SBAC-PAD 2015

Submitted by Claudio Amorim
http://www.sbac-pad.org
Call for Papers

The 27th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance
Computing
Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
October 18-21, 2015
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract deadline: June 1st
Paper deadline: June 8th
Rebuttal period: July 7th – 9th
Author notification: July 19th
Camera ready: August 14th

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts on all aspects of computer
architecture and high performance computing. Topics of interest include (but
are not limited to):
– Application-specific systems
– Benchmarking, performance measurements, and analysis
– Cloud, Grid, cluster, and peer-to-peer systems
– Embedded and pervasive systems
– GPUs, FPGAs and other accelerator architectures
– Languages, compilers, and tools for parallel and distributed programming
– Modeling and simulation methodology
– Operating systems and virtualization
– Parallel and distributed systems, algorithms, and applications
– Power and energy-efficient systems
– Processor, cache, memory, storage, and network architecture
– Real-world applications and case studies
– Reconfigurable, resilient and fault-tolerant systems

Submissions must be in English, 8 pages maximum, following the IEEE conference
formatting guidelines. To be published in the SBAC-PAD 2015 Conference
Proceedings and to be eligible for publication at the IEEE Xplore (pending), one of
the authors must register at the full rate. Authors may not use a single registration
for multiple papers. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended
versions of their papers for publication on the Journal of Parallel and Distributed
Computing. Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sbacpad2015

SBAC-PAD 2015 will be held in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Known as “the Island
of Magic”, Florianópolis is the favorite destination for tourism in the
Southern part of Brazil. Florianópolis is known by its 42 beautiful beaches,
special resorts, historical buildings, environmental protected areas, and
by an economy strongly based on information technology.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chair:
Mario A. R. Dantas (UFSC, Brazil)

Program Chairs:
Edson Borin (Unicamp, Brazil)
Viktor K. Prasanna (USC, USA)

Track Chairs:
Anne Benoit (ENS Lyon, France) — Applications and Algorithms
David R. Kaeli (Northeastern University, USA) — Architecture
Albert Cohen (Inria, France) — Software
Dilma Da Silva (Texas A&M University, USA) — Distributed Systems and Networks

Publicity Chairs:
Christophe Cérin (Paris 13 University, France) – Europe and Africa
Claudio Amorim (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Latin America
Kuan-Ching Li (Providence University, Taiwan) – Asia and Oceania
Miriam Capretz (The University of Western Ontario, Canada) – North America

Workshop Chair:
Alba Melo (University of Brasilia, Brazil)

Financial Chair:
Márcio Castro (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Organizing Committee:
Alfredo Goldman (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Laércio Lima Pilla (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Philippe Navaux (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)