May 2017 - computational.science

22 PhD student positions in Autonomous Systems and Software
by Karlerik 11 May '17

11 May '17

Dear all, We currently have 22 PhD positions open in autonomous systems and software within WASP - Wallenberg Autonomous Systems and Software Program. I would appreciate your help in spreading this information, see below. Sincerely Karl-Erik Arzen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWEDEN’S LARGEST RESEARCH PROGRAM OFFERS 22 PHD POSITIONS Wallenberg Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) is Sweden's largest individual research program ever, and provides a platform for academic research and education, fostering interaction with Sweden's leading technology companies. The program addresses research on autonomous systems acting in collaboration with humans, adapting to their environment through sensors, information and knowledge, and forming intelligent systems-of-systems. WASP's key value is research excellence in autonomous systems and software for the benefit of Swedish industry. The graduate school within WASP is dedicated to provide the skills needed to analyze, develop, and contribute to the interdisciplinary area of autonomous systems and software. Through an ambitious program with research visits, partner universities, and visiting lecturers, the graduate school actively supports forming a strong multi-disciplinary and international professional network between PhD-students, researchers and industry. The graduate school provides added value on top of the existing PhD programs at the partner universities, providing unique opportunities for students who are dedicated to achieving international research excellence with industrial relevance. We are now offering up to 22 PhD positions. For this there are 31 tentative projects with associated supervisors. You may apply for a maximum of two of these. For the 31 tentative projects, seven are announced by each of Chalmers, KTH, Linköping University, and Lund University, and three are announced by Umeå University. More information and links to the coordinating universities is found at WASP-Sweden.se Link to announcement: wasp-sweden.se/wasp-announces-22-phd-student-positions Last date for application: 2017-05-31

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Ada-Europe 2017 - early registration until May 22
by Dirk Craeynest 10 May '17

10 May '17

----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Call for Participation *** UPDATED Program Summary *** 22nd International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2017 12-16 June 2017, Vienna, Austria http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017 Organized by TU Vienna on behalf of Ada-Europe, in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, SIGPLAN and the Ada Resource Association (ARA) *** Download conference poster to promote event *** http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017/picts/AE2017_poster.png *** Early registration discount until May 22 *** *** Tutorial fees reduced when taken together with conference *** http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017/tutorials.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 22nd International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2017 takes place in Vienna, Austria, from June 12 to 16, 2017. It is an exciting event with an outstanding technical program, keynote talks, exhibition and networking from Tuesday to Thursday, and a rich program of workshops and tutorials on Monday and Friday. The conference is hosted by TU Vienna at Palais Eschenbach, which is located near the center of Vienna and can easily be accessed by metro. The Ada-Europe series of conferences has over the years become a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. These events highlight the increased relevance of Ada in general and in safety- and security-critical systems in particular, and provide a unique opportunity for interaction and collaboration between academics and industrial practitioners. Extensive information is available on the conference web site, such as an overview of the program, the list of accepted papers and industrial presentations, and descriptions of workshops, tutorials, keynote presentations, and social events. Also check the conference web site for registration, accommodation and travel information, as well as promotional material such as the ready-to-print conference poster. Quick overview - Mon 12 & Fri 16: tutorials + workshops - Tue 13 - Thu 15: core program Proceedings - published by Springer - volume 10300 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science series - will be available at conference Program co-Chairs - Johann Blieberger, TU Vienna, Austria blieb(a)auto.tuwien.ac.at - Tullio Vardanega, Università di Padova, Italy tullio.vardanega(a)math.unipd.it Keynote speakers - Giovanni Battista Gallus, Array, Italy, on "The laws of robotics and autonomous vehicles may be much more than three, but don't panic... yet" - Thomas Henzinger, IST, Austria, on "Behavioral Software Metrics" - Kay Römer, TU Graz, Austria, on "Dependable Internet of Things" Workshops (full day) - 4th International Workshop on "Challenges and new Approaches for Dependable and Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering" (DeCPS 2017), focus on "Transportation of the Future" Tutorials (full day) - "Introduction to SPARK 2014" Peter Chapin, Vermont Technical College, USA Tutorials (half day) - "Ada on ARM Cortex-M, a Zero-Run-Time Approach" Maciej Sobczak, GE Aviation and Inspirel, Poland - "Software Measurement for Dependable Software Systems" William Bail, The MITRE Corporation, USA - "Real-Time Parallel Programming with the UpScale SDK" Luis Miguel Pinho, ISEP, Portugal, and Eduardo Quinones, BSC, Spain - "Using Gnoga for Desktop/Mobile GUI and Web development in Ada" Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog, France - "Frama-C, a Collaborative Framework for C Code Verification" Julien Signoles, CEA LIST, France - "On beyond ASCII: Characters, Strings, and Ada 2012" Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog, France - "Modular Open System Architecture for Critical Systems" William Bail, The MITRE Corporation, USA Papers and Presentations - 14 refereed technical papers in sessions on Runtimes, Programming Models, Safety & Security, Timing Verification, Mixed Criticality - 9 industrial presentations and experience reports in sessions on Exploratory Uses of Ada, Verification, Large Industrial Applications - 4 presentations and discussion in special panel session on "The Future of Safety-Minded Languages" - submissions by authors from 24 countries, and accepted contributions from Australia, Austria, Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA Vendor exhibition and networking area - area features exhibitor booths, project posters, reserved vendor tables, and general networking options - 4 companies already committed: AdaCore, PTC, Rapita Systems, VectorCAST; others expected to confirm soon - vendor presentation sessions in core program Social events - each day: coffee breaks in the exhibition space and sit-down lunches offer ample time for interaction and networking - Tuesday evening: Ada-Europe General Assembly, followed by Welcome Reception incl. Robotics Presentations at "TU the Sky"; its terraces at the top of TU Vienna's buildings offer a terrific view on the city - Wednesday evening: Vienna bus tour, followed by the traditional Ada-Europe Conference Banquet, held at a very famous "Heuriger" - Best Paper and Best Presentation awards will be handed out Registration highlights this year - single day registration cost has been reduced - Wednesday is Meet Ada-Europe day! registration is discounted - tutorial fees reduced when taken together with 3-day conference Registration - online registration is open: select "Registration" at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017> - early registration discount up to Monday May 22, 2017 - additional discount for academia, Ada-Europe, ACM SIGAda, and ACM SIGPLAN members - a limited number of student discounts is available - registration includes copy of printed proceedings at event - includes coffee breaks and lunches - three day conference registration includes all social events - payment possible by credit card, check, or bank transfer - see registration page for info on novel student waiver program! Promotion - recommended Twitter hashtags: #AdaEurope and/or #AdaEurope2017 - 16-page Advance Program brochure available online at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017/AE2017_advance_program.pdf> - support Ada-Europe 2017 with promotional material available at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017/promotion.html> - use the ready-to-print poster available at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017/picts/AE2017_poster.png> Please make sure you book accommodation as soon as possible. Vienna will be very busy in that week. For more info and latest updates see the conference web site at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2017>. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Europe'2017 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be *** 22nd Intl.Conf.on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'2017 *** June 12-16, 2017 *** Vienna, Austria *** http://www.ada-europe.org

