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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">The 11th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2021)</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">held in conjunction with</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">the 35th IEEE International</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'2021)</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">May 17-21, 2021</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Portland, USA</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.ipdps.org" class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">http://www.ipdps.org</a><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Scope:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">======</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">advances in the field of parallel or distributed combinatorics for difficult</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">optimization problems, ranging from theoretical to applied problems. The</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">latter include for instance 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">stock problems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">optimization problems, global optimization and scheduling problems.</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for solving difficult optimization</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming problems, nature-</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">inspired techniques and hybrid methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. We also solicit submissions</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">of original manuscripts on sparse matrix computations and related topics</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">(including graph algorithms); and related methods and tools for their</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">efficiency on different parallel systems. Applications combining traditional</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">parallel and distributed combinatorics and optimization techniques as well as</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">theoretical issues (convergence, complexity, etc.) are welcome.</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Domains of interest include (but are not limited to) cloud computing,</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">computational biology.</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Topics:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">=======</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Exact methods, heuristics, metaheuristics, hybrid methods;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Parallel / distributed algorithms for combinatorial optimization;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Parallel / distributed metaheuristics;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Nature inspired parallel / distributed computing;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Global optimization, polynomial optimization;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Cooperative methods, hybrid methods;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing;</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">* Applications: cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance,</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">telecommunications, computational biology, combinatorial algorithms in high</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">performance computing.</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Steering Committee:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">===================</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (co-chair)</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France (co-chair)</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, INRIA, CNRS, France</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">General Chairs:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">===============</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Grégoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Program Chairs:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">===============</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Vincent Boyer, University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Publicity Chairs:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">=================</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Program Committee (to be completed):</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">A. Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algiers, Algeria</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">J. J. Durillo, Leibniz Supercomputer Center, Munich, Germany</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">K. Li, State University of New York, USA</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">N. Melab, University of Lille, France</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">M. Menai, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">A. Nakib, University Paris 12, France</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">S. Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">S. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">M. Seredynski, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">G. Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">G. Spezzano, University of Calabria, Italy</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">A. Tchernykh, CICESE Research Center, Mexico</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">S. Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">F. Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Submission :</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">============</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Papers in the Proceedings of the workshops will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Digital Library after the conference.</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Prospective authors should submit their papers through Workshop PDCO 2021</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">submission system:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?page=Submit&id=PDCOWorkshopFullSubmission&site=ipdps2021" class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?page=Submit&id=PDCOWorkshopFullSubmission&site=ipdps2021</a><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Abstract and paper can be uploaded until January 31, 2021. Authors should</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">preferably follow the manuscript specifications of IEEE IPDPS, i.e. submitted</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures,</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">tables and references. Style templates are available on IPDPS website.</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Special Issue:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">============</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Selected papers from PDCO 2021 will be invited to submit an extended version</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">to a special issue of an international high-quality journal. Detailed</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">information will soon be announced and will be made available on the</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Important Dates:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">================</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">- Extended submission deadline: February 15, 2021</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">- Decision notification: March 1, 2021</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">- Camera-Ready papers due: March 15, 2021</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">- Workshop: May 17, 2021</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


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<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Contact:</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">========</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">For questions regarding the Workshop, please contact the conference organizers</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">


<span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">at </span><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="mailto:pdco2021@sciencesconf.org" class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">pdco2021@sciencesconf.org</a>


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