Theory Announcements

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

[DMANET] CfP: ISGAIE 2026|| Extended deadline Feb 20, 2026 || May 20 - 22, 2026 - Casablanca, Morocco

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The Third International Symposium on Generative AI and Education
(ISGAIE'2026)
May 20-22, 2026
Casablanca, Morocco

*Accepting Virtual Participation*https://research-conf.com/

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*IMPORTANT DATES*
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Paper Submission deadline : *Feb 10, 2026 (extended deadline)*
Notification: April 5th, 2026
Camera-Ready: April 20th, 2026

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*Submission link*
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https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISGAIE2026

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*Publication*------------------------------------------------------------
The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Book
Series:* "Lecture
Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies **(Approved)".* All
papers must meet high-quality standards to be considered by Springer and
included in the proceedings.
Indexed by SCOPUS, INSPEC, EI Compendex.

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*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS :*
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The following eminent keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:
ISGAIE-2026 will accommodate an attractive technical program that features:

1. Prof. Mohammad Ilyas College of Engineering and Computer Science at
Florida Atlantic University, USA
2. Professor Will MA Professor & Director of the Centre for Innovative
Teaching and Learning (CITL), Hong Kong University, China
3. Prof. Aniss KOUBAA College of Engineering, Alfaisal University, Riyadh,
KSA

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*Topics of Interest*
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Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished papers to this book.
Topics include, but are not limited to:

Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Generative AI
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Recent advances in Generative AI and their impact on education
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The impact of Generative AI on learning and teaching
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Transforming Education in the Age of Generative AI
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Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, and Practice
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Generative AI for Training teachers and students
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Generative AI for Assistive Technology
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Generative AI for Adaptive Learning
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Generative AI for Personalized Learning
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Generative AI for Assessment Theories & Methodologies
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Generative AI for Evaluating Learning Progress and Teaching Success
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Generative AI for Automated Feedback Systems
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Generative AI for Virtual Teaching Assistants
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Generative AIand Collaborative learning
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Train Generative AI on Contextual Understanding
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Plagiarism, and the Role of Generative AI
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Data Privacy and Ethical Considerations
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Futuristic Ideas and Cases Studies
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Etc

For more details, please visit our conference website:
https://research-conf.com/

If you have any enquiry, please contact us at: isgaie2025@@gmail.com.

Looking forward to your contributions.

Kind regards,
ISGAIE'26 Organizers

*Dr. M.Lahby*

Laboratory of Mathematics and Applications, University Hassan II, Ecole
Normale Supérieure (ENS) Casablanca, Morocco

mlahby@gmail.com
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[DMANET] [CFP] Submission Deadline: January 18, 2026 – The 4th International Workshop on TwinNetApp in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2026 | Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Call for Papers

The Fourth International Workshop on Data Driven and AI-Enabled
Digital Twin Networks and Applications (TwinNetApp)

in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2026

May 24-28, 2026 – Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Workshop Website: https://icc26-twinnetapp.bcrg.uk/
Conference Website: https://icc2026.ieee-icc.org/

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Digital Twin (DT) technology has emerged as a critical enabler for
next-generation communication networks. Regarding this, DTs provide
real-time synchronization between physical and digital systems and support
advanced monitoring, emulation, and optimization capabilities. By bridging
the physical and virtual domains, DTs provide novel approaches to design,
analyze, and operate complex infrastructures that go far beyond traditional
simulation methods. Real-time network monitoring, predictive modelling,
proactive management, and what-if simulation are significant examples that
highlight DT's potential in the communication domain and beyond. When
combined with next-generation mobile communications (5G/6G), Artificial
Intelligence (AI), Generative AI (GenAI), Internet of Things (IoT),
Transfer Learning (TL), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR),
Edge/Fog Computing, federated architectures, and microservice-based
platforms, DT becomes a foundation to guarantee latency-sensitive,
energy-efficient, and secure services. These synergies create opportunities
for sustainable and scalable solutions in diverse sectors, from smart
cities and agriculture to healthcare, manufacturing, and autonomous
systems. This workshop invites original contributions that address all
aspects of DT networks, systems, and applications, including theoretical
models, system architectures, optimization methods, security mechanisms,
and real-world testbeds. By bringing together academia, industry, and
standardization bodies, the workshop aims to establish a cross-disciplinary
forum to explore the transformative role of DT in shaping sustainable,
intelligent, and connected communication infrastructures. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:

- Data-driven and IoT-based DT networks for real-time communication
systems
- Real-time communication protocols for DT networks
- DT-enabled health applications
- Wireless communications for cyber-physical DT applications
- Security and privacy concepts in DT
- Quantum-enabled DT networks
- DT-assisted AI applications for smart cities
- Communication protocols for enabling DT deployment in real-world
applications
- AI applications of DT systems
- DT in Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing
- DT for enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive Machine Type
- Communications (mMTC), and Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications
(URLLC) applications
- DT for resource management and network optimization
- Connected DT networking systems for environmental sensing
- DT for precision agriculture, and industry 4.0 applications
- Real-world DT simulations, prototypes, and testbed demonstrations

General Chairs

- Kubra Duran, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (K.Duran@napier.ac.uk)
(IEEE Member)
- Berk Canberk, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (B.Canberk@napier.ac.uk)
(IEEE Senior Member)
- Octavia Dobre, Memorial University, Canada (odobre@mun.ca) (IEEE
Fellow)

Important Dates
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Paper Submission Deadline: January 18, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: March 8, 2026
Camera Ready: March 22, 2026

Submission
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The page length limit for all initial submissions for review is SIX (6)
printed pages (10-point font) and must be written in English. Initial
submissions longer than SIX (6) pages will be rejected without review.
Submission Link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=34796

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Kind regards,
Khayal Huseynov
PhD Candidate
Edinburgh Napier University, UK

[DMANET] Computational Geometry: Young Researchers Forum Call for Submissions

Call for Papers: Computational Geometry: Young Researchers Forum (CG:YRF)
2026

The 42nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2026) is
planned to be held in New Brunswick, NJ, USA. It brings together the global
community of researchers who work on a large variety of aspects that combine
geometry, algorithms and applications. To allow a broad audience to actively
participate in the community's major scientific event, this year SoCG will
again be accompanied by a series of satellite events, which together
constitute
"CG Week 2026".

