Tuesday, January 27, 2026

[DMANET] IPCO - Call for posters

IPCO 2026 will feature a poster session and a best poster award. The
poster session will take place on June 17, 2026.

We particularly welcome posters from Ph.D. students and postdocs on
topics that fall within the scope of the conference. The abstract format
is a PDF file with at most two letter-size pages and can be submitted at
the following url:
https://servizi-esterno.math.unipd.it/userlist/lista/view?id=179
The deadline for poster abstract submissions is March 20, 2026.

The local committee will select poster presenters, subject to the number
of available slots. A committee will evaluate posters during the poster
session and select the best poster.

The local committee will communicate notifications of acceptance by
April 5, 2026. Poster presenters are required to register for the
conference.

To see the call for posters, visit
https://events.math.unipd.it/ipco2026/call-for-posters

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Marco Di Summa
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[DMANET] QUASAR 2026 - 3rd Workshop on Quantum Algorithms, Software and Applied Research

QUASAR 2026 — Call for Papers

3rd Workshop on Quantum Algorithms, Software and Applied Research
Cleveland, OH, USA — July 13, 2026
Co-located with ACM HPDC 2026
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/quasar25

[About]
QUASAR 2026 is the 3rd Workshop on Quantum Algorithms, Software and Applied Research, co-located with ACM HPDC 2026. The workshop focuses on quantum algorithms, software, and applied research at the intersection of quantum computing and high-performance computing, with particular emphasis on information processing and information retrieval. Building on the success of previous editions—QUASAR 2024 (Pisa, Italy) and QUASAR 2025 (Notre Dame, IN, USA)—QUASAR provides a focused forum for presenting recent advances and fostering interaction between researchers across disciplines, with strong encouragement for early-career participation.

[Submission]
The 3rd Workshop on Quantum Algorithms, Software and Applied Research (QUASAR 2026) invites submissions of original, unpublished research papers on quantum algorithms, quantum software, and applied quantum computing, with a particular focus on information processing and information retrieval. QUASAR 2026 provides a focused forum at the intersection of quantum computing and high-performance computing, covering theory, software, systems, and applications, including hybrid quantum–classical approaches.
Papers authored solely or primarily by postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers are particularly encouraged.

Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

- Grover-inspired algorithms and amplitude amplification techniques
- Quantum search and information retrieval applications
- Practical implementations on near-term and fault-tolerant quantum hardware
- Hybrid quantum–classical approaches leveraging Grover-style primitives
- Theoretical limits, refinements, variants, and extensions of Grover's algorithm
- Critical assessments of applicability, performance, and scalability

[Special focus]
30 Years of Grover's Algorithm (1996–2026)
Submissions related to Grover's algorithm, quantum search, amplitude amplification, and related paradigms are strongly encouraged.

[Real Quantum Computer Visit]
During QUASAR 2026, participants will visit the IBM quantum computer hosted at the Cleveland Clinic, located within short walking distance from the workshop venue. The visit will offer the opportunity to see a real, operational quantum computing system and to interact with researchers working on quantum hardware, software, and applications.

[Submission Details]
Paper length: 5–8 pages (excluding appendices)
Format: ACM sigconf LaTeX template
Review process: Single-blind
Submission system: HotCRP
Accepted papers will be published in the ACM workshop proceedings

[Important Dates]
Submission deadline: March 16, 2026
Notification: April 24, 2026
Camera-ready: May 16, 2026
Workshop: July 13, 2026

[Venue]
Tinkham Veale University Center,
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

[Contact]
Arianna Pavone (University of Palermo) ariannamaria.pavone@unipa.it
Francesco Pio Marino (University of Catania) francesco.marino@phd.unict.it

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[DMANET] CFP Computational Optimization

Call for Papers

19th International Thematic Track/Workshop on Computational Optimization
(CO25)
Riga, Latvia, August 23-26, 2026

organized in the framework of CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FedCSIS - 2026


IEEE CS is a technical co-sponsor of FedCSIS 2026

https://2026.fedcsis.org/thematic/co
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We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and practical
aspects of optimization methods. The list of topics includes, but is not
limited to:

* combinatorial and continuous global optimization
* unconstrained and constrained optimization
* multiobjective and robust optimization
* optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments
* optimization on graphs
* large-scale optimization, in parallel and distributed computational
environments
* meta-heuristics for optimization, nature-inspired approaches and any
other derivative-free methods
* exact/heuristic hybrid methods, involving natural computing techniques
and other global and local optimization methods
*numerical and heuristic methods for modeling

The applications of interest are included in the list below, but are not
limited to:

* classical operational research problems (knapsack, traveling salesman,
etc)
* computational biology and distance geometry
* data mining and knowledge discovery
* human motion simulations; crowd simulations
* industrial applications
* optimization in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics, chemistry,
biology, medicine, and engineering.
*environment modeling and optimization
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Best paper award

The best CO26 paper will be awarded during the social dinner of FedCSIS2026.
The best paper will be selected by CO26 co-Chairs by taking into
consideration the scores suggested by the reviewers, as well as the quality
of the given oral presentation.

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Submission and Publication

* Authors should submit draft papers in PDF format.
* The total length of a paper should not exceed 12 pages for regular paper
and 6 pages for short papers (IEEE style). IEEE style templates are
available at http://2026.fedcsis.org/.
* Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific
merit and relevance to the track.
* Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Conference
Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore database and submitted for
different indexations (Communication and Position papers will only appear
in the conference proceedings).
* Extended versions of selected papers presented at CO26 will be published
in edited book of the series "Studies of Computational Intelligence",
Springer with SJR 0.237.

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Important dates:


+ Paper submission (strict deadline): April 15, 2026, 23:59:59 pm HST
(there will be no extension)
+ Position paper submission: May 19, 2026
+ Author notification: June 16, 2026
+ Final paper submission and registration: June 30, 2026
+ Conference date: August 23-26, 2026

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Organizing Committee

Stefka Fidanova, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria
Antonio Mucherino, IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

If you have any question do not hesitate to send an email to :
co@fedcsis.org

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Prof. Stefka Fidanova
IICT-BAS
Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl.25A
1113 Sofia Bulgaria
Ph. +359-2-9796642

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[DMANET] CFP Envirorisks

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to inform you that the *International Conference EnviroRisks*
will be held in the period *0**1**-0**3** June 202**6**, Sofia**, Bulgaria*.
The conference will provide an excellent international forum for
dissemination of original research results, new ideas and practical
development experiences which concentrate on both theory and practices of
the academics, researchers, engineers and also industry professionals.

*All accepted and presented papers will be submitted* *for publication** to
the SPRINGER **Series* *"Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems"**.*

*Please**, **visit the conference web page for more details:
**https://envirorisks.cmdrcoe.org/*

*Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:*

*1. Disaster Management, Natural Hazards, Risk reduction and Building
Resilience*

*2. **Environmental Degradation*

*3**. **Resilience and Business Continuity Management*

*4. **High Performance Computing, Modeling & Simulations, GIS for
environmental monitoring and Artificial Intelligent *

Please, save the dates and feel free to circulate this message among your
friends.

*Important dates:*


*Abstract** Submission D**ate**: **01** of **March**, 202**6*

*Notification of Abstract Acceptance: **20 March, 2026*

*Full **Paper Submission D**ate**: **01 **of **April**, 202**6*
* Notification** for Paper Acceptance**: ** 01 **of **May**, 202**6*

*Final paper submission:** 20 of May, 2026*
*Conference Dates: **0**1**-**03** of **June**, 202**6*


*Best regards, **EnviroRISKs*
* Organizing Team E-mail: **envirorisks@gmail.com*


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1113 Sofia Bulgaria
Ph. +359-2-9796642

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Monday, January 26, 2026

[DMANET] Diagrams 2026: Call for Tutorials

****Call for Tutorials: Diagrams 2026* ***


15th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams

August 24–28, 2026

Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

https://diagrams-conference.org/2026/

*** Highlights ***

- Proceedings published by Springer

- Graduate Symposium

- Three Tracks: Main
<https://diagrams-conference.org/2026/calls/main-track/>, Philosophy
<https://diagrams-conference.org/2026/calls/philosophy-of-diagrams/>,
and Psychology
and Education
<https://diagrams-conference.org/2026/calls/psychology-and-education/>

- Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards

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The Diagrams conference provides a united forum for all researchers with an
interest in the study of diagrams. The conference fosters
multi-disciplinarity and allows researchers from areas such as computer
science, mathematics, psychology, philosophy, history (of science, art,
etc.), education research and more to meet and share their perspectives on
the theory and application of diagrams.

We invite tutorials consisting of shorter presentations and activities that
run for a maximum of 2 hours. Previously, attendees have particularly
enjoyed tutorials that are interactive and spark debate. In contrast to
Workshops, Tutorials do not solicit contributions from attendees.

Tutorials are expected to address topics that are of interest to the
Diagrams 2026 conference attendees. These include, but are not limited to,
the issues of interest found on the Calls pages for the main tracks,
philosophy track and psychology & education track. Examples of previous
Tutorials include:


• Visualizing "Information"
• Learning to use the Openbox: A Framework for the Implementation of
Heterogeneous Reasoning
• Drawing Euler Diagrams for Information Visualization
• Representational Systems Theory: What, Why and How?
• Square of Opposition: Theory and Applications
• Diagrams in the Age of Kant
• Euclid's Elements: The Board Game
• Forgotten diagrams and their applications in gestures
• Neural Circuit Diagrams: A Diagrammatic Introduction to Deep Learning
Models
• Cognitive Modelling of Interpretations of Diagrams and Notations

At least one of the authors of an accepted tutorial submission will be
expected to attend the conference to give the tutorial to interested
conference attendees.


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SUBMISSION

We invite submissions for review that focus on any aspect of diagrams
research. A tutorial proposal must contain:
1. A single page listing:
1. the title of the tutorial,
2. the names and contact information for all organizers,
3. brief biographies of the main organizers.
2. A description of the topic and rationale for the tutorial, including a
brief description of why the tutorial will be relevant to Diagrams 2026
conference attendees.
3. Information on any requirements for delivering the tutorial (e.g.
blackboard, flipovers, projector etc.).
4. An abstract, of up to 500 words, describing the tutorial that can be
used to advertise the tutorial on the Diagrams 2026 website.


Submission date: *March 31, 2026.*


More details and important dates can be found at
https://diagrams-conference.org/2026/calls-2/tutorials-2/
<https://diagrams-conference.org/2026/calls-2/tutorials-2/>


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Publicity Chair, Diagrams Conference 2024
Reetu Bhattacharjee, PhD
Department of Philosophy
University of Münster

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[DMANET] BCCA 2026: The 8th International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications, Barcelona, Spain

*The 8th International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications
(BCCA 2026)*

2-6 November 2026 | Barcelona, Spain

*Hybrid Conference*

*https://bcca-conference.org/*

Blockchain is a revolutionary technology in decentralized systems that
enables secure decentralized transaction processing while ensuring data
privacy and authenticity. It plays a significant role across several areas,
including the Internet of Things, supply chain management, manufacturing,
cyber-physical systems, and healthcare systems. Unlike centralized
transaction processing solutions, blockchain uses a distributed ledger to
record transactions across multiple devices; this prevents data breaches,
identity theft, and a range of cyber-related attacks, thereby enhancing
data privacy and security. This conference aims to attract the work of both
researchers and practitioners in cybersecurity to share and exchange
experiences and research in both academia and industry in the field of
blockchain.

*BCCA 2026 SYMPOSIA*

Authors are encouraged to submit their work to one of the following 20
specialized symposiums, each targeting a key research frontier:

1. Blockchain for LLMs and Decentralized AI
2. Blockchain for Agentic and Autonomous AI
3. Blockchain-Enabled Generative and Multimodal AI
4. AI and Machine Learning for Blockchain Optimization
5. Blockchain Security and Zero-Trust Web3
6. Blockchain-Enhanced Cybersecurity and Privacy
7. Post-Quantum Blockchain and Cryptography
8. Blockchain for Trustworthy and Ethical AI
9. Blockchain for Digital Identity and Governance
10. Blockchain Interoperability and Web3 Infrastructure
11. Blockchain for IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems
12. Blockchain for Digital Twins and the Metaverse
13. Blockchain for Autonomous Transportation and Smart Mobility
14. Blockchain for Big Data and Decision Intelligence
15. Blockchain Applications in Finance, Healthcare, and Government
16. Token Engineering and Decentralized Governance (DAOs)
17. Quantum Computing for AI and Blockchain
18. Green Computing and Sustainable Blockchain
19. Blockchain for Robotics and Autonomous Systems
20. Neuromorphic and Bio-Inspired Computing with Blockchain

*Important Dates:*

- Papers due: April 15, 2026
- Acceptance notification: June 30, 2026
- Registration: July 30, 2026
- Camera-ready paper: July 30, 2026
- Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Submission: April 15, 2026
- Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Acceptance: June 30, 2026

*Main track Submission Guidelines:*

There are three categories of submission (Overlength charges will be
applied!):

- *Long papers:* (7-8 pages)
- *Short papers: *(5-6 pages)
- *Systemization of Knowledge (SoK): *(10-15 pages)
- *Poster papers: *(1-2 pages)

*Submission Link: *https://conferences.sparcly.ai/SP/BCCA2026

*Organizing Committee*
*Honorary Chair*

- Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
- Jose Luis Muñoz-Tapia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

*General Co-Chairs*

- Christiancarmine Esposito, University of Salerno, Italy
- Attila Kertesz, University of Szeged, Hungary
- Vlado Stankovski, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

*Program Co-Chairs*

- Sandra Sendra, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
- Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, KCST, Kuwait

--Regards,

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[DMANET] Call for Contributions: Tools for Educational Activities in Logic, a FLoC 2026 Workshop

Call for Contributions for the Workshop

Tools for Educational Activities in Logic (TEAL@FLoC'26)
https://teal.cs.brown.edu/floc2026/
July 25, 2026, Lisbon, Portugal

***

Dear colleagues,

We invite contributions to the workshop Tools for Educational Activities
in Logic (TEAL), collocated with FLoC 2026.

TEAL welcomes work on tools for learning about logic, broadly defined.
Our goal is an interactive, community-building workshop, not just
another publication venue. Accordingly, we welcome multiple types of
contributions including plenary demos, discussion topics, research
papers, repeat papers, and experience reports.

