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The 23rd International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing,
Applications and Technologies (PDCAT’22)

December 7-9, 2022, Sendai, Japan (Hybrid Event)

https://www.hpc.is.tohoku.ac.jp/pdcat2022/
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The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing,
Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists,
engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest
research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of
parallel and distributed computing. Started in Hong Kong in 2000, PDCAT 2022
will be held online and in-person in Sendai, Japan, after 22 years of success
in countries/regions including Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, Singapore,
Australia and New Zealand across Asia-Oceania. We are inviting new and
unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

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Topics
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We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the
following topics:

1. Networking and Architectures
- Interconnection networks
- Parallel/distributed architectures
- Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
- ATM networks
- Reliability, and fault-tolerance
- Ubiquitous computing systems
- Computer networks
- Communication and telecommunication
- Wireless networks and mobile computing
- Internet of Things
- Optical networks
- Cloud/Grid computing systems
- Edge computing
- Reconfigurable architecture

2. Software Systems and Technologies
- Task mapping and job scheduling
- Formal methods and programming
- languages
- Internet computing
- Image processing and computer vision
- Agent technologies
- Operating systems
- Software tools and environments
- Parallelizing compilers
- Web services
- Component-based and OO Technology
- Simulation and Visualization

3. Algorithms and Applications
- Parallel/distributed algorithms
- Big data computing and analysis
- Distributed data and knowledge based
- systems
- Image processing and computer graphics
- High-performance scientific computing
- Reconfigurable high-performance
- computing
- Resource allocation and management
- Network routing and communication
- algorithms
- Resource allocation and management
- Bioinformatics
- Database applications and data mining
- Intelligent computing and neural networks
- Machine learning
- Artificial intelligence based algorithms

4. Security and Privacy
- Access control and authorization
- Authentication, biometrics, smartcards
- Distributed systems security
- Mobile code and mobile agent security
- RFID applications
- Privacy preserving computation
- Applied cryptography
- Database security
- Intrusion detection and survivability
- P2P & ad hoc networks
- Cloud security
- Security protocols

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Paper Submission Guideline
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Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and experience are
solicited. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness,
significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Accepted and presented
papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers must be
written in English and submitted electronically as a PDF/Word file at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdcat2022. Submissions should be made
in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), and must not exceed 12
pages in length. Conference proceedings will be published in LNCS by Springer
(past editions: https://link.springer.com/conference/pdcat).

Extended versions of selected papers are planned to be published in special
issues of several SCI-indexed international journals including:

- Computer and Electrical Engineering (Elsevier)
- Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS Consortium)
- International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (SAGE Publications)
- Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Wiley)
- Tsinghua Science and Technology (Tsinghua University Press)
- Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences
(Korea Information Processing Society Computer Software Research Group)
- Journal of Information Processing Systems
(Korea Information Processing Society)
- Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations (South Ural State University)

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Important Dates
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- Abstract submission deadline: September 20, 2022, 23:59 (AoE)
- Paper submission deadline: September 30, 2022, 23:59 (AoE)
- Author notification: October 16, 2022
- Camera-ready due: October 23, 2022
- Conference: December 7-9, 2022

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Organizing Committee
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General Chairs
- Hiroyuki Takizawa, Tohoku University, Japan
- Hong Shen, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Program Chairs
- Toshihiro Hanawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
- Jong Hyuk Park, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea
- Hui Tian, Griffith University, Australia

Poster Chair
- Yohei Miki, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Publications Chair
- Ryusuke Egawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

Publicity Chair
- Keichi Takahashi, Tohoku University, Japan

Local Arrangement Chair
- Yoichi Shimomura, Tohoku University, Japan

Registration and Finance Chair
- Kazuhiko Komatsu, Tohoku University, Japan

Program Committee
- Hamid Arabnia, The University of Georgia
- Ritu Arora, The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Costin Badica, University of Craiova
- Susumu Date, Osaka University
- Toshio Endo, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Arata Endo, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- Karl Fuerlinger, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Hajime Fujita, Fastly, Inc.
- Norihisa Fujita, University of Tsukuba
- Keiichiro Fukazawa, Kyoto University
- Masaru Fukushi, Yamaguchi University
- Teofilo Gonzalez, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jose Gracia, High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart
- Huaxi Gu, Xidian University
- Longkun Guo, Qilu University of Technology
- Tetsuya Hoshino, The University of Tokyo
- Fumihiko Ino, Osaka University
- Yasushi Inoguchi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad
- Haibin Kan, Fudan Unviersity
- Yamin Li, Hosei University
- Weifa Liang, City University of Hong Kong
- James Lin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Marin Lujak, University Rey Juan Carlos
- Manu Malek, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Shintaro Momose, NEC Corporation
- Chawanat Nakasan, Kasetsart University
- Takeshi Nanri, Kyushu University
- Satoshi Ohshima, Nagoya University
- Marcin Paprzycki, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Yingpeng Sang, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Masayuki Sato, Tohoku University
- Michael Sheng, Macquarie University
- Yuanquan Shi, Huaihua University
- Toyotaro Suzumura, The University of Tokyo
- Jubee Tada, Yamagata University
- Atsuko Takefusa, National Institute of Informatics
- Thi Hong Tran, Osaka Metropolitan University
- Miwako Tsuji, RIKEN Center for Computational Science
- Vadim Voevodin, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Yasutaka Wada, Meisei University
- Xian Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Jigang Wu, Guangdong University of Technology
- Jingjing Yu, Beijing Jiaotong University
- Filip Zavoral, Charles University Prague
- Yong Zhang, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
- Haibo Zhang, University of Otago
- Cheng Zhong, Guangxi University

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Contact
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Any queries regarding PDCAT 2022 should be directed to:
pdcat2022@hpc.is.tohoku.ac.jp