WFDA 2012 - International Workshop on Fusion Distributed Applications (WFDA 2012)

Fusion is an outstanding discipline due to its applicability to plasma physics research as well as to other scientific disciplines and industrial plasma uses, the results of which can be derived from the challenges obtained in fusion. This is so because such a research implies the development of new devices and apparatus for studying several phenomena in the field of plasma confinement. In order to improve all these usages, a deep research on the permanent objective of knowing the theoretical background that happens underneath and models the aforementioned phenomena should be added.
Moreover, theoretical modelling and computer simulation are crucial steps in the design of such new large facilities in order to optimise the characteristics that would rule them, as well us in understanding plasma dynamics in all the possible ranges of plasma parameters. For example, the design and construction of ITER, the tokamak to be built in the south of France that is expected to demonstrate the feasibility of commercial fusion, requires intensive simulations of Plasma Physics, the different components and their interaction.
With growing size and complexity of the understanding of theories, modelling and simulation often exceed the computational capabilities of local infrastructures. Parallel and distributed technologies such as Grid, GPGPU, High Performance and Cloud computing represent emerging solutions and promise researchers new scalable computational platforms. Current activities concentrate on utilizing new computing paradigms and infrastructures for the fusion community. As a consequence, this community is one of the more active in scientific computation.
The aim of this workshop is to present the latest efforts in parallel and distributed fusion applications and to bring together physicists and computer scientists. The program committee invites you to contribute to this special session by submitting original papers in one or more of the categories outlined below.
The Workshop topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
Grid, GPGPU, HPC and Cloud architectures optimized for physics of plasmas applications
System infrastructure
Parallel algorithms, parallel and large scale applications
Comparison of algorithms
Code optimization
Modelling
User interfaces
Visualization of large data sets
Data mining
Interactive access
Workflow orchestration
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to fusion distributed applications. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400 words. The full manuscript should be at most 7 pages using the two-column IEEE format. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://hpcs2012.cisedu.info/home/posters for the submission details) will also be accepted for submission. 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 via email to the Workshop organizers at hpcs2012_wfda-AT-ciemat.es.
Only PDF files will be accepted, sent by email to the workshop organizers. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, technical clarity and presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the workshop.
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2012 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 are projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed accordingly.
If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers.