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<font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b>*** Preliminary Call for Papers ***<br></b><br><br>The 14th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed<br>Computing (ISPDC 2015)<br><br>29 June - 2 July, 2015, St. Raphael Resort 5*, Limassol, Cyprus<br><br><a href="http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ispdc2015/">http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ispdc2015/</a><br></font><font face='Lucida Grande'><br><br>Following very successful previous editions since 2002, the 14th ISPDC<br>conference will be hosted in Limassol, a beautiful coastal Mediterranean city<br>on the south coast of Cyprus. The conference will be devoted to a highly<br>selective program with papers describing original and unpublished research<br>advancing the state of the art in the field of Parallel and Distributed<br>Computing paradigms and applications. The goal is to provide an interactive<br>and friendly, yet professional forum, for original research contributions<br>describing novel ideas, groundbreaking results and/or experiences.<br><br>We kindly invite you to submit original contributions to ISPDC 2015 on topics<br>including, but not limited to:<br><br><b>System Architectures for Parallel and Distributed Computing<br></b>- Multi-Cores, Virtualization<br>- Clusters and Grid Computing<br>- Methods and Tools for Parallel and Distributed Programming<br>- Embedded, Mobile and Networking Environments<br>- System Architecture and System Software for In-Memory Computing<br>- Innovative System Architecture for Big Data Processing<br>- System Architecture for Graph Computing/Processing<br>- Interconnect Architecture for HPC and Data Centers<br><br><b>High Performance Computing and Large Scale Applications<br></b>- Tools and Environments for Parallel Program Design/Analysis<br>- Scalable Algorithms and Applications<br>- Urban Networks and Applications, Vehicular Networks<br>- Parallel, Distributed and Mobile big-Data Management<br><br><b>Parallel Computing and Algorithms<br></b>- Parallel Programming Paradigms and APIs<br>- GPU Programming<br>- Bio-inspired Parallel Algorithms<br>- Big Data and Graph Analytics<br>- Algorithms, Models and Formal Verification<br><br><b>Cloud Computing<br></b>- Cloud Resource Provisioning and Allocation<br>- Pricing of Cloud Resources<br>- Cloud Performance, and Capacity Management<br>- Green Cloud Computing<br>- Mobile Clouds<br>- Security and Privacy in Clouds<br>- Cloud Computing Techniques for Big Data<br>- Storage Architectures for Clouds and Big Data Processing<br><br><b>Distributed and Embedded Computing<br></b>- Collaborative Computing, P2P Computing<br>- Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing<br>- Web Services and Internet Computing<br>- Distributed Software Components, Multi-agent Systems<br>- Parallel Embedded Systems Programming<br>- Highly Embedded Parallel Systems Support for Programming<br>- FPGA and SoC Solutions<br><br><b>Performance Modeling, Management and Optimization<br></b>- Scheduling and Load Balancing<br>- Performance Modeling, Analysis and Evaluation<br>- Optimisation, Security and Dependability<br><br><b>Interactivity</b><br>- Real-time Distributed and Parallel Systems<br>- Visualisation of Massively Parallel Data<br>- IoT, Social Networks<br><br>You are invited to submit original papers of up to 10 pages, written in English<br>and compliant with the IEEE standard (8.5"x11", two-column). The IEEE<br>Computer Society Press will publish the proceedings. A best paper award will<br>be presented to paper(s) receiving the highest quality rating from the<br>reviewers and the PC.<br><br><u>Key Dates</u><br>Submission of full papers: 15 January, 2015<br>Notification of authors: 15 March, 2015<br>Camera ready papers: 30 March, 2015<br>Authors and early registration deadline: 6 May, 2015<br>Symposium dates: 29 June - 2 July, 2015<br><br><u>General Chair<br></u>George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus<br><br><u>Program Committee Co-Chairs<br></u>Daniel Grosu, Wayne State University, USA<br>Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China<br><br><u>Steering Committee<br></u>Ioana Banicescu, Mississippi State University, USA<br>Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technische Universität München, Germany<br>Valentin Cristea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania<br>Bertil Folliot, University of Paris, France<br>Dan Grigoras, University College Cork, Ireland<br>John Morrison, University College Cork, Ireland<br>Traian Muntean, Aix Marseille University, France<br>Dana Petcu, Western Univ. of Timisoara and e-Austria, Timisoara, Romania<br>Marek Tudruj, Polish Acad. of Sciences and PJIIT, Warsaw, Poland<br><br><u>Program Committee<br></u>TBD<br><br></font>
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