[DMANET] 2016 IEEE WCCI/CEC Theory Special Session *EXTENDED DEADLINE*

** Deadline extended to January 31, 2016 **

CALL FOR PAPERS

WCCI/CEC 2016 Special Session on
Theoretical Foundations of Bio-inspired Computation

July 25 - 29, 2016, Vancouver, Canada

*** Paper submission deadline: Jan 31, 2016 (FINAL) ***

Website: https://hpi.de/friedrich/conf/cec2016.html

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Motivation
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Bio-inspired search heuristics often turn out to be highly successful
for optimization in practice. The theory of these randomized search
heuristics explains the success or the failure of these methods in
practical applications. Theoretical analyses lead to the understanding
of which problems are optimized (or approximated) efficiently by a
given algorithm and which are not.

The benefits of theoretical understanding for practitioners are
threefold.

1. Aiding the algorithm design,

2. guiding the choice of the best algorithm for the problem at
hand,

3. determining the optimal parameter settings.

The theory of evolutionary computation has grown rapidly in recent
years. The primary aim of this special session is to bring together
people working on theoretical aspects of bio-inspired computation. The
latest breakthroughs in the theory of bio-inspired computation will be
reported and new directions will be set.

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Scope
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Potential authors are invited to submit papers describing original
contributions to foundations of evolutionary computation. Although we
are most interested in theoretical foundations, computational studies
of a foundational nature are also welcome.

The scope of this special session includes (but is not limited to) the
following topics:

* Theoretical foundations of bio-inspired heuristics

* Exact and approximation runtime analysis

* Black box complexity

* Self-adaptation

* Population dynamics

* Fitness landscape and problem difficulty analysis

* No free lunch theorems

* Statistical approaches for understanding the behavior of
bio-inspired heuristics

* Computational studies of a foundational nature

All problem domains will be considered including:

* combinatorial and continuous optimization

* single‐objective and multi‐objective optimization

* constraint handling

* dynamic and stochastic optimization

* co‐evolution and evolutionary learning

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Paper Submission
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To submit to the special session:

1. prepare your manuscript following the WCCI 2016 paper
submission guidelines (see http://www.wcci2016.org/),

2. submit your manuscript electronically in the CEC 2016 system:
http://ieee-cis.org/conferences/cec2016/upload.php,

3. *IMPORTANT* On the submission system you must select
"7bk. Theoretical Foundations of Bio-inspired Computation"
as "Main Research Topic".

Special session papers are treated in the same way as regular
conference papers.

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Important Dates
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* Paper submissions: January 31, 2016 (FINAL)

* Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2016

* Final paper submission: April 15, 2016

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Special Session Organizers
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Pietro S. Oliveto
Department of Computer Science
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/P.Oliveto/

Andrew M. Sutton
Hasso-Plattner-Institut
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
https://hpi.de/friedrich/people/andrew-m-sutton.html

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This special session is organized as a part of the IEEE CIS Task Force
on Theoretical Foundations of Bio-inspired Computation

Task Force Website:
http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/P.Oliveto/CIStheory.html
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[DMANET] MIP 2016: Call for registration and poster submissions

*** MIP 2016: CALL FOR REGISTRATION AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS ***

Date: May 23 - 26, 2016
Location: University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL
Web site and registration: https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2016/
Poster submission deadline: March 1, 2016
Registration deadline: April 1, 2016

You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming workshop in Mixed
Integer Programming (MIP 2016). The registration page is now open until
April 1, 2016:

https://sites.google.com/site/mipworkshop2016/registration

The 2016 Mixed Integer Programming workshop will be the thirteenth in a
series of annual workshops held in North America designed to bring the
integer programming community together to discuss very recent developments
in the field. The workshop series consists of a single track of invited
talks and features a poster session that provides an additional
opportunity to share and discuss recent research in MIP.

All workshop participants are invited to submit a poster abstract before
March 1, 2016. There will be an award for the best poster presented by a
student. To submit an abstract, please email a two page PDF containing a
detailed abstract of the poster to:

mip2016@lists.discovery.wisc.edu

Space for posters is limited; and the submitted poster abstracts will be
used to select the accepted posters. Therefore, it is important that the
abstract provides a good description of the research to be presented. We
expect to send out acceptance notifications around March 15.

One of the aims of the workshop is to facilitate research collaboration;
thus it is designed to provide ample time for discussion and interaction
between the participants. Thanks to the generous support by our sponsors,
registration is free; and travel support is available for some students
and postdocs who present posters at the workshop. Students and postdocs
who wish to apply for travel support must submit a poster abstract by the
March 1 deadline and indicate that they wish to be considered for funding.
We expect to make funding decisions around March 15.

