<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26342" dir="ltr">*** Please accept our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call for papers ***<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26785"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26793">CALL FOR PAPERS<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26625"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26626">======================= IEEE ScalCom 2018 =======================<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26627"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26628">The 18th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26629"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26630">October 8-12, 2018, Guangzhou, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26631"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26632">http://www.smart-world.org/2018/scalcom/ <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26633"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26634">===========================================================<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26635"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26636">Nowadays, parallel architectures are ubiquitous and the arena of computing and communicating devices is quickly reaching an unprecedented scale. The trend is to keep increasing both the number of cores in a single device as well as the number of communicating devices. In this massively parallel and heterogeneous context, the need for scalable computing is everywhere and scalability is rapidly becoming a central aspect of computing. <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26637"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26638">The 18th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications (ScalCom 2018) will provide a forum for researchers willing to present their original work on scalable parallel and distributed computing. ScalCom 2018 will offer a unique opportunity to exchange ideas at the highest technical level related to communication networks, performance analysis and distributed applications with particular emphasis on scalability. <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26639"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26640">We invite submissions of high-quality research papers describing fully developed results or on-going foundational and applied work relating to all aspects of scalable computing and communications. The program committee will interpret it very broadly; everything from engineering principles to practical experiences on different levels of a parallel and distributed system including High Performance Computing (HPC), massively parallelsystems and heterogeneous computing. We particularly encourage submissions on topics of emerging interest in the research and development communities. <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26641"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26642">The topics of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications include, but are not limited to:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26643"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26644">Cloud and Fog Computing<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26645">- X as a Service, where X includes backend, business process, database, infrastructure, network, platform, security, software, and storage<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26646">- performance, dependability, and service level agreements<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26647">- cloud programming models and tools<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26648">- fog computing algorithms and infrastructures<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26649"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26650">Tools for Big Data<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26651">- statistical data mining<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26652">- extreme big data<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26653">- Hadoop<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26654">- convergence of IoT, cloud and big data<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26655"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26656">Extreme Scale, Multicore, GPU Accelerators and Novel Architectures for Scalability-Rethinking<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26657">- parallel programming models and tools<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26658">- GPU, MIC, and FPGA based parallel systems, heterogenous platforms<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26659">- Extreme scale systems and applications<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26660">- peta-scale and exa-scale workloads<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26661">- high-performance and high-throughput computing<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26662">- fault-tolerance in large scale applications<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26663">- near-data processing and data-centric approaches<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26664"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26665">Modelling and Simulation of Large Complex Systems<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26666">- cellular automata, genetic algorithms, neural networks, swarm Intelligence implementations<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26667">- integrated approach to optimization and simulation<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26668">- high-performance software developed to solve sciences (e.g., biological, physical, and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26669"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26670">Mobile, Wireless and Pervasive Computing<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26671">- queueing theory, design and performance analysis of communication networks<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26672">- communication protocols of IoT<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26673">- distributed applications with emphasis on scalability, distributed applications deployment<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26674">- pervasive computing, distributed robotics<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26675">- convergence of communication and computing<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26676"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26677">Accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE (IEEE-DL and EI indexed) in the conference proceedings. Best paper awards will be presented to high quality papers for the Congress and each of the co-located conferences. Selected papers will be recommended to prestige international journal special issues, including INS, JNCA, FGCS, WCMC, Ad Hoc Networks, Soft Computing, IEICE Transactions-D, IEEE Cloud Computing, Future Internet, IJCSE, IJES, IJHPCN, and more (Pending). All the Congress and conference participants will be able to attend 15+ keynote speeches offerred by world-renowned professors and industry leaders.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26678"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26679">IMPORTANT DATES<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26680">Workshop Proposal Due: Feb. 8, 2018<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26681">Paper Submission Deadline: Apr. 8, 2018<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26682">Author Notification Date: June 25, 2018<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26683">Camera-ready Deadline: Aug. 8, 2018<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26684"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26685">PAPER SUBMISSION<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26686">Main conference papers are limited to 8 pages (full papers), or 6 pages (short papers), following the IEEE proceedings format, and are to be submitted as PDF via the ScalCom 2018 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scalcom2018<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26687"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26688">Paper Publication<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26689">At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference; otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings.Best papers will be awarded at the conference and invited to submit an extended version of the paper in a special issue of a ISI and Scopus indexed journal.Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will also be recommended to special issues. More details at: www.smart-world.org/2018/scalcom/<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26690"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26691">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26692">Honorary Chair<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26693">Didier EL Baz, LAAS-CNRS, France<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26694"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26695">General Chairs<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26696">Nong Xiao, Sun Yat-Sen University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26697">Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26698">Nikos Tziritas, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26699"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26700">Program Chairs<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26701">Frederic Loulergue, Northern Arizona University, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26702">Yuhui Deng, Jinan University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26703">Burak Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canada<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26704"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26705">Workshop Chairs<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26706">Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26707">Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26708"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26709">Executive General Chair<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26710">Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26711"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26712">Publicity Chairs<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26713">Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26714">Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26715">Xiaokang Wang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26716"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26717">Web Chair<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26718">Xueyan Zhang, Central South University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26719"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26720">Registration Chairs<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26721">Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26722">Pin Liu, Central South University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26723"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26724">Local Organizing Committee Chair<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26725">Jianer Chen, Guangzhou University, China<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26726"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26727">Steering Chairs<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26728">Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26729">Albert Y. Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26730"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26731">Contact<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26732"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26733">Please email inquiries concerning IEEE ScalCom 2018 to Conference Organizers: IEEEScalCom2018@googlegroups.com.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26734"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26735">Prof. Guojun Wang, Executive General Chair of IEEE ScalCom 2018<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26736">--<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26737">*******************************************************************<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26738">Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26739">Director of Institute of Computer Networks,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26740">Vice Dean of School of Computer Science and Educational Software,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26741">Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26742">P. R. China, 510006<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26743">Tel/Fax: +86-20-39366920, Mobile: +86-13360581866<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26744">Email: csgjwang@gzhu.edu.cn; csgjwang@gmail.com<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26745">http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/publications.html<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26746">*******************************************************************<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516569650399_26747"><br></div></div></body></html>