Call for Papers (PDF Version)

Established in 1992, ICPADS has been a major international forum in the parallel and distributed systems area. ICPADS 2012 will be held in Singapore in December 2012. Singapore is a vibrant and cosmopolitan city that offers brimming culture diversity, a multiplicity of arts and architecture, and the unique combination of its tropical nature, shopping and dining. The conference provides an international forum for scientists, engineers and users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and latest research results on all aspects of parallel and distributed systems. Contributions are solicited in all areas of parallel and distributed systems research and applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to :

Parallel and Distributed Applications and Algorithms
Cloud OS, Middleware, Toolkits, and Applications
Data Intensive Computing and Data Centre Architecture
Web-Based Computing and Service-Oriented Architecture
Multi-core and Multithreaded Architectures
Virtualization Techniques
Resource Provision, Management, and Scheduling
Security and Privacy
Cluster and Grid Computing
Power-Aware and Green Computing
Internet of Things
Peer-to-Peer Computing
Wireless and Mobile Computing
Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Performance Modeling and Evaluation
Communication and Networking Systems
Dependable and Trustworthy Computing and Systems
Real-Time and Multimedia Systems
High Performance Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cyber-Physical Systems
Distributed and Parallel Operating Systems
Embedded systems

Submission Information

Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference.

Submissions should include abstract, 5-10 keywords, and the e-mail address of the corresponding author and be in PDF format and made at here. Each submission must not exceed 8 pages in the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format (formatting) with 10-12 point font, including tables and figures. Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the submission be accepted, at least one of the authors must register the paper and attend the conference to present the work in order that the accepted paper can be put into digital library. The final version will be limited to 8 pages in IEEE proceeding format for conference papers. Up to 2 extra pages may be purchased.

IMPORTANT: ATTENDANCE BY AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR IS MANDATORY

Publications

Papers accepted for ICPADS 2012 conference and workshops will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. All accepted papers will be included in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI. Best Paper Award will be presented in the conference. Selected conference papers will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Future Generation Computer Systems journal (Elsevier).

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submissions	: June 15, 2012 June 30, 2012(Extended)
Notification of paper acceptance	: September 1, 2012
Deadline for author registration	: October 1, 2012
Deadline of camera-ready version	: October 5, 2012
Conference in Singapore	: December 17-19, 2012