Theory Announcements

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

[DMANET] Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design 2nd Biennial Symposium 21st -23rd September 2022

Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design 2nd Biennial Symposium
Registration NOW OPEN
Call for Posters - deadline 30th June 2022
21st - 23rd September 202022, Liverpool, UK
Join us at the world famous Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, in September 2022 for the 2nd biennial Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design Symposium. This symposium is for established and early-career scientists, post-graduate students and industrial researchers interested in materials discovery. We have brought together, under one roof, some of the world leading experts across all areas of materials research, a truly unique symposium is in store. We strongly encourage delegates to submit an abstract for a poster presentation, details for submission can be found here
Developing new high-performance materials is critical to enable next-generation technologies for society. New systematic and effective approaches to this problem are required given the slow pace with which new materials have traditionally been discovered when relying on serendipity and chemical intuition. The complexity and the multi-scale nature of the relationships between material's structure and its properties makes the design of a material with given properties one of grand scientific challenges of our times. The Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design is moving this forward by fusing leading-edge synthesis concepts from the physical sciences with ideas from the forefront of computer science, alongside experts in robotics, engineering, management and social science. This symposium brings together experts across different scientific disciplines united by the common goal of accelerating materials discovery to discuss important themes such as grand challenges, the integration of computation and experiment, algorithms, and high throughput methods.
Invited speakers include:

* Professor Alan Aspuru-Guzik<https://www.matter.toronto.edu/basic-content-page/about-alan> CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, University of Toronto
* Professor Jacqui Cole<https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/colej> Head of Molecular Engineering, University of Cambridge
* Professor Julien Bourgeois<https://www.femto-st.fr/en/femto-people/jbourgeo> Director of the Department of Computing Complex Systems, Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies
* Professor Elizabeth Dickey<https://faculty.skoltech.ru/people/artemoganov> Teddy & Wilton Hawkins Distinguished Professor and Department Head of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
* Professor Judith Driscoll FREng<https://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/people/driscoll> Professor for Materials Science, University of Cambridge
* Professor James A. Evans<https://sociology.uchicago.edu/directory/james-evans> Director of The Knowledge Lab, University of Chicago
* Professor Sándor Fekete<https://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/users/fekete/> Institute of Operating Systems and Computer Networks, Technical University of Braunschweig
* Professor Claudia Felser<https://www.mpg.de/6348381/chemical-physics-of-solids-felser> Director Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden
* Professor Jason Hein<https://groups2.chem.ubc.ca/jheints1/> Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
* Dr. Brett A. Helms<https://foundry.lbl.gov/about/staff/brett-a-helms/> Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, The Molecular Foundry
* Professor José Miguel Hernández-Lobato<https://jmhl.org/> Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge
* Professor Hideo Hosono<http://www.materia.titech.ac.jp/English/LaboratoryProfile/Hosono.html> ForMemRS Director Centre for element strategy at Tokyo Institute of Technology
* Dr. Houria Kabbour<https://uccs.univ-lille.fr/index.php/en/15-fiches-personnels/554-kabbour-houria-en> Solid State Chemistry Department, Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
* Professor Tanja Junkers<https://www.polymatter.net/team/tanja-junkers> School of Chemistry, Monash University
* Professor Susan Kauzlarich<https://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/people/susan-kauzlarich> Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis
* Professor Iain McCulloch<https://mcculloch.web.ox.ac.uk/> Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford
* Dr. John Mitchell<https://www.anl.gov/profile/john-mitchell> Deputy Division Director, Argonne National Laboratory
* Professor Rachel O'Reilly<https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/chemistry/oreilly-rachel.aspx> Head of the School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham
* Professor Kenneth Poeppelmeier <https://chemistry.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/profiles/kenneth-poeppelmeier.html> Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
* Professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh<https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/ramamoorthy-ramesh> Professor of Physics and Materials Science, University of California Berkley
* Professor David Scanlon<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry/people/david-scanlon> Professor of Computational Materials Design, University College London
* Professor Kerstin Thurow<https://kerstin-thurow.jimdofree.com/> Professor & Chair for Automation/Life Science Automation, University of Rostock
* Professor Prudence Wong <https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/computer-science/staff/prudence-wong/> Professor of Computer Science, University of Liverpool
* Professor Damien Woods<https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-science-engineering/our-people/damien-woods> Professor of Computer Science, National University of Ireland Maynooth
* Professor Sophia Yaliraki<https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/s.yaliraki> Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, Imperial College London
Registration details can be found here<https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/leverhulme-research-centre/symposium-2022/>
The call for poster abstracts is now open to apply click here <https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/leverhulme-research-centre/symposium-2022/posters/>

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[DMANET] PhD Position: Machine Learning and Image Analysis (TU Dresden)

At the Faculty of Computer Science of TU Dresden, the Chair of Machine
Learning for Computer Vision offers a position as

Research Associate / PhD Student (m/f/x)
Machine Learning and Image Analysis
(subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according
to salary group TV-L E13, 100%)

starting at the earliest possible date. The position is limited for
three years with the option of extension. The position is generally
suitable for candidates seeking part-time employment. Please indicate
your request in your application.

Tasks:
- curiosity-driven basic research of fundamental mathematical
optimization problems in the fields of machine learning and image analysis
- design and analysis of algorithms for solving these problems exactly
or approximately
- implementation, empirical analysis and comparison of these algorithms
with respect to real data
- publication of findings and insights in internationally leading
conferences and journals
- contributions to teaching, administration and acquisition of research
funding.

Requirements:
- very good university degree in mathematics or computer science or a
related discipline
- comprehensive education in mathematics, especially in discrete
mathematics and one area of mathematical optimization (e.g. discrete
optimization, convex optimization)
- curiosity and strong interest in rigorous mathematical methods
- very good programming skills in C or C++
- very good scientific writing skills in English.

Applications from women are particularly welcome. The same applies to
people with disabilities.

Call: https://mlcv.inf.tu-dresden.de/job-offer-mlcv-en.pdf
Deadline: May 31st, 2022
Further information: https://mlcv.inf.tu-dresden.de/
Contact: mlcv@tu-dresden.de
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[DMANET] Scottish Combinatorics Meeting 2022 - Online, 4th & 5th May

The Scottish Combinatorics Meeting will take place online on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th May, hosted by the University of Glasgow. There is no charge for participation, but attendees should register in advance to receive joining instructions. Further details, including registration instructions and the schedule of talks, are available at http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~kitty/scm/.

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Kitty Meeks

Senior Lecturer

School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~kitty/

Direct line: +44 (0)141 330 1631

I have signed the Young Academy of Scotland Sustainable Business Travel Pledge<https://www.youngacademyofscotland.org.uk/our-work/sustainable/yas-sustainable-business-travel-pledge/>.

[DMANET] FILOFOCS 2022 - June 15-16, Tel-Aviv University

Dear All,

The 9h French-Israeli Workshop on Foundations of Computer Science (FILOFOCS 2022) will take place on June 15-16, 2022 at Tel-Aviv University.
This is the 9th workshop in the FILOFOCS workshop series, taking place in the framework of the French-Israeli Laboratory on Foundations of Computer Science, a joint lab (IRL) of the CNRS, Universite Paris Cite, Tel-Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Weizmann Institute of Science (see filofocs.org ).

For more information about the workshop and a (partial) list of speakers please visit https://www.filofocs.org/filofocs-2022 . Registration is free, but mandatory by June 5 (see the same webpage).

We are looking forward to seeing you at the workshop !

best regards,

Adi Rosen
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

[DMANET] Conference Announcement: Geometry meets Combinatorics in Bielefeld 2022

Dear all,

we are happy to announce the conference "Geometry meets Combinatorics in
Bielefeld", to be held in-person at Bielefeld University, Germany, from 05
to 09 September 2022; see below for registration details.

