[DMANET] [IEEE WoWMoM 2027]: Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for IEEE WoWMoM 2027, which will be held on June 21–24, 2027, in Irvine, California, USA. We invite you to submit your latest research and would appreciate it if you could share this call with interested colleagues. [IEEE WoWMoM 2027]: Call for Papers -------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE WoWMoM 2027 - World of Wireless Mobility, IoT and Machine Learning Call for Papers 21-24 June 2027, Irvine, California, USA https://wowmom2027.dii.unipi.it -------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE -------------- WoWMoM 2027 will adopt a double-blind review process. Refer to the details under Paper Submission for the requirements to double-blind submissions. WoWMoM 2027 is an in-person only conference, accepted papers must be presented by an author at the conference. Exceptions to allow other attendees to present will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the TPC Chairs. Remote presentations will not be allowed. SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ------------------ IEEE WoWMoM 2027 solicits original and previously unpublished papers addressing emerging research challenges, novel solutions, and technological advances in wireless and mobile networking, the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and ubiquitous and pervasive systems and applications. Wireless, mobile, and intelligent networked systems are rapidly transforming the way people, devices, and services interact. Advances in wireless communications, mobile computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) are enabling a new generation of data-driven applications across domains such as smart cities, healthcare, transportation, industrial automation, agriculture, and immersive digital experiences. The increasing scale, heterogeneity, and intelligence of connected systems require novel approaches to networking, resource management, distributed intelligence, security, privacy, and application design. At the same time, the convergence of IoT devices, edge platforms, cloud infrastructures, and AI-driven services is creating an interconnected IoT-edge-cloud continuum capable of supporting sophisticated, latency-sensitive, and data-intensive applications. Understanding, modeling, measuring, and optimizing the behavior of these complex systems remains a fundamental research challenge and a key enabler for future innovations. IEEE WoWMoM 2027 takes a broad and interdisciplinary view of the design, analysis, implementation, and evaluation of wireless, mobile, IoT, and AI/ML-enabled systems and applications. We seek original and previously unpublished research contributions that advance the state of the art through theoretical analysis, experimentation, simulation, data-driven methodologies, or real-world deployments. We welcome contributions from both academia and industry, including novel architectures, protocols, algorithms, machine learning techniques, systems, applications, datasets, measurement studies, testbeds, field trials, and operational experiences. Papers reporting lessons learned from practical deployments, reproducible research artifacts, and open datasets are particularly encouraged. SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST -------------------------- 5G, 6G and beyond wireless networks and services AI-assisted, AI-native, and data-driven wireless, mobile, and IoT systems AI/ML for networking, communications, resource management, and optimization Machine learning systems, foundation models, Generative AI, and LLMs for networked and distributed environments Artificial intelligence at the edge and on resource-constrained devices Autonomous and self-managing networks Behavior-aware, human-centric, and user-centric systems and applications Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies for wireless, mobile, and IoT systems Vehicular networks and connected mobility Dependability, reliability, resilience, and survivability of networked systems Edge AI, Edge Computing, Fog Computing, and distributed intelligence Energy-efficient and sustainable wireless, mobile, and IoT systems Federated, distributed, and privacy-preserving machine learning for networking systems Intelligent wireless communications and AI-native network architectures Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial IoT, digital twins, and cyber-physical systems IoT-edge-cloud continuum and distributed computing infrastructures Localization, positioning, tracking, navigation, and mobility management Machine-Type Communications (MTC), massive IoT, and device-to-device communications Measurement, monitoring, observability, and network analytics Mobile and pervasive computing systems Mobile social networks and human-centered services Modeling, analysis, and performance evaluation of wireless, mobile, IoT, and AI-driven systems Network traffic characterization, measurements, and telemetry Participatory sensing, mobile sensing, crowd sensing, and urban sensing Resource management, orchestration, and QoS/QoE provisioning Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) and programmable wireless environments Security, privacy, and trust in wireless, mobile, IoT, and AI-enabled systems Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and network slicing System prototypes, real-world deployments, operational experiences, testbeds, and open datasets Sustainable, green, and power-efficient communications and computing Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) Wearable computing and personal sensing systems Quantum communications, quantum networking, and secure communication protocols Emerging applications in smart cities, healthcare, transportation, agriculture, industry, and immersive environments PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. DOUBLE BLIND REVIEW PROCESS WoWMoM 2027 will adopt a double-blind review process. Authors must make a good-faith effort to anonymize their submissions. Specifically, the authors should not identify themselves in any content within the paper either directly or indirectly (e.g., through references). Where relevant, authors must refer to their previous work in the third person write as if it was written by a third party. However, authors should ensure that any anonymization of their work is not destructive. For instance, omission of references to papers just because they are the authors' previous work should be avoided, as this could prevent reviewers from finding that related paper for the purpose of the review. Submissions violating anonymization rules will not be considered for review. Although submission is double-blind, non-anonymous preprints (on arXiv or other preprint servers) will not lead to the rejection of your paper. Reviewers will be instructed not to actively look for such preprints before completing a first read of your paper, but encountering them will not constitute a conflict of interest. Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process, and all submissions must be made electronically. Authors can submit regular or work-in-progress papers (appropriate category to be selected upon submission, is described in the following). REGULAR PAPERS -------------- Regular papers' submissions may be up to max 10 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size 10 points or greater. See IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html). For regular papers, up to max 2 additional pages can be obtained with per-page extra charge, only after the acceptance, in case the reviewers will ask for more details. Regular papers must extensively describe mature and scientifically sound results. Regular papers will be candidate to Best Paper Awards and possibly invited to submit an extended version to a Elsevier PMC Journal fast track issue. WORK IN PROGRESS PAPERS ----------------------- WIP (Work-in-progress) papers provide a peer-reviewed forum for late-breaking or preliminary research results, giving an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent innovative and provocative research ideas and obtain feedback from their peers in a poster-style session. Work-in-progress papers submissions may be up to max 4 pages in length (including figures and references) and must have the prefix "WIP:" in the paper's title. For WiP papers, up to max one additional page can be obtained with per-page extra charge, only after the acceptance, in case the reviewers will ask for more details. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Papers due: December 1, 2026 Acceptance notification: February 10, 2027 Camera-ready version due: May 5, 2027 ACCEPTED PAPERS --------------- An author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate. WoWMoM 2027 is an in-person only conference, accepted papers must be presented by an author at the conference. Exceptions to allow other attendees to present will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the TPC Chairs. Exceptions can be considered only if compelling reasons are sent to the TPC Co-Chairs with a written request indicating an adequate substitute presenter before the conference. Remote presentations will not be allowed. Accepted papers (both regular and WIP) will be included in the proceedings of IEEE WoWMoM 2027 which will be published through the IEEE Xplore digital library. All conference proceedings must meet IEEE's quality standards, and IEEE reserves the right not to publish any proceedings that do not meet these standards. Furthermore, IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference, for unjustified reasons. BEST PAPER AWARD ---------------- All accepted regular papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award. A committee will select three best paper candidates based on the reviews received and also the quality of presentation. The winner will be announced during the conference. For any additional information, please contact the PC Co-chairs. JOURNAL FAST TRACK ------------------ Extended versions of selected high-quality papers will be invited for possible fast-track publication in the Elsevier journal Pervasive and Mobile Computing. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- General Co-Chairs: Carlo Vallati (University of Pisa, Italy) Marco Levorato (University of California, Irvine, USA) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Hirozumi Yamaguchi (University of Osaka, Japan) Simone Silvestri (University of Kentucky, USA) Steering Committee: Sajal K. Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) Marco Conti (Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the National Research Council, Italy) Best regards, Matúš Dopiriak ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. 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[DMANET] Special Issue “Recent Advances in Bilevel Optimization” in the EURO Journal on Computational Optimization

