Friday, April 29, 2022

[DMANET] Second call: Postdoc Position in Algorithms (University of Bristol, UK)

Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Algorithms Research (1.5 years)
University of Bristol, UK

Application deadline: 11 May 2022

A postdoctoral research position is available in the Algorithms group at the University of Bristol. The successful candidate will be hosted by Dr Christian Konrad (http://people.cs.bris.ac.uk/~konrad/) and collaborate with him and his team and a number of leading international partners on streaming algorithms for processing massive graphs.

The position is for 18 months – extensions may be possible subject to funding constraints. The start date is flexible, however, a start date close to September 2022 is preferred.

The applicant is expected to have a strong interest and background in the mathematical analysis of algorithms. Being familiar with streaming algorithms, communication complexity, or graph algorithms is a plus but is not necessarily required.

For further information and for applying for this position please visit the official job advert on the University of Bristol webpages:

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=271375
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with Christian Konrad (christian.konrad@bristol.ac.uk) if you would like to informally discuss this position or if you have any other questions.

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[DMANET] Ausschreibung einer Stelle als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in in Operations Research an der Universität Wuppertal

Ausschreibung einer Stelle als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in in Operations Research an der Universität Wuppertal

In der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft - Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, am Lehrstuhl Wirtschaftsinformatik und Operations Research,

ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt, befristet bis zu 3 Jahren, eine Stelle als

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in
mit 75 % der tariflichen Arbeitszeit

zu besetzen. Stellenwert: E 13 TV-L

Fachliche und persönliche Einstellungsvoraussetzungen:
- Überdurchschnittlich abgeschlossenes Universitätsstudium (Master oder vergleichbar) in der Informatik / Wirtschaftsinformatik / Mathematik / Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftsingenieurwissenschaften
- Kenntnisse der Implementierung und praktischen Validierung von Optimierungsverfahren in C/C++ (oder vergleichbarer Programmiersprache)
- Interesse an der Bearbeitung praxisrelevanter Forschungsprobleme
- Gute englische Sprachkenntnisse erforderlich
- Interesse an nationalen und internationalen Forschungs- und Praxiskontakten
- Bereitschaft zur Promotion

Aufgaben und Anforderungen:
- Mitarbeit bei der Algorithmenentwicklung und Implementierung im DFG Forschungsprojekt "Tourenplanung für menschliche und/oder automatisierte Kommissionierer in modernen Distributionszentren" zusammen mit Universitäts- und/oder Praxispartnern*innen
- Erstellung einer Dissertation

Es handelt sich um eine Qualifizierungsstelle im Sinne des Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetzes (WissZeitVG), die zur Förderung eines Promotionsverfahrens dient. Die Stelle ist befristet für die Dauer des Promotionsverfahrens, jedoch vorerst bis zu 3 Jahren, zu besetzen. Eine Verlängerung zum Abschluss der Promotion ist innerhalb der Befristungsgrenzen des WissZeitVG ggf. möglich.

Kennziffer: 22129

Bewerbungen (mit Anschreiben, Lebenslauf, Nachweis des erfolgreichen Studienabschlusses, Arbeitszeugnissen, ggf. Nachweis einer Schwerbehinderung als PDF-Datei) sind grundsätzlich nur möglich über das Onlineportal der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal:https://stellenausschreibungen.uni-wuppertal.de. Unvollständig eingereichte Bewerbungen können nicht berücksichtigt werden!

Ansprechpartner für das Anschreiben ist Herr Prof. Dr. Stefan Bock.

Bewerbungen von Menschen jeglichen Geschlechts sind willkommen. Frauen werden nach Maßgabe des Landesgleichstellungsgesetzes NRW bevorzugt berücksichtigt, sofern nicht in der Person eines Mitbewerbers liegende Gründe überwiegen. Die Rechte der Menschen mit Schwerbehinderungen, bei gleicher Eignung bevorzugt berücksichtigt zu werden, bleiben unberührt.

Bewerbungsfrist: 30.05.2022

Bewerbungen sind willkommen unter:
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University of Wuppertal
Business Computing and Operations Research
Schumpeter School of Business and Economics
Gaußstraße 20
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Germany

Phone: +49-202-439 2442, 2444 (Secretary)
Fax: +49-202-439 3434

E-Mail:sbock@winfor.de
WWW:http://www.winfor.de

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[DMANET] Vacant PhD Position in Operations Research at the University of Wuppertal (Germany)

Vacant PhD Position in Operations Research at the University of Wuppertal (Germany)

At the Faculty of Management and Economics - Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, Chair of Business Computing and Operations Research, to be filled at the earliest possible date, and on a 3-year, fixed-term contract, the position of

Graduate Research Assistant/Associate (Ph.D. Position) Part-time (75 % of the standard full-time working hours)
Salary: Pay Grade E 13 TV-L

Professional and Personal Requirements:
- A successfully completed graduate degree (Master's Degree or equivalent) with above average grades in Computer Science / Business Computing / Mathematics / Economics / Industrial or Business Engineering
- Knowledge of the implementation and validation of optimization algorithms in C/C++ (or comparable programming languages)
- An interest in tackling practical and relevant research questions
- Good written and oral English language
- An interest in developing, maintaining and expanding national and international networks of contacts in academia and the business world
- Willingness to pursue doctoral studies (preparation of a Ph.D. thesis)

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Co-operation and collaboration on algorithm coding, development and implementation for the DFG research project (entitled in German) "Tourenplanung für menschliche und/oder automatisierte Kommissionierer in modernen Distributionszentren" (in English: Tour planning for human and/or automated pickers in modern distribution centers) together with university and/or private sector partners
- Preparation of a doctoral (Ph.D.) thesis

This position is intended to allow the concurrent acquisition of further qualifications in accordance with the Law on Fixed-Term Employment Contracts in Higher Education and Research (WissZeitVG), by supporting successful applicants in their doctoral studies. The vacancy shall be available for the length of the Ph.D. examination procedure; however, it shall initially be limited to a fixed term of three years. If necessary, an extension of the contract to allow the completion of the doctoral examination procedure is possible within the time limits stipulated by the Law on Fixed-Term Employment Contracts in Higher Education and Research (WissZeitVG).
Reference Number: 22129

Applications (with cover letter, Curriculum Vitae/Resumé, and supporting documentation concerning previous educational attainment, previous employment, and - where relevant - disabilities, as PDF files) can only be submitted over the online recruitment system of the University of Wuppertalhttps://stellenausschreibungen.uni-wuppertal.de. (an English version of the site is available) Incomplete or incorrectly submitted applications cannot be taken into consideration!

Contact person in relation to this position: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bock.

