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Postdoc stipends
by Erik Elmroth 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Dear all, I kindly ask for your help in distributing the following information to anyone potentially interested. —— Umeå University, Sweden, announces 8 postdoc stipends (2 years) in autonomous systems, including two topics in Cloud Management: * Postdoc on Anomaly Detection in Future Cloud Computing Infrastructures: http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-2279-16 * Postdoc on Autonomous Resource Allocation for Rack-Scale Systems: http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-2286-16) * All 8 postdoc stipends in autonomous systems: http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-2279--2286-16 Application deadline is February 1, 2017 —— With kind regards, Erik Elmroth

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CfP for ENGAGE 2017 (Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering)
by Werner Benger 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the ENGAGE (Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering) workshop being organized under the auspices of CGI’17. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, 27th June 2017 in Yokohama, Japan. Please find full details in the call for papers below. We hope to see you in Yokohama! Kind regards, The ENGAGE Workshop Organizers: Andreas Aristidou (a.m.aristidou_AT_gmail.com) Dietmar Hildenbrand (dietmar.hildenbrand_AT_gmail.com) Eckhard Hitzer (hitzer_AT_icu.ac.jp) G. Stacey Staples (sstaple_AT_siue.edu) Werner Benger Olav Egeland George Papagiannakis Kanta Tachibana Yu Zhaoyuan ========================================================================== “Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering Workshop” - Call for Papers http://fj.ics.keio.ac.jp/cgi17/#workshop PDF version of this call: http://fj.ics.keio.ac.jp/cgi17/assets/ENGAGE_WShop_27June2017Yokohama_rv14D… Since ACM SIGGRAPH2001 and 2003 conferences, there has been limited attention on the benefits of employing W. K. Clifford's geometric algebras (GA) in solving computer graphics and vision problems. In the meantime, the geometric algebra community focused on GA applications and greatly advanced it as an adequate and viable computing technology. The CGI’16 “Geometric Algebra in Computer Science and Engineering Workshop” began to bridge that gap. Under the auspices of CGI’17, ENGAGE (Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering) (new workshop name 2017) on Tuesday, 27th June 2017 in Yokohama, Japan, will again engage in a novel multi-disciplinary approach from mathematics, to computer graphics, computer vision and general computer science fields where GA has strong potential to provide novel answers to existing mathematical problems. GA is in a particularly well suited position to allow cross-disciplinary solutions in software engineering as it provides an intuitive and insightful common denominator across mathematical disciplines that have often advanced and specialized for specific application purposes; the use and knowledge of GA encourages us to overcome distinct, seemingly incompatible paths by providing a shareable mathematical base again. For example, we expect geometric algebra based contributions to GIS research, data modelling & data structures, adaptive & parallel computing, remote sensing data analysis, UAV target location and other domains. We invite original contributors in the form of full and short papers, that advance the state-of-the-art of the application of geometric algebra as well as of its computing technology in topics related, but not limited to: Full application of the conformal model to object description, modeling, deformations, registration, manipulation, interaction, tracking, camera system, visibility Feature Detection & Data Analysis LIDAR and Point Cloud Algorithms Data Models, Cross-Disciplinary Data Description, Software Interoperability Scientific & Information Visualization Computer graphics rendering Computer animation and simulation Augmented and Virtual Reality Application of Clifford analysis to lighting schemes Application of Clifford Fourier transforms and Clifford wavelets to 2D and 3D images, including color images Higher dimensional geometric algebras GA computing GA integrations in programming languages GA hardware implementations Geographic Information Systems Other engineering/applied science applications using GA, like robotics applications, graph computing etc. Accepted full length ENGAGE papers will be published in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (MMA), published by John Wiley & Sons, and will be orally presented at the conference. See also the “Author Guidelines” at MMA. Online submission opens Jan. 1st 2017 at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mma. At the time of submission, authors must indicate the Special Issue "Engage (Staples)". All authors of accepted short ENGAGE papers will be invited either to an oral presentation or to a poster presentation. The accepted CGI’17 ENGAGE short papers will be published by the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series. For author instructions please refer to http://fj.ics.keio.ac.jp/cgi17/ - call-for-papers. When submitting a short paper via EasyChair please choose the track "ENGAGE"! After the