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

The YRF presents young researchers (defined as not having received a formal
doctorate before January 1, 2024) an opportunity to present their work (in
progress as well as finished results) to the CG community in a friendly,
open
setting. Just like in the main event, presentations will be given in the
form
of talks. A pre-screening (but no formal review process) will ensure
appropriate quality control.

CG:YRF 2026 easychair submission page:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgyrf2026

CG:YRF 2026 web page:
https://cgweek26.computational-geometry.org/contribute/yrf/

Important Dates (deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth)

Deadline for submissions 6th March
Conditional acceptance 3rd April
Deadline for revisions 10th April
Notification of acceptance 17th April
CG-Week 2-5 June

Submission guidelines

The idea of the event is for young researchers to present new and ongoing
work. Therefore, the work should not have appeared in print in a formally
reviewed proceedings volume or journal by the time of submission deadline,
and at least one author must be a young researcher.

Topics must fit into the general context of SoCG, as described in the call
for SoCG submissions:
https://cgweek26.computational-geometry.org/contribute/

Submissions must be formatted according to the same style file as regular
SoCG submissions and not exceed 80 lines, excluding front matter and
references. Unlike SoCG, YRF is not employing double-blind reviewing this
year. To ensure an accurate line counting, authors must use the LaTeX class
file socg-lipics-v2021
(at https://computational-geometry.org/guidelines/socg-lipics-v2021.cls),
which is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class, see these guidelines
( see https://computational-geometry.org/guidelines/linecount_2022_09_19.pdf
).
Authors should refrain from putting excessive amounts of texts in parts in
which lines are not counted automatically.

Submissions can contain an appendix of arbitrary length to provide further
details for the screening process, but the main body of the text should be
understandable without reading the appendix. Appendices will also not be
contained in the booklet (see below).

Accepted abstracts will be compiled in a booklet of abstracts that will be
distributed among the participants; this should not be considered a formal
publication. In particular, participants are encouraged to submit (an
extended version of) their presented work to a conference with formal
proceedings and/or to a journal. Booklets of abstracts from previous years'
YRF are available on https://www.computational-geometry.org.

The work must be presented at CG:YRF by an author who is a young
researcher. Otherwise, it will be removed from the program.

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

Early submission

Some young researchers need more time to arrange for travel, visas, or
funding. Authors are thus welcome to submit before the deadline above, in
order for the submission to be reviewed earlier (including earlier
notification of acceptance, rejection or conditional acceptance). Please
notify the PC chair after you have made such an early submission.

All submissions will be judged according to the same standards of quality
regardless of the submission date. It is acceptable to have parallel
submission of the same results to SoCG and YRF; however, it is expected
that the YRF submission will be withdrawn if the full paper is accepted to
SoCG. The reviewing for YRF is completely independent of the reviewing for
SoCG.

YRF PC:

André van Renssen (The University of Sydney)
Carolin Rehs (Dortmund University)
Evanthia Papadopoulou (Università della Svizzera italiana)
Florian Russold (TU Graz)
Håvard Bakke Bjerkevik (University at Albany)
Jack Stade (University of Copenhagen)
Meirav Zehavi (Ben-Gurion University)
Peyman Afshani (Aarhus University) (chair)
Rahul Saladi (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)

[DMANET] PhD positions in Analytics and Operations

Dear Colleagues,

Fully-funded PhD positions in the *Analytics and Operations* specialization
of the PhD in Management
<https://www.skema.edu/en/programmes/phd-in-management> programme at SKEMA
Business School are currently available.

Selected candidates will join the research Centre on Analytics and
Management Science
<https://www.skema.edu/en/skema-centre-analytics-and-management-science>
(CAMS) at SKEMA Business School. CAMS is a multi-disciplinary research
group with a focus on analytics, mathematical modelling, operations
research, operations management, and computational science.

Applicants should have a strong interest in analytics and operations and
preferably hold a Master's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science,
Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or equivalent. The expected
starting date is September 2026. Gross salary is ~2300 EUR per month.

SKEMA's PhD in Management is a 5-year full-time programme including two
years of coursework in Sophia Antipolis, France, and the possibility to
relocate to the supervisor's campus afterwards. Further details on the
programme structure and on the application process are available on
the programme's
webpage <https://www.skema.edu/en/programmes/phd-in-management>.

Applications are open until *February 15, 2026, at 23:59 CET*.

Best regards,
David Rey

Monday, January 12, 2026

[DMANET] [CFP] CVPR Workshop on Image Matching: Local Features and Beyond 2026

CVPR Workshop on Image Matching: Local Features and Beyond 2026

We are happy to announce the annual edition of the Image Matching
Workshop, co-located as every year with CVPR 2026. Our goal is to
encourage and highlight novel strategies for image matching that deviate
from and advance traditional formulations, with a focus on large-scale,
wide-baseline matching for 3D reconstruction and pose estimation.

Please refer to the following links for more information:

- Workshop website: https://image-matching-workshop.github.io
- Submission website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IMW2026

OPEN CHALLENGE

The workshop will once again feature an open challenge hosted on Kaggle.
This year's challenge extends the previous year one with the purpose of
serving as a reference dataset with a larger life span. Teams with best
submissions will be invited to present their solutions at the workshop.

- Challenge website:
https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/image-matching-challenge-2025-ongoing

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

We invite paper submissions up to 8 pages, excluding references and
acknowledgements. They should use the CVPR template (reviews are
double-blind, so please hide author data in the pdf) and be submitted to
the CMT site (linked above). Submissions must contain novel work and
will be indexed in IEEE Xplore/CVF. They will receive at least two
double-blind reviews.

