Monday, October 31, 2016

[DMANET] OPODIS 2016 call for participation

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

20th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems
(OPODIS 2016)

13-16 December 2016,
Madrid, Spain

http://opodis2016.etsisi.upm.es
opodis2016@easychair.org

Sponsored by
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Sistemas Informáticos
(ETSISI)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
IMDEA Networks
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TRAVEL & REGISTRATION
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* Registration available at:
http://opodis2016.etsisi.upm.es/registration.html

Note: Deadline for early registration rate is November 16

* Venue and accommodation available at:
http://opodis2016.etsisi.upm.es/venue.html


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ORGANIZING & PROGRAM COMMITTEES
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General Chair

Ernesto Jiménez Merino, Technical University of Madrid, Spain


Program Committee

Yehuda Afek, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Christian Cachin, IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland
Marco Canini, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Shantanu Das, Aix-Marseille University, France
Carole Delporte, Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7, France
Fernando Dotti, PUC-RS, Brazil
Faith Ellen, University of Toronto, Canada
Panagiota Fatourou, FORTH ICS & University of Crete, Greece (co-chair)
Pascal Felber, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Pierre Fraigniaud, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, France
Cyril Gavoille, Université de Bordeaux, France
Rachid Guerraoui, EPFL, Switzerland
Maurice Herlihy, Brown University, USA
Rüdiger Kapitza, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Parisa Marandi, Microsoft Research, UK
Euripides Markou, University of Thessaly, Greece
Alessia Milani, University of Bordeaux, France
Gilles Muller, INRIA, France
Roberto Palmieri, Virginia Tech, USA
Marta Patiño-Martínez, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano, Switzerland (co-chair)
David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Sebastiano Peluso, Virginia Tech, USA
Maria Potop Butucaru, Université Paris-VI Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, France
Nuno Preguiça, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Luis Rodrigues, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Eric Ruppert, York University, Canada
Mark Shapiro, INRIA & Université Paris-VI Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, France
Liuba Shrira, Brandeis University, USA
Robert Soule, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Roman Vitenberg, University of Oslo, Norway
Spyros Voulgaris, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Steering Committee
Marcos Aguilera, VMware Research Group, USA
Christian Cachin, IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland
Alessia Milani, University of Bordeaux, France
Maria Potop-Butucaru, Université Paris-VI Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, France
Giuseppe Prencipe, Università di Pisa , Italy
Etienne Rivière, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Marc Shapiro, INRIA & Université Paris-VI Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, France
Sebastien Tixeuil, IUF & Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6,
France (chair)


Organizing Commitee

Ángel Álvarez, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Sergio Arévalo (organization chair), Technical University of Madrid,
Spain (chair)
Antonio Fernández-Anta, Institute IMDEA Networks, Spain
José Luis López-Presa (publicity chair), Technical University of Madrid,
Spain
Pilar Manzano, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Isabel Muñoz, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Nicolas Nicolaou, Institute IMDEA Networks, Spain
Andrés Sevilla, Technical University of Madrid, Spain

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[DMANET] TU Graz: One Postdoc Position in Random Graphs and Hypergraphs

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TU Graz: One Postdoc Position in Random Graphs and Hypergraphs
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We are seeking outstanding candidates with expertise and proficiency in
random graphs and hypergraphs.

The successful candidate will be employed as a postdoc for 22 months at
the Combinatorics Group https://www.math.tugraz.at/comb/ of the
Institute of Discrete Mathematics at TU Graz. The preferred starting
date is 1 May 2017, but negotiable.

The basic salary is specified in the FWF standard personnel costs and
salaries https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/personnel-costs/.

Condition of employment:
- Qualified candidates must hold a PhD degree in mathematics or
theoretical computer science

Application documents:
- Cover letter of application
- Curriculum vitae including the list of publications
- A short statement of research interests
- A list of full contact information of two references who can submit
letters of recommendation

All application documents should be electronically submitted in a
single PDF file by 15 January 2017 to

sandra.wissler@tugraz.at

Ms Sandra Wissler
Graz University of Technology
Institute of Discrete Mathematics
Combinatorics Group
Steyrergasse 30, 8010 Graz, Austria
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[DMANET] computational optimization

Call for Papers

10th International Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO17)
Prague, Czech Republic, September 4-7, 2017

organized in the framework of FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FedCSIS - 2017

https://fedcsis.org/wco

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

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

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

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

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Best paper award

The best WCO17 paper will be awarded during the social dinner of FedCSIS2017.
The best paper will be selected by WCO17 co-Chairs by taking into
consideration the scores suggested by the reviewers, as well as the
quality of the given oral presentation.

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Submission and Publication

* Authors should submit draft papers in PDF format.
* The total length of a paper should not exceed 10 pages for regular
paper and 4 pages for short papers (IEEE style). IEEE style templates
are available at http://www.fedcsis.org/.
* Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their
scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.
* Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Conference
Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore database and submitted for
different indexations (Position paper will only appear in the
conference proceedings).
* Extended versions of selected papers presented at WCO17 will be
published in edited books of the series "Studies of Computational
Intelligence", Springer.

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Important dates:

Paper submission (sharp / no extensions) : May 10th, 2017
Position paper submission : May 31th, 2017
Author notification : June 14th, 2017
Final paper submission and registration : June 28, 2017
Conference date : September 4-7, 2017

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Organizing Committee

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

If you have any question do not hesitate to send an email to :
wco2017@fedcsis.org

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IICT-BAS
Acad. G. Bonchev str. bl.25A
1113 Sofia Bulgaria
Ph. +359-2-9796642
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[DMANET] metaheuristics for optimization

Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we invite you to participate in
the special session (workshop) on "APPLICATIONS OF METAHEURISTICS TO
LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS" at the 10th International Conference on Large
Scale Scientific Computation - LSSC'17, June 5 - 9, 2017, Sozopol,
Bulgaria, with arrival: June 4 and departure: noon June 9.

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

Topics

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

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

Key speaker Kalin Penev, Southampton Solent University, UK
Title: Free Search - in multidimensional space M*+
Abstract: Multidimensional tasks with thousands parameters, seems to be an
embarrassing challenge for modern computational systems in terms of
software abilities and hardware capacity. Presented study focuses on
evaluation of thousands dimensional heterogeneous real-value numerical tests.
*In roman numerical system M = 1000 in decimal numerical system.

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

Important deadlines
Deadline for submission of abstracts
January 15, 2017
Notification of acceptance of the talks on the basis of the
submitted abstract
January 31, 2017
Deadline for submission of full papers
March 01, 2017
Notification of acceptance of full papers
April 15, 2017


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

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

Information about abstract and paper preparation, accommodation,
transportation, registration form and conference location you can find
at the conference web page
http://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom17/


Special session organizers
Prof. Stefka Fidanova
Prof. Gabriel Luque

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Sunday, October 30, 2016

[DMANET] 2 PhD positions in Linkoping

PhD students in Air Traffic and Logistics and in Unmanned Traffic Management are sought. The first position is about facility location (involving modeling and optimization), the second is about traffic simulation (involving stochastic and computational geometry); both positions have strong practical components.

More details and links for application may be found at
http://www.liu.se/jobba/lediga-jobb?l=en&&rmpage=job&rmjob=3954&rmlang=UK
http://www.liu.se/jobba/lediga-jobb?l=sv&&rmpage=job&rmjob=3922&rmlang=SE (only in Swedish)

Please contact valentin.polishchuk@liu.se with questions.