workshop, extended versions of the highest ranked short papers of the workshop proceedings will be invited for publication in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (MMA), published by John Wiley & Sons. IMPORTANT DATES Full Papers: (10-15 pages, use MMA latex style file mmaauth.cls) Abstract submission (ca. 200 words): Feb. 6th 2017 to sstaple_AT_siue.edu Paper submission: Feb. 13th 2017 Paper notification: Mar. 20th 2017 Camera ready papers due: Apr. 10th 2017 See “Author Guidelines” at MMA. At the time of submission, authors must indicate the Special Issue “Engage (Staples)”. Short Papers: (same as the CGI’17 short papers, between 4-6 pages, ACM DL format) Short Paper submission: Apr. 10th 2017 Short Paper notification: May 8th 2017 Camera ready papers due: May 22nd 2017 For further information, please turn directly to the ENGAGE Workshop organizers: Andreas Aristidou (a.m.aristidou_AT_gmail.com) Dietmar Hildenbrand (dietmar.hildenbrand_AT_gmail.com) Eckhard Hitzer (hitzer_AT_icu.ac.jp) Stacey Staples (sstaple_AT_siue.edu) Werner Benger Olav Egeland George Papagiannakis Kanta Tachibana Yu Zhaoyuan -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Werner Benger Visualization Research Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU) 2019 Digital Media Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 Tel.: +1 225 578 4809 Fax.: +1 225 578-5362

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Updated information on SEIT 2017
by Seonghoon Kim 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Dear Colleagues, Hope all is well with you and thank you again for your interest in submission of your paper to a prestigious annual conference held in Europe annually. The deadline of the paper submission has been extended until *23th Jan 2017*. This is final due date will not be extended so please consider the opportunity of presenting your research related to any sustainability and energy related research. *See attached *for more detailed information regarding the conference this year. Rcently, I have accepted to serve as the publicity co-chairs for the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT-2017), http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-17/) that will be held in May 16-19, 2017, Madeira, Portugal. Also, I am serving as a workshop chair for this conference. I am wondering if you can disseminate the CfPs to your colleagues and friends. Both the flyer and the CfPs can be downloaded from the following link: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-17/#callforPapers hope you are interested in submitting the paper in the conference no later than 12/22/16. Thank you so much for your support anytime in advance. Yours sincerely, Seonghoon Kim Seonghoon Kim, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management Engineering Building, Rm. 1121 201 COBA Drive, BLDG 232 Statesboro, GA 30458

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CfP: SASO 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, September 18-22, Tucson, Arizona
by Markus Esch 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS The Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2017) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 18-22 September 2017 https://saso2017.telecom-paristech.fr/ ************************************************************************* Part of FAS* - Foundation and Applications of Self-* Computing Conferences Collocated with: The International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing (ICCAC 2017) ------------------- Aims and Scope ------------------- The aim of the Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems conference series (SASO) is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on the foundations of engineered systems that self-adapt and self-organize. The complexity of current and emerging networks, software, and services can be characterized by issues such as scale, heterogeneity, openness, and dynamics in the environment. This has led the software engineering, distributed systems, and management communities to look for inspiration in diverse fields (e.g., complex systems, control theory, artificial intelligence, chemistry, psychology, sociology, and biology) to find new ways of designing and managing such computing systems in a principled way. In this endeavor, self-organization and self-adaptation have emerged as two promising interrelated approaches. They form the basis for many other so-called self-* properties, such as self-configuration, self-healing, or self-optimization. SASO aims to be an interdisciplinary meeting, where contributions from participants with different backgrounds leads to the fostering of a cross-pollination of ideas, and where innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications can emerge. The eleventh edition of the SASO conference embraces this inter-disciplinary nature, and welcomes novel contributions to both the foundational and application-focused dimensions of self-adaptive and self-organizing systems research. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Systems theory: nature-inspired and socially-inspired paradigms and heuristics; inter-operation of self-* mechanisms; theoretical frameworks and models; control theory; - System properties: robustness; resilience; stability; anti-fragility; diversity; self-reference and reflection; emergent behavior; computational awareness and self-awareness; - Systems engineering: reusable mechanisms and algorithms; design patterns; architectures; methodologies; software and middleware development frameworks and methods; platforms and toolkits; multi-agent systems; - Theory and practice of organization: self-governance, change management, electronic institutions, distributed consensus, commons, knowledge management, and the general use of rules, policies, etc. in self-* systems - Theory and practice of adaptation: mechanisms for adaptation, including evolution, logic, learning; adaptability, plasticity, flexibility - Socio-technical systems: human and social factors; visualization; crowdsourcing and collective awareness; humans-in-the-loop; ethics and humanities in self-* systems; - Data-driven approaches: data mining; machine learning; data science and other statistical techniques to analyze, understand, and manage behavior of complex systems; - Self-adaptive and self-organizing hardware: self-* materials; self-construction; reconfigurable hardware; - Education: experience reports; curricula; innovative course concepts; methodological aspects of self-* systems education; Applications and experiences with self-* systems in any of the following domains are of particular interest: + Smart systems: smart grids, smart cities, smart environments, smart homes, etc. + Industrial automation: embedded self-* systems, adaptive industrial plants, Industry 4.0, cyber physical systems + Transportation: autonomous vehicles, traffic optimization + Autonomous systems: aerial vehicles, undersea vehicles, autonomous robotics + Internet of Things: self-* for network management, self-* applied to cyber security We are looking for contributions that present new fundamental understanding of self-adaptive and self-organizing systems and how they can be engineered and used, including: novel theoretical or experimental results, novel design patterns, mechanisms, system architectures, frameworks, tools, and practical experiences in building or deploying systems and applications. Contributions contrasting different approaches for engineering a given family of systems, or demonstrating the applicability of a certain approach for different systems, are equally encouraged. Likewise, papers describing substantial innovation or insights in the use and communication of self-* systems in the classroom are welcome. Where relevant and appropriate, accepted papers will also be encouraged to participate in the Demo or Poster Sessions. -------------------- Important Dates -------------------- Abstract submission: May 1, 2017 Paper submission: May 10, 2017 Notification: June 30, 2017 Camera ready copy due: July 12, 2017 Conference: September 18-22, 2017 ---------------------------- Submission Instructions ---------------------------- Submissions can be up to 10 pages, formatted according to the standard IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide, and submitted electronically in PDF format. Please submit your papers using the SASO 2017 conference management system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=saso2017. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, and made available as a part of the IEEE Digital Library. Note that a separate Call for Poster and Demo Submissions will also be issued. As per the standard IEEE policies, all submissions should be original, i.e., they must not have been previously published in any conference proceedings, book, or journal and must not currently be under review for another archival conference. We also highlight the IEEE policies regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism (http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/ID_Plagiaris…) --------------------- Review Criteria --------------------- Papers should present novel ideas in the cross-disciplinary research context described in this call, motivated by problems from current practice or applied research. Both theoretical and empirical contributions should be highlighted, substantiated by formal analysis, simulation, experimental evaluations, or comparative studies, etc. Appropriate references must be made to related work. Because SASO is a cross-disciplinary conference, we encourage papers to be intelligible and relevant to researchers who are not members of the same specialized sub-field. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers describing applications. Application papers should provide an indication of the real-world relevance of the problem that is solved, including a description of the domain, and an evaluation of performance, usability, or comparison to alternative approaches. Experience papers are also welcome, especially if they highlight insights into any aspect of design, implementation or management of self-* systems that would be of benefit to practitioners and the SASO community. All submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed and evaluated based on the quality of their technical contribution, originality, soundness, significance, presentation, understanding of the state of the art, and overall quality. ------------------------------- Conference General Chair ------------------------------- Ada Diaconescu Telecom Paris-Tech, Paris, FR -------------------- Program Chairs -------------------- Peter Lewis, Aston University, Birmingham, UK Sam Malek, University of California, Irvine, USA Hella Seebach, Augsburg University, Augsburg, DE

