[DMANET] Postdoc Position in Algorithms at the University of Vienna

DEPARTMENTOFCOMPUTERSCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

POSTDOC POSITION IN ALGORITHMS

A half-time postdoc position is available in the research group "Theory and

Applications of Algorithms" led by Professor Monika Henzinger. See

http://informatik.univie.ac.at/forschung/forschungsgruppen/theory-and-applications-of-algorithms/

for more information on the research group.

The position is available starting April 1, 2020 (or later) and will be

for 3 years.See herethe official call <https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow?_flowExecutionKey=_cE3D305C0-4234-BC98-1B8F-7DC276CDE7F6_k18EAAF85-4BF0-F537-A337-E362E6183B5D&tid=76815.28> for more details.

If you are interested, please send your CV including a list of
publications, a letter of motivation including a research statement, and
the names of 2 references to jobcenter@univie.ac.at
<mailto:jobcenter@univie.ac.at>. To receive full consideration please
send your application by February 11, 2020.

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[DMANET] SIGOPT 2020 International Conference on Optimization - Abstract Submission until 31st January 2020

Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming SIGOPT conference,

SIGOPT 2020 International Conference on Optimization,

to be held on

March 4-6, 2020, at TU Dortmund University, Germany.

The SIGOPT conference series addresses the full range of theory and
practice in all branches of mathematical optimization, e.g.,

- Linear Programming
- Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization
- Nonlinear Programming
- Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Optimization
- Optimal Control
- Stochastic Programming
- Multiobjective Programming
- Application of Optimization in Real-World Problems
- Optimization on Manifolds
- Robust Optimization
- Convex Optimization
- Conic Optimization
- Machine Learning
- Game Theory and Bilevel Optimization

Young researchers from all areas of optimization are especially
encouraged to participate and to present their work. There will be a
"Work in Progress" session. The conference will provide a good
opportunity for exchanging ideas, especially across disciplines, and for
establishing contacts with colleagues in a friendly atmosphere.

Plenary Speakers:

- Christian Clason (Universitaet Duisburg-Essen):
Convex relaxation of hybrid discrete-continuous control problems

- Peter Gritzmann (Technische Universitaet Muenchen):
On dynamic discrete tomography: Constrained flow and multi assignment
problems for plasma particle tracking

- Laura Palagi (Sapienza Universita di Roma):
Mathematical Programming and Machine Learning

- Sebastian Sager (Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg): tba

- Angelika Wiegele (Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt): tba

Important Dates:

- abstract submission: until 31st January 2020

- notification of acceptance: in timely manner after abstract
submission, latest 7th February 2020

We hope to see you soon in Dortmund!

With best regards,

the organizing and the program committee
(Christoph Buchheim, Mirjam Dür, Anja Fischer, Christian Meyer, Peter
Recht, Ralf Werner)

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Faculty of Business and Economics
Management Science
TU Dortmund University
D-44227 Dortmund
Phone: +49 2317553162
Email: sigopt2020.wiwi@tu-dortmund.de
Web page: http://www.wiwi.tu-dortmund.de/sigopt/
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[DMANET] [CFP ICICS 2020] Information and Communications Security, Springer, LNCS, Denmark, Aug 2020

[apologies for cross-posting]

22nd International Conference on Information and
Communications Security (ICICS 2020)
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Copenhagen, Denmark, 24-27 August 2020

http://icics2020.compute.dtu.dk/

Submission deadline: **23 March 2020**
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The 2020 International Conference on Information and Communications
Security will be the 22nd event in the ICICS conference series, started
in 1997, that brings together individuals involved in multiple
disciplines of Information and Communications Security in order to
foster exchange of ideas. There will be Best Paper and Best Student
Paper awards with cash reward sponsored by Springer. It will be
organized by Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
http://icics2020.compute.dtu.dk/

Program Topics:

Original papers offering novel research contributions on all aspects of
information and communications security are solicited for submission to
ICICS 2019. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

Access control
Social networks security, privacy and trust
Key management and key recovery
Software defined networking security
Anonymity
Embedded systems security
Language-based security
Security management
Applied cryptography
Security models, metrics, and policies
Malware and anti-malware
Fraud and cyber-crime
Authentication and authorization
Security and privacy of Big Data
Mobile computing security and privacy
Hardware security
Biometrics security
Security of critical Infrastructures
Network security
Identity access management
Blockchain security and privacy
Trust and reputation systems
Cloud and edge computing security
Trusted and trustworthy computing technologies
Operating systems security
Usable security and privacy
Computer and digital forensics
Insider threat detection
Cyber-physical systems security
Underground economy
Privacy protection
Intellectual property protection
Data and system integrity
Verification of security protocols
Privacy-preserving data mining
Intrusion detection
Database security
Web security
Risk assessment
IoT security and privacy
Distributed systems security
Wireless security

Instructions for Authors:

Authors are invited to submit original papers not previously published
nor submitted in parallel for publication to any other conference,
workshop or journal. All submitted papers must be anonymous, with no
author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references.

Submissions should be in English, as a PDF file with all fonts embedded,
in the Springer-Verlag LNCS format (details can be found at:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0), typeset
with 11pt font, and using reasonable spacing and margins. Papers should
not exceed 16 pages in LNCS style including the bibliography, but
excluding well-marked appendices (no more than 18 pages in total). Note
that papers should be intelligible without all appendices, since
committee members are not required to read them. Submitted papers may
risk being rejected directly without consideration of their merits if
they do not follow all the above submission instructions.

Accepted papers will be presented at ICICS 2020 and included in the
conference's post-proceeding published by Springer in its Lecture Notes
in Computer Science series. Please note that at least one author of each
accepted paper should register with full rate to the conference and give
a presentation at the conference. Failure to register or absence from
the presentation will eventually make your paper NOT being included in
the conference proceedings.

Organization:

General Chairs
- Christian D. Jensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Jianying Zhou, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Program Chairs
- Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
- Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

If there is any question, please contact us at: icics2020-1@easychair.org.
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[DMANET] Multiple Academic Vacancies at the University of Melbourne

Hi,

It's a great time to join one of the world's leading Schools of Computing and Information Systems: We are hiring across several academic recruitment campaigns at The University of Melbourne:

http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/901974/lecturersenior-lecturer-in-machine-learning-multiple-positions
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/901760/lecturersenior-lecturer-women-in-academia-only
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/901494/teaching-fellow-senior-teaching-fellow


Thanks, Uwe Aickelin


Professor Uwe Aickelin | Head of School of Computing and Information Systems
Melbourne School of Engineering
Level 8, Doug McDonell Building, 168 Grattan Street
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
T: +61 3 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au<mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au>
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[DMANET] Deadline Approaching: Call for Papers - GECCO 2020

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2020 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2020)
8-12 July, 2020, Cancun, Mexico. http://gecco-2020.sigevo.org/
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Important Dates
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* Full papers (traditional category)
* Abstract deadline: ** January 30, 2020 **
* Submission of full papers: ** February 6, 2020 **
* Poster-only papers:
* Submission of poster-only papers: ** February 6, 2020 **
* Conference: July 8-12, 2020

Call for Papers
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The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2020) will
present the latest high-quality results in genetic and evolutionary
computation. Topics include genetic algorithms, genetic programming,
evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, memetic algorithms,
hyper-heuristics, real-world applications, evolutionary machine
learning, evolvable hardware, artificial life, adaptive behavior, ant
colony optimization, swarm intelligence, biological applications,
evolutionary robotics, coevolution, artificial immune systems, and more.

