Theory Announcements: August 2019

Friday, August 30, 2019

[DMANET] CFP: NTUM2020, New Technologies for Urban Mobility Workshop

The Complex Engineering Systems Institute (ISCI) and the Engineering School of Universidad de Concepción invite authors to submit abstracts for the 1st New Technologies for Urban Mobility workshop.

The ubiquity of technology has unlocked an enormous potential for urban mobility. Cities are shaped by the behavior of citizens who are connected through elements that can be updated literally every day. What was impossible a few years ago might become obsolete today. Technology has opened questions, challenges, and opportunities for urban mobility that are worthy to explore for both ends: theoretical advances and applications.

In this event, we expect to hear the advances in research, to stimulate new ideas, and to promote collaboration between participants.

Topics:
-Public transportation of the future
-New methods for new data
-Home delivery and services
-Apps for mobility and travel
-Innovative transportation modes
-New tech for transportations planning and operations
-information and communication technologies

Important dates and general information:
-Abstract submission deadline: Septembre 23, 2019
-Acceptance date: October 30, 2019
-Workshop: April 14 to 17, 2020, Pucón, Chile
-Website: www.ntum.cl<http://www.ntum.cl>
-Information: info@ntum.cl<mailto:info@ntum.cl>

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[DMANET] Visiting Professor in Computer Science, Charles University, Prague

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Visiting Professor in Computer Science, Charles University, Prague
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The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University (Prague)
invites applications for the position of a Visiting Professor in Computer
Science at the Computer Science Institute of Charles University.

The position is open in any area of computer science. The applicant is
expected to teach two new courses at MSc. level (90-minute per week each).
The curricula of the courses shall be proposed by the applicant and form
an integral part of the application. At least one of the courses should
introduce topics related to recent research. All teaching will be in
English; knowledge of the Czech language is not required. A teaching
assistant for both courses will be provided by the Faculty. For more
information about the School of Computer Science and its departments, see
https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/school-of-computer-science/about-school; the
successful candidate will be able to collaborate with any department of
the School. Informal inquiries are welcome and may be sent to Vice-Dean
for Computer Science Prof. Jiri Sgall <sgall@iuuk.mff.cuni.cz> or to the
heads of the departments.

The position is funded by the Czech Operational Programme Research,
Development and Education, project no. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_015/0002362.
The funding is available for one semester (5 months), starting between
January 1, 2020 and February 17, 2020. The gross monthly salary is CZK
84,000 (approx. EUR 3,230). The School will provide assistance with
locating housing and schooling for dependents (English language
pre-school, elementary and secondary schools are available in Prague).

The applicant must be an internationally recognized scholar in his/her
research area with Ph.D. degree in computer science or a related area. The
curricula of the courses are to be proposed by the applicant as a part of
the application. A signed application (cover letter) accompanied by
curriculum vitae, list of publications, research and teaching statements,
a copy of PhD diploma, and the curricula of both proposed courses, should
be submitted by email to <konkurzy@dekanat.mff.cuni.cz>.

The application deadline is October 15, 2019.

Thursday, August 29, 2019

[DMANET] PhD studentship on Algorithms for Large Graphs at University of Sheffield (UK)

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield is
offering a fully funded 3 year PhD studentship on Algorithms for Large
Graphs

Project Description

Graphs or networks are a natural way to describe structural information.
For example, users of Facebook and the acquaintance relations among them
form a social network, the proteins together with interactions between
them define a biological network, and web-pages and hyperlinks give rise
to a huge web graph. Due to the rapid development of information
technology, many such graphs become extremely large, and are constantly
changing, which poses great challenges for efficiently analysing their
structures. This project aims to tackle these challenges through the
design and analysis of graph algorithms in the modern computational
models, including sublinear algorithms (e.g., property testing,
streaming algorithms) that only read a small portion or store a small
sketch of the large input while still have provable performance
guarantees, and dynamic algorithms that update efficiently the solution
of a problem after dynamic changes over the graph. Practical
applications of these theoretical studies will also be considered.

This project will be supervised by Dr Pan Peng, and commences in October or
November 2019.

Prospective candidates should have excellent academic degree in computer
science, mathematics or a related area. The studentship requires good
background knowledge in Theoretical Computer Science, discrete
mathematics related to computer science and algorithm design.
Applications should include a detailed CV, proof of diplomas and
transcripts of records (BSc and MSc), and a cover letter detailing the
motivation and background. The application (or informal enquiries), in
English, must be send to Dr Pan Peng at p.peng@sheffield.ac.uk.

Funding Notes

This fully funded studentship is open to UK or EU students, and provides
a tax-free living allowance at the standard Research Council rate
(estimated £15,099 p.a. for 2019/20) and full student tuition fees for
three years.

We are also accepting applications from self-funded students and we
particularly welcome applicants through the China Scholarship Council
Scheme .

[DMANET] CFP: IEEE Int. Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing, 16-18 December 2019

************************IEEE BDCloud -2019 CFP************************

*The 9th IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing
(BDCloud 2019)*

Xiamen, China, 16-18 December 2019

*Sponsored by*IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Technical Committee of
Scalable Computing (TCSC)，and Minjiang University

*INTRODUCTION*

Big data is an emerging paradigm applied to datasets whose size is beyond
the ability of commonly used software tools to capture, manage, and process
the data within a tolerable elapsed time. Such datasets are often from
various sources (Variety) yet unstructured such as social media, sensors,
scientific applications, surveillance, video and image archives, internet
texts and documents, internet search indexing, medical records, business
transactions and web logs; and are of large size (Volume) with fast data
in/out (Velocity). More importantly, big data has to be of high value
(Value) and establish trust in it for business decision making (Veracity).

Cloud computing is positioning itself as an emerging platform for
delivering information infrastructures and resources as IT services.
Customers (enterprises or individuals) can provision and deploy Cloud
services via pay-as-you-go pricing models saving huge capital investments
in their own IT infrastructures. As estimated by IDC, by 2020, about
40% data globally would be touched with Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing
provides strong storage, computation and distributed capability in support
of Big Data processing.

The 9th IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing
(BDCloud 2019) is the next event in a series of highly successful
International Conferences, previously held as BDCloud 2018 (Australia), BDCloud
2017 (Italy), BDCloud 2016 (Atlanta, USA), BDCloud 2015 (Chengdu, China),
BDCloud 2014 (Sydney, Australia), CGC2013 (Karlsruhe,Germany), CGC2012
(Xiangtan,
China), and CGC 2011 (Australia).

