Theory Announcements

Sunday, November 7, 2021

[DMANET] IWOCA 2022: First Call For Papers

IWOCA, 33rd International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms

Venue

* University of Trier (June 7th - 9th, 2022)

* Graph- and Stringmasters: June 10th, 2022

Important Dates (a.o.e.)

* Abstract submission: January 6th, 2022

* Paper submission: January 11th, 2022

Proceedings

will be published within the LNCS series<https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/fb4/prof/INF/TIN/Miscellaneous/LNCS-Logo.jpg> of Springer, within the ARCoSS subline. We therefore ask for submissions of original work in LNCS format, allowing for 12 pages plus bibliography and a possible, clearly marked appendix.

Invited Speakers

* Akanksha Agrawal, IITM Chennai, India

* Erik Demaine, MIT Boston, USA

* Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

List of Topics (Not Exclusive)

* Algorithms and Data Structures

* Algorithmic and Combinatorial Aspects of Cryptography and Information Security

* Algorithmic Game Theory and Complexity of Games

* Approximation Algorithms

* Combinatorics and Graph Theory

* Combinatorial Generation, Enumeration and Counting

* Combinatorial Optimization

* Combinatorics of Words

* Complexity Theory

* Computational Biology

* Computational Geometry

* Decompositions and Combinatorial Designs

* Distributed, Parallel and Network Algorithms

* Experimental Combinatorics

* Fine-grained Complexity

* Graph Algorithms and Modelling with Graphs

* Graph Drawing and Graph Labelling

* Network Theory and Temporal Graphs

* Quantum Computing / Algorithms for Quantum Computers

* Online Algorithms

* Parameterized and Exact Algorithms

* Probabilistic and Randomized Algorithms

* Streaming Algorithms

Program Committee

* Cristina Bazgan, University Paris Dauphine, France, Co-Chair

* Henning Fernau, University of Trier, Germany, Co-Chair

* Faisal Abu-Khzam, LAU Beirut, Lebanon

* Jérémy Barbay, University of Chile, Santiago

* Ljiljana Brankovic, University of Newcastle, Australia

* Katrin Casel, HPI Potsdam, Germany

* Katarína Cechlárová, University Košice, Slovakia

* Charles Colbourn, Arizona State University, USA

* Thomas Erlebach, Durham University, UK

* Florent Foucaud, University Clermont Auvergne, France

* Kshitij Gajjar, National University of Singapore

* Adriana Hansberg, Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

* Toru Hasunuma, Tokushima University, Japan

* Sun-Yuan Hsieh, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

* Philipp Kindermann, Univesity of Trier, Germany

* Gunnar Klau, University of Düsseldorf, Germany

* Yasuaki Kobayashi, Kyoto University, Japan

* Veli Mäkinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

* Florin Manea, University of Göttingen, Germany

* David Manlove, University of Glasgow, UK

* André Nichterlein, TU Berlin, Germany

* Mateus de Oliveira Oliveira, University of Bergen, Norway

* Jakub Radoszewski, University of Warszawa, Poland

* Giovanna Rosone, University of Pisa, Italy

* Irena Rusu, University of Nantes, France

* Jeffrey Shallit, University of Waterloo, Canada

* Blerina Sinaimeri‬, LUISS University, Rome, Italy

* Wing-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore

* Sue Whitesides, University of Victoria, Canada

* Meirav Zehavi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Local Organizing Committee (preliminary)

* Henning Fernau

* Philipp Kindermann

* Kevin Mann

* Norbert Müller

* Esther Stürmer-Schwarz

* Petra Wolf

Steering Committee<https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/iwoca/steering.html>

* Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University, USA

* Costas Iliopoulos, King's Collega London, UK

* Ralf Klasing, CNRS and University of Bordeaux, France

* Wing-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore

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[DMANET] Lecturer / Postdoc in Artificial Intelligence (100% or part-time)

We are searching for:

**Lecturer / Postdoc in Artificial Intelligence (100% or part-time)**
(Duration: 2 years, with the possibility of extension)

**About us:**
The Computation and Economics Research Group, led by Prof. Sven Seuken,
currently consists of one professor, one Postdoc, and six PhD students.
All group members have a strong background in mathematics/computer
science and work on AI, machine learning, and market design research
questions. Market design is a research field that combines techniques
from computer science, game theory, operations research, and other
fields to analyze and design real-world marketplaces. In our research
group, we study foundational market design questions from an
algorithmic/computational and game-theoretic perspective. Current group
members work on a variety of projects, including active learning in
combinatorial assignment problems, techniques for capturing model
uncertainty in neural networks, algorithms for finding equilibria in
auctions, and machine learning-powered preference elicitation in
combinatorial auctions, course allocation, drone traffic management, and
adoption marketplaces. We publish our research exclusively in top
international conferences (e.g., AAAI, IJCAI, EC) and journals (e.g.,
JAIR, JET, Management Science). In some projects, we also collaborate
with industrial partners such as Google Research and Microsoft Research.

**We offer:**
- a team of young and highly motivated colleagues who are passionate
about topics at the intersection of AI, machine learning, and game
theory (in particular: market design)
- a competitive salary of approximately 90,000 Euro per year and
generous social benefits
- generous support for professional travel and research needs
- strong support for your career development
- life in a cosmopolitan city that regularly ranks as one of the cities
with the highest quality of life in the world.

**About the position:**
We accept applications from all candidates with a PhD who have a strong
background in Artificial Intelligence. The successful candidate will
become a Postdoc/Lecturer at the Department of Informatics of the
University of Zurich (Switzerland's largest university) and will also be
affiliated with the ETH AI Center (one of the world's top places for
research on AI and machine learning). The UZH Department of Informatics
and the ETH AI Center are in 3 min walking distance from each other. The
candidate is free to conduct research on any topic, including the
continuation of existing research projects. The candidate is invited
(but not required) to join the ERC research project on "Machine
Learning-based Market Design" led by Prof. Sven Seuken. In terms of
teaching, the candidate is required to prepare and teach a new course
called "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" (6 ECTS credits), once
per year. This course will be offered on the Bachelor's level at UZH;
the course will start on February 21, 2022. Therefore, experience in
teaching such a course (e.g., as a teaching assistant) is a required.
The exact topics to be covered in the course are still flexible.

**You have:**
- a PhD degree in computer science or a related field with a focus on
Artificial Intelligence
- a very good publication record in your field
- a passion for research in AI (interest or experience in game theory is
a plus, but not required)
- experience teaching a course on AI or machine learning (e.g., as a
teaching assistant)
- excellent communication skills in English (German speaking skills are
not necessary)

If you fit this profile and are passionate about research and teaching,
then we would love to hear from you. Women are particularly encouraged
to apply. To apply, please send an email with your CV and any other
relevant material to: seuken@ifi.uzh.ch

All applications received by December 6, 2021 will be considered.
Applications received afterwards will be considered until the position
is filled. If you do not hear back from us by December 13, then you have
not advanced to the interview round. The final hiring decision is
expected to be made until the end of December 2021. The position is
immediately available. The latest possible starting date is February 14,
2021. Further information about the research group is available online
at: http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/ce.