Applications are encouraged from people of all sexes and genders. In accordance with the NRW Equal Opportunities Act, in cases of equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the applicants, female applicants will be given preferential consideration, unless reasons specific to another individual candidate prevail. This does not affect the right of people with disabilities to be given preferential consideration in cases of equal qualification, aptitude and expertise

The deadline for applications: 2022-05-30

Applications are welcome:
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University of Wuppertal
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Germany

Phone: +49-202-439 2442, 2444 (Secretary)
Fax: +49-202-439 3434

E-Mail: sbock@winfor.de
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[DMANET] Call for Contributed Talks: 2nd Workshop on Combinatorial Reconfiguration, affiliated with ICALP 2022

2nd Call for Contributed Talks
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2nd Workshop on Combinatorial Reconfiguration
affiliated with ICALP 2022

July 4, 2022
Paris, France, with the option to participate online

Web site: http://www.dais.is.tohoku.ac.jp/coreworkshop2022.html
Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=core2022

Submission deadline: May 11, 23:59 AoE
Notification: May 25
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* Aim and Scope
Combinatorial Reconfiguration studies reachability and related questions over
combinatorial structures. These types of questions arise in many areas of mathematics,
computer science, and related fields. A typical example asks if the solution space of
a Boolean formula is connected with respect to the Boolean cube topology, formed by
flipping one bit at a time. Another example of a well-studied application is sampling
from a very large configuration space by simulating a Markov chain involving local
reconfigurations. Although there is now a wealth of publications on many aspects of
Combinatorial Reconfiguration, including a general framework, many questions remain
open. The study of Combinatorial Reconfiguration brings together problems and
techniques from a variety of fields in mathematics and computer science, such as
combinatorial game theory, graph and hypergraph theory, enumeration, probability
theory, random sampling via Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, bioinformatics,
complexity theory, discrete geometry, statistical physics, and many others.

With the success of the 1st workshop affiliated with ICALP 2021, this workshop aims at
strengthening relations among researchers in various fields of theoretical computer
science and mathematics, and broadening interest in Combinatorial Reconfiguration to a
wider audience. Two invited talks by leading experts are planned as a way to build
bridges to closely-related fields. We also plan to have the award ceremony for the 1st
Combinatorial Reconfiguration Challenge (CoRe Challenge 2022) during the workshop.
https://core-challenge.github.io/2022/

The workshop is planned to be held in person in Paris, but participants have the
option to join online. However, because of the future uncertainty, we may opt for a
fully online workshop, even if ICALP itself is held in person.

The workshop is held in cooperation with JSPS KAKENHI project "Fusion of Computer
Science, Engineering and Mathematics Approaches for Expanding Combinatorial
Reconfiguration."
https://core.dais.is.tohoku.ac.jp/en/

* Invited Speakers
- Catherine Greenhill (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
- Amer E. Mouawad (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

* Call for Contributed Talks and Submission Guideline
Authors are invited to submit original work that is related to any aspect or
application of Combinatorial Reconfiguration. Any work already or not yet published is
welcome. Presentations of ongoing work and open problems, as well as challenges, are
encouraged. Short survey talks are also welcome.

The submission must be formatted in one page that contains the title of the work, the
list of all authors, an email address of the corresponding author, and a brief summary
of the presentation. The manuscript must be prepared with the following template as a
PDF file.
http://www.dais.is.tohoku.ac.jp/core2022template.zip

There will be no formal refereeing process. A collection of one-page abstracts will be
distributed to the workshop participants only. Submission should be done via
EasyChair.

* Important Dates
- Submission deadline: May 11, 23:59 AoE
- Notification: May 25
- Camera-ready version due: June 13, 23:59 AoE
- Date of workshop: July 4, 2022

* Program Committee
- Nicolas Bousquet, CNRS, Universite Lyon 1, France
- Takehiro Ito, Tohoku University, Japan (Chair)
- Jun Kawahara, Kyoto University, Japan
- Naomi Nishimura, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Yoshio Okamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
- Akira Suzuki, Tohoku University, Japan

* Organizing Committee
- Takehiro Ito, Tohoku University, Japan (Chair)
- Jun Kawahara, Kyoto University, Japan
- Yoshio Okamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
- Akira Suzuki, Tohoku University, Japan

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Yoshio Okamoto, Prof. <okamotoy@uec.ac.jp>
Dept. of Computer and Network Engineering
University of Electro-Communications
Chofugaoka 1-5-1, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585
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Thursday, April 28, 2022

[DMANET] Virtual seminar of Isana Veksler-Lublinsky related to microRNA target prediction - 2nd of May, 4pm CET

Dear colleagues,


In the framework of the small non-coding RNA bioinformatics club (https://smallrna-bioinformatics.eu/), we are happy to share with you the seminar of Isana Veksler-Lublinsky related to microRNA target prediction.

More information here and below (including future seminars): https://smallrna-bioinformatics.eu/Pages/Seminars/S22_05.aspx

Start Monday May 2nd at 4pm (CET, Berlin/Paris) (3 pm London/Lisbon, 10am New-York, 7am San Francisco, 5pm Tel Aviv)

Link to the Zoom conference: https://univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/95557401151?pwd=ZEpobUNlWHpNNlFha2k2ZERGN09Vdz09

Link to the YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q69h7otui5k


Main Speaker: Isana Veksler-Lublinsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (Link<https://bioinfolab.weebly.com/>)

Title: miRNA target prediction through a machine learning lens

Abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that hybridize to complementary sequences on target mRNAs and repress their translation to proteins or mediate their degradation. Identifying miRNA target sites on mRNAs is a fundamental step in understanding miRNA function. Novel experimental methods, which can produce high-throughput, unambiguous interacting miRNA-target datasets, have pushed the field forward in recent years. However, due to technical challenges involved in the application of the experimental methods, there is a constantly increasing interest in using computational approaches for miRNA target prediction, especially those that are based on machine learning (ML) models. In my talk, I will describe the challenges involved in the application of ML models to miRNA target prediction. In addition, I will show how we have been using classic and deep learning approaches to investigate whether miRNA-target interaction rules are transferable between species.


Short session speaker (8 minutes long): Shani Cohen (PhD student)

Title: Machine learning for predicting bacterial small RNA-target interactions

Abstract: Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) are relatively short non-coding RNA molecules (~50-500 nt) that play a significant role in the regulation of various bacterial functions, such as virulence, environmental sensing, metabolism, and gene expression. Bacterial sRNAs have a wide variety of regulatory mechanisms, including base-paring with target mRNAs. The two major classes of base-pairing sRNA are commonly called cis-encoded and trans-encoded. The cis-encoded sRNAs are transcribed from the strand complementary to the mRNA they regulate, whereas the trans-encoded share only a partial sequence complementarity with their targets and thus may regulate multiple genes. Similar to microRNAs in eukaryotic, the trans-encoded sRNAs modulate the translation, processing, and/or stability of their target mRNAs by short interactions.
Although hundreds of sRNAs have already been identified, the characterization of their regulatory mechanism in different bacterial species is still limited and much dependent on the discovery of their bona-fide mRNA targets. We collected and processed large datasets of E.coli sRNA-mRNA chimeric interactions from recently published high-throughput experiments. We then extracted a variety of features from each interaction and built advanced machine-learning models for predicting sRNA targets. In this talk, I will share the design of our study, the challenges, and preliminary results.


