Tuesday, February 4, 2020

[DMANET] 2nd EUROYoung Workshop - 25/26 June 2020 Porto, Portugal

Dear EURO Young Researchers,

You are all invited to the 2nd EUROYoung Workshop, which will take place at INESC-TEC in Porto, Portugal during June, 25-26, 2020.

The enrolment form is already available at the following link: https://forms.gle/KqWvvQRUxWg16Vtd8

To know more visit the event's website: https://euroyoung.github.io/workshop20/

Highlights

- No enrolment fees.
- Free accommodation on a first-come first-serve basis.
- Free meals (2 lunches and 1 dinner).
- Social activities.
- Invited lectures by [Anita Schöbel](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yYeHbcIAAAAJ) and [Pedro Amorim](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NqIQbqAAAAAJ).
- Contributed sessions to present your research in a young, collaborative, and relaxed environment.
- Tutorial sessions to learn about useful techniques and tools.
- Opportunities for networking and tutoring with our invited speakers.

What is EUROYoung?

It's an initiative sponsored by EURO, with the following objectives:

- Fostering collaboration among students and early-career researchers in O.R.
- Providing young O.R. scholars and practitioners with tools to advance their careers, mainly through training.
- Creating networks both among young researchers and with more senior leaders in the field of O.R.
- Connecting demand and offer in the O.R. job market, both in academia and the industry.

We are looking forward to seeing you soon in Porto!

The organising committee,
Maria João Santos, INESC TEC and University of Porto
Sara Martins, INESC TEC and University of Porto
Alberto Santini, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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[DMANET] CFP : iABC'20 (Istanbul, Turkey)

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*1st International Applied Bioinformatics Conference*

*(**iABC'20**)*

www.iabconference.com

Including

*15th International Conference on Integrative Bioinformatics*

*(IB'20)*

http://imbio.de/ib2020

Istanbul University

https://unibasin.istanbul.edu.tr/tr/iletisim

Istanbul, Turkey

October 1 - 3, 2020


*SCOPE*

The 1st *international Applied Bioinformatics Conference* (iABC'20) will
serve as an excellent international convention for sharing knowledge,
challenges and results in applied research in Bioinformatics and
Informatics. The conference especially welcomes work centered on the
application of Bioinformatics concepts and algorithms for biological
knowledge generation and welcomes topics relating to challenges of
biological applications and use cases which are still not solved properly
in order to open new directions for further informatics research. iABC'20
also invites papers relating to cutting edge information technology applied
on biological use cases, Bioinformatics tools/workflows, best practices,
calls for novel algorithms, translation of novel algorithms, and
workshops/hands-on tutorials of novel Bioinformatics tools and workflows.
*TOPICS* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

● eHealth, Diagnostics and Clinical Applications

○ Biomedical Data Mining

○ Biomedical Computing

○ Biomedical Intelligence

○ Biomedical Signal and Image Analysis

○ Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies

○ Biomedical Knowledge Visualization

○ Clinical Data Analysis

○ Clinical Decision Support and Informatics

○ Electronic Health Record

○ Healthcare Information Systems

○ Health Data Acquisition, Analysis and Mining

○ Healthcare Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

○ Medical Informatics

○ Medical Robotics

● Applied Bioinformatics

○ Workflow Management / Bioinformatics Analysis Pipelines

○ Bioinformatics Algorithms

○ Biological Databases

○ Biological Sensors

○ Computational Modeling and Data Integration

○ Functional Genomics and Proteomics

○ Gene Expression Array Analysis

○ Genome-Phenome Analysis

○ Machine Learning for Biomedical Data Analysis

○ Metabolic Pathway Analysis

○ Modelling of Molecular, Cellular, and Organ Pathways

○ Nano-Bio-Computing

○ Nano-Medicine

○ Neuro-Engineering

○ Pattern Recognition and Soft Computing Techniques

○ Systems Biology

○ Tissue Engineering

○ Translational Bioinformatics

● Biological Challenges

○ Challenging Biological Use Cases

○ Hands On Discussion

○ Biomarker Discovery

○ Cell Engineering

○ Drug Discovery

○ Mass Spectrometry

○ DNA Sequencing

○ Biological Knowledge Visualization

○ Biological Data Transfer

*PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS*

Authors are invited to submit electronically original contributions in
English. Submitted papers should not exceed 5 pages in pdf in IEEE format <
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html>, they will be
evaluated by at least three referees from iABC'20 Scientific Board.

One of the authors of an accepted paper must register to iABC'20 conference
and present the paper. For paper registration and electronic submission see
<http://confdriver.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dexa2019/><
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iabc20> starting from October 2019.

*ACCEPTED PAPERS*

Extended versions, 12-15 pages, of selected accepted conference papers will
be invited for submission to a special issue in *Journal of Integrative
Bioinformatics* (JIB) <https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jib> or in*
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications* (IJBRA) <
https://www.inderscience.com/index.php>.

*IMPORTANT DATES*

Submission of abstracts: May 01, 2020

Submission of full papers: May 08, 2020

Notification of acceptance: June 22, 2020

Camera-ready copies due: July 01, 2020

Early registration: July 01, 2020

*REGISTRATION FEES*

Registration fees are as follows:

Turkish

Europe

America

Africa

Asia

*Academic*

€150

€400

€400

€200

€200

*Non-academic*

€250

€650

€650

€350

€350

*Student*

€75

€200

€200

€100

€100

These fees include no accommodation or any other services.

*GENERAL CHAIRPERSON*

Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia

*STEERING COMMITTEE*

Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

David Broneske, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Robert Heyer, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Giuseppe Lancia, University of Udine, Italy

Hasan Oğul, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway

Davide Verzotto, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, and
University of Pisa, Italy

Malik Yousef, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel

Roman Zoun, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

*ORGANIZING COMMITTEE*

Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Emine Şeküre Nazli Arda, Istanbul University, Turkey

David Broneske, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Robert Heyer, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Giuseppe Lancia, University of Udine, Italy

Hasan Oğul, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway

Davide Verzotto, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, and
University of Pisa, Italy

Malik Yousef, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel

Roman Zoun, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

*PROGRAM COMMITTEE*

Loai AbdAllah, Yezreel Valley Academic College, Israel

Lefteris Angelis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Chandra Sekhar Rao Annavarapu, India Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India

Andres Aravena, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Ercan Arican, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Emine Şeküre Nazli Arda, Istanbul University, Turkey

Ikbal Agah Ince, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Haider Banka, India Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India

Ömür Baysal, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla, Turkey

Mounir Ben Ayed, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Balkiss Bouhaouala-Zahar, University of Tunis-El Manar, Tunisia

David Broneske, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Supaporn Chairungsee, Walailak University, Nakhonsithammarat, Thailand

Bhaskar DasGupta, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia

Çigdem Erol, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Gilda Eslami, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

Roberto Grossi, University of Pisa, Italy

Sevinç Gulsecen, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Robert Harrison, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Robert Heyer, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Sibel Uğur İşeri, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

Rachel Kolodny, University of Haifa, Israel

Giuseppe Lancia, University of Udine, Italy

Thierry Lecroq, University of Rouen, France

Giosuè Lo Bosco, University of Palermo, Italy

Abdelouahid Lyhyaoui, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco

Vladimir Makarenkov, University of Québec, Montréal, Canada

Christos Makris, University of Patras, Greece

Amal Maurady, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco

Hasan Oğul, Østfold, University College, Halden, Norway

Nehir Ozdemir Ozgenturk, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Arup Kumar Pal, India Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India

