[DMANET] Call for participation: Workshop on Tropical geometry and the geometry of linear programming

Call for participation:

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Workshop on Tropical geometry and the geometry of linear programming
20-24 September 2021
Venue: online

This workshop is part of the Trimester Program in Discrete Optimization at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics.
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Organizers:
Xavier Allamigeon (INRIA and Ecole Polytechnique), Jesus De Loera (UC Davis), Laura Sanita (TU Eindhoven), L. Vegh (LSE)

The program will be available on the website. If you are interested in participating, you can freely register using the link here.

https://www.him.uni-bonn.de/programs/future-programs/future-trimester-programs/discrete-optimization/workshop-tropical-geometry-and-the-geometry-of-linear-programming-september-20-24-2021/

Description:

The pursuit of more efficient algorithms for solving linear programs has been a driving force in the development of optimization theory, establishing beautiful connections to discrete mathematics, geometry, and analysis. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers in optimization, tropical geometry, and other related areas, to further deepen the links between these areas, and get a better understanding of the geometry of polyhedra and the behaviour of various linear optimization algorithms.


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[DMANET] UCNC 2021 - CALL FOR POSTERS (deadline extension)

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The 19th International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC 2021)


October 18-22, 2021


Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

Website: https://ucnc2021.cs.aalto.fi

Contact: ucnc2021@aalto.fi<mailto:ucnc2021@aalto.fi>

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Conference organisation


The meeting is planned to be held on-site with a remote participation option to view the talks. We are monitoring the status of the COVID-19 pandemic and will be adjusting the conference organisation if needed. Arrangements will be made for presenters who cannot travel due to the pandemic. Registrations will be opening in early August at https://ucnc2021.cs.aalto.fi/.


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The International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC) is a meeting where scientists from many different backgrounds are united in their interest in novel forms of computation, human-designed computation inspired by nature, and computational aspects of natural processes. The 19th International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC 2021) will be held at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland on October 18-22, 2021.


Posters


For poster submissions, authors are invited to submit a maximum of 2 pages abstract of their work by email with a tag "[Poster submission]" in the header to ucnc2021@aalto.fi<mailto:ucnc2021@aalto.fi>


Poster submission deadline August 2 August 11, 2021

Poster notification August 16, 2021


Topics include, but are not limited to:


* Programmable matter

* Material computing

* Molecular computing

* Membrane computing

* Quantum computing

* Self-assembling and self-organising systems

* Super-Turing computation

* Swarm computing

* Optical computing

* Collision-based computing

* Cellular automata

* Neural computation

* Evolutionary computation

* Artificial life

* Artificial immune systems

* Amorphous computing

* Chaos computing

* Physarum computing

* Computational systems biology

* Computational neuroscience

* Cellular (in-vivo) computing

* Synthetic biology


Important Dates

Submission (full papers): June 17, 2021 AoE

Notification (full papers): July 16, 2021

Final version (full papers): August 2, AoE

Poster submission: August 2 August 11, 2021 AoE

Poster notification: August 16, 2021

Early registration: TBA

Late registration: TBA

Conference: October 18-22, 2021


Invited speakers

* Corentin Coulais<https://coulaislab.com/> (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

* Cody Geary<https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/cody-geary(98d316cf-149c-4918-b58b-34ead7bd2e20).html> (Aarhus University, Denmark)

* Mikko Möttönen<https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-applied-physics/quantum-computing-and-devices-qcd> (Aalto University, Finland)

* Andrew Phillips<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/aphillip/?from=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2F%7Eaphillip> (Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK)

* Damien Querlioz<https://sites.google.com/site/damienquerlioz/> (CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France)


Workshops

The following independent workshops are going to be held in parallel with the conference:

* Programmable Matter, organised by Christian Scheideler<https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/person/20792/> (Paderborn University, Germany) and Matthew Patitz<http://self-assembly.net/mpatitz> (University of Arkansas, USA)

* Third International Workshop on Theoretical and Experimental Material Computing (TEMC 2021)<https://www.cs.york.ac.uk/nature/temc/TEMC2021-UCNC21/index.html>, organised by Susan Stepney<https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/> (University of York, UK)


Programme Committee

* Selim G. Akl (Queen's University, Canada)

* Pablo Arrighi (Université Paris-Saclay, France)

* Peter Banda (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

* Daniela Besozzi (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

* Julien Bourgeois (Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France)

* Olivier Bournez (École Polytechnique, France)

* Cristian Calude (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

* Matteo Cavaliere (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

* Jérôme Durand-Lose (Université d'Orléans, France)

* Ángel Goñi-Moreno (Technical University of Madrid, Spain)

* Masami Hagiya (University of Tokyo, Japan)

* Mika Hirvensalo (University of Turku, Finland)

* Nataša Jonoska (University of South Florida, USA)

* Jarkko Kari (University of Turku, Finland)

* Irina Kostitsyna (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands), co-chair

* Robert Legenstein (TU Graz, Austria)

* Makoto Naruse (University of Tokyo, Japan)

* Pekka Orponen (Aalto University, Finland), co-chair

* Matthew Patitz (University of Arkansas, USA)

* Christian Scheideler (University of Paderborn, Germany)

* Susan Stepney (University of York, UK)

* Gunnar Tufte (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)


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[DMANET] School on Modern Directions in Discrete Optimization

Call for Participation:

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School on modern directions in discrete optimization

Dates: September 13 - 17, 2021

Venue: online
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Lecturers:

Michal Pilipczuk (Warsaw University)
Title: Introduction to parameterized algorithms and applications in
discrete optimization

Aaron Sidford (Stanford University)
Title: Introduction to interior point methods for discrete optimization

Ngoc Mai Tran (UT Austin)
Title: Tropical solutions to hard problems in auction theory and neural
networks, semigroups and extreme value statistics

Rico Zenklusen (ETH Zürich)
Title: Approximation algorithms for hard augmentation problems

Aim and Scope:
The school provides an introduction to some of the main topics of the
trimester program on discrete optimization. The lectures will address
the interface between tropical geometry and discrete optimization;
recent developments in continuous optimization with applications to
combinatorial problems; topics in approximation algorithms; and fixed
parameter tractability. The lectures will be mainly directed towards
PhD students and junior researchers.

Abstracts can be found here:
https://www.him.uni-
bonn.de/fileadmin/him/Workshops/template_abstracts_him_School_Sept_I.pd
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Schedule can be found here:
https://www.him.uni-
bonn.de/fileadmin/him/Workshops/template_schedule_him_School_Sept_I.pdf

Interested in attending the School?
Here is the link for the online (and free) registration!
https://www.him.uni-bonn.de/index.php?id=4847

This Summer School is part of the HIM trimester in Discrete
Optimization
https://www.him.uni-bonn.de/programs/future-programs/future-trimester-
programs/discrete-optimization/discrete-optimization-school/
https://www.him.uni-bonn.de/programs/future-programs/future-trimester-
programs/discrete-optimization/description/

Organizers: Daniel Dadush (Amsterdam), Jesper Nederlof (Utrecht), Neil
Olver (London), Laura Sanita (Eindhoven), Laszlo Vegh (London)

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[DMANET] !ATTENTION! - DMANET takes a vacation

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[DMANET] [Deadline Extended, Aug. 3 (Firm)] IEEE MSN 2021- The 17th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN 2021)

The 17th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (IEEE MSN 2021)
December 13-15, 2021 · Exeter, U. K.
www.ieee-msn.org/2021/<http://www.ieee-msn.org/2021/>

(EXTENDED) Paper Submission Due: August 3, 2021 (Firm)

MSN 2021 provides a forum for academic researchers and industry practitioners to present research progresses, exchange new ideas, and identify future directions in the field of Mobility, Sensing and Networking. MSN 2021 is technically sponsored by IEEE.

