Tuesday, October 31, 2023

[DMANET] PODC 2024: Second Call for Papers

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PODC 2024: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 43rd ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
June 17-21, 2024, Nantes, France

PODC 2024 will be co-held with ACM SPAA.

https://www.podc.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/podc_disc

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DATES (all times are AoE)
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All deadlines are at 23:59 AoE in the year 2024.

Abstract submission: February 11, 2024
Full paper submission: February 15, 2024

Notification: April 22, 2024

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SCOPE
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The ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing is an
international forum on the theory, design, analysis, implementation, and
application of distributed systems and networks. We solicit papers in all
areas of distributed computing. Papers from all viewpoints, including
theory, practice, and experimentation, are welcome. The goal of the
conference is to improve understanding of the principles underlying
distributed computing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to,
the following:

-biological distributed algorithms and systems
-blockchain and decentralized finance protocols
-coding and reliable communication
-communication networks
-combinatorics and topology of distributed computing
-concurrency, synchronization, and persistence
-design and analysis of distributed algorithms
-distributed and cloud storage
-distributed and concurrent data structures
-distributed computation for large-scale data
-distributed graph algorithms
-distributed machine learning and artificial intelligence
-distributed operating systems, middleware, databases
-distributed resource management and scheduling
-fault-tolerance, reliability, self-organization, and self-stabilization
-game-theoretic approaches to distributed computing
-high-performance, cluster, cloud and grid computing
-internet applications
-languages, verification, and formal methods for distributed systems
-lower bounds and impossibility results in distributed computing
-mobile computing and autonomous agents
-multiprocessor and multi-core architectures and algorithms
-peer-to-peer systems, overlay networks, and social networks
-population protocols
-quantum and optics based distributed algorithms
-replication and consistency
-security and cryptography in distributed computing
-specifications and semantics
-system-on-chip and network-on-chip architectures
-transactional memory
-wireless, sensor, mesh, and ad hoc networks

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PAPER SUBMISSION
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A submitted paper should clearly motivate the importance of the problem
being addressed, discuss prior work and its relationship to the paper,
explicitly and precisely state the paper's key contributions, and outline
the key technical ideas and methods used to achieve the main claims. A
submission should strive to be accessible to a broad audience, as well as
having sufficient details for experts in the area.

Regular Papers: A regular paper must report on original research that has
not been previously published. It is not permitted to submit the same
material concurrently to journals or conferences with proceedings. Format
and length requirements for submissions are stated below. All ideas
necessary for an expert to fully verify the central claims in a paper,
including experimental results, should be included in the submission.

Brief Announcements: A brief announcement may describe work in progress or
work presented elsewhere. The title of a brief announcement must begin with
"Brief Announcement: ".

Submissions not conforming to the rules stated in this call, as well as
papers outside the scope of the conference, may be rejected without
consideration.

Submission Format: Submissions must be prepared in LaTeX and use the
official ACM Master article template acmart.cls, version of 1.80 or
greater, using the following documentclass instruction:

\documentclass[acmsmall,nonacm,anonymous]{acmart}

The template is available at
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. No modifications of
the format or style are allowed. Sample files are available on the PODC
website at https://www.podc.org/data/podc2024/PODC2024-sample.zip

Regular paper submissions may be up to 15 pages long, excluding references,
and may be followed by a clearly marked appendix. Each submission must
contain full proofs of all claims in the paper. The appendix will be read
at the discretion of the reviewers.

Brief announcement submissions must be at most 4 pages long, excluding
references.

Best practices for citations: Alphabetical orderings of authors can lead to
biases. Therefore, authors are encouraged to avoid "et al." in citations,
and instead mention all authors' names.

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DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEWING
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The conference will employ a lightweight double-blind reviewing process.
Submissions should not reveal the identity of the authors in any way. In
particular, authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses should not
appear anywhere in the submission. Nothing should be done in the name of
anonymity that weakens the submission or makes the job of reviewing the
paper more difficult. In particular, important references should not be
omitted or anonymized. In addition, authors should feel free to disseminate
their ideas or draft versions of their paper as they normally would. For
example, authors may post drafts of their papers on the web, submit them to
arXiv, and give talks on their research ideas. Authors with further
questions on double-blind reviewing are encouraged to contact the PC chair
by email.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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Indications of conflicts of interest will be required in the submission
form.
A conflict of interest is limited to the following:

- A family member or close friend.
- A Ph.D. advisor or advisee (no time limit), or postdoctoral or
undergraduate mentor or mentee within the past five years.
- A person with the same affiliation.
- A person involved in an alleged incident of harassment. (It is not
required that the incident be reported.)
- Frequent collaborators, or collaborators who have jointly published
papers within the last two years.

If you feel that you have a valid reason for a conflict of interest not
listed above, contact the PC chair or one of the Theory of Computing
Advocates affiliated with this conference (Faith Ellen and Idit Keidar).
The PC chair may request that a ToC advocate confidentially verify the
reason for a conflict of interest.

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PUBLICATION
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Accepted regular papers of up to 10 pages and brief announcements of up to
3 pages in two-column ACM proceedings format will be included in the
conference proceedings. They must be formatted with the ACM Master
templates using

\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}.

If more space than available in the proceedings for an accepted paper is
needed, a full version must be available publicly, e.g. on arXiv, by the
due date for the proceedings version, and the proceedings version must
refer to this.

The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made
available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks
prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date
affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.

Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for a
special issue of the journal Distributed Computing. Up to two selected
papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of the ACM.

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ORGANIZATION
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Program Committee

Marcos Aguilera, VMware, USA
Dan Alistarh, IST, Austria
Sepehr Assadi, University of Waterloo, Canada
Rida Bazzi, Arizona State University, USA
Petra Berenbrink, University of Hamburg, Germany
Janna Burman, Paris-Saclay University, France
Gregory Chockler, University of Surrey, UK
Carole Delporte-Gallet, IRIF, France
Constantin Enea, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Ittay Eyal, Technion, Israel
Orr Fischer, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Rati Gelashvili, Aptos, USA
Emmanuel Godard, University of Aix-Marseille, France
Prasad Jayanti, Dartmouth College, USA
Dariusz Kowalski, University of Augusta, USA
Fabian Kuhn, Albert-Ludwigs University, Germany
Petr Kuznetsov, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique Paris, France (chair)
Giuliano Losa, Stellar, USA
Frédéric Magniez, CNRS, IRIF, France
William K. Moses Jr., Durham University, UK
Achour Mostefaoui, University of Nantes, France
Kartik Nayak, Duke University, USA
Ruslan Nikolaev, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Thomas Nowak, ENS Paris-Saclay, France
Sean Ovens, University of Waterloo, Canada
Merav Parter, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Gopal Pandurangan, University of Houston, USA
Arpita Patra, IISc Bangalore, India
Boaz Patt-Shamir, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Ami Paz, CNRS, Paris-Saclay University, France
Sergio Rajsbaum, UNAM, Mexico
Andrea Richa, Arizona State University, USA
Eric Ruppert, York University, Canada
Elad Michael Schiller, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Shay Solomon, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Alexander Spiegeleman, VMWare, Israel
Gadi Taubenfeld, Interdisciplinary Center, Israel
Sebastien Tixeuil, Sorbonne University, LIP6, France
Marco Vukolic, Protocol Labs
Igor Zablotchi, Mysten Labs