The club propose seminars every two months. Abstracts and links for the seminars are available here: https://smallrna-bioinformatics.eu/Pages/Seminars/Seminars.aspx

Tweet for easy re-transmission: https://twitter.com/Laurent_Guyon/status/1519691176051363840
YouTube channel (most of the seminars are then shared through this channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiHtqOKzneeqIqauQMgx3A

Seminars are given at 4pm CET, except in rare cases.
- 2 May 2022 - Isana Veksler-Lublinsky - miRNA target prediction through a machine learning lens (+ 8 minute presentation of Shani cohen) - link<https://smallrna-bioinformatics.eu/Pages/Seminars/S22_05.aspx>
- 4 July 2022 - Cynthia Sharma - mechanisms/functions of small RNAs in bacteria
- 10 October 2022 (updated) - Marc Friedländer - miRNA-target interactions in single cells
- 7 November 2022 - Amy Buck - Dr Buck is working in the field of microRNA-virus interactions

'hope to see you virtually in these seminars,
Laurent Guyon, on behalf of all the organizers (Rolf Backofen, Ana Eulálio, Bastian Fromm, Laurent Guyon, Andreas Keller, Marie-France Sagot)

PS: Stefan Kirsch seminar related to Single Cell microRNA sequencing: Protocol Comparison, Automation and Application to Clinical Samples is now available in our YouTube channel, more details here: https://smallrna-bioinformatics.eu/Pages/Seminars/Seminar-March.aspx

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Laurent GUYON, PhD, HDR - Bioinformatics
CEA IRIG (Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble<http://www.cea.fr/drf/IRIG/english/Pages/Presentation.aspx>)
BioHealth Department - BCI (Biology of Cancer and Infection laboratory<http://www.bci-lab.fr/en>)
UMR 1292 CEA/Inserm/Université Grenoble Alpes

CEA Grenoble - Bât C3 - Bureau 224
17 rue des Martyrs - 38054 GRENOBLE Cedex 9 - France

Tél : (+33)4.38.78.04.53 - Fax : (+33)4 38 78 50 58
Email : laurent.guyon@cea.fr<mailto:laurent.guyon@cea.fr> - http://laurent.guyon.phd.free.fr/

Interested by small non-coding RNA bioinformatics? Join the club! https://smallrna-bioinformatics.eu/

Special issue on small non-coding RNA bioinformatics, submit before the 15th of October (updated - contact me if you need delay):
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes/special_issues/Small_RNA_Bioinformatics

Happy to share miRViz (free to use website to analyze your microRNA datasets): http://mirviz.prabi.fr/
Article: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa259
Messages of the paper: https://twitter.com/Laurent_Guyon/status/1255487510563651586

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[DMANET] Montreal (July/August): Graph Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics and Mathematical Physics

We cordially invite you to attend Graph Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics and
Mathematical Physics <http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Graph22/index_e.php>,
the second concentration period of the CRM thematic semester Symmetries:
Algebras and Physics
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Symmetries22/index_e.php> (see below).
This program will focus on the intimate connections among graphs,
association schemes and quantum computing. Detailed description and the
list of speakers are available on the period website
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Graph22/index_e.php>.

Graph Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics and Mathematical Physics
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Graph22/index_e.php> is a four-week
program that allows both virtual and in-person participation.

We will have mini-courses in the first two weeks, plus a mixture of
mini-courses and talks in the last two weeks.

We are accepting abstract submission
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4C0FbAmsvwsF5biIdn5HAiJlnXqQ57GFwDGmSnGTJK-GNWw/viewform>
for
contributed talks, review of submissions will commence on June 1.

Limited financial support from CRM and NSF is available, and please find
the links to the request forms on the period website
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Graph22/index_e.php>.

Please contact Ada Chan (ssachan@yorku.ca) or myself if you have any
questions.

Best regards,

Organizing Committee:
Ada Chan (York University)
Gabriel Coutinho (Federal University of Minas Gerais) - *myself*
Christino Tamon (Clarkson University)
Paul M. Terwilliger (University of Wisconsin)
Luis Velazquez (University of Zaragoza)


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The thematic semester, Symmetries: Algebras and Physics,
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Symmetries22/index_e.php> organized by
the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) will be held from May to
December 2022 in hybrid mode at the Université de Montréal. It will consist
of six concentration periods devoted to ongoing research in cutting edge
topics; each will involve 1- or 2-week workshops that will be preceded by
several preparatory mini-courses.

*Registration is open for all six concentration periods*.
Non-commutative algebras, representation theory and special functions
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Algebras22/index_e.php> will be held from
May 23 to June 10, 2022.
Graph Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics and Mathematical Physics
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Graph22/index_e.php> - July 25 - August
19, 2022
Conformal field theory and quantum many-body physics
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Conformal22/index_e.php> - August 21 -
September 9, 2022Integrable systems, exactly solvable models and algebras
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Systems22/index_e.php> - September
12-october 7, 2022Quantum symmetries: Tensor categories, Topological
quantum field theories, Vertex algebras
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Quantum22/index_e.php> -October 10 -
November 4, 2022Tensors: Quantum Information, Complexity and Combinatorics
<http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2022/Tensors22/index_e.php> - November
7-December 2, 2022

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[DMANET] FOCODILE@DisCoTec 2022: Call For Extended Abstract - 3th International Workshop on Foundations of Consensus and Distributed Ledgers

FOCODILE 2022 - 3rd International Workshop on Foundations of Consensus and
Distributed Ledgers
<https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile#focodile-2022---3th-international-workshop-on-foundations-of-consensus-and-distributed-ledgers>

FOCODILE 2022 is one of the workshops at DisCoTec 2022, the 17th
International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques (
https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile).
Important Dates <https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile#important-dates>

- Submission deadline (Hard): May 11th, 2022 (AoE)
- Notification of accepted talks: May 20th, 2022
- Workshop: June 13th, 2022

*Scope*

FOCODILE is a forum to exchange ideas and recent research findings on
theoretical foundations of consensus and blockchain technology. Topics
include, but are not limited to:

- Formal models of distributed consensus
- Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives and protocols
- Formal verification of blockchain protocols and smart contracts
- Byzantine fault tolerance and consensus
- Design and analysis of distributed ledgers
- Blockchain consensus mechanisms
- Privacy and anonymity in cryptocurrencies
- Game-theoretic approaches to blockchains
- Post-quantum blockchain protocols
- Performance and scalability of blockchain systems

Extended Abstract <https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile#extended-abstract>

Novel research works or already published papers are welcome (in the form
of extended abstracts).
Submission information
<https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile#submission-information>

Extended abstracts (2 pages + references) have to be submitted in PDF
format using the EasyChair submission page
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=focodile2022

The submissions must be prepared using Springer's LNCS style. Accepted
submissions should be presented during the workshop day.

