This is the second in a series of conferences concerned with new developments and applications of high performance computing (including parallel, distributed, grid and cloud computing) in engineering. The inaugural conference in this series was held in Pécs, Hungary in April 2009.

The conference will consider mathematical, computer science and engineering developments that impact on the use of HPC in engineering analysis, design, and simulation. Engineering is interpreted in its widest sense to include aeronautical, civil, mechanical, electrical, materials, bioengineering, geotechnical, structural and environmental fields.

The range of topics considered by the Conference will include: The mathematical and computer science aspects include, but are not limited to:

• parallelization
• domain decomposition
• solution methods
• partitioning
• message passing systems
• grid technology
• distributed systems
• computer architecture
• parallel and distributed system architectures
• parallel and distributed software technologies
• parallel and distributed algorithms
• peer-to-peer computing
• grid and cluster computing
• cloud computing
• performance evaluation and measurement
• tools and environments for software development
• petaflop computing

Papers describing applications of HPC (parallel, distributed and grid computing) to engineering are invited, including, but not limited to:

• engineering simulation
• engineering design
• engineering assessment
• visualization and VR
• computational steering
• neural networks
• genetic algorithms
• evolutionary computing
• cellular automata
• data mining
• optimization
• high-performance scientific and engineering computing
• bioinformatics
• computational engineering on special
• purpose hardware (e.g. GPUs)

To encourage young researchers to attend the conference a 1000 Euro Young Researcher Best Paper Prize will be awarded to the best paper presented at the conference. To read the full terms and conditions of this competition, please click here.

A number of special sessions will be organised at this Conference. Papers may be submitted directly to the Conference Editor or via the special session organisers if you wish to participate in their session. Over the coming months the list of special sessions will gradually grow. Please visit this page regularly to keep up to date. Please also notice the important dates.

• PARENG11-S01: Parallel Genetic Algorithms: Methods and Applications,
  organised by Prof. B.H.V. Topping, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and University of Pécs, Hungary (pareng2011 AT bhvt.org.uk)

Proposals for the organisation of a special session on your specialist topic including ten to sixteen papers and an optional special lecture are welcome. Proposals for special sessions may be sent to the conference editors via pareng2011 AT civil-comp.com

The Conference Chairman are Professor Barry H.V. Topping (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and University of Pécs, Hungary) and Dr Peter Iványi (University of Pécs, Hungary).

The members of the editorial board for this conference will be announced in due course.

The opening lecture will be announced in due course.

The conference proceedings which will be available on the first day of the conference will be published by Civil-Comp Press.

A selection will be made of the best papers presented at the conference, as chosen by the conference chairman and members of the editorial board. The authors of these papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for publication in special issues of Advances in Engineering Software.

The venue for the conference is the Palais des congrés et des expositions in Ajaccio, the capital of the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea.

All presentations, lunches and coffee breaks will be at this location. For information on how to get to the venue, click here.

Accommodation is available at several hotel in the city of Ajaccio. Bookings should be made directly with the hotel of your choice. For a list of hotel details, indicative rates and a map indicating the venue and hotel locations, click here.