We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to the Special Issue “Recent Advances in Bilevel Optimization” in the EURO Journal on Computational Optimization (EJCO), organized on the occasion of ICBO 2026. The Special Issue aims to showcase recent theoretical, methodological, and computational advances in bilevel optimization, including topics such as mixed-integer, nonlinear, stochastic, and robust bilevel optimization, as well as connections with inverse optimization, game theory, and machine learning. Contributions addressing applications in areas such as energy, security and interdiction, transportation, and artificial intelligence are also particularly welcome. While papers presented at ICBO 2026 are especially encouraged, submissions are open to the entire bilevel optimization community, and participation in the conference is not required. Submission deadline: December 15, 2026 More information, including submission instructions and the list of Guest Editors, is available here: https://bileveloptimization.org/icbo/2026/special-issue.html <https://mx.uni-trier.de/fmlurlsvc/?fewReq=:B:JVMxOj49MS19NjklOy1ibzY7OjE7Oi14Ymxlan9+eW42bTM8aTk8O2o+PWg6aDhvbW9vaWpuM208OmhtPj04bWg9bWo4MjNobi1/Njo8Mjo5OTgyOjwtemJvNj0yPkJJfl5bOzo5Mjs4Jj0yPkJJfl5ZOzo5Mjs4LXloe382Zmp5f2JlJXhoY2Zib39LfmViJn95Ym55JW9uLWg2Oy1jb2c2Ow==&url=https%3a%2f%2fbileveloptimization.org%2ficbo%2f2026%2fspecial-issue.html> We encourage you to consider contributing and would be grateful if you could also share this call with colleagues who may be interested. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Best regards, The Committee of the Bilevel Optimization Society (COBOS) ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] [CFP] EvoApps 2027. Special Session on Bioinspired Algorithms for Green Computing and Sustainable Complex Systems. Mainz (March 31 - April 2, 2027)