*Important Dates*

Submission deadline: April 29, 2026 (AoE)
Author Notification: May 27, 2026
Workshop: July 25, 2026


For more information, see: https://teal.cs.brown.edu/floc2026/

Best wishes,
Shriram Krishnamurthi and Thomas Zeume

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Zeume
Logic and formal verification

Faculty of Computer Science
Ruhr University Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum

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[DMANET] NEU: Festschrift and Workshop in Honor of David Basin (Deadline: 21st May 2026)

Dear Fellow Researchers!

Our dear colleague and friend David Basin is turning 65 in December 2026 and this has to be celebrated! We therefore organize a Festschrift and a Fest to celebrate his birthday and his extensive research contributions!

The Fest/celebration itself will be held as a one-day event on the 15th of January 2027 at ETH Zürich. We have already checked that David is available. You do not have to keep it a secret - on the contrary, it is great if you share this message with anybody who might like to contribute!

We hereby cordially invite you to contribute an article to the Festschrift and present it at the Fest. We welcome contributions in all areas close to David's research and interests, including but not limited to security, privacy, formal methods, logic, automated reasoning, model checking, theorem proving, software engineering, bridge, juggling, biking and more. The articles will be lightly reviewed by the Festschrift committee, and the proceedings will be published by Springer Heidelberg in the LNCS series. David will of course love to receive a research article from you, but also short personal articles that celebrate the history and friendship with David will be very much appreciated.

We would like to set a deadline for submissions at the 21st of May 2026 via our submission site <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=feschi2027>. Articles should be formatted in Springer's LNCS style and not exceed 5 pages for personal articles and 16 pages for scientific articles. If you have a work that you would like to contribute that does not fit into this page limit, it might be possible, but please reach out to us first.

There will be no participation fee for the Fest and coffee breaks, lunch, and dinner will be included. Travel and accommodation costs are at the expense of the participants. We are happy to provide hotel suggestions for Zürich.

Submission Information:

* Format: 16 pages in LNCS format, templates available at:
<https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines>
* Submission:
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=feschi2027>
* Website (under construction) with updates and further information:
<https://feschi2027.github.io/>
* Timeline:
* Submission: 21 May 2026
* Notification: end of June 2026 (to be confirmed)
* Camera Ready Copy: early September 2026 (to be confirmed)


Please let us know if you have any questions!

Best wishes
Achim D. Brucker (University of Exeter)
Sebastian Mödersheim (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet)
Christoph Sprenger (ETH Zürich)
Luca Viganò (King's College London)


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[DMANET] Final submission deadline: 16th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2026)

Please, accept our apologies in case of multiple copies of this CFP.


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The 16th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed
Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2026)
https://sites.google.com/view/ieeepdco/home

held in conjunction with
the 40th IEEE International
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2026)
May 25 - 29, 2026
New Orleans, USA
http://www.ipdps.org/

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Scope:
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The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed combinatorics for difficult optimization problems, ranging from theoretical to applied problems. The latter include for instance 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting stock problems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear optimization problems, global optimization, planning problems and scheduling problems.

Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for solving difficult optimization problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming problems, nature-inspired techniques and hybrid methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. We solicit submissions of original manuscripts on sparse matrix computations and related topics (including graph algorithms); and related methods and tools for their efficiency on different parallel systems. Applications combining parallel and distributed combinatorics and optimization techniques as well as theoretical issues (convergence study, complexity, etc.) are welcome.
Application domains of interest include (but are not limited to) cloud computing, machine learning, planning, robotics, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and computational biology.


Topics:
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Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming.
Exact methods, heuristics.
Parallel algorithms for combinatorial optimization.
Graph computing, combinatorial pattern matching.
Parallel metaheuristics.
Parallel and distributed computational intelligence methods, e.g. evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, ant colonies, cellular automata, DNA and molecular computing) for problem solving environments.
Parallel and distributed metaheuristics for optimization (algorithms, technologies and tools).
Applications combining traditional parallel and distributed computing and optimization techniques as well as theoretical issues (convergence, complexity).
Distributed optimization algorithms.
GPU computing and optimization.
Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing.
Hybrid computing and the solution of optimization problems.
Peer-to peer computing and optimization problems.
Quantum optimization.
Applications: cloud computing, machine learning, planning, manufacturing, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and computational biology.


Steering Committee:
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Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Didier El Baz, Harbin Engineering University, People's Republic of China
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, INRIA, CNRS, France
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia


General Chairs:
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Grégoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Didier El Baz, Harbin Engineering University, People's Republic of China


Program Chairs:
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Vincent Boyer, University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain


Publicity Chairs:
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Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
Andrey Tchernik, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada


Program Committee:
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C. Agrali, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China

J. J. Durillo, Leibniz Supercomputer Center, Munich, Germany

S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan

M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
J.L. Jimenez-Laredo, University of Granada, Spain

K. Li, State University of New York, USA
D. Lin, Harbin Engineering University, People's Republic of China
G. Maudet, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

N. Melab, University of Lille, France

M. Menai, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
M. Mezmaz, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
J. Musial, PoznaƄ University of Technology, Poland

A. Nakib, University Paris 12, France

S. Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

S. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece

C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

B. Plazolles, GET, France
T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France

M. Seredynski, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
G. Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
G. Spezzano, University of Calabria, Italy

D.H. Stolfi, LIST, Luxembourg

A. Tchernykh, CICESE Research Center, Mexico

S. Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
F. Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain

R. Yadav, Harbin Engineering University, People's Republic of China
L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada


Submission :
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Papers in the Proceedings of the workshops will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library after the conference.
Prospective authors should submit their papers through the Workshop PDCO 2026 submission link:
https://sites.google.com/view/ieeepdco/submissions
(in order to submit a paper, please choose PDCO Workshop)

Abstract and paper can be uploaded until February 7, 2026. Authors should preferably follow the manuscript specifications of IEEE IPDPS, i.e. submitted manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables and references. Style templates are available on IPDPS website<http://www.ipdps.org/>.


Important Dates:
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- Extended submission deadline: February 7, 2026;
- Author notification: February 23, 2026;
- Camera-Ready papers due: March 6, 2026;
- Workshop: May 25, 2026.


Contact:
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For any question regarding PDCO 2026 Workshop, please contact PDCO Workshop organizers:
Grégoire Danoy: gregoire.danoy@uni.lu
Didier El Baz: elbaz@laas.fr

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[DMANET] [CFP] Deadline Extended: January 31, 2026 – The 4th International Workshop on TwinNetApp in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2026 | Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Call for Papers

The Fourth International Workshop on Data Driven and AI-Enabled

Digital Twin Networks and Applications (TwinNetApp)

in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2026

May 24-28, 2026 – Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Workshop Website: https://icc26-twinnetapp.bcrg.uk/

Conference Website: https://icc2026.ieee-icc.org/

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Digital Twin (DT) technology has emerged as a critical enabler for
next-generation communication networks. Regarding this, DTs provide
real-time synchronization between physical and digital systems and support
advanced monitoring, emulation, and optimization capabilities. By bridging
the physical and virtual domains, DTs provide novel approaches to design,
analyze, and operate complex infrastructures that go far beyond traditional
simulation methods. Real-time network monitoring, predictive modelling,
proactive management, and what-if simulation are significant examples that
highlight DT's potential in the communication domain and beyond. When
combined with next-generation mobile communications (5G/6G), Artificial
Intelligence (AI), Generative AI (GenAI), Internet of Things (IoT),
Transfer Learning (TL), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR),
Edge/Fog Computing, federated architectures, and microservice-based
platforms, DT becomes a foundation to guarantee latency-sensitive,
energy-efficient, and secure services. These synergies create opportunities
for sustainable and scalable solutions in diverse sectors, from smart
cities and agriculture to healthcare, manufacturing, and autonomous
systems. This workshop invites original contributions that address all
aspects of DT networks, systems, and applications, including theoretical
models, system architectures, optimization methods, security mechanisms,
and real-world testbeds. By bringing together academia, industry, and
standardization bodies, the workshop aims to establish a cross-disciplinary
forum to explore the transformative role of DT in shaping sustainable,
intelligent, and connected communication infrastructures. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:

