[DMANET] CFP IEEE iThings 2012, Besancon, France, September 11-14, 2012

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iThings 2011
The 2012 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things
Besançon, France, September 11-14, 2012
http://ieee-iot.org/

in conjunction with
CPSCom 2012: The IEEE International Conference on Cyber, Physical, and
Social Computing
GreenCom 2012: The IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and
Communications
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1.Introduction
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TThe Internet of Things (iThings) is a network of Internet-enabled
objects and internet-based services, which aims at increasing the
ubiquity of the Internet by integrating every object/service for
interaction and leads to the highly distributed network of devices
/services communicating with human beings as well as things. Combining
with the infrastructures of the every heterogeneous networks including
Internet and mobile networks, these objects can communicate with humans,
and enable peoples to enjoy their intelligent services anytime, anywhere.

The 2012 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things
(iThings'12) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for
researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present state-of-art
advances and innovations in theoretical foundations, systems,
infrastructure, tools, testbeds, and applications for the Internet of
Things, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the
future. iThings'12 is the next edition of the successful series,
previously held as iThings'11 (Dalian, China), IOTS 2010 (Hangzhou,
China), MINES 2009 (Hangzhou, China), and MINES 2008 (Chengdu, China).

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2. Topics
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The scope of interest includes, but not limited to:

Track 1. Architecture and Infrastructure
Track 2. System Design, Modeling and Evaluation
Track 3. Intelligent Data Processing and Ubiquitous Computing
Track 4. Networks and Communications
Track 5. Scalable distributed sensing and control
Track 6. Reliability, Security, Privacy and Trust
Track 7. Internet of nanothings and nanonetworks
Track 8. Applications, Educations, Business and Social Issues

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3.Important Dates
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Workshop Proposal Deadline: Feb 27, 2012
Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: Jun 30, 2012
Camera-Ready Paper Due: Jul 15, 2012

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4.Submission Information
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Authors are invited to submit original papers that MUST NOT have been
submitted to or published in any other workshop, conference, or journal.
Full Papers (up to 10 pages) and Short Papers (up to 4 pages) are
solicited. Detailed submission instructions could be found on the
conference website http://ieee-iot.org. All papers will be reviewed by
the Program Committee for significance, originality, accuracy, and clarity.

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5.Publications
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Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, if the paper
is accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the conference to
present the work in order for the paper to be included in the IEEE
Digital Library. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of
iThings 2011 by IEEE Computer Society (EI indexed). Extended versions of
selected papers will be considered for publication in several SCI-index
international journals (check the website for details)

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7.Organizing Committee
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Honorary chairs
Stephen Yau, Arizona State University, US
Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain

General Chairs
Julien Bourgeois, University of Franche-Comté, France
Josep Solé Pareta, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

Program Chairs
Igor Kotenko, SPIIRAS, Russia
Huansheng Ning, Beihang University, China
Françoise Sailhan, CNAM, France

Program Vice-Chairs
Cosimo Anglano, U. del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, WIT, Ireland
Albert Cabellos-Aparicio, Univ. Poli. de Catalunya, Spain
Eugen Dedu, University of Franche-Comté, France
Lu Liu, University of Derby, UK
Etienne Rivière, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Nathalie Mitton, INRIA, France
Zheng Yan, XiDian Univ., China / Aalto Univ., Finland

Demo/Exhibition Chair
Benoit Piranda, University of Franche-Comté, France

Publicity Chair
Ruijun He, CRC Press and Taylor & Francis, China

Advisory chair
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, US

Workshop Chairs
Didier El Baz, LAAS/CNRS, France
Hakim Mabed, University of Franche-Comté, France

Steering Chairs
Zhikui Chen, Dalian University of Technology, China
Jianhua Ma (chair), Hosei University, Japan
Feng Xia, Dalian University of Technology, China
Laurence T. Yang (chair), St Francis Xavier University, Canada

Financial Chair
Dominique Dhoutaut, Univ. of Franche-Comté, France

Program Committee
See iThings 2012 website: http://ieee-iot.org

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[DMANET] conference announcement: Baer colloquium in Magdeburg

Reinhold-Baer-Colloquium and Birthday-colloquium

On the occasion of Dieter Jungnickels 60th birthday, the next
Reinhold-Baer-colloquium will take place in Magdeburg
March 23./24. 2012. Speakers are

Simeon Ball
Klaus Metsch
Marco Buratti
Leo Storme

More information is available through

http://www.math.u-bordeaux1.fr/~enge/dj60,

information about the series of Baer-colloquiua is here:

http://www.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/fachbereich/Stroppel/Baer.html

Formal registration is not needed, but a short note whether you
will attend is welcome.

If you want to join the conference dinner, please let us know no later
than March 1st (for the dinner, registration is mandatory!).

We are looking forward to meeting you soon in Magdeburg.

Andreas Enge, Alexander Pott, Bernhard Schmidt

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Faculty of Mathematics
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Postfach 4120
39016 Magdeburg
Germany

phone (+49) 391 6718321
fax (+49) 391 6711213
mobile (+49) 177 2375622

alexander.pott@ovgu.de

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[DMANET] Final CfP Theory and Algorithms for Parallel Computation (Euro-Par 2012, Track 12)

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Call for Papers

Track 12: Theory and Algorithms for Parallel Computation
http://europar2012.cti.gr/topics/topic12

of

Euro-Par 2012,
18th International European Conference on
Parallel and Distributed Computing

http://europar2012.cti.gr/

August 27 - 31, Rhodes Island, Greece
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Scope of Track 12: Theory and Algorithms for Parallel Computation
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Parallelism permeates all levels of current computing systems, from
single CPU machines, to large server farms, to geographically dispersed
"volunteers" who collaborate over the Internet. The effective use of
parallelism depends crucially on the availability of faithful, yet
tractable, models of computation for algorithm design and analysis and
of efficient strategies for solving key computational problems on
prominent classes of computing platforms. No less important are good
models of the way the different components/subsystems of a platform are
interconnected. With the development of new genres of computing
platforms, such as multicore parallel machines, desktop grids, clouds,
and hybrid GPU/CPU-based systems, new models and paradigms are needed
that will allow parallel programming to advance into mainstream
computing.

