Friday, May 30, 2014

[DMANET] CALL FOR PAPERS – SPECIAL ISSUE of EJCO (1st announcement)

As announced in the INFORMS Telecommunications Conference held in Lisbon, Portugal last March 2-4, 2014, there will be a special issue of EJCO dedicated to the conference. The topic for this special issue is "Computational Optimization Methods in Telecommunications".
We invite every participant at the conference, to submit a full paper corresponding to his/her oral presentation.
The deadline for the paper submission is June 30, 2014.
We plan on having the review of all submitted papers by December 31, 2014.

The Guest Editors for this special issue are

Bernard Fortz (bernard.fortz@ulb.ac.be) Université Libre de Bruxelles
Luis Gouveia (legouveia@fc.ul.pt) CIO, Unversidade de Lisboa

All submissions will be handled by the online system of EJCO.
Any additional information about the Special Issue can be obtained from the Guest Editors.
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[DMANET] Two PhD position at university of Wuppertal

Two PhD positions at the interface of Computer Science, Operations
Research and Operations Management is available at Faculty B of the
University of Wuppertal.

The first position is a 3/4 time position (salary according to TV-L13),
initially for two years, but extendable. The position is open starting
August 1st.

The second position is a full time position (salary according to
TV-L13), for two years. The position is embedded in the DFG project on
"Scheduling mechanisms for rail mounted gantries with respect to
crane interdependencies". The position is open starting August 1st.

For both positions the following is required:

-- Diploma/Master's degree or equivalent in business studies,
mathematics, applied computer science or theoretical computer science.

-- Excellent written and spoken English.

-- Knowledge in theoretical computer science (algorithms/complexity).

-- Good programming skills (C++, Java).

Desirable:

-- Willingness to write a dissertation thesis.
-- Experience in computational complexity analysis.


Applications on paper (requisite!) should be send to

Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Schumpeter School of Business and Economics
Herrn Univ.-Prof. Dr. Briskorn
Rainer-Gruenter-Straße 21
42119 Wuppertal

(deadline is June 2nd, 2014)

and contain

- Cover letter,

- curriculum Vitae,

- list of publications (if any), and

- one reference.

The successful candidate will join the group of the chair of production
and logistics http://www.prodlog.uni-wuppertal.de/ at the university of
Wuppertal.

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Prof. Dr. Dirk Briskorn
Professur für BWL, insb. Quantitative Planung
Universität Siegen
Hölderlinstr. 3
D - 57068 Siegen
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E-Mail: dirk.briskorn@uni-siegen.de
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

[DMANET] Senior Lecturer/Reader (associate professor/professor) in Management Science/Operational Research, Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, UK

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Please note that " Senior Lecturer/Reader" in the UK system are equivalent to "associate professor/professor without a chair" in the US, Europe and elsewhere.

Senior Lecturer/Reader in Management Science/Operational Research
Department of Management Science, Strathclyde Business School
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

The Department of Management Science at the University of Strathclyde is seeking to recruit a Senior Lecturer or Reader in Management Science/Operational Research (MS/OR). The appointee is expected to be an accomplished and enthusiastic researcher in Management Science/Operational Research. We particularly welcome applications from, but are not limited to, those with a research interest in the areas of operations management, innovation, simulation. We seek individuals who have a strong methodological basis, the potential to make significant research contributions and an ability to translate theory to practice through collaborative research with user groups. The department has a strong reputation in both theory and collaborative research, runs a popular Masters programme in MS/OR, and has a strong doctoral programme. It is part of Strathclyde Business School, one of the top ranking UK Business Schools.

MS/OR is a key area for the university in developing its Technology and Innovation Centre. This centre links industry and public bodies with the university through programmes in Energy, Health, Future Cities and Advanced Manufacturing. MS/OR researchers contribute to each of these themes. Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre sits alongside its other industrial research centres and the UK's first Fraunhofer Centre. The university's innovative approach to industrial collaboration is one of the factors that led it to being awarded UK University of the Year in 2012 and UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year in 2013. The university's rapidly developing industrial research collaborations offers tremendous opportunities for MS/OR researchers.

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Susan Howick (Head of Department). Telephone +44 141 548 3798; email: susan.howick@strath.ac.uk

Online applications can be found at http://vacancies.strath.ac.uk/ and should be submitted by the closing date of 22nd June 2014. Further information about the department is available at http://www.strath.ac.uk/mansci/.


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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

[DMANET] Summer School AACIMP 2014 >> OR Stream >> New dates

Please forward this letter to everyone who might be interested


Operational Research Stream: Logistics, Finance (OR) -

IX Summer School
"Achievements and Applications of Contemporary Informatics,
Mathematics and Physics" (AACIMP-2014)


Annual Operational Research (OR) stream aims to provide an overview on
state-of-the-art OR. Students will explore different types of models
(both hard and soft techniques) that are used to improve
decision-making in the face of uncertainty in real problems of
business, governments or society, e.g., supply chain management,
humanitarian and commercial logistics, financial markets modelling and
also soft OR methods and approaches.

Preliminary topics of the stream are:

· Financial markets modeling: Financial Mathematics;
Computational Finance; Risk Management; Stochastic Programming and its
applications.

· Value Chain Modelling: Commercial and Humanitarian Logistics;
Supply Chain Management; Robust Products Design; Multi-criteria
Decision Making; Forecasting; Business Analytics; Robust Optimization.


Prerequisites: Proficiency in basic calculus is the only requirement
for the stream courses.


Preliminary list of tutors:

Dr. Emel Aktas, Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University, United Kingdom

Prof. Giuseppe Bruno, University of Naples "Federico II", University
Parthenope of Naples, Naples, Italy

Dr. Erik Kropat, Bundeswehr University Munich / ITIS, Institute for
Theoretical Computer Science, Mathematics and Operations Research,
Munich, Germany

Prof. Oleksandr Makarenko, Institute for Applied System Analysis,
National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI", Ukraine

Dr. Oleksii Mostovyi, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Dr. Oleg Prokopyev, Department of Industrial Engineering, University
of Pittsburgh, USA

Prof. Leonidas Sakalauskas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,
Head of Operational Research Department, Lithuania

Prof. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Middle
East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey


The stream "Operational Research" is a part of the IX Summer School
"AACIMP-2014" that will take place at the National Technical
University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" (Kyiv, Ukraine),
August 1 - 15, 2014. It will include lectures, seminars and workshops
as well as social program.
In order to apply for participation in the stream, applicants need to
complete and submit the Summer School online application form -
http://summerschool.ssa.org.ua/. Programme committee will make the
decision on applicant?s admission within a month from the date of
submitting the application form.


· Late registration - June, 1

Stay tuned with updates in Summer School Program at AACIMP website
http://summerschool.ssa.org.ua


Organizing Committee:
Student Science Association
Building 14-8, street Politekhnichna 14, Kyiv 03056, Ukraine
03056, Ukraine, Kyiv,
Telephone/Fax: +38 044 454 9572
Web: http://ssa.org.ua
E-mail: summerschool@ssa.org.ua



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[DMANET] Enter FICO's New "Optimize the Real World" competition

Dear colleagues,

The deadline for FICO's "Optimize the Real World competition" has been
extended to June 15. This contest honors innovative uses of optimization
technology and mathematical programming to solve real world business
problems. There are three first prizes, awarded with US$ 10,000 each.

Please find all details at: http://www.fico.com/en/optimization-contest/.

