[DMANET] Seeking PostDoctoral Fellow in Machine Learning (Survival Prediction; Medical Informatics)

Applications are invited for a PostDoctoral Fellow position to study issues
related to Survival Prediction / Analysis, in the Greiner Lab
<https://rgreiner6.wixsite.com/greiner/> -- in association with the University
of Alberta <https://www.ualberta.ca/index.html> (Edmonton), and Amii
<https://www.amii.ca/> (the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute). The
successful candidate should have a PhD in computing science or a related
area, with a focus on machine learning and statistics, and an interest in
medical applications, and be able to ...

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design and implement novel algorithms
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conduct and analyze meaningful empirical studies
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prove relevant theoretical results
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communicate effectively, especially with people outside of machine
learning.

(Note a background in Medical Informatics is a plus!)

If you are interested, check out https://tinyurl.com/PDF-Amii-Survival

Note: I will be at NeurIPS next week (9-14/Dec) -- contact me if you want
to meet to discuss this position.

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R Greiner
Professor • Department of Computing Science
PI • Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
University of Alberta • Edmonton • Canada • T6G 2E8
Tel: (780) 492-4828 (admin) • Fax: (780) 492-1071
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[DMANET] Full Doctoral Position at the Data Science Center of the University of Bremen

FULL DOCTORAL POSITION AT THE DATA SCIENCE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
BREMEN

The Data Science Center of Department 3 (Mathematics and Computer
Science) of the University of Bremen is offering -- conditional to the
release of budgetary funds -- a position for a

Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
in the Data Science Center
– Salary according to German federal pay scale 13 TV-L (100%)
for the duration of up to five years.

The employment is fixed-term and governed by the Act of Academic
Fixed-Term Contracts (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz). Therefore,
candidates may only be considered for employment if they still have the
respective qualification periods available in accordance with §2 (1)
WissZeitVG.

Data Science utilizes methods from Computer Science and Mathematics to
gain knowledge about structured and unstructured data. The goal of the
Data Science Center is to pool the university's expertise in data
preparation, analysis and storage and thereby promote top research,
applications in all scientific disciplines and qualification on a broad
scale.

The position includes the following:
- Methodological support in gathering, preparing, analyzing, storing
and archiving data
- Implementing FAIR Principles of scientific data management
- Networking with researchers from other disciplines
- Developing future technologies, e.g. machine learning, deep
learning
- Working independently and dedicated in close cooperation with
internal and external partners
- Assisting in acquiring funds for research projects

This position provides the opportunity for scientific qualification
within the framework of a doctoral degree.

Essential qualifications:
- Completed Master's degree or Diplom in Computer Science (or
equivalent)
- Good to excellent programming skills (C/C++, Python)
- Solid proficiency in methods of data analysis
- Good English skills
- Willingness and ability to quickly and comprehensively adjust to
new settings

As the University of Bremen wants to increase the proportion of female
employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply.

In case of equal qualification, disabled persons will be given priority.
International applications as well as applications of academics with a
migration background are explicitly welcome. (Bewerbungen von Menschen
mit einem Migrationshintergrund sind willkommen.)

Please send any questions to Prof. Dr. Rolf Drechsler
(Tel:+49-421-218-63932, eMail:drechsler@uni-bremen.de).

Please address your complete and informative application documents
(Curriculum Vitae, Master's Degree certificate, etc.) stating the
reference number A337/19 by December 13, 2019 to:

Universität Bremen
Fachbereich 3 Informatik/Mathematik
Prof. Dr. Rolf Drechsler
Bibliothekstraße 5
28359 Bremen

or electronically in a single PDF-file to drechsler@uni-bremen.de

We request that you only send document copies and not originals as we
cannot return them; all application materials will be destroyed after
the selection process.
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[DMANET] CTW2020: 18th Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization - Ischia (Italy) June 15-17, 2020

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CALL FOR PAPERS
CTW2020: 18th Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial
Optimization
June 15-17, 2020
Hotel Re Ferdinando
Ischia – Italy

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The Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization 2020
welcomes contributions on theory and applications of discrete algorithms,
graphs and combinatorial optimization in the wider sense.

The series of Cologne-Twente Workshops on Graphs and Combinatorial
Optimization started with meetings organized every two years by the
universities of Cologne and Twente. The organizational base was later
expanded by other universities. Since 2003 the workshop is held (almost)
every year.

CTWs are especially intended to let doctoral students and young researchers
present the results of their research activities in a friendly and highly
interactive atmosphere.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Dan Bienstock (Columbia University, USA)
Marco Sciandrone (Università di Firenze, Italia)

PAPER SUBMISSION
There will be two types of submissions:
Standard papers (from 8 to 12 pages) that will be selected for publication
in a volume of the AIRO Springer series (a copyright transfer will be
necessary).
Traditional CTW Extended abstracts (up to 4 pages) that will be published
on the workshop webpage (subject to author's approval).
See http://ctw2020.iasi.cnr.it submission page for information.

IMPORTANT DATES
December 31st, 2019: Submission deadline for Standard papers.
February 15th, 2020: Notification of acceptance for standard papers.
March 1st, 2020: Submission deadline for extended abstracts.
April 15th, 2020: Notification of acceptance for extended abstracts.
May 1st, 2020: Deadline for Early Registration payment.
June 15th, 2020: Beginning of Conference.

CTW2020 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Ali Fuat Alkaya, Marmara U.
Christoph Buchheim, TU Dortmund
Francesco Carrabs, U. Salerno
Alberto Ceselli, U. Milano
Roberto Cordone, U. Milano
Ekrem Duman, Ozyegin U.
Yuri Faenza, Columbia U.
Bernard Gendron, IRO – U. Montreal & CIRRELT
Claudio Gentile, IASI-CNR
Johann Hurink, U. Twente
Ola Jabali, Politecnico di Milano
Leo Liberti, CNRS & LIX Polytechnique Palaiseau
Frauke Liers, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Bodo Manthey, U. Twente
Gaia Nicosia, U. Roma Tre
Tony Nixon, U. Lancaster
Andrea Pacifici, U. Roma Tor Vergata
Ulrich Pferschy, U. Graz
Stefan Pickl, U. Bundeswehr München
Michael Poss, LIRMM – U. Montpellier & CNRS,
Bert Randerath, U. Koeln
Giovanni Righini, U. Milano
Heiko Roeglin, U. Bonn
Oliver Schaudt, U. Koeln
Rainer Schrader, U. Koeln
Giuseppe Stecca, IASI-CNR
Frank Vallentin, U. Koeln
Paolo Ventura, IASI-CNR
Maria Teresa Vespucci, U. Bergamo
Angelika Wiegele, Alpen-Adria U. Klagenfurt

CTW2020 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Claudio Gentile, IASI-CNR
Leo Liberti, CNRS-LIX
Gaia Nicosia, U. RomaTre
Andrea Pacifici, U. TorVergata Roma
Giovanni Rinaldi, IASI-CNR
Giuseppe Stecca, IASI-CNR
Paolo Ventura, IASI-CNR

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*18th Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization*
*Ischia, Italy - June 15-17, 2020*
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Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica "Antonio Ruberti" (IASI-CNR)
Via dei Taurini, 19 - I 00185 Roma Italy.
Tel: +39 06 4993 7128 - Fax: +39 06 49937106 - e-mail: gentile@iasi.cnr.it

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[DMANET] CfP Special Session on Computational Intelligence for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology [IEEE WCCI 2020]

Fellow Colleagues,
following the experience of the previous edition, we propose our Special Session on Computational Intelligence for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology also at IEEE WCCI 2020 (Glasgow, UK).