The full list of tracks is available at:
https://gecco-2020.sigevo.org/index.html/Program+Tracks

The GECCO 2020 Program Committee invites the submission of technical
papers describing your best work in genetic and evolutionary
computation. Full papers of at most 8 pages (excluding references)
should present original work that meets the high-quality standards of
GECCO. Accepted full papers appear in the ACM digital library as part
of the **Main Proceedings** of GECCO. For full papers, a separate
abstract needs to be submitted first by January 30, 2020. Full papers
are due by the non-extensible deadline of February 6, 2020.

Each paper submitted to GECCO will be rigorously evaluated in a
double-blind review process. Evaluation is done on a per-track basis,
ensuring high interest and high expertise of the reviewers. Review
criteria include the significance of the work, technical soundness,
novelty, clarity, writing quality, relevance and, if applicable,
sufficiency of information to permit replication.

Besides full papers, poster-only papers of at most 2 pages may be
submitted. Poster-only papers should present original work that has
not yet reached the maturity and completeness of research results
that are published as full papers at GECCO. The review of
poster-only papers follows the same double-blind process described
above. Accepted poster-only papers will appear in the ACM digital
library as part of the **Companion Proceedings** of GECCO.
Poster-only papers are due by the non-extensible deadline of
February 6, 2020, and no abstract needs to be submitted first.

By submitting a paper, the author(s) agree that, if their paper is
accepted, they will:

* Submit a final, revised, camera-ready version to the publisher on
or before the camera-ready deadline
* Register at least one author to attend the conference
(by April 17, 2020)
* Attend the conference (at least one author)
* Present the accepted paper at the conference

Each paper accepted needs to have at least one author registered. If
an author is presenting more than one paper at the conference, she/he
does not pay any additional registration fees.

More information about paper submission is available at:
https://gecco-2020.sigevo.org/index.html/Call+for+Papers

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Gregorio Toscano, Cinvestav Tamaulipas, Mexico
Mario Garza-Fabre, Cinvestav Tamaulipas, Mexico
Publicity Chairs

Jose A. Lozano, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Editor-in-Chief

Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
General Chair
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Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ACM SIGEVO).
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[DMANET] 5 days to go: DCOSS 2020 - 1 February 2020 - Call for Papers - Los Angeles - Marina del Rey

Due to many requests, the abstract registration deadline has been
extended to February 1st.

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The 16th Annual International Conference on
Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2020)
Los Angeles - Marina del Rey, California, USA
May 25 - 27, 2020
www.dcoss.org
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DCOSS 2020 is the 16th International Conference on Distributed Computing
in Sensor Systems to be hosted in Los Angeles, California, USA, in June
25-27, 2020. In the last few years, we have witnessed a significant
growth in the use of IoT and distributed sensor systems in a number of
application areas, ranging from smart transport, energy and buildings,
to factory automation, smart healthcare and environmental monitoring. In
order for smart sensor systems to truly become useful and pervasive, we
need to address a number of research challenges, including the tight
integration of sensing and machine intelligence, reliable and efficient
networking, interoperability and scalability, the need for dependable
autonomy, interaction with humans, and important aspects of security,
privacy and trust. DCOSS focuses on issues arising in the entire IoT and
networked sensor systems stack: covering aspects of high-level
abstractions, models and languages, novel algorithms and applications,
system design approaches and architectures, as well as tools for
simulated and real deployments. Potential authors are invited to submit
original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate recent advances in
both theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to, the following:

- Edge and fog computing: distributed computing models from sensor to
cloud
- Energy harvesting models and optimization
- Machine intelligence in distributed sensor systems and real time
analytics
- Communication and networking primitives and protocols
- Autonomy: closing the loop between sensing and actuation
- Task allocation, reprogramming, and reconfiguration
- Robustness, resilience and dependability
- Security and privacy issues
- Approaches, tools, and experience of deployment and operation
- Performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability
- Mobile and human-centered sensing
- Interoperability, heterogeneity and scalability
- Crowd sensing and social sensing techniques, applications, and systems
- Complex systems comprising wearable, robotic and/or fixed sensor
systems
- Novel and compelling applications
- IoT systems for emerging and developing economies
- Green and environmentally-friendly IoT

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that
demonstrate current research on distributed sensor systems related to
DCOSS topics of interest. Please use the US letter size (8.5 X 11 in)
standard IEEE conference LaTeX format or Microsoft Word template
available on the link below:

http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

All submissions should be written in English and submitted as a full or
work-in-progress paper. Full papers should have a maximum of eight (8)
printed pages including figures and references. Full papers are expected
to describe fully developed ideas with a thorough evaluation.
Work-in-progress papers should have a maximum of four (4) printed pages
including figures and references. Work-in-progress papers are expected
to describe new and interesting ideas that have not yet reached full
maturity.

Note that DCOSS does not follow the double-blind review policy. The
names and affiliations of all the authors must be present in the
submitted manuscript.

Please visit DCOSS website at www.dcoss.org for more information


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

- General Chair:
Sotiris Nikoletseas (University of Patras and CTI, Greece)

- Technical Program Committee Chairs:
Omprakash Gnawali (University of Houston, USA)
Jie Gao (Stony Brook University, USA)
Thiemo Voigt (Uppsala University and RISE, Sweden)

- Technical Program Committee:
Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University
Carlo Alberto Boano, Graz University of Technology
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa
Kevin Chan, US Army Research Laboratory
Thomas Erlebach, University of Leicester
Raghu Ganti, IBM T J Watson Research Center
Raja Jurdak, CSIRO Data61
Tomasz Jurdzinski, University of Wroclaw
Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University
Olaf Landsiedel, Kiel University
Jun Luo, Nanyang Technological Univeristy
Prasant Misra, TCS Research & Innovation
Nathalie Mitton, Inria Lille-Nord Europe
Miguel A. Mosteiro, Pace University
Luca Mottola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy and Ri.Se SICS, Sweden
Amy Murphy, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Chiara Petrioli, Rome University 'La Sapienza'
Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento
Cristina Pinotti, University of Perugia
Utz Roedig, Lancaster University
Rik Sarkar, University of Edinburgh
Niki Trigoni, University of Oxford
Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus and RISE - Research Centre on
Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies
Dong Wang, University of Notre Dame
Hongkai Wen, University of Warwick
Jie Yang, Florida State University
Desheng Zhang, Rutgers University
Ambuj Varshney, Uppsala University, Sweden
Nicolas Tsiftes, RISE, Sweden
Xiaolong Zheng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Shijia Pan, UC Merced
Shan Lin, Stony Brook University
Jiaxin Ding, Shanghai Jiaotong university
Chenren Xu, Peking University
Sirajum Munir, Bosch Research
Shengrong Yin, Cadence Design Systems
Jean-Francois Chamberland, Texas A&M University

******** Keynote ********

Title: Scaling the Internet of Things
Speaker: Prof. Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California

******** Collocated Events ********

DCOSS 2020 will collocate with several thematic Workshops and Special
Sessions on emerging topics and technologies.

