[DMANET] CFP - MDPI Sensors (IF: 3.031) Special Issue “Recent Advances in Sensing and IoT Technologies

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CALL FOR PAPERS for Special Issue of MDPI Sensors on

"Recent Advances in Sensing and IoT Technologies"

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/SIoTT

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020

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Special Issue Information

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network connecting billions of
physical objects and devices that are capable of sensing and sharing
data between themselves and the Internet. Hence, one of the core goals
of an IoT system is to provide a digital overlay of information over the
physical world, in domains such as industries, smart cities,
transportation, and energy. Thus, sensing and embedded systems are key
enabling technologies for the IoT vision.

The increasing popularity of IoT applications is driving an exponential
growth in connected IoT devices and generated data. As a result, the
current IoT system architectures and communication technologies are
facing significant technical challenges to meet the requirements of
connectivity, scalability, and interoperability, as well as to
efficiently support the transmission and processing of large volumes of
data. Hence, there is a need for new enabling technologies, end-to-end
architectures, and data management platforms. This Special Issue aims to
foster the dissemination of high-quality research with emerging ideas,
approaches, theories, and practice to resolve the challenging issues
related to the development of IoT ecosystems. Comprehensive review
papers on the emerging research trends in the IoT domain are highly
encouraged.

This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things". Topics
of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Sensor technologies and protocols for IoT systems
- IoT technologies and wireless sensor networks for smart cities and
smart homes
- IoT in 5G and beyond 5G networks
- Edge, fog, and cloud computing architectures for IoT systems
- SDN and NFV solutions for IoT systems
- Mission-critical IoT applications like smart grid, healthcare,
connected vehicles, and so on
- Security, privacy, and trust management in IoT
- IoT solutions for crowdsourcing and crowd-sensing

Special Issue Editors
Dr. Raffaele Bruno
Prof. Sherali Zeadally

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Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com
(https://www.mdpi.com/) by registering
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to go to the submission form
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Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be
peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the
journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special
issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short
communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short
abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for
announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be
under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference
proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a
single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant
information for submission of manuscripts is available on the
Instructions for Authors
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/instructions) page. Sensors
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/) is an international
peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors
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submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC)
(https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/) for publication in this open access
(https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/) journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss
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Authors may use MDPI's English editing service
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[DMANET] ANLP 2020 CFP: The Fourth International Workshop on Advances in Natural Language Processing, Paris, France. December14-16, 2020

*The Fourth International Workshop on Advances in Natural Language
Processing (ANLP 2020)*

*Paris, France. December 14-16, 2020*

*http://emergingtechnet.org/ANLP2020/
<http://emergingtechnet.org/ANLP2020/>*

*In Conjunction With*

*The Seventh International Conference on Social Networks Analysis,
Management and Security (SNAMS 2020)
<http://emergingtechnet.org/SNAMS2020/index.php>*

*ANLP 2020 CFP:*

The workshop aims at demonstrating recent Advances in Natural Language
Processing (ANLP) by bringing together leading academicians, scientists,
researchers and practitioners to discuss their findings in NLP. This area
of research has been constantly gaining momentum and attention over the
past few years as textual material become available in abundance (social
networks and web content) and advanced computational power becomes
accessible. This resulted in an interesting array of practical
applications. This is evident in the number of conferences, conference
tracks, workshops, special issues of journals dedicated to or issues
related to ANLP. Another indication of this growing interest is the surge
of papers, books, and other forms of publications related to NLP.
Noticeably, deep learning is dominating NLP as it did to other areas of
artificial intelligence. Deep learning is the modern application of earlier
neural network technology but with multiple layers that made possible with
modern computing technology. The application of deep learning technology to
NLP is progressing at a fast pace, and it is anticipated that we will see
many exciting new discoveries here in the next few years. Therefore, the
objective of this workshop is to present current and future advances in
NLP. Authors are encouraged to submit their original work, which is not
submitted elsewhere, to this workshop.

Proceedings of the workshops will be published by the IEEE Conference
Publishing Services (CPS) and will be submitted for inclusion in the
IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries.

Authors are encouraged to submit their original work, which is not
submitted elsewhere, to this workshop. The topics of the workshop include
but not limited to:

* Morphological analysis.
* Stemming, Tokenization, segmentation, chunking, parsing, POS.
* Information retrieval and extraction.
* Named Entity Recognition and Keyword extraction.
* Word embedding models.
* Text summarization and compression.
* Event extraction and semantic role labeling.
* Sentiment analysis and classification.
* Dialectal modeling.
* Machine translation.
* Deep learning applications.
* Speech recognition, synthesis, and speaker identification.
* NLP (annotated) resources such as dictionaries, thesauri, lexicons,
ontologies, datasets, etc.
* Applications and technologies of NLP.

*Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings*

Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11"
two-column format (IEEE Templates
<https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html>).
All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper
Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including
all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original
unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other
conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be
rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date,
exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be
considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information
or clarification.

All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted
papers will appear in the SNAMS Proceeding and to be submitted to IEEE
Xplore for inclusion. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing to EI
(Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP.

Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under
consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular
papers must not exceed 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format.
Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and
fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted
papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted
papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as
regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers

*Important Dates*

*Submission Date: 25 October, 2020*
Notification to Authors: 15 November, 2020
Camera Ready Submission: 1 December, 2020

*Journal Special Issues*

Selected papers from the presented papers will be invited to submit an
extended version to a number of journals. Papers will be selected based on
their reviewers' scores and appropriateness to the Journal's theme. All
extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original
unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a
later stage.

Please send any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at:
emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com

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[DMANET] [GECCO2021 CFP] Competition Proposals

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2021 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2021)

July 10-14, 2021, Lille, France

https://gecco-2021.sigevo.org [1]

IMPORTANT DATES:

Tutorials, Workshops, and Competitions:

Proposals: November 5, 2020

Acceptance Decision: December 3, 2020

Conference: July 10-14, 2021

*** CALL FOR COMPETITIONS ***

Competitions demonstrate how Evolutionary Computation and related
techniques can be utilized in challenging practical, real-world and
gaming settings. They also enable fair comparisons between algorithms
and (for recurrent competitions) provide the possibility to follow the
development of approaches over time.

We are offering the publication of short algorithm descriptions as
2-page contributions to the GECCO Companion. The competition organizers
decide whether they want to offer this to the competition participants.
The deadline for these algorithm descriptions will be in April 2021, and
they will be reviewed by the respective competition organizers. Your
competition's deadline can be after the 2-pages are due, e.g. in June.