This year's confirmed speakers are:

Tobias Achterberg, Gurobi Optimization
Amir Ali Ahmadi, Princeton University
Shabbir Ahmed, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gustavo Angulo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Egon Balas, Carnegie Mellon University
Merve Bodur, Georgia Institute of Technology
Natashia Boland, Georgia Institute of Technology
Claudia D'Ambrosio, Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'École Polytechnique
Daniel Espinoza, Universidad de Chile
Vineet Goyal, Columbia University
Qie He, University of Minnesota
Stefan Heinz, FICO
Ruth Misener, Imperial College London
Timm Oertel, ETH Zurich
Dimitri Papageorgiou, ExxonMobil
Kostya Pashkovich, University of Waterloo
Mohit Tawarmalani, Purdue University
Hans Raj Tiwary, Charles University
Alejandro Toriello, Georgia Institute of Technology
Levent Tuncel, University of Waterloo
Tallys Yunes, University of Miami
Giacomo Zambelli, London School of Economics and Political Sciences

See you in Miami!

Sincerely,

Program Committee
- Alberto Del Pia (chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sanjeeb Dash, IBM Research
- Fatma Kilinc-Karzan, Carnegie Mellon University
- Dan Steffy, Oakland University
- Kati Wolter, MOSEK ApS

Local Committee
- Tallys Yunes, University of Miami
- Hari Natarajan, University of Miami

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[DMANET] Jobs at the University of Manchester

Dear All,

The School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester is currently
recruiting to the Fielden Chair in Pure Mathematics and also to a
Lectureship in Pure Mathematics.

The Fielden Chair is the University's senior professorship in pure
mathematics: previous holders are Louis J. Mordell, Max Newman, Frank
Adams, Ian Macdonald, Norman Blackburn, Mark Pollicott and Alex Wilkie.
The Lectureship is a junior tenure-track position, roughly equivalent to
Assistant or Associate Professor in the US.

Both are open to researchers in any area of pure mathematics (broadly
defined), and applications from combinatorialists would be very welcome.
Applications for both positions close on 26th February 2016. Full details,
including instructions on how to apply, are available at....

http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/jobvacancies/

Best wishes, Mark Kambites

(Head of Pure Mathematics, The University of Manchester)
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[DMANET] CFP: DEBS 2016 - The 10th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event-Based Systems

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CALL FOR PAPERS

10th ACM International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems

Irvine, CA, USA,
June 20-24 2016

http://www.debs2016.org
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OBJECTIVES:

Over the past decade, the ACM International Conference on Distributed
and Event- based Systems (DEBS) has become the premier venue for
contributions in the fields of distributed and event-based systems.
The objectives of the ACM International Conference on Distributed and
Event-Based Systems (DEBS) are to provide a forum dedicated to the
dissemination of original research, the discussion of practical
insights, and the reporting of experiences relevant to distributed
systems and event-based computing. The conference aims at providing a
forum for academia and industry to exchange ideas through industry
papers and demo papers.

SCOPE:

Starting this year DEBS is extending its scope to embrace a broader
set of topics related to distributed systems and event-based
computing. Topics of particular interest may include (but are not
limited to) models, architectures and paradigms of distributed and
event-based systems, middleware systems and frameworks, and
applications, experiences and requirements. The scope of the DEBS
conference covers all topics relevant to distributed and event-based
computing ranging from those discussed in related disciplines (e.g.,
software systems, distributed systems, distributed data processing,
data management, dependability, knowledge management, networking,
programming languages, security and software engineering), to domain-
specific topics of event-based computing (e.g., real-time analytics,
mobile computing, social networking, pervasive, green computing and
ubiquitous computing, sensors networks, user interfaces, big data
processing, spatio-temporal processing, cloud computing, the Internet
of things, peer-to-peer computing, embedded systems and stream
processing), to enterprise-related topics (e.g., complex event
detection, enterprise application integration, real-time enterprises
and web services).

In addition to these traditional topics, the scope of DEBS 2016 will
include the increasingly important area of Internet of Things. New
advances in distributed and event-based systems pose a great potential
for a major contribution in this area. For further information, please
refer to the call for contributions in the track of your choice.

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

1) Models, Architectures and Paradigms: Event-driven architectures,
event processing in big data, complex event processing, rule-based
systems, logic-based event recognition, event correlation and pattern
languages.

2) Middleware infrastructures: Distributed data processing,
distributed programming, federated event-based systems, event
dissemination on P2P systems, fault tolerance, reliability and
availability and scalability.

3) Applications, Experience and Requirements: Use cases and
applications of distributed and event-based systems in various domains
including Internet of Things, Smart Cities, Smart Grids, Finance,
Logistics.

Submission Dates:
Abstract submission for research track: Feb 22nd, 2016
Research and industry paper submission: Feb 27th, 2016
Tutorial proposal submission: Mar 7th, 2016
Grand Challenge solution submission: Mar 30th, 2016
Author notification: Apr 18th, 2016
Poster, demo, doctoral
symposium submission: Apr 30th, 2016
Camera ready submission: May 6th, 2016

STRUCTURE:

DEBS 2016 will be organized along six tracks:

1. Research Track that presents original research contributions.
Submissions will be evaluated by an experienced program committee
consisting of eminent researchers from all over the world.

