Theory Announcements: July 2018

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

[DMANET] Developing Countries - Resources online --- IFORS

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of the IFORS Developing Countries On-Line Resources page is to
offer the OR worker all publicly-available materials on the topic of
OR for Development. It also aims to provide a venue for people who are
working in the area to share their completed or in-process work, learn
from others, and stimulate comments and discussions on the work.

Regarding IFORS Developing Countries OR resources website, its regular
updates - and your possible submission of "free" (not copyright protected)
material, you might occasionally visit

[ http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page | http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page ] .

"Operational Research" (OR) is the discipline of applying advanced
analytical methods to help make better decisions. By using techniques
such as problem structuring methods and mathematical modelling to
analyze complex situations, Operational Research gives executives the
power to make more effective decisions and build more productive
systems.

The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS;
[ http://ifors.org/ | http://ifors.org/ ] ) is an almost 60-year old organization which is
currently composed of 51 national societies.

Regional Groups of IFORS are:

ALIO (The Latin American Ibero Association on Operations Research),
APORS (The Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies),
EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies),
NORAM (The Association of North American Operations Research Societies).

IFORS conferences are taking place every three years; IFORS 2017 has been
successfully celebrated in Quebec City, Canada.

Thank you very much for your attention.

With kind regards,
best wishes,

Luciana Buriol, Sue Merchant, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

PS: Feedback is welcome via [ https://horde.metu.edu.tr/imp/dynamic.php?page=mailbox# | buriol@inf.ufrgs.br ] , [ https://horde.metu.edu.tr/imp/dynamic.php?page=mailbox# | suemerchant@hotmail.com ] ,
[ https://horde.metu.edu.tr/imp/dynamic.php?page=mailbox# | gerhard.weber@put.poznan.pl ] .

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[DMANET] PhD Opportunity in Paris

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate for a PhD in operations
research and data science. The PhD is in collaboration with Padam (www.padam
.io), a company working on a turnkey platform and developping simulation
tools for on-demand transportation systems.

At the interface of 2 hot and trend topics, the project will be oriented on
the following aspects:

- The design of exact and heuristics algorithms for routing problems to
efficiently tackle instance of the company

- The use of original data science and probabilistic methods to improve
routing decisions

To achieve this goal, the candidate will have to suggest novel algorithms
combining advanced optimization techniques (e.g. mathematical programming
models, hyper- and meta- heuristics) with robust and data-driven
optimization techniques.

Applicants should have (or be about to finish) a relevant master degree.
Good knowledge of operations research tech niques (integer linear
programming, graphs etc.) and data science/machine learning tools are
strongly recommended. The applicant should also have good programming
skills in any programming language. Expertise in working with aunix-like
system (e.g. ubuntu) and knowledge in database models will be appreciated.

The PhD thesis will take place on 2 locations:
- Paris 13 University - 99, av. Jean-Baptiste Clément - 93430 Villetaneuse
- Padam - 34 boulevard Sebastopol - 75001 Paris

For more information contact:
Emiliano Traversi traversi@lipn.univ-paris13.fr
Roberto Wolfler Calvo wolfler@lipn.univ-paris13.fr

[DMANET] Final Call for Papers: ICDCN (International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking) 2019

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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
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ICDCN 2019: 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking
January 4-7, 2019 - Bangalore, India
http://www.icdcn.org
Sponsored by IISc Bangalore, ACM in cooperation with ACM SigMobile, and ACM SigOps (approval pending)

IMPORTANT
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 22, 2018 AOE (extended)
Paper Submission Deadline: August 1, 2018 AOE (extended)

Papers describing original research work and practical experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics that tentatively include, but are not limited to:

Distributed Computing Track
* Concurrent data structures
* Distributed algorithms: design, analysis, and complexity
* Distributed operating systems
* Distributed database systems
* Embedded distributed systems, sensors and mobile
* Distributed robots
* Formal methods for distributed systems
* Experimental evaluation of distributed systems
* Fault-tolerance, reliability, and availability
* Multiprocessor & multi-core architectures & algorithms
* Self-organization, self-stabilization, & autonomic computing
* High performance computing, grid computing
* Multi-tier cloud computing and Big Data processing
* Security, cryptography, & game theory in distributed systems
* Internet-scale distributed systems

Networking Track
* 5G, ultra-dense networks, and next-gen networks and services
* Ad-hoc, sensor, PAN, and mesh networks
* Backscatter and ultra-low power networks
* Cognitive networking
* Data center and cloud networking
* Energy-efficient networking & integration with smart grids
* Internetworking protocols & Internet applications
* IoT connectivity and Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)
* Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)
* Mobile offloading
* Mobile pervasive computing and networking
* Network function virtualization and Software Defined Networking (SDN)
* Network security & privacy
* Next generation & converged network architectures
* Overlay & peer-to-peer networks and services
* Pricing and network economics

ICDCN 2019 is soliciting submissions as either regular or short papers. Regular Papers should not exceed 10 pages double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. Additional details may be included in a clearly-marked appendix (containing all technical ideas and proofs necessary for an expert to fully verify the claims of the paper) that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. Short Papers should not exceed 5 pages double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. Papers must be submitted electronically in printable PDF form via the EasyChair submission management system. Some papers not accepted as regular papers may be accepted as short papers with 5 pages in the proceedings, while full papers will be allowed 10 pages. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper.

BEST PAPER AWARD: The ICDCN TPC plans to award a Best Paper Award, independently for each of the two tracks. This award will be based on the paper's technical merit, the opinions of the reviewers and the presentation quality at the conference.

SPECIAL ISSUE: The authors of selected best papers in the Distributed Computing track will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for publication in Elsevier's Theoretical Computer Science (TCS - A) journal. The authors of selected best papers in the Networking track will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for publication in Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) journal.

For inquiries, contact Local Organizing Committee Co-Chairs, R. C. Hansdah (hansdah@iisc.ac.in) or Dilip Krishnaswamy (dilip1@gmail.com).

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission: July 22, 2018 (extended)
Paper submission: August 1, 2018 (extended)
Notifications: September 20, 2018
Camera-Ready: October 26, 2018
Conference Dates: January 4-7, 2019
Conference Web: http://www.icdcn.org

ORGANIZING COMMITTEES

General Co-Chairs
* R.C. Hansdah, IISc Bangalore
* Dilip Krishnaswamy, Reliance Jio Infocomm, India
* Nitin Vaidya, University of Illinois, USA

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
* Networking Track: Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
* Distributed Computing Track: Sriram V. Pemmaraju, University of Iowa, USA

Workshop Co-Chairs
* Sathya Peri, IIT Hyderabad, India
* Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland - Baltimore County, USA

Tutorial Co-Chairs
* Arpita Patra, IISc Bangalore, India
* Mainak Chatterjee, University of Central Florida, USA

PhD Forum Co-Chairs
* Bivas Mitra, IIT Kharagpur, India
* Yogesh Simmhan, SERC IISc Bangalore

Demo Chair
* Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia
* Prasant Misra, TCS Innovation Lab, Bangalore, India

Poster Chair
* J. Lakshmi, IISc Bangalore

Publicity Co-Chairs
* Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
* Neeraj Mittal, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
* S. D. Madhu Kumar, NIT Calicut, India
* Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan

Local Organizing Committee Co-Chairs
* R. C. Hansdah, IISc Bangalore, India
* Dilip Krishnaswamy, Reliance Jio Infocomm, India

Steering Committee Co-Chairs
* Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
* Sukumar Ghosh, University of Iowa, USA

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[DMANET] Call for Participation: WENDY - Workshop on Emergent Algorithms and Network Dynamics (Paris, October 10-11)

Call for Participation

Workshop on Emergent Algorithms
and Network Dynamics

https://wendy.paris

Institut Henri-Poincaré, Paris, France
October 10-11, 2018

The goal of WENDY is to promote the exchange of ideas between researchers working on distributed computing theory, modeling random structures, and discrete dynamical systems. Central topics include:

Evolving graph models and dynamics on random graphs
Programming local interaction dynamics on networks
Coordination and consensus of agents in a network
Markovian and non-Markovian processes on networks.

