[DMANET] MIP 2017: call for registration

*** MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP 2017: CALL FOR REGISTRATION ***

We are pleased to inform that registration for the 2017 workshop in
Mixed Integer Programming (MIP 2017), to be held June 19-22 at HEC
Montréal (Quebec, Canada), is now open. The 2017 Mixed Integer
Programming workshop will be the fourteenth in a series of annual
workshops held in North America designed to bring the integer
programming community together to discuss very recent developments in
the field. The workshop consists of a single track of invited talks
and features a poster session that provides an additional opportunity
to share and discuss recent research in MIP.

All workshop participants are invited to submit a poster abstract
before March 1, 2017. There will be an award for the best poster
presented by a student, and thanks to our sponsors we will be able to
cover part of the travel expenses for some students and postdocs. To
submit an abstract, please follow the instructions at:

https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2017/posters

We expect to send out acceptance notifications around March 15, and
funding decisions will be communicated as soon as possible afterwards.

For more information and registration, see the workshop website at
https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2017/

Confirmed speakers:
- Miguel Anjos, École Polytechnique de Montréal
- Yoshua Bengio, University of Montréal
- David Bergman, University of Connecticut
- Pierre Bonami, IBM ILOG
- Austin Buchanan, Oklahoma State University
- Christoph Buchheim, TU Dortmund
- Philipp Christophel, SAS
- Bill Cook, University of Waterloo
- Daniel Dadush, CWI Amsterdam
- Santanu Dey, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Dinakar Gade, Sabre
- Angelos Georghiou, McGill University
- Hassan Hijazi, Australian National University
- Dorit Hochbaum, UC Berkeley
- Volker Kaibel, Otto von Guericke Universitat Magdeburg
- Thorsten Koch, TU Berlin
- Burak Kocuk, Carnegie Mellon University
- Matthias Koeppe, UC Davis
- Vahab Mirrokni, Google Research
- Pablo Parrilo, MIT
- Michael Perregaard, FICO
- Maurice Queyranne, University of British Columbia
- Francisco Trespalacios, ExxonMobil
- Sven Wiese, University of Bologna
- Sercan Yildiz, University of North Carolina

Program Committee:
- Merve Bodur, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Daniel Espinoza, Gurobi
- Fatma Kılınç-Karzan (chair), Carnegie Mellon University
- Andrea Lodi, École Polytechnique de Montréal
- Giacomo Nannicini, IBM Research

Local Committee:
- Miguel Anjos, École Polytechnique de Montréal
- Jean-François Cordeau, HEC Montréal
- Andrea Lodi, École Polytechnique de Montréal
- Odile Marcotte, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Louis-Martin Rousseau, École Polytechnique de Montréal

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[DMANET] Call for nominations -- IPEC Nerode Prize -- Due March 1, 2017

The EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize is given annually for outstanding papers in the
area of multivariate algorithmics.

ELIGIBILITY: research paper or series of research papers by a single author
or by a team of authors published in a recognized refereed journal. The
year of publication should be at least two years and at most ten years
before the year of the award nomination. The research work nominated for
the award should be in the area of multivariate algorithms and complexity
meant in a broad sense, and encompasses, but is not restricted to, those
areas covered by the International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact
Computation (IPEC).

TO NOMINATE: Send an email to Award Committee Chair containing a brief
summary of the technical content of each nominated paper and a brief
explanation of its significance. Send copies to the members of the
committee. The Subject line of the nomination E-mail should contain the
group of words "Nerode Prize Nomination". The nomination deadline is March
1, 2017.

COMMITTEE
David Eppstein <eppstein@uci.edu> Award Committee Chair (University of
California, Irvine)
Daniel Marx <dmarx@cs.bme.hu> (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Jianer Chen <chen@cse.tamu.edu> (Texas A&M)

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[DMANET] CPM 2017, July 4-6, 2017, Warsaw, Poland - Final Call for Papers

This is the last call for papers for:

*** CPM 2017, the 28th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching
***

The deadline for submissions is:

*** Tuesday February 7, 2017, anywhere on Earth ***

Submissions should be sent in the LIPIcs format (10 pages excluding
references) via EasyChair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpm2017

Below is the first call for papers. We are looking forward to your
submissions.

Best regards,
Juha Kärkkäinen, Jakub Radoszewski, and Wojciech Rytter

*PS Following CPM 2017, there will be a StringMasters workshop organized in
the same venue on July 7-8 and ICALP 2017 conference in Warsaw on July
10-14.*

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28th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching
July 4-6, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

http://cpm2017.mimuw.edu.pl/

SCOPE: Papers on original research unpublished elsewhere in all areas
related to combinatorial pattern matching and its applications are welcome,
including, but not limited to: Bioinformatics and computational biology,
Coding and data compression, Combinatorics on words, Data mining,
Information retrieval, Natural language processing, Pattern discovery,
String algorithms, String processing in databases, Symbolic computing, and
Text searching and indexing.

The authors should submit an extended abstract not exceeding 10 pages in
LIPIcs (Dagstuhl series) format, including figures, title, authors,
affiliations, e-mail addresses, and a short abstract. References will not
be counted in the page limit. At least 10-point font should be used.
Additional material intended for the referee but not for publication in the
final version—for example details of proofs—may be placed in a clearly
marked appendix that is not included in the page limit.

An Alberto Apostolico best paper award will be presented during the
conference.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline: Tuesday February 7, 2017, anywhere on Earth
Notification: March 23, 2017
Camera-Ready: April 13, 2017
Symposium: July 4-6, 2017

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Artur Jeż (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Giovanni Manzini (University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy)
Marcin Mucha (University of Warsaw, Poland)

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

Hideo Bannai (Kyushu University, Japan)
Philip Bille (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Maxime Crochemore (King's College London, UK, and Université Paris-Est,
France)
Gabriele Fici (University of Palermo, Italy)
Johannes Fischer (TU Dortmund, Germany)
Jan Holub (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Stepan Holub (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Juha Kärkkäinen (University of Helsinki, Finland), Co-Chair
Moshe Lewenstein (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Gonzalo Navarro (University of Chile, Chile)
Kunsoo Park (Seoul National University, South Korea)
Marcin Piątkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland)
Nadia Pisanti (University of Pisa, Italy, and Erable Team INRIA, France)
Simon Puglisi (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Jakub Radoszewski (King's College London, UK, and University of Warsaw,
Poland), Co-Chair
Eric Rivals (CNRS and Université de Montpellier, France)
Wojciech Rytter (University of Warsaw, Poland), Co-Chair
Cenk Sahinalp (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
Rahul Shah (Louisiana State University, USA)
Ayumi Shinohara (Tohoku University, Japan)
Arseny Shur (Ural Federal University, Russia)
Tatiana Starikovskaya (Paris Diderot University, France)
Gabriel Valiente (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Tomasz Kociumaka
Jakub Radoszewski
Wojciech Rytter
Tomasz Waleń

STEERING COMMITTEE:

Amihood Amir (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Maxime Crochemore (King's College London, UK, and Université Paris-Est,
France)
Zvi Galil (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Roberto Grossi (University of Pisa, Italy)
Gad M. Landau (University of Haifa, Israel)
Esko Ukkonen (University of Helsinki, Finland)

Further details are available at the symposium website:
http://cpm2017.mimuw.edu.pl
Contact: cpm2017@mimuw.edu.pl

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[DMANET] AAAC, May 5-7, 2017

The 10th Annual Meeting of the Asian Association for Algorithms and Computation (AAAC) will take place at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong on May 5-7, 2017. AAAC was founded in 2007, aiming at promoting collaborations in theoretical computer science within the region. The website of AAAC is at http://www.aa-ac.org/ and the website of AAAC 2017 is http://aaac2017.cse.ust.hk/

Authors are invited to submit one-page abstracts (A4 size in pdf format) that can be based on original results or surveys of existing results in theoretical computer science. The submission will be handled by Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aaac17). An informal collection of the one-page abstracts will be distributed at the meeting, which does not prevent any future publication of the results.

