February 2021 - computational.science

CFP: The 17th Int. Conf. on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems
by MobiWIS Conference 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

----------------------- Call for Papers ----------------------------- The 17th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systemsm (MobiWis 2021) Springer LNCS Series. 23-25 August 2020, Rome, Italy http://www.mobiwis.org/2021/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The areas of the Web, mobile technologies, and information systems have been following a continuous and steady development over a number of years through the innovative research and practices of researchers, developers and practitioners from academia, industry, governmental and scientific organizations. The International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis) aims to enable synergy between these areas and provides the premier venue to present and discuss latest research and developments related to research issues of the mobile web and the engineering of intelligent and innovative mobile systems and services. The conference comprises a set of carefully selected tracks that focus on the particular challenges regarding mobile Web and intelligent information systems. Topics of conference include (but not limited to): Conference Tracks: - Smart and Intelligent Systems - Software Design and Development - Middleware and SOA - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Applications - Data management - Security, Trust and Privacy - Mobile Commerce and Services - Transforming Technology - HCI in Mobile Applications - Context & Location-aware Services - Network and Communication - Industrial Applications and Demos Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 10 March 2021 Authors Notification: 20 May 2021 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2021 Conference Venue: The organizing committee is carefully monitoring the Covid-19 situation. The safety and well-being of the conference participants is the main priority. The committee will confirm by Spring 2021 of whether to hold the conference onsite in Rome or as an online event. Submission Instructions: Full papers must be in English and must not exceed 12 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers should be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. See submission instructions on the conference website. Publication: All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see conference website). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series is indexed by the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science, EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar, Scopus, etc. See LNCS - Information on Abstracting and Indexing ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0) Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs: Thanh Van Do, Telenor, Norway Stephan Böhm, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany Program Co-Chairs: Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada Tor-Morten, Kristiania University College, Norway Local Organising Co-Chairs: Flora Amoto, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy Francesco Piccialli, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy Publication Chair: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Journal Special Issue Coordinator: Satish Narayana, University of Tartu, Estonia Workshop Coordinator: Filipe Portela, University of Minho Portugal, Portugal Publicity Chair: Nor Shahniza Kamal Bashah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

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LION15 Athens, Greece, June 20-25, 2021 The 15th Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference
by Ilias Kotsireas 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

LION15: The 15th Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference Athens, Greece, June 20-25, 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference website https://lion15.sba-research.org/index.html Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lion15 Extended Submission deadline March 15, 2021 The large variety of heuristic algorithms for hard optimization problems raises numerous interesting and challenging issues. Practitioners using heuristic algorithms for hard optimization problems are confronted with the burden of selecting the most appropriate method, in many cases through expensive algorithm configuration and parameter tuning. Scientists seek theoretical insights and demand a sound experimental methodology for evaluating algorithms and assessing strengths and weaknesses. This effort requires a clear separation between the algorithm and the experimenter, who, in too many cases, is "in the loop" as a motivated intelligent learning component. LION deals with designing and engineering ways of "learning" about the performance of different techniques, and ways of using past experience about the algorithm behavior to improve performance in the future. Intelligent learning schemes for mining the knowledge obtained online or offline can improve the algorithm design! process and simplify the applications of high-performance optimization methods. Combinations of different algorithms can further improve the robustness and performance of the individual components. This meeting explores the intersections and uncharted territories between machine learning, artificial intelligence, energy, mathematical programming and algorithms for hard optimization problems. The main purpose of the event is to bring together experts from these areas to discuss new ideas and methods, challenges and opportunities in various application areas, general trends and specific developments. We are excited to be bringing the LION conference in Greece for the third time. Plenary/Invited Speakers ------------------------ Martin Charles Golumbic (University of Haifa, Israel) "B_k-VPG graphs – the string graphs of paths on a grid" Evangelos Kranakis (Carleton University, Canada) "Communication and Mobility in Optimization for Infrastructure Resilience" Paul Spirakis (University of Liverpool, UK and University of Patras, Greece) "Temporal Networks and the impact of availability patterns" COVID-19 INFORMATION --------------------- The 15th Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION) conference is planned to take place as a hybrid (on-site and on-line) conference on June 20-25, 2021 at Athens, Greece. Submission Guidelines ---------------------- All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome: Paper Format Please prepare your paper in English using the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template, which is available here. Papers must be submitted in PDF. Types of Submissions When submitting a paper to LION15, authors are required to select one of the following three types of papers: Long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 15 pages in LNCS format); Short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 6 pages in LNCS format); Work for oral presentation only (no page restriction; any format). For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the conference. Submission System All papers must be submitted using EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lion15. List of Topics -------------- LION15 welcomes high quality submissions on the broad topics of machine learning, artificial intelligence, energy, mathematical programming, optimization (models, algorithms and applications) and heuristics. Additionally, more specialized, submission topics for long and short papers may include, but are not limited to: automatic solver configuration parallel methods for search and optimization hard combinatorial optimization problems intelligent optimization in health, e-health, bioinformatics and neurosciences machine learning and optimization methods in tourism and hospitality nature-inspired algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems hard combinatorial optimization problems in combinatorics, computational geometry and machine learning DC (difference of convex functions) learning: theory, algorithms and applications computational intelligence for smart cities computational intelligence for autonomous driving optimization and management in smart manufacturing algorithms and applied optimization for environmental data science machine learning and robust optimization techniques in finance applications machine learning and optimization methods in software engineering Organizing committee -------------------- Panos Pardalos (General Chair), Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, USA Dimitris E. Simos (Technical Program Committee Chair), SBA Research, Austria & Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Tecnology, Austria & Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA Ilias Kotsireas (Local Organizing Committee Chair), CARGO Lab, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Publication ----------- LION15 proceedings will be published by SpringerNature in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Revised selected papers of LION15 will be published in a special issue of Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. Contact ------- All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Technical PC Chair, Dimitris E. Simos at dsimos(a)sba-research.org