Valentin Polishchuk
Associate professor
Senior lecturer in Air Transportation
Communications and Transport Systems
ITN, Linkoping University, Sweden
Adjunct professor
Computer Science department
University of Helsinki, Finland
http://webstaff.itn.liu.se/~valpo40/
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Saturday, October 29, 2016

[DMANET] ICA3PP 2017: Call for Workshops Proposals

Call for Workshops Proposals

17th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing 

Helsinki, Finland

21-23 August, 2017

https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/ICA3PP2017/index.html

 

Important Dates:

  • Workshop Proposal Due: Feb. 15, 2017

The ICA3PP 2017 Organization Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops affiliated with the conference. The main objective of the workshops is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss a specific topic in the field of ICA3PP-2017 and its related areas. The workshop proceedings will be published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). 

 

 

Proposal Format

  • Title of the workshop
  • Draft Call for paper of the workshop
  • Tentative list of TPC members

Please submit your workshop proposal to the following emails with subject "ICA3PP2017 workshop proposal": liukeen@mail.xjtu.edu.cn; zheng.yan@aalto.fi

Friday, October 28, 2016

[DMANET] Deadline Extension - EvoMusArt 2017

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Call for papers for the 6th EVOMUSART conference
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NEWS: DEADLINE EXTENSION : 15th of November

NEWS: For the 20th year anniversary of the evo* conferences a website
was made available with all the information on the evoMUSART papers
since 2003. Feel free to browse and bookmark:

http://evomusart-index.dei.uc.pt/

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The 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in
Music, Sound, Art and Design (evoMUSART) will be held in Amsterdam in
19-21 April 2017, as part of the evo* event. The main goal of
EvoMusArt is to bring together researchers who are using Computational
Intelligence techniques for artistic tasks such as visual art, music,
architecture, video, digital games, poetry, or design. The conference
gives researchers in the field the opportunity to promote, present and
discuss ongoing work in the area.


Important dates:
Submission: 15 November 2016
Notification to authors: 9 January 2017
Camera-ready deadline: 25 January 2017
Evo*: 19-21 April 2017

We welcome submissions which use Computational Intelligence techniques
(e.g. Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Life, Machine Learning,
Swarm Intelligence) in the generation, analysis and interpretation of
art, music, design, architecture and other artistic fields.
Submissions must be at most 16 pages long, in Springer LNCS format
(instructions downloadable from
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). Each
submission must be anonymised for a double-blind review process and
submitted to http://myreview.csregistry.org/evomusart17/ . The
deadline for submission is 1 November 2016, and acceptance
notification on 9 January 2017. Accepted papers will be presented
orally or as posters at the event and included in the evoMUSART
proceedings published by Springer Verlag in a dedicated volume of the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

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

More information on the submission process and the topics of evoMUSART
2017 can be found at http://www.evostar.org/2017/cfp_evomusart.php

We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam in 2017!

The evoMUSART 2017 organisers
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[DMANET] Scholarships for Master's Study in Logic and Computation at TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

We offer scholarships to support outstanding students for the Master's Program in Logic and Computation at TU Wien, Vienna, Austria. Among the program's seven focus areas are the topics Algorithms and Complexity Theory.

Details can be found at http://logic-cs.at/master/grants-and-scholarships/

Application deadline is November 30, 2016.

—-
Stefan Szeider
Algorithms and Complexity Group
Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms
TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at

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[DMANET] faculty positions at Istanbul Technical University

Dear colleagues,

Two positions (assistant/associate or full professor) with a main focus on
algorithmic aspects of data science at the Computer Science graduate
program of the Informatics Institute, Istanbul Technical University,
Istanbul, Turkey, are available for "international" applicants.

We are looking for candidates particularly with a research interest in
data management, data analysis, data security with applications. The
previous research records of an ideal applicant should demonstrate a
balanced background in between the theory and practice of algorithms.

The responsibilities include teaching graduate courses (the institute runs
only MS and PhD programs, no undergraduate), advising graduate students,
publishing research results, and participation in research projects/grant
applications. The program is currently under a change in terms of the
curriculum, and candidates are expected to help this reshaping.

Please notice that the pay scale of the international professors are
flexible, and thus, will be decided according to their experience.
In-campus housing might also be provided.

Interested candidates can send their applications containing the CV,
research statement, and teaching statement to kulekci@itu.edu.tr. Questions
and comments are surely very welcome.

M. Oğuzhan Külekci
Assoc. Prof. @ Informatics Institute.
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
web.itu.edu.tr/kulekci

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

[DMANET] SPAA 2017 Call for Papers

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SPAA 2017 Call for Papers
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29th ACM Symposium on
Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA 2017)
July 24 - 26, 2017
Washington D.C., USA
https://spaa.acm.org/

This year, SPAA is co-located with PODC 2017.

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Important Dates:

Submission deadlines:
- Regular papers: February 9, 11:59pm EDT
- Brief announcements: February 9, 11:59pm EDT

These are firm deadlines. No extensions will be granted.

- Rebuttal period: March 27-30, 11:59pm EDT
- Notification: April 23
- Camera-ready copy due: May 23

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Submissions are sought in all areas of parallel algorithms and
architectures, broadly construed, including both theoretical and
experimental perspectives. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

- Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
- Parallel and Distributed Data Structures
- Algorithmic Game Theory
- Scheduling in Parallel Systems
- Parallel/Distributed Issues in Big Data
- Parallel and Distributed Architectures and I/O
- Streaming Algorithms
- Collaborative Learning Algorithms
- Network Algorithms
- Algorithms for Social Networks
- Multiprocessor and Multicore Architectures
- Transactional Memory Hardware and Software
- Algorithms for GPUs and Other Alternative Parallel Architectures
- High-Performance Parallel Computing and Architectures
- Green & Power-Efficient Algorithms and Architectures
- Instruction Level Parallelism and VLSI
- Biological Distributed Algorithms
- Mobile, Ad-Hoc, Wireless and Sensor Networks
- Algorithms for Routing and Information Dissemination
- Peer-to-Peer Systems
- Compilers and Tools for Concurrent Programming
- Fault-tolerance and Reliability
- Self-stabilization and Self-organization
- Security and Privacy in Distributed and Parallel Systems
- Parallel/Distributed Computational Learning
- Parallel Complexity Theory
- Specification and Verification of Concurrent Systems
- Resource Management and Awareness

Regular Papers:

Regular papers should report on original research, submitted exclusively
to this conference. Submissions may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced
double-column pages. (Papers will be judged based on their quality and
not their length — short papers are welcome.) The title page,
bibliography and designated figure pages (containing only figures) are
not counted toward the ten pages. (Illustrative figures are encouraged.)
All necessary details to substantiate the main claims of the paper
should be included in a clearly marked appendix. Regular papers will be
allotted up to 10 pages in the proceedings.

Brief announcements:

SPAA also solicits brief announcements that raise issues of interest to
the SPAA community. Brief announcements may not exceed three pages and
their titles should start with ``Brief Announcement:''. Examples of good
brief announcements include: (i) papers previously published elsewhere
of interest to SPAA, (ii) work in progress, (iii) announcement of
tools/libraries, (iv) challenge problems posed to the community, (v)
corrections to earlier results. Brief announcements may also include
smaller results of interest.
All regular rejected papers automatically will be considered for brief
announcements. Titles of regular papers which do not want to be
considered for this option should start with ``Full Paper ONLY:''. Brief
announcements will be allotted up to 3 pages in the proceedings.