Invited speakers:

Dana Randall (Georgia Tech)
Vincenzo Bonifaci (Rome, IASI-CNR)
Alfonso Jaramillo (Warwick, Jaramillo Lab)
Thomas Sauerwald (Cambridge)
Colin Cooper (London, King's College)
Romain Couillet (Grenoble, GIPSA-LAB)
Benjamin Doerr (Paris Saclay, LIX - Ecole Polytechnique)
Nicolas Behr (Paris, IRIF - CNRS, Paris Diderot)
Amos Korman (Paris, IRIF - CNRS, Paris Diderot)
Florent Krzakala (Paris, LPS - ENS)
Laurent Massoulie (Paris, Microsoft Research - Inria)
Nastassia Pouradier Duteil (Paris Dauphine University)
Guilhem Semerjian (Paris, LPT - ENS)
Damien Woods (Paris, Inria)

The talks will focus on fundamental research, with motivation ranging from applications in Computations using biological agents, Chemical reaction networks, Programmable materials, to Neuromorphic computing. The detailed schedule of talks will be announced in early September.

The workshop will be held in Paris in October, during a period rich in events which may be of interest to the broader algorithms community: the FOCS conference with its accompanying workshops, FILOFOCS workshop, French algorithms days GT CoA,...

Registration:

is free but mandatory. Please fill the form provided on the workshop website.

Organizers:

Matthias Függer, LSV
Adrian Kosowski, IRIF and Inria Paris (chair)
Thomas Nowak, LRI
Justin Salez, LPSM

Supported by: Inria, RFSI, ANR, IRIF - CNRS and Paris Diderot University.

For any questions, please write to <contact@wendy.paris> or <adrian.kosowski@inria.fr>.

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[DMANET] Special Issue: Operations Research for Transportation and Sustainable Development

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Call for Papers

Special Issue: Operations Research for Transportation and Sustainable
Development
Journal of Advanced Transportation (Hindawi-Wiley, Open Access)

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jat/si/627526/cfp/
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Sustainable development is the core principle for meeting human development
goals while at the same time sustaining the ability of systems to produce,
extract, process, or manufacture the natural resources and services upon
which the economy and society depend.

Transportation produces water, noise, and air contamination, being a large
contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. These environmental shortcomings
can be mitigated by considering and integrating sustainable social,
environmental, and economic goals that impact and accelerate green and
supportable development. Furthermore, sustainable transportation can be
viewed and integrated as an essential ingredient in sustainable development
strategies. Components for evaluating transport sustainability include
particular transportation means used for road, water, or air transport; the
way they are organized, the source of energy, and the infrastructure used
to accommodate the transport. In this context, optimization plays a
relevant role. Methods from operations research have been extensively used
to successfully deal with many of these challenges.

This special issue aims at examining the current progress, challenges, and
approaches in transportation to achieve a sustainable development through
optimization. Thus, the scope of this issue covers high-quality original
research and review articles focusing on the use of operations research
techniques (mathematical programming, metaheuristics, simulation-based
approaches, game theory, etc.) to deal with transportation for promoting a
sustainable development, mitigating the negative environmental impacts, and
identifying main opportunities to accelerate the transition to
sustainability.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

* Sustainable maritime, road, rail, air, and multimodal transportation by
using operations research techniques
* Addressing resilience and disruptions in transportation systems through
optimization
* Operations research for traffic flow systems and sustainable development
* Sustainable passenger transportation based on operations research
* Operations research for transportation management in healthcare and
disaster response
* Algorithmic and decision support systems for sustainable development in
transportation
* Mathematical modeling and optimization for sustainable development in
transportation
* Green and environmental operations research approaches for real-world
applications

Authors can submit their manuscripts through the Manuscript Tracking System
at https://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/jat/otsd/.

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Submission Deadline: Friday, 14 December 2018
Publication Date: May 2019
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Papers are published upon acceptance, regardless of the Special Issue
publication date.

Lead Guest Editor
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Jesica de Armas, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Guest Editors
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Helena Ramalhinho, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Belen M. Batista, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
Marcos M. Vega, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain

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[DMANET] Proceedings of IBICA 2017 & CFP - IBICA 2018 - SCOPUS - UGC Approved - AISC Springer - Kochi - India

Call for Papers

-- The 9th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired
Computing and Applications (IBICA'18) --

http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica18
http://www.mirlabs.org/ibica18

Proceedings of IBICA'2017: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319763538
Indexed by: SCOPUS, Thomson ISI Web of Science, DBLP etc.
History of IBICA series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica18/previous.php

IBICA 2018: Scopus & UGC Approved Proceedings
All accepted and registered papers will be published in AISC Series of
Springer, indexed in ISI Proceedings, EI-Compendex, DBLP, SCOPUS, Google
Scholar and Springerlink. Proceedings will be made available during the
conference. Expanded versions of selected papers will be published in
special issues of internationally referred journals (indexed by SCI) and
edited volumes.

** Important Dates **
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Paper submission due: August 31, 2018
Notification of paper acceptance: October 15, 2018
Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2018
Conference: December 17 - 19, 2018

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About IBICA'18:
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The International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and
Applications is to provide a platform for world research leaders and
practitioners, to discuss the "full spectrum" of current theoretical
developments, emerging technologies, and innovative applications of
Bio-inspired Computing. Bio-inspired Computing is currently one of the most
exciting research areas, and it is continuously demonstrating exceptional
strength in solving complex real life problems. The main driving force of
the conference is to further explore the intriguing potential of
Bio-inspired Computing. All accepted and registered papers will be included
in the conference proceedings to expected be published by Springer.

Topics (not limited to)
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(A) Bio-inspired Computing
Ant Colony System
Artificial Immune Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Neural Networks
Cellular Automaton
Cognitive Modeling
DNA Computing
Differential Evolution
Emergent Systems
Evolutionary Computations
Evolutionary Strategies/Programming
Fuzzy Logic
Genetic Algorithms/Programming
Granular Computing
Neutrosophic Systems
Organic Computing
P Systems
Particle Swarm Optimization

(B) Emerging Technologies & Applications:
Biomedicine
Bioinformatics
Business Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
E-learning
Financial Computing
Healthcare
Life Sciences Multimedia Applications
Network Management
Robotics
Social Networks Analysis and Computing
System Control and Optimization
Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
Web Intelligence
Wireless/Sensor Networks
Other Applications

(C) Intelligent Distributed and High-Performance Architecture
Hybrid systems involving software agents and human actors
Intelligent cloud infrastructures
Agent-based wireless sensor networks
Distributed frameworks and middleware for the Internet of Things
GPU, multicore, and many-core intelligent computing
Intelligent grid
Intelligent high-performance architectures
Context-aware intelligent computing
Virtualization infrastructures for intelligent computing

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Submission Guidelines:
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Submission of paper should be made through the submission page from the
conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines
to prepare your manuscript.