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ICAS 2021 Special Session
by Ioanna Koroni 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Call for Papers: ICAS 2021 Autonomous Vehicle Vision (AVVision) Special Session (Deadline: March 03, 2021) ICAS is a flagship event sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) through IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative. Special Session Website: https://avvision.xyz/icas21/ With a number of breakthroughs in autonomous system technology over the past decade, the race to commercialize self-driving cars has become fiercer than ever. The integration of advanced sensing, computer vision, signal/image processing, and machine/deep learning into autonomous vehicles enables them to perceive the environment intelligently and navigate safely. Autonomous driving is required to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient automated mobility in complex uncontrolled real-world environments. Various applications range from automated transportation and farming to public safety and environment exploration. Visual perception is a critical component of autonomous driving. Enabling technologies include: a) affordable sensors that can acquire useful data under varying environmental conditions, b) reliable simultaneous localization and mapping, c) machine learning that can effectively handle varying real-world conditions and unforeseen events, as well as “machine-learning friendly” signal processing to enable more effective classification and decision making, and d) resilient and robust platforms that can withstand adversarial attacks and failures. The <https://avvision.xyz/> Autonomous Vehicle Vision (AVVision) Special Session at <https://2021.ieee-icas.org/> the IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems 2021 (ICAS'21) will cover all these topics. Research papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topics: Organizers Dr. Rui Ranger Fan, UC San Diego Prof. Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Important Dates Full Paper Submission: 03/03/2021 Notification of Acceptance: 05/21/2021 Camera-Ready Paper Submission: 06/01/2021 Submission Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers (up to 4 pages for technical content including figures and possible references, and with one additional optional 5th page containing only references) via the IEEE ICAS 2021 conference website. Manuscripts should be original (not submitted/published anywhere else) and written in accordance with the standard double-column SPS IEEE conference format. IEEE ICAS 2021 requires that each accepted paper be presented by one of the authors in-person at the conference site according to the schedule to be published. Any paper accepted into the technical program, but not presented on-site will be withdrawn from the official proceedings archived on IEEE Xplore. More details can be found at https://2021.ieee-icas.org/authors/call-papers. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mark Coates, Prof. <mark.coates(a)mcgill.ca <mailto:mark.coates@mcgill.ca> > Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 6:20 AM Subject: ICAS 2021 Special Session To: Rui FAN <rui.fan(a)ieee.org <mailto:rui.fan@ieee.org> > Cc: pitas(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr> <pitas(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr> >, pitas(a)aiia.csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@aiia.csd.auth.gr> <pitas(a)aiia.csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@aiia.csd.auth.gr> >, Arash Mohammadi <arash.mohammadi(a)concordia.ca <mailto:arash.mohammadi@concordia.ca> > (arash.mohammadi(a)concordia.ca <mailto:arash.mohammadi@concordia.ca> ) <arash.mohammadi(a)concordia.ca <mailto:arash.mohammadi@concordia.ca> >, malika_meghjani(a)sutd.edu.sg <mailto:malika_meghjani@sutd.edu.sg> <malika_meghjani(a)sutd.edu.sg <mailto:malika_meghjani@sutd.edu.sg> > Dear Organizers, Congratulations! We are glad to inform you that your proposal entitled " Autonomous Vehicle Vision (AVVision)" has been approved for inclusion in the IEEE ICAS 2021's Special Session (SS) Programme. The committee and reviewers were impressed by the proposal. One recommendation was that you could perhaps consider modifying the title of the proposal to narrow the scope and construct a more focused special session. Additionally, you could consider eliminating topics “d) hardware and software codesign” and “f) end-to-end system integration”. These are not mandatory changes, but the overall impression of the committee was that in its current form the scope of the session is very broad. The "Paper Submission Deadline" for SS papers is March 3, 2021 as such please contact authors of the proposed contributed papers in your SS to proceed with submission of their papers in a timely fashion. Congratulations again and looking forward to hosting your SS at ICAS'2021. Warm Regards, IEEE ICAS 2021's Special Session Chairs. Malika Meghjani and Mark Coates Mark Coates Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering McGill University -- Rui (Ranger) Fan, Ph.D. (University of Bristol, UK) I will join Tongji University in Fall 2021 as a Research-Track Full Professor. I have several Master/Ph.D./Postodc openings! ruirangerfan.com <http://www.ruirangerfan.com/> Postdoc, UC San Diego <mailto:rfan@ucsd.edu> rfan(a)ucsd.edu UC, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> www.avast.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility - (RTATM 2021)
by Mayssa HEMDANI 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Call for papers ************************************************* International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility - (RTATM 2021) Prague - Czech Republic, October 14-15, 2021 https://confscience.com/rtatm/ Submission deadline: April 1, 2021 All papers accepted in RTATM 2021 will be published in Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, SCImago, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, DBLP, Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation (Former ISI Proceedings) *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: April 1, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021 *************************************************************************** The RTATM 2021 conference will be held in Conjunction with: International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence (ADSI 2021) International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORIES - Modelling and Simulation Algorithms - Vehicular Wireless Medium Access Control - V2X communications - Routings and Protocols for Connected Vehicles - Mobility Models and Architectures - Distribution Strategies - Traffic Incident Management Systems - Bio-Inspired Approaches - Optimization and Collaboration - Automatic Control in Vehicular Networks - Energy-aware Connected Mobility - Programming Languages - Sustainable Transportation - Multimodal Transportation Networks and Systems - Systemsâ€™ Integration - Driver Behavior Models and Simulation - Human Factors and Travel Behaviour - Green Mobility - Regulations and Bylaws for Intelligent - Transportation and Mobility SMART TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS - Mobility Management - Connected Vehicles - VANETs - Predictive Logistics - Spatio-Temporal Event Tracking - Decision Support Systems - Emergency Management - Logistics and E-Commerce - Supply Chain Design and Execution - Supply Chain Management - Advanced Planning Systems - Fleet Management - Multi-Agent Systems - Machine Learning for Smart Logistics - Intelligent Infrastructures - Real-time Analysis of Comprehensive Supply Chain Data - Smart Synchronization of Logistics Processes - New Approaches for Cost Transparency - Big Data for Smart Logistics - Logistics 4.0 - Mobile Networks - Next-Generation Smart Logistics - Performance Management Approaches - Tests and Deployment - Software Defined Networks - Smart Freight Management - Smart Shipment Management - Smart Warehousing - Smart Inventory management DATA AND SERVICES - Real-Time transportation Data Acquisition - Event Detection and Monitoring - Data Warehouses for connected mobility - Data mining and Data analytics - Data Worthiness in Connected Vehicles - Data Trustworthiness for effective transportation and mobility - Road Traffic Data Analytics - Structured and Unstructured Data for Connected Mobility - Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) - Data Representation for Connected Mobility - Transportation Data Mining - Transportation and mobility Data Visualization - Cognitive and Context-aware Intelligence - Transportation Decision Support Systems - Mobility as a Service (MaaS) - Intelligent Transportation Services - Smart Mobility Services - Big Data and Vehicle Analytics - Massive Data Management - Collective and connected Intelligence - Next Generation Services - Driver Behaviour Analysis - Geo-Spatial Services - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) - Web and Mobile Services SAFETY, SECURITY, AND HAZARD MANAGEMENT - Security Issues in Vehicular Communications - Safety Applications of Connected Vehicles - Weather-related Safety solutions - V2V, V2I and I2V Road Safety Applications - Connected Mobility for Hazard Management - Risk Management - Road Traffic Crashes Analytics - Traffic Jam Prediction - Resource Allocation for Hazard Management - Trust and Privacy Issues in Logistics - Management of Exceptional Events - New approaches to Networking Security for Transportation Applications - Failure modes, human factors, software safety - Automated Failure Analysis - Performance and Human Error Analysis - Design and Reliability of Control Systems - Dispersion Modelling Software - Quantification of Risk *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rtatm2021) All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 12-15 pages long (written in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format, 400 words per page) Length of Short papers: less than 12 pages For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/rtatm/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to info-rtatm(a)confscience.com