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology deal with a wide range of problems and applications which, in recent years, have been successfully solved by means of Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques. Moreover, due to technological progress, huge amounts of data concerning biological organisms are gathered and collected (e.g. genes transcript, protein structures and the like), thereby demanding the use of parallel and distributed computing for facing Big Datasets and/or high-throughput application requirements. Further, in such fields, data usually encodes complex information, which is natively represented by structured records, such as sequences, graphs and images, most of which lie in so-called "non-metric spaces", i.e. input spaces for which a meaningful (dis)similarity measure might not be metric, making the problem more challenging since ad-hoc (dis)similarity measures or embedding functions need to be defined.

This Special Session aims at collecting the latest research in Computational Intelligence applications for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, with emphasis on parallel/distributed computing and non-metric spaces analysis, by means of different (or hybridization of) Computational Intelligence techniques, from evolutionary meta-heuristics to neural computation, from pattern recognition to fuzzy systems.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Network and Systems Biology
• Gene expression, gene regulatory networks
• Sequence analysis, alignment and comparison
• Biological complex systems modelling
• Predictive medicine and medical image analysis
• Network medicine
• Large-scale data mining and pattern recognition
• Distributed and parallel computing systems for machine learning and data mining
• Network generative models
• Graph kernels and string kernels in biology
• Exact/inexact motifs and pattern matching
• Granular computing approaches for non-metric space analysis
• Protein folding/function prediction
• Analysis of metabolic pathways
• RNA/protein structure prediction

More info here: https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/wcci2020-ci4bcb/home <https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/wcci2020-ci4bcb/home>

Needless to say, you are all invited to join.

Kind regards

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Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications (DIET) - University of Rome "La Sapienza"
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[DMANET] Upcoming Virtual Combinatorics Colloquia--Elizalde

>
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> *Please join us for the online Virtual Combinatorics Colloquium (VCC)
> Series: *
> https://sites.google.com/view/northeastcombinatoricsnetwork/virtual-combinatorics-colloquium
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> *Date: *Tuesday, 3 December, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. (14:00) Eastern Standard
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> *Speaker: *Sergi Elizalde, Dartmouth College
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> *Title:* Consecutive Patterns in Permutations and Inversion Sequences
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* Abstract: * An occurrence of a consecutive pattern σ in a permutation π
is a subsequence of adjacent entries of π in the same relative order as the
entries of σ. For example, occurrences of the consecutive pattern 21 are
descents, and alternating permutations are those that avoid the consecutive
patterns 123 and 321. Consecutive patterns also arise in the study of one
dimensional dynamical systems, and they are useful in distinguishing random
from deterministic time series. The talk will survey some work from the
last two decades on the enumeration of permutations avoiding consecutive
patterns, and on the classification of these patterns according to how many
permutations of a given length avoid them. It will also discuss some recent
work with Juan Auli regarding consecutive patterns in inversion sequences.

>
> Individuals and viewing party groups from around the world can "attend"
> these online talks and interact with the speaker and other attendees
> remotely via Zoom. It is very easy--Just click on the link below to join.
> If you have not used Zoom before, there may be a very brief download, but
> then you will be in the event. Here are quick instructions for joining a
> Zoom meeting if you would like more details:
> https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-
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> The talk will start at the stated time, but the Zoom invitation will open
> 30 minutes earlier so that participants may call in early if they wish to
> get a sense of how the platform works (how to mute/unmute, share screens,
> shared whiteboard, raise hand, chat, etc.).
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> Further information and upcoming talks may be found here:
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> https://sites.google.com/view/northeastcombinatoricsnetwork/virtual-combinatorics-colloquium/upcoming-vccs
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> feedback noise, please keep your mic muted unless you or someone in your
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> The *Northeast Combinatorics Network* (NCN) is funded by the US National
> Science Foundation.
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> Activities, including *Discrete Math Days in the Northeast* (DMD), *Summer
> Combo in Vermont*, and the *Virtual Combinatorics Colloquium* (VCC), are
> detailed on the NCN website:
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> On behalf of the organizers: Jo Ellis-Monaghan and Bill Martin
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> *Jo*
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> Jo Ellis-Monaghan
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> Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (on sabbatical 2019-2020)
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> Editor-in-Chief, PRIMUS
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[DMANET] PhD studentships at the University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science

The School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow is offering studentships and excellence bursaries for PhD study. The following sources of funding are available:

* EPSRC DTA awards: open to UK or EU applicants who have lived in the UK for at least 3 years (see https://epsrc.ukri.org/skills/students/help/eligibility/) - covers fees and living expenses
* Excellence Bursaries: full fee discount for UK/EU applicants; partial discount for international applicants
* College of Science and Engineering Scholarship: open to all applicants - covers fees and living expenses
* China Scholarship Council Scholarship nominations: open to Chinese applicants - covers fees and living expenses

Whilst the above funding is open to students in all areas of computing science, applications in the area of algorithms and complexity are welcomed.  Available supervisors in this area at the School include:

* Dr Jessica Enright (graph theory, optimisation, algorithms, network epidemiology), email jessica.enright@glasgow.ac.uk
* Prof David Manlove (combinatorial and graph algorithms, optimisation, matching problems), email david.manlove@glasgow.ac.uk
* Dr Kitty Meeks (graph theory, algorithms, parameterised complexity, networks), email kitty.meeks@glasgow.ac.uk
* Dr Patrick Prosser (combinatorial and graph algorithms, constraint programming and empirical algorithmics), email patrick.prosser@glasgow.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 31 January 2020. For more information about how to apply, see https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/prospectivestudents/. This web page includes information about the research proposal, which is required as part of your application.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact a potential supervisor and discuss an application before the submission deadline.

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[DMANET] 2nd CFP: SWAT 2020: The 17th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory, Torshavn, Faroe Islands, June 22-24, 2020

CALL FOR PAPERS

Paper Submission Deadline: February 14, 2020 (anywhere on Earth)

https://easychair.org/cfp/swat2020


SWAT 2020: 17th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory
Vestarabryggja 15, Torshavn, Faroe Islands, June 22-24, 2020
https://www.setur.fo/en/education/swat-2020/


The Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT), which alternates with the Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS), is a forum for researchers in the area of design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.

We invite submissions of papers presenting original research on algorithms and data structures. Though we welcome experiments, the theoretical results in the articles will be the main measure for evaluating their merits. Algorithmic approaches of interest include, but are not limited to: approximation algorithms, parametrized algorithms, distributed algorithms, parallel algorithms, external-memory algorithms, data structures, exponential time algorithms, online algorithms, randomized algorithms, streaming algorithms, sub-linear algorithms. The algorithmic problems considered may be motivated by applications, e.g. in optimization, geometry and topology, graph analysis, bioinformatics, visualization, string processing, information retrieval, machine learning, algorithmic game theory, or mechanism design.