The conference will center around topics including
* polytopes
* hyperplane arrangements, matroids, and Coxeter groups
* simplicial complexes und combinatorial commutative algebra
* enumerative aspects of algebra and combinatorics and geometric group
theory

The conference website is https://www.math.uni-bielefeld.de/geocomb/

If you would like to participate please register using the conference
registration
form*:* https://forms.gle/vtB8Dy2dMZqeDyG69

The registration deadline is August 1, 2022.

We have reserved several slots for contributed talks. If you would like to
apply to give a talk at our conference please fill in the form with a
tentative title and abstract until May 1, 2022.

We have limited funds to partially support early-career participants whose
interests fit well with the conference theme.
If you would like to apply for funding please fill out the conference
registration form until May 1, 2022.

Please contact us with any questions or if you need further assistance.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bielefeld.
Best wishes
Martina Juhnke-Kubitzke, Lukas Kühne, Raman Sanyal, and Christopher Voll

PS: We would be grateful if you could forward this mail to interested
members of your group.

[DMANET] Post-doc position at Kyoto University, Japan

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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Title:

* Postdoctoral researcher in Algorithm Theory / Bioinformatics *

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Location:

Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan

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Number of available positions:

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Job description:

The "phylogenetic tree" model has been used by scientists for 150 years to
describe evolutionary history.
Due to its limitations, the more powerful "phylogenetic network" model is
becoming increasingly popular.
This project will develop new tools for designing algorithms for phylogenetic
networks.

The appointee will assist the project leader (Dr. Jesper Jansson at Kyoto
University, Japan) to complete the project.
He/She will be required to:

(a) pursue theoretical research in phylogenetic networks, graph algorithms,
succinct data structures, bioinformatics, computational complexity, or other
related areas; and

(b) publish research papers in international conference proceedings and
journals, as well as conduct presentations.

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Application procedure:

To apply for this position, please use JREC-IN Portal:
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=1&ln=1&id=D122040501&ln_jor=1
Create two files according to the format specified in the two JREC-IN forms
named "Application Form" and "Achievements and Activities", merge them into a
single .pdf-file, and submit the resulting file using the JREC-IN Portal 'web
application' function before the submission deadline.

Applicants who pass the first screening will be invited by e-mail to the second
round of the selection process.

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Deadline for applications:

2022-05-31

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Expected starting date:

Around 2022-10-01

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For further information about this position (required qualifications, salary,
contact details, etc.):

Please follow the link to JREC-IN Portal above.

[DMANET] CRITIS 2022: Extended Paper Submission Deadline

We would like to inform you that the deadline for the 17th International
Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security (CRITIS 2022)
paper submission has been extended. The extended deadline for submitting
regular papers is 6 May 2022 (AoE).

The list of important dates and additional information can be found on the
conference website: www.critis2022.eu

Please be aware that no further extensions will be granted.

Kind regards,

Prof. Dr. Stefan Pickl

General Conference Chair CRITIS 2022

Dr. Leonhard Kunczik

Local Conference Chair CRITIS 2022

Monday, April 11, 2022

[DMANET] Second CFP LAWCG 2022 - In honor of Jayme Szwarcfiter's 80th birthday

[We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. Please
distribute to interested parties.]

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

LAWCG 2022
X Latin-American Workshop on Cliques in Graphs
In honor of Jayme Szwarcfiter's 80th birthday
October 16-19, 2022
Curitiba, Brazil
http://www.lawcg.mat.br/lawcg22/

We are very pleased to announce that the 10th Latin American Workshop
on Cliques in Graphs will be held on October 16-19, 2022 in Curitiba,
Brazil.

LAWCG 2022 has the great pleasure to celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the workshop along with Jayme's 80th birthday.

Following the previous workshops at (2002) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
(2006) La Plata, Argentina; (2008) Guanajuato, Mexico; (2010)
Itaipava, Brazil; (2012) Buenos Aires, Argentina; (2014) Pirenópolis,
Brazil; (2016) La Plata, Argentina; (2018) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and
(2020) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (online), the workshop is meant to
foster interaction between the Latin American Graph Theory and
Combinatorics researchers, whose research interests include cliques,
clique graphs, the behavior of cliques and other topics in Graph
Theory.

The official languages are English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Contributed talks covering original work on the conference topics
will be accepted for presentation. Prospective authors should submit a
1-page abstract of their work in .pdf format via easychair
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lawcg22).

If you have never used EasyChair, then you must register a free
account before starting the submission process.

To simplify the compilation of the proceedings, we require the authors
to write their contributions using the following Latex format:
https://www.lawcg.mat.br/lawcg22/abstract-sample.tex.

Authors are warned that each accepted paper must be associated to a
distinct registration.

Submissions open on: March 18th, 2022.
Closing date for submissions: April 25th, 2022.
Notification of acceptance: June 15th, 2022.

The proceedings of the workshop will be published, after the event, at
Matemática Contemporânea, a journal of the Brazilian Mathematical
Society. All participants of the conference will be invited to submit
an extended abstract describing their contributions. The submitted
papers will go through the normal peer-review process, following the
guidelines of Matemática Contemporânea.

We sincerely hope to see you at Curitiba for the workshop,

Committees

Steering Committee
Celina de Figueiredo, UFRJ, Brazil
Erika Coelho, UFG, Brazil
Jayme Szwarcfiter, UFRJ and UERJ, Brazil
Liliana Alcón, UNLP, Argentina
Márcia Cappelle, UFG, Brazil
Marina Groshaus, UTFPR, Brazil and CONICET, Argentina
Marisa Gutierrez, UNLP, Argentina
Miguel Pizaña, UAM, Mexico

General Chair
André Luiz Pires Guedes, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil

Program Committee
Erika Coelho, UFG, Brazil
Flavia Bonomo, UBA, Argentina
Gabriela Araujo, UNAM, Mexico
Luís Felipe Ignácio Cunha. UFF, Brazil
Maria Pía Mazzoleni, UNLP, Argentina
Marina Groshaus, UTFPR, Brazil and CONICET, Argentina

Organizing committee
André Luís Vignatti, UFPR, Brazil
Leandro Miranda Zatesko, UTFPR, Brazil
Marina Groshaus, UTFPR, Brazil and CONICET, Argentina
Murilo Vicente Gonçalves da Silva, UFPR, Brazil
Renato Carmo, UFPR, Brazil
Sheila Morais de Almeida, UTFPR, Brazil

Additional information is available at LAWCG 2022's website:

https://www.lawcg.mat.br/lawcg22/

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Andre Guedes

[DMANET] Post-doc position in grammar compression at University of Wroclaw, Poland

Post-doc position at Institute of Computer Science, University of
Wroclaw, Poland.

The position is within the project "Aspects of grammar compression" led
by Artur Jeż;
the project deals with text and tree grammar compression and its
connections with other fields,
say text algorithms, word equations or term unification.

The position is for 1 year.
The starting date is flexible; the academic year starts on 1st October
and this is the default date.

The position comes with a travel support for conferences etc.

There is not teaching load included, however, teaching can be organized
upon request.

Applications should be submitted to Artur Jeż via email
artur.jez@uwr.edu.pl by 15th May.
The results should be available by the end of May.

More details about the offer and the application requirement can be
found at:
http://www.ii.uni.wroc.pl/~aje/SONATA_BIS_2018/postdoc.pdf

For any further questions please contact Artur Jeż at artur.jez@uwr.edu.pl

[DMANET] Funded PhD in Attacker-Defender Games, University of Liverpool, UK

=== Funded PhD at the University of Liverpool, UK ===

Application Deadline: 18 April 2022. If a suitable candidate would not be found the position will be re-advertised.
Applications are open for a 4 year fully-funded PhD scholarship in the area of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Liverpool.
This scholarship is open to Home (UK) and International candidates.