We welcome PC self-nominations. If you're willing to review for the
workshop, please reach out at image-matching@googlegroups.com.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Paper submission deadline: March 16, 2026.
- Notification to authors: April 6, 2026.
- Camera-ready deadline: April 8, 2026 (hard deadline on April 11).
- Workshop date: TBC (June 3 or 4, 2026).

[DMANET] ISSAC 2026 - Second Call for Papers

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

ISSAC 2026
International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
July 13th to 17th, 2026
Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg, Germany
https://www.issac-conference.org/2026/

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The International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC) is the premier conference for research in symbolic computation and computer algebra. ISSAC 2026 will be the 51st meeting in the series, which started in 1966 and has been held annually since 1981. The conference presents a range of invited speakers, tutorials, short communications, software demonstrations and vendor exhibits with a center-piece of contributed research papers.

Important Dates
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* Abstract submission deadline: January 23, 2026, 23:59 (anywhere on Earth)
* Paper submission deadline: January 30, 2026, 23:59 (anywhere on Earth)
* First notification of acceptance/rejection: April 17, 2026
* End of rebuttal phase: April 24, 2026
* Final notification after rebuttal phase: May 1, 2026
* Camera-ready copy due: May 8, 2026

Submission Instructions
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ISSAC 2026 invites the submission of original research contributions to be considered for publication and presentation at the conference. Papers should not duplicate work published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.

Papers must be in English and should not exceed 8 pages in the ACM two-column style, found at:
http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template
which can be downloaded from:
https://portalparts.acm.org/hippo/latex_templates/acmart-primary.zip

However, two additional pages may be used for bibliographical references, and/or for experimental results (tables, figures), experimental data (e.g. input or output systems for a solver) and computer program code (library code, scripts, worksheets, Makefiles, etc.). The portion of the paper before these two additional pages must be self-contained.

Extended abstracts are not allowed. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper.

Submission is via EasyChair, at the website https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=issac2026
The opening date for submissions is January 15th, 2026.

ACM Open and Article Processing Charges
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The ISSAC'26 conference will be organized in cooperation with the ACM, which will publish the articles in the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). Starting from 2026, and similarly to all other ACM publications, all articles will be published Open Access, following the ACM Open model. You may find all relevant information for authors, regarding affiliated institutions and article processing charges (APC) on the page:
https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance

In addition, the conference is offering to sponsor the APCs of papers in the case where they are not covered by the institution of any of its authors, or by any existing waiver. In order to avoid any unnecessary over-expenditure for the conference, please consider choosing among the co-authors of your submission a corresponding author from an affiliated institution or benefiting from a waiver, whenever possible.

Topics
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All areas of computer algebra and symbolic mathematical computation are of interest. These include, but are not limited to:

- Algorithmic aspects:

* Exact and symbolic linear, polynomial and differential algebra
* Symbolic-numeric, homotopy, perturbation and series methods
* Computational algebraic geometry, polynomial and semialgebraic optimization
* Computational group theory and number theory, quantifier elimination and logic
* Computer arithmetic
* Summation, recurrence equations, integration, solution of ODEs & PDEs
* Symbolic methods in other areas of pure and applied mathematics
* AI methods and symbolic computation
* Complexity of algebraic algorithms and algebraic complexity

- Software aspects:

* Design of symbolic computation packages and systems
* Language design and type systems for symbolic computation
* Data representation
* Considerations for modern hardware
* Algorithm implementation and performance tuning
* Mathematical user interfaces
* Use with systems such as digital libraries, courseware, simulation and optimization, automated theorem-proving, computer-aided design, and automatic differentiation

- Application aspects:

* Applications that stretch the current limits of computer algebra algorithms or systems, use computer algebra in new areas or new ways, or apply it in situations with broad impact.

- Satellite Workshops/Conferences:

* The organizing committee of ISSAC 2026 invites proposals for Satellite Events aimed at enriching the conference program, attracting a broader audience, and promoting new developments and original research results in all areas of symbolic mathematical computation.

Current Satellite Events:
* Satisfiability Checking and Symbolic Computation Workshop 2026: https://www.sc-square.org/CSA/workshop11.html

Invited Speakers
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Saugata Basu, Purdue University, United States of America
Assia Mahboubi, Inria & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, France, Netherlands
Oded Schwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Wadim Zudilin, Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands

Organizing Committee
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* General Chair: Christoph Koutschan, RICAM, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
* Program Committee Chairs: Alin Bostan, Inria and Sorbonne University, France
Clément Pernet, Grenoble INP - UGA, France
* Local Arrangements Chair: Anne Frühbis-Krüger, Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg, Germany
* Treasurer: Florian Hess, Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg, Germany
* Publicity Chair: Ali Kemal Uncu, University of Bath, UK
* Tutorial Chair: Arne Storjohann, University of Waterloo, Canada
* Short Communications Chair: Hao Du, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
* Software Presentations Chair: Katsusuke Nabeshima, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Program Committee
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Alin Bostan Inria and Sorbonne University, France
Christopher Brown US Naval Academy, United States of America
Ruyong Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Claus Fieker University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Mark Giesbrecht University of Waterloo, Canada
Martin Helmer Swansea University, United Kingdom
Mioara Joldes CNRS and LAAS, France
Irina Kogan NCSU, United States of America
Diane Maclagan University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Stephen Melczer University of Waterloo, Canada
Fatemeh Mohammadi KU Leuven, Belgium
Clément Pernet Grenoble INP - UGA, France
Veronika Pillwein RISC JKU, Austria
Adrien Poteaux University of Lille, France
Daniel Robertz RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Mahsa Shirmohammadi CNRS and IRIF, France
Gilles Villard CNRS and ENS Lyon, France
John Voight University of Sydney, Australia
Kazuhiro Yokoyama Rikkyo University, Japan
Lihong Zhi Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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[DMANET] IFORS2026: Call for Sessions on Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO/MOP)

Dear colleague,

We are pleased to announce a *stream on "Multi-Objective Optimization
(MOO/MOP)"* at the *24th IFORS Conference*, to be held in *Vienna in 2026*.

