Foreword to the special issue on parallel and distributed computing with its applications
Xiaobo Zhou, Laiping Zhao · Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience · 2017
Parallel and distributed computing has been under many years of development, and paved the way that what information and communication technology looks like nowadays. With the advance of new techniques, such as 5G, cloud computing, and big data, the theory, design, analysis, evaluation, and application of parallel and distributed computing have encountered great challenges to meet the increasing requirements on high performance, energy efficiency, as well as reliability and security. To achieve these goals, interdisciplinary knowledge and some specialized technical skills are required. This special issue is a collection of many examples of how researchers, scholars, vendors, and practitioners are collaborating to address these challenges.