Marco Pellegrini, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, Italy

Pierre Peterlongo, INRIA/Irisa, Rennes, France, France

Pinar Pir, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Turkey

Solon Pissis, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nadia Pisanti, University of Pisa, Italy

Alberto Policriti, University of Udine, Italy

Ravi Rastogi, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Rebai, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Blagoj Ristevsk, Bitola University, Macedonia

Hatem Saleh, Egyptian Organization for Biological Products and Vaccines,
Cairo, Egypt

Rodrigo Santamaria, University of Salamanca, Spain

Mohammad Sohel Rahman, Bangladesh University of Engi. and Tech., Dhaka,
Bangladesh

Marinella Sciortino, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Haïtham Sghaier, National Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technology,
Tunis, Tunisia

Oussama Souiai, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia

Terje Marken Steinum, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Bahar Taneri, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus

Cemal Ün, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Ekrem Varoğlu, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus

Davide Verzotto, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, and
University of Pisa, Italy

Emanuel Weitschek, Uninettuno University, Rome, Italy

Paul Yoo, University of London, UK

Malik Yousef, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel

Roman Zoun, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Farhana Zulkernine, School of Computing Queen's University Kingston,
Ontario, Canada

(To be completed)

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Monday, February 3, 2020

[DMANET] SDE 2020 CFP: The International Workshop on Software Defined Everything, Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]

*The International Workshop on Software Defined Everything (SDE2020)
<http://www.emergingtechnet.org/SDE2020/> *

in conjunction with

The Seventh International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2020)
<http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2020/>

Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020

(Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section)

*SDE 2020 CFP*

Software Defined Infrastructures consists of fully virtualised compute,
networking, storage and other resources are abstracted away from the
underlying physical infrastructure through software, such as Software
Defined Data Centre. This allows policy-based infrastructure provisioning
and enables IT automation. Software-defined infrastructure is not tied to
specific hardware and can operate without or with little human involvement.
This paradigm fully integrated and automated IT functions and resources.
Software Defined Data Centre combines can be a result of a combination of
all software defined technologies, such as SDN, SDStore, SDCompute, SDSec
etc, otherwise called Software Defined Everything. Cloud computing is one
major factor driving the growth of software defined everything.

The International workshop for Software Defined Everything (SDE2020) is
calls for contributors to present and discuss the most recent research
results, innovations, trends, and concerns in the fields the new emerging
opportunity of Software Defined Everything. The topics of the workshop
include but not limited to:

· Trends in SDE, theories, applications and trends

· SDE Markets

· Security in SDE

· Software defined data centre

· Software defined infrastructures

· Software defined IOT/Edge

· Software Defined – Centralized Vs Decentralized infrastructure

· Software-Defined WAN

· Softwarization methodologies for SDE

· SDE on demand

· SDE as a service

· Business models for SDE

· Adaptive Software for SDE

· SDE and Vendor-lock-in

· SDE Business Agility

· Business case for SDE

· SDE and compliance

*Submission*

Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SDE and SDS
Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers
must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11"
two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF
format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper
must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and
references).

Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not
currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not
following these guidelines may be rejected without review. In addition,
submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not
appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact
the Program Chair for further information or clarification.

*Important Dates:*

Submission Date: 10th February, 2020 (Firm and Final)

Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020

Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020

Please send any inquiry on SDE2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at:
emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com

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[DMANET] Wi-DroIT 2020 – 2nd International Workshop on Wireless Drones over Internet of Things

Wi-DroIT 2020 – 2nd International Workshop on Wireless Drones over Internet
of Things
Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles, CA, USA
May 25-27, 2020

Link: https://sites.google.com/view/widroit2020

in conjunction with the:
16th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems
(DCOSS 2020)

Workshop papers will get 8 pages in the IEEE proceedings, in the same
volume with the DCOSS papers.

Important Dates
Paper Submission: 15th March
Acceptance Notification: TBD
Camera Ready: 15th April
Early Registration: TBD

Scope
For this workshop, we search for papers that combine design of algorithms,
optimization, and test-bed to develop the theoretical foundations for the
drone systems operating in symbiosis with WSN in IoT applications. The
numerous emergent applications nurtured by IoT may require an
interdisciplinary approach, involving techniques from algorithm foundations
as well as different areas, like robotics, artificial intelligence,
mathematical modeling. Applications in complex domains lead to situations
where multiple optimization objectives should be accounted in the proposed
solutions. Decentralized and distributed, robust and secure algorithms are
searched for drones systems that operate in rapidly-changing, uncertain,
and potentially adversarial environments.

Topics (Not limited to)
Autonomous WSN via Drones
Topology monitoring of WSN with Drones
Build Remote Sensing Networks in emergency context via Drones
Communication architectures and protocols of Drones over IoT
Modeling and analysis of Drone systems over IoT
Theoretical foundations for communication routing beyond line-of-sight of
Drones
Communication and networking aspects of cyber-physical systems
Theoretical foundations for parcel delivery using Drones
Drones/UAVS for monitoring network properties (coverage, connectivity) in
emergency
Drones for detecting or discovering events
Facility location problem and Resource Management for Drone systems
4G-5G networks and UAVs
UAV assisted networks
Drones for environment (crop/forest) monitoring
Constraints and multi-objective optimization problems in UAVs
Localization, navigation, and dynamic path planning of UAVs over IoT
Ground Localization with Drones
Cooperative control of multiple UAVs
UAV secure communication techniques
Optimal UAV deployment strategies
High-accuracy navigation techniques
Real-time surveillance techniques
Performance, scalability, energy, and reliability in Drones' systems
Anomaly detection, network monitoring and forecasting
Trust, security, and privacy
Experimental results, simulators and test beds for drone networks
Cooperative Rendezvous for secure drone to drone communications
Secure communication between the drone and the ground networks

Program Chairs
Wan Du, UC Merced, CA, USA; wdu3@ucmerced.edu
Enrico Natalizio, University of Lorraine/LORIA, France;
enrico.natalizio@loria.fr
Cristina M. Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy; cristina.pinotti@unipg.it

Submission instructions
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts reporting
applied or technical research. Accepted and presented papers will be
published in the same volume with the DCOSS 2020 conference proceedings.
All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee members and
selected papers will be organized for presentation at the workshop.

All submissions will be exclusively electronic with a maximum length of
eight (8) printed pages including title, authors, abstract, figures,
diagrams, references and attachments. Articles must be prepared in English
following the IEEE two-column Manuscript Templates for Conference
Proceedings (available here) and submitted in PDF format only.
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=widroit2020


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Publicity Chair
Francesco Betti Sorbelli, Missouri Science and Technology University,
Rolla, MO, USA; francesco.bettisorbelli@mst.edu

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[DMANET] Last CFP CPM Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM 2020)

The 31th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM 2020) will be held in
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 17-19, 2020.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Barna Saha, Karl Bringmann, Thore Husfeldt.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers on original research unpublished elsewhere in all areas related to combinatorial pattern matching and its applications are welcome.

The proceedings will be published by LIPIcs (of Dagstuhl).

