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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

[DMANET] Special issue of EJCO on Bilevel Optimisation - Deadline extended to October 31, 2018

The deadline has been extended to October 31, 201- REMINDER

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Special issue of the EURO Journal on Computational Optimization on Bilevel Optimization

Bilevel Programming is a fairly recent branch of optimization that deals with programs whose constraints embed an auxiliary optimization problem. Bilevel programs are pervasive and are commonly found in a number of real-world problems. This includes problems in the domains of transportation, energy, economics, decision science, environmental economics, etc. Efficient exact or approximate solution algorithms for such problems must exploit the structure of the problems at hand.

The aim of the special issue is to invite high-quality manuscripts addressing bilevel optimization problems and presenting convincing numerical results.

Possible topics include, but are not restricted to:

• Linear, convex, nonlinear, mixed integer bilevel optimization

• Equilibrium problems

• Stackelberg games

• Energy applications

• Transportation and location applications

• Pricing problems

• Interdiction and fortification problems.

Following the journal high standards, we expect high quality contributions that will undergo the strict reviewing process of EJCO.

Submission deadline is September 30, 2018.

In order to submit a paper for the special issue,

1. Log on the editorial manager using the <Author Login> via the website

https://www.editorialmanager.com/ejco/ <https://www.editorialmanager.com/ejco/>
2. Select <Submit New Manuscript> in the main menu.

3. In the drop down list associated with <Choose Article Type> select the desired special issue

(« SI: Bilevel Optimisation »). Note that all entries corresponding to the special issues start with SI.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.

The Guest Editors

Luce Brotcorne, INRIA Lille

Bernard Fortz, Université Libre de Bruxelles and INRIA Lille

Martine Labbé, Université Libre de Bruxelles and INRIA Lille

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Département d'Informatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 212
Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: + 32 (0)2 6503836, Fax: + 32 (0)2 6505970
http://gom.ulb.ac.be/mlabbe/ <http://gom.ulb.ac.be/mlabbe/>
Editor-in-Chief, EURO Journal on Computational Optimization
http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/operations+research/journal/13675 <http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/operations+research/journal/13675>
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[DMANET] Call for Papers of a Special Issue 'Graph-Theoretic Problems and Their New Applications' in Mathematics

The journal

Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics)

is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Graph-Theoretic
Problems and Their New Applications". Mathematics is an international
peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI which is
listed e.g. in Scimago (since 2017), Scopus and Web of Science and
tracked for an impact factor 2019.

As the Guest Editor of this issue, I would like to invite you to
submit your latest research in all areas of graph-theoretic problems
and their applications.
For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/gtptna.

The submission deadline is 31 January 2020. You may send your
manuscript now or up until the deadline. Accepted papers will be
immediately published on the journal website.

All articles in Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390) are published in full
open access. Authors are asked to pay an article processing charge
(APC) of 350 CHF (Swiss Francs) per accepted paper. The APC only
applies if the article is accepted for publication in Mathematics
after peer-review and possible revision of the manuscript. There are
no submission charges. In addition to Swiss Francs (CHF), they also
accept payment in Euros (EUR), US Dollars (USD) or British Pound
Sterling (GBP).

Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English.
Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or
during author revisions. Note that many national and private research
funding organizations and universities explicitly cover APCs for
articles resulting from funded research projects. Discounts are also
available for authors from institutes which participate in MDPI's
Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP).
Please note that for papers submitted after 31 December 2018 an APC of
850 CHF applies.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor
be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference
proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a
single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other
relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the
Instructions for Authors page.

Guest Editor:
Frank Werner
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Fakultät für Mathematik, Magdeburg, Germany
E-Mail: frank.werner@ovgu.de

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email: frank.werner@ovgu.de
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Tel.: +49 (0) 391 67 52025

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

[DMANET] PhD position University of Twente

*PhD Researcher at University of Twente in the NWO project**
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´*Self-organising marketplace to realise a self-organised sustainable power system* (AGILE)´
(see also https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancy/!/414850/phd-position-mathematics-in-decentralized-energy-management )

The Operations Research group of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Twente has a vacancy for a full-time PhD position in the AGILE project. This project has as goal to design self-organising market mechanisms and corresponding distributed software to enable a smart and sustainable energy system.

The candidate of this vacancy will focus on mathematical aspects. In particular, the candidate will work in the general area of stochastic off-line planning and scheduling, on-line dispatching, self-configuration and self-optimisation and will contribute as one of two PhDs to AGILE project, which is a collaboration of University of Twente, Eindhoven University of Technology, and industry partners.
Besides a strong Operations Research and Mathematic background an affinity with engineering and applications would be appreciated. A strong background in power systems engineering is not essential – the other PhD student in the project will focus on those aspects.

Organization

The PhD candidate will be employed at the chair Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming at the University of Twente (see www.utwente.nl/eemcs/dmmp/ and www.utwente.nl/eemcs/energy/ for the energy management related research) but the project is carried out in cooperation with the Stochastics and Power systems engineering groups at Eindhoven University of Technology.

*Contact*

Please apply before November 1, 2018 via the webpage https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancy/!/414850/phd-position-mathematics-in-decentralized-energy-management

For more information about this position and the project, please contact:
Johann Hurink (j.l.hurink@utwente.nl) or
Bert Zwart (bertz@cwi.nl).

Monday, October 15, 2018

[DMANET] Open Faculty Position in Operations Research at ESSEC

*ESSEC Business School is offering a position of Assistant Professor or
Associate Professor in Operations Research for its Paris-Cergy campus, to
start in September 2019*.

Applicants should have a strong research focus and interests in
Mathematical Programming and Discrete Optimization, with a PhD or doctorate
in related fields. They should also demonstrate high leadership and
autonomy in research and teaching, with publications in high-quality
journals in Operations Research. Salary is competitive with the European
Business Schools environment.

The Professor will join the Information Systems, Decision Sciences and
Statistics (IDS) department, and will be part of the OMOR (Operations
Management / Operations Research) research cluster of ESSEC Business School
that currently gathers 9 permanent members and 10 PhD students (see
website *operations-management-research.essec.edu
<http://operations-management-research.essec.edu>* ).