Paper format templates:
http://www.springer.com/series/11156

IBICA'18 Submission Link:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ibica2018

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General Chairs:
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Preethi Thekkath, Toc H Institute of Science &Technology, India

Technical Committee (Please refer website):
http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica18/committees.php

For technical contact:
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Ajith Abraham
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

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Sanju Mishra Tiwari
Research Associate
Department of Computer Applications
National Institute of Technology
Kurukshetra

[DMANET] AlgoSensors 2018: Call for Participation

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AlgoSensors 2018 - Call for Participation
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- Please remember to register and book your hotel room soon
- Two hotel room blocks remaining with deadline 5 August 2018
- According to booking.com, Helsinki is 79% reserved for 19-24 August
2018

Links:
Registration: http://algo2018.hiit.fi/registration/
Hotels: http://algo2018.hiit.fi/hotels/
Accepted papers: http://algo2018.hiit.fi/algosensors/program/

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by email at
algo2018@aalto.fi. You can follow us on Twitter at @ALGO2018
(https://twitter.com/ALGO2018).

See you in Helsinki in August!

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14th International Symposium on Algorithms and Experiments for Wireless
Networks
AlgoSensors 2018
August 23-24, 2018
Helsinki, Finland
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/algosensors/

AlgoSensors is an international symposium dedicated to the algorithmic
aspects of wireless networks. Originally focused on sensor networks, it
now covers algorithmic issues arising in wireless networks of all types
of computational entities, static or mobile, including sensor networks,
sensor-actuator networks, autonomous robots. The focus is on the design
and analysis of algorithms, models of computation, and experimental
analysis.

AlgoSensors 2018 will be part of ALGO 2018, which also hosts AlgoCloud,
ATMOS, ESA, IPEC, WABI, and WAOA.
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Monday, July 30, 2018

[DMANET] Operations Research 2018 - Call For Participation

Operations Research 2018
International Conference on Operations Research
Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2018

https://www.or2018.be

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

We have the great pleasure to invite you to take part in the Operations
Research 2018 conference to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on September
12-14, 2018.

The Operations Research 2018 conference is the annual international
conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), co-organized
this year with the Belgian Operational Research Society (ORBEL) with the
support of Université libre de Bruxelles. OR2018 will take place from
September 12 to September 14, 2018 at the MCE Conference & Business
Centre in Brussels, Belgium.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

A preliminary scientific program has been published at
https://www.or2018.be/schedule.

Pre-conference workshops

https://www.or2018.be/workshops

- GAMS - An Introduction
- Nonlinear Programming with Artelys Knitro

Plenary speakers and semi-plenary speakers

https://www.or2018.be/plenaries

Plenary speakers

- Ivana Ljubic (EURO Plenary) - ESSEC Business School, Paris
_From Game Theory to Graph Theory: A Bilevel Journey_

- Holger Hoos - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS),
Universiteit Leiden
_Learning how to solve it - faster, better and cheaper_

Semi-plenary speakers

- Miguel F. Anjos - GERAD & Polytechnique Montreal
_Optimizing the future of smart grids_

- Nadia Brauner - Université Grenoble Alpes
_A community of teachers for an active pedagogy in OR_

- Richard Hartl - University of Vienna
_Collaboration in Vehicle Routing_

- Henrik Imhof - Sixt
_Optimization, Data Science, and Machine Learning in Car Rental
Revenue Management_

- Arie Koster - RWTH Aachen University
_Combinatorial Optimization inspired by Uncertainties_

- Stefan Wolfgang Pickl - UBw München COMTESSA
_Resilience of Complex Networks - Analysis and Optimization of
Critical Infrastructures Systems with Executive Towers_

- Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon
_Logistics Network Design and Facility Location: The value of a
multi-period stochastic solution_

- Greet Vanden Berghe - KU Leuven
_SISRs: An effective ruin & recreate heuristic based on slack
induction_

SOCIAL PROGRAM

Get together (Tuesday, Sept. 11th, 19:00-22:00) - MCE Conference Centre

Before the official opening of the conference, an informal Get-Together
will take place on Tuesday, from 19:00 to 22:00, at the MCE conference
center.

Check-in at the conference desk will be open during that evening. We
will welcome you with a walking dinner and drinks, so please join us, to
meet old and new friends and colleagues.

Wednesday Reception (Wednesday, Sept. 12th, 19:00-21:00) - Building K

Please join us on Wednesday night (from 19:00 to 21:00) for a night in
Building K of the Solsbosch Campus of ULB with food and drinks!

Admission to the reception is included for all conference participants.
Yet, there is a limited number of tickets so please select the option
for the Welcome Reception during registration. To enter the location,
please show your tickets contained in your conference bag.

Gala dinner (Thursday, Sept. 13th, 19:30-01:00)

The Conference Dinner on Thursday evening, from 7.30 PM, will take place
at the Belgian Comic Strip Centre in the heart of Brussels. The Belgian
Comic Strip Center is housed in one of the oldest districts of Brussels,
just a few steps away from Grand'Place and the Royal district, in a
splendid Art Nouveau store designed by architect Victor Horta.

The gala dinner ticket includes a free visit of the museum, true temple
dedicated to comic strip art. More information about the museum can be
found on the official website.

After the dinner, open bar and music to entertain you until 1am.

REGISTRATION

Registration is possible through the website of the conference
https://www.or2018.be.

Fees

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GOR / ORBEL member € 450
Non member € 550
PhD / Master Student € 250
Retired € 250
Accompanying € 125
Gala dinner € 90
Printed proceedings € 30
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The quoted fees are valid for payment by the usual SEPA bank transfers
in compliance with the terms of payment. In case of credit card, the
amount will be increased by 3% to cover administrative costs. Lack of
payment of the applicable fee after the payment period stated in the
invoice authorizes the conference organizers to cancel the registration.
As of September, 1st only credit card and on-site payment for all items
will be possible. Refunds can be asked before September, 1st. Note that
a commission of € 50 will be deduced from the paid amount to cover
administrative costs.

Every registration type (except Accompanying one) includes: admittance
to all sessions and the exhibition; conference material; coffee, tea and
lunches throughout the conference; tickets for the get-together event
and the welcome reception (up to the capacity of the event, on a
first-come first-served basis); wireless internet access at the
conference; Springer proceedings online volume.

Accompanying registration includes only the tickets for the get-together
event and the welcome reception, and the lunches.