*** Algorithms and Decision-Making Processes in Distributed Attacker-Defender Games ***

Description: Computational games provide a powerful abstract framework to model and analyse interactive processes with uncontrollable adversaries or a nature. Abstract representation can reveal the weaknesses in existing strategies and allow to develop new strategies with a mathematical guarantee. For many Attacker-Defender games it can be computationally hard or even undecidable to check the existence of a winning strategy. Various restrictions on the objectives and player's moves/actions can significantly change the computational complexity of the problems. It creates the scope for research on the design of algorithms to verify the existence of the winning strategies or to design new strategies.

The project will focus on developing Theoretical Computer Science techniques to overcome computational constraints by developing approximation algorithms, applying machine learning techniques and solving strategic optimisation and combinatorial problems on different discrete arenas and geometric environments. The solution of these problems in a complex, uncertain and dynamic situation in real-time is a challenging computational task. For problems of representative complexity, this will therefore likely require an application of distributed/decentralised high-performance computing methods.

We are looking for enthusiastic candidate with background in Computer Science, Mathematics or other relative subjects.
More details are available here: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/studentships/distributed-attacker-defender-games/

For any enquiries please contact: Prof Igor Potapov <potapov@liverpool.ac.uk>
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/computer-science/staff/igor-potapov/

[DMANET] JGA 2022 announcement / Journées de Géométrie Algorithmique 2022

*** French below ***

===================== JGA 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT =====================

Dear colleagues,

The French meeting on Computational Geometry (JGA — Journées de
Géométrie Algorithmique) will be 100% virtual this year, and will take
place the afternoons (French time) from:

Monday May 30th to Wednesday June 1st 2022.

We invite contributed talks both in French and in English, and
particularly encourage PhD students and early career researchers to give
presentations on their work (see below for registration).

***** DESCRIPTION *****

The JGA conference is dedicated to uniting members of the French
research community interested in Computational Geometry and related
fields, including but not restricted to algorithms and computational
complexity, geometric and topological data analysis, combinatorics,
computer graphics, discrete geometry, optimal transport and geometric
measure theory, among other areas.

The conference is especially geared towards creating an environment for
young members of the research community, including PhD students and
postdocs, to present their recent results and to interact with other
researchers. One of the main goals is to foster and encourage new ideas
in a welcoming setting.

This year, we are happy to announce 3 keynotes by invited speakers:

-) Marthe Bonamy (CNRS-LaBRI)
-) Arnau Padrol (IMJ-PRG)
-) Gabriel Peyré (CNRS-ENS)

***** REGISTRATION *****

Registration is FREE but MANDATORY. The registration is open until May 20th.

All of the information regarding JGA 2022, as well as the registration
page, are available on the conference website:

https://project.inria.fr/jga2022/

Please feel free to distribute this announcement as widely as possible.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

- Mathieu Carrière (INRIA)
- Kristóf Huszár (INRIA)
- Clément Maria (INRIA)

===================== Journées de Géométrie Algorithmique 2022
=====================

Chers collègues,

Les Journées de Géométrie Algorithmique seront 100% en visio cette
année, et auront lieu les après-midis (heure française) du:

Lundi 30 mai au mercredi 1er juin.

Nous invitons les chercheurs de la communauté à proposer de courtes
présentations, en français ou en anglais, sur des travaux récents ou en
cours. Nous encourageons tout particulièrement les jeunes chercheurs à
intervenir (cf "Inscription" plus bas).

***** DESCRIPTION *****

La géométrie algorithmique est un domaine de recherche à l'intersection
des mathématiques et de l'informatique, comprenant des liens forts avec,
entre autres, la géométrie et la topologie, la statistique, la
combinatoire, l'algorithmique, la théorie des graphes et le transport
optimal.

Les journées de géométrie algorithmique (JGA) ont pour objectif de
rassembler la communauté française de chercheurs en géométrie
algorithmique. L'un des objectifs principaux est de créer un
environnement de travail propice à la collaboration pour les jeunes
étudiants et chercheurs, afin de leur permettre de présenter leurs
résultats et d'interagir facilement avec les autres membres de la
communauté.

Cette année, nous sommes heureux d'annoncer les intervenants invités
suivants :

-) Marthe Bonamy (CNRS-LaBRI)
-) Arnau Padrol (IMJ-PRG)
-) Gabriel Peyré (CNRS-ENS)

***** INSCRIPTION *****

L'inscription est GRATUITE mais OBLIGATOIRE. Les inscriptions sont
ouvertes jusqu'au 20 mai.

Toutes les informations au sujet des JGA 2022, y compris le lien pour
l'inscription, sont disponibles sur le site de l'évènement :

https://project.inria.fr/jga2022/

ORGANISATEURS :

- Mathieu Carrière (INRIA)
- Kristóf Huszár (INRIA)
- Clément Maria (INRIA)

[DMANET] [Scheduling seminar] Pascal Van Hentenryck (Georgia Tech) | April 13 | Constraint Programming for Scheduling

Dear scheduling researcher,

We are delighted to announce the talk given by Pascal Van Hentenryck
(Georgia Tech).
The title is "Constraint Programming for Scheduling".
The seminar will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, April 13 at 13:00 UTC.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/94015623000?pwd=eThCQmZwZjJpdExEK2g0TWUvLzZuZz09
Meeting ID: 940 1562 3000
Passcode: 808863

You can follow the seminar online or offline on our Youtube channel as well:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUoCNnaAfw5NAntItILFn4A

The abstract follows.
This talk reviews the start of the art in solving scheduling problems
with constraint programming, and examines novel research directions,
with a focus on the integration of constraint programming and
mathematical programming, and the use of machine learning. It reviews
applications where constraint programming provides an integrated
approach to complex problems, the hybridization of constraint
programming and mathematical programming, learning-based constraint
programming, and optimization proxies.

The next talk in our series will be given by:
Iiro Harjunkoski (Hitachi Energy) | April 27 | Scheduling and Energy –
Industrial Challenges and Opportunities

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

With kind regards

Zdenek, Mike and Guohua

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Zdenek Hanzalek
Industrial Informatics Department,
Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics,
Czech Technical University in Prague,
Jugoslavskych partyzanu 1580/3, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
https://rtime.ciirc.cvut.cz/~hanzalek/

[DMANET] Two PhD positions in Operations Research at Tilburg University (Pieter Kleer)

There are two open PhD positions in the areas of Stochastic Operations Research and Stochastic Optimization, with a focus on distributed and online algorithms. Both positions are for four years, part of an NWO Vici project (Johan van Leeuwaarden), and hosted at the Econometrics and Operations Research department of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Application deadline: May 15, 2022
Details: https://tiu.nu/20001

Sunday, April 10, 2022

[DMANET] Contributing a chapter for a Springer Book on Applications of Remote Sensing Techniques for Sustainable Security In Smart cities

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- We appreciate your help to forward this CFC to your friends & email
lists.