Conference Committee

General chair: Ran Gelles, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Treasurer: Alkida Balliu, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
Publicity (co)chair: Fabien Dufoulon, University of Houston, USA
Publicity (co)chair: Vitaly Aksenov, City University of London, UK
Proceedings chair: Dennis Olivetti, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
Workshop chair: Sebastian Brandt, Helmholtz Center for Information Security
(CISPA), Germany
Program chair: Petr Kuznetsov, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de
Paris, France

Steering Committee

Chryssis Georgiou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Chair)
Petr Kuznetsov, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique Paris, France (PC
chair 2024)
Magnús M. Halldórsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland (PC chair 2023)
Philipp Woelfel, University of Calgary, Canada (PC chair 2022)
Alkida Balliu, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy (Treasurer 2024)
Ran Gelles, Bar-Ilan University, Israel (General chair 2024)
George Giakkoupis, INRIA Rennes, France (At-large)

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[DMANET] Call for Papers - Fourth Workshop on Human-Centered Computational Sensing, HCCS’24, @ PerCom 2024, (fourth call)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Fourth Workshop on
Human-Centered Computational Sensing (HCCS'24)
<https://sites.google.com/view/hccs24/home>, which will be co-located with
the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and
Communications (PerCom'24) <http://percom.org/>in Biarritz, France, from
March 11-15, 2024.

The fourth edition of the Human-Centered Computational Sensing (HCCS'24)
Workshop at PerCom 2024 aims to advance and promote research about how
unobtrusive observations of human beings' cognitive, behavioral,
physiological, and contextual data are increasingly enabling new computing
experiences. The workshop will additionally stimulate dialog about the
implications of computational sensing for society. Traditionally, sensors
have been understood narrowly as physiological measurements often captured
with wearable devices. This workshop adopts a broader, human-focused view,
envisioning sensing as time-evolving measurable data directly linked to
individuals and, by extension, to their communities. With this
understanding, sensing involves human reactions and interactions observed
in spoken, written, or signed language, eye gaze, facial and bodily
expressions, social networks, geospatial patterns, and other such
human-generated data. Advances in multimodal human data acquisition and
fusion have the potential to significantly impact all areas of human life -
productivity, health and well-being, training and education, human-computer
interaction, accessibility, safety, and security, as well as gaming,
sports, and entertainment.

Relevant topics include but are not limited to::

- Novel methodologies for collecting and processing multimodal human
sensing data, including remote/online data collection
- Co-sensing of multiple individuals, groups, or communities
- Detection and analysis of human social interactions, behaviour and
habits
- Localization and proximity-detection systems
- User acceptance, quality of experience, and social impact studies
- Accessibility of human sensing technologies
- New interventions acting on human-centered computational sensing
- Fusion of multifaceted, heterogeneous, and/or incommensurable human
sensing data
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for
responsible behavioral analysis with human sensing data
- Interactive machine learning guided by humans, with sensing
technologies
- Edge and fog computing architectures for human sensing
- Applications of human-centered computational sensing
- Innovative Human-Computer Interactions based on sensing
- Innovative visualizations and representations of human sensing data
- Evaluation metrics and methodologies
- Experimental analysis with human sensing data from real-world
applications
- Human-centered sensing for healthcare, industry, and social good
- Educational insights from teaching human sensing technologies
- Experiences and lessons learned from research projects focused on
human-centered computational sensing
- Privacy and ethical considerations for human-centered computational
sensing
- Design of human computation sensing promoting diversity.


*Organizers will consider the possibility of inviting authors of selected
papers accepted to HCCS'24 to submit an extended work to a Special Issue of
an international journal.*

---Submission and Registration:
Authors are invited to submit technical or theoretical papers for
presentation at the workshop, describing original, previously unpublished
work, which is not currently under review by another workshop, conference,
or journal. Papers should present novel perspectives within the general
scope of the workshop.
Accepted workshop papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital
libraries (Xplore).
Papers may be no more than 6 pages in length. Authors can purchase one
additional page for the camera-ready version. Papers in excess of the page
limits will not be considered for review or publication. All papers must be
typeset in double-column IEEE format using 10pt fonts on US letter paper,
with all fonts embedded. The IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as
well as related information, can be found at the IEEE website.

Submission must be made via EDAS using https://edas.info/N31320.

It is a requirement that all the authors listed in the submitted paper are
also listed in EDAS. The author section of EDAS will be locked after the
workshop submission deadline to ensure that conflict-of-interest can be
properly enforced during the review process. If the list of authors differs
between the paper and EDAS, the paper may not be reviewed.
Each accepted workshop paper requires a full PerCom registration (no
registration is available for workshops only). Papers that are not
presented at the workshop will not be published in the proceedings.


---Important Dates:

- Paper submission deadline: November 17th, 2023 23:59 EST timezone
- Paper notification: January 8th, 2024
- Camera Ready Deadline: February 2nd, 2024
- Registration: same as main conference PerCom 24 papers (no
workshop-only registration)
- HCCS Workshop at PerCom 2024: To be announced (11 or 15 March 2024)

For more information, including the workshop's scope, submission
guidelines, and topics of
interest, please visit the workshop website
<https://sites.google.com/view/hccs24/home> or find the attached Call for
Papers (CFP).

We look forward to your contributions and participation in HCCS'24. If you
have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623
Email: rt7331@rit.edu
Tel: +1 718-208-0664


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[DMANET] ACM COMPUTE 2023 in Hyderabad during December 9th - 11th 2023

The School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad, India is hosting ACM COMPUTE 2023 this year which is being held
from *9th December 2023 to 11th December 2023.* Theme of the conference is
the newly emerging field of Computing

education. Do register for the conference and take advantage of the premier
conferences ACM

COMPUTE and CompEd happening in Hyderabad.

*Highlights of COMPUTE 2023: *

Apart from the exciting paper presentations, 2 workshops and 5 keynotes are
scheduled on frontier areas of Computing education.


Keynote Talks: https://event.india.acm.org/compute/keynote-speakers/

- Prof. Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic Te Pukenga, New Zealand :
Searching for Computing's Soul: Professional Practice and the Future of
Computing Education
- Dr. Aman Yadav, College of Education, Michigan State University, USA:
Computing Education for Primary Schooling: Developing Teacher Knowledge
- Dr. Ashish Amresh, Northern Arizona University, USA: Leveling Up
Education: Harnessing Generative AI for Game-Based Learning
- Rakesh Paladugula, Sr Product Manager for Accessibility at Adobe:
Defining Disability Inclusive Education


*Please Note: The ACM COMPUTE conference is preceded by the Global
Computing Education Conference* *ACM CompEd 2023 happening from 7th to 9th
December 2023 at IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. *

ACM CompEd and COMPUTE share the common mission of bringing together
educators, researchers and scholars in the field of computer science
education at a national and global level. Co-locating the conferences in
Hyderabad, India provides an opportunity for both communities to interact
and showcase their research.

