Call for Contributions

PREAMBLE

As one of the three pillars within the Department of Science and Technology's (DST's) national cyber-infrastructure initiative, the core mission of the CHPC is to increase the competitiveness of South Africa through promoting the adoption of high performance computing (HPC) and data technologies and tools across all sectors. In order to satisfy DST's grand vision, the CHPC attempts to foster a multi-array of vibrant and productive computational research communities alongside experimentalists. The CHPC aims to leverage its computational platforms, expertise and funding to facilitate the advancement of South Africa - from bioinformatics, engineering and astronomy to humanities, finance, and arts - in both public and private sectors.

FORMAT AND SUBMISSIONS

Conference contributions are in two-fold:
For the Plenary Session, split between the three main conference days 05 - 07 December 2012, oral presentations will by invitation only.
The breakaway sessions 05 - 07 December 2012 is open to researchers from academia, industry and government for oral and poster presentations. The breakaway sessions will occur in parallel and will be coordinated by session organizers.

Those who are interested in presenting are invited to submit their presentations by Friday 26 October 2012. The presentation must focus on one of the following topics:

• PC Technologies, Techniques & Operations
• Materials Science, Computational Chemistry & Physics
• Astronomy: Science, Software & Instrumentation
• Space Science
• Health, Medical & Life Sciences
• Engineering & Industrial Applications
• Human & Social Sciences
• Earth Systems: Oceanography & Climatology
• Q&A Session: CHPC ICT Support
• Other sciences and HPC related fields

Abstract submission guidelines are as follows:

• Each delegate will only be allocated at least 20 minutes per presentation or on the discretion of breakaway session organizer.
• A maximum of two abstracts per delegate may be submitted.
• The email address of the presenter must be on the abstract and the maximum length of each abstract should be one page. In the case where tables and figures are included in the abstract, the length of the abstract can extend to two pages.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstracts submission deadline: Friday 26 October 2012
Presentations acceptance notification deadline: Friday 2 November 2012.
Please download the PDF abstract guideline for your reference, templates also available in Word and Openwriter.
Kindly submit all final documentation to contributions@chpc.ac.za

POSTER SUBMISSION GUIDLLINES

Poster display boards will be provided by the CHPC and will be setup in the exhibition area. Display boards will be 900mm high by 900mm wide and posters should be in portrait A1 size. Please note that posters must be in English and must have a title, author's name and affiliation. Delegates, especially students are encouraged to bring posters relating to the theme of the conference or their field of study. All posters should be setup before 11:00 on the 04 December 2012 and be removed at 16:30 on the 07 December 2012.