BDCloud 2019will be hosted in Xiamen, a beautiful port city in southeast
China's Fujian province, China, beside the Taiwan Strait. Xiamen is ideally
placed to base a trip to branch out visiting places such as the romantic
Gulangyu Island, the famous South Putuo Temple, and Water Garden Expo Park.
Part of Xiamen's charm lies in its narrow alleyways and small, hidden shops.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers to BDCloud 2019. All
accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore and will be
indexed by Engineering Index (EI). The authors of selected best papers will
be invited post conference to extend their contributions for special issues
of prestigious journals to be planned in conjunction with the conference.

*SCOPE AND TOPICS*

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

· Fundamentals of cloud computing

· Architectural cloud models

· Programming cloud models

· Provisioning/pricing cloud models

· Data storage and computation in cloud computing

· Resource and large-scale job scheduling in cloud computing

· Security, privacy, trust, risk in cloud and big data

· Fault tolerance and reliability in cloud computing

· Access control to cloud computing

· Resource virtualisation

· Monitoring and auditing in cloud

· Scalable and elastic cloud services

· Social computing and impacts on the cloud

· Innovative HCI and touch-screen models and technologies to cloud

· Mobile commerce, handheld commerce and e-markets on cloud

· Intelligent/agent-based cloud computing

· Migration of business applications to cloud

· Energy efficient cloud architecture

· Energy aware data storage and computation in cloud computing

· Energy aware scheduling, monitoring, auditing in cloud

· Green Cloud

· Cloud use case studies

· Big Data theory, applications and challenges

· Big Data mining and analytics on Cloud

· Big Data Infrastructure, MapReduce and Cloud Computing

· Big Data visualization

· Large data stream, incremental datasets on cloud

· Distributed and federated datasets

· NoSQL data stores and DB scalability

· Big Data sharing, security, privacy and trust

· Big Data placement, scheduling, and optimization

· Distributed file systems for Big Data

· Big Data processing, resource scheduling and SLA on Cloud

· Performance characterization, evaluation and optimization

· Simulation and debugging of Big Data systems

· Volume, Velocity, Variety, Value and Veracity of Big Data

· Storage and computation management of Big Data

· Large-scale workflow management in Big Data

· Data management and distributed data systems

· Big data applications

*IMPORTANT DATES*

*Workshop Proposal Due:* 15 June 2019

*Paper Submission Deadline:* 31 August 2019

*Authors Notification:* 30 September 2019

*Camera-Ready Paper Due:* 30 October 2019

*Early Registration Due:* 30 October 2019

*Conference Date:* 16-18 December 2019

*PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE*

All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference
submission website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdcloud2019)
with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be
published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages
(or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references
using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns,
single-spaced, 10 fonts). You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society
Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page:
http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/

Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference
proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At
least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the
paper at the conference.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

[DMANET] postdoctoral position in quantum algorithms at the University of Lethbridge

Applications from outstanding candidates are invited for a
postdoctoral fellowship in quantum algorithms and optimization at the
University of Lethbridge. The research explores applications of
quantum algorithms in blockchain systems and genomics data analysis.
The position is for one year, but may be extended for up to three
years, subject to the availability of funds. The position is available
immediately. Salary: 50,000 CAD per year.

The fellow will join the Optimization Research Group at the University
of Lethbridge and will work closely with its members, members of the
RNA Genomics Lab (Southern Alberta Genome Sciences Centre) led by
Dr. Athan Zovoilis, and colleagues from the universities of Alberta and
Calgary who are part of the Quantum Alberta research network. The
Optimization Research Group consists of three faculty (Drs Shahadat
Hossain, Daya Gaur, and Robert Benkoczi) and several graduate students
at the masters and PhD level whose research areas include quantum
computing, telecommunication, transportation and logistics, scientific
computation, and bioinformatics. The group members work in a relaxed
and collegial atmosphere and maintain strong research collaborations
within the group, across Canada and internationally.

Applicants should have a track record of research in Quantum Computing
and a PhD degree in Computer Science, Physics, or a related
field. Programming experience is a plus. Proof of degree completion
must be provided prior to the start date of the fellowship.

To apply, please submit a letter of intention, a CV, a research
statement, the contact information for three referees, and a sample of
your publications, to the e-mail address below. Please use the subject
"PDF application" in your e-mail. Applications are accepted until the
position is filled.

Lethbridge is located in Southern Alberta, Canada, close to the border
with the province of British Columbia and the state of Montana. It is
only 1.5 hours drive from the Rockies and the Waterton Lakes National
Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and less than 2 hours drive from
Calgary.

E-mail address for the submission of the application:
robert.benkoczi@uleth.ca

Robert Benkoczi, PhD,
Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Lethbridge
4401 University Dr
Lethbridge AB T1K3M4, Canada
+1-403.329.2298 (o)
+1-403.317.2882 (f)
http://www.cs.uleth.ca/~benkoczi

[DMANET] Winter School Netopt2020 (2nd announcement)

The 9th edition of the Winter School on Network Optimization will take place at Hotel Estoril-Éden, Monte Estoril, from the 20th to the 24th of January 2020.

Its main objective is to provide an opportunity for PhD students to get together and attend high level courses in the field of Network Optimization. Non-PhD students are welcome to attend the school, but the number of participants is limited and priority will be given to PhD students. In this edition of the school, the lecturers and subjects to be addressed are:

Arie Koster (RWTH Aachen University) - Robust Network Optimization;

Elena Fernandez (Universidad de Cadiz) - Formulations for Location-Routing;

Hande Yaman (KU Leuven) - Hub Location Problems;

Ivana Ljubic (ESSEC Business School of Paris) - Branch-and-Benders-cut algorithms: modern implementations of Benders Decomposition;

Mario Ruthmair (University of Vienna))- Optimization in Social Networks?

The school is part of the activities of the of the ENOG (European Network Optimization Group).

The event is also endorsed by the EURO (the Association of European Societies) and APDIO (the Portuguese OR society).

Potential participants are invited to submit their CVs to the address netopt2020@fc.ul.pt no later than the 31st October.

Further information is available in the webpage (http://netopt2020.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt<http://netopt2020.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/>)

[DMANET] CFP: IEEE Int. Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, 16-18 December 2019

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*The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed
Processing with Applications*

*(IEEE ISPA-2019)*

http://ispa2019.com/

*Xiamen, China, 16-18 December 2019*

*Sponsored by*
IEEE, IEEE Computer Society,and IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable
Computing (TCSC)

INTRODUCTION
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The IEEE ISPA 2019 (17th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and
Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading
work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including
architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability,
security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium,
scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to
present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore,
multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems,
grids, clouds, and large scale machines).