FOCODILE has no formal proceedings.
Organizing committee chairs
<https://www.discotec.org/2022/focodile#organising-committee-chairs>

- Zeta Avarikioti (TU Wien) zetavar@hotmail.com
- Andrea Morichetta (University of Camerino) andrea.morichetta@unicam.it

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[DMANET] Call for Papers CRITIS 2022

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 17th International Conference
on Critical Information Infrastructures Security (CRITIS 2022) on September
14, 15, and 16, 2022, in Munich, Germany!

CRITIS 2022 continues the tradition of bringing forth innovative research in
the field of critical information infrastructures protection C(I)IP,
exploring ideas that address challenges to resilience and societal safety &
security, and fostering dialogue with stakeholders.

This year, papers focusing on complex safety & security, digital twins,
technology forecasting, monitoring, foresight, scouting for C(I)IP are most
welcome in a special TechWatch & TechForecast track. Moreover, CRITIS 2022
will also focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on C(I)IP. Papers,
testbeds, datasets reports, industrial/practical experience reports on that
crisis are specially welcome.

For additional information, please visit our Website:
<http://www.critis2022.eu> www.critis2022.eu

CRITIS 2022 topics include (but are not limited to):

Topic 1: Protection of Cyber-Physical Systems and Industrial Control Systems

Topic 2: Analytics, Strategic Management, (C(I)IP Organisation)

Topic 3: Security Awareness and Crisis Management for C(I)IP, Human Factors
and Critical Services

Topic 4: Future, TechWatch & Forecast for C(I)IP and Services Oriented
Approaches, Explainable AI and Digital Twins

Topic 5: Safety & Security: Complex Vulnerability Analysis

Topic 6: Intelligence Analysis & Quantum Intelligence

Topic 7: Legal Aspects and Ethical Perspectives

Regular paper submission guidelines

All submissions are made through
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=critis2022> EasyChair (please only
use this link for submission). As per tradition, post-proceedings will be
published in Springer <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs>
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
The following two paper categories are welcome. Any submission needs to be
explicitly marked as "full paper" or "short paper".

* Full papers - scientific research papers, surveying works and
industrial experiences describing significant advances in C(I)IP. Papers
should be no longer than 20 pages, including bibliography and well‐marked
appendices.
* Short papers - early results or work in progress with initial
findings. Papers should be 4 to 6 pages long, including bibliography and
well‐marked appendices.

All submissions will be subjected to a thorough double‐blind review by at
least three reviewers.

Important Dates

* 6 May 2022 - Regular paper submission
* 15 May 2022 - Submission of industrial/practical experience reports
and testbeds/datasets reports
* 15 June 2022 - Notification to authors
* 2 September 2022 - Camera-ready papers
* 14-16 September 2022 - Conference dates

Kind regards,

Prof. Dr. Stefan Pickl

General Conference Chair CRITIS 2022

Dr. Leonhard Kunczik

Local Conference Chair CRITIS 2022

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[DMANET] OR2022: Abstract submission deadline approaching

OR 2022 - International Conference on Operations Research, Karlsruhe,
Germany, September 6-9, 2022, www.or2022.de <http://www.or2022.de>

The abstract submission deadline is approaching on April 30th.

The theme of the conference is: Energy, Information and Mobility.

On behalf of the organization committee, it is my great pleasure of inviting
you to take part in the OR 2022 conference in Karlsruhe, Germany on 6-9
September, 2022.

The organization committee is dedicated to hold the conference in person.
However, if we are forced by the pandemic situation, then we have to switch
to an online format. Please visit the conference website for up-to-date
information.

The abstract submission system is available online:
https://www.or2022.de/91.php

Abstracts: max. 1800 characters; submission deadline: April 30, 2022.

Researchers who wish to organize a session or an invited session or
contribute with a paper within an invited session should contact Stream
Chairs of the corresponding area, https://www.or2022.de/76.php.

We are proud to present the following distinguished plenary and semi-plenary
speakers.

PLENARY Speakers:

John R. Birge (Chicago Booth, United States)

Victor Pankratius (Bosch Sensortec, Germany)

EURO-Talk Maria Grazia Speranza (University of Brescia, Italy)

SEMI-PLENARY Speakers:

Gabriele Eichfelder (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany),

Volker Kaibel (Universität Magdeburg, Germany),

Bahar Yetis Kara (Bilkent University, Turkey),

Nadia Lahrichi (Polytechnique Montréal, Canada),

Virginie Lurkin (University of Lausanne, Switzerland),

Stefan Pickl (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany),

Thomas Stützle (The Belgian F.R.S.-FNRS (National Science Foundation)),

Tjark Vredeveld (Maastricht University, The Netherlands),

Talk of the Winner of the 2022 GOR Company Award (to be announced).

Please follow the Conference website www.or2022.de <http://www.or2022.de>
for more detailed information

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: Saturday, April 30, 2022

Early registration deadline: Monday, May 30, 2022

Presenting author registration deadline: Wednesday, June 15, 2022

If you are interested in sponsoring this event, for example, through an
exhibitor stand, then please contact steffen.rebennack@kit.edu
<mailto:steffen.rebennack@kit.edu> .

We look forward to welcoming you in Karlsruhe!

Steffen Rebennack (on behalf of the organization committee)

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Institute for Operations Research (IOR)

Prof. Dr. Steffen Rebennack

Chair of Stochastic Optimization

Editor European Journal of Operational Research

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

[DMANET] MATCOS 22:: CFP

Sincere apologize for multiple posting.

LPA

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                           Call for Papers

  Middle-European Conference on Applied Theoretical Computer Science
                             (MATCOS-22)

            Koper, Slovenia, October 13th and 14th, 2022.
http://matcos.iam.upr.si


Held in conjunction with the 25th Multi-Conference on Information
Society, October 10th - 14th, 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
(http://is.ijs.si)


Scope and Topics

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

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

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

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


Program Committee

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


Keynote speaker

TBA


Paper submission

Papers presenting original research in conference topics are being
sought. Papers must be in English and provide sufficient details to
allow the program committee to assess their merits. The submissions of
regular papers, as well as their final versions, are limited to 4
pages sharp and will be published in an Information Society multi-
conference proceeding. Instructions for preparing the papers can be
downloaded from Conference Website.

Revised and extended versions of selected papers will appear in a
special issue of the journal Informatica (http://www.informatica.si/).

Only electronic submissions will be accepted (in pdf format), via
EasyChair (in a submission indicate whether you are submitting a
regular or short paper):

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=matcos2022


Important dates

Paper submission:               July 17th, 2022
Notification:                   August 22nd, 2022

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

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


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University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Computer and Information Science

Digitalne kompetence nas naučijo držati pero, pri računalništvu in informatiki pa se učimo pisati zgodbe.
Digital competences teach us to hold a pen, while Computer Science teaches us to write stories.