ACCOMMODATION

Through our official housing partner, the Brussels Booking Desk, we
provide reduced hotel rates for the Operations Research 2018 Conference.
https://www.or2018.be/accommodation

CONTACT

Website: https://www.or2018.be

Email: or2018@euro-online.org

Twitter: @OR2018Brussels
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[DMANET] GD'18 PhD School - Second announcement

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GD'18 PhD School
Recent trends in Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
September 24-25, 2018 - Barcelona, Spain

Co-located with the
26th International Symposium on
Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD'18)
https://dccg.upc.edu/gd2018

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- Early registration open until August 28.

- A few rooms left at the residences at special prices, book soon!

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CONTENTS AND LECTURERS

The school will feature four lecturers:
- Patrizio Angelini (U. Tübingen): Beyond clustered planarity.
- David Auber (U. Bordeaux I): Node link diagram of large graphs:
bridging the gap between theory and practice.
- Anna Lubiw (U. Waterloo): The size of graph drawings and representations.
- Hans-Jörg Schulz (Aarhus U.): Design considerations for graph
visualization.

More details about the lecturers, contents, and program, can be found at
https://dccg.upc.edu/gd2018/index.php/phd-school

REGISTRATION

Early registration (by August 28) € 100.
Late registration (from August 29) € 150.

The fee covers the school itself, coffee breaks, and lunch for both days.
The registration is open together with the registration to GD'18.

ACCOMMODATION

We still have a a few rooms at several residences in Barcelona for
the dates of the PhD school and GD'18 at really good prices. See
https://dccg.upc.edu/gd2018/index.php/accommodation for more details and
the reservation form. We recommend to book accommodation as soon as
possible!

ORGANIZERS

- Vera Sacristán (U. Politècnica de Catalunya)
- Rodrigo I. Silveira (U. Politècnica de Catalunya)

[DMANET] [CFP, Deadline Sept 3] FPS 2018, 11th Intl. Symposium on Foundations & Practice of Security, Springer-LNCS Proceedings, Montreal, Canada, 13-14-15 November 2018

[Apologies for multiple copies]

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11th International Symposium on Foundations & Practice of Security
(FPS 2018)

November 13-14-15, 2018 Montreal, Canada

Website: http://fps2018.encs.concordia.ca/

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Important Dates:
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- Deadline for Short/Position Papers: September 3, 2018 (anywhere in
the world)
- Deadline for Full Papers: September 3, 2018 (anywhere in the world)
- Acceptance Notification: October 8, 2018
- Camera Ready: October 22, 2018
- Conference: November 13-14-15, 2018

Scope:
------

The eleventh edition of FPS will be hosted by Concordia University in
Montreal, Canada, on November 13, 14 and 15 2018. We invite
researchers and practitioners from all countries working in security,
privacy, trustworthy data systems and related areas to participate in
the event.

Protecting the communication and data infrastructure of an
increasingly inter-connected world has become vital to the normal
functioning of all aspects of our world. Security has emerged as an
important scientific discipline whose many multifaceted complexities
deserve the attention and synergy of the mathematical, computer
science and engineering communities.

The aim of FPS is to discuss and exchange theoretical and practical
ideas that address security issues in inter-connected systems. It aims
to provide scientific presentations as well as to establish links,
promote scientific collaboration, joint research programs, and student
exchanges between institutions involved in this important and fast
moving research field.

We also invite papers from researchers and practitioners working in
security, privacy, trustworthy data systems and related areas to
submit their original papers. The main topics, but not limited to,
include:

* Access Control Languages
* Code Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Exploitation
* Computer and Network Security
* Cryptography & Cryptanalysis
* Data mining & watermarking
* Distributed security protocols & policies
* Formal foundations in information or operational security
* Information theoretic security
* Malware, botnet and advanced persistent threats
* Privacy & sensitive data management
* Policy-based distributed information systems
* Policy-based security architectures
* Security & privacy in digital currencies
* Security & privacy in social networks
* Security in sensor networks and RFIDs
* Security of big-data
* Security of cloud computing, grid computing
* Security of distributed embedded middleware
* Security of P2P systems
* Security of service oriented architectures
* Security management and security policies
* Side channel & physical attacks
* Social engineering
* Threat analysis and trust management

Submissions Guidelines:
-----------------------

All submissions must be written in English. Full papers should be at
most 16 pages, including the bibliography and the appendices.
Committee members are not required to read the appendices, so the
paper should be intelligible without them. Short and Position papers
should be up to 8 pages. Authors should indicate whether their paper
is a 'Position paper' to differentiate them from regular ones
('Position paper' should be mentioned in the title).

Authors must submit their papers by the deadline indicated below,
using the EasyChair web site (using the link
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fps2018) and following the
requirements stated there. All papers will be refereed. The submitted
contribution should be formatted according to Springer's LNCS style
(TeX, Word). Submissions by PhD students as well as surveys and
controversial ideas are encouraged. Case studies (successful or not)
are also encouraged.

Publication:
------------

As in previous editions, proceedings will be published by
Springer-Nature in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
series. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to
the symposium, by the date indicated by the organizers, and present
the paper.

Committees:
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General Chairs:

- Frederic Cuppens (IMT Atlantique, France)

PC Chairs:

- Nur Zincir-Heywood (Dalhousie University, Canada)
- Guillaume Bonfante (Ecole des Mines de Nancy, France)
- Mourad Debbabi (Concordia University, Canada)

Publications & Publicity Chairs:

- Arash Mohammadi (Concordia University, Canada)
- Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (Telecom SudParis, France)

Organization chair

- Amr Youssef (Concordia University, Canada)

Local Organization Chairs

- Paria Shirani (Concordia University, Canada)
- Jun Yan (Concordia University, Canada)

Steering Committee:

- Frederic Cuppens (Telecom Bretagne, France)
- Nora Cuppens-Boulahia (Telecom Bretagne, France)
- Mourad Debbabi (Concordia University, Canada)
- Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (Telecom SudParis, France)
- Evangelos Kranakis (Carleton University, Canada)
- Pascal Lafourcade (Universite d'Auvergne, France)
- Jean-Yves Marion (Mines de Nancy, France)
- Ali Miri (Ryerson University, Canada)
- Rei Safavi-Naini (Calgary University, Canada)
- Nadia Tawbi (Universite Laval, Canada)

[DMANET] ATMOS 2018: Call for Participation

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - ATMOS 2018
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ACCEPTED PAPERS

ATMOS 2018 conference program:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/atmos/program/

ESA, ALGOCLOUD, ALGOSENSORS, ATMOS, IPEC, WABI, WAOA
20-24 August 2018 in Helsinki, Finland
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/
https://twitter.com/ALGO2018

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REGISTRATION AND BOOKING

Please remember to register & book your hotel room soon!

Registration (early registration deadline 30 July 2018):
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/registration/

Hotel room blocks with deadlines 19 July, 20 July, 30 July, and 5 August
2018:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/hotels/

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ATMOS 2018

18th Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modeling,
Optimization, and Systems

23-24 August 2018, Helsinki, Finland
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/atmos/

The workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modeling,
Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS) is an annual event bringing together
researchers and practitioners who are interested in all aspects of
algorithmic methods and models for transportation optimization. The
workshop provides a forum for the exchange and dissemination of new
ideas and techniques. The aim of making transportation better gives rise
to very complex and large-scale optimization problems requiring
innovative solution techniques and ideas from mathematical optimization,
theoretical computer science, and operations research. Applicable tools
and concepts include those from graph and network algorithms,
combinatorial optimization, approximation and online algorithms,
stochastic and robust optimization.