The 17th IEEE ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful IEEE ISPA
conferences in the years from 2003 to 2018 in Asia, Europe,
Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular
presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. IEEE ISPA 2019 is
particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with
the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing,
tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and
applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software
Defined networking and its applications.

SCOPE AND TOPICS

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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

*Track 1: Systems and Architectures Track*

· Cloud computing and data center technology

· Migration of computations

· Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability

· Energy management and Green Computing

· Wireless and mobile networks

· Internet-Of-Things (IoT)

· Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems

*Track 2: Technologies and Tools Track*

· Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC

· Parallel and distributed algorithms

· Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development

· Novel parallel programming paradigms

· Code generation and optimization

· Compilers for parallel computers

· Middleware and tools

· Scheduling and resource management

· Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations

· Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security

*Track 3: Applications Track*

· High-performance scientific and engineering computing

· Grid and cluster computing

· Pervasive and ubiquitous computing

· Databases, data mining, and data management

· Big data and business analytics

· Scientific cloud systems and services

· Internet computing and web services

· Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing

· Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive
applications

- Software Defined Networks and its applications

IMPORTANT DATES
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· Paper Submission Deadline: 31 August 2019

· Authors Notification: 30September 2019

· Camera-Ready Paper Due: 30October 2019

· Early Registration Due: 30October 2019

· Conference Date: 16-18 December 2019

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
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All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference
submission website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeispa2019)
with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be
published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages
(or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references
using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns,
single-spaced, 10 fonts). You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society
Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page:

http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/
Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at:

https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

The ISPA is ranked Class "C" by China Computer Federation (CCF). Once
accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings
published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of
the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the
conference.

[DMANET] Postdoc position in Parameterized Complexity

There is an opening for a postdoc position at the Algorithms and Complexity group at TU Wien, Vienna, Austria. The position is for two years with the possibility of an extension.

Required are a PhD degree in Computer Science or related area and excellent knowledge of algorithms and complexity, preferably in the setting of parameterized complexity and fixed-parameter tractability. Some background in graph theory, combinatorics, satisfiability, computational logic, or constraint satisfaction is of advantage.

The position is research-only, but interested candidates have the opportunity get involved in teaching.

Applications must be made by September 27, 2019, via this online form: https://form.jotformeu.com/szeider/fpt-postdoc

The application should include the candidate's CV, an abstract of their PhD thesis, a motivation letter, and a list of three references.

Informal inquires by email are welcome.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

[DMANET] CFP: Special Issue "Emerging Techniques for Cryptography"

Dear Colleagues,

Find below an open call for papers for a special issue on Emerging Techniques for Cryptography.
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Theory and Methodology".

Introduction:
Cryptography forms the underlying basis for many security solutions in today's computer systems and networks, securing data while it is being stored, transferred, and processed. With the fast-paced development of emerging technologies with new functionalities, emerging techniques for cryptography are also needed in order to secure those new functionalities. As security and privacy problems increase in real-world applications with emerging threats, new and innovative cryptography solutions are needed in order to ensure our computer systems and networks are protected.

This Special Issue will specifically focus on new and innovative cryptography solutions aiming to address emerging threats and existing threats in more efficient manner. The particular topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Foundational theory and mathematics for emerging computer systems and networks
- Provable security of emerging techniques for cryptography
- The proposal and analysis of cryptographic primitives for emerging computer systems and networks
- Cryptanalytic attacks on emerging computer systems and networks
- Cryptographic applications in cloud computing and IoT

Manuscript Submission Information

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

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Information is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

The guest editors of the special issue are:
Dr. Julian Jang-Jaccard, School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand.
Dr. Jin Hong, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 6009 Perth, Australia.

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2020.

Please visit (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/ACISP_2019) for more details.

[DMANET] CFP: WEPA 2019, Third Workshop on Enumeration Problems and Applications

WEPA 2019: Third Workshop on Enumeration Problems and Applications
October 28-31, Yumekaiyu Awajishima, in Hyogo (Japan)
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The WEPA 2019 conference is the Third Workshop on Enumeration Problems and
Applications. It will take place at Yumekaiyu Awajishima, in Hyogo (Japan).
The
conference will take place from Monday October 28 to Thursday October 31,
2019.

Website: http://research.nii.ac.jp/~uno/WEPA2019/

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Important Dates
- Submission of papers: September 13, 2019
- Acceptance notification: September 27, 2019
- Conference: October 28 - 31, 2019

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Aims and Scope
WEPA is a new international forum for researchers in the area of design,
analysis, experimental evaluation and engineering of algorithms for
enumeration problems. The objective of the workshop is to gather
researchers
working in enumeration algorithms, including their applications in
Biology,
Data Mining, Logic, and Database. The goal is to present recent results,
identify and explore directions for future research, and foster
collaborations.

For this reason, along with the sessions for the presentation of
established
results, this year WEPA will introduce new sessions that are devoted to
ideas, sketches, and open problems: hopefully this will put in touch
senior
researchers with junior researchers and graduate students to investigate
problems of theoretical and practical interest. These new sessions will
be
informal, with no scheduled presentations, entirely devoted to the
interactions among the participants. The workshop will be accommodated
some
rooms to allow space for the parallel working groups.

Submissions to WEPA should describe results in any area of enumeration
problems and including, but not restricted to:

- Applications in Biology, Data Mining, Logic, and Database
- Approximate enumeration and counting
- Combinatorial enumeration and counting
(hypergraph dualization, lattices, functional dependencies, etc)
- Enumeration algorithms for graphs/sequences/strings
- Input-sensitive algorithms
- Output-sensitive algorithms

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Invited speakers
- David Avis (McGill University and Kyoto University)
- Serge Gaspers (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
- Takashi Horiyama (Saitama University, Japan)
- Koji Tsuda (Tokyo University, Japan)

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Submissions and Proceedings
Contributors are invited to submit an extended abstract of at most 2
pages
(excluding the references) to be submitted electronically using
EasyChair at
the link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wepa2019. Invited
papers and
accepted contributions will be invited to contribute to a special issue
in a
journal.