The Conference portal is open for registration. For additional details,
kindly visit the websites:

COMPUTE 2023 <https://event.india.acm.org/compute/home/>
https://event.india.acm.org/compute/register/


ACM CompEd 2023 <https://comped.acm.org/> (https://comped.acm.org/)

For any further clarifications, do not hesitate to contact us.

Looking forward to your valuable participation.

Best Regards

Local Organizing Chair


Contact:


S. Durga Bhavani

Local Organizing Chair

ACM Compute 2023 (compute2023@uohyd.ac.in)


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School of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad, 500046
India

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[DMANET] 12-month Postdoc position (algorithms and bioinformatics) at University of Pisa, Italy

Dear colleagues,

We are looking to recruit one research fellow. We would be grateful if you could forward this message to relevant postdocs.

Please find below a summary of the call.

Thanks a lot in advance,
Giovanna

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University of Pisa (Italy): 12-months research position
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The department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa has opened a call for a postdoctoral position on "Combinatorial algorithms for the analysis and compression of large biological data collections".
The research group of algorithms applied to bioinformatics at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa invites expressions of interest for a post doc position (SSD INF/01) with a duration of 12 months (call by 2023).


Admission requirement:
Candidates must have the PhD title (to be obtained by the interview's date).

Scientific Topics:
It is nowadays increasingly important to handle large amount of data, and the need of efficient methods for analysing, compressing and indexing texts or graphs keeps on growing.
The research is within algorithmic on strings and graphs applied to bioinformatics. The general goal is to analyse collections of texts, sequences and graphs through adaptive indices and new similarity measures, using combinatorial concepts, such that the Burrows-Wheeler Transform, k-mers, and so on.

Profiles:
The ideal candidate should be familiar with at least one of the following topics: Algorithms, Data Structures, Programming, Data Compression, Bioinformatics.

Location:
The research will take place at the Department of Computer Science of University of Pisa, Italy

Venue:
The University of Pisa has a scientific history going back to the 12th century. Leonardo Fibonacci and Galileo Galilei are among the prominent scientists who were born in Pisa. Known across the world for its leaning tower, Pisa is a small town in Tuscany, where you can enjoy life while doing research in a stimulating environment. It is one of the most important airports in the center of Italy, and so is well connected to many cities of the world. It is near the sea, and Florence, Milan, Rome and Venice are easily reachable by train.


For details and application procedure, please visit:
https://bandi.unipi.it/public/Bandi/Detail/3eda3313-ded7-4281-9b39-ffe96b95f24e

Bando (italian):
https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/04dfb021-8d56-461c-94fd-20654a7639ed.pdf

Call for applications (english):
https://bandi.unipi.it/admin/Files/2023/10/0d17f4e2-a1a0-43c3-867d-27c3f9a79807.pdf

Deadline: November 29, 2023 (1pm).

According to Italian Law, that salary is not subject to income tax, but only to retirement funds.

For more information, contact: Giovanna Rosone (giovanna.rosone@unipi.it)

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Giovanna Rosone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dipartimento di Informatica - Università di Pisa
Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3,
I-56127 Pisa, Italy
http://pages.di.unipi.it/rosone/


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[DMANET] Postdoctoral position

We invite applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) in the School of Mathematical Sciences for the project "Universality in Topological Data Analysis", funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The successful applicant will work with Dr. Omer Bobrowski and Dr. Primoz Skraba, on developing the theory required to prove a series of conjectures on the universality properties of topological descriptors. A second goal is a fundamental challenge in Topological Data Analysis (TDA) – assessing the statistical significance of topological structures detected in data. The position comes with opportunities for attending workshops and conferences as well as establishing additional collaborations.

The successful applicant will have, or soon obtain, a PhD degree in mathematics, or equivalent level of professional qualifications and experience, in a field closely related to probability theory and/or applied topology, plus experience in writing high quality research papers.

The positition is up to 3 years.

The job is listed at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/items/9041.html

For further inquiries please contact o.bobrowski@qmul.ac.uk<mailto:o.bobrowski@qmul.ac.uk> or p.skraba@qmul.ac.uk<mailto:p.skraba@qmul.ac.uk>

The School of Mathematical Sciences is committed to the equality of opportunities and to advancing women's careers. As holders of a Bronze Athena SWAN award we offer family friendly benefits and support part-time study.

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Monday, October 30, 2023

[DMANET] Call for Participation: IFIP Performance 2023

The IFIP Performance 2023 conference will be held from November 14-17, 2023, at the downtown campus of Northwestern University in Chicago. We will have two days of talks, followed by a day of tutorials and a day of workshops with ample time for discussions and interactions with fellow researchers and for enjoying the city of Chicago. For details, see the conference webpage https://performance2023.sciencesconf.org/

* The early-bird deadline has been extended. To get a discounted registration fee, please register by the early-bird registration deadline of November 1, 2023. Please register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ifip-performance-2023-registration-694315515397?aff=oddtdtcreator
* Financial support for students is available. For details see here https://performance2023.sciencesconf.org/page/student_grants
* Preliminary technical program is now available here https://performance2023.sciencesconf.org/page/accepted
* Keynote speakers: Nick Feamster (University of Chicago); Sandjai Bhulai (Vrije University)
* Tutorials speakers: Giulia Fanti on The Theory and Practice of (Private) Synthetic Data; Siva Theja Maguluri and Sushil Varma on Stochastic Matching Networks
* We have 4 exciting workshops
* Decision-making in Networked Systems https://sites.google.com/view/denets2023
* Intelligent Edge Computing for Data-Rich Applications https://sites.google.com/uic.edu/iedge-2023/home
* Reinforcement Learning Multi-Agent Systems https://sites.google.com/view/rlmas/home
* Queuing Theory for Emerging Classical and Quantum Systems https://sites.google.com/view/qtecqs2023/home

We look forward to welcoming you in Chicago,

Anton Braverman and Varun Gupta
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[DMANET] Save the date! CLAIO 2024, first call

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1st Call for abstracts:
22nd Latin-Iberoamerican Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO 2024)
12th Mexican Conference on Operations Research (CSMIO 2024)
October 28 – November 1, 2024, Guadalajara, Mexico
Conference webpage: http://www.smio.org/home-claio-2024.html
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Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to invite researchers, academics, practitioners, and
students in any branch of operational research and its applications to
submit their abstracts. The languages of the conference are Spanish,
Portuguese and English. At least one author of every accepted abstract is
expected to register before the early registration deadline. No participant
can present more than one abstract at the conference. The accepted and
registered abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings.

