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Gentle Reminder: Workshop on Sample size determination using R and SPSS
by Dev Rajput 10 Jan '18

10 Jan '18

It is to inform you that the *Department of Biostatistics, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand *will be organizing Workshop Series for the academic year 2017-2018 followed by *Workshop* *on Sample size determination using R and SPSS* on 22th to 25th January 2017 at Department of Biostatistics, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun. In an effort to enhance the competence of budding researchers (postgraduate students and faculty) This Workshop organized by the department will enable the participants, to know the application of Biostatistics and Sample size determination with the help of R & SPSS. · *Offline Registration:* You can also apply through offline on department email hod.biostats(a)srhu.edu.in and demand draft will be made in favor of “Swami Rama Himalayan University” payable at State Bank of India, Jolly Grant, Dehradun Branch (Code: 10580) to The Registrar, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, P.O. Doiwala, Dehradun-248140 Uttarakhand. · *The online Registration link is given below:* *http://www.srhu.edu.in/conferences/667-biostatistics-workshop-series-2017-18.html* <http://www.srhu.edu.in/conferences/667-biostatistics-workshop-series-2017-1…> *Kindly circulate this information to faculties and postgraduate students of your respective department.* ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- *Shubham Pandey* Organizing Chairperson, Asstt. Professor & Head, Department of Biostatistics, Swami Rama Himalayan University Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Ph: *8400192344,* Landline:* 0135-2471545 * *For registration, contact: * *Ankit Singh* Organizing Secretary Department of Biostatistics, Swami Rama Himalayan University Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Contact No: *7831839434, **8896974756, 7007027833, 9560750241* Email: hod.biostats(a)srhu.edu.in ankitbiostat(a)gmail.com

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CFP META'18 @Marrakech
by El-ghazali Talbi 07 Jan '18

07 Jan '18

Apologies for cross-posting. Appreciate if you can distribute this CFP to your network. ********************************************************************** META'2018 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing 27-31 Oct 2018 Marrakech, Morocco http://meta2018.sciencesconf.org/ ********************************************************************** META is one of the main event focusing on the progress of the area of metaheuristics and their applications. As in previous editions, META’2018 will provide an opportunity to the international research community in metaheuristics to discuss recent research results, to develop new ideas and collaborations, and to meet old friends and make new ones in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. All selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Following the tradition, selected long papers will be published in a postponed Springer book as in META'2014 and META'2016. At least, 2 special special issues in ISI and SCOPUS journals are also confirmed: - Special issue in "Optimization and learning" in Wiley Journal ITOR - International Journal on Operational Research (deadline for submission: 31 May 2018) - Special issue in "Metaheuristics for 4.0 industry" in Elsevier Journal Swarm-and-Evolutionary-Computation (deadline for submission: 31 May 2018) META'2018 welcomes presentations that cover any aspects of metaheuristic research such as new algorithmic developments, high-impact applications, new research challenges, theoretical developments, implementation issues, and in-depth experimental studies. META'2018 strives for a high-quality program that will be completed by a number of invited talks, tutorials, workshops and special sessions. The scope of the META’2018 conference includes, but is not limited to: * Local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, VNS, ILS, … * Evolutionary algorithms, swarm optimization, scatter search, … * Emergent nature inspired algorithms: quantum computing, artificial immune systems, bee colony, DNA computing, … * Parallel algorithms * Hybrid methods with machine learning, game theory, mathematical programming, constraint programming, co-evolutionary, … * Application to: logistics and transportation, networks, scheduling, data mining, engineering design, energy, cloud, bio-medical, … * Theory of metaheuristics, landscape analysis, convergence, problem difficulty, very large neighbourhoods, … * Multi-objective optimization, bi-level optimization * Dynamic optimization, problems with uncertainty, … * Parameter tuning (static, dynamic, adaptive, self-adaptive) * Hyper-heuristics, cross-domain metaheuristics * Software frameworks for metaheuristics and nature inspired computing Submission of papers: ____________________ - Submission of papers via the website S1) Short papers: Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and position papers of a maximum of 3 pages. S2) Long papers: Original research contributions of a maximum of 10 pages. S3) Journal papers: High-quality manuscripts that have recently, within the last year, been submitted or accepted for journal publication. For this special case, the submission should have the same title that the accepted work, the abstract AND the complete reference of the work. - Proceedings of the conference will be provided. Selected papers of type S1 and S2 will be published in a Springer book and international journals (ISI journals). - Predefined styles are available on the website http://meta2018.sciencesconf.org/ - Proposals for invited sessions, workshops and tutorials: Deadline 15th March 2018. contact meta2018(a)sciencesconf.org Important dates _______________ - Submission deadline: April 13, 2018 - Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2018