An accepted contributed talk is given about 20 minutes. Some will be accepted as long contributed talks and will be given about 30 minutes. In addition to contributed talks, there will be two invited talks and two tutorials. The first tutorial will be scheduled in the afternoon of May 5 before the welcome reception in the evening of May 5. The main meeting will start on May 6 and end on May 7. There will be a dinner banquet on May 6.

Important Dates
- Submission due: Feb 10, 2017
- Notification: Feb 19, 2017

Keynote Speakers
- Tamal K. Dey, Ohio State University
- Jianer Chen, Texas A&M University

Tutorial Speakers
- Pinyan Lu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Hubert Chan, University of Hong Kong

Contact
- Siu-Wing Cheng, HKUST, scheng@cse.ust.hk<mailto:scheng@cse.ust.hk>

AAAC Board Members
· Hee-Kap Ahn, POSTECH
· Sang Won Bae, Kyonggi University
· Kun-Mao Chao, National Taiwan University
· Siu-Wing Cheng, HKUST
· Chung-Shou Liao, National Tsing Hua University
· Pinyan Lu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
· Heejin Park, Hanyang University
· Kunihiko Sadakane, The University of Tokyo
· Xiaoming Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences
· Takeshi Tokuyama, Tohoku University
· Ryuhei Uehara, JAIST
· Guochuan Zhang, Zhejiang University
· Shengyu Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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[DMANET] PODC 2017 Call for Papers - submission deadline February 9, 2017

PODC 2017
36th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
July 25-27, 2017, Washington, D.C., USA
http://www.podc.org/
Twitter: @podc_conference

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

DATES

Submission (HAST time zone): February 9, 2017
Acceptance notification: April 26, 2017
Camera ready copy due: May 20, 2017
Conference: July 25 - 27, 2017

SCOPE

The ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing is an international forum on the theory, design, analysis, implementation and application of distributed systems and networks. We solicit papers in all areas of distributed computing. Papers from all viewpoints, including theory, practice, and experimentation, are welcome. The common goal of the conference is to improve understanding of the principles underlying distributed computing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- distributed algorithms: design, analysis, and complexity
- communication networks: algorithms, protocols, applications
- multiprocessor and multi-core architectures and algorithms
- shared and transactional memory, concurrency, synchronization
- fault-tolerance, reliability, self-organization, self-stabilization
- Internet applications, social networks, recommendation systems
- dynamic, adaptive and machine learning distributed algorithms
- distributed operating systems, middleware, databases
- biological distributed algorithms
- game-theoretic approaches to distributed computing
- peer-to-peer systems, overlay networks
- high-performance, cluster, cloud and grid computing
- wireless networks, mobile computing, autonomous agents
- context-aware distributed systems
- security in distributed computing, cryptographic protocols
- quantum and optics based distributed algorithms
- sensor, mesh, and ad hoc networks
- specification, semantics, verification of concurrent systems

PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers are to be submitted electronically through EasyChair, at

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=podc2017

following the guidelines on the conference web page (www.podc.org). Submission must be in English, in pdf format. The papers must be formatted as follows: letter-size paper (8.5x11 inch), single-column, using at least 1 inch margins, 11-point font. Submissions not conforming to these rules as well as the papers outside of the scope of the conference will be rejected without consideration.

A regular paper submission must report on original research that has not been previously or concurrently published; concurrent submissions to journals or conferences are not permitted. A regular submission must begin with a cover page containing: 1) title, with the subtitle "Regular Submission", 2) author names and affiliations, 3) contact author's email, address, and telephone number, 4) one paragraph abstract of the paper, 5) indication of whether at least one author is a full-time student and the paper is eligible for best student paper award. The paper must not exceed 10 pages (excluding cover page and references). All of the ideas necessary for an expert to verify fully the central claims in the paper should be included, some of which may be placed in a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. If desired, the authors can simply attach a copy of the full paper as the appendix.

A submission for a brief announcement must be at most 3 pages, including title, authors' names and affiliations, and references. Such submissions may describe work in progress or work presented elsewhere. The title of a brief announcement must begin with the words "Brief Announcement:".

If requested by the authors on the cover page, a regular submission that is not selected for a regular presentation will be considered for the brief announcement format. This will not affect consideration of the paper for a regular presentation.

PUBLICATION

Regular papers of up to 10 pages and brief announcements of up to 3 pages will be included in the conference proceedings. Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for a special issue of the Distributed Computing journal. Two papers will be considered for publication in JACM.

ORGANIZATION

Program Committee:

Lorenzo Alvisi - University of Texas Austin and Cornell University, USA
Hagit Attiya - The Technion, Israel
Michael Bender - Stony Brook University, USA
Borzoo Bonakdarpour - McMaster University, Canada
Silvia Bonomi - Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy
Christian Cachin - IBM Research, Switzerland
Irina Calciu - VMware Research, USA
Bogdan Chlebus - University of Colorado Denver, USA
Carole Delporte-Gallet - Universite Paris Diderot, Paris 7, France
Shlomi Dolev - Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Greg Eisenhauer - Georgia Tech, USA
Faith Ellen - University of Toronto, Canada
Panagiota Faturu - University of Crete, Greece
Antonio Fernandez Anta - IMDEA, Spain
Paola Flocchini - University of Ottawa, Canada
Chryssis Georgiou - University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Andreas Haeberlen - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Magnus Halldorsson - Reykjavik University, Iceland
Anne-Marie Kermarrec - INRIA, Rennes, France
Aggelos Kiayias - Edinburgh University, UK
Kishori Konwar - MIT, USA
Nancy Lynch - MIT, USA
Calvin Newport - Georgetown University, USA
Cristina Nita-Rotaru - Northeastern Univ, USA
Merav Parter - Weizmann Institute, Israel
Andrzej Pelc - University of Quebec, Canada
Franck Petit - Universite Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris 6, France
Maria Potop-Butucaru - Universite Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris 6, France
Michel Raynal - IRISA, Rennes, France
Andrea Richa - Arizona State University, USA
Luis Rodrigues - IST, ULisboa, Portugal
Elad Schiller - Chalmers University Tech., Sweden
Alexander Schwarzmann, Chair - University of Connecticut, USA
Robert Soule - USI, Lugano, Switzerland
Paul Spirakis - University Liverpool, UK & CTI, Greece
Gadi Taubenfeld - IDC Herzliya, Israel
Nitin Vaidya - University of Illinois, USA
Robbert van Renesse - Cornell University, USA
Jennifer Welch - Texas A&M University, USA

Conference Committee:

Leonid Barenboim (Workshop Coordinator) - Open University of Israel, Israel
Bapi Chatterjee (Travel Grant Coordinator) - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Jeremy Fineman (Organizing Chair) - Georgetown University, USA
Theo Hadjistasi (Proceedings Coordinator) - University of Connecticut, USA
Calvin Newport (Treasurer) - Georgetown University, USA
Elad Schiller (General Chair) - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Alexander Schwarzmann (PC Chair) - University of Connecticut, USA
Jukka Suomela (Communication Chair) - Aalto University, Finland
Mark Tuttle (Publicity Chair) - Amazon, USA