The applicant should be able to teach both in English and French (or
French within
2 years after the appointment), and in various ESSEC Business School
Programs (bachelor, master, PhD, and potentially executive education for
more senior profiles). Research interests and applications concern, but are
not restricted to: prescriptive analytics, data-driven optimization, supply
chain management, sustainable operations, network design, facility
location, transportation and routing, e-commerce and digital business.
Within the Mathematical Programming research field, a particular focus on
decomposition methods for large-scale optimization problems and/or optimization
under uncertainty will be considered as a plus. Ideal profiles combine
innovation spirit, technical depth, and a strong interest in linking theory
and practice through applications.

With its 3 campuses (Paris, Singapore and Rabat), ESSEC Business School is
a top European Business School with international and very diverse faculty
and student communities. The ESSEC Master in Management is ranked #4
worldwide by the Financial Times in 2018, and #4 in The Economist. The
ESSEC Master in Finance is ranked #5 worldwide in the FT. The ESSEC Master
in Data Science & Business Analytics (a joint program with Ecole Centrale
Paris) is ranked #4 worldwide in the latest QS 2018 ranking.

Candidates should send their applications (including a cover letter, a
detailed curriculum vitae, a list of publications emphasizing the four most
representative ones, teaching and research statement and three
recommendation letters) to:

Ms Frédérique Jean-Louis, IDS Department Administrative Assistant

OR-position2019@essec.edu

The closing date for applications is *December 18, 2018. * For further
information on academic matters and Operations Research at ESSEC,
prospective candidates are invited to contact Prof. Laurent Alfandari (
alfandari@essec.edu) and/or Prof. Ivana Ljubic (ljubic@essec.edu), IDS
Professors of Operations Research and Decision Analytics.

[DMANET] Tenured/Tenured-Track Faculty Position(s), Cornell Tech, New York City, NY

A faculty position in Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) is available at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. The position is part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, and we particularly encourage candidates whose work fits into Jacobs Institute application-domain emphases in the areas of urban technology, especially related to the intersection of digital and physical systems, and digital health technologies.
The position is within Cornell University's School of ORIE, and applicants with research interests represented within Cornell ORIE are welcome at all levels, including tenured and tenure-track. The School consists of a diverse group of high-quality researchers and educators interested in probability, optimization, statistics, simulation, and a wide array of applications such as e-commerce, supply chains, scheduling, manufacturing, transportation systems, health care, financial engineering, service systems and network science. Cornell ORIE spans both the Ithaca and New York City campuses, but the successful candidate's teaching and research will be based in New York City. (Interested candidates can apply for a Cornell Tech in NYC position, a Cornell Ithaca ORIE position, or both, but the two campuses have different application sites; please see the Cornell Ithaca ad for the Ithaca application URL.)
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in operations research, mathematics, statistics, or a related field by the start of the appointment, and have demonstrated an ability to conduct outstanding research at the level of tenure-track or tenured faculty in Cornell ORIE. They must also have a strong commitment to engagement outside of academia in ways that foster significant commercial or societal impact, as aligned with the mission of the Cornell Tech campus. The Institute seeks candidates with demonstrated transdisciplinary interests and a track record of translational science. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue an active research program, to teach Master's and Ph.D.-level graduate courses, and to supervise graduate students.
All applications completed by November 16, 2018 will receive full consideration, but we urge candidates to submit all required material as soon as possible. We will accept applications until we fill the positions. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, brief statements of research and teaching interests, and the names and contact information of at least three references. They should also identify one or two top publications to which they have made significant contributions. A distinguishing characteristic of research at Cornell Tech, in addition to world-class academic work, is that it engages deeply with external communities, organizations, K-12 education, and industry to address real-world problems and contexts that amplify the direct commercial and societal impact of our research. Accordingly, within a clearly identified subsection of the research statement, the candidate should address prior accomplishments and future plans related to this kind of direct commercial and/or societal impact of their research. Applications are on-line at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12018
Inquiries about your application may be directed to Sheri Minarski at slm339@cornell.edu<mailto:slm339@cornell.edu>.
Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.

[DMANET] Tenured/Tenured-Track Faculty Position(s), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Cornell University's School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) seeks to fill multiple tenured/tenure-track faculty positions for its Ithaca campus. We will primarily consider applicants with research interests in the areas of discrete optimization and financial engineering, especially those individuals who do computation, who work with data, or whose work intersects with machine learning. Nevertheless, we welcome strong applicants from all research areas represented within ORIE, especially those in resonance with College of Engineering Strategic Areas: https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/research-and-faculty/strategic-areas-research.
Requisite is a strong interest in the broad mission of the School, exceptional potential for leadership in research and education, an ability and willingness to teach at all levels of the program, and a PhD in operations research, mathematics, statistics, or a related field by the start of the appointment. Salary will be appropriate to qualifications and engineering school norms.
Cornell ORIE is a diverse group of high-quality researchers and educators interested in probability, optimization, statistics, machine learning, simulation, and a wide array of applications such as e-commerce, supply chains, scheduling, manufacturing, transportation systems, health care, financial engineering, service systems and network science. We value mathematical and technical depth and innovation, and experience with applications and practice. Ideal candidates will have correspondingly broad training and interests.
Please apply online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11870 with a cover letter, CV, statements of teaching and research interests, sample publications, at least three reference letters and, for junior applicants, a doctoral transcript. All applications completed by November 16, 2018 will receive full consideration, but we urge candidates to submit all required material as soon as possible. We will accept applications until we fill the positions.
ORIE and the College of Engineering at Cornell embrace diversity and seek candidates who can contribute to a welcoming climate for students of all races and genders. Cornell University seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples, has a Dual Career program, and is a member of the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium to assist with dual career searches. Visit www.unyherc.org/home<http://www.unyherc.org/home/> to see positions available in higher education in the upstate New York area. Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. We strongly encourage qualified women and minority candidates to apply.

