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Monday, October 26, 2020

[DMANET] Subject: 16th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia (CSR 2021): First Call for Papers

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First Call for Papers

16th INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM IN RUSSIA (CSR 2021)

June 28-July 2, 2021, Sochi, Russia

https://logic.pdmi.ras.ru/csr2021/

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CSR is an annual international conference held in Russia that is
designed to cover a broad range of topics in Theoretical Computer
Science. The list of previous CSR conferences can be found at
https://logic.pdmi.ras.ru/~csr/
Conference proceedings are published in Springer's
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submissions: December 24, 2020
Notification of acceptance: February 18, 2021
Conference dates: June 28-July 2, 2021

TOPICS
include, but are not limited to:

(i) algorithms and data structures
(ii) computational complexity, including hardness of approximation and
parameterized complexity
(iii) randomness in computing, approximation algorithms, fixed-parameter
algorithms
(iv) combinatorial optimization, constraint satisfaction, operations
research
(v) computational geometry
(vi) string algorithms
(vii) formal languages and automata, including applications to
computational linguistics
(viii) codes and cryptography
(ix) combinatorics in computer science
(x) computational biology
(xi) applications of logic to computer science, proof complexity
(xii) database theory
(xiii) distributed computing
(xiv) fundamentals of machine learning, including learning theory,
grammatical inference and neural computing
(xv) computational social choice
(xvi) quantum computing and quantum cryptography
(xvii) theoretical aspects of big data

OPENING LECTURE

Tim Roughgarden (Columbia University, USA)

INVITED SPEAKERS

TBD

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Rahul Santhanam (University of Oxford, UK; Chair)
Elena Arseneva (St. Petersburg State Univesity, Russia)
Alexander Belov (University of Latvia, Latvia)
Simina Branzei (Purdue University, USA)
Andrei Bulatov (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Anupam Das (University of Birmingham, UK)
Laure Daviaud (City University of London, UK)
Laurent Doyen (LSV - ENS Paris-Saclay, France)
Piotr Faliszewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Pawel Gawrychowski (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Heng Guo (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Siyao Guo (NYU Shanghai, China)
Shuichi Hirahara (NII, Japan)
Mikhail Kapralov (EPFL, Switzerland)
Jesper Nederlof (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Alexander Okhotin (St. Petersburg State University, Russia)
Sofya Raskhodnikova (Boston University, USA)
Alexander Razborov (University of Chicago, USA)
Suzanna de Rezende (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
Laura Sanita (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Kavitha Telikepalli (TIFR, India)
Amir Yehudayoff (Technion, Israel)
Meirav Zehavi (Ben-Gurion Ubiversity, Israel)

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract or a full paper of at
most
12 pages in English, not including references, in the LNCS format (LaTeX,
as pdf; final
version with source); instructions are here:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Proofs and other material omitted due to space constraints are to be put
into
a clearly marked appendix to be read at discretion of the referees. Papers
must present original (and not previously published) research. Simultaneous
submission to journals or to other conferences with published proceedings is
not allowed. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in
Springer's
LNCS series.

Submission server: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csr2021

We are carefully watching the situation with the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope
to conduct
a physical event, but it will be possible to participate in the event
online for those
who are unable to come due to travel restrictions or other circumstances.
In case
the situation in Russia does not allow us to organize a meeting in place,
we are planning to move the event online but not to postpone it.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND CONTACTS

Web: http://logic.pdmi.ras.ru/csr2021/
Email: musatov.dv@phystech.edu

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[DMANET] Call for Papers Research Topic on Prediction and Explanation in Biomedicine using Network-Based Approaches [Frontiers in Genetics]

Dearest Colleagues,

I am contacting you in my capacity as Guest Associate Editor for a Research Topic titled:

"Prediction and Explanation in Biomedicine using Network-Based Approaches"

to appear in Frontiers in Genetics:

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/17011 <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/Hypergraphs>

With this call for papers, I invite you and/or your co-authors to submit an original research paper, or a focused review, for our special issue.

Deadline for abstract submissions: 25 January 2021

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 April 2021

Submitted papers will be peer reviewed and, upon acceptance, the paper will be published in open access form soon after professional editing.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and I sincerely hope that you will accept this invitation to contribute to this Special Issue. If you believe that you will be able to submit a manuscript, I would also greatly appreciate if you could respond to this invitation at your earliest convenience.

"Frontiers in Genetics" (ISSN 1664-8021, IF: 3.258) is an open access journal published online by Frontiers and indexed by Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, PubMed Central, amongst others.

Best Regards

Alessio Martino PostDoctoral Research Fellow
University of Rome "La Sapienza" | Dept. of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications
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[DMANET] Full Professor position in Operations Research at Tilburg University

The Department of Econometrics and Operations Research of Tilburg School of Economics and Management (Tilburg University) is looking for a Full Professor in a central area of Operations Research (OR).

The position will be embedded in the Department of Econometrics and Operations Research (EOR) in the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) at Tilburg University - more about this department at the weblink:
https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/economics-and-management/organization/departments/eor

Details about the position and on how to apply can be found at the website:
https://www.tiu.nu/17020

The deadline for applications will be January 30, 2021, but the hiring committee will review applications as they arrive, and may schedule interviews before the deadline. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their documents as soon as possible.

All applications should be submitted online at the website:
https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/working

Please distribute to anyone interested in your network.
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[DMANET] IGAFIT Algorithmic Colloquium - 29.10.2020

On the 29th of October 2020 we will have the third IGAFIT Algorithmic
Colloquium on "A (Slightly) Improved Approximation Algorithm for Metric
TSP" given by Nathan Klein, University of Washington. The seminar will take
place at 14:00 CEST (local time in central Europe), and will be followed by
a discussion session. We would like to invite you to take part in the event
including the networking session. This new event aims to integrate the
European algorithmic community and keep it connected during the times of
the pandemic. The meeting will be held using Airmeet platform and to attend
please go to https://www.airmeet.com/e/23023140-1508-11eb-b9e0-91ba5e70c4b8.
You can find more information about the talk on IGAFIT web page:
http://igafit.mimuw.edu.pl/?page_id=483786 or Facebook
https://fb.me/e/cmlhdv2ZS.

We invite you to take part in the event. Please advertise broadly and bring
your students/postdocs as well.

The details of the talk are given below.

October 29, 2020, 14:00 CET
Nathan Klein, University of Washington
Title: A (Slightly) Improved Approximation Algorithm for Metric TSP
Abstract: In this talk, I will describe recent work in which we obtain a
3/2-ε approximation algorithm for metric TSP, for some ε>10-36. This
slightly improves over the classical 3/2 approximation algorithm due to
Christofides [1976] and Serdyukov [1978]. The talk will focus on giving an
overview of the key ideas involved. This is joint work with Anna Karlin and
Shayan Oveis Gharan.