***Apologies for multiple postings*** Dear colleagues, EvoStar, the leading European event on bio‑inspired AI, will have a Special Session on Bioinspired Algorithms for Green Computing and Sustainable Complex Systems<https://www.evostar.org/2026/evoapps/bagcscs/> in 2027. This session will be included in EvoApplications conference, ranked B in the CORE/ICORE conference rankings: http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/2218/ The deadline for paper submissions is November 1, 2026, anywhere on Earth! This special session aims to gather researchers and practitioners who apply bioinspired algorithms to solve sustainability problems, particularly in computing and resource management in complex systems, enabling more sustainable and eco-friendly computational processes. The session will provide a platform to explore novel applications, theoretical advances, and cross-disciplinary approaches at the intersection of computational intelligence and environmental responsibility. Contributions that address challenges related to reducing energy consumption, efficient hardware-software co-design, and the sustainable development of computational systems are encouraged. Topics of Interest * Energy-efficient evolutionary algorithms * Green data center optimization * Resource-efficient scheduling and task management * Sustainable hardware-software co-design * Eco-aware algorithmic design * Adaptive power management and energy harvesting * Network optimization for green computing * Bioinspired solutions for circular computing * Swarm intelligence for sustainable resource allocation * Low-power AI and machine learning * Green computing in embedded systems * Evolutionary computation for environmental monitoring Submissions Submission format: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Page limit: 14 pages (references excluded, with no page limit for references) Review process: double-blind. Please be sure to anonymise your submission. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings, appearing as a book in the LNCS series by Springer. Session organisers Josefa Díaz Álvarez (University of Extremadura, Spain) - mjdiaz(at)unex.es Juan Luis Jimenez Laredo (University of Granada, Spain) - juanlu(at)ugr.es” Given the scope of the conference where the special session would be included, we especially encourage the submission of bio-inspired approaches. Important dates - Submission Deadline: November 1, 2026 - EvoStar event: March 31 - April 2, 2027 (Mainz, Germany) Please check the website for more information: http://www.evostar.org/2027/ Un saludo Dra. Josefa Díaz Álvarez Profesora Titular de Universidad Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores Grupo de Evolución Artificial (GEA) http://www.unex.es/investigacion/grupos/gea Tel. 924 38 70 68 ext. 82537 Tel. directo: 924 67 30 37 Centro Universitario de Mérida Universidad de Extremadura ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] Call for talks and videos: Workshop on Exposition, Exploration, and Depth 2026