Paper Submissions:

Submitted manuscripts may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced
double-column pages for regular papers and three (3) single-spaced
double-column pages for brief announcements, using 10-point size font on
8.5x11 inch pages, not counting the title page, bibliography and
designated figure pages ). The title page should contain the title,
author names and affiliations, followed by a brief abstract. See
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates (version 2.8,
May 2015)
for details, including the sig-alternate-05-2015.cls style file and a
sample file. Additional details may be added in a clearly marked
appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program committee.
Please indicate in the title of your manuscript whether this is a
regular paper or a brief announcement.

Regular papers submitted to SPAA may not be under simultaneous
consideration for a journal or any conference or workshop with published
proceedings (other than as a brief announcement for a previous conference).
Authors are encouraged to post full versions of their submissions in a
freely accessible on-line repository such as the arxiv, the ECCC, or the
Cryptology ePrint archive. We expect that authors of accepted regular
papers will make full versions of their papers, with proofs, available
by the camera-ready deadline. (This should be done in a manner
consistent with the ACM Copyright Policy.)
The deadline for ALL submissions is February 9.

Rebuttal Period:

There will be a rebuttal period during which the authors can point out
misunderstandings or comment on critical questions that the PC members
may have. It will take place on March 27-30.

Notification:

Authors will be sent notification of acceptance or rejection by e-mail
on or before April 23. A camera-ready copy of each accepted abstract
must be prepared according to the ACM guidelines for inclusion in the
proceedings of the conference and must be received by the date to be
determined later.

Awards:

Every regular paper is eligible for the best paper award. The program
committee may decline to make this award or may split the award among
multiple papers.

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Program Committee:

PC Chair: Mohammad T. Hajiaghayi, University of Maryland, College Park

Umut Acar Carnegie Mellon University
Susanne Albers Technical University of Munich
Hossein Asadi Sharif University of Technology
Nikhil Bansal Eindhoven University of Technology
Hossein Bateni Google Research
Petra Berenbrink Simons Fraser University
Keren Censor-Hillel Technion
Hubert Chan The University of Hong Kong
Rajesh Chitnis Weizmann Institute of Science
Frank Dehne Carleton University
Martin Farach-Colton Rutgers University
Pierre Fraigniaud CNRS and University Paris Diderot
Mohsen Ghaffari ETH Zurich
Michael Goodrich University of California, Irvine
Fabrizio Grandoni IDSIA
Mohammad Hajiaghayi (chair) University of Maryland, College Park
Martin Hoefer MPI Informatik, Saarbrücken
Samir Khuller University of Maryland
Ravi Kumar Google Research
Silvio Lattanzi Google Research
Aleksander Madry MIT
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide Paderborn University
Vahab Mirrokni Google Research
Morteza Monemizadeh Rutgers University
Seffi Naor Technion
Boaz Patt-Shamir Tel Aviv University
Giuseppe Persiano Università di Salerno
Cynthia A Phillips Sandia National Laboratories
Yuval Rabani The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rachid Guerraoui EPFL
Harald Raecke TU München
Rajmohan Rajaraman Northeastern University
Mauricio Resende Amazon
Laura Sanità University of Waterloo
Alex Slivkins Microsoft Research, NYC
Peter Varman Rice University
Roger Wattenhofer ETH Zurich
Ryan Williams Stanford University and MIT
David Woodruff IBM Almaden Research Center

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Conference Committee:

General Chair
Christian Scheideler, University of Paderborn

Secretary
Jeremy Fineman, Georgetown University

Treasurer
David Bunde, Knox College

Publicity Chair
Nodari Sitchinava, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Local Arrangements Chair
Jeremy Fineman, Georgetown University
Calvin Newport, Georgetown University

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Department of ICS
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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[DMANET] Special Issue GO X - Discrete Applied Mathematics

We are preparing a special issue of the journal Discrete Applied Mathematics devoted to the 10th International Colloquium on Graphs & Optimization that was held in Rigi Kaltbad, July 10 - July 14, 2016, to honor Martine Labbé, Jacek Blazewicz and Pavol Hell.

All interested researchers are invited to contribute to this special issue. Submissions of contributions not presented at the workshop are also welcome. The topics should relate to the themes of the workshop: Graph Theory, Scheduling and Optimization.

All submissions will be thoroughly refereed according to the high standards of Discrete Applied Mathematics.

The full papers must be submitted through the Elsevier Editorial System (http://ees.elsevier.com/dam <http://ees.elsevier.com/dam>). When submitting your paper, be sure to specify that the paper is a contribution for the special issue of GO X, so that your paper is assigned to the guest editors, by selecting the article type "SI:GO X, Rigi Kaltbad, 2016". Please see the author instructions on the site for any additional information.

The deadline for submission is 28.02.2017.

Accepted papers will be published online individually, before print publication.

We are looking forward to receiving your contribution.

The Guest Editors,

Yves CRAMA

Bernard GENDRON

Bernard RIES


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University of Fribourg - Department of Informatics
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[DMANET] call for nominations: 2018 Flajolet Lecture Prize

2018 FLAJOLET LECTURE PRIZE

Call for Nominations

The Philippe Flajolet Lecture Prize for outstanding contributions to
analytic combinatorics and analysis of algorithms is awarded every two
years by the Analysis of Algorithms (AofA) community that owes its
existence to Philippe Flajolet. The first Flajolet Lecture was presented
by D. E. Knuth at the 2014 AofA International Conference on
Probabilistic, Combinatorial and Asymptotic Methods for the Analysis of
Algorithms, Paris, France, and the second one by Bob Sedgewich at the
2016 AofA Conference in Krakow, Poland.

The prize is named in honor and recognition of the extraordinary
accomplishments of late Philippe Flajolet, who spent most of his
scientific life at INRIA, France. Philippe is best known for
fundamental advances in mathematical methods for the analysis of
algorithms. His research laid the foundation of a subfield of
mathematics, now known as analytic combinatorics. Analytic
combinatorics is a modern basis for the quantitative study of
combinatorial structures (such as words, trees, mappings, and graphs),
with applications to probabilistic study of algorithms that are based on
these structures. It also strongly influences research in other
scientific domains, such as statistical physics, computational biology,
and information theory. Flajolet's work takes the field forward by
introducing original approaches in combinatorics based on two types of
methods: symbolic and analytic. The symbolic side is based on the
automation of decision procedures in combinatorial enumeration to derive
characterizations of generating functions. The analytic side treats
those functions as functions in the complex plane and leads to precise
characterization of limit distributions. Beyond these foundational
contributions, Philippe's research opened new avenues in various domains
of applied computer science, including streaming algorithms,
communication protocols, database access methods, data mining, symbolic
manipulation, text-processing algorithms, and random generation.

The next Flajolet Lecture will be delivered at the 2018 AofA Conference
in Uppsala, Sweden. Nominations are due on February 28, 2017. The
winner will be selected by a Prize Committee consisting of:

Michael Drmota, Chair (TU Wien)
Mireille Bousquet-Melou (Univ. Bordeaux)
Peter Winkler (Dartmouth College)
Bob Sedgewick, ex officio (Princeton University)

The nomination letter should summarize his/her contributions in one or
two pages. All nominations should be sent to Michael Drmota at
michael.drmota@tuwien.ac.at .