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Papers are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics:
Bioinformatics and computational biology
Coding and data compression
Combinatorics on words
Data mining
Information retrieval
Natural language processing
Pattern discovery
String algorithms
String processing in databases
Symbolic computing
Text searching and indexing

DEADLINE: Sunday, February 9, 2020, anywhere on Earth


SUBMISSION
Submission is through the EasyChair conference system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpm2020


SUBMISSION FORMAT

The authors should submit an extended abstract not exceeding 10 pages excluding titel page (containing title, authors, affiliations, e-mail addresses, and a short abstract) and referencecs. The authors are required to use the LaTeX style file supplied by Dagstuhl (LIPIcs). Papers must be submitted as a single file in PDF format.

Additional material intended for the referee but not for publication in the final version—for example details of proofs—may be placed in a clearly marked appendix that is not included in the page limit. Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work and surveys of important results. At the time the extended abstract is submitted to CPM, and for the entire review period, the paper (or essentially the same paper) should not be under review by any other conference with published proceedings or by a scientific journal.

At least one author of an accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference as a registered participant.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Amir Abboud
Amihood Amir
Hideo Bannai
Philip Bille
Panagiotis Charalampopoulos
Debarati Das
Rolf Fagerberg
Martin Farach-Colton
Gabriele Fici
Johannes Fischer
Elazar Goldenberg
Roberto Grossi
Inge Li Gørtz (co-chair)
Danny Hermelin
Artur Jez
Dominik Kempa
Juha Kärkkäinen
Dominik Köppl
Avivit Levy
Zsuzsanna Lipták
Giovanni Manzini
Shay Mozes
Kunsoo Park
Solon Pissis
Nicola Prezza
Jakub Radoszewski
Wojciech Rytter
Sharma Thankachan
Przemyslaw Uznanski
Tomasz Waleń
Oren Weimann (co-chair)

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[DMANET] Several posts in Computer Science at RHUL

Up to six posts available in Computer Science at the Lecturer/Senior
Lecturer/Reader level (assistant/associate professor) at Royal Holloway,
University of London. The posts are in all areas of computer science.

For details, please see the ad post at the following URL:

https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=0120-036

Closing date:
Thursday 27 February 2020

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[DMANET] FedCSIS 2020

Call for Papers

13th International Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO20)
Sofia, Bulgaria, September 6-9, 2020

organized in the framework of FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FedCSIS - 2020

IEEE CS is a technical co-sponsor of FedCSIS 2020

https://fedcsis.org/2020/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 WCO20 paper will be awarded during the social dinner of
FedCSIS2020.
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 15th, 2020
Position paper submission : June 9th, 2020
Author notification : June 30th, 2020
Final paper submission and registration : July 15, 2020
Conference date : September 6-9, 2020

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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 :
wco2020@fedcsis.org


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Prof. Stefka Fidanova
IICT-BAS
Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl.25A
1113 Sofia Bulgaria
Ph. +359-2-9796642

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[DMANET] MIP 2020: Registration and ***deadline extension*** for poster submission

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***REGISTRATION IS OPEN***

https://sites.google.com/view/mipworkshop2020/registration?authuser=0

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The 2020 MIP Workshop feat. DANniversary will be held May 18-21, 2020 at
DIMACS, Rutgers University. The 2020 edition will be the seventeenth in the
MIP series, and it will be opened by DANniversary, a special conference in
celebration of Daniel Bienstock's 60th birthday.

MIP is a single-track workshop highlighting the latest trends in integer
programming and discrete optimization, with invited speakers covering
topics of interest to the community, including theory, computational issues
and applications. As in previous years, the workshop will include a poster
session reserved to students and an award for the best poster.

The website of MIP 2020 can be found at
https://sites.google.com/view/mipworkshop2020/home?authuser=0

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***DEADLINE EXTENDED*** for MIP 2020 poster submissions

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The abstract submission for the for MIP 2020 poster session is now open
until February 15, 2020.

We invite students to submit an abstract of their poster at
https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IZs72cIz7E9Epf.

The abstract format is: a PDF file, one letter-size page maximum, one-inch
margins, 11-point font, single-space. Only students may submit poster
abstracts.

The student poster session will take place during the reception of the
workshop and it will feature a best poster award. The program committee
will select poster competition finalists among the students who submit a
poster abstract. The finalists are eligible to receive travel support funds
(estimated at $500 per student) and to compete for the best poster award.
Submitting students not selected as finalists may still present their
poster (space permitting).

The committee will communicate decisions to submitting students by March 1.
Please contact mip2020Posters@vt.edu if you have any questions.


MIP 2020 Confirmed Speakers

* Amitabh Basu (Johns Hopkins University)

* Daniel Bienstock (Columbia University)

* Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran (UIUC)

* Sanjeeb Dash (IBM Research)

* Jesus De Loera (UC Davis)

* Martina Fischetti (Vattenfall)

* Ambros Gleixner (ZIB)

* Jamie Haddock (UCLA)

* Gregor Hendel (ZIB)

* Christopher Hojny (TU Darmstadt)

* Aleksandr Kazachkov (Polytechnique Montréal)

* Elias Khalil (University of Toronto)

* Fatma Kilinc-Karzan (CMU)

* Jon Lee (University of Michigan)

* Jannik Matuschke (KU Leuven)

* Andrea Qualizza (Amazon)

* Thiago Serra (Bucknell University)

* Siqian Shen (University of Michigan)

* Dan Steffy (Oakland University)

* Noriyoshi Sukegawa (Tokyo University of Science)

* Jose Verschae (O'Higgins University)

* Boshi Yang (Clemson University)

DANniversary Confirmed Speakers

* Chen Chen (Ohio State University)

* Misha Chertkov (University of Arizona)

* Jonathan Eckstein (Rutgers University)

* Thorsten Koch (ZIB)

* Andrea Lodi (Polytechnique Montréal)

* Gonzalo Munoz (O'Higgins University)

* Iraj Saniee (Nokia Bell Labs)

* Willem Van Hoeve (CMU)

* Mark Zuckerberg (University of Melbourne)

MIP 2020 Program Committee

* Timo Berthold (FICO & Zuse Institute Berlin)

* Yuri Faenza (Columbia University)

* Robert Hildebrand (Virginia Tech)

* Carla Michini, co-chair (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

* Yuan Zhou, co-chair (University of Kentucky)

DANniversary Program Committee

* Jeff Linderoth (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

* Alper Atamturk (UC Berkeley)

* Gabor Pataki (University of North Carolina)

* Oktay Gunluk (IBM Research)

Local Organizing Committee

* Tami Carpenter (DIMACS, Rutgers University)

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[DMANET] Second Call for Papers: NETYS 2020 - The 8th International Conference on NETworked sYStems

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Important dates:
- Abstract submission deadline: February 23, 2020 @23:59 HST
- Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2020 @23:59 HST
- Acceptance notification: April 11, 2020
- Camera ready copy due: May 2nd, 2020
- Conference: June 3-5, 2020

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
THE 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORKED SYSTEMS
NETYS 2020
June 3-5, 2020, Marrakech, MOROCCO
http://www.netys.net

Aim and Scope:

NETYS aims to bring together researchers and engineers from both the theory
and practice of distributed and networked systems. The scope of the
conference covers all aspects related to the design and the development of
these systems, including, but not restricted to, concurrent and distributed
algorithms, parallel/concurrent/distributed programming, multi-core
architectures, distributed databases, cloud systems, networks, security,
formal verification, etc.