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Student Travel Grants
by Announce Announcements 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

*** Student Travel Grants *** 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI 2017 St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus March 13-16, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=Y29tcHV0YXRpb25hbC5zY2llbmNlCQ… *** Applications Due: January 22, 2017 (FIRM DEADLINE) *** *** Notification: January 31, 2017 (late applications will not be considered) *** ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design or the arts. The objective of IUI's student support is to encourage students interested in subjects related to Intelligent User Interfaces to become active members of the IUI community. To apply, the student should be actively enrolled as a student in an academic institution. Priority will be given to students who are first authors of accepted papers and to participants in the doctoral consortium, to minorities and women. Recipients of the stipend are also expected to help the conference organization as student volunteers. The level of support will be determined by the availability of funds and the number of eligible applications. The student volunteer chairs are here to help, please contact us at sv2017(a)iui.acm.org if you have any questions that are not covered by the documents and links found below. Currently, there are four grant schemes available which are detailed below: - The SIGAI Student Travel Grant. - The IUI Travelling Grant supported by SIGCHI. - The German AI Society Travel Grant - for German students. - The National Science Foundation Travelling Grant - for US students. The IUI Chairs will decide about the allocation of the sources of support to students that will be eligible for travelling grants (there are some differences between the sources and what is required from the students - see below). The application should include: 1. Full name. 2. Email address. 3. The school you are attending, your major, and the country in which the school resides. 4. If you will present at the conference, please provide the title of the submission and its type (e.g. research paper, student consortium, demo). Please note if you have submitted but have not found out if your submission has been accepted. 5. A short statement describing your research interests and how you wish to benefit from attending IUI 2017. 6. The location you are flying from and the cost for your airfare, as determined by the availability of low-cost economy fares for travel to the conference. Please describe any other expenses you expect to accrue, but do not include registration and housing costs, as they are similar for all students. 7. Students may specify if they are female, ethnic minority, or students with disabilities, as we will consider these aspects when discussing the applications. A letter of recommendation from your thesis or doctoral advisor (or supervising faculty member) sent separately by email to the Student Volunteer Co-Chairs at sv2017(a)iui.acm.org. If you are also applying to the Student Consortium, one appropriately worded recommendation letter can be used for both applications, or you may submit a slightly different letter for each application. Please submit your single, combined PDF (except letter of recommendation) to: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=Y29tcHV0YXRpb25hbC5zY2llbmNlCQ… by January 22nd 2017. Types/sources of support The SIGAI Student Travel Grant Following the tradition of previous years, we will offer student participation support provided by SIGAI to attend the IUI Conference. This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from SIGAI must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed. You must be a member of SIGAI before submitting the reimbursement forms ($11 dues). The stipend recipient must be a member of SIGAI before submitting the reimbursement forms. The IUI Travelling Grant supported by SIGCHI Following the tradition of previous years, we will offer student participation support provided by SIGCHI to attend the IUI Conference. This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from SIGCHI must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed. The stipend recipient must be a member of SIGCHI before submitting the reimbursement forms. The German AI Society Travel Grant The German AI society (AI chapter of the Gesellschaft für Informatik) is kindly offering support for German students or students working in Germany to attend the IUI Conference. This support is provided in the form of three small stipends (500 EUR each) to partially cover the registration fee and the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. After the conference, students write a short report (1 page) for the national AI magazine. Students must be member of the German AI society before submitting the reimbursement forms. The NSF Travelling Grant (Only for US students) We are happy to announce that student participation support provided by NSF to attend the IUI Conference will be provided (limited to US students). This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from the NSF funding must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed.