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IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Analytics for Network and Service Management - Submission Extension: 26 January 2018 (final)
by Yixin Diao 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, We have received many individual requests for extensions and we are also interested in ensuring a high quality technical program. Therefore we have decided to extend the paper submission deadline to 26 January 2018. Meanwhile, if possible, please register your paper as soon as you can. This will help us to prepare reviewer assignment earlier and to ensure the review quality. Keep up the good work in finalizing your submissions. We look forward to your paper submissions! Best regards and thanks, AnNet 2018 Workshop Organizers ============================================================================== 3rd IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Analytics for Network and Service Management (AnNet 2018) In conjunction with the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) in Taipei, Taiwan on April 23, 2018. http://annet2018.loria.fr Submissions due: January 26, 2018 ============================================================================== The third IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Analytics for Network and Service Management (AnNet 2018) will be held in conjunction with the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) in Taipei, Taiwan on April 23, 2018. Following the success of the first two editions of this workshop, the main goal of AnNet is to present research and experience results in the area of data analytics and machine learning for network and service management. Approaches such as statistical analysis, data mining, and machine learning are promising mechanisms to harness the immense stream of operational data and to improve operations and management of IT systems and networks. AnNet 2018 will include original full-papers presentations, a keynote, and short-paper sessions. The workshop attendees will be stimulated to participate in interesting discussions. To this end, short papers describing late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research and experimental work are also welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to one or multiple topic areas listed below: Data Analytics Analysis, modeling and visualization Operational analytics and intelligence Event, log and big data analytics Network traffic analysis Anomaly detection and prediction Crowd sensing Monitoring and measurements for management Predictive and real-time analytics Harnessing social data for management Machine Learning Techniques Supervised, semi-supervised and unsupervised learning Clustering and data mining Reinforcement learning Multi-agent based learning Deep learning Bayesian methods Ensemble methods Cognitive computing Mining spatiotemporal and time series data Network Management Paradigms Autonomous and autonomic networks Fog/edge computing In-network processing Bio-inspired networks and self-management Cognitive and software defined networks Network function virtualization Security, fault, performance and resource management Application Domains Computer networks Mobile ad-hoc and wireless sensor networks Clouds and data centers Virtualized infrastructures Internet of Things Computing and network services IT service management Storage resource management ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted. Each submission must be written in English, accompanied by a 75 to 200 words abstract that clearly outlines the scope and contributions of the paper. There is a length limitation of 6 pages (including title, abstract, all figures, tables, and references) for regular papers, and 4 pages for short papers describing work in progress. Submissions must be in IEEE 2-column style. Self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review. Authors should submit their papers via JEMS: https://jems.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=2882 Papers accepted for AnNet 2018 will be included in the conference proceedings, IEEE Xplore, IFIP database and EI Index. IFIP and IEEE reserve the right to remove any paper from the IFIP database and IEEE Xplore if the paper is not presented at the workshop. Awards will be presented to the best paper at the workshop. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates Paper Registration: January 26, 2018 Paper Submission Deadline: January 26, 2018 Acceptance Notification: February 28, 2018 Camera-Ready Papers: March 16, 2018 Workshop Date: April 23, 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Organization General Chair Yixin Diao, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA TPC Co-Chairs Remi Badonnel, Telecom Nancy, Loria-Inria, France Noriaki Kamiyama, Fukuoka University, Japan Steering Committee Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Yixin Diao, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Rolf Stadler, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Filip De Turck, Ghent University iMinds, Belgium Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Please contact us if you have any question about the IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Analytics for Network and Service Management (AnNet 2018): annet2018tpc(a)gmail.com

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S4ICPS 2018 CfP
by Igor Kotenko 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