NETYS will provide a forum to report on best practices and novel
algorithms, results and techniques on networked systems. Original research
contributions and experience papers on the principles, design,
implementation, modeling, analysis, verification, and application of
networked systems are solicited.

NETYS is coupled with the METIS Spring School which aims at introducing
young researchers to the domain of distributed and networked systems
through tutorials on basics, as well as lectures on new research topics and
current trends in this domain.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

- Cloud systems and data centers
- Concurrent and distributed algorithms
- Cyber-physical systems
- Distributed databases, embedded and operating systems
- Distributed ledgers and blockchain technologies
- Event-based systems
- Formal verification
- Middleware environments
- Mobile, wireless, ad-hoc and sensor networks
- Multi-core architectures and multithreaded applications
- Overlay and peer-to-peer infrastructures
- Security and privacy
- Self-stabilizing, self-organizing,and autonomic systems
- Social networks
- Static and dynamic analysis and testing
- Web-based and service-oriented architectures


Paper submission:

Submissions must be original papers that contain sufficient detail to
assess the merits and relevance of the contribution. NETYS welcomes papers
on theory, case studies and comparisons with existing experimental
research, tools, as well as combinations of new theory with experimental
evaluation.

NETYS is soliciting two forms of submission: full and short papers. Full
papers are allowed a maximum of 15 pages in Springer's LNCS format,
excluding
bibliographic references, and will be allowed at least 20 minutes for
presentation
at the conference, whereas short papers are allowed a maximum of 5 pages
(in the same format) and will be allowed at least 5 minutes for
presentation
at the conference. A full paper submission might be accepted as such, as
a short
paper or a poster. A short paper may be accepted as such or as a poster.

Posters will be presented at the conference to reflect work in progress and
will not lead to a publication in the proceedings. Authors are given the
option to accept or not the type in which their paper is selected for
acceptance.

All submissions must be written in English, follow the LNCS template,
and adhere to
the page limits. Papers exceeding these limits may be rejected without
review. A clearly
marked appendix can be included for supplementary materials but the
appendix will be read
at the discretion of the reviewers; therefore, the main body of the
paper should contain
sufficient details to assess its contributions.

Paper submission will be handled by EasyChair, so please make sure that you
have an active account. The papers must be submitted electronically at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=netys2020

Important dates

- Abstract submission deadline: February 23, 2020 @23:59 HST
- Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2020 @23:59 HST
- Acceptance notification: April 11, 2020
- Camera ready copy due: May 2nd, 2020
- Conference: June 3-5, 2020


Publication:

Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series will publish the
proceedings of the conference (www.springer.com/lncs). It is required that
each accepted paper be presented at the conference by one of its authors.

The Springer journal Computing may consider publishing extended versions of
selected papers (www.springer.com/computer/journal/607)

Awards will be given to the best paper and the best student paper. A paper
is eligible for the best student paper award if at least one of its authors
is a full-time student at the time of submission. This must be indicated in
the submission.


Organization:

General Chair
Mohammed Erradi                ENSIAS, Rabat, Morocco

General vice-chairs:
Ahmed Bouajjani                  University of Paris, France
Rachid Guerraoui                  EPFL, Switzerland

Program Co-chairs:
Chryssis Georgiou                University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Rupak Majumdar                  MPI-SWS, Germany

Program Committee:
Faouzi Atig                           Uppsala University, Sweden
Slimane Bah                         EMI, Mohammed V University in Rabat,
Morocco
Yahya Benkaouz                   FS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Ismail Berrada                      SMBAU, Fez, Morocco
Annnette Bieniusa                TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ahmed Bouajjani                  University of Paris, France
Costas Busch                         LSU, USA
Ioannis Chatzigiannakis        Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Yu-Fang Chen                       Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Evgenia Christoforou            University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Loris D'Antoni                      University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Carole Delporte                     University of Paris, France
Ankush Desai                        Amazon, USA
Amr El Abbadi                      UCSB, USA
Pierre Ganty                           IMDEA Software Institute, Spain
Seth Gilbert                            NUS, Singapore
Vincent Gramoli                     University of Sydney, Australia
Radu Grosu                            Vienna University of Technology,
Austria
Aarti Gupta                             Princeton University, USA
Mohamed Jmaiel                    University of Sfax, Tunisia
Mohammed-Amine Koulali   ENSAO, Oujda, Morocco
Jan Kretinsky                         Technical University of Munich,
Germany
Shankara Krishna                   IIT Mumbai, India
Fabian Kuhn                           University of Freiburg, Germany
Miguel Matos                         INESC-ID & IST, University of
Lisboa, Portugal
Miguel Mosteiro                    Pace University, USA
Calvin Newport                     Georgetown University, USA
Nicolas Nicolaou                   Algolysis Ltd, Cyprus
Guevara Noubir                     Northeastern Univ., USA
Andreas Podelski                   Univ. Freiburg, Germany
Maria Potop-Butucaru           Sorbonne University, France
Azalea Raad                          Imperial College London, UK
Michel Raynal                       IRISA, University of Rennes, France
Indranil Saha                         IIT Kanpur, India
Elad M. Schiller                    Chalmers University of Technology,
Sweden
Thomas Wies                         NYU, USA

Organizing Committee:
Khadija Bakkouch                 IRFC, Rabat
Yahya Benkaouz                    FS, Mohammed V Univ., Rabat
Abdellah Boulouz                  FS, Ibn Zohr Univ., Agadir
Rachid El Guerdaoui              University Mohammed VI Polytechnic,
Benguerir
Mustaf Hedabou                     ENSA Safi, Cadi Ayyad University,
Marrakech
Zahi Jarir                                FS, Cadi Ayyad Univ., Marrakech
Abdellatif Kobbane                ENSIAS, Mohammed V Univ., Rabat
Mohammed Ouzzif                EST, Hassan II Univ., Casablanca

Students Committee:
Hind Boukhairate                   University Mohammed VI Polytechnic,
Benguerir
Mohammed Lechiakh            University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Benguerir
Rachid Zennou                       ENSIAS, UM5 Rabat

--
Chryssis Georgiou
Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus

Tel.: +357 22892745
Fax: +357 22892701
Email: chryssis@cs.ucy.ac.cy
URL: www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~chryssis


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[DMANET] SDN-NFV2020 CFP:The Fourth International workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization , Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020

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The Fourth International workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network
Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV 2020)
<http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2020/>

in conjunction with

The Seventh International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2020)
<http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2020/>

Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020

(Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section)

*SDN-NFV 2020 CFP*

The emerging networking techniques such as Software Defined Network (SDN)
and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are promising a complete paradigm
shift in how we manage our future networks. With their enormous benefits
which include reducing the operational cost, better resources utilization
and easier management requirements, the adoption of such technologies is
gaining momentum. Supported by a well-defined basis such as network
virtualization and the decoupling of the data and control planes, the
integration of SDN and NFV with current systems might be a straightforward
process. However, this might incur many challenges which require deep
analysis to propose creative solutions. In the (SDN-NFV 2020) workshop, we
are aiming to invite researchers from both the academia and the industry to
present their state-of-the-art research efforts and findings and to open
the doors for discussion about how to contribute of the advancement of this
important research field.