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PhD student position on agent-based modeling of drones in France
by Stéphane Galland 10 May '17

10 May '17

Dear all, You could find in attachment a PhD thesis position proposal on the subject: "Agent-based modeling of drones and their environment in smart cities". These PhD works will be co-supervised by Dr. Stéphane Galland and Pr. Christophe Nicolle. And they will take place in the LE2I Laboratory (Laboratoire d'Électronique, Informatique et Image), of the Burgundy Franche-Comté University (http://www.ubfc.fr) located inside the buildings of the Belfort-Montbéliard University of Technology (http://www.utbm.fr) at Belfort, France. The PhD student position is subject to be funding by the Regional Council of Burgundy Franche-Comté, under the umbrella of the SPIM Doctoral School. Due date for the application: May, 31th 2017. Date of the PhD work start at Belfort: October, 1st 2017 Keywords Control model of drones, agent-based simulation, semantic model of the environment. Expected Applicant Profile and Background Knowledge The candidate should have a strong knowledge in agent-based modeling or semantic modeling, in software engineering (simulation, performance evaluation) and in computer programming (SARL and Java programing languages). Contact In order to be included in the selection and interview process, please send before May 31th at Midnight the following documents in PDF format to : Stéphane Galland - stephane.galland(a)utbm.fr (http://www.multiagent.fr/People:Galland_stephane) and Christophe Nicolle - cnicolle(a)u-bourgogne.fr Documents to send: * your CV, * a letter which explain your motivations to be applied to the PhD student position, * recommendation letters, * official documents describing your scholar scores during the 3 past years (including the current one). You could find details on the PhD subject in the attached document. Yours sincerely, Stéphane Galland and Christophe Nicolle -- Dr.habil. Stéphane GALLAND Associate Professor Maître de conférences HDR Scientific co-Manager of LE2I Axis #3 "Smart Environments"/ French Head of ARFITEC "Energy, Transport, Industry, Challenges for tomorrow"/ Member of the Multiagent Group Laboratoire Électronique, Informatique, Image Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté Postal Address: Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, 13, rue Ernest Thierry-Mieg, 90010 Belfort Cedex, FRANCE Web: http://www.multiagent.fr/People:Galland_stephane Phone: +33 384 583 418 Cell: +33 662 274 442 Fax: +33 384 583 342 Skype: sgalland LinkedIn: sgalland ResearchGate: Stephane_Galland

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Third IEEE International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN (SN-2017)
by Shao Ying Zhu 09 May '17