VENUE:
Guadalajara is considered the city that best represents the heart of
Mexico. Its mix of culture and deeply rooted traditions make Mexico a
destination of international pride. The most representative icons of the
country, such as Tequila, Charreria, and Mariachi, have their origin in
this beautiful city.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Ana Paula Cabral Seixas Costa, Federal University of Pernambuco
Susana Mondschein, University of Chile
Thibaut Vidal, Polytechnique Montréal
Dylan Jones, University of Portsmouth (EURO Lecture)
Tava Olsen, Melbourne Business School (IFORS Lecture)
Roger Z. Rios Mercado, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (SMIO Lecture)

IMPORTANT DATES:
Registration system open - February 1, 2024
Abstract submission deadline - May 15, 2024
Acceptance/rejection notification - June 15, 2024
Camera-ready abstract deadline - June 30, 2024
Early registration deadline - August 31, 2024

COMMITTEES:
Scientific committee chair: María Angélica Salazar Aguilar (UANL, Mexico)
Organizing committee chairs: Elías Olivares Benítez and Abraham Mendoza
Andrade (Universidad Panamericana, Mexico)

PUBLICATIONS:
Conference abstracts will be published in the Proceedings.
There will be a related post-conference special issue in Annals of
Operations Research (Springer).

CONTACT:
claio2024@up.edu.mx

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Llamado Preliminar a Participar
XXII Congreso Latino-Iberoamericano de Investigación Operativa (CLAIO 2024)
XII Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Investigación de Operaciones (CSMIO
2024)
Octubre 28 – Noviembre 1, 2024, Guadalajara, México
Página web: http://www.smio.org/home-claio-2024.html
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Invitamos cordialmente a los miembros de la Asociación Latino
Iberoamericana de Investigación Operativa (ALIO) y a la comunidad
internacional a participar enviando sus trabajos relacionados a la
Investigación de Operaciones y sus aplicaciones. El programa académico
consistirá en conferencias plenarias, sesiones técnicas y sesiones
especiales en paralelo, que cubrirán varios aspectos de IO. Todos aquellos
interesados en participar deberán enviar un resumen, el cual puede ser
redactado en español, portugués o inglés. Los trabajos aceptados de los
autores inscritos se publicarán en las memorias del congreso. Se espera que
al menos un autor de cada resumen aceptado se registre antes de la fecha
límite de inscripción anticipada. Ningún participante podrá presentar más
de un resumen en el congreso.

SEDE:
Guadalajara es considerada la ciudad que mejor representa el corazón de
México. Su mezcla de cultura y tradiciones profundamente arraigadas hacen
de México un destino de orgullo internacional. Los íconos más
representativos del país, como el Tequila, la Charrería y el Mariachi,
tienen su origen en esta hermosa ciudad.

CONFERENCISTAS PLENARIOS:
Ana Paula Cabral Seixas Costa, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Susana Mondschein, Universidad de Chile
Thibaut Vidal, Polytechnique Montréal
Dylan Jones, University of Portsmouth (EURO Lecture)
Tava Olsen, Melbourne Business School (IFORS Lecture)
Roger Z. Rios Mercado, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (SMIO Lecture)

FECHAS IMPORTANTES:
01/Febrero/2024 - Inicia el envío de resúmenes
15/Mayo/2024 - Fecha límite para el envío de resúmenes
15/Junio/2024 - Notificación de aceptación o rechazo
30/Junio/2024 - Fecha límite para el envío de resúmenes definitivos
31/Agosto/2024 - Fecha límite para inscripciones anticipadas con tarifa
reducida/preferente

COMITÉS:
Presidente del Comité de Programa: María Angélica Salazar Aguilar (UANL,
México)
Presidentes del Comité Organizador: Elías Olivares Benítez y Abraham
Mendoza Andrade (Universidad Panamericana, México)

PUBLICACIONES:
Los resúmenes del congreso serán publicados en las memorias.
Se publicará un número especial posterior al congreso en Annals of
Operations Research (Springer).

CONTACTO:
claio2024@up.edu.mx


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M. Angélica Salazar Aguilar
President of the Scientific Committee


Elias Olivares Benitez / Abraham Mendoza Andrade
Chairs of the Organizing Committee

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[DMANET] ICDT 2024 Test-of-Time Award: Call for Nominations

ICDT 2024 TEST-OF-TIME AWARD
Call for Nominations
March 25-28, 2024, Paestum, Italy
https://dastlab.github.io/edbticdt2024/

* We solicit nominations for the ICDT 2024 Test of Time Award for the
ICDT 2014 paper that has had the most impact in terms of research,
methodology, conceptual contribution, or transfer to practice. The ICDT
Test-of-Time award for 2024 will be presented during the EDBT/ICDT 2024
Joint Conference due to be held on March 25-28, 2024 in Paestum, Italy.

* The ICDT 2024 Test-of-Time Award Committee consists of Nofar Carmeli
(LIRMM, Inria, University of Montpellier), Reinhard Pichler (TU Wien),
and Nicole Schweikardt (chair, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

* All papers are nominated by default, but the committee welcomes input
from our community. Please feel free to nominate a paper if you think it
has had great impact, even if you have not thoroughly compared it to the
other eligible papers. The usual conflict of interest rules apply.
Nominations are confidential and will only be shared among the committee
members. Please email your nominations to

ICDT2024-TofT@informatik.hu-berlin.de

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[DMANET] IPCO 2024: Last Call for Papers

Call for Papers

IPCO 2024
(25th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization)
July 3-5, 2024
University of Wrocław, Poland
https://ipco2024.ii.uni.wroc.pl/

Important Dates

Submission deadline: November 6, 2023, 23:59 (AoE)
Notification: January 26, 2024
Final versions for proceedings: March 15, 2024
Conference: July 3-5, 2024

Scope

The IPCO conference is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory, computation, and applications. The scope of IPCO is viewed in a broad sense, to include algorithmic and structural results in integer programming and combinatorial optimization as well as revealing computational studies and novel applications of discrete optimization to practical problems.
Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of their recent work by November 6, 2023; see the submission guidelines below for more information. The Program Committee will select the papers to be presented on the basis of the submitted extended abstracts. Contributions are expected to be original, unpublished and not under review by journals or conferences with proceedings before the notification date (January 26, 2024). Papers violating these requirements will not be considered by the Program Committee.
During the conference, approximately 33 papers will be presented in single-track sessions. Each lecture will be 30 minutes long and given by one of the authors in person (on-site). The proceedings will be published as a volume of Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. They will contain extended abstracts of all accepted submissions. It is expected that revised and extended versions will subsequently be submitted for publication in appropriate journals, for example in the special issue of Mathematical Programming B that will be devoted to IPCO 2024.

Best Paper Award

IPCO will present a Best Paper Award, to be chosen by the Program Committee.

