CALL FOR PAPERS
      2012 ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers
                           May 15-17, 2012,
                           Cagliari, Italy
                       Sponsored by ACM SIGMICRO
                   http://www.computingfrontiers.org

The increasing complexity, performance, and energy efficiency needs of
current and future applications require novel and innovative approaches
for the design of computing systems. Boundaries between state of the art
and revolutionary innovation constitute the computing frontiers that
must be pushed forward to provide the support required for the
advancement of science, engineering, and information technology. The
Computing Frontiers conference focuses on a wide spectrum of advanced
technologies and radically new solutions relevant to the development of
computer systems.

Authors are invited to submit full papers to the main conference and
Ph.D. students are invited to submit an extended abstract for a special
Ph.D. forum and poster session. The accepted Ph.D. forum extended
abstracts will be included in the conference's proceedings. We seek
contributions on novel computing paradigms, computational models,
application paradigms, computer architecture, development environments,
compilers, or operating environments. Papers are solicited in, but not
limited to, the following areas:

•       Applications, programming, and performance analysis of advanced
architectures
•       Next-generation high performance computing systems
•       Accelerators: many-core, GPU, custom, reconfigurable, embedded,
and hybrid
•       Defect- and variability-tolerant designs for dependable computing
•       Power and energy efficiency: architectures, compilers, and
algorithms
•       Virtualization and virtual machines
•       Cloud-, internet-scale, service-oriented and smart
infrastructure computing
•       Compilers and operating systems: adaptive, run-time, and auto-tuning
•       System management and security
•       Impact of novel technology (NV memory, silicon photonics,
quantum computing)
•       Computational neuroscience, neuromorphic, and
biologically-inspired architectures
•       Computational aspects of intelligent systems and robotics
•       Reconfigurable, autonomic, organic, and self-organizing
computation and systems
•       Interfaces and visualization for emerging applications and systems
•       Novel frontiers in computational science and scientific data
repositories
•       Storing, managing, analyzing, and searching large data sets
(“big data”)
•       Sensors and sensor networks

Two Special Sessions

This year Computing Frontiers will have two special sessions of invited
talks on DARPA’s Ubiquitous High Performance Computing Program and
artificial intelligence for games.
All papers must be submitted through the conference web site. Full
papers cannot exceed 10 double-column pages and extended abstracts
cannot exceed 4 double-column pages in standard ACM conference format,
including figures, tables, and references. As per ACM conference
guidelines at least one author must register for the conference.
Additional submission guidelines are available on the conference web site.
Selected papers will be invited for a special issue of the Springer
International Journal of Parallel Programming (IJPP). Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory and Delft University of Technology will present best
paper awards dedicated to the memory of Jarek Nieplocha and Stamatis
Vassiliadis.

                Important Dates (EXTENDED DEADLINES)
Paper Submission Deadline          Ph.D. Forum Deadline
   January 15, 2012                 January 15, 2012
                         Author Notification
                            March 1, 2012


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                           CALL FOR PAPERS
      2012 ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers
                           May 15-17, 2012,
                           Cagliari, Italy
                       Sponsored by ACM SIGMICRO

                   http://www.computingfrontiers.org

The increasing complexity, performance, and energy efficiency needs of
current and future applications require novel and innovative approaches
for the design of computing systems. Boundaries between state of the art
and revolutionary innovation constitute the computing frontiers that
must be pushed forward to provide the support required for the
advancement of science, engineering, and information technology. The
Computing Frontiers conference focuses on a wide spectrum of advanced
technologies and radically new solutions relevant to the development of
computer systems.

Authors are invited to submit full papers to the main conference and
Ph.D. students are invited to submit an extended abstract for a special
Ph.D. forum and poster session. The accepted Ph.D. forum extended
abstracts will be included in the conference's proceedings. We seek
contributions on novel computing paradigms, computational models,
application paradigms, computer architecture, development environments,
compilers, or operating environments. Papers are solicited in, but not
limited to, the following areas:

•	Applications, programming, and performance analysis of advanced
architectures
•	Next-generation high performance computing systems
•	Accelerators: many-core, GPU, custom, reconfigurable, embedded, and hybrid
•	Defect- and variability-tolerant designs for dependable computing
•	Power and energy efficiency: architectures, compilers, and algorithms
•	Virtualization and virtual machines
•	Cloud-, internet-scale, service-oriented and smart infrastructure
computing
•	Compilers and operating systems: adaptive, run-time, and auto-tuning
•	System management and security
•	Impact of novel technology (NV memory, silicon photonics, quantum
computing)
•	Computational neuroscience, neuromorphic, and biologically-inspired
architectures
•	Computational aspects of intelligent systems and robotics
•	Reconfigurable, autonomic, organic, and self-organizing computation
and systems
•	Interfaces and visualization for emerging applications and systems
•	Novel frontiers in computational science and scientific data repositories
•	Storing, managing, analyzing, and searching large data sets (“big data”)
•	Sensors and sensor networks

Two Special Sessions

This year Computing Frontiers will have two special sessions of invited
talks on DARPA’s Ubiquitous High Performance Computing Program and
artificial intelligence for games.
All papers must be submitted through the conference web site. Full
papers cannot exceed 10 double-column pages and extended abstracts
cannot exceed 4 double-column pages in standard ACM conference format,
including figures, tables, and references. As per ACM conference
guidelines at least one author must register for the conference.
Additional submission guidelines are available on the conference web site.
Selected papers will be invited for a special issue of the Springer
International Journal of Parallel Programming (IJPP). Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory and Delft University of Technology will present best
paper awards dedicated to the memory of Jarek Nieplocha and Stamatis
Vassiliadis.

                Important Dates (EXTENDED DEADLINES)
Paper Submission Deadline          Ph.D. Forum Deadline
   January 15, 2012                 January 15, 2012
                   Author Notification
                      March 1, 2012