In selecting the Flajolet-Prize winner, the Committee will pay
particular attention to a sustained record of high-impact, seminal
contributions to the research areas most directly impacted by the work
of Flajolet: the foundations of analysis of algorithms and/or analytic
combinatorics. The selection may also be based partly on educational
accomplishments and contributions such as fundamental textbooks and
high-quality students. The final selection will be approved by the
Steering Committee of the AofA.


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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

[DMANET] CS faculty position at USI, Lugano, Switzerland

The faculty of Informatics at the Univesità della Svizzera italiana
(USI), Lugano, Switzerland, has an opening for a tenure track faculty
position, preferably at the rank of assistant professor. The position is
open in all areas of Computer Science including Theory and Algorithms.
For more information see:

http://www.usi.ch/call-inf-assistant-professor-tenure-track-291728.pdf

Applications received by December 15, 2016 will be given priority.


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[DMANET] PhD position in optimization in human-computer interaction at Aalto University

Doctoral Candidate in Applications of Optimization and Data Sciences in
Human-Computer Interaction
Aalto University, Finland

http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/1043/

We are looking for a doctoral candidate to join cutting-edge research in
an exciting new area of human-computer interaction: computational design
of interaction, and in particular 1) automatic UI generation using machine
learning or optimization or 2) data-driven design of web interfaces. The
successful candidate will focus on the methods and principles of real-time
computational generation and refinement of user interfaces for the benefit
of people. The User Interfaces group, headed by Assoc. Prof. Antti
Oulasvirta and funded by the European Research Council (ERC), is a leading
group in the area of modeling and optimization of user interface designs.
It has a strong track record in the top venues of HCI, including CHI,
UIST, and IUI. The group has previously studied the principles of
computational design of keyboards, menu systems, gestural interaction,
interaction techniques, information search, and interaction design.

Profile

Applicants with a strong academic record in any of the four following
topic areas are requested to apply:

1. optimization or operations research; 2. machine learning, for example
Bayesian inference or deep learning, with
applications to interactive systems; 3. neurosciences, especially
neurocomputational modeling and
neural computing; 4. Web technologies, especially web UI technologies and
their real-time adaptation

A Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering,
neurosciences, cognitive science, or a related area is required. The
position is fully funded for 4 years. Salary starts at around 2,600
EUR/month and increases with merits such as publications.

How to apply

Please send your application as a single PDF file at earliest convenience
by November 5, 2016 through the recruitment system via "Apply for this
job" link below. The application should include 1) a one page statement of
interest, 2) academic CV, 3) course transcripts from Master's and
Bachelor's with grades, and 4) names and contact information of two
recommenders. Review of the applications will start on November 5, 2016.

Apply for this job at
https://www.saimanet.com/aaltohome/application_edit_welcome.html?job_id=104
3&field_id=0&place_id=59&did=5900&jc=1&lang=en

For more information

For further information, please contact the Associate Professor Antti
Oulasvirta (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi)
http://users.comnet.aalto.fi/oulasvir/ , HR Coordinator Anne Petroff
(application process, practical arrangements).
Research group homepage: http://userinterfaces.aalto.fi
<http://userinterfaces.aalto.fi/>

About Aalto University and Living in Finland

Aalto University offers an ambitious and lively environment with top-class
research efforts in computer science and electrical engineering. The
university was founded in 2010 as Helsinki University of Technology, the
Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki
were merged. Aalto University focuses on four key research areas: ICT and
digitalisation, Materials and sustainable use of natural resources, Global
business dynamics and Art and design knowledge building. The main campus
is located in Otaniemi in Espoo, Finland. The other campuses are in Töölö
and Arabia in Helsinki. The university consistently ranks high in
evaluations of computer science and electrical engineering research in the
world. MIT ranked Aalto University among the 5 rising stars in the world
in its comparison of 200 universities. According to OECD, Finland ranks
high in measures of well-being and is at the top in education and skills,
and above average in most dimensions: jobs and earnings, environmental
quality, subjective well-being, personal security, social connections,
housing and work-life balance.

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[DMANET] Conference announcement: MathSport International 2017

MathSport International 2017: The 6th International Conference on Mathematics in Sport

26 - 28 June 2017

Padua, Italy

First Call for Papers

http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/index.html



We invite you to submit an abstract for the 6th International Conference on Mathematics in Sport. Submissions in all areas where sports and mathematics meet are welcome. The term sport is interpreted liberally and includes games, gambling, and lotteries. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Mathematical and physical models in sports, Performance measures and models, Optimisation of sport performance, Statistics and probability models in sport, Match outcome models, Operations Research in Sport, Competitive strategy, Game theoretical models, Optimal tournament design, Sports scheduling, Decision support systems, Analysis of rules and adjudication, Econometrics in sport, Analysis of sporting technologies, Mathematics education and sport, Computationally intensive methods, Financial valuation in sport, E-sports (gaming), Betting and sports



Abstracts should be at most 2000 characters (spaces included) long, in English, and they must be submitted through the EasyChair website. The final date for abstract submission is 30 January 2017, and you will be notified of acceptance by 24 February 2017. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the work at the conference. Registration will be at the conference website, http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/index.html, at a discounted rate until 15 May 2017. Accommodation info at the website.



Authors of accepted abstracts are encouraged to submit their paper for the conference Proceedings (even if it is work in progress), until 24 April 2017. Padova University Press will distribute the book of accepted proceedings (in digital form in a USB pen drive with ISBN) to all participants.



There will be a special issue of Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jqas) devoted to papers from MathSport International 2017, containing work beyond that published in the conference proceedings. Details to follow.



Deadlines:

Abstract submission: 30 January 2017

Latest notification of acceptance: 24 February 2017 Submission of papers for Proceedings: 24 April 2017 Early registration: 15 May 2017



Keynote speakers:

To be announced



Venue: The MathSport 2017 Conference will be held at the Orto Botanico (Botanical Garden) (UNESCO site) of University of Padova. Padua is a beautiful city of art, with plenty of historical buildings, located in the central area of the Veneto plains. The University of Padova, established in 1222, is one of the oldest universities in Europe, and one of the biggest in Italy: 2,100 research staff, 60,000 students and 1,500 PhD students. From the logistic point of view, Padua is well connected to the rest of the world: Venice Marco Polo airport is the third biggest in Italy. Venice and Treviso airports can be reached by public buses or shuttle services. There are frequent high-speed trains to Padua from Milan (2h10m) and Rome (3h20m). Padua is 20 minutes away by train from Venice.



Registration fees:

Until 15 May: €380 (students: €250, accompanying person: €100) From 16 May: €450 (students: €300, accompanying person: €120)



Supported by:

This conference is supported by: University of Padova, Mathematics Department of University of Padova, EURO Working Group OR in Sports, Royal Statistical Society Statistics in Sport section



Local Organizing Committee:

Marco Ferrante (University of Padova), Carla De Francesco (University of Padova), Luigi De Giovanni (University of Padova), Giovanni Fonseca (University of Udine), Francesco Lisi (University of Padova)



MathSport International Committee:

Phil Scarf (University of Salford), Anthony Bedford (RMIT University), Dries Goossens (Gent University), Ruud Koning (University of Groningen), Alun Owen (University of Worcester), Frits Spieksma (KU Leuven), Ray Stefani (California State University Long Beach)



For further information, please visit the conference website: http://www.mathsportinternational2017.math.unipd.it/index.html



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[DMANET] Workshop celebrating Ridha Mahjoub’s 60th birthday

Dear colleagues,

As you might know, Ridha Mahjoub was 60 years old in May. We would
take this opportunity to celebrate his scientific achievements and
his everlasting dynamism.

