1 Scope

The workshop is focused on the design, implementation, execution, and analysis of experiments in parallel and distributed computing (including HPC, Clouds, Networking, Big Data) to improve the reproducibility of results.
2 Keywords

Reproducibility, Parallel Computing/HPC, Open Science, Data Provenance, Scientific Workflows
3 Topics addressed in the workshop include:

Experimental design of parallel computing experiments
Experiences and best practices for conducting experiments (including papers that address the reproduction of other articles)
Supporting reproducibility in experimental testbeds for parallel computing
Tools for reproducible research (e.g., control of experiments, versioning, archiving)
Analysis of experimental data (e.g., visualization, statistical analysis, provenance)
Automated uncertainty quantification for experimental workflows (or data-focused workflows)
Systems to incorporate (potentially very large) data into automated testing frameworks
Sustainable models for public data sharing
Ideas on artifact evaluation in Distributed Computing and HPC
Improving the review process in Parallel Computing
Open Science and Parallel Computing
Performance non-regression testing

4 Paper Types

full papers (10 pages)
short papers (8 pages)

5 Demos and Tutorials

We welcome demos and tutorials addressing (potential) solutions to the reproducibility (replicability) problem. Please contact us directly if you want to give a tutorial (demo).
6 Important Dates

Workshop papers due: 13 January 2017
Workshop author notification: 17 February 2017
Workshop camera-ready papers due: 15 March 2017
Demos/Tutorials proposals due: 10 February 2017

7 Proceedings

Accepted manuscripts will be included in the IPDPS workshop proceedings.
8 Submission

Submissions are handled through the EasyChair conference system:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=reppar2017
9 Paper Style

Submitted manuscripts may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The submitted manuscripts should include author names and affiliations. See the LaTeX style template for details:

http://www.ipdps.org/templates/IEEECS_CPS_LaTeX_Letter_2Col.zip
10 Organizers

Sascha Hunold, TU Wien, Austria
Arnaud Legrand, CNRS, LIG Grenoble, France
Lucas Nussbaum, CNRS, LORIA, France

11 Program Committee

Louis-Claude Canon, University of Franche-Comté, France
Lionel Eyraud-Dubois, INRIA Bordeaux, France
Swann Perarnau, Argonne National Lab, USA
Robert Ricci, University of Utah, USA
Mark Stillwell, Cisco Meraki, UK