CALL FOR PAPERS
Big Data Benchmarks, Performance Optimization, and Emerging Hardware
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing
Special Issue/Section
Second Issue of 2016
IEEE Transaction on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC) seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue/Section on Big
Data Benchmarks, Performance Optimization, and Emerging Hardware
Scheduled to appear in the Second issue of 2016.
Big data are emerging as a strategic property of nations and organizations. There are driving needs to generate values from
big data. However, the sheer volume of big data requires significant storage capacity, transmission bandwidth, computation,
and power consumption. It is expected that systems with unprecedented scales can resolve the problems caused by varieties
of big data with daunting volumes. Nevertheless, without big data benchmarks, it is very difficult for big data owners to
make a decision on which system is best for meeting with their specific requirements. They also face challenges on how to
optimize the systems for specific or even comprehensive workloads. Meanwhile, researchers are also working on
innovative data management systems, hardware architectures, and operating systems to improve performance in dealing
with big data. This focus of this special issue will be on architecture and system support for big data systems. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:
• Big data workload characterization and benchmarking
• Workload-optimized big data systems
• Innovative prototypes of big data infrastructures
• Emerging hardware technologies in big data systems
• Operating systems support for big data systems
• Interactions among architecture, systems, and data management
• Hardware and software co-design for big data
• Practice report of evaluating and optimizing large-scale big data systems
Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. As an
author, you are responsible for understanding and adhering to our submission guidelines. You can access them at the IEEE
Computer Society web site, www.computer.org. Please thoroughly read these before submitting your manuscript. TETC is
the newest Transactions of the IEEE Computer Society with Open Access only.
Please submit your paper to Manuscript Central at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tetc-cs
Please note the following important dates.
• Submission Deadline: June 1, 2015
• Reviews Completed: September 1, 2015
• Major Revisions Due (if Needed): October 1, 2015
• Reviews of Revisions Completed (if Needed): November 1, 2015
• Minor Revisions Due (if Needed): December 1, 2015
• Notification of Final Acceptance: February 1, 2016
• Publication Materials for Final Manuscripts Due: March 1, 2016
• Publication date: Second Issue 2016 (June Issue)
Please address all other correspondence regarding this special Section to Lead Guest Editor Jianfeng Zhan
Guest Editors
Jianfeng Zhan
Professor, Institute of Computing Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China, 100190
zhanjianfeng@ict.ac.cn

Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda
Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH-43210, USA
panda@cse.ohio-state.edu

Lizy Kurian John
B. N. Gafford Professor
University of Texas at
Austin
1 University Station C0803,
Austin, TX
ljohn@ece.utexas.edu