High-quality, original, papers are solicited, which contribute new
results on foundational issues regarding parallelism in computing and/or
proposing improved approaches to the solution of specific algorithmic
problems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Foundations, Models, and Emerging paradigms for parallel, distributed,
multiprocessor and network computation
- Deterministic and randomized parallel algorithms
- Lower bounds for key computational problems
- Models and algorithms for parallelism in memory hierarchies
- Models and algorithms for real networks (scale-free, small world,
wireless networks)
- Theoretical aspects of routing

Important Dates
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Deadline for abstracts: January 31, 2012
Deadline for full papers: February 7, 2012
Decision notification: May 11, 2012
Camera-ready full papers: June 1, 2012
Conference: August 27-31, 2012

Topic Committee
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- Geppino Pucci, University of Padova, Italy (global chair)
- Christos Zaroliagis, CTI and University of Patras, Greece (local chair)
- Kieran Herley, University College Cork, Ireland (vice chair)
- Henning Meyerhenke, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (vice chair)

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[DMANET] Position of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor in Operations Research, VU University, Amsterdam.

Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, VU University Amsterdam, invites applications for the position of

Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor in Operations Research

For more information about the position, see

http://www.vu.nl/nl/werken-bij-de-vu/vacatures/2012/1.2012.00017.asp

or contact Prof. Dr. L. Stougie, (e-mail: l.stougie@vu.nl; phone: +31 20 59 89391). Applications should be received by February 15th, 2012.

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[DMANET] Computational Optimization

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Call for Papers

5th Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO 2012)
Wroclaw, Poland, September 9 - 12, 2012

organized in the framework of FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FedCSIS - 2012

http://www.fedcsis.org/

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We invite original contributions related with both theoretical and
practical aspects of optimization methods.
The list of topics includes, but is not limited to:

* unconstrained and constrained optimization
* combinatorial optimization
* global optimization
* multiobjective optimization
* optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments
* large scale optimization
* parallel and distributed approaches in optimization
* random search algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search and other
derivative free optimization methods
* nature inspired optimization methods (evolutionary algorithms, ant
colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, immune artificial
systems etc)
* hybrid optimization algorithms involving natural computing
techniques and other global and local optimization methods
*computational biology and optimization
* distance geometry and applications
* optimization methods for learning processes and data mining
* application of optimization methods on real life and industrial problems
* computational optimization methods in statistics, econometrics,
finance, physics, medicine, engineering etc

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Important dates:

22.04.2012 (April 22, 2012) – Full paper submission

17.06.2011 (June 17, 2012) – Notification of acceptance

8.07.2012 (July 8, 2012) – Camera-ready version of the accepted paper
and registration

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Submission and Publication

* Authors should submit draft papers as PDF.
* The total length of a paper should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE style).
IEEE style templates are available at http://www.fedcsis.org/.
* Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their
scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.
* Accepted and Presented paper will be published in the Conference
Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore database (pending) and
indexed in the DBLP.
* Extended versions of selected papers presented during the conference
will be published as Special Issue(s) of Studies of Computational
Intelligence of Springer.
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Organizing Committee

Stefka Fidanova, Bulgaria
Josef Tvrdik, Czech Republicc
Daniela Zaharie, Romania
Antonio Mucherino, France
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[DMANET] Call for PRIZE NOMINATION: Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing

--- Call for PRIZE nominations - Deadline February 28, 2012 ---

(Please note that the deadline for papers for the conference is
different; the prize will be given at the conference this year, in
Iceland!)

Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing

Awarded by the Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication
Complexity
(SIROCCO)

The Prize for Innovation In Distributed Computing was established
to recognize individuals whose research contributions expanded the
collective investigative horizon in SIROCCO's area of interest. That is,
they formulated new problems, or identified new research areas, that were
at the time of their introduction unorthodox and outside the mainstream,
but later attracted the interest of SIROCCO's community.

This community is interested in the relationships between information and
efficiency in decentralized computing. The prize recognizes originality,
innovation, and creativity -- the qualities that reflect the spirit of
the SIROCCO conference.

The prize is presented at the annual meeting of the SIROCCO conference,
but may not necessarily be awarded every year.

Eligibility

The following conditions must be met by the nominees to be eligible for
the prize.

(1) The original innovative contribution was introduced by the nominee(s)
for the first time in a publication at least five years before the
nomination deadline, and the publication must have appeared in a
conference proceedings or a scientific journal.

(2) At least one paper (co)authored by the nominee(s), either the
original paper, or a paper directly related to the innovative
contribution, must have appeared in SIROCCO proceedings.

Past SIROCCO papers and authors can be found at indexing sites, e.g.
Google Scholar or
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/sirocco/index.html.

Selection process

The prize winners are selected by the Award Committee composed of the
current Steering Committee (SC) Chair of the SIROCCO conference,
the PC chairs, including co-chairs, of the three SIROCCO conferences
immediately preceding the nominations deadline, plus one additional
member of the Advisory Board, selected by the Steering Committee for the
current year.

In 2012, the Award Committee consists of:
Shay Kutten (Technion)- chair
Evangelos Kranakis (Carleton)
Boaz Patt-Shamir (Tel Aviv University)
Alexander A. Shvartsman (University of Connecticut)
Masafumi Yamashita (Kyushu University)

A call for nomination is disseminated every year in the main mailing
lists of the Distributed Computing community, at least four months prior
to the date of that year's SIROCCO meeting.

Nominations can be made by any member of the scientific community. Each
nomination must identify the person(s) being nominated, and justify the
nomination by a short text including:

(a) a brief description of the innovative contribution in Distributed
Computing to be recognized by the award, and an explanation of its
originality and significance,

(b) the paper(s) of the nominee(s) that establish their eligibility as
described in the Eligibility section above items (1) and (2).

Nominations for 2012 should be sent to the Steering Committee chair of
SIROCCO: kutten@ie.technion.ac.il by February 28, 2012. Please write
SIROCCO Prize Nomination in the subject line.
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[DMANET] 2nd CfP SIROCCO 2012

SIROCCO 2012

19th International Colloquium on Structural Information and
Communication Complexity
June 30 - July 2, Reykjavík, Iceland

http://sites.google.com/site/sirocco2012iceland/

Important dates
Submission deadline: Monday, 27 February, 2012 (23:59 EDT)
Author notification: 31 March, 2012
Camera-ready submission: 21 April, 2012
Conference dates: 30 June - 2 July, 2012

Theme
SIROCCO is devoted to the study of communication and knowledge
in multi-processor systems from both the qualitative and quantitative
viewpoints. Special emphasis is given to innovative approaches and
fundamental understanding, in addition to efforts to optimize current
designs.

Conference
SIROCCO has a tradition of interesting and productive
scientific meetings in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, attracting
leading researchers in a variety of fields in which communication and
knowledge play a significant role. This year, SIROCCO is held in
Reykjavík, Iceland.