09 May '17

Call for Papers The Third International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN in conjunction with the 3rd IEEE NFV-SDN conference, 6-8 November, Berlin, Germany Workshop website: http://www.sn-2017.info/ Scope Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Network (SDN) have changed the networking industry dramatically. NFV virtualizes network services by utilizing virtualization technologies to reduce the dependency on underlying hardware. NFV provides many benefits such as faster service enablement, ease of resource management and lower OPEX and CAPEX. SDN separates the control functions from the underlying physical network by decoupling the control and data planes. SDN provides many benefits such as reduced costs, ease of deployment and management, better scalability, availability, flexibility and fine-grain control of traffic and security. Like traditional networks, they are subject to various security threats and attacks. In this workshop, we invite high-quality submissions in the areas of NFV and SDN security and other related areas. Submitted papers should highlight methods and approaches that can be used to analyse the security risks and requirements, threats and techniques related to NFV and SDN and to provide novel methods and approaches to assure security in NFV and SDN. Topics of interest Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas: · Security, reliability and privacy through SDN and NFV in 5G networks · Management and orchestration of NFV and SDN elements for security · Secure design of NFV and SDN solutions, security enablers · Security threats and vulnerabilities introduced by NFV and SDN technologies · Threat detection and mitigation through SDN and NFV · Security policy specification and management in SDN and NFV systems · Security related monitoring and analytics in SDN and NFV solutions · 5G security architecture, trust and confidence · Authentication, authorization and Accounting in SDN · Security of applying SDN to wireless and mobile network · Security of applying NFV and SDN to IoT · Security of applying NFV and SDN to cloud computing · Security of SDN API · Risk and compliance issues in SDN · Securing SDN infrastructure · Security architecture for SDN · Security standard of SDN · Security of SDN data plane · Security of SDN control plane · Security of SDN application plane · Security of Routing in SDN · Security of network slicing · Security as a service for SDN The workshop deadlines: · Paper Submission: June 30, 2017 · Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2017 · Camera Ready Submission: September 15, 2017  Submission Paper submissions will be handled on-line through the EDAS system. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. The manuscripts must be prepared in English, following IEEE two-column Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings with a maximum length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font), including figures. You can find the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/. To be published in the Workshop Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore, at least one author of an accepted paper is required to register and present the paper at the workshop. The IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (including its removal from IEEE Explore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized material and have not been submitted to any other conference at the same time (double submission). These matters are taken very seriously and the IEEE Communications Society will take action against any author who engages in either practice. Workshop Chairs · Eleni Trouva, NCSR Demokritos, Greece · Shao Ying Zhu, University of Derby,UK · George Gardikis, Space Hellas, Greece · Collin Allison, University of St Andrews,UK · Linas Maknavicius, Nokia Bell Labs, France Technical Program Committee (TPC) · Harilaos Koumaras - NCSR Demokritos, Greece · Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui - i2CAT, Spain · Ludovic Jacquin – Hewlett Packard Labs, UK · Nicolae Paladi, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden · Augusto Ciuffoletti – University of Pisa, Italy · Carolina Canales - Ericsson, Spain · Michail-Alexandros Kourtis - NCSR Demokritos, Greece · Marco Anisetti - University of Milan, ItalyMarco Anisetti - University of Milan, Italy · Sandra Scott-Hayward – Queen’s University Belfast, UK · Miguel Angel Garcia – Ericsson, Spain · Dr. Antonios Litke - Infili, Greece · Prof. Nikolaos Papadakis - Infili, Greece · Dimitris Katsianis, Incites, Luxemburg · Antonio Agustin Partor Perales – Telefonica I&D, Spain Contacts Eleni Trouva - trouva(a)iit.demokritos.gr<mailto:trouva@iit.demokritos.gr> Dr. Shao Ying Zhu - s.y.zhu(a)derby.ac.uk<mailto:s.y.zhu@derby.ac.uk> Dr. George Gardikis - ggar(a)space.gr<mailto:ggar@space.gr> Linas Maknavicius - linas.maknavicius(a)nokia-bell-labs.com<mailto:linas.maknavicius@nokia-bell-labs.com> Dr. Colin Allison - ca(a)st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:ca@st-andrews.ac.uk> The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender and let them know. Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/

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Call For Papers - IEEE SC2 2017 in Kanazawa, Japan, November 22-25, 2017
by Robert Hsu 09 May '17