Contributors must submit their papers using the Easychair system Submissions (https://easychair.org/cfp/swat2020) should be in LIPIcs format (without font size, margin, or line spacing changes), and not exceed 12 pages including front page and references. See www.dagstuhl.de/publikationen/lipics/anleitung-fuer-autoren<http://www.dagstuhl.de/publikationen/lipics/anleitung-fuer-autoren> for instructions. Additionally, if full details of proofs do not fit into the page limit, a clearly marked appendix containing the remaining details must be included; this appendix will not be regarded as part of the submission and will be considered only at the discretion of the program committee. Submissions deviating substantially from this format risk rejection without consideration of their merits.

Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work. At the time the paper is submitted to the symposium, and for the entire review period, the paper (or essentially the same paper) must not be under review by any other conference with published proceedings or by a scientific journal. However, we encourage authors to make a preprint of their paper available at a public repository such as arXiv. At least one author of every accepted paper is expected to register and present the paper at the symposium. Symposium proceedings will be published in the "Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics" (LIPIcs) series. A prize will be awarded to the author(s) of the best student-authored paper. A paper is eligible if all of its authors are full-time students at the time of submission. This must be indicated in the submission process.

Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: February 14, 2020
Notification of acceptance: Early April, 2020
Symposium: June 22-24, 2020

Program Committee
Peyman Afshani, Aarhus University
Susanne Albers (chair), Technical University of Munich
Per Austrin, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sayan Bhattacharya, University of Warwick
Joan Boyar, University of Southern Denmark
Parinya Chalermsook, Aalto University
Timothy Chan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Faith Ellen, University of Toronto
Travis Gagie, Diego Portales University Santiago
Naveen Garg, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Fabrizio Grandoni, IDSIA, University of Lugano
Roberto Grossi, University of Pisa
Pinar Heggernes, University of Bergen
Thore Husfeldt, Lund University and IT University of Copenhagen
Telikepalli Kavitha, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Yusuke Kobayashi, Kyoto University
Kasper Green Larsen, Aarhus University
Daniel Lokshtanov, University of California Santa Barbara
Benjamin Moseley, Carnegie Mellon University
Wolfgang Mulzer, Freie Universität Berlin
Seth Pettie, University of Michigan
Michał Pilipczuk, University of Warsaw
Hadas Shachnai, Technion
Michiel Smid, Carleton University
Philipp Woelfel, University of Calgary
Christian Wulff-Nilsen, University of Copenhagen
Qin Xin, University of the Faroe Islands

Organizing Committee
Olavur Ellefsen, Tokni and University of the Faroe Islands
Jogvan Thomsen, Vinnustovnurin
Michael Thomsen, Globe Tracker and University of the Faroe Islands
Qin Xin (Chair), University of the Faroe Islands

Steering Committee
Lars Arge, Aarhus University
Magnús M. Halldórsson (Chair), Reykjavík University
Andrzej Lingas, Lund University
Jan Arne Telle, University of Bergen
Esko Ukkonen, University of Helsinki






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[DMANET] IFIP SEC 2020 International Information Security and Privacy Conference

Call for Papers
35th IFIP TC-11 SEC 2020 International Information Security and Privacy Conference
May 26 - 28, 2020
Hotel City, Maribor, Slovenia
https://sec2020.um.si
sec2020@um.si

The IFIP SEC conference is the flagship event of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 11 on Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems (TC-11, www.ifiptc11.org). We seek submissions from academia, industry, and government presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of security and privacy protection in ICT Systems.

TOPICS
Not limited to
• Access control and authentication
• Applied cryptography
• Audit and risk analysis
• Big data security and privacy
• Cloud security and privacy
• Critical infrastructure protection
• Cyber-physical systems security
• Data and applications security
• Digital forensics
• Human aspects of security and privacy
• Identity management
• Information security education
• Information security management
• Information technology misuse and the law
• Managing information security functions
• Mobile security
• Multilateral security
• Network & distributed systems security
• Pervasive systems security
• Privacy protection and Privacy-by-design
• privacy enhancing technologies
• Surveillance and counter-surveillance
• Trust management

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submitted papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted to another conference or journal for consideration. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the conference proceedings published in the IFIP AICT series by Springer Science and Business Media.
All papers must be written in English. Submissions should be at most 14 pages long in total including references and appendices. Submissions should not be anonymised. PC members are not required to read the appendices, so the paper should be intelligible without them.
Authors must follow the Springer LNCS formatting instructions. For camera-ready papers use Latex or Word style (find here: http://preview.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).
Each paper will receive at least three reviews. At least one author of each accepted paper must register by the early registration date indicated on the conference website and present the paper.
After the conference, extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in the journal Computers & Security. Those papers will undergo at least one other review round.
Further information and submission: https://sec2020.um.si/
Papers have to be submitted via Easychair conference system, which can be found at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifipsec2020

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission due: December 1, 2019 (willbe extended, check the sec2020.um.si page for further details)
Notification of acceptance: February 12, 2020
Submission of the camera-ready papers: March 6, 2020 (including registration of authors and payments)
Conference: May 26 - 28, 2020

COMMITTEES
General Chair
Tatjana Welzer, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor, Slovenia

Programme committee co-chairs
Kai Rannenberg, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Kai.Rannenberg@m-chair.de
Marko Hölbl, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor, Slovenia, marko.holbl@um.si

Local Chair
Lili Nemec Zlatolas, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor, Slovenia

Programme Committee
to be announced according to the IFIP TC 11 rules

The conference is organized by the University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FOR MORE INFO VISIT US AT https://sec2020.um.si/call-for-papers/ OR CONTACT US AT sec2020@um.si

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[DMANET] CG:YRF 2020 - First Announcement

Computational Geometry: Young Researchers Forum -- First Announcement
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The 36th Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG) will take place June
23-26, 2020 in Zürich, Switzerland. It brings together the global
community of researchers who work on a large variety of aspects that
combine geometry, algorithms and applications. To allow a broad audience
to actively participate in the community's major scientific event, this
year SoCG will again be accompanied by a series of satellite events,
which together constitute "CG Week 2020". See
https://socg20.inf.ethz.ch/ for details.

One of these satellite events will be the "Computational Geometry: Young
Researchers Forum" (CG:YRF), which is aimed at current and recent
students. The active involvement by students and recent graduates in
research, discussions, and social events has been longstanding tradition
in the CG community. Participation in a top-level event such as SoCG can
be educating, motivating, and useful for networking, both with other
students and with more senior scientists.

The YRF presents young researchers (defined as not having received a
formal doctorate before 2018) an opportunity to present their work (in
progress as well as finished results) to the CG community in a friendly,
open setting. Just like in the main event, presentations will be given
in the form of talks. A pre-screening (but no formal review process)
will ensure appropriate quality control.

