Friday, March 27, 2026

[DMANET] [3rd CFP] SCML-2026 International Conference on Symbolic Computation and Machine Learning

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SCML-2026: International Conference on
Symbolic Computation and Machine Learning
July 6-8, 2026, Hagenberg, Austria
https://scml.risc.jku.at/conference-2026/
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Organized by the Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC)
as part of the RISC Summer 2026 jointly with the SCDDE 2026 workshop
on Symbolic Computation and Differential and Difference Equations.

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

The SCML-2026 conference is dedicated to all research that strives to
combine "Symbolic Computation" (SC) and "Machine Learning" (ML) as two
major approaches to "Artificial Intelligence", in particular to the
application of ML to SC, the application of SC to ML, and the hybrid
combination of SC and ML to solving problems. SCML-2026 provides ample
space to exchange ideas and discuss recent approaches in this newly
emerging research field. It presents, in particular, plenty of
opportunities to discuss new research projects, form project consortia,
and identify funding programs in this area.

SCML-2026 is a "presentation-oriented" conference that solicits
submissions in the form of extended abstracts (1-2 pages) which are only
briefly reviewed with respect to their relevance to the topics of the
conference. The abstracts of accepted presentations are collectively
published as a "conference booklet" in the frame of the SCML publication
forum. At least one author of an accepted abstract is required to
register as a presenter at the conference.

CALL FOR FULL PAPERS

Furthermore, we explicitly encourage the SCML-2026 authors to also
submit full papers related to their presentations to the

SCML Publishing Forum
https://scml.risc.jku.at/

where they are refereed according to the rules of the forum and, if
accepted, published there. According to the "continuous call for papers"
of the SCML publishing forum, papers can be submitted at any time before
or after the conference (without deadline). However, the acceptance of a
presentation at the SCML-2026 conference does not depend on the
acceptance of a paper at the SCML publishing forum. On the other hand,
if a paper accepted for the SCML publication forum is already presented
at the SCML-2026 conference, we waive its presentation at a later SCML
virtual workshop.

TOPICS

Examples of topics in the scope of SCML-2026 are:

* Applying ML to computer mathematics, algebra, geometry;
integrating ML into mathematical software systems.
* Applying ML to automated reasoning, theorem proving, satisfiability
solving; integrating ML into interactive and automated provers.
* Applying ML to the synthesis of programs ("vibe coding") and their
verification; integrating ML into program verification systems.
* Applying SC to analyzing ML models ("explainable AI"), deriving error
bounds, ensuring robustness, interpreting answers.
* Applying SC to verifying ML models ("verified AI"), preventing errors
and hallucinations.
* Applying SC to synthesizing ML models with guaranteed error bounds,
robustness, correctness properties.
* Integrating SC capabilities (such as computer algebra and automated
reasoning) into ML models.
* Applying LLMs to the automatic formalization of
mathematical/logical texts.
* Applying LLMs as natural language interfaces to SC systems,
integrating co-pilots into SC systems.
* Combining linguistic reasoning (LLMs) and formal reasoning
(theorem provers).
* Combining LLMs and SC systems for education.
* Teaching (for example, in mathematics) using a combination of
SC and ML systems.
* Software and system descriptions, datasets, benchmarks, and
metrics related to the interplay of SC and ML.

All in all, we consider submissions that explore the interaction between
the two fields of SC and ML - not standalone works on either SC or ML.

INVITED SPEAKERS (CONFIRMED)

* Alex Best, Harmonic, Palo Alto, USA.
* Bruno Buchberger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
* Martin Charles Golumbic, University of Haifa, Israel.
* Cezary Kaliszyk, University of Melbourne, Australia.
* Ido Kaminer, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
* Hiroshi Kera, Chiba University, Japan.
* Michael Kohlhase, FA-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
* Martina Seidl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
* Juan Esteban Suarez, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
* Josef Urban, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic.

DATES

April 27, 2026: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF EXTENDED ABSTRACTS
May 11, 2026: Last notifications of acceptance
May 25, 2026: Deadline for registrations of presenters
June 15, 2026: Deadline for registration of non-presenters
July 6, 2026: Start of conference

After the submission of an extended abstract, the notification of
acceptance is sent out WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

CONTACT

Email: scml@risc.jku.at
Web: https://scml.risc.jku.at/conference-2026/

Please consider subscribing to the SCML Mailing List

https://scml.risc.jku.at/conference-2026/mailinglist/

in order to stay informed about the SCML-2026 conference.
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[DMANET] GreenFieldData PhD positions – women's applications welcome

Dear women's associations,

We are writing to kindly ask for your help in circulating the GreenFieldData call for applications.

GreenFieldData is offering 14 EU-funded double-diploma PhD positions in digital agriculture at the intersection of IoT and robotics, data engineering, data management, and data analysis. The network brings together academic and non-academic partners across several countries and offers an interdisciplinary doctoral environment with joint supervision, international collaboration, and research connected to important challenges such as climate change and low-input agricultural systems.

We would particularly appreciate your support in encouraging women to apply. We are looking for scientists who can widen how agriculture is imagined, studied, and innovated. Different bold perspectives and skills matter, and we want to help build a research community that is both vibrant and inclusive.

The positions are also framed by supportive working conditions, attention to work–life balance, and room for different personal situations, which we believe are essential for meaningful and sustainable research careers.

The application deadline is 15 April 2026.

