March 2018 - computational.science

I-SPAN 2018 CFP: The 15th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks, Yichang, China, October 16-18, 2018
by Robert Hsu 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

********************************* I-SPAN 2018 CFP ********************************* The 15th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2018) https://grid.chu.edu.tw/ispan2018/index.php Yichang, China, October 16-18, 2018 INTRODUCTION ============= Pervasive systems, intelligent Algorithms, and Networks are emerging fields of research and revolutionary paradigm for next-generation IT applications. The 15th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2018) aims to establish an international forum for engineers and scientists to present their excellent ideas, latest innovations and experiences on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks. The 15th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2018) follows the tradition of previous successful I-SPAN conferences, I-SPAN 1994 (Kanazawa, Japan), I-SPAN 1996 (Beijing, China), I-SPAN 1997 (Taipei, Taiwan), I-SPAN 1999 (Perth/Freemantle, Australia), I-SPAN 2000 (Dallas/Richardson, Texas, USA), I-SPAN 2002 (Manila, Philippines), I-SPAN 2004 (Hong Kong, China), I-SPAN 2005 (Las Vegas, USA), I-SPAN 2008 (Sydney, Australia), I-SPAN 2009 (Kaoshiung, Taiwan), I-SPAN 2011 (Dalian, China), I-SPAN 2012 (San Marcos, Texas), I-SPAN 2014 (Chengdu, China), I-SPAN 2017 (Exeter, UK). SCOPE AND TOPICS ================ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ·Track 1: Big Data Analytics and Applications ·Track 2: Cloud, Fog and Edge Computing ·Track 3: Health and Biomedical Informatics ·Track 4: Parallel, Distributed Algorithms and Graph Computing ·Track 5: Computer Networks, Web Service/Technologies, and Software Defined Networking ·Track 6: Mobile Computing and Communication ·Track 7: Artificial Intelligence and Nature-Inspired Computing ·Track 8: Global Networking and Cyber Security ·Track 9: Multimedia Communication and Computing ·Track 10: Internet of Things, Smart City, and Cyber-Physical Systems ·Track 11: Graphs and Networks IMPORTANT DATES ================ ·Workshop/special session proposal due: Apr. 30, 2018 ·Paper submission deadline: Apr. 30, 2018 ·Paper result notification: July 16, 2018 ·Final camera ready and registration: Aug. 15, 2018 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE ========================== Authors are invited to submit their original research that has not previously been submitted or published at any other venue. Submissions need to be prepared in IEEE CS format and submitted via the EDAS system, https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24288 For IEEE formatting information: see http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html · Proposals for organizing tutorials, workshops or 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. · A research paper (8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. · A works-in-progress (WIP) (6 pages) paper is expected to present less developed but highly innovative ideas. · A demo/poster paper (4 pages) must describe a working system and be related to I-SPAN. 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 corresponding workshops and special sessions. PUBLICATION ========================== 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).

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Extended deadline-The Fourth International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN (SNS2018) 25-29 June, 2018 Montreal, Canada
by Shao Ying Zhu 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

