Parallel Computing Technologies (PaCT-2017), 14th International Conference, Sept 4-8, 2017, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia http://ssd.sscc.ru/conference/pact2017 Dates: *preliminary extended abstracts: March, 31 *acceptance notification: April, 15 *camera-ready papers: May, 25 WELCOME The Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics (Russian Academy of Sciences), Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (National Research University) are jointly organizing the 14th International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies (PaCT-2017) to be held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, September 4-8, 2017. MAIN TOPICS * All technological aspects of the applications of parallel computer systems * High level parallel programming languages and systems * Methods and tools for parallel solution of large-scale problems * Languages, environments and software tools supporting parallel processing * Operating systems, scheduling, mapping, load balancing * General architectural concepts * Cellular automata * Performance measurement and analysis tools * Active knowledge and program construction * Software for grid and cloud computing * Scalable computing * Fragmentation and aggregation of algorithms and programs * Programs assembling and reuse * Distributed algorithms SUBMISSION An extended abstract (5-7 pages) can be submitted by March 31, 2017: http://ssd.sscc.ru/conference/pact2017/submission. The first page should include (but not be limited to) the following information: title, authors' full names, affiliation, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses. Short review of related papers, formulation of the problem, objectives, main ideas, description of results, and list of references should be included. Submissions should be prepared in the style of Springer LNCS series. Please find the instructions here: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 All contributions will be reviewed by the international Program Committee. Authors will be notified of acceptance by April 15, 2017. We will require camera-ready full papers by May 25, 2017. The organizers expect that the authors of selected papers will present their work at the Conference. PROCEEDINGS The Conference Proceedings are planned to be published as a volume of the Springer LNCS series (WoS, Scopus) and distributed at the Conference. We plan also to publish selected papers in a special issue of an indexed international journal. The official language of the Conference is English. CONTACT INFORMATION Prof. Victor Malyshkin E-mail: pact2017@ssd.sscc.ru PaCT-2017 Web pages: http://ssd.sscc.ru/conference/pact2017