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[DMANET] CiE 2022: CALL FOR INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS

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CiE 2022: CALL FOR INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS
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Computability in Europe 2022: Revolutions and revelations in
computability

**CiE 2022 is planned as an on-site conference with online elements**

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
July 11-15, 2022
https://cs.swansea.ac.uk/cie2022/

Continuing the tradition of past CiE conferences, we invite researchers
to
present informal presentations of their recent work. A proposal for an
informal
presentation must be submitted via EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/conferences
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and be 1 page long; a brief description of the results suffices and an
abstract
is not required. Informal presentations will not be published in the
LNCS
conference proceedings. Results presented as informal presentations at
CiE 2022
may appear or may have appeared in other conferences with formal
proceedings
and/or in journals. The deadline for the submission of abstracts for
informal
presentations is May 10, 2022. The notifications of acceptance for
informal
presentations will be sent a few days after submission.

For questions, please contact the organisers at
cie2022swansea@gmail.com.
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[DMANET] Several PhD positions at TU Munich

The Research Training Group "Advanced Optimization in a Networked Economy," funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and jointly hosted by the Department of Computer Science, the Department of Mathematics, and the School of Management at TU Munich, offers several doctoral positions starting in September 2022.

Please visit https://www.gs.tum.de/en/adone/call-for-applications/ for details.

The deadline for applications is May 1, 2022.

— Andreas S. Schulz


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[DMANET] [JOB] Postdoc in Computational Social Choice at ILLC in Amsterdam

I currently have an opening for a postdoc in computational social choice
in my group at the ILLC in Amsterdam. The job would suit a wide variety
of different people. If you are interested, I would love to hear from
you. Full details here:

https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoc-COMSOC/745372502/

The application deadline is 25 May 2022.

All the best,
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ILLC, University of Amsterdam
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

[DMANET] Special Issue on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks

*Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal*


*
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ad-hoc-networks/about/call-for-papers#special-issue-on-modeling-and-performance-evaluation-of-wireless-ad-hoc-networks
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*Manuscript submission information:*

A primary aim of wireless ad-hoc networks is to deliver data in areas where
there is no pre-defined infrastructure. In these networks, the users, but
also the network entities can be potentially mobile. Wireless ad-hoc
networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in
history. Real wireless ad-hoc networks are now implemented, deployed and
tested, and this trend is likely to increase in the future. However, as
such networks are increasingly complex, performance modeling and evaluation
play a crucial part in their design process to ensure their successful
deployment and exploitation in practice.

This special issue on Modeling, Analysis and Performance evaluation of
Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks era aims to open a new critical debate on the
evaluation of wireless ad-hoc networks. In particular, we seek original
theoretical and/or practical contributions, from researchers and
practitioners that identify and address issues in evaluating wireless
ad-hoc networks.

*Topics of Interest *In particular, the topics of interest include, but are
not limited to:

- *Modeling*
- Analytical modeling and simulation methods
- Probabilistic models for ad hoc, sensor and ubiquitous networks
- Queuing and network information theoretic analysis
- Predictive performance models
- Mobility modeling
- Traffic models
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- *Simulation/Experimentation*
- Simulation methods and tools for evaluation wireless ad-hoc networks
- Software tools for performance evaluation
- Tracing and trace analysis
- Automatic performance analysis
- Performance measurement, evaluation and monitoring tools for
wireless ad-hoc networks
- Case studies demonstrating the role of performance evaluation in
the design of wireless ad-hoc networks
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- *Performance evaluation*
- Performance evaluation of wireless mesh networks
- Performance evaluation of vehicular networks
- Performance evaluation of wireless sensor networks
- Performance evaluation of pervasive and ubiquitous networks
- Performance evaluation of spectrum agile and cognitive wireless
sensor networks
-

*Submission Format and Guidelines*

All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and
contain only original work, which has not been published by, or is
currently under review for, any other journal or conference. Papers must
not exceed *25 pages (single column, 11pt font) *including figures, tables,
and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as a "Guide to
Authors" at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/adhoc

All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through
Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as "*SI: MODEL
PERFORM ADHOC*" when they reach the "Article Type" step in the submission
process. The EES website is located at: http://ees.elsevier.com/adhoc/

All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests
for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors.

*Important Dates*

Submissions Deadline: May 31st, 2022

First Reviews Due: June 31st, 2022

Revision Due: July 31st, 2022

Second Reviews Due/Notification: September 15th, 2022

Final Manuscript Due: September 30th, 2022

Publication Date: October 2022

*Guest Editors*

- *Dr. Mónica Aguilar Igartua, *Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(UPC), Spain (monica.aguilar@upc.edu)
- *Prof. Isabelle Guérin Lassous*, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1,
France (isabelle.guerin-lassous@univ-lyon1.fr)
- *Dr. Luis J. de la Cruz Llopis, *Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(UPC), Spain (luis.delacruz@upc.edu)
- *Dr. Thomas Begin*, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France (
thomas.begin@univ-lyon1.fr)
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[DMANET] ALGOSENSORS 2022, International Symposium on Algorithmics of Wireless Networks -- Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

ALGOSENSORS 2022

International Symposium on Algorithmics of Wireless Networks

8-9 September 2022, in Potsdam, Germany (as part of ALGO 2022)

Conference webpage: https://algo2022.eu/algosensors/

EasyChair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=algosensors2022

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

ALGOSENSORS 2022 will be held on 8-9 September 2022 in Potsdam, Germany. It will be part of ALGO 2022, which also hosts ALGOCLOUD, ATMOS, ESA, IPEC, WABI, and WAOA.

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Important Dates
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Full Paper Submission: 25 June 2022 (AoE)
Notification to authors: 1 August 2022
Camera-ready submission: 30 September 2022
Conference dates: 8-9 September 2022, in Potsdam, Germany

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Call for Papers
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Original research contributions are solicited related to diverse algorithmic aspects of sensor networks, wireless networks as well as distributed robotics, including the theoretical, experimental and application perspectives.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Ad Hoc Networks
Autonomous Mobile Robots
Communication Protocols
Complexity and Computability
Computational Models
Data Aggregation and Fusion
Dynamic Networks, Temporal Graphs
Energy Management, Power Saving Schemes
Fault Tolerance and Dependability
Game Theoretic Aspects
Infrastructure Discovery
Internet of Things
Localization
Medium Access Control
Mobility and Dynamics
Obstacle Avoidance
Pattern Formation
Performance Evaluation, Experimental Analysis
Population Protocols, Swarm Computing
Resource Efficiency
RFID Algorithms
Routing and Data Propagation
Self-stabilization, Self-* Properties
Sensor Networks
Systems and Testbeds
Time Synchronization
Topology Control
Tracking
Virtual Infrastructures

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Committees
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Chairs

Thomas Erlebach, Durham University, UK
Michael Segal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Program Committee

Tiziana Calamoneri, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Mihaela Cardei, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Federico Corò, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Peter Davies, University of Surrey, UK
Michael Dinitz, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Sándor Fekete, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Klaus-Tycho Foerster, TU Dortmund, Germany
Jie Gao, Rutgers University, USA
Olga Goussevskaia, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, University of Maryland, USA
Tomasz Jurdzinski, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Ralf Klasing, CNRS and University of Bordeaux, France
Dariusz Kowalski, Augusta University, USA
Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada
Othon Michail, University of Liverpool, UK
William K. Moses Jr., University of Houston, USA
Cristina M. Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy
Rik Sarkar, University of Edinburgh, UK
Christian Schindelhauer, University of Freiburg, Germany
Wanqing Tu, Durham University, UK
Yong Zhang, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China

Steering Committee

Josep Díaz, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Magnús M. Halldórsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland
Panganamala R. Kumar, Texas A&M University, USA
Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece (Chair)
José Rolim, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK and University of Patras, Greece
Adam Wolisz, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

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Proceedings
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The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" series after the conference (publication expected around November 2022).