--
Prof. Dr. Sven Seuken
Head of Computation and Economics Research Group
University of Zurich
Web: https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/ce/people/seuken.html

Associated Faculty at the ETH AI Center <https://ai.ethz.ch/>
Co-Director of the Zurich Center for Market Design
<https://www.marketdesign.uzh.ch/en.html>

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Friday, November 5, 2021

[DMANET] SIGOPT2022 International Conference on Optimization, Cottbus, March 15-17, 2022 (1st Call)

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SIGOPT2022 International Conference on Optimization

www.sigopt2022.b-tu.de

March 15-17, 2022

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

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The Special Interest Group in Optimization (SIGOPT) was created in 1993 with the purpose of encouraging cooperation and communication between its members to enrich the scientific network of mathematical optimization. In this regard, a series of conferences has been established in order to conglomerate all the different aspects of mathematical optimization within one event of familiar atmosphere, and it is our pleasure to announce the 5th SIGOPT conference to be held during

March 15 - 17, 2022, in Cottbus, Germany.

The conference is scheduled to take place at the Zentralcampus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). Participants are invited to arrive in Cottbus on Monday, March 14, to join the welcome reception at the Lindner Congress Hotel in the
evening. Further up-to-date information can be found at the conference website

www.sigopt2022.b-tu.de

Aims and Scopes

The SIGOPT conference covers theory and practice in all branches of mathematical optimization, e.g., Linear Optimization, Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization, Mixed-Integer Optimization, Nonlinear Optimization, Nonsmooth Optimization and Variational Analysis,
Multiobjective and Set-Valued Optimization, Optimal Control and Infinite-Dimensional Optimization, Machine Learning, or Application of Optimization in Real-World Problems. The SIGOPT promotes the collaboration of all the different branches of mathematical optimization, so
talks combining theory or methods from different topics are especially welcome. Young researchers are particularly encouraged to submit abstract proposals.

Plenary Speakers

We are pleased to announce the following invited speakers:

Ulf Lorenz (University of Siegen)
Ruth Misener (Imperial College London)
Ira Neitzel (University of Bonn)
Anita Schöbel (TU Kaiserslautern)
Gerhard Woeginger (RWTH Aachen)

Social Activities

We plan to organize a guided tour through the city of Cottbus famous for its clothiers and miners in the past and nowadays one of Germany's strongholds of structural change. Furthermore, we arranged a joint conference dinner in the popular restaurant Mangold in Cottbus which is settled within an ancient distillery.

Submission of Abstracts and Invited Sessions

Abstracts have to be submitted in LaTeX and should not exceed 1500 characters while being free of references.
We offer the possibility to organize invited sessions. Therefore, a suitable session title, a willing chairperson, and three to four abstracts respecting the above guidelines have to be provided.

Submission of abstracts is possible until January 16, 2022, via the conference website. Session proposals should be send directly to the organizers using the email: address sigopt2022@b-tu.de

Venue, Accommodation, and Conference Fee

The conference takes place at the Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude of the BTU on the main campus in Cottbus.

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 3
03046 Cottbus

Each participant is kindly asked to organize his or her accommodation individually. A limited number of rooms is available in the Lindner Congress Hotel (75.00 EUR / 87.00 EUR per night in a single / double room, including breakfast), which is located within a 5-minute walking distance to the venue. In order to access this contingent, please contact the hotel until January 14, 2022, using the keyword SIG_OPT2022.

Linder Congress Hotel
Berliner Platz / Karl-Marx-Straße 68
03046 Cottbus

We offer a limited number of day care spots at a BTU Kindergarten in order to allow parents of young children to attend the conference without too many limitations. If you are interested in this offer, contact the conference organizers via email until January 16, 2022.

Participants have to pay a conference fee of 120.00 EUR, which includes the conference dinner. An additional spouse ticket can be purchased for 60.00 EUR.

Covid-19

Only vaccinated people can join the conference. In accordance with current regulations of the state of Brandenburg and the University, we can enjoy the conference without wearing masks or social distancing. For this, we keep the number of people on site (participants and employees) below 100. During registration, proper vaccination has to be acknowledged by ticking a check box. Your vaccination records will be verified upon check-in at the conference desk. So do not forget to bring a valid documentation, otherwise entry will be denied without a refund of the conference fee.

Important Dates

Opening of Submission of Abstracts: early November, 2021
Opening of Registration: early December, 2021
Deadline Submission of Abstracts and Invited Sessions: January 16, 2022
Notification of Acceptance: in continuous way until January 30, 2022
Deadline Registration: February 27, 2022
Conference: March 15 - 17, 2022

Program Committee

Gennadiy Averkov (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Anja Fischer (TU Dortmund)
Armin Fuegenschuh (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Ekkehard Köhler (BTU Cottbus Senftenberg)
Sabine Pickenhain (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Gerd Wachsmuth (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)

Organization Committee

Jesse Beisegel (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Annette Fischer (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Armin Fuegenschuh (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Patrick Mehlitz (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)

Contact Information

In case of any issues, feel free to contact the organizers via sigopt2022@b-tu.de

[DMANET] Full Professor Position in Communication Technologies in Vienna

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Vienna invites
applications for a full professor in Communication Technologies.

As part of the research focus on Graphs and Networks, the department is
looking for an outstanding computer scientist who pursues research in
the area of future communication networks, including their theory,
architecture and protocols, as well as their different application
scenarios. The application deadline is January 12, 2022.

More details can be found under this link <How is life? We are fine,
happily vaccinated ...,We have finally an opening for a TT position in
algorithms at the University of
Vienna,,https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cE6855C1E-D7E3-F933-5554-A27CD0FF2612_kFC207DD0-4381-FA23-2F97-263156792539&tid=88323.28,,Could
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[DMANET] Multiple faculty positions in theory of computing at York University in Toronto, Canada

The EECS Department at York University is inviting applications for
five tenured or tenure-track positions in the theory of computing or
data science, both broadly interpreted.

York University is located in Toronto, which is the largest city in
Canada and is frequently ranked among the world's most livable cities.
Our department has over 60 faculty members and is growing quickly.

Please see https://lassonde.yorku.ca/about/careers/faculty-recruitment
for more information. The deadline for applications is November 30
(although the review of applications will start earlier, on November
15). Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the
department, university or the city.

Regards,

Eric Ruppert

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[DMANET] Postdoc in Complexity of Higher-Order Computation at the University of Victoria

Bruce Kapron invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position in the Computer Science Department at the University of Victoria. Applicants with a background or interest in higher-order complexity theory, including models and techniques related to theory of programming languages, feasible analysis, cryptography, and ordinary complexity theory are encouraged. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or be close to completion, in CS, Mathematics, Logic or a related field, with a strong publication record.

Successful applicants will be funded in part by the Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Applicants who are French, or have completed their Ph.D. at an institution in France, are eligible to be funded as a CNRS/PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, and are particularly encouraged.

Interested applicants should submit their application materials at

https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/18864

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[DMANET] [CFP] Hindawi, Neuroevolution: Methods and Applications

Call for papers
Neuroevolution: Methods and Applications

Journal of Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience
IF 3.633 (JCR)

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cin/si/450675/

This Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles on the
topic of neuroevolution and the combination of EC with ANN.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

- Evolutionary computation algorithms, such as genetic algorithm (GA),
particle swarm optimization (PSO), differential evolution (DE), genetic
programming (GP), ant colony optimization (ACO) in combination with ANNs
- Neural networks, such as convolutional neural networks (CNN), long
short-term memory (LSTM), deep belief network (DBN), feedforward neural
networks (FNN), recurrent neural networks (RNN), radial basis function
neural networks (RBF) in combination with EC
- Novel algorithms for learning the weights of an ANN, and finding the
proper hyperparameters
- Evolutionary neural architecture
- Novel search mechanisms
- Surrogate assisted neuroevolution
- Novel representations and objective functions
- Hybrid EC/ANN approaches
- Multi-objective neuroevolution
- Analysis of the complexity of neuroevolution
- Landscape analysis by ANN for EC
- Application of neuroevolution in other scientific fields including
image processing and computer vision, text mining and natural language
processing, speech processing, software engineering, time series analysis,
healthcare, cybersecurity, finance and fraud detection, social networks,
recommender systems, and evolutionary robotics

Submission deadline
18 Feb 2022
Lead Editor
Diego Oliva
Guest Editors
Seyed Jalaleddin Mousavirad | Gerald Schaefer | Ripon Kumar Chakrabortty

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[DMANET] [CFP] Extended Deadline, EvoStar 2022, Evolutionary Computation in Edge, Fog, and Cloud Computing

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a special session on Evolutionary Computation in Edge,
Fog, and Cloud Computing, as a part of the 25th International Conference on
the Applications of Evolutionary Computation (EvoApplications) at EvoStar
2022.
EvoApplications accepts original research papers (including significant
work-in-progress) on various aspects of applications of Evolutionary
Computation. Accepted papers will appear in the proceedings of
EvoApplications published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

We are looking forward to receiving your submissions.
Deadline: 24 November 2021 (extended)
http://www.evostar.org/2022/evoapps/ecefcc/

Thank you and best regards
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Organizers
Diego Oliva
Universidad de Guadalajara, México

Seyed Jalaleddin Mousavirad
Hakim Sabzevari University, Iran

Mahshid Helali Moghadam
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden

Thursday, November 4, 2021

[DMANET] SAND 2022 - Final Call for Papers

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SAND 2022: Final Call for Papers

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Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sand2022

1st Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations of Dynamic Networks

March 2022, online-only event due to the pandemic

https://www.sand-conf.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SANDconference

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Important Dates

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Submission deadline: November 15th, 2021 (23:59 AoE)

Notification: January, 2022

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Scope

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We are pleased to announce the 1st Symposium on Algorithmic Foundations of Dynamic Networks (SAND).

The objective of SAND is to provide a primary venue for the presentation and discussion of research on fundamental aspects of computing in dynamic networks. Focusing on the theory, design, analysis, and application of computing in dynamic networks, SAND seeks high-quality results characterized by a marked algorithmic aspect that shed insights on the computability landscape for dynamic environments or that can be foundational for practical and impactful systems. SAND aims at bringing together researchers from Computer Science and related areas such as Mathematics, Complex Systems, Sociology, Transportations, Robotics, Physics, and Biology to present and discuss original research at the intersection of Algorithms and Dynamic Networks and Systems.

We encourage contributions from all viewpoints, including theory and practice, addressing or being motivated by the role of dynamics in computing. We welcome both conceptual and technical contributions, as well as novel ideas and new problems that will inspire the community and facilitate the further growth of the area.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Temporal graphs

- Continuous models of dynamic networks

- Geometric dynamic models

- Reconfigurable and swarm robotics, programmable matter, DNA self-assembly

- Population protocols and chemical reaction networks

- Distributed computation in dynamic networks

- Multilayer, peer-to-peer and overlay networks

- Randomness in dynamic networks

- Wireless networks, mobile computing, autonomous agents

- Streaming models

- Boolean networks

- Information spreading, gossiping, epidemics

- IoT, Cloud, Edge/Fog computing

- Computability and Complexity within dynamic networks

- Offline and online algorithms for dynamic networks

- Learning approaches for dynamic networks

- Complex systems, social and transportation networks

- Fault-tolerance, network self-organization and formation

- New models for dynamic networks

- Bio-inspired, physical, and chemical dynamic models

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Paper Submission

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Papers should be submitted electronically through Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sand2022).

A submission must be original research and reporting on novel results that have not appeared previously in/(or are concurrently submitted to) a journal or a conference with published proceedings. Submissions must be in English in pdf format and they must be prepared using the LaTeX style template for LIPIcs

(instructions at https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors)

Submissions must be anonymous, without any author names, affiliations, or email addresses. A submission must not exceed 15 pages, excluding the references. Additional details can be provided in a clearly marked appendix. Note that reviewers are not required to read the appendices. Submissions deviating from the above guidelines will be rejected without consideration of their merits.

The program committee may decide that some of the papers not selected for publication are suitable for publication in the brief announcement format. Any authors who do not wish their paper to be considered for the brief announcement format in case of rejection, are asked to clearly indicate this on the first page of their submission.

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Instructions for Double-Blind Review

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The reviewing process is double-blind, the authors' names must not be included in the paper, and the writing of the manuscript should be done in such a way to not de-anonymize authors (e.g., instead of, our result [1], they should use, the result of [1]). We assume that reviewers do not actively try to recognize the authors. Therefore, authors are allowed to publish their results on pre-print services before or at any point of the submission/reviewing process. Non-anonymous submissions will be rejected.

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Publication

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The conference proceedings will be published by LIPIcs. The final version of the paper must be formatted following the LIPIcs guidelines (https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors). Papers accepted in full will have 15 pages in the final proceedings (excluding references). Any papers accepted in the brief announcement format will have 3 pages in the final proceedings (including everything).

Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered for a special issue of the Journal of Computer and System Sciences.

For every accepted regular paper and brief announcement, at least one of the authors must fully register and present the paper during the conference and according to the conference program. Any paper accepted but not presented will be withdrawn from the final proceedings.

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Awards

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All papers are eligible for the best paper award. Papers co-authored by full-time students may also be eligible for the best student paper award. For a paper to be considered for the best student paper award, the nominated authors should be full time students at the time of submission and should have a significant contribution to the paper. In case the authors think that their paper is eligible for the best student paper award, they should clearly indicate this on the first page of their submission and briefly justify. The program committee may decline to make these awards or may decide to split them.

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Organization

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Program Committee:

- James Aspnes (co-chair), Yale University, USA

- Luca Becchetti, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy

- Petra Berenbrink, University of Hamburg, Germany

- Janna Burman, Université Paris-Sud – LRI, France

- Arnaud Casteigts, University of Bordeaux, France

- Keren Censor-Hillel, Technion, Israel

- Andrea Clementi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

- Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy

- David Doty, University of California, Davis, USA

- Yuval Emek, Technion, Israel

- Thomas Erlebach, Durham University, UK

- Sándor Fekete, TU Braunschweig, Germany

- Paola Flocchini, University of Ottawa, Canada

- David Ilcinkas, CNRS, Bordeaux, France

- Zvi Lotker, Bar Ilan University, Israel

- Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Osaka University, Japan

- George Mertzios, Durham University, UK

- Othon Michail (co-chair), University of Liverpool, UK

- Rolf Niedermeier, TU Berlin, Germany

- Rotem Oshman, Tel Aviv University, Israel

- Andrea Richa, Arizona State University, USA

- Nicola Santoro, Carleton University, Canada

- Christian Scheideler, University of Paderborn, Germany

- David Soloveichik, University of Texas at Austin, USA

- Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK

- Damien Woods, Maynooth University, Ireland

- Viktor Zamaraev, University of Liverpool, UK

- Christos Zaroliagis, University of Patras, Greece

Organizing Committee:

- James Aspnes, Yale University, USA (PC chair)

- Othon Michail, University of Liverpool, UK (PC chair)

- Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy (General chair)

- Viktor Zamaraev, University of Liverpool, UK (General chair)

- George Skretas, University of Liverpool, UK (Publicity chair)

Steering Committee:

- Paola Flocchini, University of Ottawa, Canada (chair)

- James Aspnes, Yale University, USA (PC chair 2022)

- Othon Michail, University of Liverpool, UK (PC chair 2022)

- Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy (General chair 2022)

- Viktor Zamaraev, University of Liverpool, UK (General chair 2022)

- Giuseppe Prencipe, Pisa University, Italy (Treasurer)

Advisory Board:

- James Aspnes, Yale University, USA

- Luca Becchetti, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy

- Arnaud Casteigts, University of Bordeaux, France

- Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy

- Paola Flocchini, University of Ottawa, Canada

- George Mertzios, Durham University, UK

- Othon Michail, University of Liverpool, UK

- Rolf Niedermeier, TU Berlin, Germany

- Rotem Oshman, Tel Aviv University, Israel

- Nicola Santoro, Carleton University, Canada

- Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK

- Viktor Zamaraev, University of Liverpool, UK

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Best regards,

James Aspnes and Othon Michail

PC chairs, SAND 2022

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[DMANET] 2nd Student Design Competition on Networked Computing on the Edge (CPS-IoT Week 2022)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION – Second Student Design Competition on Networked
Computing on the Edge

Co-located with CPS-IoT Week 2022 <https://cpsiotweek.neslab.it/index.php>

Milan, Italy May 3-6, 2022

Competition Website: https://smile-sdsu.github.io/cps_iot22/

*What is this Competition?*

The 2nd student design competition on Networked Computing on the Edge
<https://smile-sdsu.github.io/cps_iot22/> will be held at the CPS-IoT Week
<https://cpsiotweek.neslab.it/index.php> in May 2022. This competition
invites student teams of all levels to develop and demonstrate innovative
projects on the topic of networked computing for edge applications.
Projects of integrated computing, control, and communication components on
the ground, underwater or air mobile platforms are welcomed. Topics of
interest include but are not limited to unmanned aerial vehicle networks,
urban aerial mobility, autonomous driving, edge computing, and
human-machine interfaces.

*Requirements*

Teams must develop solutions using embedded platforms of advanced computing
capabilities. Each team should consist of no more than five members
including faculty mentors. The organizers can provide embedded hardware
solutions built on Jetson TX2 and related hardware and software technical
support to participating teams.

*Submission Guidelines:*

· Teams are required to submit a project proposal including project
title, abstract, team members and advisor(s) to CPSIoTCompetition@unt.edu
to register for the competition. The abstract should state the objective,
approach, novelty and impact, and is limited to 300 words. The registration
deadline is *February 4, 2022*.

· The registered teams will submit the final product by *April 17,
2022* including
a poster and a pre-recorded video of their presentation.

· At the conference, each team will make a live presentation or play
the recorded video, followed by Q&A.

*Evaluation criteria:*

The evaluation committee will select winners and honorable mentions based
on the following criteria:

· Quality of the design (relevance, completeness, novelty, and
performance) – 50%

· Quality of the presentation (poster, video/live presentation, and
Q&A) – 40%

· Impact of application (societal or economical values) – 10%

*Organizers:*

Shengli Fu, University of Texas at Arlington (Email: shengli.fu@unt.edu)

Junfei Xie, San Diego State University (Email: jxie4@sdsu.edu)

Roberto Valenti, MathWorks (Email: rvalenti@mathworks.com)

[DMANET] INOC 2022 - Call for Extended Abstracts

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Call for Extended Abstracts / Presentations

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OPTIMIZATION CONFERENCE (INOC 2022)

Aachen, Germany-- 1-4 March 2022

https://sites.google.com/view/inoc2022/

inoc2022@math2.rwth-aachen.de @inoc2022 (twitter)

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The International Network Optimization Conference (INOC 2022) provides a
forum for researchers in the broad field of network optimization to
present and publish their latest results and ongoing research. INOC is
the conference of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG), a
working group of EURO. The conference has been held biyearly since 2003,
the latest in Avignon (France) in 2019. INOC 2022 will be held in March
2022, most probably in a hybrid format, physically at RWTH Aachen
University (Aachen, Germany) and online for those who are unable to attend.

Call for Extended Abstracts
---------------------------

INOC now accepts extended abstracts for presentations at the conference
(without publication). The extended abstracts describing recent results
and ongoing research can be up to 2 pages long (in the format provided
at the website). Deadline for submission is November 19, 2021.

Contributions will be reviewed by the program committee (see
https://sites.google.com/view/inoc2022/ for the list of committee
members). After the conference, extended papers can be submitted to a
special issue of the journal Networks.

