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The 8th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed <br class="">
Computing and Optimization (PDCO 2018) <br class="">
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<a href="https://pdco2018.sciencesconf.org/" class="">https://pdco2018.sciencesconf.org/</a> <br class="">
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held in conjunction with <br class="">
the 32nd IEEE International <br class="">
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'2018) <br class="">
May 21-25, 2017 <br class="">
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Vancouver, Canada <br class="">
<a href="http://www.ipdps.org" class="">http://www.ipdps.org</a> <br class="">
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New Submission Deadline: January 26, 2018<br class="">
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Scope: <br class="">
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The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Computing and Optimization aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers <br class="">
and engineers on recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed computing for difficult optimization problems, <br class="">
ranging from theoretical to applied problems. <br class="">
The latter include 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting stock problems, large scale linear programming <br class="">
problems, nonlinear optimization problems, global optimization and scheduling problems. Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for <br class="">
solving these difficult problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming problems, nature-inspired techniques and e<br class="">
hybrid methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. We also solicit <br class="">
submissions of original manuscripts on sparse matrix computations and related topics (including graph algorithms); and <br class="">
related methods and tools for their efficiency on different parallel systems. The use of new approaches in parallel and <br class="">
distributed computing like GPU, MIC, cloud computing, volunteer computing will be considered. Applications combining <br class="">
traditional parallel and distributed computing and optimization techniques as well as theoretical issues (convergence, <br class="">
complexity, etc.) are welcome. Application domains of interest include (but are not limited to) cloud computing, planning, <br class="">
logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and computational biology. <br class="">
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Topics: <br class="">
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* Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming; <br class="">
* Scheduling;<br class="">
* Global optimization, polynomial optimization; <br class="">
* Exact methods, heuristics, metaheuristics, hybrid methods; <br class="">
* Cooperative methods, hybrid methods; <br class="">
* Parallel / distributed algorithms for combinatorial optimization; <br class="">
* Parallel / distributed metaheuristics; <br class="">
* Distributed optimization algorithms; <br class="">
* Nature inspired distributed computing; <br class="">
* Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing; <br class="">
* Peer to peer computing and optimization problems; <br class="">
* Applications: cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, computational biology, <br class="">
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combinatorial algorithms in high performance computing. <br class="">
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Steering Committee: <br class="">
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Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (co-chair) <br class="">
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France (co-chair) <br class="">
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, INRIA, CNRS, France <br class="">
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia <br class="">
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General Chairs: <br class="">
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Grégoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg <br class="">
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France <br class="">
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Program Chairs: <br class="">
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Vincent Boyer, University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico <br class="">
Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain <br class="">
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Publicity Chairs: <br class="">
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Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA <br class="">
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada <br class="">
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Program Committee (to be completed): <br class="">
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A. Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algiers, Algeria <br class="">
J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China <br class="">
J. J. Durillo, University of Innsbruck, Austria <br class="">
S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan <br class="">
M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA <br class="">
K. Li, State University of New York, USA <br class="">
N. Melab, University of Lille, France <br class="">
M. Menai, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia <br class="">
A. Nakib, University Paris 12, France <br class="">
S. Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay <br class="">
S. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece <br class="">
C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA <br class="">
T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France <br class="">
M. Seredynski, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg <br class="">
G. Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece <br class="">
G. Spezzano, University of Calabria, Italy <br class="">
A. Tchernykh, CICESE Research Center, Mexico <br class="">
B. Ucar, CNRS and ENS Lyon, France <br class="">
F. Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain <br class="">
L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada <br class="">
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Submission : <br class="">
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Papers in the Proceedings of the workshops will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library after the conference. <br class="">
Prospective authors should submit their papers through Workshop PDCO 2018 submission system: i.e. EasyChair: <br class="">
<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdco2018" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdco2018</a><br class="">
Abstract and paper can be uploaded until January 26, 2018. Authors should preferably follow the manuscript specifications <br class="">
of IEEE IPDPS, i.e. submitted manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on <br class="">
8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables and references. Style templates are available at the <br class="">
IPDPS web site. <br class="">
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Important Dates: <br class="">
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- New Submission Deadline: January 26, 2018<br class="">
- Notification of acceptance: February 16, 2018 <br class="">
- Workshop: May 21, 2018 <br class="">
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Contact: <br class="">
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For questions regarding the Workshop, please contact the conference organizers at <a href="mailto:pdco2018@sciencesconf.org" class="">pdco2018@sciencesconf.org</a>
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