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Special Issue
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Selected papers will be invited to a special issue of the Journal of Computer and System Sciences, devoted to ALGOSENSORS 2022.

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Awards
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Awards will be given to the best paper and the best student paper. To be eligible for the best student paper award, at least one of the paper authors must be a full-time student at the time of submission, and the student(s) must have made a significant contribution to the paper. The program committee may decline to make these awards or may split them.

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Paper Submission
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Papers are to be submitted electronically using the EasyChair server at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=algosensors2022. The submissions must contain original results that have not already been published and are not concurrently submitted to a journal or conference with published proceedings. By submitting a paper, the authors acknowledge that in case of acceptance at least one of the authors will register for ALGO/ALGOSENSORS 2022 and present the paper.

Submissions must be in the form of a single pdf file prepared using the LNCS latex templates and style files (available, together with Springer's authors' guidelines, from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).

Each submission should consist of the main part of the paper, not exceeding 12 pages (including the title page and excluding the references), plus an optional clearly marked appendix (to be read at the discretion of the program committee). Any figure pertaining to the main part of the paper should be included therein (within the 12 page limit). The first page must include an indication of whether the paper is eligible for the best student paper award.

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[DMANET] [DEADLINE EXTENDED] 3 Years Marie Skłodowska-Curie ESR research grant - InnocyPES European project.

A three years research grant is available within the InnocyPES European
project. The position is related to ESR4, for research on

Large Scale Data Management and Integration


DEADLINE: extended to May 5, 2022


Ukranian Researchers are strongly encouraged to apply!


Downloadable application forms etc are available:
official Italian documents:
https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831
unofficial English translation: http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/page-3/
InnoCyPES announcement:
https://innocypes.eu/index.php/2022/03/29/esr-4-large-scale-data-management-integration-public-service-announcement/

Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Cafaro by
email (massimo.cafaro@unisalento.it) if they need help/support in order
to prepare their application.


A public selection procedure is called for a research grant for
collaboration in research activities (hereinafter referred to as
research grant), at the Department of Innovation Engineering of the
University of Salento.
The location, the duration, the amount, the scientific disciplinary
sector, the scientific referent, the structure available to the winner
and the program of the research grant are specified below:


STRUCTURE Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of
Salento, Lecce, Italy
DURATION 3 years
REMUNERATION The research grant will last 3 (three) years. The annual
remuneration, gross of charges to be borne by the beneficiary and
inclusive of contributions and social security charges to be borne by
the University of Salento, consists of the following items:

1. Living allowance: Euro 40,966.56 (forty thousand nine hundred and
sixty-six/56);
2. Mobility allowance: Euro 7.200,00 (seven thousand two hundred/00);
3. Family allowance:
3.1.Euro 0 (zero) per researcher without family obligations;
3.2.Euro 6,000.00 (six thousand/00) for researchers with family
obligations (married or with a relationship recognised by Italian law or
that of the country of origin or with dependent children).

SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISOR Prof. Massimo Cafaro
RESEARCH TITLE LARGE SCALE DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION

DESCRIPTION This is a three year "Marie Curie ETN Early Stage Researcher
position" on the following topic. The sheer quantum of data being
created and collected across jurisdictions requires a carefully planned
and proactive approach to data management. The need for fusion and
integration of multiple data sources characterized by fragmented data
ownership is driving innovative approaches to large scale distributed
data management and integration to avoid inconsistent and inaccurate
data. The aim is to investigate, design and implement a fully
decentralized solution to provide efficient management of dynamically
updated information and support for distributed queries. One or more
domain specific use cases shall be identified within the context of the
project, considering both the current and future needs of some of the
involved partners. These nicely fit into the research plan, owing to the
need of surveying the user's requirements to begin with; simultaneously,
the uses cases can also be thought of as sources of advanced data
management challenges.

For admission to the selection is required the possession of all the
requirements provided by law for access to public employment, the
eligibility requirements provided by the Marie Sklodowska- Curie Action
(https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-msca_en.pdf)
and the following requirements:
a) Master of Science degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
or equivalent qualification that formally allows access to a PhD program
in Italy;
b) an excellent academic career;
c) must not have carried out more than 4 years of research activity
after obtaining the degree mentioned in the previous point within the
expected starting date of the contract (indicatively fixed at 01.03.2022);
d) have a background relevant to the following areas but not limited to:
distributed computing, databases, distributed data management, security
and privacy; knowledge of C/C++ programming languages and time series
archiving/analysis is a plus;
e) must not have a Ph.D. as of the contract start date;
f) must not have resided or carried out the main activity of study/work
in Italy for more than 12 months during the 3 years preceding the date
of the beginning of the contract;
g) have an excellent knowledge of the English language, in any case
sufficient to ensure the performance of the activity envisaged by the
contract and daily interaction in the working environment;
h) must not have criminal convictions or have pending criminal
proceedings of particular gravity.
Lack of even one of the above requirements will result in exclusion from
the selection process at any time. Qualifications obtained abroad must
normally be previously recognized in Italy in accordance with current
legislation. The equivalence of qualifications obtained abroad that have
not already been recognized in Italy will be evaluated by the Selection
Committee solely for the purpose of admitting the candidate to this call
for selection. The qualifications must be possessed on the date of
expiry of the deadline established for the presentation of applications
for admission to this selection. The University of Salento guarantees
equality and equal opportunities between men and women for the
allocation of the grants in question and the protection of
confidentiality in the processing of personal data, according to the
provisions in force.


The position is officially advertised at the University of Unisalento:
https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831

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Prof.  Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning

 Department of Engineering for Innovation
 University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
 Via per Monteroni
 73100 Lecce, Italy

 Voice/Fax  +39 0832 297371

 Web   http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro
 Web   https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro

 E-mail massimo.cafaro@unisalento.it
 E-mail cafaro@ieee.org
 E-mail cafaro@acm.org

INGV
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Via di Vigna Murata 605
Roma

 CMCC Foundation
 Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
 Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce
 massimo.cafaro@cmcc.it

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[DMANET] symposium GRAPHS

FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Symposium GRAPHS, ICNAAM 2022 (International Conference
of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2022),
19-25 September 2022, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Organizer: Vojislav Petrovic (DMI Novi Sad)

Topics:

- scores in graphs and digraphs

- Eulerian and Hamiltonian graphs and digraphs

- planar graphs

- graph factors and decompositions

- graph colorings

- extremal graphs

- graph spectra

- tournaments and hypertournaments

- graph algorithms


Email vojpet@gmail.com or vojpet@dmi.uns.ac.rs to announce
registration.

