Dear Colleagues, please notice the following deadline extension for INFOCOMP and MODOPT 2016 until January 19, 2016 Wish you all the best with your research and beyond! Looking forward to your contributions and hopefully seeing you in Valencia! Seasons greetings and a happy New Year! Kind regards, Dr. Claus-Peter Rueckemann INFOCOMP General Chair INVITATION: ================= The submission deadline has been extended to January 19, 2016. Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to: - INFOCOMP 2016, The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation - MODOPT 2016, The International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== INFOCOMP 2016 | MODOPT 2016 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS INFOCOMP 2016, The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/INFOCOMP16.html Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/SubmitINFOCOMP16.html MODOPT 2016, The International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/MODOPT.html Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/MODOPT.html#SubmitAPaper Events schedule: May 22 - 26, 2016 - Valencia, Spain Contributions: - regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library] - short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library] - ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library] - extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library] - posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library] - posters: slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org] - presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org] - demos: two pages [posted at www.iaria.org] - doctoral forum submissions: [in the proceedings, digital library] Proposals for: - mini symposia: see http://www.iaria.org/symposium.html - workshops: see http://www.iaria.org/workshop.html - tutorials: [slide-deck posed on www.iaria.org] - panels: [slide-deck posed on www.iaria.org] Submission deadline: January 19, 2016 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html INFOCOMP 2016 Topics (for topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/CfPINFOCOMP16.html ============================================================ Large scale and fast computation Developments in information and computing systems; Grid computing; Cloud computing; Pervasive / ubiquitous computing; Services computing and Opportunistic computing; High Performance Computing (HPC); Fast data processing; Real-time processing; Fast switching and routing protocols; Parallelization of algorithms and applications; Energy-efficient High Performance Computing; Large scale data visualization; Tools for parallelization; Highly performance codes; Optimization; Innovative architectures; Distributed systems, dynamical systems; Future architectures, integrated systems, beyond cloud, reaching exaflop; Supercomputing architectures, operation, and management; Petascale, Exascale; Big data, dCache; HPC centers, data centers; Benchmarking; Green500, Graph500, Top500; Service provisioning; Green computing, cooling techniques Programming models Programming languages and parallel algorithms; Message Passing Interface (MPI), OpenMP; Massively Parallel Processing, Symmetric Multi-Processing; PGAS, GASPI, CAF (Co-array Fortran), UPC (Unified Parallel C); X10, Chapel, CUDA, OpenCL, OpenACC, OpenHMPP, Lime, OmpSs, OpenStream; Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM); Programming paradigms; Manycore, multicore; CPU, GPU, FPGA, accelerators; Chip design, architectures, and programming; Fault tolerance, troubleshooting, debugging; High end issues, latency, concurrency Networks/systems communications Cross-layer design and optimization; Cyber-physical systems and networks; Data centers, virtualization, and cloud networks; Delay/disruption tolerant networks; Future Internet broadband services; Software Defined Networks (SDN); Fast networks / InfiniBand architectures for future interactive multicore applications; Sensor networks and embedded systems; Ad hoc mobile networks; Access technologies; P2P networks; Optical networks; Cellular and broadband wireless networks; Mobility models and mobile networks; Multicast, broadcast and anycast; Multimedia protocols and networking; Software defined radio and cognitive radio networking; Content-based network service; Certification, public key infrastructures, data integrity; Privacy and anonymity Networks/systems measurement, control and management Networks/systems measurement, simulation and emulation; Network-, system-, and application-management; Congestion control and capacity planning; Dynamic spectrum management; Addressing and location management; Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE); Quality of Data (QoD) and Quality of Context (QoC); e-Commerce, accounting, pricing and billing; Highly parallel file systems, Lustre, GPFS; Interconnects, high speed ethernet; Use of distributed compute and storage resources; Energy-aware mechanisms for control and management; Configuration, reuse of software components; Resource allocation and management; Denial of service mitigation and prevention; System and data security; Communication visualization Advanced applications Scientific, theoretical, methodological, practical, and technical contributions; Advanced scientific computing; Simulation and modelling (scientific applications, engineering, industry); Mathematical and numerical algorithms and methods; Computer science and geoinformatics; e-Energy, geosciences, prospection, exploration, oil and gas; Mobility and logistic services; Geoscientific Information Systems (GIS); Remote sensing and satellite imaging; Cartography, hydrology; Climatology and environmental sciences; Molecular dynamics simulation; Genetic algorithms; Physics and chemistry applications; Medicine, genetics, epidemiology, medical geology; Multi-dimensional data visualization; Search engines and scientific discovery; Online social networking; Vehicular, underground and underwater networks and applications; Scientific data