HUCAA 2017 - Workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications (HUCAA)

The workshop on Heterogeneous and Unconventional Cluster Architectures and Applications gears to gather recent work on heterogeneous and unconventional cluster architectures and applications, which might have an impact on future mainstream cluster architectures. This includes any cluster architecture that is not based on the usual commodity components and therefore makes use of some special hard- or software elements, or that is used for special and unconventional applications. In particular we call for GPUs and other accelerators (Intel MIC/Xeon Phi, FPGA) used at cluster level. Even though accelerators are already used pervasively, we still see many unconventional and even disruptive uses of them.
Other examples of unconventional cluster architectures and applications include virtualization, in-memory storage, hard- and software interactions, run-times, databases, and device-to-device communication. We are in particular encouraging work on disruptive approaches, which may show inferior performance today but can already point out their performance potential. The broad scope of the workshop facilitates submissions on unconventional uses of hardware or software, gearing to gather ideas that are coming to life now and not limiting them except for their context: clusters. Also, these proposals may rather be reflective of a broader industry trend.
We are seeking new proposals presented from a holistic perspective. Also, proposals may rather be reflective of a broader industry trend. In this regard, one of the aims of the workshop is anticipating the evolution of clusters. Instead of just presenting new work carried out in the traditional cluster areas usually addressed in other conferences and workshops, we are thinking on creating the right atmosphere for a discussion of opportunities in cluster computing. In this regard, contributions would not only be accepted according to their technical merits but also according to their contribution to this discussion.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include any heterogeneous or unconventional cluster architecture or application. Examples include, but are not limited to:
Clustered GPUs, Xeon Phis or other accelerators
Runtimes, resource management and scheduling for heterogeneous cluster architectures
Communication methods for distributed or clustered accelerators
Energy-aware data movement techniques
Energy efficiency at the cluster or node level
New industry and technology trends and their potential impact
High-performance, data-intensive, and power-aware computing
Application-specific cluster and datacenter architectures
Emerging programming paradigms for parallel heterogeneous computing
Software cluster-level virtualization for consolidation purposes
Hardware techniques for resource aggregation
New uses of GPUs, FPGAs, and other specialized hardware