Call for SC13 Tutorial Proposals
November 17?22, 2013
Denver, Colorado
Submissions due March 25, 2013
http://sc13.supercomputing.
Context and scope. The SC tutorials program is one of the highlights of
the SC Conference series, and it is one of the largest tutorial programs
at any computing-related conference in the world. SC13 will continue the
tradition of offering a high-quality tutorial program providing attendees
the opportunity to learn from and to interact with internationally
recognized experts in the most popular areas of high performance computing
(HPC), networking, and storage.
SC tutorials are intended to cover a wide range of topics of interest to
the HPC community. The tutorials committee encourages proposals for
full-day (six hours) or a half-day (three hours) tutorials with broad
applicability and of interest to a large fraction of the SC13 attendees.
Proposals for the following areas (as well as others) are solicited:
? Basic and introductory topics for expanding broader engagement
? Applications and application frameworks
? Algorithms, numerical methods, and libraries
? Software engineering for portable performance and scalability
? Parallel programming methods, models, languages and environments
? Software tools for accelerators (GPGPUs, FPGA, etc.)
? Performance evaluation and/or optimization tools
? Debugging and correctness tools
? High performance I/O, storage, archive, and file systems
? Large databases and data mining for HPC
? High performance networking technology
? Scientific and information visualization
? Large systems administration and/or resource management
? Computer and network security
? Fault-tolerance, reliability, maintainability, and adaptability
? High performance computer architecture
? Clusters and distributed systems
? Embedded- and/or reconfigurable systems
? ?Hot Topics? of current interest to the SC13 community
Review Process. Tutorial submissions will be reviewed by the SC13
tutorials committee, which will consider among other factors:
? Quality of the proposal (clarity, completeness, and cohesiveness of the
proposal, quality of the visual aids);
? Appropriateness for the SC13 audience and appropriateness for a
tutorial;
? Timeliness of the topic;
? Potential audience appeal;
? Presentation history and teaching/speaking experience of the presenters;
? For ?hands-on? tutorials, evidence that your demo and/or exercises have
been thoroughly tested Proposal preparation guidelines: Competition for
the approximately 30 tutorial slots at SC13 is expected to be strong, so
you are urged to take great care in preparing your proposal. Make sure to
state in the detailed description to whom your tutorial is targeted and
specifically what you expect attendees to gain.
Proposals should present clearly the goals of the tutorial in terms of how
the audience will benefit and explain how the tutorial will attract
researchers, practitioners, or both. In the detailed description, discuss
in details the tutorial content, schedule, and organization.
If your tutorial proposal is a ?joint? effort between presenters from more
than one institution, include ?evidence? in your description that the
tutorial will be cohesive and not just a disparate set of talks. Your
proposed ?detailed course outline? will be the most critical part of your
submission.
Submission of visual aid samples is strongly encouraged along with the
tutorial proposal, either via a file upload or via a URL.
Copyright. We will create a digital copy containing all tutorial notes (no
hard copies). The digital copy will be issued to all tutorial attendees,
and it will be made available to all conference attendees for an
additional fee. All tutorial proposals must explicitly agree to the
release of the tutorial notes for this purpose.
Hands-on Tutorials. As in previous years, the SC13 tutorial committee
encourages ?hands-on? tutorials ? those that give attendees the chance to
try pre-prepared demos or exercises during the tutorial. Hands-on
tutorials will be considered for full-day tutorials only. Tutorials
focused on software development and/or performance analysis tools are
particularly appropriate for hands-on demos, but others may be as well. If
you propose a demo- or exercise-based tutorial, you must include an extra
section in your tutorial proposal to convince the tutorials committee that
your demo and/or exercises have been thoroughly tested and debugged in a
variety of settings to ensure completely smooth operation at the
conference. SC13 will provide wired Internet access but no other equipment
(other than standard AV for presentations). The demos and exercises may be
run on attendee?s laptops (if they have one). If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact us at tutorials@info.supercomputing.
Be sure to send your questions well in advance of the April 1, 2013
deadline for submitting tutorial proposals.
How to submit. Tutorials may be proposed for either a full-day (six hours)
or a half-day (three hours). Full-day proposals may include up to four
presenters, half-day proposals may include one or two presenters. Half-day
tutorials on new and emerging technologies are encouraged.
Tutorial proposals must be submitted electronically via the web site:
https://submissions.
using a combination of web form and file upload. Some of your information
must be in both the web form and in the file upload. The file you upload
should contain the following sections, each beginning on a separate page:
1. Abstract in text format (200-word maximum).
2. A detailed description of the proposed tutorial (2 pages maximum) with
the following sections:
? Tutorial goals ? specifically how attendees will benefit;
? Why the topic is relevant to SC13 attendees;
? Targeted audience (researchers, students, developers, practitioners,
etc.)
? Content level (% beginner, % intermediate, % advanced)
? Audience prerequisites;
? General description of tutorial content;
? If your presenters are from different institutions, how you will ensure
cohesive tutorial content; and
? If your tutorial has been presented previously, how you will update it
for SC13.
3. Detailed outline of the tutorial (1 page maximum in outline form).
4. A statement about ?hands on? exercises. Proposal must clearly state
whether hands on exercises are required (essential) or optional or not
included. The statement should describe your demo or hands-on exercises (2
pages maximum). Include a description of any hardware needed and how you
will provide it. Also include evidence that your demo and/or exercises
have been thoroughly tested.
5.Resume or Curriculum Vitae for each presenter (4 presenters maximum,
2-pages maximum each). Make sure this includes a list of short courses the
presenter has taught.
6. A statement agreeing to release the notes for the SC13 tutorial digital
copy.
7. A request for travel support, if any.
Although not required, you are strongly encouraged to submit samples of
your visual aids. You may upload these in PDF format separately or as an
addendum to your detailed proposal, or you may supply a URL at which the
samples may be found.
Half-day tutorial proposals will need to indicate if they would be willing
to present the tutorial on Friday morning (last day of the conference) if
the proposal is accepted.
Honoraria and Support. For each full-day tutorial, a $2,000 honorarium
will be shared among presenters; for each half-day tutorial the (shared)
honorarium is $1,000. Tutorial presenters may also request coverage for a
portion of their travel expenses. SC13 full-day tutorial presenters (up to
a maximum of four per tutorial) may request a travel stipend, two days of
hotel expenses and air transportation arranged through the conference
travel agent. Half-day tutorial presenters (up to a maximum of two per
tutorial) may request a travel stipend, one day of hotel expenses and air
transportation arranged through the conference travel agent. All requests
for travel support must be included in the tutorial proposal.
If your proposal is accepted. Tutorial submissions may be conditionally
accepted, pending certain modifications recommended by the committee. You
will be required to supply copies of your viewgraphs about 2 months before
the conference. Please note: the visual quality of both the screen and
printed versions of the handouts continues to be a concern for tutorial
attendees.
Important SC13 Information:
Location: Denver Convention Center, Denver, CO
Information: http://sc13.supercomputing.
Web Submissions: https://submissions.
Email Contact: tutorials@info.supercomputing.
FAQ: http://sc13.supercomputing.
Important Dates:
Web Submissions Open: January 24, 2013
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2013
Conditional Notification: May 31, 2013
Conference Dates: November 17-22, 2013
Tutorial Dates: November 17-18, 2013
SC13 Tutorials Chair:
Bronis R. de Supinski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
SC13 Deputy Tutorials Chair:
Naoya Maruyama, RIKEN
SC13 Tutorials Committee: The committee list is available online at
http://sc13.supercomputing.
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