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*The Third Special Session on Virtualization in Machine Learning,
High
Performance Computing and Simulation*
*(VIRT 2020)*
*CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION*
*As part of *
*The 18th International Conference on High Performance Computing
&
Simulation (HPCS 2020)
http://hpcs2020.cisedu.info/
<http://hpcs2020.cisedu.info/> or
http://conf.cisedu.info/rp/hpcs20
<http://conf.cisedu.info/rp/hpcs20>*
*26 - 30 October*
* 2020*
*Barcelona, Spain*
*(Tentative)*
* Paper Submission Deadline: 17 July 2020 - Extended*
*Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster
papers, or
posters*
*PURPOSE AND SCOPE*
Virtualization has become the foundation of cloud computing. The
scale of
cloud computing data centers is similar to the supercomputers used
in High
Performance Computing. Both involve millions of CPU cores, tens of
thousands of accelerators like GPUs, FPGAs connected by high speed
interconnects and different connection topologies. Studies have
shown that
the GPU utilization in HPC is often at 50%. Virtualization can be
the key
to increasing resource utilization and managing massive
infrastructures
efficiently.
GPU vendors have introduced virtualized versions of GPUs. FPGAs
are being
deployed in virtual infrastructure. These and other developments
in the
field, along with future exascale systems, will provide increasing
degree
of virtualization within the systems.
The goal of this special session is to be an opportunity to
discuss and
exchange research on the different virtualization technologies and
how they
can be efficiently applied in High Performance Computing.
Theoretical
research, engineering solutions dealing with practical tradeoffs,
and
complex system implementation papers are welcomed.
*The VIRT topics include (but are not limited to) the following: *
- *Virtualization in HPC*
o Energy efficient solutions for HPC applications in the cloud
environment
o High-availability based on system-level virtualization
mechanisms for HPC
o Fault tolerance mechanisms based on system-level virtualization
mechanisms for HPC
o Performance and evaluation of diverse HPC workloads in
virtualization
environment
o Security Isolation, Resource Isolation and Data Isolation in
Virtualized
HPC
o Flexibility and Ease of system administration and management for
virtualized environments for HPC
o Running diverse workloads
o Running heterogeneous Operating Systems
o Live Migration and Suspend/Resume of VMs to improve resource
utilization
and avoid downtime
o Scheduling of resources and Workloads
o Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC)
o Hypervisors and other virtualization solutions tailored for HPC
systems
o Big Data and Analytics in Virtualized Environments
o Enterprise High Performance Computing in Virtualized
Environments
- *Accelerators in Virtualized HPC Environments:*
o Virtualized GPUs
o Scheduling of Virtual GPUs
o Using FPGAs in Virtualization Stack
o Dynamic Reconfiguration of FPGAs
- * IO Virtualization*
o Network Virtualization
o SR-IOV
o Software Defined Networking (SDN)
o Storage Virtualization
o RDMA and vRDMA
-
- Containers in HPC
o Isolation of Multiple User-Spaces
o Running containers in Virtual Machines
- *Tools*
o Virtualization solutions for dealing with heterogeneity in HPC
environments
o Compilers for heterogenous architectures involving GPUS, FPGAs,
multi-core CPUs
o Operating system support for virtualization in HPC systems
o Debugging and/or profiling in virtual environments
- *Algorithms*
o Distributed Resource Scheduling
o Distributed Computing
- *AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning*
o Virtualization of Deep Learning Workloads
o Deep Learning in HPC Simulations
o Resource Allocation Using Machine Learning
o Reinforcement Learning for Resource Allocation
o Machine Learning to build tools for measurement &
calibration
- *Virtualization in Simulation*
*INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS *
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works
on above
and other topics related to *virtualization in high performance
computing
and simulation*. Submitted papers must not have been published or
simultaneously submitted elsewhere until it appears in HPCS
proceedings, in
the case of acceptance, or notified otherwise. Submission can be
for
*- Regular papers*, please submit a PDF copy of your full
manuscript, not
to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and
include up to 6
keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional
pages will
be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page
with
authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers,
and all
authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the
corresponding
author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the
manuscript.
*- Short papers* (up to 4 pages), please submit a PDF copy of your
full
manuscript, not to exceed 4 double-column formatted pages per
template, and
include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400
words.
Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should
include
a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax
numbers, phone
numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly
the
corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally
responsible for
the manuscript.
*- Poster papers* and *Posters* (please refer to
http://hpcs2020.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participation/call-for-posters
for
posters submission details) will also be considered.
Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include
page numbers
on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to
provide
helpful comments.
Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the special session
paper
submission site at
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/VIRT2020 .
Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission.
*Conference Policies*
Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link
above.
Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be
selected
based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical
clarity and
soundness, presentation, language, and references. Submission
implies the
willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present
the
paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted
paper will
have to register and attend the HPCS 2020 conference to present
the paper
at the special session as scheduled. By submitting the paper to
the HPCS
conference, all authors agree to abide by all HPCS conference
paper
submission, publication and presentation policies as well as
following
ethical and professional codes of conduct, including those of the
professional co-sponsoring organizations. Contents of manuscripts
submitted
to the tracks program committees shall be regarded as privileged
as well
and handled in the same manner and standards. For more
information, please
refer to the *Authors Info* and *Registration Info* pages.
*Proceedings*
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings.
Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be
posted on
the HPCS 2020 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the
proceedings
formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the
time of
the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the
IEEE or
ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services
accordingly.
*SPECIAL ISSUE*
Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version,
selected
for possible publication in a reputable journal as special issue.
Detailed
information will soon be announced and will be made available on
the
conference website.
If you have any questions about paper submission or the special
session,
please contact the special session organizers.
*IMPORTANT DATES*
*Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------- 17
July
2020 - Extended*
*Acceptance Notification: --------------------------------------
02 August
2020*
*Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ----------- 15
August 2020*
*Conference Dates: --------------------------------------------
26-30
October 2020*
*SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZERS*
*Uday Kurkure *
VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Phone: +1 650-427-1179
Fax: +1 650-
Email:
uday@alumni.stanford.edu
*Hari Sivaraman *
VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Phone: +1 650-427-3681
Fax: +1 650-
Email:
hsivaraman@vmware.com
*Lan Vu *
VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Phone: +1 650-427-1327
Fax: +1 650-
Email:
lanv@vmware.com
*International Program Committee*: *
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the special
session
technical program committee members following similar criteria
used in HPCS
2020 and will be published as part of the HPCS 2020 Proceedings.
- *Cristina Boeres*, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
- *François Diakhaté,* CEA, France
- *Isaac Gelado*, Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, California, USA
- *Kyle Hale*, Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois, USA
- *Giuseppe Lettieri,* University of Pisa, Italy
- *Xiaoyi Lu*, The Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio, USA
- *Carlos Reano*, Queen's University Belfast, U.K.
- *Federico Silla*, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
- *Alex Sim*, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California,
USA
- *Giang Son Tran*, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi,
Hanoi, Vietnam
- *Blesson Varghese*, Queen's University Belfast, U.K.
- *Dong Ping Zhang*, AMD Inc., San Jose, California, USA
- *Jie Zhang*, Amazon Inc., Washington, USA
- *Yongli Zhao*, Beijing University of Posts and
Telecommunications,
Beijing, China