09 May '17

The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing（IEEE SC2 2017） http://grid.chu.edu.tw/sc2-2017 Kanazawa, Japan, November 22-25, 2017 --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- The “Cloud” is a natural evolution of distributed computing and the widespread adaption of virtualization and SOA. Services computing is a new cross-discipline subject that covers the science and technology needed to bridge the gap between business services and IT services. In cloud computing, IT-related capabilities and resources are provided as services, via the Internet and on-demand, accessible without requiring detailed knowledge of the underlying technology. SC2 2017 is an important forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IT-driven cloud computing technologies and services, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future directions of cloud and services computing. IEEE SC2 2017 will be held on Nov. 22-25, 2017 in Kanazawa, Japan. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Cloud architecture - Cloud OS, middleware, and toolkits - Storage architecture - Big data infrastructure, systems, methodologies, and applications - Virtualization techniques - Resource provision, monitoring, and scheduling - Privacy and access control for cloud computing - Performance evaluation and modeling measurement for cloud computing - Programming models for building cloud applications - Networking in cloud computing - Security, privacy and trustworthy in clouds - Security, privacy and trustworthy for service oriented architectures and systems - Energy efficient hardware and software solutions - High availability and reliability - Large scale cloud applications - Internet/web computing and data mining - Volunteer and utility computing - Green and pervasive computing - Service oriented architecture - Discovery of services and data in cloud computing infrastructures - Foundations of services computing - Services-centric business models - Business process integration and management --------------------------------------- PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------- IEEE CS proceedings, indexed by - IEEE Xplore - Scopus - Compendex EI - ACM Digital Library - DBLP - Google Scholar Extended version of the selected papers will be invited for publication in prestigious international journals. -Cluster Computing (Springer) -Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) -Vehicular Communications Journal (Elsevier) -Journal of Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences -International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science -Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier) -International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing (ESCI, EI, Scopus) -International Journal of Big Data Intelligence -Sustainability -Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing -China Communication ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Tutorial / Workshop / Special Session Proposal Due: May 29, 2017 Paper Submission (Research Track): July 15, 2017 Paper Submission (Works-in-Progress/workshop): Aug 10, 2017 Author Notification (Research/workshop/WIP): Aug 30, 2017 Paper Submission (Demo /Poster /Special session): Stpt 5th, 2017 Author Notification (Research/workshop/WIP/Poster): Sept 20, 2017 Camera ready / registration deadline: October 1, 2017 --------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION --------------------------------------------- Papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE format, and submitted in PDF format via the IEEE SC2 2017 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sc22017 IEEE formatting information: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- General Chairs Keqin Li, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA Ren-Hung Hwang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Christophe Cerin, Université Paris 13, France General Executive Chairs Tokuro Matsuo, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Japan Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Program Chairs Amir H. Alavi, Michigan State University, USA Yue-Shan Chang, National Taipei University, Taiwan Workshop Chairs Chia-Hung Yeh, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Alex Kuo, University of Victoria, Canada Demo/Poster Chair Carson Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada Special Session Chair Kuan-Chou Lai, National Taichung University, Taiwan Award Chair Ce-Kuen Shieh, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan International Liaison & Publicity Chair Yu Chen, Binghamton University, USA Bingsheng He, National University of Singapore, Singapore Jun Li, University of Sydney, Australia Bingwei Liu, Aetna Inc., USA Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan Yan Zhang, University of Oslo, Norway Li-Hsin Yen, National Chiao Tung Univ. Taiwan Rynson Lau, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Publication Chair Wen-Hwa Liao, Tatung University, Taiwan Saeid Abolfazli, YTL Communications and Xchanging, Malaysia Steering Committee Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia H.J. Siegel, Colorado State University, USA Chung-Ta King, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA Lizhe Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Hung-Chang Hsiao, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Hui Lei, IBM, USA Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California Irvine, USA Philip Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Please visit the IEEE SC2 2016 website http://grid.chu.edu.tw/sc2-2017/tpc.php for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.

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IEEE DataCom 2017 - Orlando, Florida, USA, November 6-10, 2017
by Robert Hsu 09 May '17