Scope
Original papers are solicited from all areas of study of local
structural knowledge and global communication and computational
complexities. Among the typical areas are distributed computing,
communication networks, game theory, parallel computing, social
networks, mobile computing (including autonomous robots), peer to peer
systems, communication complexity, fault tolerant graph theories, and
randomized/probabilistic issues in networks. Keeping up with the
tradition of SIROCCO, new areas are always welcome.

SIROCCO Award
The Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing is awarded annually
in the SIROCCO conference to recognize individuals whose research
contributions had a major impact on the understanding of the
relationships between information and efficiency in decentralized
computing. Only authors of papers that were published in SIROCCO are
eligible to receive the award. More details are available in the
SIROCCO 2012 web site.

Invited talks
To be announced.

Submission
Full papers are to be submitted electronically using the EasyChair server.
The link is https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=sirocco2012
Submission guidelines are available in the conference web page.

Authors are invited to submit their work in one of the three
acceptable formats: novel research contributions, position papers, and
surveys. Original research papers must contain results that have not
previously appeared and have not been concurrently submitted to a
journal or conference with published proceedings. In all cases, any
partial overlap with any published or concurrently submitted paper
must be clearly indicated.

Submissions are limited to 12 single-column pages on letter/A4-size
paper (using at least 11 point font, 1 inch margins, standard line
spacing). This includes figures, but excludes references and an
optional appendix (to be read at the program committee's discretion).

Publication
As in previous years, the proceedings of SIROCCO 2012 will be published by
Springer-Verlag as a volume of the LNCS series. Information for LNCS
Authors can found here.

Selected papers are planned to be invited to a special issue of the
journal Theoretical Computer Science.

Program Committee:
Dimitris Achlioptas, UCSC
James Aspnes, Yale U.
Nikhil Bansal, TU Eindhoven
Thomas Erlebach, Leicester U.
Guy Even, Tel-Aviv U. (co-chair)
Magnus M. Halldorsson, Reykjavik U. (co-chair)
Fabian Kuhn, USI
Stefano Leonardi, Sapienza U.
Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Osaka U.
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, U. Paderborn
Sriram V. Pemmaraju, U Iowa
Harald Raecke, TU Munich
Ignasi Sau, LIRMM
Thomas Sauerwald, MPI Informatik
Christian Schindelhauer, U. Freiburg
Hadas Shachnai, Technion
Christian Sohler, TU Dortmund
Subhash Suri, UCSB
Philippas Tsigas, Chalmers University of Technology
Shmuel Zaks, Technion

Steering Committee:
Ralf Klasing,CNRS and University of Bordeaux, France
Shay Kutten, Technion, Israel (Chair)
Boaz Patt-Shamir, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Alex Shvartsman, MIT and Univ. of Connecticut, USA
Masafumi Yamashita, Kyushu University, Japan

Local Arrangement Chair
Magnus M. Halldorsson, Reykjavik U., Iceland

Publicity Chair
Yvonne Anne Pignolet,  ABB Corporate Research
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[DMANET] Book announcement: "Optimization in computer engineering -- Theory and applications"

Book announcement: "Optimization in computer engineering -- Theory and
applications"

http://www.scirp.org/book/DetailedInforOfABook.aspx?bookID=486&bookTypeID=2

The aim of this book is to provide an overview of classic as well as
new research results on optimization problems and algorithms. Beside
the theoretical basis, the book contains a number of chapters
describing the application of the theory in practice, that is, reports
on successfully solving real-world engineering challenges by means of
optimization algorithms. These case studies are collected from a wide
range of application domains within computer engineering. The
diversity of the presented approaches offers a number of practical
tips and insights into the practical application of optimization
algorithms, highlighting real-world challenges and solutions.
Researchers, practitioners and graduate students will find the book
equally useful.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I - Theory
    Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Optimization Algorithms
    Chapter 3: Some Common Combinatorial Problems and Algorithms
    Chapter 4: Recent Advances in Typical-Case Complexity
    Chapter 5: Metric-Based Approximation Algorithms for Graph Cut Problems
Part II - Applications
    Chapter 6: Optimization Issues on the Motion Planning of
Kinematically Redundant Manipulators
    Chapter 7: Suboptimal Robot Team Coordination
    Chapter 8: Applying Graph Coloring to Frequency Assignment
    Chapter 9: Routing in the 3-Dimensional Grid
    Chapter 10: Total Variation Regularization in Maximum Likelihood Estimation
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[DMANET] Postdoc/PhD position in algebraic complexity theory, Saarland University

Postdoc/PhD position in algebraic complexity theory available at Saarland
University, Saarbrücken. Duration is for up to three years, salary is
TV-L E13
(about 1800 Euros net income for singles). Send applications
by email to Markus Bläser (mblaeser*at*cs.uni-saarland.de).
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[DMANET] PhD Position - Theoretical Analysis of Evolutionary Processes

PhD Studentship
School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham
Reference : SCI1102
Closing Date : 09 February 2012

Theoretical Analysis of Evolutionary Processes

Applications are invited for PhD studentships funded by the School of
Computer Science, University of Nottingham. Studentships are available
from October 2011 for a period of three and a half years and include
payment of fees at the UK/EU rate and a postgraduate stipend of
£13,590 in year one with increments in line with Research Council
Rates.

Evolutionary algorithms and other randomised search heuristics have
been successfully applied to various industrial optimisation
domains. However, the theoretical understanding of these methods has
been limited. Recently, there has been significant progress in
analysing the runtime (also called optimisation time) of randomised
search heuristics using rigorous techniques from probability theory,
randomised algorithms, and computational complexity. Results about the
runtime give insights into how the behaviour of a randomised search
heuristic depends on its parameter-settings and on the characteristics
of the underlying optimisation problem.

The successful candidate will contribute to this exciting research
area, which lies at the interface between theoretical computer science
and computational intelligence. The aim is to develop theory that aids
in predicting and controlling the behaviour of general evolutionary
processes.

The topic is mathematically challenging and requires an excellent
degree in computer science or mathematics. In particular, the
candidate should have a strong background in probability theory,
discrete mathematics, and/or theoretical computer science.

The work will be carried out in collaboration with leading
international researchers in the area. The studentship is locally
associated with the Automated Scheduling, OptimisAtion and Planning
(ASAP) research group, one of the five main Research Groups within the
School of Computer Science at Nottingham.

For further information, please contact, Per Kristian Lehre,
email: PerKristian.Lehre@nottingham.ac.uk
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pkl

To apply, please access:
https://my.nottingham.ac.uk/pgapps/welcome/.
This studentship will remain open until filled.

