CANDAR will serve as a forum for exchanging the latest findings and experiences ranging from theoretical research to practical system development in all aspects of computing and networking including parallel and distributed systems, algorithms, architectures, and applications. In addition to technical sessions consisting of contributed papers, the symposium will include invited presentations, a poster session, tutorials, and workshops. We believe that participants will get new ideas and insight of computing and networking. CANDAR'14 will be held in Shizuoka City, Japan, from December 10-12, 2014. Shizuoka city is well-known for the foot of Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. The Mt. Fuji has been selected as a UNESCO world heritage as a cultural heritage site in 2013.

The symposium invites papers on all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and networking, and their applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Track1: Algorithms and Applications

Randomized algorithms and probabilistic methods
Scientific computing and numeric algorithms
Approximation and optimization algorithms
Image processing and computer graphics
Dependable computing and reliability
Data mining and information retrieval
Real-time systems and applications
Parallel and distributed algorithms
Intelligent systems and computing
Green computing and networking
Stochastic modeling and analysis
Software and system verification
Wired and wireless networking
Performance evaluation
Multicore and multithreaded computing
Scheduling and load balancing
Theoretical foundations for big data

Track 2:Architecture and Computer System

Processor architectures
Instruction, thread, and data-level parallelism
Multi/Many-core architectures
Power efficient architectures
Accelerators
Reconfigurable architectures
CUDA/GPGPU
Network-on-chip
Emerging devices and their effect
Embedded systems
Dependable systems
Parallel/High-performance systems
Application specific systems
Storage systems
Architectures/systems for emerging applications

Track 3: Networking and Grid

Interconnection networks
Ubiquitous computing systems
Grid computing systems
Resource allocation and management
Cloud computing
P2P networks
Content delivery networks
Wireless networks and mobile computing
Ad-hoc and sensor networks
Optical networks
Access control and authorization
Security protocols
Cognitive Computing and Networking
Opportunist Spectrum Allocation and Sensing
QoS and Multimedia Computing
Green Communications and Networking
Vehicle Communications
Network Architecture
Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation
Future Internet and Internet of Things
Self-Organizing Networks

Track 4: Software and Middleware

Software System Architecture
Web Services and SOA
REST
Internet/Distributed Computing
Information Fusion
Middleware Architecture
Internet Middleware
Access Control Technologies
Information Filtering and Recommendation
Component based Technologies
Agent Technologies
BYOD Technologies
System Software
Programming Language Processors
Runtime Environment
Operating Systems
VM Technologies
Software Tools
Distributed Data and Knowledge based Systems
Geographic Information Systems
Simulation and Visualization