Important Dates
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Submission deadline for extended abstract: November 19, 2021
Notification of acceptance: December 17, 2021
Early registration deadline and final paper submission: January 17, 2022
Rosenmontag (Carnival): February 28, 2022
Welcome reception: March 1, 2022

Topics of Interest
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INOC solicits contributions in the broad field of Network Optimization,
from the areas of Mathematical Optimization, Operations Research, and
Graph Theory. Also application-oriented network optimization from areas
like Telecommunications, Routing, and Logistics are most welcome. Topics
include but are not restricted to:

Algorithmic Game Theory on Networks
Approximation Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Connectivity Problems
Graph Algorithms
Graph Theory
Heuristics and Meta-heuristics
Mixed Integer Linear Programming
Mixed Integer Nonlinear Optimization
Multi-objective Optimization
Multicommodity Flows
Network Design
Network Flows
Network Interdiction
Network Optimization
Network Reliability
Path and Tree Problems
Robust Optimization
Routing Algorithms
Stochastic Networks
Supply Chain Network Optimization
Sustainable Mobility and Transportation
Telecommunication Networks
Transportation Networks
Vehicle Routing

Venue
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The conference will be held at RWTH Aachen University in Aachen,
Germany. For those that are not yet able to come to Aachen, online
participation will be offered.

Contact
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The conference is organized by the Discrete Optimization Group at RWTH
Aachen University, led by Christina Büsing and Arie Koster. All
questions about submissions should be emailed
toinoc2022@math2.rwth-aachen.de

--
Prof. Dr. Arie M.C.A. Koster
RWTH Aachen University
Lehrstuhl II für Mathematik
Pontdriesch 10-12, 2.0G, Raum 306
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

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

[DMANET] Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at California State University San Marcos

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at California State
University San Marcos

https://careersmanager.pageuppeople.com/873/sm/en-us/job/506497/assistant-professor-of-operations-supply-chain-management

Nima Zaerpour, Ph.D.
Chair & Associate Professor
Department of Operations and Supply Chain Management
College of Business Administration
California State University San Marcos
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[DMANET] Extended submission deadline - EvoMUSART 2022 - Call for Papers

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Call for papers for the 11th International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART)
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The 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music,
Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART) will take place on 20-22 April 2022, as
part of the evo* event.

EvoMUSART webpage: www.evostar.org/2022/evomusart/

*Extended submission deadline: 24 November 2021*
*Conference: 20-22 April 2022*

EvoMUSART is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together
researchers who are working on the application of Artificial Neural
Networks, Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Intelligence, Cellular Automata,
Alife, and other Artificial Intelligence techniques in creative and artist
fields such as Visual Art, Music, Architecture, Video, Digital Games,
Poetry, or Design. This conference gives researchers in the field the
opportunity to promote, present and discuss ongoing work in the area.

Submissions must be at most 16 pages long, in Springer LNCS format. Each
submission must be anonymised for a double-blind review process.

Accepted papers will be presented orally or as posters at the event and
included in the EvoMUSART proceedings published by Springer Nature in a
dedicated volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

In addition, an agreement has been reached with Entropy journal (IF 2.524;
JCR Q2; ISSN 1099-4300) whereby it will publish a special issue of
EvoMUSART every year. Entropy journal has already published the special
issues entitled "Artificial Intelligence and Complexity in Art, Music,
Games and Design" for EvoMUSART 2020 (Volume 1) and 2021 (Volume 2). All
papers accepted in EvoMUSART 2022 will be encouraged to submit to a new
special issue of Entropy.

Indicative topics include but are not limited to:
* Systems that create drawings, images, animations, sculptures, poetry,
text, designs, webpages, buildings, etc.;
* Systems that create musical pieces, sounds, instruments, voices, sound
effects, sound analysis, etc.;
* Systems that create artefacts such as game content, architecture,
furniture, based on aesthetic and/or functional criteria;
* Systems that resort to artificial intelligence to perform the analysis of
image, music, sound, sculpture, or some other types of artistic objects;
* Systems in which artificial intelligence is used to promote the
creativity of a human user;
* Theories or models of computational aesthetics;
* Computational models of emotional response, surprise, novelty;
* Representation techniques for images, videos, music, etc.;
* Surveys of the current state-of-the-art in the area;
* New ways of integrating the user in the process (e.g. improvisation,
co-creation, participation).

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evo2022

More information on the submission process and the topics of EvoMUSART:
www.evostar.org/2022/evomusart/

Flyer of EvoMUSART 2022: http://www.evostar.org/2022/flyers/evomusart

Papers published in EvoMUSART: https://evomusart-index.dei.uc.pt

We look forward to seeing you in EvoMUSART 2022!

The EvoMUSART 2022 organisers

Tiago Martins
Nereida Rodríguez-Fernandez
Sergio Rebelo (publication chair)

[DMANET] MIP 2022 feat. DANniversary and a computational competition

Mark your calendars for the 2022 MIP Workshop feat. DANniversary, to be
held May 23-26, 2022, at DIMACS, Rutgers University. The 2022 edition will
be the nineteenth in the MIP series, and it will be opened by DANniversary,
a special conference in celebration of Daniel Bienstock's 60th birthday (in
2020).

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 for students and a best poster award.

This year, MIP will also host a computational competition that will be
launched on November 16th on the MIP 2022 website.

The website of MIP 2022 can be found at https://www.mixedinteger.org/2022/.

MIP 2022 Confirmed Speakers
* Manuel Aprile, University of Padova
* Beste Basciftci, University of Iowa
* Sam Burer, University of Iowa
* Marianna De Santis, Sapienza University of Roma
* Bistra Dilkina, University of Southern California
* Samuel Fiorini, ULB
* Ignacio Grossman, CMU
* Oktay Günlük, Cornell
* Georgina Hall, INSEAD
* Kim-Manuel Klein, University of Kiel
* Christian Kroer, Columbia University
* Yin Tat Lee, University of Washington
* JP Richard, University of Minnesota
* Christopher Thomas Ryan, University of British Columbia
* Nick Sahinidis, Georgia Tech
* Felipe Serrano, I2Damo Gmbh
* Alfredo Torrico, Polytechnique Montréal
* Vera Traub, ETH Zurich
* Laszlo Vegh, LSE
* Juan Vielma, Google
* Yiling Zhang, University of Minnesota

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
* Margarida Carvalho (Université de Montréal)
* Yuri Faenza, chair (Columbia University)
* Andres Gomez (USC)
* Gonzalo Munoz (Universidad de O'Higgins)
* Stefan Weltge (TU Munich)

DANniversary Program Committee
* Jeff Linderoth (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Alper Atamtürk (UC Berkeley)
* Gabor Pataki (University of North Carolina)
* Oktay Günlük (IBM Research)

Local Organizing Committee
* Tami Carpenter (DIMACS, Rutgers University)

[DMANET] PhD Position in Data-driven Operations & Supply Chain Management

PHD POSITION IN DATA-DRIVEN OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

The research group Data-Driven Operations Management at the Chair of
Logistics and Quantitative Methods at the University of Würzburg is
offering a part time (75%) or full-time position as

RESEARCH ASSISTANT (PHD STUDENT)

to be filled as soon as possible. The initial contract will be for a
period of three years, but can be extended to a maximum of six years.