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School of Computer Science (Office C42)
University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG8 1BB, UK

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[DMANET] MIP 2012: CALL FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS

*** MIP 2012: CALL FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS ***

Date: July 16–19 , 2012
Location: UC Davis, Davis, CA
Web site: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/mip2012
Poster submission deadline: March 30, 2012

You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations
in the upcoming workshop in Mixed Integer Programming (MIP 2012).
The 2012 Mixed Integer Programming workshop will be the ninth in a
series of annual workshops held in North America designed to bring
the integer programming community together to discuss very recent
developments in the field. The workshop is especially focused on
providing opportunities for junior researchers to present their most recent
work. The workshop series consists of a single track of invited talks.

Confirmed speakers:

Shabbir Ahmed, Georgia Tech
Gennadiy Averkov, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Sam Burer, The University of Iowa
Philipp Christophel, SAS
Jesús A. De Loera, University of California, Davis
Alberto Del Pia, ETH Zurich
Friedrich Eisenbrand, EPFL
Ricardo Fukasawa, University of Waterloo
Vineet Goyal, Columbia University
Marcos Goycoolea, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
Yongpei Guan, University of Florida
Volker Kaibel, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Kiavash Kianfar, Texas A&M University
Mustafa Kilinc, University of Pittsburgh
Fatma Kilinc-Karzan, Carnegie Mellon University
David Morton, The University of Texas at Austin
Ted Ralphs, Lehigh University
Edward Rothberg, Gurobi Optimization
Siqian Shen, University of Michigan
Renata Sotirov, Tilburg University
Dan Steffy, ZIB and Oakland University
Alejandro Toriello, University of Southern California
Christian Wagner, ETH Zurich

In addition to the invited talks, there will be a poster session for
which we invite all participants to submit an abstract. To submit an
abstract, please email a 2 page PDF containing your abstract to
mip2012@math.ucdavis.edu by March 30. Space for posters may be limited,
and we may not be able to accommodate all posters; we expect to send
out notifications by April 15.

The workshop is designed to provide ample time for discussion and
interaction between the participants, as one of its aims is to
facilitate research collaboration. Thanks to the generous support by
our sponsors, registration is free, and travel support is available for
students and postdocs presenting posters. If you would like to apply
for travel support please note this in your abstract submission.
We expect to make funding decisions by April 30.

Finally, we note that this year we will have a best poster award given
at the workshop. Barring conflicts of interest, all presented posters
will be automatically eligible for the award.

See you in Davis!

Sincerely,

Claudia D'Ambrosio, CNRS École Polytechnique
Matthias Köppe, UC Davis
Jim Luedtke, University of Wisconsin-Madison
François Margot, Carnegie Mellon University
Juan Pablo Vielma , University of Pittsburgh

(MIP 2012 Organizing Committee, mip2012@math.ucdavis.edu)

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[DMANET] ADHOC-NOW 2012: Call For Papers

Call for Papers
ADHOC-NOW 2012
The 11th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless
Belgrade, Serbia, July 9-11, 2012
http://www.adhocnow.com/

Since its creation in 2002, the International Conference on Ad Hoc
Networks and Wireless (ADHOC-NOW) has become a well-established and
well known event dedicated to wireless and mobile computing. In the
ERA Conference Ranking Exercise, ADHOC-NOW is considered as a B
conference (same ranking as IEEE conferences ICC, Globecom, MASS,
DCOSS, etc.) ADHOC-NOW serves as a forum for interesting discussions
on ongoing research and new contributions. The conference addresses
both experimental and theoretical research in the areas of ad hoc
networks, sensor networks, mesh networks and vehicular networks. It
focuses on all issues from link layer up to the application layer.
The eleventh edition of this series will take place in Belgrade, Serbia,
from the 9th to the 11th of July, 2012.

We seek original contributions as work in progress, experimental and
theoretical research in Wireless Sensor, Ad-Hoc, Mobile and Wireless
Networks. Submissions must not be published or under review for another
conference or journal. We are interested, but not limited to, research
papers in any of the following areas:
* Access Control
* Algorithmic Issues
* Analytic Methods and Modeling for Performance Evaluation
* Applications and Architectures
* Autonomous Intelligent Systems
* Computing Platforms, Systems and Testbeds
* Data Communication Protocols
* Delay-Tolerant Networking
* Distributed Algorithms
* Energy Efficiency
* Geometric Graphs
* Location Discovery and Management
* Mobility Handling and Utilization
* Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms
* Mobile Social Networking
* Quality-of-Service
* Robot Networks
* Secure Services and Protocols
* Self-Configuration
* Sensor Networks
* Service Discovery
* Timing Synchronization
* Vehicular Networks
* Wireless Mesh Networks
* Wireless Internet

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: February 17, 2012
Author Notification: March 30, 2012
Final Submission: April 13, 2012

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag, as part
of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (pending). Each
accepted paper will be included in the conference proceedings, provided
at least one author of the paper registers to present the paper at the
conference. High-quality articles will be invited for submission to a
special issue of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: An International
Journal (AHSWN), SCIE-indexed.

General Chair
Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada, and Univ. of Novi Sad, Serbia

TPC Co-Chairs
Xiangyang Li, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece

Publicity Co-Chairs
Hannes Frey, University of Paderborn, Germany
Marcio Almeida, University of Ottawa, Canada
Sandra Sendra, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Local arrangements
Mirjana Prljic, Impala, Belgrade, Serbia

Proceedings Co-Chairs
Rafael Falcon, University of Ottawa, Canada
Stefan Ruehrup, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Austria

Submission Chair
Xu Li, INRIA Lille Ð Nord Europe, France

Webchair and Organizing Committee Chair
Milos Stojmenovic, Singidunum University, Serbia

Steering Committee Chair
Evengelos Kranakis, Carleton University,Canada
Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada.
Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada.
Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada.
S. S. Ravi, SUNY Albany, USA.
Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA.
Ivan Stojmenovic, SITE University of Ottawa, Canada.

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[DMANET] EURO 2012: CfP to Stream "Generalized Differentiation and Optimization"

Call for Papers (Presentations):

Stream "Generalized Differentiation and Optimization"

25th EURO Conference (EURO XXV),
July 8-11 of 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania

We are organizing a stream of sessions devoted to Generalized
Differentiation and Optimization for the 25th European Conference on
Operational Research (EURO XXV) which will be held in Vilnius,
Lithuania on 8-11 July, 2012. The website of the conference is:
http://www.euro-2012.lt

Those interested in these or related topics are invited to submit a
paper to the stream. In particular, we are interested in research and
applications with an interdisciplinary approach to problems in any of
these subjects.

