IGSC 2018 - Ninth International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC '18)

The Ninth International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC '18)
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE STC on Sustainable Computing
www.green-conf.org
October 21-25, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
IGSCÕ18 provides a forum for presenting and discussing innovative research on a broad range of topics in the fields of sustainable and energy-efficient computing and computing for a more sustainable planet. The conference consists of technical papers, panels, workshops, and a PhD Forum on these topics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Track 1: High Performance and Cloud Computing
Chairs: Ann Gordon Ross, Univ. of Florida, Wu Feng, Virginia Tech
Power- and thermal-aware algorithms, software, and hardware, accelerators (including GPGPU/FPGAs), memory and storage systems, interconnection networks, optimized data management, efficient power delivery and cooling, data center organization and optimization, reliability, life-cycle analysis of IT equipment, hardware and software for large-scale data analytics and processing.
Track 2: Computer Architecture
Chairs: Cristina Silvano, Politecnico di Milano, Rami Melhem, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Power-efficient multi/many-core chip designs, architectures for machine learning and AI, approximate computing, non-turing architectures, power and thermal management, GPGPU architectures, reconfigurable architectures, memory systems, caches, networks-on-chip (NOCs).
Track 3: Embedded Systems
Chairs: Michele Magno, ETH Zurich, Qi Zhu Northwestern Univ.
Internet-of-Things (IoT), wireless sensor networks, energy harvesting, storage, and conversion, cyber-physical systems, secure embedded systems, wearable computing, computing for smart systems, interfacing sensors and actuators, real-time operating systems, scheduling and optimization.
Track 4: VLSI Design
Chairs: Iris Bahar, Brown Univ, Theo Theocharides, University of Cyprus
Low-power electronics and systems, emerging technologies, novel non-volatile memories, memory circuits, ASICs , reconfigurable computing and FPGAs, computer-aided design, thermal-aware circuits, design of sensors and actuators, analog, optical, non-digital circuits.
Track 5: Computing for Sustainability
Chairs: Donghwa Shin, Yeungnam Univ., Eli Bozorgzadeh, UC Irvine
Computational methods for sustainable economy and society, renewable energy models and prediction, matching energy supply and demand, smart grids (macro and micro),smart transportation and electric vehicles, smart buildings and urban computing, smart manufacturing and industrial IoT, climate and ecosystem monitoring, IT solutions for water quality, air pollution, and sustainable agriculture.
Paper submission guidelines:
IGSC 2018 welcomes submissions that have not been published and that are not under review by other conferences or journals. All submissions will be evaluated on their originality, technical soundness, significance, presentation, and interest to the conference attendees. Please refer to the IGSC website (www.green-conf.org) for specific instructions related to paper submission. IGSC conference proceedings will be published by IEEE (in IEEE Xplore).
Best paper award and journal publication:
The Technical Committee will select the best contributions to be extended and considered by SUSCOM (Sustainable Computing: Informatics and System), the Elsevier Journal which is SCI-indexed.
Workshops and special sessions:
Proposals are solicited for workshops and special sessions to be held in conjunction with the conference. Proposals should be submitted to the Workshops and Special Sessions Chair (axgeec-AT-rit.edu).
Ph.D. forum:
The forum solicits extended abstract submissions from doctoral students engaged in research on sustainable and energy-efficient computing. Please refer to the IGSC website for submission instructions.
Industrial Partners:
The conference seeks industry partners and sponsors with opportunities for them to showcase their technologies. Please contact the steering committee chairs for additional information.
***Important dates***
Conference Paper submission: June 15, 2018
Deadline for submitting Workshop and Special Session proposals: June 15, 2018
Deadline for submitting Ph.D. forum extended abstracts: July 13, 2018
Notifications to authors: August 27, 2018
Camera-ready papers due: September 7, 2018
Organization:
General Co-Chairs: Sudeep Pasricha (Colorado State University, USA), sudeep-AT-colostate.edu and Jšrg Henkel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Henkel-AT-kit.edu
Technical Program Co-Chairs: Alex Jones (University of Pittsburgh, USA), akjones-AT-pitt.edu and Massimo Poncino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), massimo.poncino-AT-polito.it
Workshops Chair: Amlan Ganguly, (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA), axgeec-AT-rit.edu
PhD Forum Chair: Mahdi Nikdast (Colorado State University, USA), Mahdi.Nikdast-AT-colostate.edu
Publicity Chair: Mohsen Amini Salehi (University of Louisiana Lafayette, USA), amini-AT-louisiana.edu