Friday, July 30, 2010

[DMANET] call for participation

12th Annual Congress of the French Society of Operations Research and
Decision Science (ROADEF)
March 2-4 2011, Saint-Etienne, France

http://www.emse.fr/roadef2011/

This is the 12th congress of the French Society of Operations Research
and Decision Science, which will be organized by the Ecole des Mines de
Saint-Etienne with the support of Telecom Saint-Etienne and the
University Jean-Monnet of Saint-Etienne.

ROADEF 2011 will be held in Saint-Etienne, France, on March 2-4, 2011.

The congress aims to provide a forum for academics, researchers and
practitioners to exchange ideas and recent developments in the field
ofOperations Research and Decision Science.
It is also an opportunity for young researchers to present their work.
Special sessions are also welcome within ROADEF 2011. If you wish to
propose a special session, please contact the Organizing Committee.

You are invited to submit abstracts (2 pages). Formatting details and
templates will be available at the ROADEF 2011 Website, soon.

Contact
Xavier Delorme and Alexandre Dolgui
Chair of the Organizing Committee of ROADEF 2011

General information : organisation-roadef2011@emse.fr
To propose a session : soumission-roadef2011@emse.fr

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Alexandre Dolgui, Dr.Hab., Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Centre for Industrial Engineering and Computer Science
Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne
/National Institute of Science and Technology@Saint-Etienne/
158, Cours Fauriel, 42023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France
Fax: +33 (0)4.77.42.66.66
E-mail: dolgui@emse.fr
URL: www.emse.fr/~dolgui

New book:
Supply Chain Engineering: Useful Methods and Techniques, Springer
http://www.springer.com/engineering/production+eng/book/978-1-84996-016-8

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[DMANET] Researcher (m/w) fuer Modellbildung und Optimierung im Verkehrsbereich

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, das Oesterreichische Forschungsinsti
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Researcher (m/w) fuer Modellbildung und Optimierung im Verkehrsbereich

Taetigkeiten:
- Sie entwickeln mathematische Modelle und Optimierungsalgorithme
n fuer angewandte Problemstellungen aus dem Verkehrsbereich. Ausserdem si
nd Sie aktiv in der Konzeption und Anbahnung von Forschungs- und Kooperatio
nsprojekten mit Unternehmen und F&E-Einrichtungen taetig. Als wissenschaft
liche/r Mitarbeiter/in sind Sie sowohl an der erfolgreichen Umsetzung als a
uch an der Publikation Ihrer Forschungsergebnisse interessiert.
Qualifikation:
- Abgeschlossenes Universitaetsstudium in einem technisch-naturw
issenschaftlichen Bereich
- (zB Informatik, Mathematik), vorzugsweise Promotion und wissens
chaftliche Publikationstaetigkeit
- Nachgewiesene ausgezeichnete Kenntnisse in Methoden zur Modellb
ildung und kombinatorischen Optimierung, idealerweise gute Kenntnisse in St
atistik und stochastischer Optimierung
- Nachgewiesene gute Programmierkenntnisse in Java, C++, vorzugsw
eise auch Matlab/R und ein hohes Verständnis von Datenstrukturen und Komp
lexitaet
- Selbstmotivation, analytisches Denken und loesungsorientierte
Suche nach den Grundlagen von wissenschaftlichen Problemstellungen
- Gute Kommunikationsfaehigkeit in Englisch
- Begeisterungsfaehigkeit fuer unkonventionelle Loesungen, Kre
ativitaet und Visionskraft

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

[DMANET] 4th Algorithms and Complexity in Durham Workshop: ACiD 2010

Call for participants

Fourth Algorithms and Complexity in Durham Workshop: ACiD 2010

20-22 September, 2010, Durham University, UK

http://www.dur.ac.uk/acid.2010/

We invite submission of short abstracts (1 page) of talks to be
presented at the workshop. The deadline for submission is 31 August.