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CfP: Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB 2017), September 7-9, 2017, Cagliari, Italy
by Massimo Bartoletti 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

CIBB 2017 Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics 14th International Conference September 7-9, 2017, Cagliari, Italy <http://cibb2017.unica.it>http://cibb2017.unica.it === Important Dates === March 25, 2017.........................Tutorial and Special Session proposal May 29, 2017............................Paper submission deadline June 22, 2017……....................Acceptance notification July 17, 2017............................Early author registration July 22, 2017............................Camera-ready due September 7-9, 2017................CIBB in Cagliari === Scope === The main goal of the CIBB international conference is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum open to researchers interested in the application of computational intelligence, in a broad sense, to open problems in bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology and medical informatics. Cutting edge methodologies capable of accelerating life science discoveries will be discussed. Following its tradition and roots, this year's meeting will bring together researchers from the international scientific community interested in advancements and future perspectives in bioinformatics and biostatistics. Also, looking at current trends and future opportunities at the edge of computer and life sciences, the application of computational intelligence to system and synthetic biology, and the consequent impact on innovative medicine will be of great interest for the conference. Theoretical and experimental biologists are also invited to participate in order to present novel challenges and foster multidisciplinary collaboration. The scientific program of CIBB 2017 will include Keynote Speakers, tutorials and special sessions. Contributed papers will be presented in plenary oral sessions, special sessions, or poster sessions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Next generation sequencing bioalgorithms - Multi-omics data analysis - High dimensional statistical analysis of omics data - Algorithms for alternative splicing analysis - Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis - Methods for the visualization of high dimensional complex omic data - Software tools for bioinformatics - Methods for comparative genomics - Methods for functional classification of genes - Methods for unsupervised analysis, validation and visualization of structures discovered in bio-molecular data - Health-Informatics and Medical Informatics - Methods for the integration of clinical and genetic data - Heterogeneous data integration and data fusion for diagnostics - Algorithms for pharmacogenomics - Biomedical text mining and imaging - Methods for diagnosis and prognosis within personalized medicine - Statistical methods for the analysis of clinical data - Prediction of secondary and tertiary protein structures - Mass spectrometry data analysis in proteomics - Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis - Bio-molecular databases and data mining - Mathematical modeling and automated reasoning on biological and synthetic systems - Computational simulation of biological systems - Methods and advances in systems biology - Spatio-temporal analysis of synthetic and biological systems - Network systems biology - Models for cell populations and tissues - Methods for the engineering of synthetic components - Modelling and engineering of interacting synthetic and biological systems - Software tools for bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology === Publication === Pdf versions of accepted papers will be distributed at the conference. At least one author of an accepted paper is required to register and present their paper at the conference. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a post-conference monograph. We plan to invite all papers for a volume in the Springer series of Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI). Continuing the tradition of CIBB, we are also planning to invite the best papers, as an alternative to the publication on LNBI, to a special issue of an international scientific journal (such as BMC Bioinformatics, as in the latest editions). === Submission guidelines === Authors should submit papers prepared according to the following instructions: - Papers should be submitted in PDF format (this is the only accepted format) - Papers length should be at least 4 pages and should not exceed 6 pages - We warmly recommend the use of the provided latex template and instructions <http://cibb2017.unica.it/cibb2017-sample-v.1.3.zip>. Should this not be possible, authors should reproduce the format and style of the sample paper available with the latex style. - Papers should be submitted in PDF format on the Easy Chair conference system at this link <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cibb2017>. === Tutorials and Special Sessions === CIBB 2017 will run a number of Tutorials and Special Sessions. Any topic of interest for the conference is eligible for a tutorial. Tutorials typically last from one to three hours. Special sessions focus on a specific, possibly cutting-edge, topic of interest for CIBB 2017. Special session organisers will be responsible for call dissemination, the reviewing process and organizing oral presentations. Typically, a special session will have at least 4 accepted papers and may have an invited speaker (to be negotiated). Tutorial proposals, including title, a one page long abstract, and short CV of presenters, are due by March 25th, 2017. Please send proposals to cibb2017(a)gmail.com. Special Session proposals, including the session's title and scope, short CV of sessions chairs, preliminary list of at least 4, possibly more, potential authors are due by March 25th 2017. Proposals of special sessions will be evaluated as soon as they are submitted. A special session is expected to have at least 4 accepted papers. Please send proposals to <cibb2017(a)gmail.com>cibb2017(a)gmail.com === Invited speakers === Alessandra Carbone (Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle et Quantitative, UMR 7238 CNRS - Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France) Valentina Boeva (Institut Curie Research Center Paris, France and INSERM U900, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Computational Systems Biology of Cancer, and Mines ParisTech, Fontainebleau, France). Manja Marz (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, RNA Bioinformatics and High Throughput Analysis, Germany) === Organization === General Chairs Massimo Bartoletti <http://tcs.unica.it/members/bart>, University of Cagliari, Italy Gunnar Klau <http://homepages.cwi.nl/%7Eklau/>, CWI, Netherlands Leif Peterson <http://www.houstonmethodist.org/faculty/leif-peterson>, Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA Biostatistics Technical Chair Antonio Eleuteri <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio_Eleuteri>, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University, UK Bioinformatics Technical Chair Alberto Policriti <http://users.dimi.uniud.it/%7Ealberto.policriti>, University of Udine, Italy Organisation committee Andrea Bracciali <http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/%7Eabb/>, University of Stirling, UK Tiziana Cimoli <http://tcs.unica.it/members/tiziana-cimoli>, University of Cagliari, Italy Alessandro Sebastian Podda <http://tcs.unica.it/members/sebastian-podda>, University of Cagliari, Italy Special Session Organizer Andrea Bracciali <http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/%7Eabb/>, University of Stirling, UK === Steering committee === Pierre Baldi <http://www.igb.uci.edu/%7Epfbaldi/>, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA Elia Biganzoli <http://www.medicina.unimi.it/Facolta/Personale/DocentiRicercatori/BIGANZOLI…>, University of Milan, ITA Clelia Di Serio <http://www.unisr.it/persona.asp?id=299>, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, ITA Alexandru Floares <http://www.saia.ro/16-ismds.html>, Oncological Institute Cluj-Napoca, Romania Jon Garibaldi <http://ima.ac.uk/home/garibaldi/>, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Nikola Kasabov <http://www.aut.ac.nz/profiles/nikola-kasabov>, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Francesco Masulli <http://www.disi.unige.it/person/MasulliF/>, University of Genova, Italy and Temple University, PA, USA Leif Peterson <http://www.methodisthealth.com/tmhri.cfm?id=37614>, TMHRI, Houston, Texas, USA Roberto Tagliaferri <http://www.unisa.it/docenti/robertotagliaferri/index>, University of Salerno, ITA

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FMEC 2017 CFP: The 2nd IEEE Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Valencia, Spain. May 8-11, 2017
by IEEE FMEC 2017 15 Jan '17

15 Jan '17

The 2nd IEEE Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2017) Valencia, Spain. May 8-11, 2017 http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2017/index.php Co-loacated with (SDS 2017): http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2017/index.php Call for Papers: Cloud computing provides large range of services and virtually unlimited available resources for users. New applications, such as virtual reality and smart building control, have emerged due to the large number of resources and services brought by cloud computing. However, the delay-sensitive applications face the problem of large latency, especially when several smart devices and objects are getting involved in human’s life such as the case of smart cities or Internet of Things. Therefore, cloud computing is unable to meet the requirements of low latency, location awareness, and mobility support. To solve this problem, researchers have introduced a trusted and dependable solution through the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) to put the services and resources of the cloud closer to users, which facilitates the leveraging of available services and resources in the edge networks. By this, we are moving from the core (cloud data centers) to the edge of the network closer to the users. FMEC dependability is based on providing user centric service. The purpose of Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing is to run the heavy real-time applications at the network edge directly using the billions of connected mobile devices. Several features enable the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing to be a perfect paradigm to the aforementioned purpose, which are the dense geographical deployment of servers, supporting mobility and the closeness to users. As in every new technology, some challenges face the vision of the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing, which are the administrative policies and security concerns (i.e. secure data storage, secure computation, network security, data privacy, usage privacy, location privacy, etc). FMEC 2017 conference aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Edge Computing dominance. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating Mobile Edge Computing challenges. That is, the objective of FMEC 2017 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC). Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Mobile Cloud Computing Systems. * FMEC Security and Privacy Issues. * FMEC Pricing and billing models. * FMEC support for VANETS and MANETS * Cloudlet based computing * Dew based computing * Lightweight authentication mechanisms in FMEC architecture. * Access Control models in FMEC. * Identification of incentives for FMEC service providers. * The future perspective for FMEC: Challenges and Open Issues. * FMEC Quality of Service (QoS) improvements techniques. * FMEC architecture features and evolution. * FMEC Real-time communication interfaces and protocols. * FMEC Resource scheduling that enhances the reliability and scalability. * FMEC Resources monitoring mechanism and utilization measuring mechanism. * FMEC resources allocation and management. * Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction. * FMEC virtualization. * Data storage, processing, and management at