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International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence - (ADSI 2021) -Prague
by Emilia Marc 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Call for papers ************************************************* International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence - (ADSI 2021) Prague- Czech Republic, October 14-15, 2021 https://confscience.com/adsi/ Submission deadline: April 1, 2021 All papers accepted in ADSI 2021 will be published in Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, SCImago, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, DBLP, Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation (Former ISI Proceedings) *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: April 1, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021 *************************************************************************** The ADSI 2021 conference will be held in Conjunction with: International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility (RTATM 2021) International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORIES - Theoretical Models - Spatial and temporal multi-models - Multi-dimensional data - Data acquisition and pre-processing - Data inference - Data Classification and Taxonomy - Data Metrics - New approaches for collaboration and competition - Self-organization, self-healing, fault-tolerance approaches - Spatial reasoning - Context awareness - Intelligent mobility - New approaches to supervised and unsupervised learning - New approaches for security, privacy, trust, and ethics in data science - Real-time data analytics - Multi-Agent Systems for data science - Distributed data analytics - Data authenticity - New theories and approaches for Deep learning - New approaches for Business Intelligence - Fuzzy logic - Decision trees - Support vector machines - Evolutionary computation - Statistical methods - Collaborative filtering - Data engineering - Content mining - Indexing schemes - Information retrieval - Metadata use and management INTELLIGENT DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYTICS - Multi-level data processing - Data analytics optimization - Smart data mining - Machine Learning - Deep Learning - Bio-Inspired Computing - Secure data analytics - Privacy in data analytics - Trust in Big Data - Business intelligence - Visualization Analytics - Intelligence as a Service (IaaS) - Data Science as a Service (DSaaS) - Natural Language Processing - Signal Processing - Simulation and Modeling - Data-Intensive Computing SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURES - Data storage infrastructure - Data warehouses - Data Query and Indexing Technologies - Software Defined Infrastructures - Software Defined Networks (SDN) - Distributed data systems - Smart grid computing - Intelligent data management - Big Data computing - Smart data networking - Internet of Things - Cyber Physical Systems - Blockchain - Fog and Edge intelligence - Parallel Computing systems - Open Source systems for data science - Embedded intelligence - Embedded data science - In-Memory computing - Intelligent drones - Internet of Drones - Real-time data acquisition systems APPLICATIONS - Intelligent Hazard management - Intelligent data science in healthcare - Intelligent data science in farming - Intelligent data science in Oil and Gas - Smart logistics - Intelligent data science in transportation - Intelligent data science in surveillance - Xtech (Fintech, Agritech, etc.) - Intelligent drones - Digital transformation - Bioinformatics - Marketing - Social Science - E-learning and E-services *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adsi2021) All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 12-15 pages long (written in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format, 400 words per page) Length of Short papers: less than 12 pages For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/adsi/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to info-adsi(a)confscience.com