Submission guidelines:
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- The idea of the event is for young researchers to present new and
ongoing work. Therefore, the work should not have appeared in print in a
formally reviewed proceedings volume or journal by the time of
submission, and at least one author must be young researcher.
- Topics must fit into the general context of SoCG, as described in the
call for SoCG submissions.
- Submissions must be formatted in accordance with the LIPIcs
proceedings guidelines (http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics)
and not exceed 80 lines, excluding front matter, references. To ensure
an accurate line counting, authors must use the LaTeX class file
socg-lipics-v2019, which is a wrapper around the standard class
(available at http://computational-geometry.org). Authors should refrain
from putting excessive amounts of texts in parts in which lines are not
counted automatically.
- Submissions can contain an appendix of arbitrary length to provide
further details for the screening process, but the main body of the text
should be understandable without reading the appendix. Appendices will
also not be contained in the booklet (see below).
- The EasyChair submission link is
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgweek2020
- Accepted abstracts will be compiled in a booklet of abstracts that
will be distributed among the participants; this should not be
considered a formal publication. In particular, participants are
encouraged to submit (an extended version of) their presented work to a
conference with formal proceedings and/or to a journal.
- The work must be presented at CG:YRF by an author who is a young
researcher. Otherwise, it will be removed from the program.

We will employ a two-phase screening process. After the first review
phase, there will be a notification of either rejection (if the result
is clearly out of scope, or technically incorrect), or conditional
acceptance, accompanied with a description of required changes to be
made (either with respect to content or format). In the second phase, we
will check whether the changes have been implemented satisfactorily. The
screening process is intended to ensure the technical quality of the
presented work. Submissions that are not well-written risk rejection,
irrespective of correctness. Authors are strongly encouraged to have
their submissions proofread by their advisor or another experienced
scientist.

Early Submission:
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Some young researchers need more time to arrange for travel, visas, or
funding. For such cases, we have an early deadline for which there will
be an early notification of conditional acceptance. All submissions will
be judged according to the same standards of quality regardless of which
submission date was used. The early submission date is before the SoCG
notification date, and so it is acceptable to have parallel submission
of the same results; however, it will be expected that the YRF
submission will be withdrawn if the full paper is accepted to SoCG. The
reviewing for YRF is completely independent of the reviewing for SoCG.

Important dates (deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth):
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- March 23, 2020: Deadline for submissions
- April 16, 2020: Notification of conditional acceptance
- April 23, 2020: Deadline for revisions
- April 30, 2020: Notification of acceptance
- June 22-26, 2020: CG-Week 2020

Early Submission Option:
- Jan 12, 2020: Early Submission Deadline
- Jan 22, 2020: Early Submission Notification of conditional acceptance
- Jan 29, 2020: Early Submission Deadline for revisions
- Feb 5, 2020: Early Submission Notification of acceptance

YRF Program Committee
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Erin Chambers, Saint Louis University
Anne Driemel, University of Bonn
Tamal Dey, Ohio State University
Michael Kerber, TU Graz (chair)
Wouter Meulemans, TU Eindhoven
Evanthia Papadopoulou, Universita della Svizzera italiana
Zuzana Patakova, IST Austria
Sharath Raghvendra, Virginia Tech
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[DMANET] Richard-Rado-Prize 2020

(This announcement is given in German language, because elegibility for the prize is restricted to doctoral theses completed at universities in Germany, Austria, or the German speaking part of Switzerland or by candidates of one of the corresponding nationalities)

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Ausschreibung des Richard-Rado-Preises 2020
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Die Fachgruppe Diskrete Mathematik (http://fg-diskrete.mathematik.de) der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung schreibt zum zwölften Mal einen Preis für hervorragende Dissertationen in der Diskreten Mathematik aus. Der Preis wird vom Springer-Verlag gestiftet und ist in diesem Jahr mit EUR 1000,- dotiert. Die Bekanntgabe der Preisträgerin/des Preisträgers und die Übergabe des Preises wird im Rahmen des Symposiums Diskrete Mathematik 2020 (http://www.sdm2020.ovgu.de), 10.-11. Juli 2020 in Magdeburg erfolgen.
Die Preisträgerin/der Preisträger werden zu diesem Symposium eingeladen, um ihre/seine Dissertation in einem Vortrag vorzustellen. Die Entscheidung über die Preisvergabe liegt in den Händen einer renommierten ausländischen Mathematikerin oder eines renommierten ausländischen Mathematikers. Vorschlagsberechtigt sind die Betreuer der Dissertationen. Eigenbewerbung ist ausgeschlossen. Vorgeschlagen werden können Personen, die in Deutschland, Österreich oder der deutschsprachigen Schweiz promoviert wurden oder eine solche Nationalität besitzen und deren Dissertation über ein Thema der Diskreten Mathematik zwischen dem 1. Januar 2018 und dem 31. Dezember 2019 abgeschlossen wurde. Dem Vorschlag sind ein Exemplar der Dissertation sowie ein Gutachten (in englischer Sprache) der Betreuerin/des Betreuers der Arbeit beizufügen. Desweiteren fügen Sie bitte ein in Englisch verfasstes Abstract der Dissertation bei, falls diese in deutscher Sprache verfasst wurde.

Die Vorschläge und Gutachten sind bis zum 31. Januar 2020 bei einem der
Vorstandsmitglieder der Fachgruppe Diskrete Mathematik, bevorzugt in
pdf-Dateien, einzureichen:

Prof. Dr. Volker Kaibel (Fachgruppensprecher)
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Institut für Mathematische Optimierung
Universitätsplatz 2
D-39106 Magdeburg
kaibel@ovgu.de

Prof. Mihyun Kang
TU Graz
Institut für Diskrete Mathematik
Steyrergasse 30
A-8010 Graz
kang@math.tugraz.at

Prof. Dr. Anusch Taraz
Technische Universität Hamburg
Institut für Mathematik
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3
D-21073 Hamburg
taraz@tuhh.de

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Theobald
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
FB 12 - Institut für Mathematik
Robert-Mayer-Straße 10
D-60325 Frankfurt am Main
theobald@math.uni-frankfurt.de

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[DMANET] Assistant professor positions at the University of Victoria, Canada--Deadline Dec. 1

Assistant Professor Positions in Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Victoria in BC, Canada is seeking applicants for two positions at the rank of Assistant Professor with eligibility for tenure and with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2020. We are particularly seeking candidates in the areas of Graphics, Systems, AI and Theory. Candidates in any other area of Computer Science are also encouraged to apply.

Applicants should submit a CV, a research statement, a teaching statement, up to three selected relevant publications, and three referee letters. The research statement should clearly identify the research area, summarize research achievements, and propose future research.

Applications should be submitted at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14745
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[DMANET] HALG2020 - Call for Nominations

Call for Invited Talk Nominations

5th Highlights of Algorithms conference (HALG 2020)

ETH Zurich, June 3-5, 2020
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http://2020.highlightsofalgorithms.org/


The HALG 2020 conference seeks high-quality nominations for invited talks that will highlight recent advances in algorithmic research. Similarly to previous years, there are two categories of invited talks:

A. survey (60 minutes): a survey of an algorithmic topic that has seen exciting developments in last couple of years.

B. paper (30 minutes): a significant algorithmic result appearing in a paper in 2019 or later.

To nominate, please email halg2020.nominations@gmail.com<mailto:halg2020.nominations@gmail.com> the following information:

1. Basic details: speaker name + topic (for survey talk) or paper's title, authors, conference/arxiv + preferable speaker (for paper talk).