Please feel free to circulate the call within your networks, mailing lists, associations, and communities. Your support would be extremely valuable in helping us reach more potential candidates.

With many thanks in advance for your help and solidarity,

Yours sincerely,
Mahdi Vahdanjoo
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Finlandsgade 22
DK-8200 Aarhus N, BLD:5125

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Email: mahdi.vahdanjoo@ece.au.dk
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[DMANET] CFP [Extended Deadline]: REX-IO Workshop at ACM HPDC 2026 - Submissions due April 13, 2026

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Call for Papers

REX-IO 2026: 6th Workshop on Re-envisioning Extreme-Scale I/O for
Emerging Hybrid HPC Workloads

Held in conjunction with ACM HPDC 2026, Cleveland, OH, USA

Workshop Date: July 13, 2026

(https://sites.google.com/view/rexio/)

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Scope, Aims, and Topics
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REX-IO focuses on extreme-scale I/O and storage challenges driven by emerging hybrid HPC workloads, from traditional simulation to AI/ML, data analytics, and complex workflows, that combine scale-up and scale-out components. As exascale systems and multi-tier storage hierarchies become more common, the gap between compute and storage performance and the growing complexity of parallel file/storage systems demand new approaches. We invite submissions on I/O characterization, data/storage management challenges, and novel optimization and management techniques (including ML/AI-enabled methods) that improve performance and usability. Starting from its origins at IEEE Cluster 2021, REX-IO will be held at ACM HPDC 2026, continuing its tradition and forum for researchers and practitioners across I/O, storage, facilities, and applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Understanding I/O inefficiencies in emerging workloads such as complex multi-step workflows, in-situ analysis, AI, and data analytics methods
- New I/O optimization techniques, including how ML and AI algorithms might be adapted for intelligent load balancing and I/O pattern prediction of complex application workloads
- Performance benchmarking and modeling, and I/O behavior studies of emerging workloads
- New possibilities for the I/O optimization of emerging application workloads and their I/O subsystems
- Efficient monitoring tools for metadata and storage hardware statistics at runtime, dynamic storage resource management, and I/O load balancing
- Parallel file systems, metadata management, and complex data management
- Understanding and efficiently utilizing complex storage hierarchies beyond the traditional two-tiered file system and archive model
- User-friendly tools and techniques for managing data movement among compute and storage nodes
- Use of staging areas, such as burst buffers or other private or shared acceleration tiers for managing intermediate data between computation tasks
- Application of emerging big data frameworks towards scientific computing and analysis
- Alternative data storage models, including object and key-value stores, and scalable software architectures for data storage and archive
- Position papers on related topics

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Submission Guidelines
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All submitted papers should be formatted using the ACM Proceedings Style with sigconf format (please be sure to use the current version). The necessary document can be found here: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template

Page limit: 5 to 8 pages (excluding references)

All papers must be original and should not have appeared in or be simultaneously under consideration for a different workshop, conference or journal. Indicate all authors and affiliations.

All papers will be peer-reviewed using a single-blind peer-review process by at least three members of the program committee.

Submissions must be in English and PDF format.

Papers must be submitted via the REX-IO 2026 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rexio26

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Important Dates
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Please note: All deadlines and dates are Anywhere on Earth
- Submissions open: February 2, 2026
- Submission deadline: April 13, 2026 (final extension)
- Notification to authors: May 4, 2026
- Camera-ready papers due: May 16, 2026
- Workshop date: July 13, 2026

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Workshop Co-Chairs
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- Sarah M. Neuwirth (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany)
- Arnab K. Paul (BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, India)
- Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)


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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Neuwirth
Co-Director, NHR South-West HPC Center
Research Group Head, High Performance Computing and its Applications

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Anselm-Franz-von-Bentzelweg 12
55099 Mainz | Germany

Office: ZDV, Room 01-339
Phone: +49 6131 39 23643
Email: neuwirth@uni-mainz.de<mailto:neuwirth@uni-mainz.de>
Website: https://www.hpca-group.de/
NHR@SW Website: https://nhrsw.de/
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[DMANET] RASACC 2026 (co-located with DSN) - Extendend Deadline - Workshop on Resiliency for Autonomous Systems Across the Computing Continuum - June 22 - Charlotte

*The 1st International Workshop on Resiliency for Autonomous Systems
Across the Computing Continuum (RASACC 2026)*

*CALL FOR PAPER*

/June 22, 2026/

/Charlotte, USA/

Co-located withthe 56th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on
Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2026) <https://dsn2026.github.io/>

https://rasacc-dsn.github.io/rasacc26

Paper submission deadline: *(EXTENDED)March 26, 2026 (AoE)→ April 6,
2026 (AoE)*

The RASACC workshop aims to connect researchers and practitioners to
explore resiliency in autonomous systems across computing continuum
ecosystems. Emphasis is on system-level dependability, resilience, and
intrusion tolerance amid intrinsic autonomy, distribution,
heterogeneity, and collaboration. Cross-disciplinary contributions from
dependability engineering, distributed systems, security, and AI-enabled
systems are encouraged, including real-world case studies.