*PRIZES *

While fame and certificates attract some participants, others are
attracted by prizes. We encourage the competition organizers to source
sponsors prizes. The sponsors can either directly donate a prize to your
competition, or they can sign up for an official 'GECCO-level'
sponsorship (or a customized variant of one):
https://gecco-2021.sigevo.org/Call-for-Sponsors where, of course, an
agreement would be made that their donation is meant to sponsor (in part
or in total) the competition. Please note that we are merely encouraging
this as a way of attracting additional attention -- it is not mandatory
to have a sponsor, and we might even be able to organize a sponsor for
you, if interested.

* COMPETITION PROPOSAL SUBMISSION *

Competition Proposals are submitted using the form in the GECCO 2021 web
page (https://gecco-2021.sigevo.org/Competition-Proposals). Instructions
on how to login in the web page and how to create an account are
provided in the webpage. Submitters should be prepared to provide the
following information:

* The competition title. Please refrain from using special characters
in the title.
* A description of the competition. This field will also be displayed
on the website as the default description for the competition if it is
accepted.
* The name, affiliation, email and short bio of the organizer(s). The
first organizer will be the default contact person, but more organizers
can be designated as contact person.
* (Optional) A URL with more info about the competition.
* The deadline for competitors to submit their artifacts/results (it
can be after the 2-pages are due, if this option is offered to the
participants).
* (Optional) If the competition has been held before, then also
provide the web address of the last edition and what you will change in
case you plan any changes.
* Description of any prizes and how they will be sourced.
* Description of the judging process.
* (Optional) How do you plan to encourage newcomers? Can you provide
tutorials (incl. videos) to make the entrance easier?
* (Optional) What is the dissemination plan for the submitted
artifacts (please explain how you would like to handle the potential
issues related to intellectual property of the artifacts, if any).
* (Optional) Any other relevant information to evaluate the
competition proposal.

* REVIEWING OF PROPOSALS *

Competition proposals will be reviewed by the Competition Chairs and
other members of the GECCO 2021 organizing committee, based on GECCO
attendees' and competitors' likely interest, the breadth and the depth
of the topic(s), and the expertise and credentials of the organizer(s).

* MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACT *

You can find updated information of the Competitions at:
https://gecco-2021.sigevo.org/Competition-Proposals

If you have questions regarding the competitions at GECCO 2021, please
contact the Competitions Chairs:

Marcella Scoczynski

Federal University of Technology - Parana, Brazil

Email: marcella@utfpr.edu.br

Markus Wagner

University of Adelaide, Australia

Email: markus.wagner@adelaide.edu.au

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[DMANET] CIAC 2021: Deadline Approaching

*CALL FOR PAPERS*
CIAC 2021 - 12th International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity
10-12 May 2021 – Larnaca, Cyprus
http://easyconferences.eu/ciac2021/

*Aims and Scope*
The International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity is intended to
provide a forum for researchers working in all aspects of computational
complexity and the use, design, analysis and experimentation of efficient
algorithms and data structures.

*Topics*
Papers presenting original research in the areas of algorithms and
complexity are sought, including (but not limited to):
- sequential, parallel and distributed algorithms and data structures
- approximation and randomized algorithms
- graph algorithms and graph drawing
- on-line and streaming algorithms
- analysis of algorithms and computational complexity
- algorithm engineering
- web algorithms
- exact and parameterized computation
- algorithmic game theory
- computational biology
- foundations of communication networks
- computational geometry
- discrete optimization

*Invited Speakers*
- Henning Fernau, Trier University, Germany
- Katharina Huber, University of East Anglia, UK
- Seffi Naor, Technion Haifa, Israel

*Proceedings*
The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the
ARCoSS/LNCS series and will be available for distribution at the
conference. Accepted papers will be allocated 12 pages total in the LNCS
format in the proceedings. More information about the LNCS format can be
found on the author instructions page of Springer-Verlag.

*Special Issue*
The authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended
version of their paper for possible publication on a special issue of
Theoretical Computer Science devoted to CIAC 2021.

*Best Paper Award*
There will be a CIAC 2021 Best Paper Award, accompanied by a prize of EUR
1,000 offered by Springer.

*Important dates*
- Deadline for submission: October 31, 2020, 23:59 AoΕ
- Deadline for uploading new versions of already submitted papers: November
6, 2020, AoE
- Notification of acceptance: December 22, 2020
- Final manuscript, camera ready: January 31, 2021

*Submission*
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of at most 12 pages by
October 31, 23:59 AoE.
Uploading updated versions of already submitted papers will be allowed
until November 6, 23:59 AoE
Submissions are handled by EasyChair at the following web
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ciac2021
All submissions will be rigorously peer-reviewed and evaluated on the basis
of the quality of their contribution, originality, soundness, and
significance.
Simultaneous submission of papers to any other conference with proceedings
published or made publicly available, or submitting papers previously
accepted for journal publication is not allowed.

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[DMANET] HMiMS 2020 CFP: The International Symposium on Health and Medical informatics, Management and Security (HMiMS 2020), December 14-16, 2020

The International Symposium on Health and Medical informatics, Management
and Security (HMiMS 2020)

*Paris, France. December 14-16, 2020*

*http://emergingtechnet.org/HMiMS2020/index.php
<http://emergingtechnet.org/HMiMS2020/index.php>*

*in conjunction with*

*The Seventh International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems,
Management and Security (IoTSMS 2020)*

*HMiMS 2020 CFP*

Health Information Technology (HIT) innovations offer significant potential
to transform the delivery of care, to improve the quality and efficiency of
the healthcare system, to enhance interactions between patients/caregivers
and providers, and to enable greater access to the latest advancements in
treatments, among other accomplishments and outcomes. Health and Medical
Informatics is an important HIT area that is at the intersection of
information science, computer science, social science, behavioral science
and health care. This field is mainly concerned with the resources,
devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage,
retrieval, processing and use of information in health and biomedicine.
Health and Medical Informatics is driven by computers, information and
communication systems. It is a multi-disciplinary field that covers a wide
spectrum of sub-fields. It combines the problem solving skills of computer
scientists with health care professionals and health care givers.
Databases, networking, graphical interfaces, IoT, data mining, machine
learning, intelligent decision support systems and data science are just a
few of the technologies and research areas currently contributing to health
and medical informatics. Mobility and ubiquity in healthcare systems,
standardization of technologies and procedures, certification, privacy and
security are some of the issues that medical informatics professionals and
the ICT industry and research community in general are addressing in order
to further promote ICT in healthcare. The purpose of this symposium is to
bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application
of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare and
medicine in general and to the support of persons with special needs in
particular.

Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all
major areas, which include, but not limited to:
o Big data on healthcare
o Blockchain based intelligent data management in healthcare
o Data driven smart health
o Health Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science and Machine Learning for
healthcare
o Medical Devices, medical imaging, and biosignal Processing
o eHealth
o mHealth and Wearable Devices
o Telemedicine
o Health Internet of Things
o Cybersecurity and Healthcare Information
o Healthcare privacy
o Biodata management, security and analytics
o AI in healthcare applications
o Healthcare Decision Support and Intelligent Systems
o Biomedical Informatics
o User interaction systems and data/information exchange
o Applied connected health and integrated care systems
o Personalized health systems and medicine
o Interoperability in Healthcare Systems
o Health Information Management and security
o Healthcare Knowledge Management
o Social media in e-health
o Socio-Economic Issues
o Healthcare Security and Privacy
o Patient Safety
o Standards, Social and Legal Issues
o Patient Diagnosis Methods
o Patient Monitoring Systems
o Health Data Acquisition, Management and Visualization
o E-learning and Education
o Medical Robotics and Virtual Reality
o Care processes and workflow models
o Quality development in healthcare services
o Usability, accessibility and user interface design
o Patient involvement and empowerment
o Electronic health record systems: solutions, implementations, evaluation
o Games for health
o E-health and organizational change
o Sociological, sociotechnical and multi-disciplinary perspectives on
e-health
o Evaluation assessment of healthcare applications studies
o Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies in healthcare IT

*Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings*

Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11"
two-column format (IEEE Templates
<https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html>).
All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper
Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including
all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original
unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other
conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be
rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date,
exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be
considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information
or clarification.

All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted
papers will appear in the IoTSMS Proceeding and to be submitted to IEEE
Xplore for inclusion. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing to EI
(Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP.

Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under
consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular
papers must not exceed 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format.
Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and
fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted
papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted
papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as
regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers

*Important Dates*

Submission Date: 25 October, 2020
Notification to Authors: 15 November, 2020
Camera Ready Submission: 1 December, 2020

*Submission System*

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hmims2020

*Journal Special Issues*

Selected papers from the presented papers will be invited to submit an
extended version to a number of journals. Papers will be selected based on
their reviewers' scores and appropriateness to the Journal's theme. All
extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original
unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a
later stage.

Please send any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at:
emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com

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[DMANET] CFP: [Algorithms, MDPI] Special Issue on Deep Learning for 3D Shape and Pose Estimation

We are pleased to announce the launch of new Special Issue dedicated to
"Deep Learning for 3D Shape and Pose Estimation" in the journal
Algorithms, an *EI-*, *ESCI-*, and *Scopus-indexed* open access journal.

We encourage submissions about all problems and deep learning based
techniques for 3D shape and pose estimation and understanding from
sensor measurements such as colour images, depth images, or IMUs.

Further information can be found at the Special Issue website:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/3D_shape_pose_estimation

The submission deadline is 31 January 2021. Papers will be published on
an ongoing basis, so you can submit your paper at any point before the
deadline.

We look forward to receiving your submission.

CiteScore of Algorithms (2019): 2.2
CiteScoreTracker 2020 (updated on 7 July, 2020): 2.3

Best regards,
Alina Chen
Section Managing Editor
E-Mail: alina.chen@mdpi.com
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MDPI Branch Office, Wuhan
Skype: live:a70ca49eff100a5b

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[DMANET] Algorithms: Special issue on "Algorithms for Shortest Paths in Dynamic and Evolving Networks" - Call for Contributions

Call for Contributions

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Journal: Algorithms (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms)

Special issue on "Algorithms for Shortest Paths in Dynamic and Evolving Networks"
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Algorithms_Shortest_Paths_Networks

Guest Editors: Daniel Delling and Christos Zaroliagis

Submission deadline: 30 November 2020
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Contemporary technological infrastructures are dominated by a multitude of networks
(transportation networks, social networks, communication networks, e-commerce networks,
power networks, etc.) that are typically of a very large scale and impose as a routine
task the computation of min-cost paths, while their characteristics usually evolve with
time. The dynamicity and temporality of the network characteristics is often depicted by
some kind of predetermined dependence of the metric on the actual time that each resource
is used (e.g., traversal time of individual segments in road networks, packet-loss rate
in IT networks, arc availability in social networks, etc.).

The aim of this Special Issue is to seek new algorithmic approaches for computing shortest
paths in networks that change over time for several reasons. A typical (but nonexhaustive)
list includes network changes either due to the nature of an underlying metric (time-dependent
networks), or the insertion/deletion of nodes and arcs (dynamic networks), or the availability
of arcs at specific time slots (temporal networks), or the uncertainty of arc costs (stochastic
networks), or the fact that each arc is equipped with more than one arc-cost vector (parametric
networks).

Original contributions are solicited on new shortest-path algorithms on dynamic and evolving
networks, which can belong to the broad spectrum of design, analysis, and engineering of
algorithms, and include theoretical design and analysis, extensive experimentation and algorithm
engineering, and heuristics. Moreover, high-quality survey contributions will also be considered.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Approximate shortest-path algorithms
- Algorithm engineering
- Multimodal route planning
- Uni- and multicriteria route planning
- Parametric shortest-path algorithms
- Shortest paths in dynamic networks
- Shortest-path heuristics
- Shortest paths in time-dependent networks
- Shortest-path oracles
- Shortest paths in temporal networks
- Shortest paths in social networks
- Centrality assessment in social networks
- Stochastic shortest paths


Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the guest-editors as soon as possible.

Manuscript Submission Information
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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering (www.mdpi.com/register)
and logging in (www.mdpi.com/login) to this website. Once you are registered, click here
(https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=algorithms) to go to the submission form.

Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers
will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on
the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are
invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the
Editorial Office.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for
publication elsewhere, except conference proceedings papers. In the latter case (of conference
proceedings papers), the submitted manuscript should provide at least 40% new content.