Scope and Objectives
Mobility, sensing and networking are the key areas of enabling technologies for the next-generation networks, Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems. Recent years have witnessed the increasing convergence of algorithms, protocols, and applications for mobility, sensing and networking in a range of applications including connected vehicles, smart cities, industries, and smart health. Building on the past 16 years of success, the 17th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN 2021) provides a forum for academic researchers and industry practitioners to exchange new research ideas, present their progress, and identify future directions in the field of mobility, sensing and networking.

The conference solicits submissions from all research areas related to mobility, sensing and networking, as well as their corresponding systems and applications. Topics of interests are covered by the following tracks:

Track 1. Algorithms, Theory, and Protocols
Chairs: Kezhi Wang, University of Northumbria, U.K.
Chathura Sarathchandra, InterDigitial Europe, U.K.
Track 2. Systems, Tools, Experiments & Applications
Chairs: Xiaojun Zhai, University of Essex, U.K.
Faycal Bensaali, Qatar University, Qatar
Track 3. Mobile & Wireless Sensing and Networking
Chairs: Xinyu Zhang, University of California San Diego, USA
Yiannis Pefkianakis, Apple, USA
Track 4. Edge Computing and IoT
Chairs: Qun Li, College of William and Mary, USA
Zhenming Liu, College of William and Mary, USA
Track 5. Network Security, Privacy, Trust, and Blockchain
Chairs: Cong Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hongkong.
David Mohaisen, University of Central Florida, USA
Track 6. Big Data and AI in Networking
Chairs: Hong Xu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hongkong
Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Best Paper Awards and Journal Special Issues:
Three accepted papers will be selected for best paper awards. Selected papers will be recommended to IEEE Transactions on Network Science andEngineering (TNSE, IF: 5.213), Digital Communications and Networks (IF: 6.797) and Elsevier Computer Communications for potential fast-track publications.

*Keynotes, Tutorials, and Panel will be arranged.
Keynote Speaker 1: Prof. Kin K. Leung, Imperial College London, U. K.
Tutorial 1: RFID and Backscatter Communications for Motion Capture and Fine Scale Localization
Prof. Gregory David Durgin, Georgia Tech, USA
Tutorial 2: Federated Analytics: A New Collaborative Computing Paradigm towards Privacy focusing World
Prof. Dan Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong
Ms. Siping Shi

Submission Procedures
Submitted manuscripts must be prepared according to IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Format (double column, 10pt font, letter paper) and submitted in the PDF format. The manuscript submitted for review should be no longer than 8 pages. After the manuscript is accepted, the camera-ready paper may have up to 10 pages, subject to an additional fee per extra page. Manuscripts should be submitted to one of the research tracks. Submitted manuscripts must not contain previously published material or be under consideration for publication in another conference or journal at the time of submission. The accepted papers will be included in IEEE Xplore.

Important Dates
Paper Submission Due: July 23, 2021 -> August 3, 2021 (Firm)
Author Notification: September 15, 2021
Camera-ready Due: October 20, 2021
Conference Date: December 13-15, 2021

Technical Program Committee Chairs:
Geyong Min, University of Exeter, U. K.
Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada

General Chairs:
Mohammad Shojafar, University of Surrey, U. K.
Ruidong Li, Kanazawa University, Japan

Steering Committee Co-Chairs:
Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, HK

Best regards,

Jun Li, PhD
Assistant Professor
Queens College & Graduate Center
City University of New York
Email: jun.li@qc.cuny.edu
Webpage: https://boole.cs.qc.cuny.edu/li
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[DMANET] PM 2021

PM 2021

First Workshop on Predictive Maintenance

We are happy to invite you to the first workshop in predictive
maintenance, co-located with CONCUR @ QONFEST'21.

Predictive maintenance is an upcoming field, aiming at optimizing
asset maintenance strategies through sensor technology, data
analysis, (stochastic) techniques, etc. PM 2021 brings together experts
from academia and industry, to share their knowledge and experience on the
soaring field of predictive maintenance.

This includes:
- model checking approaches, e.g. to optimise component replacement policies
- machine learning predictors, to extrapolate load growth and increased
repair frequency
- examples of applications in company assets and policies, etc.

PM 2021 features invited talks by experts from both academia and industry.
The specific goal is to offer a computer science perspective on the pushing
trends of PM for industrial partners, where participants will be able to
interact with personalities in the field.

Confirmed speakers:

- Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg University, DK)
- Alessandro Abate (University of Oxford, UK)
- Nick Oosterhof (Dutch Railways, NL)
- Alessandro Cimatti (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, IT)
- Roberto Manuel Cibils (INVAP S.E., AR)
- Lisandro Jiménez Roa (University of Twente, NL)
- Jaap van Ekris (Delta Pi, NL)

Participation is free of charge: save the date!
PM 2021 will take place digitally in *August** 28,* from 14:00 to 18:15.
Details on the registration process will follow later.

For more information please visit:
https://sites.google.com/utwente.nl/pm-2021

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IJCAR 2022 - Call for Workshops

IJCAR 2022: call for workshops

11th International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning â€" IJCAR 2022
August 7â€"12, 2022, Haifa, Israel, part of FLoC 2022,
https://easychair.org/smart-program/IJCAR2022/

The International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning (IJCAR 2022), part of
the Eighth Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2022), is soliciting proposals for
workshops, tutorials and competitions.

Researchers are invited to submit proposals on any topic related to automated
reasoning, from theoretical foundations to tools and applications.

The workshops and tutorials will take place before and after the FLoC
conferences:
* Sunday & Monday, July 31â€"August 1, 2022, and
* Thursday & Friday, August 11â€"12, 2022.
(Note that IJCAR will take place on August 7-10, 2022. We recommend that you
plan your event on the second period, and indicate it in the proposal.)

Proposals for all conferences affiliated to FLoC, including IJCAR, will be
reviewed jointly. Please make sure that the proposal indicates an affiliation
to IJCAR.

Proposals must be submitted before September 27, 2021.

For further details about the submission process and the expected content of
workshop and tutorial proposals, see https://floc2022.org/workshops/ .
Competition proposals should be sent directly to Yoni Zohar at yoni206@gmail.com .

[DMANET] PhD Student Position in Algorithms, TU Munich

PhD Student Position in Algorithms
TU Munich

The Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, has a
vacancy for a PhD candidate/researcher position in the area of efficient
algorithms. The position is hosted at the Chair for Algorithms and
Complexity,
headed by Prof. Susanne Albers (http://wwwalbers.in.tum.de/index.html.en).
The dissertation work will involve research in the fields of approximation
and online algorithms, algorithmic game theory or algorithm engineering.