09 May '17

The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing（IEEE DataCom 2017） https://grid.chu.edu.tw/datacom2017/ Orlando, Florida, USA, November 6-10, 2017 --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- Big data is a rapidly expanding research area spanning the fields of computer science and information management, and has become a ubiquitous term in understanding and solving complex problems in different disciplinary fields such as engineering, applied mathematics, medicine, computational biology, healthcare, social networks, finance, business, government, education, transportation and telecommunications. The goal of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing (IEEE DataCom 2017) is to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their ideas and experiences in the fields of Big Data intelligence and computing. IEEE DataCom 2016 welcomes paper submissions on innovative work from researchers in academia, industry and government describing original research work in Big Data. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version (with at least 30% new material) for review and publication in special issues of international journals. IEEE DataCom 2017 will be held on Nov. 6-10, 2017 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - The 5Vs of the data landscape: volume, variety, velocity, veracity, value - Big data science and foundations, analytics, visualization and semantics - Software and tools for big data management. - Security, privacy and legal issues specific to big data - Big data economy, QoS and business models - Scientific discovery and business intelligence - Software, hardware and algorithm co-design, high-performance computing - Large-scale recommendation systems and graph analysis - Infrastructures and systems for big data analytics and managements - Middleware and tools for big data analytics and managements - Algorithmic, experimental, prototyping and implementation - Data quality issues: such as validation, metrics, optimizations and consistency - Data-driven innovation, computational modelling and data integration - Data intensive computing theorems and technologies - Big data for advanced manufacturing and productivity - Modeling, simulation and performance evaluation - Green data centers / environmental-friendly perspectives - Computing, scheduling and resource management for sustainability - Complex applications in areas where massive data is generated ---------------------------------------- PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS ---------------------------------------- IEEE CS proceedings, indexed by - IEEE Xplore - Scopus - EI Engineering Index - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar Extended version of the selected papers will be invited for publication in prestigious international journals. - Future Generation Computer Systems - Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing - International Journal of Big Data Intelligence - International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing - Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems - Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing - International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science - Journal of Supercomputing - Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Workshop/Special Session notification: (ongoing as received) Paper Submission (Research Track): June 15, 2017 Paper Submission (Works-in-Progress/workshop): July 10, 2017 Author Notification (Research/workshop/WIP): July 30, 2017 Paper Submission (Demo /Poster /Special session): August 5th, 2017 Author Notification (Research/workshop/WIP/Poster): August 20, 2017 Camera ready / registration deadline: August 31, 2017 —----------------- SUBMISSION —----------------- Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Papers should be prepared in IEEE CS format and submitted via the IEEE DataCom 2017 web site, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeedatacom2017 IEEE formatting information: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html - Proposals for organizing tutorials, workshops and special sessions need to be submitted to the Tutorials, Workshops and Special Sessions Chairs, respectively. A proposal should include title, theme, scope and main presenters/organizers. - Research paper (8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. - Works-in-Progess (WIP) (6 pages) papers are expected to present either work currently in progress or less developed but highly innovative ideas. - Demo/Poster papers (4 pages) must describe working systems and be related to DataCom. These systems may be innovative prototype implementations or mature systems that use related technology. Papers/proposals need to be submitted to the Demo/Poster Chair. - Workshop and Special Session papers need to be submitted to the corresponding workshops and special sessions. All accepted papers in the main tracks, workshops, special sessions and demos/posters will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings (EI indexed). Extended versions of selected excellent papers will be considered for publication in special issues of prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed). ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- General Chairs Sanjay Ranka, University of Florida, USA Hai Jin, HUST, China Manu Malek, Stevens Inst. of Tech., USA General Executive Chairs Jun Wang, University of Central Florida, USA Tao Li, NSF/UFL, USA Program Chairs Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Xiaolin Li, University of Florida, USA Wenguang Chen, Tsinghua University, China Workshop Chairs I-Hsin Chung, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA Wuu Yang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Demo/Poster Chair Che-Rung Lee, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Special Session Chair Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA Award Chair Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA International Liaison & Publicity Chair Bingsheng He, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Jun Huang, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University, Australia William Liu, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Bhekisipho Twala, Univ. Johannesburg, South Africa Hao Wang, Aalesund University College, Norway Sheng-De Wang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Publication Chair Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Advisory Committee Christophe Cérin, University of Paris XIII, France Yeh-Ching Chung, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan Beniamino Di Martino, Second University of Naples, Italy Domenico Talia, Università della Calabria, Italy Vincent S. Tseng, National Chiao Tung Univ. Taiwan Cho-Li Wang, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jinsong Wu, University de Chile, Chile Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Steering Committee Robert Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Yuanyuan Yang, Stony Brook University, USA Please visit the IEEE DataCom 2017 website http://grid.chu.edu.tw/datacom2017/tpc.php for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.

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CFP - PhD Forum and Posters Track - ASONAM 2017
by Eric Pardede 08 May '17

08 May '17

--- APOLOGIZE FOR CROSS-POSTINGS --- Call for PhD Forum and Posters Track ----------------------------------------- After successful event as a part of ASONAM 2016, the PhD forum and posters track will again take place as part of 2017(ASONAM 201731 July - 03 August, 2017 Sydney, Australia) This forum will provide graduate students (e.g., PhD students, pre-doctoral students and Master leading to PhD students) and researchers with an opportunity to share, present, explore, develop their research ideas, and to receive feedback from the research community that will help them in further developing and progressing in their PhD studies. This will help students as prospective candidates to connect up with senior researchers participating in the conference. It will also stimulate collaborations between students with similar research interests. This forum is intended for students at any stage of their PhD work. All submissions will be thoroughly reviewed by experts in the field and will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Further, authors should certify that their submissions contain substantially new and previously unpublished research. Students will be given an opportunity to present their proposals and get feedback and advice on how to improve their research plan. Submission ----------- We welcome submissions of research ideas that are mature enough to be presented and whose content can evolve to become the substantial part of a PhD dissertation. Reports on PhD dissertations and work in progress towards their dissertation should address research issues, challenges, and originality. Submissions should clearly describe the problem, explain its importance, detail why existing solutions are not sufficient, and give an outline of proposed solutions and preliminary experimental evaluation. Submissions should be written in English and pertaining to the topics mentioned in the Call for Paper page for the ASONAM 2017 conference. Two categories of submissions will be accepted: Full papers up to 8 pages Short communications up to 4 pages Extended abstracts for posters up to 2 pages For full papers, submissions should be based on more mature research proposals. For extended abstracts, submissions can be about preliminary research ideas or works in progress. All papers must be in IEEE two-columns format. Submissions should include the title, student author highlighted, affiliation, e-mail address, postal address and abstract on the first page. Authors should mention supervisor(s) name (if not listed as coauthor(s)) and affiliation as well as any funding source(s) in acknowledgements section. Papers should be submitted online using the PhD forum's Online Submission System (URL to be announced). Paper submission implies the main author of the paper is a graduate students and one of the authors must pay full registration fee and attend the PhD forum to present the paper. The PhD forum participants will also enjoy free access to the full program of ASONAM 2017 and all the accompanying symposia, tutorials and workshops. The submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=asonampfp2017 Publication ----------- Accepted and presented papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings and forwarded for inclusion in IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL), IEEE Xplore and the ACM Digital Library. The conference proceedings will be submitted for EI indexing through INSPEC by IEEE. The proceedings will be also covered by several other indexes, including DBLP, SCOPUS, etc. A selection of accepted papers will also be invited to submit an extended version of their work to an edited book, that will be published by Springer in the LNSN format. Contact -------- For general inquiries about the PhD forum and posters track, please contact the PhD forum and posters organizers. Key Dates ---------- Paper submission deadline May 20, 2017 11:59 PM American Samoa Zone (UTC-11) Acceptance Notification June 20, 2017 Camera-ready paper due June 30, 2017 11:59 PM American Samoa Zone (UTC-11) Conference events July 31, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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First CFP - Fifth Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation
by William Spataro 08 May '17