2. Brief justification: Focus on the benefits to the audience, e.g., quality of results, importance/relevance of topic, clarity of talk, speaker's presentation skills.

All nominations will be reviewed by the Program Committee (PC) to select speakers that will be invited to the conference.

Nominations deadline: December 20, 2020 (for full consideration).​

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[DMANET] Postdoctoral position in combinatorial algorithms at University of Palermo, Italy

*Postdoctoral position in Combinatorial Algorithms at University of Palermo, Italy*


The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Palermo opened a call for a post-doc position during 12 months (with the possibility of an extension for other 12 months) on the theme: Combinatorial Algorithms. The research activity will focus on algorithmic and combinatorial problems under the project ADASCOML (Algorithms, Data Structures and Combinatorics for Machine Learning). The supervisor will be Gabriele Fici (http://math.unipa.it/fici/ <http://math.unipa.it/fici/>). The Ph.D. title is not required to apply but it will be accounted in the evaluation.

If you are interested in this position (or know someone who may be interested) please contact urgently Gabriele Fici (gabriele.fici@unipa.it <mailto:gabriele.fici@unipa.it>).


*How to apply*

Please email your detailed CV, a motivation letter, and transcripts of
bachelor's degree and PhD in Computer Science to gabriele.fici@unipa.it <mailto:gabriele.fici@unipa.it>.
Reference letters will be a plus.


APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR FULL CONSIDERATION: *December 26, 2019*.

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[DMANET] IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART COMPUTING (SMARTCOMP 2020) Call for workshop proposals

[Apologies for multiple copies]

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IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART COMPUTING (SMARTCOMP 2020)

Bologna, Italy 22-25 June 2020

http://www.smart-comp.org





Call for workshop proposals

-------------------------------

Continuing the well-established tradition of this series of symposia, SMARTCOMP 2020

will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia

to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas

of computers and communications. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues

related to all the opportunities of computing, sensing and communication in the era of the

integration of Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, and Big Data.



The Workshops Committee of SMARTCOMP 2020 invites proposals for half or full day workshops

affiliated with the conference, on topics of interest to SMARTCOMP 2020 attendees. The

purpose of these workshops is to create new opportunities for presenting novel ideas in a

less formal and possibly more sharply focused way than at the conference itself.



Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, Internet of Things, Software-Defined

Networking, Big Data, Cloud Computing, M2M communications and Smart Grid. Papers presented

in the SMARTCOMP 2020 workshops will be included in the conference proceedings and submitted

for publication in IEEE Xplore®.





Submission Guidelines

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Each workshop proposal must include the following:

* the name of the workshop;

* the names, addresses, and short bios of the organizers;

* a brief description (up to one page long) of the technical issues that the workshop's focus

will be on, and the reasons why the workshop is of interest at this time;

* the names of potential Program Committee members;

* the planned format of the workshop, including a strategy to facilitate lively discussions

and involvement of the attendees;

* if a keynote speech is included in the planned format of the workshop, the name(s) of the

potential keynote speaker(s);

* if applicable, a description of past versions of the workshop, including dates, organizers,

number of submitted and accepted papers, and number of attendees;

* if the workshop is going to be organized for the first time, an estimate of the expected

number of submissions and attendees;

* a tentative Call for Papers (as complete as possible);

* a description of the plans for publicity and Workshop Web site.





Submission Method

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Workshop proposals should be submitted, no later than 23 November 2019, in PDF format by email with the subject line

"SMARTCOMP 2020 Workshop Proposal" to the Workshop Chairs:



Dario Bruneo (dbruneo@unime.it)

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (eirini@unm.edu)





Important Dates

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Proposal for workshop submission deadline: 8 December 2019

Notification of workshop acceptance: 20 December 2020

Paper submission deadline: 6 April 2020

Notification of paper acceptance: 30 April 2020

Submission of camera-ready deadline: 15 May 2020





SMARTCOMP 2020 Workshop Chair

Dario Bruneo, University of Messina, Italy

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA





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[DMANET] IEEE SMARTCOMP 2020 CFP

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[SMARTCOMP 2020]: Call for papers


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IEEE SMARTCOMP 2020

Call for Papers

22-25 June 2020, Bologna, Italy

http://www.smart-comp.org

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SMARTCOMP is the premier IEEE conference on smart computing.



Smart computing is based on the synergistic combination of advances in Sensor-based technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Edge cloud computing, Big Data analytics, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing, and Artificial Intelligence.



Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain. Applications of smart computing can be found in different societal domains including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and system advancements of edge cloud computing, mobile/pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking and social computing are taking smart computing to a new dimension and improving our ways of living.



SMARTCOMP 2020 is the 6th edition of the conference and will be held in the historical city of Bologna, Italy, hosted by the University of Bologna, the holdest University of the western world. SMARTCOMP 2020 will include smart computing innovations pertaining to pervasive/ubiquitous computing, edge cloud computing, sensor networks, IoT, big data analytics, security and privacy, social computing, cognitive computing, cyber-physical systems and their application and validation within smart computing environments. This includes applications such as smart buildings, smart cities, smart grids, precision agriculture and other innovations contributing to smart living.





Submission Guidelines

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Paper submissions must be no longer than 8 pages and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE conference template. Make sure to use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class.



Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that), through EDAS (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=26894). Prior to submission, ensure that any running headers/footers, page numbering, as well as blue underlining for URLs and email addresses has been removed.



All submitted papers will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.



Extended versions of selected high quality papers accepted in IEEE SmartComp 2020 will be considered for publication in the Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing journal.



Topics

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SMARTCOMP 2020 solicits submissions that address the fundamental questions of smart computing, namely how to design and build smart computing systems and how to use computing technology for resource sustainability to improve the human experience. Submissions should thus match to at least one of the following three major fields of interest:



SMART COMPUTING CONCEPTS, MODELS, AND ALGORITHMS:

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Future Smart Computing Paradigms

Models of Smart Environments

Algorithms for Smart Computing

AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing

Edge computing algorithms



SMART COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES:

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Cyber-physical System Platforms for Smart Environments

Middleware Platforms for Smart Environments

Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Environments

Cloud/Edge/Fog computing technologies for Smart Systems

Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT technologies for Smart Systems

Smart Networking Technologies

Security, Privacy, and Economics in Smart Environments



SMART COMPUTING APPLICATIONS:

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Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

Smart Precision Agriculture

Smart Transportation

Smart FinTech

Smart Food-Energy-Water Nexus/Life-cycle analysis

Smart Health

Smart Communities

Smart Human Environments, Entertainment, and Social Activities

Smart Energy Management and Analytics





Organizing Committee

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General Co-Chairs:

Paolo Bellavista (University of Bologna, Italy)

Qi Han (Colorado School of Mines, USA)



Technical Program Co-Chairs:

Nirmalya Roy (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)

Carlo Vallati (University of Pisa, Italy)



Publicity Co-Chairs:

Shameek Bhattacharjee (Western Michigan University, USA)