All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for
authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions
for Authors page (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions). Algorithms is an international
peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions)
before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC - https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc)
for publication in this open access (https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess) journal is 1000 CHF
(Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use
MDPI's English editing service (https://www.mdpi.com/authors/english) prior to publication or
during author revisions.


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[DMANET] CfP: AMAI Special Issue on Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Unification

Call for submissions

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
Special Issue on Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Unification
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SCOPE
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In 2020, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AMAI)
celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over the years, the journal has
promoted better understanding of the application of quantitative,
combinatorial, logical, algebraic and algorithmic methods to artificial
intelligence areas as diverse as decision support, automated deduction,
reasoning, knowledge-based systems, machine learning, computer vision,
robotics and planning. AMAI special issues are intended to be
collections of original research papers reflecting the intersection of
mathematics and a focussed discipline demonstrating how each has
contributed greatly to the other. A further goal of the journal is to
close the gaps between the fields even further. Papers should report on
current research in the appropriate areas, as well as more retrospective
papers in which progress has been ongoing over a period of time.

The purpose of this special issue of AMAI is to promote research on
theoretical and practical aspects of unification. Unification is
concerned with the problem of making two terms equal, finding solutions
for equations or making formulas equivalent. It is a fundamental process
used in a number of fields of computer science, including automated
reasoning, term rewriting, logic programming, natural language
processing, program analysis, types, etc. The special issue is related
to the topics of the 34th International Workshop on Unification - UNIF
2020. Participants of the workshop, as well as other authors are invited
to submit contributions.


EXAMPLES OF TOPICS
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This special issue focuses on advanced results on the topics of
unification in a broad sense, which include, but are not limited to, the
following:

- Unification algorithms, calculi and implementations
- Equational unification and unification modulo theories
- Unification in modal, fuzzy, temporal and description logics
- Anti-unification/generalization
- Semi-unification
- Narrowing
- Matching problems
- Unification in special theories
- Higher-order unification
- Combination problems
- Constraint solving
- Disunification
- Complexity issues
- Type checking and reconstruction
- Admissibility of inference rules
- Formalization of unification
- Tools
- Applications


SUBMISSION
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This special issue welcomes original high-quality contributions that
have been neither published in nor simultaneously submitted to any
journals or refereed conferences. Submissions will be peer-reviewed
using the standard refereeing procedure of the Annals of Mathematics and
Artificial Intelligence.

Submitted papers must be in English, prepared in LaTeX according to the
guidelines of the journal:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10472/submission-guidelines.

PDF versions of papers should be uploaded at the submission page

https://www.editorialmanager.com/amai

by December 14, 2020.

Please choose S704 - Unification - UNIF 2020 when you will be selecting
the article type.


GUEST EDITORS
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Temur Kutsia (RISC, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
Andrew M. Marshall (University of Mary Washington, USA)


FURTHER INFORMATION
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Temur Kutsia <kutsia@risc.jku.at>
Andrew M. Marshall <amarsha2@umw.edu>
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[DMANET] Data Scientist (Operational Research) position in Nottingham, UK

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Data Scientist (Operational Research) position in Nottingham, UK
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Permanent
Based in Nottingham, UK

Our Data Science and Operational Research team consists of five PhD-level
Data Scientists, a Junior Data Scientist and a Senior Research Developer.
As a team, we regularly collaborate with a number of universities on
various R&D projects and MSc/PhD research studies, as well as work on a
great variety of collaborative R&D projects with partners and customers
globally in the area of Operational Research, Predictive modelling,
Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence.

As part of the on-going expansion of our Data Science and Operational
Research team, Microlise, a leading Transport Management Solutions Provider
with the HQ in Nottingham are looking for a Data Scientist specialising in
Operational Research to support the growth and exciting projects we are
working on!

Role & Responsibilities

- Applying operational research, combinatorial optimisation, heuristics,
computational/artificial intelligence and big data analytics techniques
- Designing and implementing Local Search, Heuristics and Meta-heuristics
algorithms
- Performing exploratory, experimental, analytical and visualisation works
- Complete the analysis, design and build of data models, analytical models
and business and personal insights
- Preparing technical and scientific reports, presentations and patent
applications
- Framing business problems into questions that can be answered through
data analysis, and translating business needs into requirements that can be
understood by technical teams

You can find more details and apply online at:
https://www.microlise.com/careers/job/?jobID=118773

This role is eligible for a Certificate of Sponsorship for a UK Visa and
meets the resident labour market test.

Interviews will take place whilst the advert is still live. Informal
enquiries are welcome and may be sent to mohammad.mesgarpour@microlise.com

Dr Mohammad Mesgarpour
Head of Data Science and Operational Research
Microlise

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[DMANET] PhD student & Postdoc (Algorithmic Bioinformatics) @ U. Helsinki

Dear colleagues,

I am looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc in Algorithmic Bioinformatics, to join my team at the University of Helsinki. I am leading the Graph Algorithms team <https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/algorithmic-bioinformatics/teams/graph-algorithms>, of the wider Algorithmic Bioinformatics research group <https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/algorithmic-bioinformatics>. These positions are partially funded by an ERC Starting Grant on Safe and Complete Algorithms for Bioinformatics <https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/algorithmic-bioinformatics/teams/graph-algorithms/safebio-erc-starting-grant>.

Current research topics include:
Graph algorithms for genome, RNA and viral assembly from genomic sequencing data.
String algorithms for pangenome graphs.
Safe string alignment solutions (i.e. base pairs appearing in all optimal and suboptimal alignments) and their correlation with protein function over the tree of life.
University of Helsinki hosts an active and wonderful Algorithmic Bioinformatics community, with interests ranging from theoretical computer science, to algorithm engineering and practical bioinformatics methods, and from graph algorithms to string algorithms.

Application deadline December 7, 2020.

Interested persons are welcome to ask for more information via e-mail to alexandru.tomescu@helsinki.fi <mailto:alexandru.tomescu@helsinki.fi>.

More details in the following calls:
https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/tomescu/phd-student.pdf <https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/tomescu/phd-student.pdf>
https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/tomescu/postdoc.pdf <https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/tomescu/postdoc.pdf>

Please distribute this to all persons interested.

Best regards,
Alexandru Tomescu
https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/tomescu/ <https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/tomescu/>
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[DMANET] The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Due: December 5, 2020)

The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG) in Daejeon, Korea invites
applications for one postdoctoral research fellowship position.

URL: https://dimag.ibs.re.kr/hiring/

DIMAG is a research group that was established in December 1, 2018 at the
Institute for Basic Science (IBS), led by Prof. Sang-il Oum. DIMAG is
located at the headquarters of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in
Daejeon, South Korea, a city of 1.5 million people.