Best regards,

Timo Berthold
Sr Engineer

FICO
ZIB, Room 3105
Takustr. 7
14195 Berlin
Germany

timoberthold@fico.com
www.fico.com


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[DMANET] Special Issue on "Underwater Sensor Networks" in (JSAN)

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Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (JSAN)

Special Issue "Underwater Sensor Networks"

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/special_issues/usn

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2014

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=== SPECIAL ISSUE ===

New advances in information technologies, circuits, systems and communication protocols have made possible the deployment of underwater sensor networks. These issues have lead researchers to propose new underwater sensor nodes, sensor node placement, protocols for their communication, architectures, and study new ways to communicate with higher bandwidth at higher distances. Moreover, the range of underwater applications is growing fast because of the last research in oceanography, marine science and aquiculture, so there is a need of underwater sensor networks in order to support these disciplines.

This special Issue is tries to collect unpublished works on theory and practice on underwater sensor networks, with special interest on real implementations and deployments. We also seek new proposals on wireless communication technologies.


=== KEYWORDS ===

The Special Issue "Underwater Sensor Networks" topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Underwater sensor nodes
- Underwater sensor node placement
- Routing protocols for underwater sensor networks
- Underwater communications
- Underwater architectures
- Underwater wireless communications
- Underwater sensor network deployments


=== SUBMISSION ===

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form (http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=jsan). Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/jsan/instructions) before submitting a manuscript. For the first couple of issues the Article Processing Charge (APC) will be waived for well-prepared manuscripts. English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.


=== SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS ===

Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Jaime Lloret Mauri (jlloret@dcom.upv.es)
Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera 46022, Valencia, Spain

Dr. Sandra Sendra (sansenco@posgrado.upv.es)
Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera 46022, Valencia, Spain


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[DMANET] BPCAS 2014: Business Processes in Collective Adaptive Systems (Deadline approaching: June 1)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Business Processes in Collective Adaptive Systems
(BPCAS 2014)

September 8, 2014, Haifa, Israel

In conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2014)

Submission deadline: 1 June 2014

http://www.bpcas.org


ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

BPCAS is a new workshop focusing on all topics related to Collective Adaptive Systems (CAS). It aims to provide a high-quality forum for the presentation of developments in CASs and for bringing together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines interested in CASs both within the business process community and outside. The latter are particularly welcome to submit to the workshop.

Topics of interest include:

* business process modeling for CAS
* collective configuration of business processes in CAS
* context/knowledge-aware business processes in CAS
* adaptation and evolution in CAS
* formal methods for CAS
* distribution and mobility in CAS
* big data in CAS
* process similarity and emergent properties of CAS
* security and privacy in CAS
* machine learning and data mining techniques for CAS
* optimization of CAS
* frameworks, tools and programming paradigms for CAS
* usability aspects of CAS
* case studies and scenarios

Accepted papers will be published by Springer as a post-workshop proceedings volume in the series Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP). In addition authors of the best papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended version of their paper to a special issue of the IET Software journal. The workshop is sponsored by the EU's Fundamentals of Collective Adaptive Systems programme initiative (http://focas.eu/about-focas/).

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: June 1, 2014
Author notification: July 1, 2014
Camera-ready submission: July 23, 2014
Workshop date: September 8, 2014

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Manfred Reichert, Universität Ulm, Germany

WORKSHOP ORGANISATION

Organisers
Antonio Bucchiarone, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Naranker Dulay, Imperial College London, UK
Dimka Karastoyanova, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Anna Lavygina, Imperial College London, UK
Adnan Tariq, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Program Committee
Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Salima Benbernou, Université Paris Descartes, France
Marina Bitsaki, University of Crete, Greece
Alexei Lapouchnian, University of Toronto, Canada
Kim Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Lior Limonad, IBM Haifa, Israel
Christos Nikolaou, University of Crete, Greece
Francisco Pereira, SMART-MIT, Singapore
Marco Pistore, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Manfred Reichert, Universität Ulm, Germany
Kurt Rothermel, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Alessandra Russo, Imperial College, UK
Nikola Serbedija, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany
Pnino Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel
Arnon Sturm, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Yury Tsoy, Institut Pasteur Korea, South Korea
Ingo Weber, NICTA, Australia

PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS

We invite submissions in two forms: full papers and position papers. Submitted papers must be written in English, should not have been submitted for review or published elsewhere, and should not exceed 12 pages for full papers, and 6 pages for position papers (including figures, bibliography and appendices).

Submissions are only accepted in PDF format via the EasyChair system (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bpcas2014). Submissions should be formatted according to the LNBIP format specified by Springer.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to present the paper at the workshop.

CONTACT

For further information contact Anna Lavygina (a.lavygina@imperial.ac.uk)
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[DMANET] Open PhD and postdoc positions at CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Open PhD and postdoc positions

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Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has vacancies in the Network & Optimization research group for one
PhD student and one postdoc in the research project

"Approximation Algorithms, Quantum Information and Semidefinite Optimization".

This research project aims to explore the limits of efficient computation within classical and quantum computing, using semidefinite optimization as a main unifying tool. The positions involve research into the mathematical and computer science aspects of approximation algorithms for discrete optimization, quantum entanglement in communication, and complexity of fundamental problems in classical and quantum computing.
The project will be carried out in collaboration between Monique Laurent from the CWI Networks & Optimization research group, Ronald de Wolf from the CWI Algorithms & Complexity research group, and Nikhil Bansal from the department of mathematics and computer science of the Technical University Eindhoven. The positions are funded through an NWO-TOP grant.
More information about the project can be found at the website:

http://projects.cwi.nl/quantumdsp/

The PhD student will start around September 2014. For details about the application procedure please visit the website:

http://www.cwi.nl/jobs/phd-student-in-research-project-approximation-algorithms-quantum-information-and-semidefinite-o

The postdoc may start in the fall 2014. For details about the application procedure please visit the website:

http://www.cwi.nl/jobs/postdoc-in-research-project-approximation-algorithms-quantum-information-and-semidefinite-optim

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

[DMANET] Special Issue of Discrete Optimization (ISCO 2014)

(Apologies in advance for multiple postings)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of Discrete Optimization
on Combinatorial Optimization

We invite submissions of novel research articles for a forthcoming issue
of Discrete Optimization on Combinatorial Optimization.

This special issue is associated with the International Symposium on
Combinatorial Optimization (ISCO 2014) that was held in Lisbon, Portugal, March 5-7, 2014.
However it is also open to papers which have not been presented at the conference.

High quality research papers are solicited to address theoretical as
well as practical issues of Combinatorial Optimization.
Topics of interest include, but are notlimited to:

Approximation algorithms
Cutting-plane algorithms
Polyhedral combinatorics
Branch-and-cut-and-price algorithms
Graph and network algorithms
Linear and nonlinear (mixed-) integer programming
Computational complexity
Computational geometry
Randomized algorithms
Scheduling algorithms
Interior point methods

The deadline for submission of full papers is July 31, 2014.
We aim at completing a first review of all papers by January 31, 2015.

For their submissions, the authors can send their contributions to one of the Guest Editors.
Only electronic submissions in the form of pdf files will be accepted.
All submissions will be refereed according to the standad of the journal.
The special issue will be set up if there will be sufficiently high-quality submissions to it.

Information about Discrete Optimization including author instructions is available at
http:www.journals.elsevier.com/discrete-optimization/
Additional information about the special issue can be obtained from the
Guest Editors.