The Fourth International workshop on Software Defined Network and Network
Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV) will be a forum for scientists,
researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research
results, ideas, developments, and applications in the areas of SDN, NFV,
5G, Internet of Things (IoT) and Edge Computing. We are mainly interested
in receiving state of the art work on different aspect of SDN and NFV
management system, security and privacy, cloud computing and big data
supported SDN and NFV, to mention but few. The topics of interest of the
workshop include, but are not limited to:

* Software Defined Network (SDN) Architectures and Design

* Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Architectures and Design

* SDN-NFV Integration

* SDN-NFV Orchestration

* SDN-NFV Based Control plane design

* SDN-NFV Based Data plane design

* SDN-NFV Performance Management

* SDN-NFV support for Cloud based DataCenter

* SDN-NFV support for 5G Networks

* SDN-NFV support for Internet of Things (IoT)

* SDN-NFV support for Big Data Computing

* SDN-NFV support for large scale storage system

* Hardware system design for SDN-NFV

* SDN-NFV Security management

* Radio Access Network virtualization

* SDN-NFV in access networks

* Edge and Fog Computing

* Cloud Computing

* Case studies



*Submission*

Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SDN-NFV and SDS
Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers
must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11"
two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF
format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper
must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and
references).

Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not
currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not
following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions
received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately
structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program
Chair for further information or clarification.

*Important Dates:*

Submission Date: 10th February, 2020 (Firm and Final)

Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020

Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020



Please send any inquiry on SDN-NFV 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team
at: emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com

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[DMANET] [Deadline Extension] IEEE ParSocial 2020 Workshop - 4th IEEE Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing for Computational Social Systems

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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 4th IEEE Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing for
Computational Social Systems
May 22 2020, New Orleans, Louisiana USA.
Conference Website : https://www.cpp.edu/~jkorah/parsocial/
(In conjunction with IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing
Symposium (IPDPS))

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline : February 21, 2020 (extended)
Notification of acceptance : March 5, 2020
Camera-ready papers : March 15, 2020
Workshop : May 22, 2020
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ABOUT PARSOCIAL
Computational methods to represent, model and analyze problems using social
information have come a long way in the last decade. Computational methods,
such as social network analysis, have provided exciting insights into how
social information can be utilized to better understand social processes,
and model the evolution of social systems over time. We have also seen a
rapid proliferation of sensor technologies, such as smartphones and medical
sensors, for collecting a wide variety of social data, much of it in real
time. Meanwhile, the emergence of parallel architectures, in the form of
multi-core/many-core processors, and distributed platforms have provided
new approaches for large-scale modeling and simulation, and new tools for
analysis. These two trends have dramatically broadened the scope of
computational social systems research, and are enabling researchers to
tackle new challenges. These challenges include modeling of real world
scenarios with dynamic and real-time data, and formulating rigorous
computational frameworks to embed social and behavioral theories while
taking into account ramifications in relation to policy, ethics, privacy
and other areas. This workshop provides a platform to bring together
interdisciplinary researchers from areas, such as computer science, social
sciences, applied mathematics and engineering, to showcase innovative
research in computational social systems that leverage the emerging trends
in parallel and distributed processing, computational modeling, and high
performance computing.

The papers selected for ParSocial will be published in the workshop
proceedings. Proceedings of the workshops are distributed at the conference
and are submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library after
the conference. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must
register as a participant of the workshop and present the paper at the
workshop.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Areas of research interests and domains of applications include, but are
NOT LIMITED to:

*Large-Scale Modeling and Simulation for Social Systems*
Social network-based models
Models of social interactions and network dynamism (e.g. influence spread,
group formation, group stability, and social resilience)
Complex Adaptive System (CAS) models (e.g. modeling emergence in social
systems)
Models incorporating socio-cultural factors
Novel agent based social modeling and simulation
Modeling with uncertain, incomplete and real-time social data
Representations of social and behavioral theories in computational models
Simulation methodologies for social processes including numerical and
statistical methods
Modeling human and social elements in cyber systems (e.g. cyber-physical
systems, and socio-technical systems)

*Social Computing Algorithms for Parallel and Distributed Platforms*
Analysis of massive social data
Algorithms for dynamic social data
Algorithms for social network analysis
Machine learning/data mining-based analysis
Social Computing and Internet of Things (IoT)
Computing for social good and privacy
Analysis methods for incomplete, uncertain social data
Social analysis methods on parallel and distributed frameworks
Social computing for emerging architectures (e.g. cloud,
multi-core/many-core, GPU, and neuromorphic computing architectures)

*Application*
Domains of applications include but are not limited to:
Emergency management (e.g. infrastructure resilience, and natural disaster
management)
Financial Technology (e.g. algorithmic trading, blockchains, and P2P
lending)
Health science (e.g. disease spread models, health informatics, and health
policy models)
Social analytics (e.g. business analytics, political influence, and
economic analysis)

PAPER SUBMISSION
The workshop will accept submissions for both *regular* and *short* papers.
Manuscripts for regular papers should not exceed 10 single-spaced
double-column pages. Manuscripts for short papers should not exceed 4
single-spaced, double-column pages. The manuscripts should use 10-point
font on 8.5 x 11 inch pages (IEEE conference style) and the page limit
includes references, figures and tables.

Please visit the workshop website(https://www.cpp.edu/~jkorah/parsocial/)
for details on submission.


*Workshop Organization*

**Workshop Co-Chairs**
John Korah, Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic University
Pomona, USA.
Eunice E. Santos, Professor and Dean of the School of Information
Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

**Steering Committee**
George Cybenko, Dorothy and Walter Gramm Professor of Engineering,
Dartmouth College, USA.
James A. Hendler, Tetherless World Professor of Computer Science,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
Eugene Santos Jr., Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College, USA
V. S. Subrahmanian, The Dartmouth College Distinguished Professor in
Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society, Dartmouth College, USA.
Albert Y. Zomaya, Chair Professor of High Performance Computing &
Networking, The University of Sydney, Australia.

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[DMANET] CSR-2020 Call for Papers: New Deadline Feb 13

Dear Colleagues,

For those who missed the first deadline,
there is still a possibility to submit to CSR this year.
Please find the message from the organizers below.
(Note that the notification date is also different.)

We apologize for multiple postings.

Best regards,
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Call for Papers (2nd Round)

15th INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM IN RUSSIA (CSR 2020)

June 29 - July 03, 2020, Ekaterinburg, Russia

https://csr2020.sciencesconf.org

CSR is an annual international conference held in Russia that is designed to cover a broad range of topics in Theoretical Computer Science. The list of previous CSR conferences can be found at https://logic.pdmi.ras.ru/~csr/ . Conference proceedings are published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. We will publish a selection of extended versions of accepted papers in a Special Issue of the Springer journal "Theory of Computing Systems". A further Special Issue with invited extended versions of accepted algorithmic papers is planned with the MDPI journal Algorithms.

CSR 2020 will be combined with workshops and a summer school.

Details will be announced later.