This stream will focus on both *discrete and continuous multi-objective
optimization methodologies*, as well as on *recent real-world applications* of
MOO/MOP.

We cordially invite you to *organize a session* within this stream. As a
session organizer, you will be responsible for selecting abstract
submissions and/or inviting speakers to present their work. Each session
will last *90 minutes* and will typically consist of *three to four talks*.

If you are interested in organizing a session, please let us know *by
February 1, 2026*, by providing a *tentative title* for your proposed
session. Once approved, the session will be included in the electronic
Abstract Submission System, allowing you to conveniently invite speakers.

We also welcome *individual talk submissions* to this stream. Abstract
submission is open and will close on *March 15, 2026*.

If you are interested in presenting a talk, please contact us. We will
provide you with a *submission code* to ensure that your contribution is
correctly assigned to the stream.

Further information about *IFORS 2026* is available at:
*Vienna, Austria, July 12–17, 2026*
https://ifors2026.at/home/

If you know colleagues who may be interested in organizing a session within
this stream, please feel free to forward this invitation. Should you have
any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

*Stream Chairs*
Lavinia Amorosi (lavinia.amorosi@uniroma1.it)
Andrea Raith (a.raith@auckland.ac.nz)

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[DMANET] AAA108, Vienna, February 6–8, 2026: Fifth Announcement (End of Standard Registration, Abstract submission)

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108. Arbeitstagung Allgemeine Algebra (AAA)
108th Workshop on General Algebra

February 6–8, 2026
Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

Website: https://www.aaa108.org/
Contact: aaa108@dmg.tuwien.ac.at
Registration: https://www.conftool.org/aaa108/register.php?quick=true
Organizers: Mike Behrisch, Paolo Marimon, and Michael Pinsker

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Dear colleagues,

This is the final call for your trip AAA108 to Vienna.

REGISTRATION (until 18 Jan 2026):

Please take note that the official *registration phase for AAA108 is
terminating* after 18 January 2026 (CET). If you plan to attend the
conference, please register ASAP at
https://www.conftool.org/aaa108/register.php?quick=true After 18 January
only late registration will be possible with a substantially more
expensive fee.

Upon registration you will be able to pay the conference fee by credit
card. Note that your registration will not be fully valid until the fee
has been paid. In particular simply creating an account in the ConfTool
system will be understood as a signal of intent to possibly attend the
conference but does not count as a registration.

ABSTRACTS (until 18 Jan 2026):

The deadline for abstract submission of contributed talks (approx. 15–20
minutes) is 18 January 2026, as well. If you haven't submitted your
abstract yet, please kindly do so by the end of 18 Jan 2026 (CET) via
the following form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBBxREqUx1LycTQT79-OPrDWLPVeDnQwuCMjn0_RQ2iGGnIw/viewform?usp=header

Submitted abstracts may still be modified (with the same form) until 25
Jan 2026 (inclusively).

The abstract field should contain the code that you would write inside
the AAAabstract-environment in the template.

Do NOT load any additional packages other than those provided by the
template class, do not modify the preamble (keep the abstract simple).
If you feel (in an exceptional case) that you urgently need some
additional package for your abstract to be typeset, please consult the
organisers before.

CONFERENCE DINNER:

For those who wish to bring additional guests to the conference dinner
on 7 Feb 2026, we have made the purchase of (up to 4) extra dinner
tickets in ConfTool available. This is an optional item (60 EUR/person)
that can be added upon registration (or, if you are already registered,
by modifying your existing registration by clicking on 'Edit …/or
Register for Another Event').

VISA LETTERS:

If you request a letter of invitation for visa purposes please contact
the organizing committee at your earliest convenience.

SPEAKERS:

As previously announced, the conference will consist of five invited
talks of 50 minutes and contributed talks of 15-20 minutes. Our speakers
will be:

• Peter Cameron (University of St. Andrews, Queen Mary University of
London)
• Michael Kompatscher (Charles University in Prague)
• James Mitchell (University of St. Andrews)
• Gianluca Paolini (University of Torino)
• Ross Willard (University of Waterloo)

Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues and
students who may not be on our mailing list. We apologize for multiple
copies.

We look forward to welcoming you at the conference!

Mike Behrisch, Paolo Marimon and Michael Pinsker
Institut für Diskrete Mathematik und Geometrie
Technische Universität Wien
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[DMANET] Sequences in London 2026, 5-6 February, 2026 --- Final Call for Participation and Presentations

Sequences in London is a 2-day workshop that is held annually at City University in the heart of London.

https://sites.google.com/view/sequencesworkshop/home

The next edition will take place on 5-6 February, 2026.

The workshop aims to gather researchers working on different aspects of symbolic sequences, including string algorithms and data structures, computational biology, combinatorics on words, and other areas, both theoretical and practical.

Attendance is free to registered participants. If you would like to participate in the meeting, and/or give a talk (~20-30 minutes), please register via the link on the web page.

The workshop has no published proceedings, and talks may present already published work or work in progress. If there is sufficient interest, a special issue of a journal open to all workshop participants will be organized after the workshop.

We look forward to seeing you in London!

Golnaz Badkobeh, Gabriele Fici, and Simon J. Puglisi
Sequences Workshop Organisers

[DMANET] Postdoc position in Mathematics - University of Primorska, Slovenia

The University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and
Information Technologies (UP FAMNIT) invites applications for postdoctoral
researcher positions. We welcome outstanding candidates with a strong
research record in mathematics who are motivated to develop independent
research and to contribute to the preparation of competitive project
proposals.