08 May '17

(sorry for cross postings) ************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS: Fifth Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS) Within PDP 2018 The 26th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, and Network-Based Computing Cambridge, UK 21-23 March 2018 http://www.pdp2018.org Deadline: September 15th, 2017 Contact: William Spataro - spataro(a)unical.it ************************************************************************* AIMS AND SCOPE The development of models through which computers can simulate the evolution of artificial and natural systems is fundamental for the advancement of Science. In the last decades, the increasing power of computers has allowed to considerably extend the application of computing methodologies in research and industry, but also to the quantitative study of complex phenomena. This has permitted a broad application of numerical methods for differential equation systems (e.g., FEM, FDM, etc.) on one hand, and the application of alternative computational paradigms, such as Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence, etc., on the other. These latter have demonstrated their effectiveness for modelling purposes when traditional simulation methodologies have proven to be impracticable. Following the success of our past HPCMS workshops which were held in Turin, Turku and Crete, we are glad to invite you to our fourth edition which will take place in St. Petersburg (Russia). An important mission of the HPCMS Workshop is to provide a platform for a multidisciplinary community composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, practitioners and experts from world leading Universities, Institutions, Agencies and Companies in Computational Science, and thus in the High Performance Computing for Modelling and Simulation field. HPCMS intent is to offer an opportunity to express and confront views on trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in diverse application fields, such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - High-performance computing in computational science: intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research applications - Complex systems modelling and simulation - Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence implementations - Integrated approach to optimization and simulation - MPI, OpenMP, GPGPU applications in Computational Science - Optimization algorithms, modelling techniques related to optimization in Computational Science - High-performance Software developed to solve science (e.g., biological, physical, and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems - Hardware approaches of high performance computing in modeling and simulation IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: 15th Sep 2017 Acceptance notification: 13th Oct 2017 Camera ready due: 17nd Nov 2017 Conference: 21th - 23th Mar 2018 Submission guidelines Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the IEEE Conference proceedings format (IEEEtran, double-column, 10pt). Double-bind review: the first page of the paper should contain only the title and abstract; in the reference list, references to the authors’ own work should appear as "omitted for blind review" entries. For submission, please use the follwoing link: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdp2018 Manuscript submission Publication All accepted papers will be included in the same volume, published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Final Paper Preparation and Submission Instructions will be published after the notification of acceptance. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the Conference. Conference proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in Xplore and the CSDL, and for indexing, among others, to DBLP, Scopus ScienceDirect, and ISI Web of Knowledge. Special Issue As for previous editions, organizers of the HPCMS session are planning a Special Issue of an important international ISI Journal, based on distinguished papers that will be accepted for the session. For instance, a selected number of papers of the past workshop editions have been published on the ISI Journal “International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications” and “Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience”. Organizers William Spataro – University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Giuseppe A. Trunfio – University of Sassari, Italy Program Committee Gihan R. Mudalige, University of Warwick, UK Angelos Amanatiadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Donato D’Ambrosio, University of Calabria, Italy Pawel Topa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Gianluigi Folino, ICAR-CNR, Italy Lou D’Alotto, York College/CUNY, New York, USA Antonios Gasteratos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Ioakeim Georgoudas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Marco Beccutti, University of Torino, Italy Rolf Hoffmann, Darmstadt University, Germany Ioannis Karafyllidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Yaroslav Sergeyev, University of Calabria, Italy Antisthenis Tsompanas, University of the West of England, UK Rocco Rongo, University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece William Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe A. Trunfio, University of Sassari, Italy Marco Villani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Jaroslaw Was, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Davide Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy

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Abstract submission deadline TODAY: SASO 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, September 18-22, Tucson, Arizona
by Markus Esch 08 May '17

08 May '17

************************************************************************* SASO 2017: Abstract submission deadline TODAY ************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS The Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2017) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 18-22 September 2017 https://saso2017.telecom-paristech.fr/ ************************************************************************* Part of FAS* - Foundation and Applications of Self-* Computing Conferences Collocated with: The International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing (ICCAC 2017) ------------------- Aims and Scope ------------------- The aim of the Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems conference series (SASO) is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on the foundations of engineered systems that self-adapt and self-organize. The complexity of current and emerging networks, software, and services can be characterized by issues such as scale, heterogeneity, openness, and dynamics in the environment. This has led the software engineering, distributed systems, and management communities to look for inspiration in diverse fields (e.g., complex systems, control theory, artificial intelligence, chemistry, psychology, sociology, and biology) to find new ways of designing and managing such computing systems in a principled way. In this endeavor, self-organization and self-adaptation have emerged as two promising interrelated approaches. They form the basis for many other so-called self-* properties, such as self-configuration, self-healing, or self-optimization. SASO aims to be an interdisciplinary meeting, where contributions from participants with different backgrounds leads to the fostering of a cross-pollination of ideas, and where innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications can emerge. The eleventh edition of the SASO conference embraces this inter-disciplinary nature, and welcomes novel contributions to both the foundational and application-focused dimensions of self-adaptive and self-organizing systems research. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Systems theory: nature-inspired and socially-inspired paradigms and heuristics; inter-operation of self-* mechanisms; theoretical frameworks and models; control theory; - System properties: robustness; resilience; stability; anti-fragility; diversity; self-reference and reflection; emergent behavior; computational awareness and self-awareness; - Systems engineering: reusable mechanisms and algorithms; design patterns; architectures; methodologies; software and middleware development frameworks and methods; platforms and toolkits; multi-agent systems; - Theory and practice of organization: self-governance, change management, electronic institutions, distributed consensus, commons, knowledge management, and the general use of rules, policies, etc. in self-* systems - Theory and practice of adaptation: mechanisms for adaptation, including evolution, logic, learning; adaptability, plasticity, flexibility - Socio-technical systems: human and social factors; visualization; crowdsourcing and collective awareness; humans-in-the-loop; ethics and humanities in self-* systems; - Data-driven approaches: data mining; machine learning; data science and other statistical techniques to analyze, understand, and manage behavior of complex systems; - Self-adaptive and self-organizing hardware: self-* materials; self-construction; reconfigurable hardware; - Education: experience reports; curricula; innovative course concepts; methodological aspects of self-* systems education; Applications and experiences with self-* systems in any of the following domains are of particular interest: + Smart systems: smart grids, smart cities, smart environments, smart homes, etc. + Industrial automation: embedded self-* systems, adaptive industrial plants, Industry 4.0, cyber physical systems + Transportation: autonomous vehicles, traffic optimization + Autonomous systems: aerial vehicles, undersea vehicles, autonomous robotics + Internet of Things: self-* for network management, self-* applied to cyber security We are looking for contributions that present new fundamental understanding of self-adaptive and self-organizing systems and how they can be engineered and used, including: novel theoretical or experimental results, novel design patterns, mechanisms, system architectures, frameworks, tools, and practical experiences in building or deploying systems and applications. Contributions contrasting different approaches for engineering a given family of systems, or demonstrating the applicability of a certain approach for different systems, are equally encouraged. Likewise, papers describing substantial innovation or insights in the use and communication of self-* systems in the classroom are welcome. Where relevant and appropriate, accepted papers will also be encouraged to participate in the Demo or Poster Sessions. -------------------- Important Dates -------------------- Abstract submission: May 8, 2017 Paper submission: May 24, 2017 Notification: June 30, 2017 Camera ready copy due: July 12, 2017 Conference: September 18-22, 2017 ---------------------------- Submission Instructions ---------------------------- Submissions can be up to 10 pages, formatted according to the standard IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide, and submitted electronically in PDF format. Please submit your papers using the SASO 2017 conference management system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=saso2017. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, and made available as a part of the IEEE Digital Library. Note that a separate Call for Poster and Demo Submissions will also be issued. As per the standard IEEE policies, all submissions should be original, i.e., they must not have been previously published in any conference proceedings, book, or journal and must not currently be under review for another archival conference. We also highlight the IEEE policies regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism (http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/ID_Plagiaris…) --------------------- Review Criteria --------------------- Papers should present novel ideas in the cross-disciplinary research context described in this call, motivated by problems from current practice or applied research. Both theoretical and empirical contributions should be highlighted, substantiated by formal analysis, simulation, experimental evaluations, or comparative studies, etc. Appropriate references must be made to related work. Because SASO is a cross-disciplinary conference, we encourage papers to be intelligible and relevant to researchers who are not members of the same specialized sub-field. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers describing applications. Application papers should provide an indication of the real-world relevance of the problem that is solved, including a description of the domain, and an evaluation of performance, usability, or comparison to alternative approaches. Experience papers are also welcome, especially if they highlight insights into any aspect of design, implementation or management of self-* systems that would be of benefit to practitioners and the SASO community. All submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed and evaluated based on the quality of their technical contribution, originality, soundness, significance, presentation, understanding of the state of the art, and overall quality. ------------------------------- Conference General Chair ------------------------------- Ada Diaconescu Telecom Paris-Tech, Paris, FR -------------------- Program Chairs -------------------- Peter Lewis, Aston University, Birmingham, UK Sam Malek, University of California, Irvine, USA Hella Seebach, Augsburg University, Augsburg, DE