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INVITED LECTURES

* Amin Coja-Oghlan (University of Warwick)

* Bill Jackson (Queen Mary University of London)

* Dieter Kratsch (University of Metz)

* Sarah Rees (University of Newcastle)

* Rahul Santhanam (University of Edinburgh)

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SCOPE

The workshop is intended to be a forum for researchers working on all
aspects of algorithms and complexity. Possible topics include, but are
not limited to

-Algorithm Design and Analysis
-Computational Complexity
-Randomized Algorithms
-Algorithmic Graph Theory
-Combinatorial Algorithms
-Approximation Algorithms
-Applications of Algorithms
-Constraint Satisfaction
-Exact and Parameterized Computation
-Proof Complexity
-Databases and Information Retrieval
-Quantum Computing
-Discrete Optimization

During the workshop, a total of up to 40 talks will be presented in a
series of non-parallel sessions. Talks, other than the invited
lectures, will be 30 minutes in length.

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LOCAL COMMITTEE

Iain Stewart
Daniel Paulusma
Matthew Johnson

Please send questions and comments to acid.2010_at_durham.ac.uk
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[DMANET] Extended Deadline: Special Issue on Heuristic Search Methods for Large Scale Optimization Problems in Industry, Evolutionary Computation Journal

Special Issue on
Heuristic Search Methods for Large Scale Optimization Problems in
Industry

Evolutionary Computation Journal, MIT Press
http://ecj.lri.fr/

EXTENDED DEADLINE: August 31, 2010.

Guest Editors:
Andreas Ernst, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Science,
andreas.ernst@csiro.au
Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of Adelaide,
zbigniew.michalewicz@adelaide.edu.au
Frank Neumann, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, fne@mpi-inf.mpg.de

Description:
This special issue aims to provide a forum for researchers working on
large applied optimization problems arising in industry. Such problems
often defy solution by exact approaches such as integer and constraint
programming. Particular challenges of large applied problems include the
presence of complex objectives containing a mixture of real costs and
soft constraints which can be time consuming to evaluate. In addition
the search space of problems is often so large that traversing it with
neighbourhood-move, crossover or mutation operators can take too long to
allow effective exploration. This special issue solicits novel
high-quality contributions on heuristic methods for large applied
optimization problems that have been used in practice. While papers on
any aspect of solving large scale optimization problems in industry are
welcome, of special interest are submissions on:

-Scheduling/planning problems solved for particular organizations
-Novel methods for exploring very large search spaces
-Decomposition and parallel computing techniques for solving large
optimization problems
-Hybrid heuristics for real world optimization problems
-Methods for dealing with large data sets in formulating and solving
large optimization problems, including issues around data consistency
and completeness.
-Case studies of successful (or unsuccessful) implementations of large
scale heuristic optimization algorithms in a business and lessons
learned from these.

Authors are encouraged to make available (de-identified) versions of
some of their real world data sets to support the development of more
sophisticated methods to deal with some of these challenging problems.
This special issue will not consider the solution of large abstract
problems (eg classical VRP or job shop scheduling problems) nor papers
that only test algorithms on randomly generated data sets. Authors are
invited to submit original work on topics relevant for this special
issue. The publication of the special issue is tentatively scheduled for
Summer 2011.

Submission:
Authors should submit their manuscripts to the Evolutionary Computation
Editorial Manager at http://ecj.lri.fr/.
When submitting a paper, please send at the same time also an
email to Frank Neumann (fne@mpi-inf.mpg.de) and a copy to ecj@lri.fr
mentioning the special issue, the
paper title, and author list to inform about the submission.
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[DMANET] Position at the University of Sydney

LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN MACHINE LEARNING
School of Information Technologies
Faculty of Engineering & IT
University of Sydney

The School of Information Technologies (SIT), University of Sydney, invites
applications from outstanding candidates for a continuing (tenure-track)
position at the Lecturer (Level B)/Senior Lecturer level (Level C). This is
a career opportunity in algorithmic machine learning.

For more information visit http://bit.ly/9dU3FY
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

[DMANET] call for PhD student applications

The Centre for Industrial Engineering and Computer Science at the Ecole des
Mines de Saint-Etienne, France, invites applications for a position of PhD
Student

Research area: discrete optimization of stochastic systems.

Supervisors: Prof. Alexandre Dolgui, Dolgui@emse.fr, et Dr. Helene Marian,
marian@emse.fr (Assistant Professor)

Project description:

The Material Requirement Planning (MRP) approach is widely used in industry
for production planning and supply management. In MRP for a deterministic
environment without constraints and under a lot for lot policy, the items
are delivered just-in time (JIT). Nevertheless, under actual operating
conditions, there are always random factors, and thus, stockouts are
possible. Therefore, it is necessary to find the methods to adapt the MRP
techniques to these real world situations. Fortunately, MRP has several
parameters to configure it. An adequate choice of these parameters can fine
tune MRP to deal with a more realistic work setting. Thus, one of crucial
issues of MRP is its parameterization for real life enterprises and situations.