Call for Papers Special Session “SECURITY FOR INDUSTRIAL CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS” (S4ICPS 2018) on the 1st IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS2018) https://icps2018.net/ https://icps2018.net/special-sessions/ https://icps2018.net/netcat_files/userfiles/callforpapers/SS-ICPS18-8-Secur… Scope of the Special Session: Complexity of cyber-physical security is caused by a dynamic nature of heterogeneous cyber-physical industrial devices securely operating and interacting with elements of a changing physical environment of distributed network, cloud and mobile based solutions. Special Session on "Security for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems" aims to bring together researchers and practitioners handling techniques, algorithms and protocols for the collection and processing security information in industrial cyber-physical systems, cryptographic protection, authentication, secure information transfer, security analysis, simulation of cyber-physical attacks, visualization of security data and implementation of countermeasures for the protection of information to exchange ideas and to learn the latest developments in this important field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ? Cloud-based cyber-physical security; ? Authentication, authorization and access control in cyber-physical systems; ? Cyber-physical security modeling and simulation; ? Security protocols for cyber-physical systems; ? Big data for cyber-physical security; ? Security evaluation of cyber-physical systems; ? Security of smart home infrastructure; ? Security of robotic complexes; ? Secure infrastructure of railway transport; ? Security of road infrastructure, including road transport management systems; ? Secure infrastructure of the energy and water supply system; ? Secure infrastructure of the mobile communication network; ? Security of Bodynets; ? Security policies in cyber-physical systems; ? Applied cryptography for cyber-physical systems; ? Data mining, machine learning, and bio-inspired approaches for cyber-physical security; ? Risk analysis and risk management for cyber-physical systems; ? Survivability of cyber-physical systems; ? Network and cyber-physical forensics. Submissions Procedure: Prospective participants are requested to electronically submit full papers of their work (6 pages) following the IEEE template and instructions on the conference website http://icps2018.net/. Accepted papers will be published in IEEE proceedings to be included in IEEE-Xplore. Excellent papers may be invited to the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics. Deadlines: Deadline for submission of papers: 31 Jan 2018 Notification of acceptance of papers: 28 Feb 2018 Final manuscripts due: 31 Mar 2018 Session chair Igor V. Kotenko, ivkote(a)comsec.spb.ru, ITMO University, SPIIRAS International Program Committee (Reviewers) for the Special Session Fabrizio Baiardi, baiardi(a)di.unipi.it, University of Pisa, Italy Didier El Baz, elbaz(a)laas.fr, The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France Sergey V. Bezzateev, bsv(a)aanet.ru, ITMO University, Russia Hakima Chaouchi, hakima.chaouchi(a)telecom-sudparis.eu, Telecom Sud Paris, Institut Mines Telecom, France Andrey A. Chechulin, chechulin(a)comsec.spb.ru, St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, Russia Yannick Chevalier, yannick.chevalier(a)irit.fr, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse III, France Miguel Correia, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Vasily A. Desnitsky, desnitsky(a)comsec.spb.ru, St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, Russia Elena V. Doynikova, doynikova(a)comsec.spb.ru, SPIIRAS, ITMO University, Russia Felix Gomez Marmol, University of Murcia, Spain Vladimir Oleshchuk, vladimir.oleshchuk(a)uia.no, University of Agder, Norway Igor B. Parashchuk, parashchuk(a)comsec.spb.ru, Signal Academy, Russia Roland Rieke, roland.rieke(a)gmx.de, Fraunhofer-Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT, Germany Igor B. Saenko, ibsaen(a)comsec.spb.ru, SPIIRAS, Russia Martin Strecker, martin.strecker(a)irit.fr, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse III, France (TBD)

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CFP-The 2018 IEEE Smart World Congress
by Anna Kobusińska 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

----------------CALL FOR PAPERS--------------------- * The 2018 IEEE Smart World Congress * Oct. 8-12, 2018, Guangzhou, China http://www.smart-world.org/2018/cfp.php ---------------------------------------------------------------- The smart world is set to enhance everyday things with abilities of sensation, communication, computation and intelligence so that many tasks and processes could be simplified, more efficient and productive. It consists of numerous “smart things” that can be endowed with different levels/forms of computational intelligence and even capable of thinking. Research on smart world is an emerging research field covering many areas, essential problems and crucial issues in truly building the smart world that benefits humanity, and simultaneously safeguards the natural environment for sustainable development and evolution. The congress invites high quality papers in the broad areas related to ubiquitous intelligence and computing, advanced and trusted computing, scalable computing and communications, cloud and big data, and Internet of people towards the Smart World. Proposals for tutorials, special sessions, workshops, forums, demos, exhibitions are also extremely welcome. *SmartWorld 2018 topics include but are not limited to the following: * – Smart Industry and Manufacture – Smart Home and Furniture – Smart Agriculture and Aquaculture – Smart Appliances and Goods – Smart Materials and Fabric – Smart Wearables and Implants – Smart Environment and Ecosystems – Smart Medicine and Healthcare – Smart Earth/Space System – Smart Elderly/Kiddy Care – Smart Grid and Energy – Smart Foods and Living – Smart Logistics and Retail – Smart Learning and Education – Smart Building and Structure – Smart Disaster Management – Smart Roads and Transportation – Smart Internet of Things – Smart Vehicles and Networks – Smart Sensing, System and Service – Smart Machines and Robots – Smart Computing and Communication */_ _/* IMPORTANT DATES Workshop Proposal: Feb. 8, 2018 Paper Submission Deadline: Apr. 8, 2018 Authors Notification: June 25, 2018 Camera-ready Submission: Aug. 8, 2018 Accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE (IEEE-DL and EI indexed) in Conference Proceedings. Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to prestige journal special issues.