Steering Committee:

Nitin Vaidya, Chair (2015-2018) - University of Illinois, USA
Pierre Fraigniaud (2015-2017) - CNRS, Universite Paris-Diderot, France
Calvin Newport (2016-2018) - Georgetown University, USA
Andrzej Pelc (2015-2018) - Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada
Alexander Schwarzmann (2016-2019) - University of Connecticut, USA
Paul Spirakis (2014-2017) - University of Liverpool, UK
Elad Schiller (2015-2017) - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

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[DMANET] *** MathSport International 2017: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED ***

MathSport International 2017 conference, 26-28 June 2017, Padua (Italy)

* New deadline for Abstract submission: *February 13th, 2017*

* Registration opened, early bird deadline: May 15th, 2017

* Keynote speakers:
- Michael A. Trick (Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business)
- Gerhard Tutz (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich)
- Nicola Parolini (MOX Laboratory, Politecnico di Milano)
- Fabrizio Renzi (IBM Italia)

* Accommodation info and up-to-date information at the conference website

* Website: http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it
* Contact: mathsportinternational2017@math.unipd.it<mailto:mathsportinternational2017@math.unipd.it>
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Dear friends and colleagues,

MathSport International 2017, the 6th International Conference on Mathematics in Sport, will be hosted by the University of Padua in Italy, from 26 to 28 June 2017.
The conference will be held at the Botanical Garden, a wonderful historical site of the University.

We invite you to submit an abstract: the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 13 February 2017. Instructions for submission are available at
http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/callforpapers.html

The registration is now open (early bird registration deadline: 15 May 2017). The registration form is available at
http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/registration.html

Further information is available at the conference website
http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/index.html

For any request, please contact us at: mathsportinternational2017@math.unipd.it<mailto:mathsportinternational2017@math.unipd.it>

We look forward to welcoming you in Padua!

Best regards,

the Local Organizing Committee

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[DMANET] PhD positions in Operations Research

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The Department of Operations and Systems Management of the Portsmouth
Business School has an opening for PhD student, in optimization of
Multimodal Transportation Systems. We are seeking exceptionally talented
and motivated students with a strong mathematical background.

Applicants will have a good first degree (minimum 2.1 or equivalent) and
Masters in mathematics, transportation engineering, operations research,
computer science, industrial engineering, economics, or another subject
relevant to business and management. Solid records in linear optimization
and familiarity with (preferably) C/C++ or Java are very essential.

For further information about the application procedures, eligibility etc.
please see
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AWT335/phd-studentship-integrated-design-of-network-operations-in-multimodal-transportation/

*Enquiries relating to the topic should be directed to:*
gelareh.shahin@gmail.com <gelareh.shahin@port.ac.uk>

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[DMANET] PhD Position Theoretical Computer Science

The Algorithm Engineering group at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI)
invites applications for a

PhD Position in Computability Theory
associated with the DFG-financed research project headed "Structure of
Computational Learning" by Dr. Timo Kötzing in the area of Computational
Learning Theory. The goal is to understand what general limits apply to
algorithmic learning, for example learning of natural languages. We
approach this goal by applying core theorems from computability theory
(such as recursion theorems) to different learning settings.

The position is embedded in the Algorithm Engineering group headed by Prof.
Dr. Tobias Friedrich at the HPI. The institute is a unique research and
teaching institute in Germany, which was founded in 1999 as an institute of
the University of Potsdam. The HPI carries out internationally acclaimed
research and offers innovative academic majors in the field of IT Systems
Engineering. The institute provides a vibrant scientific environment at
the beautiful Campus Griebnitzsee, which is located at the border to Berlin.

What we offer:
- Inspiring Research Environment;
- Guidance by experienced mentors;
- Demonstration of relevant methods;
- Close collaboration with other scientists;
- The possibility to obtain a PhD from the University of Potsdam;
- A competitive stipend throughout the Ph.D. studies;
- A generous travel allowance;
- Modern work space in Potsdam-Babelsberg;
- Integration into an international group of researchers;
- Flexible starting date.

What we expect:
- An excellent master's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science,
Mathematics or a related discipline;
- Enthusiasm for mathematical problems and scientific work;
- Enjoying teamwork and collaboration;
- A desire to obtain a Ph.D. degree within 3-4 years;
- Interest in the topic of computability theory.

Applications should include a detailed CV, a copy of master's thesis and a
list of courses and grades. Please also mention names and contact details
of one or two references -- preferably one from the master's thesis adviser.

Interested candidates should direct their questions to Timo Kötzing
(timo.koetzing(at)hpi.de). Applications must be sent via email, preferably
as a single PDF, to jobs-friedrich(at)hpi.de by February 28, 2017.

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[DMANET] IFORS invitation

Dear Colleague,

As you may know, IFORS 2017, the 21th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, will be held in Quebec, Canada, from July 17 to 21, 2017 (http://ifors2017.ca/).
IFORS 2017 | WELCOME<http://ifors2017.ca/>
ifors2017.ca
Welcome to the webpage of the 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies. We are delighted to host the IFORS 2017 conference ...

As organisers of the stream "Cases of Simulation and Optimization Approaches" we would like to cordially invite you to organize a session on associated topics.
Manifestations of interest should be sent to Idalia@unam.mx<mailto:Idalia@unam.mx> and m.mujica.mota@hva.nl<mailto:m.mujica.mota@hva.nl> , with an indication of the topic to be addressed in that session and name(s) of the organiser(s). After acceptance of the topic, session organisers will be contacted with additional information regarding the abstract submission process.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Idalia Flores and Miguel Mujica Mota

Dra. Idalia Flores De La Mota
Posgrado de Ingeniería
UNAM

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[DMANET] ACM DEBS 2017 -- Deadline approaching -- 11th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event‐based Systems

Call for Papers ( (apologies for multiple copies))
DEBS 2017: ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event‐based
Systems
Co-Located with PLDI and ECOOP 2017@
Barcelona, Spain (June 19 - 23, 2017)

http://www.debs2017.org

Over the past decade, the ACM International Conference on Distributed
and Event‐based Systems (DEBS) has become the premier venue for
contributions in the fields of distributed and event‐based systems. The
objectives of the ACM International Conference on Distributed and
Event‐Based Systems (DEBS) are to provide a forum dedicated to the
dissemination of original research, the discussion of practical
insights, and the reporting of experiences relevant to distributed
systems and event‐based computing. The conference aims at providing a
forum for academia and industry to exchange ideas.

Scope
The DEBS conference covers topics in distributed and event-based
computing. The scope of the conference includes systems dealing with
detecting, processing and responding to events and with massively
distributed middleware and applications. Examples of application domains
covered by the conference include the Internet of Things, sensor
networks, social networking, finance, healthcare and logistics.
Technologies discussed include real-time analytics, complex-event
detection, security, reliability and resilience, energy management and
green computing, stream processing, embedded systems, and cloud,
peer-to-peer, ubiquitous and mobile computing. Topics relevant to
enterprise-level computing include enterprise application integration,
real-time enterprises, Web services and support for enterprises to
respond in timely fashion to changing situations.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
1. Models, Architectures and Paradigms: Event-driven architectures,
event processing in big data, complex event processing, rule-based
systems, logic-based event recognition, event correlation and pattern
languages.
2. Middleware infrastructures: Distributed data processing,
distributed programming, federated event-based systems,
information-centric networking, fault tolerance, reliability,
availability and scalability.
3. Applications, Experience and Requirements: Use cases and
applications of distributed and event-based systems in various domains
including Internet of Things, Smart Cities, Smart Grids, Finance, Logistics.

