Supported by the EC, the 22nd annual eChallenges e-2012 Conference & Exhibition takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, 17 - 19 October.

 Focused on Applied ICT addressing major Societal Challenges, and showcasing strategic keynote presentations, technical and policy papers, case studies and workshops, eChallenges brings together senior representatives from leading commercial, government and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and experience, lessons learnt, good practice and innovation.
 
Please publish this Call for Papers on relevant sites and circulate it to relevant colleagues in research, government or business. Contributions showcasing research results from government funded research programmes are particularly welcome.
 
Please follow eChallenges e2012 on www.twitter.com/eChallengesand retweet the Call for Papers.
 
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Core Thematic Priorities for eChallenges e-2012
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Applied ICT addressing Societal Challenges
- eHealth and mHealth
- eGovernment, eParticipation & eDemocracy
- eInclusion
- Digital Libraries and Cultural Heritage
- Technology Enhanced Learning and ICT Skills
- Intelligent Content and Semantics
- Sustainable Environment
 
Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures
- Future Internet & Smart Cities
- eInfrastructures & Smart Grid
- Living Labs
- Cloud Computing
- Mobile Applications
- RFID & Networked Enterprise
- Security and Identity Management
 
More information is available at http://www.echallenges.org/e2012/default.asp?page=themes
 
We are now inviting extended abstracts (1,200 - 1,500 words) for technical papers, visionary papers, business and government case studies. Proposals to arrange 90 minute thematically focused workshop sessions are also welcome. Related themes and suggestions for papers and sessions are outlined in the Call for Papers http://www.echallenges.org/e2012/default.asp?page=c4p
 
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Call for Papers
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Important Deadlines
Submission deadline for Extended Abstracts: 16 March 2012
Acceptance decision: 20 April
Submission of full paper: 18 May
 
The scientific programme for eChallenges e-2012 is based on an open Call for Papers and the conference language is English.
 
All extended abstracts (http://www.echallenges.org/e2012/default.asp?page=submission) must be submitted online by 16 March for double blind peer review by the International Programme Committee.
 
Papers should focus on a research or eAdoption topic on which a case study, initial or final results can be published. General project descriptions are not appropriate. All papers must highlight the level of innovation and actual or expected impact.

Please bear in mind that the extended abstracts submitted are double blind peer reviewed so they should not provide contact details within the text of the extended abstract submitted. All extended abstracts are submitted as text via a form - tables and diagrams can be submitted as part of the full paper submission in April.
 
Extended abstracts should provide a good overview of your full paper and cover the following headings:
- Introduction - Issues to be addressed
- Objectives of your paper
- Methodology Used
- Technology or Business Case Description
- Conclusions and Summary Recommendations

Workshop proposals must also be registered by 16 March http://www.echallenges.org/e2012/default.asp?page=submission-ws  Each workshop proposal should be supported by a minimum of two papers per workshop session. Authors submit abstracts via Abstract Submission process, as these will be double blind peer reviewed by the IPC.

We look forward to receiving your extended abstracts and workshop submissions by 16 March.
 
Best wishes,
Miriam
 
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The 8 reports prepared by the EESI experts are now finalised . You can find them under the section publications - Working Group reports

 

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This report provides details of large-scale HPC initiatives in the US, Asia and Europe and examines trends and future developments in this area.
Current petascale initiatives are described and future projects looking at exascale development considered. The goal is to understand Europe’s current position in the international HPC landscape, especially our strengths and weaknesses.
Report is available here

The main findings of the report follow.
 

• In 2011, Japan reclaimed top ranking on latest list of world’s supercomputers. The “K Computer” installed at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) in Kobe is No 1 on TOP500 list with 8.77 PFLOPS performance.
• Asia has been investing heavily in supercomputing technology and now hoststhe two fastest supercomputers and four of the five fastest. Dominant countries in Asia are Japan and China.
• However following significant investment over the last few years, the US is still dominant in the supercomputing sector, with five systems performing at the petaflop level and with two 20 PFLOPS systems anticipated by 2012.
• To date, the US has led much of the discussion around exascale computing, investing in the International Exascale Software Project (IESP) and funding programmes such as the Ubiquitous High Performance Computing program.
• China, whose Tianhe-1A supercomputer was ranked No1 in the TOP500 November 2010 edition remains the fastest rising country in the region, and even in the world with increasing number of systems listed in TOP500.China has invested heavily in supercomputing technology and now holds second position in the TOP500 list. The Chinese government has actively promoted independent innovation to avoid reliance on foreign technology.
• Although China’s recent top-end systems are impressive, it is notable that the peak performance / sustained performance ratio is high, leading to questions over how applicable these systems are.
• Europe has now two petascale systems, one in France, and one in Germany. The most powerful system in Europe is a Bull system installed at the French CEA, with a peak performance of 1.254 PFLOPS (No 9).
• The European share of systems listed in the TOP500 (125 systems) is still larger than the Asian share (103 systems).  Germany, UK, and France are almost equal with 30, 27, and 25 systems respectively. 
• BULL is Europe’s major European HPC manufacturer. BULL has delivered in 2010 one Petascale system to CEA DAM, and will deliver two others in 2011, one to GENCI and one to the fusion community (IFERC) in Japan. EUROTECH has also been involved in the design and manufacture of special purpose supercomputers (APE, Janus, QPACE). However up to now, Europe has not sought to develop its own “domestic technologies” such as in Asia. Europe has focussed on demonstrating expertise in software development and has recently seen a series of public-private partnerships between European research centres and international HPC producers to address the challenges associated with exascale.
• Significant funding has been made available in Europe through the Framework 7 programme, both in petascale (e.g. PRACE) and exascale terms (e.g.the current Exascale computing, software and simulation call).
• The recent G8 Research Councils Initiative on exascale applications for global issues is significant as it provides funding to enable collaboration between US and European partners and that it focuses on the applications of exascale rather than hardware.
• Most exascale initiatives across the continents identify a similar set of global issues as scientific drivers for exascale computing. These include climate change, sustainable energy sources and nanotechnology.

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Participate to the international conference on 10-11 Oct. 2011 organised by the EESI Consortium & the EC DG INFSO-Unit F3.

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