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Deadline Approaching - IoTBDS 2018 (3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security) Extended Deadline
by Anna Kobusińska 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security Funchal, Madeira / Portugal March 19 - 21, 2018 http://www.iotbds.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015 LATE-BREAKING SUBMISSION DEALINE OF POSITION PAPERS: *JANUARY 4,2018 *Dear Colleagues: We cordially invite you to share your latest research results at the 2018 IoTBDS Conference. Due to many requests, the regular papers submission deadline of this conference has been extended --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- The internet of things (IoT) is a platform that allows a network of devices (sensors, smart meters, etc.) to communicate, analyze data and process information collaboratively in the service of individuals or organizations. The IoT network can generate large amounts of data in a variety of formats and using different protocols which can be stored and processed in the cloud. The conference looks to address the issues surrounding IoT devices, their interconnectedness and services they may offer, including efficient, effective and secure analysis of the data IoT produces using machine learning and other advanced techniques, models and tools, and issues of security, privacy and trust that will emerge as IoT technologies mature and become part of our everyday lives. Big Data (BD) has core values of volume, velocity, variety and veracity. After collecting much data from IoT, BD can be jointly used with machine learning, AI, statistical and other advanced techniques, models and methods, which can create values for people and organizations adopting it, since forecasting, deep analysis and analytics can help identify weaknesses and make improvements based on different analysis. Maintaining a high level of security and privacy for data in IoT are crucial and we welcome recommendations, solutions, demonstrations and best practices for all forms of security and privacy for IoT and BD. Conference Areas: 1 - Big Data Research 2 - Emerging Services and Analytics 3 - Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals 4 - Internet of Things (IoT) Applications 5 - Big Data for Multi-discipline Services 6 - Security, Privacy and Trust - IoT Technologies ---------------------------- PUBLICATION ---------------------------- All papers presented at the congress venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: DBLP, Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, EI and SCOPUS A short list of presented papers will be selected and their revised and extended versions will be published in the *Special Issue of Journal of Grid Computing (JGC)*. Applied Soft Computing fast track Other special issues in the high quality journals like FGCS are also being discussed. ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Position Papers Paper Submission: January 4, 2017 Authors Notification: January 22, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: January 31, 2018 Workshops Paper Submission: January 11, 2018 Authors Notification: January 25, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 2, 2018 Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 Tutorials Tutorial Proposal: January 30, 2018 Demos Demo Proposal: January 30, 2018 Panels Panel Proposal: January 30, 2018 Open Communications Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 Forums Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 ---------------------------- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ---------------------------- Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary --------------------------- WORKSHOPS: --------------------------- WICSPIT 2018:Workshop on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#WICSPIT IoTforeHealth 2018: Workshop on Big Data Analytics and IoT for Smarter Healthcare http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#IoTforeHealth SCBDADM 2018: Workshop on Smart Cities, Big Data Analytics and Digital Manufacturing: Inspiring New Organisational forms and Democratising the Means of Design Innovation and Production http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#SCBDADM ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- CONFERENCE CHAIR Victor Chang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Víctor Méndez Muñoz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB, Spain Gary Wills, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Robert Walters, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Farshad Firouzi, IMEC/Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Germany PUBLICITY CHAIR Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD Roy Cecil, IBM Portugal, Portugal Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Hamido Fujita, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, United States Chung-Sheng Li, Accenture, United States KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Please visit IoTBDS 2018 http://www.iotbd.org for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.

