The topics of interest to be covered by PDCN 2014 include, but are not limited to:

Algorithms
Architectures
Cluster Computing
Compilers and Languages
Data Mining
Distributed Databases
Data Structures for Parallel and Distributed Systems
Heterogeneous Computing
Interconnection Networks
Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
Performance evaluation, analysis and modeling
Queuing systems
Reliability and availability
Scheduling
Web Computing
Peer-to-peer Systems
Pervasive Computing
Bioinformatics
Security
Grid and Cloud Computing
Embedded Parallel and Distributed Systems
Multi and Many Core systems
Load balancing
Network Algorithms
Scalability
Fault Tolerance in Parallel and Distributed Systems
Social Network Analysis
Parallel and Distributed Software
Data Intensive Computing
Distributed Knowledge-based systems
Distributed Real-Time Systems
High Performance Computing
Memory and I/O Systems
Optical Networks and Computing
Parallel Programming
Protocols
Real-time and embedded systems
Resource allocation and virtualization
Supercomputing
Wireless Networks