Dear all, We are pleased to announce that the Workshop on Exposition, Exploration, and Depth 2026 will be held in IIT Delhi, New Delhi India on 19th and 20th December 2026. The workshop is co-located with the FSTTCS conference <https://www.fsttcs.org.in/2026/>. The idea behind the workshop is to provide explanations and clarity around concepts in Theoretical Computer Science, which can be of interest to a wider audience, but somehow is understood well by a small number of researchers in a subfield. For more details, please visit the URL: https://vaishs.github.io/DepthTCS/index.html The workshop will feature invited talks from experts, contributed talks, and a video competition for students and postdocs. We invite proposals for contributed talks and videos, the calls for the same are appended below. The information can also be found at the webpage mentioned above. *************** Call for contributed talks **************** We invite proposals for contributed talks on any topic in Theoretical Computer Science. The purpose of these talks is to share a general result or idea that might not be very well known outside its particular subfield of Theoretical CS, but which contains aspects of general interest, and whose intuition can be presented in an accessible manner to a wider audience. The idea is to shed light on some not-very-well-known topics and ideas which might find application in areas outside of the ones where they are customary, rather than to explore deep technical details which would assume familiarity with the basic setup. People whose contributed talks are accepted are required to register for the workshop and present their work in person. There are three important rules to be followed. - The talk must not be about a result directly based on the speaker's own work. - A contributed talk is intended to last for no more than half an hour (25 + 5 for Q&A) and must be accompanied by a clear, expository write-up of at most six pages on the topic, in the LIPIcs format <https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/lipics#author>. - The talk and the write-up should exhibit the human understanding of the presenter about the topic, and hence AI should not be used for coming up with the topic or contents of the talk. Your submission should be a work that you could confidently explain, defend, and reproduce yourself. If AI produced a substantial part of your exposition, then it is not an eligible submission. This policy and our judgement criteria are in the spirit of 3Blue1Brown’s Summer of Math Exposition <https://some.3b1b.co/ai-policy>. The proposals will be judged on the following. - Motivation: It should be clear early on in the explainer why the topic matters and why someone should be excited to learn about it. - Clarity: Jargon should be clearly explained, and the goals of the talk should be easy to understand for a general audience, some of whom might be new to the topic. - Novelty: The idea need not be brand new, but the presentation should either bring a new perspective to a familiar topic, or shed light on an overlooked or obscure idea that deserves more attention. The deadline is 5th November, 2026, AoE. We look forward to receiving your submission! Submission link: https://forms.gle/5FWUQKDF1d9yDpfx8 ********************* Call for videos ******************** We are organizing a video competition for postdocs and students as a part of the workshop. The idea is to recognize and celebrate good expositions in video form and to encourage the community to consider video expositions as a way of spreading understanding. The expository video can draw from any topic or concept in Theoretical Computer Science, and should not be more than 20 minutes (there is no lower bound, though, and shorter videos conveying an idea clearly are more than welcome). We encourage making videos for a wider TCS audience on topics which are not very well-known outside an area. The following rules must be followed for an entry to be considered for the competition. - All the creators of the video must be an undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD student, or a postdoctoral researcher, at the time of submission. - The video must not be created through AI video generators. The narration should be by one of the creators, reflecting their understanding about the topic of the video. We follow a similar judging criteria and the same AI policy as 3Blue1Brown’s Summer of Math Exposition <https://some.3b1b.co/ai-policy>. The videos will be judged on the following. - Motivation: It should be clear early on in the explainer why the topic matters and why someone should be excited to learn about it. - Clarity: Jargon should be clearly explained, and the goals of the talk should be easy to understand for a general audience, some of whom might be new to the topic - Novelty: The idea need not be brand new, but the presentation should either bring a new perspective to a familiar topic, or shed light on an overlooked or obscure idea that deserves more attention. - Memorability: Something should make the piece stick with the audience, even months later, whether that's the beauty of the presentation, the enthusiasm of the presenter, or a mind-blowing aha! moment. The deadline is 5th November, 2026, AoE. We look forward to receiving your submission! Submission link: https://forms.gle/27WU7zovHTCAqymq7 *********************************************************************************** For any queries, please contact the organizers. Organizing Team Nikhil Balaji (IIT Delhi) Syamantak Das (IIIT Delhi) Ashutosh Rai (IIT Delhi) Vaishnavi Sundararajan (IIT Delhi) ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] INFORMS Transportation Science - Special Issue: Railway Challenges - CfP (submission deadline Sep 30th, 2027)

Dear researchers, the INFORMS Railway Applications Section (RAS) is composing a special issue of the journal "Transportation Science" dedicated to the topic: "Railway Challenges, Reproducibility, and Computational Breakthroughs" There will be two types of submissions: - Challenge Problem Papers - Solution Method Papers The scope and topics are wide and include: - Network Planning and Operations - Real-Time Operations and Control - Yard and Terminal Operations - Data-Driven and Predictive Analytics - Integrated, Multimodal, and Sustainability Problems The guest editorial team consists of: - Xuesong (Simon) Zhou, Arizona State University (Lead) - Christian Liebchen, Technische Hochschule Wildau - Nikola Bešinović, Technical University of Dresden - Shuai Su, Beijing Jiaotong University - Marcella Samà, Roma Tre University - Niels Lindner, Zuse Institute Berlin - Yili (Kelly) Tang, University of Western Ontario The submission deadline is Sep 30th, 2027. For motivation, requirements, evaluation criteria, and further details, please refer to https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/trsc/calls-for-papers We are curious about your challenging data sets, innovative algorithmic ideas, and are looking very much forward to your submissions next summer! Best regards Christian (for the guest editorial team) -- Prof. Dr. Christian Liebchen Technische Hochschule Wildau Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften Studiengangssprecher Verkehrssystemtechnik Verkehrsbetriebsführung Hochschulring 1 15745 Wildau Telefon: +49 3375 508 755 Web: http://www.th-wildau.de/vst Büro: https://icampus.th-wildau.de/map/?q=liebchen ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] CFP Metaheuristics and Decision Making

Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we invite you to participate in the special session (workshop) on "Application of Metaheuristics and Decision Making Methods to Large-Scale Problems" at the 16th International Conference on Large Scale Scientific Computation - LSSC'27, June 14 - 18, 2027, Sozopol, Bulgaria, with arrival: June 13 and departure: noon June 18. The session is organized by: Prof. Stefka Fidanova (stefka.fidanova@gmail.com) from the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Gabriel Luque (gabriel@lcc.uma.es) from University of Malaga, Spain. Topics The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: combinatorial optimization global optimization multiobjective optimization optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments large scale optimization parallel and distributed approaches in optimization random search algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search other derivative free optimization methods nature inspired optimization methods (evolutionary algorithms, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, immune artificial systems etc) hybrid optimization algorithms involving natural computing techniques and other global and local optimization methods optimization methods for learning processes and data mining computational optimization methods in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics, medicine, biology, engineering etc decision making methods Proceedings We plan to continue publishing the proceedings of only refereed and presented papers as a special volume of Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Important deadlines Deadline for submission of abstracts January 15, 2027 Notification of acceptance of the talks on the basis of the submitted abstract January 31, 2027 Deadline for registration March 01, 2027 Deadline for submission of full papers March 01, 2027 Notification of acceptance of full papers April 15, 2027 Abstracts and contributed papers The abstracts (up to 1 page stating clearly the originality of the results) are to be written in standard LaTeX. The length of the contributed papers is limited to 8 pages. It is assumed that ONE participant will present not more than ONE talk. Send the abstracts and papers to special session organizers and conference organizers, indicating the name of the special session. After sending the abstract go to the conference web page and fill in the registration form (personal data of the participants, minimum one per paper, and the name of the special session). Information about abstract and paper preparation, accommodation, transportation, registration form and conference location you can find at the conference web page http://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom27/ Special session organizers Prof. Stefka Fidanova Prof. Gabriel LuqueDear Colleague, -- Prof. Stefka Fidanova IICT-BAS Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl.25A 1113 Sofia Bulgaria Ph. +359-2-9796642 ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] CSTA 2026: The IEEE co-sponsored International Conference on Cybersecurity Systems, Technologies and Applications, 8 - 10 December, 2026 | San Antonio, USA.

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The International Conference on Cybersecurity Systems, Technologies and Applications (CSTA 2026) https://emergingtechnet.org/CSTA2026/index.php 8 - 10 December, 2026 | San Antonio, USA. Hybrid Event and Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Lone Star Section *CSTA 2026 CFP:* The International Conference on Cybersecurity Systems, Technologies and applications (CSTA 2026) is a lively and inclusive gathering where researchers, academics, and industry professionals from across the globe come together to explore the latest advancements in Cybersecurity Systems and intelligent systems. Cybersecurity Systems received a lot of attention as AI continues to reshape industries and push the boundaries of what’s possible. CSTA 2026 creates a welcoming space for innovation, collaboration, and the exchange of ideas in the Cybersecurity domain. CSTA 2026 serves as a premier platform for researchers, academics, and industry professionals to converge and explore the latest advancements, challenges, and applications in the dynamic fields of Cybersecurity Models and Systems. The International Conference on Cybersecurity Systems, Technologies and applications (CSTA 2026) aims to bring together leading researchers, academics, and practitioners from around the world to share their latest findings, innovations, and applications in Artificial Intelligence and intelligent systems. CSTA 2026 provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for presenting advances and exchanging insights on the theoretical foundations, cutting-edge technologies, and real-world implementations of AI. CSTA 2026 will feature keynote talks, technical paper sessions, workshops, and tutorials covering a wide range of Cybersecurity topics. We invite submissions of high-quality research papers describing original and unpublished results in all areas of Artificial Intelligence Systems. addresses the use of advanced intelligent systems in providing cybersecurity solutions in many fields, and the challenges, approaches, and future directions. We invite the submission of original papers on all topics related to Intelligent Systems with special interest in but not limited to: · Cybersecurity and Data-Driven Systems · Cybersecurity based Machine Learning and Data-Driven Systems · Cybersecurity and Multimodal AI · Cybersecurity for Generative AI, Foundation Models, and Large Language Models · Cybersecurity Computer Vision, Image and Video Processing Systems · Cybersecurity in Generative AI, Foundation Models, and Large Language Models · Artificial Intelligence Systems Security · Computational Language and Human-Centered Systems · Cybersecurity for Cloud, Edge systems · Cybersecurity Applications *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references). Length of short papers can be up to 6 pages. Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the conference Proceeding, and to be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. *Important Dates:* - *Paper submission deadline: 15 October 2026 (Firm and Final)* - Notification of acceptance: 1 November 2026 - Camera-ready Submission: 15 November 2026 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on CSTA to: emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] [Scheduling seminar] Frits Spieksma (TU Eindhoven) | October 7 | Scheduling in the World of Sports.