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Program committee
- Takeaki Uno - PC Chair (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
- Endre Boros (Rutgers University, USA)
- Mamadou Moustapha Kanté (Université Clermont Auvergne, France)
- Benny Kimelfeld (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
- Masashi Kiyomi (Yokohama City University, Japan)
- Andrea Marino (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy)
- Arnaud Mary (University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
- Lhouari Nourine (Université Clermont Auvergne, France)
- Yann Strozecki (The University of Versailles Saint-Quentin)
- Katsuhisa Yamanaka (Iwate University, Japan)
- Kunihiro Wasa (National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo)

Organizing committee
- Kaori Deguchi - Local organizer
- Arnaud Mary
- Takeaki Uno - Chair
- Kunihiro Wasa

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Other information
- Additional information (registration, travel support, etc.) can be
found on
the conference web page (http://research.nii.ac.jp/~uno/WEPA2019/).

[DMANET] [Deadline Approaching, August 30] FPS'19, Foundations & Practice of Security, Springer-LNCS Proceedings, Toulouse, France

[apologies for cross-posting]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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12th International Symposium on Foundations & Practice of Security

November 5-6-7, 2019
Toulouse, France

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Conference website: https://fps2019.sciencesconf.org/
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Submission Website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fps2019
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Important Dates:
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* Deadline for full papers: New deadline August 30, 2019

* Deadline for short/position papers: New deadline August 30, 2019

* Acceptance notification: October 1, 2019

* Camera ready: October 20, 2019

* Conference: November 5-6-7, 2019

Scope:
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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.

After the previous meetings held in la Rochelle, Montreal, Grenoble,
Toronto, pairs, Clermont-ferrand, Quebec city, Nancy and Montreal, this
12th edition of the FPS symposium will be held in Toulouse, France.

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

* Blockchain-based systems: Strengths, Weaknesses and Limitations

* 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

* Identity management

* 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

Publication:
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As in previous editions, proceedings will be published by
Springer-Verlag 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.

Submissions Guidelines:
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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 August 30, 2019, using the EasyChair
web site (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fps2019) 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.

This event is accredited by GDR Sécurité Informatique @
https://gdr-securite.irisa.fr/

Further details at http://www.cbtworkshop.org/

Monday, August 26, 2019

[DMANET] [Final Deadline: 9 September 2019] The 29th International Telecommunication Networks and Application Conference (ITNAC 2019) November 27-29, 2019, Auckland, New Zealand - Conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Submit your paper here https://edas.info/N25746

The 29th International Telecommunication Networks and Application Conference (ITNAC 2019) November 27-29, 2019, Auckland, New Zealand.
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE. Papers published on IEEE Xplore. Indexed by IEEE, Google Scholar and Ei COMPENDEX

http://itnac.org.au/

CONTEXT/SCOPE
With the increasing number of emerging robust networks, the challenges to design new networking protocols, techniques, and applications are never ending. ITNAC has been a leading forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss topics related to advanced telecommunication network technologies, services, and applications. ITNAC 2019 seeks to address and capture highly innovative and state-of-the-art research from academia, communications industry and standardization bodies that covers distributed, mobile, cognitive and cloud computing, modelling and simulation, computer and data communications, local and metropolitan networks, optical, wired and wireless telecommunication networks and applications.

Contributions are welcome on all advanced research topics, particularly (but not limited to) the following:

Mobile & Wireless Networks
* Modelling and Simulation
* Wireless access and routing protocols
* Cross-layer design optimization
* Green, energy efficient and sustainable networking
* Nature and bio-inspired approaches to networking
* Network-based mobile positioning and tracking
* Cognitive and cooperative networking
* Mobile social and ambient networks
* Delay tolerant networks
* Mobile and wireless broadband access networks
* 4G/5G/6G networks
* Wireless sensor networks
* Vehicular Ad-hoc networks
* Cognitive networks
* Mission critical communications

Network Management, Privacy and Security
* Next generation network regulation
* Broadband network management
* Intrusion detection and prevention
* Key distribution and management
* Large-scale attacks and defense
* Security and privacy in wireless networks
* Network security policy, theory and tools
* Secure Mobile Agents and Mobile Code
* Trusted computing and management
* Security and privacy
* Network resiliency and network security
* Cyber-security and cyber-crime

Internet Technologies and Applications
* Network modeling and simulation
* Software defined networking
* Smart Cities and Smart Grids
* Traffic engineering, congestion and admission control
* Content delivery networking
* Datacenter networks and Cloud Computing
* Sustainable networking
* Peer-to-peer networks and overlays
* Novel network-enabled applications and services
* Future Internet routing schemes or transport concepts
* IPv6 and future network addressing
* High performance network virtualization
* Networking standards and regulations
* QoS/QoE provisioning and resource management
* IoT and Cyber physical systems

Optical Networking and Applications
* Modelling and Simulation
* Optical switching and routing
* Optical Network on Chips
* Visible light communication
* Optical Ethernet, EPON/GPON, 100Gb/s Ethernet
* WDM Access Networks, WDM-PON
* Wired/wireless convergence, Telecom/broadcast convergence, IPTV
* Optical-wireless access networks, Radio-over-fiber
* Large capacity optical transmission, WDM, OTDM
* OFDM and advanced modulation in photonics
* Energy efficient optical networks

Paper Submission GUIDELINES

Submitted manuscripts should be written in English conforming to the standard IEEE format. We invite the following two types of submissions:

Full Papers (6 pages complementary, and up to 8 pages with over length charge) and

Short Papers (3 pages complementary and up to 5 pages with over length charge).

All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work.

All manuscripts will be reviewed on correctness, originality, technical strength, relevance, quality of results and presentation.

The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE.

AWARDS AND SPECIAL ISSUES
Best Paper Awards: ITNAC 2019 papers will be eligible for conference and session best paper awards.

Student Travel Grant: ITNAC 2019 is pleased to announce there will be 10 NZ$600 travel assistance grants.

Special Issue: Selected papers will be invited for submission to the Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy.

For paper submission guidelines, please refer to the Conference website.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

General Co-Chairs
Nurul I Sarkar and Adnan Al-Anbuky, AUT, Auckland, New Zealand
Mark Gregory, RMIT University, Australia

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
Peter Chong, AUT, Auckland, New Zealand
Edmund Lai, AUT, Auckland, New Zealand

Publication Chairs
Saeed Rehman, AUT, New Zealand
Leith Campbell, Melbourne University, Australia

Finance Chair
Harsha Sirisena, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Publicity Co-Chairs
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Southeast University, Bangladesh
Xiang Gui, Massey Universty, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Salim Zabir, National Institute of Technology, Tsuruoka, Japan
Haitao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology, China
R Venkatesha Prasad, TUDelft,The Netherlands
Shui Yu, Deakin University, Australia
Frank Jiang,Deakin University, Australia

Local Organising Committee Chair
William Liu, AUT, Auckland, New Zealand

Steering Committee
Ron Addie, University of Southern Queensland, AU
Adnan Al-Anbuky, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
Franco Davoli, University of Genova, Italy
Mark Gregory, RMIT University, Melbourne, AU
Richard Harris, Massey University, NZ
Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany

We kindly ask that you disseminate the Call for Papers to your colleagues and students.

