The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of parallel and distributed computing. Started in Hong Kong in 2000, PDCAT 2022 will be held in Sendai, Japan, after 22 years of success in countries/regions including Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand across Asia-Oceania. We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

1. Networking and Architectures

    Interconnection networks
    Parallel/distributed architectures
    Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
    ATM networks
    Reliability, and fault-tolerance
    Ubiquitous computing systems
    Computer networks
    Communication and telecommunication
    Wireless networks and mobile computing
    Internet of Things
    Optical networks
    Cloud/Grid computing systems
    Edge computing
    Reconfigurable architecture

2. Software Systems and Technologies

    Task mapping and job scheduling
    Formal methods and programming
    languages
    Internet computing
    Image processing and computer vision
    Agent technologies
    Operating systems
    Software tools and environments
    Parallelizing compilers
    Web services
    Component-based and OO Technology
    Simulation and Visualization

3. Algorithms and Applications

    Parallel/distributed algorithms
    Big data computing and analysis
    Distributed data and knowledge based
    systems
    Image processing and computer graphics
    High-performance scientific computing
    Reconfigurable high-performance
    computing
    Resource allocation and management
    Network routing and communication
    algorithms
    Resource allocation and management
    Bioinformatics
    Database applications and data mining
    Intelligent computing and neural networks
    Machine learning
    Artificial intelligence based algorithms

4. Security and Privacy

    Access control and authorization
    Authentication, biometrics, smartcards
    Distributed systems security
    Mobile code and mobile agent security
    RFID applications
    Privacy preserving computation
    Applied cryptography
    Database security
    Intrusion detection and survivability
    P2P & ad hoc networks
    Cloud security
    Security protocols