Workshop on Performance and Energy-efficiency in Concurrent and Distributed Systems

PECS 2023


Engineering & Computer Science (General)



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PECS 2023 - Workshop on Performance and Energy-efficiency in Concurrent and Distributed Systems (Co-located with Euro-PAR 2023)

Limassol, Cyprus, August 28/29, 2023

https://pecs-workshop.github.io

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Call for Papers



Concurrent and distributed computer architectures, based on multi/many-core or distributed computer units, have become a standard de facto in computer systems. Today, these architectures take a role at any scale, from high-end servers to personal and mobile devices, and they underlie various recent computing paradigms, like Cloud, Edge, and Fog Computing.



The continuously-growing level of hardware parallelism and heterogeneity has led concurrent and distributed systems to be even more complex to optimize, in particular in terms of energy efficiency and performance, which are known to be highly interrelated. Nonetheless, these aspects are of paramount importance, especially because of the high demand for electricity by the IT sector. This facet is further exacerbated by the recent energy crisis and rising energy prices.



Various aspects of concurrent and/or distributed systems that make them complex (like the complexity of the underlying architectures, data dependencies, the use of shared resources, the hardware heterogeneity) can also offer new opportunities for designing novel methods and techniques for their energy and performance optimization.



PECS aims to establish a venue for both academia and industry to discuss challenges and perspectives and to explore methods, techniques, and tools for energy efficiency and performance optimization in concurrent and distributed systems.



High-quality research papers are solicited on all aspects related to energy efficiency and performance of concurrent and/or distributed computer systems, focusing on the following topics (but not limited to):



- Multi/many-core systems

- Heterogeneous computing architectures

- Cloud, IoT, Edge and Fog Computing

- Parallel, concurrent and distributed programming frameworks

- High-Performance Computing

- (Big) Data processing

- Machine learning methods and applications

- Data management and services

- Simulation systems

- Operating Systems

- Virtualization

- Security



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Important Dates



Abstract Submission (required for all papers): Apr 28, 2023, 23:59 AoE

Paper Submission: May 05, 2023, 23:59 AoE

Paper Notification of Acceptance: Jun 19, 2023

Camera-Ready Submission: Jul 02, 2023

Workshop Day: Aug 28/29, 2023

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Paper Submission



All papers must be submitted using the EasyChair submission system. Submitted papers should present novel contributions and should not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Submitted papers must be prepared using the Springer LNCS style. It is required to use one of the Springer LNCS Proceedings template files. Papers must be written in English with a minimum length of 10 pages and a maximum length of 12 pages, including text, references, appendices, and figures. Due to the double-blind peer review, all information that may allow the identification of the authors must be removed from the submitted paper, like authors’ names and affiliations, acknowledgments, funding information, and all references to the authors’ work that may disclose their identity. This information can be later added to accepted papers.

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Paper Reviewing



Submitted papers will undergo a double-blind review process, i.e. the identity of authors and referees will not be revealed to each other.

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Paper Publication



Only the accepted papers presented at the workshop will be published in the final proceedings by Springer in the LNCS series.

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Venue



PECS 2023 will take place in St. Raphael Resort on August 28/29, 2023 in Limassol, Cyprus. The workshop is co-located with the 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023).



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Workshop website



https://pecs-workshop.github.io