Guest Editors:

Luis Gouveia, legouveia@fc.ul.pt
CIO, University of Lisbon
Portugal

Andrea Lodi, andrea.lodi@unibo.it
DEI, University of Bologna
Italy

A. Ridha Mahjoub,mahjoub@lamsade.dauphine.fr
LAMSADE, University Paris-Dauphine
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[DMANET] ACM CHANTS 2014 (co-located with ACM MobiCom): only a few days left for abstract registration

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ACM CHANTS 2014 - 9th Workshop on Challenged Networks
co-located with ACM MobiCom 2014
7 September 2014, Maui, Hawaii, USA

www.acm-chants.org/14


Supported by the FP7 EU MOTO project
http://www.fp7-moto.eu
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******* PAPER REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JUNE 1st *******


SCOPE AND OVERVIEW
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Challenged networks comprise those situations where communication is
desired,
but traditional Internet architectures fail to provide it effectively.
Such networks may be characterized by intermittent connectivity, a
heterogeneous
mix of nodes, nodal churn, and widely varying network conditions.
Traditional
examples of challenged networks include inter-planetary networks, sensor
and
wildlife monitoring networks, underwater networks, rural and remote areas,
and military battlefields. Recently, challenged networking has also found
applications in everyday settings, for which they were not initially
conceived,
such as opportunistic networking supporting data-centric communications,
traffic offloading from cellular networks, mobile cloud computing,
opportunistic and participatory sensing. Inter-disciplinary approaches to
challenged networking protocols are also successfully explored, exploiting,
for example, findings in the area of social networking.
The availability of enabling technologies in mobile devices, such as
WiFi direct in Android and D2D communication in latest LTE releases, will
further push towards practical developments of challenged networking
solutions.

This workshop builds on the success of the eight previous CHANTS workshops,
and WDTN 2005, to stimulate research on the most novel and challenging
topics
of challenged network research. CHANTS provides an ideal venue for
researchers
and engineers to present cutting-edge work and results, as research
papers or demos,
in the following topics:

- Delay/disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs)
- Opportunistic communication and computing
- Architecture, design, and implementation of communication systems
for challenged networks
- Modeling, analysis and characterization of challenged networks and
protocols
- Network Coding in Challenged Networks
- Information Centric and Content-centric Networking in Challenged Networks
- Security/Trust/Privacy concerns and solutions in challenged networks
- Case studies involving real challenged network solutions in various stages
of development or use
- Applications of challenged networks in disrupted scenarios
(e.g. disaster relief and emergency management) and in daily use
(e.g., vehicular networks, mobile social networking, censorship evasion,
crowdsourcing,
sensor networks)
- Green and energy-efficient communication using challenged networks
- Real-world mobility trace collection, analysis, and modeling for
challenged environments
- Network science methods for challenged networks
- Mobile data offloading via challenged networks
- Test and simulation tools for evaluating challenged network systems
- Configuration, management, and monitoring of challenged networks
- Challenged networking techniques for mobile cloud
- Challenged networking techniques for participatory and opportunistic
sensing

Selected papers will be forward-looking, will describe their relationship
to existing work, and will have impact and implications for ongoing or
future research.
We aim to have a highly interactive workshop, also including demos,
which have been
an integral part of CHANTS. Paper authors who can also run a demo of
their work will be
encouraged to do so. In exceptional cases, where live demos are simply
not practical
to present, poster or video presentations of practical results are
acceptable.


PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor being
currently under review by another conference or journal.
Submitted papers must be no more than 6 pages long, and should adhere to
the standard ACM conference proceedings format.
Demo proposals (to be published as part of the proceedings) must not be
longer
than 3 pages plus 1 page description of the precise setup and requirements
(the 1-page setup description will not be published in the proceedings).
Papers will be reviewed single blind.
Please follow the submission link at: http://www.acm-chants.org


EDITORIAL FOLLOW-UPS
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Extended versions of the selected workshop papers will be considered for
possible fast track publication on the Computer Communications Journal
(Elsevier),
in a special section on Challenged Networks.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract Registration: 1 June 2014
Submission Deadline: 8 June 2014
Authors Notification: 20 July 2014
Camera Ready Due: 27 July 2014
Workshop: 7 September 2014



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Program Committee Chairs
- Mario Gerla (UCLA, USA)
- Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR, Italy)

Technical Program Committee
- Mostafa Ammar (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
- Aruna Balasubramanian (University of Washington, USA)
- Fehmi Ben Abdesslem (SICS Swedish ICT, Sweden)
- Chiara Boldrini (IIT-CNR, Italy)
- Scott Burleigh (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology, USA)
- Guohong Cao (Penn State University, USA)
- Vania Conan (Thales Communications & Security, France)
- Marco Conti (IIT-CNR, Italy)
- Marcelo Dias de Amorim (CNRS and UPMC, France)
- Roberto Di Pietro (Roma Tre University of Rome, Italy)
- Do Young Eun (North Carolina State University, USA)
- Stephen Farrell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
- Ahmed Helmy (University of Florida, USA)
- Tristan Henderson (University of St Andrews, UK)
- Pan Hui (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/Hong Kong Univ. of Science and
Technology, Hong Kong)
- Karin Anna Hummel (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Mohan Kumar (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
- Kyunghan Lee, (UNIST Ulsan National Institute of Science and
Technology, Korea)
- Uichin Lee (KAIST-KSE, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology, Korea)
- Anders Lindgren (SICS Swedish ICT, Sweden)
- Giovanni Neglia (INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France)
- Melek Onen (EURECOM, France)
- Joerg Ott (Aalto University, Finland)
- Elena Pagani (University of Milan, Italy)
- Andreea Hossmann-Picu (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (EURECOM, France)
- Stavros Toumpis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
- Eiko Yoneki (University of Cambridge, UK)

Steering Committee
- Kevin Almeroth, UC-Santa Barbara, USA
- Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech, USA
- Christophe Diot, Technicolor, France
- Deborah Estrin, UC-Los Angeles, USA
- Kevin Fall, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Joerg Ott, Aalto University, Finland
- James Scott, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK

Publicity Co-Chairs
- Elisabetta Biondi (IIT-CNR, Italy)
- Yong Li (Tsinghua University, China)
- Sungwon Yang (UCLA, USA)

Web Chair
- Fehmi Ben Abdesslem (SICS Swedish ICT, Sweden)

For more information, please check out www.acm-chants.org or write to
the workshop co-chairs at chants2014@iit.cnr.it





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Monday, May 26, 2014

[DMANET] ISAAC 2014: Second Call for Papers

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The 25th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation
(ISAAC 2014)

December 15-17, 2014

Jeonju, Korea

http://tcs.postech.ac.kr/isaac2014/
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The 25th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2014)
will be held in Jeonju, Korea during December 15-17, 2014. The symposium is
intended to provide a forum for researchers working in algorithms and theory
of computation. Papers presenting original research in the areas of algorithms
and theory of computation are sought. Papers in relevant applied areas are
also welcomed.

INVITED SPEAKERS
* Ulrik Brandes (University of Konstanz)
* Giuseppe F. Italiano (Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata")

IMPORTANT DATES
* Submission deadline: June 16, 2014 (23:59 Honolulu Time)
* Notification date: August 29, 2014
* Final version due: September 19, 2014

PUBLICATIONS
The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series.
Selected papers will be invited to special issues of Algorithmica and
International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications.

PAPER SUBMISSION
The submission should contain a scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques,
and results, including motivation and a comparison with related work.
The main text, including title, abstract, and references, should not exceed
11 pages in LNCS style. An optional appendix should be used to provide proof
details that do not fit in the main text. Submitted papers must describe
unpublished work.
Authors should not submit papers with the same results or essentially
the same results that are accepted or published or under review by a
conference with refereed proceedings or a journal.
Only electronic submission will be allowed and only pdf files will be accepted.

