Due to multiple requests, the PPAM 2024 paper submission deadline is extended to May 17, 2024.                        For workshops and minisymposia the deadline is extended as well.

The PPAM 2024 conference, the fifteenth in a series, will cover topics in parallel and distributed computing, including theory and applications, as well as applied mathematics. The focus will be on models, algorithms, and software tools that facilitate efficient and convenient utilization of modern parallel and distributed computing architectures, as well as on large-scale applications. Special attention is expected to be given to the future of computing beyond Moore's Law and AI/ML approaches in high-performance computing.

PPAM is a biennial conference that started in 1994. The proceedings are published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences series. This year, the PPAM conference will take place in Ostrava, a city in the northeastern part of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. PPAM 2024 is organized by the Department of Computer Science of the Czestochowa University of Technology together with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center of the Technical University of Ostrava, in technical cooperation with Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center,  under the patronage of the Committee of Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

PPAM 2024 is expected to be an in-person conference, but remote participation is possible. However, we strongly encourage in-person participation, as PPAM also has compelling networking aspects and a social and cultural program.

The organizers will provide shuttles between Katowice and Krakow airports and conference hotels in Ostrava.

Submission Guidelines

Original papers are invited for the conference. Authors should submit full papers using the EasyChair system. Regular papers are not to exceed 14 pages (LNCS style). Articles will be refereed and accepted based on their scientific merit and relevance to the conference topics. Abstracts of accepted papers will be available as a brochure during the conference. Only papers presented at PPAM 2024 will be included in the proceedings, which will be published after the conference by Springer in the LNCS series.

List of Topics

• Parallel/distributed architectures, enabling technologies
• Quantum computing and communication
• Neuromorphic computing
• Computing beyond Moore's Law
• Cluster, cloud, edge, and fog computing
• Multi-core and many-core parallel computing, GPU computing
• Heterogeneous/hybrid computing and accelerators
• Parallel/distributed algorithms: numerical and non-numerical
• Scheduling, mapping, load balancing
• Performance analysis and prediction
• Performance issues on various types of parallel systems
• Auto-tuning and auto-parallelization: methods, tools, and applications
• Power and energy aspects of computation
• Parallel/distributed programming
• Tools and environments for parallel/distributed computing
• Security and dependability in parallel/distributed environments
• HPC numerical linear algebra
• HPC methods of solving differential equations
• Evolutionary computing, meta-heuristics, and neural networks
• Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and HPC
• HPC interval analysis
• Applied computing in mechanics, material processing, biology and medicine, physics, chemistry, business, environmental modeling, etc.
• Applications of parallel/distributed computing
• Methods and tools for parallel solution of large-scale problems, including artificial intelligence and machine learning applications

Workshops, Minisymposia, Special Sessions

• 7th Workshop on Models, Algorithms, and Methodologies for Hierarchical  Parallelism in New HPC Systems
• 10th Workshop on Language-Based Parallel Programming Models
• 10th Workshop on Scheduling for Parallel Computing
• Second Workshop on Quantum Computing and Communication
• Second Workshop on Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in High Performance Computing
• 1st RISC-V Workshop
• Workshop on Energy Efficient Operation of HPC Systems (EEOHPC)
• Workshop on Advancements of Global Challenges Applications
• 5th Workshop on Applied High Performance Numerical Algorithms for PDEs
• Special Session on Parallel SVD/EVD and its Applications in Matrix Computations
• 6th Minisymposium of HPC Applications in Physical Science
• 9th Minisymposium on High Performance Computing Interval Methods
• 8th Workshop on Complex Collective Systems 
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Keynote Speakers (tentative list)

• Prasanna Balaprakash                  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Ivona Brandic                              Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• Suma George Cardwell                 Sandia National Laboratory, USA 
• Jack Dongarra                              University of Tennessee and ORNL, USA
• Anshu Dubey                               Argonne National Laboratory, USA
• Lin Gan                                       Tsinghua University & National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, China
• Torsten Hoefler                             ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Klaus Jansen                                University of Kiel, Germany
• Jesus Labarta                               Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
• Satoshi Matsuoka                         Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Filippo Mantovani                          Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
• Thomas Monz                               University of Innsbruck & Alpine Quantum Technologies, Austria
• Manish Parashar                           University of Utah, USA
• Olga Pearce                                  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• John Shalf                                    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, USA
• Amarda Shehu                              George Mason University, USA
• Michela Taufer                              University of Tennessee, USA
• Jeffrey Vetter                               Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Journal Special Issues

Like the previous PPAM editions, the authors of the best papers selected by the Program Committee will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to special issues of journals with Impact Factor such as Future Generation Computer Systems; Int. Journal of High Performance Computing Applications; Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.

Tutorials (non-final lists) 

• Core-Level Performance Engineering with the Open-Source Architecture Code Analyzer (OSACA) - by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (Georg Hager team)
• Quantum Computing - by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland

Venue

The conference will be held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia,  https://www.fei.vsb.cz/en/.

Contact

Roman Wyrzykowski           e-mail: roman@icis.pcz.pl, phone: +48 668 476 840   (contact)                                Ewa Deelman                     e-mail: deelman@isi.edu

Important Dates

Submission of papers:          May 17, 2024 (extended deadline)                                                                        Notification of acceptance:    June 21, 2024                                                                                                        Camera-ready papers:         November 2, 2024

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