and distributed algorithms
Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development
Novel parallel programming paradigms
Programming models for cloud services and applications
Code generation and optimization
Compilers for parallel computers
Middleware and tools
Scheduling and resource management
Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations
Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security

Parallel and Distributed Systems and Architectures Track
Cloud computing and data center technology
Virtualization of computing
Migration of computations
Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability
Energy management and Green Computing
Wireless and mobile networks
Internet-Of-Things (IoT)
Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems

Applications of Parallel and Distributed Processing Track
High-performance scientific and engineering computing
Grid and cluster computing
Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
Databases, data mining, and data management
Big data and business analytics
Scientific cloud systems and services
Internet computing and web services
Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing
Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications
Software Defined Networks and its applications

Submission Guidelines
Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 8 pages, including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in IEEE Computer Society proceedings Format with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Please submit your paper at here.

Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. Accepted and presented papers will be included in the IEEE CPS Proceedings. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be recommended to high quality international journals.

Important Dates
Submission deadline: April 15th, 2016
Authors notification: May 31st, 2016
Camera-ready due: July 1st, 2016
Registration: July 1st, 2016

Organization Committee

General Chairs
Jean-Luc Gaudiot, University of California, Irvine, USA
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia

Program Chairs
Kuan Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy