Call FOR PAPERS

               Fourth International Workshop on Parallel Software
                   Tools and Tool Infrastructures (PSTI 2013)
                        Lyon, France, October 2, 2013

                     Held in Conjunction with ICPP 2013,
           The 42nd International Conference on Parallel Processing

                       Lyon, France, October 1-4, 2013

                        http://www.psti-workshop.org

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BACKGROUND

The advent of multicore and manycore systems requires that programmers
understand how to design, write and debug parallel programs effectively.
The increased complexity of multi-threaded parallel programming on
multicore platforms requires more insight into program behavior, and
necessitates the use of tools that can support programmers in migrating
existing software to multicore platforms, and in writing new multi-threaded
parallel software. Programmers need increasingly sophisticated methods
for instrumentation, measurement, analysis and modeling of applications.
We need both sophisticated tools to support parallel software development,
and an extensible tool infrastructure that promotes integration of existing
and new tools, and simplifies information exchange and access.


KEY DATES

Submission Deadline:            May 10, 2013  
Notification of Acceptance:    June 14, 2013
Final Papers Due:              July 12, 2013


TOPICS

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

 * Static and dynamic analysis tools
 * Instrumentation, measurement, analysis, and modeling of applications
 * Analysis and visualization tools for assisting programmers with parallel
   software design
 * Active testing tools
 * Applications profiling and performance analysis
 * Data visualization and analysis infrastructures for interaction of tools


TOOL DEMONSTRATION SESSION

In addition to a regular paper session we plan to hold a tool demonstration
session during the workshop in which tool developers can demonstrate
features and functionality of their software tools. A submission for the
tool demo session should include a short description of the tool
(max. 5 pages). Use the EasyChair site (see below), with submission
category "Demo Proposal".


PAPER SUBMISSION

Submissions should be formatted according to the IEEE standard
double-column format with a font size 10 pt or larger and are limited to 10
pages in length. Submissions should represent original, substantive
research results. At least one author of every accepted paper is required to
attend the conference in order for the paper to be included in the final
proceedings. Proceedings of the workshop will be published in electronic
format and will be available at the conference.

For submissions (both regular research paper/demo proposal), use

  http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=psti13


For more details please see the PSTI website at www.psti-workshop.org/2013


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

(see website for up-to-date version)

Daniel Becker, Siemens AG, Germany
Tasneem Brutch, Samsung R&D
Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, USA
Luiz DeRose, Cray Inc. USA
Karl Fuerlinger, LMU Munich, Germany
Michael Gerndt, TU München, Germany
Sascha Hunold, TU Wien, Austria
Andreas Knuepfer, TU Dresden, Germany
Bettina Krammer, Universite Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
Alice Koniges, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) USA
Esmond Ng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Ramesh V. Peri, Intel Austin, USA
Phil Roth, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA
Koushik Sen, UC Berkeley, USA
Martin Schulz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), USA
Nathan Tallent, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA
Jie Tao, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Greg Watson, IBM Research, USA
Josef Weidendorfer, TU Munich, Germany
Brian Wylie, Julich Supercomputing Centre, Germany


ORGANIZATION

Workshop Chairs
Tasneem Brutch, Samsung R&D
Karl Fuerlinger, LMU Munich, Germany
Josef Weidendorfer, TU Munich, Germany

Steering Committee
Karen L. Karavanic, Portland State University, USA