We have already begun to explore this problem. For Lot for Lot policy, in
(Dolgui and Louly, 2002), a Markov model was suggested. A special case of
this problem was considered in (Louly and Dolgui, 2002), when all
components have identical properties, i.e. the same lead time probability
distribution and same unit holding cost. In (Louly et al, 2008), the same
problem was considered, but for minimizing holding cost only, while
backlogging cost is replaced with a service level constraint. The formulas
obtained in (Louly and Dolgui, 2002) and (Louly et al, 2008) for optimal
planned lead times represent new generalizations of the Discrete Newsboy
model.

In this new PhD thesis we plan extends our previous results by considering
diverse lot-sizing policies and without the restrictive assumptions on the
holding costs and probability distributions. From a practical point of
view, this provides more general and comprehensive model and cost
evaluation than in the earlier work.

References
- Dolgui A., Ould Louly M.-A. (2002). A Model for Supply Planning
under Lead Time Uncertainty. International Journal of Production Economics,
78, 145-152
- Ould Louly M.-A., Dolgui A. (2002). Newsboy model for supply
planning of assembly systems. International Journal of Production Research,
40(17), 4401-4414.
- Ould Louly M.-A., A. Dolgui, and F. Hnaien, (2008). Supply planning
for single-level assembly system with stochastic component delivery times
and service level constraint, International Journal of Production
Economics, 115(1), 236-247.

Responsibilities:

The PhD position is available immediately for a duration of three years and
includes research and teaching (40 hours year). The employment is full-time
and comes with a competitive salary of 1800 euros/month. You will be given
the opportunity to present your research results at international conferences.

Qualifications:

The position requires a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Industrial
Engineering and Operations Research, or related areas. Proficiency in
English, strong team spirit, social skills, independence and a high level
of motivation for demanding research work further core qualifications.

Applications:

Inquiries and applications including a detailed CV, transcripts, a record
of attended courses (with grades), and a copy of the Master's thesis should
be addressed to: dolgui@emse.fr and marian@emse.fr or by mail to:

Prof. Dr. Alexandre Dolgui
Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne
158, cours Fauriel
42023 Saint-Etienne, France

URL: www.emse.fr/~dolgui


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Alexandre Dolgui, Dr.Hab., Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Centre for Industrial Engineering and Computer Science
Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne
/National Institute of Science and Technology@Saint-Etienne/
158, Cours Fauriel, 42023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France
Fax: +33 (0)4.77.42.66.66
E-mail: dolgui@emse.fr
URL: www.emse.fr/~dolgui

New book:
Supply Chain Engineering: Useful Methods and Techniques, Springer
http://www.springer.com/engineering/production+eng/book/978-1-84996-016-8

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[DMANET] PhD Positions at Linkoeping University

The Department of Computer Science at Linkoeping University announces
several PhD student positions within the graduate school in computer
science (CUGS).

The scientific scope of CUGS includes the following areas:

-Autonomous systems and artificial intelligence (prof. P. Doherty)
-Security engineering, and database and web information systems
(prof. N. Shahmehri)
-Embedded systems (prof. Z. Peng)
-Dependable systems and networks (prof. S. Nadjm-Tehrani)
-Software engineering (prof. P. Fritzson)
-Theoretical computer science (prof. P. Jonsson)

More information about the positions and the application procedure
can be found here:

http://www.liu.se/en/job/show.html?3533

Deadline: August, 15.
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[DMANET] CFP: Special Issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics on Graphs and Optimization

CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics on
Graphs and Optimization

We invite submissions of research papers for a forthcoming special
issue of Discrete Applied
Mathematics on Graphs and Optimization.

This special issue is dedicated to the Seventh International
Colloquium on Graphs and Optimization
(GO VII) which took place in Ovronnaz, Switzerland, June 13 – 17, 2010
and was organized in honor of
four people who made remarkable contributions in the area of graphs
and optimization:
Maurice Cochand, Alain Hertz, Alain Prodon and Marino Widmer.

