** Call for Attendees ** The 4th CINI HPC Summer School 2026 https://hpcsummerschool.massimocafaro.it We are pleased to announce the 4th CINI HPC Summer School 2026, which will take place from 15–19 June 2026 at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. Organized by the CINI HPC National Laboratory jointly with the HPC Laboratory at the University of Salento, the Summer School will address the design of scalable parallel algorithms and the use of standard “de facto” programming models and tools crucial for enhancing HPC application performance, including practical hands-on sessions focusing on MPI, OpenMP, GPU programming, and performance monitoring. The curriculum aims to boost participants’ capabilities in utilizing HPC for complex scientific and industrial tasks, bringing together theoretical and technical viewpoints. Over the course of five days, participants will gain insights into the design and analysis of parallel algorithms and related, current technologies. Dr. Alberto Baiardi, Staff Research Scientist at IBM Zurich, will open the Summer School with a keynote address titled "Quantum Computing for Natural Science Simulations". We are seeking highly motivated students, for a learning experience focused on leading-edge subjects. You will be taught by University of Salento faculty members jointly with CINECA leading experts, and attend classes with top students that share your interests. The Summer School represents a unique opportunity to participate in an exciting laboratory of teaching and active learning. Target audience The target audience includes Master’s graduates, Ph.D students, early-stage Postdoc, and engineers. The school welcomes everyone regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion. Applicants will be evaluated on their CV. Requirements Applicants are expected to: - Posses working knowledge of C/C++, Unix (Linux etc), terminal, editor and compilers; - Bring their laptop to write, compile and execute parallel code. School Fees - Ph.D. students, post-docs and Master’s graduates: 350 euro - Faculties/Researchers: 400 euro - Professionals: 500 euro The fee provides access to all of the lectures, teaching materials and social event/dinner. PLEASE NOTE: The electronic payment also includes, additionally, 2 euro, which represent the payment of stamp duty, a mandatory tax obligation under Italian law. Deadlines Applications: until May 8, 2026 Notification of acceptance: May 13, 2026 Fee payment for enrolment: no late than May 15, 2026 Summer School: June 15-19, 2026 Submitting your application is a two-step process. Both steps are MANDATORY. 1) for the initial online registration, please use this link: https://conference.unisalento.it/event/19/ Please don’t pay in advance the registration fee. The Summer School Committee will evaluate the requests, and admit the applicants. Only admitted applicants - up to 50 - must, upon receiving confirmation of admission, proceed with the fee payment (note that the deadline for fee payment is May 15, 2026); 2) Applications will be assessed by a Committee appointed by the Summer School Board. In order for your application to be assessed, the application form and the required documentation must be sent to the Summer School Committee referring to the instructions available at this link: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/page/5/details/18396/dii-avviso-di-apertura-delle-candidature-hpc-summer-school-aa-20252026.html NOTE The website https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/page/5/details/18396/dii-avviso-di-apertura-delle-candidature-hpc-summer-school-aa-20252026.html provides the call and application forms both in - English (call: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1598384.html forms: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1463725.html) - Italian (call: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1598383.html forms: https://trasparenza.unisalento.it/download/1458372.html) The required documentation includes: - signed application form; - curriculum vitae; - list of examinations passed with the corresponding grades, drawn up as a self-declaration; - any English language certification at level B2 or higher; - motivation letter; - copy of an identity card bearing a handwritten signature. The documentation must be sent by email at the following email address: protocollo.ingegneria@unisalento.it indicating the following wording in the subject line: FIRST NAME + LAST NAME + HPCSummerSchool_2026 Further information about the CINI HPC Summer School can be found at: https://hpcsummerschool.massimocafaro.it - ********************************************************************************************* Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning Head of the HPC (High Performance Computing) Lab Head of the AIMA Lab (Artificial Intelligence Models and Algorithms) Department of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web https://www.massimocafaro.it 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 Weiler’s Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself. ********************************************************************************************** -- ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. 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Friday, May 1, 2026
[DMANET] CPM 2026 call for participation
The 37th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM 2026) will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 15 to 17, 2026. See details here: https://cpm2026.compute.dtu.dk. CPM 2026 is now open for registration. Register at https://www.conferencemanager.dk/cpmswat2026 (early registration until May 12) CPM is part of the Copenhagen summer of algorithms with several co-located events: - 20th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2026), June 17-19. https://swat2026.compute.dtu.dk (register for that at the same link.) - 24th Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2026), June 22-24. https://sea2026.github.io - Summer School on String Algorithms, June 13-14. Details coming shortly. See you in Copenhagen! ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************