• Data-driven and IoT-based DT networks for real-time communication
systems

• Real-time communication protocols for DT networks

• DT-enabled health applications

• Wireless communications for cyber-physical DT applications

• Security and privacy concepts in DT

• Quantum-enabled DT networks

• DT-assisted AI applications for smart cities

• Communication protocols for enabling DT deployment in real-world
applications

• AI applications of DT systems

• DT in Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing

• DT for enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive Machine Type
Communications (mMTC), and Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications
(URLLC) applications

• DT for resource management and network optimization

• Connected DT networking systems for environmental sensing

• DT for precision agriculture, and industry 4.0 applications

• Real-world DT simulations, prototypes, and testbed demonstrations

General Chairs

• Kubra Duran, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (K.Duran@napier.ac.uk)
(IEEE Member)

• Berk Canberk, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (B.Canberk@napier.ac.uk)
(IEEE Senior Member)

• Octavia Dobre, Memorial University, Canada (odobre@mun.ca) (IEEE
Fellow)

Important Dates

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Paper Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026

Notification of Acceptance: March 8, 2026

Camera Ready: March 22, 2026

Submission

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The page length limit for all initial submissions for review is SIX (6)
printed pages (10-point font) and must be written in English. Initial
submissions longer than SIX (6) pages will be rejected without review.

Submission Link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=34796

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[DMANET] FoIKS-2026 Call for Participation

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Call for Participation
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14th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge
Systems (FoIKS 2026)
📅 March 23–26, 2026 | Hannover, Germany
🌐 https://foiks2026.github.io

We cordially invite you to participate in FoIKS 2026, the 14th
International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge
Systems, which takes place from March 23 to 26, 2026, in Hannover, Germany.
FoIKS provides a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in
the formal foundations, design, and analysis of information and
knowledge systems. The symposium fosters cross-disciplinary dialogue and
collaboration spanning areas such as databases, logic, knowledge
representation, and computational complexity.

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Registration
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    • Early registration deadline: February 15, 2026
    • Late registration deadline: March 08, 2026
    • Conference dates: March 23–26, 2026

The on-site registration (upon arrival) will not be possible.

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Program and Keynotes
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The list of accepted papers and keynote speakers is now available
online. The full conference program will be published on our website
soon. We are excited to announce the following  keynotes for FoIKS 2026:
- Giuseppe De Giacomo (University of Oxford)
        * Keynote Title: Reactive Program Synthesis in AI
- Floris Geerts (University of Antwerp)
        * Keynote Title: Relational Neural Networks
- Wolfgang Nejdl (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
        * Keynote Title: Reasoning for LLM-based Agents
- Ana Ozaki (University of Oslo)
        * Keynote Title: Semiring Provenance for Ontology-based data access

👉 https://foiks2026.github.io/program.html

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For any further information or inquiries, please contact us at:
📧 foiks26-thi@listserv.uni-hannover.de

We look forward to welcoming you to Hannover for FoIKS 2026!

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[DMANET] [PhD/Postdoc] Universal Phenomena in Analytic Combinatorics (UNPAC) - TU Wien, Austria

Dear all,

(Apologies for any cross-posting.)

One PhD and one Postdoc position are available at the TU Wien (Vienna,
Austria), starting in Autumn 2026.

Application Deadline: April 30, 2026
Project Website: https://dmg.tuwien.ac.at/mwallner/unpac/

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Project Description
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These positions are part of the FWF-funded ASTRA project "Universal
Phenomena in Analytic Combinatorics" (UNPAC). The project bridges
Analytic, Probabilistic, and Combinatorial approaches to discrete
mathematics. It aims to uncover and utilize universal and unconventional
asymptotic phenomena of large discrete structures appearing in
combinatorics, computer science, and biology.

We are looking for candidates interested in working on one or more of
the following aspects of lattice paths, graph structures, or bivariate
recurrences:
*) Analytic: Asymptotics of lattice paths in one and higher dimensions,
bivariate recurrences, generating functions, and unconventional
asymptotics (e.g., stretched exponentials).
*) Probabilistic: Limit laws, phase transitions, and random structures.
*) Combinatorial: Bijections, graph structures, and modeling
applications ranging from phylogenetic networks (biology) to protocol
encapsulation (computer science).

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The Offer
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*) Environment: A strong and active research group in Discrete
Mathematics at TU Wien.
*) Salary: Fully funded positions based on the standard FWF personnel
costs (competitive salary, health insurance, and social benefits included).
*) Location: Vienna is consistently ranked as one of the most livable
cities in the world.

For the complete call documents and application requirements, please
visit: https://dmg.tuwien.ac.at/mwallner/unpac/

I would be most grateful if you could forward this message to interested
candidates.

Best wishes,
Michael Wallner
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[DMANET] Call for Nominations for the Richard Rado Prize 2026

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Call for Nominations for the Richard Rado Prize 2026
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The Discrete Mathematics Section of the German Mathematical Society is awarding a prize for outstanding dissertations in discrete mathematics for the 15th time. The nomination deadline is March 22, 2026 (see below).

The announcement of the prize winner and the award ceremony will take place during the Discrete Mathematics Symposium 2026, which will be held in Vienna on October 9 and 10, 2026. The prize winner will be invited to this symposium to present their dissertation in a lecture.

The decision regarding the award rests with a renowned international mathematician. Nominations may only be submitted by the dissertation supervisor; self-nominations are not permitted. Nominations are open to individuals who received their doctorate in Germany, Austria, or German-speaking Switzerland, or who hold such nationality, and whose dissertation on a topic in discrete mathematics was completed between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025. A copy of the dissertation and a report (in English) from the supervisor must be included with the nomination. If the dissertation was written in German, please also include an English abstract.

Nominations and letters of recommendation must be submitted by March 22, 2026, to one of the board members of the Discrete Mathematics Division, preferably as PDF files:

Prof. Dr. Ilse Fischer (Section Chair)
University of Vienna
Faculty of Mathematics
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1
A-1090 Vienna
ilse.fischer@univie.ac.at

Prof. Dr. Michael Joswig
Technical University of Berlin
Institute of Mathematics
Straße des 17. Juni 136
D-10623 Berlin
joswig@math.tu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Britta Peis
RWTH Aachen University
Faculty of Business and Economics
Kackertstr. 7
D-52072 Aachen
peis@oms.rwth-aachen.de

Prof. Dr. Anusch Taraz
Hamburg University of Technology
Institute of Mathematics (E-10)
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3, Building E
D-21073 Hamburg
taraz@tuhh.de
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[DMANET] PhD Position in Distributed Computing at Paris-Saclay University

Dear all,

We are inviting applications for a fully-funded PhD position (3 years) in
the Parallel and Distributed Systems group at LISN – CNRS & Paris-Saclay
University. The topic is distributed dynamic graph algorithms, interpreted
broadly, and we welcome applicants with interest in distributed computing,
graph algorithms, or related areas. The position is funded by ANR project
DIDYA, led by Ami Paz.