We organize a 2-days "birthday" workshop on "Polyhedral Approaches
for Combinatorial Optimization". This workshop will be held in the
Henri Poincarré Institute in Paris the 8th and 9th of December,
2016. We hope that this event will be an opportunity to share
scientific discussions and convivial times.

There is no registration fees, but for practical reasons we ask
you to fill and send back a short form (see the registration page
on the website).

We plan to offer the gala dinner to every participant.

You can find more informations on the workshop website:http://www.lamsade.dauphine.fr/~poc/PACO/index.html

With our best regards,

Pierre Pesneau
For the organizing committee


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Université Bordeaux 1
IMB (Institut des Mathématiques de Bordeaux)
INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest / RealOpt
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[DMANET] CFP: The 11th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2017)

*The 11th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS
2017)*
August 21-23, 2017, Helsinki, Finland
URL: https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/NSS2017/

NSS 2017 will be held jointly with IEEE CIT 2017 and ICA3PP 2017 in
Helsinki, Finland on 21-23 August 2017.

Important News!
* Keynote speakers
Prof. Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain (EiC of Information
Fusion)
Prof. Y. Thomas Hou (Tom Hou), Virginia Tech, USA (IEEE Fellow)
Dr. Anand Prasad, NEC Corporation, Japan (3GPP SA3 Chair)
Prof. Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia
Prof. Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

While the attack systems have become more easy-to-use, sophisticated, and
powerful, interest has greatly increased in the field of building more
effective, intelligent, adaptive, active and high performance defense
systems which are distributed and networked. The conference will cover
research on all theoretical and practical aspects related to network and
system security, such as authentication, access control, availability,
integrity, privacy, confidentiality, dependability, trustworthiness, and
sustainability of computer networks and systems. The aim of NSS is to
provide a leading edge forum to foster interaction between researchers and
developers with the network and system security communities, and to give
attendees an opportunity to interact with experts in academia, industry,
and governments. NSS 2017 is the next event in a series of highly
successful events of Network and System Security. Previous editions were
held in: Taipei (2016), New York City, USA (2015), Xi'an, China (2014),
Madrid, Spain (2013); Wu Yi Shan, China (2012); Milan, Italy (2011);
Melbourne, Australia; (2010); Gold Coast, Australia (2009); Shanghai, China
(2008); and Dalian, China (2007).

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Active Defense Systems
- Adaptive Defense Systems
- Analysis, Benchmark of Security Systems
- Applied Cryptography
- Authentication
- Big Data Trust, Security and Privacy
- Biometric Security
- Complex Systems Security
- Database and System Security
- Data Protection
- Data/System Integrity
- Digital Forensics
- Distributed Access Control
- Distributed Attack Systems
- Denial-of-Service
- High Performance Network Virtualization
- High Performance Security Systems
- Hardware Security
- Identity Management
- Intelligent Defense Systems
- Insider Threats
- Intellectual Property Rights Protection
- Internet and Network Forensics
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Key Distribution and Management
- Large-scale Attacks and Defense
- Malware
- Network Resiliency
- Network Security
- RFID/NFC Security and Privacy
- Security Architectures
- Security for Critical Infrastructures
- Security for Cyber Physical Systems
- Security in Cloud and Grid Systems
- Security in Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing
- Security and Privacy in Smart Grid
- Security and Privacy in Social Networks
- Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks
- Secure Mobile Agents and Mobile Code
- Security Policy
- Security Protocols
- Security Simulation and Tools
- Security Theory and Tools
- Standards and Assurance Methods
- Trusted Computing
- Trust Management
- World Wide Web Security

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been
published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference
with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not
exceed 14 pages, including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in
Springer LNCS Format with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Please submit
your paper via https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/NSS2017/submit.html

Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness,
significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Submission of a paper
should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at
least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present
the work. The conference proceeding will be published by Springer Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). Excellent Papers will be
recommended to high-quality journal special issues as below (SCI/SCIE
indexed).

1. Special Issue on IEEE Access (SCI indexed, Impact Factor: 1.27)
2. Special Issue on IEEE Internet of Things (SCI indexed)
... More journal special issues will be announced soon.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 15 March, 2017
Author Notification: 10th June, 2017
Camera-ready and Registration: 25th June, 2017
Conference Dates: 21-23 August, 2017

WORKSHOPS
The NSS 2017 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops
affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the
conference. The workshop proceedings will be published by Springer Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). Excellent Papers will be
recommended to high-quality journal special issues (SCI/SCIE indexed).
Submit workshop proposals via emails to raimo.kantola@aalto.fi;
zheng.yan@aalto.fi.

Organization Committee

General Chairs:
Raimo Kantola, Aalto University, Finland
Valtteri Niemi, University of Helsinki, Finland

Program Chairs:
Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China
Refik Molva, Eurocom, France
Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Workshop Chair
Silke Holtmmans, Nokia, Finland
Xin Huang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China

Publicity Chair
Li Yang, Xidian University, China

Steering Committee
Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA
Robert H. Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
Xinyi Huang, Fujian Normal University, China
Kui Ren, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
Ravi Sandhu, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Yang Xiang (Chair), Deakin University, Australia
Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia

Web Chair
Mingjun Wang, Xidian University, China
Huaqing Lin, Xidian University, China

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

[DMANET] CFP: 17th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP-2017)

*17th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel
Processing (ICA3PP-2017)*
August 21-23, 2017, Helsinki, Finland
URL: https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/ICA3PP2017/

ICA3PP 2017 will be held jointly with IEEE CIT 2017 and NSS 2017 in
Helsinki, Finland on 21-23 August 2017.

Important News!
* Keynote speakers
Prof. Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain (EiC of Information
Fusion)
Prof. Y. Thomas Hou (Tom Hou), Virginia Tech, USA (IEEE Fellow)
Dr. Anand Prasad, NEC Corporation, Japan (3GPP SA3 Chair)
Prof. Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia
Prof. Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

ICA3PP 2017 is the 17th in this series of conferences started in 1995 that
are devoted to algorithms and architectures for parallel processing. ICA3PP
is now recognized as the main regular event of the world that is covering
the many dimensions of parallel algorithms and architectures, encompassing
fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and
commercial components and systems. As applications of computing systems
have permeated in every aspects of daily life, the power of computing
system has become increasingly critical. This conference provides a forum
for academics and practitioners from countries around the world to exchange
ideas for improving the efficiency, performance, reliability, security and
interoperability of computing systems and applications.