Submission Guidelines and Instructions for Authors

The extended abstract must not exceed 12 pages in Springer LNCS format, plus references. Please check the Springer Information for LNCS Authors for additional information. If necessary, an appendix containing additional technical material can be added and may be considered at the discretion of the Program Committee. Alternatively, authors are encouraged to include a link to a full version in a freely accessible online repository.
The first page should contain the title, the authors' names with their affiliations, and a short abstract. The introduction should be a broadly accessible exposition of the main ideas and techniques used to achieve the results, including motivation and a clear comparison with related work. In particular, the introduction should convey to the non-expert why the paper should be accepted to IPCO. Submitted extended abstracts will be reviewed according to the standards of top tier reviewed conferences. The main acceptance criteria used by the Program Committee are the quality and originality of the research, plus its interest to people working in the field. It is crucial that the importance of the work is understood by the committee. The claimed results must be correct and new.
A paper will not be considered in any of the following cases:
– It has already been published.
– It is under review by a journal or another conference with proceedings.
– It has a member of the Program Committee among its authors.
– It is submitted after the submission deadline.
It is not allowed to submit a paper that has been submitted to IPCO 2024 to a journal or a conference with proceedings before the notification date.

The submission server can be accessed here:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ipco2024

Program Committee:

Ahmad Abdi (LSE London)
Kristóf Bérczi (ELTE Budapest)
Niv Buchbinder (Tel Aviv)
Jarosław Byrka (Wroclaw)
Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran (UIUC)
Sanjeeb Dash (IBM)
Sami Davies (Berkeley)
Samuel Fiorini (ULB Brussels)
Zachary Friggstad (Alberta)
Swati Gupta (MIT)
Sophie Huiberts (CNRS)
Jon Lee (Michigan)
Gonzalo Muñoz (O'Higgins)
Ola Svensson (EPFL Lausanne)
Jens Vygen (Bonn, PC chair)


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Professor, University of Bonn
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[DMANET] Pre-Announcement of a PhD Position in Theoretical Computer Science at Linköping University

This message is a pre-announcement for interested PhD candidates wishing to start research in the Theoretical Computer Science Laboratory (TCSLAB) at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), Linköping University (LiU), Sweden. We expect a PhD position to be announced within a project in theoretical computer science and want to come in contact with prospective PhD students who want to pursue a career within theoretical computer science (see the project description below for contact details). The reason for doing this before the formal announcement is to encourage informal inquiries and discussions without the timing constraints enforced by the application deadline. To be eligible for application, candidates should possess, or be on the verge of obtaining, a Master of Science (MSc) degree (or equivalent) in computer science, mathematics, or a related field.

Candidates should have a strong background in either theoretical computer science and mathematics, or a keen interest in the construction and analysis of algorithms. However, we encourage inquiries from students with other backgrounds, too, since there are many different topics to tackle in the proposed PhD project. Candidate aptitude may be demonstrated through excellent grades in relevant courses, publications in reputable conferences or journals, or recognition in programming or mathematics competitions. PhD students at TCSLAB have four-year full-time employed positions, but they typically include 20% teaching (and the position is prolonged for one year). The positions are fully funded (including travel money) and come with a competitive salary.

TCSLAB does fundamental research on algorithms, computational complexity, and algebraic approaches, with a particular focus on constraint satisfaction problems and related problems which are often of interest in artificial intelligence. Our work on the borderline of AI is facilitated by the fact that TCSLAB is part of the Division of Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Computer Systems (AIICS): AIICS mainly works in artificial intelligence, its foundations, and its application to intelligent artifacts and decision support systems. TCSLAB additionally cooperates with a large number of academic institutions around the world and we have several joint research projects that are currently active.

The new project lies in the intersection of complexity theory and universal algebra. Here, the idea is to study the complexity of NP-hard CSPs under a more fine-grained lens than ordinary polynomial-time reductions. For example, if a given CSP is NP-complete, then it is unlikely to be solvable in polynomial time, but how fast can be solved by a superpolynomial algorithm? Is it possible to construct mathematical methods which allow us to say whether a certain algorithmic scheme is applicable? As the ultimate goal, can one characterize all CSPs solvable faster than exhaustive search? A possible way to pursue this goal is by adapting the influential algebraic approach for studying (classical) computational complexity to the fine-grained setting.

The details concerning the projects and the associated positions are currently being finalized but the exact dates when the positions will be officially announced is not yet decided. We strongly encourage those interested in becoming a PhD student within these projects to contact Victor Lagerkvist (victor.lagerkvist@liu.se) for informal inquiries and discussions. Please note that we can only hire for open positions that are advertised in official announcements, and all applications must be made via the official recruitment system.

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Information about LiU: www.liu.se

The study of the limits of efficient computation is foundational mathematical research, but research results in computational complexity theory have had major impact in many areas of computer science and other scientific disciplines. In particular, it has given rise to some of the most important open problems in modern mathematics: the famous P =? NP question is one example.
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[DMANET] [Scheduling seminar] Yumei Huo (CUNY) | November 1 | Sublinear Space and Sublinear Time Algorithms for the Scheduling Problems.

Dear scheduling researcher,

We are delighted to announce the talk given by Yumei Huo (CUNY).
The title is " Sublinear Space and Sublinear Time Algorithms for the
Scheduling Problems ".

The seminar will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, November 1 at 14:00 UTC.
Please check carefully the summer/winter time change in your country.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/98815907109?pwd=QlUvQWV2a0k1M2ZKMEN1cW8xanN4dz09
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You can follow the seminar online or offline on our Youtube channel as well:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUoCNnaAfw5NAntItILFn4A

The abstract follows.
Our research focuses on algorithmic big data solutions for scheduling
problems, with a goal of devising efficient algorithm design principles
in two key areas: sub-linear space algorithms and sub-linear time
algorithms. The sub-linear space algorithm design aims to develop
streaming algorithms that can approximate the optimal solution in just a
few passes (often just one) over the data, utilizing limited space. On
the other hand, the sub-linear time algorithm design strives to develop
sampling algorithms that can approximate the optimal solution using a
small portion of the input data and operate within sub-linear time.

The next talk in our series will be:
Claire Hanen (Sorbonne U., LIP6) | November 15 | Fixed Parameter
Tractability of scheduling dependent typed tasks with time windows.

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

With kind regards

Zdenek, Mike and Guohua

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Czech Technical University in Prague,
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[DMANET] Master internship on ``Approximation hierarchies for quantum entanglement detection"

This is to announce a M2 Internship, on the topic
``Approximation hierarchies for quantum entanglement detection"

Where: the internship will be hosted at LAAS CNRS, Toulouse, in the group of Victor Magron,
with the possibility to collaborate and visit the group of Monique Laurent, CWI, Amsterdam.

When: first-half of 2024

For whom: a strong background in applied mathematics, good knowledge of convex optimization, and strong programming skills are required; additional knowledge in quantum physics welcome. Excellent command of English is required.