ATMOS 2018 is part of ALGO 2018, which also hosts ESA, ALGOCLOUD,
ALGOSENSORS, IPEC, WABI, and WAOA.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Early registration deadline: Mo, 30.07. (today!)

ATMOS 2018: 23-24 August 2018
ALGO 2018: 20-24 August 2018

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DISSEMINATION, AWARDS

The proceedings of ATMOS 2018 will be published online and as
open-access in the Dagstuhl Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs).

Selected papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of
'NETWORKS'.

There will be a BEST PAPER award as well as a BEST VGI PAPER award for
the paper that best leverages volunteered geographic information in
meaningful and novel ways.

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[DMANET] HIGHLIGHTS 2018: 1st Call for Participation

Please register and attend HIGHLIGHTS 2018!
The programme is here:
https://easychair.org/smart-program/Highlights2018/index.html

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:* 31 AUGUST 2018*

***************
HIGHLIGHTS 2018: 6th annual conference on Highlights of LOGIC, GAMES, and
AUTOMATA

18-21 September 2018, TU Berlin
http://highlights-conference.org

SATELLITE EVENTS:
+ ErichFest: Symposium to Celebrate Erich Grädel's 60th Birthday, 17
September
+ Workshop on the Theory of Regular Cost Functions and Beyond, 21 September
(afternoon)

================================================

HIGHLIGHTS 2018 is the 6th conference on Highlights of Logic, Games, and
Automata that aims to integrate the diverse research community working in
the areas of Logic and Finite Model Theory, Automata Theory, and Games for
Logic and Verification. Individual papers are dispersed across many
conferences, which makes them challenging to follow. A visit to the annual
Highlights conference offers a wide picture of the latest research in the
field and a chance to meet and interact with most of the members of the
research community. The speakers are encouraged to present their best
recent work at Highlights, whether already published elsewhere or not.

The conference is short (from 19 September to the mid-day on 21 September)
and it is preceded by the Highlights Tutorial Day (18 September). The
participation costs are modest and Berlin is easy to reach.

The Contributed Presentations will be around ten minutes long. All speakers
will be also invited to contribute to a Poster Session, which will open new
ways of interaction at the conference for the whole Highlights community.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
+ Andrei Bulatov, The Complexity of Constraints: Dichotomies and Beyond
+ Nicole Schweikardt, Constant Delay Enumeration of Query Results
+ James Worrell, Algebraic Invariants for Affine Programs

TUTORIALS
+ Amir Abboud, Fine-Grained Complexity and Hardness in P
+ Christoph Berkholz, Interactions Between Proof Complexity and Finite
Model Theory
+ Joost-Pieter Katoen, Principles of Probabilistic Programming

INVITED SESSIONS
+ Chair: Christel Baier, Multi-Objective Reasoning in Probabilistic Models
(Speakers: Stefan Kiefer, David Parker)
+ Chair: Martin Grohe, Logic and Learning (Speakers: Kristian Kersting,
Daniel Neider, Dan Olteanu)

SPOTLIGHT TALKS
+ Stéphane Gaubert, Nonarchimedean Convex Programming and Its Relation to
Mean-Payoff Games
+ Laura Kovács, Symbol Elimination for Program Analysis
+ Jan Křetínský, A Journey from LTL to Your Favourite Automaton
+ Amaury Pouly, Continuous Models of Computation: Computability,
Complexity, Universality
+ Jeffrey Shallit, Finite Automata and Additive Number Theory

Saturday, July 28, 2018

[DMANET] Proceedings of IBICA 2017 & CFP - IBICA 2018 - SCOPUS - UGC Approved - AISC Springer - Kochi - India

Call for Papers

Apologies for cross-posting. Kindly help to distribute this CFP to your
mailing list.

-- The 9th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired
Computing and Applications (IBICA'18) --

http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica18
http://www.mirlabs.org/ibica18

Proceedings of IBICA'2017: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319763538
Indexed by: SCOPUS, Thomson ISI Web of Science, DBLP etc.
History of IBICA series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica18/previous.php

Paper format templates:
http://www.springer.com/series/11156

IBICA'18 Submission Link:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ibica2018

Technical Committee (Please refer website):
http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica18/committees.php

For technical contact:
------------------------------
Ajith Abraham
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

--
Sanju Mishra Tiwari
Research Associate
Department of Computer Applications
National Institute of Technology
Kurukshetra

[DMANET] BigNet 2018 (Dec 10-13, 2018, Seattle, USA): submission deadline Aug 19

================================

BigNet2018: 1st International Workshop in Visual Analytics for Big Networks
http://bignet2018.bdarg.org

A Workshop of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE Big Data 2018)
December 10-13, 2018,
Seattle, WA, USA

=== Important Dates ===

19th August, 2018 : Submission of papers
9th October, 2018 : Notification of acceptance
10 November 2018 : Camera-ready submission of accepted papers
10-13 December, 2018 : Conference; Workshop date TBA

=== Aim ===

Network visualization is one of the earliest branches of information visualization with a foundation in a more than three-decades long history of active research in the field of graph drawing. In recent years, large-scale networks, such as social, biological, and financial networks as well as networks representing software engineering processes, have become prominent generators of big data. The need and the opportunity to utilize the information in such networks better has raised a range of new research questions, such as, what constitutes an insightful visualization of a big network, how to visualize a big network efficiently without loss of information, how to scale-up existing graph drawing methods for dealing with huge datasets, etc. This workshop aims at bringing together the leading researchers in this field and showcase the latest results in big network visual analytics.

Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

• Algorithmic frameworks for visualizing big networks
• Quality and effectiveness of big-network visualization
• Data management for efficient big-network visualization
• Applications of visual analytics for big networks in the fields of
o software engineering,
o social science,
o finances,
o biology
• Application of big-network visualization to complexity and complex systems
• Sustainability aspects of big-network visualization

== Paper submission ==

Papers (up to 6 pages in the two-column IEEE CPS Conference Style format or extended abstracts (up to 2 pages) must be electronically submitted using the submission system accessible on CyberChair via http://bignet2018.bdarg.org.

=== Publication ===

Accepted and presented papers will be included in the IEEE Big Data conference proceedings. Extended versions of these will be considered as a special issue in the International Journal of Information Security Science.

=== Workshop organizers ===

+ Patrick Healy, University of Limerick, Ireland
+ Tiziana Margaria, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland
+ Nikola S. Nikolov, University of Limerick, Ireland
+ Alexander Wolff, Universität Würzburg, Germany

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Friday, July 27, 2018

[DMANET] Postdoctoral Positions at U O'Higgins

The University of O'Higgins, in Rancagua, Chile, is searching for
applicants to fill several postdoctoral positions in all of its institutes,
including the Institute of Engineering Sciences. The applicants should have
interests in some of the research areas covered by the institute, including
Operations Research, Computer Science, Theory of Algorithms, Approximation
and Online Algorithms. Successful candidates will be offered a full time
contract for up to 2 years with a monthly salary of 1500000 CLP (~2300
USD). Candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Jose Verschae <
jose.verschae@uoh.cl> or Victor Verdugo <victor.verdugo@uoh.cl> before
submitting their application.