Organization Committee:
Nikhil Bansal
Artur Czumaj
Andreas Feldmann
Adi Rosén
Eva Rotenberg
Piotr Sankowski
Christian Sohler

Friday, October 23, 2020

IEEE BigData 2020 Call for Workshop Papers and Posters

IEEE Big Data 2020 Call for Workshop Papers & Posters

http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2020/

December 10-13, 2020,

IEEE BigData 2020 – Now Taking Place Virtually

The IEEE Big Data 2020 has received more than 610 full papers in the main conference and industry and government program. If you miss the submission deadline, there are still chances for you to submit your research work to the IEEE Big Data 2020 workshops and Posters. The workshop papers and posters are published in the conference proceedings. (EI indexed)

(1) 45 Workshops (Most of the workshop paper submission deadlines are middle or late October)

1.International Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Cyber Threat Hunting (CyberHunt 2020)
2.Computational Archival Science: digital records in the age of big data
3.9th Workshop on Scalable Cloud Data Management
4.6th International Workshop to Improve Big Data Science Project Team Processes
5.The 3rd International Workshop on "Big Data Engineering and Analytics in Cyber-Physical Systems" (BigEACPS-2020)
6.The Fourth Annual Workshop on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Industry
7.The 5th Workshop on Real-time Stream Analytics, Stream Mining, CER/CEP & Stream Data Management in Big Data
8.The 4th International Workshop on Big Data Analytic for Cybercrime Investigation and Prevention
9.Workshop on Smart Farming, Precision Agriculture, and Supply Chain (SmartFarm-2020)
10.Applications of Big Data Technology in the Transport Industry
11.3rd Workshop on Energy-Efficient Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics
12.The 4th Workshop on Graph Techniques for Adversarial Activity Analytics
13.8th International Workshop on Distributed Storage and Blockchain Technologies for Big Data
14.3rd Workshop on Big Data for CyberSecurity (BigCyber-2020)
15.International Workshop on Big Data Reduction
16.Analysis of Large-scale Disparate Data
17.The 4th Workshop on Benchmarking, Performance Tuning and Optimization for Big Data Applications (BPOD) (BPOD 2020)
18.The 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Tools, Methods, and Use Cases for Innovative Scientific Discovery (BTSD 2020)
19.Seventh International Workshop on High Performance Big Graph Data Management, Analysis, and Mining (BigGraphs 2020)
20.The 4th IEEE Workshop on Human-in-the-Loop Methods and Future of Work in BigData (HMData 2020)
21.The 5th IEEE International Workshop on Big Spatial Data (BSD 2020)
22.User Understanding for Big Data23.IEEE Big Data Workshop on Data Science for Smart and Connected Communities
24.The 7th Workshop on Performance Engineering with Advances in Software and Hardware for Big Data Sciences (PEASH 2020)
25.The 3rd International Workshop on Big Media Dataset Construction, Management and Applications
26.Workshop on IoT based Big Data Architectures and Applications
27.International Workshop on Data Analytics for Smart Health (DASH 2020)
28.Third International Workshop on the Internet of Things Data Analytics (IoTDA 2020)
29.Big Food and Nutrition Data Management and Analysis (BFNDMA 2020)
30.Advances in High Dimensional (AdHD) Big Data
31.International Workshop on Fair and Interpretable Learning Algorithms (FILA 2020)
32.First International Workshop on Blockchain Technology For Bigdata Analytics and Applications
33.2020 Workshop on Data Science in Medicine and Healthcare (DSMH 2020)
34.4th International Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Cyber Intelligence and Defense (BDA4CID 2020)
35.2nd IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Big Data Analytics in Remote Sensing
36.7th International Workshop on Privacy and Security of Big Data (PSBD 2020)
37.Second Workshop on Big Data Predictive Maintenance Using Artificial Intelligence (BDPM-AI 2020)
38.The 6th International Workshop on Solar & Stellar Astronomy Big Data (SABiD 2020)
39.Big Data Analytic Technology for Bioinformatics and Health Informatics (KDDBHI 2020)
40.Discriminative Pattern Mining Workshop
41.Workshop on Deviant Activities on Social Media
42.BVD 2020: International Workshop on Big Video Data (BVD 2020)
43.The 4th IEEE International Workshop on Big Data for Financial News and Data
44.First International Workshop on the Efficiency of Modern Data Centers (EMDC 2020)
45.2020 Innovation Workshop on Transforming Big Data into Actionable Knowledge (BiDAW 2020)

(2) Poster (Submission deadline: Nov 10, 2020)

Poster abstracts are limited to one page, the format and style are flexible. Posters will be reviewed on the basis of their relevance to the scope of the conference and on the scientific quality of the work presented. Each poster paper will be published with maximum up to 3 page limit in the poster/workshop proceedings (EI indexed). (format instruction for publication will be included with the poster acceptance notification)

Online Submission:

https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2020/bigdata20/index.php

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[DMANET] [CFP- Deadline extended] IEEE CCNC 2021 WKSHPS: 2nd International Workshop on Cyber Forensics & Advanced Threat Investigations in Emerging Networks

Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to submit your paper to the 2nd International
Workshop on Cyber Forensics and Advanced Threat Investigations in
Emerging Networks (CFATI'21)

Held in conjunction with the IEEE CCNC 2021 (https://ccnc2021.ieee-ccnc.org)
9 January 2021, Virtual Conference

Website: https://ccnc2021.ieee-ccnc.org/workshop/2nd-international-workshop-cyber-forensics-and-advanced-threat-investigations-emerging

- Submission deadline: 6 November 2020 (Extended!)
- Notification: 23 November 2020
- Camera ready: 14 December 2020
- Workshop Day: January 9th, 2021

EDAS link for submissions: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27781&track=103638

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CALL FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS
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The increasing proliferation of Information and communication
technologies (ICT) in our lives, has facilitated the connectivity
growth between distinct parts of our world. Various types of data are
continuously streaming across many boundaries in the world with
different models, policies, and purposes. Additionally, this data is
usually analyzed or stored on edge or gateways devices which have
highly limited capabilities and are vulnerable to sophisticated
attacks. With the growth of connectivity between various heterogeneous
systems, numerous attack vectors are constantly evolving, that can
potentially be exploited for malicious or criminal purposes (e.g. data
breaches, identity theft, and stealing of intellectual property and
trade secrets, etc.). Recent cyberattacks dangerously aim a broad
array of computing systems varying from data centers and personal
machines to mobile devices and industrial control systems.

There is a growing need for new methodologies, tools, and techniques,
capable of extracting, preserving, and analyzing different evidence
trails in various networked services and devices such as routers,
firewalls, web proxies, and network monitoring tools. Additionally,
there is also a growing need for research in new systems that are
capable of analyzing network traffic, netflows, and systems logs.
Satisfying these demands will aid in reconstructing the timeline of
the cyber-crime/attack under investigation and, possibly, the
identification of the potential actor(s).