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CFP [SEIT 2021] The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology
by Hana GHARRAD 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT 2021) Leuven, Belgium August 9-12, 2021 Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-21 **************************************************************************** Important Dates - Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2021 - Paper Submission Due: March 19, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: May 17, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021 The goal of the SEIT 2021 conference is to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, and managers in academia, industry, and government to address recent research results and to present and discuss their ideas, theories, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences on all theoretical and practical issues arising in sustainable energy information technology. All SEIT 2021 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Sciences is hosted on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com) and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/) Selected papers will be invited for publication in an international journal. SEIT 2021 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest hospitals of Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world. Leuven's Town Hall is one of the best-known Gothic town halls worldwide and Leuven's pride and joy. It took three architects and thirty years to build it. Leuven's 'Hall of Fame' features 236 statues, which were only added to the faÃ§ade after 1850. There are 220 men and 16 women in total. On the bottom floor are famous Leuven scientists, artists and historical figures, dressed in Burgundian garb. The first floor is reserved for the patron saints of the various parishes of Leuven. Above them the faÃ§ade is adorned by the counts and dukes of Brabant while the towers primarily feature biblical figures. Conference Main Topics: ================= - Advanced Techniques for Energy Applications - Energy Efficiency - Energy Policy - Environmental - Green Sustainability - Power Quality, Power Electronics and Electric Machines - Power Systems - Renewable Energies - Sensing & Monitoring - Smart Systems -Honorary Chair Luc De Schepper, Rector, Hasselt University, Belgium -General Chair Bruce Spencer, University of New Brunswick, Canada -Program Chairs Jesus Fraile Ardanuy, Universidad PolitÃ©cnica de Madrid, Spain Davy Janssens, Hasselt University, Belgium -Workshops Chairs Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA -International Journals Chair Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB - Hasselt University, Belgium -Publicity Chairs Hana Gharrad, Hasselt University, Belgium Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland -Advisory Committee Antonio J. Conejo, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Spain Derek J Croome, University of Reading, UK Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven, Belgium Jatin Nathwani, University of Waterloo, Canada Saffa Riffat, University of Nottingham, UK Ali Sayigh,World Renewable Energy Congress / Network -Technical Program Committee http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-21/#programCommittees