Please accept my apologise in case you received multiple copies of this CFP. The Fourth International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN (SNS2018) Deadline extended in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft 2018), 25-29 June, 2018 Montreal, Canada 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 include but are not limited to the following areas: * Security threats and vulnerabilities introduced by NFV and SDN technologies * Management and orchestration of NFV and SDN elements for security * Security, reliability and privacy through SDN and NFV in 5G networks * 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 * Risk and compliance issues in SDN * Security architectures for SDN * Security standards for SDN * Security of SDN data plane * Security of SDN control plane * Security of SDN application plane * Security of routing in SDN * Security as a service for SDN 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. Important dates: · Paper Submission: March 23, 2018 · Notification of Acceptance: April 6, 2018 · Camera Ready: April 20, 2018 Workshop Website http://computing.derby.ac.uk/sns2018 Workshop Chairs * Dr. Shao Ying Zhu<mailto:s.y.zhu@derby.ac.uk> , University of Derby,UK * Dr. Colin Allison<mailto:ca@st-andrews.ac.uk>, University of St Andrews,UK * Eleni Trouva<mailto:trouva@iit.demokritos.gr>, NCSR Demokritos, Greece * Dr. George Gardikis<mailto:ggar@space.gr>, Space Hellas, Greece Technical Program Committee (TPC) * Marco Anisetti - University of Milan, Italy * Stéphane Betgé-Brezetz Nokia Bell Labs,France * Gergely Biczók - Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, Hungary * Carolina Canales - Ericsson, USA * Augusto Ciuffoletti - University of Pisa, Italy * Roberto Doriguzzi Corin, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Italy * Georgios Gardikis - Space Hellas S.A.,Greece * Bernat Gaston - Fundació Privada I2CAT * Doan Hoang - University of Technology Sydney, Australia * Ludovic Jacquin - Hewlett Packard Labs, UK * Felix Klaedtke - NEC Labs Europe, Germany * Harilaos Koumaras - NCSR Demokritos, Greece * Michail-Alexandros Kourtis - NCSR Demokritos, Greece * Kahina Lazri - Orange Labs, France * Linas Maknavicius, Nokia Bell Labs, France * Antonio Lioy- Politecnico di Torino, Italy * Marie Paule Odini - HPE, France * Nicolae Paladi - SICS, Sweden * Dimitrios Pezaros - University of Glasgow, UK * Sachin Sharma - NEC Laboratories Europe,Germany * Sandra Scott-Hayward - Queen's University Belfast, UK * Eleni Trouva - NCSR Demokritos, Greece * Shao Ying Zhu - University of Derby, 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: ARES 2018, Deadline Extension
by res.mb.conference 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