The position is available for individuals who are within the first five
years after obtaining their Ph.D at the date of appointment or be expected
to obtain a Ph.D within three months from the date of appointment.
Successful candidates for postdoctoral research fellowship positions will
be new or recent Ph.D.'s with outstanding research potential in all fields
of discrete mathematics with emphasis on structural graph theory, extremal
graph theory, combinatorial optimization, matroid theory, or
fixed-parameter tractable algorithms.

This appointment is for two years, and the starting salary is no less than
KRW 57,000,000. The appointment is one time renewable up to 3 years in
total contingent upon the outstanding performance of the researcher. The
expected appointment date is September 1, 2021. This is a purely research
position and will have no teaching duties.

A complete application packet should include:
(1) AMS standard cover sheet (preferred) or cover letter (PDF format)
(2) Curriculum vitae including a publication list (PDF format)
(3) Research statement (PDF format)
(4) Consent to Collection and Use of Personal Information (PDF file) [visit
the website]
(5) At least 3 recommendation letters

For full consideration, applicants should email items 1, 2, 3, and 4 and
arrange their recommendation letters emailed to dimag@ibs.re.kr by December
5, 2020, Saturday.

Recommendations letters forwarded by an applicant will not be considered.

DIMAG encourages applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds.

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Sang-il Oum (엄상일) https://dimag.ibs.re.kr/home/sangil/
CI, Discrete Mathematics Group, Institute for Basic Science (IBS).
Professor, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST.

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[DMANET] Research associate / PhD student or PostDoc (f/m/d) in Algorithmics at TU Ilmenau

In the Complexity and Efficient Algorithms group in the Department for
Computer Science and Automation at the Technische Universität Ilmenau
(Head: Prof. Dr. Martin Dietzfelbinger, homepage
https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/en/ktea/people/), a position as
      
            Research associate / PhD student (f/m/d)

is to be filled at the earliest possible date, with the goal of further
academic qualification (usually a PhD).

The term is three years with the possibility of extension.

If a PhD degree in computer science has already been awarded, the
position can also be set up as a postdoc position
with a fixed term of three or two years, with the goal of acquiring
further academic qualification.

Central requirements:
- Very good skills in theoretical computer science, in particular in the
area of efficient algorithms and complexity theory,
   in design and analysis of randomized algorithms as well as the
relevant mathematical methods
- Teaching in German must be possible

Further details:
https://jobundkarriere.tu-ilmenau.de/jobposting/b663d5356f299ba5e51d9375d9c889ffb89aaf65

If interested, apply by Oct 25, 2020.

Contact: Martin Dietzfelbinger <martin.dietzfelbinger@tu-ilmenau.de>

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[DMANET] 2 Open PhD Positions on Network Algorithms

We are looking for two highly motivated and bright PhD students with a
strong expertise and interest in graph and network algorithms in
particular, and in theoretical computer science in general, to join our
team around our project on "Fast Algorithms for a Reactive Network Layer".

Traditionally and still today, communication networks are operated in a
rather static and conservative manner. This has good reasons:
communication networks constitute a critical infrastructure of our
digital society, and dynamic optimizations always come with risks of
instabilities or even outages. However, it is also known that in principle
a more dynamic network operation can greatly improve the efficiency of
networks: empirical studies show that communication traffic contains
much structure, i.e., it is bursty and skewed. More dynamic network
operations are also useful to support adaptive policy changes, service
relocations, or emerging "self-driving networks". This project is
motivated by the desire to leverage the benefits of more flexible
network operations but without sacrificing the reliability guarantees of
more conservative operations. In fact, we believe that a more adaptive
network operation can even improve the dependability of a network.

We aim to lay the theoretical and algorithmic foundations of more
adaptive networks, using algorithmic tools from dynamic graph
algorithms, approximation algorithms, online algorithms and distributed
algorithms. In addition to our theoretical contributions, we also aim to
show the practical importance of our approaches (possibly in
collaboration with an Internet Service Provider).

The positions are 30h/week and shared by the research groups "Theory and
Applications of Algorithms", led by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger,
and  "Communication Technologies", led by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schmid.
Both research groups are internationally well-known and received ERC
grants in the past.

For more information, please contact Prof. Henzinger and Prof. Schmid by
email.

The application submission is handled online under
https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/jobs-recruiting/job-center/ but
you can also submit your application material by an email addressed to
both professors.

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[DMANET] Ph.D. Student in Random Processes and Algorithms at Hasso Plattner Institute Potsdam

The Algorithm Engineering group at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) currently hosts about twenty-five researchers and invites applications for a new

Ph.D. Student in Random Processes and Algorithms..

The research group uses methods from mathematics and computer science to approach a range of algorithmic areas including artificial intelligence, network theory and random processes / structures. We are currently seeking to strengthen our focus within the area of probabilistic analysis of randomized optimization algorithms, such as evolutionary algorithms and other nature inspired heuristics.

As part of the privately funded Faculty of Digital Engineering of the University of Potsdam, we engage both in teaching of outstanding and highly selected students as well as in internationally renowned research. The group and the institute is located at the beautiful Campus Griebnitzsee, at the border to Berlin, offering a vibrant scientific environment.

What we offer:
• Inspiring research environment;
• Close collaboration with other scientists;
• Generous travel allowance and latest computing facilities;
• Modern work space in Potsdam-Babelsberg;
• Integration into an international group of researchers;
• Exceptional students to work with.

What we expect:
• An excellent degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related discipline;
• Some course or other experience with probability theory;
• Enthusiasm for mathematical problems and scientific work;
• Enjoying teamwork and collaboration;
• A desire to obtain a PhD within 3-4 years.

Application process:
• All applications should include a detailed CV, a copy of the Master thesis and a list of courses and grades.
• Please also mention names and contact details of one or two references -- preferably one from your thesis adviser.
• The starting date and particular research topic is flexible.
• Interested candidates should direct their questions to friedrich@hpi.de.
• Applications must be sent via email, preferably as a single PDF, to jobs-friedrich@hpi.de by October 31, 2020.
• Promising PhD-student applicants will be asked to work out a small algorithmic open-book test within a 24 hour time window (chosen by themselves).
• All promising applicants will be interviewed (either via video call or on site) and at the same time get the chance to direct further questions to the chair.