Following the traditions of the previous successful ICA3PP conferences held
in Hangzhou, Brisbane, Singapore, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Beijing, Cyprus,
Taipei, Busan, Melbourne, Fukuoka, Vietri sul Mare, Dalian,Japan,
Zhangjiajie, and Granada, ICA3PP 2017 will be held in Helsinki, Finland.
The objective of ICA3PP 2017 is to bring together researchers and
practitioners from academia, industry and governments to advance the
theories and technologies in parallel and distributed computing. ICA3PP
2017 will focus on two broad areas of parallel and distributed computing,
i.e., architectures, algorithms and networks, and systems and applications.
The conference of ICA3PP 2017 is co-organized by Aalto University, Finland
and Xidian University, China.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Scope and Interests
- Parallel and Distributed Architectures
- Software Systems and Programming Models
- Distributed and Network-based Computing
- Big Data and its Applications
- Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
- Applications of Parallel and Distributed Computing
- Service Dependability and Security in Distributed and Parallel Systems
- Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical-Social Computing
- Performance Modeling and Evaluation

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been
published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference
with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not
exceed 14 pages, including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in
Springer LNCS Format with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Please submit
your paper via https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/ICA3PP2017/submit.html

Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness,
significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Submission of a paper
should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at
least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present
the work. The conference proceeding will be published by Springer Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). Excellent Papers will be
recommended to high-quality journal special issues as below (SCI/SCIE
indexed).

1. Special Issue on IEEE Access (SCI indexed, Impact Factor: 1.27)
2. Special Issue on IEEE Internet of Things (SCI indexed)
... More journal special issues will be announced soon.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 15 March, 2017
Author Notification: 10th June, 2017
Camera-ready and Registration: 25th June, 2017
Conference Dates: 21-23 August, 2017

WORKSHOPS
The ICA3PP 2017 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day
workshops affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas
related to the conference. The workshop proceedings will be published by
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). Excellent
Papers will be recommended to high-quality journal special issues (SCI/SCIE
indexed). Submit workshop proposals via emails to liukeen@mail.xjtu.edu.cn;
zheng.yan@aalto.fi.

Organization Committee

Honorary chair:
Xinbo Gao, Xidian University, China

General Chairs:

Witold Pedrycz, Alberta Unviersity, Canada
Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA
Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China

Program Chairs:

Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Shadi Ibrahim, Eurecom, INRIA, France
Ruppa Thulasiram, University of Manitoba, Canada

Workshop Chairs

Jun Liu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
KP Lam, Keele University, UK

Publication Chair

Peng Zhang, Zalando, Finland

Publicity Chairs

Wenxiu Ding, Xidian University, China

Local & Finance Chair

Raimo Kantola, Aalto University, Finland

Steering Committee

Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia (Chair)
Weijia Jia, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia

Web Chairs

Mingjun Wang, Xidian University, China
Huaqing Lin, Xidian University, China

Technical Program Committee
See ICA3PP 2017 website: https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/ICA3PP2017/

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[DMANET] CP2017: Call for Thematic Tracks

CP2017: Call for Thematic Tracks
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The International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from August 29 to September 1, 2017. This is the 23rd edition of the annual conference on all aspects of computing with constraints, including: theory, algorithms, environments, languages, models, systems, and applications such as decision making, resource allocation, scheduling, configuration, and planning.

Full details (soon) at http://cp2017.a4cp.org

Following on the successful introduction of THEMATIC TRACKS at CP2016, we are seeking proposals for tracks for 2017. Each track represents a particular sub-field or application area of constraint computation and has its own program sub-committee to ensure relevant reviewers. Both repeat tracks and new tracks are enthusiastically encouraged.

As an example, the CP2016 tracks were:
- testing and verification
- CP and biology
- computational sustainability
- preferences, social choice, and optimisation
- music

A far-from-exhaustive set of other suggestions:
- configuration
- CP, data mining, and machine learning
- CP and AI
- CP and Operations Research

!! Track topics are open to any relevant themes including those from CP2016. !!

Of course, CP2017 will continue to have TECHNICAL and APPLICATION tracks, as usual. This call is for thematic tracks beyond these.

Details for Proposers

Track chairs will have the following responsibilities, working with the CP2017 organizers:
- Recruitment of a track program committee
- Advertising and encouraging submissions, especially outside the usual CP channels
- Assignment of papers to reviewers
- Membership on the Senior Program Committee with associated reviewing, discussion, and meta-reviewing duties

Track proposals can be in the form of an email to Chris Beck (jcb@mie.utoronto.ca), the CP2017 Program Chair, containing:
- The names and email addresses of at most two track co-chairs (one is fine, too).
- A paragraph justifying and demonstrating the relevance of the theme to the CP community.
- A list of 6 to 10 people who have expressed interest in either serving on the program committee of or submitting a paper to the track.

As a general guideline, track chairs should be confident of at least a half-dozen submissions.

Potential chairs are encouraged to contact Chris Beck (jcb@mie.utoronto.ca) for informal discussions.

Deadline: October 31, 2017
Email: jcb@mie.utoronto.ca

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[DMANET] COCOON 2017 Call For Papers

The 23rd Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference
August 3--5, 2017, Hong Kong, China
http://cocoon2017.comp.polyu.edu.hk/

The 23rd Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference
(COCOON'17) will be held in Hong Kong, China, during August 3--5,
2017. Original research papers in the areas of algorithms, theory of
computation, computational complexity, and combinatorics related to
computing are solicited. In addition to theoretical results, we are
particularly interested in submissions that report on experimental and
applied research of general algorithmic interest. Special
consideration will be given to research that is motivated by
real-world problems. Experimental and applied papers are expected to
show convincingly the usefulness and efficiency of the algorithms
discussed in a practical setting.

Papers of high quality will be invited to special issues of
Algorithmica, Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), and Journal of
Combinatorial Optimization (JOCO).

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Algorithms and Data Structures
Algorithmic Game Theory
Approximation Algorithms and Online Algorithms
Automata, Languages, Logic, and Computability
Complexity Theory
Computational Learning Theory and Knowledge Discovery
Cryptography, Reliability and Security, and Database Theory
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Computational Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory
Graph Drawing and Information Visualization
Graph Theory, Communication Networks, and Optimization
Parallel and Distributed Computing

Important dates
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Paper submission due: March 20, 2017 (Anywhere on Earth)
Notification of Acceptance: May 20, 2017
Camera-ready and Registration: June 1, 2017
Conference Dates: August 3--5, 2017

Submission instructions
====================

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of original
research on Computing and Combinatorics. Submissions must contain a
scholarly exposition of the ideas, techniques, and a full description
of the results achieved. A clear indication of the motivation and
comparison with prior related work should be presented. Simultaneous
submission to other refereed conferences is disallowed. Papers
authored or co-authored by members of the program committee are not
allowed.

Submissions must adhere to the following guidelines: Papers must be
formatted using the LNCS style file
(ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/llncs2e.zip)
without altering margins or the font point. The maximum length of the
paper (excluding references and the optional appendix) is 12 pages.
Proofs omitted due to space constraints must be placed in an appendix
to be read by the program committee members at their discretion.
Papers that deviate from these guidelines risk being rejected without
consideration of their merits. Papers should be submitted
electronically via EasyChair
(https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=cocoon2017).