Position description

UP FAMNIT offers a dynamic international research environment and
encourages postdoctoral researchers to pursue independent high-quality
research, build collaborations, and contribute to the research profile of
the faculty. Since this is an open call, the exact research topic and
mentoring arrangements will be determined based on the candidate's
expertise and research plan, as well as alignment with UP FAMNIT's research
strengths.
Conditions

- Duration: 2 years, with possible extension subject to funding and
performance
- Starting date: flexible; preferably by June 2026
- Host institution: UP FAMNIT, University of Primorska, Slovenia
- Deadline for application: January 31st 2026

To apply, please email the following documents to razpisi.famnitiam@upr.si with
the subject line: "University of Primorska Postdoc – Open Call 2026"

- Curriculum Vitae,
- Publication list,
- Research statement (including a short outline of a project idea),
- Copies of up to three recent papers or preprints,
- Names and e-mail addresses of two or three persons who can be
contacted for reference (and who have agreed to be contacted).

More details:
https://www.famnit.upr.si/en/news/postdoctoral-researc

[DMANET] 2 Doctoral Researchers (f/m/d) in Computational and Data Science at KIT

KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science (KCDS) is now looking for

2 Doctoral Researchers (f/m/d) in Computational and Data Science at KIT
https://www.kcds.kit.edu/72.php

Application deadline: January 31, 2026

We are offering two DAAD Graduate School Scholarships for candidates with
residency outside of Germany in the last 15 months, so especially for
international candidates!

The interdisciplinary projects offered are:
01 Estimation of short-term extremes in air pollution and their drivers
(Supervisors H. Andersen, J. Cermak, V. Fasen-Hartmann)
02 Developing Dynamic Digital Twins of the Human Heart (Supervisors A.
Loewe,
S. Krumscheid)

Be sure to forward this to potential candidates/friends/colleagues from all
over the globe! Thanks in advance for your support.

Kind regards
Angela Hühnerfuß

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

- KIT Center MathSEE -

Angela Hühnerfuß

KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science

Coordination Office

<http://www.kcds.kit.edu/> www.kcds.kit.edu

Kaiserstr. 12

D-76131 Karlsruhe

Tel.: +49 721-608 47748

<mailto:angela.huehnerfuss@kit.edu> angela.huehnerfuss@kit.edu

KIT – The University in the Helmholtz Association

<http://www.kit.edu/> www.kit.edu

[DMANET] [CFP] Workshop on Theory and Methods for Abstraction (THEMA 2026)

* Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call *
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Workshop on Theory and Methods for Abstraction (THEMA 2026)

Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Deadline for submission: April 27, 2026
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).
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Aims and Scope
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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 verification and software engineering

Workshop Organizers and Co-Chairs
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Oliver Kutz University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Zeynep G. Saribatur TU Wien, Austria
Kai Sauerwald University of Hagen, Germany

Important Dates
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Paper submission: April 27, 2026
Notification: May 28, 2026
Workshop: July 24, 2026

Submission and Publication Details
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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 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 an statement regarding usage of AI (see CEUR AI
policy). For the camera-ready versions, one must also provide the LaTeX
sources.
*Link the submission site will be announced on the webpage:
https://abstraction.cognitive-logics.org/thema2026/call.html

Authors of all accepted original contributions can opt to publish their
work on 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).
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[DMANET] [CFP] Euro-Par 2026 - 32nd International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing

--Apologies for multiple postings. Share this CFW with anyone you believe may be interested.--

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Euro-Par 2026
32nd International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
24-28 August 2026, Pisa, Italy
[https://2026.euro-par.org]
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Euro-Par is the premier European forum for all aspects of parallel and distributed computing. Building on more than three decades of success, the conference offers a vibrant week of scientific exchange spanning the full spectrum of the field: from foundational algorithms to end-to-end applications, from low-power edge devices to exascale and cloud-to-edge computing, from architectural breakthroughs and compiler innovations to emerging programming models, performance engineering, reproducibility, and sustainability. Its well-established topic structure fosters deep technical dialogue while enabling cross-fertilization among researchers, practitioners, and students across Europe and beyond.

Recipient of the Euro-Par Achievement Award 2026: Prof. Anne-Marie Kermarrec.

VENUE & ORGANIZATION
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Euro-Par 2026 will take place at the University of Pisa. The Euro-Par 2026 organizing committee is listed on the website: https://2026.euro-par.org/organization/committees/

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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The Euro-Par 2026 proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.
- Papers must be in PDF format and should not exceed 14 pages (including references)
- Papers must be formatted in the Springer LNCS style:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
- Papers that do not meet these requirements may be rejected without review
- Submissions under consideration elsewhere will not be considered
- All submitted papers will be checked for originality
- Generative AI may be used only to improve grammar and style, not to generate content
- Paper submissions are made through EasyChair
- Papers will undergo a single-blind review process

IMPORTANT DATES
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- Abstract submission: 27 February 2026 (AoE)
- Paper submission: 6 March 2026 (AoE)
- Notifications: 30 April 2026
- Camera-ready: 22 May 2026

ARTIFACTS
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Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an artifact for evaluation by an independent Artifact Evaluation Committee. Papers with an accepted artifact will display an artifact badge on the first page, and the artifact will be archived on Zenodo.