ARES 2018 - CALL FOR PAPERS - Extended Deadline until March 30, 2018 ****************************************************************************************** The 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2018) August 27 - August 30, 2018, Hamburg, Germany http://www.ares-conference.eu ****************************************************************************************** ICS-CSR 2018 (https://ics-csr.com/) & CD-MAKE 2018 (https://cd-make.net/) co-located with ARES! *********** ARES CONFERENCE ************ The 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security ("ARES - The International Dependability Conference") will bring together researchers and practitioners in the area of dependability. ARES will highlight the various aspects of dependability - with special focus on the crucial linkage between availability, reliability and security. ARES is ranked as B-conference in CORE. Qualis (backed by Brazilian Ministry) ranked ARES and Esorics as leading security conference in Europe (A2). Selected papers that are accepted by and presented at the ARES Conference will be published, after further revision, in special issues of international journals (e.g. Springer EURASIP Journal on Information Security). The acceptance rate of the ARES 2017 conference was 24% (full papers only). ARES 2017 was published by the International Conference Proceedings Series published by ACM (ACM ICPS). ************ HIGHLIGHTS ************ First confirmed keynote speaker: Social Events: We are looking forward to taking you on an evening cruise leading from the impressive harbor area through the narrow canals of the famous Speicherstadt. Another highlight will be this year´s conference dinner taking place right at the heart of Hamburg´s historical port area. The masonry of the Experience Warehouse combines comfort with the flair of ancient merchant tradition. You will also get the chance to experience the worldwide known Miniature Wonderland<https://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/>. ************ CONFERENCE OFFICERS ************ General Chairs 2018 Mathias Fischer, Universität Hamburg, Germany Dominik Herrmann, Universität Hamburg, Germany Program Committee Chairs 2018 Christian Doerr, TU Delft, Netherlands Sebastian Schrittwieser, FH St. Pölten, Austria ************ IMPORTANT DATES ************ Submission Deadline: extended to March 30, 2018 23:59 UTC-11 Author Notification: May 30, 2018 Proceedings Version: June 29, 2018 Conference: August 27 - August 30, 2018 ************ SUBMISSION ************ ARES 2018 will be published by the International Conference Proceedings Series published by ACM (ACM ICPS). Authors are invited to submit research and application papers according the following guidelines: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 pt fonts and number each page. For the main conference as well as the workshops submission papers are classified into 3 categorizes representing original, previously unpublished work: -full paper (10 pages) -short paper (6 pages) -workshop paper (8 pages, a maximum of 10 pages is tolerated) The ARES submission system (EasyChair) is available here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ares2018 More information can be found here: ************ PROGRAM COMMITTEE ************ Isaac Agudo Ruiz, University of Malaga, Spain Todd R. Andel, University of South Alabama, United States Abdelmalek Benzekri, University of Toulouse, France Francesco Buccafurri, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Lasaro Camargos, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil David Chadwick, University of Kent, United Kingdom Nathan Clarke, Plymouth University, United Kingdom Jörg Daubert, TU Darmstadt, Germany Luca De Cicco, Politecnico di Bari, Italy José Maria de Fuentes, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Pavlos Efraimidis Democritus, University of Thrace, Greece Dominik Engel, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States Hannes Federrath, University of Hamburg, Germany Christophe Feltus, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Umberto Ferraro Petrillo, Universitá degli studi di Roma - La Sapienza, Italy Steven Furnell, Plymouth University, United Kingdom Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, Télécom SudParis, France Karl Goeschka, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Lorena Gonzalez-Manzano, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Bogdan Groza, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Sheikh Mahbub Habib, TU Darmstadt, Germany Dominik Herrmann, University Hamburg, Germany Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway Jan Jürjens, TU Dortmund and Fraunhofer ISST, Germany Anatoli Kalysch, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Sokratis K. Katsikas, NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Peter Kieseberg, SBA Research, Austria Ralf Kuesters, University of Stuttgart, Germany Oksana Kulyk, TU Darmstadt, Germany Romain Laborde, University of Toulouse, France Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Shujun Li, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Giovanni Livraga, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Robert Luh, Institute of IT Security Research, Austria Keith Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom Barbara Masucci, University of Salerno, Italy Ioannis Mavridis, University of Macedonia, Greece Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Mattia Monga, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy Haralambos Mouratidis, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Thomas Nowey, Krones AG, Germany Jaehong Park, University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, Vienna University, Austria Michael Roßberg, TU Ilmenau, Germany Volker Roth, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Giovanni Russello, University of Auckland, New Zealand Mark Scanlon, University College Dublin, Ireland Sebastian Schinzel, FH Münster, Germany Jörn-Marc Schmidt, Secunet, Germany Max Schuchard, University of Minnesota, United States Stefan Schulte, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Daniele Sgandurra, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom Jon A. Solworth, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States Jordi Soria-Comas, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain Mark Strembeck, WU Vienna, Austria Jakub Szefer, Yale University, United States Oliver Theel, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria Emmanouil Vasilomanolakis, TU Darmstadt Germany Umberto Villano, Universita' del Sannio, Italy Corrado Aaron, Visaggio Univeristà del Sannio, Italy Xiao Wang, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Christos Xenakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Nicola Zannone, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands *********** TOPCIS of interest include, but are not limited to: ************ Authorization, Authentication, and Access Control Availability, Dependability, and Resilience Botnets and Botnet Monitoring Business Continuity & Resilience Cost/Benefit Analysis Cryptography Dependability Aspects for Special Applications Dependability Aspects of e-Government Dependability and Resilience in Open Source Software Designing Security Requirements Digital Forensics E-Commerce Dependability Identity Management IPR of Security Technology Incident Response and Prevention Information Flow Control Information Hiding and Steganograhpy Interoperability Aspects Intrusion Detection and Fraud Detection Legal Issues related to Security and Privacy Mobile Security Network and Organizational Vulnerability Analysis Network Security Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Process based Security Models and Methods Resilience and Security for Critical Infrastructures Resilience of Computing Systems Resilience, Security, and Privacy for Smart Grids Resilience, Security, and Privacy for the Internet of Things RFID Security and Privacy Risk planning, Analysis & Awareness Safety Critical Systems Secure Enterprise Architectures Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Systems Security and Privacy in E-Health Security and Trust Management in P2P and Grid applications Security and Privacy for Sensor Networks, Wireless/Mobile Devices and Applications Security and Usability Security as Quality of Service Security in Distributed Systems / Distributed Databases Security in Electronic Payments Security in Electronic Voting Software Engineering of Dependable Systems Software Security Threats and Attack Modelling Trusted Computing Tools for Dependable System Design and Evaluation Trust Models and Trust Management Wireless Security