The evolution of networked technologies, such as the internet of
things and cyber-physical systems, possess challenges based on the
highly limited capabilities of their infrastructure devices and the
type of data that can be processed by these devices. Complicated
efforts are required in suitable and timely manners against any
detected threats. Moreover, new frameworks are required to collect and
preserve potential evidential data in suitable and timely manners as
well. To guarantee proper cyber-defenses and strategies against the
expanding landscape of criminal activities as well as rapidly
advancing network technologies such as SDN or 5G and 6G.

Papers on practical as well as on theoretical topics and problems in
various topics related to cyber forensics and threat investigations,
are invited, with special emphasis on novel techniques and tools to
collect data from networked devices and services in emerging networks
(such as the ones can be found in cyber-physical systems and Internet
of things). Topics include (but are not limited to):

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TOPICS
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- Advanced threat investigations, forensic and anti-forensic techniques
- Cooperative and distributed forensics and threat investigations
- Data exfiltration techniques from networked devices and services
(e.g. cyber-physical systems, and Internet-of-Things)
- Attack detection, traceback and attribution in SDN, 5G, and 6G
- Methods for reconstruction of internet activities in SDN, 5G, and 6G
- Forensics and threat investigations in IoT, Smart Grid, Smart Cars and Drones
- Forensics and threat investigations in peer-to-peer, social, and
cloud networks
- Vulnerability & threat detection and mitigation techniques for
networked services
- Novel large-scale investigations techniques to analyze intelligence
data sets and logs
- Tools and services for cyber forensics and threat investigations
- Machine learning applications in cybersecurity and threat intelligence
- Adversarial machine learning
- Advances in critical infrastructure security
- VoIP forensics, VoIPoW forensics
- Network investigations and Traffic Analysis
- Hardware Vulnerabilities and Device investigations
- Privacy-enhancing techniques for cyber forensics and threat investigations

We also encourage contributions describing innovative work in the
realm of cybersecurity, cyber defense, and digital crimes.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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- Submission deadline: 6 November 2020 (Extended!)
- Notification: 23 November 2020
- Camera ready: 14 December 2020
- Workshop Day: January 9th, 2021

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The Workshop Supported by
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Association of Cyber Forensics and Threat Investigators (ACFTI)
https://www.acfti.org/

Industrial Cybersecurity Center (CCI)
https://www.cci-es.org/

[DMANET] Last Call for Papers: EvoCOP 2021 - The 21st European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation

(Apologies for cross-posting)

News:

- Fast Track Publication in Evolutionary Computation Journal: Authors nominated
for the best regular paper award will be invited for fast track publication in
the Evolutionary Computation journal (MIT Press). The invited submissions must
significantly extend the conference paper and will undergo peer review.

- EvoStar goes Hybrid!

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Last Call for Papers: EvoCOP 2021 - The 21st European Conference on
Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation

http://www.evostar.org/2021/evocop/

April 7 - 9, 2021
Seville, Spain (and online)

held as part of EvoStar (http://www.evostar.org)

Submission deadline: November 1, 2020
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The 21st European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial
Optimisation is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together researchers
working on applications and theory of evolutionary computation methods and
other metaheuristics for solving difficult combinatorial optimisation problems
appearing in various industrial, economic, and scientific domains.

Successfully solved problems include, but are not limited to, multi-objective,
uncertain, dynamic and stochastic problems in the context of scheduling,
timetabling, network design, transportation and distribution, vehicle routing,
stringology, graphs, satisfiability, energy optimisation, cutting, packing,
planning and search-based software engineering.

The EvoCOP 2021 conference will be held in the city of Seville, Spain, together
with EuroGP (the 24th European Conference on Genetic Programming), EvoMUSART
(the 10th European conference on evolutionary and biologically inspired music,
sound, art and design) and EvoApplications (the 24th European Conference on the
Applications of Evolutionary Computation), in a joint event collectively known
as EvoStar (Evo*).

Accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science series. (See https://link.springer.com/conference/evocop for
previous proceedings.)

Download the CFP in PDF format:
http://www.evostar.org/2021/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/evo2021_tracks_flyers_evocop.pdf

The best regular paper presented at EvoCOP 2021 will be distinguished with a
Best Paper Award. Authors nominated for the best regular paper award will be
invited for fast track publication in the Evolutionary Computation journal
(MIT Press). The invited submissions must significantly extend the conference
paper and will undergo peer review.

**** Areas of Interest and Contributions ****

EvoCOP welcomes submissions in all experimental and theoretical aspects of
evolutionary computation and other metaheuristics to combinatorial optimisation
problems, including (but not limited to) the following areas:

* Applications of metaheuristics to combinatorial optimisation problems
* Theoretical developments
* Neighbourhoods and efficient algorithms for searching them
* Variation operators for stochastic search methods
* Constraint-handling techniques
* Parallelisation and grid computing
* Search space and landscape analyses
* Comparisons between different (also exact) methods
* Automatic algorithm configuration and design

Prominent examples of metaheuristics include (but are not limited to):

* Evolutionary algorithms
* Estimation of distribution algorithms
* Swarm intelligence methods such as ant colony and particle swarm optimisation
* Artificial immune systems
* Local search methods such as simulated annealing, tabu search, variable
neighbourhood search, iterated local search, scatter search and path relinking
* Hybrid methods such as memetic algorithms
* Matheuristics (hybrids of exact and heuristic methods)
* Hyper-heuristics and autonomous search
* Surrogate-model-based methods

Notice that, by tradition, continuous/numerical optimisation is *not* part of
the topics of interest of EvoCOP. Interested authors might consider submitting
to other EvoStar conferences such as EvoApplications.

**** Submission Details ****

Paper submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. The submissions
will be peer reviewed by members of the program committee. The reviewing
process will be double-blind, please omit information about the authors in the
submitted paper. Submit your manuscript in Springer LNCS format:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Page limit: 16 pages

Submission link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=evo2021

The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their paper on the basis of
the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a camera-ready version of
their manuscripts. At least one author of each accepted work has to register
for the conference, attend the conference and present the work.

**** Important Dates ****

Submission deadline: November 1, 2020
EvoStar: April 7-9, 2021

**** EvoCOP Programme Chairs ****

Sébastien Verel
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO), France
verel@univ-littoral.fr

Christine Zarges
Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
c.zarges@aber.ac.uk

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Prifysgol y Flwyddyn ar gyfer Ansawdd y Dysgu a Phrofiad Myfyrwr
University of the year for Teaching Quality and Student Experience
(The Times and Sunday Times, Good University Guide 2021)

[DMANET] Call for Positions - Institute of Engineering Sciences - University of O'Higgins (Chile)

Dear colleagues,

The University of O'Higgins (Chile) has opened new academic positions in
multiple areas (Engineering, Health, Agriculture, Social and Education
Sciences). In the case of the *Institute of Engineering Sciences*, we
invite candidates in all Engineering areas to apply. Preference will be
given to applications to the following areas:

• *Industrial Engineering or related areas*, specialized in Business
Intelligence, Market Intelligence, Economy, Industrial Processes,
Management, Public Policies, Industrial Organization, or Finance.
• Computer Science or related areas, specialized in Software Engineering,
Data Engineering, or Security.
• Artificial Intelligence or related areas, specialized in Machine
Learning, Data Science, or Natural Language Processing.
• Geological Engineering or related areas, specialized in modeling in
Hydrology and Hydrogeology, or Environmental Geology.
• Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related areas,
specialized in Asset Management and Maintenance, Design of Machines and
Products, Thermal Sciences, or Material Sciences.
• Electrical Engineering or related areas, with specialization in
Telecommunication, Telematics, Sensor Networks, Computer Networks, or
Remote Sensing.