Dear colleagues,

We are in the process of coming up with a volume titled *"Applications of
remote sensing techniques for Sustainable Security In Smart cities " *to be
published by Springer (proposal is initially communicated, awaiting for
final approval) at t*he end of 2022.*

We cordially invite you to contribute a chapter. The full chapter is due
later this year but for now, I will just need the following:
- Author List
- Chapter Title
- Abstract (between 2 and 6 sentences)
The last deadline to submit your short abstract directly at lahby@ieee.org
is *April, 20th, 2022*

*SCOPE:*
With the advent of the big data era
in remote sensing, artificial intelligence (AI) has spread to almost every
corner of various remote sensing applications. In many cases, the
characteristics of remote sensing big data, such as multi-source,
multi-scale, high-dimensional, dynamic state, isomeric, and non-linear
features, etc., are well learned by advanced AI algorithms. Data-driven
methods, especially deep learning models, have achieved state-of-the-art
results for most remote sensing image processing tasks (object detection,
segmentation, etc.) and some inverse remote sensing tasks (atmosphere,
vegetation, etc.). Using large labeled datasets, we can often make very
accurate predictions on remote sensing data.
However, current data-driven AI has not provided us with clear physical or
cognitive meaning of remote sensing data's internal features and
representations. Most deep learning techniques do not reveal how data
features take effect and why predictions are made. Remote sensing data has
exacerbated the problem of opacity and inexplicability of current AI. It
becomes a barrier between the latest AI techniques and
some remote sensing applications. Many scientists in
hydrological remote sensing, atmospheric remote sensing,
oceanic remote sensing, etc. do not even believe the results of deep
learning predictions, as these communities are more inclined to believe
models with clear physical meaning.
This forthcoming book seeks contributions to remote sensing data. In
particular, we are looking for research papers on applications of remote
sensing in many field of smart cities such as smart transportation, smart
agriculture, and smart Environment.

*NB: *There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted
to this book for publication

The tentative structure of the book (but are not limited to the following
Parts) is mentioned below:.

*Part 1: *Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Remote Sensing and Smart cities
*Part 2: *Remote Sensing for Smart Agriculture Security
*Part 3:* Remote Sensing for Smart Transportation Security
*Part 4:* Remote Sensing for Smart Environment security
*Part 5:* Artificial Intelligence for Remote Sensing
*Part 6: * Big Data for Remote Sensing
*Part 7: * Futuristic Ideas

Best regards

*Dr. M.Lahby*

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

mlahby@gmail.com
GSM : +212 6 65 29 23 76
In the world of Linux, who needs Windows and Gates

[DMANET] Summer school on Modern Trends in Combinatorial Optimization

Dear Colleagues,

we are delighted to announce the Bernoulli Center summer school "Modern Trends in Combinatorial Optimization".

Dates: July 18 - 22, 2022

Venue: Bernoulli Center in Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland

Speakers:
Danupon Nanongkai (University of Copenhagen, MPI-INF Saarbrücken, and KTH)
Vera Traub (ETH Zürich)
Luca Trevisan (Bocconi University, Milano)
Santosh Vempala (Georgia Tech)

Motivated by diverse practical problem setups, Combinatorial Optimization has developed into a rich discipline at the intersection of mathematics and theoretical computer science. The area is deeply rooted in other fields such as combinatorics, convex geometry, computational complexity, or the geometry of numbers.

This Bernoulli Center summer school is intended for motivated graduate and postdoctoral students of mathematics or computer science. Leading experts teach modern trends and exciting recent results in Combinatorial Optimization.

How to apply:

Applications must be filled out using the following form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFgMY9Bg7kOU9sFxnmBofCnQBBnNwdvenpihPg4S0o4RGYLw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Limited financial support is available for students. In that case, please indicate so in the application form and upload a CV and optionally a recommendation letter.

The deadline for applications is 07.05.2022.

Applicants will be notified until 14.05.2022.

There is no registration fee.

Further information on the program can be found on the website: https://combo2022.epfl.ch/

For further questions, please contact Alexandra (alexandra.lassota@epfl.ch).

Kind regards,

Fritz Eisenbrand
Alexandra Lassota
Ola Svensson

[DMANET] [DEADLINE APPROACHING] InnoCyPES European Project - ESR4 position available

A three years research grant is available within the InnocyPES European
project. The position is related to ESR4, for research on

Large Scale Data Management and Integration

DEADLINE: April 19, 2022

Ukranian Researchers are strongly encouraged to apply!

Downloadable application forms etc are available:
official Italian documents:
https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831
unofficial English translation: http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/page-3/
InnoCyPES announcement:
https://innocypes.eu/index.php/2022/03/29/esr-4-large-scale-data-management-integration-public-service-announcement/

Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Cafaro by
email (massimo.cafaro@unisalento.it) if they need help/support in order
to prepare their application.

A public selection procedure is called for a research grant for
collaboration in research activities (hereinafter referred to as
research grant), at the Department of Innovation Engineering of the
University of Salento.
The location, the duration, the amount, the scientific disciplinary
sector, the scientific referent, the structure available to the winner
and the program of the research grant are specified below:

STRUCTURE Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of
Salento, Lecce, Italy
DURATION 3 years
REMUNERATION The research grant will last 3 (three) years. The annual
remuneration, gross of charges to be borne by the beneficiary and
inclusive of contributions and social security charges to be borne by
the University of Salento, consists of the following items:

1. Living allowance: Euro 40,966.56 (forty thousand nine hundred and
sixty-six/56);
2. Mobility allowance: Euro 7.200,00 (seven thousand two hundred/00);
3. Family allowance:
3.1.Euro 0 (zero) per researcher without family obligations;
3.2.Euro 6,000.00 (six thousand/00) for researchers with family
obligations (married or with a relationship recognised by Italian law or
that of the country of origin or with dependent children).

SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISOR Prof. Massimo Cafaro
RESEARCH TITLE LARGE SCALE DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION

DESCRIPTION This is a three year "Marie Curie ETN Early Stage Researcher
position" on the following topic. The sheer quantum of data being
created and collected across jurisdictions requires a carefully planned
and proactive approach to data management. The need for fusion and
integration of multiple data sources characterized by fragmented data
ownership is driving innovative approaches to large scale distributed
data management and integration to avoid inconsistent and inaccurate
data. The aim is to investigate, design and implement a fully
decentralized solution to provide efficient management of dynamically
updated information and support for distributed queries. One or more
domain specific use cases shall be identified within the context of the
project, considering both the current and future needs of some of the
involved partners. These nicely fit into the research plan, owing to the
need of surveying the user's requirements to begin with; simultaneously,
the uses cases can also be thought of as sources of advanced data
management challenges.

For admission to the selection is required the possession of all the
requirements provided by law for access to public employment, the
eligibility requirements provided by the Marie Sklodowska- Curie Action
(https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-msca_en.pdf)
and the following requirements:
a) Master of Science degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
or equivalent qualification that formally allows access to a PhD program
in Italy;
b) an excellent academic career;
c) must not have carried out more than 4 years of research activity
after obtaining the degree mentioned in the previous point within the
expected starting date of the contract (indicatively fixed at 01.03.2022);
d) have a background relevant to the following areas but not limited to:
distributed computing, databases, distributed data management, security
and privacy; knowledge of C/C++ programming languages and time series
archiving/analysis is a plus;
e) must not have a Ph.D. as of the contract start date;
f) must not have resided or carried out the main activity of study/work
in Italy for more than 12 months during the 3 years preceding the date
of the beginning of the contract;
g) have an excellent knowledge of the English language, in any case
sufficient to ensure the performance of the activity envisaged by the
contract and daily interaction in the working environment;
h) must not have criminal convictions or have pending criminal
proceedings of particular gravity.
Lack of even one of the above requirements will result in exclusion from
the selection process at any time. Qualifications obtained abroad must
normally be previously recognized in Italy in accordance with current
legislation. The equivalence of qualifications obtained abroad that have
not already been recognized in Italy will be evaluated by the Selection
Committee solely for the purpose of admitting the candidate to this call
for selection. The qualifications must be possessed on the date of
expiry of the deadline established for the presentation of applications
for admission to this selection. The University of Salento guarantees
equality and equal opportunities between men and women for the
allocation of the grants in question and the protection of
confidentiality in the processing of personal data, according to the
provisions in force.