Dear scheduling researcher, We are delighted to announce the talk given by Frits Spieksma (TU Eindhoven). The title is "Scheduling in the World of Sports". The seminar will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, October 7, at 13:00 UTC. Join Zoom Meeting https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/92480520441?pwd=jjZUiDxNEVvMe1kB9PzAoTQ4YZSvZn.1 Meeting ID: 924 8052 0441 Passcode: 795229 You can follow the seminar online or offline on our YouTube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUoCNnaAfw5NAntItILFn4A The abstract follows. At first sight, the schedule of any particular league or tournament may look like a rather mundane matter. Indeed, it is obvious that one has to pick certain dates and times for a set of matches to be played. However, that is *not* all there is to it. There is a, sometimes subtle, relation between the schedule of a tournament and its outcome. Thus, the schedule of a tournament should be designed with care, ensuring that, among the interests of all other stakeholders, fairness among players (or teams), receives the attention it deserves. We will review examples that shed light on the relation between the schedule on the one hand, and the outcome on the other hand. From these examples, we extract analytical insights that allow us to construct fairer schedules. We intend to illustrate our findings by considering examples from leagues and tournaments from various sports. The next talk in our series will be Shunji Tanaka (Okayama University) | October 21 | Optimizing item stacking and retrieval. For more details, please visit https://schedulingseminar.com/ With kind regards Zdenek Hanzalek, Michael Pinedo, and Guohua Wan -- Zdenek Hanzalek Industrial Informatics Department, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Jugoslavskych partyzanu 1580/3, 160 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic https://rtime.ciirc.cvut.cz/~hanzalek/ ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] School on symbolic dynamics in Liège (BE) April 19-23 2027

Dear colleagues, We are excited to announce that registrations are now open for the Spring school Mind the Shift on symbolic dynamics which will take place in Liège, Belgium, April 19 to 23, 2027. https://mind-the-shift.sciencesconf.org/ This school aims at introducing participants to symbolic dynamics by giving a broad view of its impact in different fields of mathematics and theoretical computer science. It primarily targets young researchers at the master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels, but is open to everyone. It will be split in three courses: * Introduction to symbolic dynamics by Ronnie Pavlov (University of Denver) * Links between symbolic dynamics and decidability problems by Étienne Moutot (CNRS, Institut Fournier, Université de Grenoble Alpes), * Links between symbolic dynamics and combinatorics by France Gheeraert (Université Picardie Jules Vernes, Lamfa). Each course will be divided in three lectures and one exercise session. The school will end with a presentation and poster session. The registration is free and includes three lunches and the conference dinner. There is a limited number of spots, and the registration deadline is April 5, 2027. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. We hope to welcome you in Liège soon, The organizing committee, Antoine Abram, Tore Koß, Manon Stipulanti and Léo Vivion ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] Postdoc and Group Leader Positions at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics

M A X P L A N C K I N S T I T U T E for I N F O R M A T I C S seeks several POSTDOCS and GROUP LEADERS for the Algorithms and Complexity Department [ https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/algorithms-complexity/] directed by Danupon Nanongkai. We are looking for applicants from all areas of algorithms and complexity as well as related areas (such as algorithm engineering, high-performance computing, theory of computation, and quantum computing). Researchers of several nationalities work in the Algorithms and Complexity Department, and our working language is English. The department is a part of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, located on the campus of Saarland University in Saarbruecken, Germany. We maintain close collaborations with algorithms and complexity researchers in other institutes on the campus, including the Department of Computer Science, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. The group has high international visibility, and its members collaborate with multiple leading research institutions in Europe and the U.S. There is generous travel support available for all group members. Postdocs are free in their choice of research topics and collaborators. Group leaders are expected to independently build and lead research groups with internal and external funding. The initial contract is for two years for postdocs and up to five years for group leaders. There are possibilities for extensions, promotions, and in exceptional cases, permanent employment. The starting dates for the positions are flexible. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more individuals with disabilities and expressly welcomes these to apply. The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the percentage of women in the areas where they are underrepresented and expressly encourages these to apply. Applications should be submitted via our web form available at https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/d1/offers/postdoc by uploading a single PDF file containing * a curriculum vitae, * a complete list of publications, and * a research plan (1 page suffices). Moreover, we ask for the names and email addresses of three references we may contact. These should be ready to submit a letter of recommendation by 31 December 2026. The submission server is online now, with applications reviewed as they arrive. Applicants who need an earlier decision due to visa-related issues may submit their application earlier and indicate this in the application. Early decisions will be made only for exceptional candidates. All applications submitted by 15 December 2026 will receive full consideration. Simultaneous applications for a Lise Meitner Award Fellowship, IISc/Simons/MPII joint fellowship are possible. ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] Early bird registration closing for the 48th Australasian Combinatorics Conference (48ACC)