Experience and interest in the following problem areas will be positively
evaluated: Climate Change, Smart Agriculture, Geological Hazard, Energy,
Management of Hydric Resources, Transport, Pollution, and Circular Economy.

Deadline: November 30th, 2020

Application Platform: www.uoh.cl/#concurso-academico (in Spanish).

Complete Call Information: http://tiny.cc/uoh2020english

The University of O'Higgins is a state institution in the Region of O'
Higgins, Chile. Its main campus is located in Rancagua, about 80 km south
of Santiago. The Institute of Engineering Sciences has as main mission the
development of basic and applied research in engineering sciences. With a
multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary spirit, and with a focus on
addressing problems of the Region of O'Higgins, it aims to generate
impactful research and technological development with a global projection.

For more information, you can visit our webpage or contact me at
gonzalo.munoz@uoh.cl

Best regards.

[DMANET] Final CFP:-- 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2020)

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

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

http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar20

http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar20

On the World Wide Web

* December 15-18, 2020 *

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

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

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

SoCPaR 2020: Scopus Proceedings

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

** Important Dates **

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Paper submission due: October 31, 2020 (Extended Deadline)

Notification of paper acceptance: November 15, 2020

Registration and Final manuscript due: November 25, 2020

Conference: December 15-18, 2020

**About SoCPaR 2020**

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

**Submission Guidelines**

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

Paper format templates:

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

SoCPaR'20 Submission Link:

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

** SoCPaR 2020 Organization **

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General Chairs

Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA

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

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

**Technical Contact**

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Dr. Ajith Abraham

Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

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[DMANET] Final CFP:-- 16th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2020)

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

-- 16th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS
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http://www.mirlabs.org/ias20

http://www.mirlabs.net/ias20

On the World Wide Web

* December 15-18, 2020 *

IAS 2019 Proceedings: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030493356

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

History of IAS series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ias19/previous.php

IAS 2020: Scopus Proceedings

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

** Important Dates **

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Paper submission due: October 31, 2020 (Extended Deadline)

Notification of paper acceptance: November 15, 2020

Registration and Final manuscript due: November 25, 2020

Conference: December 15-18, 2020

**About IAS 2020**

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Information assurance and security has become an important research issue
in the networked and distributed information sharing environments. Finding
effective ways to protect information systems, networks and sensitive data
within the critical information infrastructure is challenging even with the
most advanced technology and trained professionals. The 15th International
Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS) aims to bring
together researchers, practitioners, developers, and policy makers involved
in multiple disciplines of information security and assurance to exchange
ideas and to learn the latest development in this important field.

**Submission Guidelines**

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

Paper format templates:

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

IAS'20 Submission Link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ias2020

** IAS 2020 Organization **

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General Chairs

Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA

Biju Issac, Northumbria University, UK
Abdelkrim Haqiq, Hassan 1st University, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques,
Morocco

Program Chairs
Kanwalinderjit Gagneja, California State University, Bakersfield, USA
Álvaro Herrero, Universidad de Burgos, Spain
M. A. Jabbar, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India

**Technical Contact**

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Dr. Ajith Abraham

Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

[DMANET] Ph.D Positions in Algorithms, University of Augsburg

The Faculty of Applied Computer Science of Augsburg University (Prof.
Dr. Tobias Mömke) is inviting applications for one

PhD position

starting at the earliest possible date. The contract will initially be
restricted to one year. Given the respective preconditions, an extension
is planned. Part-time employment is possible. The salary is based on
personal and collectively agreed conditions up to Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L.

Tasks

- Scientific research on algorithms
- Participation in teaching and student supervision
- Pursuit of further scientific qualification (e.g., doctorate)

We Offer

- Collaboration in research on up-to-date scientific questions, in
particular within
Approximation Algorithms, Online Algorithms and Algorithms for Big Data
- Active support for work on individual research questions
- Possibility to attend workshops, conferences and summer schools

We Expect

- A finished Master's degree (or equivalent) with very good grades in
Computer Science, Mathematics or another related field (e.g., Physics)
- Fun pursuing mathematical scientific work and knowledge transfer
- Ability to work self-sufficiently and good communication skills

The required qualification should be part of the application documents
in form of transcripts.

Since most of the teaching is done in German language, non-German
speakers should give believable evidence that they are able to learn
German within a short time frame.

The University of Augsburg promotes gender equality at work. Women are
expressly asked to apply. The University of Augsburg particularly
supports the compatibility of family and work. For further information,
please contact the women's representative of the Faculty of Applied
Computer Science. Disabled candidates with otherwise equal suitability,
ability and subject-specific performance will be preferred.

Please compile your application composed of the habitual documents (CV,
transcripts of grades, description of scientific interests, name and
contact details of one or two references) to a single pdf file and
e-mail it to Prof. Dr. Tobias Mömke (moemke@informatik.uni-augsburg.de)
until

15 November 2020.

Inquiries can be directed to Prof. Dr. Tobias Mömke
https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet/fai/informatik/prof/raa/team/tm/

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University of Augsburg
Room 1026, Building N
Universitätsstraße 6a
86159 Augsburg
Germany

Phone: +49 821 598 2449

[DMANET] Postdoc in Lyon or Saint-Etienne

The Excellence Laboratory Milyon (Labex Milyon) opens the 2021 campaign of postdoctoral researchers in Lyon or Saint-Etienne in Mathematics, Computer Science and their interactions (including some aspects of theoretical physics).

Milyon offers three postdoctoral positions of two years with no teaching load for the period 2021–2023.

More information on the link below:
https://milyon.universite-lyon.fr/postdoctoral-positions-2021-2023--130160.kjsp?RH=1571748911317

Deadline for applications: January 6th 2021

______________________
Nicolas Trotignon
CNRS, LIP, ENS de Lyon
http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/nicolas.trotignon/index.html

[DMANET] 10 PhD Positions in Algorithmics and Stochastics and in the NETWORKS project (the Netherlands)

10 PhD Positions in Algorithmics and Stochastics and in the NETWORKS project (the Netherlands)

The NETWORKS project is a collaboration of world-leading researchers from four institutions in The Netherlands: TU Eindhoven<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxx8oosZf9Q&feature=youtu.be>, University of Amsterdam<https://youtu.be/KIZMIdZ0ljo>, Leiden University<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gDfOvufoQQ> and the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCfI7_rLeho>. Research in NETWORKS focuses on stochastics and algorithmics for network problems. NETWORKS offers a highly stimulating research environment and an extensive training program for PhD students.