The position is officially advertised at the University of Unisalento:
https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831

*******************************************************************************************

Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning

Department of Engineering for Innovation
University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Via per Monteroni
73100 Lecce, Italy

Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371

Web http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro
Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro

E-mail massimo.cafaro@unisalento.it
E-mail cafaro@ieee.org
E-mail cafaro@acm.org

INGV
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Via di Vigna Murata 605
Roma

CMCC Foundation
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce
massimo.cafaro@cmcc.it

*******************************************************************************************

Saturday, April 9, 2022

[DMANET] Call for Papers: RANDOM 2022 (deadline May 4, 2022)

The 26th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM
2022) will be held online from September 19-21, 2022, jointly with the 25th
International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial
Optimization Problems (APPROX 2022). RANDOM 2022 focuses on applications of
randomness to computational and combinatorial problems.

https://randomconference.com/random-2022-home/

TOPICS

Papers are solicited in all research areas related to randomization and
approximation, including but not limited to:

design and analysis of randomized algorithms
randomized complexity theory
pseudorandomness and derandomization
random combinatorial structures
random walks/Markov chains
expander graphs and randomness extractors
probabilistic proof systems
random projections and embeddings
error-correcting codes
average-case analysis
smoothed analysis
property testing
computational learning theory

IMPORTANT DATES

Submissions: May 4, 2022
Notifications: June 24, 2022
Camera ready: July 15, 2022

SUBMISSIONS

Abstract Format: Electronic submissions are solicited. The submission link
is https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=random2022. Note: You will be
asked to login using an EasyChair account. Directions on how to register
for such an account are available at the submission server (you may also
have an old account from a previous conference submission).

The submission must be received by 18:00 (EST) of May 4, 2022 for your
submission to be considered.

Submission Format: Submissions should start with the title of the paper,
each author's name, affiliation, and e-mail address, followed by a 1-2
paragraph abstract summarizing the paper's contributions. This should be
followed by a technical exposition on single-spaced, single-column pages,
letter-size paper, using page numbers, at least 1-inch margins all around,
and at least 11-point font. The first 10 pages should contain a clear
presentation of the main technical and conceptual ideas underlying the
results, including the motivation behind the paper and a clear comparison
with related work (not including the references). The submission should be
accessible to a wide variety of researchers in theoretical computer science
and discrete mathematics. There is no page limit, but any material beyond
the first 10 pages will be read at the sole discretion of the program
committee.

Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is
not allowed.

PROCEEDINGS

Accepted papers will be published in the online proceedings of the
conference in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)
series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. This guarantees perennial, free and easy
electronic access, while the authors retain the rights over their work.

COMMITTEES

Program Committee

Sepehr Assadi, Rutgers University
Arnab Bhattacharyya, National University of Singapore
Andrej Bogdanov, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Amit Chakrabarti (PC Chair), Dartmouth College
Zongchen Chen, MIT
Talya Eden, Boston University and MIT
Thomas Hayes, The University of New Mexico
William Hoza, University of California, Berkeley
Fotis Iliopoulos, Google Research
Haim Kaplan, Tel Aviv University
Pravesh Kothari, Carnegie Mellon University
Reut Levi, Reichman University
Or Meir, University of Haifa
Dor Minzer, MIT
Debmalya Panigrahi, Duke University
Eric Price, The University of Texas at Austin
Cynthia Rush, Columbia University
Rahul Santhanam, Oxford University
Srikanth Srinivasan, Aarhus University
Justin Thaler, Georgetown University
Samson Zhou, Carnegie Mellon University

Steering Committee

Oded Goldreich, Weizmann
Raghu Meka, UCLA, Steering Committee Chair
Cris Moore, SFI
Anup Rao, U Washington
Omer Reingold, Stanford
Dana Ron, Tel Aviv University
Ronitt Rubinfeld, MIT
Amit Sahai, UCLA
Ronen Shaltiel, U Haifa, Publicity Chair
Alistair Sinclair, UC Berkeley
Paul Spirakis, U Liverpool and U Patras

* * *

Amit Chakrabarti

==
Professor of Computer Science (on sabbatical in Fall 2020)
Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755 USA

[DMANET] Straight-Line Programs, Word Equations and their Interplay -- ICALP 2022 workshop Final CALL FOR PAPERS

* Deadline extension (24.04), basic hybrid mode will be available *

Straight-Line Programs, Word Equations and their Interplay -- ICALP 2022
workshop

July 4th - Paris, France
Website: https://www.eti.uni-siegen.de/ti/slp-we-2022.html

Straight-line programs, i.e., context free grammars that produce a
unique string, have been studied intensively in data compression,
information theory and stringology and found numerous in such areas like
computational group theory, computational topology, program analysis,
and verification. Plandowski and Rytter recognized in the late 1990's
their importance for the solution of word equations. Since then, the
connection between straight-line programs and word equations turned out
to be fruitful.

The goal of the workshop is to disseminate recent results on
straight-line programs and word equations, and help to gain a new
perspective on them, thereby finding possible connections or avenues for
new applications of techniques. For researchers not working in the
field, the workshop will give a good summary on recent progress in this
active field.

** Topics of interest **
Include (but are not limited to):
- Algorithms for straight-line programs
- All aspects of word equations in various classes of (semi)groups
- Applications of straight-line programs in all areas of computer
science and mathematics (group theory, computational topology,
information theory, database theory, algebraic complexity theory, etc.)
- Grammar-based compression and related compression methods and
formalisms (dictionary based compression, string attractors, other
measures of repetitiveness, etc.)
- Extensions of straight-line programs to other data types (trees,
graphs, arrays, etc.)
- Related algebraic formalisms (e.g., noncommutative polynomial identity
testing)
- Equations over trees (e.g., context unification)

** Format **
Currently we plan to have a physical workshop with a basic hybrid mode
available.

** Invited speakers **
Laura Ciobanu (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK)
Joel Day (Loughborough University, UK)
Moses Ganardi (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems,
Kaiserslautern, Germany)

** Submission instructions **
Everyone interested in giving a contributed talk should submit a short
abstract (at most 2 pages) to the organizers by email
(aje(at)cs.uni.wroc.pl, lohrey(at)eti.uni-siegen.de). Accepted
contributions will not be part of formal proceedings. We do accept
submissions of work recently published or currently under review.

** Important dates **
Deadline for contributions: April 24, 2022,
Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2022,
Workshop: July 4, 2022,

** Organizers **
Artur Jeż
aje(at)cs.uni.wroc.pl

Markus Lohrey
lohrey(at)eti.uni-siegen.de

[DMANET] Multiple Positions in Quantum Technologies, TU Kaiserslautern

TU Kaiserslautern is currently developing an interdisciplinary, extra occupational master's program on quantum technologies.
We are therefore offering multiple 2-year positions, one of them at the research group optimization at the department of mathematics.

The tasks include developing teaching and learning material using digital media, e.g. for fundamentals of quantum computing and quantum optimization, as well as the didactic evaluation.
To develop an interdisciplinary master's program, the project is a close collaboration between the departments physics, computer science, mathematics and electrical and computer engineering.

The application deadline is April 30th.

For more information and contact information to send your application, please refer to the job ad (in German):

https://jobs.uni-kl.de/jobposting/8ff9eece956d4ac86540395586c3210eb226be870

Best regards,
Philine Schiewe

Friday, April 8, 2022

[DMANET] Postdoc position in Operations Research at KU Leuven

The research group ORSTAT of KU Leuven (Belgium) works in the areas of Operations Research (OR) and Statistics. The ongoing research projects cover a wide range of challenging subjects in these two fields.