Structure
1. The Research Track presents original research contributions.
Submissions will be evaluated by an experienced program committee
consisting of eminent researchers from all over the world.
2. The Industry and Experience Reports Track is meant to report on
innovative deployments of event‐based systems. Contributions will be
reviewed by researchers and industry practitioners working in
distributed and event‐based computing.
3. In the Tutorial Track recognized experts in the field will present
their tutorials on relevant emerging areas of research.
4. In the Poster and Demo Track authors report on work in progress
and/or arrange to demonstrate interesting ideas and applications
pertaining to distributed and event‐based systems.
5. The Doctoral Symposium Track is meant for doctoral candidates
whose research area overlaps with distributed and event‐based systems.
6. The Grand Challenge Track: Here the committee will set out a grand
challenge problem and then judge the most innovative approaches to its
solution.

Important Dates

Abstract submission research track: Feb 21st, 2017
Research and industry paper submission: Feb 26th, 2017
Tutorial proposal submission: Mar 6th, 2017
Grand Challenge solution submission: Apr 7th, 2017
Author Notification: Apr 17th, 2017
Poster, Demo, Doctoral Workshop submission Apr 29th, 2017
Camera Ready Versions of Paper: May 19th, 2017

Proceedings

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, which will be
published in the ACM Digital Library. The authors of accepted papers will be
given a choice between different copyright agreements, in accordance
with the
recent changes in the ACM policy. The options will include new opportunities
for open access as well as the traditional ACM copyright agreement.

AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: A new policy by ACM will allow DEBS 2017 to make the
proceedings available ahead of the conference via the ACM Digital Library.
Thus, the official publication date is the date the proceedings appear
in the
ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day
of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline
for any
patent filings related to published work.

Organizing Committee
General Chair:
Marta Patiño, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Research Track Co-Chairs:
Mani Chandy, Caltech, USA
Boris Koldehofe, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Industry Chair:
Mohammad Sadoghi, Purdue, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
Buğra Gedik, Bilkent University, Turkey
Leonardo Querzoni University Roma La Sapienza, Italy

Tutorial Chairs
Annika Hinze University of Waikato, New Zealand
Dave Eyers University of Otago, New Zealand

Proceedings Chair
Alessandro Margara, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Grand Challenge Chairs
Vincenzo Gulisano, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Zbigniew Jerzak, SAP Research, Germany
Holger Ziekow, HS Furtwangen, Germany
Spyros Voulgaris, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

Demo and Poster Track Chairs
Valerio Vianello, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Kaiwen Zhang TU Munich, Germany

Publicity Chairs
Vinay Setty, Aalborg University, Denmark
Jatinder Singh, Cambridge, UK
Annie Liu, Facebook, USA

Web Chair
David Jiménez-Peris, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

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[DMANET] Reminder of deadline for Special Issue of INFOR on Facility Layout - February 28, 2017

Dear colleagues,

A reminder that the deadline for submission to the special issue of INFOR on Facility Layout is February 28.
See below for details, and please let us know if you intend to make a submission.

Miguel F. Anjos, Polytechnique Montreal & GERAD (miguel-f.anjos@polymtl.ca)
Manuel VC Vieira, Nova University of Lisbon & CMA (mvcv@fct.unl.pt)

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Dear colleagues,

We are guest editing a Special Issue of INFOR on Facility Layout.

INFOR is the journal of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS).
It has been published since 1971 and it is indexed by Thomson Reuters Web of Science (ISI).

The call for papers is posted at http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/tinf-cfp-facility-layout
The deadline for submissions is February 28 , 2017, and the expected publication date is January 2018 .

Please forward this announcement to colleagues who are active in facility layout and related areas,
and do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

We look forward to your submissions!

Miguel F. Anjos, Polytechnique Montreal & GERAD ( miguel-f.anjos@polymtl.ca )
Manuel VC Vieira, Nova University of Lisbon & CMA ( mvcv@fct.unl.pt )

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Professor and Canada Research Chair, Polytechnique Montreal
INRIA International Chair
Theme Leader, NSERC Energy Storage Technology Network
Editor-in-Chief, Optimization and Engineering
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[DMANET] IFORS: Call for the session on Kidney Exchange Programs

Dear colleagues,

We are kindly inviting you to submit an abstract to session on Kidney
Exchange Programs, in stream OR in Healthcare, at 21th Conference of
the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS
2017). The conference will be held in Quebec, Canada, from July 17 to
21, 2017 (http://ifors2017.ca/).

Within this session we seek contributions to cover recent advances
related to kidney exchange problems on the following topics among
others:

- Optimization models and software;
- International issues;
- Market design and game theoretic models;
- Data intelligence and machine learning tools.

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https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2017/
and use the session code: 8197aa3e
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Abstracts: max. 1500 characters; submission deadline: Feb. 10, 2017

Session organizers:
Xenia Klimentova (INESC TEC) – xenia.klimentova [@] inesctec.pt
João Pedro Pedroso (University of Porto) - jpp [@] fc.up.pt

Kind regards,

João Pedro
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[DMANET] Two special issues (DAM & JOGO) dedicated to Distance Geometry *** extended deadline ***

Following the Distance Geometry Theory and Applications (DGTA16)
workshop, organized at DIMACS last July 2016
<http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Distance/>, two special issues
dedicated to the topics of the workshop, but open to everyone, have been
set up: one is in Discrete Applied Mathematics (DAM) and the other in
the Journal of Global Optimization (JOGO). These issues will be (both)
co-edited by:
- Farid Alizadeh (Rutgers University, USA)
- Douglas Goncalves (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
- Nathan Krislock (Northern Illinois University, USA)
- Leo Liberti (CNRS & Ecole Polytechnique, France).
We are therefore calling for contributions to these issues.

The extended submission deadline is 1st April 2017. Submissions are made
through the respective web editorial managers:
- DAM (Elsevier): <http://ees.elsevier.com/dam>
- JOGO (Springer): <http://www.editorialmanager.com/jogo>
In both systems, one of the first screens after specifying the title
asks you for "paper type". This is where you MUST click on the "DGTA16
special issue" (or similar label), since otherwise the paper will go
directly to the Editor-in-Chief rather than to our issue. The refereeing
process will involve at least two referees per paper. You do not need to
specify a list of possible referees. As soon as a submission comes in,
it will be handled. So if your paper is ready, submit it now rather than
close to deadline! For transparency: submissions co-authored by one of
the guest co-editors will be handled by the Editors-in-Chief of the
target journal, and the process will be completely hidden from the guest
editorial board.

Distance Geometry (DG) in its broader definition is the study of
geometry mostly based on distances between entities. More specifically,
DG is the study of metric spaces. Its main problem is the DG Problem (or
DGP), which is an inverse problem that occurs frequently in many
applications, such as e.g. to localization of wireless networks,
synchronization protocols, determination of protein structure (or
nanostructures) through NMR data, localization of fleets of autonomous
underwater vehicles, flexibility or reach of robotic structures,
rigidity of architectural structures, and more. Given an integer K and a
graph G=(V,E) with weights d_ij on the edges {i,j}, the problem is to
determine positions x_i (for each vertex i) in a K-dimensional Euclidean
space such that, for each edge {i,j} the length of the segment between
x_i and x_j and is exactly, or approximately, the given distance value
d_ij. By "length of segment" we mean the Euclidean norm, but there are
applications that call for the use of other norms. Related fields
include embeddings of metric spaces with some distortion, the restricted
isometry property, Erdos' distances problem.

