[DMANET] Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader, University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader
Full-time and open-ended
Research and Teaching Grade 7/8/9
Salary £35,845 - £40,322/£44,045 - £51,034/£52,560 - £59,135 per annum
Up to two positions are available
Closing date: 2 October 2020

Applications are welcome in research areas that complement the existing strengths of the Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms section (FATA) and the Glasgow Systems Section (GLASS).  Relevant topics include algorithms and complexity (where current research interests include graph and matching algorithms, constraint programming and algorithm engineering).

The post-holder will develop, lead and sustain research of international standard in Computing Science; contribute to teaching, assessment, project supervision and curriculum design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; and participate in School management and organisation.

For appointment at Reader you will have an outstanding track record of national and international distinction and leadership in research, including publications, income, and awards, bringing external recognition and distinction to yourself and the University.

Since 1957, when Glasgow became the first university in Scotland to have an electronic computer, we have built a reputation for the excellence of our Computing Science research and our graduates. Today, our School is one of the foremost in the UK, setting itself the highest standards in research, and research-led learning and teaching.

In the UK's 2014 independent research exercise, we are rated top in Scotland for research impact with 68% of our impact judged world-leading and 32% internationally excellent. In the overall research ranking, our School was judged equal 16th amongst UK computer science departments, rising to 10th position on research volume with 84% of all research judged world-leading or internationally excellent. We are 6th in the UK on research intensity-weighted GPA rank order (GPA * % returned).

Our School is ranked 7th in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2020. Glasgow Computing is renowned for research and teaching at the intersection of theoretical and applied Computing, and our undergraduate degree programmes are underpinned by a deep theoretical understanding. 93% of our undergraduates are in positive employment (91% in professional destinations) and have a 20% higher salary than the average (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education 2016-17, DiscoverUni).

For more information, including the job description, see:

https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs, reference number 040665
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/worldchangerswelcome
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/research/researchsections/fata-section

For informal inquiries please contact Professor David Manlove (David.Manlove@glasgow.ac.uk)

Please note that the above positions require a Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 (PhD) or equivalent in Computing Science or closely related discipline, or equivalent as evidenced by relevant teaching experience.

It is the University of Glasgow's mission to foster an inclusive climate, which ensures equality in our working, learning, research and teaching environment.

We strongly endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, including a supportive and flexible working environment, with commitment from all levels of the organisation in promoting gender equity.

The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401

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[DMANET] PhD/PostDoc Position in Algorithms and Complexity Theory at Goethe-University of Frankfurt

The research lab of Theoretical Computer Science, headed by
Prof. Dr. Holger Dell at Goethe-University of Frankfurt, is
inviting applications for one PhD or Postdoc position, starting
at the earliest possible date. Potential topics include the
algorithmic theory of network science, algebraic graph
algorithms, fine-grained and parameterized complexity,
"classical" complexity theory, as well as adjacent areas.

Tasks:

- Identify and work on the most important research problems in
theoretical computer science, and publish in top-class
conferences.
- Support undergraduate and graduate teaching activities.
- Supervise undergraduate students.
- Pursue further scientific qualification (e.g., doctorate).

We Offer:

- Active support for individual research questions.
- Guidance and a rich network of collaboration partners.
- Possibility to attend workshops, conferences, and summer
schools.
- A vibrant city.

We Expect:

- A finished or almost finished Master's degree (or equivalent)
with very good grades in Computer Science, Mathematics,
Physics, or similar. For postdoc candidates, a PhD is
required.
- Curiosity and strong interest in rigorous fundamental research
in a team.
- Robust knowledge in discrete mathematics or theoretical
computer science.
- Good command of English in both speaking and writing.
Moreover, since almost all of the teaching is done in German
language, non-German speakers can improve their chances by
giving sound evidence that they are able to navigate the
language barrier or to learn German within a short time frame.

The University of Frankfurt promotes gender equality at work,
which is why women are particularly invited to apply.

Please compile your application (including a short research
statement, CV, transcripts of grades, name and contact details
of one or two references) to a single pdf file and e-mail it to
the secretary C. Gressler (gressler@em.uni-frankfurt.de). If
you have a thesis or thesis draft, please include that as well.
Feel free to contact Holger Dell (lastname@cs.uni-frankfurt.de)
in case you have any questions. Candidates will be considered
until the position is filled.

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[DMANET] Call for nominations: George B. Dantzig Prize

Call for Nominations: George B. Dantzig Prize

The George B. Dantzig Prize recognizes original research which by its
originality, breadth, and depth is having a major impact on the field of
mathematical optimization. This prize is jointly awarded every three years
by SIAM and the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOC).

Nomination deadline is Oct 15, 2020.

Instructions on how to submit a nomination, along with a list of past
winners and committee members, are at:
https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/joint-prizes/detail/george-b-dantzig-prize

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[DMANET] PostDoc in AI for biomedical imaging in Hamburg / Germany

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and University Medical Center
Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) have recently established the Interdisciplinary
Competence Center for Interface Research (ICCIR). Within the
interdisciplinary center, the Institute of Medical Technology and
Intelligent Systems at TUHH will be responsible for developing artificial
intelligence methods.

Our research covers AI methods ranging from medical robotics and
multi-criteria treatment planning to machine learning (ML) for signal and
image processing. Within the ICCIR we are particularly interested in
methods for fast spatio-temporal imaging, e.g., 4D ultrasound (US) or 4D
optical coherence tomography (OCT). We will collaborate with partners from
various institutes and clinics with a focus on identifying tissue
properties at interfaces. Examples would include tumor-tissue boundaries,
different tissue layers, or interfaces between implants and instruments
and soft tissue.

We have funding for a full time position at pay scale E14 (app. 50K EUR
p.a.) for 36 months. The successful candidate holds a PhD in computer
science or related fields, has an excellent academic track record, and is
interested in pursuing an academic career.