[DMANET] Computational Optimization

Call for Papers

11th International Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO19)
Leipzig, Germany, September 1-4, 2019

organized in the framework of FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FedCSIS - 2019

IEEE CS is a technical co-sponsor of FedCSIS 2019

https://fedcsis.org/2019/wco

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We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and
practical aspects of optimization methods. The list of topics
includes, but is not limited to:

* combinatorial and continuous global optimization
* unconstrained and constrained optimization
* multiobjective and robust optimization
* optimization in dynamic and/or noisy environments
* optimization on graphs
* large-scale optimization, in parallel and distributed computational
environments
* meta-heuristics for optimization, nature-inspired approaches and any
other derivative-free methods
* exact/heuristic hybrid methods, involving natural computing
techniques and other global and local optimization methods
*numerical and heuristic methods for modeling

The applications of interest are included in the list below, but are
not limited to:

* classical operational research problems (knapsack, traveling salesman, etc)
* computational biology and distance geometry
* data mining and knowledge discovery
* human motion simulations; crowd simulations
* industrial applications
* optimization in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics,
chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering.
*environment modeling and optimization
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Best paper award

The best WCO18 paper will be awarded during the social dinner of FedCSIS2018.
The best paper will be selected by WCO19 co-Chairs by taking into
consideration the scores suggested by the reviewers, as well as the
quality of the given oral presentation.

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Submission and Publication

* Authors should submit draft papers in PDF format.
* The total length of a paper should not exceed 10 pages for regular
paper and 4 pages for short papers (IEEE style). IEEE style templates
are available at http://www.fedcsis.org/.
* Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their
scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.
* Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Conference
Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore database and submitted for
different indexations (Communication and Position papers will only
appear in the conference proceedings).
* Extended versions of selected papers presented at WCO18 will be
published in edited books of the series "Studies of Computational
Intelligence", Springer.

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Important dates:

Paper submission (sharp / no extensions) : May 14th, 2019
Position paper submission : June 4th, 2019
Author notification : June 25th, 2019
Final paper submission and registration : July 10, 2019
Conference date : September 1-4, 2019

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Organizing Committee

Stefka Fidanova, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria
Antonio Mucherino, IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

If you have any question do not hesitate to send an email to :
wco2019@fedcsis.org

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Ph. +359-2-9796642
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[DMANET] metaheuristics for large scale problems

Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we invite you to participate in
the special session (workshop) on "APPLICATIONS OF METAHEURISTICS TO
LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS" at the 12th International Conference on Large
Scale Scientific Computation - LSSC'19, June 10 - 14, 2019, Sozopol,
Bulgaria, with arrival: June 9 and departure: noon June 14.

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

Topics

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

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

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

Important deadlines
Deadline for submission of abstracts
January 15, 2019
Notification of acceptance of the talks on the basis of the
submitted abstract
January 31, 2019
Deadline for registration
February 15, 2019
Deadline for submission of full papers
March 01, 2019
Notification of acceptance of full papers
April 15, 2019

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

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

Information about abstract and paper preparation, accommodation,
transportation, registration form and conference location you can find
at the conference web page
http://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom19/

Special session organizers
Prof. Stefka Fidanova
Prof. Gabriel Luque

[DMANET] Postdoc positions in algorithms at the University of Vienna, AT

Two postdoc positions (20h per week, each) are available at the
University of Vienna in the research group Theory and Applications of
Algorithms led by Professor Monika Henzinger. For more information on
the research group, please see the website: https://taa.cs.univie.ac.at/.

The positions are available starting 01 December 2018 (or later) and
will last for 3 years.

For more details, please see the entry in the JobCenter of the
University of Vienna with the identifier 8977:
https://jobcenter.univie.ac.at.

If you are interested, please send your application EITHER by submitting
it to the JobCenter of the University of Vienna (identifier 8977) OR by
sending an email to taa.jobs@cs.univie.ac.at

Sunday, October 14, 2018

IRIF Annual Postdoc Call (opens October - deadline mid-November)

IRIF (CNRS / U. Paris Diderot), Paris, France, is seeking excellent candidates for about 10 postdoctoral positions in all areas of the Foundations of Computer Science.

IRIF (Institute for Research in Foundations of Computer Science) is a joint laboratory of the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and Université Paris Diderot created in 2016 as the merger of the previous laboratories LIAFA and PPS. Research in IRIF spans areas such as the design and analysis of algorithms, complexity, combinatorics, quantum computing, networks and complex systems and distributed computation, theory and algorithms of graphs, automata theory and applications, systems modeling and verification, foundations of programming languages, interactive proof assistance systems, computational formalisms. For further information about IRIF please see https://www.irif.fr/en/informations/presentation

The positions are financed either by the laboratory resources, group or personal grants, or by joint applications of IRIF members and the candidate to outside funding agencies. The starting date of the positions will be in the course of 2019, usually around September-October but that can depend on the financial support. For this call, the application deadline is November 15, 2018, but late applications might be considered for future calls or in case of unfilled positions.

Candidate must hold a Ph.D. degree before the start date of position. Knowledge of French is not required, and applications can be sent either in French or in English. It is recommended, prior to applying, to contact one or more of the permanent members of IRIF, those closest to the potential candidate's area, in order to get more information.

To apply to the positions, please visit https://www.irif.fr/en/postes/postdoc

Saturday, October 13, 2018

PhD position in SAT solving at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

The TCS Group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites applications for a PhD position in CS focusing on algorithms for solving the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT) very efficiently for large classes of instances, and on analyzing and understanding such algorithms. To receive full consideration your application should be submitted via http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/openings/J-2018-2101-Eng.php by the deadline October 31, 2018, but candidates will be reviewed continuously and early applications are strongly encouraged.

This is a position within the Wallenberg Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems and Software Program WASP (http://wasp-sweden.org/), Sweden's largest ever individual research program and a major national initiative for strategically motivated basic research, education and faculty recruitment. The PhD student will be part of the WASP AI-Math Graduate School, providing a valuable network with other researchers within WASP and presenting unique opportunities for students who are dedicated to achieving international research excellence with industrial relevance.

The TCS Group (http://www.kth.se/tcs) at KTH offers a strong research environment spanning a wide range of research topics such as theory of computation, computer and network security, cryptography, software engineering, formal methods and natural language processing. We have one of Europe's most prominent groups in algorithms and complexity theory, and the research conducted here has attracted numerous international awards and grants in recent years.

The PhD student will be working in the research group of Jakob Nordstrom (http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/), which currently consists of 4 postdoctoral researchers and 4 PhD students in addition to the PI. There are also several other professors, postdocs, and PhD students in the TCS Group working on other aspects of algorithms and computational complexity, and so this is an excellent opportunity to explore new connections between theoretical and practical areas of computer science within a vibrant and growing research environment.

This is a four-year full-time employed position, but PhD positions usually (though not necessarily) include 20% teaching, in which case they are prolonged for one more year. The successful candidate would ideally start sometime as early as possible in 2019, though this is negotiable. The position is fully funded and comes with a competitive salary.