Early bird registration closes 2nd October for the 48th Australasian Combinatorics Conference (48ACC), which will be held from 7–11 December 2026 at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Invited speakers: Simona Boyadzhiyska (Renyi Institute) Nick Brettell (Victoria University of Wellington) Peter Cameron (University of St Andrews) Jonathan Jedwab (Simon Fraser University) Hao Huang (National University of Singapore) Sophie Huczynska (University of St Andrews) Jane Tan (University of Oxford) Sebastian Wiederrecht (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Binzhou Xia (University of Melbourne) Liana Yepremyan (Emory University) The conference website is https://48acc.github.io ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] TEAC Special Issue on Collective Decision Making: Selecting Committees, Clusters, and Assemblies

Hi all, We would like to draw your attention to the call for papers of a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation (TEAC) on "Collective Decision Making: Selecting Committees, Clusters, and Assemblies" CALL FOR PAPERS ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation Special Issue on Collective Decision Making: Selecting Committees, Clusters, and Assemblies Collective decision making is increasingly moving beyond the selection of a single winner, encompassing richer outcomes such as committees, clusters, participatory budgets, and citizens' assemblies. This special issue aims to bring together research in this direction, highlighting application areas, common principles, methods, and new challenges in collective decision making. For the full Call for Papers, including a list of topics of interest and submission instructions, please go to: https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/teac/pdf/acm-teac-collective-decision-1789759564367.pdf Important Dates Submission deadline: December 15, 2026 First-round review decisions: May 15, 2027 Deadline for revision submissions: September 1, 2027 Notification of final decisions: November 15, 2027 Tentative publication: December 15, 2027 For questions or further information, please contact the guest editors: * Niclas Boehmer: niclas.boehmer@hpi.de * Martin Bullinger: martin.bullinger@bristol.ac.uk Best, Martin ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] Two PhD positions in Combinatorics in the Netherlands

Carla Groenland (TU Delft) and Ross Kang (University of Amsterdam) are looking to hire two PhD students in combinatorics in the Netherlands. - The first position is based in Delft: https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-PhD-Position-Combinatorics-2628-CD/1373209657/ - The second position is based in Amsterdam: https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/phd-in-probabilistic-and-extremal-combinatorics-netherlands-15505 Application deadline: October 9, 2026 (for the first) and October 14, 2026 (for the second) Starting date: January-October 2027 (preferred) In the Netherlands, PhD students have generous terms of employment including benefits. The position typically includes a teaching load of about 15 percent. The positions are for 4 years (1 fte). We strongly value communication and collaboration skills. Strict requirements are a master's degree by the start of the position and fluency in English. The master's degree need not be in mathematics, but mathematical maturity is required. If you are interested in both positions, then we allow nearly-identical application materials to be submitted for both positions, but in this case the material does need to be provided via both links. Further information is available on our websites: Carla Groenland https://sites.google.com/view/carlagroenland/openings Ross Kang https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/j.r.kang/M2PhDcall.html ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] invitation to submit a proposal of invited session/open track

Dear Colleagues, As you know, we organize the 19th Triennial IFAC Symposium INCOM 2027 "Information, Control and Optimisation Problems in Manufacturing", in Nantes, June 28-30, 2026: http://www.incom2027.com The symposium will celebrate the 50th anniversary in Nantes. The calls for invited session and open track are open (see the web site of INCOM). I invite you to propose a session or an entire track. See on the web site the sessions/track already proposed, download the template, fill into the template your proposal and submit it via IFAC Papercept https://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl You will receive the session/track code. Then, please add the code to your call and disseminate it as large as possible to find submissions on related topic and invite the authors to submit by using the session/track code. If at least 5 papers are accepted for your sessions, the session is included in the program, you will be the chair of session and will be able to propose papers to special issues of journals. For an open track, it is necessary to have at least 3 sessions (15 accepted papers). See you in Nantes at INCOM 2027 Best regards, Alexandre -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Alexandre Dolgui, Dr.habil., Ph.D., IISE Fellow, Professor and Head Automation, Production and Computer Sciences Dept. IMT Atlantique, LS2N-CNRS La Chantrerie, 4, rue Alfred Kastler - B.P. 20722 F-44307 NANTES Cedex 3, France alexandre.dolgui@imt-atlantique.fr www.imt-atlantique.fr/en/person/alexandre-dolgui Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis www.tandfonline.com/journals/tprs20 Join us on: linkedin.com/company/international-journal-of-production-research INCOM 2027 symposium, Nantes, France, June 28-30, 2027:http://www.incom2027.com Information, Control and Optimisation Problems in Manufacturing (50th anniversary) _____________________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] Heureka Student Award 2026

