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This report summarizes the key activities and initiatives of the Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) as presented by Ajay Gupta at TAC 2012. Highlights include conferences and workshops, the PDCS Curricular Initiative with NSF/TCPP Core Curriculum, awards for outstanding papers and students, and efforts to enhance outreach to developing regions. The report also discusses the role of regional coordinators, funding agencies, and various committees in advancing educational activities and technical achievements in parallel processing.
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IEEE-CS TCPPA Brief Report at TAC By Ajay Gupta, WMU-CS, Kalamazoo, MI, USA TCPP Chair June 12, 2012 at Seattle, WA
TCPP Team VCs – academia, industry Regional coordinators Funding agency coordinators Educational Activities subcommittee Awards committee Conference advisory committee Advisory committee Technical Committee on Parallel Processing
Major TCPP activities • Conferences (& their workshops – not listed) IPDPS, HiPC, DCOSS, PERCOM, DS-RT, eEnergy, ICCABS, ICPADS, NAS, PACT, ICAC, IGCC, ICDCN, … • PDCS Curricular Initiative ( NSF/TCPP Core Curriculum released, 50+ adopters • PhD Forums • Awards • Best paper • Best student paper • Student travel • tcpp.computer.org • mailing list – tcpp-announce@computer.org Technical Committee on Parallel Processing
Initiatives • Keynote talks online, webinars • Technical achievement awards • Connections via social networking sites (facebook, linkedin etc.) • More informative newsletter • Outreach to rural areas, developing countries: How to – do research? Publish? -- Technical Committee on Parallel Processing
Issues Sponsorship process – technical, financial Carryover of TC budget, conference budget More volunteers Technical Committee on Parallel Processing