Sanjay Purushotham (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)

Wei Wang (Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China)

Riccardo Venanzi (University of Bologna, Italy)



Web Co-Chairs:

Domenico Scotece (University of Bologna, Italy)

Francesco Di Rienzo (University of Pisa, Italy)



Workshop Co-Chairs:

Dario Bruneo (University of Messina)

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico)





Steering Committee

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Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Sajal K. Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)





TPC (In Progress)

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Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Ana Aguiar (University of Porto, Portugal)

Christine Bassem (Wellesley College, USA)

Shuvra Bhattacharyya (University of Maryland, USA)

Dario Bruneo (Universita di Messina, Italy)

Alessandra De Paola (University of Palermo, Italy)

Pranita Dewan (IBM, USA)

Sujit Dey (University of California, San Diego, USA)

Ashutosh Dhekne (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Jonathan Fink (Portland State University, USA)

Angelo Furno (IFSTTAR, ENTPE, Université de Lyon, France)

Aryya Gangopadhyay (University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA)

Raghu Ganti (IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA)

Hassan Ghasemzadeh (Washington State University, USA)

Jason Hallstrom (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

Salil Kanhere (UNSW Sydney, Australia)

Fanxin Kong (Syracuse University, USA)

Ulf Kulau (DSI Aerospace Technology, Germany)

Francesco Longo (Universita di Messina, Italy)

Sudip Mittal (University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA)

Marco Morana (University of Palermo, Italy)

Abhishek Mukherji (Cisco Systems Inc., USA)

Paolo Nesi (DSI, University of Florence, Italy)

Biplab Pal (MachineSense, USA)

Symeon Papavassiliou (ICCS/National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Kyung-Joon Park (DGIST, Korea)

Lucas Pereira (M-ITI / LARSyS, Portugal)

Dirk Pesch (University College Cork, Ireland)

Antonio Puliafito (University of Messina, Italy)

Carlo Puliafito (University of Florence, Italy)

Hemant Purohit (George Mason University, USA)

Maryam Rahnemoonfar (University of Maryland, USA)

Andreas Reinhardt (TU Clausthal, Germany)

Francesca Righetti (University of Pisa, Italy)

Nirupam Roy (UMD College Park, USA)

Vijay Shah (Virginia Tech, USA)

Simone Silvestri (University of Kentucky, USA)

Neeraj Suri (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany)

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA)

Nalini Venkatasubramanian (University of California, Irvine, USA)

Antonio Virdis (University of Pisa, Italy)

Hirozumi Yamaguchi (Osaka University, Japan)

Keiichi Yasumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Desheng Zhang (Rutgers University, USA)

Eugenio Zimeo (University of Sannio, Italy)

Nilavra Pathak (Expedia Group, Seattle, USA)

Amrita Anam (Amazon, USA)

Jorge Ortiz (The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, USA)

Archan Misra (Singapore Management University)

Kunal Mankodiya (University of Rhode Island, USA)

Sanjukta Bhowmick (University of Nebraska Omaha, USA)

Jiaqi Gong (UMBC, USA)

Vaskar Raychoudhury (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

H M Sajjad Hossain (Microsoft AI, Cambridge MA, USA)

Daniele Riboni (University of Cagliari, Italy)

Claudio Cicconetti (CNT-IIT, Pisa)







Important Dates

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Paper Registration Deadline: 17 January 2020

Paper Submission Deadline: 24 January 2020

Acceptance Notification: 31 March 2020

Camera Ready Deadline: 30 April 2020





Venue

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The 6th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2020) will be held in Bologna, Italy.





Contact

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For any Information about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs: Nirmalya Roy or Carlo Vallati.


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[DMANET] PhD position in data-driven operations management

PHD POSITION IN DATA-DRIVEN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

The research group Data-Driven Operations Management at the Chair of
Logistics and Quantitative Methods at the University of Würzburg is
offering a part time (75%) or full-time position as

RESEARCH ASSISTANT (PHD STUDENT)

to be filled as soon as possible. The initial contract will be for a
period of three years, but can be extended to a maximum of six years.

Our research is dedicated to the development of novel models and methods
that exploit real-life (and oftentimes "big") data to improve decision
making in operations, logistics and supply chain management. In our
research projects we integrate traditional optimization methods with
state-of-the-art methods in machine learning and prescriptive analytics.
Our work is innovative and challenging from a theoretical viewpoint and,
at the same time, very relevant to practice — we work with leading
industry partners on a number of exciting and highly relevant projects.
We have a strong international focus and our team consists of
researchers with diverse backgrounds and skills. We are seeking
motivated and highly skilled individuals to become part of our young and
ambitious team.

YOUR PROFILE:

- You hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in a discipline with a
quantitative focus (e.g., mathematics, engineering, computer science or
physics), and obtained excellent grades.
- You are interested in contemporary research topics in data-driven
optimization, logistics and supply chain management.
- You have prior experience in using state-of-the-art tools in
optimization and/or statistical analysis (e.g., Python, R).
- Your English skills are excellent, both written and spoken.
- You have good interpersonal skills, are very motivated, and want to be
part of a very diverse and enthusiastic team.

YOUR WORK:

You will actively participate in the research of our group, including
projects with partners from academia and industry. Most importantly, you
will contribute to publications in scientific journals and thereby work
on your doctoral dissertation. We also expect you to support our
teaching activities within the university's graduate programs in
management.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

- You will work on challenging and innovative scientific questions in an
extraordinarily relevant subject area.
- You will be part of a very energetic team with excellent colleagues
and receive outstanding support from the entire research group and, in
particular, your doctoral advisor.
- You will benefit from our previous work with industry and have access
to a multitude of data-sets that are relevant for research.
- We will provide extensive financial support for your education, e.g.,
for attending international summer and winter schools, and participation
in international conferences.

Please send your application material to Prof. Dr. Richard Pibernik
(richard.pibernik@uni-wuerzburg.de).

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[DMANET] Call for Posters and Demos - EWSN 2020 (Submission deadline: December 6, 2019)

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EWSN 2020 - Call for Posters and Demos

*** SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 6, 2019 (AoE) ***
*** Pls. register your submission as soon as possible ***

EWSN 2020 - International Conference on Embedded Wireless
Systems and Networks

February 17-19, 2020
Lyon, France

http://ewsn2020.conf.citi-lab.fr/
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--- IMPORTANT DATES ---

Submission deadline: December 6, 2019 (AoE)
Acceptance notifications: December 16, 2019 (AoE)
Camera-ready paper submission: December 20, 2019 (AoE)

--- CALL FOR POSTERS & DEMOS ---

The International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks
(EWSN) is a highly selective single-track international conference focusing
on premier research results at the intersection of embedded systems and
wireless networking - an area of highest relevance for visionary
technologies
such as the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems as well as
applications such as Industry 4.0, Smart Production, Smart Agriculture,
Smart Cities, and
Connected Cars.

In addition to full research papers, EWSN solicits submissions of poster and
demo abstracts. The poster session at EWSN will provide a forum for
researchers
to present their work in progress and to receive early feedback from leading
experts attending the conference. In parallel to the poster session, the
demo
session will offer a unique opportunity to showcase real prototypes, tools,
and systems to the conference attendees.