For further information

vojpet@gmail.com or vojpet@dmi.uns.ac.rs

or visit

http://www.icnaam.org/

Vojislav Petrovic
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[DMANET] Dutch Day of Combinatorics finall announcement

The Dutch Combinatorics Network will host an in-person Dutch Day of
Combinatorics (DDoC) on 12 May, 2022 at Eindhoven University of
Technology.

The goal of the DDoC is to reconnect in-person and share recent research
activities with one another, and thus strengthen and further build the
combinatorics activity here in the Netherlands.

We are very excited to have two plenary speakers: Carla Groenland from
Utrecht University and Ross J. Kang from Radboud University.

There will also be time for contributed talks and posters at all levels.
We very much hope you will present your work so everyone can begin to
reconnect as we come out of the period of covid isolation.

We are planning to hold this event in person. However, due to the
uncertainty of covid and to provide additional flexibility, the event will
also have a hybrid format.

Registration is free, but it is important to register on time so that
scheduling and catering arrangements can be made. The registration
deadline is 30 April 2022.

You can find more information and a registration link here:
https://doc2022.weebly.com/ (please contact the organisors if any
problems with the websites)

We gratefully acknowledge the support of NETWORKS and Eindhoven University
for this event.

On behalf of the organizers,

Aida Abiad Monge, aidaabiad@gmail.com

Anurag Bishnoi, anurag.2357@gmail.com

Jo Ellis-Monaghan, jellismonaghan@gmail.com

Fritz Spieksma, f.c.r.spieksma@tue.nl


*Jo*

Jo Ellis-Monaghan

Korteweg-de Vries Instituut voor Wiskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Editor, PRIMUS

Editor, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare D, Combinatorics, Physics and
their Interactions

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[DMANET] QBF 2022 -- 2nd CFP

CALL FOR PAPERS

QBF 2022
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International Workshop on
Quantified Boolean Formulas and Beyond
August 1, 2022

To be held in hybrid format (virtually + in-person).

https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/qbf2022/

Affiliated to and co-located with:
Int. Conf. on Theory and Applications
of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2022),
August 2-5, 2022.


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Quantified Boolean formulas (QBF) are an extension of propositional
logic which allows for explicit quantification over propositional
variables. The decision problem of QBF is PSPACE-complete, compared to
the NP-completeness of the decision problem of propositional logic (SAT).

Many problems from application domains such as model checking, formal
verification or synthesis are PSPACE-complete, and hence could be
encoded in QBF in a natural way. Considerable progress has been made
in QBF solving throughout the past years. However, in contrast to SAT,
QBF is not yet widely applied to practical problems in academic or
industrial settings. For example, the extraction and validation of
models of (un)satisfiability of QBFs has turned out to be
challenging, given that state-of-the-art solvers implement different
solving paradigms.

The goal of the International Workshop on Quantified Boolean Formulas
(QBF Workshop) is to bring together researchers working on theoretical
and practical aspects of QBF solving. In addition to that, it
addresses (potential) users of QBF in order to reflect on the
state-of-the-art and to consolidate on immediate and long-term
research challenges.

The workshop also welcomes work on reasoning with quantifiers in
related problems, such as dependency QBF (DQBF), quantified constraint
satisfaction problems (QCSP), and satisfiability modulo theories (SMT)
with quantifiers.


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IMPORTANT DATES
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May 1: Submission
June 5: Notification of acceptance
June 19: Final versions of accepted papers due
August 1: Workshop

Please see the workshop webpage for any updates:

https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/qbf2022/

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
======================

The workshop is concerned with all aspects of current research on all
formalisms enriched by quantifiers, and in particular QBF. The topics
of interest include (but are not limited to):

Applications, encodings and benchmarks with quantifiers
QBF Proof theory and complexity results
Experimental evaluations of solvers or related tools
Case studies illustrating the power of quantifiers
Certificates and proofs for QBF, QCSP, SMT with quantifiers, etc.
Formats of proofs and certificates
Implementations of proof checkers and verifiers
Decision procedures
Calculi and their relationships
Data structures, implementation details and heuristics
Pre- and inprocessing techniques
Structural reasoning

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SUBMISSION
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Submissions of extended abstracts are invited and will be managed via
Easychair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qbf2022

In particular, we invite the submission of extended abstracts on work
that has been published already, novel unpublished work, or work in
progress.

The following forms of submissions are solicited:

- Proposals for short tutorial presentations on topics related to the
workshop. Tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the PC. The number
of accepted tutorials depends on the overall number of accepted
papers and talks, with the aim to set up a balanced workshop
program.

- Talk abstracts reporting on already published work. Such an abstract
should include an outline of the planned talk, and pointers to
relevant bibliography.

- Talk proposals presenting work that is unpublished or in progress.

- Submissions which describe novel applications of QBF or related
formalisms in various domains are particularly welcome.
Additionally, this call comprises known applications which have been
shown to be hard for QBF solvers in the past as well as new
applications for which present QBF solvers might lack certain
features still to be identified.

Each submission should have an overall length of 1-4 pages in LNCS
format. Authors may decide to include an appendix with additional
material. Appendices will be considered at the reviewers' discretion.

The accepted extended abstracts will be published on the workshop
webpage. The workshop does not have formal proceedings.

Authors of accepted contributions are expected to give a talk at the
workshop.

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CONTACT
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qbf2022@easychair.org

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Hubie Chen, Birkbeck, University of London
Florian Lonsing, Stanford University
Martina Seidl, JKU Linz
Friedrich Slivovsky, TU Wien


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[DMANET] CICM 2022, 15th Conf. Intelligent Computer Mathematics, Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals until July 8, 2022 Inbox

*** Apologies from cross postings ***

Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals
15th Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics
- CICM 2022 -
September 19-23, 2022
Tbilisi, Georgia (hybrid event)
http://www.cicm-conference.org/2022

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The CICM conference brings together the many separate communities that
have developed theoretical and practical solutions for mathematical
applications.

CICM will be held as a hybrid event (in person and online) and will
provide associated events with appropriate infrastructure for
supporting both kinds of participants.

CICM covers

* all aspects of mathematics such as formalization, computation,
deduction, mathematical databases, and mathematical documents,
* all kinds of tool support such as theorem provers, computer algebra
systems, knowledge management tools, and user interfaces
* the whole spectrum from theoretical foundations to practical tools
and from challenge problems to case studies.