*Topics of Interest*

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:


Cross-Layer Resilience

* Dependability challenges in cloud-edge-fog-IoT environments
* Emergent failures due to resource contention, interference, and overload
* Effects of mobility, heterogeneity, and partial connectivity on
system behavior
* Cross-layer failure across hardware, network, middleware, and
applications
* Orchestration and adaptation mechanisms influencing emergent behavior


Security and Intrusion Tolerance

* Cyber attacks, intrusions, and coordinated adversarial behavior
* Byzantine faults and malicious behavior in autonomous and
collaborative ecosystems
* Intrusion-tolerant architectures, protocols, and coordination mechanisms
* Trust management, fault attribution, and accountability under
partial compromise
* Security failures and resilience strategies
* Risk Assessment of DLT Solutions


Runtime and Adaptive Resilience

* Runtime monitoring and detection of failures in autonomous systems
* Online risk assessment and mitigation techniques
* Self-adaptive, self-healing, and self-protecting systems
* Runtime verification and assurance for autonomous and distributed
environments
* Dependability-aware learning and adaptation mechanisms


Collaborative systems

* Dependability of multi-agent systems and autonomous entities
* Coordination, consensus, and agreement under faults, uncertainty,
and partial observability
* Human-autonomy interaction and emergent behaviors in mixed
human-machine teams
* Shared autonomy and collaborative decision-making in dynamic
environments
* Fault containment and isolation in collaborative and distributed
autonomous systems


*Submission Guidelines*


Paper types

* *Regular Papers*present original, unpublished research with
substantial new results and must be 8 pages total (including references)

* *Extended Abstracts*foster discussion on recent or ongoing work,
summarizing novel insights from a published paper or presenting
preliminary results from ongoing research and must be 2 pages total
(including references)


General Information

*Review Process:*

All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review by the Technical
Program Committee.

*Formatting:*

All submissions must follow the IEEE Computer Society 8.5″×11″
two-column camera-ready format, using 10-point font on 12-point
single-spaced leading.

*Presentation and Publication:*

Accepted papers will be published in the supplement to the DSN
Proceedings (DSN-W volume) and made available on IEEE Xplore. At least
one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop and
present their work.

*Submission site: *

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dsn_2026

Track:/International Workshop on Resiliency for Autonomous Systems
Across the Computing Continuum/

*Important Dates:*

* Paper submission deadline:* (EXTENDED) April 6, 2026 (AoE)*
* Notification of Acceptance: *April 21, 2026 (AoE)*
* Camera-ready deadline: *April 27, 2026 (AoE)*
* Workshop: *June 22, 2026*

*General Chairs:*

* Alessandro Palma (Sapienza University of Rome)
* Georgios Bouloukakis (University of Patras)
* Giovanni Farina (Niccolò Cusano University)

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the RASACC
Workshop General Chairs.

For further information:

https://rasacc-dsn.github.io/rasacc26

/Looking forward to your submissions!/

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[DMANET] IWOCA 2026 in Clermont-Ferrand, France - Call for participation

The 37th International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA 2026) will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on June 8-12, 2026.

Since its inception in 1989 as AWOCA (Australasian Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms), IWOCA has provided an annual forum for researchers who design algorithms for the myriad combinatorial problems that underlie computer applications in science, engineering and business. In the tradition of past editions, the conference will be followed by a collaborative workshop.
The topics of interest include combinatorial algorithms and related areas, including (but not limited to) graphs, words, games, geometry, combinatorial optimization, complexity theory and models of algorithms such as exact, parameterized, distributed, online, approximation and probabilistic.

***Venue***
Clermont-Ferrand lies in the heart of France and is surrounded by a beautiful (non-active) volcanic range featuring multiple hills, mountains and lakes, to which various hiking trips can be arranged. Clermont-Ferrand is accessible by train, bus or plane via Paris and Lyon international airports.

***List of accepted papers***
https://iwoca2026.limos.fr/accepted.php

*** Invited speakers***
Sergio Cabello (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Pierre Fraigniaud (CNRS, Université Paris Cité, France)
Neeldhara Misra (Indian Institute of Technology Ghandinagar, India)
See https://iwoca2026.limos.fr/invited_speakers.php

***Registration***
IWOCA 2026 will consist of a conference, held on June 8-11, followed by a collaborative workshop, held on June 11-12. Thanks to our sponsors, the registration fee covers the whole event (and thus we encourage all participants to stay for the collaborative workshop), and entitle you to lunches, coffee breaks, social event and conference dinner.

Early registration is available until May 11, 2026, with fees of 275€ for student participants and 385€ for other participants.
Late registration will be available from May 12 to May 24, 2026, with an additional 110€ cost.

To register, please fill up and submit the registration form:
https://api.dsi.uca.fr/paybag/registration/form/event/IWOCA2026
Full information about registration can be found here:
https://iwoca2026.limos.fr/registration.php

***Extended Stay Support Scheme (ESSS)***
We encourage IWOCA 2026 participants to use the opportunity of traveling to France to plan a research visit to a French institution reachable without plane, before or after IWOCA 2026. The partner institutions will partially cover accomodation, living expenses and non-plane travel fees for selected participants. Research units from Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Orléans and Paris are participating in the scheme.
All information about the scheme and the application process can be found here:
https://iwoca2026.limos.fr/extended_stay.php

For any issue or question during the registration process, about the conference, or about the ESSS, please contact us at iwoca2026@limos.fr

We hope to see you soon in Clermont-Ferrand!

