(Please accept our apologies if you receive this message multiple times) **** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION **** *************************************************************** *** ** EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 25, 2012 (CET) ** *** *************************************************************** The 21st International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC'12) Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands June 18-22, 2012 http://www.hpdc.org/2012 The ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) is the premier annual conference on the design, the implementation, the evaluation, and the use of parallel and distributed systems for high-end computing. HPDC'12 will take place in Delft, the Netherlands, a historical, picturesque city that is less than one hour away from Amsterdam-Schiphol airport. The conference will be held on June 20-22 (Wednesday to Friday 1 PM), with affiliated workshops taking place on June 18-19 (Monday and Tuesday). **** MAIN CONFERENCE FEATURES **** - High-quality single-track paper sessions - Two keynote presentations - Achievement Award talk (new in HPDC!) - Poster session plus conference reception - Seven workshops - Visit to Museum de Prinsenhof in Delft - Conference dinner in the historical place De Prinsenkelder in Delft **** CONFERENCE PROGRAM **** The program of the conference will be posted by mid-april on the conference website. **** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (titles and abstracts will be posted online) **** Ricardo Bianchini, Rutgers University, USA Mihai Budiu, Microsoft Research, USA **** ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TALK (title and abstract will be posted online) **** Ian Foster, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, USA **** CALL FOR POSTERS **** HPDC'12 offers conference attendees the opportunity to participate in the poster session on Wednesday afternoon. For details on how to submit a poster, please consult the conference website. **** HPDC 2012 GENERAL CHAIR **** Dick Epema, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands **** HPDC 2012 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS **** Thilo Kielmann, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Matei Ripeanu, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada **** HPDC 2012 WORKSHOPS CHAIR **** Alexandru Iosup, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands **** HPDC 2012 POSTERS CHAIR **** Ana Varbanescu, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands **** EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE **** May 25, 2012 (CET) **** VENUE **** The HPDC'12 conference will be held on the campus of Delft University of Technology, which was founded in 1842 by King William II and which is the oldest and largest technical university in the Netherlands. It is well established as one of the leading technical universities in the world. Delft is a small, historical town dating back to the 13th century. Delft has many old buildings and small canals, and it has a lively atmosphere. The city offers a large variety of hotels and restaurants. Many other places of interest (e.g., Amsterdam and The Hague) are within one hour distance of traveling. Traveling to Delft is easy. Delft is close to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (60 km, 45 min by train), which has direct connections from all major airports in the world. Delft also has excellent train connections to the rest of Europe. -- ================================================================Ioan Raicu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Guest Research Faculty, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) ================================================================Data-Intensive Distributed Systems Laboratory, CS/IIT Distributed Systems Laboratory, MCS/ANL ================================================================Cel: 1-847-722-0876 Office: 1-312-567-5704 Email: iraicu at cs.iit.edu Web: http://www.cs.iit.edu/~iraicu/ Web: http://datasys.cs.iit.edu/ =================================================================================================================================