APPLICATION

To be considered an applicant must have obtained a PhD. degree within the
last 5 years or to be in process of obtaining it within the next 3 months.
Additionally, potential to collaborate with at least one of the local
researchers (https://www.uoh.cl/#personas) must be exhibited. The following
documents should be uploaded to https://www.uoh.cl/#concurso-academico

- Curriculum Vitae.
- Certificates of previous degrees.
- Contact information (name, position, institution, phone number and e-mail
address) of 3 references.
- Research plan of maximum 3 pages.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Application deadline, August 9, 2018.
- Results, September 7, 2018.

ABOUT U. O'Higgins

The University of O'Higgins is a young academic institution created on 2015
in the O'Higgins Region, Chile, whose main objective is to help the
development of the region and its inhabitants through world-class
scientific research and formation of human capital. Its main campus is
located in the region's capital, Rancagua, about 100 kms south from
Santiago. It has a young and very active group of researchers in several
areas, with strong international ties and an active research agenda in
collaboration with other chilean actors. More information at www.uoh.cl.
--
José Verschae
Director Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería
Universidad de O'Higgins

[DMANET] Registration open: Colloquium on Combinatorics (KolKom 2018)

Dear colleagues,

we invite you to the 37th conference "Colloquium on Combinatorics" (Kolkom 2018), which takes place at Paderborn University (Germany), on November 23-24, 2018.

The Colloquium on Combinatorics is a forum that brings together young researchers and well established scientists. The colloquium will cover all parts of Combinatorics and Discrete Mathematics in a broad sense, including combinatorial aspects in Algebra, Geometry, Optimization and Computer Science.

Keynote speakers are

Dion Gijswijt (TU Delft, Netherlands);
Bill Jackson (University of London, UK);
Karen Meagher (University of Regina, Canada);
Paul Seymour (Princeton University, USA);
Bernd Sturmfels (University of California at Berkeley (USA) and Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany)

For registration and more information see www.kolkom.de.

We hope seeing you in Paderborn in November!

Eckhard Steffen and Kai-Uwe Schmidt

[DMANET] Fwd: Postdoctoral fellow opportunities in cybersecurity and cryptography

Dear Colleagues:

We need your help in advertising the following postdoctoral opportunities.
If appropriate, kindly circulate widely to your networks.

Best,
Atty

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School of Information Technology Management of Ryerson University invites
applications for two postdoctoral positions - one in cybersecurity and one
in cryptography, for an initial appointment of one year, renewable for two
more years based on performance. Preferred areas of research interest are
differential privacy, IoT security, blockchain technology, and post-quantum
cryptography.

Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, ECE or a
related area, by the time of appointment and an outstanding research
record. Solid background in cryptography, network security, distributed
systems, protocols and algorithms, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities include conducting fundamental research in informations
system security, publishing in leading conferences and journals, and
participation in proposal development. The incumbent is expected to take
part in the activities of the Cybersecurity Research Lab at the Ryerson
University and will wok closely with the collaborating industry partners in
the respective research areas.

Required application materials include: a curriculum vita; a three-page
research statement; three names as references; and copies of three recent
publications. Review of applications will start immediately and continue
until both positions are filled. Priority will be given to those candidates
who submit their application materials by September 1st, 2018.

For further information, you may contact Dr. Atefeh Mashatan at amashatan @
ryerson.ca

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*Dr. Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan,* CISSP, SOA Certified Architect.

Information Technology Management
Ted Rogers School of Management
Ryerson University
55 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C5

*Direct*: (416) 979-5000 x3632
*Email*: amashatan @ ryerson.ca
*Office*: TRS 2-038

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[DMANET] ALGO 2018 Final Call for Participation: ESA, ALGOCLOUD, ALGOSENSORS, ATMOS, IPEC, WABI, WAOA in Helsinki on 20-24 August 2018

ALGO 2018 FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

- Please remember to register and book your hotel room ASAP!
- The early registration deadline is 30 July 2018 (AoE)
- Two hotel room blocks remaining with deadlines 30 July 2018 and 5 August 2018
- According to booking.com, Helsinki is 79% reserved for 19-24 August 2018

http://algo2018.hiit.fi/registration/
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/hotels/

ESA, ALGOCLOUD, ALGOSENSORS, ATMOS, IPEC, WABI, WAOA
20-24 August 2018 in Helsinki, Finland
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/
https://twitter.com/ALGO2018

Keynote speakers:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/speakers/

ESA 2018 program:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/esa/program/

ALGOCLOUD 2018 program:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/algocloud/program/

ALGOSENSORS 2018 accepted papers:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/algosensors/program/

ATMOS 2018 program:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/atmos/program/

IPEC 2018 program:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/ipec/program/

WABI 2018 program:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/wabi/program/

WAOA 2018 program:
http://algo2018.hiit.fi/waoa/program/

See you soon in Helsinki!

[DMANET] PhD program in Engineering - Operations Research and Logistics

PHD IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH SANOFI

● Name of the company * : SANOFI
● City and zip code * : AMILLY 45200, France
● Name of the partner academic laboratory (so already known): LIFAT Université de Tours .
● Code of the laboratory: EA 6300, ERL CNRS 7002.
● Title of research theme (without any confidential character) * : Optimization of order preparation within the logistics platform by a dynamic approach
● Description of the theme of research (without any confidential character) * :
The Amilly Sanofi platform is organized into 4 customer order preparation lines characterized by different dynamics and granularities. The objective of the work is to carry out a planning of the order preparation so as to satisfy the schedules of the delivery trucks; some orders are known from the beginning of the day while others will appear in the order book as the day progresses. The main constraint is that it is necessary to regroup at the end of the factory and in the same truck trailer, the different cartons constituting a single order.
The initial work will focus on improving the replenishment of lines so as to avoid risks due to lack of a type of medication and by optimizing distribution rules and planning at the level of preparation lines.
● Description of job * :
The position created for this project is a research engineer position whose work must bring a step back on the organization of the preparation site.
● Date of recruitment * : October the 1 th 2018.
● E-mail addresses to which the applicant should send his/her application * :
Humez, Bich-Phuong (SAF) /FR Bich-Phuong.Humez@sanofi.com
Et Patrick MAS :Patrick.MAS@sanofi.com.
● Main Research Field * :

 Computer science
 Engineering
 Information science
 Mathematics
 Technology

● Function * : .Research Engineer.
● Research Profile * : .Master / Engineer degree in computer sciences.

Patrick Martineau
Professeur des Universités, Responsable Relations Entreprises
Département Informatique de Polytech Tours
Laboratoire d'Informatique ERL CNRS 7002
64 av. Jean Portalis
F-37200 Tours
Tél : +33 (0)2 47 36 11 26
Fax : +33 (0)2 47 36 14 22

[DMANET] CFP - IEEE TNSM Special Issue on Novel Techniques in Big Data Analytics for Management

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Special Issue on Novel Techniques in Big Data Analytics for Management

http://www.comsoc.org/tnsm/cfp/si-bdm

(Submissions due: 15 November 2018)

Cloud and network analytics can harness the immense stream of
operational data from clouds and networks, and can perform analytics
processing to improve reliability, configuration, performance, fault
and security management. In particular, we see a growing trend towards
using statistical analysis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine
learning to improve operations and management of IT systems and
networks.