Submission deadline: March 3, 2026, or until the position is filled
For details and application, see:
https://sites.google.com/view/amipaz/phd-positions

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[DMANET] GD 2026 – Call for Papers – Deadline 6 May

Note that all dates are roughly one month earlier than usual!


Call for Papers: The 34th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2026)
August 17-21, 2026, St. Catharines, Canada
https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/
Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering.
The International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization has been the main annual conference in this area for more than 30 years. Its focus is on combinatorial and algorithmic aspects of graph drawing, their experimental evaluation, as well as the design of network visualization systems and interfaces. Researchers and practitioners working on any aspects of graph drawing and network visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to participate in the symposium as well as the graph drawing contest.
GD 2026 will be held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, from August 17-21, 2026. A PhD school will take place August 17-18, 2026, followed by a reception on the evening of August 18. GD 2026 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend, we allow for a limited number of remote presentations, as further explained below.

Important dates
Abstract Deadline:
Wed May 6, 2026 (AoE)
Paper (long and short) Deadline:
Wed May 13, 2026 (AoE)
Paper (long and short) Notification:
Wed June 24, 2026 (AoE)
Poster Deadline:
Wed July 8, 2026 (AoE)
Poster Notification:
Wed July 22, 2026 (AoE)
Camera-ready Version (papers and posters):
Wed July 29, 2026 (AoE)
Contest Deadline:
Wed August 5, 2026 (AoE)
PhD School:
Mon August 17 – Tue August 18, 2026
Symposium:
Wed August 19 – Fri August 21, 2026

Tracks
We invite authors to submit work describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization. To promote a balanced coverage of the field, GD has two distinct tracks, and contributions submitted to one track will not compete with contributions submitted to the other track.
Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects
This track is mainly devoted to fundamental theoretical graph drawing advances, such as combinatorial and algorithmic aspects. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to):

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Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms
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Geometric and topological graph theory
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Computational topology of graphs on surfaces
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Graph representations
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Geometric advances and computing in graph drawing
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Combinatorics and optimization in graph drawing

Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects
This track is mainly devoted to conceptual and applied aspects of network visualization in the scope of graph drawing, such as experimental evaluations of graph drawing and network visualization related algorithms, the development and/or evaluation of related libraries and tools, or systems and interfaces in different application areas. We aim at covering a diverse set of topics, which for this track includes (but is not limited to):

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Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization approaches
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Interfaces, methods, and high-quality tools for interacting with graphs and networks
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Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing and network visualization
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Cognitive studies on network visualization aesthetics and user interaction
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Visualization of networks in real-world applications
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Machine learning methods in graph drawing and network visualization
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Graph drawing & network visualization for AI explainability and trustworthiness

Contribution Types
Perpendicular to the tracks, GD supports three contribution types, as well as a contest.
Long Papers
The standard contribution type is a long paper that describes relevant and original research in full detail. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a standard time slot for presentation during the conference.
Short Papers
In addition to long papers, there will be a separate category for short papers. Here, we welcome smaller and less extensive contributions on relevant topics. Accepted papers in this category will be assigned a shorter time for presentation during the conference.
Short papers undergo the same competitive selection process as long papers.
Posters
Finally, we also solicit poster submissions. Accepted posters will be presented in the poster session, and will provide a forum for the communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear elsewhere) to the GD community.
Contest
The traditional Graph Drawing Contest is held before and during the conference. Details are provided at the website<https://mozart.diei.unipg.it/gdcontest/2025/>. Winning submissions will be invited by the contest committee to submit a contest contribution, which will appear in the proceedings.

Submission Format
The proceedings will be published in the open-access LIPIcs<https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics> series. To facilitate the process, submissions have to be prepared in accordance with the LIPIcs author instructions<https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author>. The page provides links to the LIPIcs class file along with an example and detailed author instructions. For the submission, the use of the LaTeX class file gd-lipics-v2.cls<https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2026/assets/template/gd-lipics-v2.cls> is requested. The class file is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class and implements line counting, see CG-linecount.pdf<https://www.computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf> for details. Submissions must not exceed the following limits:

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500 lines for long papers,
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250 lines for short papers,
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80 lines for poster abstracts,
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100 lines for contest contributions (by invitation only).

The above limits do not include front matter (title, authors, affiliations, classification, etc.), acknowledgements, references, or appendices. The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should avoid substantial amounts of text in unnumbered lines.
Accepted papers will have additional space to facilitate incorporating reviewer comments.
The claims of long and short papers should be fully substantiated. If this information does not fit within the line limit, the authors should include it in a clearly marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the reviewers may read at their own discretion. For poster submissions, no appendix is expected.
We also encourage authors to avoid "et al." in citations in favor of an equal mention of the surnames of all authors. For references with few authors, it is recommended to name all of them; if the number of authors is large, consider writing "(It is shown that) X [#]" or "The authors in [#] show that X" instead of "A et al. [#] show that X".
Submission Process
Papers should be submitted electronically via Easychair<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gd2025>.
Authors of posters should prepare an abstract that must be submitted together with the poster itself. Each submission will thus consist of two pdf files (the abstract and the poster).
Selected papers from Track 1 and Track 2 will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA). The authors of two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended and enhanced version of their work to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). A special TVCG papers session at the Graph Drawing conference will also feature regular TVCG papers. Further details can be found at https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tvcg/tvcg-partners-with-conferences

Policies
GD implements a number of policies.

AI policy

Authors are not prohibited from using generative AI (GAI), but are required to be transparent about its use and are responsible for complying with all relevant policies.
PC members are prohibited from using GAI during the review process, because submitted manuscripts are confidential and may not be shared with AI platforms.

The full AI policy can be found at http://graphdrawing.org/ai.html<http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>

User Study Ethics policy
If a paper makes use of data from human subjects, the collection and use of such data should have been conducted carefully and should adhere to ethical standards for responsible research practice, as well as data protection regulations.
The full ethics policy can be found at http://graphdrawing.org/userstudies.html<http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html>
Code of conduct
GD is dedicated to providing an environment that is free from harassment, bullying, discrimination, and retaliation for all participants, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices.

The full code of conduct can be found at http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html

MISC TOPICS
Lightweight Double-Blind Review Process
The review process of long and short papers will be handled in a lightweight double-blind mode. This means that authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the submitted paper, but are free to disseminate draft versions of the paper prior to the conference and to give talks on the topic as they normally would. In particular, the submitted paper should not contain the authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses. References to their own related work are allowed, as long as the supporting text maintains anonymity (e.g., using sentences in the third person). Members of the Program Committee will not have the identity of the authors of any paper revealed to them during the entire review process. To handle conflicts of interest effectively, authors will be required to declare conflicts of interest with PC members when they submit their paper.
Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a single-blind mode. In particular, the submitted abstract should contain the authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses.
Awards
For each of the two tracks, the Program Committee of GD 2026 will bestow a Best Paper Award. In addition, to recognize the effort of participants to present their work and to prepare their posters in a clear and elegant way, there will be a Best Presentation Award and a Best Poster Award voted on by the GD 2026 attendees. Finally, there will be awards for the best submissions in the Graph Drawing Contest, decided independently by the Contest Committee.