TOPICS and TRACK CHAIRS
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We invite submissions of high-quality, novel, and original research results in the areas of parallel and distributed computing covered by the following tracks. More information on the tracks can be found on the conference web page: https://2026.euro-par.org/calls/papers

Track 1. Programming, Compilers, and Performance
- Javier García-Blas, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
- Paul Kelly, Imperial College London, UK

Track 2. Scheduling, Resource Management, Cloud, Edge Computing, and Workflows
- Vana Kalogeraki, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
- Guillaume Pierre, University of Rennes, France

Track 3. Architectures and Accelerators
- Marco Danelutto, University of Pisa, Italy
- Ivy Peng, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Track 4. Scalable AI and Data Analytics
- Abhinav Bhatele, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
- Robert Birke, University of Turin, Italy

Track 5. Theory and Algorithms
- Anne Benoit, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon), France
- Geppino Pucci, University of Padua, Italy

Track 6. Domain-specific and Applied Parallel and Distributed Computing
- Dalvan Griebler, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil
- Bertil Schmidt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

USE OF GENERATIVE AI
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Authors may use generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or Grammarly, only to improve the grammar, style, and clarity of the manuscript. Using AI to generate text, figures, images, or code is not allowed. AI systems cannot be listed as authors, and authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy and originality of all content.

[DMANET] Faculty Positions in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence — IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi

IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi invites applications for Assistant Professor faculty position in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence. The successful candidates will deliver high-quality teaching, actively engage in interdisciplinary research, and contribute to institution-building.
Areas of interest in CS and AI include Security, Privacy and Reliability; Quantum computing; Systems (Distributed & Parallel computing, Operating Systems, Networks, Databases, Computer Architecture, Cloud Computing, Compilers, Cyber-physical); Formal Verification; Machine Learning and Deep Learning; NLP, Computer Vision, Multi-modal AI; Data Science; Multi-agent systems, Reinforcement Learning and Embodied AI; Fairness and Ethics in AI
Outstanding candidates in all areas of CS and AI are encouraged to apply.
About IIT Delhi - Abu Dhabi: IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi, the flagship international campus of IIT Delhi, ranked among the world's top 30 in Engineering & Technology (QS 2025) is building a world-class STEM university focused on research, innovation, and societal impact. Faculty joining now will shape new programs, develop cutting-edge research infrastructure, and benefit from robust institutional support and seed funding. The campus offers unmatched professional growth, career mobility, and access to global industry and research networks.
Why Join IIT Delhi - Abu Dhabi?

* Be part of a prestigious and rapidly growing institution with a strong commitment to research and academic excellence
* Enjoy attractive, tax-free compensation and benefits package; Access to internal seed funding and institutional support for conducting world-class research
* Opportunity to design and work in state-of-the-art research laboratories
* Comprehensive medical insurance coverage
* Relocation and onboarding assistance, including travel assistance, visa facilitation and temporary accommodation to ensure a smooth transition

Qualifications:

* Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI or related areas from a reputed institution
* Bachelor's degree (B.S., B.Sc., B.Tech. or equivalent) in Science, Engineering, or Technology
* For Assistant Professor positions, we typically seek candidates with some post-doctoral experience but not limited to it.

View Detailed Qualifications here: IITD-AD/2026/Recruit01<https://iitdabudhabi.ac.ae/uploaded_files/IITD-AD2026Recruit01.pdf>
How to Apply: Interested candidates to submit cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV), research statement, teaching statement, top five representative publications and contact details of three referees
Submit your application on the IIT Delhi - Abu Dhabi Portal Link<https://iitdadierp.iitd.ac.in/job-application/faculty-opening-2025>. For any queries, regarding application submission, please contact fac_recruit@iitdabudhabi.ac.ae

Sunday, January 11, 2026

[DMANET] Postdoc position in GenAI for drug discovery

A big ask: please circulate this as broadly as you can. We're hiring for AI/ML, but most of our immediate network is in quantum computing, so we'd be grateful for introductions or forwarding to relevant communities.
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We invite applications for classical and quantum machine learning, as part of a collaborative research initiative[1] between Duke-NUS and the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT). The project benefits from access to both leading experts in the field and advanced quantum computing infrastructure, including recent partnerships[2] with leading industry players.

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team that combines classical and quantum algorithm design, software implementation, and applications in drug discovery and molecular modelling. The research will contribute to the development of both quantum and/or classical algorithms, supported by robust, production-grade implementations — with selected molecular candidates proceeding to experimental synthesis and validation in wet-lab settings.

More information: https://luongo.pro/openings/

Duration: 1+1 years. Location: Singapore. Starting date: (tentative) June 2026
We are looking for a researcher with demonstrated excellence in machine learning, showcasing potential to collaborate with quantum scientists. The ideal candidate has:
- A strong publication record that reflects both theoretical depth and conceptual clarity, including the ability to develop and communicate mathematical proofs, and to engage effectively in whiteboard-level reasoning and problem-solving.
- Solid experience with PyTorch (and ideally Lightning), together with the ability to design, implement, and train neural network models to solve concrete problems, producing code that is clean, reliable, and reproducible.
- Interest in tackling open problems in computational biology and drug discovery.

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[1] https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/daisi/research/ai-quantum
[2] https://www.cqt.sg/highlight/2024-07-singapore-quantinuum-quantum-computing/
[3] https://www.quantinuum.com/press-releases/singapore-inks-mou-with-quantinuum-enabling-access-to-their-advanced-quantum-computer

Thank you!

________________________________

Important: This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you.

[DMANET] 2nd CfP - SAT 2026 - 29th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability - updated deadlines

[Submission deadlines have been updated]

SAT 2026 is the 29th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing

https://satisfiability.org/SAT26/

SAT 2026 will take place 20-23 July, 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal at ISCTE, as part of FLoC 2026.

SAT is the premier annual meeting for researchers focusing on the theory and applications of propositional satisfiability, broadly construed. That includes Boolean optimization, such as MaxSAT and Pseudo-Boolean (PB) constraints, Quantified Boolean Formulas (QBF), Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT), model counting, and Constraint Programming (CP) for problems with clear connections to Boolean-level reasoning. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Theoretical advances (including algorithms, proof complexity, parameterized complexity, and other complexity issues)
* Practical search algorithms
* Knowledge compilation
* Implementation-level details of SAT solving tools and SAT-based systems
* Problem encodings and reformulations
* Applications (including both novel applications domains and improvements to existing approaches)
* Case studies and reports on insightful findings based on rigorous experimentation

Papers claiming to resolve a major long-standing open theoretical question in Mathematics or Computer Science (such as those for which a Millennium Prize is offered), are outside the scope of the conference because there is insufficient time in the schedule to referee such papers; instead, such papers should be submitted to an appropriate technical journal.