See http://www.csc.kth.se/~jakobn/openings/J-2018-2101-Eng.php for the full announcement with more information and instructions how to apply. Informal enquiries are welcome and may be sent to jakobn@kth.se .

[DMANET] PhD position in SAT solving at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Friday, October 12, 2018

[DMANET] Presburger Award for Young Scientists 2019 - Call for Nominations

Presburger Award for Young Scientists 2019
Call for Nominations
Deadline: December 31st, 2018

Starting in 2010, the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) confers each year at ICALP the Presburger Award to a young scientist (in exceptional cases to several young scientists) for outstanding contributions in theoretical computer science, documented by a published paper or a series of published papers. The award is named after Mojzesz Presburger who accomplished his path-breaking work on decidability of the theory of addition (which today is called Presburger arithmetic) as a student in 1929.

Nominations for the Presburger Award can be submitted by any member or group of members of the theoretical computer science community except the nominee and his/her advisors for the master thesis and the doctoral dissertation. Nominated scientists have to be at most 35 years at the time of the deadline of nomination (i.e., for the Presburger Award of 2019 the date of birth should be in 1983 or later). The Presburger Award Committee of 2019 consists of Thore Husfeldt (Lund University and IT University of Copenhagen), Anca Muscholl (LaBRI, Bordeaux) and Jukka Suomela (Aalto, chair).

Nominations, consisting of a two page justification and (links to) the respective papers, as well as additional supporting letters, should be sent by e-mail to:

presburger-award@eatcs.org

The subject line of every nomination should start with Presburger Award 2019, and the message must be received before December 31st, 2018.

The award includes an amount of 1000 Euro and an invitation to ICALP 2019 for a lecture.

Previous Winners:
Mikolaj Bojanczyk, 2010
Patricia Bouyer-Decitre, 2011
Venkatesan Guruswami and Mihai Patrascu, 2012
Erik Demaine, 2013
David Woodruff, 2014
Xi Chen, 2015
Mark Braverman, 2016
Alexandra Silva, 2017
Aleksander Madry, 2018

Official website: http://www.eatcs.org/index.php/presburger

[DMANET] ICDCN 2019 Call for Posters

ICDCN 2019 Call for Posters event is open to all budding researchers who want to seek an opportunity to brain-storm their early ideas with experts. This event is open now and ends by October 15, 2018. ICDCN is a well known and international forum for a reputed and focused gathering and interactions here can impact fruitfully the direction of research presented here. All students and researchers who have preliminary results of any exciting idea in the fields of Distributed Computing and Networking are strongly encouraged to submit their abstract for posters to this event call here: https://easychair.org/cfp/ICDCN-2019.
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[DMANET] Third Call for Papers - ICDCN 2019 Workshops

Paper submission deadline for ICDCN 2019 workshops is approaching fast. Details are as follows:

WORKSHOPS

- Computing and Networking for Smart Healthcare (CoNSH)
https://consh2019.wordpress.com/

- International Workshop on Emergency Response Technologies and Services (EmeRTeS)
http://sites.google.com/view/emertes2019

- International Workshop On Networking Women In Distributed Computing And Networks (NWCDN)
http://nwdcn-2019.appspot.com/

- The 8th International Workshop on Computing and Networking for IoT and Beyond (ComNet-IoT)
https://sites.google.com/view/comnet-iot2019

- International Workshop on Analytics for Security in Cyber Physical Systems (ASCPS)
https://sites.google.com/umbc.edu/ascps2019/

- Cloud based Health INformatics (CHIN)
https://sites.google.com/nitc.ac.in/chin2019/home

- Algorithms and Architectures for Distributed Data Analytics (AADDA)
http://www.iith.ac.in/~sathya_p/AADDA/AADDA2019.html

- Pervasive Security for Smart Connected Communities (PerSeC3)
https://persecsystems.github.io/PerSec2018/

These details are also available on ICDCN Workshop page: https://events.csa.iisc.ac.in/icdcn2019/workshops.htm

Please refer to the individual workshop pages for the details.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Submission Deadline: 15th October 2018 AoE (extended)

- Acceptance Notification: 5th November 2018 AoE (extended)

- Camera Ready Version: 15th November 2019 AoE

- Workshop Dates: 4th & 7th January 2019

[DMANET] WINE 2018: Call for Participation

The 14th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE 2018)
St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/conferences/wine2018/index.html

registration page:
https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/conferences/wine2018/registration.html

The scientific programme will consist of 4 invited talks, 36 contributed
talks, and a poster session with lightning talks

Keynote Speakers:

    Anna Karlin, University of Washington, USA.
    Paul Klemperer, University of Oxford, UK.
    Stefano Leonardi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
    Noam Nisan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

General chair: Paul Goldberg, Oxford, UK

The Call for Posters is still open (deadline is Oct. 26th):
https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/conferences/wine2018/call-for-posters.html

--
Prof. Paul W. Goldberg, Dept of Computer Science, Oxford
Room 255, Wolfson Building
Office phone +44 (0)1865 610756

[DMANET] Faculty Position (postdoc, 6 years) Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

The Institute of Production and Logistics Management at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, is inviting applications for a

6-year faculty position (university assistant, postdoc)

Job Reference: 3654
Application Deadline: October 31, 2018

Your Qualifications:
- The successful candidate must hold (or be close to completing) a Doctorate/Ph.D. degree in operations research, management, logistics, operations management, economics, business informatics, computer science, mathematics, statistics or a related field
- Experience in modelling and the development of solution methods for optimization problems (combinatorial optimization, linear programming, stochastic optimization, metaheuristics, simulation, game theoretic approaches) in the fields of logistics, operations and/or supply chain management
- Publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Strong programming skills (C/C++/Java/Python)
- Experience in applying commercial solvers (CPLEX/Gurobi)
- Excellent command of English (spoken and written)

Job Duties:
- Conduct scientific research on topics relevant to the institute (mainly in collaboration with other institute members and international cooperation partners) and publish the respective findings
- Present research findings at international conferences
- Take part in the conception, application and execution of research projects
- Willingness to teach and to participate in developing university-level courses as well as supervise Master's and Bachelor theses
- Provide support to manage the institute's general administration activities

Application:
- Cover letter
- CV (including a list of presentations and publications)
- Diplomas
- Ph.D. thesis and/or journal publications

More information and how to apply: https://www.jku.at/fileadmin/gruppen/80/Stellenausschreibungen_E/3654_Homepage_E_9.10.2018.pdf <https://www.jku.at/fileadmin/gruppen/80/Stellenausschreibungen_E/3654_Homepage_E_9.10.2018.pdf>
Institute webpage: https://www.jku.at/en/institute-of-production-and-logistics-management/ <https://www.jku.at/en/institute-of-production-and-logistics-management/>
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[DMANET] PhD position: mathematical foundations of data science

Supported by a DFG project on "Message passing algorithms, information-theoretic thresholds and computational barriers", there is a

PhD studentship (3 years, E13 grade)

available at Goethe University Frankfurt in the group of Prof Amin Coja-Oghlan.