The call is not limited to the participants of the meeting and is open
to all papers related to the main
theme of the event. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Scheduling
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Computational Complexity
- Graph and Network Algorithms
- Graph Coloring
- Graph Classes
- Graph Invariants
- Network Design
- Integer Linear Programming
- Polyhedral Algorithms for Graph Problems

The deadline for submissions of full papers is November 30, 2010.

All papers will be thoroughly referred according to the high standards
of the journal.
In order to submit their papers, the authors must follow the
guidelines on the journal website
http://ees.elsevier.com/dam/. Be sure to note that your work is
intended for the Special Issue and to
select the article type Special Iss: GO VII.


Guest Editors:
Marc Demange, demange@essec.edu
Vadim Lozin, v.lozin@warwick.ac.uk
Christophe Picouleau, chp@cnam.fr
Bernard Ries, bernard.ries@wbs.ac.uk
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[DMANET] Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Operations Research and Pattern Recognition

Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral position in Operations
Research and Pattern Recognition at the School of Management of
Politecnico di Milano, in the research group MOLD on Mathematical
Modeling, Optimization, Learning from Data (http://www.mold.polimi.it).

The area of research is Operations Research with focus on Optimization,
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition, and applications to Economics,
Management, Life Sciences.
Strong applicants in other areas of Operations Research will be also
considered.

Candidates should be within 5 years (or close to completion) of their
Ph.D. in Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied
Mathematics, Management, or a related discipline.

The position will include also a teaching component (less than 5% of
total working time) as Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor.
Since the position is in Italy some knowledge of Italian will be
appreciated. The scientific working language could be English.

The initial contract will be for 6-12 months with a possibility of
extension for up to 2-3 years.

To apply, send a CV and a sample of recent research (papers, preprints,
etc.) electronically to Prof. Carlo Vercellis (carlo.vercellis@polimi.it).
For further information call +39 02 23992784/+39 02 23993970.

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Carlotta Orsenigo
Assistant Professor of Operations Research
School of Management
Politecnico di Milano
Tel: +39 02 2399 3970
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Monday, July 26, 2010

[DMANET] PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT - CTW 2011

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT

CTW 2011
10th Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs & Combinatorial Optimization
CALL FOR PAPERS

Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Villa Mondragone,
Frascati (Rome), Italy, June 14-16, 2011.

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The tenth Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial
Optimization 2011 welcomes contributions on theory and applications of
discrete algorithms, graphs and combinatorial structures in the wide sense.

The previous editions were held in Koeln, D (2010, 2005, 2001), Paris, F
(2009), Gargnano, I (2008), Enschede NL (2007,2003), Lambrecht, D
(2006), Menaggio, I (2004). Following a well established tradition, the
10-th edition of the workhop aims to disseminate scientific results,
especially by young researchers, in a friendly and interactive atmosphere.

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Further details will be available soon.

E-MAIL:
ctw2011@dia.uniroma3.it
CONFERENCE WEBSITE:
http://ctw2011.dia.uniroma3.it

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
U. Faigle (U. Cologne), J.L. Hurink (U. Twente), L. Liberti (Ecole
Polytechnique, Paris), F. Maffioli (Politecnico, Milano), G. Nicosia (U.
Roma Tre), A. Pacifici (U. Roma Tor Vergata), G. Righini (U. Milano), R.
Schrader (U. Cologne), R. Schultz (U. Duisburg-Essen).

LOCAL ORGANIZATION
L. Adacher, M. Flamini, G. Leo, G. Nicosia, A. Pacifici, V. Piccialli
- Dipartimento di Informatica e Automatica, Università di Roma Tre,
Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Impresa, Università di Roma Tor
Vergata, Roma, Italy
- Cento Conferenze Villa Mondragone www.villamondragone.it


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[DMANET] 34ACCMCC Call for participation

34ACCMCC: The 34th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial
Mathematics & Combinatorial Computing
Date: 6-10 December 2010
Venue: The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Website: http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/events/34accmcc/34accmcc.html

ACCMCC, the Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and
Combinatorial
Computing, is the annual conference of the Combinatorial Mathematics
Society of Australasia.
This year it will be held at the Australian National University in
Canberra, Australia.
The conference covers all areas of combinatorics in mathematics and
computer science.
The first two days of the conference will run concurrently with the
Annual Australian
Statistical Mechanics Meeting. Registration will be available shortly.