Submissions to SAT 2026 are invited in the following three categories:

* Long papers (9 to 15 pages, excluding references and appendices)
* Short papers (up to 8 pages, excluding references and appendices)
* Tool papers (up to 8 pages, excluding references and appendices)

Long and short papers should contain original research, with sufficient detail to assess the merits and relevance of the contribution. For papers reporting experimental results, authors are strongly encouraged to make their data and implementation available with the submission. Submissions on applications and case studies are encouraged. Such papers should describe details, weaknesses and strengths of the proposed approaches in sufficient depth, but they are not expected to introduce novel solving methods.

Long and short papers will be evaluated with the same quality standards, and are expected to contain a similar contribution per page ratio. The authors should choose between a long or a short paper depending on the space they need to fully describe their contribution. The classification between long and short papers impacts the duration of the presentation of the work during the conference. It is the responsibility of the authors to make sure that their paper is self-contained in the chosen limit of pages. Reviewers are not required to read appendices. There will be no re-classification of the submissions by the PC.

Tool papers are expected to report on the design and implementation of a tool and its novel features. Here "tool" is interpreted in a broad sense, including descriptions of solvers, preprocessors, etc., as well as systems that exploit SAT solvers or their extensions for use in a relevant problem domain. It is expected that a tool paper is accompanied by a publicly available artifact with a usage description or manual. Papers describing tools that have already been presented previously are expected to contain significant and clear enhancements to the tool.

Submissions should not be under review elsewhere nor be submitted elsewhere while under review for SAT 2026, and should not consist of previously published material. Submissions not consistent with these guidelines may be returned without review.

Papers must be formatted in the LIPIcs LaTeX style available here. Submissions must be made electronically in PDF format. The reviewing process for SAT 2026 is single-blind.

Authors may submit a supplement containing detailed proofs, examples, software, detailed experimental data, or other material related to the submission, to be consulted at the discretion of the reviewers. Supplements will be treated with the same degree of confidentiality as the paper itself. The supplement must consist of a single file in one of the following formats: zipped tarball (.tar.gz or .tgz), gzipped file (.gz), or zip archive (.zip).

One author of each accepted paper is expected to present it at the conference.

Important Dates:

* Abstract Submission: 27 February, 2026 (AoE) - updated
* Paper Submission: 6 March, 2026 (AoE) - updated
* Rebuttal: 13-17 April, 2026
* Author Notification: 30 April, 2026
* Camera-ready Version: 14 May, 2026
*Conference: 20-23 July, 2026

Long and short papers may be considered for a Best Paper Award. If the main author is a student, both in terms of work and writing, the paper may be considered for a Best Student Paper Award.

Accepted papers will be published as proceedings of the conference in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)as a free, open, electronic archive with access to all. Authors will retain full rights over their work. The accepted papers will be published under a CC-BY license.

For questions, please contact the PC Chairs at sat2026@ac.tuwien.ac.at.

Additional information can be found at the conference website: https://satisfiability.org/SAT26/

--
Stefan Szeider, Professor
TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/people/szeider/

Saturday, January 10, 2026

[DMANET] MATS AI Safety Summer Fellowship: Apply by Jan. 18

A quick reminder that applications to the MATS Summer 2026 fellowship
cohort are due by January 18. It only takes 1-2 hours to apply!

MATS Summer 2026
<https://matsprogram.org/apply?utm_source=dmanet&utm_medium=mailing-list&utm_campaign=s26>
(June
- August) is a 12-week fully-funded research fellowship for aspiring AI
alignment, control, security, and governance researchers. Fellows work
directly with mentors from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, UK AISI,
GovAI, Redwood, METR, Apollo, Goodfire, AIFP, and other top
organizations—with housing and office space provided in Berkeley or
London. MATS has accelerated 450+ researchers; among alumni who graduated
before 2025, 80% now work on AI safety.

*Submit your application by Jan. 18!*
<https://matsprogram.org/apply?utm_source=dmanet&utm_medium=mailing-list&utm_campaign=s26>

Please share this opportunity with your networks. We'd love to reach as
many people as possible so that we can continue to attract top talent into
AI safety.
Best,
Eric

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Eric Dhan
Operations Generalist, MATS <https://www.matsprogram.org/>
LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-dhan/>

[DMANET] DeepLearn 2026: early registration February 2

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13th INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON DEEP LEARNING

DeepLearn 2026

Orléans, France

July 20-24, 2026

https://deeplearn.irdta.eu/2026/

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Co-organized by:

University of Orléans

Centre Val de Loire Doctoral College

Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA
Luxembourg/London

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Early registration: February 2, 2026

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SCOPE:

DeepLearn 2026 will be a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants on the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of deep learning. Previous events were held in Bilbao, Genova, Warsaw, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Guimarães, Luleå, Bournemouth, Bari, and Porto.

Deep learning is a branch of artificial intelligence covering a spectrum of current frontier research and industrial innovation that provides more efficient algorithms to deal with large-scale data in a huge variety of environments: computer vision, neurosciences, speech recognition, language processing, human-computer interaction, drug discovery, biomedicine and healthcare, medical image analysis, recommender systems, advertising, fraud detection, robotics, games, business and finance, biotechnology, physics and astrophysics, biometrics, communications, climate sciences, geographic information systems, signal processing, genomics, materials design, video technology, social systems, earth and sustainability, mathematical proofs, etc. etc.

The field is also raising a number of relevant questions about efficiency and robustness of the algorithms, explainability, transparency, interpretability, risks and safety, as well as important ethical concerns at the frontier of current knowledge that deserve careful multidisciplinary discussion.