Workshops typically feature presentations of ongoing research that is
not ready yet for formal publication, and tutorials present extended
demos of a particular software.

However, the CICM organizers strongly encourage a broad interpretation
of these concepts and welcome proposals for any kind of event that
benefits the CICM community.

A proposal should include the following information:

* title of the event
* names and affiliations of the organizers
* brief description of the event (e.g., 1-2 paragraphs)
* proposed workshop duration (typically half a day up to two days)
* style (online-only, in person-only, hybrid)
* previous instances of the event (if any)
* preferred or excluded dates within the CICM dates (if any)

CICM will take care of publishing and distributing informal
proceedings of the workshop/tutorial events (if the respective
organizers so with) via open access online proceedings with
CEUR-WS.org.

Important Dates
===============

Proposals should be submitted by July 8, 2022.
Earlier submissions are strongly encouraged, and notifications of
acceptance will be issued on a rolling basis.

All proposals should be submitted via
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cicm2022

More details on the conference are available from
http://www.cicm-conference.org/2022

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[DMANET] Postdoc position at Luiss

The Department of Economics and Finance at Luiss University has issued a
call for a postdoc position in "Learning in Strategic and Stochastic
Environments."

https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/en/research/research-grants/research-grants-2022

The ideal candidate is engaged in research at the interface of game theory,
machine learning, stochastic methods, optimization, theoretical computer
science, and economic theory. Although the position is not related to any
specific research project, the candidate is expected to interact with the
faculty having similar research interests.

The postoc is expected to start in January 2023.


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Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza
Luiss University
Viale Romania 32
00197 Roma, ITALY

URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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[DMANET] 82. Workshop on Algorithms and Complexity (Theorietag) -- Call for Participation

Dear Sir or Madame,

the

** 82. Workshop on Algorithms and Complexity **
 * by Fachgruppe Algorithmen and Fachgruppe Komplexität of the
Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) will take place on
 * 08. of June to 09. of June 2022
 * in Frankfurt.
 * Invited Talk: Pascal Schweitzer (Darmstadt) on "The Theory of
Practical Graph Isomorphism Solving"
 * Registration: via E-Mail to theorietag@uni-frankfurt.de until 25.05.2022
 * If you plan to give a talk: Please include title and abstract
(preferrably LaTeX) in your mail, also by 25.05.2022. If there is a
corresponding manuscript available online, please provide a link. Talks
should be ~25 minutes long (including discussion).
 * Website: https://tcs.uni-frankfurt.de/tt-82/

The workshop is aimed at all those interested in research in the field
of theoretical computer science. The focus is mainly on complexity,
algorithms and data structures, as well as parallel and distributed
algorithms. Participation in the workshop does not constitute a
publication, so both ongoing and completed work can be presented. A
declared goal of the workshop is to enable contact between young and
senior scientists.

We would be happy to welcome you to Frankfurt in June.

Directly after the workshop, there will be the final meeting of the DFG
Priority Programme "Algorithms for Big Data" (09.06.-10.06.) at the same
venue, see https://big-data-spp.de/events/upcoming-events/abschlussevent.

Best regards
Anselm Haak
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[DMANET] DISC: Call for workshops and tutorials (deadline end of may)

DISC 2022 will be held this year in Augusta, Georgia, USA between the
*24th to the 28th of October*
(http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2022/ ).

The main conference will take place between the 25th to the 27th.

*There are two workshop and tutorial days: 24th and the 28th.*

We intend to follow the "workshops template" from DISC 2019
(http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2019/workshops/), that is, there
will be up to 3-4 workshops each day (depending on the predicted number
of participants) where we synchronize the parallel talks as much as
possible so that "cross-workshops" participants will not miss any of the
talks. This also guarantees shared coffee and lunch breaks.

The organization of DISC will encourage students to participate in the
workshops, e.g., allotting a quota of free-of-charge local students, and
waiving workshop registration for students that participate in the main
conference. DISC will also waive the registration fees of a limited
number of speakers per workshop/tutorial.

We are interested in topics which are related to distributed-computing
and systems on one hand, but also in topics that have the potential of
extending the scope of what the community sees as "distributed
computing" on the other hand (please see the scope of DISC in
http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2022/ and check out the list of
last's year workshops in
http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2021/workshops/ ).

Please email me (Yannic Maus, yannic.maus@ist.tugraz.at) a short
proposal *by the end of May* with the following details:

1. Workshop/tutorial name and an optional acronym (please state whether
it is a workshop,a tutorial, or any other format)
2. Names, affiliations, and email addresses of the organizers. Please
specify who is the point of contact.
3. Short description of the workshop's topic and its relevance to the
DISC community.
4. Date preference: please state if you are OK with being scheduled to
the 24th or the 28th, or that you are OK with both options.
5. Two names of committed speakers.
6. A skeleton schedule of the workshop (see an example in here:
https://parsys.lri.fr/CELLS/#page_program)
7. A link to a website of a past meeting of your workshop.
8. Predicted number of participants.
9. In case the physical meeting is canceled, would you like to have a
virtual workshop?

Thank you,
Yannic Maus
Workshops and tutorials chair, DISC 2022

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[DMANET] [Scheduling seminar] Iiro Harjunkoski (Hitachi Energy) | April 27 | Scheduling and Energy – Industrial Challenges and Opportunities

Dear scheduling researcher,

We are delighted to announce the talk given by Iiro Harjunkoski (Hitachi
Energy).
The title is "Scheduling and Energy – Industrial Challenges and
Opportunities".

The seminar will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, April 27 at 13:00 UTC.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/93348597561?pwd=UUNvSG1NaDhUbTBPaHpUdE9LWTNDUT09
Meeting ID: 933 4859 7561
Passcode: 354778

You can follow the seminar online or offline on our Youtube channel as well:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUoCNnaAfw5NAntItILFn4A

The abstract follows.
Real-life industrial scheduling problems, especially in the process
industries, are very complex as they contain many problem-specific
features or rules that are sometimes even difficult to be expressed
mathematically. Nonetheless, often the requirement to reach optimality
or close-to-optimality is critical for the competitiveness and the
survival of the company. Due to this, mixed-integer linear programming
(MILP) has become the most common tool of choice and can be said to be
the "backbone" for many practical scheduling problems.
In this presentation, we take an engineering perspective of selected
problems and discuss few examples where energy plays a significant role.
The role of energy is in fact growing and most process industries will
in the future be more closely integrated into the energy supply chain.
We will discuss few MILP formulations and methods to improve their
performance in practical cases.

The next talk in our series will be given by:
Patrick De Causmaecker (KU Leuven) | May 11 | Data Science Meets Scheduling

For more details, please visit https://schedulingseminar.com/

With kind regards

Zdenek, Mike and Guohua

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Zdenek Hanzalek
Industrial Informatics Department,
Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics,
Czech Technical University in Prague,
Jugoslavskych partyzanu 1580/3, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
https://rtime.ciirc.cvut.cz/~hanzalek/

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