Remote Presentation
GD 2026 is an in-person meeting. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their results at the conference. For people who for legitimate reasons cannot participate in person we offer the possibility for remote presentation. To this end, authors may indicate their preference for a remote presentation at the time of submitting their article. Such papers are evaluated and selected by the program committee by applying the same high standards as for the other papers. There is a limit of at most four remote presentations. In case of more requests, decisions may depend on the validity of the reasons mentioned. In all cases, an author of each remote presentation has to register for the conference.
Rules for Submission
Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for publication) in another conference proceedings or journal, as well as simultaneous submissions of results to other conferences with published proceedings or journals are not permitted, except for poster submissions. With the exception of remote presentations, each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author, otherwise the paper can be excluded from publication in the proceedings.

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[DMANET] Computability in Europe (CiE) 2026: Last Call for Papers

Computability in Europe (CiE) is a conference series interfacing
informatics and mathematics. For more information on this conference
series, look here [1]. The 21st edition of CiE will take place at Trier
University, July 27.-31., 2026. CiE 2026 will be chaired by Henning
Fernau and Vasco Brattka (Munich).

What to put into your calendar:

* Abstract deadline: January 29th, 2026, submissions are possible via
Easychair [2].
* Full Paper deadline: February 3rd, 2026. We expect submissions up to
15 pages in LNCS format, including "everything" apart from a possible
appendix (read at the discretion of the PC); alternatively, include a
link to an ArXiv version.
* Notification: April 27th, 2026
* Deadline for final papers: May 4th, 2026
* Deadline for submission of informal presentations (not to appear in
the proceedings): May 15th, 2026
* Notification on informal presentations: June 1st, 2026

CiE 2026 will be colocated with other conferences and workshops:

* MCU 2026 [3]: Machines, Computability, Universality,
* CCA 2026 [4]: Computability and Complexity in Analysis,
* GSW 2026: [5] Grammar Systems Workshop

Special Sessions of CiE 2026: (Organizers in parentheses)

* Learning Theory Meets Computability Theory (Cameron Freer & Sandra
Zilles)
* Groups and Computability (Laura Ciobanu & André Nies)
* At the Borderline of Universality (Erzsebet Csuhaj-Várju & Serghei
Verlan)
* Natural Computation and Bioinformatics (Karel Brinda & Giuditta
Franco)
* Quantum Computing and Information (Mika Hirvensalo)
* HaPoC: History and Philosophy of Computation (Hajo Greif)

Confirmed Invited Speakers (more names will be added soon):

* Olivier Bournez (Paris, France) [Tutorial Speaker]
* Georg Zetzsche (Kaiserslautern, Germany) [Tutorial Speaker]
* Albert Atserias (Barcelona, Spain)
* Johanna Franklin (Hempstead, NY, USA)
* Mathieu Hoyrup (Nancy, France)
* Luca San Mauro (Bari, Italy)
* Francesca Zaffora Blando (Pittsburgh, USA)

Program Committee of CiE 2026:

* Nate Ackerman, Harvard University, USA
* Verónica Becher, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Paola Bonizzoni,Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
* Olivier Bournez, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Ècole
Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
* Vasco Brattka (PC co-chair), Universität der Bundeswehr Munich,
Germany
* Rod Downey, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
* Damir D. Dzhafarov, University of Connecticut, USA
* Henning Fernau (PC co-chair), Trier University, Germany
* Gilda Ferreira, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
* Lorenzo Galeotti (SC chair), University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
* Daniel Graça, University of Algarve, Portugal
* Gabriel Istrate, University of Bucharest, Romania
* Jarkko Kari, University of Turku, Finland
* Lila Kari, University of Waterloo, Canada
* Akitoshi Kawamura,Kyoto University, Japan
* Takayuki Kihara, Nagoya University, Japan
* Florin Manea, University of Göttingen, Germany
* Alberto Marcone, Università di Udine, Italy
* Elvira Mayordomo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
* Wolfgang Merkle, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
* Cécilia Pradic, Swansea University, UK
* Giuseppe Primero, University of Milan, Italy
* Paul Shafer, University of Leeds, UK
* Tomasz Steifer, Polish Academy of Sciences
* Frank Stephan, National University of Singapore
* Manlio Valenti, Swansea University, UK
* Serghei Verlan, University Paris Est Créteil, LACL, France
* Andreas Weiermann, Ghent University, Belgium
* Tomoyuki Yamakami, Fukui University, Japan

List of Topics of CiE 2026 (non-exclusive):

* Algorithmic Information Theory
* Algorithmic Learning Theory
* Algorithmic Measure Theory
* Algorithmic Randomness
* Analog Computation Models
* Automata Theory
* Biocomputing
* Category Theory
* Complexity Theory
* Complex Systems
* Computability
* Computable Analysis
* Computational Biology
* Decidability
* Descriptive Set Theory
* Formal Languages
* History of Computing
* Mathematical Logic
* Natural Computing
* Philosophy of Computation
* Proof Theory
* Quantum Computation
* Recursion Theory
* Reverse Mathematics

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[1] https://www.acie.eu/cie-conference-series/
[2] https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=cie2026
[3] http://www.mcu-2026.uni-trier.de
[4] https://cca-net.de/cca2026/
[5]
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

Re: [DMANET] EURO Support for NATCOR Bursaries. Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026.

Apologies for cross-posting.

https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1568/natcor-bursaries

NATCOR (http://www.natcor.ac.uk/), a National Taught Course Centre in
Operational Research, delivers taught courses to PhD students, from across
Europe, on a number of different topics in OR.

EURO is advertising a competition for bursaries for courses run in 2026.

*BRAND NEW* Optimization Under Uncertainty. The University of Edinburgh 15
- 19 June 2026
Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). University of Portsmouth 9-7
September 2026
System Dynamics. Online, via Teams Commencing 6 July 2026
Heuristic Optimisation and Learning. University of Nottingham 13-17 April
2026
Convex Optimizaton. The University of Edinburgh 8 - 12 June 2026

The NATCOR course fees and on-site accommodation (if applicable) will be
funded by EURO for successful candidates. Typically, accommodation for any
residential courses will be four nights bed and breakfast. If additional or
alternative accommodation is required, candidates will need to arrange and
pay for this. Also any extra costs incurred will need to be settled
personally. Please also be reminded that successful candidates requiring
visas will need to apply for these in good time. Also please note the
recent changes to travel requirements for European nationals visiting the
United Kingdom. Eligible Europeans will need an ETA to travel from 2 April
2025. Further guidelines can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta

Eligibility

Applicants must be PhD students, from one of the EURO member countries or
studying in one of the EURO member countries (see
https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1457/current-member-societies). UK
applicants may also be eligible for one of the NATCOR bursaries (see
https://www.natcor.ac.uk/bursaries/). Applicants must have good English
Language skills as all NATCOR courses will be in English. Preference will
be given to students in their first or second years but all are welcome to
apply. Preference will also be given to applicants who have not previously
received support from EURO for NATCOR or other PhD schools.

Application

To apply for a bursary, candidates from a EURO member society country, or
studying in a EURO member society country, should submit a zip file
containing the application form (downloadable from the web page), their
curriculum vitae (including their academic track record), and a letter of
recommendation from their supervisor. Applicants should declare if they are
receiving any additional support from their PhD funding body or other
sponsor.

