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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">***** Call for Papers: NAS 2015 ****</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture and Storage (NAS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 6-7, 2015 (</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nas-conference.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.nas-conference.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committees on Computer Architecture (TCCA), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Parallel Processing (TCPP) and Distributed Processing (TCDP).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - NEW Paper Submission deadline (hard): April 17, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Notification: May 20, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Camera-Ready Copy: June 29, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS) provides a high-quality <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">discuss cutting-edge research on networking, high-performance computer architecture, and parallel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and distributed data storage technologies. NAS 2015 will expose participants to the most recent <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">developments in the interdisciplinary areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished work for possible presentation at the conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Papers should be submitted for double-blind review. The program committee will nominate best papers <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">for recognition in the three conference topic areas. All papers will be evaluated based on their <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">novelty, fundamental insight, experimental evaluation, and potential for long-term impact; new-idea <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">papers are encouraged. All accepted papers will be published in IEEE digital library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Papers are solicited in fields that include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Processor, cache, memory system architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Parallel and multi-core architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- GPU architecture and programming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Data-center scale architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Architecture for handheld or mobile devices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Accelerator-based architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Application-specific, reconfigurable or embedded architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- HW/SW co-design and tradeoffs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Power and energy efficient architectures and techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Effects of circuits and emerging technology on architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Cloud and grid computing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Architecture, networking or storage modeling and simulation methodologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Non-volatile memory technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Mobile and wireless networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Ad hoc and sensor networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Network security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Network information theory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Software defined networking <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Network applications and services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Network architecture and protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Virtual and overlay networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Network modeling and measurement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Storage management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Storage performance and scalability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- File systems, object-based storage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Energy-aware storage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- SSD architecture and applications <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Parallel I/O <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Cloud storage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Storage virtualization and security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Software defined storage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Big Data infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Big Data services and analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">General Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Resit Sendag (U of Rhode Island)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jun Wang (U of Central Florida)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Iris Bahar (Brown U)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Vice Program Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Networking: Weikuan Yu (Auburn U) and Haiying Shen (Clemson U)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Architecture: Martin Herbordt (Boston U) and Tali Moreshet (Boston U)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Storage: Xiaosong Ma (Qatar Computing Res. Inst. & NC State U) and Ali Butt (Virginia Tech) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Ningfang Mi (Northeastern U)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Gus Uht (U of Rhode Island)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yan Sun (U of Rhode Island)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Finance Chair:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yan Luo (U of Massachussetts-Lowell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Ming Zhang (EMC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Publicity Co-chairs: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Chengsheng Xie (Huazhong U Sci. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tech)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Andre Brinkmann (Universitat Mainz)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Ramon Bertran (IBM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Alper Buyuktosunoglu (IBM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Submission Chair:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xunchao Chen (U of Central Florida)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Web Chair:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Ibrahim Burak Karsli (U of Rhode Island)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Steering Committee <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xubin He (Virginia Commonwealth U)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Changsheng Xie(Huazhong U of Sci.Tech)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Andre Brinkmann (U Mainz)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jian Li (IBM Austin Research Lab) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Tao Li (University of Florida)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Marco D Santambrogio (Politec. Milano)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Hongbin Sun (Xi'An Jiaotong U)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">PROGRAM COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Networking Track<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Weikuan Yu, Auburn University (co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Haiying Shen, Clemson University (co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Sarp Oral, Oak Ridge National Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Shane Canon, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Richard Graham, Mellanox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Amith R Mamidala, IBM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jian Tan, IBM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Ronald Brightwell, Sandia National Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Gerald F II Lofstead, Sandia National Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Wenjun Wu, Beihang University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jia Rao, University of Colorado Cold Springs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Seung-Jong Park, Louisiana State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xin Yuan, Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Saad Biaz, Auburn University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Kang Chen, Clemson University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yaohang Li, Old Dominion University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Shan Lin, Temple University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Chuan Yue, University of Colorado Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Mengjun Xie, University of Arkansas at Little Rock<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Lei Yu, Georgia State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yang Guo, Bell Labs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yongning Tang, Illinois State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Fangzhe Chang, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Feng Deng, Clemson University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Weichen Liu, Chongqing University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Zhi Wang, Tsinghua University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xiaojun Hei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yuan He, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Di Wu, Sun Yat-Sen University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Liudong Xing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Gang Zhou, College of William and Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jiangyi Hu, Devry University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Junwei Cao, Tsinghua University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Wenzhong Li, Nanjing University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Surendar Chandra, EMC Data Protection and Availability Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Wei Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yao Liu, SUNY Binghamton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Chiu Tan, Temple University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Kyoungwon Suh, Illinois State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Architecture Track<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Martin Herbordt, Boston University (co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Tali Moreshet, Boston University (co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Lide Duan , University of Texas at San Antonio <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Cesare Ferri , Marvel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Mark Hempstead , Drexel University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Ajay Joshi , Boston University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Dong Li , Qualcomm <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xiaoyao Liang , Shanghai Jiao Tong University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yan Luo , University of Massachusetts Lowell <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Vijay Nagarajan , University of Edinburgh <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Gi-Ho Park , Sejong University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Dmitry Ponomarev , SUNY <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Kelly Shaw , University of Richmond <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Magnus Sjalander, Uppsala University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">- Bharat Sukhwani, IBM <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Radu Teodorescu , Ohio-State University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jing Wang , Capital Normal University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jason Xue , City University of Hong Kong <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Zhibin Yu , Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jidong Zhai , Tsinghua University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Dongyuan Zhan , AMD <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Chuanjun Zhang , Intel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Wei Zhang , Virginia Commonwealth University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Ping Zhou , Intel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Zhichun Zhu , University of Illinois at Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Ali Butt, Virginia Tech (co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xiaosong Ma, Qatar Computing Research Institute and North Carolina State University (co-chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Youngjae Kim, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Gary Liu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Fei Meng, North Carolina State University and PureStorage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xing Wu, Amazon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xuanhua Shi, Huazhong University of Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Zhe Zhang, Cloudera<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Sudharshan Vazhkuda, ORNL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Shuibing He, IIT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yong Chen, TTU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Suren Byna, LBL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Medha Bhadkamkar, Symantec Research Labs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Avani Wildani, Salk Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Min Li, IBM TJ Watson Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Aayush Gupta, IBM Almaden Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Lei Tian, Tintri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Tao Xie, San Diego State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Song Jiang, Wayne State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jay Lofstead, Sandia National Laboratories<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Jinho Hwang, IBM Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Yifeng Zhu, University of Maine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Xiao Qin, Auburn University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Douglas Thain, University of Notre Dame<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Alan Sussman, University of Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Peter Varman, Rice University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Nitin Agrawal, NEC Labs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Fang Zheng, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Qingdong Wang, University of Central Florida/Huizhou University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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