2. Industry and Experience Reports Track meant to report on innovative
deployments of event-based systems. Contributions will be reviewed by
researchers and industry practitioners working in event-based
computing.

3. The Tutorial Track where recognized experts in the field will
present their tutorials on relevant emerging areas of research.

4. Poster and Demo Track where authors can report on work in progress
and/or arrange to demonstrate interesting ideas and applications
pertaining to event- based systems.

5. Doctoral Symposium Track meant for doctoral candidates whose
research area overlaps with event-based systems.

6. Grand Challenge Track: Here the committee will set out a grand
challenge problem and then judge the most innovative approaches for
its solution.

PROCEEDINGS:

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, which will
be published in the ACM Digital Library. The authors of accepted
papers will be given a choice between different copyright agreements,
in accordance with the recent changes in the ACM policy. The options
will include new opportunities for open access as well as the
traditional ACM copyright agreement.

AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: A new policy by ACM will allow DEBS 2016 to make
the proceedings available ahead of the conference via the ACM Digital
Library. Thus, the official publication date is the date the
proceedings appear in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to
two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official
publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related
to published work.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION: http://www.debs2016.org/submission-
guidelines.html

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS:
Avigdor Gal, Technion, Israel
Matthias Weidlich, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany

RESEARCH TRACK CO-CHAIRS:
Vana Kalogeraki, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Nalini Venkasubramanian, University of California, Irvine, USA

INDUSTRY TRACK CO-CHAIRS:
Malu Castellanos, HP, USA
Alejandro Buchmann, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany

DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS:
David Eyers, University of Otago, New Zeland
Leonardo Querzoni, Sapienza University, Italy

TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS:
Gianpaolo Cugola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Bugra Gedik, Bilkent University, Germany

GRAND CHALLENGE CO-CHAIRS:
Vincenzo Gulisano, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Zbigniew Jerzak, SAP AG, Germany
Holger Ziekow, Furtwangen University, Furtwangen, Germany

DEMO AND POSTERS CO-CHAIRS:
Nesime Tatbul, Intel Labs/MIT, USA
Ioannis Katakis, University of Athens, Greece

SPONSORSHIP CO-CHAIRS:
Opher Etzion, Yezreel Valley College, Israel
Christoph Emmersberger, University of Regensburg, Germany

PROCEEDINGS CHAIR:
Thomas Heinze, SAP, USA

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS:
Mohammad Sadoghi, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Izchak Tzachi Sharfman, Technion, Israel
Vinay Setty, MPI, Germany

WEB CO-CHAIRS:
Matthew Forshaw, Newcastle University, UK
Ye Zhao, Google Inc., USA
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[DMANET] SIGOPT 2016

Conference Announcement:

SIGOPT 2016
6-8 April 2016, University of Trier, Germany
&
Official Opening of the
Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg)
Algorithmic Optimization

Invited speakers:
* Volker Kaibel (Magdeburg)
* Kathrin Klamroth (Wuppertal)
* Oliver Stein (Karlsruhe)
* Günter Leugering (Erlangen)

The conference is organized by the Special Interest Group in
Optimization within the German Mathematical Society (DMV).
It covers theory and practice of all branches of mathematical
optimization. Young researchers from all areas of optimization
are especially encouraged to participate and to present their
work. The conference will provide a good opportunity to exchange
ideas and to establish contacts with colleagues in a friendly
atmosphere.

Deadline for Abstract Submission (extended): 15 February 2016

More details: https://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?id=49211

We look forward to welcoming you in Trier!

Sven de Vries
Volker Schulz
Mirjam Duer

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[DMANET] 2nd announcement: MINO/COST PhD school on Mixed Integer Nonlinear Optimization

Dear colleagues,

this is the 2nd announcement of the third MINO/COST PhD school on Mixed Integer Nonlinear Optimization, see http://www.mino-itn.unibo.it/mino-cost-springschool/paris. The school will be held at CNAM (Paris, France) on April 5th to 8th 2016. Some travel grants for students will be sponsored by COST Action TD1270 (http://cost- <http://cost-/>td1207.zib.de <http://td1207.zib.de/>).
Registration is free but compulsory. It will stay open until the maximum number of attendees is reached. To register please follow the instructions that can be found here: http://www.mino-itn.unibo.it/mino-cost-springschool/paris#Registration

2-hour minicourses will be given by:
Paula Amaral (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Pierre Bonami (IBM Spain)
Jean-Bernard Lasserre (LAAS-CNRS, France)
Ruth Misener (Imperial College, UK)
Frederic Roupin (Univ. Paris 13, France)
Research talks or tutorials will be given by:
Sourour Elloumi ( ENSIIE, France)
Fabio Furini (Univ. Paris Dauphine, France)
Amelie Lambert (CNAM, France)
Emiliano Traversi (Univ. Paris 13, France)
The detailed planning is available at the school webpage.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