Submission is now open at EasyChair:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isaac2014

At least one author of an accepted paper is expected to present the paper at
the conference as a registered participant.

AWARDS
A Best Paper and a Best Student Paper may be awarded. A paper is eligible for
the Best Student Paper Award if all authors are full-time students at the time
of submission. To indicate that a submission is eligible, please add the phrase
"Eligible for the Best Student Paper Award" in the abstract.


CONFERENCE CHAIR
* Kunsoo Park, Seoul National University, Korea

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
* Hee-Kap Ahn, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea
* Chan-Su Shin, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
* Peter Brass (City College of New York, USA)
* Gerth St\olting Brodal (Madalgo, Denmark)
* Xavier Goaoc (University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee, France)
* Simon Gog (University of Melbourne, Australia)
* Mordecai Golin (HKUST, Hong Kong)
* Roberto Grossi (Pisa, Italy)
* Sungjin Im (UC Merced, USA)
* Rahul Jain (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
* Akinori Kawachi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
* Christian Knauer (Bayreuth University, Germany)
* Pinyan Lu (Microsoft Research Asia, China)
* Kazuhisa Makino (RIMS, Japan)
* Peter Bro Miltersen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
* Wolfgang Mulzer (FU Berlin, Germany)
* Joong Chae Na (Sejong University, Korea)
* Saket Saurabh (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India)
* Srinivasa Rao Satti (SNU, Korea)
* Tetsuo Shibuya (University of Tokyo, Japan)
* Michiel Smid (Carleton University, Canada)
* Hisao Tamaki (Meiji University, Japan)
* Gerhard Woeginger (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
* Alexander Wolff (Universit\"{a}t W\"{u}rzburg, Germany)
* Bang Ye Wu (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
* Chee Yap (New York University, USA)
* Hsu-Chun Yen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
* Xiao Zhou (Tohoku University, Japan)
* Louxin Zhang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
* Peng Zhang (Shandong University, China)
* Binhai Zhu (Montana State University, USA)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
* Hee-Kap Ahn (Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea)
* Sang Won Bae (Kyonggi University, Korea)
* Yo-Sub Han (Yonsei University, Korea)
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[DMANET] 2nd CFP - IEEE Systems Journal Special Issue on System Safety and Safety Critical Systems

IEEE Systems Journal Special Issue on "System Safety and Safety-Critical
Systems"

CALL FOR PAPERS

GUEST EDITORS
Shrisha Rao, IIIT-BANGALORE, India, shrao@ieee.org Paul C. Hershey,
RAYTHEON, USA, Paul_C_Hershey@raytheon.com Michael J. Hirsch, ISEA TEK, USA,
mhirsch@iseatek.com

SCOPE
Safety, "The condition of being safe; freedom from danger, risk or injury,"
is a concern for life in general, and an important issue in the design of
complex systems in particular.  While the precise nature of safety in
relation to security is a matter of some debate, it may be said that safety
is the property of a system not to misbehave (in some defined way) on its
own, whilst security is its resistance to malicious actions. It is also
accepted that safety is an emergent system property that must be "baked into
the cake" in the design and construction of complex systems, and that it
cannot be bolted on to an unsafe system later.  Likewise, standards and
practices for system operation that are framed for other objectives such as
profitability or operational readiness do not necessarily ensure system
safety, and safety may be in conflict with such other objectives, requiring
a compromise approach.  In particular, "safety-critical" systems are those
where safety is considered as  the paramount concern, where every design or
operational conflict between safety and another objective such as
availability, must be decided in favor of safety. The range of systems where
safety is a concern is vast, and includes such diverse domains as aviation,
oil and gas installations, power systems, medical devices and services,
maritime, and military, along with many others.  While every such domain has
certain important features that call for a unique approach, it is quite
fruitful to look for common threads in reasoning about safety in complex
systems, and gain insights that are useful in a range of systems.
The IEEE Systems Journal will publish a special issue dedicated to system
safety and safety-critical systems. The aim of this special issue is to
present a collection of high-quality archival research papers that address
theoretical and practical perspectives of the entire system life cycle, to
help create safer systems.  Papers that integrate multiple perspectives to
take a larger system-level view, and papers that offer insights valid across
different domains, will be preferred over papers that deal with specific
technologies, theoretical concepts, and local perspectives.  The topics of
interest include, but are not restricted to:
 
• Functional safety
• Formal methods for safety in complex systems • Hazard identification and
assessment • Software safety • Human factors • Man-machine interfaces and
ergonomics • Safety and systems engineering • Safety standards and their
evolution • Safety audits and certification for critical systems • Design
innovations for safety • Mitigation of natural and man-made disasters •
Safety cultures, policies, and practices • Corporate governance for safety •
Safety in complex systems with legacy technologies
 
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are invited to submit original research contributions by following
the detailed instructions given in the "Information for Authors" at
http://www.ieeesystemsjournal.org.  In the cover letter, authors should
explicitly state that the paper is submitted to the "Special Issue on System
Safety and Safety-Critical Systems."  Questions about the special issue may
be directed to the Guest Editors. 

SCHEDULE
Paper submission deadline: June 30, 2014 Notification of first decisions:
October 15, 2014 Revised paper submission: December 1, 2014 Notification of
second reviews: February 1, 2015 Minor revision deadline: March 1, 2015
Final notification: April 1, 2015 Final manuscript: May 1, 2015 Expected
publication: 2015/2016


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[DMANET] Symposium "GRAPHS" - ICNAAM 2014

FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Symposium GRAPHS, ICNAAM 2014 (International Conference
of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014),
22-28 September 2014, Rodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece

Organizer: Vojislav Petrovic (DMI Novi Sad)

Topics:

- scores in graphs and digraphs

- Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs and digraphs

- planar graphs

- graph factors and decompositions

- graph colorings

- extremal graphs

- graph spectra

- tournaments and hypertournaments

- graph algorithms




Email to vojpet@dmi.uns.ac.rs or vojpet@gmail.com to announce
registration.

For further information

vojpet@dmi.uns.ac.rs or vojpet@gmail.com

or visit

http://www.icnaam.org/



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[DMANET] [padabs'14] - Extended deadline - Call for Papers 2nd Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Agent-Based Simulations.

[Apologies for multiple copies of this message.]

Extended deadline (strict) June 9th, 2014.

August 25-26th, 2014, Porto (Portugal), jointly with Euro-Par 2014
http://www.padabs.org.