The position is paid according to the German public salary scale TVL-13 and
provides a competitive salary with standard benefits. The initial
appointment
is for a period of two years and can be renewed for another two years.

The successful candidate should have a Master's degree in computer
science or
mathematics. Since the position involves teaching obligations, very good
proficiency
in German is required. The application material should include (1) a
cover letter
describing  the interest in the position, (2) a CV, and (3) a copy of
the Master's
thesis.

The material should be sent electronically to <albers@in.tum.de>.

Applications will be reviewed starting August 25, 2021.

Susanne Albers
Department of Computer Science
Technical University Munich
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching (near Munich), Germany
E-mail: albers@in.tum.de

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[DMANET] SDS 2021 CFP: The Eighth International Conference on Software Defined Systems, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021.

The Eighth International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2021)

http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2021/index.php

Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021.

*SDS 2021 CFP:*

Next generation cloud systems will require a paradigm shift in how they are
constructed and managed. Conventional control and management platforms are
facing considerable challenges regarding flexibility, dependability and
security that next generation systems will require. The cloud computing
paradigm has gone part of the way towards alleviating some of the problems
associated with resource allocation, utilization and management (e.g., via
elasticity). However, many of the elements of a well-designed cloud
environment remain "stiff" and hard to modify and adapt in an integrated
fashion. This includes underlying networking topologies, many aspects of
the user control over IaaS, PaaS or SaaS layers when such is needed,
construction of XaaS services, provenance and meta-data collection, and so
on. In many situations the problem may be because service abstraction is
inadequate. Software Defined Systems (SDS) are systems that have added
software components which help abstract actual IT equipment and other
layers. One classical example, of course, are hypervisors. Such separation
provides a great opportunity for system administrators to more easily
construct and managing their systems through flexible software layers.

Software Defined Systems include Software Defined Networking (SDN),
Software Defined Storage, Software Defined Servers (Virtualization),
Software Defined Datacenters (SDD), Software Defined Security (SDSec), and
ultimately Software Defined Clouds (SDCloud) to name a few possibilities.
Individual solutions and seamless integration of these abstractions remains
in many respects a challenge. After the high success of the previous
editions (SDS'2014, SDS'2015, SDS'2016, SDS'2017, SDS'2018, SDS' 2019, SDS'
2020), The Eighth International conference on Software Defined Systems 2021
(SDS'2021) will continue to be a forum for scientists, researchers,
students, and practitioners to present their latest research results,
ideas, and developments in the area of software defined systems – both
components and their integration - and by implication advancement of next
generation clouds.

SDS 2021 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all aspects of
Software Defined Systems. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions
that help mitigating SDS challenges. That is, the objective of SDS 2021 is
to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss
and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of
Software Defined Systems. SDS is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Spain
Section. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research
contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:

* Software Defined Systems support for Cloud Computing .
* Software Defined Networking (SDN).
* SDN concepts, architecture, and APIs.
* Network Virtualization
* SDN and OpenFlow protocol
* Software Defined Radio
* Cognitive Radio Networks .
* Access Control models in SDN.
* Software Defined Storage.
* Storage Automation and Abstraction.
* Policy-driven storage provisioning.
* Software Defined Servers and Virtualization.
* Software Defined Datacenters.
* Software Defined Security o Security policies automation.
* Self-management systems.
* Autonomic Computing techniques.
* Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction.
* Software Defined Systems Scalability.
* Software Defined Systems optimization.
* Software tools and frameworks to support SDS .
* Software Defined Systems challenges and opportunities
* Software Defined Systems surveys .
* Social engineering, insider threats system for SDS.
* Incident Handling and Penetration Testing with SDS.
* Software Defined Systems support if IoT.
* Security protocols in SDS.
* Security and privacy of mobile SDS based cloud computing
* Service-oriented architectures, service portability andP2P
* Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks

*Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings*

Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11"
two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted
electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 8 pages
(including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must
present original unpublished research that is not currently under review
for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines
may be rejected without review. Also, submissions received after the due
date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not
be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further
information or clarification. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least
three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the SDS Proceeding, and be
published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and
be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion.

Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under
consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular
papers up to 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include
up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone
numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are
expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are
deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers
will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers can be between 4
to 6 pages.

*Important Dates*

*Submission Date: 7 August, 2021*

Notification to Authors: 30 September, 2021

Camera Ready Submission: 15 October, 2021

*Contact:*

Please send any inquiry on SDS 2021 to Emerging Tech. Network Team at:
emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com

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Pre-Call for 20 PhD Positions in Computer Science at TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

The novel interdisciplinary Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND doctoral
training programme

LogiCS@TUWien - Logics for Computer Science
http://www.vcla.at/msca

co-funded by the European Commission, will offer 20 full-time PhD positions. The program is hosted by TU Wien, one of the most successful technical universities in Europe and the largest one in Austria. The Faculty of Informatics of TU Wien ranks among the top 20% research and teaching institutions in the field worldwide. In the heart of Europe, Vienna has a prominent history in mathematics, computer science, and logic research, and offers one of the highest living standards in the world. The doctoral positions are open to international high-potential early-stage researchers, working on Logical Methods in Computer Science and their applications, including:

* Artificial Intelligence
* Databases
* Verification
* Algorithms
* Security
* Cyber-Physical Systems

The programme provides a 4-year long doctoral training for international PhD candidates within an English-language curriculum. LogiCS@TUWien will run for 60 months and foresees the recruitment of 20 PhD candidates. The PhD candidates will be supervised by:

* Ezio Bartocci
* Pavol Cerny
* Agata Ciabattoni
* Thomas Eiter
* Robert Ganian
* Laura Kovács
* Matteo Maffei
* Magdalena Ortiz
* Stefan Szeider
* Georg Weissenbacher
* Stefan Woltran
* Florian Zuleger

Two calls will accomplish the recruitment of the 20 positions; the first call will be published on October 1, 2021, with an application deadline of November 30, 2021. See http://www.vcla.at/msca for details.

[DMANET] submission deadline extended: International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2021)

Dear all,

we extended the SSS submission deadline to August 16th (with an abstract
deadline on the 9th).

For more details see our website http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/SSS2021/ and
below.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Thank you and we are looking forward to your contributions!

Colette and Stefan

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The 23rd International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and
Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2021) will be held virtually (due
to COVID-19) on November 17-20, 2021.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission: August 9th, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE)
Paper Submission: August 16th, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE)
Acceptance Notification: September 17th, 2021
Camera-ready copy due: September 27th, 2021


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
* Idit Keidar, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
* Michael Luby, University of California, Berkeley, USA
* Nancy Lynch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
* Ronitt Rubinfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
* Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK
* Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford University, USA


PUBLICATION
Regular papers and brief announcements will be included in the
conference proceedings. Conference proceedings will be published by
Springer in the LNCS conference series.

SPECIAL ISSUE
Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered
for a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science.