[DMANET] ORAHS 2026 in Belfast: submission deadline extended to 5 May 2026
**Apologies for any multiple copies of this message** Dear Colleagues, *we are writing to inform you that the deadline for submitting your talk for the ORAHS 2026 conference has been extended to 5 May 2026*. ORAHS is the annual conference organised by the EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services <https://orahs.di.unito.it/> . This year marks the 52nd edition. The main theme of this year’s conference is “The transformation of healthcare systems through digital innovation and artificial intelligence”, a topic that will be discussed at the prestigious Queen’s University Belfast from 19 July 2026 to 24 July 2026. Once again this year, the organisers are putting together a high-calibre scientific (https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/orahs-2026/scientific-programme/) and social (https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/orahs-2026/social-programme/) programme, in keeping with ORAHS tradition. For PhD students, ORAHS also offers a fascinating and highly popular Doctoral Colloquium: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/orahs-2026/doctoral-colloquium/ We would also like to highlight the opportunity to stay at the university’s Elms Student Village at reasonable rates. Details here: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/orahs-2026/plan-your-trip/recommended-hotels/ Further details and information here: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/orahs-2026/ Melanie Reuter-Oppermann & Roberto Aringhieri :: EWG ORAHS co-chairs -- Prof. Roberto Aringhieri, Ph.D. Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Torino Corso Svizzera 185, I-10149 Torino, Italy Office: +39 011 6706755 - http://di.unito.it/aringhieri My message may reach you outside of the working day. Please feel free to respond (if necessary) during your normal working hours ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************
[DMANET] CFP: LCN Special Track on Large Language Models and Networking (LLMNet)
** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ** CFP: 2nd LCN Special Track on Large Language Models and Networking (LLMNet) =================================================================================== SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 15, 2026 (AoE) =================================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS The 2nd LCN Special Track on on Large Language Models and Networking (LLMNet 2026) in conjunction with the 51st Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (IEEE LCN 2026) ==================================================================================== Coimbra, Portugal, 7 – 9 October 2026 Website - https://llmnet.nss-research.io ## Scope and Topics Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI (GenAI) have rapidly advanced in language modelling and related tasks, with their applications now expanding into various other domains. In networking, LLMs and their variants have the potential to address key challenges such as traffic management and classification, configuration management, network migration, and scheduling. However, their full potential in networking remains largely underexplored. This special track aims to foster research in this emerging area and bring together the international networking research community working on LLM-driven solutions. ## Topics The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * LLM Applications in Network Operations * LLMs for traffic prediction and management * LLM-driven anomaly and fault detection in networks * LLMs for Network Security and Privacy * LLMs for detecting malware in network traffic * LLMs in Networked System Optimization * LLM-guided routing and congestion control * Machine-to-machine LLM * Network configuration and optimization through Large GenAI models * Benchmarking reasoning and planning capabilities for Networks * Network configuration and optimization through Large GenAI models * Large GenAI models for resource allocation and quality of service optimization * Large GenAI models for network fault diagnosis and troubleshooting * LLMs for network performance prediction * LLMs for network protocol design * Scheduling and load balancing with LLMs * QoS/QoE prediction and optimization using LLMs * Natural Language Interfaces for Network Management * Using LLMs to generate network configurations from natural language * Troubleshooting and diagnostics through conversational interfaces * LLMs in Mobile and Wireless Networking * Adaptive LLMs for edge and mobile scenarios * LLMs for device mobility prediction and handover optimization * Federated learning with LLMs in wireless networks * LLMs and Network Data Analytics * Summarization of network incidents and logs via LLMs * Automated documentation and change logs using LLMs * Efficient fine-tuning and inference of LLMs in network environments * Deployment of LLMs at the edge, in routers, or programmable switches * LLMs for Emerging Network Architectures * Use of LLMs in Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) * LLMs for programmable networks and intent-based networking * LLM Applications in 6G, IoT, and space-terrestrial integrated networks * Datasets and benchmarks for evaluating LLMs in networking * Explainability and interpretability of LLMs in networking tasks * Human-in-the-loop evaluation frameworks * Multi-modal models for networking (e.g., combining text, telemetry, and packet traces) * Ethical considerations, fairness, and bias in LLM-driven network operations * LLMs for cybersecurity education and training in networked environments ## Submission guidelines * via EDAS: TBC * Paper submissions may be up to six (6) pages (excl. references) * in two-column IEEE style * Detailed instructions can be found on the LCN webpage. ## Important dates * Paper Registration: Jun 08, 2026 (AoE) * Paper Submission Deadline: Jun 15, 2026 (AoE) * Paper Acceptance Notification: August 1, 2026 * Camera-ready Papers Due: August 15, 2026 ## Special Track Organizers * Suranga Seneviratne - The University of Sydney * Madhusanka Liyanage - University College Dublin ## Technical Program Chair TBC We look forward to your submissions! ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************
[DMANET] SAGT 2026: Call for Papers + Accompanying Workshop on Mechanisms with Predictions