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[DMANET] 2 PhD positions at University of Twente and Maastricht University - Analysis of Algorithms

2 PhD Positions at
University of Twente and
Maastricht University
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Rigorous Analysis of Local Search
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Two PhD Position at University of Twente (UT, Enschede, Netherlands) and Maastricht University (UM, Netherlands) are available within an NWO project on probabilistic analysis of algorithms, called "Rigorous Analysis of Local Search".

The positions are fully funded for four years. They are located at the group Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming (DMMP) of UT and at the Operations Research group of the Quantitative Economics department of MU.

More information and details about the application process can be found at
"https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/careers/!/1211327/2-phd-positions-in-rigorous-analysis-of-local-search".

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Bodo Manthey (b.manthey@utwente.nl<mailto:b.manthey@utwente.nl>, https://wwwhome.ewi.utwente.nl/~mantheyb/) or Tjark Vredeveld (t.vredeveld@maastrichtuniversity.nl<mailto:t.vredeveld@maastrichtuniversity.nl>, http://researchers-sbe.unimaas.nl/tjarkvredeveld/).

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[DMANET] two postdoctoral positions (Prague)

There are two openings for postdoctoral positions at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.

- The fist postdoctoral position is in extremal graph theory, probabilistic method, or theory of graph limits and is under the project "Embedding, Packing and Limits in Graphs" funded by the Czech Science Foundation (main investigator: Diana Piguet). The position is full-time until December 2021, when the project ends (flexible starting date). Please refer tohttp://www.cs.cas.cz/job-offer/Postdoctoral-position-extremal-graph-theory-Piguet-2020/en for more information.

- The second postdoctoral position is broader in scope and has duration of two years (starting 1.1.2021). Please refer tohttp://www.cs.cas.cz/job-offer/Incoming-Postdoctoral-Fellowship/en for more information.

Regards,
Diana Piguet

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[DMANET] PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Combinatorics at UVic

​We are seeking candidates in the area of combinatorics to nominate for a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) to be held at the University of Victoria. If the nomination is successful, then the salary will be at least $50,000 CAD funded jointly by PIMS and the research grants of the supervisors, Dr. Natasha Morrison and Dr. Jonathan Noel. The Fellowship is for one year and is renewable, contingent on satisfactory progress, for an additional year. The starting date is July 1, 2021 or later. Applications should be made through mathjobs at this link (www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/16369) before November 20, 2020. Informal inquiries can be made by e-mail to Nathasha Morrison (nmorrison@uvic.ca) and Jonathan Noel (noelj@uvic.ca).

The University of Victoria has a thriving Discrete Mathematics Group​ with 6 research faculty, 2 teaching faculty, 2 adjunct faculty, an enthusiastic cohort of graduate students and a weekly seminar.​ We strongly value the experiences and qualities that people from diverse backgrounds bring to the group and, as such, we particularly encourage applications from members of groups which are under-represented in mathematics.

More info:
Apply here: www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/16369
PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowships: www.pims.math.ca/scientific/postdoctoral
Natasha Morrison: www.math.uvic.ca/~nmorrison/
Jonathan Noel: www.math.uvic.ca/~noelj/
UVic Math and Stats Department: www.uvic.ca/science/math-statistics/index.php
UVic Discrete Math Group: www.uvic.ca/science/math-statistics/research/home/discrete-math/index.php

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[DMANET] INFORMS Telecommunications & Network Analytics Conference 2020 - Registration

Registration is now open

Dear colleagues,

In light of the uncertain climate of global events, the Organization Committee of the INFORMS Telecommunications and Network Analytics Conference 2020, in agreement with the Steering Committee and INFORMS, has decided to hold the conference virtually.

The conference is going to be held online on 20-21 October 2020. Attending the conference is free of charge, but the registration is mandatory.

INFORMS TNAC 2020 (previously INFORMS Telecommunications Conference) is the 15th of bi-annual conferences held by the INFORMS Telecommunications and Network Analytics Section. The conference is going to be focused on the theory and application of operations research and management science to problems in telecommunications and network analytics, with particular emphasis on new and emerging technologies. Additionally, the conference is going to provide a platform for academics and industry experts working in telecommunications and network analytics to exchange ideas and initiate new collaborations.

Keynote speakers:

Prof. Bernard Fortz - Université Libre de Bruxelles
Prof. Bernard Gendron - Université de Montréal/ Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT)
Dr. Bo Bai - Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
Dr. Cong Sun - Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

A special issue of the international journal Networks (ISSN:1097-0037) on "Telecommunications and Network Analytics" will follow the conference.

The registration is now open at https://zib-de.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_puuqlvMARnOvEEabnJnrFw. Further details about the schedule will be announced on the conference website http://informs_tnac2020.zib.de/.

We are looking forward to your participation!


The Organization Committee:

Thorsten Koch, Conference Chair– Zuse Institute Berlin
Haldun Süral – Middle East Technical University
Christine Tawfik – Zuse Institute Berlin
Inci Yüksel-Ergün – Zuse Institute Berlin


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[DMANET] Call for Participation: Remote ZJULogAI, Oct 26/Oct 30/Nov 2, 2020 via Zoom.

Remote ZJULogAI (CLAR, AWPL, and GCAI) will take place as a three-day
online event using Zoom on October 26 (Day 1), October 30 (Day 2), and
November 2 (Day 3), 2020.

With their special focus theme on Explainable AI, the conferences intend to
promote the interplay between logical approaches and machine learning-based
approaches in order to make AI more transparent and accountable.

Invited speakers:
- Christoph Benzmüller (Freie Universität Berlin): Ethico-legal governance
of intelligent artificial agents — Can post-hoc normative reasoning
competencies prevent AI systems from going rogue?
- Claude Sammut (University of New South Wales, Australia): T.B.A.
- Dag Westerståhl (Stockholm University): Notes on Compositionality: what,
why, and how? (joint work with Alexandru Baltag and Johan van Benthem)
- Fei Wu (Zhejiang University, China): Big data intelligence: from
correlation discovery to casual reasoning
- Marc van Zee (Google AI): Why knowledge representation matters for
machine learning

For a detailed program, please check the website:

** http://www.xixilogic.org/zjulogai/program/ **

Everyone is welcome to all sub-events of ZjuLogAI! Registration to Remote
ZJULogAI is free of charge but required:
http://www.xixilogic.org/zjulogai/registration/.

We are very looking forward to your participation!