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


SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the
design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems
that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance,
and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The
symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on
fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in
the four symposium tracks:

Track A. Self-stabilizing Systems: Theory and Practice

Self-stabilizing systems; Self-stabilizing protocols and algorithms;
Practically-stabilizing systems; Variants of Self-stabilization;
Topological Stabilization; Stabilization and self-* properties in
hardware, software, and middleware design; Self-stabilizing software
defined infrastructure

Track B. Foundations of Concurrent and Distributed Computing

Distributed and concurrent algorithms and data structures; Shared and
transactional memory; Synchronization protocols; Distributed graph
algorithms; Graph-theoretic concepts for communication networks;
Peer-to-peer networks and dynamic networks; High-performance, cluster,
cloud, and grid computing; Game theory and economical aspects of
distributed computing; Formal methods, validation, verification, and
synthesis.

Track C. Mobile and Robot Computing

Self-organization in mobile agents; mobile robots; mobile sensor
networks; mobile ad-hoc networks; population protocols; programmable
matter; nanoscale robots; biologically-inspired systems; and related
new models.

Track D. Fault tolerance, Security, and Privacy

Network security; Privacy; Internet-of-things security; Cloud
security; Mobile sensor networks/ad-hoc networks security;
Verifiable/fault-tolerant computing; Anomaly and networked malware
detection; Blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies;
Byzantine-fault tolerance and distributed consensus protocols; Secure
multi-party computation; Applied cryptography.

PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers are to be submitted electronically through
EasyChair:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sss2021

All submissions must conform to the formatting instructions of
Springer LNCS series
(see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).
Each submission must be in English, in PDF format.

DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW
All submissions must be anonymous. We will use a somewhat relaxed
implementation of double-blind peer review this year: you are free to
disseminate your work through arXiv and other online repositories and
give presentations on your work as usual. However, please make sure
you do not mention your own name or affiliation in the submission, and
please do not include obvious references in the text that reveal your
identity. A reviewer who has not previously seen the paper should be
able to read it without accidentally learning the identity of the
authors. Please feel free to ask the PC chairs if you have any
questions about the double-blind policy of SSS 2021.

SUBMISSIONS
There are two types of submission: regular paper and brief announcement.

- A regular submission must not exceed 15 pages (including the title,
authors, abstract, figures, and references). Additional necessary
details for an expert to verify the main claims of the submission may
be included in a clearly marked appendix if extra space is needed.

- A brief announcement submission must not exceed 5 pages and should
not include any appendix.

Any submission deviating from these guidelines will be rejected
without consideration of its merits. It is recommended that a regular
submission begins with a succinct statement of the problem being
addressed, a summary of the main results or conclusions, a brief
explanation of their significance, a brief statement of the key ideas,
and a comparison with related work, all tailored to a non-specialist.
Technical development of the work, directed to the specialist, should
follow. Papers outside of the conference scope will be rejected
without review. If requested by the authors on the cover page, a
regular submission that is not selected for a regular presentation
will also be considered for the brief announcement format. This will
not affect the consideration of the paper for a regular presentation.

PAPER AWARD
Prizes will be given to the best regular paper and best student
regular paper. A regular paper is eligible for the best student paper
if at least one of its authors is a full-time student at submission
time. Authors should clearly indicate whether their submission is
eligible to be considered for the best student paper award (e.g.,
using a \thanks in the title). The PC may decline to confer awards or
may split awards.

For further information, please refer to the website:
http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/SSS2021/

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[DMANET] DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics | Early Bird rate open until Aug 2, 2021

Dear DACH+ Energy Informatics Community,

This year's DACH+ conference is held online from 13 to 17 September
2021. The program is out here: https://energy-informatics2021.org/program/

Profit from the early bird rate and register until 2nd August 2021 here:
https://energy-informatics2021.org/registration/

We hope to see you at the conference!
Best regards,
Anke Weidlich (general chair)

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Join the DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics, 13-17 Sep 2021!
https://energy-informatics2021.org/ <https://energy-informatics2021.org/>

DACH+ Konferenz für Energieinformatik 2021

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[DMANET] Two 2-year postdoc positions in Theoretical Computer Science at CTU Prague

Two 2-year full-time postdoc positions are available in the G2OAT
research group at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU),
Czech Republic with preferred starting date January 2022 (slightly
negotiable). The research interests of the group range from graph
algorithms, through classical and parameterized complexity and integer
linear programming to combinatorial games. The prospective mentors of
the positions are Ondřej Suchý and Dušan Knop.

The research group Graphs, Games, Optimization, Algorithms and
Theoretical Computer Science (G2OAT) is a part of the Department of
Theoretical Computer Science at the Faculty of Information Technology
at CTU. The department also includes Stringology and Arborology
research groups. The G2OAT research group is rather small, comprising
1 associate professor, 2 assistant professors, 2 postdocs and 4 Ph.D.
students. A successful candidate will work at CTU's main campus which
features a range of amenities such as the National Technical Library,
and a laid-back atmosphere with cafes and other social hangout places.

Successful candidates will get a monthly salary of 65 thousand CZK
(about 2500 EUR) (the Czech Republic cost of living is at 68% of the
US price level by OECD statistics). There are no teaching duties
associated with this position. These positions are institutionally
funded, i.e., funded by the Czech Technical University in Prague.

We are seeking highly motivated individuals holding a PhD in computer
science, discrete mathematics, or related areas. The ideal candidate
is familiar with several of the following areas: Parameterized
complexity, integer linear programming, structural graph theory, game
theory, computational social choice. Experience in optimization and in
particular approximation algorithms or hardness of approximation is
appreciated but not required. The candidate's high scientific
potential should be witnessed by publications in the area of
algorithms or discrete math in impacted journals and in proceedings of
highly ranked international conferences.

The successful candidate must:

* be a researcher who has received a PhD or its equivalent within the
last 7 years or be close to receive one,
* have a strong publication record (with at least two publications in
a journal with IF), and
* be fluent in English (both written and spoken), prior knowledge of
Czech is not required.

Further details about the positions and application process can be found at
https://old.fit.cvut.cz/en/postdoc-positions
(topics 3 and 9).

We prefer candidates to have a recommendation letter, which can be
either attached to the application or sent directly by the recommender
to ondrej.suchy@fit.cvut.cz or dusan.knop@fit.cvut.cz.

Interested candidates are encouraged to make informal inquiries to the
above addresses.

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[DMANET] CFP: Special issue on "Collaborative Logistics"

CFP: SPECIAL ISSUE ON "COLLABORATIVE LOGISTICS"
Call for Papers - Special issue in "Logistics"
Guest edited by dr. Christof Defryn, dr. Lotte Verdonck and Prof.dr. Kenneth Sörensen

From 15 April 2021 to 31 December 2021, all submissions (once accepted after peer review) to Logistics will be published free of charge. To take advantage of this opportunity, please submit before the deadline.
Deadline = 1 October 2021
More information and submissions: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/logistics/special_issues/collaborative_logistics