The project, which aims at the rigorous mathematical analysis of models and algorithms from data science,
deals with

- Bayesian inference and information-theoretic thresholds
- analysis of message passing algorithms such as Belief Propagation
- computational complexity and lower bounds
- theory of machine learning

The successful candidate will have a MSc degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics or a related discipline.

Proficiency in German is not a requirement as the position does not come with teaching obligations.

If you are interested, please apply by email to

Amin Coja-Oghlan <acoghlan@math.uni-frankfurt.de>

by Oct 23rd and include a CV as well as academic transcripts.
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

[DMANET] Postdoctoral Associate - DIMACS at Rutgers University

DIMACS, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, invites applications for a postdoctoral position associated with the Center.

This position is in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, NJ. It is a two-year postdoctoral associateship with the first year (2019-2020) spent at DIMACS, and the second year (2020-2021) spent at IAS. There is a requirement to teach one course during the first year (typically in the fall semester).

Applicants should be recent Ph.D.s with interest in theoretical computer science and/or discrete mathematics. Research areas include but are not limited to: computational complexity, algorithms, optimization, cryptography, combinatorics, graph theory, and discrete probability. Position provides salary, health benefits, and an allowance for domestic travel.

Applicants should provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research statement highlighting their current, past and planned future research, optionally a teaching statement, and the names/e-mail addresses of three references.

DIMACS is a consortium of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, AT&T Labs – Research, NEC Laboratories America, Nokia Bell Labs, Perspecta Labs, and Princeton University. Research and education activities at DIMACS focus on such areas as analysis of algorithms, combinatorics, complexity, privacy and security, discrete and computational geometry, discrete optimization, and graph theory. Many DIMACS activities relate to specific topics of current interest represented by the DIMACS special focus programs. Postdoctoral Associates at DIMACS are encouraged to collaborate with DIMACS members and visitors and to participate in all of the research and educational activities of DIMACS.

For more information: http://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/76419

[DMANET] Call for Participation 3rd AIROYoung Workshop + PhD school

Dear colleagues,

we are pleased to announce the *3rd AIROYoung Workshop + PhD School *on the
topic:

*"Advanced Methods in Optimization and Data Science"*

which will take place at the *Statistical Department of Sapienza University
of Rome, *on *26th-29th March 2019*.

AIROYoung is the youth chapter of AIRO, the Italian OR Society.

The AIROYoung Workshop, now at its third edition, has become an annual
international occasion for PhD students and Young Researchers to meet,
exchange knowledge and present novel research contributions in the field of
Operational Research and Decision and Data Science.

For the next event an additional three-days PhD School has been organized,
with theoretical classes and lab sessions on cutting-edge topics arising in
Optimization and Simulation.

With this preliminary announcement we invite all AIROYoung members, PhD
students in Operations Research and related topics, early-stage Researchers
(PhD degree <= 5years) or anyone with a strong interest in OR (<=35years
old) *to save the date for this exciting initiative!*

The *participation *to both the 3rd AIROYoung Workshop + PhD School is
*free **of charge*.

Further information (other activities, social program, invited speakers,
labs ecc.) will be soon provided.

We hope you will be able to join us!

The event and further info will be published also on our website and
social networks:

www.airoyoung.org

@AIROYoungResearchersChapter
<https://www.facebook.com/AIROYoungResearchersChapter/?ref=br_rs>

@AIROyoung <https://twitter.com/AIROyoung>

The organizing committee:

Lavinia Amorosi (Sapienza University of Rome)

Verona Dal Sasso (OPTRAIL, Rome)

Martina Fischetti (Vattenfall Vindkraft, Denmark)

Anna Melchiori (CNR, Rome)

Tommaso Pastore (University of Naples Federico II)

Alberto Santini (University Pompeu Fabra, Spain)

[DMANET] Full Professor (W3) in Applied Mathematics @ RWTH Aachen University

The Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Science at RWTH
Aachen University (Germany) is seeking a

Full Professor (W3) in Applied Mathematics

We are seeking qualified applicants for teaching and research in the
area of applied mathematics. The starting date is as soon as possible.
Relevant research topics include numerical analysis, partial
differential equations, mathematical foundation of signal processing,
inverse problems and *optimization*. Excellent applications from other
areas of applied mathematics are explicitly welcome. The profile of the
successful applicant should complement the research themes within the
department of mathematics and enable a strengthening of
interdisciplinary cooperations. A track record of successful acquisition
of third party funds is required. An adequate participation in covering
the teaching obligations of the department of mathematics is part of the
duties of this professorship.

A Ph.D. degree is required; additionally, Habilitation (postdoctoral
lecturing qualification), an exemplary record of research achievement as
an assistant / an associate / a junior professor or university
researcher and/or an outstanding career outside academia are highly
desirable. Ability in and commitment to teaching are essential. The
application should include supporting documents regarding success in
teaching. German is not necessary to begin but will be expected as a
teaching language within the first 5 years.

Please send a cover letter stating research aims and a CV to: Dekan der
Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften der RWTH
Aachen University, Prof. Dr. Stefan Schael, 52056 Aachen.

You can also send your application via email to
dekan@fb1.rwth-aachen.de. Please note, however, that communication via
unencrypted e-mail poses a threat to confidentiality as it is
potentially vulnerable to unauthorized access by third parties.

The deadline for applications is November 15, 2018.