For further details on this position and on how to apply please see this webpage:
https://homepages.laas.fr/vmagron/sujets/detection.pdf

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Sunday, October 29, 2023

[DMANET] CFP: SI of Information Systems in Frontiers (IF: 5.9)

>
> *Special issue of Information Systems in Frontiers (JCR-Q1-IF: 5.9)*
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> * on *
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> *'' Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Information Systems ''*
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The special issue topics include but are not limited to:

> • Information measures and ML
> • ML and AI for quantum information systems
> • Machine learning-based systems
> • Artificial Intelligence-based systems
> • Related optimization and computational tasks
> • Data science and big data
> • Deep Learning for Information Systems
> • Applications of these topics in robotics, economics, energy,
> environmental sciences, healthcare, and other real-world areas.
> • Additionally, we encourage submissions of surveys and future-oriented
> papers
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> https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/23952686/data/v2
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> *Guest Editors:*
> Panos M. Pardalos,
> Hossein Moosaei,
> Milan Hladík
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Saturday, October 28, 2023

[DMANET] [CFP, Extended Submission Deadline] EuroGP 24 - the 27th European Conference on Genetic Programming

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

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Last Call for Papers (Extended Submission Deadline):

EuroGP 24 - the 27th European Conference on Genetic Programming

https://www.evostar.org/2024/eurogp/

3-5 April 2023, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
held as part of EvoStar (http://www.evostar.org)

** EuroGP is CORE Rank B **

Submission deadline (extended): 15 November 2023 AoE

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EuroGP is the premier annual conference on Genetic Programming (GP),
the oldest and the only meeting worldwide explicitly devoted to this
branch of evolutionary computation. It is always a high-quality,
enjoyable, friendly event, attracting participants from all continents,
and offering excellent opportunities for networking, informal contact,
and exchange of ideas with fellow researchers. It will feature a mixture
of oral presentations and poster sessions and invited keynote speakers.

**** EvoStar ****
EvoStar is a leading international event devoted to evolutionary
computing, comprising four conferences: EuroGP, EvoApplications,
EvoCOP, and EvoMUSART.

**** Topics ****
Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:

Algorithms, representations, and operators for GP
Innovative applications of GP
Tree-based, linear, graph-based, and grammar-based GP
Theoretical developments
GP performance, behavior, and benchmarking
Multiple populations, coevolution, and modularity in GP
Multi-objective GP
Explainability and interpretability in GP
Genetic improvement programming
GP for software engineering
GP for continuous control and evolutionary robotics
Evolutionary design
Evolvable hardware
Parallel GP
Unconventional GP
Hybridization of GP with other methods

**** Submission Details ****

Paper submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. The submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the program committee. The reviewing process will be double-blind, please omit information about the authors in the submitted paper. Submit your manuscript in Springer LNCS format: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Page limit: 14 pages plus references

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evo2024
The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their paper on the basis of the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a camera ready version of their manuscripts

The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their papers on the basis of the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a camera-ready version of their manuscripts. At least one author of each accepted work has to register for the conference and present the work.

The highest quality papers may also be invited to submit extensions for publication in a special issue of a prestigious international journal.

**** Organization ****

Program Chairs:
Mario Giacobini, University of Torino, Italy
Bing Xue, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Publication Chair:
Luca Manzoni, University of Trieste, Italy

For further information please visit https://www.evostar.org/2024/eurogp/

Bing Xue and Mario Giacobini
EuroGP PC Chairs


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Friday, October 27, 2023

[DMANET] Multiple tenure-track and non-tenure positions at DePaul University, Chicago

Dear colleagues,

The School of Computing at DePaul University invites applications for
multiple tenure-track positions at the level of assistant or associate
professor. We are particularly interested in candidates in core AI
(e.g., AI foundation models, machine learning, natural language
processing, responsible AI), cybersecurity (e.g., forensics, cloud
security, usable security, human-centered cybersecurity), information
systems (e.g., process modeling, enterprise cloud computing, BI
systems), computer systems (e.g., cloud computing, virtualization,
data-intensive systems), and software engineering: (e.g., software
design and architecture, quality assurance and testing, software
safety and security, agile and DevOps methodologies).

The School of Computing includes over 74 full-time faculty and more
than 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students. We offer a PhD
program, 12 master's degrees, and 9 bachelor's degrees. The School of
Computing is committed to providing a flexible and supportive
environment for its faculty, promoting a rewarding academic career
with a balance between teaching and research. Located in the heart of
Chicago's vibrant downtown, it offers vast opportunities to forge
relationships with industry, national laboratories, universities, and
other organizations in the Chicago area.

Full ad & application link for these positions:
https://apply.interfolio.com/135229

We also invite applications for a full-time non-tenure-track faculty
position in Computer Science. The faculty appointment is with full
benefits and renewable contingent upon satisfactory performance. We
seek candidates with a commitment to high-quality teaching. The
candidate will have additional responsibilities including curriculum
development and other service to the School.

Full ad & application link for this position:
https://apply.interfolio.com/127341

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[DMANET] Faculty PhD-position (4 years) Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria)

The Institute of Production and Logistics Management at the Johannes
Kepler University Linz, Austria, (jku.at/plm) led by Sophie N. Parragh,
is inviting applications for a

    *** 4-year faculty PhD-position ***

Current research topics at the institute include but are not limited to:

* (Electric) vehicle routing and scheduling
* Optimization of shared mobility systems
* Stochastic lot sizing and scheduling
* Personnel scheduling
* OR in health care and disaster relief applications
* Multi-objective mixed integer programming

Candidates interested in the position should have

* a Master's degree in Business Analytics, Operations Research, Computer
Science, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
* C++/Python/Julia programming skills
* experience with mathematical optimization software like Gurobi or CPLEX
* experience in the implementation of optimization algorithms

The position is full-time (40 hours/week) with a salary of 3.277,30 Euro
gross per month (14 times per year).

Job duties include teaching of at least one course per semester and
willingness to co-supervise Master's and Bachelor's theses.

If you are interested in working in a young international research group
at one of the nicest campus universities in Austria, please apply,
providing the usual application documents (motivation letter, CV,
certificates, list of courses and grades, Master's thesis - if in
another language than English a 3-page abstract in English).

More information and how to apply:
https://karriere.jku.at/engage/jobexchange/showJobOfferDetail.do?jobOfferId=0cce88bc8890f18201897374358a500d

The application deadline is * November 8, 2023 *.

The Johannes Kepler University wishes to increase the proportion of
academic female faculty and, for this reason, especially welcomes
applications by qualified women. If applicants are equally qualified, a
woman will be given preference for this position. The university
welcomes applications from qualified applicants with disabilities. These
applications will be given special consideration.
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[DMANET] Refereed venue for next Informs Optimization Society Conference

The 2024 Informs Optimization Society Conference will be held on March
22-24, 2024 at Rice University. For the first time, and as an option to
speakers, the conference will include **refereed paper** submissions.
Accepted papers will be highlighted in the program, and a special web page
dedicated to the accepted papers will include links to the manuscripts.
Please visit https://ios2024.rice.edu/refereed-papers/ for details.