IMPORTANT DATES (2nd Round)

Deadline for paper submissions: February 13th, 2020, aoe

Notification of acceptance: March 15th, 2020

Conference dates: June 29 - July 03, 2020

OPENING LECTURE

Béla Bollobás (University of Cambridge, UK)

INVITED SPEAKERS

Béla Bollobás (distinguished keynote speaker, University of Cambridge, UK and University of Memphis, USA)
Farid Ablaev (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Ulrik Brandes (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Piotr Faliszewski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Meirav Zehavi (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
Mateus de Oliveira Oliveira (University of Bergen, Norway)
Binhai Zhu (Montana State University, USA)

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original research in the conference topics, in electronic form (pdf format) via EasyChair.

Submissions must be unpublished, not under review for publication elsewhere, and provide sufficient information to judge their merits. Submissions must be in English, and not exceed 12 pages, including the title page, in Springer's LNCS LaTeX style. Additional material, to be read at the discretion of reviewers and PC members, may be provided in a clearly marked appendix or by reference to a manuscript on a web site.

At least one of the authors must commit to presenting the paper at the conference.


Yandex Awards for the best paper and for the best student paper will be given by the PC.

VENUE

Ekaterinburg is the 4th largest city in Russia and the capital of the Ural region. It is easily accessible either via Moscow or Saint Petersburg, or by a direct flight from Europe (Istanbul, Munich, Paris, Prague, Riga, Rome) or Asia (Beijing, Dubai, Harbin, Tel Aviv). The conference will take place at Ural Federal University located in the heart of the picturesque city center.

TOPICS include, but are not limited to:

algorithms and data structures

computational complexity, including hardness of approximation and parameterized complexity

randomness in computing, approximation algorithms, fixed-parameter algorithms

combinatorial optimization, constraint satisfaction, operations research

computational geometry

string algorithms

formal languages and automata, including applications to computational linguistics

codes and cryptography

combinatorics in computer science

computational biology

applications of logic to computer science, proof complexity

database theory

distributed computing

fundamentals of machine learning, including learning theory, grammatical inference and neural computing

computational social choice

quantum computing and quantum cryptography

theoretical aspects of big data

CONTACTS

Email: csr2020@sciencesconf.org

The list of previous CSR webpages can be found at http://logic.pdmi.ras.ru/~csr/


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[DMANET] Postdoc in Brno, Czech Republic (scheduling & planning for railways)

Postdoc positions at FI MU 2020

The Faculty of Informatics
<http://www.fi.muni.cz> of Masaryk University (FI MU) in Brno
<https://www.gotobrno.cz/en/>, Czech  Republic, invites applications for
two-year Post-doctoral positions in all areas of Computer Science. See the call

   https://www.muni.cz/en/about-us/careers/vacancies/52171

This includes, in particular, the area of


    Planning, scheduling, and design of networks for high-speed railways

for the project to be completed in cooperation with the Institute for
Transport Economics, Geography and Policy http://www.itregep.cz/en/.

Please contact *Hana Rudova** *<hanka@fi.muni.cz> if you are interested in
these particular topics. You should also send:

* an academic CV including a list of publications (only published or accepted),
* motivation letter,
* your three best publications from recent years from above mentioned
areas (references as well as PDF files), where all publications
must be published or accepted. Please, do not send publications under review. 
* PDF of your PhD thesis if it is written in English.

Note that deadline for application is February 29, 2020. However, you should
contact Hana Rudova as early as possible to compare potential candidates for
these areas in advance.  More details about corresponding
research topics can be found at

    https://www.fi.muni.cz/research/networks/scheduling.html.en


Offer

The monthly salary is 63,000 CZK (more than 29,000 EUR per year at total).
Additional funds will be available for travel and material expenses. The
position is available from May 2020 and should be started
by September 2020 at the latest.


Requirements

The successful candidate must:

* be a researcher who has received a PhD or its equivalent within the
last 7 years,
* be a researcher who has worked at least two whole years within the last
three years outside the territory of the Czech Republic in the field of
research with a working contract of at least 0.5 full-time
equivalent, or who has been a PhD student (or equivalent) abroad, 
* have a publishing record – during the last three years at least two
publication outputs registered in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science, Scopus
or ERIH PLUS databases and (at the same time) marked as
"article", "book", "book chapter", "letter" or "review", 
* be fluent in English, while prior knowledge of Czech is not required.


Contact


Hana Rudova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Botanicka 68a, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
hanka@fi.muni.cz
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~hanka


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[DMANET] Online Combinatorics Colloquium--Lou Kauffman

Please join us for our next online Virtual Combinatorics Colloquium (VCC).


*Date:* Tuesday, February 18, 3:00 Eastern Standard Time *[Note the new
time!]*

*Speaker:* Louis H. Kauffman

*Title:* Trivalent Graphs, Perfect Matchings and Virtual Knot Theory

*Zoom Link:* Meeting ID: 463-430-866, https://wpi.zoom.us/j/463430866

*Abstract: * (This talk is joint work with Scott Baldridge and William
Rushworth.) We review knot invariants such as the bracket state sum model
for the Jones polynomial and its relation to the Tutte polynomial. We
recall trivalent graphs immersed in the plane and the well-known Penrose
evaluation formula for them. We generalize the Penrose formula to a Penrose
polynomial that is defined on trivalent graphs with perfect matchings (G,
M) where M is a perfect matching on the trivalent graph G. Remarkably,
these perfect matching polynomials are directly related to the Jones
polynomial of virtual knots and links via a mapping K from trivalent
perfect matchings to virtual link diagrams. The talk discusses how the
mapping K induces structural correspondences between graph theory and knot
theory. These include the above relationship between the Penrose matching
polynomial and the Jones polynomial and new relationships with Khovanov
homology and other knot invariants. Reformulations of coloring problems
arise in this context and are intertwined with virtual knot theory.


Individuals and viewing party groups from around the world can "attend"
these online talks and interact with the speaker and other attendees
remotely via Zoom. It is very easy--Just click on the link below to join.
If you have not used Zoom before, there may be a very brief download, but
then you will be in the event. Here are quick instructions for joining a
Zoom meeting if you would like more details:
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The talk will start at the stated time, but the Zoom invitation will open
20 minutes earlier so that participants may call in early if they wish to
get a sense of how the platform works (how to mute/unmute, share screens,
shared whiteboard, raise hand, chat, etc.).


*Jo*

Jo Ellis-Monaghan

Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (on sabbatical 2019-2020)

Editor-in-Chief, PRIMUS

Saint Michael's College

One Winooski Park

Colchester, VT 05439

office: Jeanmarie 279

website: http://academics.smcvt.edu/jellis-monaghan/

phone: 802 654 2660

fax: 802 654 2960

e-mail: je <jellis-monaghan@smcvt.edu>llismonaghan@gmail.com

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[DMANET] [Deadline Approaching] CFP: 6th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (ACM CPSS'20)

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C a l l F o r P a p e r s

6th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (ACM CPSS 2020) in
conjunction with ACM AsiaCCS'20