This position is also available as part-time employment per request.
RWTH Aachen University is certified as a family-friendly university and
offers a dual career program for partner hiring. We particularly welcome
and encourage applications from women, disabled people and ethnic
minority groups, recognizing they are underrepresented across RWTH
Aachen University. The principles of fair and open competition apply and
appointments will be made on merit.

--
Prof. Dr. Arie M.C.A. Koster
RWTH Aachen University
Lehrstuhl II für Mathematik
Pontdriesch 10-12, 2.0G, Raum 307
D-52062 Aachen
E: koster@math2.rwth-aachen.de
W: http://www.math2.rwth-aachen.de/~koster/
T: +49 (0)241 80-94995 (Secretary) -94524 (Direct)
F: +49 (0)241 80-92136

[DMANET] Academic Vacancies at the University of Melbourne

Are you looking for an exciting academic career building on a sense of history?

Did you know that the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne played the world's first music on a computer (https://theconversation.com/how-australia-played-the-worlds-first-music-on-a-computer-60381)? Or that we commissioned Australia's first computer and managed Australia's first internet connections?

But we don't just have a great history, we are also currently ranked number 1 in Australia and 14th in the world in the latest 2018 QS World University Rankings. And we have ambitious plans for the future – we are supported by a 10-year strategic $1 Billion investment in people and infrastructure by the University of Melbourne.

Do you want to join us? We are hiring academics across a range of areas in Computer Science and Information Systems, including Natural Language Processing, Security and Digital Health. We are also looking for female applicant in any area of Computing and Information Systems. More details are here: http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/about/departments/school-of-computing-and-information-systems

We review applications on a rolling basis as they come in. Final application deadline is 11 November 2018.

Uwe Aickelin

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School of Computing and Information Systems
Melbourne School of Engineering
University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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[DMANET] Special Issue "Modeling Computing and Data Handling for Marine Transportation" - Algorithms, MDPI - Open Access Journal

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider contributing to the following SI of Algorithms, MDPI on
"Modeling Computing and Data Handling for Marine Transportation":

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Modeling_Computing

**** For high quality articles, the publishing fees will be waived. ****

Deadline for manuscript submissions: October 31, 2018

Special Issue Information

Maritime transportation is the major conduit of international trade. In
terms of cost, maritime transport is very competitive relative to land and
airborne transport, increasing only by a few percent the total product cost.
On the other hand, maritime transportation takes longer or may cause harbor
congestion, which further increases voyage times. Furthermore, there are
difficulties in integrating this transportation mode efficiently with other
transport or distribution options. On top of that, the safety and the
environmental impact of maritime transportation, in particular, in the case
of sea accidents, are always two challenging issues.

As recent advances on maritime transportation require the synergy of both
computer science and maritime science, the main focus in this special issue
will be upon the latest developments on IT methodologies for maritime
transportation. Computational intelligence, data mining and knowledge
discovery/representation, risk assessment methodologies as well as
combinatorial optimization are the IT fields that have gain importance in
maritime studies because of their potential in giving solutions for
effective sea transportation.

Submissions are solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas:

- Graph and Network algorithms for Marine Transportation

- Combinatorial optimization techniques for Marine Transportation

- Weather Routing

- Environmentally Safe Shipping

- Safety and Security of Maritime Shipping

- Risk and Safety Analysis, Assessment and Prediction

- Piracy Protection

- GIS in Maritime Applications

- Spatiotemporal and Marine Data Handling

- Route Planning and Monitoring

- Maritime Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Applications: surveillance,

maritime traffic control, anomaly detection, emergency management, situation

recognition, etc.

- Decision Support Tools for Marine Transportation

- Integration of Heterogeneous Marine Data Sources

Guest Editors:

Dr. Charalampos Konstantopoulos

Prof. Dr. Grammati Pantziou

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

[DMANET] CFP of CASPer 2019

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6th International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and
Communications (CASPer 2019)
http://plus.shibaura-it.ac.jp/conf/casper2019/
in conjunction with 17th IEEE Conference on Pervasive Computing and
Communications, PERCOM 2019
March 11-15th 2019, Kyoto Japan
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Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit your work to the 6th International
Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and Communications (
CASPer 2019), held in conjunction with the 17th IEEE International
Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2019). We
would appreciate if you could circulate this email to colleagues and
relevant mailing lists.

Call for Papers

With smart-phones in their pockets, more than 1 billion people now have
access to sensing, computation, and connectivity, making it possible to
harness the power of the crowd to collect and share data about their
surroundings and experiences on a massive scale. Crowdsensing/crowdsourcing
is a novel data collection paradigm that leverages this vast mobile sensor
network, making it possible to expand the scope of research endeavors and
address civic issues without requiring the purchase of specialized sensors
or the installation and maintenance of network infrastructure. Data
collected using such applications may come from unexpected yet interesting
and valuable sources and may allow for collecting data in previously
inaccessible locations and contexts.

This new data collection paradigm introduces several research challenges.
Privacy is a primary concern for users who contribute sensitive or
personally identifiable information (PII). Incentive mechanisms for
participation may be needed to encourage people to volunteer their
resources to collect data. Methods are needed for processing large-scale,
user-generated data sets into meaningful information, and for assessing and
understanding the quality of information to help guide decision-making.
Approaches, which involve the crowd in such data analysis tasks, with
humans serving as a source of semantic information, interpretation, and
evaluation of crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data, can also help to build an
understanding of the physical, computational, and socio-technical
environment.

At the same time, with the deployment of a tremendous number of sensing
devices collecting a huge amount of data for smart cities, smart home,
connected cars, e-halth or Industries, the Internet of Things is also
facing similar challenges regarding data privacy, scalability, data
processing or visualization. Thus, there is need to provide relevant data
science tools for citizens in order to extract all the properties of the
data and provide novel integrated services with data from the crowd or
sensors.

The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for discussion,
debate, and collaboration focused on ideas, trends, techniques, and recent
advances in crowdsensing and crowdsourcing, as well as Internet of Things
and sensed devices. Similarly to our past editions, CASPer 2019 will also
feature an invited speech and a panel discussion devoted to the latest key
developments in the crowdsensing and crowdsourcing domain.