The growing call for more sustainability - socially, economically, and environmentally - unveils the limitations of our current logistical system. Despite huge efforts to improve the efficiency of individual company operations, a large gap remains between the performance of the current system and the ambitious goals set by policy makers and corroborated by our society for the near and distant future. The future vision on logistics is built upon the idea of collaboration, and relies on the integration of logistical operations beyond company boundaries. Through active synchronization of flows within a shared logistical network (often referred to as a 'physical internet'), companies co-create synergies that could not have been seized by operating individually.
Over the last decade, multiple small-size (up to 3-4 companies) case studies and (theoretical) research simulations have proven the potential of logistics collaboration in terms of cost, CO2 emissions, vehicle utilization, etc. At the same time, collaborative logistics can be associated with new and various challenges such as the need for appropriate cost, benefit or resource allocation models. Existing research, however, remains scarce and scattered. The planning of the logistical operations for a horizontal coalition is generally isolated from the allocation mechanisms and is mainly limited to a unimodal setting, i.e., using only a single mode of transport (typically trucks). Also, aspects related to differences in decision power, the need for more decentralization to guarantee scalability of the network, pricing, and the extension towards multi- or synchromodal environments are some of the aspects that are currently underrepresented (or not considered at all) in the literature.
This special issue aims to contribute to the discussion on how collaborative logistics can catalyze the transition towards a new, more sustainable organization of our logistical system. Authors are cordially invited to submit original research papers, review articles, empirical studies, and case studies for this special issue to Logistics until 1 October 2021. Topics covered are, but are not limited to:
. Multi-partner logistics
. Gain sharing / cost allocation methods
. Collaborative vehicle routing and other collaborative planning/optimization problems
. Multi-modal / synchromodal networks
. The physical internet
. Decentralized decision making in logistics
. Case studies on collaborative logistics

We look forward to your submissions!

Keywords: Collaborative logistics; joint route planning; cost allocation; cooperative games; synchromodality; physical internet


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[DMANET] PhD/Postdoc Research position (f/m/d) at Zuse Institute Berlin available

For a joint project of the Zuse Institute Berlin, the TU Berlin and Google a research position either for doctoral studies or as PostDoc is available for a limited period of 2 years starting 01 October 2021.

Duties will consist of contributing to the research and development of novel Integer Programming Solvers that utilize Machine Learning Techniques.

If interested, please apply as soon as possible with the usual material. The deadline is August 31, 2021.

For more details please check out (in German): https://www.zib.de/node/4957
or (in English): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ihdash7cvnv1wqa/google_ZIB_TU%20Stellenausschreibung_eng.pdf?dl=0

For further information please contact Prof. Sebastian Pokutta (s.pokutta@zib.de)
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[DMANET] Updated CFP SSS 2021

The 23rd International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security
of Distributed Systems (SSS 2021) will be held virtually (due to
COVID-19) on November 17-20, 2021.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission: August 2nd, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE)
Paper Submission: August 9th, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE)
Acceptance Notification: September 17th, 2021
Camera-ready copy due: September 27th, 2021


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
* Idit Keidar, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
* Michael Luby, University of California, Berkeley, USA
* Nancy Lynch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
* Ronitt Rubinfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
* Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK
* Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford University, USA


PUBLICATION
Regular papers and brief announcements will be included in the
conference proceedings. Conference proceedings will be published by
Springer in the LNCS conference series.

SPECIAL ISSUE
Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for
a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science.


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


SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the
design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems
that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance,
and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The
symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on
fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the
four symposium tracks:

Track A. Self-stabilizing Systems: Theory and Practice

Self-stabilizing systems; Self-stabilizing protocols and algorithms;
Practically-stabilizing systems; Variants of Self-stabilization;
Topological Stabilization; Stabilization and self-* properties in
hardware, software, and middleware design; Self-stabilizing software
defined infrastructure

Track B. Foundations of Concurrent and Distributed Computing

Distributed and concurrent algorithms and data structures; Shared and
transactional memory; Synchronization protocols; Distributed graph
algorithms; Graph-theoretic concepts for communication networks;
Peer-to-peer networks and dynamic networks; High-performance, cluster,
cloud, and grid computing; Game theory and economical aspects of
distributed computing; Formal methods, validation, verification, and
synthesis.

Track C. Mobile and Robot Computing

Self-organization in mobile agents; mobile robots; mobile sensor
networks; mobile ad-hoc networks; population protocols; programmable
matter; nanoscale robots; biologically-inspired systems; and related new
models.

Track D. Fault tolerance, Security, and Privacy

Network security; Privacy; Internet-of-things security; Cloud security;
Mobile sensor networks/ad-hoc networks security;
Verifiable/fault-tolerant computing; Anomaly and networked malware
detection; Blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies; Byzantine-fault
tolerance and distributed consensus protocols; Secure multi-party
computation; Applied cryptography.

PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers are to be submitted electronically through EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sss2021

All submissions must conform to the formatting instructions of Springer
LNCS series
(see
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).
Each submission must be in English, in PDF format.

DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW
All submissions must be anonymous. We will use a somewhat relaxed
implementation of double-blind peer review this year: you are free to
disseminate your work through arXiv and other online repositories and
give presentations on your work as usual. However, please make sure you
do not mention your own name or affiliation in the submission, and
please do not include obvious references in the text that reveal your
identity. A reviewer who has not previously seen the paper should be
able to read it without accidentally learning the identity of the
authors. Please feel free to ask the PC chairs if you have any questions
about the double-blind policy of SSS 2021.

SUBMISSIONS
There are two types of submission: regular paper and brief announcement.

- A regular submission must not exceed 15 pages (including the title,
authors, abstract, figures, and references). Additional necessary
details for an expert to verify the main claims of the submission may be
included in a clearly marked appendix if extra space is needed.

- A brief announcement submission must not exceed 5 pages and should not
include any appendix.

Any submission deviating from these guidelines will be rejected without
consideration of its merits. It is recommended that a regular submission
begins with a succinct statement of the problem being addressed, a
summary of the main results or conclusions, a brief explanation of their
significance, a brief statement of the key ideas, and a comparison with
related work, all tailored to a non-specialist. Technical development of
the work, directed to the specialist, should follow. Papers outside of
the conference scope will be rejected without review. If requested by
the authors on the cover page, a regular submission that is not selected
for a regular presentation will also be considered for the brief
announcement format. This will not affect the consideration of the paper
for a regular presentation.

PAPER AWARD
Prizes will be given to the best regular paper and best student regular
paper. A regular paper is eligible for the best student paper if at
least one of its authors is a full-time student at submission time.
Authors should clearly indicate whether their submission is eligible to
be considered for the best student paper award (e.g., using a \thanks in
the title). The PC may decline to confer awards or may split awards.

For further information, please refer to the website:
http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/SSS2021/
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[DMANET] PhD position

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Dear colleagues,

One PhD position is opened at Université Sorbonne Paris
Nord, France (thèse CIFRE). The position is in collaboration with
Horizontal Sofware (https://www.horizontalsoftware.com/).

Horizontal Software (HSW), created in 2010, is a publisher of SaaS and App
solutions, specialized in management and optimized planning of human
resources. The E-OPTIM solution provided by HSW is intended for the
planning and optimization of human resources, taking into account
heterogeneous constraints: legal, organizational and social.
A company's performance is closely linked to well-being at work. It is
therefore very important to take into account employee preferences in the
development of schedules. The goal of the PhD thesis is to develop
heuristic algorithms that take into account employee preferences in
addition to the standard constraints (legal, organizational and
social). This additional requirement poses a severe challenge as it
complicates a problem that is already difficult to solve. To overcome this
challenge the candidate will use the most advanced techniques in the field
of mathematical optimization and artificial intelligence.

