Energy efficient data centres

Over the last 5 decades, a wide range of different computing platforms have been developed, establishing themselves for several applications. Most require specific data centre architectures to optimize their operation for improved resource efficiency or comprehensive environmental sustainability. Research and innovation on data centers intend to combine specific computer systems and their incumbent infrastructure (such as cooling systems and connection to the power grid) with novel algorithms in ways that can solve the many challenging problems. Innovation potential lies in the computer systems, their architecturesand infrastructure, the algorithms, and requirements (namely, efficiency, sustainability, security, sovereignty, robustness, and more).

12^th International Workshop on The ever-evolving data centers: research and innovation (E²DC 2024)

There are two themes that deserve special attention within this workshop. First, the phenomenal growth of AI applications has pushed HPC computing towards the mainstream. The increased challenges for the data centre infrastructure are leading to a broader interest in advanced architectures and technologies such as liquid cooling techniques. Second, is the growing needs for innovative techniques and solutions for data centres located in environmentally challenging locations.

Call for Papers

The workshop invites original papers up to 8 pages that were not published before and are currently not under consideration and/or review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Novel or enhanced data center architectures and infrastructure
   • Specialized by application driven requirements.
   • Specialized by environmental conditions and constraints.
   • Improved resource and energy efficiency
   • Resilience against unforeseen environmental impacts
   • Large-scale and small-scale architectures
2. Hybrid data centers
   • System perspective of data centers in digital infrastructures or federated service ecosystems
   • Operating and optimizing heterogeneous data centers
   • High Performance Computing and Network Computing
   • Cross-site cooperation in data center networks
3. Combination of Edge Computing and Advanced Computing
   • Different computation variations and influences on DC architectures
   • Different DC architecture combinations and improved service performance
   • Improvements on efficient data processing
   • Improvements on real-time data processing
   • Implications on systems and service engineering
4. Innovations within or by data centers
   • Recombination of established technologies
   • New data center designs for new applications
   • Improved sector coupling
   • The role of data centers within innovations

Submission and publication of the work

The workshop will be co-located with ACM e-Energy 2024 Please submit your manuscript via submission portal. Manuscripts will be published in the ACM proceedings and must adhere to ACM format. Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to register and present the paper at E²DC. The organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from publication if it is not presented. For more information please contact the organizers: Ariel Oleksiak (ariel at man.poznan.pl), Gunnar Schomaker (schomaker at sicp.de)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Poh Seng Lee,
National University of Singapore

E²DC WORKSHOP PROGRAM 2024

TBD

Contact

Ariel Oleksiak (ariel at man.poznan.pl)
Gunnar Schomaker (schomaker at sicp.de)
Jon Summers (jon.summers at ri.se)