The 2014 International Workshop on Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Systems (DISCS)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2014 International Workshop on Data-Intensive Scalable Computing Systems (DISCS) http://discl.cs.ttu.edu/discs-2014 November 16, 2014 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA, USA Held in conjunction with SC14: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis In cooperation with ACM SIGHPC, http://sighpc.org CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Scope of the Workshop * Existing high performance computing (HPC) systems are designed primarily for workloads requiring high rates of computation. However, the widening performance gap between processors and I/O systems, and trends toward higher data intensity in scientific and engineering applications, suggest there is a need to rethink HPC system architectures, programming models, runtime systems, and tools with a focus on data intensive computing. The 2014 International Workshop on Data Intensive Scalable Computing Systems (DISCS) provides a forum for researchers interested in HPC and data intensive computing to exchange ideas and discuss approaches for addressing Big Data challenges. * Topics of Interest * The topics of interest for the DISCS-2014 workshop include, but are not limited to: * HPC system architectures for data intensive applications o Data-centric system architectures o I/O systems and architectures o System area networks o Power efficient systems * Programming models supporting data intensive applications o Data-centric programming models o MPI extensions for data intensive applications o GAS/PGAS programming model extensions for data intensive applications o Non-traditional programming languages/methodologies * Runtime systems supporting data intensive applications o Communication systems for supporting data intensive applications o Data compression and de-duplication o Caching and prefetching o Reliability and fault tolerance o Data integrity and consistency * Productivity tools supporting data intensive applications o Data analytic tools o Tracing and trace analysis tools o Data mining and knowledge discovery tools o Computational, mathematical and statistical techniques and tools supporting such techniques o Data visualization techniques and tools supporting such techniques * Keynote * Dr. Daniel A. Reed will deliver the keynote address for DISCS-2014. Dr. Reed is the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Iowa, as well as the University Computational Science and Bioinformatics Chair and Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Reed has extensive research experience in the areas of high performance computing and data intensive computing, and has served academia, industry, and government organizations as an advisor on technology policy. * Submission Instructions * Submissions should be unpublished work and in PDF format on US Letter sized paper (8.5"x11") with not more than 8 pages (all inclusive) formatted according to the IEEE double-column format for Conference Proceedings (IEEEtran template). All accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings in the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Xplore. See http://discl.cs.ttu.edu/discs-2014/?q=submissions for details. * Journal Special Issue * The authors of papers accepted to the DISCS-2014 workshop and with relevance to an application will be invited to extend the manuscript for a special issue of the International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications (IJHPCA), guest-edited by the DISCS-2014 workshop chairs. The target submission deadline for the journal papers is January 23, 2015. More details will be posted to the DISCS-2014 web site as they become available. * Important Dates * Paper Submission: Extended to August 15, 2014 Author Notification: September 19, 2014 Camera-Ready Copy Due: October 10, 2014 Workshop Date: November 16, 2014 * Organizers * GENERAL CHAIR Yong Chen, Texas Tech University PROGRAM CHAIRS Philip C. Roth, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Weikuan Yu, Auburn University TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Suren Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Shane Canon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Dan Feng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Yuqing Gao, IBM Research Rong Ge, Marquette University Mitch Horton, Georgia Institute of Technology Dries Kimpe, Argonne National Laboratory Scott Klasky, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Quincey Koziol, The HDF Group Michael Lang, Los Alamos National Laboratory John Leidel, Texas Tech University Jay Lofstead, Sandia National Laboratories Carlos Maltzahn, University of California, Santa Cruz Seung Woo Son, Northwestern University Zhiqi Tao, Intel Corporation Yuan Tian, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Abhinav Vishnu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Yandong Wang, IBM Research Weijun Xiao, Virginia Commonwealth University Weijia Xu, Texas Advanced Computing Center Hui Zhang, Indiana University STEERING COMMITTEE William D. Gropp, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology Rajeev Thakur, Argonne National Laboratory