Symposium Technical Program

Call for Papers

Cloud computing is traditionally defined in terms of data and compute services that support on-demand applications that scale to thousands of simultaneous users. High Performance Computing (HPC) is associated with massive supercomputers that run highly parallel programs for small groups of users. However, over the last five years, the demands of the scientific and engineering research community have created an evolutionary pressure to merge the best innovations of these two models. HPC centers have started to use cloud-native technologies like data object stores and cloud tools and processes to develop and deploy software. On the other side, cloud data centers are integrating advanced accelerators on each node and deploy high-performance interconnects with latency optimizations known from HPC. Furthermore, the AI revolution that was initially nurtured by the public cloud companies with their hyperscale datacenters, is increasingly finding adoption in the scientific and engineering applications on supercomputers.

The IEEE CloudHPC Symposium will explore all aspects of the growing synergy between Cloud computing and HPC. Topics of special interest include the following:

• HPC workflows using hybrid cloud and supercomputer configurations
• Innovative tools and usage for (Cloud) HPC application developers
• Scalability, performance optimization and benchmarking in Cloud HPC
• Next generation interactive operating environments for hybrid cloud deployments combining on-prem and cloud infrastructure
• The evolution and deployment of advanced accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, TPUs, etc.) in Cloud HPC
• The role of cloud-native infrastructure (including containers, Kubernetes and notebooks) to solve significant scientific and engineering problems
• The future of MPI in Cloud HPC
• An exploration of the role Cloud HPC played in the pandemic response
• Using advanced AI methods in the cloud for improving science and business outcomes
• Industry design, engineering, and/or automation enabled by advanced Cloud HPC technologies
• The unique security challenges in Cloud HPC

The inaugural IEEE CloudHPC Symposium provides a forum for leading researchers, practitioners, and visionaries to share their R&D findings, experiences, and/or visions of Cloud HPC. It will be held as a cross-conference event at IEEE SERVICES 2021, featuring distinguished speeches, panels, invited talks/presentations, and joint research paper presentations with IEEE CLOUD 2021. Please stay tuned for program updates. We extend an invitation to all to participate and make it a success.

MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Please download the paper template in WORD, LaTeX or Overleaf.
Language: English
Paper size and format: US Letter; Two-column format in the IEEE style
Page limit: * Every full paper submission can include up to 10 pages for the main contents (including all text, footnotes, figures, tables and appendices) with additional pages for appropriate references.
* Up to three pages for panel position statement submission (including main contents and references).

SUBMISSION LINK

Please submit your papers to the Symposium via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeservices2021

PUBLICATION

All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted papers of the Symposium will be included in the Congress proceedings for IEEE CLOUD 2021 and published in IEEE Xplore.

IMPORTANT DATES (at 5:00 AM UTC)

Paper submission due: 20 June 2021
Notification to authors: 5 July 2021
Camera-ready and registration due: 15 July 2021

Organization