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Thirteenth International Conference on "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics" GEOG-AND-MOD 18
by Beniamino Murgante 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Thirteenth International Conference on "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics" GEOG-AND-MOD 18 http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/murgante/geog_An_Mod_18/index.html in conjunction with The 2018 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2018) July 2th - July 5th 2018 Melbourne, Australia http://www.iccsa.org/ Description During the past decades the main problem in geographical analysis was the lack of spatial data availability. Nowadays the wide diffusion of electronic devices containing geo-referenced information generates a great production of spatial data. Volunteered geographic information activities (e.g. OpenStreetMap, etc.), public initiatives (e.g. Open data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Geo-portals) and private projects (e.g. Google Earth, Bing Maps, etc.) produced an overabundance of spatial data, which, in many cases, does not help the efficiency of decision processes. The increase of geographical data availability has not been fully coupled by an increase of knowledge to support spatial decisions. The inclusion of spatial simulation techniques in recent GIS software favoured the diffusion of these methods, but in several cases led to the mechanism based on which buttons have to pressed without having geography or processes in mind. Spatial modelling, analytical techniques and geographical analyses are therefore required in order to analyse data and to facilitate the decision process at all levels, with a clear identification of the geographical information needed and reference scale to adopt. Old geographical issues can find an answer thanks to new methods and instruments, while new issues are developing, challenging the researchers for new solutions. This Conference aims at providing innovative and original contribution to the ongoing debate on the above mentioned issues and at improving the process of knowledge acquisition, by means of the development of new techniques and methods. The programme committee especially requests high quality submissions on the following (but not limited to) Conference Themes: Geostatistics and spatial simulation; Agent-based spatial modelling; Cellular automata spatial modelling; Spatial statistical models; Space-temporal modelling; Environmental Modelling; Geovisual analytics, geovisualisation, visual exploratory data analysis; Visualisation and modelling of track data; Spatial Optimization; Interaction Simulation Models; Data mining, spatial data mining; Spatial Data Warehouse and Spatial OLAP; Integration of Spatial OLAP and Spatial data mining; Spatial Decision Support Systems; Spatial Multicriteria Decision Analysis; Spatial Rough Set; Spatial extension of Fuzzy Set theory; Ontologies for Spatial Analysis; Urban modeling; Applied geography; Spatial data analysis; Dynamic modelling; Simulation, space-time dynamics, visualization and virtual reality. Each paper will be independently reviewed by 3 programme committee members. Their individual scores will be evaluated by a small sub-committee and result in one of the following final decisions: accepted, or accepted on the condition that suggestions for improvement will be incorporated, or rejected. Notification of this decision will take place on April 2018. Individuals and groups should submit complete papers (10 to 16 pages). Accepted contributions will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) volumes Authors Guideline Please adhere strictly to the formatting provided in the template to prepare your paper and refrain from modifying it. The submitted paper must be camera-ready and formatted according to the rules of LNCS. For formatting information, see the publisher's web site ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 ). Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. Submission papers should be submitted at: http://ess.iccsa.org/ please don't forget to select " Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics GEOG-AND-MOD 18" workshop from the drop-down list of all workshops. Proceedings Papers accepted to "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics GEOG-AN-MOD 18" will be published in the ICCSA Conference proceedings, in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, with doi, indexed by WOS, Scopus and DBLP. Participants to "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics GEOG-AN-MOD 18" will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for special issues on International Journals and book. Participants to GEOG-AN-MOD 18 will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for special issues on International Journals Extended version of previous GEOG-AN-MOD papers have been included in the following special issues: * Transactions on Computational Science Journal VI Vol. 5730-0324, Springer-Verlag, Berlin ISSN: 1611-3349. * Murgante B., Borruso G., Lapucci A. (2009) " Geocomputation and Urban Planning " Studies in Computational Intelligence , Vol. 176. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. * Murgante B., Borruso G., Lapucci A. (2011) "Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning" Studies in Computational Intelligence. Springer-Verlag, Berlin * Murgante B., Kanevski M., Marvuglia A. Cellura M. (2012) Special Issue on "Analysing, Modelling and VisualizingSpatial Environmental Data ” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) IGI Global volume 3(1), * Murgante B., Kanevski M., Marvuglia A. Cellura M. (2012) Special Issue on “Analysing, Modelling and VisualizingSpatial Environmental Data ” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) IGI Global volume 3(2) * Borruso G., Bertazzon S., Favretto A. Murgante B., Torre C. (2011) “Geographic Information Analysis for Sustainable Development and Economic Planning: New Technologies” IGI Global * Murgante B., Borruso G., Gibin M. (2012) "NeoGeography and WikiPlanning" Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). * Lasaponara R., Asche H., Lanorte A., Murgante B., Borruso G. and Masini N. (2012) "Investigating Earth system changes and dynamics using remote sensing and geospatial analysis" Earth System Dynamics Interactive Open Access Journal (ISSN: 2190-4979 ). * Lasaponara R., Murgante B., Masini N., Ge Y., Masini N., Asche H. (2013) " Advance in geocomputation " International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation Elsevier. * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2013) "Using technologies to preserve and promote cultural heritage and landscape" International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) IGI Global volume 4(3). * Journal of Mobile Multimedia * International Journal of Web Information Systems * International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining 2013 Vol. 8 No. 4 * Marvuglia A., Murgante B., Benetto E. (2015) "Calling for an Integrated Computational Systems Modelling Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis” Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management Volume 3, Issue 3 pp. 213-216 | DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2015.09.001 * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2015) “ Cities and Smartness: The True Challenge” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, Volume 6, Issue 4 * Marvuglia A., Murgante B., Benetto E. (2015) “Computational Algorithms for Sustainability Assessment” Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management Volume 3, Issue 2 pp. 87-88 | DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2015.06.001 * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2016) “ Recent trends in spatial information” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1 * Murgante B., Martellozzo F. (2016) “Decipher the Present to Shape the Future- Rethinking the Urban–Rural Nexus” Sustainability * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2017) “ New Approaches in Spatial Information in Real Estate Markets and Environmental Planning” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, Volume 8, Issue 2 Important dates 20 February 2018 : Deadline for full paper submission 8 April 2018 : Notification of acceptance 6 May 2018 : Deadline for Camera Ready Papers 2-3 July, 2018 : ICCSA 2018 Conference Beniamino Murgante _____________________________ Prof. Beniamino Murgante, PhD School of Engineering, University of Basilicata 10, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 85100 - Potenza - Italy tel. +39-0971-205125 fax +39-0971-205185 Mobile: +393204238518 Skype: beniamino.murgante e-mail: beniamino.murgante(a)unibas.it , murgante(a)gmail.com url: http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/murgante/Benny.html ORCID-ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-5959 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Beniamino_Murgante Academia.edu: https://unibas-it.academia.edu/BeniaminoMurgante Mendeley: https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/beniamino-murgante2/