Recently NETWORKS was awarded a COFUND grant the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, funded by the European Commission. The grant allows NETWORKS to expand its activities by opening a number of additional positions for PhD students. As a NETWORKS-COFUND PhD student you can define your own PhD project in one of the research areas mentioned above, in collaboration with your NETWORKS supervisors.
Application deadline
November 30, 2020
Contract
full time employment contract for 4 years
Salary indication
from €2.325 to €2.972 in 4 years
Location
The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Leiden)

Are you interested in the stochastics and algorithmics behind network problems? And would you like to be part of this project with its many activities? Then go to

https://www.thenetworkcenter.nl/Open-Positions/openposition/29/14-PhD-Positions-in-Stochastics-and-Algorithmics

On this website you can find an extensive information package about the positions and possible NETWORKS supervisors, and further details about the application procedure. Applying should also be done through the above website.

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[DMANET] PhD position in University of Delaware

We are looking for excellent candidates for Ph.D. positions in the
Department of Computer and Information Sciences in the University of
Delaware effective Spring 2021 and Fall 2021. The students will work under
the supervision of Dr. Ilya Safro. There are several open positions in
algorithms for quantum computing, graphs, machine learning, combinatorial
scientific computing, and large-scale optimization. Some projects will
include collaboration with and internships at national labs.

The ideal candidate should have the BSc or MSc degree in computer science,
mathematics or physics and a basic background in
+ theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, algorithms
+ machine learning
+ numerical methods
+ Python, C/C++

Basic knowledge in quantum computing, and optimization is a big plus. Some
(academic or industrial) experience in one of the following areas will be
considered as an advantage: HPC and parallel programming/MPI/OpenMP/Hadoop,
graph/network libraries, scientific computing libraries, deep learning and
such libraries as Keras and Tensorflow.

Please email your application to Ilya Safro at isafro@udel.edu and apply on
the UD webpage. The application should include a single pdf with the cover
letter or/and essay, resume, grades, and contact details of 2-3 references.
The subject line must contain "PhD Application (QC)" for quantum computing
or "PhD Application (ACS)" for all other areas.

The 7th oldest institution of higher education in the USA, the University
of Delaware (with about 18,000+ undergraduate and 3,000+ full-time graduate
students) is conveniently situated halfway between Washington, D.C., and
New York City, and about forty minutes away from Baltimore and
Philadelphia. The University is a home to such world-class research centers
as Data Science Institute, Delaware Energy Institute, Delaware
Biotechnology Institute, National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing
Biopharmaceuticals, and many more.
Additional information about the Department and the University is available
at: www.cis.udel.edu and www.udel.edu/about, respectively.

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University of Delaware
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~isafro

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[DMANET] Full Professorship/Chair in Hardware-Aware Combinatorial Optimization at TU Hamburg

FULL PROFESSORSHIP/CHAIR IN HARDWARE-AWARE COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION AT
TU HAMBURG
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Hamburg University of Technology (www.tuhh.de <www.tuhh.de>) is a modern
and dynamic university, striving for international excellence in
research and teaching. It sets ideal conditions for unlocking the
knowledge and innovation potential of today's technological challenges
by combining its engineering expertise in the three focal areas of Green
Technologies, Life Science Technologies, and Aviation and Maritime
Systems with cross-cutting research on digitalization, engineering
methods, and new materials.

The School of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics
at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) seeks applications for an

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP (W3) IN THE FIELD OF HARDWARE-AWARE COMBINATORIAL
OPTIMIZATION (Ref. No. P2011).

Our goal is to establish a group that excels at developing and
implementing state-of-theart optimization techniques on modern computing
architectures at hardware level. TUHH is in close alignment with the
sponsor Fujitsu that the emphasis and focus of this chair will be on
interdisciplinary research within and beyond TUHH, enabling next
generation IT architectures to support technical, medical, and other
sciences and advancing pioneering industrial applications beyond what is
possible today. The successful candidate will have an exceptional record
in foundational research and combine his/her expertise with a strong
interest in interdisciplinary work with groups in engineering and
logistics at TUHH.

Your tasks:
- mapping industrial optimization problems to modern hardware
architectures such as parallel or quantum computing
- algorithmic paradigms for hardware architectures as mentioned above
- industrial optimization problems in machine learning
- efficient close-to-hardware implementation of optimization techniques
- estimating real-world performance of industrial optimization processes.

The successful candidate is expected to offer courses in the degree
programs at TUHH both at undergraduate and graduate level, as well as to
engage in academic self-governance and further development of the
curricula offered by TUHH. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

TUHH is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes and
encourages applications from women. It is certified as a family-friendly
university and supports dual careers.

Applications by disabled persons with equal qualifications will be given
preference. The deadline for applications is November 29,2020.
Applications can be submitted in German or English. Please upload your
application (including Cover Letter, CV, Ref. No., list of publications,
relevant certificates, overview of research activities and teaching
experience) at the official application portal at
https://stellenportal.tuhh.de/jobposting/4e98d49c7dee223203482d1e1316990eac777fe1
<https://stellenportal.tuhh.de/jobposting/4e98d49c7dee223203482d1e1316990eac777fe1>.

In case of any questions, feel free to contact TUHH's Vice President of
Research, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Irina Smirnova (berufungen@tuhh.de
<mailto:berufungen@tuhh.de>). The legal framework of the Federal
Republic of Germany applies (in Hamburg the law is applied pursuant to
Section 15 HmbHG).

[DMANET] PhD position in applied geometry - TU Graz

[apologies for cross-posting]

Dear colleagues,

A PhD student position in applied geometry is available at the Institute for Geometry of the Graz University of Technology, Austria, starting December 2020 at the earliest.

The position is part of the "Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics<https://www.discretization.de/>" effort (SFB Transregio 109), in particular project A05<https://www.discretization.de/projects/A05/> . The general focus is on discrete geometry with an emphasis on structure preservation from the smooth theory. In particular A05 aims at the study of conformal deformations of discrete surfaces, discrete surface and curve flows, as well as their applications in geometry processing / modeling, computer graphics, and physical simulation.

We are looking for candidates with an interest in geometry processing with a strong mathematical component, at the interface between theory and efficient algorithms. At least some programming experience (C++/Matlab/Mathematica/Python) will be required, research experience is a plus, as is experience in differential geometry / partial differential equations. Successful candidates must hold a Master's or Diplom degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science or similar, and should be able to work independently and as part of a very international group.

The official instructions for the application procedure are published by TU Graz at https://www.tugraz.at/sites/mibla/mitteilungsblaetter/studienjahr-20202021/2-stueck-21-oktober-2020/ (in German). For further information, candidates can contact me (Olga Diamanti) at [olga.diamanti AT tugraz DOT at].

Please feel free to forward to any interested colleagues or students.