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CFP - IEEE Intl. Conf. Industrial Internet (Deadline: Apr 30)
by Tan Rui (Asst Prof) 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

========================================================================= Call for Papers IEEE ICII 2018 http://www.ieee-icii.org/ Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. October 22-24, 2018 ========================================================================= IMPORTANT DATES Regular papers submission deadline: April 30, 2018 (EDT) Regular papers acceptance notification: July 16, 2018 Posters/demos submission deadline: July 30, 2018 (EDT) Posters/demos acceptance notification: Aug 5, 2018 SCOPE Industrial Internet is ushering in a new wave of industrial revolution through the integration of networks, computing, industrial equipment and people. Industrial Internet creates new ways to connect sensors and actuators embedded in machines to the Internet. The large amounts of data generated from sensors are analyzed to further understand the operation and condition of machines and industrial systems, and even enable autonomous operation and control of the entire systems. Industrial Internet will impact a broad industrial spectrum including manufacturing, aviation, transportation, power, oil and gas, healthcare, smart cities, and buildings. The first IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII), as a premier international conference, invites researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government to submit original, previously unpublished work on all aspects of Industrial Internet. Topics of interested include, but not limited to * Industrial Internet of Things * Industrial cyber-physical Systems * Industrial big data and artificial intelligence * Industrial communication and networking technologies * Industrial cloud and edge computing * Industrial robotics and autonomous systems * Data management and analytics * Security, privacy, and trust * Real-time, reliability, and safety * Applications, testbeds and case studies SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Each submission should contain original material that has neither been previously published nor is currently under review at other places (e.g. journals, magazine, conferences, symposia and workshops) with copyrighted proceedings. The reviews process is single blind and there is no specific need to anonymise the submissions. A submission should not exceed 10 pages. Author should use standard conference paper format (e.g. two-column, a margin of 1 inch on all sides, 10-point font size, etc.); its Latex and Word template can be downloaded from https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht… All submissions must be in PDF format, and should be uploaded thought ICII'18 submission site that will be up soon. ORGANIZERS General Chair * Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Program Co-Chairs * Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) * Thiemo Voigt (RISE SICS, Sweden) * Guijun Wang (Boeing, USA) Steering Committee * Vinton G. Cerf (Google, USA) * Mischa Dohler (King's College London, UK) * Mahmoud Daneshmand (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) * Jae H Kim (Boeing Research & Technology, USA) * Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) * Weisong Shi (Wayne State University, USA) * Dinesh Verma (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA) * Anwar Walid (Nokia Bell Labs, USA) * Chonggang Wang (InterDigital, USA) Workshop Co-Chairs * Sanjeev Mehrotra (Microsoft Researh, USA) * Honggang Wang (UMass-Dartmouth, USA) Panel Co-Chairs * Andreas Mueller (Bosch, Germany) * Ye Ouyang (Verizon Wireless, USA) Demo Chair * JaeSeung Song (Sejong University, Seoul, Korea) Publicity Co-Chairs * Fan Bai (General Motors, USA) * Payam Barnaghi (University of Surrey, UK) * Madhanmohan Savadamuthu (Boeing India Technology Center, India) * Rui Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Publication Chair * Reza Malekian (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Event Co-Chair * Jiang Li (Howard Services, USA) * Wei Wang (Shenandoah Services, USA) Web Co-Chairs * Yinhao Xiao (The George Washington University, USA) * Chao Wang (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you.

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Call for the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) PhD student Competition at IEEE ICIP 2018
by Nikolaidis Nikos 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

ICIP 2018 is offering a 3 Minutes Thesis (3MT) competition, where PhD students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance. It is an exercise for students to consolidate their ideas so they can present them concisely to an audience specialized in different areas. Together with scientific and technical quality, ICIP wants to promote transversal skills of PhD researchers such as oral and presentation skills, and it also wants to help PhDs to gain visibility of their work. To PhD students: If you are devoting or have devoted 3 or more years to your PhD, you could devote 3 minutes to explain it to a more general public, we challenge you! If you want to participate, follow the instructions here https://2018.ieeeicip.org/3MT.asp Important Dates: Short description: March 30, 2018 Notification of shortlisting: Apr. 30, 2018 To apply you need: A short description of your thesis, a short CV, and a letter from your supervisor/advisor that you are a PhD student. Detailed submission instructions here: https://2018.ieeeicip.org/3MT.asp Please address any questions related to the 3MT competition at 3mt(a)2018.ieeeicip.org