Deadlines:

Workshop papers due: June 9, 2014
Workshop author notification: July 4, 2014
Workshop early registration: July 25, 2014
Workshop: August 25/August 26th 2014
Workshop camera-ready papers due: October 3, 2014

Organizers:

Vittorio Scarano (Università di Salerno, Italy), chair
Gennaro Cordasco (Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy)
Rosario De Chiara (Poste Italiane, Italy)
Ugo Erra (Università della Basilicata, Italy)

Program Committee:

Maria Chli (Aston University, United Kingdom)
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla (George Mason University, USA)
Biagio Cosenza (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
Nick Collier (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Rosaria Conte (CNR, Italy)
Andrew Evans (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
Bernardino Frola (The MathWorks, Cambridge, UK)
Joanna Kolodziej (Cracow University of Technology and AGH University
of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland)
Nicola Lettieri (Università del Sannio e ISFOL, Italy)
Sean Luke (George Mason University, USA)
Michael North (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Mario Paolucci (CNR, Italy)
Paul Richmond (The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Arnold Rosenberg (Northeastern University, USA)
Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Brescia, Italy)
Michela Taufer (University of Delaware, USA)


Objectives of the Workshop

Agent-Based Simulation Models are an increasingly popular tool for
research and management in many fields such as ecology, economics,
sociology, etc.. In some fields, such as social sciences, these models
are seen as a key instrument to the generative approach, essential for
understanding complex social phenomena. But also in policy-making,
biology, military simulations, control of mobile robots and economics,
the relevance and effectiveness of Agent-Based Simulation Models is
recently recognized.
Computer science community has responded to the need for platforms
that can help the development and testing of new models in each
specific field by providing tools, libraries and frameworks that speed
up and make massive simulations possible.
The key objective of this Second Workshop on Parallel and Distributed
Agent-Based Simulations is to bring together the researchers that are
interested in getting more performances from their simulations, by
using synchronized, many-core simulations (e.g., GPUs), strongly
coupled, parallel simulations (e.g. MPI) and loosely coupled,
distributed simulations (distributed heterogeneous setting).
Several frameworks have been recently developed and are active in this
field. They range from the GPU-Manycore approach, to Parallel, to
Distributed simulation environments. In the first category, you can
find FLAME GPU, that allows also non GPU specialists to harness the
GPUs performance for real time simulation and visualization. For
tightly-coupled, large computing clusters and supercomputers a very
popular framework is Repast for High Performance Computing
(REPAST-HPC), a C++-based modeling system. On the distributed side,
recent work on Distributed MASON, allows non specialists to use
heterogeneous hardware and software in local area networks for
enlarging the size and speeding up the simulation of complex
Agent-Based models.

Topics of interest

Frameworks for parallel/distributed ABSs
Case studies of ABSs in parallel/distributed settings, with an
emphasis on the technical implementation, architectural choices and
their impact on performances Benchmark parallel/distributed ABSs
Debugging parallel/distributed ABSs
Formal methods and algorithms for ABSs in parallel/distributed models
Load Balancing algorithms, techniques and frameworks
Management and deployment of parallel/distributed ABSs
Visualization of parallel/distributed ABSs


Paper submission

The papers will be presented in the regular format (10 pages LNCS
format, 5 pages for short papers) and will be reviewed, anonymously by
at least 2 reviewers of the Program Committee. Acceptance as
regular/short papers will depend upon scientific value, originality
and relevance to the Workshop theme.

Euro-Par Workshops Proceedings will be published by Springer in the
Lecture Notes for Computer Science series after the Workshops.
Submissions and reviewing will be through EasyChair via
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2014ws

Contact information:

Vittorio Scarano: vitsca@dia.unisa.it
Ugo Erra: ugo.erra@unibas.it
Gennaro Cordasco: gennaro.cordasco@unina2.it
Rosario De Chiara: dechia24@posteitaliane.it

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Gennaro Cordasco
Dipartimento di Informatica
Universita' di Salerno
Fisciano (SA) -- 84084 ITALY
e-mail: cordasco[@]dia.unisa.it
http://www.di.unisa.it/~cordasco/

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

[DMANET] PODC 2014 Call for Participation

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PODC 2014 Call for Participation
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The 33rd ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS
Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC 2014)
July 15-18, 2014
Paris, France
http://www.podc.org/

Highlights:
- Invited lectures by Michael Luby, Silvio Micali, and Joseph Sifakis
- Leslie Lamport's Turing Award lecture
- Celebration of Maurice Herlihy's 60th birthday
- Five workshops

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Registration is now open. The early registration deadline is June 16.

For registration, information on student grants, and local information
please visit the conference webpage.

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PODC 2014 Workshops, on July 15:

- Adaptive Resource Management and Scheduling for Cloud Computing
(ARMS-CC)
- Realistic Models for Algorithms in Wireless Networks (WRAWN)
- Distributed Software-Defined Networks (DSDN)
- Theoretical Aspects of Dynamic Distributed Systems (TADDS)
- Workshop on the Theory of Transactional Memory (WTTM)

Registration to PODC includes attendance to all the workshops.

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Friday, May 23, 2014

[DMANET] PhD position in Algorithms at Bonn University

Department of Computer Science

University of Bonn


1 PhD position in Big Data Algorithms

Research Assistant (100% TV-L 13)

A PhD position is available in Theoretical Computer
Science at the University of Bonn, Germany. The position
is supported by the DFG grant "Kernelization for Big Data"
of Dr. Matthias Mnich.

The successful candidate will perform research on big data
algorithms, kernelization, and related topics. The main
focus of research is on the rigorous study of algorithms
for inputs that do not fit into the main memory of the
processing unit. Apart from scientific contributions, the
successful candidate will pursue a PhD in theoretical
computer science, with an expected completion time of 3-4
years.

The position is fulltime with an initial contract for 2
years and the possibility to extend by up to 1 more year.
There are no teaching obligations, but interest in
teaching (exercises or lectures) is encouraged. The
position is available from August 1, 2014. Starting salary
is determined according to the labour agreement of the
state public sector and will be around 3300 Euros gross
(depending on experience and social factors) including
mandatory health insurance.

The position is associated with the DFG Focus Program „Big
Data" that consists of 16 research programs at
universities throughout Germany, see
http://www.big-data-spp.de/ for more details. These offer
opportunities for joint research and support for PhD
students.

The research group "Theoretical Computer Science and
Formal Methods" is chaired by Prof. Dr. Heiko Roeglin
(http://www.roeglin.org/) and currently accommodates 5
more PhD students and postdocs.

Bonn offers a strong mathematical and computer science
landscape including the Max Planck Institute for
Mathematics, the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, and the
Forschungsinstitut fuer Diskrete Mathematik. Besides, Bonn
offers a multitude of cultural attractions as well as the
romantic embankments of the Rhine River.

Candidates must hold (or be close to completion) of a
master's degree (or equivalent) in computer science,
mathematics or a related area. They should have a very
good knowledge about algorithms and complexity. Further
background in mathematical areas, especially discrete
mathematics, is considered advantageous, as are good
programming skills. Good communication skills and solid
English writing skills are mandatory, while knowledge of
German is not required but basic skills are considered
beneficial.


Interested applicants should send their application
consisting of
- cover letter (see below)
- curriculum vitae
- an overview of grades and courses taken
- copy of Bachelor and Master certificates (or equivalent)
- summary of master/diploma thesis (English, 1-3 pages)
- (optionally) complete thesis and any other scientific
publications
- recommendation letters (see below)

in a single PDF file by

June 30, 2014

to

Dr. Matthias Mnich
mmnich@uni-bonn.de
http://people.mmci.uni-saarland.de/~mmnich/

--Cover letter
Please include clear statements regarding your motivation
to work in research and why you want to pursue a PhD. Why
are you interested in big data algorithms? What other
directions of theoretical computer science and discrete
mathematics are you interested in and/or possess strong
qualification in?

--Recommendation letters
It is requested that interested applicants arrange between
1 and 3 letters of recommendation written by professors
and researchers that they have interacted with (this
should include the supervisor of the master/diploma
thesis). These letters should be sent by their writers
directly via email to mmnich@uni-bonn.de and preferably
arrive by June 30 too.

Applications arriving by June 30 will receive full
consideration; however, the search remains open until the
position is filled.