Most deep learning subareas will be displayed and main challenges identified through 16 four-hour and a half courses, 2 keynote lectures, 1 round table, and a hackathon competition among participants. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Face to face interaction and networking will be main ingredients of the event. It will be also possible to fully participate in vivo remotely.

ADDRESSED TO:

Graduates, postgraduates and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees, hence people less or more advanced in their career will be welcome as well.

Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses.

Overall, DeepLearn 2026 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen to and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators.

VENUE:

DeepLearn 2026 will take place in Orléans, located in the heart of the Loire Valley, which was declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site in 2000. The venue will be:

University of Orléans
Faculty of Law, Economics and Management
11 rue de Blois
45100 Orléans, France

https://www.univ-orleans.fr/en

STRUCTURE:

3 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another.

All lectures will be videorecorded. Participants will be able to watch them again for 45 days after the event.

An open session will give participants the opportunity to present their own work in progress in 5 minutes. Also companies will be able to present their industrial developments for 10 minutes.

The school will include a hackathon, where participants will be able to work in teams to tackle several machine learning challenges.

Full live online participation will be possible. The organizers highlight, however, the importance of face to face interaction and networking in this kind of research training event.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Yingbin Liang (Ohio State University), Theoretical Characterization of Training Transformers for Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

Le Song (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence), Multiscale Foundation Models for Biology

PROFESSORS AND COURSES: (to be completed)

Yuejie Chi (Yale University), [introductory/intermediate] Statistical and Algorithmic Foundations of Reinforcement Learning

Bo Han (Hong Kong Baptist University), [introductory/intermediate] Trustworthy Machine Learning from Data to Models

Jiawei Han (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), [intermediate] Structure-Guided, Theme-Based Knowledge Discovery with Large Language Models

Mingyi Hong (University of Minnesota), [intermediate] Bilevel Optimization: Theory, Algorithms and Application in AI

Cho-Jui Hsieh (University of California Los Angeles), [intermediate/advanced] Optimizers for Large Language Model Training

Furong Huang (University of Maryland), [advanced] Generative AI Agents

Tara Javidi (University of California San Diego), [intermediate] Active Physical Intelligence for Industrial Scale Monitoring

Yan Liu (University of Southern California), [intermediate] Time Series Foundation Models: From Forecasting to Reasoning

Zhijin Qin (Tsinghua University), [intermediate/advanced] Semantic Communications

Aarti Singh (Carnegie Mellon University), [intermediate] Human Centered AI: Challenges and Opportunities

Suvrit Sra (Technical University of Munich), [introductory/intermediate] Introduction to the Theory of Learning with Transformers

Ivor Tsang (A*STAR Centre for Frontier AI Research), [introductory/intermediate] Long-Horizon Agentic Intelligence

Ming-Hsuan Yang (University of California Merced), [advanced] Recent Advances in Multimodal Understanding and Generation

Tong Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), [introductory/intermediate] Reinforcement Learning for Foundation Models

Jun Zhu (Tsinghua University), [introductory/advanced] Generative Models: from Virtual to Physical World

OPEN SESSION:

An open session will collect 5-minute voluntary oral presentations of work in progress by participants.

They should submit a half-page abstract containing the title, authors, and summary of the research to david@irdta.eu by July 12, 2026.

INDUSTRIAL SESSION:

A session will be devoted to 10-minute demonstrations of practical applications of deep learning in industry.

Companies interested in contributing are welcome to submit a 1-page abstract containing the program of the demonstration and the logistics needed. People in charge of the demonstration must register for the event.

Abstracts have to be submitted to david@irdta.eu by July 12, 2026.

HACKATHON:

A hackathon will take place, where participants can voluntarily work in teams to tackle several machine learning challenges. They will be coordinated by Professor Sergei V. Gleyzer (University of Alabama). The challenges will be released 2 weeks before the beginning of the school. A jury will judge the submissions and the winners of each challenge will be announced by the end of August 2026. The winning teams will receive a modest monetary prize and the runners-up will get a certificate.

SPONSORS:

Companies/institutions/organizations willing to be sponsors of the event can download the sponsorship leaflet from

https://deeplearn.irdta.eu/2026/sponsors/

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Karim Abed-Meraim (Orléans, local co-chair)
Sergei V. Gleyzer (Tuscaloosa, hackathon chair)
Meryem Jabloun (Orléans, local co-chair)
Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, program chair)
Santiago Montes (Tarragona, webpage)
Sara Morales (Luxembourg, finances)
Philippe Ravier (Orléans, local chair)
David Silva (London, organization chair)

REGISTRATION:

It has to be done at

https://deeplearn.irdta.eu/2026/registration/

The selection of 6 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For logistical reasons, it will be helpful to have an estimation of the respective demand for each course.

Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration tool disabled when the capacity of the venue will have got exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event.

FEES:

Fees comprise access to all program activities and lunches.

There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline.

The fees for on site and for online participation are the same.

ACCOMMODATION:

Accommodation suggestions will be available in due time at

https://deeplearn.irdta.eu/2026/accommodation/

CERTIFICATE:

A certificate of successful participation will be delivered indicating the number of hours of academic activities (40). This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university.

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

david@irdta.eu

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Université d'Orléans

Collège Doctoral Centre-Val de Loire

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA, Luxembourg/London
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[DMANET] Stream "Selected Aspects of International Finance", IFORS Conference, 12-17 July 2026, Vienna, Austria

The 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies:

Decision Support for a Sustainable World

12-17 July 2026, Vienna, Austria

[ https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2026/streams | Stream "Selected Aspects of International Finance and OR ] "
Chairs: Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber ( gerhard-wilhelm.weber@put.poznan.pl )

Dear colleague,

We like to welcome you to the 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies,

12-17 July 2026 in Vienna, Austria

We have five Sessions (Click on each of the Session Name)

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