The organizing committee:
Claudia D'Ambrosio
Sourour Elloumi
Amelie Lambert
Leo Liberti

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[DMANET] 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Security Aspects for Critical Infrastructure Protection - ReSA4CI 2016 co-located with DSN 2016

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3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Security Aspects for Critical Infrastructure Protection
ReSA4CI 2016
co-located with DSN 2016
June 28 – July 1, 2016, Toulouse, France
www.dis.uniroma1.it/∼resa4ci

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Scope. Critical infrastructures (CIs) are at the hearth of any advanced civilized country. This workshop aims at providing a forum for researchers and engineers in academia and industry to foster an exchange of research results, experiences, and products in the area of reliable, dependable and secure computing for critical systems protection from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Its ultimate goal is to envision new trends and ideas about aspects of designing, implementing, and evaluating reliable and secure solutions for the next generation critical infrastructures. Critical Infrastructures present several challenges in the fields of distributed systems, dependability and security methods and approaches crucial for improving trustworthiness on ICT facilities. The workshop aims at presenting the advancement on the state of art in these fields and spreading their adoption in several scenarios involving main infrastructures for modern society.

Topics of interest are (but not limited to):
- Model-based and experimental assessment of safety, reliability and security
- Security & Privacy
- Quantitative analysis of dependability and security metrics
- Risk Assessment and Management
- Fault tolerant and Dependable Distributed Algorithm
- Threat Analysis
- Monitoring systems
- Adaptive solutions for secure and safe systems
- Self-* solutions

Domains of application are (but not limited to):
- Critical infrastructure, Smart Grid, and SCADA systems
- Medical device and healthcare
- Telecommunication and networks
- Railways, automotive, aerospace, and avionics
- Defence, cyber intelligence

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General Chair
Silvia Bonomi, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Ilaria Matteucci, IIT-CNR, Italy

Program Committee
François Bonnet, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Silvia Bonomi, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy (co-chair)
Andrea Ceccarelli, University of Florence, Italy
Vittoria Cozza, IIT-CNR, Italy
Barbara Gallina, Malardalen University, Sweden
Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, Institut Mines-Telecom, France
Felicita Di Giandomenico, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Ilaria Matteucci, IIT-CNR, Italy (co-chair)
Paolo Masci, INESC-TEC, PT
Leonardo Montecchi, University of Florence, Italy
Federica Paci, University of Southampton, UK
Marco Platania, AT&T, USA

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Important dates
Submission deadline: March 21, 2016
Authors notification: April 18, 2016

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Submission and Publication. Submitted papers must be written in English and must contain results that have not previously published nor concurrently submitted to a journal or conference with published proceedings. Any partial overlap with any published or concurrently submitted paper must be clearly indicated. Submissions are limited to 6 pages in the IEEE format and submitted electronically to the EasyChair server (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=resa4ci2016). The selection of accepted contributions will be based on peer-reviews by the PC. Accepted papers will be included in the DSN Supplemental Proceedings and it must be presented at the workshop by one of its authors.
Please refer to the workshop website for full submission instructions.

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[DMANET] EURO28: Optimization in Public Transport

Second Call for Sessions and Papers within the Stream

===== Optimization in PUBLIC TRANSPORT =====

at the 28th EURO Conference
July 3-6, 2016 in Poznan, Poland

http://www.euro2016.poznan.pl/

Following the success of the Public Transport stream at the previous EURO conferences, EURO 2016 will again offer a stream "Optimization in Public Transport" organized by Leo Kroon and Anita Schöbel.

We are now looking for session organizers and for papers fitting in this stream.

Are you interested to organize a session of 4 talks within this stream?
This task involves choosing the specific topic, contacting speakers, and handling their submissions in the online system of the conference, to which you will get access then.
Usually, but not necessarily, the session organizer is also session speaker and/or session chair.
If you are interested, please let us know soon.

In case you want to present a paper within the stream, but do not want to organize a full session, please let us know as well.
We will be glad to send you a session code such that you may submit your paper in an invited session.

We are looking forward to a successful Public Transportation stream at EURO 2016 and to meeting you in Poznan!

Anita Schöbel
University of Göttingen
schoebel@math.uni-goettingen.de

Leo Kroon
NS Reizigers, and
Rotterdam School of Management
lkroon@rsm.nl

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[DMANET] Lectureship in Computer Science at Durham U., UK

The School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at Durham University,
UK, invites applications for a Lectureship in Computer Science.
The School has a strong Algorithms and Complexity research group
(http://community.dur.ac.uk/algorithms.complexity/).

The academic position of Lecturer in the UK is equivalent to Assistant
Professor in the US.

For more information, see the official advert with application link
below (the application deadline is February 19th, 2016):
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AMU711/lecturer-in-computer-science/

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[DMANET] CFP: 27th International Conference on Probabilistic, Combinatorial, and Asymptotic Methods for the Analysis of Algorithms

Dear Colleagues,

The CFP for the 27th International Conference on Probabilistic,
Combinatorial, and Asymptotic Methods for the Analysis of Algorithms is
available. The conference takes place July 4-8, 2016, in Krakow, Poland.