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IoTBDS 2018 with its workshops and High Quality Journal (HQJ) Forum
by Chang V.I. 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, We wish you a Happy New Year. We have 1 forthcoming conference IoTBDS 2018 www.iotbds.org . We've extended the deadline for the position papers due on Jan 4, 2018. Venue will be in Madeira, Portugal. Conference date: March 19-21, 2018. We have a special issue with Journal of Grid Computing (JGC; IF: 2.766). We'll get a fast track with Applied Soft Computing (ASOC; IF: 3.541). We'll apply for well-known journals' special issues. There will be a High Quality Journal (HQJ) Forum http://www.iotbds.org/HQJForum.aspx to allow you to present the objectives and outcomes of the accepted/published papers in any approved SCI Q1 or A-grade journals. Winner can be invited to our SI or fast track mentioned above. Only 2 pages of extended abstract are required with deadline on Jan 11, 2018. There's also a Workshop on Big Data Analytics and IoT for Smarter Healthcare, IoTforeHealth 2018 due on Jan 11, 2018 http://www.iotbd.org/IoTforeHealth.aspx There's also a Workshop on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things, WICSPIT 2018 due on Jan 11, 2018 http://iotbds.org/WICSPIT.aspx There's also a sister conference COMPLEXIS www.complexis.org for the position papers due on Dec 6 and it has similar workshops and forums as above. Hope you can consider. See some of pictures and videos: https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015 Many thanks. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks and regards, Victor ------ CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security Funchal, Madeira / Portugal March 19 - 21, 2018 http://www.iotbds.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015 Submission Extended Deadline: January 4, 2018 Dear Colleagues: We cordially invite you to share your latest research results at the 2018 IoTBDS Conference. Due to many requests, the regular papers submission deadline of this conference has been extended --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- The internet of things (IoT) is a platform that allows a network of devices (sensors, smart meters, etc.) to communicate, analyze data and process information collaboratively in the service of individuals or organizations. The IoT network can generate large amounts of data in a variety of formats and using different protocols which can be stored and processed in the cloud. The conference looks to address the issues surrounding IoT devices, their interconnectedness and services they may offer, including efficient, effective and secure analysis of the data IoT produces using machine learning and other advanced techniques, models and tools, and issues of security, privacy and trust that will emerge as IoT technologies mature and become part of our everyday lives. Big Data (BD) has core values of volume, velocity, variety and veracity. After collecting much data from IoT, BD can be jointly used with machine learning, AI, statistical and other advanced techniques, models and methods, which can create values for people and organizations adopting it, since forecasting, deep analysis and analytics can help identify weaknesses and make improvements based on different analysis. Maintaining a high level of security and privacy for data in IoT are crucial and we welcome recommendations, solutions, demonstrations and best practices for all forms of security and privacy for IoT and BD. Conference Areas: 1 . Big Data Research 2 . Emerging Services and Analytics 3 . Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals 4 . Internet of Things (IoT) Applications 5 . Big Data for Multi-discipline Services 6 . Security, Privacy and Trust 7 . IoT Technologies ---------------------------- PUBLICATION ---------------------------- All papers presented at the congress venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: DBLP, Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, EI and SCOPUS A short list of presented papers will be selected and their revised and extended versions will be published in the *Special Issue of Journal of Grid Computing (JGC)*. Applied Soft Computing fast track Other special issues in the high quality journals like FGCS are also being discussed. ---------------------------- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ---------------------------- Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Lee Gillam, University of Surrey, United Kingdom --------------------------- WORKSHOPS: --------------------------- WICSPIT 2018:Workshop on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#WICSPIT IoTforeHealth 2018: Workshop on Big Data Analytics and IoT for Smarter Healthcare http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#IoTforeHealth SCBDADM 2018: Workshop on Smart Cities, Big Data Analytics and Digital Manufacturing: Inspiring New Organisational forms and Democratising the Means of Design Innovation and Production http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#SCBDADM ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Regular Paper Camera Ready and Registration: January 4, 2018 Late-Breaking Submission Deadline: January 4, 2018 Late-Breaking Authors Notification: January 22, 2018 Late-Breaking Camera Ready and Registration: January 31, 2018 Workshops Workshop Proposal: November 23, 2017 Paper Submission: January 11, 2018 Authors Notification: January 25, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 2, 2018 Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 Special Sessions Special Session Proposal: December 13, 2017 Tutorials Tutorial Proposal: January 30, 2018 Demos Demo Proposal: January 30, 2018 Panels Panel Proposal: January 30, 2018 Open Communications Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 Forums Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- CONFERENCE CHAIR Victor Chang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Víctor Méndez Muñoz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB, Spain Gary Wills, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Robert Walters, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Farshad Firouzi, IMEC/Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Germany PUBLICITY CHAIR Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD Roy Cecil, IBM Portugal, Portugal Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Hamido Fujita, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, United States Chung-Sheng Li, Accenture, United States KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Lee Gillam, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Please visit IoTBDS 2018 http://www.iotbd.org/CallForPapers.aspx for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.