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CFP: The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems (DSS 2017)
by UK Conference CFP 08 May '17

08 May '17

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] <> ******************************** IEEE DSS-2017 CFP ******************************* The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems (DSS 2017) Bangkok, Thailand December 18 - 20, 2017 http://hpcl.seas.gwu.edu/dss2017/ <http://hpcl.seas.gwu.edu/dss2017/> INTRODUCTION ============= In parallel with Petrol as a driving resource in this world, Data is becoming an increasingly decisive resource in modern societies, economies, and governmental organizations. Gradually and steadily, it is being world-wide recognized that data and talents are playing key roles in modern businesses. As an interdisciplinary area, Data Science draws scientific inquiry from a broad range of subject areas such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, machine learning, optimization, signal processing, information retrieval, databases, cloud computing, computer vision, natural language processing and etc. Data Science is on the essence of deriving valuable insights from data. It is emerging to meet the challenges of processing very large datasets, i.e. Big Data, with the explosion of new data continuously generated from various channels such as smart devices, web, mobile and social media. Data Systems are posing many challenges in exploiting parallelism of current and upcoming computer architectures. Data volumes of applications in the fields of sciences and engineering, finance, media, online information resources, etc. are expected to double every two years over the next decade and further. With this continuing data explosion, it is necessary to store and process data efficiently by utilizing enormous computing power. The importance of data intensive systems has been raising and will continue to be the foremost fields of research. This raise brings up many research issues, in forms of capturing and accessing data effectively and fast, processing it while still achieving high performance and high throughput, and storing it efficiently for future use. Innovative programming models, high performance scalable computing platforms, efficient storage systems and expression of data requirements are at immediate need. DSS (Data Science and Systems) was created to provide a prime international forum for researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts to exchange the latest advances in Data Science and Data Systems as well as their synergy. 2017 is the 3rd event following the success in 2015 (DSDIS 2015) and 2016 (DSS 2016). SCOPE AND TOPICS ================ A. Data Science • Foundational theories and models of data science • Foundational algorithms and methods for big data • Data classification and taxonomy • Data metrics and metrology • Machine learning and deep learning • Data analytics • Data provenance • Fault tolerance, reliability, and availability • Security, privacy and trust in Data B. Data Processing Technology • Data sensing, fusion and mining • Data representation, dimensionality reduction, processing and proactive service layers • Data capturing, management, and scheduling techniques • Stream data processing and integration • Knowledge discovery from multiple information sources • Statistical, mathematical and probabilistic modeling and theories • Information visualization and visual data analytics • Information retrieval and personalized recommendation • Parallel and distributed data storage and processing infrastructure • MapReduce, Hadoop, Spark, scalable computing and storage platforms • Security, privacy and data integrity in data sharing, publishing and analysis • Replication, archiving, preservation strategies • Stream data computing • Meta-data management • Remote data access C. Data Systems • Storage and file systems • High performance data access toolkits • Programming models, abstractions for data intensive computing • Compiler and runtime support • Future research challenges of data intensive systems • Real-time data intensive systems • Network support for data intensive systems • Challenges and solutions in the era of multi/many-core platforms • Green (power efficient) data intensive systems • Data intensive computing on accelerators and GPUs • Productivity tools, performance measuring and benchmark for data intensive systems • Big Data, cloud computing and data intensive systems D. Data Applications • HPC system architecture, programming models and run-time systems for data intensive applications • Innovative applications in business, finance, industry and government cases • Data-intensive applications and their challenges • Innovative data intensive applications such as health, energy, cybersecurity, transport, food, soil and water, resources, advanced manufacturing, environmental Change, and etc. IMPORTANT DATES ================ · Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2017 · Authors Notification: August 15, 2017 · Camera-Ready Paper Due: September 15, 2017 · Early Registration Due: September 15, 2017 · Conference Date: December 18 - 20, 2017 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE ========================== Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages for main conference, including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site. PUBLICATIONS ========================== Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS after the conference. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be published in special issues of Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Future Generation Computer Systems, Journal of Computer and System Sciences and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing.

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