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The 9th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed
Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2019)
https://pdco2019.sciencesconf.org/
held in conjunction with
the 33rd IEEE International
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'2019)
May 20-24, 2019
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://www.ipdps.org
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FIXED DEADLINE (no more extensions): February 17, 2019
Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit to an Special Issue in
FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS - IF: 4.639
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Scope:
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The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization aims
at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent
advances in the field of parallel or distributed combinatorics for difficult
optimization problems, ranging from theoretical to applied problems. The latter
include for instance 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting stock
problems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear optimization
problems, global optimization and scheduling problems.
Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for solving difficult optimization
problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming problems,
nature-inspired techniques and hybrid methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial
Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. We also solicit submissions of
original manuscripts on sparse matrix computations and related topics
(including graph algorithms); and related methods and tools for their
efficiency on different parallel systems. Applications combining traditional
parallel and distributed combinatorics and optimization techniques as well as
theoretical issues (convergence, complexity, etc.) are welcome.
Application domains of interest include (but are not limited to) cloud
computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and
computational biology.
Topics:
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* Exact methods, heuristics, metaheuristics, hybrid methods;
* Parallel / distributed algorithms for combinatorial optimization;
* Parallel / distributed metaheuristics;
* Nature inspired parallel / distributed computing;
* Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming;
* Global optimization, polynomial optimization;
* Cooperative methods, hybrid methods;
* Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing;
* Applications: cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance,
telecommunications, computational biology, combinatorial algorithms in high
performance computing.
Steering Committee:
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Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (co-chair)
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France (co-chair)
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, INRIA, CNRS, France
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia
General Chairs:
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Gregoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France
Program Chairs:
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Vincent Boyer, University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cadiz, Spain
Publicity Chairs:
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Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
Program Committee (to be completed):
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A. Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algiers, Algeria
J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China
J. J. Durillo, Leibniz Supercomputer Center, Munich, Germany
S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan
M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
K. Li, State University of New York, USA
N. Melab, University of Lille, France
M. Menai, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
A. Nakib, University Paris 12, France
S. Nesmachnow, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
S. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece
C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France
M. Seredynski, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
G. Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
G. Spezzano, University of Calabria, Italy
A. Tchernykh, CICESE Research Center, Mexico
S. Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
F. Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
Submission :
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Papers in the Proceedings of the workshops will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore
Digital Library after the conference.
Prospective authors should submit their papers through Workshop PDCO 2019
submission system (EasyChair): https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdco2019
Abstract and paper can be uploaded until February 17, 2019. Authors should
preferably follow the manuscript specifications of IEEE IPDPS, i.e. submitted
manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point
size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures,
tables and references. Style templates are available on IPDPS website.
Special Issue:
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Authors from PDCO 2019 will be invited to submit an extended version to a
special issue of Future Generation Computer Systems, with Impact Factor: 4.639.
Important Dates:
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- Submission Deadline: February 17, 2019
- Author notification: March 8, 2019
- Camera ready version: TBD
- Workshop: May 20, 2019
Contact:
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For questions regarding the Workshop, please contact the conference organizers
at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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