The event will also feature a poster and demo session

Important Dates:
EXTENDED FINAL Abstract Registration Deadline: February 1st, 2020
EXTENDED FINAL Paper Submission Deadline: February 1st, 2020
Acceptance Notification: March 8th, 2020
Camera Ready Deadline: March 29th, 2020
Early Registration Deadline: April 15th, 2020
Conference Dates: May 25-27, 2020
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[DMANET] CFP - Several Special Issues - 10th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO) in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2020

Please, accept our apologies in case of multiple copies of this CFP.


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The 10th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed
Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2020)

https://pdco2020.sciencesconf.org/

held in conjunction with
the 34th IEEE International
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'2020)
May 18-22, 2020

New Orleans, USA
http://www.ipdps.org<http://www.ipdps.org/>
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FIXED DEADLINE (no more extensions): February 16, 2020

Authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to one of the following Special Issues:

- Journal of Applied Sciences - Optimization, Processing, and Visualization of Data for Sustainability<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/optimization_processing_visualization>
- Algorithms Journal - Optimization Algorithms and Applications<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Optimization_Algorithms>
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI - Multi-swarms of unmanned autonomous systems<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12547/multi-swarms-of-unmanned-autonomous-systems>

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Scope:
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The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed combinatorics for difficult optimization problems, ranging from theoretical to applied problems. The latter include for instance 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting stock problems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear optimization problems, global optimization and scheduling problems.

Emphasis will be placed on new techniques for solving difficult optimization problems, like cooperative methods for integer programming problems, nature-inspired techniques and hybrid methods. Aspects related to Combinatorial Scientific Computing (CSC) will also be treated. We also solicit submissions of original manuscripts on sparse matrix computations and related topics (including graph algorithms); and related methods and tools for their efficiency on different parallel systems. Applications combining traditional parallel and distributed combinatorics and optimization techniques as well as theoretical issues (convergence, complexity, etc.) are welcome.

Application domains of interest include (but are not limited to) cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications and computational biology.


Topics:
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* Exact methods, heuristics, metaheuristics, hybrid methods;
* Parallel / distributed algorithms for combinatorial optimization;
* Parallel / distributed metaheuristics;
* Nature inspired parallel / distributed computing;
* Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming;
* Global optimization, polynomial optimization;
* Cooperative methods, hybrid methods;
* Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing;
* Applications: cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, computational biology, combinatorial algorithms in high performance computing.


Steering Committee:
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Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (co-chair)
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France (co-chair)
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, INRIA, CNRS, France
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia


General Chairs:
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Grégoire Danoy, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Didier El Baz, team CDA, LAAS-CNRS, France


Program Chairs:
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Vincent Boyer, University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Bernabe Dorronsoro, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain


Publicity Chairs:
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Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada


Program Committee (to be completed):
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A. Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algiers, Algeria
J.-N. Cao, Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, China
J. J. Durillo, Leibniz Supercomputer Center, Munich, Germany
S. Fujita, Hiroshima University, Japan
M. Halappanavar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
K. Li, State University of New York, USA
N. Melab, University of Lille, France
M. Menai, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
A. Nakib, University Paris 12, France
S. Nesmachnow, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
S. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece
C. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
T. Saadi, University of Picardie, France
M. Seredynski, E-Bus Competence Center, Luxembourg
G. Ch. Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
G. Spezzano, University of Calabria, Italy
A. Tchernykh, CICESE Research Center, Mexico
S. Varrette, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
F. Xhafa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
L.T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada


Submission :
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Papers in the Proceedings of the workshops will be indexed in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library after the conference.
Prospective authors should submit their papers through Workshop PDCO 2020 submission system: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?page=Submit&id=PDCOWorkshopFullSubmission&site=ipdps2020 <https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps/?page=Submit&id=PDCOWorkshopFullSubmission&site=ipdps2020>

Abstract and paper can be uploaded until February 16, 2020. Authors should preferably follow the manuscript specifications of IEEE IPDPS, i.e. submitted manuscripts may not exceed 10 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables and references. Style templates are available on IPDPS website<http://www.ipdps.org/>.


Special Issue:
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Authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to one of the following Special Issues:

- Journal of Applied Sciences - Optimization, Processing, and Visualization of Data for Sustainability<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/optimization_processing_visualization>
- Algorithms Journal - Optimization Algorithms and Applications<https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Optimization_Algorithms>
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI - Multi-swarms of unmanned autonomous systems<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12547/multi-swarms-of-unmanned-autonomous-systems>



Important Dates:
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- Submission Deadline: February 16, 2020
- Author notification: March 6, 2020
- Camera ready version: March 22, 2020
- Workshop: May 18, 2020


Contact:
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For questions regarding the Workshop, please contact the conference organizers at pdco2020@sciencesconf.org<mailto:pdco2020@sciencesconf.org>


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[DMANET] Deadline extended for Special Session IEEE EAIS 2020: Computational Intelligence methods in bioinformatics

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AIMS AND SCOPE

In modern biomedical research, high-throughput technologies, such as the
next-generation sequencing, produces huge data sets. High-throughput
data are collected in the broad context of genomics, epigenomics,
transcriptomics and proteomics. From these data, it is possible to
explain the pathogenesis or predict the predisposition and/or the
clinical outcome of several human diseases, among which psychiatric,
cardiovascular, obesity, aetiology of a number of diseases such as
cancer, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer, just to name a few. The key factor
to exploit such rapid growth of biological data is to develop strategies
that would allow the analysis at the rate at which it's gathered.
Moreover, in many real-life circumstances, a timely response or
prediction could be vital for saving lifes. In this context, the
identification of new strategies for processing and analyzing such kind
of data is becoming more and more necessary since their large amount of
data can sometimes represent a real obstacle to effectively identify the
most relevant patterns and to build comprehensive models capable of
explaining complex biological phenotypes. The aim of the special session
is to host original papers and reviews on recent research advances and
the state-of-the-art methods in the fields of Computational
Intelligence, Machine Learning Data Mining and Distributed Computing
methodologies concerning with the processing of omics data in order to
shed light about the relationship between genotype and disease-related
phenotype.

RELEVANT TOPICS WITHIN THIS CONTEXT INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
* Machine learning
* Sparse Coding
* Data Mining
* Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
* Probabilistic and statistical modelling
* OMICs in the context of genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics
* Evaluation of protein folding and/or protein-ligand interactions
(where ligands are proteins, DNA, RNA and small molecules), also in the
context of genetic variation
* Identification of potential gene regulatory elements (i.e., binding
transcription factors, miRNAs, etc.)
* Analysis of common genetic variants (i.e., SNPs, HLA genotypes
microsatellites) Analysis of experimental data from next-generation
sequencing
* Analysis of gene expression data
* Biomedical applications

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Papers should be submitted through EasyChair system
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeeais2020) by selecting
"Computational Intelligence methods in Bioinformatics" in the Special
Sessions section. See conference web site (www.eais2020.di.uniba.it) for
detailed formatting instructions.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Deadline: February 8, 2020
Decision Notification: March 6, 2020
Final Paper Submission: March 20, 2020
Authors Registration Deadline: March 27, 2020

ORGANISERS
Le Hoang Son, Vietnam National University.
Angelo Ciaramella, Università degli Studi di Napoli PARTHENOPE.
Giosuè Lo Bosco, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
Alessio Ferone, Università degli Studi di Napoli PARTHENOPE.

