The PASA workshop series has the goal to build a bridge between theory and
practice in the area of parallel systems and algorithms. In this context
practical problems which require theoretical investigations as well as the
applicability of theoretical approaches and results to practice shall be
discussed. An important aspect is communication and exchange of experience
between various groups working in the area of parallel computing, e.g., in
computer science, electrical engineering, physics or mathematics.

Topics of Interest include, but are not restricted to:
- parallel architectures & storage systems
- parallel and distributed algorithms
- parallel embedded systems
- models of parallel computation
- ubiquitous and pervasive systems
- scheduling and load balancing
- reconfigurable parallel computing
- parallel programming languages
- data stream-oriented computing
- software engineering for parallel systems
- interconnection networks
- parallel design patterns
- network, grid and cloud computing
- performance evaluation of parallel systems
- distributed and parallel multimedia systems
- parallel algorithms for big data

The workshop will comprise invited talks on current topics by leading
experts in the field as well as submitted papers on original and previously
unpublished research. Accepted papers will be published in the ARCS Workshop
Proceedings as well as in the PARS Newsletter (ISSN 0177-0454). The
conference languages are English (preferred) and German. Papers are required
to be in English.

A prize of 500 Euro will be awarded to the best contribution presented
personally based on a student's or Ph.D. thesis or project. Co-authors are
allowed, the PhD degree should not have been awarded at the time of
submission. Candidates apply for the prize by e-mail to the organizers when
submitting the contribution. We expect that candidates are or become members
of one the groups ALGO or PARS.

Program Committee

S. Albers (Berlin), H. Burkhart (Basel), M. Dietzfelbinger (Ilmenau), A.
Döring (Zürich), D. Fey (Erlangen), W. Heenes (Darmstadt), R. Hoffmann
(Darmstadt), K. Jansen (Kiel), W. Karl (Karlsruhe), J. Keller (Hagen), Ch.
Lengauer (Passau), E. Maehle (Lübeck), E. W. Mayr (München), U. Meyer
(Frankfurt), F. Meyer auf der Heide (Paderborn), W. Nagel (Dresden), M.
Philippsen (Erlangen), K. D. Reinartz (Höchstadt), P. Sanders (Karlsruhe),
Ch. Scheideler (Paderborn), H. Schmeck (Karlsruhe), U. Schwiegelshohn
(Dortmund), P. Sobe (Dresden), T. Ungerer (Augsburg), B. Vöcking (Aachen),
R. Wanka (Erlangen), H. Weberpals
(Hamburg-Harburg)

Organisation

Jörg Keller, FernUniversität in Hagen, Fac. Math and Computer Science, 58084
Hagen, Germany, E-Mail: joerg.keller at fernuni-hagen.de

Rolf Wanka, Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Dept. of Computer Science, 91058
Erlangen, Germany, E-Mail rwanka at cs.fau.de