ORSTAT has a vacancy (ref. BAP-2022-150) for one full-time postdoctoral researcher in OR starting in September 2022, for a period of one year. The researcher to be hired will work together with prof. Hande Yaman and prof. Roel Leus. Some of our research interests are: combinatorial optimization, integer (linear) programming, stochastic and robust optimization, algorithm design, ... The candidate will be able to fully spend his/her time on research; we hope to stimulate collaboration between the different members of our group. We also expect the candidate to be willing to co-supervise some of the junior PhD-researchers in the group. We offer a dynamic and pleasant working environment, in a group that is actively involved in scientific research at the highest international level.

Profile: candidates should have a strong research profile in OR, preferably with a sound expertise in mathematical programming and algorithm design. Candidates who have recently obtained their PhD-degree (in the last three years) are especially encouraged to apply.

Offer: we offer employment as postdoctoral researcher for 1 year. The tentative starting date is September 19, 2022, depending on the availability of the candidate.

Interested? For more information please contact Prof. Hande Yaman (hande.yaman@kuleuven.be<mailto:hande.yaman@kuleuven.be>) or Prof. Roel Leus (roel.leus@kuleuven.be<mailto:roel.leus@kuleuven.be>). You can apply for this job no later than April 22, 2022, via the online application tool; see https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60103640?hl=en&lang=en

KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality, or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be<mailto:diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be<mailto:diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be%3cmailto:diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be>>.

[DMANET] Call For Papers: NASO 2022 - IJCAI-ECAI Workshop on New Architectures for Search and Optimization

Call For Papers

NASO 2022 - New Architectures for Search and Optimization
a single-day Workshop at IJCAI-ECAI 2022

Messe Wien, Vienna, Austria, TBA (around July 23-25, 2022)

Important Dates
Paper submission: May 13, 2022
Notification: June 3, 2022
Camera ready papers: June 17, 2022
Workshop: TBA (around July 23-25, 2022)

NASO is a 1-day workshop at IJCAI-ECAI 2022 (https://ijcai-22.org/ <https://ijcai-22.org/>) featuring both paper presentations and open discussions about common topics, bringing researchers from various backgrounds and aiming at maximal interaction between participants, rather than a sequence of sharply focused formal talks with little interaction with the audience.

For more information on NASO : https://sites.google.com/view/naso-2022 <https://sites.google.com/view/naso-2022>

Aims and Scope

With the multiplication and increased availability of specialized hardware and supercomputers for AI applications, the idea of using dedicated architectures (not only hybrid GPU-enhanced parallel platforms but also systems based on quantum annealing) for hard search and optimization problems has seen a rapid development. As fundamental techniques widely used in AI, search and optimization methods (e.g. constraint programming, SAT solving or metaheuristics) share the key concern of using in an efficient manner the computing power at hand, as bigger computing power means the ability to attack more complex combinatorial problems.

Following many experiments in the last decade aimed at efficiently parallelizing different types of methods, the challenge is now to devise efficient techniques and algorithms for Exascale computing, that is, massively parallel computers with hundreds of thousands of cores in the form of heterogeneous hybrid systems based on both multi-core processors and GPUs.

Orthogonal to the deployment of supercomputing hardware, a series of exotic architectures appeared in the last few years, based on quantum annealing (D-Wave systems) or quantum-inspired annealing (Fujitsu's Digital Annealing Unit, Hitachi's CMOS Annealing Machine, Toshiba's Simulated Bifurcation Machine, Fixstars Amplify Annealer Engine). Their main target is to efficiently solve combinatorial optimization problems with dedicated methods on specialized hardware, and clear advances can be expected in that area over the next decade. Even more exotic are the very recent experiments with optical computers tackling combinatorial problems formulated as Ising models.

All these new research directions can pave the way for developing new search algorithms and combinatorial optimization methods or to the re-design of well-known techniques in order to boost this growing area of research through cross-fertilization. This workshop thus aims to be a forum for researchers working on new architectures for search and optimization in diverse fields (AI, HPC, algorithms, hardware, quantum computing), willing to share their experience and to exchange ideas. We would like to provide a cross-community forum for researchers working on any kind of novel architectures, and therefore solicit papers on the following topics, including reports on work in progress, as well as position papers.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

- Parallel and distributed search algorithms for problem solving (search algorithms, constraint solving, SAT solving, SMT, logic programming, planning, etc),
- Parallel metaheuristics (local search, evolutionary algorithms, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, etc)
- Quantum and quantum-inspired annealing for combinatorial problems
- Problem representation in the QUBO and Ising models
- Relations between statistical physics models and combinatorial problems
- Optical computing for combinatorial problems (e.g. based on Ising model)
- Benchmarks and performance comparison between different architectures

Workshop Topics and Paper Submission

We would like to provide a cross-community forum for researchers working on search methods (Constraint Solving, Logic Programming, SAT solving, Artificial Intelligence, etc), combinatorial optimization methods (metaheuristics, local search, tabu search, evolutionary algorithms, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, memetic algorithms, and other types of algorithms) and users of alternative computing architectures (Grids, large PC clusters, massively parallel computers, GPGPUs, edge computing, heterogeneous multicores, quantum annealers, quantum-inspired digital annealers, etc) in order to tackle the challenge of efficient implementations of search and optimization methods on all kinds of exotic hardware.

We thus solicit papers on the above topics, including reports on work in progress, as well as position papers.

Papers must not exceed 10 pages in the IJCAI-ECAI style (https://www.ijcai.org/authors_kit <https://www.ijcai.org/authors_kit>) and should be submitted through EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=naso2022 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=naso2022>.

Organizers

- Philippe Codognet, JFLI - CNRS / Sorbonne University / the University of Tokyo, Japan (Chair)
- Salvador Abreu, NOVA LINCS / University of Evora, Portugal
- Daniel Diaz, CRI / University of Paris-1, France

Program Committee

- Salvador Abreu (NOVA LINCS / University of Évora, Portugal)
- Alejandro Arbelaez (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
- Philippe Codognet (JFLI – CNRS / Sorbonne University / University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Daniel Diaz (CRI / University of Paris-1, France)
- Inês Dutra (University of Porto, Portugal)
- Youssef Hamadi (Tempero.tech, Paris, France)
- Jin-Kao Hao (LERIA / University of Angers, France)
- Arnaud Lallouet (Huawei Technologies, Paris, France)
- Inês Lynce (INESC-ID, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
- Danny Múnera (University of Antioquia, Colombia)
- Matthieu Parizy (Fujitsu, Japan)
- Enrico Pontelli (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA)
- Lakhdar Sais (CRIL / Université d'Artois, Lens, France)
- Vijay Saraswat (Goldman Sachs R&D, NY, USA)
- Meinolf Sellman (Shopify, Ottawa, Canada)

[DMANET] Algorithms research positions within ERC project in Venice, Italy

Dear colleagues,

I'm looking to recruit one assistant professor (3+2 years; RTD-A in Italian
regulation) and several postdocs (up to 3 years each) starting as soon as
September 1st, 2022 (or later) within my ERC StG project REGINDEX (
https://pric.unive.it/projects/regindex). A PhD in Computer Science or
Mathematics is preferred (but not strictly required) for the postdocs,
while a PhD in Computer Science is required for the assistant professor.
The research will take place in the scientific campus of Ca' Foscari
University, Venice (https://apps.unive.it/mappe/sede/990025). The salary is
competitive: about 28k net per year for the postdocs (these positions are
tax-free), and 25k net per year for the assistant professor.

The research fits into the broad area of graph algorithms. The project
introduces a new technique for sorting the nodes of graphs and finite
automata in order to solve efficiently hard problems including graph
isomorphism, NFA equivalence, and compression (see
https://epubs.siam.org/doi/pdf/10.1137/1.9781611975994.55 and
https://epubs.siam.org/doi/pdf/10.1137/1.9781611976465.153 for more
details). Applications include computational pan-genomics, graph databases,
and regular expression matching. The ideal candidate should be skilled in
at least one of the following topics: algorithms, data structures, C++
programming, formal languages, data compression, bioinformatics.
Familiarity with the project's topics and techniques is not a requirement:
anyone interested in the broad topics of graph algorithms and/or formal
languages is welcome to apply.

