The 21st International ACM Symposium on
High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing
(HPDC'12)

Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands

June 18-22, 2012

http://www.hpdc.org/2012


The ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and
Distributed Computing (HPDC) is the premier annual conference on the
design, the implementation, the evaluation, and the use of parallel and
distributed systems for high-end computing. HPDC'12 will take place in
Delft, the Netherlands, a historical, picturesque city that is less than
one hour away from Amsterdam-Schiphol airport. The conference will be
held on June 20-22 (Wednesday to Friday), with affiliated workshops
taking place on June 18-19 (Monday and Tuesday).


**** SUBMISSION DEADLINES ****
Abstracts: 16 January 2012
Papers: 23 January 2012 (No extensions!)


**** HPDC'12 GENERAL CHAIR ****
Dick Epema, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands


**** HPDC'12 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ****
Thilo Kielmann, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Matei Ripeanu, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada


**** HPDC'12 WORKSHOPS CHAIR ****
Alexandru Iosup, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands


**** SCOPE AND TOPICS ****
Submissions are welcomed on all forms of high-performance parallel and
distributed computing, including but not limited to clusters, clouds,
grids, utility computing, data-intensive computing, and massively
multicore systems. Submissions that explore solutions to estimate and
reduce the energy footprint of such systems are particularly encouraged.
All papers will be evaluated for their originality, potential impact,
correctness, quality of presentation, appropriate presentation of
related work, and relevance to the conference, with a strong preference
for rigorous results obtained in operational parallel and distributed
systems.

The topics of interest of the conference include, but are not limited
to, the following, in the context of high-performance parallel and
distributed computing:

- Systems, networks, and architectures for high-end computing
- Massively multicore systems
- Virtualization of machines, networks, and storage
- Programming languages and environments
- I/O, storage systems, and data management
- Resource management, energy and cost minimizations
- Performance modeling and analysis
- Fault tolerance, reliability, and availability
- Data-intensive computing
- Applications of parallel and distributed computing


**** PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ****
Authors are invited to submit technical papers of at most 12 pages in
PDF format, including figures and references. Papers should be formatted
in the ACM Proceedings Style and submitted via the conference web site.
No changes to the margins, spacing, or font sizes as specified by the
style file are allowed. Accepted papers will appear in the conference
proceedings, and will be incorporated into the ACM Digital Library. A
limited number of papers will be accepted as posters.

Papers must be self-contained and provide the technical substance
required for the program committee to evaluate their contributions.
Submitted papers must be original work that has not appeared in and is
not under consideration for another conference or a journal. See the ACM
Prior Publication Policy for more details.


**** IMPORTANT DATES ****
Workshop Proposals Due: 3 October 2011
Abstracts Due: 16 January 2012
Papers Due: 23 January 2012 (No extensions!)
Reviews Released to Authors: 8 March 2012
Author Rebuttals Due: 12 March 2012
Author Notifications: 19 March 2012
Final Papers Due: 16 April 2012
Conference Dates: 18-22 June 2012


**** CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ****
Workshops affiliated with HPDC will be held on June 18-19 (Monday and
Tuesday). For more information on the workshops and for the complete
Call for Workshop Proposals, see the workshops page on the conference
website.