Our research is dedicated to the development of novel models and methods
that exploit real-life (and oftentimes "big") data to improve decision
making in operations, logistics and supply chain management. In our
research projects we integrate traditional optimization methods with
state-of-the-art methods in machine learning and prescriptive analytics.
Our work is innovative and challenging from a theoretical viewpoint and,
at the same time, very relevant to practice — we work with leading
industry partners on a number of exciting and highly relevant projects.
We have a strong international focus and our team consists of
researchers with diverse backgrounds and skills. We are seeking
motivated and highly skilled individuals to become part of our young and
ambitious team.

YOUR PROFILE:

- You hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in a discipline with a
quantitative focus (e.g., mathematics, engineering, computer science or
physics), and obtained excellent grades.
- You are interested in contemporary research topics in data-driven
optimization, logistics and supply chain management.
- You have prior experience in using state-of-the-art tools in
optimization and/or statistical analysis (e.g., Python, R).
- Your English skills are excellent, both written and spoken.
- You have good interpersonal skills, are very motivated, and want to be
part of a very diverse and enthusiastic team.

YOUR WORK:

You will actively participate in the research of our group, including
projects with partners from academia and industry. Most importantly, you
will contribute to publications in scientific journals and thereby work
on your doctoral dissertation. We also expect you to support our
teaching activities within the university's graduate programs in
management.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

- You will work on challenging and innovative scientific questions in an
extraordinarily relevant subject area.
- You will be part of a very energetic team with excellent colleagues
and receive outstanding support from the entire research group and, in
particular, your doctoral advisor.
- You will benefit from our previous work with industry and have access
to a multitude of data-sets that are relevant for research.
- We will provide extensive financial support for your education, e.g.,
for attending international summer and winter schools, and participation
in international conferences.

Please send your application material to Prof. Dr. Richard Pibernik
(richard.pibernik@uni-wuerzburg.de).
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[DMANET] Copenhagen PhD School of Stochastic Programming -- April 4-8 2022

Dear colleagues,

We are organizing the Copenhagen PhD School of Stochastic Programming, which will take place on April 4th - 8th at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The PhD school provides a one-week introduction to Stochastic Programming and is taught by leading experts on the subject.
Registration is now open and free, and participants have the possibility of earning 3.5 ECTS upon successful completion of the course.

Confirmed lecturers:

* Stein W. Wallace (NHH, Bergen)
* Mike Hewitt (Loyola University Chicago, Chicago)
* Stein-Erik Fleten (NTNU, Trondheim)
* David Wozabal (TUM, Munich)

For registration and more information visit https://www.math.ku.dk/english/calendar/events/cssp/<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.math.ku.dk%2Fenglish%2Fcalendar%2Fevents%2Fcssp%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cgp%40math.ku.dk%7C890f2efa1f7a4d3a368a08d997bec786%7Ca3927f91cda14696af898c9f1ceffa91%7C0%7C0%7C637707667912286938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=IG20unrYOHcrjsSGINQolvFGhNSUuU9IvL9WB39nNwQ%3D&reserved=0> or contact the organizers:

* Giovanni Pantuso: gp@math.ku.dk<mailto:gp@math.ku.dk>
* Trine Boomsma: trine@math.ku.dk<mailto:trine@math.ku.dk>

Best regards
Giovanni

Giovanni Pantuso
Associate Professor of Operations Research
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmak
gp@math.ku.dk<mailto:gp@math.ku.dk>

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

[DMANET] Reminder, Call for Papers IPCO 2022

*Call for papers IPCO 2022*

Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization IPCO
XXIII, June 27–29, 2022, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Conference website: https://www.ipco2022.com/home
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*Submission deadline: November 12, 2021 (23:59 CET).
**Notification: January 31, 2022.*

The IPCO conference is a forum for researchers and practitioners working
on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial
optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory,
computation, and applications. The scope of IPCO is viewed in a broad
sense, to include algorithmic and structural results in integer
programming and combinatorial optimization as well as revealing
computational studies and novel applications of discrete optimization to
practical problems.

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of their recent work by
November 12, 2021 (23:59 CET); see the submission guidelines below for
more information. The Program Committee will select the papers to be
presented on the basis of the submitted extended abstracts.
Contributions are expected to be original, unpublished and not under
review by journals or conferences with proceedings. Papers violating
these requirements will not be considered by the Program Committee.

During the conference, approximately 33 papers will be presented in
single-track sessions. Each lecture will be 30 minutes long. The
proceedings will be published as a volume of Springer Lecture Notes in
Computer Science. They will contain extended abstracts of all accepted
submissions. It is expected that revised and extended versions will
subsequently be submitted for publication in appropriate journals.

*Submission Guidelines *

The extended abstract – in Springer LNCS format – should not exceed 12
pages plus references. Please check the Springer Information for LNCS
Authors for additional information,
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
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Appendices are allowed only if they fit within the 12 page limit.
Submissions not following these guidelines will not be considered. It is
allowed to put full versions of the submitted papers in an on-line
repository.

The first page should contain the title, the authors with their
affiliations, and a short abstract. The introduction should be a broadly
accessible exposition of the main ideas and techniques used to achieve
the results, including motivation and a clear comparison with related
work. In particular, the introduction should convey to the non-expert
why the paper should be accepted to IPCO. Submitted extended abstracts
will be reviewed according to the standards of top tier reviewed
conferences. The main acceptance criteria used by the Program Committee
are the quality and originality of the research, plus its interest to
people working in the field. It is crucial that the importance of the
work is understood by the committee. The claimed results must be correct
and new.

A paper will not be considered in any of the following cases:

* If it has already been published;

* If it is under review by a journal or another conference with proceedings;
* If it has a member of the Program Committee among its authors;
* If it is submitted after the submission deadline.

It is not allowed to submit a paper that has been submitted to IPCO 2022
to a journal or a conference with proceedings before the IPCO 2022
notification date.

IPCO will present a*Best Paper Award*, to be chosen by the Program
Committee.

*Submission Server:*https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ipco2022
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*
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*Program Committee*

Karen Aardal, Delft University of Technology (Chair)

Marco Di Summa, Università degli Studi di Padova
Alina Ene, Boston University
Sam Fiorini, Université libre de Bruxelles
Ricardo Fukasawa, University of Waterloo
Yusuke Kobayashi, Kyoto University
Jochen Koenemann, University of Waterloo
Nicole Megow, Universität Bremen
Gonzalo Munoz, Universidad de O'Higgins
Peter Nelson, University of Waterloo
Neil Olver, London School of Economics and Political Science
Sebastian Pokutta, Zuse Institute Berlin
Domenico Salvagnin, Università degli Studi di Padova
Laura Sanità, Eindhoven University of Technology
David Shmoys, Cornell University
Vera Traub, ETH Zürich

[DMANET] Assistant Professor Position in Theoretical Computer Science at Charles University in Prague

Assistant professor position
Computer Science Institute of Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic

The Computer Science Institute (CSI) of Charles University, Prague, Czech
Republic, invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of an
assistant professor in the area of theoretical computer science. The
expected starting date is September 1, 2022, and it is negotiable.