If you'd like to organize one session consisting of 3-4 talks, please,
let us know the title of your session and we'll include your session
in the abstract submission system. It enables you to conveniently
invite people to your session and handle the submissions. By accepting
this invitation you agree to be in charge of your session and chair it.

Otherwise, if you just want to contribute and trust on stream's
organisers, then submit your contribution to the following general
sessions making use of the provided code. Later on, your abstract will
be reallocated depending on the final number of accepted contributions:

General Session: Code:
Generalized Differentiation 59e4ffe2
Optimality Conditions abb4bd56
Regularity in Nonsmooth Analysis cd3803cb
Stability in Continuous Optimization 512f0755
Generalized Convexity 6aaf6be0

Participants will find the stream an ideal forum for sharing,
networking and learning.

To submit your abstract, the author guidelines can be found at:
http://www.euro-2012.lt/abstract-submission1

Important Dates
Submission for abstracts starts: November 2011
Deadline for abstract submission: February 29, 2012
Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2012
Deadline for early registration: April 22, 2012
Deadline for author registration May 1, 2012
Conference: July 8-11, 2012

Stream Organizers:
Boris Mordukhovich (boris@math.wayne.edu)
Alexander Kruger (a.kruger@ballarat.edu.au)
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber (gweber@metu.edu.tr)
Juan Enrique Martínez-Legaz (JuanEnrique.Martinez.Legaz@uab.cat)

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[DMANET] ECCO 2012 - Call for papers for Green Logistics

**Apologies for cross-postings.**

Call for papers for the Green Logistics session in ECCO 2012

This session is part of the Emerging Applications of Combinatorial Optimization stream within ECCO 2012 - the 25th conference of European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization. This session welcomes contributions describing models, tools, techniques and methodologies for environmentally friendly or sustainable ways of planning transport operations, in domains such as:

*   city logistics,
*   intelligent transportation systems,
*   intermodal transportation,
*   network design and planning,
*   passenger transportation,
*   reverse logistics,
*   green logistics,
*   road, rail, air and maritime freight operations,
*   supply chain management,
*   terminal operations management and planning,
*   vehicle routing and scheduling.

Interested authors may submit their abstracts by going to the abstract submission page http://www.eccoxxv.org/ using the code 7bc540f5.

The deadline for abstract submissions is February 1, 2012. If you would like to submit an abstract but are not ready yet to do so, or wish to discuss your prospective submission, then please get in touch with me at T.Bektas "at" soton.ac.uk

The ECCO 2012 conference will be held in Antalya, Turkey from April 26-28, 2012.

Thanks,

Dr Tolga Bektas
Southampton Management School
University of Southampton.

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[DMANET] Full Professor Position at Ecole Polytechnique

Ecole Polytechnique is hiring a full professor of computer science.

The applicants should be scientists recognized at the highest
international level. They will join the computer science laboratory
at Ecole Polytechnique (LIX), whose main current research themes
include: algorithmics and algorithm analysis (complexity, models
of computation, combinatorics, optimization, operational research,
symbolic computations, computer graphics, bio-informatics,...),
networks (protocols, cryptography,...), logic and formal methods
(proof theory and formalization of mathematics, concurrency,
computer algebra, system modeling and safety,...)

The applicants are also expected to show a high motivation for
teaching computer science at Ecole Polytechnique, and to present
innovative teaching projects and pedagogical skills.

Professors of Ecole Polytechnique salaries follow the grid for
"Professeurs de classe exceptionnelle" which is the highest rank in
French academia.

Support for helping the installation for the applicant as well as
her/his team are negociable.

For any further information, potential candidates can turn to Benjamin
Werner, head of the CS department and Olivier Bournez, director of the
laboratory.

(Benjamin.Werner@polytechnique.fr, Olivier.Bournez@polytechnique.fr)

Secretary: Catherine Bensoussan (+33 1 69 33 40 33) catherine.bensoussan@polytechnique.edu

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[DMANET] 4th AIMMS/MOPTA International Optimization Modeling Competition

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
4th AIMMS/MOPTA International Optimization Modeling Competition
(http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition)
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Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we announce the fourth AIMMS/MOPTA
Optimization Modeling Competition. The competition is jointly
organized by the conference organizers of MOPTA and Paragon Decision
Technology (http://www.aimms.com). Finalists are expected to attend
and present their results at the 2012 MOPTA Conference to be held
July 30-August 1, 2012 at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.

Teams of at most three students can participate. The team leader has to
be a graduate student, though the other members of the team can be
advanced undergraduate students. Each member of the team must be
registered as a full-time student at a recognized educational institution
during the Spring term of the 2011-2012 academic year. Students with a
background in optimization, regardless of their actual field of study, are
eligible. Collaboration between students from different departments is
strongly encouraged. Each team must declare a team advisor with which
the team may consult about the problem and their solution. It is the team
advisor's responsibility to ensure that the students have appropriate
knowledge for the competition. The team advisor should not be involved
as a participant in the solution process.

As the conference is international, so is the competition. Teams from all
over the world can participate, as long as at least one team member can
come to the conference, should the team make it to the final round. The
official language of the competition is English.

The competition problem has been posted; please visit:

http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta/competition

for a description of the problem and further details.

All teams must *register* for the competition in order to participate.

Important Dates:
Registration Due: 31 May 2012
Solutions Due: 31 May 2012
Finalists Chosen: 21 June 2012
Conference Begins: 30 July 2012

For questions, please contact Frank E. Curtis, frank.e.curtis@lehigh.edu

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Luis F. Zuluaga, Chair
Organizing Committee,
MOPTA 2012
July 30 - August 1, 2012
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
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[DMANET] COCOON 2012: 1st call for papers

CALL FOR PAPERS: COCOON 2012

The 18th Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference
20-22 August 2012, Sydney, Australia.
http://cocoon.it.usyd.edu.au/
Contact: cocoon2012@it.usyd.edu.au

Original research papers in the areas of algorithms, theory of computation,
computational complexity, and combinatorics related to computing are
solicited. In addition to theoretical results, we are interested in submissions
that report on experimental and applied research of general algorithmic
interest. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag
in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Typical, but not exclusive,
topics of interest include:
- Algorithms and Data Structures
- Algorithmic Game Theory
- Approximation and online algorithms
- Automata, Languages, Logic, and Computability
- Combinatorics Related to Algorithms and Complexity
- Complexity Theory
- Computational Learning Theory and Knowledge Discovery
- Cryptography, Reliability and Security, and Database Theory
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Computational Algebra, Geometry, and Topology
- Graph Drawing and Information Visualization
- Graph Theory, Communication Networks, and Optimization
- Parallel and Distributed Computing

Paper Submission
Contributors are invited to submit a full paper with a maximum of 12 pages in
the Springer LNCS format including title, abstract and references. An appendix,
beyond the 12 pages, may be added and may be read at the reviewers'
discretion. Please format your paper in the Springer Lecture Notes style
according to the LNCS Author Instructions. Submitted papers must describe
work not previously published. They must not be submitted simultaneously to
another conference with refereed proceedings or to a journal. Only electronic
submission (pdf) will be allowed.

