CFP: JSAIT Special Issue on Coded Computing (Feb 15 deadline)
The intersection of information theory and computing has been a fertile ground for novel, relevant intellectual problems. Recently, coding-theoretic techniques have been designed to improve performance metrics in distributed computing systems. This has generated a significant amount of research that has produced novel fundamental limits, code designs, and practical implementations. The set of ideas leveraged by this new line of research is collectively referred to as coded computing. This special issue will focus on coded computing, including aspects such as tradeoffs between reliability, latency, privacy, and security. Specific topics of interest include:
Dec 10, 2020

For more info, see here: https://www.itsoc.org/publications/journal-on-selected-areas-in-information-theory-jsait

Broad overview follows.

The intersection of information theory and computing has been a fertile ground for novel, relevant intellectual problems. Recently, coding-theoretic techniques have been designed to improve performance metrics in distributed computing systems. This has generated a significant amount of research that has produced novel fundamental limits, code designs, and practical implementations. The set of ideas leveraged by this new line of research is collectively referred to as coded computing. This special issue will focus on coded computing, including aspects such as tradeoffs between reliability, latency, privacy, and security. Specific topics of interest include:

Topics:

Coded distributed computing                                       Coded edge computing

Secure and private coded computing                         Hierarchical coded computing

Coded elastic computing                                      Compression for distributed computing

Coding for verifiable computing                                               Applications (e.g., machine learning, blockchain systems, etc)

Important dates:

Manuscript Due: February 15, 2021                   Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2021

Final to Publisher: August 5, 2021                      Expected Publication: September 2021  

Submission Guidelines:

Submitted papers should be of sufficient length and detail for review by experts in the field. Prospective authors must follow the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory manuscript submission guidelines in JSAIT Author Information webpage. All papers should be submitted through https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsait-ieee 

Senior editors:

Alex Dimakis, UT Austin                                    Giuseppe Caire, TU Berlin

Guest Editors: 

Pulkit Grover (CMU; lead)    Viveck Cadambe (Penn State)           Sennur Ulukus (UMD)

Stark Draper  (UToronto)   Salman Avestimehr  (USC)    Osvaldo Simeone (King’s College London

 

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