Call for Workshops: ACM High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) 2015

Call for Workshops
at ACM HPDC 2015 
http://www.hpdc.org/2015/workshops/call-for-workshops/

Overview
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The organizers of the 24th International ACM Symposium on High-Performance 
Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC'15) call for proposals for workshops 
to be held with HPDC'15, co-located with the FCRC'15 Federated Computing 
Research Conference. The workshops will be held in June 2015 in Portland Oregon. 

Workshops should provide forums for discussion among researchers and 
practitioners on focused topics or emerging research areas relevant to the HPDC 
community. Organizers may structure workshops as they see fit, including 
invited talks, panel discussions, presentations of work in progress, fully 
peer-reviewed papers, or some combination. Workshops could be scheduled for 
half a day or a full day, depending on interest, space constraints, and 
organizer preference. Organizers should design workshops for approximately 
20-40 participants, to balance impact and effective discussion.

Proposal Submission:
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Workshop proposals must be submitted in two stages: 
Stage 1: Online Form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PaYSrYJby0tLmjcnFTtmsADzQakY4tgj596uoJqt5Ls/viewform
Stage 2: A proposal in PDF format sent via email to the HPDC'15 Workshops Chairs 
at hpdc15-workshops@datasys.cs.iit.edu

Stage 2 proposal should include: 
- The name and acronym of the workshop 
- A description (0.5-1 page) of the theme of the workshop 
- A description (one paragraph) of the relation between the theme of the 
  workshop and of HPDC 
- A list of topics of interest 
- The names and affiliations of the workshop organizers, and if applicable, of 
  a significant portion of the program committee 
- A description of the expected structure of the workshop (papers, invited 
  talks, panel discussions, etc.)
- Data about previous offerings of the workshop (if any), including the 
  attendance, the numbers of papers or presentations submitted and accepted, 
  and the links to the corresponding websites 
- A publicity plan for attracting submissions and attendees. Please also 
  include expected number of submissions, accepted papers, and attendees that 
  you anticipate for a successful workshop.

Due to publication deadlines, workshops must operate within roughly the 
following timeline: papers due mid February (2-3 weeks after the HPDC 
deadline), and selected and sent to the publisher by mid April. 

Important dates:
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Workshop Proposals Due: October 31, 2014
Notifications: November 7, 2014
Workshop CFPs Online and Distributed: November 17, 2014

Workshop Chairs
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Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ioan Raicu, Illinois Institute of Technology & Argonne National Laboratory