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Deadline approaching - 4th IEEE Workshop on Security and Privacy in the Cloud (SPC 2018)
by SPC 2018 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

CALL FOR PAPERS *** Submission deadline approaching! (March 16, 2018 - 11:59 p.m. American Samoa time) *** ********************************************************************** 4th IEEE Workshop on Security and Privacy in the Cloud (SPC 2018) Beijing, China - May 30-June 1, 2018 http://spc2018.di.unimi.it/ ********************************************************************** Cloud computing is today the reference paradigm for large-scale data storage and processing due to the convenient and efficient network access to configurable resources that can be easily adjusted according to the users’ needs. Although the benefits of cloud computing are tremendous, security and privacy concerns have still a detrimental impact on the adoption and acceptability of cloud services. In fact, users as well as companies that rely on cloud storage and computation services lose the direct control over the systems managing their data and applications, thus putting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data at risk. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners who are interested in discussing the security, privacy, and data protection issues emerging in cloud scenarios, and possible solutions to them. SPC 2018 is the fourth workshop in this series and will be held in Beijing, China, on May 30-June 1, in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS 2018). The workshop seeks submissions from academia, industry, and government presenting novel research, as well as experimental studies, on all theoretical and practical aspects of security, privacy, and data protection in cloud scenarios. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Anonymity in cloud scenarios - Applied cryptography in cloud scenarios - Cloud-based biometric systems - Data and application security - Data and system integrity - Data availability in outsourcing scenarios - Data protection - Efficient access to outsourced data - Key management in cloud scenarios - Privacy - Privacy of accesses - Secure computation over encrypted data - Security and trust metrics - Security and privacy in crowdsourcing - Security and privacy in multi-clouds and federated clouds - Security and privacy in data outsourcing - Security and privacy in the Internet of Things - Security and privacy of big data - Security and privacy of distributed computations - Security and privacy of fog computing - Security and privacy policies - Selective information sharing - Threats, vulnerabilities, and risk management PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submissions should be at most 9 pages in the IEEE 8,5"x11" two-column format. Submissions should not be anonymized. The workshop will also consider short submissions of up to 4 pages for results that are preliminary or that simply require few pages. Papers should be submitted for review through EDAS (http://edas.info/N24475) Only PDF files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Papers must be received by the extended deadline of March 16, 2018 (11:59 p.m. American Samoa time). Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the workshop. Accepted and presented papers will be included in the IEEE CNS 2018 conference proceedings and also in IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: March 16, 2018 (11:59 p.m. American Samoa time) [extended] Notification to authors: March 26, 2018 Camera ready due: April 2, 2018 PC CHAIR Sara Foresti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy PUBLICITY CHAIR Giovanni Livraga, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE Massimiliano Albanese, George Mason University, USA Daniel Bernau, SAP, Germany Andrew Byrne, EMC-DELL, Ireland Sherman S.M. Chow, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Giovanni Di Crescenzo, Vencore Labs, USA Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain Ghassan Karame, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Florian Kerschbaum, University of Waterloo, Canada Giovanni Livraga, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Wenjing Lou, Virginia Tech, USA David Nunez, Universidad de Malaga, Spain Melek Onen, EURECOM, France Stefano Paraboschi, Universita' degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy Pierangela Samarati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Andreas Schaad, WIBU, Germany Anoop Singhal, NIST, USA Vicenc Torra, University of Skovde, Sweden Cong Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Lingyu Wang, Concordia University, Canada Meng Yu, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA If you have any question, please contact the organizers at spc2018(a)di.unimi.it

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CFP BICAS 2018 (Special Session on Biologically Inspired Parallel and Distributed Computing, Algorithms and Solutions)
by Jose Luis Guisado 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