Thank you, and best regards,
Olga Diamanti

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

[DMANET] Call for Papers: 37th SoCG - Buffalo, New York - June 7-11, 2021

******* Call for Papers: 37th SoCG - Buffalo, New York - June 7-11, 2021 *******

The 37th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2021) will be held in Buffalo, New York, June 7-11, 2021, as part of the Computational Geometry (CG) Week. We invite submissions of high quality that describe original research on computational problems in a geometric setting. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
● Design, analysis, and implementation of geometric algorithms and data structures;
● Lower bounds on the computational complexity of geometric problems;
● Mathematical, numerical, and algebraic issues arising in the formulation, analysis, implementation, and experimental evaluation of geometric algorithms and heuristics;
● Discrete and combinatorial geometry;
● Computational topology, topological data analysis, and topological combinatorics;
● Applications of computational geometry in any field.

On these topics, contributions to mathematical foundations, algorithmic complexity, experiments & evaluation, and/or applications will be considered.

*Conference Web Page*

https://cse.buffalo.edu/socg21/

*EasyChair Link*

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgweek2021

*Important Dates*

● Nov. 25, 2020: Abstracts due (23:59 AoE (anywhere on Earth))
● Dec 2, 2020: Papers due (23:59 AoE (anywhere on Earth))
● Feb 10, 2021: Notification of acceptance/rejection
● Mar 18, 2021: Final versions of accepted papers due
● June 7-11, 2021 (Monday-Friday): Symposium

*Submission Guidelines*

Format. Submissions must be formatted in accordance with the LIPIcs proceedings guidelines. Authors must use the LaTeX class file socg-lipics-v2019.cls, which is a wrapper around the standard LIPIcs class. Style files and instructions are available from the conference webpage.

Submissions must not exceed 500 lines, excluding front matter (title, authors, and affiliations), references, and a clearly marked appendix (further described below), but including all other lines (in abstract, algorithms, tables, captions, etc.). The class files provide line counting which should be accurate in most cases. Authors should refrain from putting excessive amounts of text in parts in which lines are not counted automatically. If authors need constructs that contain uncounted lines of text, they should compensate for this by reducing the final line count accordingly. It is the sole responsibility of the authors to not exceed 500 lines even if some lines are not counted automatically.

Contents of the submission. Papers should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract, which begins with the title of the paper, each author's name and affiliation, as well as a short abstract. This should be followed by the main body of the paper that begins with a precise statement of the problem considered, a succinct summary of the results obtained (emphasizing the significance, novelty, and potential impact of the research), and a clear comparison with related work. The remainder of the extended abstract should provide sufficient details to allow the program committee to evaluate the validity, quality, and relevance of the contribution. Clarity of presentation is very important; the entire extended abstract should be written carefully, taking into consideration that it will be read and evaluated by both experts and non-experts, often under tight time constraints.

Appendix and additional data. All details needed to verify the results must be provided. Supporting materials, including proofs of theoretical claims and experimental details, that do not fit in the 500-line limit should be given in an appendix. If more appropriate, the full version may be given as the appendix. In both cases, however, the authors should include in the main part specific pointers to the relevant locations in the appendix. The appendix will be read by the program committee members and subreviewers at their discretion and will not be published as part of the proceedings. Thus, the paper without the appendix should be able to stand on its own. Experimental and implementation results (independent of paper type) must be reproducible and verifiable. Authors of all types of papers are encouraged to put accompanying software and relevant data, if there are any, in a repository accessible to the reviewers. Authors are asked to indicate which of the supporting materials will remain publicly available if their papers are accepted.

Previous or simultaneous submissions. Results previously published or accepted for publication in the proceedings of another conference cannot be submitted. Simultaneous submissions of the results to another conference with published proceedings are not allowed. Exempted are workshops and conferences without formal proceedings, but possibly with handouts containing short abstracts. Results that have already been accepted (with or without revision) for publication in a journal at the time of their submission to the symposium are not allowed. A paper submitted to a journal but not yet accepted for publication can be submitted to the symposium. In such cases, the authors must mention this on the front page of the submission and clearly identify the status of the journal submission at the date of the full paper submission deadline.

Strict guidelines. Submissions deviating from the above guidelines risk being rejected without further consideration.

Paper types. When writing or evaluating a SoCG paper, it is important to keep in mind that there are different types of contributions, each with its own strengths. To ensure that a submission is evaluated on its own merits, authors will need to identify the main strengths of their submission, as captured by four possible paper types. PC members and external reviewers will be asked to take into account these paper types together with their associated evaluation criteria when they evaluate a paper. There are no quotas for the paper types and submissions can be labeled with more than one paper type at the time of submission.

Mathematical Foundations. A typical paper will contain theorems and proofs describing new results in discrete or combinatorial geometry, or in topological combinatorics. The paper will primarily be evaluated on its technical depth, the importance of the results, the elegance of the solution, the connection of the problem studied to computational geometry and topology, and the potential future impact on algorithm development.

Algorithmic Complexity. A typical paper will contain algorithms, data structures, theorems, proofs, or lower bound constructions describing new results on computational geometry problems. The paper will primarily be evaluated on the (mathematical or computational) relevance and importance of the problem studied, its technical depth, the elegance of the solution, and the potential future impact of the results or the proposed new methods and techniques.

Experiments & Implementation. A typical paper will make a clear contribution to the implementation and evaluation of geometric algorithms, such as exact, approximate, or algebraic computation, algorithms engineering, or the experimental evaluation of competing algorithmic approaches. The paper will primarily be evaluated on the completeness and the expected impact of the proposed implementation, the soundness of the experiments, the quality and quantity of testing, and on the general amount of knowledge gained.

Applications. A typical paper will describe the modeling and algorithmic choices made when developing or adapting computational geometry techniques for an application area. The paper will be primarily evaluated on the soundness of the modeling decisions, the ingenuity of the solution, the effectiveness of the proposed method, and the expected impact in the application area. One might also consider the lesson learned regarding the applicability or suitability of computational geometry tools to the specific area.

Guidelines for reviewers. The guidelines are available from the conference webpage.

*Accepted Papers*

Format. Final proceedings versions of accepted papers must respect the same formatting constraints as the submissions (LIPIcs proceedings format with socg-lipics-v2019; 500-line limit, excluding front matter and references), but must not comprise any appendix. If any supporting material (including complete proofs of theoretical claims and experimental details) does not fit in the specified limit, then the full version of the paper containing this information must be referenced in the conference version and made available at a public repository, such as arXiv, by the time the final version is submitted. Where applicable, we encourage the authors to make accompanying software and/or data publicly accessible, with proper references in the paper.

Presentation, awards, and special issues. An author of each accepted paper will be expected to attend the symposium and present the paper (approximately 20 minutes). Given the developing COVID-19 pandemic, the format of both attendance and presentation will be clarified closer to the event.
Awards will be given for the best paper and for the best student presentation. Authors of a selection of papers from the symposium will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to special issues of Discrete & Computational Geometry and Journal of Computational Geometry. As in the previous years, the authors of the best paper will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to Journal of the ACM.

