The International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference is a premier IEEE conference presenting research in the performance of computer and communication systems. For more than 30 years, IPCCC has been a research forum for academic, industrial, and government researchers. We encourage submission of high-quality papers reporting original work in both theoretical and experimental research areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

**** Hot Topics For IPCCC 2012 ****

Mobile Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks
Performance Evaluation and Modeling
Data Centers and Cloud Computing
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Wireless Communication and Networks
Network Protocols
Internet Services and Network Management
Ubiquitous Computing
Online Social Network Analysis
Network Data Mining
Network Information Assurance and Security
Cache, Memory, and Disk Storage Systems
Performance Tools and Techniques
Fundamental Theory and Algorithms
Workload Characterization and its Impact on Architecture Design
Multi- and Single-Core Processor Architecture
Embedded Systems

FULL PAPERS: Full paper submissions may not exceeds 10 pages.
Please see the IEEE formatting instruction for details: http://www.computer.org/CPS. All papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. They will be judged with respect to their quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, conditional upon the author's advance registration and attendance at the conference.

POSTERS: We welcome submissions of poster applications in the form of a two-page extended abstract in PDF format. A subset of full paper submissions will also be invited to the IEEE IPCCC Poster Session. Accepted extended abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings.

WORKSHOPS AND PANELS: Proposals for panel sessions and workshops are welcome. Please contact the Workshop Chair for details.

A special issue of the Journal of Communications (http://www.academypublisher.com/jcm/) will be organized after this conference. Authors of outstanding papers from the conference will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to the special issue.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Workshop and Panel Proposal Due: August 1, 2012
Conference Paper Submissions Due: August 15, 2012
Student Extended Abstracts Due: August 15, 2012
Paper Acceptance Notification: September 30, 2012
Camera Ready Manuscript Due: October 22, 2012

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

General Chairs:

Chengkai Li, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Youtao Zhang, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Program Chairs:

Song Fu, University of North Texas, USA
Xiao Qin, Auburn University, USA

Poster Chair:

Jia Rao, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA

Workshop Chair:

Qunfeng Dong, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Publications Chair:

Zhiqiang Lin, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Publicity Chair:

Mea Wang, University of Calgary, Canada

Web Chair:

Neil Nelson, Samsung, USA

Financial Chair:

Nasr Ullah, Samsung, USA

Registration Chair:

Jack Chen, Cisco, USA