(Apologies if you are receiving multiple copies of this CFP. Please do forward it to interested colleagues.) ========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline extension) Special Session on Biologically Inspired Parallel and Distributed Computing, Algorithms and Solutions (BICAS 2018) As part of The 16th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2018) Orléans, France, July 16-20, 2018 http://bit.ly/2F0Ckpx [1] http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info [2] ========================================================================= Background ---------- Biology has served as inspiration for Computer Science in recent years, given that biological systems tend to be adaptive, reactive, and distributed. Thus, bio-inspired computing is a multi-disciplinary field devoted to studying complex problems using computational methods modeled after design principles encountered in nature. This way, novel and unconventional solutions are accomplished to tackle current challenges in science. This session aims at examining different solutions to complex problems using nature inspired approaches, and their interplay with cutting-edge technology in High Performance Computing. We invite researchers and scientists in this area to participate and contribute to this event and we welcome their works. Important Dates --------------- ----------------------------- ------------------------- Paper Submissions: April 2, 2018 (extended) Notification of acceptance: April 26, 2018 (extended) Camera-ready papers due: May 03, 2018 Conference date: July 16-20, 2018 ----------------------------- ------------------------- Please submit papers using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bicas2018 For more information please consult the BICAS2018 and HPCS2018 webpages: http://bit.ly/2F0Ckpx [1] http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info [2] Topics of Interest ------------------ Topics of interest to BICAS2018 include but are not limited to: - Biological systems, computing and informatics - Bio-inspired Hardware, Software and Design - Bio-inspired Parallel and distributed algorithms - Artificial life/intelligence, complex systems and complex networks - Self-Organization, Evolution and Adaptation - Natural parallelism and concurrency in computing - Biologically inspired distributed systems and networks - Bio-inspired modeling of real-life phenomena and its simulation - Swarm Intelligence - Cellular Automata - Genetic programming and evolutionary algorithms - Neurocomputing, artificial intelligence and machine learning - Artificial Neural Networks and Systems, Deep Learning - Collective behavior and swarm intelligence - Communication and multi-agent simulation - Membrane Computing - DNA Computation - Quantum Computation - Immunocomputing and Computing Inoculation - Amorphous Computing - Biological Fault Tolerance - Bio-inspired applications and case studies Publishing ---------- Paper Submissions Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere until it appears in HPCS proceedings, in the case of acceptance, or notified otherwise. For Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters for posters submission details) will also be considered Publication Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2018 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly. Special issue Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a reputable journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website. Organization ------------ Special Session Organizers - Miguel Á. Martínez del Amor, University of Seville, Seville, Spain - Agustín Riscos Núñez, University of Seville, Seville, Spain - Francis G. Cabarle, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines - Henry N. Adorna, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines - Xiangxiang Zeng, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China International Program Committee - Rene Batac, National Institute of Physics, Quezon City, The Philippines - Miguel Cardenas Montes, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain - Anne C. Elster, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway - Manuel García-Quismondo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA - Juan A. Gómez Pulido, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain - José L. Guisado, University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain - Pauline C. Haddow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway - Richelle A.B. Juayong, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, The Philippines - Ignacio Pérez Hurtado, University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain - Jaderick Pabico, Institute of Computer Science, Los Banos, Laguna, The Philippines - Bosheng Song, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China - Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain - Jianhua Xiao, Nankai University, Nankai, China - Pan Zheng, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Kuching, Malaysia -- ========================================== Dr. José Luis Guisado Lizar Depto. de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores E.T.S. Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Sevilla Avda. Reina Mercedes, S/N 41012-Sevilla, Spain Tel.: (+34) 954 55 62 41 Fax: (+34) 954 55 28 99 E-mail: jlguisado(a)us.es Web: http://personal.us.es/jlguisado Twitter: @JLGuisado [3] ========================================== Links: ------ [1] http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/2-conference/special-sessions---hpcs2018/sessio… [2] http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/ [3] https://twitter.com/jlguisado

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CFA (DEADLINE: March 19) - Stream on Hyper-heuristics @ EURO 2018, Valencia
by Mustafa MISIR 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