Publication
The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. After the conference, selected
papers will be published in special issues.

Awards
A best paper award and a best student paper award will be given. A paper is
eligible for the best student paper award if all authors are full-time
students at
the time of submission.

Student grants
There will be a number of student travel awards consisting in free
registration.
These awards will be granted on the merits of the applicants. Priority will be
given to students presenting a paper at the meeting.

Invited Speakers
Kamal Jain
Joseph Mitchell, Stony Brook

Important Dates
Submission deadline February 18, 2012 (by 11:59:59pm CST)
Notification of acceptance April 18, 2012
Final version due May 12, 2012
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[DMANET] Deadline extension | CfP: ICWMC 2012 || June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy

INVITATION:

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Please, consider contributing to and/or forwarding to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and
publish original scientific results to ICWMC 2012.

The submission deadline is set to February 16, 2012.

In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals:
http://www.iariajournals.org

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============== ICWMC 2012 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICWMC 2012, The Eighth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications

June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICWMC12.html

Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICWMC12.html

- regular papers

- short papers (work in progress)

- posters

Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICWMC12.html

Submission deadline: February 16, 2012

Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org

Please, note the Poster and Work in Progress options.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards,
implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete
unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to,
topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress,
Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.

Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html

ICWMC 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

Wireless Communications Basics

Coding & modulation & equalization; Channel modeling and characterization; Equalization/Synchronization;
Transform-domain communication; Multiple access algorithms and schemes; Antenna and RF subsystems; Smart antennas,
adaptive antennas, MIMO and beam forming; MIMO and OFDM Based PHY Layer technologies; CDMA Systems

Radio Interfaces and Systems

Radio communications systems; Radio resource management; Radio transmission technologies; Power and interference
control; Interference Cancellation for Wireless Mobile Systems; Power management for small terminals; Energy map; Channel
Measurement and Characterization

Spectrum Allocation and Management

Spectrum efficiency analyses; Dynamic spectrum access networks; Spectrum management; Interference mitigation and
management techniques

Circuits for Wireless Communications

Wireless ASICs; Wireless technologies; RF Design issues

Wireless and Mobility

Mobility management; Location-based services and positioning; Micro and macro-mobility; Mobility, location and handoff
management; Mobile and wireless IP; Wireless broadband mobile access; Routing in multihop, ad hoc and sensor networks;
Wireless multicasting; Wireless mesh networks; Topology control in wireless

Protocols for wireless and mobility

Wireless protocols, architectural and design concepts; Protocols for air interfaces and networks; Wireless MAC
protocols: Design and analysis; Transport layer issues in mobile and wireless networks; Middleware for handhelds and
mobile services nodes; Proxies and middleware for wireless networks

Traffic and congestion control, QoS, Resource Management

Traffic Modeling and Analysis; 3G/4G Bandwidth on Demand; QoS and mobility; End-to-end QoS; QoS profiling and pricing;
Traffic Engineering; Congestion and admission control

Wireless and mobile technologies

Micro-mobility and macro-mobility; Wireless LANs; Home and Personal Area Networks: Bluetooth, ZigBeee, etc; Wireless
MANs:802.16, 802.20; Wireless WANs: 2G/3G/4G; Mobile ad hoc networks and multi-hop wireless; Sensor networks and
applications; Ultra-wideband and short-range networks; High altitude platforms and satellites; Emergency wireless
communications; Wireless real-time communications; RFID systems (including readers and transponders in LF, HF and UHF
bands)

Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modeling of wireless networks and systems

Performance and QoS in wireless networks; Radio channel modeling (wave propagation and measurements); Mobile/wireless
networks modeling and simulation; Performance of end-to-end protocols over wireless networks

Management of wireless and mobile networks

Mobility and QoS management; Billing technologies and tools; Policy Based Management in wireless LANS and MANs;
Wireless and Mobile Network Planning; Mobile Database Access and Design

Security in wireless and mobile environment

Security and robustness in wireless networks; Privacy, Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA); Encryption
and Cryptography; Key Management Protocols; Digital Rights Management and Multimedia Protection

Networks convergence and integration

2G/3G/4G integration; Convergence of 3G wireless and Internet cross-layer design in wireless networks; WLAN/3G/4G
integration; Wireless-wireline convergence; Heterogeneous Networks (WAN, Wireless MAN, WLAN); IP Multimedia subsystems
(IMS); Next Generation Network Architecture- mobility issues; Coexistence of mobile radio networks; End to End QoS in
Heterogeneous environment; Signaling for integrated wireline/wireless networks

Applications and services based on wireless infrastructures

Mobile & Wireless applications & services; Service discovery: protocols and frameworks; Personalized services and
applications; Audio-visual and mobile multimedia applications; Media and content distribution over wireless networks

Standardization and regulations

Position on standards & fora on wireless and mobile networks; Wireless Networks Standards and Protocols;
Communications regulations; 802.11 WLAN Standards; 802.16 WMAN Standards; 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards; HSDPA Technology and
Standards; Next Generation Network standards

Design and implementation

Emerging wireless technologies; Cross-layer optimizations in wireless networks; Design and implementation of mobile
information systems; Software defined radio and re-configurability; Joint PHY/MAC design

Wireless and mobile network deployment

Business models on wireless networks; Market trends and regional developments; M-commerce; Lessons learnt for wireless
deployment in schools Lessons learnt for wireless deployment in special regions; Specialized wireless networks;
Heterogeneous wireless network deployment (e.g., combining 802.11, 802.16 and 3G networks)

Cooperative and Cognitive Vehicular Networks

Architectures and platforms of cognitive vehicular network; Distributed artificial intelligence techniques for
cognitive networks; Cognitive vehicular routing metrics and supporting protocols; Reduced complexity cognitive networks;
Physical and MAC layer issues; Protocols design for cognitive vehicular networks; Cross-layer optimization in cognitive
networks; Security issues for vehicular and cognitive networks; Testbed experiment, applications and new advances;
Cooperative vehicular networks; QoS provisioning in heterogeneous networks ; Managing vertical handover; Multihoming; IPv6
GeoNetworking; Vehicular network architectures and protocols ; Cross-layer design and optimization for vehicular networks
and cognitive networks; Mobility management and topology control; Standardization and Development of vehicular networks

Convergence and social mobility

Convergence of mobile networks with the Web 2.0; Convergence on architecture and services; Open service capabilities;
Open exposure of telco capabilities; Open Web APIs, SOA and SDP); Interworking strategies; Mobile terminals as sources for
User-generated content; Architecture and services for user-generated content; Auto-description and metadata synthesis for
telecom-generated for user-generated content; Social mobile networks; User behavior profiling; Social connections (social
graphs, contacts, etc); Services and architectures/solutions for social mobile services

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[DMANET] Opening of the Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms (VCLA) January 25-26, 2012

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The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms (www.VCLA.at) is an initiative of Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna). Located at the Faculty of Informatics, the Center promotes international scientific collaboration in logic and algorithms.