As a post-doctoral researcher you will be responsible for
- developing ML methods, particularly CNN/RRN approaches
for processing fast, volumetric image data
- integrating ML with the (GPU based) signal processing systems
- initiating new research projects with partners, particularly clinicians
- co-supervising PhD students from computer science and
biomedical engineering
- contributing to grant applications

Requirements
- extensive knowledge of current ML methods is important; experience with
methods from robotics and / or optimization would be a strong plus
- understanding of image and signal processing; experience with biomedical
imaging and particularly US and OCT would be desirable
- very good practical programming skills (C++, Python, CUDA)
- proven track record of excellent publications
- excellent English language skills
- project management experience would be a plus

Please, send your complete application including transcripts and a list of
publications through our online application system
https://stellenportal.tuhh.de/en/jobposting/ce4286c1ce0e3052a7d58eb54e1352a88b52ed1a0/apply

The application deadline is September 10th, 2020. Please, do not hesitate
to contact Alexander Schlaefer (schlaefer@tuhh.de) with questions
regarding the position.


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Institute of Medical Technology and Intelligent Systems
Hamburg University of Technology
+49 (0) 40 42878 3050
www.tuhh.de/mtec
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[DMANET] Postdoc Berlin

4 year Postdoc at Freie Universität Berlin (100% TV-L FU)

This position involves teaching in German.

https://www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet/beruf-karriere/jobs/wiss/19_fb-mathematik-und-informatik/MI-WiMi-_Postdoc_-AG-Haase.html

Bewerbungsende: 31.08.2020

Aufgabengebiet:
- Forschung zu diskreten Methoden in Algebra und algebraischer Geometrie
- Mitarbeit an der Entwicklung und Umsetzung innovativer Konzepte in der Lehramtsausbildung
- Mitwirkung in der Lehre

Erwünscht:
- Erfahrung auf einem oder mehreren der Gebiete konvexe Polytope, algebraische Geometrie torischer Varietäten, kombinatorische kommutative Algebra, tropische Geometrie, algebraische Statistik
- Programmiererfahrung
- Interesse an der Einarbeitung in hochschuldidaktische Fragestellungen

Please spread the word!
— Christian

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Mathematik D-14195 Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin Fon: +49 (0) 30 838-59184

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[DMANET] [*14+ Special Issues*] CFP IEEE DependSys 2020: The 6th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications [Submission Deadline: Sep. 1]

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Call For Papers
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The 6th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud,
and Big Data Systems and Applications (IEEE DependSys 2020), 14-16 December
2020, Fiji
[Submission Deadline: Sep. 1][*14+ Special Issues*]

http://cse.stfx.ca/~dependsys/2020/index.html

IEEE DependSys 2020 conference is the 6th event in the series of
conferences which offers a timely venue for bringing together new ideas,
techniques, and solutions for dependability and its issues in sensor,
cloud, and big data systems and applications. As we are deep into the
Information Age, huge amounts of data are generated every day from sensors,
individual archives, social networks, Internet of Things, enterprises and
Internet in various scales and format which will pose a major challenge to
the dependability of our designed systems. As these systems often tend to
become inert, fragile, and vulnerable after a period of running.
Effectively improving the dependability of sensor, cloud, big data systems
and applications has become increasingly critical.

This conference provides a forum for individuals, academics, practitioners,
and organizations who are developing or procuring sophisticated computer
systems on whose dependability of services they need to place great
confidence. Future systems need to close the dependability gap in face of
challenges in different circumstances. The emphasis will be on differing
properties of such services, e.g., continuity, effective performance,
real-time responsiveness, ability to overcome data fault, corruption,
anomaly, ability to avoid catastrophic failures, prevention of deliberate
privacy intrusions, reliability, availability, sustainability,
adaptability, heterogeneity, security, safety, and so on.


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IEEE DependSys 2020 is sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE
Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). All accepted papers will
be submitted to IEEE Xplore and Engineering Index (EI). Best Paper Awards
will be presented to high quality papers. Distinguished papers, after
further revisions, will be published in 14+ SCI & EI indexed prestigious
journals (confirmed).
1. Information Fusion (IF: 13.669)
SI on Fusion from Big Data to Smart Data
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-fusion/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-fusion-from-big-data-to-smart-data
2. Information Fusion (IF: 13.669)
SI on Data Fusion for Trust Evaluation
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-fusion/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-data-fusion-for-trust-evaluation
3. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IF: 9.112)
SI on Digital Twinning: Integration AI-ML and Big Data Analytics for
Virtual Representation
http://www.ieee-ies.org/images/files/tii/ss/2020/Digital_Twinning_Integrating_AI-ML_and_Big_Data_Analytics_for_Virtual_Representation_2020-4-30.pdf
4. Future Generation Computer Systems (IF: 6.125)
SI on Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Defence and Smart Policing
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers/artificial-intelligence-for-cyber-defence-and-smart-policing
5. Digital Communications and Networks (IF: 5.382)
SI on Blockchain-enabled Technologies for Cyber-Physical Systems and Big
Data Applications
http://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/digital-communications-and-networks/call-for-papers/blockchainenabled-technologies-for-cyberphysica/
6. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (IF: 5.213)
SI on Computing and Networking for Cyber-Physical-Social Systems
https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnse/cfp/computing-and-networking-cyber-physical-social-systems
7. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatics Sinica (IF: 5.129)
SI on Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems:
Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges
http://www.ieee-jas.org/news/news_en/9248195c-6d90-4868-9962-263ed9ba12f3_en.htm
8. Neurocomputing (IF: 4.438)
SI on Edge Intelligence: Neurocomputing Meets Edge Computing
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurocomputing/call-for-papers/edge-intelligence-neurocomputing-meets-edge-computing
9. IEEE Access (IF: 3.745)
SI on Reliability in Sensor-Cloud Systems and Applications (SCSA)
https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/reliability-in-sensor-cloud-systems-and-applications-scsa/
10. Journal of Cloud Computing (IF: 2.788)
SI on Security and Privacy Issues for AI in Edge-Cloud Computing
https://journalofcloudcomputing.springeropen.com/securityprivacyaiedgecloud?from=singlemessage
11. Journal of Systems Architecture (IF: 2.552)
SI on Ubiquitous Edge Computing for Next Generation IoT and 6G:
Architecture, Modelling and Systems
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/call-for-papers/ubiquitous-edge-computing-for-next-generation
12. Journal of Systems Architecture (IF: 2.552)
SI on High-Performance-Computing-Communications for Cyber-Physical-Social
Systems
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/call-for-papers/high-performance-computing-communications
13. MDPI Electronics (IF: 2.412)
SI on Blockchain-based Technology for Mobile Application
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/BTMA
14. Software: Practice and Experience
SI on Software and Hardware Co-Design for Sustainable Cyber-Physical
Systems
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/page/journal/1097024x/SI_softandhard.pdf

* More special issues will be added later.