Taipei, Taiwan -- June 1st, 2020

https://www.nics.uma.es/pub/CPSS2020/

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Overview
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Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) of interest to this workshop consist of
large-scale interconnected systems of heterogeneous components
interacting with their physical environments. There exist a multitude of
CPS devices and applications deployed to serve critical functions in our
lives thus making security an important non-functional attribute of such
systems. This workshop will provide a platform for professionals from
academia, government, and industry to discuss novel ways to address the
ever-present security challenges facing CPS. We seek submissions
describing theoretical and practical solutions to security challenges in
CPS. Submissions pertinent to the security of embedded systems, IoT,
SCADA, smart grid, and other critical infrastructure are welcome. Topics
of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Attack detection for CPS
* Authentication and access control for CPS
* Availability of and auditing for CPS
* Blockchain for CPS security
* Data security and privacy for CPS
* Digital twins for CPS
* Embedded systems security
* Formal methods in CPS
* Industrial control systems security
* IoT security
* Lightweight crypto
* Recovery of CPS from cyber attacks
* Security risk assessment for CPS
* Security architectures for CPS
* Security by design for CPS
* Security of autonomous vehicles and vessels
* Security of legacy CPS
* Smart grid security
* Threat modeling for CPS
* Security of transportation systems
* Vulnerability analysis for CPS

Important Dates
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* Paper submission deadline: February 10, 2020
* Notification to authors: March 5, 2020
* Camera ready due: March 15, 2020

Paper Submission Guidelines
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Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been
published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a
conference with proceedings. All submissions should be appropriately
anonymized. Submissions must be in double-column ACM SIG Proceedings
format, and should not exceed 12 pages. Position papers describing work
in progress are also welcome. Only pdf files will be accepted. Authors
of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at
the workshop. At least one author of each paper must be registered at
the appropriate conference rate. Accepted papers will be published in
the ACM Digital Library. A best paper award will be presented getting
opportunities for a registration fee discount.

Paper submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpss20

Organisation Committee
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Steering Committee:
* Dieter Gollmann (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
* Ravishankar Iyer (UIUC, USA)
* Douglas Jones (UIUC, USA)
* Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain)
* Jianying Zhou (SUTD, Singapore) – Chair

Program Committee Chairs:

* Sokratis Katsikas (Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus; and Norwegian
University of Science and Technology - NTNU, Norway)
* Cristina Alcaraz (University of Malaga, Spain)

Program Committee:

- Chuadhry Mujeeb Ahmed (SUTD, Singapore)
- Alvaro Cardenas (UC Santa Cruz, USA)
- Mauro Conti (University of Padua, Italy)
- Afonso Ferreira (CNRS, France)
- Yanick Fratantonio (EURECOM, France)
- Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (Telecom SudParis, France)
- Vasileios Gkioulos (NTNU, Norway)
- Eunsuk Kang (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
- Huy Kang Kim (Korea University, Korea)
- Kandasamy Nandha Kumar (SUTD, Singapore)
- Qi Li (Tsinghua University, China)
- Hoon Wei Lim (SingTel, Singapore)
- Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain)
- Bo Luo (University of Kansas, USA)
- Emil Lupu (Imperial College, UK)
- Michail Maniatakos (NYU-Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Daisuke Mashima (ADSC, Singapore)
- Weizhi Meng (DTU, Denmark)
- Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (Linköping University, Sweden)
- Martín Ochoa (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia)
- Günther Pernul (Universität Regensburg, Germany)
- Indraskhi Ray (Colorado State University, USA)
- Rodrigo Roman (University of Malaga, Spain)
- Justin Ruths (UT Dallas, USA)
- Savio Sciancalepore (HBKU-CSE, Qatar)
- Martin Strohmeier (University of Oxford, UK)
- Qiang Tang (LIST, Luxembourg)
- Nils Ole Tippenhauer (CISPA, Germany)
- Zheng Yang (SUTD, Singapore)
- Jianying Zhou (SUTD, Singapore)
- Sencun Zhu (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
- Saman Zonouz (Rutgers University, USA)

Publicity Chair:
* Pankaj Pandey (Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU,
Norway)

Publication Chair:
* Stefanos Gritzalis (University of Piraeus, Greece)

Contact
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Email: cpss20@easychair.org
CPSS Home: https://nics.uma.es/pub/CPSS2020/
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Saturday, February 1, 2020

[DMANET] Extended Deadline - [SMARTCOMP 2020]: Call for papers

Extended Deadline - [SMARTCOMP 2020]: Call for papers

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IEEE SMARTCOMP 2020
Call for Papers
22-25 June 2020, Bologna, Italy
http://www.smart-comp.org
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SMARTCOMP is the premier IEEE conference on smart computing.

Smart computing is based on the synergistic combination of advances in Sensor-based technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Edge cloud computing, Big Data analytics, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing, and Artificial Intelligence.

Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain. Applications of smart computing can be found in different societal domains including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and system advancements of edge cloud computing, mobile/pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking and social computing are taking smart computing to a new dimension and improving our ways of living.

SMARTCOMP 2020 is the 6th edition of the conference and will be held in the historical city of Bologna, Italy, hosted by the University of Bologna, the holdest University of the western world. SMARTCOMP 2020 will include smart computing innovations pertaining to pervasive/ubiquitous computing, edge cloud computing, sensor networks, IoT, big data analytics, security and privacy, social computing, cognitive computing, cyber-physical systems and their application and validation within smart computing environments. This includes applications such as smart buildings, smart cities, smart grids, precision agriculture and other innovations contributing to smart living.


Submission Guidelines
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Paper submissions must be no longer than 8 pages and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE conference template. Make sure to use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class.

Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that), through EDAS (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=26894). Prior to submission, ensure that any running headers/footers, page numbering, as well as blue underlining for URLs and email addresses has been removed.

All submitted papers will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

Extended versions of selected high quality papers accepted in IEEE SmartComp 2020 will be considered for publication in the Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing journal.

Topics
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SMARTCOMP 2020 solicits submissions that address the fundamental questions of smart computing, namely how to design and build smart computing systems and how to use computing technology for resource sustainability to improve the human experience. Submissions should thus match to at least one of the following three major fields of interest:

SMART COMPUTING CONCEPTS, MODELS, AND ALGORITHMS:
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Future Smart Computing Paradigms
Models of Smart Environments
Algorithms for Smart Computing
AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing
Edge computing algorithms

SMART COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES:
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Cyber-physical System Platforms for Smart Environments
Middleware Platforms for Smart Environments
Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Environments
Cloud/Edge/Fog computing technologies for Smart Systems
Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT technologies for Smart Systems
Smart Networking Technologies
Security, Privacy, and Economics in Smart Environments

SMART COMPUTING APPLICATIONS:
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Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
Smart Precision Agriculture
Smart Transportation
Smart FinTech
Smart Food-Energy-Water Nexus/Life-cycle analysis
Smart Health
Smart Communities
Smart Human Environments, Entertainment, and Social Activities
Smart Energy Management and Analytics


Organizing Committee
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General Co-Chairs:
Paolo Bellavista (University of Bologna, Italy)
Qi Han (Colorado School of Mines, USA)

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Nirmalya Roy (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)
Carlo Vallati (University of Pisa, Italy)

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Shameek Bhattacharjee (Western Michigan University, USA)
Sanjay Purushotham (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)
Wei Wang (Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China)
Riccardo Venanzi (University of Bologna, Italy)

Web Co-Chairs:
Domenico Scotece (University of Bologna, Italy)
Francesco Di Rienzo (University of Pisa, Italy)

Publication Chair:
Francesco Longo (University of Messina, Italy)

Workshop Co-Chairs:
Dario Bruneo (University of Messina)
Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico)