Best regards,
Alexander Steen and Huimin Dong

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[DMANET] Metaheuristics for optimization

Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we invite you to participate in the
special session (workshop) on
"APPLICATIONS OF METAHEURISTICS TO LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS" at the 13th
International Conference on
Large Scale Scientific Computation - LSSC'21, June 07 - 11, 2021, Sozopol,
Bulgaria,
with arrival: June 06 and departure: noon June 11.

The session is organized by:
Prof. Stefka Fidanova (stefka@parallel.bas.bg)
from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (former
Institute for Parallel Processing),
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and
Gabriel Luque (gabriel@lcc.uma.es) from University of Malaga, Spain.

Topics

The list of topics includes, but is not limited to:

combinatorial optimization
global optimization
multiobjective optimization
optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments
large scale optimization
parallel and distributed approaches in optimization
random search algorithms,
simulated annealing,
tabu search
other derivative free optimization methods
nature inspired optimization methods (evolutionary algorithms,
ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, immune artificial
systems etc)
hybrid optimization algorithms involving natural computing techniques
and
other global and local optimization methods
optimization methods for learning processes and data mining
computational optimization methods in statistics, econometrics, finance,
physics, medicine, biology, engineering etc

Proceedings
We plan to continue publishing the proceedings of only refereed and
presented papers as a
special volume of Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).

Important deadlines
Deadline for submission of abstracts
January 15, 2021
Notification of acceptance of the talks on the basis of the submitted
abstract
January 31, 2021
Deadline for registration
February 15, 2021
Deadline for submission of full papers
March 01, 2021
Notification of acceptance of full papers
April 15, 2021


Abstracts and contributed papers
The abstracts (up to 1 page stating clearly the originality of the results)
are to be written in standard LaTeX.
The length of the contributed papers is limited up to 8 pages. It is
assumed that one participant
will present not more than one talk.

Send the abstracts and papers to special session organizers and conference
organizers,
indicating the name of the special session.
After sending the abstract go to the conference web page and fill in the
registration form (personal data of the participants,
minimum one per paper, and the name of the special session).

Information about abstract and paper preparation, accommodation,
transportation,
registration form and conference location you can find at the conference
web page http://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom21/


Special session organizers
Prof. Stefka Fidanova
Prof. Gabriel Luque

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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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[DMANET] postdoctoral positions at IRIF, Paris, France

IRIF (CNRS and Université de Paris), Paris, France, is seeking excellent candidates for postdoctoral positions in all areas of the Foundations of Computer Science. Every year, about 10 new postdocs join IRIF.

IRIF (Institute for Research in Foundations of Computer Science) is a joint laboratory of the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and Université de Paris. Currently, it hosts about 90 permanent faculty members, 40 non-permanent full-time researchers, and 50 Ph.D. students. For further information about IRIF please see https://www.irif.fr/en/informations/presentation .

The postdoc positions at IRIF are financed either by the laboratory resources, or by group or personal grants, or by joint applications of IRIF members and the candidate to outside funding agencies with which IRIF is affiliated.

The starting date of the positions is usually in September-October, but this may sometimes vary. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a related area before the starting date of the position. Knowledge of French is not required, and applications can be sent either in French or in English.

The application deadline for most application tracks is November 2nd, 2020. For a list of specific openings as well as instructions how to apply please visit https://www.irif.fr/postes/postdoc .
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[DMANET] Second CFP :-- 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2020)

** Second Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues
and networks **

-- 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition
(SoCPaR 2020) --

http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar20

http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar20

On the World Wide Web

* December 15-18, 2020 *

SoCPaR 2019 Proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030493448

Indexed by: SCOPUS, Thomson ISI Web of Science, DBLP etc.

History of SoCPaR series: http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar19/previous.php

SoCPaR 2020: Scopus Proceedings

All accepted and registered papers will be published in AISC Series of
Springer, indexed in ISI Proceedings, EI-Compendex, DBLP, SCOPUS, Google
Scholar and Springerlink.

** Important Dates **

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Paper submission due: October 15, 2020

Notification of paper acceptance: November 15, 2020

Registration and Final manuscript due: November 25, 2020

Conference: December 15-18, 2020

**About SoCPaR 2020**

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After the success of the 11th International Conference on Soft Computing
and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2019), SoCPaR 2020 is organized to bring
together worldwide leading researchers and practitioners interested in
advancing the state of the art in Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition,
for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of disciplines
among various distinct communities. It is hoped that researchers and
practitioners will bring new prospects for collaboration across disciplines
and gain inspiration to facilitate novel breakthroughs. The themes for this
conference are thus focused on "Innovating and Inspiring Soft Computing and
Intelligent Pattern Recognition".

**Submission Guidelines**

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Submission of paper should be made through the submission page from the
conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines
to prepare your manuscript.

Paper format templates:

http://www.springer.com/series/11156

SoCPaR'20 Submission Link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar2020

** SoCPaR 2020 Organization **

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General Chairs

Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA

Yukio Ohsawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Seán McLoone, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Program Chairs
Biju Issac, Northumbria University, UK
Isabel Jesus, ISEP, Portugal
M. A. Jabbar, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India

**Technical Contact**

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Dr. Ajith Abraham

Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

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Best Regards
Dr. Sanju Tiwari (PhD, Post-Doc)
Sr. Researcher
Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico
General Chair *KGSWC-2020* (First Indo-American Conference)
http://www.kgswc.org/indo-american/
Member IEEE
Member Machine Intelligence Research Labs(MIR Lab), USA

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[DMANET] Live-Streamed IEOR-DRO Seminars at Columbia University

The IEOR and DRO Departments at Columbia University regularly organize a
joint seminar series on topics related to Operations Research and
Management Science. The seminars will be held virtually this semester on
Tuesdays from 1:00 pm EST to 2:00 pm EST. Many of those seminars will be
live-streamed and recorded. You can find here
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[DMANET] Updated CFP - DCOSS 2021 at Pafos, Cyprus - June 7-9, 2021

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The 17th Annual International Conference on
Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2021)*
Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus
June 7 - 9, 2021
www.dcoss.org



* DCOSS has always been technically co-sponsored by IEEE;
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*** A Special Issue of the Computer Networks (COMNET) Elsevier Journal will
include selected best papers of DCOSS 2021 ***