--- TOPICS OF INTEREST ---

The areas of interest for both poster and demo abstracts are the same as
for full research papers:

-    Communication and networking for wireless and embedded systems
-    Sensing, actuation, and control
-    Operating systems, middleware, and services
-    Processing, storage, and management of data
-    Programming paradigms, languages, and tools
-    Time and location management
-    Dependability (real-time, reliability, availability, safety)
-    Privacy and security in applications and systems
-    Human-machine interaction with wireless and embedded systems
-    Design and implementation of real-world applications and systems
-    Measurement studies and deployment experiences
-    Green IoT (low-power, harvesting, energy management)
-    Challenges of ultra dense networks
-    Heterogeneous networks
-    Applications and problems from developing countries and emerging
markets

Feel free to ask the poster and demo co-chairs if you are uncertain if
your topic fits.

--- SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS ---

Each submission will be reviewed by members of the poster and demo committee
and evaluated based on its quality and potential to stimulate lively
discussions
during the conference. Accepted poster and demo abstracts will be
included in the
conference proceedings, which will be available in the ACM Digital Library.

We adopt a single-blind review process for poster and demo abstracts.
Please do
not anonymize your submission and include name, affiliation, and contact
information
of all authors on the first page. A short abstract must be provided on
the first
page before the main body of the paper. Submission titles must start
with "Poster: ..."
or "Demo: ...", depending on the type of submission.

Poster and demo abstracts must be submitted as a single PDF containing
no more than
2 pages, including figures, tables, and references. Demos must include
one additional
page describing the setup of the demo (hardware used, space needed,
special equipment,
etc.). Pages must have 8.5" x 11" (letter) two-­column format, using
10-point font on
a minimum 11-point interline spacing. All text must be kept within a
print area of at
most 7" wide by 9" high, with an inter­column spacing of 0.25". Authors
are recommended
to use the LaTeX template provided at
https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/ewsn-template.zip.
Submissions that do not meet these formatting requirements may not be
reviewed.

Poster or demo contributions to EWSN 2020 must be submitted through
EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ewsnpostersdemos2020.

We target a large and diverse set of contributions and presenters. We
thus encourage and welcome contributions from students submitting early
stage work and from authors aiming to complement their full (accepted or
not) papers.

--- PRESENTATION AT THE CONFERENCE ---

During the conference, we plan to combine traditional poster and demo
stands with an innovative presentation format, known as
"ConversTations". We believe it will foster deeper scientific
discussions while establishing a comfortable environment, propitious for
both point-to-point and small group communications. Details will follow
closely before the conference, stay thrilled!

--- ORGANIZATION ---

Poster and demo co-chairs:

Anna Förster (University of Bremen, Germany)
Antoine Gallais (UPHF, France)

Poster and Demo Technical Program Committee:

Zhichao Cao, Tsinghua University (China)
Özlem Durmaz Incel, Galatasaray University (Turkey)
Atis Elsts, EDI, Riga (Latvia)
Katia Jaffrès-Runser, IRIT, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse INP (France)
Fanxin Kong, Syracuse University (US)
Linghe Kong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
Amy L. Murphy, Bruno Kessler Foundation (Italy)
Nikolaos Pappas, Linköping University (Sweden)
Christoph Sommer, Paderborn University (Germany)
Rui Tan, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Hongkai Wen, University of Warwick (UK)
Weitao Xu, City University of Hong Kong
Zhiwei Zhao, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
(China)

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[DMANET] postdoc opportunity

*Overview*

We are seeking candidates for a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship position to
work at the Institute of Computing (www.ic.unicamp.br/en), University of
Campinas, Unicamp located in Campinas, SP, Brazil to work under the
supervision of Prof. Eduardo C. Xavier.

This fellowship is part of a Project, entitled "Algorithms for Packing
Problems" funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp) in a
thematic project entitled "Investigation of hard problems from the
algorithmic and structural standpoints":

*Goals*

Development of parallel exact algorithms and parallel heuristics to solve
large instances of packing problems.

*Specifications*

The candidate must have a PhD in Computer Science, Operations Research,
Applied Mathematics or in a related field. The candidate must have
finished the PhD less than seven years before the beginning of the PD
fellowship. The candidate should demonstrate solid background in
combinatorial optimization, heuristics, meta-heuristics. Knowledgement in
parallel programming and parallel algorithms is highly desirable.

The candidate is expected to interact with other members of the project
including, masters and PhD students, and professors.

*Fellowship*

The post-doctoral fellowship includes a monthly stipend of R$ 7.373,10
(about USD
1,900 and EU$ 1,700), access to the health-care system of Unicamp, and
research
contingency funds (15% of the annual value of the fellowship, each year).
For more
details, check out Fapesp's webpage http://www.fapesp.br/en/5427.

*How to Apply*

The candidate must send by email until December 15, 2019 the following
documents:
Curriculum vitae with a list of publications, and previous experience.
A recommendation letter from a previous supervisor.

All documents must be sent to Eduardo C. Xavier at eduardo@ic.unicamp.br

*About Campinas*

Campinas, the most surprising city of Brazil https://youtu.be/nool_9y02vE
University of Campinas (Unicamp)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Campinas

--
Eduardo C. Xavier
Institute of Computing, Unicamp
www.ic.unicamp.br/~eduardo

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[DMANET] Gödel prize - call for nominations

The Gödel Prize 2020 - Call for Nominations
Deadline: February 15, 2020

The Gödel Prize for outstanding papers in the area of theoretical
computer science is sponsored jointly by the European Association for
Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the Association for Computing
Machinery, Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory
(ACM SIGACT). The award is presented annually, with the presentation
taking place alternately at the International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages, and Programming (ICALP) and the ACM Symposium on Theory of
Computing (STOC). The 28th Gödel Prize will be awarded at the 47th
International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming to be
held during 8-12 July, 2020 in Beijing. The Prize is named in honour
of Kurt Gödel in recognition of his major contributions to
mathematical logic and of his interest, discovered in a letter he
wrote to John von Neumann shortly before von Neumann's death, in what
has become the famous "P versus NP" question. The Prize includes an
award of USD 5,000.

Award Committee: The 2020 Award Committee consists of Samson Abramsky
(University of Oxford), Anuj Dawar (Chair, University of Cambridge),
Joan Feigenbaum (Yale University), Robert Krauthgamer (Weizmann
Institute), Daniel Spielman (Yale University) and David Zuckerman
(University of Texas, Austin).

Nominations: Nominations for the award should be submitted by email to
the Award Committee Chair: anuj.dawar@cl.cam.ac.uk. Please make sure
that the Subject line of all nominations and related messages begin
with "Goedel Prize 2020." To be considered, nominations for the 2020
Prize must be received by February 15, 2020.

Those intending to submit a nomination should contact the Award
Committee chair by email well in advance to discuss it.