=================================================================== 19th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT) 2026 15th-18th September 2026, University of Augsburg, Germany https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/fai/conferences/sagt-2026/ =================================================================== *** Accompanied by a Workshop on Mechanisms with Predictions by *** *** Vasilis Gkazelis and Guido Schäfer *** *** 14th-15th September 2026, University of Augsburg *** =================================================================== The purpose of SAGT is to bring together researchers from Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research, and related fields to present and discuss original research at the intersection of Algorithms and Game Theory. Foundational work is solicited on topics including but not limited to: Solution Concepts in Game Theory Efficiency of Equilibria and Price of Anarchy Computational Aspects of Equilibria Learning and Dynamics in Games Game-Theoretic Aspects of Networks Auction Design and Analysis Algorithmic Contract Design Mechanism Design and Pricing Internet Economics and Computational Advertising Reputation, Recommendation and Trust Systems Economic Aspects of Distributed Computing Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Decision Theory and Information Design Computational Social Choice and Fair Division Market Design and Matching Markets Cooperative Game Theory =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== Abstract Submission: 20 May 2026, anywhere on Earth Full-Paper Submission: 26 May 2026, anywhere on Earth Notification: 09 July 2026 Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026 Conference: 15 - 18 September 2026 ======================= SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ======================= Authors are invited to submit original research for possible presentation at the conference. Each paper will be evaluated on significance, originality, technical quality, and exposition. It should clearly establish the research contribution, its relevance, and its relation to prior research. *** Where to Submit *** SAGT 2026 uses Easychair. Submission server: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sagt2026 The submission server is open! *** Submission Guidelines *** Submissions must be anonymous. SAGT 2026 will use double-blind reviewing like WINE, EC, and all other major conferences. 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. (In LNCS, \author{} and \institute{} fields should not be included.) Authors should refer to their prior work in a neutral manner (for example, say “XYZ showed” instead of “we showed”). Submissions may include work that has been publicly presented (as long as it has not appeared in published proceedings) or posted on arXiv or similar online repositories, provided that the submission itself is properly anonymized. Submissions may be up to 18 pages long (including title page and references) in LNCS format. Note that SAGT 2026 requires submissions in LNCS format (provided as part of Springer's LaTeX2e package). In addition, an appendix may be included at the end of the paper and will be read at the discretion of the reviewers. Submissions deviating from these guidelines may be rejected without review. Authors are strongly encouraged to structure their paper in a way that includes a clear presentation of the merits of the paper and a discussion of the importance of the results, as well as an exposition of the key conceptual and technical ideas. *** Author Guidelines *** The symposium proceedings will be published by Springer as a Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) proceedings volume. Accepted papers will be allocated at most 18 pages (including title page and references) in LNCS format in the proceedings. Please refer to Springer's Information for Authors for detailed guidelines on how to prepare the final manuscript. To accommodate the publishing traditions of different fields, authors of accepted papers can choose to publish a one-page abstract of their paper in the proceedings. The paper must then provide a URL referring to the full version of the paper; authors should guarantee the link to be reliable for at least two years. Such papers must be formatted and submitted just like regular papers (as described above). Results previously published or presented at another archival conference prior to SAGT, or published (or accepted for publication) at a journal prior to the submission deadline, will not be considered for publication. Simultaneous submission to WINE 2026 is explicitly allowed. In case the paper is accepted for publication at SAGT, the authors have to withdraw the paper from WINE 2026. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed. Simultaneous submission of results to a journal is allowed only if the authors publish the paper as a one-page abstract in SAGT 2026. *** Proceedings and Special Issue *** Conference participants will have free access to the online conference proceedings of SAGT 2026. SAGT 2026 will extend invitations to a selection of accepted papers for publication in a dedicated special issue of the ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation (TEAC) (details will be communicated in due course). ======= CONTACT ======= The conference is organized by Pascal Lenzner (University of Augsburg) and Daniel Schmand (University of Bremen). Contact: SAGT2026@informatik.uni-augsburg.de =============================================================================================== ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. 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[DMANET] [CFP] Theory and Methods for Abstraction (THEMA 2026) - Deadline Extension
* Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call * ================================================================== ========== THEMA 2026: Call for Papers (Deadline Extended ======== Workshop on Theory and Methods for Abstraction (THEMA 2026) Location: Lisbon, Portugal Deadline for submission: May 4, 2026 (AoE, Extended) Workshop: July 24, 2026 https://abstraction.cognitive-logics.org/thema2026/ Co-located with the 23rd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2026) as part of the Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2026). ================================================================== Aims and Scope ---------------------- Abstraction is a process that is exploited in human reasoning and understanding. Although the word itself comes from the meaning of "to draw away", there is no precise definition that is able to cover all the meanings that it gains depending on its utilisation. Various meanings of abstraction are interpreted in different disciplines such as Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Biomimetics, Mathematics and AI, with the shared consensus of the aim to distil the essential. From the early days of AI research, including in the work of Alan Turing, such abstraction learning has been seen as a crucial heuristic for problem-solving. First, the problem is solved in a relaxed or reduced space, and then the abstract solution is used to guide the search for a solution in the original space. Since the success in solving a problem relies on how "good" the abstraction is, theoretical approaches for defining abstractions with desired properties have been and continue to be investigated while adhering to certain principles of simplification and/or generalization. Abstraction is also being used as a representation technique. Having different layers of representation that enable reasoning at a high level and refining to more low-level details only when necessary, e.g., in Robotics, allows one to determine the focus points of the problem. While usually the representation decisions are left to the experts, there are also methods, e.g. in Model Checking, to automatically find abstractions that allow one to check desired properties of the system at the abstract level. More recently, abstraction is becoming an essential technique for AI systems to present a “model of self”, overviewing their complex structures via showing the key elements making it easier for humans to understand their decision-making. This workshop aims to bring together researchers from different sub-areas of KR and related communities who work on different aspects of abstraction in their respective areas, with the goal of exchanging theories and methods. The following lists topics (but is not limited to these): *Formation of concepts *Symbol learning *Inductive reasoning *Abstraction and analogical reasoning *Abstraction and generalization as operations *The role of abstraction in knowledge *Formal logical and philosophical foundations of abstraction *Abstraction in ontological and conceptual modelling *Systems which employ different levels of granularity *Forgetting and marginalization *Human-inspired theories of perception *Application of abstraction in, e.g., verification and software engineering Invited Speaker -------------------------------------------------- Blai Bonet, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Elena Romanenko, University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Workshop Organizers and Co-Chairs -------------------------------------------------- Oliver Kutz, University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Zeynep G. Saribatur, TU Wien, Austria Kai Sauerwald, University of Hagen, Germany Important Dates ---------------------- Paper submission: May 4, 2026 (AoE, Extended) Notification: May 28, 2026 Workshop: July 24, 2026 Submission and Publication Details ----------------------------------------------- We invite - short (6 pages) and - long papers (13 pages) of unpublished work, or - extended abstracts (2 pages) of already published works or works in progress. Reviewing will be single-blind, but anonymous submissions are possible. * All submissions should be formatted in CEUR style (one-column style) without an enabled header and footer. The author kit can be found at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. Papers must be submitted in PDF only and should include a statement regarding the usage of AI (see CEUR AI policy). For the camera-ready versions, one must also provide the LaTeX sources. *Link to the submission site is on the webpage: https://abstraction.cognitive-logics.org/thema2026/call.html Authors of all accepted original contributions can opt to publish their work in CEUR proceedings. Accepted non-original contributions will be given visibility on the workshop website, including a link to the original publication, if already published. Following the workshop, there will be an open call for inclusion in a special issue of the German Journal of Artificial Intelligence (KI). ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. 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