Research is therefore needed to understand and improve the potential
and suitability of Big Data analytics and AI in the context of systems
and network management. This will not only provide deeper
understanding and better decision making based on largely collected
and available operational data, but present opportunities for
improving data analysis algorithms and methods on aspects such as
accuracy and scalability, as well as demonstrate the benefits of
machine intelligence methods in system and network management and
control. Moreover, there is an opportunity to define novel platforms
that can harness the vast operational data and advanced data analysis
algorithms to drive management decisions in networks, data centers,
and clouds.

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE TNSM) is a
premier journal for timely publication of archival research on the
management of networks, systems, services and applications. Following
the success of two recent TNSM special issues on Big Data Analytics
for Management in 2016 and 2018, this special issue will also focus on
recent, emerging approaches and technical solutions that can exploit
Big Data, analytics, and AI in management solutions. We welcome
submissions addressing the underlying challenges of Big Data Analytics
for Management and presenting novel techniques, experimental results,
or theoretical approaches motivated by management problems. Survey
papers that offer a perspective on related work and identify key
challenges for future research are also in the scope of the special
issue.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest for this special issue include, but are not
limited, to the following:

* Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning
- Analysis, modelling and visualization
- Operational analytics and intelligence
- Event and log analytics, text mining
- Anomaly detection and prediction
- Monitoring and measurements for management
- Harnessing social data for management
- Predictive analytics and real-time analytics
- Artificial intelligence, neural networks, and deep learning for management
- Data mining, statistical modeling, and machine learning for management

* Application Domains and Management Paradigms
- Cloud and network analytics
- Data centric management of virtualized infrastructure, clouds and data centers
- Data centric management of software defined networks
- Data centric management of storage resources
- Data centric management of Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems
- Platforms for analyzing and storing logs and operational data for
management tasks
- Applications of Big data analytics to traffic classification,
root-cause analysis, service quality assurance, IT service and
resource management
- Novel approaches to cyber-security, intrusion detection, threat
analysis, and failure detection based on Big data analytics and
machine learning

Paper Submission

All papers should be submitted through the IEEE Transactions on
Network and Service Management manuscript submission site at
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnsm. Authors must indicate in the
submission cover letter that their manuscript is intended for the
"Novel Techniques in Big Data Analytics for Management" special issue.
Each submission will be limited to 14 pages in IEEE 2-column format.
Detailed author guidelines can be found at
http://www.comsoc.org/tnsm/author-guidelines.

Important Dates

Paper submission: November 15, 2018
Review results returned: February 15, 2019
Revision submission: March 15, 2019
Final acceptance notification: June 15, 2019
Final paper submission: July 7, 2019
Publication date (tentative): September 2019*

(* online published version will be available in IEEE Xplore after the
camera ready version has been submitted with final DOI)

Guest Editors

David Carrera (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain)
Giuliano Casale (Imperial College London, UK)
Takeru Inoue (NTT Laboratories, Japan)
Hanan Lutfiyya (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Jia Wang (AT&T Research, US)
Nur Zincir-Heywood (Dalhousie University, Canada)

For more information, please contact the guest editors at
TNSM.SI.BDM19@gmail.com
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[DMANET] Call for Papers: EOM - 3rd International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps

3rd International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps (EOM 2018)
October 25 - 26, 2018 *** University of Kent
http://exploringoldmaps.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/

DESCRIPTION
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. In order to make the maps more accessible, information
describing the information content of the map is desirable. This would
enable more user-friendly interfaces, relevant queries of a database,
and automatic analyses.

TARGET 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, as well as practitioners.

SCOPE OF INTEREST
Relevant topics are (but are not limited to) the following:
* Digital media, digitisation, curation of digital objects
* Design and application of algorithms for analysis and visualisation
methods
* Spatial analysis and applications of GIS concerning old maps
* 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 short papers for presentations, posters
and demonstrations.

The workshop will not have formally published proceedings. Therefore,
papers submitted to EOM 2018 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 Humanities and
Computer Science. The reviewing process will mainly determine whether
the submitted material promises to fit into the scope of the workshop.
The Program Committee will decide about the acceptance of submissions
based on reviews and its mandate to create a balanced and varied program.

Encouraged topics include: History of maps; surveys. Digitisation,
metadata, archives. Topographic maps and georeferencing. Nontopographic
maps, such as metro maps.

The authors of the papers accepted for EOM 2018 will be invited to
submit the final versions of their papers for on-line publication in the
digital workshop booklet. Papers must be submitted via EasyChair. The
submitted material must not exceed 2 pages (excluding references, which
may take up a third page). All submissions must use the provided Word or
LaTeX template in DIN A4; when using LaTeX, follow the example of
bare_conf.tex. Abstracts for demonstrations should include descriptive
screenshots and a description of the system's functionalities.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission: September 12, 2018 (hard deadline)
Notification of acceptance: September 21, 2018
Workshop: Thursday October 25 and Friday October 26, 2018

ORGANISATION
Program Chairs
* Christoph Schommer, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Luxembourg
* Thomas van Dijk, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Würzburg
* Alexander Wolff, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Würzburg

Organising Committee
* Peter Lloyd, School of Computing, University of Kent
* Bonisha Bhattacharyya, Centre for Medieval and Early modern studies,
University of Kent

VENUE
The workshop will take place at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

School of Computing
University of Kent
Darwin Road
Canterbury
Kent
England
CT2 7NZ

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
exploringoldmaps@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de
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Thursday, July 26, 2018

[DMANET] CTFM 2018 (Tokyo, September 13-15): abstract/registration due August 27

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Computability Theory and Foundations of Mathematics
(CTFM 2018)
http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~random/ctfm2018/

September 13-15, 2018
Surugadai Campus, Meiji University, Tokyo
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* Scope
Computability Theory, Reverse Mathematics, Nonstandard Analysis, Proof
Theory, Set Theory, Philosophy of Mathematics, Constructive Mathematics,
Theory of Randomness, Computational Complexity Theory

* Invited speakers
George Barmpalias (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Matthew de Brecht (Kyoto University)
Bjorn Kjos-Hanssen (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Tomoyuki Miyaji (Meiji University)
Igor Potapov (University of Liverpool)
Liang Yu (Nanjing University)

* Organizing committee
Akitoshi Kawamura (Kyushu University)
Kenshi Miyabe (Meiji University)

* Important dates
Submission of abstracts: August 27, 2018
Registration: August 27, 2018

* Submission
Abstracts of contributed talks should be submitted via easychair.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ctfm2018
The length of an abstract is limited to one page (A4) including
references.

We welcome your original research work in the scope as well as
proposals and introduction of open problems.