CONTACTS:
angelo.ciaramella@uniparthenope.it
giosue.lobosco@unipa.it
alessio.ferone@uniparthenope.it

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Giosue' Lo Bosco, PhD
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
Universita' degli Studi di Palermo - Italia
Phone: +39 (091) 23891075
e-mail: giosue.lobosco@unipa.it
http://math.unipa.it/~lobosco

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[DMANET] [PSD 2020] PRIVACY IN STATISTICAL DATABASES, Springer LNCS, Arezzo, Italy, Sep. 23-25, 2020

[apologies for cross-posting]

PRIVACY IN STATISTICAL DATABASES 2020 (PSD 2020)
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Arezzo, Italy, Sep. 23-25, 2020

http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2020

Submission deadline: **MAY 24, 2020**


1. AIMS AND GOAL
-----------------

Privacy in statistical databases is about finding trade-offs to the
tension between the increasing societal and economical demand for
accurate information and the legal and ethical obligation to protect
the privacy of individuals and enterprises which are the respondents
providing the statistical data. In the case of statistical databases,
the motivation for respondent privacy is one of survival: statistical
agencies or survey institutes cannot expect to collect accurate
information from individual or corporate respondents unless these feel
the privacy of their responses is guaranteed.

Beyond respondent privacy, there are two additional privacy dimensions
to be considered: privacy for the data owners (organizations owning or
gathering the data, who would not like to share the data they have
collected at great expense) and privacy for the users (those who
submit queries to the database and would like their analyses to stay
private).

"Privacy in Statistical Databases 2020" (PSD 2020) is a conference
sponsored and organized by the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy
(http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat) with proceedings published by
Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. The purpose of
PSD 2020 is to attract world-wide, high-level research in statistical
database privacy.

PSD 2020 is a successor to

- PSD 2018 (Valencia, Sep. 26-28, 2018,
https://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2018/),

- PSD 2016 (Dubrovnik, Sep. 14-16, 2016,
https://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2016/),

- PSD 2014 (Eivissa, Sep. 17-19, 2014,
http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2014/),

- PSD 2012 (Palermo, Sep. 26-28, 2012,
http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2012),

- PSD 2010 (Corfu, Sep. 22-24, 2010,
http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2010),

- PSD 2008 (Istanbul, Sep. 24-26, 2008,
http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2008),

- PSD 2006 (Rome, Dec. 13-15, 2006,
http://crises-deim.urv.cat/psd2006)

and PSD 2004 (Barcelona, June 9-11, 2004,
http://crises-deim.urv.cat/psd2004),

all with proceedings published by Springer in LNCS 11126, LNCS 9867,
LNCS 8744, LNCS 7556, LNCS 6344, LNCS 5262, LNCS 4302 and LNCS 3050,
respectively. Those nine PSD conferences follow a tradition of
high-quality technical conferences on SDC which started with
"Statistical Data Protection-SDP'98", held in Lisbon in 1998 and with
proceedings published by OPOCE, and continued with the AMRADS project
SDC Workshop, held in Luxemburg in 2001 and with proceedings published
in Springer LNCS 2316.

Like the aforementioned preceding conferences, PSD 2020 originates in
Europe, but wishes to stay a worldwide event in database privacy and
SDC. Thus, contributions and attendees from overseas are welcome.


2. ORGANIZATION
---------------

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (More members to be confirmed soon)

- Jane Bambauer (University of Arizona, USA)
- Bettina Berendt (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
- Elisa Bertino (CERIAS, Purdue University, USA)
- Aleksandra Bujnowska (EUROSTAT, European Union)
- Jordi Castro (Universitat PolitËcnica de Catalunya)
- Anne-Sophie Charest (UniversitÈ Laval, QuÈbec, Canada)
- Chris Clifton (Purdue University, USA)
- Graham Cormode (University of Warwick, UK)
- Peter-Paul de Wolf (Statistics Netherlands)
- Josep Domingo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia)
- Joerg Drechsler (IAB, Germany)
- Khaled El Emam (University of Ottawa, Canada)
- Mark Elliot (Manchester University, UK)
- SÈbastien Gambs (UniversitÈ du QuÈbec ‡ MontrÈal)
- Sarah Giessing (Destatis, Germany)
- Hiroaki Kikuchi (Meiji University, Japan)
- Bradley Malin (Vanderbilt University, USA)
- Laura McKenna (Census Bureau, USA)
- Anna Monreale (Universit‡ di Pisa, Italy)
- Krish Muralidhar (The University of Oklahoma, USA)
- Anna Oganyan (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)
- David Rebollo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia)
- Jerry Reiter (Duke University, USA)
- Yosef Rinott (Hebrew University, Israel)
- Steven Ruggles (University of Minnesota, USA)
- Nicolas Ruiz (OECD, European Union)
- Pierangela Samarati (University of Milan, Italy)
- David S·nchez (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia)
- Eric Schulte-Nordholt (Statistics Netherlands)
- Natalie Shlomo (University of Manchester, UK)
- Aleksandra Slavkovic (Penn State University, USA)
- Jordi Soria-Comas (Catalan Data Protection Authority, Catalonia)
- Tamir Tassa (The Open University, Israel)
- Vicenc Torra (National University of Ireland-Maynooth, Ireland)
- Lars Vilhuber (Cornell University, USA)


PROGRAM CHAIR

- Josep Domingo-Ferrer (UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy, Universitat Rovira
i Virgili, Catalonia)

GENERAL CHAIR

- Krishnamurty Muralidhar (The University of Oklahoma, USA)

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

- Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (Telecom SudParis, France)
- Giulia Lombardi (The University of Oklahoma, Italy)
- Jesus Manjon (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia)
- Romina Russo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia)


3. TOPICS OF INTEREST
---------------------

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- New anonymization methods for tabular data
- New anonymization methods for microdata (including non-conventional
microdata types such as trajectories, graphs, etc.)
- Best anonymization practices for tabular data
- Best anonymization practices for microdata
- Co-utility for privacy preservation
- Big data anonymization
- Streaming data anonymization
- Decentralized anonymization
- Balancing data quality and data confidentiality in SDC
- Differential privacy and other privacy models
- SDC transparency issues
- Onsite access centers
- Remote access facilities
- SDC software
- Estimating disclosure risk in SDC
- Record linkage methods
- Real-life disclosure scenarios in EU-member states and abroad
- Privacy preserving data mining (both cryptographic and non-cryptographic)
- Private information retrieval
- Privacy in web-based e-commerce
- Privacy in healthcare
- Privacy in official and corporate statistics
- Other data anonymization issues


4. SUBMISSIONS
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Full papers containing either original technical contributions or
high-quality surveys on the above topics or on related topics are
sought.

