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PAGE  22nd IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2016) December 13-16, 2016, Wuhan, China  Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) is located in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The campus of HUST is beautifully nestled at the foot of Yujia hill and beside the East Lake with green grass scattered all round in 500 hectares of land. It is a key comprehensive university under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Education of P. R. China. The University ranks at the top of Chinas leading universities in comprehensive strength. In the university, there are eleven disciplines: philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, agriculture, science, engineering, medicine and management. The University offers a variety of programs, including  HYPERLINK /english/academic/undergra/default.htm 85 HYPERLINK /english/academic/undergra/default.htm  undergraduate programs,  HYPERLINK /english/academic/graduate/master1.htm 253 Master programs,  HYPERLINK /english/academic/graduate/doctoral1.htm 178 doctoral programs and 2 HYPERLINK /english/academic/postdoc/default.htm 9 HYPERLINK /english/academic/postdoc/default.htm  post-doctoral research centers. It has 15 national key disciplines. A number of other leading research centers are located here: 6 National Engineering Research Centers, 4 National Leading Laboratories, 2 National Specialized Laboratories. The University has more than 12, 000 faculty members, of whom over 4, 000 are full time teachers, 22 are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences the Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 1000 are professors. The number of resident students is over 50, 000, of whom almost 18, 000 are graduate students. Since 1986, the University has been accepting international students studying in China under Chinese Government Scholarship.