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Antoine Dailly and Florent Foucaud
Organisation chairs of IWOCA 2026

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[DMANET] CFP Computational Optimization

Call for Papers

19th International Thematic Track/Workshop on Computational Optimization
(CO25)
Riga, Latvia, August 23-26, 2026

organized in the framework of CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FedCSIS - 2026


IEEE CS is a technical co-sponsor of FedCSIS 2026

https://2026.fedcsis.org/thematic/co
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We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and practical
aspects of optimization methods. The list of topics includes, but is not
limited to:

* combinatorial and continuous global optimization
* unconstrained and constrained optimization
* multiobjective and robust optimization
* optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments
* optimization on graphs
* large-scale optimization, in parallel and distributed computational
environments
* meta-heuristics for optimization, nature-inspired approaches and any
other derivative-free methods
* exact/heuristic hybrid methods, involving natural computing techniques
and other global and local optimization methods
*numerical and heuristic methods for modeling

The applications of interest are included in the list below, but are not
limited to:

* classical operational research problems (knapsack, traveling salesman,
etc)
* computational biology and distance geometry
* data mining and knowledge discovery
* human motion simulations; crowd simulations
* industrial applications
* optimization in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics, chemistry,
biology, medicine, and engineering.
*environment modeling and optimization
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Best paper award

The best CO26 paper will be awarded during the social dinner of FedCSIS2026.
The best paper will be selected by CO26 co-Chairs by taking into
consideration the scores suggested by the reviewers, as well as the quality
of the given oral presentation.

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Submission and Publication

* Authors should submit draft papers in PDF format.
* The total length of a paper should not exceed 12 pages for regular paper
and 6 pages for short papers (IEEE style). IEEE style templates are
available at http://2026.fedcsis.org/.
* Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific
merit and relevance to the track.
* Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Conference
Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore database and submitted for
different indexations (Communication and Position papers will only appear
in the conference proceedings).
* Extended versions of selected papers presented at CO26 will be published
in edited book of the series "Studies of Computational Intelligence",
Springer with SJR 0.237.

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Important dates:


+ Paper submission (strict deadline): April 15, 2026, 23:59:59 pm HST
(there will be no extension)
+ Position paper submission: May 19, 2026
+ Author notification: June 16, 2026
+ Final paper submission and registration: June 30, 2026
+ Conference date: August 23-26, 2026

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Organizing Committee

Stefka Fidanova, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria
Antonio Mucherino, IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

If you have any question do not hesitate to send an email to :
co@fedcsis.org

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Prof. Stefka Fidanova
IICT-BAS
Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl.25A
1113 Sofia Bulgaria
Ph. +359-2-9796642

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

[DMANET] [SPAA 2026] Call for Workshops and Tutorials

Dear all,

We welcome proposals for workshops and tutorials that fall within the scope of the SPAA community <https://spaa.acm.org/> or address research challenges in related areas/problems that have potential impact on the SPAA community. Proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis, so early submissions are encouraged and will be reviewed promptly.

Please submit proposals to the SPAA 2026 Workshops and Tutorials Chair, Quanquan Liu (quanquan.liu@yale.edu). Proposals should be submitted by April 25, 2026.

Proposals should be brief (at most 3 single-column pages).

Workshop Proposals: The following information should be included in a workshop proposal:

1.
Title
2.
Name and email address of the organizer(s)
3.
A description of the proposed format and agenda
4.
Procedures for selecting participants and presenters

Here is a sample template<https://docs.google.com/document/d/15A8DNiWd-qBJsm4GnP1BlUFnXtCZfRaIxjYXm279IQY/edit?usp=sharing> that you may use, although other formats are also acceptable. We welcome workshops that are either invitation-based (example: Workshop on Recent Advances in Parallel and Concurrent Data Structures<https://sites.gatech.edu/spaa24datastr/> in SPAA 2024) or submission-based (example: Highlights of Parallel Computing <https://ucrparlay.github.io/hopc24/> (HOPC) 2024).

Tutorial Proposals: Tutorials will be 1 or 1.5 hours long, depending on the number of accepted tutorials and local arrangements. A tutorial proposal should include:

1.
Title and abstract
2.
An outline of the tutorial content and objectives, with sufficient detail to convey both scope and depth
3.
Prerequisite knowledge
4.
A very brief biography of the tutorial organizers and relevant information

Evaluation Committee: All workshop and tutorial proposals will be evaluated by a committee comprising the following members of the SPAA 2026 organizing committee.

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Rezaul Chowdhury (Program Chair)
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Quanquan Liu (Workshops and Tutorials Chair)

Important Dates:

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April 25, 2026: Proposals due
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May 10, 2026: Notification of acceptance
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July 6, 2026: SPAA workshops/tutorials in London (July 7-10, 2026, SPAA conference)

Thank you!

Cheers,
Quanquan


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[DMANET] International Conference on Bilevel Optimization, Pittsburgh, August 2-5, 2026

ICBO 2026 – Abstract submission deadline approaching
The deadline for abstract submission for the International Conference on Bilevel Optimization (ICBO) 2026 is fast approaching, and we warmly invite you to be part of this flagship event on bilevel optimization.
The abstract submission deadline: 1 April 2026
This is the key date to keep in mind as we prepare an exciting scientific programme bringing together researchers and practitioners from across optimization, machine learning, energy, economics, and beyond.
The conference will feature:

* A tutorial and summer school (2 August 2026)
* Three days of high-quality scientific sessions
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A vibrant and international research community around bilevel optimization


🔗 Submit your abstract and find full details here:
https://bileveloptimization.org/icbo/2026


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[DMANET] SMARTCOMP 2026 Call for Posters, Demos, and Work-in-Progress -- Deadline Extended

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**** Deadline extended to 17th April, 2026 ****
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SMARTCOMP 2026
Call for Posters, Demos, and Work-in-Progress (WIP) Contributions
https://portale2.unime.it/smartcomp2026/call-for-posters/
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Please consider submitting your work to the Posters, Demos, and
Work-in-Progress (WIP) track of SMARTCOMP 2026.