The DAM special issue is specially suitable to papers with elements of
combinatorics, or purely theoretical papers. The JOGO special issue is
more suitable to papers in nonlinear optimization, particularly if they
involve many (or mainly) continuous decision variables, and if they have
a computational section. These are only guidelines, as JOGO has some
purely theoretical papers stemming from combinatorial optimization, and
DAM has some papers on (essentially) continuous optimization with lots
of computational experiments. Both are excellent journals in their
respective fields. JOGO's impact factor is higher than DAM's, but DAM is
more established in the mathematical community.

Feel free to get in touch with any of us if you want to ask us for
advice on your submission. In general, a heads up about a paper you want
to submit to these issues is welcome!

Farid Alizadeh
Douglas Goncalves
Nathan Krislock
Leo Liberti
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[DMANET] 8th International Network Optimization Conference (INOC2017) (last dayfor submitting extended abstracts)

International Network Optimization Conference 2017, INOC 2017

February 26-28, Lisboa, Portugal

http://inoc2017.fc.ul.pt<http://inoc2017.fc.ul.pt/>

Call for papers:
The paper submission for the Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics (ENDM) number is now closed but the authors are invited to submit 1-2 pages Extended Abstracts. The accepted Extended Abstracts will be available in the conference material.

Important dates:
- ENDM (full) paper submission deadline: (closed)
- Extended abstract submission deadline: January 27, 2017
- Acceptance Notification: February 3, 2017
- Early Registration: February 10, 2017

The 8th International Network Optimization Conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, February 26-28, 2017. The aim of this conference is to provide researchers from different areas of Operations Research, with the opportunity to present and discuss their results and research on the field of Network Optimization, in an inspiring and bridge building environment where fruitful ideas may flow freely.

INOC is the conference of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG), a working group of EURO and the previous editions were held in Warsaw (2015), Tenerife (2013), Hamburg (2011), Pisa (2009), Spa (2007), Lisboa (2005) and Paris (2003). The conference is also part of the activities of the CMAFCIO (the Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais e Centro de Investigação Operacional), University of Lisbon.

Conference Chairs:
Luis Gouveia (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon-CMAFCIO)
Pedro Moura (Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon-CMAFCIO)

Keynote speakers:
W. Cook, University of Waterloo (Canada)
A. Martin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (Germany)
R. Möhring, TU Berlin (Germany)
A. Schrijver, Univ. of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Contact email: contactinoc2017@fc.ul.pt<mailto:contactinoc2017@fc.ul.pt>

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[DMANET] extension submission deadline BeyondMR 2017

Due to several requests, and because of the uncertainty concerning the time and place of SIGMOD 2017, the submission deadline for BeyondMR 2017 has been extended with 3 weeks to:

- Friday 17 February, 2017.

More information about the workshop can be found here:

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[DMANET] ESA 2017 - call for papers

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25th European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2017
4-6 September 2017, Vienna, Austria
https://algo2017.ac.tuwien.ac.at/esa/

Submission deadline: 21.04.2017
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The European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA) is one of the premier
conferences on algorithms. The symposium covers research in all
aspects of the design, analysis, engineering, and application of
algorithms and data structures.

ESA 2017 has two tracks: the Design and Analysis Track (Track A) and
the Engineering and Applications Track (Track B).

ESA 2017 is organized in collaboration with the European Association
for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and is a part of ALGO 2017
(https://algo2017.ac.tuwien.ac.at/).

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The symposium seeks original algorithmic contributions for problems
with relevant theoretical and/or practical applications: papers with a
strong emphasis on the theoretical analysis of algorithms should be
submitted to Track A, while papers reporting on the results of
extensive experimental evaluations and/or providing original
contributions to the engineering of algorithms for practical
applications should be submitted to Track B.

There will be a Best Student Paper Award as well as a Best Paper
Award, both sponsored by EATCS. In order for a paper to be considered
for the Best Student Paper Award, all of its authors are required to
be students.

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TOPICS

Papers presenting original research in all areas of algorithmic
research are sought, including but not limited to:

Algorithm engineering
Algorithmic aspects of networks
Algorithmic game theory
Approximation algorithms
Computational biology
Computational finance
Computational geometry
Combinatorial optimization
Data compression
Data structures
Databases and information retrieval
Distributed and parallel computing
Graph algorithms
Hierarchical memories
Heuristics and meta-heuristics
Mathematical programming
Mobile computing
On-line algorithms
Parameterized algorithms
Pattern matching
Quantum computing
Randomized algorithms
Scheduling and resource allocation problems
Streaming algorithms

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission: April 21, 19:59 GMT, 2017
Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2017
Final version: June 30, 2017
Symposium: September 4-6, 2017

Deadlines are firm: late submissions will not be considered.

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SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS

Papers should be submitted electronically via the EasyChair submission
system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esa20170.

Detailed submission guidelines can be found at
https://algo2017.ac.tuwien.ac.at/esa/submission-guidelines/.

ESA 2017 proceedings will be published in the Leibniz International
Proceedings
in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl.

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INVITED SPEAKERS

David Woodruff, IBM Almaden, USA
David Mount, University of Maryland, USA

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PROGRAM COMMITTEES

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Design and Analysis (Track A) Program Committee

Stephen Alstrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Yossi Azar, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Jaroslaw Byrka, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Amit Chakrabarti, Dartmouth College, USA
Vincent Cohen-Addad, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Anne Driemel, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
Alina Ene, Boston University, USA
Matthias Englert, University of Warwick, UK
Fedor Fomin, University of Bergen, Norway
Dimitris Fotakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Shayan Oveis Gharan, University of Washington, USA
Fabrizio Grandoni, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Martin Grohe, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Sudipto Guha, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Martin Hoefer, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany
Jochen Koenemann, University of Waterloo, Canada
Robert Krauthgamer, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Stefan Kratsch, Universität Bonn, Germany
Stefano Leonardi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Edo Liberty, Amazon, USA
Wolfgang Mulzer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Ian Munro, University of Waterloo, Canada
Alantha Newman, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Ilan Newman, University of Haifa, Israel
Evdokia Nikolova, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Christian Sohler (chair), Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Erik Jan van Leeuwen, Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany
Yuichi Yoshida, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

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Engineering and Applications (Track B) Program Committee

Kunal Agrawal, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Eyjólfur Ingi Ásgeirsson, Reykjavík University, Iceland
Hannah Bast, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany
Carola Doerr, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, France
Kurt Melhorn, Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany
Rolf Möhring, Beijing Institute for Scientific and Engineering Computing,
China
Ben Moseley, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Martin Nöllenburg, TU Wien, Austria
Jeff Phillips, University of Utah, USA
Kirk Pruhs (chair), University of Pittsburgh, USA
Rajeev Raman, University of Leicester, UK
Christian Schulz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Frits Spieksma, KU Leuven, Belgium
Cliff Stein, Columbia University, USA
Sabine Storandt, Universität Würzburg, Germany

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Stefan Szeider (chair)
Wolfgang Dvoøák
Robert Ganian
Martin Nöllenburg
Sebastian Ordyniak
Günther Raidl

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[DMANET] 1st Call For Papers: SIROCCO 2017 (Porquerolles, France 19-22 June 2017)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

SIROCCO 2017

24th International Colloquium on Structural Information and
Communication Complexity

June 19-22, 2017
Porquerolles, France

http://sirocco2017.lif.univ-mrs.fr/
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IMPORTANT DATES
- Paper submission due: April 1, 2017 (UTC-12)
- Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2017
- Conference dates: June 19-22, 2017

SIROCCO is devoted to the study of the interplay between structural
knowledge,
communication, and computing in decentralized systems of multiple
communicating
entities. Special emphasis is given to innovative approaches leading to
better
understanding of the relationship between computing and communication.
SIROCCO has a tradition of interesting and productive scientific
meetings in a relaxed
and pleasant atmosphere, attracting leading researchers in a variety of
fields in which
communication and knowledge play a significant role. This year, SIROCCO
will be
held in the Porquerolles island, a beautiful location close to
Marseille, France.