We are looking for candidates that would complement and/or strengthen
existing research areas in our institute (which currently include
computational complexity, cryptography, approximation algorithms, integer
programming, structural graph theory, combinatorics and discrete
mathematics). Strong candidates from all areas of theoretical computer
science will be considered. For further information about our research see
http://iuuk.mff.cuni.cz/. Informal inquiries are welcome and may be sent
to Michal Koucky <koucky@iuuk.mff.cuni.cz>.

A successful candidate is expected to pursue an active research program,
teach advanced and introductory classes and possibly supervise
undergraduate and graduate students. Candidates are expected to have a
proven international research record and postdoctoral experience. A PhD in
computer science or a closely related field is required.

The contract duration is three years. Potentially, the position is
renewable; also a habilitation (associate professor promotion) and a
permanent position is a standard possibility (subject to a separate review
process).

The application deadline is: January 31, 2022.
Official announcement: https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/faculty/job-opportunities/open-competition/academic-positions-application-deadline-january-31-2022
Code: 202201-AP2-IUUK

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[DMANET] PhD studentship in algorithms and complexity theory at the University of Edinburgh

PhD studentships in algorithms and complexity are available in the School
of Informatics, the University of Edinburgh, funded by the European
Research Council (ERC) grant =E2=80=9CNew Approaches to Counting and Sampli=
ng=E2=80=9D, led
by Dr. Heng Guo.

If interested, please follow the standard application procedure to the
School of Informatics and indicate Heng Guo (under LFCS) as the potential
supervisor. More details at:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/informatics/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd

Feel free to send informal enquiries to "hguo at inf.ed.ac.uk".

-Heng Guo

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[DMANET] Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Computer Science at Oranim College, Israel

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Computer Science

The Department of Mathematics-Physics-Computer Science of the University of
Haifa at Oranim College (https://mathphys.haifa.ac.il/) invites
applications for a tenure-track faculty position in all areas of Computer
Science, to begin October 1st 2022.
The department seeks individuals with excellent research experience and
strong commitment to undergraduate teaching. A Ph.D. in Computer Science
and postdoctoral experience are required, as well as the ability to teach
in Hebrew.
A successful applicant will be expected to conduct an independent and
internationally recognized research program and to contribute to the
development of the undergraduate Math-CS program (the teaching load is
usually eight academic hours per week).

Applications should include a detailed C.V. including a list of
publications, a research statement and a teaching statement including
teaching experience and students surveys if exist.
Applicants should also arrange for three letters of recommendations, as
well as the application, to be sent to the department head by December 31,
2021 via e-mail at:

Dr. Eyal Ackerman
ackerman@sci.haifa.ac.il

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[DMANET] Computational Optimization

Call for Papers

17th International Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO22)
Sofia, Bulgaria, September 4-7, 2022

organized in the framework of CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FedCSIS - 2022

IEEE CS is a technical co-sponsor of FedCSIS 2022

https://fedcsis.org/2022/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 WCO22 paper will be awarded during the social dinner of
FedCSIS2022.
The best paper will be selected by WCO22 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 WCO21 will be published
in edited book of the series "Studies of Computational Intelligence",
Springer with SJR 183.

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Important dates:

+ Paper submission (strict deadline): May 10, 2022, 23:59:59 pm HST (there
will be no extension)
+ Position paper submission: June 07, 2022
+ Author notification: July 06, 2022
+ Final paper submission and registration: July 12, 2022
+ Payment: August: 02, 2022
+ Conference date: September 02-05, 2022

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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 :
wco2022@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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Monday, November 1, 2021

[DMANET] WINE 2021 +++ Registration Update

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WINE 2021: The 17th Conference on Web and Internet Economics
December 14-17, 2021
Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany
https://hpi.de/wine2021/
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WINE 2021 will be a hybrid conference with on-site and virtual
participants!

The conference features 4 invited talks, 41 paper presentations, a
poster session, a session on spotlights beyond WINE, and tutorial
workshops.

The accepted papers of WINE 2021 can be found at:
https://hpi.de/wine2021/accepted-papers/

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Registration
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++++++++++++
Update: We had problems with our payment system, but these are now
resolved and registration is possible.
If you had problems with the registration before, please register again
using our new payment system.

The registration for on-site attendance is open until 28 November 2021!
++++++++++++

The registration for WINE 2021 is open:
https://hpi.de/wine2021/registration/

We encourage on-site participation but virtual participation is also
allowed.

The current travel regulations allow for a quarantine-free travel to
Germany from almost every country given that the traveler is vaccinated
against COVID-19 or recently recovered. Hotels in Potsdam and Berlin
require a vaccination or recovery certificate (in some places also
officially certified quick tests suffice) and the same
(vaccination/recovery certificate or official quick test on a day-to-day
basis) will be needed for on-site admission to WINE 2021. We will do our
best to create a safe situation for all on-site participants by adhering
to the official social distancing and mask wearing rules. (See the
registration website for more details.)

Note that the social distancing rules also imply that we can only admit
a limited number of on-site participants. Hence, we encourage on-site
participants to register as early as possible! The registration for
on-site participants will close on November 28 2021.

Given all this, we hope that the hybrid WINE 2021 will be a low-risk
opportunity for finally bringing the community physically together after
a long time of only virtual meetings.

Potsdam and Berlin are touristic hot-spots in Germany and always worth a
visit, especially in the weeks before Christmas!

[DMANET] Announcement: ESA Track S

Announcement: ESA Track S

Next year, the European Symposium on Algorithms ESA'22 will have a Track S
(for Simplicity) inviting contributions that simplify algorithmic results.

We would like to expand the community around simplification of algorithmic
results, encourage and reward research towards simplification and clarity.
We find that simpler algorithms are easier to implement, bridging the gap
between theory and practice, and we find that new simple or elegant proofs
are easier to understand and to teach, and may contain interesting new
insights whose relevance only the future will reveal.

Scope: We invite submissions that prove or explain known results in a
much clearer, simpler or more elegant way than done before. Submissions
that improve on the state of the art from a theoretical or practical
viewpoint should instead be submitted to tracks A or B.

Paper assessment: Contingent on being in scope for ESA, submitted
papers will primarily be judged on the simplicity and elegance of their
proofs or algorithms, and the clarity of their presentation.

Track S will run as an experiment for the 2022 ESA in Potsdam, Germany.
It will have its own PC and PC chair, and the submission/acceptance
deadlines follow the schedule for tracks A and B.

