The International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) is a premier IEEE conference presenting research in the field of performance of computer and communication systems. For more than three decades, IPCCC has been a key research forum for academic, industrial, and government researchers. We encourage submission of high-quality papers reporting original work in both theoretical and experimental research areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

**** Hot Topics for IPCCC 2016 ****

Big Data Processing and Analytics

Cache, Memory, and Disk Storage Systems

Cloud Computing

Crowdsourcing Systems

Cyber Physical Systems

Data Centers

Embedded Systems

Fundamental Theory and Algorithms

Internet of Things

Internet Services and Network Management

Mobile Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks

Multimedia Networking

Many-core and Heterogeneous Computing

Network Data Mining

Network Information Assurance and Security

Network Protocols

Online Social Network Analysis

Parallel and Distributed Systems

Performance Evaluation and Modeling

Security and Privacy

Smart Grid and Intelligent Mission Critical Operations

Smart Health Systems, Wearable, and Implantable Systems

Smartphone and mobile applications

Software Defined Networking

Ubiquitous Computing

Wireless Communication and Networks

Workload Characterization and its Impacts on Architecture Design

FULL PAPERS : Submissions should not exceed 8 pages in general. However, if authors are willing to pay an over-length fee of $100/page, 2 additional pages are allowed for their submission. This over-length fee will be charged once the paper is accepted.

All papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee and judged with respect to their quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, conditional upon the author's advance registration and attendance at the conference. Awards will be given for the best paper

Submissions must be received by the deadline of Friday, September 9, 2016 23:59 (submitter's local time), through the EDAS system ( https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22702). Paper abstracts are due one week earlier by September 2, 2016. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal, conference or workshop. Simultaneous submission of the same work is not allowed. Submissions should use the IEEE conference template. Please refer to the IEEE formatting instruction for details:  http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

POSTERS: We welcome submissions of poster applications in the form of a two-page extended abstract in PDF formatted with the same template for full papers. A subset of full paper submissions will also be invited to the IEEE IPCCC Poster Session. Students are also encouraged to submit their complete or in-progress undergraduate research projects, master's theses and dissertations. Accepted posters will be included in the conference proceedings as extended abstracts. Authors of accepted posters are expected to prepare and present their posters at the conference. Format of posters for display will be available after notification of acceptance. To submit extended abstracts, please contact the Poster Chair.