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

SUBMISSION:
Papers are to be submitted electronically (through EasyChair).
Submission instructions and guidelines are available at the conference web
page. Authors are invited to submit their work in one of the three
acceptable
formats: novel research contributions, position papers, and surveys.
Original
research papers must contain results that have not previously appeared and
have not been concurrently submitted to a journal or conference with
published
proceedings. In all cases, any partial overlap with any published or
concurrently
submitted paper must be clearly indicated. All submissions must be in
English,
in PDF format, using one the following layouts:

- Cover page + 10 pages + references, letter or A4 paper, single column,
at least 11-point font, at least 1-inch margins, reasonable line spacing.

- 15 pages in LNCS style.

Additional details may be included in an appendix, to be read at the
programme committee's discretion.

PROCEEDINGS:
The post-proceedings of SIROCCO 2017 will be published by Springer in
the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS) after the conference.
We will also prepare an informal pre-proceedings volume with
author-prepared versions of the papers. The pre-proceedings will be
freely available online on the conference web page before the conference.

SPECIAL ISSUE:
Selected papers from SIROCCO 2017 will be invited to a special issue of
the Theoretical Computer Science journal.

BEST PAPER AWARD:
The authors of the best paper will be awarded a prize of 1000 EUR (in
total, to be split among the authors), sponsored by Springer. The
program committee may choose to split the award among multiple papers.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

- Dan Alistarh • ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Silvia Bonomi • Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
- Shantanu Das • Aix-Marseille University, France • (co-chair)
- Yann Disser • TU Darmstadt, Germany
- Guy Even • Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- Antonio Fernández Anta • IMDEA Networks, Spain
- Leszek Gąsieniec • University of Liverpool, UK
- Danny Krizanc • Wesleyan University, USA
- Rastislav Královič • Comenius University, Slovakia
- Bernard Mans • Macquarie University, Australia
- Euripides Markou • University of Thessaly, Greece
- Jaroslav Opatrny • Concordia University, Canada
- Rotem Oshman • Tel-Aviv University, Israel
- Marina Papatriantafilou • Chalmers, Sweden
- Joseph Peters • Simon-Fraser University, Canada
- Guiseppe Prencipe • University of Pisa, Italy
- Stefan Schmid • Aalborg University, Denmark
- Sébastien Tixeuil • IUF & UPMC-Paris 6, France • (co-chair)
- Koichi Wada • Hosei University, Japan
- Yukiko Yamauchi • Kyushu University, Japan

STEERING COMMITTEE:

- Magnus Halldorsson • Reykjavik University, Iceland
- Andrzej Pelc • Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada • chair
- Nicola Santoro • Carleton University, Canada
- Christian Scheideler • University of Paderborn, Germany
- Jukka Suomela • Aalto University, Finland

LOCAL ORGANIZERS:

SIROCCO 2017 is organized by the following researchers from the Laboratory
of Theoretical Computer Science (LIF) of Aix-Marseille University, France.
- Evangelos Bampas
- Jérémie Chalopin
- Shantanu Das • (chair)
- Emmanuel Godard • (publicity chair)
- Damien Imbs
- Christina Karousatou
- Arnaud Labourel

CONTACT:
Please refer to the conference web page at
https://sirocco2017.lif.univ-mrs.fr/
for more information on SIROCCO 2017. If you have any question about the
CFP
and paper submission, please email to <sirocco2017@lif.univ-mrs.fr>

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Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale (LIF),
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[DMANET] Final call for papers: International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps (EOM 2017)

We would like to remind you of the approaching submission deadline for
the International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps: next week Wednesday,
February 1st.

Regards,
Thomas van Dijk.

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International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps (EOM 2017)
April 6 and 7, 2017 *** University of Wuerzburg
http://exploringoldmaps.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/

DESCRIPTION
After last year's success, we are happy to announce the return of the
International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps (EOM). Many libraries own
an extensive collection of historical maps. Beside their value as
historical objects, these maps are an important source of information
for researchers in various scientific disciplines. This ranges from the
actual history of cartography and general history to the geographic and
social sciences. With the progressing digitisation of libraries and
archives, these maps become more easily available to a larger public. A
basic level of digitisation consists of scanned bitmap images, tagged
with some basic bibliographic information such as title, author and year
of production. In order to make the maps more accessible, further
information describing the contained information is desirable. This
would enable more user-friendly interfaces, relevant queries of a
database, and automatic analyses.

TARGETED AUDIENCE
The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for the communication
of results (which may appear elsewhere) that may be useful to the
community. Researchers and practitioners of all areas working on
unlocking the content of old maps are welcome to participate. We welcome
humanities scholars, developers, computer and information scientists as
well as librarians, archivists and curators. Submissions are welcome
from researchers at all career stages.

SCOPE OF INTEREST
Relevant topics are (but are not limited to) the following:
* Spatial analysis and applications of GIS concerning old maps
* Design and application of algorithms for analysis and visualisation
methods
* Digital media, digitisation, curation of digital objects
* Crowdsourcing, user research, citizen science, and public humanities
* Digital Libraries for old maps
* Visualisation of old maps
* Virtual Research Environments and Infrastructures

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit abstracts for presentations, posters and
demonstrations.

The workshop will not have formal proceedings. Therefore, abstracts
submitted to the EOM 2017 may report on work in progress, be submitted
to other places, and they may even already have appeared or been
accepted elsewhere. We particularly welcome submissions that have the
potential to stimulate the collaboration between the humanities and
computer science. The reviewing process will mainly determine whether a
submitted abstract promises to fit into the scope of this workshop.
Based on the review and its mandate to create a balanced and varied
program, the Program Committee will decide about the acceptance of
submissions.

The authors of the papers accepted for EOM 2017 will be invited to
submit the final versions of their abstracts for on-line publication in
the digital workshop booklet and will be considered for a special issue
in an appropriate journal. Abstracts must be submitted to EOM 2017 via
EasyChair<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eom2017>. Each
submission must specify its type in the EasyChair submission form. The
abstracts must not exceed 2 pages and the second page must contain only
references and figures. All submissions must use the provided Word or
LaTeX
template<http://exploringoldmaps.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/submissions.html>
in DIN A4. Abstracts for demonstrations should include descriptive
screenshots and a description of the system's functionalities.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions of abstracts: February 1, 2017 (hard deadline)
Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2017
Workshop Exploring Old Maps: Thursday April 6 (afternoon) and Friday
April 7, 2017

ORGANISATION
Program Chairs
* Christoph Schommer, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Luxembourg
* Thomas van Dijk, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Wuerzburg
* Geoffrey Caruso, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning,
University of Luxembourg
* Alexander Wolff, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Wuerzburg

Organising Committee
* Benedikt Budig, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Wuerzburg
* Thomas van Dijk, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Wuerzburg
* Alexander Wolff, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Wuerzburg

VENUE
The workshop will take place at the University of Wuerzburg, campus Am
Hubland. Modestly priced hotels (~80 EUR/night) are available downtown,
with a good bus connection to the workshop location. (But be sure to
reserve the hotel in advance.)