For full details on eligibility and requirements, please see
http://eatcs.org/index.php/goedel-prize
http://www.sigact.org/prizes/gödel.html
or contact the Award Committee chair, Anuj Dawar <anuj.dawar@cl.cam.ac.uk>

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[DMANET] Post-doc position in revenue management in container shipping at Kedge BS and CMA CGM

2-year Post-doc position on revenue management and dynamic pricing in container shipping at KEDGE Business School/CMA CGM group
Context
Present in over 160 countries through 755 offices, 750 warehouses and 110,000 employees, equipped with a young and diverse fleet of 511 vessels, CMA CGM serves 420 of the world's 521 commercial ports and operates on more than 200 shipping lines. CMA CGM is merging its expertise in maritime transport with top quality logistics and intermodal solutions to offer an end-to-end shipping service that exceeds all expectations.
KEDGE Business School is a French business school with 4 campuses in France (Paris, Bordeaux, Marseilles and Toulon), 2 in China (Shanghai and Suzhou), 1 in Dakar, Senegal, and 3 partner campuses (Avignon, Bastia and Bayonne). KEDGE BS offers a portfolio of 36 management programs for students and industry professionals and comprises a specific research center specialized in Supply Chains, the Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation the Centre of Excellence in Supply Chain (CESIT).
The project
Revenue management and dynamic pricing is pivotal to drive better performances in the maritime and CMA CGM is currently revisiting his pricing tools to build upon the latest academic developments. KEDGE Business School is supporting this effort by bringing in its expertise of pricing, its knowledge of the maritime sector and its command of predictive and prescriptive analytics. The focus of the project is to optimize the revenue management and pricing model of CMA CGM around below subjects:
·      Maximize revenues of each vessel voyage. In particular, this involves analyzing, developing and solving optimization models to ensure an efficient arbitrage between short (spot market) and long contracts and to achieve an efficient sharing of spaces amongst CMA CGM trades.
·      Increase knowledge and efficiency in procurement and tendering processes for pricers and for customers, based on data-driven solutions.
·      Enhance the way the end-to-end pricing (including intermodal legs) in ensuring that optimization solutions for all CMA CGM trade lanes are reflecting the overall costs.
For this project, we are looking for a post-doc with a background in operations research who is proficient with the techniques from revenue management and pricing and has an appetency for machine learning (CMA-CGM has developed tools for demand forecasting based upon the latter techniques and understanding these tools is fundamental).
Location
The post-doc will share her/his time between CMA-CGM headquarter in Marseille (75%) and at the Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation (CESIT) at Kedge Business School in Bordeaux (25%).
Pre-requisite
·      Proficiency with mathematical modeling and optimization (mixed integer programming, dynamic programming, etc…)
·      Proficiency with CPLEX, Gurobi
·      Command of some programming language: Julia, python, C++ or alike
·      Knowledge of Python or R packages for machine learning is a plus
·      A good command of French is preferable.
Salary
The successful candidate will receive a post-doc scholarship of 3 000 EUR per month for 2 years and additional funding for travel, research visits and international conferences.
Application
The deadline for application is December 31, 2019 for a position to start preferably on February 1, 2019. Application should be sent electronically to Professor Pierre Cariou and Gautier Stauffer and should include:
·      a cover letter containing your motivation for the position
·      A Curriculum Vitae with a list of publications
·      A copy of the applicant's PhD
·      Letters of recommendation and/or references

Contact

Pierre Cariou, Senior Professor Shipping and Port Economics,
Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation (CESIT)
Kedge Business School Bordeaux, France.  Pierre.Cariou@Kedgebs.com
Gautier Stauffer, Senior Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management,
Director of the Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation (CESIT) Kedge Business School Bordeaux, France.
Gautier.stauffer@kedgebs.com

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[DMANET] PostDoc Position, TU Graz

Open Assistant position (PostDoc) for 2 1/2 years

Graz University of Technology, Austria
Institute of Discrete Mathematics

Working Groups Structure Theory and Stochastics
& Noncommutative Structures
(Wolfgang Woess & Franz Lehner)

Scheduled to start on March 1, 2020.

Requirements: PhD in Mathematics or Technical
Mathematics, awarded before the beginning of
the engagement.

Desired qualifictations: scientific interest
in the fields of Stochastic Processes (random
walks) and their analytic counterparts,
Graph Theory, Geometric Group Theory and
Noncommutative Probability, possibly combining
those topics. Readiness to collaborate in
research projects in these areas.

Workload 40 hours/week.
Teaching duties of 4 hours per week per
semester, in particular for Mathematics in
the Engineering sciences, in German (!).

For details + how to apply, see

https://www.math.tugraz.at/~woess/position

Wolfgang Woess

Institut fuer Diskrete Mathematik,
Technische Universitaet Graz,
Steyrergasse 30, A-8010 Graz, Austria
email: woess@TUGraz.at
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[DMANET] Phylogenetic Networks - 6 Months intern + PhD in Montpellier, FRANCE

Dear all,
we are offering a (payed) internship for 6 months with possibility to
start a PhD in phylogenetic network analysis with parameterized
algorithms in Montpellier, France in the "Institut des Sciences de
l'Evolution de Montpellier" (ISEM <http://www.isem.univ-montp2.fr/fr/>).
See <http://igm.univ-mlv.fr/~mweller/intern_flyer_2019.pdf> for details.

best regards

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Mathias Weller, CNRS
Université Paris EST, Marne-la-Vallée | mathias.weller@u-pem.fr
LIGM, Bât Copernic,5 Bd Descartes | http://igm.univ-mlv.fr/~mweller
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[DMANET] EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize - Call for Nominations

EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize - Call for Nominations
Deadline: March 15, 2020

The EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize for outstanding papers in the area of multivariate algorithmics, is presented annually with the presentation taking place at IPEC (International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation). IPEC 2020 takes place within ISAAC 2020, December 14-16, 2020, Hong Kong. The Prize is named in honor of Anil Nerode in recognition of his major contributions to mathematical logic, theory of automata, computability and complexity theory.


Award Committee

The winning paper(s) will be selected by the EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize Award Committee. This year's committee consists of the following people.

Hans L. Bodlaender (Chair, Utrecht University, h.l.bodlaender@uu.nl),
Anuj Dawar (University of Cambridge, anuj.dawar@cl.cam.ac.uk)
Virgi V. Williams (MIT, virgi@mit.edu).
Deadline for Nominations: March 15, 2020.

Decision: June 15, 2020.

The Award Committee is solely responsible for the selection of the winner of the award which may be shared by more than one paper or series of papers. The Award Committee reserves the right to declare no winner at all.

Eligibility

Any research paper or series of research papers by a single author or by a team of authors published in a recognized refereed journal. The research work nominated for the award should be in the area of multivariate algorithms and complexity meant in a broad sense, and encompasses, but is not restricted to those areas covered by IPEC. The Award Committee has the ultimate authority to decide on the eligibility of a nomination. Papers authored by a member of the Award Committee are not eligible for nomination.

Note that the past restrictions that require a certain number of years before/after the publication of the nominated papers have been removed.

Nominations

Nominations may be made by any member of the scientific community including the members of the Award Committee. A nomination should contain a brief summary of the technical content of each nominated paper and a brief explanation of its significance. Nominations are done by an email to the Award Committee Chair with copies to the members of the committee. The Subject line of the nomination E-mail should contain the group of words "Nerode Prize Nomination"

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