Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at PDPTA '14, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians. Selected topics include: * Resource Allocation, Scheduling, Energy-Aware Computing + Load-Balancing + Fault-Tolerant Systems * Parallel and Distributed Algorithms and Applications * Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving - MPS * Grid + Cloud Computing and Supporting Tools + Applications * Systems Software + Programming Models + Threads + Caching + File Systems + Testing and Monitoring Methods * Performance Evaluation, Estimation, and Related Issues * Communication Systems + Networks and Interconnection Networks + Peer-To-Peer Networks Ad-Hoc Networks + Sensor Networks and Applications * Cluster Computing + Multi-Core, GPU, FPGA Processing and Applications * Data-Driven Networking Systems with High Tolerance for Disaster, Fault and Congestion Position and Regular - Communication Systems, Cloud Computing, Reconfigurable Systems, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Scheduling, Architectures, and Applications * Cloud Computing, Optimization, Sensor Networks, Scheduling, and Applications