Invited speakers
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Dániel Marx (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
Shang-Hua Teng (University of Southern California, USA)
Virginia Vassilevska Williams (Stanford University, USA)

Program committee
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Jarek Byrka (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Liming Cai (University of Georgia, USA)
Yixin Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China, co-chair)
Hubert Chan (University of Hong Kong, China)
Jianer Chen (Texas A&M University, Texas, co-chair)
Rajesh Chitnis (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Vida Dujmovic (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Funda Ergun (Indiana University, Indiana)
Siyao Guo (New York University, USA)
Magnús Már Halldórsson (Reykjavik University, Iceland)
Pinar Heggernes (University of Bergen, Norway)
Juraj Hromkovic (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Kazuo Iwama (Kyoto University, Japan)
Iyad Kanj (DePaul Universit, USA)
Bingkai Lin (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
Daniel Lokshtanov (University of Bergen, Norway)
Monaldo Mastrolilli (IDSIA, Switzerland)
Ross McConnell (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA)
Vangelis Th. Paschos (University Paris-Dauphine, France)
Youming Qiao (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Piotr Sankowski (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Ryuhei Uehara (JAIST, Japan)
Magnus Wahlström (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Lusheng Wang (City University of Hong Kong, China)
Gerhard Woeginger (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland)
Mary Wootters (Stanford University, USA)
Chee Yap (New York University, USA)
Grigory Yaroslavtsev (Indiana University, USA)
Neal Young (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Huacheng Yu (Stanford University, USA)
Shengyu Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Daming Zhu (Shandong University, China)

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[DMANET] new doctoral training course in systems dynamics

In 2017, NATCOR will be running week-long residential courses in Stochastic Modelling, Simulation
and Combinatorial Optimisation. Although based in the UK, the courses are open to PhD students and post-docs from any country working in a relevant area, such as Operational Research, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science or Quantitative Finance.

Detailed descriptions of these courses, and information about registration and accommodation fees may be found on our website (http://www.natcor.ac.uk). Our courses are approved by the UK Research Councils and also by EURO (the European Association of Operational Research Societies).

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[DMANET] CIAC 2017 - 10th International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity - Final CFP

CIAC 2017 - CALL FOR PAPERS

10th International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity
May 24-26, 2017, Athens, Greece
http://www.corelab.ntua.gr/ciac2017/

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AIM AND SCOPE
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The 10th International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity is intended
to
provide a forum for researchers working in all aspects of computational
complexity and the use, design, analysis and experimentation of efficient
algorithms and data structures.

Papers presenting original research in the areas of algorithms and
complexity
are sought, including (but not limited to):

- sequential, parallel and distributed algorithms and data structures;
- approximation and randomized algorithms;
- graph algorithms and graph drawing;
- on-line and streaming algorithms;
- analysis of algorithms and computational complexity;
- algorithm engineering;
- web algorithms;
- exact and parameterized computation;
- algorithmic game theory;
- computational biology;
- foundations of communication networks;
- computational geometry;
- discrete optimization.

This year there will be a CIAC 2017 Best Paper Award, accompanied by a prize
of EUR 1,000 offered by Springer. Submissions co-authored by a member of the
"Best Paper Award Committee" are not eligible for the award.

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in its
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Simultaneous submission to
another conference with published proceedings or journal is not allowed.
Results previously published in another conference proceedings or journal
(or
scheduled for publication prior to CIAC) will not be considered.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Deadline for submission: November 4, 2016.
Notification of acceptance: December 20, 2016.
Final manuscript, camera ready: January 31, 2017.
Conference: May 24-26, 2017.

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Vincenzo Bonifaci, IASI-CNR, Rome, Italy,
Jarek Byrka, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Tiziana Calamoneri, Universita di Roma I, "La Sapienza", Italy
Eric Colin de Verdiere, CNRS and Universite Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee,
France
Dimitris Fotakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Thomas Erlebach, University of Leicester, UK
Irene Finocchi, Universita di Roma I, "La Sapienza", Italy
Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada
Dieter Kratsch, University of Lorraine, France
Michael Lampis, University Paris-Dauphine, France
Vangelis Markakis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Daniel Marx, Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary
Monaldo Mastrolilli, IDSIA, Switzerland
Aris Pagourtzis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Vangelis Th. Paschos, University Paris-Dauphine, France (chair)
Francesco Pasquale, Universita di Roma I, "La Sapienza", Italy
Giuseppe Persiano, Universita di Salerno, Italy
Tomasz Radzik, King's College London, UK
Adi Rosen, CNRS and University Paris Diderot, France
Guido Schafer, CWI, Netherlands
Maria Serna, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK and CTI, Greece
Ioan Todinca, University of Orleans, France
Angelika Steger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Andreas Wiese, Universidad de Chile, Chile

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INVITED SPEAKERS
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Giuseppe Italiano, Universita di Roma 2, Italy
Klaus Jansen, University of Kiel, Germany
Christos Papadimitriou, University of California Berkeley, USA

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BEST PAPER AWARD COMMITTEE
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Ljiljana Brankovic, University of Newcastle, Australia
Ralf Klasing, CNRS and University Bordeaux 1, France (chair)
Cecile Murat, University Paris-Dauphine, France
Vangelis Th. Paschos, University Paris-Dauphine, France
Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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STEERING COMMITTEE
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Giorgio Ausiello, Universita di Roma I, "La Sapienza", Italy
Vangelis Paschos, University Paris-Dauphine, France
Rossella Petreschi, Universita di Roma I, "La Sapienza", Italy
Paul Spirakis, University of Liverpool, UK and CTI, Greece
Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Dimitris Fotakis, National Technical University of Athens (co-chair)
Euripides Markou, University of Thessaly
Ioannis Milis, Athens University of Economics and Business
Aris Pagourtzis, National Technical University of Athens (co-chair)
Dimitris Sakavalas, National Technical University of Athens
Vassilis Zissimopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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Monday, October 24, 2016

[DMANET] [GECCO 2017] Second Call for Proposals for Tutorials, Workshops and Competitions

2017 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2017)
July, 2017, Berlin, Germany
http://gecco-2017.sigevo.org/

Important Dates:

Tutorials, Workshops and Competitions Proposals: November 7, 2016
Conference [tentative]: 15-19 July, 2017

*** Call for Tutorials ***

Deadline for tutorial proposals: November 7, 2016
Tutorial acceptance decision: TBA

Tutorials at GECCO 2017 will be presented by domain experts to cover
current topics relevant to evolutionary computation researchers and
practitioners. Each tutorial will be 110 minutes long. We encourage the
inclusion of interactive activities and demos.

Tutorials will be free to all GECCO 2017 attendees. It is expected that
all the instructors involved in an accepted tutorial will attend the
conference. One instructor/presenter of each accepted tutorial will be
able to register for GECCO at half the regular rate. (The discount can
be divided among tutorial instructors if there are more than one. Each
presenter is eligible for only a single tutorial discount, i.e., it is
not possible to aggregate discounts from more tutorials).

Accepted tutorials' slide sets will be collected by Sheridan/ACM Press,
and published as part of a companion volume to the conference
proceedings in the ACM Digital library.

* Submission Process *

Each tutorial proposal should include:

1. A half-page extended abstract (in plain text) that includes: the
title of the tutorial, the name and affiliation of the instructor(s),
and a description of the tutorial scope and content.
2. Short bio of the instructor(s) (about half page in plain text).
3. [Highly encouraged] A description of any interactive activity or demo
planned within the tutorial presentation.

* Reviewing *

Tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the GECCO 2017 organising
committee, based on the GECCO attendees' likely interest in them, the
breadth and depth of the topic(s), and the expertise and credentials of
the instructor(s).