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Important Dates
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Workshop Proposal/Special Session Due: 30 June 2020
Submission Deadline: 1 September 2020
Authors Notification Date: 15 October 2020
Final Manuscript Due: 10 November 2020
Conference Date: 14-16 December 2020


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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
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Track 1: Dependability and Security Fundamentals and Technologies
- Concepts, theory, principles, standardization and modelling, and
methodologies
- Dependability of sensor, wireless, and Ad-hoc networks, software defined
networks
- Dependability issues in cloud/fog/edge
- Security and privacy
- Security/privacy in cloud/fog/edge
- Homomorphic encryption, differential privacy
- Blockchain security
- Artificial intelligence
- Big data foundation and management
- Dependable IoT supporting technologies

Track 2: Dependable and Secure Systems
- Dependable sensor systems
- Dependability and availability issues in distributed systems
- Cyber-physical systems (e.g. automotive, aerospace, healthcare, smart
grid systems)
- Database and transaction processing systems
- Safety and security in distributed computing systems
- Self-healing, self-protecting, and fault-tolerant systems
- Dependability in automotive systems
- Dependable integration
- Dependability in big data systems
- Software system security

Track 3: Dependable and Secure Applications
- Sensor and robot applications
- Big data applications
- Cloud/fog/edge applications
- Datacenter monitoring
- Safety care, medical care and services
- Aerospace, industrial, and transportation applications
- Energy, smart grid, IoT, CPS, smart city, and utility applications
- Decentralized applications, federated learning applications
- Mobile sensing applications, detection and tracking

Track 4: Dependability and Security Measures and Assessments
- Dependability metrics and measures for safety, trust, faith, amenity,
easiness, comfort, and worry
- Levels and relations, assessment criteria and authority
- Dependability measurement, modeling, evaluation, and tools
- Dependability evaluation
- Software and hardware reliability, verification and validation
- Evaluations and tools of anomaly detection and protection in sensor,
cloud, big data systems


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Paper Submission
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All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference
submission website (https://edas.info/N27703) with PDF format. The
materials presented in the papers should not be published or under
submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with
over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer
Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10
fonts). You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author
Guidelines at the following web page: http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/

Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference
proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At
least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the
paper at the conference.


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Organizing Committee
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General Chairs
- Mohammad Zulkernine, Queen's University, Canada
- Aniello Castiglione, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
- Alireza Jolfaei, Macquarie University, Australia

Program Chairs
- Salimur Choudhury, Lakehead University, Canada
- Qinghua Lu, CSIRO, Australia
- Jun Feng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Steering Committee
- Jie Wu, Temple University, USA (Chair)
- Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA (Chair)
- Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China
- Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
- Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
- Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
- Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA
- A. B. M Shawkat Ali, The University of Fiji, Fiji
- Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA
- Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Southeast University, Bangladesh
- Kenli Li, Hunan University, China
- Shui Yu, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
- Yang Xiang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
- Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
- Kamruzzaman Joarder, Federation University and Monash University,
Australia


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Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Mobile: +86-18827365073
WeChat: junfeng10001000
E-Mail: junfeng989@gmail.com

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[DMANET] Using Artificial Intelligence to read the mind of pets!

Have you ever wondered what your pet is thinking? Researchers at the University of Melbourne's School of Computing and Information Systems have developed an app for that!! It is called HappyPets and uses artificial intelligence (convolutional neural networks) to analyse and interpret the facial expressions of pets. And, yes, dogs are easier to read than cats!

You can read more about how it works here:
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/ever-wondered-what-your-pet-is-thinking

And download the free app here:
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/happy-pets/id1515202735
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.edu.unimelb.eresearch.happypets

A bit of fun, but perhaps also a good example for teaching the wide capabilities of AI?!


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
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[DMANET] HALG2020 - Aug 31- Sep 2, 2020 - free participation

5th Highlights of Algorithms conference (HALG 2020)
Aug 31- Sep 2, 2020
http://highlightsofalgorithms.org/


The Highlights of Algorithms conference is a forum for presenting the highlights of recent developments in algorithms and for discussing potential further advances in this area. The conference will provide a broad picture of the latest research in algorithms through a series of invited talks, as well as short talks.

Invited talks includes top algorithmic surveys and papers from FOCS/STOC/SODA/COLT/PODC/SPAA/ITCS/PODS (2019-20)

PROGRAM

The conference will take place online on Mon, Aug 31-Wed, Sep 2 from 12:00 noon until 19:30 CEST (Europe time)
http://highlightsofalgorithms.org/programme

The short contributed talk are on Sep 1-2, 9:45-11:30 CEST
http://highlightsofalgorithms.org/shorttalks

REGISTRATION

Registration is free but mandatory

Please register on our webpage
https://highlightsofalgorithms2020.ethz.ch/registration



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[DMANET] PhD Excellence Bursaries at the University of Glasgow, School of Computing Science

The School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow is offering multiple Excellence Bursaries for PhD study. These give a full fee waiver for UK/EU applicants and a £10k fee discount per annum for international applicants. See https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/prospectivestudents/excellencebursaries for further information.

Whilst the above funding is open to students in all areas of computing science, applications in the area of algorithms and complexity are welcomed. Available supervisors in this area at the School include:

* Dr Jessica Enright (graph theory, optimisation, algorithms, network epidemiology), email jessica.enright@glasgow.ac.uk
* Prof David Manlove (combinatorial and graph algorithms, optimisation, matching problems), email david.manlove@glasgow.ac.uk
* Dr Kitty Meeks (graph theory, algorithms, parameterised complexity, networks), email kitty.meeks@glasgow.ac.uk
* Dr Patrick Prosser (combinatorial and graph algorithms, constraint programming and empirical algorithmics), email patrick.prosser@glasgow.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is 15 October 2020. For more information about how to apply, see https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/prospectivestudents. This web page includes information about the research proposal, which is required as part of your application.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact a potential supervisor and discuss an application before the submission deadline.