CONTACT
The workshop's website is available at
http://exploringoldmaps.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/.
For any question concerning the workshop, please feel free to contact us
at exploringoldmaps@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de.

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[DMANET] Postdoc positions in Warsaw (parameterized complexity & structural graph theory)

This is to announce

one-year postdoc positions (with possible extensions)

at the Institute of Informatics, University of Warsaw, Poland. The
positions are supported by the ERC Starting Grant CUTACOMBS: "Cuts and
decompositions: algorithms and combinatorial properties" led by Marcin
Pilipczuk.

The project's focus is on structural graph theory and parameterized
complexity. Example topic include:
* structure of separations in directed graphs, with applications to
parameterized algorithms;
* approximability of the disjoint paths problem in various settings;
* structure of hereditary graph classes, such as graph excluding a fixed
graph as induced subgraph, with algorithmic and graph-theoretical
applications.

The theoretical computer science group in Warsaw is strong and growing.
Apart from the algorithms group specializing in parameterized and
approximation algorithms (Marek Cygan, Łukasz Kowalik, Marcin Mucha, Marcin
Pilipczuk, Michał Pilipczuk, Piotr Sankowski), we have also a leading
research group in logic and automata (Mikołaj Bojańczyk, Bartosz Klin,
Sławomir Lasota).

We are looking for outstanding candidates with a Ph.D. (or soon to obtain a
Ph.D.) in Computer Science or Mathematics who have already proven their
high scientific potential in the area of algorithms or graph theory through
publications in proceedings of highly ranked international conferences
and/or journals. Background in parameterized algorithms or structural graph
theory will be an advantage.

The gross annual salary is around 100,000PLN. For comparison, this
translates to aroud twice the average salary in Poland (see also
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Poland&city=Warsaw&displayCurrency=PLN
for a detailed summary the costs of living in Warsaw). The position comes
with a generous travel support and no teaching duties.

The review of applicants will begin immediately and continue in an
all-year-round manner. The starting date is flexible and the review of
candidates will be performed at least once per 3 months to fill vacant
positions. The first evaluation will be performed on March 1, 2017, hence
we encourage all candidates to submit applications by this date.

To apply, send a CV and a research statement by email to Marcin Pilipczuk (
malcin@mimuw.edu.pl) and arrange two letters of recommendation to be send
to this address. Questions and informal inquiries are welcome. Please use
[CUTACOMBS] in the email subject.

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[DMANET] Workshop 'Energy-Open', University of Twente, Call for papers

Call for papers for the international workshop

Energy-Open

May 18 - May 19, 2017
University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
www.energy-open.nl

Global warming, climate agreements, EU policies to reduce CO2 emissions
and many national energy programs reflect the need to make our energy
systems more sustainable. This process, called energy transition,
entails a fundamental change of the energy system from a centralized
system with electricity production mainly based on fossil fuels to a
decentralized local system based on sustainable energy production based
on e.g. solar, wind, tidal, hydro or geothermal sources. Other changes
include the ongoing growth of the electricity consumption resulting from
an electrification of transport (electric vehicles) and heating (heat
pumps) resulting in an increasing integration between the different
energy systems of electricity, transportation and heat.
The envisioned direction of the energy transition leads to drastic
changes within the current energy system; e.g. larger parts of the
energy generation will be based on fluctuating, non-controllable and
hard to predict sources like wind and sun and the ongoing
electrification will introduce large peaks in the consumption. To be
able to ensure also in the future the stability of this energy system
and the balancing of energy supply and demand without extremely
extending the capacities of the underlying grids, the setup and the
organization of our energy system has to be changed drastically. This
includes different roles of stakeholders (e.g. consumers get prosumers),
changing or new market structures and players (e.g. local (independent)
micro-grids at community level and smart buildings/homes), changing
end-user involvement and new technologies (e.g. storage and conversion
between energy carriers).

Scope/topics
The workshop aims to bring together researchers working on new concepts
and solutions supporting the energy transition. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:
• Decentralized energy management
• Control of Storage in Smart Grids
• Optimization algorithms for Smart Grids
• Power quality in distribution grids
• Prediction algorithms of renewable generation
• Legislation for energy transition
• User behavior

If you want to submit a contribution, please prepare an abstract of at
most 2 pages including figures and references using IEEE Computer
Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10
fonts; Manuscript Templates for abstracts can be found at
https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html)
before March 1, 2017. The abstracts will be reviewed by an international
Programme Committee and the accepted abstracts will be included into a
book of abstracts of the workshop. At least one of the authors of an
accepted abstract is requested to register for the conference and
present the paper.

After the workshop a selection of abstracts is invited to submit a full
paper for possible publication in a special issues of the journal
Energies (see http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies). These full papers
will undergo the normal review process of the journal and be reviewed by
international reviewers.

Deadlines
• Abstract submission deadline: March 1, 2017
• Author notification: March 15, 2017
• Camera-ready abstract: May 1, 2017
• Workshop May 18-19, 2017
• Invitation for full-paper: June 15, 2017
• Full paper deadline: September 1, 2017

Abstract submission
All abstracts need to be submitted electronically through the conference
submission website www.energy-open.nl in PDF format. If the authors
consider to submit a full-paper for the journal, the materials presented
in the abstract and papers should not be published or under submission
elsewhere.

Conference Chairs
- Gerard Smit, University of Twente
- Johann Hurink, University of Twente

Program Committee (to be confirmed and extended)
- Lina Bertling (TKH Sweden, SE)
- Geert Deconinck (KU Leuven, BE)
- Johann Hurink (University of Twente, NL)
- Stefan Nykamp (Westnetz, GE)
- Han La Poutre (CWI, NL)
- Gerard Smit (University of Twente, NL)
- Linda Steg (RUG, NL)
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[DMANET] Lectureship in Computational Finance and Economic Agents at University of Essex, UK

We have a job opening for a lectureship (assistant professorship) in
Computational Finance and Economic Agents at University of Essex, UK.

Research areas of interest include all aspects of computational
finance and economic agents, including but not limited to Algorithmic
Game Theory.

The deadline for applications is Feb 28, 2017.

More details on the vacancy can be found at: http://bit.ly/2jWpEHD.

Prospective applicants are welcome to contact myself for informal enquiries.
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[DMANET] PhD studentships available at University of Essex, UK

We are delighted to announce 5 fully funded PhD Studentships for
Home/EU students (with up to 1 available for overseas students),
covering fees plus stipend. Stipends will match standard EPSRC rates
(£14,553 for 2017-18). Studentships are for a period of 3 years and
start from 1st October 2017.

Our School has a large and thriving graduate research community. We
provide an active and stimulating environment to carry out doctoral
research and have an extensive range of specialist labs and
facilities.

All Computer Science and Electronic Engineering research areas are
included, but we are especially interested to hear from applicants for
the following topics:

* Brain Computer Interfaces and Neural Engineering
* Wireless Networks
* Optical Networks
* Cyber-Security
* Neural Networks and Deep Learning
* Computational Finance and Economic Agents
* Robotics
* Natural Language Engineering and Computational Narrative
* Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
* Optimisation

More details, including application procedure, can be found at
https://www.essex.ac.uk/csee/fees_and_scholarships/default.aspx

The deadline for applications is Feb 28, 2017.