[DMANET] Call for nominations: 15th COIN-OR Cup

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 15th annual "COIN-OR Cup" competition sponsored by
the COIN-OR Foundation.

The COIN-OR Cup recognizes and celebrates the best contributions to open
source operations research software development and use associated with the
COIN-OR software collection. To remind you, COIN-OR stands for
"COmputational INfrastructure for OPerations Research". It is the
definitive collection of free open source operations research software that
lets you concentrate on your research instead of re-implementing software.
See https://www.coin-or.org. Get on board!

GUIDELINES FOR COIN-OR CUP SUBMISSIONS:

A submission or nomination must contain:

1. A synopsis of an effective use of COIN-OR or valuable contribution to
COIN-OR (or both!), including an explanation of its significance. Maximum 3
pages (pdf format).

2. Copies of relevant papers or documents (pdf format).

We especially encourage nominations describing effective use of COIN-OR
that the community may not know about.

Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

Submission deadline: Friday, September 20, 2019.

Please e-mail your submissions to coin-cup@coin-or.org in a single zipped
archive, containing a description of your submission and copies of all
relevant papers/documents in pdf format.

The winner should accept the prize in person at the 2019 INFORMS Annual
Meeting in Seattle so we can all celebrate appropriately (see below).

CELEBRATION:

The 2019 COIN-OR Cup will be awarded at a celebration on Monday October 21
during the INFORMS Annual meeting in Seattle, WA, USA.

All entrants, supporters, and other interested parties are welcome to join
the celebration! Details of the event will be announced later.

The winning entry will be announced at this celebration event, and posted
on the COIN-OR website https://www.coin-or.org.

2019 COIN-OR CUP COMMITTEE:

Andreas Lundell, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Jan Kronqvist, Imperial College London, UK

[DMANET] Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowships for Women

The Melbourne School of Engineering has introduced the Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowships to attract, or to retain, outstanding female doctoral graduates and provide a career pathway to a global Teaching and Research academic career at the University of Melbourne.

We are currently looking for accomplished, enthusiastic, and interested early-career female doctoral graduates for multiple fellowships within the three schools of MSE:

* Computing and Information Systems
* Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
* Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering

More details can be found here:
LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1441685438>
Seek<https://www.seek.com.au/job/39782535?searchrequesttoken=9e11c449-42dd-4296-bd1a-068157ae5a24&type=standout>
University of Melbourne Careers<http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/900626/doreen-thomas-postdoctoral-fellowships-for-women>

Applications close Sunday 13 October 2019.

About Doreen Thomas
"Professor Emeritus Doreen Thomas is a leading academic whose work has spanned the fields of mathematics and electrical and mechanical engineering. Her career at the University of Melbourne has lasted over 40 years and practical applications of her research have had significant commercial impact.

Doreen is a powerful advocate for women in engineering and mathematics. She chairs the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Forum at the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. While at the University of Melbourne's School of Engineering, she helped create nine research fellowships to launch and accelerate the careers of female academics.

In 2006, she was appointed the University of Melbourne's first female professor in engineering. She was the first woman at the university to become head of each of the departments she led, and the first woman in Victoria to become head of two different university departments.

Doreen's long and distinguished career has been inspirational for other women in mathematics and science. She has made significant contributions to knowledge with real-world impact, promoted the next generation of women in STEM disciplines, and taught mathematics to generations of engineering students." – Vic.gov.au

Professor Uwe Aickelin | Head of School of Computing and Information Systems
Melbourne School of Engineering
Level 8, Doug McDonell Building, 168 Grattan Street
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
T: +61 3 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au<mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au>
http://aickelin.com/ | http://linkedin.com/in/aickelin

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Sunday, August 25, 2019

[DMANET] Highlights of Logic, Games, and Automata: Last Call

Last call for registration for HIGHLIGHTS 2019.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 31 AUGUST 2019

***************
HIGHLIGHTS 2019: 7th annual conference on Highlights of LOGIC, GAMES, and
AUTOMATA

17-20 September 2019, Warsaw
http://highlights-conference.org

COLOCATED EVENT:
+ School on Nominal Techniques - 3rd School on Foundations of Programming
and Software Systems (FOPSS), 10-15 September

================================================
HIGHLIGHTS 2019 is the 7th 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 18 September to the mid-day on 20 September)
and it is preceded by the Highlights Tutorial Day (17 September). The
participation costs are modest and Warsaw is easy to reach.

Invited Tutorials
+ Sebastian Siebertz, Nowhere dense graph classes and algorithmic
applications
+ Guy Avni, Formal Methods Meets Algorithmic Game Theory

Invited Talks
+ Dmitry Chistikov, On the complexity of logics over the integers
+ Marie Fortin, Expressivity of first-order logic and star-free
propositional dynamic logic over ordered structures

Invited Spotlight Talks
Upper and Lower bounds for Reachability in Petri Nets and Vector Addition
Systems
+ Jérôme Leroux
+ Sylvain Schmitz

[DMANET] XV Escuela de Verano en Matemáticas Discretas

XV Summer School in Discrete Mathematics. Valparaiso, Chile
(XV Escuela de Verano en Matemáticas Discretas)
http://eventos.cmm.uchile.cl/discretas2020/
Dates: January 6-10, 2020.

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TARGET AUDIENCE
The school is aimed at mathematics, computer science and engineering
advanced undergraduate or graduate students interested in algorithms,
theory of computing, combinatorics, optimization, game theory, and their
applications.

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COURSES
"Euclidean and hyperbolic models of random geometric graphs"
Dieter Mitsche
Université Jean Monnet, France

"Sample complexity and uniform convergence for Learning and Data Analysis"
Eli Upfal
Brown University, USA

"The Traveling Salesman: Classical Tools and Recent Advances"
Anke van Zuylen
College of William & Mary, USA

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APPLICATIONS and FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Accepted students will receive financial assistance for their local
expenses (meals and accommodation) in Valparaiso. For more information
and access to the application form see:
http://eventos.cmm.uchile.cl/discretas2020/postulaciones/

Application starts September 1 and ends October 1, 2019

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VENUE
Instituto de Sistemas Complejos de Valparaiso (http://www.iscv.cl/),
Valparaiso, Chile.