* Registration
Fill in the registration form at
https://goo.gl/forms/iHlXNPpytnmstQ263

* Fees (to be paid in cash at the registration desk)
Registration:
- Regular: 2000 yen
- Student: free
Banquet (evening of Friday September 14):
- Regular: 5000 yen
- Accompanying person: 3000 yen
- Student: 3000 yen

For details, see the following website:
http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~random/ctfm2018/

CATCS Newsletter

Here's an update on some of CATCS's recent activities, along with links to useful resources maintained at TheoryMatters:

1. David Woodruff compiled a list of major awards that are relevant to the
theoretical computer science community. Included is a brief
description of each, a link to the nomination instructions, and
examples of researchers from TCS and related fields that won the award
in the past. See https://thmatters.wordpress.com/tcs-awards-list/.

2. Shuchi Chawla is leading an effort to improve the quality of TCS
entries on Wikipedia. She has put together an advice document for
researchers who want to help and a spreadsheet where you can contribute
suggestions for entries to be created or improved. See
https://thmatters.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/tcs-wikipedia-project/.

3. Ryan O'Donnell collected advice on writing papers for general
scientific venues like Science, Nature, and PNAS, from a number of TCS
researchers who have successfully published in these venues in the
past. See
https://thmatters.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/nature-science-pnas-advice.pdf.

4. An oldie but a goodie: examples of successful TCS NSF Career proposals.
See https://thmatters.wordpress.com/funding-opportunities-and-tips/career-examples-proposalscomments/

See https://thmatters.wordpress.com/ and the affiated sites https://cstheory-jobs.org/ and https://cstheory-events.org/ for still more resources.

Don't forget that this year's TheoryFest is also the 50th anniversary of STOC! (Happening June 25-29, in Los Angeles.) See http://acm-stoc.org/stoc2018/ for details.

Finally, I always welcome your suggestions for future CATCS projects.

Tim

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[DMANET] [Deadline Approaching] AAIM 2018 and SIs of Theoretical Computer Science and Journal of Global Optimization

AAIM 2018: 12th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects of
Information and Management
Dallas, TX, United States, December 3-4, 2018

AAIM 2018 is the Twelfth International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects of
Information and Management (https://aaim2018.wordpress.com/). It will
provide a focused forum on current trends of research on algorithms,
discrete structures, and their applications, and will bring together
international experts at the research frontiers in these areas to exchange
ideas and to present significant new results.

The mission of the conference is to stimulate the various fields for which
algorithmics can become a crucial enabler, and to strengthen the ties
between the Eastern and Western research communities of algorithmics and
applications.

Accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings published in
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Selected high quality
papers will be invited to publish in special issues of
<https://link.springer.com/journal/10898>*Journal of Global Optimization*
<https://link.springer.com/journal/10898> *(CCF ranking: B; 中科院JCR期刊分区： 2区)*
, *Theoretical Computer Science
<https://www.journals.elsevier.com/theoretical-computer-science/>* *(CCF
ranking: B)* and *Journal of Combinatorial Optimization
<https://link.springer.com/journal/10878>*.

Submission Guidelines

Interesting new results in all areas of algorithmics, operation research
and combinatorial optimization and their applications are welcome. In
addition to theoretical work, we are also interested in results that report
on experimental and applied research of general algorithmic interest.
Special considerations will be given to algorithmic research that is
motivated by real-world applications. Experimental and applied papers are
expected to show convincingly the usefulness and efficiency of the target
algorithms in practical settings.

Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest include:

- Algorithms and data structures;
- Algorithmic game theory and incentive analysis;
- Approximation algorithms and online algorithms;
- Automata, languages, logic, and computability;
- Bioinformatics, computational biology and medicine, and biomedical
applications;
- Biomedical imaging algorithms;
- Combinatorial optimization;
- Combinatorics and discrete structures related to algorithms and
complexity;
- Communication networks and optimization;
- Complexity theory;
- Computational algebra, geometry, number theory, and statistics;
- Computational learning theory, knowledge discovery, and data mining;
- Cryptography, reliability, and security;
- Database theory, large databases, and natural language processing;
- Experimental algorithmic methodologies;
- Geometric information processing and communication;
- Graph algorithms and theory;
- Graph drawing and information visualization;
- Internet algorithms and protocols;
- Large graph algorithms and social network analysis;
- Optimization algorithms in economic and operations research;
- Parallel and distributed computing and multicore algorithms;
- Parameterized algorithms, heuristics, and analysis;
- Pattern recognition algorithms;
- Trustworthy algorithms and trustworthy software.

The submission deadline is extended to July 30th, 2018 (anywhere on Earth).
AAIM'2018 will only accept electronic (PS or PDF) submissions via the
submission website (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aaim2018).

Organizing committee

General Chairs: Ding-Zhu Du (University of Texas at Dallas), David Woodruff
(University of California, Davis)
TPC Chairs: Shaojie Tang (University of Texas at Dallas), Sergiy Butenko
(Texas A&M University)

All questions about submissions should be emailed to
shaojie.tang@utdallas.edu

Theory Announcements

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

[DMANET] Developing Countries - Resources online --- IFORS

[DMANET] PhD Opportunity in Paris

[DMANET] Final Call for Papers: ICDCN (International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking) 2019

[DMANET] Call for Participation: WENDY - Workshop on Emergent Algorithms and Network Dynamics (Paris, October 10-11)

[DMANET] Special Issue: Operations Research for Transportation and Sustainable Development

[DMANET] Proceedings of IBICA 2017 & CFP - IBICA 2018 - SCOPUS - UGC Approved - AISC Springer - Kochi - India

[DMANET] AlgoSensors 2018: Call for Participation

Monday, July 30, 2018

[DMANET] Operations Research 2018 - Call For Participation

[DMANET] GD'18 PhD School - Second announcement

[DMANET] [CFP, Deadline Sept 3] FPS 2018, 11th Intl. Symposium on Foundations & Practice of Security, Springer-LNCS Proceedings, Montreal, Canada, 13-14-15 November 2018

[DMANET] ATMOS 2018: Call for Participation

[DMANET] HIGHLIGHTS 2018: 1st Call for Participation

Saturday, July 28, 2018

[DMANET] Proceedings of IBICA 2017 & CFP - IBICA 2018 - SCOPUS - UGC Approved - AISC Springer - Kochi - India

[DMANET] BigNet 2018 (Dec 10-13, 2018, Seattle, USA): submission deadline Aug 19

Friday, July 27, 2018

[DMANET] Postdoctoral Positions at U O'Higgins

[DMANET] Registration open: Colloquium on Combinatorics (KolKom 2018)

[DMANET] Fwd: Postdoctoral fellow opportunities in cybersecurity and cryptography

[DMANET] ALGO 2018 Final Call for Participation: ESA, ALGOCLOUD, ALGOSENSORS, ATMOS, IPEC, WABI, WAOA in Helsinki on 20-24 August 2018

[DMANET] PhD program in Engineering - Operations Research and Logistics

[DMANET] CFP - IEEE TNSM Special Issue on Novel Techniques in Big Data Analytics for Management

[DMANET] Call for Papers: EOM - 3rd International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps

Thursday, July 26, 2018

[DMANET] CTFM 2018 (Tokyo, September 13-15): abstract/registration due August 27

CATCS Newsletter

[DMANET] [Deadline Approaching] AAIM 2018 and SIs of Theoretical Computer Science and Journal of Global Optimization

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