Prospective applicants with interests in Algorithmic Game Theory and,
more generally, Computational Finance and Economic Agents and/or
Optimisation are welcome to contact myself for informal enquiries.

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[DMANET] MathSport International 2017: SECOND Call For Abstracts

Apologies for multiple postings

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MathSport International 2017 conference, 26-28 June 2017, Padua (Italy)

* Deadline for Abstract submission: January 30th 2017

* Keynote speakers:
- Michael A. Trick (Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business)
- Gerhard Tutz (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich)
- Nicola Parolini (MOX Laboratory, Politecnico di Milano)
- Fabrizio Renzi (IBM Italia)

* Accommodation info and up-to-date information at the conference website
* Website: http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it
* Contact: mathsportinternational2017@math.unipd.it

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Dear friends and colleagues,

MathSport International 2017, the 6th International Conference on Mathematics in Sport, will be hosted by the University of Padua in Italy, from 26 to 28 June 2017.
The conference will be held at the Botanical Garden, a wonderful historical site of the University.

We invite you to submit an abstract: the deadline for abstract submission is 30 January 2017. Instructions for submission are available at

http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/callforpapers.html

Further information is available at the conference website http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/index.html

For any request, please contact us at:
mathsportinternational2017@math.unipd.it

We look forward to welcoming you in Padua!

Best regards,
the Local Organizing Committee

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[DMANET] Lecturer position in Leeds (UK)

The School of Computing at the University of Leeds opens a new position
for a Lecturer in Computer Science. For details please see
https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENGCP1041

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[DMANET] [GECCO 2017] A few days left CFP - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2017

***Just a few days left until the GECCO deadline: ***January 30, 2017* **
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*2017 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference*
July, 2017, Berlin, Germany
http://gecco-2017.sigevo.org/

*Call for Papers *

The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2017) will
present the latest high-quality results in genetic and evolutionary
computation. Topics include: genetic algorithms, genetic programming,
evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, memetic algorithms,
hyper heuristics, real-world applications, evolutionary machine
learning, evolvable hardware, artificial life, adaptive behavior, ant
colony optimization, swarm intelligence, biological applications,
evolutionary robotics, coevolution, artificial immune systems, and more.

The GECCO 2017 Program Committee invites the submission of technical
papers describing your best work in genetic and evolutionary
computation. Abstracts need to be submitted by January 30, 2017. Full
papers are due by the non-extensible deadline of February 6, 2017. Note
that*the submission system is online* on the official site.

Each paper submitted to GECCO will be rigorously evaluated in a
double-blind review process. The evaluation is on a per-track basis,
ensuring high interest and expertise of the reviewers. Review criteria
include significance of the work, technical soundness, novelty, clarity,
writing quality, and sufficiency of information to permit replication,
if applicable. All accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital
Library. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts of their work
recently published in top-tier conferences and journals to the Hot Off
the Press track. Contributions will be selected based on quality and
interest to the GECCO community.

By submitting a paper, the author(s) agree that, if their paper is
accepted, they will:

- Submit a final, revised, camera-ready version to the publisher on or
before the camera ready deadline
- Register at least one author to attend the conference on or before
the advance registration deadline
- Attend the conference (at least one author)
- Present the accepted paper at the conference

*Important Dates:*

Abstract Deadline: *January 30, 2017*
Submission of Full Papers: February 6, 2017
Conference:15-19 July, 2017

GECCO is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special
Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ACM SIGEVO).

--
Javier Ferrer
E.T.S. Ingeniería Informática
University of Málaga
Tel: +34 95213 2815
Fax: +34 95213 1397
ferrer [at] lcc.uma.es
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[DMANET] Special issue of the EURO Journal on Computational Optimization on Robust Combinatorial Optimisation.

Dear Colleague

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Special Issue of the
EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, dedicated to Robust
Combinatorial Optimization.

Robust optimization has become a central framework to handle the
uncertainty that arises in the parameters of optimization problems. While
classical RO results can efficiently handle linear programs for a large
variety of uncertainty sets, the situation is more complex for optimization
problems involving discrete decisions. Efficient exact or approximate
solution algorithms for such problems must exploit the combinatorial
structure of the problems at hand. The aim of the special issue is to
invite high-quality manuscripts addressing robust combinatorial
optimization problems and presenting convincing numerical results. A
special interest shall be devoted to papers considering extensions of
well-known uncertainty sets. Possible topics include, but are not
restricted to:
• valid inequalities for robust MILPs,
• decomposition algorithms for robust MILPs,
• constraint programming approaches to robust combinatorial optimization,
• heuristic and meta-heuristic algorithms for hard robust combinatorial
problems,
• ad-hoc combinatorial algorithms,
• novel applications of robust combinatorial optimization,
• multi-stage integer robust optimization,
• recoverable robust optimization,
• alternative robust combinatorial frameworks (min-max regret, light
robustness, ...).
Following the journal high standards, we expect high-quality contributions
that will undergo the strict reviewing process of EJCO. Submission deadline
is July 15 2017.

In order to submit a paper for the special issue,
1. Log on the editorial manager using the <Author Login> via the website
https://www.editorialmanager.com/ejco/
2. Select <Submit New Manuscript> in the main menu.
3. In the drop down list associated with <Choose Article Type> select the
desired special issue
(« SI: Robust Combinatorial Optimisation »). Note that all entries
corresponding to the special
issues start with SI.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.

The Guest Editors
Arie Koster, RWTH Aachen University, Germany,
Michael Poss, LIRMM, CNRS, France

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[DMANET] Special issue on EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics (Deadline May 15, 2017)

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EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics

Special issue on: Models and Methods for the Supply Chain and Logistics
Management

Deadline to submit manuscripts: May 15, 2017

Guest editors: Chefi Triki and Teodor Gabriel Crainic
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The function of supply chain management is to design and manage the
processes, assets, and flows of material and information required to
satisfy customers' demands. Globalization of economy and electronic
commerce has heightened the strategic importance of supply chain
management and created new opportunities for using supply chain strategy
and planning as a competitive tool. E-logistics has not only created new
distribution channels for consumers but also revolutionized the industrial
marketplace by facilitating inter-firm communication and by creating
efficient markets through trading communities.

Moreover combination of enterprise information infrastructure and the
Internet has paved the way for a variety of supply chain and logistics
optimization technologies.

This special issue deals with the strategic, planning, and operational
roles of the supply chains and logistics. It has the aim of being a
valuable collection of original contributions proposing novel mathematical
models and solution methods to solve challenging logistics problems.
Works devoted to solve real-life logistics problems are particularly welcome.

Scholars participating in the ICAMIS-2016 are invited to submit their high
quality unpublished papers to this special issue. However, any other
researcher interested in the topics of this issue can submit his/her paper
as well.

Topics covered include:

. Supply chain design and control
. Transportation, vehicle routing and fleet management . Manufacturing &
warehousing operations . Sustainable development . Decision Making in
Industry and Services . Maritime and Port logistics . Modelling &
simulation of logistics systems . Planning and scheduling . IT for Supply
Chain Management and logistics . Reverse and green logistics . Design and
management of logistic infrastructure and networks . Heuristic and
meta-heuristic implementation in logistic-related models . Smart city
logistics . Strategies and operations of logistic service providers

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor being
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are
refereed through a peer review process. All papers must be submitted
online.

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entry corresponding to "S.I.: Models and Methods for the Supply Chain and
Logistics Management"

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