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

[DMANET] Call for Participation - ApPLIED: Workshop on Advanced tools, programming languages, and PLatforms for Implementing and Evaluating algorithms for Distributed systems -- held in conjunction with DISC 2019

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - EARLY BIRD DEADLINE IS ON AUG. 31
===============================================================================

ApPLIED: Workshop on Advanced tools, programming languages, and PLatforms for
Implementing and Evaluating algorithms for Distributed systems --
held in conjunction with DISC 2019.

Homepage: http://bit.ly/ApPLIED2019

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SCOPE
===============================================================================

Designers wishing to implement and evaluate distributed algorithms in practical
settings are often faced with challenging questions regarding the transformation
from design to a working prototype. For example, what language should be used?
What library or tool should be used for communication between processes? On
which platform should the algorithms be implemented and evaluated? What
trade-offs should be taken, e.g., choose a freely available setting with
moderate maintenance or an expensive but developer-friendly one?

Context is also important. Some design assumptions might not be feasible or
affordable to implement in practice while certain considerations might be
irrelevant. In other words, some important issues in theory might not be
important in practice, whereas some practical obstacles deserve more attention
and analysis.

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DATES
===============================================================================

Early-bird registration deadline: August 31, 2019.

http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2019/registration/

Workshop day: October 14, 2019, Budapest, Hungary.

http://bit.ly/ApPLIED2019

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TOPICS
===============================================================================

The ApPLIED workshop aims to bring together designers and practitioners of
distributed algorithms and systems to share their perspectives and experiences.
We solicit submissions describing research results and position statements
addressing the above challenges, covering all relevant topics including, but not
limited to:

* Languages, libraries, platforms, and tools for distributed algorithms and
systems, addressing correctness, performance, ease of use, and result
reproducibility.

* Processes from designing an algorithm to developing a prototype implementation
suitable for running on real systems.

* Success stories of experimental evaluation of distributed algorithms, e.g.,
for classical and blockchain consensus, resulted in new analytical and practical
insights.

* Position papers that consider new directions, standpoints, and learned lessons
on the design and evaluation of distributed algorithms and systems.

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INVITED SPEAKERS
===============================================================================

Ethan Buchman, Interchain Foundation
Rachid Guerraoui, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
Seif Hardi, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
Idit Keidar, Technion
Gadi Taubenfeld, Interdisciplinary Center
Zoltan Turanyi, Ericsson
Nitin Vaidya, Georgetown University

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Organizing committee
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Chryssis Georgiou (general co-chair), University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Elad Michael Schiller (general co-chair), Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Yanhong Annie Liu (TPC co-chair), Stony Brook University, USA

Miguel Matos (TPC co-chair), INESC-ID & IST, University of Lisboa, Portugal

[DMANET] MATCOS:: LAST CFP (short paper submission extension)

Dear colleagues,

please, find enclosed the last CFP for MATCOS. It includes also a short
paper submission date extension.

Looking forward to CU in Koper!

All the best and LPA

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Call for Papers

Middle-European Conference on Applied Theoretical Computer Science
(MATCOS-19)

*** EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SHORT PAPERS ***

Koper, Slovenia, October 10th and 11th, 2019.
http://matcos.iam.upr.si

                       Held in conjunction with
          the 22nd Multi-Conference on Information Society,
   October 7th-11th, 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (http://is.ijs.si)

Scope and Topics
----------------

During the past years, other fields have used several subjects,
methods and approaches of Theoretical Computer Science, and several
results have been integrated into practical applications. Solutions
for NP-hard problems, algorithmic-oriented AI and data science, new
models and methods in system biology and bioinformatics, automata
theory approaches in software and hardware verification, practical
quantum computing solutions and the development of other prospective
new models of computation are good examples to buttress the above
statement.

We set double aims as the scope of this conference: on one hand side
we expect ideas and solutions from the field of Theoretical Computer
Science which have been directly applied in real world
applications. On the other side we want to collect theoretical results
based on some fruitful idea that may be useful to adopt for practical
problems.

Suggested, but not exclusive, topics of interest include:
- Automata and formal languages, computability,
- Algorithms and data structures,
- Computational complexity,
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning,
- Optimization, approximation methods, NP-hard problems,
- Graph theory,
- Computational geometry.

There is a special emphasis on use in applications such as simulation,
bioinformatics, digital signal and image processing, data science,
digital forensics, logistics, smart homes/cities and IoT etc.

Program Committee
-----------------

Andrej Brodnik (Koper, Ljubljana, Slovenia) co-chair
Gábor Galambos (Szeged, Hungary) co-chair
Neil Hurley (Dublin, Ireland)
Gabriel Istrate (Timisoara, Romania)
Ivana Kolingerova (Plzen, Czech Republic)
Miklós Krész (Szeged, Hungary and Koper, Slovenia)
Ujjwal Maulik (Kolkata, India)
Silvano Martello (Bologna, Italy)
Benedek Nagy (Famagusta, Cyprus, Turkey)
Rolf Niedermeier (Berlin, Germany)
Ion Petre (Turku, Finland)
Ulrich Pferschy (Graz, Austria)
Gerhard Reinelt (Heidelberg, Germany)
Giovanni Rinaldi (Rome, Italy)
Borut Žalik (Maribor, Slovenia)

Keynote speaker
---------------

Thomas Pock, TU Graz, Austria

Paper submission
----------------

Papers presenting original research in conference topics are being
sought. Papers (regular and short) must be in English and provide
sufficient details to allow the program committee to assess their
merits. The submissions of regular papers, as well as their final
versions, are limited to 4 pages sharp and will be published in an
Information Society multiconference proceeding. The submissions of
short papers must include an abstract at least. Revised and extended
versions of selected papers will appear in a special issue of the
journal Informatica (http://www.informatica.si/). Instructions for
preparing the papers can be downloaded from Conference Website.

Only electronic submissions will be accepted (in pdf format), via
EasyChair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=matcos2019

Important dates
---------------

Regular paper submission: August 25th, 2019. (*** EXTENDED ***)
Short paper submission: September 1st, 2019. (*** NEW EXTENSION ***)
Notification: September 8th, 2019. (*** NEW EXTENSION ***)

Website and Contacts
--------------------

More detailed on-line information is at http://matcos.iam.upr.si.
Personal inquires should be sent to matcos19@iam.upr.si.

Organized by University of Primorska, Institute Andrej Marušič, and
Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies
in cooperation with InnoRenew CoE.