We invite original research contributions that advance the state-of-the-art
as well as position papers, which pose a new direction or present a
controversial point of view. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

- Algorithms to handle, process, and visualize large-scale
crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data sets, e.g. big data analytics in
crowdsensing/crowdsourcing
- Data integrity, security, privacy, and provenance for
crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data
- Trust and reputation systems for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing
applications
- Determining and assessing Quality of Information for
crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data
- Crowd-assisted (human-in-the-loop) approaches to analyzing
crowdsensing/crowdsourcing data
- Context modeling and reasoning in crowdsensing/crowdsourcing
applications
- Incentive mechanisms for participation in crowdsensing/crowdsourcing
applications
- Supporting crowdsensing/crowdsourcing in heterogeneous networks
- Crowd assisted pervasive systems and communications
- Novel use of sensors for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications
- Energy-efficient mechanisms for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications
- Programming abstractions and middleware for crowdsensing/crowdsourcing
applications
- Novel large-scale crowdsensing/crowdsourcing applications
- Citizen science and Data science tools for Crowdsourcing and
Crowdsensing
- Internet of Things, Decision Support System, sustainability support,
prototyping, test-beds, and real-world implementations.

Submitted papers must be original contributions that are unpublished and
are not currently under consideration for publication by other venues.
Submissions are limited to a maximum length of 6 pages and must adhere to
IEEE format (2 column, 10pt. font). Templates are available via the
workshop website. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE PerCom
Workshop Proceedings. Note, that each accepted paper requires a full PERCOM
registration including workshop (no registration is available for workshops
only). Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25219

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: November 10, 2018
Author Notification: December 22, 2018
Camera ready due: January 12, 2019
Registration Deadline: January 12, 2019
PERCOM 2019: March 11-15, 2019

General Chairs
Thomas SILVERSTON – Shibaura Institute of Technology – Japan
Yu WANG – University of North Carolina in Charlotte – USA

Program Chairs
Luke DICKENS – University College of London – United Kingdom
Imre LENDAK – University of Novi Sad (UNS), Serbia & Eötvös Loránd
University (ELTE), Hungary

[DMANET] Research position on time-dependent optimization problems in logistics at Institute of Transport Logistics, TU Dortmund University

Mit über 6.200 Beschäftigten in Forschung, Lehre und Verwaltung und ihrem einzigartigen Profil gestaltet die Technische Universität Dortmund Zukunftsperspektiven: Das Zusammenspiel von Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften, Gesellschafts- und Kulturwissenschaften treibt technologische Innovationen ebenso voran wie Erkenntnis- und Methodenfortschritt, von dem nicht nur die 34.600 Studierenden profitieren.

An der Technischen Universität Dortmund ist in der Fakultät Maschinenbau, am Institut für Transportlogistik zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt die Stelle

einer / eines wissenschaftlich Beschäftigten

zunächst befristet für die Dauer von 3 Jahren mit der Option auf Verlängerung zu besetzen. Die Vertragslaufzeit wird dem Qualifizierungsziel angemessen gestaltet. Die Entgeltzahlung erfolgt entsprechend den tarifrechtlichen Regelungen nach Entgeltgruppe E 13 TV-L bzw. ggfls. nach dem Übergangsrecht (TVÜ-L). Es handelt sich hierbei um eine Ganztagsstelle. Eine Beschäftigung in bzw. Reduzierung auf Teilzeit ist grundsätzlich möglich. Die Möglichkeit zur Promotion ist gegeben.

In einem interdisziplinären Team forschen und lehren die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter des ITL im Bereich der Verkehrs- und Transportlogistik. Dabei stehen die Optimierung von Verkehrsflüssen oder die Verbesserung der Ressourcenplanung und -nutzung in logistischen Anlagen im Mittelpunkt der Aktivitäten.

Anforderungsprofil

* Überdurchschnittlich abgeschlossenes wissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium (Diplom/Master) in der Fachrichtung (Wirtschafts-) Mathematik, Informatik, Verkehrsingenieurwesen o. ä.,
* Fundierte Kenntnisse in mathematischer, insbesondere diskreter, Optimierung und Algorithmenentwicklung,
* Interesse an logistischen Fragestellen zur Touren- und Umschlagsplanung sowie im Bereich des öffentlichen Verkehrs (ÖV),
* Programmierkenntnisse (z. B. C++ oder Java) sind wünschenswert,
* Erfahrungen im Umgang mit einer Modellierungssprache (GAMS, Aimms, etc.) sind von Interesse,
* Sicherer Umgang mit den gängigen Office-Anwendungen,
* Gute Englischkenntnisse,
* Interesse an einer selbstständigen Bearbeitung von wissenschaftlich anspruchsvollen Fragestellungen,
* Fähigkeit zur Zusammenarbeit in einem interdisziplinären Team, soziale Kompetenz und ein hohes Maß an Engagement und Kooperationsbereitschaft.

Aufgabenbereich

In der Logistik müssen bei vielen Planungsproblemen zeitabhängige Komponenten (wie z.B. Zustellfenster und Taktfahrpläne) berücksichtigt werden. Dadurch erhöht sich allerdings die algorithmische Komplexität der Optimierungsverfahren erheblich. Vor diesem Hintergrund soll die Lösbarkeit von zeitabhängigen logistischen Optimierungsproblemen mit Hilfe zeitreduzierter Relaxierungen verbessert werden. Anwendungsbeispiele stellen hierbei Umlauf- und Dienstplanung im öffentlichen Verkehr dar.
Die Untersuchung dieser Fragestellung wird von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) gefördert.

Die Technische Universität Dortmund will den Anteil von Frauen in der Wissenschaft in der Fakultät Maschinenbau erhöhen und bittet daher insbesondere Frauen um ihre Bewerbung. Es wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die Bewerbung geeigneter Schwerbehinderter erwünscht ist.

Sie sind interessiert? Dann senden Sie uns Ihre Bewerbung mit den üblichen Unterlagen bitte bis zum 01.11.2018 unter Angabe der Referenznummer w53-18 an:

Technische Universität Dortmund
Herrn Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen
Institut für Transportlogistik (ITL)
Leonhard-Euler-Straße 2
44227 Dortmund

Für Fragen steht zur Verfügung:
Herr Dr. Sven Langkau
Tel.: 0231/755-7329
E-Mail: langkau@itl.tu-dortmund.de<mailto:langkau@itl.tu-dortmund.de>

Dortmund, 05.10.2018

--
Nicolas Kämmerling, M.Sc.
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Gruppenleiter Mathematische Optimierung

Technische Universität Dortmund
Fakultät Maschinenbau / Institut für Transportlogistik
Leonhard-Euler-Str. 2
D-44227 Dortmund

Tel.: +49 231 755-7322
Fax: +49 231 755-6338
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[DMANET] PhD position at Linköping University

The Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA) at Linköping
University, Sweden, invites applications for up to two (2) positions
as PhD student in Computer Science. These are positions within the
AI-Math Graduate School of the Wallenberg Artificial Intelligence,
Autonomous Systems and Software Program WASP (http://wasp-sweden.org/).