Camera-ready versions of accepted papers should be prepared using the
LaTeX2estyle or the Word template of Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in
ComputerScience. For LaTeX2e, a macro package llncs.zip and an example
file typeinst.zip can be downloaded from
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines.
For Microsoft Word, a template word.zip can be downloaded from the
same page above.

We encourage authors to use the above formats already for their
submissions.

LENGTH OF SUBMISSIONS.

Using the above format with 11 point font, the paper should be at most
12 pages excluding bibliography and appendices, and at most 16 pages
total. Committee members are not required to read appendices; the
paper should be intelligible without them. Submissions not meeting
these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.


5. PROCEEDINGS
--------------

Among PSD 2020 accepted papers, a selection will be made based on
quality and coverage and the selected papers will be published in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series by Springer. This
follows the tradition of the previous PSD conferences.

The remaining accepted papers will be published in a USB with an ISBN.
It is possible to submit a paper directly for the USB, which benefits
from a later submission deadline (see USB-only dates below).

The form of publication of an accepted paper will be clearly specified
in the acceptance message. Both the LNCS volume and the CD will be
*available at the conference*.


6. IMPORTANT DATES
------------------

Submission deadline: **MAY 24, 2020**
Acceptance notification: June 26, 2020
Proceedings version due: July 5, 2020

USB-only submission deadline: July 5, 2020
USB-only acceptance notification: July 15, 2020
USB-only proceedings version due: July 22, 2020

Conference: Sep. 23-25, 2020


7. VENUE AND TRAVEL
-------------------

The conference will take place at the San Francesco classroom annex of
the 'Oklahoma University in Arezzo' facilities, located in the city of
Arezzo.

OU in Arezzo. San Francesco Classroom annex
Piazza San Francesco, 18
Arezzo, Italy 52100

http://www.ou.edu/cis/education_abroad/programs/ou-in-arezzo

Further venue, travel and accommodation information will be posted in
due course at http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2020

A number of travel grants are made available by the UNESCO Chair in
Data Privacy, especially for authors and delegates from transition
countries. Information on grants is posted in the conference web site.


8. REGISTRATION
---------------

Registration information will be posted no later than June 2020 at
http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2020


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[DMANET] Call for Papers: Industrial Application of Metaheuristics (IAM 2020) @ GECCO 2020

Call for Papers:
IAM 2020
5th GECCO Workshop on Industrial Applications of Metaheuristics


IAM is held as part of the 2020 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2020), July 8th-12th, Cancun, Mexico Organized by ACM SIGEVO


Aims and Scope
================

Metaheuristics have been applied successfully to many aspects of applied mathematics and science, showing their capabilities to deal effectively with problems that are complex and otherwise difficult to solve. There are a number of factors that make the usage of metaheuristics in industrial applications more and more interesting. These factors include the flexibility of these techniques, the increased availability of high-performing algorithmic techniques, the increased knowledge of their particular strengths and weaknesses, the ever increasing computing power, and the adoption of computational methods in applications. In fact, metaheuristics have become a powerful tool to solve a large number of real-life optimization problems in different fields and, of course, also in many industrial applications such as production scheduling, distribution planning, and inventory management.

This workshop proposes to present and debate about the current achievements of applying these techniques to solve real-world problems in industry and the future challenges, focusing on the (always) critical step from the laboratory to the shop floor. A special focus will be given to the discussion of which elements can be transferred from academic research to industrial applications and how industrial applications may open new ideas and directions for academic research.

Topic areas include (but are not restricted to):

- Success stories for industrial applications of metaheuristics
- Pitfalls of industrial applications of metaheuristics.
- Metaheuristics to optimize dynamic industrial problems.
- Multi/Many-objective optimization in real-world industrial problems.
- Meta-heuristics in very constrained industrial optimization problems.
- Reduction of computing times through parameter tuning and surrogate modelling.
- Parallelism and/or distributed design to accelerate computations.
- Algorithm selection and configuration for complex problem solving.
- Advantages and disadvantages of metaheuristics when compared to other techniques.
- New research topics for academic research inspired from industrial applications.


Submission
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Authors can submit:
- Short contributions including position papers of up to 4 pages - and/or
- Regular contributions of up to 8 pages.

In both cases, it is mandatory to follow the official GECCO paper formatting guidelines. Please see the GECCO 2020 information for authors for further details, accessible through http://gecco-2020.sigevo.org. Papers do not need to be anonymised. Software demonstrations will also be welcome. Workshop papers must be submitted using the GECCO submission system this year. After login, the authors need to select the "Workshop Paper" submission form. In the form, the authors must select the workshop they are submitting to. The GECCO submission system accessible at https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/gecco/. Further information on the workshop paper submission is available at http://gecco-2020.sigevo.org/index.html/tiki-index.php?page=Workshops.


Important Dates
=================

Submission deadline: February 27, 2020
Submission opening: April 3, 2020
Authors notification: April 17, 2020
Camera-ready submission: April 24, 2020
Workshop dates July 8 or 9, 2020
GECCO Conference, Cancun, Mexico: July 8-12, 2020


Workshop Chairs
=================

Silvino Fernandez Alzueta (ArcelorMittal)
Pablo Valledor Pellicer (ArcelorMittal)
Thomas Stuetzle (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, ULB)

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[DMANET] CfP IWOCA 2020: Deadline extended to 1 February

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IMPORTANT: **The submission deadline has been extended** to

                1 February 2020

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                     *** Second Call for Papers ***

                              IWOCA 2020

                    31st International Workshop on
                       Combinatorial Algorithms

                            8-10 June 2020
                           Bordeaux, France

                       https://iwoca2020.labri.fr/

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*** The submission server at
***    https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwoca2020
*** is now open.

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 Authors are invited to submit original research papers in the broad
area of
 combinatorial algorithms.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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 Paper submission:           1 February 2020 (AoE)
 Notification to authors:    9 March 2020
 Camera-ready submission:    25 March 2020
 Symposium:                  8-10 June 2020

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ABOUT IWOCA
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 Since its inception in 1989 as AWOCA (Australasian Workshop on
Combinatorial
 Algorithms), IWOCA has provided an annual forum for researchers who
design algorithms
 for the myriad combinatorial problems that underlie computer
applications in science,
 engineering and business. Previous IWOCA and AWOCA meetings have been
held in Australia,
 Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Singapore,
 South Korea, UK, and USA. Previous IWOCAs can be found at
http://www.iwoca.org/

 IWOCA 2020 will take place in Bordeaux, France. Bordeaux is located in
the South West of
 France and is easy to reach by plane and by fast train (TGV). The
region is famous for
 its wines and its gastronomy. The city centre of Bordeaux is
classified at the Unesco
 World Heritage.