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University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Computer and Information Science

Friday, August 23, 2019

[DMANET] 5 PhD positions in Graz, Austria

The Doctoral Program "Discrete Mathematics" has 5 open PhD positions for
an advanced PhD training and research program in the following subprojects.

• Point Distributions and Fractal Analysis (P. Grabner)
• Additive Theory, Zero-Sum Theory and Non-Unique Factorizations (A.
Geroldinger)
• Subdivision in Nonlinear Geometries, and Discrete Differential
Geometry (J. Wallner)
• Additive Combinatorics, Number theory, Extremal Combinatorics (Ch.
Elsholtz)
• Computational Geometry and Topology (M. Kerber)

The doctoral program is run jointly by
• Graz University of Technology,
• University of Graz,
• University of Leoben.

It is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the supporting
universities. The PhD positions are offered for up to 4 years with a
gross salary of 29.600 EUR per year (30 hours per week). Optional
teaching is compensated separately. There is additional funding for
extended stays abroad. The official language is English.

For details about the research projects as well as the formal
application criteria, see

www.math.tugraz.at/discrete

A selection of candidates will be invited for an interview in autumn, 2019.
Applications should be sent by September 22 via e-mail to

discrete@TUGraz.at

to the coordinators of the doctoral program.

W. Woess (speaker)
and the coordinators

[DMANET] Lectureship in Computational Finance or closely related areas, including AGT (Essex)

At the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE), University of Essex, we are seeking an excellent individual in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making who specialises in Computational Finance and closely related areas, including algorithmic game theory.

The deadline for applications is September 5, 2019. More details are available at:

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BUI896/lecturer-in-computational-finance

[DMANET] Special Issue on 'Public transportation planning in the face of uncertainty'

Dear colleagues,

We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in a special issue on "Public transportation planning in the face of uncertainty" of the EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics (EJTL) .

Operations in public transportation systems are vulnerable to delays, disruptions, and other forms of uncertainty, such as the variation of passenger demand. Uncertainties related to traffic dynamics, operations, and passenger demand affect the reliability of the services and can lead to low passenger satisfaction and ridership loss.

Public transportation planning that does not consider operational uncertainty offers services that perform well on the average case, but are vulnerable to disruptions during the actual operations. If operational uncertainty is not considered at the planning stage, slight disruptions can affect the entire spectrum of the public transport system spanning from the service frequencies and timetables to the vehicle/crew schedules and transfer synchronizations.

This special issues provides a view on the topic of mitigating the adverse effects of uncertainty in public transportation from different angles. On the one hand, we invite contributions that help us to understand and quantify the vulnerability and/or robustness of public transportation systems, and provide methods or algorithms to design reliable, resilient or robust transportation systems. On the other hand, since delays and disruptions can never be (fully) avoided, there is a need for fast algorithms and strategies for replanning and rescheduling in case of delay, disruption, and other unplanned events. The special issue is based on research presented at the EURO 2019 conference, but also invites other contributions that fit the scope. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

- Delay propagation and prediction

- Measuring and quantifying reliability/robustness of public transportation systems

- Public transportation planning under uncertainty, e.g., reliable/robust line planning, frequency setting, timetabling, rolling stock / crew scheduling

- Re-planning of public transport services

- Delay and disruption management

Deadline to submit manuscripts: October 31, 2019

For information on how to submit, visit https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1486/special-issues?id=20

We look forward to receiving your contribution!

Marie Schmidt, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis and Inmaculada Rodriguez Martin

[DMANET] Multiple faculty openings in IEOR, IIT Bombay

Apologies if you have received this email before. Industrial Engineering and
Operations Research (IEOR) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT
Bombay) invites applications for faculty positions at the level of Assistant
Professor. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering,
Operations Research, Management Sciences, or a related field. Candidates close
to completing Ph.D. may also apply. The position primarily involves
undertaking research, advising and teaching Ph.D. and Masters students.

Candidates with proven research work and training in the following areas will
be considered:

1. Contemporary operations management both in services (including energy,
finance, health and logistics sectors) and products (including digital
products).
2. Quantitative models, including data driven models for pricing and revenue
management, contract design, procurement, service level planning, resource
allocation, staffing and other areas.
3. System Dynamics and Simulation including distributed and hybrid simulation,
and simulation based optimization.

Candidates with excellent research work and very good academic background in
all other areas of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, broadly
construed, will continue to be considered.

IEOR at IIT Bombay offers M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees. There are excellent
opportunities for collaborative research both within the department and also
with other departments, government agencies and industry. Further details
about IEOR, IITB are available at:

http://www.ieor.iitb.ac.in/

For more details about the application procedure, please see our recruitment
web-pages:

http://www.ieor.iitb.ac.in/opportunities/fac_openings
http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/careers/faculty-recruitment

--
Regards
Ashutosh Mahajan
IEOR, IIT Bombay

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

[DMANET] Assistant Professor, Operations Management and Analytics (corrected announcement)

Assistant Professor - Operations Management and Analytics

The Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough, invites applications for a full-time, tenure stream appointment in Operations Management and Analytics. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will commence July 1, 2020, or shortly thereafter.

Applicants must have a PhD in Operations Research, Operations Management or a related discipline by the time of appointment or shortly thereafter. We seek individuals with research interests in Operations Management or Analytics, and who can complement and enhance our existing departmental strengths. Applicants must have a strong theoretical and methodological background in these disciplines and have demonstrated the ability to apply and develop this background to effectively address important questions and issues in Operations and Analytics. We seek individuals with demonstrated excellence in research and demonstrated excellence in teaching, who can highlight their willingness to participate in the development and delivery of programs at UTSC, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The successful candidate will be expected to conduct independent and innovative research at the highest international level and to establish an outstanding, externally funded research program. They must have an emerging record of scholarly accomplishment including publications in leading academic journals, or provide evidence of excellence in research as demonstrated in a research pipeline that is at high international levels, the submitted research statement, the quality of the job market paper and other publications or working papers submitted with the application, presentations at significant conferences, awards for work in the field and strong endorsements by referees of high international standing.

Excellence in teaching can be demonstrated by teaching accomplishments highlighted as part of the application, a teaching dossier (including a teaching statement, sample syllabi, and teaching evaluations), strong endorsements from referees, and evidence of strong communication and expository skills, which can be demonstrated during the interview and lecture presented to faculty and students, if shortlisted. Applicants are also expected to show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment through the application materials.

