The 8th International Workshop on Programming Models and Applications for Multicores and ManycoresPMAM 2017

The 8th International Workshop on Programming Models and Applications for Multicores and Manycores (PMAM 2017) is to be held in conjunction with PPoPP 2017 on February 4-8, 2017 at Austin, Texas, USA.

This workshop is dedicated primarily to gather researchers and practitioners addressing the main challenges and share experiences in the emerging multicore and manycore software engineering and distributed programming paradigm. This workshop aims to provide a discussion forum for people interested in programming environments, models, tools and applications specifically designed for parallel multicore and manycore hardware environments.

Call for Papers

The 8th International Workshop on Programming Models and Applications for Multicores and Manycores (PMAM 2017) is to be held in conjunction with PPoPP 2017 on February 4-8, 2017 at Austin, Texas, USA

Introduction

Rapid advancements in multicore and chip-level multi-threading technologies open new challenges and make multicore systems a part of the computing landscape. From high-end servers to mobile phones, multicores and manycores are steadily entering every single aspect of the information technology.

However, most programmers are trained in sequential programming, yet most existing parallel programming models are prone to errors such as data race and deadlock. To fully utilize multicore and manycore hardware, parallel programming models that allow easy transition of sequential programs to parallel programs with good performance and enable development of error-free codes are urgently needed.

This workshop is dedicated primarily to gather researchers and practitioners addressing the main challenges and share experiences in the emerging multicore and manycore software engineering and distributed programming paradigm. This workshop aims to provide a discussion forum for people interested in programming environments, models, tools and applications specifically designed for parallel multicore and manycore hardware environments.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline : November 21, 2016 (Anywhere on Earth)

Notification of acceptance : December 15, 2016

Camera-ready papers due : January 1, 2017

Objectives, scope and topics of the workshop

The program committee cordially invites any novel research ideas in (but not limited to) the following topics:

programming models and systems for multicore, manycore, and clusters of multicore/manycore

parallel resource management on large-scale datacenters

multicore and manycore software engineering

parallel and distributed algorithms on GPU, FPGA, and multicore clusters

parallel libraries and frameworks

performance analysis, efficiency and effectiveness

massively parallel processing on multicore/manycore systems and clusters

automated parallelization and compilation techniques

debugging and performance autotuning tools and techniques for multicore/manycore applications

parallel algorithms, applications and benchmarks on multicore/manycore systems

runtime power/energy management on multicore/manycore systems and clusters

fault tolerance and resilience

Names and contacts of key organizers

Steering Committee

Pavan Balaji

Argonne National Laboratory, USA

balaji at mcs dot anl dot gov

Minyi Guo

Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

guo-my at cs dot sjtu dot edu dot cn

Zhiyi Huang

University of Otago, New Zealand

hzy at cs dot otago dot ac dot nz

Organization co-chairs

Quan Chen

Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

chen-quan at cs dot sjtu dot edu dot cn

Zhiyi Huang

University of Otago, New Zealand

hzy at cs dot otago dot ac dot nz

Programme Committee

Pedro Alonso Jordá, Universidad Politécnica de Valenci, Spain

Richard Barrett, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

Jesus Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, USA

Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Qi Guo, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Khaled Hamidouche, Ohio State University, USA

Toshihiro Hanawa, University of Tokyo, Japan

Kenneth Hawick, University of Hull, UK

Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, University of Lyon, France

Kai-Cheung Leung, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Dong Li, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Chen Liu, Clarkson University, USA

Xiaoyi Lu, Ohio State University, USA

Chao Mei, Google, USA

Jean-Marc Pierson, University of Toulouse, France

Oliver Sinnen, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Peter Strazdins, Australian National University, Australia

Mark Utting, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Liqiang Wang, University of Wyoming, USA

Yonghong Yan, Oakland University, USA

Hailong Yang, Beihang University, China

Qing Yi, University of Colorado, USA

Esma Yildirim, Fatih University, Turkey

Jiangtao Yin, Cisco, USA

Zidong Du, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Manuscript submission

Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and experience are solicited. All paper submissions will be handled electronically via EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pmam2017.

Papers must not exceed 10 pages in standard ACM two-column conference format (preprint mode, with page number and the 9pt template). Templates for ACM format are available for Microsoft Word, and LaTeX at: http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm.

Authors must register and submit their paper through the online submission system at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pmam2017 . If you have problems accessing the system, e-mail your submission to: pmam2017 at cs dot otago dot ac dot nz

Proceedings

All accepted papers will be published in the PMAM 2017 proceedings by the ACM Digital Library, and will be included in the Elsevier databases Scopus and Compendex (EI indexed).

Selected best papers of PMAM will be considered for publication in a special issue of high ranked journal (Journal of Parallel Computing). Contact Pavan Balaji (balaji at mcs dot anl dot gov) for more details.

Registration

Information about registration at PPoPP 2017 main website: http://conf.researchr.org/track/PPoPP-2017/PPoPP-2017-papers.

Contact Us

For further information regarding the workshop and paper submission, please send your request or enquiry to: pmam2017 at cs dot otago dot ac dot nz