2017 18th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT)

We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Networking and Architectures:

• Interconnection networks
• Parallel/distributed architectures
• Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
• ATM networks
• Reliability, and fault-tolerance
• Ubiquitous computing systems
• Computer networks
• Communication and telecommunication
• Wireless networks and mobile computing
• Optical networks
• Cloud/Grid computing systems
• Reconfigurable architecture

Software Systems and Technologies:

• Formal methods and programming languages
• Internet computing
• Image processing and computer vision
• Agent technologies
• Operating systems
• Software tools and environments
• Parallelizing compilers
• Web services
• Component-based and OO Technology
• Simulation and Visualization

Algorithms and Applications:

• Parallel/distributed algorithms
• Task mapping and job scheduling
• Distributed data and knowledge based systems
• Image processing and computer graphics
• High-performance scientific computing
• Reconfigurable high-performance computing
• Resource allocation and management
• Network routing and communication algorithms
• Bioinformatics
• Database applications and data mining
• Intelligent computing and neural networks

Security and Privacy:

• Access control and authorization
• Authentication, biometrics, smartcards
• Distributed systems security
• Mobile code and mobile agent security
• RFID applications
• Privacy preserving computation
• Applied cryptography
• Database security
• Intrusion detection and survivability
• P2P & ad hoc networks
• Cloud security
• Security protocols