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Software Engg Symposiums & Workshop@ICCSA 2018(LNCS)2-5July'18 Melbourne, Australia
by Sanjay Misra 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Request: May I kindly request you to submit your paper(s) and circulate the following CFP in your department, software/Computer engineering groups and all interested researchers who may be potential authors. Dear Colleagues Sessions greeting and best wishes. First and foremost, Please accept my heartiest wishes for new year-2018; I pray to God almighty to bless you & your loved ones with health, wealth & peace. On this occasion I invite you to submit your research work to 10th Int Symposium on Software Engg Processes and Applications-2018,(Proceedings by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science) or 9th Int Symposium Software Quality- 2018(LNCS in Springer), and 10th Int Workshop on Tools and techniques in Soft Dev. Process 2018(Proceedings in Xplore( IEEE) ). All the three events*, *will be held in conjunction with the 2018 International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2018-http://www.iccsa.org/ *)*) during July 2 - 5, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia in collaboration with the Monash University, Australia. Please visit the following site for more detail. 10th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA)-2018 (Publication in LNCS by Springer): http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=71 510&copyownerid=3644 http://sepa.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/ http://www.iccsa.org/workshops 9th International Symposium Software Quality- (ISSQ)-2018-Publish in LNCS by Springer http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=71511 http://sq.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/ http://www.iccsa.org/workshops 10th Int Workshop on Tools and techniques in Software Development Processes(TTSDP)- 2018(Publication in IEEE Xplore ): http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=59513 , http://ttsdp.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/ http://www.iccsa.org/workshops If your paper is a theme paper and 10-16 pages long, belongs/related to general area/applications of Software Engineering please submit it in Software Engineering process and applications (SEPA 2018). If you are working in any area related to quality issues of Software engineering , consider Software Quality (ISSQ 2018) for your submission. Further, if your paper is a session paper which is short and up to 6 pages long (in IEEE format), please select TTSDP 2018 for your submission. The extended version (minimum 30% in technical content) of SEPA 2018, SQ 2018 and TTSDP 2018 papers will be accepted by Several Journals (all SCOPUS/ESCI indexed Journal and the best paper in SCIE indexed Journal). The website for submission is open on following link- *http://ess.iccsa.org/ <http://ess.iccsa.org/>* *IMP-**While submitting to conference site, please select the one of below tracks (see just below the abstract box) of your submission. Otherwise your paper will be submitted in general track. * *"**10th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications**"* *"**8th International Symposium on Software Quality**"* * "**10th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes**"* While submitting your paper don’t forget to select the proper session/workshops. Hope and request for your contribution. best regards Sanjay Misra, Organizing Chair: SEPA 2017, ISSQ-2017, TTSDP-2017 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AFjvjTgAAAAJ&hl=en (M.Tech.(In Software Engg-ML National Institute of Technology, India), PhD (Information and Know Engg.- Uni of Alcala, Spain) Prof of Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria http://covenantuniversity.edu. ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.VoDmYBV97Dc Visiting/ Prof., UCV, Valparasio, Chile Visiting Prof. University of Alcala, Spain Visiting Prof. Atilim University, Turkey Visiting Prof./Collaborative Researcher UNICEN, Tandil Argentina Visiting Prof. Federal University of Technology Minna Editor In Chief: Book series on “Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management (AITPPM)” (IGI Global USA) http://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-personnel-pro ject-management/77666 International Journal of Physical Sciences (Last IF: 0.540(2011)) http://www.academicjournals.org/ijps/Editors.htm Covenant J. of ICT(An official Journal of Covenant Uni.) http://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/cjict/#.UoNx3K5hK <http://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/cjict/#.UoNx3K5hK0w> -- Sanjay Misra <http://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.VrJRifkrLDd>

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The Second International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2018)
by Massimo Cafaro 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