Do not hesitate to contact mmnich@uni-bonn.de if you have
any questions regarding the position or your application.
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[DMANET] Funded Doctoral Positions in Austria (LogiCS)

LogiCS - Doctoral College on Logical Methods in Computer Science

Funded Doctoral Positions in Computer Science

TU Wien, TU Graz, and JKU Linz are seeking exceptionally talented and motivated students for their joint doctoral program LogiCS. The LogiCS doctoral college focuses on interdisciplinary research topics covering

(i) computational logic, and applications of logic to
(ii) databases and artificial intelligence as well as to
(iii) computer-aided verification.

THE PROGRAM

LogiCS is a doctoral college focusing on logic and its applications in computer science. Successful applicants will work with and be supervised by leading researchers in the fields of computational logic, databases and knowledge representation, and computer-aided verification.

FACULTY MEMBERS

M. Baaz A. Biere R. Bloem A. Ciabattoni
U. Egly T. Eiter C. Fermuller R. Grosu
A. Leitsch M. Ortiz R. Pichler S. Szeider
H. Tompits H. Veith G. Weissenbacher

Details are provided on http://logic-cs.at/faculty/

POSITIONS AND FUNDING

We are looking for 1-2 doctoral students per faculty member, where 30% of the positions are reserved for highly qualified female candidates. The doctoral positions are funded for a period of 3 years according to the funding scheme of the Austrian Science Fund (details: http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/projects/personalkostensaetze.html)
The funding can be extended for one additional year contingent on a placement at one of our international partner institutions.

HOW TO APPLY

Detailed information about the application process is available on the LogiCS web-page http://logic-cs.at/phd/

The applicants are expected to have completed an excellent diploma or master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related field. Candidates with comparable achievements will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Applications by the candidates need to be submitted electronically.

HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE

The Austrian cities Vienna, Graz, and Linz, located close to the Alps and surrounded by beautiful nature, provide an exceptionally high quality of life, with a vibrant cultural scene, numerous cultural events, world-famous historical sites, a large international community, a varied cuisine and famous coffee houses.
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[DMANET] Postdoc position in "Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics"

A postdoc position in "Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics" starting in
September 2014 is offered at the Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry
(TU Wien). The position is within the Special Research Program (SFB)
"ALGORITHMIC AND ENUMERATIVE COMBINATORICS," a four-year programme (March 1,
2013 - Feb. 28, 2017) funded by the Austrian Science Foundation FWF.

The SFB consists of eight project parts, run by

Michael Drmota (TU Wien)
Bernhard Gittenberger (TU Wien)
Manuel Kauers (RISC Linz)
Christian Krattenthaler (Universit\"at Wien)
Peter Paule (RISC Linz)
Veronika Pillwein (RISC Linz)
Michael Schlosser (Universit\"at Wien)
Carsten Schneider (RISC Linz)

and the announced position belongs to the project part "Combinatorics of
Tree-Like Structures and Enriched Trees" run by Bernhard Gittenberger.

For more specific information see the SFB WWW Site

https://www.sfb050.risc.jku.at/

We explicitly encourage female researchers to apply for the offered positions.
We guarantee that the selection process, based solely on the research records,
will give equal opportunities to female and male researchers.

Interested applicants should submit an application with CV, list of
publications, and in addition ask 2 people to send letters of evaluation, no
later than

JUNE 15, 2014.

The application should be done using the website

https://www.sfb050.risc.jku.at/application

For more detailed information see the SFB WWW Site

https://www.sfb050.risc.jku.at/

For further information please contact Bernhard Gittenberger
(gittenberger@dmg.tuwien.ac.at). For general enquiries concerning the SFB
programme please contact Christian.Krattenthaler@univie.ac.at.

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[DMANET] CFP: ALGOSENSORS 2014 - 10th Int. Symposium on Algorithms and Experiments for Sensor Systems, Wireless Networks and Distributed Robotics

****Please Receive our Apologies for Cross-postings******


CALL FOR PAPERS

ALGOSENSORS 2014

10th International Symposium on Algorithms and Experiments for Sensor
Systems, Wireless Networks and Distributed Robotics


September 11-12, 2014, Wrocław, Poland; to be held in conjunction with

ALGO/ESA 2014

https://sites.google.com/site/algosensors2014/


SCOPE AND TOPICS: The ALGOSENSORS symposium aims to bring together
research contributions related to diverse algorithmic aspects of sensor
networks, wireless networks as well as distributed robotics, both from a
theoretical and an experimental perspective. Starting from 2013 we have
a new track on wireless networks and distributed robotics.

This year ALGOSENSORS has three tracks:
- Sensor Network Algorithms
- Wireless Networks and Distributed Robotics
- Experiments
Each paper will be initially submitted to a single track. But all papers
will be handled by the the same program committee. The program committee
will make sure that papers are reviewed by the PC members in the
expertise area.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Computational Models
Complexity and Computability
Approximation/Randomized Algorithms
Communication Protocols
Deployment, Topology Control
Infrastructure Discovery
Routing, Data Propagation
Data Aggregation, Data Fusion
Localization
Tracking
Energy Management
Power Saving Schemes
Resource Efficiency
Game Theoretic Aspects
Fault Tolerance, Dependability
Self-stabilization, Self-* Properties
Error/Erasure Correcting Codes
Cryptography, Security and Trust
Mobile Sensor Networks
Autonomous Mobile Robots
Sensor-Actuator Networks
Dynamic Networks
Swarm Computing
Pattern Formation
Obstacle Avoidance
Algorithms for RFID
Performance Evaluation
Systems and Testbeds
Experimental Analysis
Medium Access Control
Time Synchronization
Virtual Infrastructures
Cyber Physical Systems


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Jie Gao, Stony Brook University, USA (General chair)
Alon Efrat, University of Arizona, USA (Track co-chair, Sensor Networks
Algorithms)
Sandor Fekete, University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany (Track
co-chair, Wireless Networks and Distributed Robotics)
Yanyong Zhang, Rutgers University, USA (Track co-chair, Experiments)

Algorithms Track

Chris Gniady, University of Arizona, USA
Guy Grebla, Columbia University, USA
Loukas Lazos, University of Arizona, USA
Miao Jin, University of Louisiana, USA
Thienne Johnson, University of Arizona, USA
Valentin Polishchuk, Linköping University, Sweden
Andrea Richa, Arizona State University, USA
Rik Sarkar, University of Edinburgh, UK
Michael Segal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Guoliang Xue, Arizona State University, USA

Robotics Track

Aaron Becker, Harvard University, USA
Thomas Erlebach, University of Leicester, UK
Michael Hemmer, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Alejandro López-Ortiz, University of Waterloo, Canada
James McLurkin, Rice University, USA
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, University of Paderborn, Germany
Joe Mitchell, Stony Brook University, USA
Nicola Santoro, Carleton University, Canada
Christiane Schmidt, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Jukka Suomela, Aalto University, Finland

Experiments Track

James Gross, KTH, Sweden
Yuan He, Tsinghua University, P.R.China
Tommaso Melodia, University of Buffalo, USA
Hui Pan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, USA
Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, USA
Niki Trigoni, Univ. of Oxford, UK
Guiling Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Kai Xing, University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China
Rong Zheng, McMaster University, Canada
Marco Zuniga, TU Delft, Netherlands
Constantinos Marios Angelopoulos, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland

STEERING COMMITTEE

Josep Diaz, U.P. Catalunya
Magnus M. Halldorsson, Reykjavik U., Iceland
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, U. of Southern California, USA
P.R. Kumar, Texas A&M U., USA
Sotiris Nikoletseas, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece (Chair)
Jose Rolim, U. of Geneva
Paul Spirakis, U. of Patras and CTI, Greece
Adam Wolisz, T.U. Berlin, Germany

IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper submission: June 14, 2014

Notification: July 14, 2014

Camera-ready for pre-proceedings: August 10, 2014

Symposium: September 11-12, 2014


PROCEEDINGS:
Accepted papers will be published in full text in hardcopy
post-proceedings, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series
of Springer Verlag.