This track offers an excellent opportunity to present early-stage
research, novel ideas, and innovative applications to an international
audience of researchers and practitioners in Smart Computing.

*** Accepted Posters, Demos, and WIP papers will be published in IEEE
Xplore. ***

For details, topics of interest, and submission guidelines, please refer
to the full CFP below.

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Important Dates
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Paper submission: 17 April 2026 [extended]
Acceptance notification: 1st May 2026
Camera-ready deadline: 8th May 2026

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SMARTCOMP 2026 - Call for Posters / Demos / WIP
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SMARTCOMP 2026 is the 12th edition of the premier conference on Smart
Computing.

Smart Computing is a multidisciplinary domain shaped by the synergistic
advances in sensor-based technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT),
cyber-physical systems (CPS), edge computing, big data analytics,
machine learning, cognitive computing, and artificial intelligence.

Applications of Smart Computing span many societal domains, including
transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected
communities, healthcare, banking, industrial systems, entertainment,
and social media.

Algorithmic and system advances in cloud computing, mobile and pervasive
computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking, and social
computing are taking Smart Computing to a new dimension and improving
our ways of living.

Submit your Demo here.
Submit your Poster/WIP here.

*** Accepted Posters, Demos, and WIP papers will be published in IEEE
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Posters / Demos / WIP Co-Chairs
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Brent Lagesse
University of Washington Bothell, USA

Mario Molinara
University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy
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Thanks & Regards,
Debasree Das

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Debasree Das
Research Assistant
Chair of Mobile Systems
University of Bamberg
Webpage: https://debasree08.github.io/debasree/
An der Webrei 5
96047 Bamberg
Room: WE5/05.131

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[DMANET] BOCCONI THEORY DAY -- Call for participation

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Bocconi Theory Day is a 1-day event that brings together researchers in theoretical computer science, algorithms and optimization for a day of talks and discussions about recent trends in our fields.
https://cs.unibocconi.eu/research/theory/theoryday26

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DATE and VENUE:
April16th 2026, Bocconi University (Building in Via Roentgen 1, room AS01)

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SPEAKERS:
Yossi Azar (Tel-Aviv University)
Jan van den Brand (Georgia Tech)
Elisabetta Cornacchia (Bocconi)
Marco Di Summa (University of Padua)
Yuri Faenza (Columbia University)
Andrés Cristi (EPFL)

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LINK and REGISTRATION:
The event is free of charge for participants, but we ask all the participants to make sure to fill in the attendance questionnaire to help us with the organization:
<https://forms.office.com/e/2Zu3JejHjS>

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The organizers,
Jarosław Błasiok
Andrea Celli
Marek EliáÅ¡
Adam Polak
Laura Sanità


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[DMANET] PhD position in Karlsruhe: Estimation of short-term extremes in air pollution and their drivers (DAAD scholarship)

We are currently looking for a PhD candidate for a research project on "Estimation of short‑term extremes in air pollution and their drivers" supervised by Hendrik Andersen, Jan Cermak and Vicky Fasen-Hartmann at KIT Graduate School Computational and Data Science (KCDS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

The research focus is on developing a new data-driven approach to accurately predict extremes in urban air pollution from observation data, and to quantify the contributions of the various factors driving these extremes. Therefore, methods from extreme value statistics will be implemented in a machine-learning framework to estimate and predict air pollution extremes. As a starting point, we use Paris as a baseline city, where ML methods were successfully implemented to reproduce specified PM1 concentrations.This model architecture will be adapted and retrained on multi-city data from global air pollution hotspots, enabling generalization beyond the urban area of Paris.

The project lies at the intersection of innovation in mathematics and meteorology. By combining extreme value theory with machine learning, it aims to advance the current state of the art in predicting air pollution extremes.

The doctoral degree will be awarded in either Mathematics or Meteorology, depending on the candidate's academic background.

The successful candidate will receive a DAAD Graduate School Scholarship funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Further information: https://www.kcds.kit.edu/72.php

Application deadline: April 30, 2026

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[DMANET] MAPSP 2026 Call for Participation

MAPSP 2026 - Call for Participation

17h Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling Problems

June 21-26, 2026

Redworth Hall Hotel, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, UK

Website: https://mapsp2026.webspace.durham.ac.uk/

Contact: mapsp2026@gmail.com

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MAPSP is a biennial workshop dedicated to building a community of
researchers interested in theoretical and practical aspects of scheduling,
planning, and timetabling. The 17th Workshop on Models and Algorithms for
Planning and Scheduling Problems (MAPSP 2026) will be organized at
Redworth Hall Hotel near Durham, UK. It will take place in the week
of June 21–26, 2026.

Set amidst 26 acres of tranquil grounds, Redworth Hall combines historic
Jacobean charm with luxury. Amenities include a spa, a gym, and an indoor
swimming pool. Scientific sessions will take place in the Prince Bishop
Suite and in the magnificent Great Hall, where dinners will also be served.
The closest relevant airport is Newcastle International Airport (NCL)
and the nearest train station is Darlington. From there, the hotel can
be reached by bus or taxi.