Required competences

-Good experience with mathematica optimization
-Knowledge in machine learning and deep learning is considered as a plus.
-Excellent programming skills.

To apply or to have more information, please contact Roberto Wolfler Calvo (
wolfler@lipn.univ-paris13.fr) and Nora Touati (
ntouati@horizontalsoftware.com).

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[DMANET] Call for Papers - EvoMUSART 2022 - 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (20-22 April 2022)

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Call for papers for the 11th International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART)
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The 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music,
Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART) will take place on 20-22 April 2022, as
part of the evo* event.

EvoMUSART webpage: www.evostar.org/2022/evomusart/

Submission deadline: 1 November 2021
Conference: 20-22 April 2022

EvoMUSART is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together
researchers who are working on the application of Artificial Neural
Networks, Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Intelligence, Cellular Automata,
Alife, and other Artificial Intelligence techniques in creative and artist
fields such as Visual Art, Music, Architecture, Video, Digital Games,
Poetry, or Design. This conference gives researchers in the field the
opportunity to promote, present and discuss ongoing work in the area.

Submissions must be at most 16 pages long, in Springer LNCS format. Each
submission must be anonymised for a double-blind review process.

Accepted papers will be presented orally or as posters at the event and
included in the EvoMUSART proceedings published by Springer Nature in a
dedicated volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

Indicative topics include but are not limited to:
* Systems that create drawings, images, animations, sculptures, poetry,
text, designs, webpages, buildings, etc.;
* Systems that create musical pieces, sounds, instruments, voices, sound
effects, sound analysis, etc.;
* Systems that create artefacts such as game content, architecture,
furniture, based on aesthetic and/or functional criteria;
* Systems that resort to artificial intelligence to perform the analysis of
image, music, sound, sculpture, or some other types of artistic objects;
* Systems in which artificial intelligence is used to promote the
creativity of a human user;
* Theories or models of computational aesthetics;
* Computational models of emotional response, surprise, novelty;
* Representation techniques for images, videos, music, etc.;
* Surveys of the current state-of-the-art in the area;
* New ways of integrating the user in the process (e.g. improvisation,
co-creation, participation).

More information on the submission process and the topics of EvoMUSART can
be found at: www.evostar.org/2022/evomusart/

Papers published in EvoMUSART can be found at:
https://evomusart-index.dei.uc.pt

We look forward to seeing you in EvoMUSART 2022!

The EvoMUSART 2022 organisers

Tiago Martins
Nereida Rodríguez-Fernandez
Sérgio Rebelo (publication chair)

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[DMANET] IEEE GLOBECOM 2021 Workshop - EnergyCom: Intelligent Communications for Decentralized Energy Management (Deadline: 31 July)

*Call for Paper*

International Workshop on

*Intelligent Communications for Decentralized Energy Management
(EnergyCom2021)*

*http://icnetlab.org/EnergyCom2021**/* <http://icnetlab.org/EnergyCom2021/>

*in conjunction with **IEEE GlobeCom 2021.*

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7-11 December 2021 // Madrid, Spain

*Scope and topics of the workshop:*

The need for clean energy has become crucial with population growth, the
abundant demand in traditional energy resources and the need for the
decarbonization of economy to curb climate change. The solution ahead is to
shift to and integrate more renewable and clean sources of energy with the
existing conventional energy infrastructure as well as offer end-users a
more active role in the integrated management of their energy resources
(grid, loads, storage, microgeneration). Energy trading platforms are
mechanisms used to attain increased energy demands while meeting
participants' satisfaction (i.e., consumers, prosumers, and utility grids).
Participant satisfaction is driven by two main factors: stable coverage of
energy demand and profit maximization, which can be fostered by demand
response programs. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading platforms should find
a win-win balance, where all participants are able to make some profit and
meet their energy demand under any circumstances. However, under certain
circumstances, this balance between energy demand and profit can be
affected. Some consumers may not be able to buy energy due to the lack of
funds. Moreover, some prosumers, that are solely responsible of energy
storage management, are not able to sell all their excess energy.
Additionally, energy storage management becomes costly over time and can
affect the prosumer overall profit. Lastly, scalability and security are
additional challenges that must be tackled.

In this context, intelligent communications, as well as decentralized
technologies, have emerged as a solution to these issues. For instance,
deep and reinforcement learning coupled with fast and reliable
communication infrastructures such as B5G, provide great opportunities to
improve the way energy prosumers and consumers communicate with the grid. A
decentralized energy management system takes advantage of various
technologies, and effective communication is used to ensure optimal
utilization of the available resources. Incorporation of advanced
technologies such as blockchain, distributed intelligence, and federated
learning can considerably overcome the technical challenges and reduce
market barriers, which in essence would attract the adoption of this
disruptive technology.

The aim of the International Workshop on Intelligent Communications for
Decentralized Energy Management is to bring together experts, researchers,
and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field
of intelligent communications and computing for decentralized energy
management. Participants are invited to present and discuss recent
developments and challenges in energy management systems. This workshop
focuses on innovative applications, tools, and frameworks in technological
areas related to optimization of the energy management infrastructure in
the context of smart cities and other relevant application domains.

Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all
major areas, which include, but not limited to:

· Design of multi-objective models for energy management systems,
including demand response

· Big data analytics in energy management

· Intelligent infrastructure architectures for energy systems

· Cooperative systems for energy management

· Security and privacy for decentralized energy systems

· Next-generation networks for energy management

· Connected services and energy mobility management

· Autonomous and connected energy in smart cities

· Green energy cities and infrastructure

· P2P energy trading/sharing models

· Management of large-scale energy systems

· Energy-efficient industrial IoT

· Blockchain for energy management

· Advanced communications and computing for energy storage

· B5G technology for energy systems

*Workshop Organizers:*

· Dr. *Moayad Aloqaily*, xAnalytics Inc.*, Ottawa, **Canada*.

· Prof. *Öznur Özkasap*, Koç University, *Istanbul, Turkey.*

· Prof. *Carlos Henggeler Antunes*, University of Coimbra, *Portugal*.

*Invited Speaker:*

- Prof.* Salil Kanhere*, UNSW Sydney, *Australia*.

*Submission Link:* https://edas.info/N28614

*Important Dates:*
Papers due: *15 July, 2021 **31 July, 2021*

Acceptance notification: 15 September, 2021

Camera-ready paper due: 15 November, 2021

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[DMANET] Tenure track assistant professor position in distributed computing at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin

Dear colleagues,

the department of computer science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is
seeking to hire an assistant professor with tenure track (to become
tenured associate professor upon successful evaluation).

We are seeking an internationally visible researcher who represents
theoretical and practical foundations of distributed computing and
distributed systems in research and teaching. Full details can be found at:

(in English)
https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/de/stellenausschreibungen/juniorprofessor-for-distributed-computing201d-w1-with-tenure-track-to-w2

(in German)
https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/de/stellenausschreibungen/juniorprofessur-fuer-distributed-computing201d-w1-mit-tenure-track-auf-w2

The deadline for applications is August 31, 2021.