processing; Computation frameworks and tools; Mathematica, SAGE, Maple, Matlab, Scilab, Gromacs, ANSYS, Fluent, etc.); Database applications and development; Inf ormation and database systems; Education, e-Learning, and e-Science; ICT business evaluation and management; Legal informatics, Open Access, Science / Copyright, Patents; Earth and planetary sciences; Archaeology, cultural heritage; Knowledge discovery, documentation, and classification; Data intensive computing, data science; Methdodology and case studies regarding computing and communication scenarios; Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) applications; Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) applications Evaluation context Energy-aware and energy-efficient networks; Implementation and experimental testbeds; Traffic measurement and traffic patterns; Characterization of topology dynamics; Access and biometric technologies, performance, and cost prediction; Web services and performance; Performance measurement and benchmarking; Energy-aware and energy-efficient High Performance Computing; Usability studies; Social and ethic consequences with biometry and data security; Standards, benchmarks, protocols Biometry, security, access technologies, algorithms, and applications Technologies and advances in biometric algorithms and interfaces (gait, electrocardiography, iris, image, fingerprint, palm veins, multi-modality); Biometric systems; Integration of biometrics with other technologies; Challenge response; Simplified enrollment; NFC support, spoofing, and countermeasures; Single sign on (SSO); Adaptive trust; Template protection (protection of reference data); Large and scalable biometric systems using cloud services; Deployed solutions and applications; Experience reports and systems; Description in physical and logical access control; information system access, immigration and border control, law enforcement, entertainment, finance, life science, healthcare, forensics); Distributed and mobile devices; Public Key Infrastructures; Digital Forensics; Quantum cryptography theory and application for commercial usage; topology of information (braid group approach) MODOPT 2016 Topics (for topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) CfP: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/MODOPT.html#CallForPapers ========================== Foundations of modeling and optimization Enterprise modeling and optimization Modeling and optimization in real-time systems Modeling and optimization in complex systems Model-based software and systems engineering Empirical modeling Algorithms and flow optimization Quality assurance and modeling (analysis, testing, verification) Functional and non-functional properties of models Model transformations Modeling in Internet-of-Thinks systems Modeling and optimization in Cloud-oriented systems Tools for modeling and optimization Languages and notations for modeling and optimization Programming aspects for modeling and optimization Quality, clarity, and accuracy in modeling Modeling and statistical modeling approaches Modeling domains (data analytics, big data, systems engineering, social media, devices and services, mobile applications, health applications, open source software) Modeling features (collaboration, scalability, security, interoperability, adaptability) Maintenance an extension of models Cost-effectiveness of models and optimization ------------------------ INFOCOMP 2016 Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/ComINFOCOMP16.html INFOCOMP General Chair Claus-Peter Rückemann, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / Leibniz Universität Hannover / North-German Supercomputing Alliance, Germany INFOCOMP Advisory Chairs Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technische Universität München (TUM) - Garching, Germany Petre Dini, Concordia University - Montreal, Canada / China Space Agency Center - Beijing, China Sik Lee, Supercomputing Center / Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Korea Subhash Saini, NASA, USA Manfred Krafczyk, Institute for Computational Modeling in Civil Engineering (iRMB) - Braunschweig, Germany INFOCOMP Academia Chairs Alexander Knapp, Universität Augsburg, Germany Malgorzata Pankowska, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland INFOCOMP Research Institute Liaison Chairs Kei Davis, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Edgar A. Leon, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Ivor Spence, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, Research for High Performance and Distributed Computing / Queen's University Belfast, UK INFOCOMP Industry Chairs Alfred Geiger, T-Systems Solutions for Research GmbH, Germany Hans-Günther Müller, Cray, Germany INFOCOMP Special Area Chairs on Large Scale and Fast Computation José Gracia, High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS), University of Stuttgart, Germany Björn Hagemeier, Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany Walter Lioen, SURFsara, Netherlands Lutz Schubert, Institute of Information Resource Management, University of Ulm, Germany INFOCOMP Special Area Chairs on Networks and Communications Noelia Correia, University of the Algarve, Portugal Wolfgang Hommel, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre - Munich, Germany INFOCOMP Special Area Chairs on Advanced Applications Bernhard Bandow, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Göttingen, Germany Diglio A. Simoni, RTI International - Research Triangle Park, USA INFOCOMP Special Area Chairs on Evaluation Context Huong Ha, University of Newcastle, Australia (Singapore campus) Philipp Kremer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany MODOPT 2016 Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2016/MODOPT.html#Committees Symposium Chairs Ian Flood, University of Florida, USA Claus-Peter Rückemann, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster / Leibniz Universität Hannover / North-German Supercomputing Alliance, Germany ====================