*Daniel Bienstock*
www.columbia.edu/~dano

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[DMANET] PhD positions at the University of Warwick, UK (Application deadline: 24 November, 2023)

PhD positions are available at the Theory and Foundations group in the Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK. The group works on various aspects of theoretical computer science including:

* automata and formal languages,

* logic and games,

* algorithmic game theory,

* online and dynamic algorithms,

* sublinear and streaming algorithms,

* parameterized complexity and structural graph theory,

* string algorithms,

* parallel algorithms,

* approximation algorithms,

* combinatorial and graph algorithms,

* random structures and randomized algorithms,

* computational complexity.


The group has strong ties with the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (DIMAP), established in 2007 jointly with Warwick Mathematics Institute and Warwick Business School. Together with DIMAP, the group is one of the leading theory groups in Europe, with regular publications in top international conferences and journals in theoretical computer science.

The Department of Computer Science at Warwick offers an excellent research environment. It was ranked 4th in the latest UK research assessment in Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2021. The University of Warwick is one of the founding members of the Alan Turing Institute.

The university campus is located on the border of two counties, West Midlands and Warwickshire, is about one hour train ride from London, and 15 minutes from Birmingham International Airport.

The applicants are expected to have a strong background in discrete mathematics, algorithms, or related topics with undergraduate and/or Master's degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related disciplines. The position(s) will be fully funded, and the successful applicant(s) will be receiving a stipend at rate in line with current Research Councils UK rates.

If you are interested in this opening, please send an email to Ramanujan Sridharan (r.maadapuzhi-sridharan@warwick.ac.uk<mailto:r.maadapuzhi-sridharan@warwick.ac.uk>) with a SINGLE .pdf file containing your CV and the names and email addresses of two references, by 24 November 2023. You are strongly encouraged to informally contact faculty members in the group you might want to work with prior to submitting your application.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed informally during the week of 4 December - 8 December, 2023.

List of faculty members in the group:


https://warwick.ac.uk/focs/people/<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/research/focs/people/>


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[DMANET] ORAHS 2024 in Turin (Italy) :: ***SAVE THE DATE***

We are happy to announce that the 50th annual international conference of the EURO Working Group on
Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS 2024) will take place in Turin (IT) organised by
the Italian team.

Conference dates: July 2024, from Sunday 14 to Friday 19.

The theme of the conference is "Making an impact. Reflecting on 50 years of healthcare operational research".

We would also like to mention that the EWG ORAHS is the oldest EURO working group together with EWG
MCDA.

The organising committee is:
Roberto Aringhieri (chair), University of Turin
Paola Cappanera, University of Florence
Giuliana Carello, Polytechnic of Milan
Davide Duma, University of Pavia
Rosita Guido, University of Calabria
Paolo Landa, Université Laval
Ettore Lanzarone, University of Bergamo
Sara Mattia, CNR-IASI, Italy
Elena Tànfani, University of Genova

Details here: http://orahs.di.unito.it/


*** We apologise for multiple receipt of this announcement ***

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Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Torino
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Office: +39 011 6706755 - http://di.unito.it/aringhieri
Associate Editor for Operations Research for Health Care
Health Care Systems Area Editor for Flexible Services and
Manufacturing Journal

My message may reach you outside of the working day. Please feel
free to respond (if necessary) during your normal working hours

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[DMANET] CFP: EUROCAST 2024 Workshop on Theory and Applications of Metaheuristic Algorithms

Dear colleague,

we kindly want to remind you on this workshop/conference:

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Workshop on Theory and Applications of Metaheuristic Algorithms
as part of the 19th Int. Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory
https://eurocast2024.fulp.ulpgc.es/#workshops
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February 25-March 1, 2024, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain


*** Deadline for 2-page abstracts: November 15, 2023 ***

WORKSHOP SCOPE

The workshop invites original work concerning all aspects of
metaheuristics and heuristic problem solving, in particular:

• Theory and applications of metaheuristics such as
Evolutionary Algorithms, GRASP, Iterated Greedy,
Iterated Local Search, Large Neighborhood Search,
Scatter Search, Simulated Annealing, Swarm Algorithms,
Tabu Search, and Variable Neighborhood Search
• New algorithmic developments
• Mathematical and constraint programming based approaches
• Hybrid approaches
• Parallel metaheuristics
• Machine learning and simulation
• Data driven modeling and prediction
• Simulation based heuristic optimization
• Applications of simulation based soft computing
• Applications in combinatorial optimization, bio- and medical
informatics, networks and telecommunications, logistics,
scheduling, and transportation
• Perrscriptive Analytics

PAPER SUBMISSION

An extended two pages abstract including references in English must be
submitted with an indication of the workshop at

https://eurocast2024.fulp.ulpgc.es/#participation

by *November 15, 2023*. Please follow the instructions for LNCS authors
given at the Springer web site . Authors will be notified of acceptance
by December 15, 2023. Accepted abstracts will be published in a
pre-conference volume with ISBN. After the conference, full papers will
be invited and accepted ones will be published in post-conference
proceedings. It is anticipated that the finally selected full papers
will be published in line with prior Eurocast meetings in the Springer
LNCS series.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Michael Affenzeller, Stefan Wagner
University of Appllied Sciences of Upper Austria, Campus Hagenberg
michael.affenzeller@fh-hagenberg.at, stefan.wagner@fh-hagenberg.at
Guenther Raidl
TU Wien, Austria
raidl@ac.tuwien.ac.at

IMPORTANT DATES

• Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: November 15, 2023
• Acceptance Notification: December 15, 2023

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

[DMANET] Theory of Randomised Search Heuristics: New mailing list and online seminar series

Dear colleagues,

Are you interested in theoretical aspects of randomised search heuristics such as evolutionary algorithms, randomised local search, swarm intelligence, or other related approaches?

We are currently organising weekly online seminars on the topic. You can find more information here: https://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~denis/thrash.html

We also have two mailing lists for announcements and discussions around the topics:
http://jiscmail.ac.uk/THRASH
http://jiscmail.ac.uk/THRASH-SEMINARS

Best wishes,
Christine

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

[DMANET] Open Position in Operations Research at ESSEC Business School

*ESSEC Business School is
offering a position of Assistant/Associate Professor in Operations Research for
its Paris-Cergy campus, to start in September 2024*.

Applicants should have a strong research focus
and interests in Optimization and Operations Research, with a PhD or doctorate
in related fields (OR, computer science, mathematics, economics). They should
also demonstrate high leadership and autonomy in research and teaching, with
publications in high-quality journals in Operations Research. Salary is
competitive with the European Business Schools environment.

The Professor will join the Information Systems, Decision Sciences and
Statistics (IDS) department, and will be part of the OMOR
(Operations Management / Operations Research) research cluster of ESSEC
Business School that currently gathers 10 permanent members and 8 PhD students
(see website *https://sites.google.com/essec.edu/omor/*
<https://sites.google.com/essec.edu/omor/>).