The following people will be giving invited talks.

- Emeritus Professor Richard Brualdi, University of Wisconsin
- Dr Darryn Bryant, University of Queensland
- Dr Catherine Greenhill, University of New South Wales
- Dr Petteri Kaski, University of Helsinki
- Dr Ian Wanless, Monash University
- Professor Catherine Yan, Texas A&M University

Attendees (especially students) are invited to give contributed talks.
Topics relating to
statistical mechanics are welcomed. Contributed talks are 20 minutes
in length with an
additional 5 minutes for questions. The CMSA Student Prize will be
awarded to the best
student talk at the conference.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

[DMANET] MAC2010: Distributed Computing by Mobile Robots

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RESEARCH MEETING AND SCHOOL

ON

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING BY MOBILE ROBOTS

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http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~santoro/MAC/MAC-2010.html


The Research Meeting and School on Distributed Computing by Mobile Robots
takes place August 15-18, 2010 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Distributed robot computing is the study of complexity and computability
in systems where the computational entities themselves are capable of
movement within the spatial universe they inhabit. The field has
applications in areas as diverse as autonomous robots moving in a terrain,
software agents moving in a network, autonomous intelligent vehicles,
wireless mobile ad-hoc networks, and networks of mobile sensors.
The goal of the research meeting is to bring together researchers working
in this areas in order to exchange problems, ideas, techniques, and results.
The objective is to create a clearer picture of the state of the art in the
field, to identify outstanding open problems and research directions, and to
foster collaborative investigation of selected problems.

The event includes participation by graduate students and post-doctoral
fellows, who will attend it as a research school.
There will be lectures of a survey/tutorial nature, invited talks on
specific current research topics and open problems. The discussion and study
of these open problems will constitute integral part of the event.
In its dual nature of research meeting and research school we expect that
the event will expose graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to
important problems in this growing field.
Due to its particular nature, the number of participants is limited.


Organizing Committe
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Paola Flocchini, SITE, University of Ottawa
Matthew Kellett, Defence R&D Canada
Giuseppe Prencipe, Dipartimento di Informatica, University of Pisa
Nicola Santoro (Chair), School of Computer Science, Carleton University

Contacts
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mac2010@scs.carleton.ca

Sponsors
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Fields Institute - http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/aboutus
MITACS - http://www.mitacs.math.ca
SCS - http://www.scs.carleton.ca

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[DMANET] IWOGL 2010 -- 2nd Call For Papers

Apologies for multiple postings!

IWOGL 2010

6th International Workshop on Graph Labelings

October 20-22, 2010, University of Minnesota Duluth

2nd Call For Papers

http://www.d.umn.edu/math/iwogl/
iwogl@d.umn.edu


The workshop will cover all aspects of graph
labelings.
There will be four keynote lectures, several
invited lectures,
contributed talks by participants, and hopefully
enough time
for discussions and collaborative research.

(IWOGL 2010 will be followed by MIGHTY L, held on
October 23
at University of Wisconsin-Superior campus just
across
the bridge!)

Keynote Speakers:

S. Arumugam, Kalasalingam University, India
Joseph Gallian, University of Minnesota Duluth, U.S.A.
Uwe Leck, University of Wisconsin-Superior, U.S.A.
Alexander Rosa, McMaster University, Canada


Deadlines:

Abstract submission October 1
Early registration September 10


Conference fee: $100/$120 (early/regular)
The fee can be now paid through our online form at
https://ibex.d.umn.edu/biz/ce/conferences/iwogl/


To help us with planning the event, please
register at
http://www.d.umn.edu/math/iwogl/registration.html
This will give us better idea what number of
participants
we can expect.

A block of rooms has been reserved in Radisson Hotel
in downtown Duluth. To make a reservation, call
218-727-8981 or email to rhi_dulu@radisson.com and
mention
IWOGL 2010. Special rate valid until October 18.

Organizing Committee

Dalibor Froncek, University of Minnesota
Duluth (Chair)
Mirka Miller, University of Newcastle,
Australia (Program Chair)
Sergei Bezrukov, University of
Wisconsin-Superior
Suresh Hegde, NIT Karnataka, India
Yuqing Lin, University of Newcastle, Australia
Steve Rosenberg, University of
Wisconsin-Superior

iwogl@d.umn.edu
http://www.d.umn.edu/math/iwogl/


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Saturday, July 24, 2010

[DMANET] ALGO 2010 Reminder: Early registration deadline 31 July

ALGO 2010 is being held 6-10 Sept 2010 in Liverpool,
United Kingdom and consists of four events:

18th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms
10th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics
10th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation
Modelling, Optimization, and Systems
8th Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms

Early registration ends 31 July 2010!

