IEEE/ACM CCGrid 2015

IEEE International Scalable Computing Challenge (SCALE 2015)

Co-located with IEEE/ACM CCGrid, 2015

Awards categories announced. Proposal deadline extended to Feb 15, 2015, with Abstracts due Feb 8, 2015.

OBJECTIVE AND FOCUS

The Eighth IEEE International Scalable Computing Challenge (SCALE 2015) is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). The objective of the SCALE Challenge is to highlight and showcase real-world problem solving using computing that scales.

Effective solutions to many scientific and engineering problems require applications that can scale. There are different dimensions to application scaling: for example, applications can scale-up to a large number of cores on a compute unit, scale-out to utilize multiple distinct compute units, or exhibit elastic scaling to acquire and release resources on-demand, based on current need. In order to scale, applications to be supported by tools, middleware, software cyber-infrastructure, programming frameworks, computing infrastructure, and so on. The SCALE Challenge is concerned with advances in application development and their supporting infrastructure that enable scaling.

All papers presented at the SCALE challenge of IEEE/ACM CCGrid 2015 will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for publication and EI indexing.

FORMAT

Competitors submit proposals as white papers in advance that outline the nature of the problem being solved, the solution technique, and document the scalability achieved. From these proposals, a technical committee will select finalists to present their work and demonstrate their system or software in action at the CCGrid conference. The judges will award a first prize winner at the conference. The white paper of the finalists will also appear in the proceedings of the CCGrid Conference.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Eighth IEEE International Scalable Computing Challenge (SCALE 2015) contest will focus on end-to-end problem solving using concepts, technologies and architectures (including Clusters, Grids and Clouds) that facilitate scaling. Participants in the challenge will be expected to identify significant current real-world problems where scalable computing techniques can be effectively used, and design, implement, evaluate and demonstrate solutions. SCALE 2015 will be held in conjunction with the 15th CCGrid Conference in Shenzhen, China on May 5-7, 2015.

We invite teams to submit white papers outlining the problem addressed and the technologies employed to enable applications to scale. Proposals may be up to 6 pages long in the standard IEEE paper format. In addition to listing team members and contact information, the proposals should clearly outline:

Papers will be shortlisted by a technical committee using the above merit criteria. Up to 5 papers will be invited to compete in a final round at CCGrid 2015. At least one member from each selected team must register, present and demonstrate their project at CCGrid 2015. Participation from students and early-career researchers, especially in leadership roles, is strongly encouraged.

The finalists will be judged on the quality of their presentation and demonstration, as well as their responses to questions by a technical committee, and a first prize awarded. Tentatively, the following cash awards sponsored by nVIDIA will be presented:

Papers of the finalists will appear in the CCGrid conference proceedings.

SCALE 2015 proposals can be submitted at the conference submission site under the SCALE Challenge Track: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ccgrid2015

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