Industry Track Co-Chairs:
Abhishek Mukherji (Accenture, USA)
Akhil Mathur (Nokia Bell labs, UK)

WiP and Demo Co-Chairs:
Chayan Sarkar (TCS Research & Innovation, India)
Francesco Bronzino (Nokia Bell Labs, France)

PhD forum Co-Chairs:
Marco Tiloca (SICS, Sweden)
Sreedevi Sampath (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)


Steering Committee
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Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Sajal K. Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)


TPC
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Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Ana Aguiar (University of Porto, Portugal)
Christine Bassem (Wellesley College, USA)
Shuvra Bhattacharyya (University of Maryland, USA)
Dario Bruneo (Universita di Messina, Italy)
Alessandra De Paola (University of Palermo, Italy)
Pranita Dewan (IBM, USA)
Sujit Dey (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Ashutosh Dhekne (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Jonathan Fink (Portland State University, USA)
Angelo Furno (IFSTTAR, ENTPE, Université de Lyon, France)
Aryya Gangopadhyay (University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA)
Raghu Ganti (IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA)
Hassan Ghasemzadeh (Washington State University, USA)
Jason Hallstrom (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
Salil Kanhere (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
Fanxin Kong (Syracuse University, USA)
Ulf Kulau (DSI Aerospace Technology, Germany)
Francesco Longo (Universita di Messina, Italy)
Sudip Mittal (University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA)
Marco Morana (University of Palermo, Italy)
Abhishek Mukherji (Cisco Systems Inc., USA)
Paolo Nesi (DSI, University of Florence, Italy)
Biplab Pal (MachineSense, USA)
Symeon Papavassiliou (ICCS/National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Kyung-Joon Park (DGIST, Korea)
Lucas Pereira (M-ITI / LARSyS, Portugal)
Dirk Pesch (University College Cork, Ireland)
Antonio Puliafito (University of Messina, Italy)
Carlo Puliafito (University of Florence, Italy)
Hemant Purohit (George Mason University, USA)
Maryam Rahnemoonfar (University of Maryland, USA)
Andreas Reinhardt (TU Clausthal, Germany)
Francesca Righetti (University of Pisa, Italy)
Nirupam Roy (UMD College Park, USA)
Vijay Shah (Virginia Tech, USA)
Simone Silvestri (University of Kentucky, USA)
Neeraj Suri (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany)
Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA)
Nalini Venkatasubramanian (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Antonio Virdis (University of Pisa, Italy)
Hirozumi Yamaguchi (Osaka University, Japan)
Keiichi Yasumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Desheng Zhang (Rutgers University, USA)
Eugenio Zimeo (University of Sannio, Italy)
Nilavra Pathak (Expedia Group, Seattle, USA)
Amrita Anam (Amazon, USA)
Jorge Ortiz (The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, USA)
Archan Misra (Singapore Management University)
Kunal Mankodiya (University of Rhode Island, USA)
Sanjukta Bhowmick (University of Nebraska Omaha, USA)
Jiaqi Gong (UMBC, USA)
Vaskar Raychoudhury (Miami University, Ohio, USA)
H M Sajjad Hossain (Microsoft AI, Cambridge MA, USA)
Daniele Riboni (University of Cagliari, Italy)
Claudio Cicconetti (CNT-IIT, Pisa)
Pablo Serrano (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Marco Tiloca (SICS, Sweden)
Md Abdullah Al Hafiz Khan (Philips Research North America, USA)
Mohammad Arif Ul Alam (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Rute Sofia (Fortiss, Germany)
Hari Dubey (Microsoft, USA)


Important Dates
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Paper Registration Deadline: 14 February 2020 ** EXTENDED **
Paper Submission Deadline: 14 February 2020 ** EXTENDED **
Acceptance Notification: 31 March 2020
Camera Ready Deadline: 30 April 2020


Venue
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The 6th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2020) will be held in Bologna, Italy.


Contact
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For any Information about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs: Nirmalya Roy or Carlo Vallati.



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[DMANET] Phd and postdoc position on Algorithmic Game Theory

We are pleased to announce the opening of 1 phd and 1 postdoc position on
the broader area of Algorithmic Game Theory at the Dept. of Informatics of
the Athens University of Economics and Business (www.cs.aueb.gr).


The positions are part of a new research project that is funded by the
Greek Foundation of Research and Innovation.

There is available funding for 3 years for the phd position and 2 years for
the postdoc position. Opportunities for extensions might be possible, based
upon satisfactory academic progress.

There is no fixed starting date, but preferably the candidates should start
anywhere between May and September 2020.


The main goal of the project is to address current algorithmic and
game-theoretic challenges in the design of procurement auctions. The
candidates are therefore expected to conduct research on topics that
concern the design of efficient mechanisms, analysis of approximation
algorithms, equilibrium analysis, and related aspects in game theory and
social choice theory. The project has a heavier weight on theoretical
research but empirical/experimental aspects can also (in fact are
encouraged to) be considered.


Desirable background of applicants:

Applicants for the phd position should have (or be bound to have by the
starting date) a Masters degree (or equivalent) in computer science,
mathematics, operations research or a related discipline. Applicants for
the postdoc position should have carried out their phd thesis on
algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, or a related topic.

We are particularly interested in applicants with a strong background on
algorithms and discrete mathematics, who have an interest in working on one
of the following areas:

* Algorithmic game theory and mechanism design

* Design and analysis of efficient algorithms

* Approximation and randomized algorithms

* Social choice theory


Candidates must also be comfortable with writing and speaking in English.


Interested applicants should send an email to Vangelis Markakis (
markakis@gmail.com) including the following:

- Their CV

- Contact details of at least 2 references

- For phd candidates: A cover letter, where they will specify their
preferred area(s) on which they would like to do their phd thesis.

- For postdoc candidates: A research statement explaining their research
interests (1-2 pages).


There is no deadline for applying, but the applications will be processed
as they come. We recommend to potential applicants to send their documents
by March 1, 2020.


For any further inquiries the applicants can send an email to
markakis@gmail.com.

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[DMANET] DC - Resources online - IFORS --- with newest contributions

+++ with new contributions of recent weeks +++


Dear Colleagues, 

The aim of the IFORS Developing Countries Online Resources page is to offer the OR worker all publicly-available materials on the topic of OR for Development. It also aims to provide a venue for people who are working in the area to share their completed or in-process work, learn from others, and stimulate comments and discussions on the work. Regarding IFORS Developing Countries OR resources website, its regular updates - and your possible submission of "free" (not copyright protected) material, you might occasionally visit
http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page.

"Operational Research" (OR) is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. By using techniques such as problem structuring methods and mathematical modelling to analyze complex situations, Operational Research gives executives the power to make more effective decisions and build more productive systems.

The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS; http://ifors.org/) is an almost 60-year old organization which is currently composed of 51 national societies. Regional Groups of IFORS are: ALIO (The Latin American Ibero Association on Operations Research), APORS (The Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies), EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies), NORAM (The Association of North American Operations Research Societies). IFORS conferences are taking place every three years. IFORS 2020 will be celebrated in Seoul, South Korea (http://www.ifors2020.kr/).

Thank you very much for your attention.

With kind regards,
best wishes,
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

PS: Feedback is welcome via gerhard.weber@put.poznan.pl.

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