Current Call - Important Dates

Submit documents (see above) to
https://www.euro-online.org/awards/natcor2026/registration.php.

Deadline for applications: January 31, 2026

Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2026


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[DMANET] Two PhD positions on COMSOC and Digital Democracy in Toulouse, France

Two PhD positions are open to work on the ERC Synergy project "Advancing
Digital Democratic Innovation <https://advancingdemocracy.eu/>" (ADDI) at
the University Toulouse Capitole, in Toulouse, France, under the direction
of Professor Umberto Grandi.

ADDI, a project funded by the European Union, has the objective of studying
digitally augmented forms of civic participation through three core
objectives: designing technologies and procedures for citizen deliberation
and participation; experimentally testing the impact of technology in
deliberative and participatory forums; and understanding the preferences
expressed in digitally augmented forms of civic participation.

The research group led by Umberto Grandi will focus on research in
computational social choice both on theoretical algorithmic research and on
the development and implementation of digital and AI techniques in
democratic applications.

*Candidate profile.*
We look for candidates with a Master in Computer Science, AI, or
Mathematics. Candidates should be strongly motivated towards research, and
have the curiosity and motivation to collaborate with researchers outside
computer science (in political science and economics). Candidates should
have good writing and presentation skills, and full proficiency in English
(French not required).

*Important Dates*.
*Starting date: September 2026
*Deadline for applications: 8 March 2026

A more *detailed job description *is included in the following link
https://advancingdemocracy.eu/2-phd-positions-in-computationalsocial-choice-and-digital-democracy/

For any inquiries feel free to contact Prof. Umberto Grandi at
umberto.grandi@ut-capitole.fr and Anna Gordillo Torras (Project Manager) at
anna.gordillo-torras@ut-capitole.fr.

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[DMANET] AIces 2026: early registration February 3

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1st INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON THE COGNITIVE, ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AIces 2026

Porto – Maia, Portugal

March 30 – April 2, 2026

https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/

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Co-organized by:

University of Maia

Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA
Luxembourg/London

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Early registration: February 3, 2026

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SCOPE:

AIces 2026 will be the first in a series of research training events aiming at updating participants on the most recent multidisciplinary discussions about the foundations, meaning, challenges and risks of AI.

The event will have a global scope along 3 thematic lines: cognition, ethics, and society. It will cover current debates about: AI and philosophy of mind; cognitive architectures; machine learning and cognitive development; large language models and visual information; robotics and embodied cognition; neuroscience-inspired AI; algorithmic bias and fairness; transparency and explainability; accountability and responsibility; privacy and surveillance; autonomy and control; AI impact on human values and social inequalities; the future of work and automation; governance, regulation and public policies; AI, human rights and democracy; AI and global development; information and AI education.

The event will consist of 10 courses, 2 keynote lectures, 3 symposia collecting short contributions from participants, and 2 individual presentations on debated topics. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Face to face interaction and networking will be main ingredients of the event. It will be also possible to fully participate in vivo remotely.

ADDRESSED TO:

Graduate students, postgraduate students and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees, so people less or more advanced in their career will be welcome as well.

Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses.

Overall, AIces 2026 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen to and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators.

VENUE:

AIces 2026 will take place in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, recognized by UNESCO in 1996 as a World Heritage Site. The venue will be:

University of Maia
Avenida Carlos de Oliveira Campos - Castêlo da Maia
4475-690 Maia
Porto, Portugal

https://www.umaia.pt/en

STRUCTURE:

2 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another.

Full live online participation will be possible. The organizers highlight, however, the importance of face to face interaction and networking in this kind of research training event.

All lectures will be videorecorded. Participants will be able to watch them again for 45 days after the event.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

David Danks (University of Virginia), Trustworthy AI in an Untrustworthy World

Ming Lin (University of Maryland), Socially Responsible and Trustworthy AI

PROFESSORS AND COURSES:

Ricardo Baeza-Yates (KTH Royal Institute of Technology & Pompeu Fabra University), [introductory] Introduction to Responsible AI

Susan Brennan (Stony Brook University), [introductory/advanced] Where Are the Humans in Human-Centered AI?

Thomas Breuel (Nvidia Research), [introductory] Facts and Rules in LLMs

Carlos Castillo (Pompeu Fabra University), [introductory] Algorithmic Fairness in High-Risk AI Applications

Alan Dix (Cardiff Metropolitan University), [introductory] AI for Social Justice

Elia Formisano (Maastricht University), [introductory/intermediate] Auditory Cognition in Humans and Machines

Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology), [introductory/advanced] Data and AI Governance - From Control to Trust

Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), [intermediate] Computational Cognitive Models of Human-AI Teaming

Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University), [intermediate/advanced] Symbol Processing in Transformers and Other Neural Networks

Savannah Thais (City University of New York), [intermediate/advanced] Measurement for Safer AI

SYMPOSIA:

A symposium will collect 10-minute voluntary presentations on any of the 3 thematic areas of the event: cognition, ethics, and society.

A 1-page abstract containing the title, authors, and summary of the presentation must be sent to david@irdta.eu by February 28, 2026.

Only registered participants can contribute to symposia.

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS ON DEBATED TOPICS:

50-minute individual presentations will be scheduled for any of the 3 thematic areas of the school: cognition, ethics, and society.

A 2-page expression of interest including the topic to be debated must be sent to david@irdta.eu by December 30, 2025.

Only registered participants are eligible for individual presentations.

SPONSORS:

Companies/institutions/organizations willing to be sponsors of the event can download the sponsorship leaflet from

https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/sponsors/

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Samuel Anjos (Maia, social networks)
Osheen Jain (London, communications)
José Paulo Marques dos Santos (Maia, local chair)
Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, program chair)
Santiago Montes (Tarragona, webpage)
Sara Morales (Luxembourg)
José Luís Reis (Maia)
Luís Paulo Reis (Porto)
David Silva (London, organization chair)

REGISTRATION:

It has to be done at

https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/registration/

The selection of 6 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For logistical reasons, it will be helpful to have an estimation of the respective demand for each course.

Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration tool disabled when the capacity of the venue will have got exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event.

FEES:

Fees comprise access to all program activities and lunches.

There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline.

The fees for on site and for online participation are the same.

ACCOMMODATION:

Accommodation suggestions will be available in due time at

https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/accommodation/

CERTIFICATE:

A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of academic activities. This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university.

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

david@irdta.eu

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Universidade da Maia

Universidade do Porto

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA, Luxembourg/London
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Friday, January 23, 2026

[DMANET] DCFS 2026: Second Call for Papers (Aug. 9-11, Kingston, Canada)

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DCFS 2026: 27th International Conference on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 9-11, 2026
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DCFS 2026 will be held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on August 9-11, 2026. The conference is organized jointly by the School of Computing at Queen's University and by the IFIP Working Group 1.02 "Descriptional Complexity".

The conference will be co-located with CIAA 2026 (August 5-8, 2026).

The International Conference on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (DCFS) is an annual international working conference concerning the descriptional complexity of formal systems and structures (and its applications). The website of the conference series is:
https://www.informatik.uni-giessen.de/dcfs/

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions to DCFS must not exceed 12 pages (in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes style, excluding the bibliography). If the authors believe that more details are essential to substantiate the main claims, they may include a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the discretion of the program committee. However, if slightly longer submissions are deemed necessary, authors must contact the program committee chairs in advance for approval.