The PhD positions are within a project that focuses on methods for
analysing the computational complexity of constraint satisfaction problems
(CSP). CSPs are an important class of computational problems with a wide
range of applications within computer science, artificial intelligence,
and mathematics. The computational complexity of CSPs has been intensively
studied during the last decades, and several breakthrough results have
recently been obtained. These results are to a large extent based on
utilising methods from universal algebra and mathematical logic. The
project aims at developing new mathematical methods for analysing the
computational complexity of CSP problems over infinite domains---such
problems have very interesting applications within AI. A slightly more
informative project description can be found here:

https://www.ida.liu.se/~petjo00/pmm-descr.pdf

Professor Peter Jonsson (https://www.ida.liu.se/~petjo00) is the leader
of the project and questions may be sent directly to him
(email: peter.jonsson@liu.se). Applicants should have strong backgrounds
in computer science and mathematics. In particular, a strong interest
in discrete mathematics, logic, and computational complexity is desirable.
The project is primarily oriented towards theoretical work.

More information about the positions and the application procedure
can be found here:

https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies?rmpage=job&rmjob=9411&rmlang=UK

The deadline for application is Oct 15, 2018.

[DMANET] sessions transport/Log and co à la ROADEF

Bonjour à tous,

Cette année le GT2L organise un track de 3 sessions sur les thématiques
transport/logistiques:
Mobilités urbaines (Diego Cattaruzza, Paolo Gianessi.)
Méthodes exactes pour les problèmes de transport (Murat Afsar, Sandra U.
Ngueveu et Roberto Wolfler-Calvo.)
Problèmes «riches» de tournées de véhicules (Christian Prins et Frédéric
Semet.)

Nouveauté cette année, des sessions inter-GTs sont aussi proposées :
Bermudes/GT2L
GT2L / Meta
GT2L / P2LS
Evers/GT2L

La liste de sessions est disponibles sur le site de la RAODEF :
https://roadef2019.univ-lehavre.fr/themes-et-sessions-invitees/

N'hésitez pas à soumettre vos articles dans ces sessions et à encourager
les doctorants à participer au prix de la meilleure thèse en
transport/logistique (http://fc.isima.fr/~lacomme/GT2L/these/accueil.php).

A bientôt

Caroline/Philippe

Philippe Lacomme
LIMOS - UMR CNRS 6158
Université de Clermont-Ferrand
Campus des Cézeaux
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[DMANET] WEPA 2018 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

WEPA 2018: Second Workshop on Enumeration Problems and Applications
November 5-8 2018, Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Pisa

http://wepa2018.di.unipi.it/

The scientific programme of WEPA 2018 consists of 5 invited lectures and 22
contributed talks.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Endre Boros (Rutgers)
Fedor Fomin (University of Bergen)
Benny Kimelfeld (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
Shin-ichi Minato (Kyoto University)
Marie-France Sagot (Inria & Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive,
Lyon)

REGISTRATION

There is no registration fee for WEPA.
It is mandatory to register before 20 October 2018 by sending a message to
wepa2018nov@gmail.com specifying the following information:

- name and affiliation
- which days you plan to attend WEPA (from Nov. 5th to 8th)
- which days you plan to have dinner together with the other participants
(from Nov. 5th to 7th, any accompanying persons?)
- dietary restrictions

WEPA organization is happy to offer coffee breaks.
Unfortunately it cannot offer meals and accommodation, which you have to
provide by yourself.

The organizers of WEPA 2018 can be contacted at: wepa2018nov@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you in Pisa!

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

[DMANET] MSCS Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago accepting applications for the PhD program

The Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer science at the
University of Illinois at Chicago is accepting applications for PhD
positions beginning in the Fall 2019 semester. The MSCS department at UIC
has a thriving group in discrete mathematics, combinatorics, and
mathematical computer science.

For more information about the MCS group activities, research, and
students, please see: http://homepages.math.uic.edu/~mcs/

The faculty in the MCS group include:
Dhruv Mubayi (combinatorics): http://www.math.uic.edu/~mubayi
Will Perkins (combinatorics, probability, theoretical computer science):
http://willperkins.org/
Lev Reyzin (computational and statistical learning theory):
http://www.levreyzin.com/
György Turán (theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics):
http://www.math.uic.edu/~gyt
Jan Verschelde (computational algebraic geometry):
http://www.math.uic.edu/~jan

For information about the PhD program or research topics, please contact
any of the MCS faculty. To apply, submit applications directly at the UIC
Graduate School webpage:
https://admissions.uic.edu/graduate-professional/apply . The application
deadline is December 15, 2018, and prerequisites are listed here:
https://www.math.uic.edu/graduate/applicants/prereqs .

PhD students in the MSCS department at UIC are funded through a combination
of research and teaching assistantships.

[DMANET] Research grant: New Optimization Models for Transportation

Research grant in "Optimization Models for Transportation with
Crowdsourcing"

INESC TEC is accepting applications to award one Postdoctoral Grant in
project "LASTMILE - Rethinking last-mile delivery through
crowdsourcing".

Project overview:
This project deals with inviting in-store customers for delivering
parcels, ordered by on-line customers, on their way home. The
remaining parcels must be delivered by the company's fleet of
professional drivers, whose route is optimized as a vehicle routing
problem. This allows reducing environmental impacts and urban
congestion. The project concerns the development of models and tools
for solving this problem, which turns out to be a very challenging
stochastic combinatorial optimization problem.

Reference Monthly Value: €1495,00
Application Period: from 2018-10-01 to 2018-10-15

For additional information on the project and project team please
check:
http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~jpp/Announcements/LastMile.html

Application guidelines are available at:
https://www.inesctec.pt/ip-en/work-with-us/bolsas-inescporto/AE2016-0387?set_language=en&cl=en

For additional information please contact
João Pedro Pedroso (University of Porto) - jpp [@] fc.up.pt
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