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SCOPE
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 The program committee is soliciting original and significant research
contributions
 to the broad area of combinatorial algorithms, including (but not
limited to):

 - Algorithms and Data Structures
 - Complexity Theory
 - Graph Theory & Combinatorics
 - Combinatorial Optimization
 - Cryptography & Information Security
 - Algorithms on Strings & Graphs
 - Graph Drawing & Labelling
 - Computational Algebra & Geometry
 - Computational Biology
 - Algorithms for Big Data and Networks Analytics
 - Probabilistic & Randomised Algorithms
 - New Paradigms of Computation
 - Experimental Evaluation of Algorithms
 - Distributed and Parallel Algorithms
 - Mobile Agents
 - Algorithmic Game Theory
 - Circuits and Boolean Functions
 - Approximation Algorithms
 - Parameterized and Exact Algorithms
 - Online Algorithms
 - Streaming Algorithms
 - Ad Hoc, Dynamic and Evolving Networks
 - Foundations of Cloud Computing

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PROCEEDINGS
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 Conference proceedings will be published in the ARCoSS subline of the
 Springer "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" series.

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SPECIAL ISSUE
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 Selected papers will be invited to a special issue of the Springer
journal
 "Algorithmica", devoted to IWOCA 2020.
(https://www.springer.com/journal/453)

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AWARDS
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 Awards will be given to the best paper and the best student paper. To be
 eligible for the best student paper award, at least one of the paper
authors
 must be a full-time student at the time of submission, and the student(s)
 must have made a significant contribution to the paper. The program
committee
 may decline to make these awards or may split them.

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SUBMISSION
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 Authors are invited to submit high-quality manuscripts reporting original
 unpublished research in the topics related to the symposium. Simultaneous
 submission to other conferences or workshops with published proceedings
 is not allowed. It is required that each accepted paper be presented at
 the conference by one of its authors.

 Submissions must be in the form of a single pdf file prepared using
the LNCS
 latex templates and style files. Each submission should consist of the
main
 part of the paper, not exceeding 12 pages (including the title page
and excluding
 the references), plus an optional clearly marked appendix (to be read
at the
 discretion of the program committee). Any figure pertaining to the
main part of
 the paper should be included therein (within the 12 page limit). The
first page
 must include an indication of whether the paper is eligible for the
best student
 paper award.

 The submission system can be accessed via https://iwoca2020.labri.fr/.

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
=================

 Amihood Amir                 (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
 Petra Berenbrink             (University of Hamburg, Germany)
 Hans L. Bodlaender           (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
 Hans-Joachim Böckenhauer     (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
 Marthe Bonamy                (CNRS and University of Bordeaux, France)
 Arnaud Casteigts             (University of Bordeaux, France)
 Marek Chrobak                (University of California, Riverside, USA)
 Charles Colbourn             (Arizona State University, USA)
 Anne Driemel                 (University of Bonn, Germany)
 Leah Epstein                 (University of Haifa, Israel)
 Thomas Erlebach              (University of Leicester, UK)
 Paola Flocchini              (University of Ottawa, Canada
 Florent Foucaud              (University of Bordeaux, France
 Pierre Fraigniaud            (CNRS and University Paris Diderot, France)
 Luisa Gargano                (University of Salerno, Italy)
 Leszek Gąsieniec (co-Chair)  (University of Liverpool, UK and Augusta
University, USA)
 Juraj Hromkovič              (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
 Sun-Yuan Hsieh               (National Cheng Kung University, Tainan,
Taiwan)
 Ling-Ju Hung                 (National Taipei University of Business,
Taipei, Taiwan)
 Ralf Klasing (co-Chair)      (CNRS and University of Bordeaux, France)
 Tomasz Kociumaka             (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
 Dennis Komm                  (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
 Rastislav Královič           (Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia)
 Thierry Lecroq               (University of Rouen, France)
 Dimitrios Letsios            (King's College London, UK)
 Andrea Marino                (University of Florence, Italy)
 Tobias Mömke                 (Saarland University, Germany)
 Xavier Muñoz                 (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
 Ian Munro                    (University of Waterloo, Canada)
 Rolf Niedermeier             (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
 Aris Pagourtzis              (National Technical University of Athens,
Greece)
 Marina Papatriantafilou      (Chalmers University of Technology,
Gothenburg, Sweden)
 Tomasz Radzik (co-Chair)     (King's College London, UK)
 Sohel Rahman                 (Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
 Peter Rossmanith             (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
 Joe Ryan                     (University of Newcastle, Australia)
 Alex Schwarzmann             (Augusta University, USA)
 Bill Smyth                   (McMaster University, Canada; Murdoch
University, Australia; King's College London, UK)
 Paul Spirakis                (University of Liverpool, UK and
University of Patras, Greece)
 Walter Unger                 (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
 Przemyslaw Uznański          (University of Wrocław, Poland)
 Yukiko Yamauchi              (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)

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STEERING COMMITTEE
==================

 Maria Chudnovsky             (Princeton University, USA)
 Charles Colbourn             (Arizona State University, USA)
 Costas Iliopoulos            (King's College London, UK)
 Bill Smyth                   (McMaster University, Canada; Murdoch
University, Australia; King's College London, UK)

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
====================

 Arnaud Casteigts             (University of Bordeaux, France)
 Auriane Dantes               (University of Bordeaux, France)
 Florent Foucaud (co-Chair)   (University of Bordeaux, France)
 Isabelle Garcia              (University of Bordeaux, France)
 Shih-Shun Kao                (University of Bordeaux, France; National
Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
 Ralf Klasing (co-Chair)      (CNRS and University of Bordeaux, France)
 Alessia Milani               (Bordeaux INP, France)
 Jason Schoeters              (University of Bordeaux, France)

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CONTACT
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 For further information, please send an e-mail to iwoca2020@labri.fr.

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[DMANET] SDS-2020 (Final CFP) : Conference on Software Defined Systems, Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]

The Seventh International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2020)

http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2020/index.php

Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020

Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section

*SDS 2020 CFP:*

Next generation cloud systems will require a paradigm shift in how they are
constructed and managed. Conventional control and management platforms are
facing considerable challenges regarding flexibility, dependability and
security that next generation systems will require. The cloud computing
paradigm has gone part of the way towards alleviating some of the problems
associated with resource allocation, utilization and managements (e.g., via
elasticity). However, many of the elements of a well-designed cloud
environment remain "stiff" and hard to modify and adapt in an integrated
fashion. This includes underlying networking topologies, many aspects of
the user control over IaaS, PaaS or SaaS layers when such is needed,
construction of XaaS services, provenance and meta-data collection, and so
on. In many situations the problem may be because service abstraction is
inadequate. Software Defined Systems (SDS) are systems that have added
software components which help abstract actual IT equipment and other
layers. One classical example, of course, are hypervisors. Such separation
provides a great opportunity for system administrators to more easily
construct and managing their systems through flexible software layers.

Software Defined Systems include Software Defined Networking (SDN),
Software Defined Storage, Software Defined Servers (Virtualization),
Software Defined Datacenters (SDD), Software Defined Security (SDSec), and
ultimately Software Defined Clouds (SDCloud) to name a few possibilities.
Individual solutions and seamless integration of these abstractions remains
in many respects a challenge. After the high success of the previous
editions (SDS'2014, SDS'2015, SDS'2016, SDS'2017, SDS'2018, SDS' 2019), The
Seventh International conference on Software Defined Systems 2020
(SDS'2020) will continue to be a forum for scientists, researchers,
students, and practitioners to present their latest research results,
ideas, and developments in the area of software defined systems – both
components and their integration - and by implication advancement of next
generation clouds.