The school is looking for a candidate with a cross-disciplinary
research focus, bridging the gap
between optimization, data science and AI, with the core expertise in
mathematical optimization. The applicant should have research interests in
developing optimization theory and methodology (including prescriptive
analytics, data-driven optimization with machine learning), as well as working
on applications which are in line with the strategy of the school. Experience
in computational optimization and proficiency in at least one programming
language (Python, C/C++, Java, Julia) is required. Ideal profiles combine
innovation spirit, technical depth, and a strong interest in linking theory and
practice through applications.

The applicant should be able to teach in English in various ESSEC
Business School
Programs (at bachelor, master or PhD level). This includes courses in applied
mathematics in the BBA program, and courses in Decision Analytics in various
master/BBA programs (including joint programs with the engineering
school École CentraleSupélec).

With its 3 campuses (Paris, Singapore and Rabat), ESSEC
Business School is a top European Business School with international and very
diverse faculty and student communities. The ESSEC Master in Management is
ranked #5 worldwide by the Financial Times in 2023. The ESSEC Master in
Finance is ranked #3 worldwide in the FT 2023 ranking. The ESSEC
Master in Data Science & Business Analytics (a joint
program with École CentraleSupélec Paris) is ranked #4 worldwide in
the latest QS 2023 ranking.

Candidates should submit their applications (including a
cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae, a list of publications emphasizing
the four most representative ones, a teaching statement,
a research statement including the research plan for the next 3 to 6
years, and three recommendation
letters) to:

*https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1G-3KB2d_advCKZAsXQcZIT3swsZzQMOWhl5oQfvBkZw/
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1G-3KB2d_advCKZAsXQcZIT3swsZzQMOWhl5oQfvBkZw/>*

The closing date for applications is *January 8, 2024.*

For further information on academic matters and Operations Research at
ESSEC, prospective
candidates are invited to contact

Prof. Laurent Alfandari (alfandari@essec.edu),Prof. Claudia Archetti
(archetti@essec.edu), Prof. Diego Delle Donne (delledonne@essec.edu)
and/or
Prof. Ivana Ljubic (ljubic@essec.edu),
IDS Professors of Operations Research and Decision Analytics.

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[DMANET] 2 year postdoctoral research position at Inria-Bordeaux, France

Dear colleagues,

We are accepting applications for a 2-year postdoctoral research position at Inria-Bordeaux, France, within the team EDGE (https://team.inria.fr/edge/). Our team is composed of 5 permanent members working around reformulation and decomposition techniques for mixed-integer programming as well as optimization under uncertainty approaches (stochastic and robust optimization). We are also very active in terms of industrial collaborations working with some of the industrial leaders in France: EDF, SNCF, Orange etc.

This position is offered within a collaboration between Inria and EDF and involves partners from Inria-Lille (Bernard Fortz, Frederic Semet), Inria-Bordeaux (Ayse N. Arslan, Boris Detienne, Aurelien Froger) and EDF (Cecile Rottner, Rodolphe Griset). The detailed description of the offer can be found through the link: https://plmbox.math.cnrs.fr/f/50622452c0e8455eb444/?dl=1.

We are searching for highly motivated candidates with a strong background in decomposition methods and numerical implementation and the expected start date (February-March, 2024) can be flexible depending on the quality of the applications we receive. Knowledge and expertise in optimization under uncertainty approaches such as stochastic programming or robust optimization will be appreciated.

If you have any questions regarding the team, the project or the position please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

Best regards,

Ayse N. Arslan
Junior researcher
Centre Inria de l'Universite de Bordeaux, EDGE
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[DMANET] Fifth Call for Papers with extended deadline for EvoCOP 2024

(Apologies for cross-posting)

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Fifth Call for Papers:

EvoCOP 2024 - The 24nd European Conference on
Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation

http://www.evostar.org/2024/evocop/

April 3 - 5, 2024
held as part of EvoStar (http://www.evostar.org)

Venue: Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

** EvoCOP is CORE Rank B **

Extended submission deadline: November 15, 2023
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The 24nd European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial
Optimisation is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together researchers
working on applications and theory of evolutionary computation methods and
other metaheuristics for solving difficult combinatorial optimisation problems
appearing in various industrial, economic, and scientific domains.

Successfully solved problems include, but are not limited to, multi-objective,
uncertain, dynamic and stochastic problems in the context of scheduling,
timetabling, network design, transportation and distribution, vehicle routing,
graphs, satisfiability, energy optimisation, cutting, packing, planning and
search-based software engineering.

The EvoCOP 2024 conference will be held somewhere on Earth, together
with EuroGP (the 27th European Conference on Genetic Programming), EvoMUSART
(the 13th European conference on evolutionary and biologically inspired music,
sound, art and design) and EvoApplications (the 27th European Conference on the
Applications of Evolutionary Computation), and a special track on
Evolutionary Machine Learning in a joint event collectively known as EvoStar (Evo*).

Accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science series. (See https://link.springer.com/conference/evocop for
previous proceedings.)

The best regular paper presented at EvoCOP 2024 will be distinguished
with a Best Paper Award.

EvoCOP conference is ranked B in the CORE 2021 ranking: http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/2195/

**** Areas of Interest and Contributions ****

EvoCOP welcomes submissions in all experimental and theoretical aspects of
evolutionary computation and other metaheuristics to combinatorial optimisation
problems, including (but not limited to) the following areas:

* Applications of metaheuristics to combinatorial optimisation problems
* Theoretical developments
* Neighbourhoods and efficient algorithms for searching them
* Variation operators for stochastic search methods
* Constraint-handling techniques
* Parallelisation and grid computing
* Multi-objective optimisation
* Search space and landscape analyses
* Comparisons between different (also exact) methods
* Automatic algorithm configuration and design

Prominent examples of metaheuristics include (but are not limited to):

* Evolutionary algorithms
* Estimation of distribution algorithms
* Swarm intelligence methods such as ant colony and particle swarm optimisation
* Artificial immune systems
* Local search methods such as simulated annealing, tabu search, variable
neighbourhood search, iterated local search, scatter search and path relinking
* Hybrid methods such as memetic algorithms
* Matheuristics (hybrids of exact and heuristic methods)
* Hyper-heuristics and autonomous search
* Surrogate-model-based methods

Notice that, by tradition, continuous/numerical optimisation is *not* part of
the topics of interest of EvoCOP. Interested authors might consider submitting
to other EvoStar conferences such as EvoApplications.


**** Submission Details ****

Paper submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. The submissions
will be peer reviewed by members of the program committee. The reviewing
process will be double-blind, please omit information about the authors in the
submitted paper. Submit your manuscript in Springer LNCS format:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Page limit: 14 + unlimited references pages

Submission link: coming soon

The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their paper on the basis of
the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a camera-ready version of
their manuscripts. At least one author of each accepted work has to register
for the conference, attend the conference and present the work.


**** Important Dates ****

Extended submission deadline: November 15, 2023
EvoStar: April 3-5, 2024


**** EvoCOP Programme Chairs ****

Markus Wagner
Monash University, Australia
markus.wagner @ monash.edu

Thomas Stützle
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
stuetzle @ ulb.ac.be


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