* Information and Submissions *

Submit the tutorial proposals to:

Petr Posik, GECCO 2017 Tutorials Chair
Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
Email: petr.posik (at) fel.cvut.cz

*** Call for Workshops ***

GECCO workshops provide the possibility to commonly develop visions and
exchange ideas in an informal setting, especially if focused on an
emerging research field or interdisciplinary research area. In contrast
to regular sessions, workshops can (and should) host interactive
sessions (posters, discussions, demonstrations, etc.). Attendance at the
workshops will be free to all GECCO attendees.

Workshop organisers are responsible for coordination and publicity. They
collect and review papers, and provide a list of accepted papers and
their authors, if applicable. If required, the GECCO organisers may
provide additional support to the workshop organisers, such as
publicity. Note that organisers, participants and presenters must
register for the conference. Accepted workshop papers will be collected
by Sheridan/ACM Press, and published in a companion volume to the
conference proceedings.

* Submission Process *

Each workshop proposal needs to include:

1. A half-page extended abstract (in plain text) that includes: the
workshop title, the name and affiliation of the organiser(s), and a
description of scope and content. Please refrain from using special
characters in the title.
2. Short bio of the organiser(s) (about half-page in plain text).
3. [Highly encouraged] A description of any interactive activity or demo
planned within the workshop.
4. A draft schedule of the workshop, including the estimated duration (1
to max 4 sessions) and type of sessions.
5. If this workshop (or a similar event coordinated by the same
organisers or a subset of them) has taken place in previous years,
either at GECCO or at other events, then include URLs to the event pages.

* Reviewing of Proposals *

Workshop proposals will be reviewed by the GECCO 2017 organising
committee, based on GECCO attendees' likely interest, the breadth and
the depth of the topic(s), and the expertise and credentials of the
organiser(s).

* Information and Proposal Submissions *

Julia Handl and Markus Wagner, GECCO 2017 Workshops Chairs
Manchester Business School, United Kingdom
University of Adelaide, Australia
Email: julia.handl (at) mbs.ac.uk
markus.wagner (at) adelaide.edu.au
Webpage: http://gecco-2017.sigevo.org/index.html/Workshops

*** Call for Competitions ***

Competitions demonstrate how Evolutionary Computation and related
techniques can be utilized in challenging practical, real-world and
gaming settings. They also enable fair comparisons between algorithms
and (for recurrent competitions) provide the possibility to follow the
development of approaches over time.

* Submission process *

Each competition proposal should include:

1. A half-page abstract (plain text) that includes: competition title,
the name and affiliation of the organiser(s), a description of the
competition, and web address of last edition if already held before.

* Information and Submissions *

Mike Preuss, GECCO 2017 Competitions Chair ERCIS/Westfaelische
Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster
Email: geccocompetitions (at) sigevolution.org
Webpage: http://gecco-2017.sigevo.org/index.html/Competitions

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GECCO is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special
Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ACM SIGEVO).
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Javier Ferrer
E.T.S. Ingeniería Informática
University of Málaga
Tel: +34 95213 2815
Fax: +34 95213 1397
ferrer [at] lcc.uma.es
http://neo.lcc.uma.es/staff/javi/

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

[DMANET] 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): First Call for Demos and Posters

*** First Call for Demos and Posters ***

22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
IUI 2017

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus

March 13-16, 2017

http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=ZG1hbmV0CQkJZG1hbmV0QHpwci51bmkta29lbG4uZGUJMjJuZCBBQ00gSW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbCBDb25mZXJlbmNlIG9uIEludGVsbGlnZW50IFVzZXIgSW50ZXJmYWNlcyAoSVVJIDIwMTcpOiBGaXJzdCBDYWxsIGZvciBEZW1vcyBhbmQgUG9zdGVycwk4MwlMaXN0cwkyNDcJY2xpY2sJeWVzCW5v&url=http%3A%2F%2Fiui.acm.org%2F2017%2Fdemopost.html


ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces
community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting
outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces.

The 22nd edition of the conference will be held in Limassol, Cyprus.
Limassol (or Lemesos) is a multicultural bustling town, flanked by two
ancient cities, Amathus and Kourion, and guarded by the Amathusian
Aphrodite and Appolo Hylates. It is a town of great visual diversity and
contrast from spectacular seafront views, historic places like the mediaeval
Castle, and Byzantine churches. Along the 17 km long sandy beaches, two
Marinas, world renowned 5 star hotels, and a most exciting dining, shopping,
nightlife and yachting scene create a year-round vibrant lifestyle well beyond
the expectations of a Mediterranean island.

ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets
the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as
psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design
or the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and
machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as
solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine
learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge
representation and reasoning. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from any
relevant arena: academia, business, or non-profit organizations.


Posters

Posters provide an opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting useful
feedback on early-stage work and fostering discussions and collaborations
among colleagues. We invite submissions on all topics of the conference. All
submissions should convey a scientific result or work in progress that is not
yet ready to be published as a full length research paper at a refereed
conference. Submitting a draft poster along with your submission is not
required but highly recommended. The page limit for poster papers is 4
pages (including references). Accepted poster papers will appear in the
companion proceedings in the ACM Digital Library.


Demos

The demonstrations track complements the overall program of the
conference. Demonstrations show implementations of novel, interesting,
and important intelligent user interface concepts or systems. We invite
submissions relevant to intelligent user interfaces and which address, but
are not limited to, the topics of the conference. All submissions are intended
to convey a scientific result or work in progress and should not be
advertisements for commercial software packages. The page limit for demo
papers is 4 pages (including references). Accepted demo papers will be
published in the companion proceedings in the ACM Digital Library.


Submission Guidelines

Demo and poster submissions do not need to be anonymized. The page limit
is 4 pages (including references) in HCI extended abstract format (MS Word
template, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=ZG1hbmV0CQkJZG1hbmV0QHpwci51bmkta29lbG4uZGUJMjJuZCBBQ00gSW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbCBDb25mZXJlbmNlIG9uIEludGVsbGlnZW50IFVzZXIgSW50ZXJmYWNlcyAoSVVJIDIwMTcpOiBGaXJzdCBDYWxsIGZvciBEZW1vcyBhbmQgUG9zdGVycwk4MwlMaXN0cwkyNDcJY2xpY2sJeWVzCW5v&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigchi.org%2Fpublications%2Fchipubform%2Fsigchi-extended-abstracts-format-2016%2Fview,
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Submitting a draft poster along with your poster submission is not required
but highly recommended. Submit your demos and posters at
http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=ZG1hbmV0CQkJZG1hbmV0QHpwci51bmkta29lbG4uZGUJMjJuZCBBQ00gSW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbCBDb25mZXJlbmNlIG9uIEludGVsbGlnZW50IFVzZXIgSW50ZXJmYWNlcyAoSVVJIDIwMTcpOiBGaXJzdCBDYWxsIGZvciBEZW1vcyBhbmQgUG9zdGVycwk4MwlMaXN0cwkyNDcJY2xpY2sJeWVzCW5v&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprecisionconference.com%2F%7Esigchi.
Poster and Demo presenters: 120cm x 147cm (47" x 58") poster boards and
pushpins will be provided to mount your posters.


Important Dates

· Submissions Due: December 16, 2016
· Notifications to Authors: January 8, 2017
· Camera Ready Due: January 13, 2017


Demos/Posters Co-Chairs

· Andrina Granic, University of Split, Croatia
· Denis Parra, PUC, Chile
· Jingtao Wang, University of Pittsburgh, USA


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