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[DMANET] PhD position in Discrete Optimization at TU Berlin

Institute of Mathematics
Technische Universität Berlin

PhD position in Discrete Optimization
Research Assistant (100% TV-L 13)
for up to 5 years
starting October 1, 2020, or later

A PhD position is available in the newly created "Discrete Optimization" group at TU Berlin that has strong ties with the "Combinatorial Optimization and Graph Algorithms" group (www.coga.tu-berlin.de). The successful applicant will perform innovative research in the area of discrete optimization and related fields and also contribute to third-party funded research projects. Moreover, he or she will contribute to basic as well as advanced math courses as a teaching assistant, mainly in the area of algorithmic discrete mathematics.

Candidates should have an excellent academic degree in mathematics, computer science or a related area, and must have very good knowledge in algorithmic discrete mathematics and/or algorithm theory. Good communication skills and solid English writing skills are expected. Profound knowledge of combinatorial optimization and related areas are desirable. Teaching experience (e.g., as a student assistant) is of advantage.

Besides its many cultural attractions, Berlin offers a strong scientific landscape including three major universities, the DFG funded mathematics research center MATH+ (https://mathplus.de) as well as the internation graduate program Berlin Mathematical School (www.math-berlin.de); these offer opportunities for joint research and support for PhD students (e.g., meetings, lecture series, international summer schools etc.).

Instructions on how to apply can be found at: https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/82391/

The application deadline is: August 28, 2020. Informal inquires about the position can be directed at any time to klimm@tu-berlin.de Please also send a mail if you would like to apply but have difficulties in meeting the application deadline or are still missing your final exam but expect to obtain it soon.

Prof. Dr. Max Klimm
Discrete Optimization
Institute of Mathematics
TU Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 136
10623 Berlin
Germany

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[DMANET] FINAL DEADLINE EXTENSION - ICPR-Americas 2020

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Xth International Conference of Production Research - Americas 2020

The International Conference of Production Research, ICPR - Americas 2020, aims at exchanging experiences and encouraging collaborative work among researchers and practitioners from the Americas and the Caribbean region. The conference also seeks to plan and organize the activities of the Americas Region of the International Foundation of Production Research (IFPR). The conference venue will be at Universidad Nacional del Sur at Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

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Dear colleague,

Due to the problems arising from the crash of the congress website (for a couple of days), and the emails received asking about the possibility of an extension of the deadline, we have decided to carry out the Final extension of the Deadline.

The final deadline will be August 31, 2020. (hard Deadline)

Please, we request collaboration in the dissemination of the information of this extension.

https://www.matematica.uns.edu.ar/ipcra/default.php

Notice that no invitation is required to submit papers to the special sessions. https://www.matematica.uns.edu.ar/ipcra/default.php?boton=sps

The conference will be held in VIRTUAL MODE.

We look forward to receiving the best of your research in the next weeks. It will contribute to make ICPR-Americas 2020 a high-quality conference, even in the current circumstances.

Also, we reiterate our thanks to the plenary speakers:
https://www.matematica.uns.edu.ar/ipcra/default.php?boton=spe
- Jose Luis Framinan
- Gonzalo Mejía Delgadillo
- Sri Talluri
- Francesco Pilatti
- Dmitry Ivanov

The registration fees are:
- Argentine participants: AR $ 650
- Non-Argentine participants: 25 USD
https://www.matematica.uns.edu.ar/ipcra/default.php?boton=ins

Several indexed post-conference publications are engaged to ICPR-Americas 2020
https://www.matematica.uns.edu.ar/ipcra/default.php?boton=pub



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[DMANET] [Deadline extended & Book Chapter Issue] CFP: IEEE WinCom 2020: Special Session On Artificial Intelligence and Security for Smart Cities

- BASED ON MANY REQUESTS, THE FINAL DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO August 30
(FIRM)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

*Special session AI2SC: Artificial Intelligence and Security for Smart Cities *

Website: https://www.wincom-conf.org/WINCOM_2020/?p=session

Submission Link:

https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27303&track=103395

*Reims, France*

*October 27 –29, 2020*

*Technically sponsored by: IEEE Communications Society*

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit full papers to
the special session on
*Artificial Intelligence and Security for Smart Cities**
(AIC2SC'2020)* co-located
with the 8th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile
Communications (WINCOM 2020).

==========Scope==========

In recent years, with the successful development and the deployment of
Internet of Things (IOT) architectures, cities across the world are
becoming smart Cities. As result, many services ensured by each city, such
as transportation, buildings, healthcare, education, agriculture and energy
management are becoming more and more intelligent.
Moreover, Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents a promising solution to
bring intelligence into different entities of smart cities. However, the
process of integration brings new challenges and problems.

In addition, security is one of important challenges that arises
since smart city applications not only collect a wide range of sensitive
information from users and their mobile applications, but also control
access to different resources of the city.

In this session, we are focusing
on artificial intelligence and security-related problems that currently
affect smart cities in general around the world. For this, the objective of
this session is to bring together researchers to discuss recent algorithms
and solutions related to both problems.

Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished papers to
this session. Topics include, but are not limited to:

- AI-based protocols and services for smart cities
- AI-based application for smart cities
- IA-based communications Security
- Cloud Computing Security
- Security for Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
- Big Data Analytics for Smart Cities Security
- AI-based big data analysis for smart cities
- AI-based cloud computing for smart cities

==========Submission Link: ============
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27303&track=103395
<https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27303&track=103395>

==========Technically sponsored by: ==========
IEEE Communications Society

===========Book Chapter Issue=================
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version on
Edited Springer Book: Machine Intelligence and Data Analytics for
Sustainable Future Smart Cities Indexed by (Scopus & Web of Science)

https://sites.google.com/view/midatasmart-book/home-page?authuser=0

===========Important Dates=================
Submission (extended): August 15, 2020 August 30
, 2020
Acceptance notification: September 05, 2020
Camera-ready: September 15, 2020
=============Organizing Committee==============

+Mohamed LAHBY, University HASSAN II of Casablanca, Morocco,
mlahby@gmail.com
+Prof.Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Independent University Bangladesh ,
spathan@ieee.org <https://www.wincom-conf.org/WINCOM_2020/spathan@ieee.org>
+Prof. Jihene Rezgui, College Maisonneuve, Canada, ,*
jrezgui@cmaisonneuve.qc.ca
<jrezgui@cmaisonneuve.qc.ca>*