The Second International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2018) http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/WPDM2018/ CALL FOR PAPERS As part of The 18th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2018), http://www.iccsa.org July 2 - 5 2018, Melbourne, Australia Submission Deadline: January 28, 2018 SPECIAL ISSUE Selected extended versions of workshop papers will be invited to a Special Issue to appear in the Algorithms journal http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES The Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining is an international forum which brings together researchers and practitioners working on different high-performance aspects of data mining algorithms, enabling novel applications. Data mining techniques and algorithms to process huge amount of data in order to extract useful and interesting information have become popular in many different contexts. Algorithms are required to make sense of data automatically and in efficient ways. Nonetheless, even though sequential computer systems performance is improving, they are not suitable to keep up with the increase in the demand for data mining applications and the data size. Moreover, the main memory of sequential systems may not be enough to hold all the data related to current applications. Therefore, there is an increasing interest in the design and implementation of parallel data mining algorithms. On parallel computers, by exploiting the vast aggregate main memory and processing power of processors and accelerators, parallel algorithms can easily address both the running time and memory requirement issues. Anyway, parallelizing existing algorithms in order to achieve good performance and scalability with regard to massive datasets is not trivial. Indeed, it is of paramount importance a good data organization and decomposition strategy in order to balance the workload while minimizing data dependences. Another concern is related to minimizing synchronization and communication overhead. Finally, I/O costs should be minimized as well. The Workshop will allow exchanging ideas and results related to on-going research, focusing on high-performance aspects of data mining algorithms and applications. Creating breakthrough parallel algorithms for high-performance data mining applications requires addressing several key computing problems which may lead to novel solutions and new insights in interdisciplinary applications. The focus of the workshop is on all forms of advances in high-performance data mining algorithms and applications, and related topics. The WPDM Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: - Parallel data mining algorithms using MPI and/or OpenMP - Parallel data mining algorithms targeting GPUs and many-cores accelerators - Parallel data mining applications exploiting FPGA - Distributed data mining algorithms - Benchmarking and performance studies of high-performance data mining applications - Novel programming paradigms to support high-performance computing for data mining - Performance models for high-performance data mining applications and middleware - Programming models, tools, and environments for high-performance computing in data mining - Caching, streaming, pipelining, and other optimization techniques for data management in high-performance computing for data mining INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above topics. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. The submitted paper must be between 10 to 16 pages long and formatted according to the Springer LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) rules, Guidelines and templates can be found at the url http://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui… To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2018 web site: http://ess.iccsa.org. Only papers submitted through the electronic system and strictly adhering to the relevant format will be considered for reviewing and publication. Please pay attention, when submitting your contribution to the workshop, to select the right entry in the listbox shown in the submission form. CONFERENCE POLICY By submitting the paper to ICCSA conference, all authors agree to abide by all ICCSA conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies. Namely, authors confirm that the work is original, has not appeared in literature in any form in the past and will not be submitted to any other venue concurrently with ICCSA submission or until it appears in ICCSA proceedings (in the case of acceptance). Furthermore, upon paper acceptance, authors agree to transfer copyright on the accepted paper to ICCSA, and one of the authors will register the paper and present the paper at the event. No paper withdrawals can be accepted after Conference pre-registration date or within three months of the actual event, whichever date comes first. Paper withdrawal request can be only accepted in writing through email, letter or fax to conference organizers. The conference has no responsibility for any intentional or accidental misuse, misinterpretation, or failure to follow above rules and conditions and holds no legal, civil or other responsibility for opinions, content or utilization of any methods/algorithms expressed in the Conference Proceedings. If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organisers. IMPORTANT DATES January 28, 2018: Deadline for paper submission April 8, 2018: Notification of Acceptance. May 6, 2018: Early-bird Registration ends. May 6, 2018: Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers July 2-5, 2018: ICCSA 2018 Conference WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Massimo Cafaro University of Salento, Italy Phone: +39 0832 297371 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it Italo Epicoco University of Salento, Italy Phone: +39 0832 297235 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: italo.epicoco(a)unisalento.it Marco Pulimeno University of Salento, Italy Phone: +39 0832 297371 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: marco.pulimeno(a)unisalento.it Giovanni Aloisio University of Salento & Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation, Italy Phone: +39 334 6501704 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: giovanni.aloisio(a)unisalento.it International Program Committee: All submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members. Program Committee formation is pending and will be finalised shortly. Current TPC members: Gianfranco Bilardi, University of Padova, Italy Matteo Ceccarello, University of Padova, Italy Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste and ICAR-CNR, Italy Ann Gordon-Ross, University of Florida, USA Giuliano Laccetti, University of Naples, Italy Pablo Moscato, University of Newcastle, Australia Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy Paolo Trunfio, University of Calabria, Italy Jeffrey D. Ullman, Stanford University, USA - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it cafaro(a)ieee.org cafaro(a)acm.org CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************

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