Stream on Hyper-heuristics at the 29th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2018), Valencia/Spain, July 8 - 11, 2018 Abstract submission deadline: March 19, 2018 (EXTENDED)Submission: https://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro29/ Call for Abstracts (Max. 1500 characters): ----------------------------------- - Session: Selection Hyper-heuristics (Submission Code: 665d9460) - Session: Generation Hyper-heuristics (Submission Code: 2480ffb0) Hyper-heuristics are problem-independent generic solvers which have been successfully applied to a wide range of combinatorial search problems both from academia and real-world, such as timetabling, scheduling, routing, rostering, cutting and packing. The studies on this field is mainly considered under two categories, namely Selection and Generation Hyper-heuristics. Selection Hyper-heuristics operate by automatically choosing (low-level) heuristics from an existing heuristic set while the latter type focuses on generating heuristics from scratch based on predefined components. This stream is expecting studies focusing on either of these hyper-heuristic types -offering different learning approaches, utilizing distinct (meta-) heuristic techniques while dealing with various problems. This stream will be organized in connection with the Task Force on Hyper-heuristics within the Technical Committee of Intelligent Systems and Applications at the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Organizers: ---------- - Prof. Patrick De Causmaecker, KU Leuven, Belgium - Dr. Mustafa Misir, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China - Dr. Ender Ozcan, University of Nottingham, UK- Dr. Rong Qu, University of Nottingham, UK Important Dates: -------------- Abstract Submissions: March 19, 2018 (Extended) Notification to Authors: March 21, 2018 Early Registration: April 6, 2018 Registration: April 20, 2018 For more details: https://mustafamisir.github.io/ss-hh.html Best regards, Patrick De Causmaecker (KU Leuven) Mustafa Misir (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Ender Ozcan (University of Nottingham)Rong Qu (University of Nottingham) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mustafa MISIR ----------------------------------------------------Machine lEarning and Operations Research (MEmORy) Lab Institute of Machine Learning and Computational IntelligenceCollege of Computer Science and Technology, Office: 230Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics29 Jiangjun Road, Jiangning, 211106 Nanjing/Jiangsu, China Web: http://mustafamisir.github.io | http://memoryrlab.github.io ----------------------------------------------------

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University of Melbourne - LECTURER (5 Positions; Female Applicants Only)
by Uwe Aickelin 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

Dear Colleagues, International Women’s Day provided us with the opportunity to reflect upon the diversity within our School. The Melbourne School of Engineering has 182 women academic staff, but this represents just 22 per cent of our total academic numbers. We are committed to remedying this imbalance and lifting the representation of women to 30 per cent by 2022. To help enact this change, I’m pleased to announce five new continuing positions that we are making available to women of exceptional calibre, in all fields of engineering, computing and information systems. The five positions are across the School and we are accepting applications from all related areas. To view complete position descriptions, click here<http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/894257/lecturer-5-positions-female-ap…>. These positions are a key component of a broad suite of programs we have implemented at MSE that are aimed at increasing the recruitment, retention and promotion of women. Successful appointees will be given the opportunity to play a significant role in realising the industry engagement targets of MSE 2025, develop internationally recognised research portfolios, establish funding streams to support these portfolios, and to enhance interdisciplinary research within and outside the University, whilst contributing to teaching and curriculum development within MSE. Applications for part-time or other flexible working arrangements will be welcomed and will be fully considered subject to meeting the inherent requirements of the position. Close date: 8 Apr 2018 Uwe Aickelin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Uwe Aickelin – Head of School School of Computing and Information Systems Melbourne School of Engineering Level 8, Doug McDonell Building University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia T. +613 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin(a)unimelb.edu.au <mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au> W: http://aickelin.com<http://aickelin.com/>

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Extended Deadline April 12 for CFP for Special Session on Virtualization in High Performance Computing and Simulation (VIRT 2018)
by Uday Kurkure 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