Best regards

--

*Dr. M.Lahby*

Laboratory of Mathematics and Applications, University Hassan II, Ecole
Normale Supérieure (ENS) Casablanca, Morocco

mlahby@gmail.com
GSM : +212 6 65 29 23 76
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[DMANET] CFP WALCOM 2021 in Myanmar, February 28-March 2, 2021

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Call for Papers

WALCOM 2021

The 15th International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and
Computation

February 28-March 2, 2021

UIT, Myanmar

Conference website: https://www.uit.edu.mm/walcom-2021/

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=walcom2021

The 15th International Conference and Workshop on Algorithms and
Computation (WALCOM 2021) is intended to provide an international
forum for researchers working in the areas of algorithms and
computation. WALCOM 2021 will be held during February 28 - March 2,
2021 at University of Information Technology, Yangon, Myanmar. It is
being organized in cooperation between University of Information
Technology and Japan Advanced Science and Technology.

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit papers describing original research of
theoretical or practical significance to algorithms and computation
and must not simultaneously submit it to another journal or
conference. Papers should not exceed 12 pages in LNCS style. It can be
downloaded from
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines.

If the authors feel that more details are essential to substantiate
the main claim of the paper, they may include a clearly marked
appendix that will be read at the discretion of the Program
Committee. Only electronic submissions via Easychair will be allowed
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=walcom2021). Papers submitted
for review should represent original, previously unpublished work and
surveys of important results. At the time the paper is submitted to
WALCOM 2021, and for the entire review period, the paper (or
essentially the same paper) should not be under review by any other
conference with published proceedings or by a scientific journal. At
least one author of each accepted paper will be expected to attend the
conference and present the paper.

List of Topics

The range of topics within the scope of WALCOM includes but is not limited
to:

* Approximation Algorithms
* Algorithmic Graph Theory and Combinatorics
* Combinatorial Algorithms
* Combinatorial Optimization
* Computational Biology
* Computational Complexity
* Computational Geometry
* Discrete Geometry
* Data Structures
* Experimental Algorithm Methodologies
* Graph Algorithms
* Graph Drawing
* Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
* Parameterized Algorithms
* Parameterized Complexity
* Network Optimization
* Online Algorithms
* Randomized Algorithms
* String Algorithms

Imprtant Dates:
Submission: September 22, 2020
Notification: November 2, 2020
Camera-ready: November 23, 2020
Conference: February 28 - March 2, 2021

Invited Speakers:
Prof. Mohammad Kaykobad (BUET)
Emeritus Prof. Tetsuo Asano (JAIST)
Prof. Erik D. Demaine (MIT)

Program Committee Members

Hee-Kap Ahn (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
Shamsuzzoha Bayzid (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology)
Guillaume Blin (University of Bordeaux)
Hans Bodlaender (Utrecht University)
Gautam Das (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
Jesper Jansson (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Wing-Kai Hon (National Tsing Hua University)
Seok-Hee Hong (University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA), Chair
Ralf Klasing (University of Bordeaux)
Inbok Lee (Seoul National University)
Giuseppe Liotta (University of Perugia)
Takaaki Mizuki (Tohoku University)
Debajyoti Mondal (University of Saskatchewan)
Krishnendu Mukhopadhyaya (Indian Statistical Institute)
Shin-ichi Nakano (Gunma University)
Subhas C. Nandy (Indian Statistical Institute), Chair
Solon Pissis (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)
Simon Puglisi (University of Helsinki)
Tomasz Radzik (King's College London)
Atif Rahman (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology)
Mohammad Sohel Rahman (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology)
Kunihiko Sadakane (University of Tokyo)
Slamin (University of Jember)
William F. Smyth (McMaster University)
Paul Spirakis (University of Liverpool)
Wing-Kin Sung (National University of Singapore)
Ryuhei Uehara (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Chair
Bruce Watson (Stellenbosch University)
Hsu-Chun Yen (National Taiwan University)

Organizing committee

Saw Sand Aye, UIT, Myanmar
Ryuhei Uehara, JAIST, Japan
Wint Thida Zaw, UIT, Myanmar
Myat Thida Mon, UIT, Myanmar
Swe Zin Hlaing, UIT, Myanmar
Ei Chaw Htoon, UIT, Myanmar
Swe Swe Kyaw, UIT, Myanmar
Aye Theingi, UIT, Myanmar
Win Win Myo, UIT, Myanmar

Venue

The conference will be held during February 28 - March 2, 2021 at
University of Information Technology, Yangon, Myanmar.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to
walcom2021@uit.edu.mm.

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[DMANET] Panel Debate, Wednesday 2 September @ 3pm UTC: "Evolution or Revolution? The Future of Conferences in Theoretical Computer Science"

The following message is from the steering Committee of the OWLS seminar.


Dear all,

The entire community is invited to participate in a debate on the
future of the conference system in theoretical computer science.
Organized as a special event as part of the Online Worldwide Seminar
on Logic and Semantics (OWLS), this will provide a rare community-wide
opportunity for us to consider the strengths and weaknesses of our
current system, and consider if we can do better.

The scope of the debate is all aspects of our publishing and community
traditions, characterised by prestige earned mostly through
publication in competitive conferences, and frequent local and
international travel. Possible topics for discussion include the need
to publish in conferences for career progression, which usually
involves burning carbon; wasted author and reviewer effort when good
papers are rejected from highly competitive conferences; the extent of
our responsibility as a community to respond to climate change;
alternative publishing models, like the journal-focussed system used
in mathematics; high costs of conference travel and registration;
virtual conference advantages, disadvantages and best practice;
improving equality, diversity and access; consequences and response to
COVID-19; and the role of professional bodies. These topics have many
close relationships, and need to be discussed together to gain a full
understanding of the issues involved, and how we can move forward.

OUR PANEL

To discuss these issues, we have an excellent panel with a wide range
of relevant experience:

- Dr Brendan Fong, MIT (brendanfong.com) is a postdoctoral
researcher with considerable experience organizing virtual conferences
and seminars (act2020.mit.edu), and an Executive Editor of the new
open-access journal Compositionality.