The program will consist of invited plenary lectures by Andreas Wiese
(TU Munich), Franziska Eberle (TU Berlin) and Jannik Matuschke (KU Leuven)
as well as over 60 contributed talks (a list of accepted abstracts can be
found on the website). In addition, there will be a session of short talks
later in the week that will be organized on Monday for those who don't have
another talk in the schedule but are interested in giving a presentation.

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Register and book accommodation here:
https://mapsp2026.webspace.durham.ac.uk/registration/

Early registration until April 8, 2026, 23:59 BST. Accommodation at
Redworth Hall Hotel cannot be guaranteed for late registrations.


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[DMANET] HALG 2026 – Finale Call for Short Presentations (April 3)

The 11th IGAFIT Highlights of Algorithms Conference (HALG 2026)
Stockholm, June 8–10, 2026
https://2026.highlightsofalgorithms.org/index.html

The IGAFIT Highlights of Algorithms (HALG) conference is a forum for presenting highlights of recent developments in algorithms and for discussing potential further advances in the area. The conference will provide a broad picture of the latest research in algorithms through a series of invited talks, as well as opportunities for researchers and students to present their recent results through short talks and poster presentations.

Attending HALG 2026 will also provide opportunities for networking and meeting leading researchers in algorithms. We have an amazing list of invited survey and paper speakers (see homepage).



*** Call for Submissions of Short Contributed Presentations ***

HALG 2026 invites submissions for short contributed presentations.
Each accepted contribution will consist of a poster and a short talk (serving as an introduction to the poster).

There will be no conference proceedings. Work that has already been published at another venue or journal (or is intended for submission elsewhere) is welcome.

If you would like to present your results at HALG 2026, please submit the details of your contribution via EasyChair, including the abstract of the talk or poster.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=halg2026

The abstract should include (when relevant) information about where the results have been published or accepted (e.g., conference or journal), and where they are publicly available (e.g., arXiv).

All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee (PC), with priority given to papers published in 2025 or later.


Submission deadline: April 3, 2026 (AoE)
Notification of acceptance/rejection: Early April 2026
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

[DMANET] The 9th DIS Conference – May 31–June 4, 2026, Czech Republic

Dear Colleague,

The *9th International Conference on the Dynamics of Information Systems
(DIS 2026)* will take place *May 31 – June 4, 2026* at *Jan Evangelista
PurkynÄ› University, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic*—just 80 km from Prague
and accessible via a direct train (one stop).

*Conference Focus:*
DIS 2026 explores cutting-edge topics in information science, AI, machine
learning, optimization, operations research, and data-driven
applications across diverse domains.

*Topics Include (but are not limited to):*

- Information science & uncertainty modeling
- Optimization & operations research
- Machine learning & AI
- Data science & computational medical analysis
- Quantum information, dynamical systems, and robotics
- Applications in economics, energy, environment, and more

*Important Dates:*

- Submission Deadline: April 5, 2026
- Author Notification: April 20, 2026
- Camera-ready Submissions for LNCS: July 1, 2026

*Plenary Speakers:*

- Panos M. Pardalos,
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4e_KEdUAAAAJ&hl=en> University
of Florida, USA
- Peter Richtárik
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pGh242UAAAAJ&hl=en>, KAUST,
Saudi Arabia
- Roman Belavkin,
<https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/dr-roman-belavkin/>
Middlesex
University, UK
- Zbyšek Posel <https://ki.ujep.cz/cs/personalni-slozeni/zbysek-posel/>,
UJEP, Czech Republic

All accepted papers will be published in *Springer LNCS proceedings*.

*Learn More & Contact:*
https://dis2026.ujep.cz/
hossein.moosaei@gmail.com

Best Regards,

Hossein Moosaei

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[DMANET] Call for sessions in the stream HPC/GPU Optimization at the 24th IFORS conference (July 12-17 2026, Vienna, Austria)

Dear colleagues,


We welcome you to the 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies,
12-17 July 2026, in Vienna, Austria: https://ifors2026.at/

This is an open invitation for session proposals in the HPC/GPU Optimization stream.

This stream is focusing on the use of HPC systems, HPC hardware, GPU and
non-conventional accelerators for optimization, in particular for
solving practically relevant and/or large-scale problems. Use of OR
techniques for efficient resource use and design of heterogeneous HPC
systems are in scope too. Sessions on algorithm modifications,
implementation aspects, and numerical aspects, in particular in view of
low precision hardware units are particularly encouraged.

There is still room to propose sessions - please send a your proposal to me to be invited on the Euro-Online session management tool. Sessions normally last for 90 minutes and should include 4 talks.

Important dates for participants:
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April 25, 2026 — Early bird registration deadline

May 1, 2026 — Final registration deadline for authors

Yours,
Utz-Uwe Haus


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[DMANET] PhD position in Data Analytics and Operations Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Rossana Cavagnini)

The Chair of Business Administration with a focus on Data Analytics at the Mercator School of Management (MSM), University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg), invites applications for a Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in) position. Our chair specializes in innovative techniques at the interface of Data Analytics and Operations Research, particularly with applications in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. You will engage in exciting research projects, contribute to international publications, support teaching in Bachelor's and Master's programs, and participate in interdisciplinary faculty activities.