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[CFP][Annals of Telco] 2 weeks remaining (DL: Feb. 28) - Special Issue: Interactions between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to protect future networks
by Gregory Blanc 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Dear colleagues, apologies for multiple postings. We are nearing the submission deadline is: February 28, 2021. As a remaing, please find below the call for paper for the Special Issue of the Annals of Telecommunications, entitled "Interactions between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to protect future networks" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artificial intelligence is the most dynamic research domain of this last decade, and as such has been increasingly penetrating other research domains, and all sectors of society. There is not a single application that AI researchers have not thought of improving with machine intelligence, from disease prognosis to crop management, to autonomous vehicles and facial recognition. Given the wealth of information produced in the era by next-generation networks (incl. virtualized networks, 5G, IoT), AI is expected to discover patterns and make predictions that no human can make, enhancing the efficiency of such networks on one hand, while offering new services on the other hand. In fact, it enables automation through the advance of AI-based decision-making. As such, reasoning is even more important than data analytics in assessing situations. Next-generation networks are thus critical assets that need to be protected as the society will be gradually relying on it, connecting every sector, from the home or workplace to the transport system or the hospital. Cybersecurity may as well benefit from AI approaches for diverse tasks such as malware analysis, intrusion detection, log analysis, threat classification, with a goal to enhance the cybersecurity situation of next-generation networks. Amalgamations between AI and Cybersecurity have been ongoing for more than three decades, and both of them are recently experiencing a blooming stage due to the increasing deployment of next- generation networks in the society. On the one hand, AI offers tremendous capabilities to analyze the threats, risks and attacks in various networking systems, enabling comprehensive and in-depth defense strategies. For example, both supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms have been frequently used to detect intrusion, while reinforcement learning has the potential to discover optimal security countermeasures for a particular attack. There is also an emerging trend on utilizing AI to assess and improve cybersecurity measures, e.g., by generating evaluation datasets, which Cybersecurity is direly lacking, or predict new malware. On the other hand, AI platforms, algorithms, and systems are attracting significant attention from the Cybersecurity community because of their increasing development, deployment, and application in our ICT infrastructure and services. For instance, the lack of interpretability of many deep learning models makes it extremely hard to defend against a sophisticated attack that either poisons data inputs and transformation, or exploits algorithm parameters and underlying software bugs. Recently, adversarial machine learning approaches have also prompted considerations for more critical thinking with respect to the adoption of AI-based systems, as next-generation network infrastructures that depend on them could be crippled by AI-related incidents then. This special issue is focused at the intersection between AI and Cybersecurity for the benefit of next-generation networks, with an objective to bringing together the engineers, researchers, and practitioners from both AI and Cybersecurity communities in industry and academy, as well as stakeholders in next-generation networks, to explore together the emerging issues, topics, and solutions in the subjects listed above. == Topics == Topics of interest for this special issue include but are not limited to: AI for the Cybersecurity of next-generation networks Anomaly detection Malware detection Botnet detection Root cause analysis Security information and event management DPI and network forensics, including encrypted traffic analysis Countermeasure selection Moving Target Defense Intelligent honeypots Dataset generation Attack generation Adversarial examples and Robustness Critical analysis of AI/ML applied to Cybersecurity Security of AI-based next-generation networks Security and privacy in AI algorithms Security in intelligent systems Trust in AI platforms Security and privacy of BigData processing Formal verification of AI algorithms Evasion/Deception of AI algorithms Adversarial examples and Robustness == Important Dates == Manuscript Submission: Extended to February 28, 2021 Online with DOI: As soon as accepted Printed Issue: Second half of 2021 == Editors == Lead Guest Editor Gregory Blanc, Institut Mines-Télécom/Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Guest Editors Yang Liu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Rongxing Lu, University of New Brunswick, Canada Takeshi Takahashi, Cybersecurity Laboratory, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan Zonghua Zhang, Huawei France Research Center, Paris, France == Submission Guidelines == Papers must describe original research that advances state-of-the-art research and must not be simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be written in excellent English and should not exceed 20 pages. Previously published or accepted conference papers must contain at least 50% new material to be considered for the special issue. A covering letter to the Guest editors clearly describing the extensions made must accompany these types of submissions. All submissions must be made using the instructions available at: http://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.mines-telecom.fr/how-to-publish/ The authors can directly submit their papers at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/ante/ and must select “Open Topic” in the menu “Choose Article Type” and then in the questionnaire on the “Additional Information” section, they will be able to select the item “CfP: Interactions between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to protect future networks”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards, Gregory Blanc