- Professor Delia Kesner, University of Paris (irif.fr/~kesner) has
served on the Steering Committee of six conferences and workshops, and
is currently the SC Chair of FSCD, the most recent iteration of which
was organized at short notice as a virtual event (fscd2020.org).

- Professor Benjamin Pierce, University of Pennsylvania
(cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce) has served as PC chair of a range of events
including POPL and ICFP, and has written powerfully on the need for
the computer science community to adapt to the reality of climate
change.

- Professor Moshe Vardi, Rice University (cs.rice.edu/~vardi) is
Senior Editor of the journal Communications of the ACM, and founded
the Federated Logic Conference (FLOC). He has long been a vocal
commentator on structural problems with computer science publishing.

PROPOSE A QUESTION

Questions will be asked by members of the community. That means you!
Please reply to this email to propose your question, which could raise
any issue in scope. **Why not do it right now?** Make sure to use an
academic email address. We'll let you know if your question is
accepted, and you'll then have the opportunity to ask it during the
debate, and to respond to the panel's comments.

WHEN AND WHERE

The debate will take place on Wednesday 2 September at 3pm UTC, which
corresponds to the following times in a range of cities around the
world:

8am San Francisco / 10am Houston / 11am Philadelphia / 4pm London /
5pm Paris / 9pm Mumbai / 11pm Beijing / midnight Tokyo / 1am Sydney

The event will take place on Zoom at the following address, with no
password or registration required:

- zoom.us/j/177472153

The debate will be followed by an opportunity to discuss informally
with other members of the community in small groups.

WEBPAGE

This event is organized as part of the OWLS seminar series. For more
information, a calendar you can embed into your own, and to sign up
for reminder emails, visit the webpage:

- https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~vicaryjo/owls/

READING

Members of the community may enjoy the following articles, related to
the topic of the debate.

- Lance Fortnow (2009), "Time for Computer Science to Grow Up",
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/8/34492-viewpoint-time-for-computer-science-to-grow-up
- Benjamin Pierce, Michael Hicks, Crista Lopes and Jens Palsberg
(2020), "Conferences in an Era of Expensive Carbon",
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2020/3/243024-conferences-in-an-era-of-expensive-carbon
- Moshe Vardi (2020), "Publish and Perish",
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2020/1/241717-publish-and-perish

We hope you will join us for the debate. Please forward this message
to members of your research group, and others who may be interested to
participate.

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[DMANET] CFP: IEEE Conferences (ISPA, BDCloud, SocialCom, SustainCom), 17-19 December 2020 (Virtual and New Dates)

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email]



*** IEEE (ISPA-2020, BDCloud-2020, SocialCom-2020, SustainCom-2020
International Conferences) ***



To be held virtually in England, UK, 17-19 December 2020.



The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed
Processing with Applications (ISPA-2020)

https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/ispa2020



The 10th IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing
(BDCloud-2020)

https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/bdcloud2020



The 13th IEEE International Symposium on Social Computing and Networking
(SocialCom-2020)

https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/socialcom2020



The 10th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and
Communications (SustainCom-2020)

https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/sustaincom2020



Sponsored by

IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable
Computing (TCSC)



IMPORTANT DATES

===============

Paper Submission Deadline: 12 September 2020

Authors Notification: 18 October 2020

Camera-Ready Paper Due: 17 November 2020

Early Registration Due: 17 November 2020

Conference Date: 17-19 December 2020

VIRTUAL/REMOTE CONFERENCE

=========================

After evaluating the current COVID-19 situation and associated travel
restrictions, the conference will be held virtually with remote
presentation on 17-19 December 2020 as the safety and well-being of all
conference participants are of the highest priority. Accepted papers will
be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore Digital Library after they are
presented at the virtual conference. The paper submission deadline has been
extended to 12 September 2020 as we understand many are facing unexpected
challenges at this time.



PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE

==========================

All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference
websites with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not
be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8
pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and
references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two
columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts).

Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at

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

Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference
proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI).



JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

======================

Distinguished papers selected from the conferences and associated
workshops, after further extensions, will be recommended for submission and
publication in the Special Issues of the following prestigious journals:



- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

- Computer Networks (Elsevier)

- Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier)

- Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier)

- Knowledge-Based Systems (Elsevier)

- Neurocomputing (Elsevier)

- Information Fusion (Elsevier)

- IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatics Sinica

- IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering

- IEEE ACCESS

- Sensors

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[DMANET] NSF Student Travel grant application for SmartComp 2020

Call for Applications
NSF Student Travel Grant for IEEE SMARTCOMP 2020
(US-based Students ONLY)

The 6th IEEE Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2020) to be held virtually in Bologna, Italy on September 14-17, 2020 is anticipating NSF-sponsored competitive student travel grants to attend IEEE SMARTCOMP 2020 (www.smart-comp.org<http://www.smart-comp.org>) and co-located events like Workshops, Ph.D. Forum, Work-in-Progress, Posters, and Demo sessions online. Since no travel will be involved, the NSF travel awards could be used to cover conference registration fee.

The NSF travel grant is available only to full time students attending colleges and universities in the US. Underrepresented minority and women students from diverse US institutions are particularly encouraged to apply. In addition to the student authors, non-author students including exceptional undergraduate students, MS and PhD students, engaged in smart computing research will also be considered. To be eligible for NSF travel grant, US based students (referred to as "you") must apply via EDAS (https://edas.info/G.php?g=659) by Friday, August 21, 2020.

To apply for NSF travel support, upload the following documents:


1. A one-page Cover Letter stating: (i) if you are a full-time student (B.S., M.S., or Ph.D.): (ii) that you will be attending virtually the entire SMARTCOMP 2020 conference and associate events; (iii) what your research interests and accomplishments are in the area of smart computing; (iv) why attendance to SMARTCOMP 2020 is important, and how it would impact your research; and (v) how you wish to benefit from and contribute to the conference, particularly given the online attendance mode this year.



2. A two-page CV.



3. A Letter of Recommendation from your academic mentor confirming: (a) you are currently a full-time student (B.S., M.S., or Ph.D.) in good standing, you are engaged in smart computing research, and your strengths and potential research contributions; (b) ways you would benefit from attending SMARTCOMP 2020 conference; and (c) you will be attending virtually the entire SMARTCOMP 2020 conference and associated events.