The conference website is here: http://www.aofa2016.meetings.pl/

It aims at studying discrete objects that appear as data structures or
algorithms (including graphs, networks etc.) by mathematical methods, in
particular by probabilistic, combinatorial and asymptotic methods.

Important dates:
Submission deadline: February 12, 2016.
Notification: April 22, 2016.
Final version: May 13, 2016.
Early registration: May 13, 2016.

Confirmed keynote speakers:
Jean Bertoin, Zurich Univ., Switzerland
Paweł Błasiak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Hsien-Kuei Hwang, Academia Sinica, Taipeh, Taiwan
Bob Sedgewick, Princeton Univ., USA - FLAJOLET LECTURE
Wojtek Szpankowski, Purdue Univ., USA
Nick Wormald, Monash Univ., Australia

Scope. Analysis of algorithms is a scientific basis for computation,
providing a link between abstract algorithms and the performance
characteristics of their implementations in the real world. The general
effort to precisely predict the performance of algorithms has come to
involve research in analytic combinatorics, the analysis of random
discrete structures, asymptotic analysis, exact and limiting
distributions, and other fields of inquiry in computer science,
probability theory, and enumerative combinatorics. See:
http://aofa.cs.purdue.edu/

We invite papers in
• analytic algorithmics and combinatorics,
• probabilistic analysis of algorithms,
• randomized algorithms.

We also welcome papers addressing problems such as: combinatorial
algorithms, string searching and pattern matching, sublinear algorithms
on massive data sets, network algorithms, graph algorithms, caching and
memory hierarchies, indexing, data mining, data compression, coding and
information theory, and computational finance. Papers are also welcome
that address bridges to research in related fields such as statistical
physics, computational biology, computational geometry, and simulation.

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[DMANET] CFP: AAAC 2016

AAAC 2016
The 9th Annual Meeting of Asian Association for Algorithms and Computation
May 14-16, 2016, Taipei, Taiwan

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
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We invite submissions of abstracts presenting original research or surveys
in theoretical computer science.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
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All areas of theoretical computer science, especially design and analysis
of algorithms and complexity theory

SUBMISSION DETAILS
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Authors are invited to submit one-page (A4) abstracts (in pdf format) that
can be based on original results or survey of existing results. Informal
working notes including the one-page abstracts will be distributed at the
meeting, which does not prevent any form of future publication of the same
work. All submissions should be made electronically. Papers are now being
accepted through the EasyChair Conference System.
http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aaac2016

IMPORTANT DATES
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One-page abstract submission due: Feb 26, 2016
Notification: March 25, 2016
Early Registration due: April 1, 2016
Conference Dates: May 14(Sat)-16(Mon), 2016

KEYNOTE SPEECHES & TUTORIALS
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Keynote Speeches:
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Dorothea Wagner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Title: Route Planning Algorithms – New Results and Challenges

Fan Chung Graham (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Title: Higher Cheeger Inequalities and Clustering Algorithms

Tutorials:
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Ke Yi (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Title: Random Sampling in Database Systems: Techniques and Applications

Kai-Min Chung (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Title: Toward Cryptography for Modern Parallel Architecture

MEETING FORMAT
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The meeting consists of two keynote talks, two tutorials, and parallel
contributed talks, of which possibly 8-10 will be accepted as long talks.
20-30 minutes will be given to each accepted talk. The two tutorials will
be scheduled in the afternoons of May 14 (Saturday) and 16 (Monday),
respectively. Other talks start around 9 a.m. on May 15 (Sunday) and end
around 5 p.m. on 16 (Monday). There will be a welcome reception in the
evening of May 14 and a conference dinner banquet in the evening of May 15.

COMMITTEES
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Conference Chair:
Der-Tsai Lee (Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University)

Program Committee:
Hee-Kap Ahn (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
Leizhen Cai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Mao-Cheng Cai (Institute of Systems Science)
Siu-Wing Cheng (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chair)
Otfried Cheong (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Francis Chin (The University of Hong Kong)
Kyung-Yong Chwa (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Xiaotie Deng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Wen-Lian Hsu (Academia Sinica, co-Chair)
Xiaodong Hu (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Kazuo Iwama (Kyoto University)
Sung Kwon Kim (Chung-Ang University)
Der-Tsai Lee (Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University)
Chung-Shou Liao (National Tsing Hua University, co-Chair)
Zhiyong Liu (Institute of Computing Technology)
Chi-Jen Lu (Academia Sinica)
Kazuhisa Makino (The University of Tokyo)
Kunsoo Park (Seoul National University)
Kunihiko Sadakane (The University of Tokyo)
Chuan-Yi Tang (Providence University, co-Chair)
Takeshi Tokuyama (Tohoku University)
Osamu Watanabe (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Frances Yao (City University of Hong Kong)
Guochuan Zhang (Zhejiang University)
Hong Zhu (Fudan University)

Contact:
Chung-Shou Liao (National Tsing Hua University)

Additional (travel and accommodation) information can be found on the
conference webpage:
http://aaac2016.ie.nthu.edu.tw/

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[DMANET] Postdoc Position in Algorithms, TU Munich

Postdoctoral Position in Algorithms
TU Munich

A postdoctoral position in the area of efficient algorithms is available in
the research group of Prof. Susanne Albers, Department of Computer Science,
Technical University Munich (TU Munich).

