The Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (National Research University) are jointly organizing the 14th International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies (PaCT-2017) to be held in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, September 4-8, 2017. 
The previous thirtheen conferences were held in Novosibirsk (1991), Obninsk (1993), St. Petersburg (1995, LNCS Vol. 964), Yaroslavl (1997, LNCS Vol. 1277), St. Petersburg (1999, LNCS Vol. 1662), Novosibirsk (2001, LNCS Vol. 2127), Nizhniy Novgorod (2003, LNCS Vol. 2763), Krasnoyarsk (2005, LNCS Vol. 3606), Pereslavl-Zalessky (2007, LNCS Vol. 4671), Novosibirsk (2009, LNCS Vol. 5698), Kazan (2011, LNCS Vol. 6873), St. Petersburg (2013, LNCS Vol. 7979) and Petrozavodsk (2015, LNCS Vol. 9251). 
The aim of the PaCT-2017 is to give an overview of new developments, applications, and trends in parallel computing technologies. We sincerely hope that the conference will help our community to deepen understanding of parallel computing technologies by providing a forum for an exchange of views between scientists and specialists from all over the world.