If you are interested in the positions or know anyone that might be, do not
hesitate to send me an email: nicola.prezza@unive.it

thanks!
Nicola

Nicola Prezza

Assistant Professor

Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica

Università Ca' Foscari

Via Torino, 155 - 30170 Mestre, Venezia (VE), Italia

nicola.prezza@ <nprezza@luiss.it>unive.it

[DMANET] Assistant professor, discrete optimization + decision-making under uncertainty

Open position at Linköping University and ELLIIT, Sweden:
Assistant professor in optimization, with very generous conditions for research.

Area: Discrete optimization to improve mathematical models and methods for decision-making under uncertainty.

In short:
· At the Department of Mathematics at Linköping University and part of the very strong research environment ELLIIT https://elliit.se/
· Funding for research 80% of full time for at least 5 years, free to choose projects within the scope of the position (see the vacancy announcement)
· Teaching (and/or administrative duties) for 20% of full time
· The position will become permanent after 5 years (unless duties are neglected)
· There are career paths all the way to Full Professor within the university

Scientific skills that are of specific value for this position are experiences in:
· development of exact and heuristic methods for solving discrete optimization problems;
· mathematical models and methods for optimization under uncertainty, including experiences from frameworks such as stochastic programming, robust optimization, and distributionally robust optimization;
· machine learning for optimization;
· application of optimization under uncertainty to solve practically relevant problems within e.g. transportation, logistics, and healthcare;
· optimization for decision-making in AI.
In addition to the above skills, it is desirable with experiences in or a clear vision for how to contribute to sustainable development, both through research and teaching.

Full vacancy announcement at: https://lnkd.in/gYqUy2W2
More information about Linköping University as an employer: https://lnkd.in/gafd-m-W

Anyone who is interested in the position is welcome to reach out to me (elina.ronnberg@liu.se) with any questions you might have about the position or the application procedure.

Last day to apply is May 3rd.

Best regards
Elina Rönnberg, Associate Professor in Optimisation,
Deputy Head of the Department of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics
Applied Mathematics (TIMA)
Optimization
SE-581 83 Linköping
Phone: +46 (0)13-28 16 45
Visiting address: B-building, between entrance 23 and 25, 3rd floor, corridor A, room 584
Please visit us at liu.se

E-mailing Linköping University will result in Linköping University processing your personal data. Find more information on how this is done at https://liu.se/en/article/integritetspolicy-liu

Thursday, April 7, 2022

[DMANET] [Cryptography] (ISSN 2410-387X, ESCI & Scopus indexed) Selected Papers in Volume 4, Issue 1

We are sharing with you some selected papers published in the open
access journal /Cryptography/ (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cryptography)
in 2020 Issue 1, which are free to access and can be downloaded here:

1. Physical Security for Fleet Management Systems
https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/4/1/1

2. A Simple Protocol for Certifying Graph States and Applications in
Quantum Networks
https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/4/1/3

3. Low-Complexity Nonlinear Self-Inverse Permutation for Creating
Physically Clone-Resistant Identities
https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/4/1/6

4. QUARC: Quantum Research Cubesat—A Constellation for Quantum Communication
https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/4/1/7

5. A Robust, Low-Cost and Secure Authentication Scheme for IoT Applications
https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/4/1/8

See this full issue via https://www.mdpi.com/2410-387X/4/1.

Any questions about the journal Cryptography, please contact
cryptography@mdpi.com.

Best regards,
Xue Cheng
Managing Editor
--
MDPI Branch Office, Wuhan
Cryptography Editorial Office
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cryptography
MDPI, St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Switzerland

News: *Cryptography has been accepted for coverage in Emerging Sources
Citation Index - Web of Science*;
Cryptography has received its first CiteScore 3.1
https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101039441

Twitter: @Cryptogr_MDPI https://twitter.com/Cryptogr_MDPI

[DMANET] PhD and Post-doc positions in the field of Stochastic Optimization and Machine Learning at the University of Basel

The Optimization of Machine Learning Systems Group led by Prof. A. Lucchi at the Department of Mathematics and Computer science at the University of Basel is looking for PhD students and Post-docs to work in the area of optimization for machine learning, and theory of deep learning.

For more information and contact information to send your application, please refer to the job ads below:

https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/phd-student-position-in-the-field-of-stochastic-optimization-and-machine-learning-prof-a-lucchi-and-prof-f-proske/b653ac00-3475-4370-bd86-63f967b0c4c5

https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/post-doc-position-in-the-field-of-optimization-and-machine-learning-prof-a-lucchi/b9935253-8a56-4a70-89a6-5a0bede7bc93#

Best regards,
Aurelien Lucchi

[DMANET] DACH+ Energy Informatics Deadline Extension

Dear community,

By popular demand, we have extended the paper, poster and demo submission deadline to Friday 22.April.2022 for the DACH+ Energy Informatics conference <https://energy-informatics2022.org/> . The conference will take place 15-16th September 2022 in Freiburg, Germany.

The call for papers can be found: https://energy-informatics2022.org/call-for-papers/

We are looking forward to receiving all the informative and interesting contributions.

Best regards on behalf of the organizers,

Anke Weidlich – General Chair

Ramiz Qussous & Nick Harder – Publicity Chairs

Dirk Neumann, Philipp Staudt & Gunther Gust – TPC Chairs

Astrid Nieße – Doctoral Workshop Chair

*** Energy Informatics 2022 -- Call for Papers ***

Countries worldwide have strengthened their commitment to decarbonize the energy system at COP26 in Glasgow. This intent necessitates a massive increase in renewable power generation and the electrification of energy demand through sector coupling (e.g., heat and mobility). Over the last year, for example, the DACH countries have created roadmaps to establish hydrogen as an additional sustainable energy carrier. Energy informatics contributes to solving many of the challenges of this energy transition, by connecting various decentralized resources and by operating them intelligently.

The objective of the DACH+ conference series on Energy Informatics is to promote research, development, and implementation of information and communication technologies in the energy domain and to foster the exchange between academia, industry, and service providers in the German-Austrian-Swiss region and its neighbouring countries (DACH+).

We seek high-quality original contributions addressing the design, adoption, operation and management of smart energy systems, the integration of intermittent renewable generation and energy efficiency gains through ICT, market approaches and mechanisms for ICT-enabled energy systems, and research on associated (decentralised) data-driven decisions. We welcome theoretical contributions as well as publications addressing system design, implementation, and experimentation. The list of topics of interest to the conference includes, but is not limited to:

• ICT for future energy systems, sector coupling and the integration of intermittent renewable generation

• Information and decision support systems for future energy markets and mechanisms

• Energy system modelling and (open) energy system data

• Protocols and architectures for IT systems in the energy sector

• Data analytics and machine learning for smart energy systems and decentralised decision making, as well as platforms for data analysis

• Open data and software for energy research

• Management of distributed generation and demand side management

• ICT for (multi-) energy networks and micro-grids

• Energy-efficient mobility, charging management for electric vehicles, energy-aware traffic control, and smart grid integration of mobile storage

• Smart buildings, digital metering, occupant comfort, and user interaction

• Adoption of ICT in the energy sector

• Cross-cutting issues including cyber security and privacy protection, interoperability, verification of networked smart grid systems

*** Important Dates ***

• Paper, poster & demo submission: Apr 22, 2022

• Notification: Jun 6, 2022

• Camera-ready paper due: Jun 24, 2022

• Doctoral Workshop: Sep 13-14, 2022

• Conference: Sep 15-16, 2022

*** Posters, Demos and Workshops ***

Submissions for posters, demos, and workshop suggestions are welcome, too. Details can be found on the conference website.