--
Eva Rotenberg

[DMANET] Faculty Positions in Combinatorics & Optimization

The Department of Combinatorics and Optimization (
https://math.uwaterloo.ca/co
<https://uwaterloo.ca/combinatorics-and-optimization/>) at the University
of Waterloo invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at
the rank of Assistant Professor. Associate or Full Professors with tenure
will be considered in special cases that enhance the research and teaching
profile of the department. We welcome candidates in the research areas of
algebraic combinatorics, continuous optimization, cryptography, discrete
optimization, and graph theory. Emphasis will be given to candidates in the
areas of continuous optimization, discrete optimization, and cryptography.

A Ph.D. degree and evidence of excellence in research and teaching are
required. Successful applicants are expected to maintain an active program
of research, to attract and supervise graduate students, and to participate
in undergraduate and graduate teaching.

The salary range for the position is $105,000 to $155,000. Negotiations
beyond this salary range will be considered for exceptionally qualified
candidates. The effective date of appointment is July, 1 2022.

Interested individuals should apply using the MathJobs site (
https://www.mathjobs.org <https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs>). Applications
should include a curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, and up
to three reprints/preprints. In addition, at least three reference letters
should be submitted.

If you have any questions regarding the position, the application process,
assessment process, or eligibility, please contact combopt@uwaterloo.ca or
Jochen Koenemann, Chair, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. The closing date
for receipt of applications is December 1, 2021.

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place
on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee
peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land
granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the
Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our
campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and
is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office
<https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/indigenousinitiatives> (
https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/indigenousinitiatives)*.*

The University values the diverse and intersectional identities of its
students, faculty, and staff. The University regards equity and diversity
as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to
accessibility for all employees. The University of Waterloo seeks
applicants who embrace our values of equity, anti-racism and inclusion. As
such, we encourage applications from candidates who have been historically
disadvantaged and marginalized, including applicants who identify as
Indigenous peoples (e.g., First Nations, Métis, Inuit/Inuk), Black,
racialized, people with disabilities, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. The University
of Waterloo is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. If
you have any application, interview or workplace accommodation requests,
please contact combopt@uwaterloo.ca or Jochen Koenemann, Chair, Department
of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply;
however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Three reasons to apply:
https://uwaterloo.ca/faculty-association/why-waterloo

Professor & Chair
Combinatorics & Optimization
University of Waterloo

www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~jochen <http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/%7Ejochen>

[DMANET] Ph.D. positions in Vienna School of Mathematics

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The Vienna School of Mathematics
University of Vienna - TU Wien

Open Ph.D. Positions

https://www.vsmath.at

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The Vienna School of Mathematics is a joint doctoral program of the
mathematics institutions of the University of Vienna and TU Wien. This
doctoral program intends to provide a top-level scientific training of
doctoral students in all fields of mathematics. The graduate school
aims at attracting excellent students from Europe and around the world
to Vienna and to guide them towards research at the forefront of
modern mathematics in an exciting and dynamic scientific environment
in Vienna.

Currently there are 10 Ph.D. positions, among others in combinatorics,
graph theory, discrete geometry, optimization and optimal control,
vacant. For application details see the website.
The deadline for applications is November 15, 2021.

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[DMANET] Postdoctoral position on the computational complexity of database queries

A postdoctoral research position is available at Birkbeck, University
of London. The successful candidate will be hosted by Hubie Chen and
will work on the computational complexity of database query evaluation
and related topics. The position, which is funded by a grant from
UK's EPSRC, is offered for 1 year, with the possibility of a 1-year
extension.

Key dates: the application deadline is November 26, 2021; the starting
date is flexible.

For more information and to apply, please see:
https://cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-assistant-462654.html.

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[DMANET] online resources --- OR for DCs --- responsibility, creativity, optimization (by IFORS)

OR Online Resources for Developing Countries

- the materials may become helpful

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 | http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page ]

With this open resources page we aim to make research and application results better accessible to the many friends in the Developing Countries. We would be glad about interest.

Contributions from art and science, communication and education sectors are warmly welcome by our community which has very little access to emerging documents on arts and sciences, research, design and development.

"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 nontrivial 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; 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. On IFORS 2021, Seoul, South Korea, August 22-27, 2021, please refer to
[ https://www.ifors.org%29/ | https://www.ifors.org) ] [ http://ifors.org/ | http://ifors.org/ ] [ http://www.ifors2020.kr/ | http://www.ifors2020.kr/ ]

Thank you very much for your attention.

With kind regards,
best wishes,
Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

PS: Feedback is welcome via

[ mailto:gerhard.weber@put.poznan.pl | gerhard.weber@put.poznan.pl ]

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Theory Announcements

Sunday, November 7, 2021

[DMANET] IWOCA 2022: First Call For Papers

[DMANET] Lecturer / Postdoc in Artificial Intelligence (100% or part-time)

Friday, November 5, 2021

[DMANET] SIGOPT2022 International Conference on Optimization, Cottbus, March 15-17, 2022 (1st Call)

[DMANET] Full Professor Position in Communication Technologies in Vienna

[DMANET] Multiple faculty positions in theory of computing at York University in Toronto, Canada

[DMANET] Postdoc in Complexity of Higher-Order Computation at the University of Victoria

[DMANET] [CFP] Hindawi, Neuroevolution: Methods and Applications

[DMANET] [CFP] Extended Deadline, EvoStar 2022, Evolutionary Computation in Edge, Fog, and Cloud Computing

Thursday, November 4, 2021

[DMANET] SAND 2022 - Final Call for Papers

[DMANET] 2nd Student Design Competition on Networked Computing on the Edge (CPS-IoT Week 2022)

[DMANET] INOC 2022 - Call for Extended Abstracts

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

[DMANET] Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at California State University San Marcos

[DMANET] Extended submission deadline - EvoMUSART 2022 - Call for Papers

[DMANET] MIP 2022 feat. DANniversary and a computational competition

[DMANET] PhD Position in Data-driven Operations & Supply Chain Management

[DMANET] Copenhagen PhD School of Stochastic Programming -- April 4-8 2022

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

[DMANET] Reminder, Call for Papers IPCO 2022

[DMANET] Assistant Professor Position in Theoretical Computer Science at Charles University in Prague

[DMANET] PhD studentship in algorithms and complexity theory at the University of Edinburgh

[DMANET] Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Computer Science at Oranim College, Israel

[DMANET] Computational Optimization

Monday, November 1, 2021

[DMANET] WINE 2021 +++ Registration Update

[DMANET] Announcement: ESA Track S

[DMANET] Faculty Positions in Combinatorics & Optimization

[DMANET] Ph.D. positions in Vienna School of Mathematics

[DMANET] Postdoctoral position on the computational complexity of database queries

[DMANET] online resources --- OR for DCs --- responsibility, creativity, optimization (by IFORS)

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