Best regards,
Stefan Kratsch

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Department of Computer Science
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Email: kratsch@hu-berlin.de
Web: hu.berlin/kratsch
Phone: +49 30 2093 41232
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[DMANET] DMD 20/22, First announcement

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Discrete Mathematics Days 20/22
Santander, Spain, July 4-6, 2022
http://dmd2020.unican.es
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The Discrete Mathematics Days 20/22 will take place at Universidad de Cantabria in Santander (Spain), in July 4-6, 2022.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemics, the DMD2020 was postponed to 2022. We are now announcing the new dates, and expect the conference to take place fully on-site.

DMD 20/22 is an international conference on current topics in Discrete Mathematics, with focus including (but not limited to):

Algorithms and Complexity
Combinatorics
Coding Theory
Cryptography
Discrete and Computational Geometry
Discrete Optimization
Graph Theory
Location and Related Problems

The previous two editions were held in Sevilla in 2018 (http://congreso.us.es/dmd2018/) and in Barcelona in 2016 (https://web.archive.org/web/20170504215505/http://discretemath.upc.edu/jmda16/), inheriting the tradition of the Jornadas de Matemática Discreta y Algorítmica (JMDA), the Spanish biennial meeting on Discrete Mathematics that has been taking place since 1988.

The program consists of four plenary talks, a number of shorter contributed talks in two parallel sessions, and a poster session. The four plenary speakers are already confirmed:
Marthe Bonamy, Université de Bordeaux.
Janos Pach, EPFL Lausanne and Renyi Institute Budapest.
Guillem Perarnau, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Pascal Schweitzer, TU Kaiserslautern.

A call for contributed talks and posters will be open soon. They will be reviewed and approved by the Scientific Committee consisting of:
Albert Atserias , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Christine Bachoc, Université de Bordeaux
Sergio Cabello, Univerza v Ljubljani
Anna de Mier, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Shalom Eliahou, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale
Delia Garijo, Universidad de Sevilla
Bernardo González Merino, Universidad de Sevilla
Dan Kral, Masarykova Univerzita Brno
Carlos Marijuán, Universidad de Valladolid
Marc Noy, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Chair)
Juan Alberto Rodríguez Velázquez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Francisco Santos, Universidad de Cantabria
Maya Stein, Universidad de Chile
Anusch Taraz, Technische Universität Hamburg
Thorsten Theobald, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Lluis Vena Cros, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Julia Wolf, University of Cambridge

For more information please visit our website
http://dmd2020.unican.es

Sincerely,

The organising committee
Ana Isabel Gómez Pérez,
Domingo Gómez Pérez,
Oscar Iglesias Valiño,
Daniel Sadornil Renedo,
Francisco Santos Leal (Chair)
Luis Felipe Tabera Alonso,

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[DMANET] CfP: [Algorithms] Special Issue "Distributed Computing and Intelligent Control of Networked Systems" (Deadline: 15 December 2021)

Special Issue: Distributed Computing and Intelligent Control of
Networked Systems
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2021
Guest Editor:
Prof. Dr. Ming-Feng Ge
School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China
University of Geosciences, Wuhan 470074, China
Prof. Dr. Ming Chi
School of Artifical Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of
Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Prof. Dr. Guang-Hui Xu
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hubei University of
Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Prof. Dr. Xisheng Zhan
School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hubei Normal
University, Huangshi 435002, China
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Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and
possible publication in a Special Issue on "Distributed Computing and
Intelligent Control of Networked Systems" to be published in an EI-,
ESCI-, Scopus-, and MathSciNet-indexed open access journal Algorithms
(http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms).

The submission manuscript deadline is 15 December 2021. For more
details, please visit the website:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Fuzzy_Computing

You may share this invitation with your team members and colleagues;
co-authors are most welcome.

Please let me know within a month or as soon as possible if you and your
colleagues are interested in submitting a manuscript for this special
issue. If more time is needed, please feel free to tell us
(algorithms@mdpi.com). Your contribution would be most welcome.

Algorithms is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access
by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as
indicated by several studies.

For further details on the submission process, please see the
instructions for authors at the journal website
(http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions).

We hope this topic is of interest to you and look forward to
collaborating with you in the near future.

Kind regards,
Stella Xu

CiteScore of Algorithms (2020): 2.90

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1. Participate in our 1st International Online Conference on Algorithms
(IOCA 2021, https://ioca2021.sciforum.net/)—Both to attend and to upload
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[DMANET] CFP: [deadline extended] Special Issue "Community Detection and Network Embedding" (Algorithms, MDPI)

Dear colleagues,

The deadline for manuscript submissions to the Special Issue dedicated to
"Community Detection and Network Embedding"
in the open access journal Algorithms (
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms) has been extended to **30
September 2021**.

All the best,
Guest editors : Dr. Nicolas Dugué and Dr. Anthony Perez

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Full version of the CFP:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Community_Detection_Algo

Submission deadline: The deadline for manuscript submissions is **30
September 2021**.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to emphasize work focusing on
theoretical and practical contributions to community detection or network
embedding. The Special Issue will pay great attention to the scalability of
the algorithm, the fairness, interpretability and reproducibility of the
results, as well as to ecological considerations. Last but not least, this
Special Issue will not promote performance over original and meaningful
ideas.

This Special Issue is opened but not limited to the following topics:

- Community detection algorithms
- Overlapping communities
- Incremental community detection
- Directed, dynamic, multiplex graphs
- Network embedding
- Fairness and interpretability in network science
- Image and signal processing using graph techniques
- Natural language processing using graph techniques

Manuscript Submission Information
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For further details on the submission process, please see Instructions for
Authors at the journal website (
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions).
The Article Processing Charge (APC - https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc)
for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs).

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.
Algorithms is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal
published by MDPI.

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.

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[DMANET] PostDoc (f/m/d) in Algorithmics at TU Ilmenau

A Postdoc position (f/m/d) is offered in the Complexity and Efficient
Algorithms group in the Department for Computer Science and Automation
at the Technische Universität Ilmenau (Head: Prof. Dr. Martin
Dietzfelbinger, see https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/ktea/forschung/publikationen).

The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date. The fixed
term is two years.
The Postdoc is expected to define their own research agenda within the area
of algorithms (and complexity theory).

Essential requirements are:
- Very good skills in theoretical computer science, in particular in the
area of efficient algorithms and complexity theory, in the design and
analysis of algorithms as well as the relevant mathematical methods
- Teaching in German must be possible.

For further details see:
https://jobundkarriere.tu-ilmenau.de/jobposting/eb50d7e4f7188b216467ea36a91bcda3a60afea50?ref=homepage

If interested, please apply as soon as possible. The deadline mentioned
in the official announcement will be extended to August 30.

For further information please contact Prof. Dietzfelbinger
(martin.dietzfelbinger@tu-ilmenau.de, phone: +49 3677-69-2656).