Simultaneous submissions of papers to any other conference with published proceedings or submitting previously published papers is not allowed. Only electronic submissions in the PDF format are accepted. Papers should be submitted electronically through the EasyChair system at this link:

https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=dcfs2026

The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

SPECIAL ISSUE

Extended versions of selected papers from the conference will be invited for consideration in a special issue of International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (IJFCS).

PRINCIPAL TOPICS

Submissions concerning the descriptional complexity of formal systems and structures (and its applications) are invited for DCFS 2026. Original papers are sought in all aspects of descriptional complexity. Topics include, but are not limited to:

- Automata, grammars, languages and other formal systems; various modes of operations and complexity measures.
- Succinctness of description of objects, state-explosion-like phenomena.
- Circuit complexity of Boolean functions and related measures.
- Size complexity of formal systems.
- Structural complexity of formal systems.
- Trade-offs between computational models and mode of operation.
- Applications of formal systems-- for instance in software and hardware testing, in dialogue systems, in systems modeling or in modeling natural languages-- and their complexity constraints.
- Co-operating formal systems.
- Size or structural complexity of formal systems for modeling natural languages.
- Complexity aspects related to the combinatorics of words.
- Descriptional complexity in resource-bounded or structure-bounded environments.
- Structural complexity as related to descriptional complexity.
- Frontiers between decidability and undecidability.
- Universality and reversibility.
- Nature-motivated (bio-inspired) architectures and unconventional models of computing.
- Blum Static (Kolmogorov/Chaitin) complexity, algorithmic information.

INVITED SPEAKERS

- Michael Blondin (Sherbrooke University, Canada)
- Sandra Zilles (University of Regina, Canada)
- [ More to come! ]

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

- Marie-Pierre Béal (Université Gustave Eiffel, France)
- Cezar Câmpeanu (University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, co-chair)
- Pamela Fleischmann (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany)
- Dora Giammarresi (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
- Yo-Sub Han (Yonsei University, South Korea)
- Markus Holzer (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany)
- Galina Jirásková (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)
- Stavros Konstantinidis (Saint Mary's University, Canada)
- Martin Kutrib (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany)
- Andreas Malcher (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany)
- Ian McQuillan (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Nelma Moreira (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
- Luca Prigioniero (Loughborough University, UK, co-chair)
- Rogério Reis (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
- Kai Salomaa (Queen's University, Canada)
- Shinnosuke Seki (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
- Taylor J. Smith (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, co-chair)
- Gyorgy Vaszil (Debreceni Egyetem, Hungary)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

- Salimur Choudhury (Queen's University, Canada, chair)

IMPORTANT DATES

- Paper submission deadline: March 13, 2026
- Author notification: April 17, 2026
- Camera-ready deadline: May 1, 2026
- Conference: August 9-11, 2026

CONTACT

- Email: dcfs2026@cs.queensu.ca<mailto:dcfs2026@cs.queensu.ca>
- Website: https://research.cs.queensu.ca/dcfs2026/

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St. Francis Xavier University

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[DMANET] CIAA 2026: Second Call for Papers (Aug. 5-8, Kingston, Canada)

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CIAA 2026: 30th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 5-8, 2026
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CIAA 2026 will be held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on August 5-8, 2026. The conference is organized by the School of Computing at Queen's University.

The conference will be co-located with DCFS 2026 (August 9-11, 2026).

The International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA) is an annual conference in the field of theoretical computer science. The website of the conference series is:
https://www.informatik.uni-giessen.de/ciaa/

The purpose of CIAA is to bring together members of the academic, research, and industrial community who have an interest in the theory, implementation, and application of automata and related structures. The conference concerns research on all aspects of implementation and application of automata and related structures, including theoretical aspects.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions to CIAA must not exceed 12 pages (in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes style, excluding the bibliography). If the authors believe that more details are essential to substantiate the main claims, they may include a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the discretion of the program committee. However, if slightly longer submissions are deemed necessary, authors must contact the program committee chairs in advance for approval.

Simultaneous submissions of papers to any other conference with published proceedings or submitting previously published papers is not allowed. Only electronic submissions in the PDF format are accepted. Papers should be submitted electronically through the EasyChair system at this link:

https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ciaa2026

The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

BEST PAPER AWARD

The Sheng Yu Award will be presented to the author(s) of the paper judged to be the best on the basis of the referee reports.

SPECIAL ISSUE

Extended versions of selected papers from the conference will be invited for consideration in a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science (TCS).

PRINCIPAL TOPICS

We solicit papers on all aspects of implementation and application of automata and related structures, including theoretical aspects, including but not limited to:

- Algorithms on automata
- Automata and logic
- Bioinformatics
- Complexity of automata operations
- Compilers
- Computer-aided verification
- Concurrency
- Data structure design for automata
- Data and image compression
- Design and architecture of automata software
- Digital libraries
- DNA/molecular/membrane computing
- Document engineering
- Editors, environments
- Experimental studies and practical experiences
- Industrial applications
- Natural language processing
- Networking
- New algorithms for manipulating automata
- Object-oriented modeling
- Pattern-matching
- Quantum computing
- Speech and speaker recognition
- Structured and semi-structured documents
- Symbolic manipulation environments for automata
- Teaching
- Text processing
- Techniques for graphical display of automata
- VLSI
- Viruses, related phenomena
- World-wide web

INVITED SPEAKERS

- Anthony Bonato (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)
- NataĆĄa Jonoska (University of South Florida, USA)
- Ian Mertz (Charles University, Czech Republic)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

- Frédérique Bassino (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France)
- Cezar Câmpeanu (University of Prince Edward Island, Canada)
- Pascal Caron (Université de Rouen, France)
- Giuseppa Castiglione (Università di Palermo, Italy)
- Szilárd Fazekas (Akita University, Japan)
- Yo-Sub Han (Yonsei University, South Korea)
- Markus Holzer (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany)
- Galina Jirásková (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)
- Jarkko Kari (Turun yliopisto, Finland)
- Stavros Konstantinidis (Saint Mary's University, Canada)
- Martin Kutrib (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany)
- Andreas Malcher (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany)
- Florin Manea (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany)
- Sabrina Mantaci (Università di Palermo, Italy)
- Brink van der Merwe (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
- Nelma Moreira (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
- Cyril Nicaud (Université Gustave Eiffel, France)
- Giovanni Pighizzini (Università di Milano, Italy)
- Luca Prigioniero (Loughborough University, UK)
- Rogério Reis (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
- Kai Salomaa (Queen's University, Canada)
- Shinnosuke Seki (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
- Taylor J. Smith (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, chair)
- Mikhail Volkov (Ural Federal University, Russia)
- Hsu-Chun Yen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

- Salimur Choudhury (Queen's University, Canada, chair)

IMPORTANT DATES

- Paper submission deadline: March 20, 2026
- Author notification: April 24, 2026
- Camera-ready deadline: May 8, 2026
- Conference: August 5-8, 2026

CONTACT

- Email: ciaa2026@cs.queensu.ca<mailto:ciaa2026@cs.queensu.ca>
- Website: https://research.cs.queensu.ca/ciaa2026/

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Assistant Professor
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St. Francis Xavier University

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