Eligible expenses include reimbursement of advance student/author registration fee to avail reduced registration fee, and non-author student registration fee. Expenses not eligible for reimbursement are regular/on-site registration, internet connectivity fee, etc. Virtual travel expenses will be reimbursed only after the completion of the conference attendance and submission of required receipts. The reimbursement amount will be based on the number of awards made.

For any questions about NSF travel award, please contact Dr. Nirmalya Roy at nroy at umbc.edu<mailto:nroy@umbc.edu>.

Important Dates:


* August 21, 2020: Travel Grant Application Due (via EDAS)
* August 28, 2020: Travel Award Decisions Made
* Sept 14-17, 2020: Conference Dates


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[DMANET] IEEE PerCom 2021: Call For Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 19th International Conference on Pervasive Computing and
Communications (PerCom 2021), March 22-26, 2021
in Kassel, Germany
http://www.percom.org
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In 2021, IEEE PerCom will visit Kassel, situated at the geographic center of
Germany and a dynamic industrial and cultural city. It is known for its UNESCO
World Heritage site "Bergpark Wilhemshohe" and famous for a leading exhibition
of contemporary art "documenta".

PerCom is the premier annual scholarly venue in pervasive computing and
communications. Pervasive computing has found its way into many commercial
systems due to tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and
topics such as wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor
systems, ambient intelligence, and smart devices.


SCOPE

PerCom 2021 solicits research contributions in all areas pertinent to
pervasive computing and communications, especially those that cross
traditional research boundaries. In particular, we target:
* Advances in pervasive systems and infrastructures: middleware systems and
services; data engineering for pervasive computing; clouds, fog and edge
computing; integrations of smartphones in pervasive experiences; applications
of device-to-device coordination
* Theories, models, and algorithms: context modeling and reasoning; adaptive
computing; activity and emotion recognition; programming paradigms; applied
machine learning; deep machine learning; federated learning; casual
learning; cognitive computing; complex networks; spatio-temporal modeling
techniques
* Domain-specific challenges and novel applications: urban/mobile
crowdsensing & intelligence; PerCom for healthcare and well-being;
cyber-physical PerCom; smart homes and virtual assistants; innovative PerCom
applications (e.g., sports analytics, crime prevention, pervasive
nowcasting).
* Intersections of PerCom with: opportunistic networks; IoT and sensor
systems; RFID systems; pervasive data science, cyber physical systems.
* New techniques for user-level concerns: participatory and social sensing;
trust, security, and privacy; user interface, interaction, and persuasion;
online and offline social networking and pervasive computing.
* Technological innovations: architectures, protocols, and technologies for
pervasive communications; energy-harvesting, self-powered, or battery-less
systems; mobile and wearable systems; smart devices and environments;
positioning and tracking technologies; wireless crowd-recharging;
device-free human sensing.

Contributions can be analytical, empirical, technological, methodological, or
a combination. Papers reporting strong systems engineering contributions
backed by solid and appropriate evaluations are strongly encouraged. The
impact of the contributions should be demonstrated in the context of pervasive
computing and communications applications.

Special note: PerCom 2021 will follow a double-blind review process. As a
result, authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions.

IMPORTANT DATES:
* Paper registration in EDAS: September 28, 2020
* Submission via EDAS: October 4, 2020
* Notification: December 22, 2020
* Camera Ready: February 5, 2021

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chairs
Klaus David, University of Kassel, Germany
Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia
Technical Program Chair
Amy L. Murphy, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy
Program Vice Chairs
Chiara Boldrini, IIT-CNR, Italy
Paul Castro, IBM Watson, USA
Mahbub Hassan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Workshop Chairs
Peizhao Hu,
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Stephan Sigg, Aalto University, Finland

CONTACT INFORMATION:
percom2021@gmail.com
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[DMANET] Extended Deadline: First Indo-American Knowledge Graph and Semantic Web Conference (KGSWC-2020)

[Apology for cross-posting]

*First Indo-American Knowledge Graph and Semantic Web Conference*

*KGSWC-INDIA 2020*

26-27 November 2020

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*Website:* http://www.kgswc.org/indo-american/

*Background*

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The first Indo-American Knowledge Graph and Semantic Web Conference is an
international scientific conference series devoted to knowledge graph and
semantic web research. Due COVID-19 pandemic, this edition of the
conference will be online. The prime goals of the conference are:

(i) to provide a forum for the semantic web community, bringing together
researchers and practitioners in industry to share ideas about R&D projects
and

(ii) to increase the adoption of the semantic web technologies in the
region.

*Topics*

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Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

· Knowledge Mining and Fusion

· Web Analytics

· Security and Data Privacy with Semantic Technologies

· Knowledge Graphs and Deep Semantics

· Semantic Linking and Search

· Machine Learning in Semantic Computing

· Linked Data

· Reasoning

· Social Web & Web Science

· Mobile Web, Sensors and Semantic Streams

· Services, APIs, Processes and Cloud Computing

· Vocabularies, Schemas, Ontologies

· Combining Semantic Graphs with Property Graphs

· Probabilistic Knowledge Graphs

· Benchmarking and Empirical Evaluation

· Scientific Semantic Web

· Text Mining and Natural Language Processing

· Deep Learning on Knowledge Graphs

*Submissions and Proceedings*

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KGSWC 2020 invites to submit high-quality unpublished research papers on
the topics of the conference. The submissions cannot be under review or
acceptance for publication in a journal or another conference. The papers
will be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers and submitted for
plagiarism detection check.