The successful applicant will be a member of the tri-campus Graduate Department of Management at the University of Toronto, will be cross-appointed to the Rotman School of Management and will be expected to participate in the Graduate Department of Management's graduate programs.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The University of Toronto has been ranked first in Canada and in the top 30 world-wide by most of the major international ranking scores. As a growing three-campus university, we attract a diverse, scholarly and collegial group of faculty. The University of Toronto Scarborough is a research-intensive campus that values and promotes teaching excellence, and is committed to inclusive excellence in the context of a multicultural student body.

The Department of Management has a strong core of research faculty engaged in world-class research in all areas of Management including Operations Management and Analytics, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Organizational Behaviour, Accounting, and Strategy. We offer unique and exceptionally high quality programs that are in high demand and attract the very best students to our Department. We are housed in a state-of-the art building that boasts exceptional lecture halls, a finance trading lab, case rooms and research labs. Additional information on the Department can be found at http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~mgmt/ and the Rotman School of Management http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/

All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the link below. Please ensure that you include a letter of application with a current curriculum vitae, job market paper, up to three publications or working papers, a research statement outlining current and future research interests; and a teaching dossier (including a teaching statement, sample syllabi, and teaching evaluations and other evidence of teaching experience). All application material must be submitted online.

Three letters of reference must be submitted electronically by your referees (on letterhead, dated, signed) directly to: mgmtoperations-reference-letters@utsc.utoronto.ca immediately after the online application is initiated. Receipt of all three letters by the closing date will be necessary to consider an application.

Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply

Applications must be received by October 7, 2019 and must be submitted online. We recommend combining documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format.

Pre-interviews will be conducted during the INFORMS Meeting in Seattle on October 20-23, 2019.

If you have questions about the application process please contact Jacqueline Deane at jacqueline.deane@utoronto.ca.

If you have questions about the position itself, please contact Professor David Zweig, Chair, Department of Management at mgmtchair@utsc.utoronto.ca.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Link to apply: https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1903274&lang=en

[DMANET] ICDT2020 CfP - Second Submission Cycle (2nd call)

CALL FOR PAPERS

23rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATABASE THEORY (ICDT 2020)
Second Cycle

Copenhagen, Denmark, March 30 - April 2, 2020

https://diku-dk.github.io/edbticdt2020/

* About ICDT

ICDT is an international conferences series that addresses the
principles and theory of data management. Since 2009, it is annually
and jointly held with EDBT, the international conference on extending
database technology. See also https://databasetheory.org/icdt-pages.

* Invited Speakers

Include Benny Kimelfeld, Jerzy Marcinkowski, and Juan Reutter.

* Broadening Scope

As ICDT strives to broaden its scope, ICDT 2020 will have a Reach Out
Track that calls for

- novel formal frameworks or directions for database theory and/or
- connections between principles of data management and other
communities.

The aim of the Reach Out track is to present novel and important
directions for database theory and to expand the scope and impact of
ICDT towards neighboring communities such as Database Systems,
Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, Machine Learning,
Programming Languages, Distributed Computing, and Operating Systems.
It is reasonable for articles submitted to this track to be be shorter
than regular ICDT submissions. Submissions will be judged mainly in
terms of their potential to lead to valuable and impactful theoretical
developments. We encourage authors to illustrate the potential impact
via convincing examples, preliminary results, and clearly specified
open problems.

* Topics of Interest

Every topic related to the principles of data management is relevant
to ICDT. Particularly welcome are contributions that connect data
management to theoretical computer science, and those that connect
database theory and database practice.

Examples of relevant topics include:
- Data mining, information extraction, information retrieval, and
database aspects of machine learning
- Data models, design, structures, semantics, query languages,
and algorithms for data management
- Distributed and parallel databases, cloud computing
- Databases and knowledge representation
- Graph databases, (semantic) Web data, and Web services
- Data streams and sketching
- Data-centric (business) process management and workflows
- Data and knowledge integration and exchange, data provenance, views,
and data warehouses
- Domain-specific databases (multimedia, scientific, spatial, etc)
- Data privacy and security, concurrency, and recovery

* Deadlines

The deadlines for the second submission cycle are as follows,
all dates anywhere on earth (AoE).

Abstract: September 15, 2019
Full paper: September 23, 2019
Notification: December 5, 2019

* Program Committee

Program Committee Chair:
Carsten Lutz (University of Bremen)

Program Committee Members:
Marcelo Arenas (PUC, Santiago de Chile)
Michael Benedikt (University of Oxford)
Christoph Berkholz (HU Berlin)
Angela Bonifati (University Lyon 1)
Pierre Bourhis (University of Lille)
James Cheney (University of Edinburgh)
Graham Cormode (University of Warwick)
Victor Dalmau (UPF, Barcelona)
Claire David (University Paris-Est)
Floris Geerts (University of Antwerp)
Bas Ketsman (EPFL, Lausanne)
Daniel Kifer (Penn State University)
Leonid Libkin (University of Edinburgh)
Sebatian Maneth (University of Bremen)
Filip Murlak (University of Warsaw)
Reinhard Pichler (TU Vienna)
Andreas Pieris (University of Edinburgh)
Sebastian Rudolph (TU Dresden)
Thomas Schwentick (University of Dortmund)
Uri Stemmer (Ben-Gurion University, Negev)
Domagoj Vrgoc (PUC, Santiago de Chile)
Frank Wolter (University of Liverpool)

* Submission Instructions

Submissions will be electronic via EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdt2020.

Papers must be written in English and provide sufficient detail to allow
the program committee to assess their merits. The results must be
unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere, including
the proceedings of other symposia, workshops, and journals.

Papers must be submitted as a PDF document and use the LIPIcs style
(http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics/instructions-for-authors).

Paper length is limited to 15 pages excluding references, both for
regular submissions and for the Reach Out Track. Additional details
may be included in a clearly marked appendix which will be read at the
discretion of the program committee. Online appendices are not
allowed. Papers that do not conform to these requirements may be
rejected without further consideration.

The proceedings will appear in the Leibniz International Proceedings
in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. This
guarantees that the proceedings will be available under the gold open
access model, that is, online and free of charge while the authors
retain the rights over their work.

At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register at
the conference and to present the paper.

* Awards

An award will be given to the Best Paper and to the Best Newcomer
Paper where `newcomer' refers to the field of database theory. The
latter award will preferentially be given to a paper authored only by
students and in that case be called Best Student-Paper Award. The
program committee reserves the right to not give any award and to
split an award among several papers. Papers co-authored by program
committee members are not eligible for an award.
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