The Heureka Foundation for Environment and Mobility honors outstanding Diploma or Master's theses that are dedicated to issues in mobility in connection with environmental aspects or the use of optimization methods with the *** Heureka Student Award 2026 *** The selected work will be awarded prizes of 2.000 € (1. Prize), 1.000 € (2. Prize), and 500 € (3. Prize) and an invitation to the HEUREKA 2027 conference at Kongress Palais Kassel on March 16/17, 2027 (coverage of conference fee and travel expenses). You can submit theses from all disciplines that meet the following criteria: - The thesis investigates a mobility topic in connection with environmental aspects or the use of optimization methods. - The work was done at a German-speaking university. - The work was finally handed over to the respective department / institute / professorship between 01.10.2025 and 30.09.2026. Applications for the Student Award 2026 can be submitted by the supervisor or by the author until November 30, 2026 by e-mail to student-award@stiftung-heureka.de Your application should contain (see http://stiftung-heureka.de/student-award/ for details): - A 1- to 3-page summary of the work - A CV (max one page) - The Diploma or Master’s thesis as a PDF - The completed cover sheet (download from the website) signed by a professor supporting the application. The thesis and all other documents can be submitted in German or English. The winners will be notified in mid-january 2027. -- Prof. Dr. Ralf Borndoerfer Zuse Institute Berlin, Optimization Freie Universität Berlin, Mathematics Takustrasse 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany Fon: +49.30.84185-243 Sec: -209 Fax: -269 E-mail: mailto:borndoerfer@zib.de WWW: http://www.zib.de/borndoerfer ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************

[DMANET] CFP: Invited Session "Digital Twins and Agentic AI for Sustainable Manufacturing and Logistics Systems" - IFAC INCOM 2027, Nantes, France, June 28-30, 2027

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper to the Invited Session "Digital Twins and Agentic AI for Sustainable Manufacturing and Logistics Systems" at the 21st IFAC Symposium on Information Control and Optimization in Manufacturing (INCOM 2027), Nantes, France, June 28-30, 2027. Conference website: https://hub.imt-atlantique.fr/incom2027/ The session is organized by IFAC TC 5.2 Working Group 9 "Digital Twins in Manufacturing and Logistics Systems". SCOPE Digital Twins (DTs) and Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) are rapidly converging paradigms reshaping how Manufacturing and Logistics (M&L) systems are monitored, controlled and managed. Integrated with DTs, intelligent agents can analyze real-time data, detect anomalies and proactively support decisions on scheduling, resource allocation, maintenance and logistics, keeping humans in the loop as final decision-makers. This integration is also a powerful lever for sustainable and human-centric M&L systems. This session invites original theoretical and applied contributions on the use of DTs and/or agentic AI for designing and managing sustainable, resilient and human-centric M&L systems. Case studies and industrial applications are particularly encouraged. TOPICS include, but are not limited to: - DT architectures, enabling technologies and conceptual frameworks - Multi-agent and LLM-based AI agents interacting with DT environments for human-in-the-loop decision support - Agentic AI for order acceptance, production planning, real-time scheduling, sequencing and operational control - DT-based simulation and optimization for flexible manufacturing, assembly line balancing and layout design - DT and agentic AI for energy-efficient, low-carbon and circular M&L systems - Monitoring, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance and prognostics - Warehousing, AGV/AMR fleets, intralogistics and resilient supply chains - Quality control, process monitoring and zero-defect manufacturing - Resilience: disruption detection, what-if analysis, risk assessment, reconfiguration and recovery - Human Digital Twin: ergonomics, workload, skills and well-being - Human-agent collaboration: task allocation, trust, acceptance and explainability - Data synchronization, validation and fidelity of DT models - Trustworthiness, robustness, safety and responsible use of DT and agentic AI-based decision support - Economic, environmental, social and organizational assessment of DT and agentic AI adoption - Case studies and industrial applications SUBMISSION Papers must be submitted via https://ifac.papercept.net/ (select INCOM 2027) as invited session papers using the invited session code: 3c9v3 Please follow the official IFAC instructions and two-column template. Accepted papers will be published open access in Elsevier's IFAC-PapersOnLine, and selected papers will be invited to post-conference special issues in IFAC and other high-ranking journals. IMPORTANT DATES - Draft paper submission: December 14, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2027 - Final paper submission: April 1, 2027 - Conference: June 28-30, 2027, Nantes, France ORGANIZERS - Serena Finco, University of Padua, Italy (serena.finco@unipd.it) - Mirco Peron, NEOMA Business School, France - Audrey Cerqueus, IMT Atlantique, France - Olga Battaia, Kedge Business School, France - Xavier Delorme, Mines Saint-Etienne, France - Daria Battini, University of Padua, Italy We look forward to receiving your contributions. Best regards, -- Dr. Serena Finco Associate Professor of Industrial Plants and Logistics University of Padova - Department of Management and Engineering Stradella San Nicola, 3 - 36100 Vicenza (Italy) ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************