Call for Papers: NPC 2021

Submitted by Chen Liu

The 18th Annual IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing (NPC 2021)
Paris, France

Submissions Due: July 11, 2021

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High Performance Computing and Big Data are two main areas where NPC 2021 will provide a dynamic forum to explore, discuss and debate state-of-the-art technology issues and challenges. High-performance computers and big-data systems are tied inextricably to the broader computing ecosystem and its designs and market adoption. We strongly believe that the stakes are high and are far beyond the boundaries of nations and continents. We invite all researchers around the world to
submit papers to NPC 2021.

We share the view that, during the past decade, the tools and cultures of high-performance computing and big data analytics are diverging to the detriment of both, and the international community should find a unified path that can best serve the needs of a broad spectrum of major
application areas. Unlike other tools, which are limited to particular scientific domains, computational modeling and data analytics are applicable to all areas of science and engineering, as they breathe life into the underlying mathematics of scientific models. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:

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* Parallel and distributed applications and algorithms
– Parallel and distributed issues and opportunities on artificial intelligence applications.
– Parallel algorithms for computational and data-enabled scientific, engineering, biological and medical applications.
– Parallel algorithms for accelerators, neuromorphic architectures, and other emerging architectures.

* Parallel and distributed architectures and systems
– Domain-Specific Accelerators for AI, deep learning and applications in industry sectors (such as health: genomics, finance: block chain, and others)
– Non-traditional Computing Technology (Quantum/Optical/Superconducting computers)
– Emerging architectures and systems at all scales, from embedded to cloud.
– Systems for enabling parallelism at an extreme scale.
– Power-efficient and green computing systems.
– Neuromorphic architectures and cognitive computing accelerators.
– Heterogeneous multicore architectures and accelerators.
– In-Memory and near-data computing.
– Network and interconnect architectures.
– Storage systems in novel big data architectures.
– IoT and Edge Computing related topics.

* Parallel and distributed software environments and tools
– Programming models and compilation for existing and emerging platforms.
– Dataflow programming models, frameworks, languages and environments for data-enabled platforms.
– Virtualization of machines, networks, and storage.
– I/O, file systems, and data management.
– Resource management, scheduling, and load balancing.
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Authors should submit the full version of the paper by July 11, 2021, AOE. The full version should be a PDF file following the submission guidelines that will be made available at the submission website. Papers should be submitted for blind review. New-idea papers as well as papers that significantly advance established areas are strongly encouraged. Submission issues should be directed to program chairs, Jean-Luc Gaudiot, Guangming Tan and Stéphane Zuckerman. We will publish top papers from NPC 2021 in a special issue of the International Journal of Parallel Programming (IJPP), and the proceedings will be published as part of Springer LNCS.

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* Important Dates:
– Paper Submissions Due: July 11, 2021, AOE
– Results Notification: August 20, 2021
– Camera-ready Version: August 27, 2021
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* Manuscript submission

Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and experience are solicited. All paper submissions will be handled electronically via EasyChair:
TBD

Papers must not exceed 12 pages in LNCS format. Authors must register and submit their paper through the online submission system.

For more information, please visit the NPC 2021 conference web site to be announced soon.

Workshops & Tutorials will also be announced later

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Christophe Cérin, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France
Depei Qian, Beihang University, PRC

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Jean-Luc Gaudiot, University of California, Irvine, USA
Stéphane Zuckerman, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France
Guangming Tan, ICT, PRC

Call for Papers: NOCS 2021
https://nocs2021.github.io/cfp.html
Submitted by Jieming Yin

15th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip
October 10 – 15, 2021, Virtual Conference
(Co-located with Embedded Systems Week 2021)
https://nocs2021.github.io/

Submissions Due: May 21, 2021

## CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip (NOCS) is the premier event dedicated to interdisciplinary research on on-chip, package-scale, chip-to-chip, and datacenter rack-scale communication technology, architecture, design methods, applications and systems. NOCS brings together scientists and engineers working on network-on-chip (NoC) innovations and applications from inter-related research communities, including discrete optimization and algorithms, computer architecture, networking, circuits and systems, packaging, embedded systems, and design automation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

### NoC Architecture and Implementation
– Network architecture (topology, routing, arbitration)
– Timing, synchronous/asynchronous communication
– NoC reliability issues and solutions
– Security issues and solutions in NoC architectures
– Power/thermal issues at NoC un-core and system-level
– Network interface issues and solutions
– Signaling and circuit design for NoC links and routers

### Communication Analysis, Optimization, & Verification
– NoC performance analysis and Quality of Service
– Modeling, simulation, and synthesis of NoC
– Verification, debug and test of NoC
– NoC design and simulation methodologies and tools
– Benchmarks, experiences on NoC-based hardware
– Communication-efficient algorithms
– Communication workload characterization & evaluation

### Novel NoC Technologies
– Optical, wireless, CNT, and other emerging technologies
– NoC for 2.5D and 3D packages
– Package-specific NoC design
– Network coding and compression solutions
– Approximate computing for NoC and NoC-based systems

### NoC for Intelligent Physical Systems
– NoC design for Deep Learning
– Mapping of existing and emerging applications onto NoC
– NoC case studies, application-specific NoC design
– NoC for FPGA, structured ASIC, CMP and MPSoC
– NoC designs for heterogeneous systems
– NoC for CPU-GPU and data-center-on-a-chip (DCoC)
– Scalable modeling of NoC
– Machine learning for NoC and NoC-based Systems

### NoC at the Un-Core and System-level
– Design of memory subsystem (un-core) including memory controllers, caches, cache coherence protocols in NoC
– NoC for new memory/storage technologies
– NoC support for processing-in-memory
– OS support for NoC
– Programming models for NoCs
– Interactions between large-scale systems (datacenter, edge and fog computing) and NoC-based building blocks

### Inter/Intra-Chip and Rack-Scale Network
– Unified inter/intra-chip networks
– Hybrid chip-scale and datacenter rack-scale networks
– All aspects of inter-chip and rack-scale network design

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Electronic paper submission requires a full paper, up to 8 double-column ACM (sigconf) format pages, including figures and references. The program committee will use a double-blind review process to evaluate papers based on scientific merit, innovation, relevance, and presentation. Submitted papers must describe original work that has not been published before or is under review by another conference or journal at the same time. Each submission will be checked for any significant similarity to previously published works or for simultaneous submission to other archival venues, and such papers will be rejected. Proposals for special sessions and demos are invited. Paper submissions and demo proposals by industry researchers or engineers to share their experiences and perspectives are also welcome.

**New in 2021**
Journal Special Issue: A selected number of accepted papers will be invited to be published in an ACM JETC Special Issue.

Please find the detailed submission instructions for paper submission, special session, and demo proposals at the submission webpage.

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## Important Dates (Anywhere on Earth)
Abstract registration: May 14, 2021
Full paper submission: May 21, 2021
Notification of acceptance: July 23, 2021

## Organizing Committee
### General Chairs
Tushar Krishna (Georgia Institute of Technology)
John Kim (KAIST)

### Technical Program Chairs
Sergi Abadal (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Joshua San Miguel (University of Wisconsin-Madison)