*Code of Conduct*

SoCG is dedicated to providing an environment that is free from harassment, bullying, discrimination, and retaliation for all participants. All attendees, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the CG Week code of conduct. If an author has a conflict of such nature with a potential reviewer, and the author has sufficient grounds to believe that the review would be negatively biased, then the author is asked to declare this conflict by contacting a SoCG advocate, such as Anne Driemel, who will treat any supporting information confidentially. For a list of SoCG advocates with contact information, please refer to the webpage (http://computational-geometry.org/codeofconduct.html).

*Program Committee*

● Eyal Ackerman (University of Haifa at Oranim, Israel)
● Pankaj K. Agarwal (Duke University, USA)
● Ulrich Bauer (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
● Kevin Buchin; co-chair (TU Eindhoven, Netherlands)
● Jean Cardinal (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
● Éric Colin de Verdière; co-chair (CNRS, LIGM, Marne-la-Vallée, France)
● Guilherme Dias da Fonseca (Aix-Marseille University, France)
● Anne Driemel (Bonn University, Germany)
● Ioannis Z. Emiris (NK University of Athens, and "Athena" RC, Greece)
● Brittany Terese Fasy (Montana State University, USA)
● Stefan Felsner (TU Berlin, Germany)
● Bernd Gärtner (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
● André Lieutier (Dassault Systèmes, France)
● Dmitriy Morozov (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
● Wolfgang Mulzer (FU Berlin, Germany)
● Amir Nayyeri (Oregon State University, USA)
● Jeff M. Phillips (University of Utah, USA)
● Eva Rotenberg (Technical University of Denmark)
● Michiel Smid (Carleton University, Canada)
● Diane L. Souvaine (Tufts University, USA)
● Jonathan Spreer (University of Sydney, Australia)
● Konstantinos Tsakalidis (University of Liverpool, UK)
● Antoine Vigneron (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
● Meirav Zehavi (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)

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[DMANET] CFP: PDCAT-PAAP 2020 at Shenzhen, China, Dec. 28-30, 2020

[Apologies for cross posting]

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The Joint International Conference PDCAT-PAAP 2020,

the 21st International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing,
Applications and Technologies (PDCAT'20) and the 11th International
Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Programming (PAAP'20)

Shenzhen, China

December 28-30, 2020.

http://hpcc.siat.ac.cn/meeting/pdcat-paap2020/index.html

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The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing,
Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) and International Symposium on
Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Programming (PAAP) are major forums
for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to
present the latest research, results, ideas, developments and applications
in all aspects of parallel and distributed computing, parallel
architectures, algorithms and programming techniques. We devoutly wish
participants to learn the basic theory of a gradual approach, practical
experimental data, new business models, and the latest academic trends from
this conference. During these 20 years, PDCAT and PAAP had been
successfully held in many countries including China, Japan, Korea,
Singapore, Australia and New Zealand across Asia-Oceania.

Extended versions of selected papers will be recommended to special issues
of some SCI-indexed international journals. The tentative journals include
Tsinghua Science and Technology, Computers and Electrical Engineering,
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Concurrency and Computation:
Practice and Experience, Computer Science and Information Systems, IEEE
Access. The invited papers will go through the normal reviewing process.

The steering committee, program, and organization chairs of PDCAT and PAAP
are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation. The conference will be a mix
of physical and virtual attendance. Our community's health and safety are
our priority: attending the physical meeting and giving the talks will be
safe. A virtual presence will be possible in case of remaining safety
concerns or travel restrictions. The authors of the accepted papers will
have the choice to attend the conference virtually.

We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the
following topics:

Networking and Architectures:

Multi/many-core architectures

Interconnection networks

Cluster, grid and cloud computing systems

Network-on-chip architectures

Survivable and safety-critical systems

Ubiquitous computing systems

Sensor, wireless and RFID systems

Reconfigurable architectures

Self-healing, self-protecting network systems

Algorithms and Applications:

Combinatorial and graph algorithms

Numeric algorithms

Task mapping and job scheduling

Parallel/distributed databases and knowledge discovery

High-performance scientific computing

Resource allocation and management

Power-aware Computing Secure distributed computing

Network routing and traffic control

Parallel Programming:

Multi/many-core programming

Parallel programming theory and models

Formal methods and verification

Middleware for parallel systems

Parallel programming languages

Parallel compilers and runtime systems

Performance analysis, debugging and optimization

Parallel libraries and application frameworks

High Performance Systems:

Operating systems for parallel/distributed systems

High-performance computer arithmetic

Memory hierarchy and caching

Performance tuning, optimization and profiling

Human-computer interaction in parallel/distributed systems

Photonic and quantum computing

Media computing in parallel/distributed systems

Software engineering for parallel/distributed system

Privacy and Security:

Cloud security

Data privacy protection

Cryptography Intrusion detection

Access control

Data provenance

Trusted computing

Big Data Processing and Deep Learning:

Mass data stream processing in clouds

Big data models and computation theory

Big data mining and fusion

Dimension reduction for large data sets

Big data placement, scheduling and optimization

Multi-source data processing and integration

Deep learning models Deep learning applications

All submissions are electronic via Springer's Online Conference Service
(OCS), and the submission server is now available at

https://ocs.springer.com/ocs/home/PDCAT-PAAP2020

Important Dates:

Paper submission: November 10, 2020

Notification acceptance: November 24, 2020

Camera-ready and Registration: December 01, 2020

Conference date: December 28-30, 2020

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

Honorary Chair

Guoliang Chen, Nanjing Univ of Posts & Telecom, China

General Chairs

Jianping Fan, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

Shengzhong Feng, Shenzhen Supercomp Centre, China

Hong Shen, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Chengzhong Xu, University of Macau, China

Program Chairs

Yong Zhang, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

Hui Tian, Griffith University, Australia

Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA

Francis Lau, The University of Hong Kong, China

Li Ning, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

Advisory Chair

Francis Chin, The University of Hong Kong, China

Publications Chairs

Vincent Chau, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

Yingpeng Sang, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Local Arrangement Chairs

Fumin Qi, Shenzhen Supercomp Centre, China

Xuelei Li, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

Registration and Finance Chair

Yicheng Xu, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

ICALP 2021 Call for Workshops

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ICALP 2021 Call for Workshops

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*** We are closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. If it is not viable to hold ICALP 2021 as a physical conference, we will run it virtually on the same dates. We will decide in January 2021 at the latest. If ICALP 2021 can go ahead as a physical conference, accepted authors may still present remotely. ***

ICALP 2021 (http://easyconferences.eu/icalp2021/) will take place on the 13th - 16th of July 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The conference will be preceded by one day of workshops, held on July 12th. We invite proposals for workshops affiliated with ICALP 2021 on all topics covered by ICALP, as well as other areas of theoretical computer science.

Proposals should be submitted no later than

*** November 30th, 2020 ***

by sending an email to the workshop selection committee (details at the end of the call). You should expect notification on the acceptance of your proposal by mid December 2020.