The postdoc may pursue his/her own line of research but a research interest
in approximation and online algorithms, algorithmic game theory or algorithm
engineering is very welcome. More information about Susanne Albers and
the research group can be found at http://wwwalbers.in.tum.de/index.html.en

The position is supported by a grant of the German Research Foundation and
provides a competitive 12 month salary with standard benefits. The
appointment
is for a period of 12 months. The expected start date of the position is
summer/fall 2016.

The successful candidate should have a PhD degree in computer science or
mathematics. Furthermore, he/she should be interested in collaborating with
PhD students and participating in the teaching activities of the group.
The application material should include (1) a cover letter describing the
interest in the position, (2) a CV and list of publications, (3) a short
research summary, and (4) the names and contact information of at least
two references. The material should be sent electronically to
<albers@in.tum.de>.

Applications will be reviewed starting from February 20, 2016.

Susanne Albers
Department of Computer Science
Technical University Munich
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching (near Munich), Germany
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[DMANET] School on parameterized algorithms in Osaka

Dear colleagues,

We are glad to invite you to the ELC School on Parameterized Algorithms
which will be held in Osaka, Japan, from March 17th until Sunday 20th,
2016. The lectures will cover introductory notions, accessible to
beginners, as well as more recent and advanced results.
The school is primarily intended for graduate students and young
researchers who wish to get acquainted with and further their knowledge of
this rapidly growing field.

Lecturers:
- Daniel Lokshtanov, University of Bergen, Norway,
- Michał Pilipczuk, University of Warsaw, Poland.

You can find more information at
http://www.al.ics.saitama-u.ac.jp/elc/blog/elc-school-on-parameterized, or
contact us at remybelmonte@gmail.com with any question you may have.

We hope you will be able to accept this invitation and attend the school,
and are looking forward to seeing you in Osaka!

Best regards,

Local organizers:
Rémy Belmonte
Naoki Katoh

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[DMANET] Ph.D. position, School of Computing, Clemson University

We are looking for an excellent candidate for a Ph.D. position in the
School of Computing at Clemson University beginning Fall 2016. The
candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Ilya Safro on
combinatorial scientific computing, and large-scale discrete optimization.
Some projects will include collaboration with national labs.

The ideal candidate should have a solid background in
- theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, algorithms
- numerical methods (in particular, in linear algebra)
- C/C++

Some experience in the following areas will be considered as an advantage
(not mandatory)
- HPC and parallel programming/MPI/OpenMP/Hadoop
- multigrid
- scientific computing libraries (such as PETSc)

Please apply online at
http://www.clemson.edu/graduate/admissions/apply/application.html

The School of Computing has 42 faculty members, more than 400 undergraduate
majors, and over 200 graduate students collectively across its three
divisions: Computer Science, Visual Computing, and Human-Centered
Computing. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina, a
college town on beautiful Lake Hartwell at the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, conveniently situated within a 2hr drive from both Atlanta and
Charlotte. Clemson has an enrollment of approximately 20,000. U.S. News &
World Report has ranked Clemson in the Top 20 nationally among public
universities, and Clemson ranks number 5 among U.S. universities in
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School of Computing
Clemson University
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[DMANET] Faculty and post-doc positions, ITCS@SUFE (Shanghai, China)

The Institute for Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS) is a newly established academic unit at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), aimed at creating a world-class environment for research in broad areas of theoretical computer science. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is a top-ranked research university specializing in economics, finance and business studies. In recent years, SUFE has been earnestly developing fundamental and closely related disciplines besides finance and economics, among which computer science is at the top of its list. ITCS is one of the key priorities of this high-level mission.
We invite applications from highly-qualified candidates for various position levels in broad areas of theoretical computer science including (but not limited to), Algorithms and Complexity, Algorithmic Game Theory, Machine Learning, Information Theory. Salary and compensation packages are attractive and competitive. Initial appointments are typically made for a six years fixed-term. Subsequent contract renewal, promotion and tenure follow standard international practices. Each year, the institute also offers two research fellowship positions. The appointment will be for two years with an annual salary of 300,000 RMB.
If you are interested in joining us, please send your CV to Pinyan Lu ( lu.pinyan@mail.shufe.edu.cn ).