Your Profile:
- Completed Master's or equivalent degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field (minimum regular study period of 8 semesters)
- Strong background in quantitative methods, operations research, optimization, statistics, or data analytics
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and C++ is required
- Knowledge of LaTeX is a plus
- Interest in Supply Chain Management and Logistics applications
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a research team
- Very good English skills; German skills are advantageous but not mandatory

We Offer:
- A fixed-term contract for 36-months in salary group EG 13 TV-L, approximately 26 hours/week (65% position), starting as soon as possible
- Participation in national and international workshops and conferences
- Comprehensive support to foster your research career
- A stimulating and diverse research and teaching environment
- Family-friendly policies, including childcare support and advice for family care tasks
- Possibility to pursue a PhD with strong institutional support
- Excellent public transport connections and free parking
- Attractive sports and health programs (e.g., university sports)
- Flexible working, including home office options

How to Apply:
Please send your application (cover letter, CV, academic transcripts, all in one PDF file) with the reference number 128-26 via email to J. Prof. Dr. Rossana Cavagnini, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Duisburg-Essen, 47048 Duisburg, Germany. Email: rossana.cavagnini@uni-due.de. The deadline is on April 21st, 2026. The University of Duisburg-Essen welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds and strictly endorses equal opportunities and diversity.
For further information, please contact J. Prof. Dr. Rossana Cavagnini via email or visit the following website: https://www.uni-due.de/karriere/stelle.php?kennziffer=128-26

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[DMANET] British Early Career Mathematicians' Colloquium: Registration Open and Call for Abstracts

Dear all,

Registration for the British Early Career Mathematicians' Colloquium (BECMC) is now open until May 15th 2026. The BECMC is a three day colloquium for early career mathematicians held at the University of Birmingham Edgbaston Campus from 24th to 26th June 2026.

Our aim is to consolidate the network among early career researchers and postgraduate students from across the country, particularly those studying branches of mathematics prominent at our university - Algebra, Analysis, Combinatorics, Mathematical Biology and Modelling, and Statistics.

This three-day event will be divided into two parallel sessions (pure mathematics and applied mathematics), each with plenary speakers as well as contributed postgraduate talks. There will be an included poster session to accompany rapid fire talks given by attendees. Any UK based PhD mathematics student is welcome to submit an abstract for either a talk or a poster. The £20 admission fee will cover attendance at the conference, refreshments, lunch all days as well as a conference dinner on 25th June. For further details please see our website.

https://web.mat.bham.ac.uk/BYMC/

Best wishes,
Adele Maltempo (she/her) and Matthew Jenkins (they/them)
On behalf of the BECMC 2026 committee

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[DMANET] Call for bids to host COMSOC 2027

[Apologies for cross posting]

# Call for Bids to Host COMSOC 2027

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It is my pleasure to open the call for bids to host **COMSOC 2027**, the
11th International Workshop on Computational Social Choice.

In previous years, COMSOC has been held as a 3- to 4-day meeting
attracting around 100 participants. The workshop usually has 3-5 invited
talks and 40-60 contributed papers (oral and poster). In 2008 and 2010
the workshop was preceded by an extra day of introductory tutorials, and
in 2016 by an industry day. These additional events were attended by
more than half of the workshop participants.

## How to Submit a Bid

If you would like to host COMSOC 2027, please email your bid to:

- **Jiehua Chen** (primary contact): jiehua.chen@ac.tuwien.ac.at

or to one or more other members of the COMSOC steering committee:

- **Omer Lev**: omerlev@bgu.ac.il
- **Marcus Pivato**: marcuspivato@gmail.com
- **Péter Biró**: biro.peter@krtk.elte.hu

**Deadline: 15 June 2026.**

We encourage everyone to apply. However, please bear in mind that we aim
for COMSOC to balance between locations that are geographically
convenient for large segments of the community (mainly Europe and North
America) and locations with potential for growth.

## What to Include in Your Bid

**(1) Location and Facilities.** Where do you propose to hold COMSOC
2027? Please state both the city and the exact venue, and comment on the
suitability of the available facilities for the scientific program as
well as for lunches and coffee breaks. Please also comment on the
accessibility and attractiveness of the location, and on the
availability of suitable accommodation (including low-budget options)
and transport.

**(2) Organization.** Who would be the main local organizer? Which
institution (e.g., university) would host the workshop? Please also
comment on local research groups that would benefit from attracting COMSOC.

**(3) Schedule.** What dates do you suggest? The workshop should take
place in or around May-September 2027. Are there any local constraints?
Are you aware of any other international events that may affect the
choice of dates (see partial list below)? What schedule do you suggest
for the paper reviewing procedure?

**(4) Budget.** How do you intend to finance the workshop? Please
provide a preliminary budget. Expenses to keep in mind include: invited
speakers, coffee breaks, lunches, a social dinner, and possibly room and
equipment hire, secretarial and administrative support, and a half-day
excursion. What level of registration (regular and student) fees do you
anticipate, and what would they cover? Please ensure that fees are as
low as possible.

Finally, please include any other issues you consider important.

All potential proposers are encouraged to contact us informally before
submitting a bid. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any
questions, e.g., additional funding opportunities etc.

## Potentially Conflicting Events

- **IJCAI 2027** (typically July/August)
- **AAMAS 2027** (typically May/June)
- **EC 2027** (typically June/July)
- **SAGT 2027** (typically September)

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[DMANET] Call for Attendees: 4th CINI HPC Summer School 2026

** Call for Attendees **

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 (available shortly): until April 18, 2026
Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2026
Fee payment for enrolment: no late than May 4, 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/

You are required to register, but 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.