*** Submission and Publication ***

Submitted papers will be reviewed in a double-blind process. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Springer Open Journal Energy Informatics https://energyinformatics.springeropen.com. The conference language is English, and papers must be written in English. We solicit full research papers (max. 18 pages of content plus 2 additional pages for references) as well as short papers (max. 10 pages of content plus 2 additional pages for references). Templates and instructions will be made available at https://www.energy-informatics.eu/. Further information on the submission of posters and demos is also available on the website. The Open Access fee for the journal article is included in the registration fee.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

[DMANET] PhD/PostDoc position in Extremal and Probabilistic Combinatorics

A PhD or PostDoc position in Extremal and Probabilistic Combinatorics is available at the University of Passau, Germany, starting 1 September 2022.

The position is initially for 3 years, with the option of renewal, and is remunerated in accordance with pay grade 13 of the German public-sector collective agreement TV-L (this amounts to a gross salary of at least 4000euros/month).

The official job advertisement can be found at

https://www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/dokumente/beschaeftigte/Stellenangebote/2202_09_WM_Prof_Glock_engl_Ri.pdf

(English version)

https://www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/dokumente/beschaeftigte/Stellenangebote/2202_09_WM_Prof_Glock.pdf

(German version)

If you have any further questions about this position, please contact Stefan Glock by e-mail (dr.stefan.glock@gmail.com).

To apply, please e-mail your full application (including academic track record and certificates) attached in a single pdf file to Ms Oberländer (oberlaen@fim.uni-passau.de) by no later than 17 April 2022. Applications may also be accepted at a later stage until the position is filled.

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Stefan Glock
https://n.ethz.ch/~sglock/

https://tourism.passau.de/

[DMANET] OR2022: 2nd call for papers

OR 2022 - International Conference on Operations Research, Karlsruhe,
Germany, September 6-9, 2022, http://www.or2022.de

The theme of the conference is: Energy, Information and Mobility.

On behalf of the organization committee, it is my great pleasure of inviting
you to take part in the OR 2022 conference in Karlsruhe, Germany on 6-9
September, 2022.

The organization committee is dedicated to hold the conference in person.
However, if we are forced by the pandemic situation, then we have to switch
to an online format. Please visit the conference website for up-to-date
information.

The abstract submission system is available online:
https://www.or2022.de/91.php

Abstracts: max. 1800 characters; submission deadline: April 30, 2022.

Researchers who wish to organize a session or an invited session or
contribute with a paper within an invited session should contact Stream
Chairs of the corresponding area, https://www.or2022.de/76.php.

We are proud to present the following distinguished plenary and semi-plenary
speakers.

PLENARY Speakers:

John R. Birge (Chicago Booth, United States)

Victor Pankratius (Bosch Sensortec, Germany)

EURO-Talk Maria Grazia Speranza (University of Brescia, Italy)

SEMI-PLENARY Speakers:

Gabriele Eichfelder (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany),

Volker Kaibel (Universität Magdeburg, Germany),

Bahar Yetis Kara (Bilkent University, Turkey),

Nadia Lahrichi (Polytechnique Montréal, Canada),

Virginie Lurkin (University of Lausanne, Switzerland),

Stefan Pickl (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany),

Thomas Stützle (The Belgian F.R.S.-FNRS (National Science Foundation)),

Tjark Vredeveld (Maastricht University, The Netherlands),

Talk of the Winner of the 2022 GOR Company Award (to be announced).

Please follow the Conference website http://www.or2022.de
for more detailed information

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: Saturday, April 30, 2022

Early registration deadline: Monday, May 30, 2022

Presenting author registration deadline: Wednesday, June 15, 2022

If you are interested in sponsoring this event, for example, through an
exhibitor stand, then please contact steffen.rebennack@kit.edu
<mailto:steffen.rebennack@kit.edu> .

We look forward to welcoming you in Karlsruhe!

Steffen Rebennack (on behalf of the organization committee)

________________________________

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Institute for Operations Research (IOR)

Prof. Dr. Steffen Rebennack

Chair of Stochastic Optimization

Editor European Journal of Operational Research

Blücherstraße 17

Building 09.21

76185 Karlsruhe, Germany

Phone: +49 721 608-44397

Fax: +49 721 608-46057

E-mail: <mailto:steffen.rebennack@kit.edu> steffen.rebennack@kit.edu

Web: http://sop.ior.kit.edu/

KIT – The Research University in the Helmholtz Association

Since 2010, the KIT has been certified as a family-friendly university.

[DMANET] [CFP] Submission Deadline Approaching :: Int. Conf. Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications @SIGMAP 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS

19th International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia
Applications

**Submission Deadline: April 21st, 2022**

https://sigmap.scitevents.org

July 14 - 16, 2022

Lisbon, Portugal

Important Note:

The conference will be held in Lisbon but we are open to accept online
presentations in case the participants can't attend the conference.

Dear Colleagues,

We would be very pleased to receive a regular or a position paper submission
from you, with recent results, to be presented at SIGMAP 2022 until the 21st
of April 2022.

The purpose of SIGMAP 2022, the International Conference on Signal
Processing and Multimedia Applications, is to bring together researchers,
engineers and practitioners interested on information systems and
applications, including theory and practice in various heterogeneous and
interrelated fields including image, video and audio data processing, new
sources of multimodal data (text, social, health, etc.) and Multimedia
Applications related to representation, storage, authentication and
communication of multimedia information. Multimedia is a research field that
includes computing methods in which different modalities are integrated and
combined, with the aim to take advantage from each data source.

SIGMAP 2022 will include in its technical program remarkable distinguished
speakers, such as Prof.
<https://sigmap.scitevents.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#1> Dieter Schmalstieg
from the Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision at Graz University of
Technology and Prof. <https://sigmap.scitevents.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx#2>
Yiannis Kompatsiaris, from the Information Technologies Institute, CERTH.

In the last years, the proceedings have been fully indexed by SCOPUS. Beside
this index all the proceedings have also been submitted to Google Scholar,
The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, Semantic Scholar, Engineering Index
(EI) and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and
extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer in a CCIS
Series book.

Also, a short list of best papers will be invited for a post-conference
special issue of the Springer Nature Computer Science journal.

All papers presented at the conference venue will also be available at the
SCITEPRESS Digital Library.

Kind regards,

Mónica Saramago

SIGMAP Secretariat

Web: https://sigmap.scitevents.org

e-mail: sigmap.secretariat@insticc.org
<mailto:sigmap.secretariat@insticc.org>

[DMANET] Day on Computational Game Theory: Save the Date

Dear colleagues,

we would like to announce the

12th Day(s) on Computational Game Theory,

to be held on

September 29-30, 2022, at the University of Bremen.

It is a two-day scientific meeting and the follow up to the 11th Day on
Computational Game Theory which was held at the University of Twente in
Enschede.

The workshop will bring together researchers in Mathematics, Computer
Science, Operations Research and Economics, who are interested in
algorithmic or computational aspects of game theory, social choice and
related areas. It provides an opportunity to foster collaboration,
present research and exchange ideas in an informal and relaxed atmosphere.

Invited speakers are

Martin Hoefer, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany,

Michael McGettrick, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland,
and

Tami Tamir, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.

There will be room for contributed talks and we strongly encourage PhD
students and young researchers to present their recent results or
ongoing research.

More information will be published soon.

We hope to see you in Bremen
Daniel Schmand (University of Bremen)

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Monday, April 11, 2022

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Friday, April 8, 2022

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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