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[DMANET] AOC 2016: IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Tenth IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on
Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC 2016)
June 21, 2016 - Coimbra, Portugal
http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/aoc2016

in conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM, 2016
http://wowmom2016.uc.pt/


**** Submission Deadline --- March 10, 2016 ****

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SCOPE AND OVERVIEW

The recent proliferation of sensor-rich portable devices is enabling novel communication paradigms for users and contributing to the implementation of the ubiquitous computing and networking vision. Opportunistic networking represents a key communication paradigm for this vision. Either as a standalone communication mode or as a complement to infrastructure-based communication, opportunistic networking leverages the mobility of end users to enhance their ability to communicate in the absence of reliable end-to-end connectivity. Opportunistic networking opens up many possibilities but also poses countless new challenges. The goal of the AOC 2016 workshop is to serve as a forum for researchers, professionals, application developers, and other experts from both academia and industry to exchange new ideas, discuss new solutions, and share their experiences. As with previous editions, this year's workshop is particularly interested in novel research directions, such as service composition techniques, co-existence with infrastructure networks such solutions based on fog or edge computing, and insights from complex network analysis applied to autonomic and opportunistic communications.

The workshop will solicit original papers addressing theoretical and practical aspects of autonomic and opportunistic communications as well as papers describing prototype implementations and deployments.
Topics of interest for AOC 2016 include, but are not limited to:
- Techniques for data dissemination and replication
- Context and social awareness mechanisms and algorithms
- Autonomous and self-adaptive systems for smart cities
- Autonomous solutions for IoT and cyber-physical systems
- Solutions based on fog or edge computing
- Big data for autonomic and opportunistic systems
- Mobile social networking algorithms and applications
- Co-existence of opportunistic networks with infrastructure mobile wireless networks
- Mobility models and statistical analysis of mobility traces
- Service composition in autonomic and opportunistic networks
- Cognition-driven information processing and decision making
- Performance modelling, scaling laws, and fundamental limits for autonomic and opportunistic communications
- Participatory and urban sensing in autonomic and opportunistic networks
- Game-theoretic insights to the operation of autonomic and opportunistic networks
- Trust, security, and reputation
- Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and prototypes, measurement data from real experiments
- Socio-economic models for autonomic and opportunistic communications
- SNA and graph modeling for autonomic and opportunistic networks
- Autonomic and opportunistic solutions for mobile cloud applications
- Applications and middleware support
- Routing, transport, and reliability issues

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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Submission will be managed electronically through EDAS (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=21826).

Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor being currently under review by another conference or journal. Manuscripts are limited to 6 pages, single spacing, double column, and must strictly adhere to the template format.
Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings published by IEEE. There will be no separate workshop registration, as one single registration will cover both conference and workshops participation. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the workshop and present his/her work.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Full papers due: March 10, 2016
Notification: April 15, 2016
Camera-ready: April 29, 2016
Workshop: June 21, 2016

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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Workshop Co-Chairs
Michela Papandrea, SUPSI, Switzerland
Matteo Zignani, University of Milan, Italy
Valerio Arnaboldi, IIT, CNR, Italy

Publicity Chair
Antonino Masaracchia, IIT, CNR, Italy

For further information, please contact the workshop chairs at aoc2016 at iit.cnr.it

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[DMANET] PhD Studentships - University of Nottingham

PhD Studentships - Theoretical Analysis of Evolutionary Processes

Applications are invited for PhD studentships funded by the
School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham.
Studentships are available from October 2016 for a period of
three years and include a stipend of £14,057 per year and tuition
fees, and are available to students of any
nationality. Applicants are expected to have a first-class
Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related
discipline, and must obtain support from a potential
supervisor. I will support strong applicants interested in the
following topic.

Evolutionary algorithms and other randomised search heuristics
have been successfully applied to various industrial optimisation
domains. However, the theoretical understanding of these methods
has been limited. Recently, there has been significant progress
in analysing the runtime (also called optimisation time) of
randomised search heuristics using rigorous techniques from
probability theory and theoretical computer science including
analysis of randomised algorithm. Results about the runtime give
insights into how the behaviour of a randomised search heuristic
depends on its parameter-settings and on the characteristics of
the underlying optimisation problem.

The successful candidate(s) will contribute to this exciting
research area, which lies at the interface between probability
theory and theoretical computer science. The aim is to develop
theory that aids in predicting and controlling the behaviour of
evolutionary processes, both natural processes as well as
evolutionary algorithms.

The topic is mathematically challenging and requires an excellent
degree in mathematics or computer science. In particular, the
candidate should have a strong background in probability theory,
discrete mathematics, and/or theoretical computer science.

The research will be carried out in the context of the EU-funded
project Speed of Adaptation in Population Genetics and
Evolutionary Computation (SAGE) which brings together researchers
from population genetics and evolutionary computation. The
studentship is locally associated with the Automated Scheduling,
OptimisAtion and Planning (ASAP) research group, one of the
Research Groups within the School of Computer Science at
Nottingham.