2) The application form and the required documentation must be sent to the Summer School Committee using the documents 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 provides the call and application form both in English (Avviso_EN_signed.pdf and Form_EN.docx) and Italian (Avviso Summer School_signed.pdf and Fac simile.docx).


Further information about the CINI HPC Summer School can be found at:
https://hpcsummerschool.massimocafaro.it


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[DMANET] MFCS 2026 - Second Call for Papers

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MFCS 2026 - Second Call for Papers

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The 51th conference on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS) will take place in:

Paris, France August 24th-28th, 2026

MFCS is among the conferences with the longest history in the field — the first conference in the series was held already in 1972. Traditionally, the conference moved between the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia; since 2013, the conference has traveled around Europe.

The conference will be preceded, on August 23, by the Young Research Forum Workshop intended for students and postdocs.

NEW: Up to 10 papers will be accepted by the program committee, for which no presence onsite is required.

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Important dates and information

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Submissions: April 24th, 2026

Author notification: June 19th, 2026

Camera-ready version: June 26th, 2026

Conference: August 24th-28th, 2026 (YRF Workshop on August 23rd, afternoon)

Deadlines are firm; late submissions will not be considered. All dates are AoE.

Conference website: https://mfcs2026.irif.fr/

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Invited Speakers

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Jakub Orpšal (University of Birmingham, UK)
Damien Pous (CNRS, ENS Lyon, France)
Noga Ron-Zewi (University of Haifa, Israel)
Tatiana Starikovskaya (ENS Paris, France)
Ryan Williams (MIT, USA)

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Submission guidelines

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1) Papers must present original research on the theory of computer science. No prior publication and no simultaneous submission to other publication outlets (either a conference or a journal) is allowed. Authors are encouraged to also make full versions of their submissions freely accessible in an on-line repository such as arXiv.

2) Submissions take the form of an extended abstract of up-to 12 pages (LIPIcs document class), excluding title page, references and a clearly labelled appendix. The appendix may consist either of omitted proofs or of a full version of the submission, and it will be read at the discretion of program committee members. The extended abstract has to present the merits of the paper and its main contributions clearly, and describe the key concepts and technical ideas used to obtain the results. Submissions must provide the proofs which can enable the main mathematical claims of the paper to be verified.

3) Submissions authored or co-authored by members of the program committee are allowed.

4) At the time of submission, authors may declare that they are unable to attend the conference in Paris and therefore cannot give an in-person presentation. This choice will not influence the evaluation of submissions by the Program Committee. The Program Committee will rank all papers irrespective of their presentation status. Approximately 80 papers will be selected for in-person presentation, and up to 10 papers will be accepted without presentation. All accepted papers will be published in the same proceedings. This option is intended for authors who wish to publish their results at the conference but, for various reasons (e.g., family or financial constraints), are unable to attend the conference in person.

5) At least one author of each accepted paper with presentation is expected to register for the conference, and give the talk in-person. At least one author of each accepted paper without in-person presentation is expected to register for the conference for a reduced fee, and for each such paper the authors are expected to provide a pre-recorded video of the paper presentation that will be made available on-line during the conference. (Pre-recorded videos of the other papers are optional.)

6) Papers authored only by students should be marked as such at the time of submission in order to be eligible for the best student paper award.

7) MFCS proceedings are published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series. The camera-ready version of accepted papers will need to comply with the LIPIcs style.

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MFCS 2025 Programme Committee

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Michal Koucký (Charles University, Czech Republic) - chair
Daniela PetriÈ™an (Université Paris Cité, IRIF, France) - co-chair

C. Aiswarya (Chennai Mathematical Institute, India)
Christel Baier (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Ivona Bezáková (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
Markus Bläser (Saarland University, Germany)
Achim Blumensath (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
Martin Böhm (University of WrocÅ‚aw, Poland)
Édouard Bonnet (CNRS, ENS de Lyon, France)
Joshua Brakensiek (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
André Chailloux (Inria de Paris, France)
Panagiotis Charalampopoulos (King's College London, UK)
Lorenzo Clemente (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Ugo Dal Lago (University of Bologna, Italy)
Debarati Das (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Samir Datta (Chennai Mathematical Institute, India)
Jakub Gajarský (Masaryk University and University of Warsaw, Czech Republic/Poland)
Anna Gál (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Sumegha Garg (Rutgers University, USA)
Mayank Goswami (City University of New York, USA)
Florian Horn (Université Paris Cité, IRIF, CNRS, France)
Dušan Knop (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic)
Hanna Komlos (Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany)
Stephan Kreutzer (TU Berlin, Germany)
Bruno Loff (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Wolfgang Merkle (Heidelberg University, Germany)
Igor Carboni Oliveira (University of Warwick, UK)
Kristýna Pekárková (AGH University of Krakow, Poland)
Thomas Place (University of Bordeaux, LABRI, France)
Cécilia Pradic (Swansea University, UK)
Jakub Przybyło (AGH University of Krakow, Poland)
Colin Riba (ENS de Lyon, LIP, France)
Kilian Risse (Lund University, Sweden)
Robert Robere (McGill University, Canada)
Michał Skrzypczak (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Paweł Sobociński (TalTech, Estonia)
Henning Urbat (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Pavel Veselý (Charles University, Czech Republic)
Philip Wellnitz (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
Sarah Winter (Université Paris Cite, IRIF, CNRS, France)
James Worrell (University of Oxford, UK)
Standa Živný (University of Oxford, UK)

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