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CPS&IoT'2021 - the 9th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things
by Jozwiak, Lech 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Please be informed that due to the difficult Covid-19 situation and requests from paper authors the Submission Deadlines of CPS&IoT'2021 and MECO'2021 are extended. New Paper Submission Deadline: 15 March, 2021. New Workshop and Special Session Proposal Submission Deadline: 15 March 2021. _________________________________________________________________________ Special Focus: Green CPS&IoT for Green World Special Theme of CPS&IoT’2021: Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, Architectures, Methods and Tools for Autonomous Robots, Vehicles, Assistive, Environmental and other advanced CPS&IoT Dear Colleague, Please find the Call for Papers of CPS&IoT’2021 - the 9th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things, Budva, Montenegro, 7-10 June, 2021 attached to this e-mail. CPS&IoT’2021 will be held in the Conference Venue (Hotel Budva) and online. All papers that will be accepted after the conference review process will be published in the CPS&IoT’2021 Conference Proceedings regardless of the authors' physical presence at the conference and will be presented by their authors either in the Conference Venue or online. The CPS&IoT’2020 Conference will host several prestigious keynote speakers from industry and academia. Extended journal versions of selected high-quality papers will be published in a special issue of the ISI indexed journal “Microprocessors and Microsystems” (MICPRO) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/microprocessors-and-microsystems<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journ…>. The CPS&IoT'2021 Conference<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fembeddedco…> is collocated with the CPS&IoT’2021 Summer School<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fembeddedco…> and MECO'2021 Conference<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fembeddedco…> - the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing. Together they constitute a major Europe based conference event in CPS and IoT. Please also find attached the Call for Workshops and Special Sessions of CPS&IoT’2021. You are encouraged to submit your papers, as well as, Workshop and Special Session Proposals to the CPS&IoT’2020 Conference, and to participate in the collocated CPS&IoT’2020 Summer School. New Paper Submission Deadline: 15 March, 2021. New Workshop and Special Session Proposal Submission Deadline: 15 March 2021. Best regards, Lech Jozwiak Program Chairman of the CPS&IoT’2020 Conference