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Updated CFP SSS 2021

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 The 23rd International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2021) will be held virtually (due to COVID-19) on November 17-20, 2021.  IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission:      August 2nd, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE) Paper Submission:         August 9th, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE) Acceptance Notification:  September 17th, 2021 Camera-ready copy due:    September 27th, 2021   KEYNOTE SPEAKERS  * Idit Keidar, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel  * Michael Luby, University of California, Berkeley, USA  * Nancy Lynch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA  * Ronitt Rubinfeld, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA  * Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK  * Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford University, USA    SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the four symposium tracks:  Track A. Self-stabilizing Systems: Theory and Practice  Self-stabilizing systems; Self-stabilizing protocols and algorithms; Practically-stabilizing systems; Variants of Self-stabilization; Topological Stabilization; Stabilization and self-* properties in hardware, software, and middleware design; Self-stabilizing software defined infrastructure  Track B.  Foundations of Concurrent and Distributed Computing  Distributed and concurrent algorithms and data structures; Shared and transactional memory; Synchronization protocols; Distributed graph algorithms; Graph-theoretic concepts for communication networks; Peer-to-peer networks and dynamic networks; High-performance, cluster, cloud, and grid computing; Game theory and economical aspects of distributed computing; Formal methods, validation, verification, and synthesis.  Track C. Mobile and Robot Computing  Self-organization in mobile agents; mobile robots; mobile sensor networks; mobile ad-hoc networks; population protocols; programmable matter; nanoscale robots; biologically-inspired systems; and related new models.  Track D. Fault tolerance, Security, and Privacy  Network security; Privacy; Internet-of-things security; Cloud security; Mobile sensor networks/ad-hoc networks security; Verifiable/fault-tolerant computing; Anomaly and networked malware detection; Blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies; Byzantine-fault tolerance and distributed consensus protocols; Secure multi-party computation; Applied cryptography.  PAPER SUBMISSION Papers are to be submitted electronically through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sss2021  All submissions must conform to the formatting instructions of Springer LNCS series (see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Each submission must be in English, in PDF format.  DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW All submissions must be anonymous. We will use a somewhat relaxed implementation of double-blind peer review this year: you are free to disseminate your work through arXiv and other online repositories and give presentations on your work as usual. However, please make sure you do not mention your own name or affiliation in the submission, and please do not include obvious references in the text that reveal your identity. A reviewer who has not previously seen the paper should be able to read it without accidentally learning the identity of the authors. Please feel free to ask the PC chairs if you have any questions about the double-blind policy of SSS 2021.  SUBMISSIONS There are two types of submission: regular paper and brief announcement.  - A regular submission must not exceed 15 pages (including the title, authors, abstract, figures, and references). Additional necessary details for an expert to verify the main claims of the submission may be included in a clearly marked appendix if extra space is needed.  - A brief announcement submission must not exceed 5 pages and should not include any appendix.  Any submission deviating from these guidelines will be rejected without consideration of its merits. It is recommended that a regular submission begins with a succinct statement of the problem being addressed, a summary of the main results or conclusions, a brief explanation of their significance, a brief statement of the key ideas, and a comparison with related work, all tailored to a non-specialist. Technical development of the work, directed to the specialist, should follow. Papers outside of the conference scope will be rejected without review. If requested by the authors on the cover page, a regular submission that is not selected for a regular presentation will also be considered for the brief announcement format. This will not affect the consideration of the paper for a regular presentation.  PUBLICATION Regular papers and brief announcements will be included in the conference proceedings. Conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS conference series.  SPECIAL ISSUE Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science.  PAPER AWARD Prizes will be given to the best regular paper and best student regular paper. A regular paper is eligible for the best student paper if at least one of its authors is a full-time student at submission time. Authors should clearly indicate whether their submission is eligible to be considered for the best student paper award (e.g., using a \thanks in the title). The PC may decline to confer awards or may split awards.  For further information, please refer to the website: http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/SSS2021/

Last call for papers: SSS 2021

[Apologies for multiple received copies of the email]

The 23rd International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2021) will be held virtually (due to COVID-19) on November 17-20, 2021.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission:      August 2nd, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE)

Paper Submission:         August 9th, 2021 (11:59 PM AoE)

Acceptance Notification:  September 17th, 2021

Camera-ready copy due:    September 27th, 2021

SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the four symposium tracks:

Track A. Self-stabilizing Systems: Theory and Practice

Self-stabilizing systems; Self-stabilizing protocols and algorithms; Practically-stabilizing systems; Variants of Self-stabilization; Topological Stabilization; Stabilization and self-* properties in hardware, software, and middleware design; Self-stabilizing software defined infrastructure

Track B.  Foundations of Concurrent and Distributed Computing

Distributed and concurrent algorithms and data structures; Shared and transactional memory; Synchronization protocols; Distributed graph algorithms; Graph-theoretic concepts for communication networks; Peer-to-peer networks and dynamic networks; High-performance, cluster, cloud, and grid computing; Game theory and economical aspects of distributed computing; Formal methods, validation, verification, and synthesis.

Track C. Mobile and Robot Computing

Self-organization in mobile agents; mobile robots; mobile sensor networks; mobile ad-hoc networks; population protocols; programmable matter; nanoscale robots; biologically-inspired systems; and related new models.

Track D. Fault tolerance, Security, and Privacy

Network security; Privacy; Internet-of-things security; Cloud security; Mobile sensor networks/ad-hoc networks security; Verifiable/fault-tolerant computing; Anomaly and networked malware detection; Blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies; Byzantine-fault tolerance and distributed consensus protocols; Secure multi-party computation; Applied cryptography.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers are to be submitted electronically through EasyChair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sss2021

All submissions must conform to the formatting instructions of Springer LNCS series

(see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).

Each submission must be in English, in PDF format.

DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW

All submissions must be anonymous. We will use a somewhat relaxed implementation of double-blind peer review this year: you are free to disseminate your work through arXiv and other online repositories and give presentations on your work as usual. However, please make sure you do not mention your own name or affiliation in the submission, and please do not include obvious references in the text that reveal your identity. A reviewer who has not previously seen the paper should be able to read it without accidentally learning the identity of the authors. Please feel free to ask the PC chairs if you have any questions about the double-blind policy of SSS 2021.

SUBMISSIONS

There are two types of submission: regular paper and brief announcement.

- A regular submission must not exceed 15 pages (including the title, authors, abstract, figures, and references). Additional necessary details for an expert to verify the main claims of the submission may be included in a clearly marked appendix if extra space is needed.

- A brief announcement submission must not exceed 5 pages and should not include any appendix.

Any submission deviating from these guidelines will be rejected without consideration of its merits. It is recommended that a regular submission begins with a succinct statement of the problem being addressed, a summary of the main results or conclusions, a brief explanation of their significance, a brief statement of the key ideas, and a comparison with related work, all tailored to a non-specialist. Technical development of the work, directed to the specialist, should follow. Papers outside of the conference scope will be rejected without review. If requested by the authors on the cover page, a regular submission that is not selected for a regular presentation will also be considered for the brief announcement format. This will not affect the consideration of the paper for a regular presentation.

PUBLICATION

Regular papers and brief announcements will be included in the conference proceedings. Conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS conference series.

SPECIAL ISSUE

Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science.

PAPER AWARD

Prizes will be given to the best regular paper and best student regular paper. A regular paper is eligible for the best student paper if at least one of its authors is a full-time student at submission time. Authors should clearly indicate whether their submission is eligible to be considered for the best student paper award (e.g., using a \thanks in the title). The PC may decline to confer awards or may split awards.

For further information, please refer to the website: http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/SSS2021/

SSS 2021 - Chalmers SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. www.cse.chalmers.se