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DCOSS 2021 is the 17th International Conference on Distributed Computing in
Sensor Systems to be hosted in Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus in June 7-9, 2021.
In the last few years, we have witnessed a significant growth in the use of
IoT and distributed sensor systems in a number of application areas,
ranging from smart transport, energy and buildings, to factory automation,
smart healthcare and environmental monitoring. In order for smart sensor
systems to truly become useful and pervasive, we need to address a number
of research challenges, including the tight integration of sensing and
machine intelligence, reliable and efficient networking, interoperability
and scalability, the need for dependable autonomy, interaction with humans,
and important aspects of security, privacy and trust. DCOSS focuses on
issues arising in the entire IoT and networked sensor systems stack:
covering aspects of high-level abstractions, models and languages, novel
algorithms and applications, system design approaches and architectures, as
well as tools for simulated and real deployments. Potential authors are
invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate recent
advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Artificial Intelligence for IoT

- Smart healthcare to combat epidemics (including COVID-19)

- Edge and fog computing: distributed computing models from sensor to cloud
- Energy harvesting models and optimization
- Machine intelligence in distributed sensor systems and real time analytics
- Communication and networking primitives and protocols
- Autonomy: closing the loop between sensing and actuation
- Task allocation, reprogramming, and reconfiguration
- Robustness, resilience and dependability
- Security and privacy issues
- Approaches, tools, and experience of deployment and operation
- Performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability
- Mobile and human-centered sensing
- Interoperability, heterogeneity and scalability
- Crowd sensing and social sensing techniques, applications, and systems
- Complex systems comprising wearable, robotic and/or fixed sensor systems
- Novel and compelling applications
- IoT systems for emerging and developing economies
- Green and environmentally-friendly IoT

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that
demonstrate current research on distributed sensor systems related to DCOSS
topics of interest. Please use the US letter size (8.5 X 11 in) standard
IEEE conference LaTeX format or Microsoft Word template available on the
link below:

http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Note that DCOSS does not follow the double-blind review policy. The names
and affiliations of all the authors must be present in the submitted
manuscript.

Please visit DCOSS website at www.dcoss.org for more information.


******** Main Organizers ********

- Technical Program Committee Chairs:
Enzo Mingozzi (University of Pisa, Italy)

Stefano Basagni (Northeastern University, USA)

Jiannong Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)



- Local Chairs

Vasos Vassiliou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Zinon Zinonos (Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus)



- Workshops Chairs
Enrico Natalizio (University of Lorraine, France)

- Poster & Demo Chairs

Thomas Lagkas (International Hellenic University, Greece)

Roger Chamberlain (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)



- Proceedings Chair
Marios Angelopoulos (Bournemouth University, UK)



- Publicity Chairs
Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA)
Lei Shu (Nanjing Agricultural University & University of Lincoln, China/UK)
Tamoghna Ojha (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)


- Steering Committee Chair:
Sotiris Nikoletseas (University of Patras and CTI, Greece)




******** Collocated Events ********

DCOSS 2021 will collocate with several thematic Workshops and Special
Sessions on emerging topics and technologies.

The event will also feature a poster and demo session.

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Important Dates:

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Abstract Registration Deadline: January 18, 2021

Paper Submission Deadline: January 25, 2021

Acceptance Notification: March 15, 2021

Camera Ready Deadline: March 29, 2021

Early Registration Deadline: April 22, 2021

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*Tamoghna Ojha*
*Publicity Co-Chair*, DCOSS 2021,
*Richard E Merwin Student Scholar (2016)*, IEEE Computer Society,
Smart Wireless Applications & Networking (SWAN) Lab,
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
Kharagpur, India - 721302
Alternate Email ID: <tojha@sit.iitkgp.ernet.in>, <tamoghna.ojha@gmail.com>

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[DMANET] Tenure-track position in combinatorial probability at Uppsala University

Uppsala University is advertising a tenure-track position in combinatorial
probability with last application date 2020-10-19. We would like to ask you
to kindly send further this information to anyone who could be interested.

https://www.math.uu.se/the-department/vacant-positions/?positionId=342807

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[DMANET] Optimization and Decision Science Conference ODS2020/2021: NEW DATES

Dear ODS 2020 participants,

We hope this mail finds you well. As you know, we had to cancel the Optimiz=
ation and Decision Science conference scheduled for September 2020.
Now, we are pleased to announce that the ODS 2020/2021 conference has been =
rescheduled and it will take place in Rome in the week September 14-17, 202=
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ODS 2021 will be an exciting opportunity for the OR community to meet in pe=
rson in Rome.
We are confident that, in a year from now, we will be able enjoy a wonderfu=
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Looking forward to meeting you in Rome next year, we send you our best wish=
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[DMANET] Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellowships...

Dear colleagues

The Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship scheme is now open. Applications close at 23:59 on Monday 2nd November 2020 (AEST).

For information on the fellowships and how to apply, please visit https://www.deakin.edu.au/research/support-for-researchers/find-funding/deakin-university-funding/adprf/_nocache <http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/support-for-researchers/find-funding/deakin-university-funding/adprf>


Best regards,

Guillermo Pineda-Villavicencio
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[DMANET] novel works for DCs added - OR and optimization (Online Resources, IFORS)

Novel contributions added --- online

Operational Research for Developing Countries


The aim of the IFORS Developing Countries Online Resources page is to offer the OR worker all publicly-available materials on the topic of OR for Development. It also aims to provide a venue for people who are working in the area to share their completed or in-process work, learn from others, and stimulate comments and discussions on the work. Regarding IFORS Developing Countries OR resources website, its regular updates - and your possible submission of "free" (not copyright protected) material, you might occasionally visit

http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page.

With this open resources page we aim to make research and application results better accessible to the many friends in the Developing Countries. We would be glad about interest.

Contributions from the science, communication and education sectors are warmly welcome by our community which has very little access to emerging culture, research and technology.

"Operational Research" (OR) is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. By using techniques such as problem structuring methods and mathematical modelling to analyze complex situations, Operational Research gives executives the power to make more effective decisions and build more productive systems.

The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS; http://ifors.org/) is an almost 60-year old organization which is currently composed of 51 national societies. Regional Groups of IFORS are: ALIO (The Latin American Ibero Association on Operations Research), APORS (The Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies), EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies), NORAM (The Association of North American Operations Research Societies). IFORS conferences are taking place every three years. On IFORS 2021, Seoul, South Korea, August 22-27, 2021, please refer to http://www.ifors2020.kr/.

Thank you very much for your attention.

With kind regards,
best wishes,
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

PS: Feedback is welcome via gerhard.weber@put.poznan.pl.
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