The deadline for submission is extended to April 12th, 2018 for Special Session on Virtualization in High Performance Computing and Simulation (VIRT 2018). Please refer to http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/2-conference/special-sessions---hpcs2018/sessio… . *(VIRT 2018)* *CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION* *As part of* *The 16th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2018)* *http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/ <http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/> or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs18 <http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs18>* *July 16 – 20, 2018* *Orléans, France* *Paper Submission Deadline: April 12, 2018 - Extended* *Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters* *PURPOSE and SCOPE* Virtualization has become the foundation of cloud computing. The scale of cloud computing data centers is similar to the supercomputers used in High Performance Computing. Both involve millions of CPU cores, tens of thousands of accelerators like GPUs, FPGAs connected by high speed interconnects and different connection topologies. Studies have shown that the GPU utilization in HPC is often at 50%. Virtualization can be the key to increasing resource utilization and managing massive infrastructures efficiently. GPU vendors have introduced virtualized versions of GPUs. FPGAs are being deployed in virtual infrastructure. These and other developments in the field, along with future exascale systems, will provide increasing degree of virtualization within the systems. The goal of this session is to be an opportunity to discuss and exchange research on the different virtualization technologies and how they can be efficiently applied in High Performance Computing. Theoretical research, engineering solutions dealing with practical tradeoffs, and complex system implementation papers are welcomed. *The VIRT topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * - *Virtualization in HPC* o Energy efficient solutions for HPC applications in the cloud environment o High-availability based on system-level virtualization mechanisms for HPC o Fault tolerance mechanisms based on system-level virtualization mechanisms for HPC o Performance and evaluation of diverse HPC workloads in virtualization environment o Security Isolation, Resource Isolation and Data Isolation in Virtualized HPC o Flexibility and Ease of system administration and management for virtualized environments for HPC o Running diverse workloads o Running heterogeneous Operating Systems o Live Migration and Suspend/Resume of VMs to improve resource utilization and avoid downtime o Scheduling of resources and Workloads o Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) o Hypervisors and other virtualization solutions tailored for HPC systems o Big Data and Analytics in Virtualized Environments o Enterprise High Performance Computing in Virtualized Environments - *Accelerators in Virtualized HPC Environments:* o Virtualized GPUs § Scheduling of Virtual GPUs o Using FPGAs in Virtualization Stack § Dynamic Reconfiguration of FPGAs - * IO Virtualization* o Network Virtualization o SR-IOV o Software Defined Networking (SDN) o Storage Virtualization o RDMA and vRDMA - *Containers in HPC* o Isolation of Multiple User-Spaces o Running containers in Virtual Machines - *Tools* o Virtualization solutions for dealing with heterogeneity in HPC environments o Compilers for heterogenous architectures involving GPUS, FPGAs, multi-core CPUs o Operating system support for virtualization in HPC systems o Debugging and/or profiling in virtual environments - *Algorithms* o Distributed Resource Scheduling o Distributed Computing - *Virtualization in Simulation* *INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS* You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to *virtualization in high performance computing*. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere until it appears in HPCS proceedings, in the case of acceptance, or notified otherwise. For Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 7 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a completed online web based form (can also include a cover page) with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participation/call-for-po… for posters submission details) will also be considered. Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the special session paper submission site at https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/VIRT2018 . Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission. *Conference Policies* Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and presentation, language, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and attend the HPCS 2018 conference to present the paper at the special session as scheduled. By submitting the paper to the HPCS conference, all authors agree to abide by all HPCS conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies as well as following ethical and professional codes of conduct, including those of the professional co-sponsoring organizations. Contents of manuscripts submitted to the tracks program committees shall be regarded as privileged as well and handled in the same manner and standards. For more information, please refer to the Authors Info <http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/6-participants/author-s-info-hpcs2018> and Registration Info <http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/6-participants/registration-info-hpcs2018> pages. *Proceedings* Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2018 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly. *SPECIAL ISSUE* Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a reputable journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website. If you have any questions about paper submission or the special session, please contact the special session organizers. *IMPORTANT DATES* *Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------- April 12, 2018 - Extended* *Acceptance Notification: -------------------------------------- April 26, 2018* *Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ----------- May 11, 2018* *Conference Dates: -------------------------------------------- July 16 – 20, 2018* *-Uday Kurkure* *Co-Chair for Special Session on Virtualization in High Performance Computing and Simulation (VIRT 2018)*

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