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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021) Tallinn, Estonia. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/ in conjunction with " <https://cs.ttu.ee/events/medi2021/> 10th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2021)" SIAS 2021 CFP The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS. IAS design and architecture . IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc) . Correct-by-construction in IAS . MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS . Virtualization and digital twins for IAS . Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS . IAS smart Networking . Communication protocols for IAS . Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS . Distributed database for IAS . Web services for IAS . Social aspects and human interaction in IAS IAS Analysis . Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS . Model checking and theorem proving for IAS . Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS . Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS . Dynamic and static analysis for IAS . Statistical analysis for IAS . Testing for IAS . Smart decision making in IAS . Fog and edge computing for IAS IAS Assurance . Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS . Security in distributed IAS . Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS . Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS . Security protocols for IAS . Safety policies for IAS . Safety reinforcement models in IAS . Safety standard analysis for IAS . Resilience metrics and models for IAS . Resilience strategies and plans for IAS . Recovery systems for IAS resiliency . Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases . Applications and Software Platforms for IAS . IoT and CPS for IAS . Smart cities . IAS for industrial and production CPS . Autonomous robots and vehicles . Human-Robot Interaction . Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc) Important Dates . Submission Date: 25 April,2021 . Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021 . Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021 Submission System . <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021

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unsubscribe Francisco.Torrens@uv.es
by Francisco.Torrens＠uv.es 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

unsubscribe Francisco.Torrens(a)uv.es -- ******************************** torrens ******************************** ---------- Missatge reenviat ---------- Per a: computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org Assumpte: [computational.science] Professor position in Software & System Security at Telecom Paris De: Jean Leneutre <jean.leneutre(a)telecom-paris.fr> Data: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:13:32 +0100 (CET) Télécom Paris, a member of the "Institut Polytechnique de Paris", is recruiting a professor in the research field of software and system security. The position will be attached to the ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems, https://aces.wp.imt.fr/) team of the LTCI laboratory. For a detailed description of the position, see the following page: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/professeur-en-securite-de… Deadline for application: 30 March 2021 Contact: laurent.pautet(a)telecom-paris.fr ------------------ Télécom Paris is one of the top four engineering schools in France for training general engineers. Recognized for its close ties with businesses, this public graduate school ensures excellent employment prospects in all industries and is considered the number-one engineering school for digital technology. With its top-level innovative teaching, Télécom Paris is at the center of a unique innovation ecosystem, drawing on the interaction and cross-disciplinary nature of the school’s academic programs, interdisciplinary research, two business incubators and its campuses (Paris and Sophia Antipolis – EURECOM). Its LTCI laboratory has been accredited by HCERES as an outstanding unit in the field of digital sciences for its international reputation and exceptional number of initiatives supporting the socio-economic world and industry, as well as for its great contribution to teaching. A founding member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris and an IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom) school, Télécom Paris is positioned as the college for digital innovation on the Paris-Saclay Campus. -- ---------------------------------------------- Jean LENEUTRE, Associate Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, LTCI Lab (Information Processing and Communication Laboratory), Computer Science & Networking Dpt, ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems) team, 19 Place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, FRANCE Office : 4D46 Tel. : +33 (0)1 75 31 97 78 -- ---------------------------------------------- Jean LENEUTRE, Associate Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, LTCI Lab (Information Processing and Communication Laboratory), Computer Science & Networking Dpt, ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems) team, 19 Place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, FRANCE Office : 4D46 Tel. : +33 (0)1 75 31 97 78

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