Main website: http://algo2010.csc.liv.ac.uk/
Registration: http://algo2010.csc.liv.ac.uk/register/

See you in September!
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[DMANET] New deadline for the special issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics

New deadline for the special issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics
Dedicated to ISCO 2010 : October 15, 2010.


We would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting a
Paper to the sepcial issue of Discrete Applied Mathematics,
Dedicated to ISCO 2010 is posponed to October 15, 2010.

Regards
Ridha Mahjoub

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Friday, July 23, 2010

Call for ACM Award Nominations

KEY PEOPLE NOMINATIONS SOLICITED

 

As part of its mission, ACM brings broad recognition to outstanding technical and professional achievements within the computing and information technology community.  Each year our award committees evaluate the contributions of candidates for various awards that span a spectrum of professional and technological accomplishments. 

 

Nominations by ACM members of those who deserve recognition for their contributions to the field of computing are welcomed. 

 

The deadline for the following ACM awards is November 30, 2010:

 

A.M. Turing Award:  http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?awd=140

            ACM – Infosys Foundation Award:  http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?awd=165

            Distinguished Service Award:  http://awards.acm.org/distinguished%5Fservice/

            Doctoral Dissertation Award:  http://awards.acm.org/doctoral%5Fdissertation/

            Grace Murray Hopper Award:  http://awards.acm.org/hopper/

            Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award:  http://awards.acm.org/kanellakis/

            Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award:  http://awards.acm.org/karlstrom/

            Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics:

            http://awards.acm.org/lawler/ - Biennial

            Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award:  http://awards.acm.org/outstanding%5Fcontribution/

            ACM – AAAI Allen Newell Award: http://awards.acm.org/newell/

            Software System Award:  http://awards.acm.org/software%5Fsystem/

                        

For information on SIG Awards please seehttp://www.acm.org/sigs/sig-awards

 

Here are the exceptions to the November 30th deadline.

                        ACM Distinguished Member – August 2, 2010http://www.acm.org/awards/distinguished_member_nom_guide.html

                        Please see Marc Snir and Telle Whitney's article "Advice to Members Seeking Distinction:  http://awards.acm.org/html/distinguished_advice.cfm

                        ACM Fellows - September 1, 2010http://awards.acm.org/html/fellow_nom_guide.cfm

                        Please see Jim Horning's "Making the case for an ACM Fellow": http://awards.acm.org/html/making_the_case_for_acm_fellow.cfm

                        Please refer to the ACM Fellows Guide for updated nomination informationhttp://awards.acm.org/html/fellow_nom_guide.cfm

                        ACM Senior Members:  Sept. 1, 2010 http://www.acm.org/awards/senior_member_nom_guide.html

                        ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award - October 31, 2010http://awards.acm.org/html/dda.cfm

                        ACM – IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award - March 1, 2011http://awards.acm.org/eckert%5Fmauchly/  

                        ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award - TBA: http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?awd=167

                        ACM Gordon Bell Prize – http://awards.acm.org/bell/   http://sc10.supercomputing.org/schedule/schedule_all.php

                        ACM-W Athena Lecturer Award:  https://acm-w.acm.org/public/acmw/athena_nomination.cfm

 

Please refer to the ACM Awards page, http://www.acm.org/awards/, for:

  • award descriptions, and lists containing the names of the previous ACM Award winners and their citations,
  • nomination procedures for the 2010 awards, including the membership of the 2010 Award Committees, and contact information for the chairshttp://awards.acm.org/html/award_nominations.cfm

 

Thank you.

 

C.C. Gotlieb, ACM Awards Committee Co-chair (ccg@cs.toronto.edu)

J.J. Horning, ACM Awards Committee Co-chair (horning@acm.org)

 

SGB Awards Committee Liaison:  Robert A. Walker (walker@cs.kent.edu)

 

Rosemary McGuinness, ACM Awards Committee Liaison (mcguinness@acm.org)