SDS 2020 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all aspects of
Software Defined Systems. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions
that help mitigating SDS challenges. That is, the objective of SDS 2020 is
to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss
and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of
Software Defined Systems. SDS is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France
Section.

Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all
major areas, which include, but not limited to:

* Software Defined Systems support for Cloud Computing .
* Software Defined Networking (SDN).
* SDN concepts, architecture, and APIs.
* Network Virtualization
* SDN and OpenFlow protocol
* Software Defined Radio
* Cognitive Radio Networks .
* Access Control models in SDN.
* Software Defined Storage.
* Storage Automation and Abstraction.
* Policy-driven storage provisioning.
* Software Defined Servers and Virtualization.
* Software Defined Datacenters.
* Software Defined Security o Security policies automation.
* Self-management systems.
* Autonomic Computing techniques.
* Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction.
* Software Defined Systems Scalability.
* Software Defined Systems optimization.
* Software tools and frameworks to support SDS .
* Software Defined Systems challenges and opportunities
* Software Defined Systems surveys .
* Social engineering, insider threats system for SDS.
* Incident Handling and Penetration Testing with SDS.
* Software Defined Systems support if IoT.
* Security protocols in SDS.
* Security and privacy of mobile SDS based cloud computing
* Service-oriented architectures, service portability andP2P
* Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks

*Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings*

Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11"
two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted
electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 8 pages
(including all figures, tables and references). 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.

All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted
papers will appear in the SDS Proceeding, and be published by the IEEE
Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE
Xplore for inclusion.

Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under
consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular
papers up to 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include
up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone
numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are
expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are
deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers
will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers can be between 4
to 6 pages.

*Important Dates*

Submission Date: 1st February 2020 (Final and Firm Extension)

*Notification to Authors: 21st February 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th
March 2020*

* Keynote Speakers *
Prof. Mérouane Debbah, Huawei France Research Center, France
Prof. Pascal Lorenz, The University of Hau-Alsace, France.
Prof. Nabil Abdennadher, University of Applied Sciences and Arts,
Switzerland

*Contact:*

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

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[DMANET] 1st CALL FOR WORKSHOPS - ICSOC 2020

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ICSOC 2020 - The 18th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS
https://icsoc2020.connect.rs/call-for-workshops/

The 18th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing to be held in Dubai, UAE is inviting proposals for high-quality workshops. The main objective of the workshops is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss a specific topic from the field of ICSOC 2020 and its related areas. The workshops will be held from Nov. 9 to Nov. 12, 2020.

Important Dates
* Workshop Proposals submission Deadline: May 10, 2020
* Workshop Acceptance Notifications: May 31, 2020

Workshops Proposals Submission


Workshops proposals should be submitted to Workshop Co-chairs and should include the following information:

o Workshop title
o Name, affiliation, postal, and e-mail addresses of each (proposed) workshop chair
o A brief (1-page) CV of each (proposed) workshop chair, highlighting prior experience in organizing similar fora
o A brief description of the topic of the workshop and its relevance to the conference (not exceeding 500 words)
o Proposed duration of the workshop (full-day or half-day)
o A list of likely program committee members
o An estimate of the number of submissions that will be attracted on the basis of workshops held in previous years or any other information
o Plans for Invited Talks, if any
o A commitment as to whether or not the workshop organizers would like the post proceedings to appear in Springer together with the other workshops
o Any further information deemed relevant, e.g. previous workshops held on similar themes

Accepted Workshops

For the accepted workshops, the organizers will be responsible for the following:
o Constituting the workshop program committee
o Setting up a workshop website
o Advertising the workshop
o Managing submissions and reviews of the papers. The workshop organizers can use ICSOC conftool or one of the available conference management systems, such as EasyChair. The workshops organizers will send the details of the accepted papers to the conference organizers for publication. Note that Springer requires that the workshops maintain a reasonable acceptance rate.
o Ensuring that at least one author of each accepted paper attends to present the paper. This may require announcing regulations that stipulate this as a pre-requisite for the publication of the paper in the workshop proceedings.
o Ensuring that the workshop delivers useful scholarly/research value via active discussion/debate
o Workshops may be held for a full day or for half a day. This may depend on the co-chairs preferences and/or the number of the accepted papers.
o At least one author for each paper accepted to a workshop will need to register for the workshop program.


In addition, all the accepted workshops should assume the following schedule for the main deadlines:
o Workshop Papers Submission Deadline: August 14, 2020
o Authors Notification Deadline: September 14, 2020
o Early Registration Deadline: September 24, 2020
o Workshops: November 09, 2020


Workshop papers are typically between 8 and 12 Springer's LNCS pages long. Every workshop should manage a minimum of 5 accepted papers. Workshops not managing the minimum number of accepted papers will be suggested to join together or cancel.

Workshops Publication

ICSOC 2020 provides workshop organizers with the opportunity to publish improved versions of accepted papers as part of its dedicated post-workshop proceedings to appear in Springer's LNCS series. The conference solicits outstanding original research and practice papers on all aspects of service-oriented computing. Papers should clearly demonstrate the research or practical contribution, the relevance to the field, and the relationship to prior work. It is likely that, as in previous years, the post-proceedings of the accepted workshops will be jointly published as a Springer volume. A formal proposal to Springer will only be made after the accepted workshops and their program committees are finalized.

Working notes of the workshops (including papers to be eventually published in the joint workshop volume) can be made available during the workshops, as long as, they do not harm copyright constraints of the final joint ICSOC workshop proceedings.
Workshops Co- Chairs

Fatma Outay, Zayed University, UAE, fatma.outay@zu.ac.ae<mailto:fatma.outay@zu.ac.ae>
Helen Paik, University of New South Wales, Australia, h.paik@unsw.edu.au<mailto:h.paik@unsw.edu.au>
Amira Alloum, Huawei, France, amira.alloum@gmail.com<mailto:amira.alloum@gmail.com>










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[DMANET] Conference on "Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics"

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Conference on "Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics" (AEC 2020)
TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, June 29-July 3, 2020

https://www.risc.jku.at/conferences/aec2020/

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The conference "Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics" (AEC 2020) is
the concluding event of the homonymous special research programme
(SFB) of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) comprising research groups
at the University of Vienna, the TU Wien, the Johannes Kepler
University Linz, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The meeting will take place in Vienna from June 29 to July 3, 2020.

The conference will feature invited lectures by

George Andrews (Penn State University, University Park)
Alin Bostan (INRIA Saclay Ile-de-France)
Sylvie Corteel (to be confirmed) (University of California at Berkeley)
Marc Noy (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona)
Greta Panova (University of Southern California)
Kilian Raschel (Université de Tours)
Bruno Salvy (École normale supérieure de Lyon)
Anne Schilling (University of California at Davis)
Michael Singer (North Carolina State University)
Richard Stanley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michelle Wachs (University of Miami)

Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics is the general research area
which is defined by the interplay of the fields of Enumerative
Combinatorics, Analytic Combinatorics, and Algorithmics. It is a very
active research area, which, aside from the three fields fueling each
other mutually, receives constant impetus from outside, by its
interaction with algebra, probability, statistical physics, and
computer science.