TCS JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE: As in previous years, selected high-quality
papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the
Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) Journal.


HOW TO SUBMIT: Full papers are to be submitted electronically using the
EasyChair server.
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. Each paper should select a track
to submit to. Since there can be a lot of overlap of the three tracks,
the selection of a track is a suggestion and all papers will be handled
by the single PC to ensure that each paper is handled by PC members of
the expertise area. Authors need to ensure that for each accepted paper
at least one author will register and attend the symposium. Submissions
are limited to twelve (12) single-column pages on letter/A4-size paper
(using at least 11 point font, 1 inch margins, standard line spacing,
preferably formatted in the LNCS style). This includes figures, but
excludes references and an optional appendix (to be read at the program
committee's discretion).

--
Constantinos Marios Angelopoulos, Ph.D.

University of Geneva
Centre Universitaire d'Informatique
Battelle Bat. A, 7 rte de Drize
CH-1227 Carouge - Switzerland

Phone: (+41)0223790121
Skype: aggeloko
WEB: http://tcs.unige.ch/doku.php/user/angelopo
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CALL FOR PAPERS
DINWC2014

VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

June 24-26, 2014

http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2014/dinwc2014


Paper Submission Deadline --- May 25th, 2014
Notification of Acceptance: 3 days from the submission date
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Thursday, May 22, 2014

[DMANET] NICTA 3rd International Optimisation Summer School - Call for Participation

Dear colleagues

Please circulate amongst your contacts and colleagues. We're especially keen to attract undergraduate students (3rd year or later) who will both be able to attend without cost and will be assigned a mentor to help guide them. Note that we will offer a $200 grant to two female undergraduates to assist with travel expenses.

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NICTA 3rd International Optimisation Summer School
Kiola, New South Wales, Australia
January 11th to 16th 2015
Call for Participation

http://org.nicta.com.au/optschool

Spend a week by the beach learning about the latest optimisation technologies. How can you help a business reduces its costs? Or reduce their carbon footprint? Or do both?

The school will focus on solving large scale combinatorial optimisation problems in practice. It is intended for undergraduate students (3rd year or later), masters or early stage PhD students. Every undergraduate participant will be assigned an individual mentor.

Topics covered include: introduction to constraint programming, modelling, integer programming, column generation, uncertainty, vehicle routing, scheduling, supply networks and research skills.

Lecturers include Simon Dunstall, Phil Kilby, Pascal van Hentenryck, Peter Stuckey, Mark Wallace and Toby Walsh.

Registration

The registration page is open now (http://org.nicta.com.au/optschool) and applicants will be considered as they are received. Undergraduates attend for free. Yes, a week by the beach paid for with fun and games! Postgraduates need pay just $250 which covers 5 nights accommodation, all food and drink, and the coach transfer from Sydney. In addition, NICTA will be offering a $200 grant to two female undergraduates to assist with travel expenses.

Organizer

Prof. Toby Walsh, NICTA and UNSW.

Local information

The School will again be held at ANU's beautiful seaside campus at Kioloa, near Bawley Point on the south coast of New South Wales.

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[DMANET] Postdoc position in Discrete Math. and Optimization at the University of São Paulo

The Combinatorics and Optimization group at the Institute of
Mathematics and Statistics of the University of São Paulo, Brazil,
invites applications for a postdoc fellowship in the context of the
project "Optimization Methods for Extremal Geometry", which is a part
of FAPESP project 13/03447-6 "Combinatorial structures, optimization,
and algorithms in theoretical Computer Science".

We are looking for candidates with a strong background in areas such
as combinatorial optimization, semidefinite programming, discrete
geometry, graph theory, and combinatorics, but more so than specific
knowledge in any of these areas, we will be looking at the depth of
the applicant's research and his/her proficiency in applying
optimization methods. No teaching is involved.

The salary is BRL 5,908.80/month, tax-free. For those living outside
of São Paulo, the flight will be reimbursed, and a further salary is
given for moving costs. There is also an allowance of BRL 10,634.40
per year for travel and other costs related to the project. The
fellowship is granted for a period of 12 months, which can be extended
for a further 12 months based on performance.

Candidates must have obtained their PhD degrees in the past 7 years.

The start date is August 1st, 2014 (negotiable).

Deadline for application: June 15th, 2014.

Applications should consist of (1) a Curriculum Vitae including a
publications list; (2) a research statement (max. 5 pages) detailing
past research and including future research directions; (3) names and
emails of 3 references. The application should be sent AS A SINGLE PDF
FILE to

fmario+apply@gmail.com

Informal inquiries about the position can be sent to

fmario+questions@gmail.com

Fernando Mário de Oliveira Filho
Instituto de Matemática e Estatística
Universidade de São Paulo
http://www.ime.usp.br/~fmario

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[DMANET] Special session: Graph Theory and Applications in Metz 3-5 November 2014 (CODIT'14)

---------------------------------- ** Call for Paper **
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Special Session on
Graph Theory and Applications
http://codit2014.event.univ-lorraine.fr/docs/SessionSpecialeGraph.pdf

at International Conference on Control, Decision and Information
Technologies (CODIT'14),
IEEE Conference, http://codit2014.event.univ-lorraine.fr/index.html

November 3 - 5, 2014, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France.

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Description:
This special session focuses on a variety of topics in graph theory,
such as structural results about graphs,
graph algorithms with theoretical emphasis, and discrete optimization on
graphs.
The aim of this special session is to present recent advances on
well-known graph problems (and variants)
and also on new problems related to industrial application.

Topics:
- All aspect of Graph Theory
- Graph Algorithms
- Combinatorial Optimization
- Complexity
- Approximation Algorithms

Submission:
Please submit your full paper (maximum of 6 pages in the standard IEEE
conference double column format)
or extended abstract of 2 to 3 pages choosing the right track on the
Easychair site:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=codit14

Important Dates:
June 1st, 2014: deadline for paper submission,
July 10, 2014: notification of acceptance/reject,
September 10, 2014: deadline for final paper and registration.

Organizer:
Sébastien Martin
LCOMS - Université de Lorraine, Metz, France.

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Sébastien Martin
Maître de Conférences à l'IUT de Metz et au LCOMS.
Bureau B37
IUT de Metz
Ile du Saulcy
57045 Metz cedex
Téléphone : 03 87 31 51 59
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[DMANET] Deadline Approaching (June 15), Special issue on Critical Systems Modeling and Security, Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering Journal

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**Call for Papers**

Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering (CAEE) Special issue on
Critical Systems Modeling and Security

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*Aim and Scope*

Modeling is an essential tool for the study and analysis of security
and dependability of Critical Information Infrastructures. It can be
used to evaluate properties such as disruption, disturbance and loss
of information, and to anticipate incidents that could lead to
situations involving economical, material and, even, human loss. This
special issue is intended to report the most recent research works
related to security threats, critical service malfunctioning or
information leakage targeting, among others, SCADA, Industrial Control
Systems and other Critical Scenarios, associated to both government
and industrial companies. It also seeks to report new needs,
approaches, methods and tools addressing this crucial topic.