The submissions must be written in English using the Springer style
(LNCS/CCIS one-column page format) (http://www.springer.com/
computer/lncs/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0
<http://www.springer.com/%0Dcomputer/lncs/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0>).
We receive full papers (12-15 pages) and short papers (6-8 pages) and may
be submitted in PDF via the Easychair system below:

*https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kgswc2020
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kgswc2020>*

It is planned to publish the proceedings of KGSWC 2020 with *Springer* in
their *Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)* series
(approved)

*Important Dates*

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Submission Deadline: *September 15 2020*

Notification Due: October 15, 2020

Final Version Due: October 30, 2020

*Organizing Committee*

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*General Chairs*

Shishir Kumar Shandilya, VIT Bhopal University, India

Boris Villazon-Terrazas, Tinámica, Spain

Sanju Tiwari, PhD, Post-Doc, India

Fernando Ortiz-Rodriguez, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico

*Program Committee*

Abhishek Bhattacharya, IEMIS, Kolkata, India

Adolfo Antonio-Bravo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Amadis Martinez, Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela

Amit Sheth,University of South Carolina, USA

Ana Aguilera, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile

Anna Fensel, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Antonio DI NOLA, University of Salerno, Italy

Ayush Goyal, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA

Deepjyoti Kalita, Cotton University, India

Dimitris Konkotas, Diffbot, Greece

Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia

Erick Antezana, Bayer Crop Science, Belgium

Filip Radulovic, Director at SEPAGE, France

Freddy Priyatna, PhD, Post-Doc, Philadelphia, USA

Hari Prabhat Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, India

Jennifer D'Souza, TIB, L3S, Germany

Juan F. Sequeda, Austin, TX, USA

Kumar Abhishek, National Institute of Technology Patna, India

María Poveda Villalón, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Marlene Goncalves, Universidad Simon Bolívar, Venezuela

Oscar Corcho Garcia, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Pascal Hitzler, Kansas State University, USA

Patience Usoro Usip, University of Uyo, Nigeria

Raghava Muthuraju, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi,
India

Raul Garcia Castro, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Sailesh Bajpai, Regional Center for Biotechnology, Faridabad, India

Shikha Mehta, JIIT, Noida, India

Soren Auer, TIB, L3S, Germany

*Fee Structure*

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For students: 5500 (72$)

For Academicians: 6500 (86$)

For Industrialist: 7500(99$)

*Contact us:*

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*Dr. Sanju Tiwari *tiwsanju17@gmail.com *(Leading Chair)*
Please Feel free to ask if you have any query.

--
Best Regards
Dr. Sanju Mishra Tiwari
Member IEEE
Member Machine Intelligence Research Labs(MIR Lab), USA

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[DMANET] ACAC 2020: Final Call for Registration

===================== (Virtual) ACAC 2020 ==========================

Call for Participation



15th Athens Colloquium on Algorithms and Complexity

(ACAC 2020)



August 27-28, 2020

Athens University of Economics and Business

Athens, Greece



http://pages.cs.aueb.gr/othersites/ACAC20/index.php

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The Athens Colloquium on Algorithms and Complexity (ACAC) is an annual
meeting in Athens aiming to bring together researchers working in all areas
of the theory of algorithms and computational complexity. It serves as a
lively forum for presenting research results that are in a preliminary
stage or have been recently accepted/ presented in some major conference.
The language of the workshop is English.

The 15th ACAC will be hosted virtually, on the days of August 27 and 28.
We will use the Zoom platform, and further details will be posted at the
ACAC website:
http://pages.cs.aueb.gr/othersites/ACAC20/index.php

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PLENARY TALKS
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Elias Koutsoupias, University of Oxford
Jerome Lang, CNRS
Brendan Lucier, Microsoft Research

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REGISTRATION
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The registration is free of charge but compulsory for administration
purposes and also for being able to login and attend the lectures.
Registered participants will receive an email with the meeting link and the
password a couple of days before the colloquium. We will also send a
reminder with all relevant information in the morning of August 27. It is
therefore important that you fill in the registration form and provide a
valid email address (the registration will be kept open till August 27).

Please feel free to forward this announcement to other relevant mailing
lists, and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you all virtually in ACAC 2020!

On behalf of the ACAC 2020 organizing committee

o Dimitris Fotakis

o Evangelos Markakis

o Aris Pagourtzis

o Stathis Zachos

o Vassilis Zissimopoulos

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[DMANET] [CFP] IEEE co-sponsored COMPandemics2020 - Online Presentation - Publication in IDSTA2020 Proceeding

Dear Colleagues,
[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]

The International Workshop on Computing for Pandemics (COMPandemics2020)

19th - 22nd, 2020 – Valencia, Spain Online Presentations!

http://intelligenttech.org/COMPandemics2020/

Co-located with

The International Conference on Intelligent Data Science Technologies and
Applications (IDSTA2020) <http://intelligenttech.org/IDSTA2020>

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Epidemics and Pandemics, such as COVID-19, have a great bad impact on
medical, social, educational and economical life. To reduce this impact and
learn how to early detect and manage future pandemics, great efforts are
needed from researchers from different fields from academia and industry.
Computing and AI are playing vital rules in our everyday life and can be
very useful in dealing with pandemics. The international workshop on
Computing for Pandemics is an international forum that aims to give
researchers from different fields the opportunity to present their
contributions to the field. We solicit contributions covering various
topics in the field that include but are not limited to:

- Early detection of pandemics
- Modeling spreading of the pandemic
- Social media analysis for pandemics
- Pandemic Medical data analysis
- CAD for Pandemic infection diagnosis
- Intelligent Mobile Applications for Pandemic
- Pandemic Surveillance systems
- IoT for Pandemics
- Pandemic Data anonymization
- Pandemic Data collection
- Pandemic infection tracking
- Management solutions for Pandemics
- AI for Pandemics

*IMPORTANT DATES*

Submission Due Date: August 30th, 2020

Notification: September 25th, 2020

Camera-ready submission: October 5th, 2020

*Submission Site:*

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=compandemics2020

*Paper format*

Submitted papers (.pdf format) must use the A4 IEEE Manuscript Templates
for Conference Proceedings
<https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html>. Please
remember to add Keywords to your submission.

*Length*

Submitted papers may be 6 to 8 pages. Up to two additional pages may be
added for references. The reference pages must only contain references.
Overlength papers will be rejected without review.

*Publication*

All accepted papers in COMPandemics2020 and will be submitted to IEEEXplore
within the proceeding of IDSTA2020 for possible publication.

*JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES*

Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended
version to the following journal(s). Confirmed Special Issues are:

· Springer Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (IF: 2.397)

· Springer Cluster Computing (IF: 1.85)

· Springer Journal of Network and System Management (IF: 1.676)

· MDPI Sensors (IF: 3.031)

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