The Conference on Computational Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) aims to be a meeting place of researchers and students working in areas of science that use scientific computing in their research projects. It is an initiative of the Pan-American Association on Computational Interdisciplinary Sciences (PACIS) (http://epacis.net/epacis/) and has a periodicity of 2 years. Although there are other forums that discuss related topics, such as Applied Computing, Bioinformatics and Computational Physics, the CCIS seeks, in an innovative way, a broader dialog, which is inherently inter and multidisciplinary, where researchers from different areas can share their experiences and find solutions to their computational problems.

The conference program consists of keynote lectures, contributed sessions and tutorials on Computational Mathematics, Computational Physics and Astronomy, Computational Chemistry and Computational Biology. Topics like computational methods applied in Space and Environmental Sciences, Technology, Innovation and Economy are also in the conference scope.

Contributions can be oriented toward applications of computational methods, algorithms, numerical simulations and high-performance computing (HPC) in Science and Technology. The official language for the conference, including presentations and submissions, is English.

CCIS 2012 will focus on the following topics:

• GPU/GPGPU scientific computing;
• Computational Grid Applications;
• Cloud Computing and e-Science;
• Fuzzy and Quantum Computing;
• Frontiers of Computational Physics;
• Frontiers of Computational Chemistry & Biology;
• Computational Data Analysis, Simulation and Modeling Validation in Astrophysics and Cosmology;
• Scientific Computing in Environmental Sciences and Geography Modeling;