The Center celebrates its opening through the following three events:

SYMPOSIUM "LOGIC AND ALGORITHMS: A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE"
Wednesday, 25th January 2012, 9:00-15:00, Festsaal, TU Vienna
Invited Speakers:
* Edmund M. Clarke, Carnegie Mellon University
* Fedor V. Fomin, University of Bergen
* Thomas A. Henzinger, IST Austria
* Joao Marques-Silva, University College Dublin & IST/INESC-ID
* Georg Weissenbacher, Princeton University

OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
Wednesday, 25th January 2012, 15:00-16:00, Festsaal, TU Vienna
Speakers:
* Sabine Seidler, Rector of the TU Vienna
* Gerald Steinhardt, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, TU Vienna
* Stefan Szeider and Helmut Veith, VCLA, Co-chairs, TU Vienna

AWARD OF A HONORARY DOCTORATE TO E.M. CLARKE
Thursday, 26th January 2012, 10:00, Boecklsaal, TU Vienna

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[DMANET] Deadline extension | CfP: ICCGI 2012 || June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy

INVITATION:

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Please, consider contributing to and/or forwarding to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and
publish original scientific results to ICCGI 2012.

The submission deadline is set to February 16, 2012.

In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals:
http://www.iariajournals.org

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============== ICCGI 2012 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICCGI 2012, The Seventh International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology

June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICCGI12.html

Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICCGI12.html

- regular papers

- short papers (work in progress)

- posters

Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICCGI12.html
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Submission deadline: February 16, 2012

Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org

Please, note the Poster and Work in Progress options.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards,
implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete
unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to,
topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress,
Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.

Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html

ICCGI 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

Industrial systems

Control theory and systems; Fault-tolerance and reliability; Data engineering; Enterprise computing and evaluation;
Electrical and electronics engineering; Economic decisions and information systems; Advanced robotics; Virtual reality
systems; Industrial systems and applications; Industrial and financial systems; Industrial control electronics; Industrial
IT solutions

Evolutionary computation

Algorithms, procedures, mechanisms and applications; Computer architecture and systems; Computational sciences;
Computation in complex systems; Computer and communication systems; Computer networks; Computer science theory;
Computation and computer security; Computer simulation; Digital telecommunications; Distributed and parallel computing;
Computation in embedded and real-time systems; Soft computing; User-centric computation

Autonomic and autonomous systems

Automation and autonomous systems; Theory of Computing; Autonomic computing; Autonomic networking; Network computing;
Protecting computing; Theories of agency and autonomy; Multi-agent evolution, adaptation and learning; Adjustable and
self-adjustable autonomy; Pervasive systems and computation; Computing with locality principles; GRID networking and
services; Pervasive computing; Cluster computing and performance; Artificial intelligence Computational linguistics;
Cognitive technologies; Decision making; Evolutionary computation; Expert systems; Computational biology

Bio-technologies

Models and techniques for biometric technologies; Bioinformatics; Biometric security; Computer graphics and
visualization; Computer vision and image processing; Computational biochemistry; Finger, facial, iris, voice, and skin
biometrics; Signature recognition; Multimodal biometrics; Verification and identification techniques; Accuracy of
biometric technologies; Authentication smart cards and biometric metrics; Performance and assurance testing; Limitations
of biometric technologies; Biometric card technologies; Biometric wireless technologies; Biometric software and hardware;
Biometric standards

Knowledge data systems

Data mining and Web mining; Knowledge databases and systems; Data warehouse and applications; Data warehousing and
information systems; Database performance evaluation; Semantic and temporal databases; Database systems Databases and
information retrieval; Digital library design; Meta-data modeling

Mobile and distance education

Human computer interaction; Educational technologies; Computer in education; Distance learning; E-learning; Mobile
learning Cognitive support for learning; Internet-based education; Impact of ICT on education and society; Group decision
making and software; Habitual domain and information technology; Computer-mediated communications; Immersing authoring;
Contextual and cultural challenges in user mobility

Intelligent techniques, logics, and systems

Intelligent agent technologies; Intelligent and fuzzy information processing; Intelligent computing and knowledge
management; Intelligent systems and robotics; Fault-tolerance and reliability; Fuzzy logic & systems; Genetic algorithms;
Haptic phenomena; Graphic recognition; Neural networks; Symbolic and algebraic computation; Modeling, simulation and
analysis of business processes and systems

Knowledge processing

Knowledge representation models; Knowledge languages; Cognitive science; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge engineering;
Knowledge processing under uncertainty; Machine intelligence; Machine learning; Making decision through Internet;
Networking knowledge plan

Information technologies

Information technology and organizational behavior; Agents, data mining and ontologies; Information retrieval systems;
Information and network security; Information ethics and legal evaluations; Optimization and information technology;
Organizational information systems; Information fusion; Information management systems; Information overload; Information
policy making; Information security; Information systems; Information discovery

Internet and web technologies

Internet and WWW-based computing; Web and Grid computing; Internet service and training; IT and society; IT in
education and health; Management information systems; Visualization and group decision making; Web based language
development; Web search and decision making; Web service ontologies; Scientific web intelligence; Online business and
decision making; Business rule language; E-Business; E-Commerce; Online and collaborative work; Social eco-systems and
social networking; Social decisions on Internet; Computer ethics

Digital information processing

Mechatronics; Natural language processing; Medical imaging; Image processing; Signal processing; Speech processing;
Video processing; Pattern recognition; Pattern recognition models; Graphics & computer vision; Medical systems and
computing

Cognitive science and knowledge agent-based systems

Cognitive support for e-learning and mobile learning; Agents and cognitive models; Agents & complex systems;
computational ecosystems; Agent architectures, perception, action & planning in agents; Agent communication: languages,
semantics, pragmatics & protocols; Agent-based electronic commerce and trading systems Multi-agent constraint
satisfaction; Agent programming languages, development environments and testbeds; Computational complexity in autonomous
agents; Multi-agent planning and cooperation; Logics and formal models of for agency verification; Nomadic agents;
Negotiation, auctions, persuasion; Privacy and security issues in multi-agent systems