A workshop proposal submission should consist of:

- workshop's name and URL (if already available)

- workshop's organisers together with their email addresses and web pages;

- short description of the area covered by the workshop and the motivation behind it;

- expected number of participants (if available, please include the data of previous years);

- planned format of the event;

- date preference (July 10th or 11th).

As for the format, a standard option is a full one-day workshop consisting of invited talks by leading experts and of shorter contributed talks, either directly invited by the organisers or selected among submissions. Deviations from this standard are also warmly welcome, including a shorter or a longer time span than a full day, or other elements of the schedule like open problem sessions, discussion panels, or working sessions.

If you plan to have invited speakers, please specify their expected number and, if possible, tentative names. If you plan a call for papers or for contributed talks followed by a selection procedure, the submission date should be scheduled after ICALP 2021 notification (April 28, 2021), while the notification should take place before the early registration deadline. In your submission please include details on the schedule, planned procedure of selecting papers and/or contributed talks. If you plan to have published proceedings of your workshop, please provide the name of the publisher. Please be advised that ICALP 2021 is not able to provide any financial support for publishing workshop proceedings.

Important dates:

Workshop Proposals Deadline: Monday November 30, 2020

Workshop Notification: Monday December 14, 2020

Workshops: Monday July 12, 2021

Conference: Tuesday July 13 - Friday July 16, 2021

Workshop selection committee:

Ornela Dardha ornela.dardha@glasgow.ac.uk

Gethin Norman gethin.norman@glasgow.ac.uk

[DMANET] Fully-funded PhD position in Hamburg on Algorithms/Scheduling

FULLY-FUNDED PHD POSITIONS IN ALGORITHMS/SCHEDULING AT HAMBURG
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUHH)
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The Institute of Algorithms and Complexity at TUHH: Hamburg University
of Technology (www.algo.tuhh.de <https://tuhh.de>) in Hamburg, Germany
offers an exciting opportunity to work in a PhD program at the forefront
of algorithms and computer sciences.

The position is on algorithms/scheduling and offers the chance to
develop new algorithmic approaches to scheduling applications. The new
algorithms will build on advanced methods from combinatorial
optimization, mathematical programming, (mixed-)integer programming,
approximation algorithms and fixed-parameter tractability. For a first
glimpse, we refer to the survey on parameterized algorithms for
scheduling problems (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1709.01670.pdf
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1709.01670.pdf>).

The position is fully-paid and offered with an employment contract for 3
years. It comes with social security and generous travel money. We
provide close supervision and support by a panel of established
professors and scientists. Transferable skills and career development
are an integral part of the program.

The position is within Institute for Algorithms and Complexity
(www.algo.tuhh.de <https://www.algo.tuhh.de>), whose research covers a
broad spectrum of algorithmic research; this includes big data
algorithms, foundations of data science, combinatorial optimization,
approximation and parameterized algorithms, and applications in
operations research and discrete mathematics. The institute hosts
several international researchers, so English is used on a daily basis
as a working language.

The institute is located in the newly built Hamburg Innovation Port
(www.hamburg-innovation-port.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/01-HIPtuhhlogowasser_web.jpg
<https://www.hamburg-innovation-port.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/01-HIPtuhhlogowasser_web.jpg>),
which is located right at the Harburg harbour with great views of the
harbour and Hamburg's famous opera house (Elbphilharmonie). Several
other institutes of the TU Hamburg are located in the area, as well as
DASHH - Data Science in Hamburg, the Helmholtz Graduate School for the
Structure of Matter, and the German Air and Space Research Center (DLR).
They are all located in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, which is
Germany's second largest city, home to a population of about 1.8 million
people. It is a famous city of entertainment, trade and commerce, with
several universities and much research in algorithms.

TU Hamburg offers several attractive benefits, including subsidized
public transport for the Hamburg metropolitan area, a sports centre on
campus, family-friendly working hours, healthy campus initiatives, and more.

An excellent Master degree in Computer Science, (Applied) Mathematics,
Operations Research, Engineering or related field is required. Affinity
with optimization, algorithms, complexity theory, or discrete
mathematics is preferred. The salary of the position is determined
according to level TV-L E-13 of the German public sector. The exact
amount of salary depends on experience, family circumstances, tax
classification and other factors. Travel funding is available, for
attending conferences and workshops, and visiting other researchers.

Interested individuals should apply using the official application
portal of the vacancy:
https://stellenportal.tuhh.de/en/jobposting/4ee4c6fd187866f973b5acd72a1f5ad9a5368f4d0/apply
<https://stellenportal.tuhh.de/en/jobposting/4ee4c6fd187866f973b5acd72a1f5ad9a5368f4d0/apply>.
Applications should be submitted in English. Applications received by 18
November 2020 will receive full consideration. Applications should
include a curriculum vitae, a letter of motivation, names and a detailed
list of university courses with grades. If the candidate wishes, he or
she may provide contact information of one or two letter writters who
are acquainted with the applicant's previous academic activity. Any
questions regarding the position should be directed to Matthias Mnich
(matthias.mnich@tuhh.de <mailto:matthias.mnich@tuhh.de>).

Hamburg University of Technology regards diversity as an integral part
of academic excellence and is committed to employment equity and
accessibility for all employees. As such, we encourage applications from
women, persons with disabilities, members of diverse gender identities,
and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
In Hamburg, you will have the opportunity to work across disciplines and
collaborate with an international community of scholars and a diverse
student body.

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[DMANET] Call for Papers Research Topic on Prediction and Explanation in Biomedicine using Network-Based Approaches [Frontiers in Genetics]

[DMANET] Full Professor position in Operations Research at Tilburg University

[DMANET] IGAFIT Algorithmic Colloquium - 29.10.2020

Friday, October 23, 2020

IEEE BigData 2020 Call for Workshop Papers and Posters

[DMANET] [CFP- Deadline extended] IEEE CCNC 2021 WKSHPS: 2nd International Workshop on Cyber Forensics & Advanced Threat Investigations in Emerging Networks

[DMANET] Last Call for Papers: EvoCOP 2021 - The 21st European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation

[DMANET] Call for Positions - Institute of Engineering Sciences - University of O'Higgins (Chile)

[DMANET] Final CFP:-- 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2020)

[DMANET] Final CFP:-- 16th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2020)

[DMANET] Ph.D Positions in Algorithms, University of Augsburg

[DMANET] Postdoc in Lyon or Saint-Etienne

[DMANET] 10 PhD Positions in Algorithmics and Stochastics and in the NETWORKS project (the Netherlands)

Thursday, October 22, 2020

[DMANET] PhD position in University of Delaware

[DMANET] Full Professorship/Chair in Hardware-Aware Combinatorial Optimization at TU Hamburg

[DMANET] PhD position in applied geometry - TU Graz

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

[DMANET] Call for Papers: 37th SoCG - Buffalo, New York - June 7-11, 2021

[DMANET] CFP: PDCAT-PAAP 2020 at Shenzhen, China, Dec. 28-30, 2020

ICALP 2021 Call for Workshops

[DMANET] Fully-funded PhD position in Hamburg on Algorithms/Scheduling

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