For more information, please send me an email, or see

http://nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI1498

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University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG8 1BB
United Kingdom

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[DMANET] announcement of ph d and postdoc positions

Two PhD scholarships and one postdoc position in Geometric Combinatorics at FU Berlin, Francisco Santos

(Resent due to a mistake in the ending date of positions)

Applications are invited for two PH. D. scholarships and one postdoc position at the Freie
Universität Berlin. Successful candidates will be part of Francisco Santos' Einstein
Group, funded by the Einstein Foundation, and will benefit from the interaction
with FU's Discrete Geometry Group (http://www.mi.fu-berlin.de/en/math/groups/discgeom)
plus the thriving ambience of Berlin's Discrete Math landscape. Research topics include
the combinatorics of polytopes and simplicial and cell complexes, as well as enumerative
questions about lattice polytopes.

The positions are for the period April 2016 to March 2019 (up to three years). Although later
starting dates are possible, extensions are not. Interested candidates should apply by email to
Francisco Santos (francisco.santos@unican.es) with cc to elke.pose@fu-berlin.de, including
a CV, research statement, and one or two letters of recommendation, preferably by February 5.

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[DMANET] AUTOMATA 2016 Second Call for Papers

AUTOMATA 2016 Second Call for Papers

The 22nd International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete
Complex Systems (AUTOMATA 2016) will be hosted at the University of
Zurich, Switzerland, June 15-17, 2016.

Submission deadline: February 13, 2016

http://automata2016.ini.uzh.ch

Scope

Papers presenting original and unpublished research on all fundamental
aspects of cellular automata and related discrete complex systems are
sought. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): dynamics,
topological, ergodic and algebraic aspects, algorithmic and complexity
issues, emergent properties, formal language processing, symbolic
dynamics, models of parallelism and distributed systems, timing
schemes, phenomenological descriptions, scientific modeling and
practical applications.

Important dates

Submission deadline: February 13, 2016
Notification of acceptance: March 20, 2016
Final versions: March 30, 2016
Submission deadline for exploratory papers: May 1, 2016
Notification of acceptance for exploratory papers: May 10, 2016
AUTOMATA 2016: June 15-17

Invited speakers

Klaus Sutner (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Guillaume Theyssier (CNRS and Aix Marseille Université, France)
Tommaso Toffoli (Boston University, USA)
Andrew Winslow (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Program committee

Matthew Cook (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Nazim Fatès (Inria Nancy, France)
Paola Flocchini (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Enrico Formenti (Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France)
Anahı́ Gajardo (University of Concepción, Chile)
Eric Goles (Adolfo Ibáñez University, Chile)
Jarkko Kari (University of Turku, Finland)
Martin Kutrib (Universität Gießen, Germany)
Andreas Malcher (Universität Gießen, Germany)
Genaro Martı́nez (University of West England, UK)
Kenichi Morita (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Turlough Neary (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Pedro de Oliveira (Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil)
Nicolas Ollinger (Université d'Orléans, France)
Matthew Patitz (University of Arkansas, USA)
Ivan Rapaport (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Hiroshi Umeo (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan)
Damien Woods (Caltech, USA)
Thomas Worsch (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany)

Organizing committee

Matthew Cook
Turlough Neary

Paper categories

There are two categories of submission – full papers and exploratory
papers. Full papers should report more complete and denser research,
while the later submission deadline for exploratory papers allows quick
reporting of recent discoveries, work-in-progress and/or partial
results. Submissions in the full paper category are refereed and
selected by the program committee. Papers in the exploratory category
go through a less rigorous evaluation process.

Submission

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of no more than 14
pages (for full papers) or 8 pages (for exploratory papers) via the
EasyChair system at

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=automata2016

Submissions should contain original research that has not previously
been published. Concurrent submissions to other conferences/journals is
not permitted. Supplementary material that exceeds the above mentioned
page limits may be included as an appendix and will be considered at
the committee's discretion (note that appendices will not be published
in the proceedings). Submission must be formatted in LaTeX using the
LNCS format (see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors)
and submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Papers authored or co
-authored by PC members are also welcome and will follow a specific
evaluation process.

Proceedings

Accepted full papers will appear in the proceedings published by
Springer in the LNCS series and will be available at the conference.
Exploratory papers will not be included in the LNCS proceedings;
however, they will be printed locally and given to conference
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[DMANET] new doctoral training course in systems dynamics

In 2016, NATCOR will be running a new course in Systems Dynamics, in addition to its courses on Heuristics,
Convex Optimisation and Predictive Analytics.

Although based in the UK, the courses are open to PhD students and post-docs from any country working
in a relevant area, such as Operational Research, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science or
Quantitative Finance. For details, see the following web page:

http://www.natcor.ac.uk/courses.asp

Our courses are approved by the UK Research Councils and also by EURO (the European Association of
Operational Research Societies).

Professor Adam N. Letchford
NATCOR Director
Department of Management Science
Lancaster University
United Kingdom

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