Mobility and multimedia systems

Mobile communications; Multimedia and visual programming; Multimedia and decision making; Multimedia systems; Mobile
multimedia systems; User-centered mobile applications; Designing for the mobile devices; Contextual user mobility; Mobile
strategies for global market; Interactive television and mobile commerce

Systems performance

Performance evaluation; Performance modeling; Performance of parallel computing; Reasoning under uncertainty;
Reliability and fault-tolerance; Performance instrumentation; Performance monitoring and corrections; Performance in
entity-dependable systems; Real-time performance and near-real time performance evaluation; Performance in software
systems; Performance and hybrid systems; Measuring performance in embedded systems

Networking and telecommunications

Telecommunication and Networking; Telecommunication Systems and Evaluation; Multiple Criteria Decision Making in
Information Technology; Network and Decision Making; Networks and Security; Communications protocols (SIP/H323/MPLS/IP);
Specialized networks (GRID/P2P/Overlay/Ad hoc/Sensor); Advanced services (VoIP/IPTV/Video-on-Demand; Network and system
monitoring and management; Feature interaction detection and resolution; Policy-based monitoring and managements systems;
Traffic modeling and monitoring; Traffic engineering and management; Self-monitoring, self-healing and self-management
systems; Man-in-the-loop management paradigm

Software development and deployment

Software requirements engineering; Software design, frameworks, and architectures; Software interactive design; Formal
methods for software development, verification and validation; Neural networks and performance;
Patterns/Anti-patterns/Artifacts/Frameworks; Agile/Generic/Agent-oriented programming; Empirical software evaluation
metrics; Software vulnerabilities; Reverse engineering; Software reuse; Software security, reliability and safety;
Software economics; Software testing and debugging; Tracking defects in the OO design; Distributed and parallel software;
Programming languages; Declarative programming; Real-time and embedded software; Open source software development
methodologies; Software tools and deployment environments; Software Intelligence; Software Performance and Evaluation

Knowledge virtualization

Modeling techniques, tools, methodologies, languages; Model-driven architectures (MDA); Service-oriented architectures
(SOA); Utility computing frameworks and fundamentals; Enabled applications through virtualization; Small-scale
virtualization methodologies and techniques; Resource containers, physical resource multiplexing, and segmentation;
Large-scale virtualization methodologies and techniques; Management of virtualized systems; Platforms, tools,
environments, and case studies; Making virtualization real; On-demand utilities Adaptive enterprise; Managing
utility-based systems; Development environments, tools, prototypes

Systems and networks on the chip

Microtechnology and nanotechnology; Real-time embedded systems; Programming embedded systems; Controlling embedded
systems; High speed embedded systems; Designing methodologies for embedded systems; Performance on embedded systems;
Updating embedded systems; Wireless/wired design of systems-on-the-chip; Testing embedded systems; Technologies for
systems processors; Migration to single-chip systems

Context-aware systems

Context-aware autonomous entities; Context-aware fundamental concepts, mechanisms, and applications; Modeling
context-aware systems; Specification and implementation of awareness behavioral contexts; Development and deployment of
large-scale context-aware systems and subsystems; User awareness requirements Design techniques for interfaces and
systems; Methodologies, metrics, tools, and experiments for specifying context-aware systems; Tools evaluations,
Experiment evaluations

Networking technologies

Next generation networking; Network, control and service architectures; Network signalling, pricing and billing;
Network middleware; Telecommunication networks architectures; On-demand networks, utility computing architectures; Next
generation networks [NGN] principles; Storage area networks [SAN]; Access and home networks; High-speed networks; Optical
networks; Peer-to-peer and overlay networking; Mobile networking and systems; MPLS-VPN, IPSec-VPN networks; GRID networks;
Broadband networks

Security in network, systems, and applications

IT in national and global security; Formal aspects of security; Systems and network security; Security and
cryptography; Applied cryptography; Cryptographic protocols; Key management; Access control; Anonymity and pseudonymity
management; Security management; Trust management; Protection management; Certification and accreditation; Virii, worms,
attacks, spam; Intrusion prevention and detection; Information hiding; Legal and regulatory issues

Knowledge for global defense

Business continuity and availability; Risk assessment; Aerospace computing technologies; Systems and networks
vulnerabilities; Developing trust in Internet commerce; Performance in networks, systems, and applications; Disaster
prevention and recovery; IT for anti-terrorist technology innovations (ATTI); Networks and applications emergency
services; Privacy and trust in pervasive communications; Digital rights management; User safety and protection

Information Systems [IS]

Management Information Systems; Decision Support Systems; Innovation and IS; Enterprise Application Integration;
Enterprise Resource Planning; Business Process Change; Design and Development Methodologies and Frameworks; Iterative and
Incremental Methodologies; Agile Methodologies; IS Standards and Compliance Issues; Risk Management in IS Design and
Development; Research Core Theories; Conceptualisations and Paradigms in IS; Research Ontological Assumptions in IS
Research; IS Research Constraints, Limitations and Opportunities; IS vs Computer Science Research; IS vs Business Studies

IPv6 Today - Technology and deployment

IP Upgrade - An Engineering Exercise or a Necessity?; Worldwide IPv6 Adoption - Trends and Policies; IPv6 Programs,
from Research to Knowledge Dissemination; IPv6 Technology - Practical Information; Advanced Topics and Latest Developments
in IPv6; IPv6 Deployment Experiences and Case Studies; IPv6 Enabled Applications and Devices

Modeling

Continuous and Discrete Models; Optimal Models; Complex System Modeling; Individual-Based Models; Modeling Uncertainty;
Compact Fuzzy Models; Modeling Languages; Real-time modeling; Peformance modeling

Optimization

Multicriteria Optimization; Multilervel Optimization; Goal Programming; Optimization and Efficiency; Optimization-based
decisions; Evolutionary Optimization; Self-Optimization; Extreme Optimization; Combinatorial Optimization; Disccrete
Optimization; Fuzzy Optimization; Lipschitzian Optimization; Non-Convex Optimization; Convexity; Continuous Optimization;
Interior point methods; Semidefinite and Conic Programming

Complexity

Complexity Analysis; Computational Complexity; Complexity Reduction; Optimizing Model Complexity; Communication
Complexity; Managing Complexity; Modeling Complexity in Social Systems; Low-complexity Global Optimization; Software
Development for Modeling and Optimization; Industrial applications

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