*Topics of Interest*

The objective is to bring together advances particularly in the
following fields (not limited to):

-- Attack and vulnerability analysis
-- Benchmarking and statistical analysis tools
-- Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
-- Cybersecurity and cyberwarfare modeling
-- Continuity of services
-- Dependable communication models
-- Early Warning Systems
-- Embedded Technologies Security
-- Intrusion detection and prevention in Critical Scenarios
-- Fault tolerance and incident response
-- Risk analysis and management
-- SCADA/DCS and Control System Security
-- Secure information sharing
-- Security and dependability logistic models
-- Self-management architectures
-- Situation awareness and response optimization
-- Trust and reputation management in Critical Scenarios

*Submission Guidelines*

Papers will be evaluated based on their originality, presentation,
relevance and contribution to the topic associated to the special
issue, and for their overall quality. The submitted papers have to
describe original research which has not been published nor currently
under review by other journals or conferences. Guest editors will make
an initial determination of the suitability and scope of all
submissions. Papers that either lack originality, clarity in
presentation or fall outside the scope of the special issue will not
be sent for review and authors will be promptly informed in such
cases.

Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at:

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/367/authorinstructions

Papers should be submitted via the EES application that can be found
at http://ees.elsevier.com/compeleceng/

To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion
into the special issue, it is important that authors select SI-sec4
when they reach the 'Article Type' step in the submission process.

*Schedule*

Manuscript Due: June 15, 2014
First Round of Reviews: October 15, 2014
Second Round of Reviews: November 31, 2014
Acceptance of Final papers: January 15, 2015
Final Manuscript Due: February 15, 2015
Publication Date: October 2015

*Guest Editors*

Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, France
Email: joaquin.garcia_alfaro@telecom-sudparis.eu

Francesco Longo
University of Calabria, Italy
Email: f.longo@unical.it

Gregorio Martinez Perez
University of Murcia, Spain
Email: gregorio@um.es

More info at:

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-electrical-engineering/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-critical-systems-modeling-and-security/
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[DMANET] Second Call for Papers - Graph Drawing 2014

For a PDF version visit the following site:
http://gd2014.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/gd2014/data/uploads/cfp.pdf

Submissions are now being accepted.

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Second Call for Papers – Graph Drawing 2014
22nd International Symposium on Graph Drawing
September 24-26, 2014 * Wuerzburg, Germany
http://gd2014.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/
**** The web page is now open for submissions. ****

Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs
and networks and the algorithmic methods for visualizing them. It is
motivated by applications where it is crucial to visually analyze and
interact with relational datasets. Examples of such application areas
include social sciences, Internet and Web computing, information
systems, computational biology, networking, VLSI circuit design, and
software engineering.

The International Symposium on Graph Drawing is the main annual event
in this area and will be hosted by the University of Wuerzburg from
September 24 to 26, 2014, in Wuerzburg, Germany. Researchers and
practitioners working on any aspect of graph drawing and network
visualization are invited to contribute papers and posters and to
participate in the symposium and the graph drawing contest.

IMPORTANT DATES

All deadlines are 23:59 GMT and fixed. There will be no extensions.

Paper submission deadline: June 13, 2014
Notification of paper acceptance: July 23
Poster submission deadline: August 19
Notification of poster acceptance: August 29
Final versions due: September 3
Contest submission deadline: September 22
Symposium on Graph Drawing: September 24-26

INVITED SPEAKERS

Oswin Aichholzer, TU Graz
Jean-Daniel Fekete, INRIA, Paris

PAPERS

Submitted papers must describe original research of theoretical or
practical significance to graph drawing and network visualization.
Each paper must be submitted explicitly to one of two distinct tracks.
Papers submitted to one track will not compete with papers submitted
to the other track.

Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects

This track is mainly devoted to fundamental graph drawing advances,
such as combinatorial aspects and algorithm design. The range of
topics for this track includes (but is not limited to) the following:
- Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms
- Theory of geometric graphs
- Geometric computing
- Geometric and topological graph theory
- Optimization on graphs

Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects

This track is mainly devoted to the practical aspects of graph
drawing, such as the development of network visualization systems and
interfaces in different application areas. The range of topics for
this track includes (but is not limited to) the following:
- Visualization of graphs and networks in application areas (e.g.,
social sciences, biology, cartography, software engineering,
circuit design, business intelligence)
- Software systems for graph visualization
- The engineering of visualization systems and algorithms
- Experimental results in graph theory and graph algorithms
- Benchmarks and experimental analysis for graph visualization
systems and user interfaces
- Cognitive studies on graph drawing readability and user interaction
- Interfaces for interacting with graphs

All submissions must be formatted using the LATEX style file for the
conference series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) provided by
Springer-Verlag. The margins and font size must not be
modified. Submissions that do not comply with this format risk being
rejected. Each submission may be up to 12 pages in length. The
claims of the paper should be fully substantiated, including full
proofs or appropriate experimental data. If this information does not
fit within the page limits, the authors should include it in a clearly
marked appendix, whose length is not constrained and which the
reviewers may read at their own discretion.

POSTERS

Submissions of posters on graph drawing and related areas are also
solicited. The poster session will provide a forum for the
communication of late-breaking research results (which may also appear
elsewhere) to the graph drawing community. Posters should be
accompanied by an abstract (up to two pages in the single-spaced LNCS
style). The abstract and poster must be submitted as a single pdf
document.

CONTEST

The graph drawing contest held in conjunction with the conference
traditionally begins after the initial paper submission deadline has
passed. Further details will be available on the conference website.

PUBLICATION

Accepted papers and abstracts of accepted posters will appear in the
conference proceedings, published by Springer-Verlag in the series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Selected papers will be invited
for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Graph Algorithms
and Applications.

AWARD

To recognize the effort of participants to present their work in a
clear and elegant way, a best-presentation award will once again be
given this year.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Patrizio Angelini, Univ. Roma Tre
Daniel Archambault, Swansea Univ.
David Auber, LaBRI, Univ. Bordeaux
Michael Bekos, Nat. Tech. Univ. Athens
Anastasia Bezerianos, LRI-Univ. Paris-Sud
Franz Brandenburg, Univ. Passau
Erin Chambers, St. Louis Univ.
Stephan Diehl, Univ. Trier
Christian Duncan (co-chair), Quinnipiac Univ.
Tim Dwyer, Monash Univ.
David Eppstein, Univ. of California, Irvine
Emden Gansner, AT&T Research Labs
Michael Kaufmann, Univ. Tuebingen
Stephen Kobourov, Univ. of Arizona
Jan Kratochvil, Charles Univ. Prague
Giuseppe Liotta, Univ. of Perugia
Maarten Loeffler, Utrecht Univ.
Anna Lubiw, Univ. of Waterloo
Petra Mutzel, Univ. Dortmund
Lev Nachmanson, Microsoft Research
Antonios Symvonis (co-chair), Nat. Tech. Univ. Athens
Ioannis Tollis, Univ. of Crete
Dorothea Wagner, Karlsruhe Inst. Tech.
Hsu-Chun Yen, Nat. Taiwan Univ.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Krzysztof Fleszar, Univ. of Wuerzburg
Philipp Kindermann, Univ. of Wuerzburg
Joachim Spoerhase, Univ. of Wuerzburg
Alexander Wolff (chair), Univ. of Wuerzburg

CONTEST COMMITTEE

Carsten Gutwenger (chair), TU Dortmund
Maarten Loeffler, Utrecht Univ.
Lev Nachmanson, Microsoft Research
Ignaz Rutter, Karlsruhe Inst. Tech.


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