There will be time for a limited number of contributed talks by
participants (about 25 minutes each talk). If you are interested,
please submit an extended abstract to
Christian.Krattenthaler@univie.ac.at.

There are limited funds available for participant support.
Participants who require support should send an application
with CV and a letter of support to
hui-chun.julia.cheng@univie.ac.at.

Important deadlines:

Submission of contributed talks/posters: March 31, 2020
Acceptance of contributed talks/posters: April 15, 2020
Application for participant support: May 1, 2020
Registration: May 15, 2020

Organisers:

Michael Drmota (TU Vienna)
Ilse Fischer (Uni Vienna)
Bernhard Gittenberger (TU Vienna)
Manuel Kauers (Institute of Algebra, JKU Linz)
Christian Krattenthaler (Uni Vienna)
Christoph Koutschan (RICAM, ÖAW)
Peter Paule (RISC, JKU Linz)
Veronika Pillwein (RISC, JKU Linz)
Michael Schlosser (Uni Vienna)
Carsten Schneider (RISC, JKU Linz)

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[DMANET] CALL FOR PAPERS - IEEE SmartSys 2020

CALL FOR PAPERS - IEEE SmartSys 2020

Fifth IEEE Workshop on Smart Service Systems (SmartSys)

Co-located with the IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing
(SMARTCOMP 2020)

Bologna, Italy, June 22, 2020

http://www.iet.unipi.it/smartsys2020/

Technology succeeds when it provides benefits to the society either
directly or indirectly. Understanding the societal and economic impact and
human-centered aspects of a smart system or technology in advance and
designing the system a-priori with potential value-added services help spur
the discoveries of new tools, methodologies and innovative services. Smart
service systems span across a variety of socio-technical facets comprising
devices, people, organizations, environments and technologies to sense,
actuate, control and assess the physical, cyber and societal artifacts of
the human service systems. Besides the systems being self-adaptive and
fault-tolerant, it needs to be designed in such a way that it can
continuously increase the quality and productivity, the compliance and
sustainability of the smart services it offers. While human-centered
perspective and cognitive learning help create multi-facet value-added
services and catalyze the sustained economic growth of smart service
systems, understanding the multi-modal sensing, control, heterogeneity and
interdependency between different physical, virtual and logical components
of such a complex system will enable the realization of new transformative
smarter service systems. If successful, this can help improve the
quality-of-service of the customers, quality-of-life of the citizens and
quality-of returns of the stakeholders and investors.

Nurturing the development of smart service systems seeks for inter- and
trans-disciplinary crosscutting research threads from system and
operational engineering, computer science and information systems, social
and behavioral science, computational modeling and industrial engineering
etc. The goal of this workshop is to bring together practitioners and
researchers from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for
discussion and technical presentations on the fundamental knowledge and
principles of smart service systems that enable the value co-creation in
sensing, actuating, data analytics, learning, cognition, and control of
human centric cyber-physical-social systems and future of work.

Research contributions are solicited in all areas pertinent to smart human
services and systems, including:

• Innovative technologies, tools, methodologies and solutions for smart
service systems; example includes personalized healthcare, smart energy,
smart cities, smart manufacturing, intelligent transportation, education,
precision medicine and agriculture, national security etc.

• Information extraction and interpretation from sensors, actuators, smart
phones, smart watch, and human

• Context and situational-awareness of smart service systems

• Design of people-centric services and technologies for providing better
services such as food, transportation and places to live

• Novel architectures and interoperable solutions for internet of things

• Models and methodologies for designing complex smart systems

• Big data analytics approaches for innovative smart services

• Modeling, analysis, co-production, and co-evolution of human activity,
behavior and interaction for the effective adaptation and percolation of
longitudinal smart service systems

• Role of machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, pervasive
computing, control theory, information and communications technologies

• Role of formal methods in computer networks, cyber-physical systems,
Internet-of-Things and machine learning

• Design and developments of intelligent systems, intelligent enterprises
and cyber-physical-social-systems

• Design of inter-dependent complex global systems such as healthcare,
smart gird, computer networks, logistics and supply-chains, financial
markets etc.

• Smart infrastructure and testbed to support the integration and test of
autonomous systems and innovative applications

Important Dates

Paper submission: March 22, 2020

Notification: April 13, 2020

Camera Ready: April 30, 2020

Workshop Date: June 22, 2020

Organizing Committees

*Workshop Co-Organizers*

Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Carlo Vallati, University of Pisa

Gurdip Singh, Syracuse University

Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology

*Technical Program Co-Chairs:*

Antonio Virdis, University of Pisa, Italy

Maryam Rahnemoonfar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

*Publicity Co-chairs*

Carlo Puliafito, University of Pisa, Italy

Junfei Xie, San Diego State University

*Technical Program Committee*

TBD

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*Junfei Xie, Ph.D.*

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

San Diego State University

5500 Campanile Drive, E-403B

San Diego, CA 92182-1309

Tel: (619) 594-2068 | Fax: (619) 594-2654

Email: jxie4@sdsu.edu

Web: https://smile.sdsu.edu/

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18th Mons Theoretical Computer Science Days

from: petr.ambroz@fjfi.cvut.cz, Petr Ambroz

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18th Mons Theoretical Computer Science Days

Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

September 7–11, 2020

http://jm20.fjfi.cvut.cz/

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The Czech Technical University in Prague will host the 18th edition of the
"Mons Theoretical Computer Science Days" on September 7–11, 2020.
The conference will offer invited talks and lectures on selected abstracts.

SCOPE

The theme of the conference is combinatorics on words and formal languages from
their different perspectives (combinatorial, algorithmic, dynamical, logic, ...).
The conference also welcomes other related branches of computer science and
mathematics (number theory, computability, model checking, semigroups, game theory,
discrete geometry, decentralized algorithms, bioinformatics, ...).

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: May 29, 2020
(Tentative) Notification of acceptance: June 29, 2020
Registration deadline: July 20, 2020
Conference: September 7–11, 2020

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit abstract of their contribution between 1 and 4 pages long.
Submissions will be open in April.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

* Valérie Berthé (Université de Paris)
* Émilie Charlier (Université de Liège)
* Gabriele Fici (Università di Palermo)
* Florin Manea (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
* Zuzana Masáková (Czech Technical University in Prague)
* Robert Merças (Loughborough University)
* Svetlana Puzynina (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Université Paris Diderot)
* Narad Rampersad (University of Winnipeg)
* Michel Rigo (Université de Liège)
* Aleksi Saarela (University of Turku)
* Štěpán Starosta (Czech Technical University in Prague, chair)
* Thomas Stoll (Université de Lorraine)

Looking forward to seeing you in Prague!

On behalf of the organizing committee
Petr Ambroz
jm20@km.fjfi.cvut.cz