FMEC platform. * Cyber hacking, next generation fire wall of FMEC. * Deployment strategies of FMEC Servers * Admission control for FMEC. * Social engineering, insider threats, advance spear phishing. * Incident Handling and Penetration Testing. * Forensics of Virtual and FMEC Environments. * Security protocols in FMEC. * Security and privacy of mobile cloud computing * Security, privacy and reliability issues of MCC and IoT * Security and privacy of IoT * Security and privacy management in MCC * MCC intrusion detection systems * Security of pricing and billing for mobile cloud computing services * Security of mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds * Security of mobile commerce and mobile Internet of Things * Security of mobile social networks * Security and privacy in smartphone devices * Security and privacy in social applications and networks * Security of Mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds * Security of Mobile commerce and mobile internet of things * Security of Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing * Security and privacy in sensor networks * Security and privacy in social applications and networks * Web service security * Security of 3G/4G systems, Wi-MAX, Ad-hoc * Security of Mobile social networks * Near field communication services * Service-oriented architectures, service portability, P2P * Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks Important Dates: Submission Date: 31 Jan. 2017 Notification to Authors: 3 March 2017 Camera Ready Submission: 1 April 2017 Papers Submission: Papers selected for presentation will appear in the FMEC Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. Papers should be submitted electronically by the deadline to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fmec2017 Journal Special Issues: * The Journal of Supercomputing (IF: 1.08) - Springer * Cluster Computing Journal (IF: 1.5) - Springer Co-located workshops: The 4th International Symposium on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security. http://emergingtechnet.org/IOT SMS2017/index.html<http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2017/index.html> The Third International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems, Management, and Security (MCSMS-2017) http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2017/ The First international workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV) http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN -NFV2017/<http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2017/> Committee: General Co-Chairs: * Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain * Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK. Technical Program Co-Chairs: * Ejaz Ahmed, NIST, USA * Mubashir Husain Rehmani, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan * Danda Rawat, Georgia Southern University, USA. Publication Co-Chairs: * Ali Safa Sadiq, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia * Lo'ai Tawalbah, UCSB, USA Publicity Chair: * Qussai M. Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan * Shingo Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi University, Japan * Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy Invited Speaker and Panel Co-Chairs * Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan * Houbing Song, West Virginia University, USA. Steering Committee: * Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK. * Yaser Jararweh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. * Burak Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA * Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain * Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece * Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Please send any inquiry on FMEC 2017 to Yaser Jararweh : yijararweh(a)just.edu.jo<mailto:yijararweh@just.edu.jo> and to Elhadj Benkhelifa: E.Benkhelifa(a)staffs.ac.uk<mailto:E.Benkhelifa@staffs.ac.uk>. ________________________________ Jordan University of Science and Technology accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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2nd CfP: 12th International Workshop on Semantic and Social Media Adaptation and Personalization (SMAP'17)
by Sebastien Laborie 15 Jan '17

15 Jan '17

12th International Workshop on Semantic and Social Media Adaptation and Personalization SMAP 2017 - http://www.smap2017.org <http://www.smap2017.org/> ---------------------- July 9-10, 2017, Bratislava, Slovakia Collocated with UMAP 2017 Organized by Foundation for Development of Informatics ---------------------- *Important dates: ----------------------- Special Session proposals: January 20, 2017 Special Session approval: January 27, 2017 Submission of full papers: February 26, 2017 Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2017 Submission of camera ready: May 18, 2017 SMAP 2017 Workshop: July 9-10, 2017 *Aim and topics ----------------------- SMAP 2017 aims to address several issues of semantic and social multimedia technologies and their use in content creation, media adaptation and user profiling. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Content creation, annotation and modelling for semantic and social web - Computational intelligence for media adaptation and personalization - Semantics-driven indexing and retrieval of multimedia contents - User modelling and dynamic profiling - Ontologies and reasoning - Multimedia standards - Semantics-based recommender systems: theory and applications - Web adaptation methods and techniques - Hybrid social and semantic approaches to profiling, recommendation engines or adaptation systems - Social multimedia applications (livecasting, audio-video sharing) - Social multimedia tagging and multimedia content communities - User-generated content mechanisms - Privacy/Security issues in Social and Personalized Media Applications - Privacy preserving data mining and social networks - Content customization and adaptation - Semantic context modelling and extraction - Context-aware multimedia applications - Adaptive and personalized multimedia summaries - Multilingual content navigation - Intelligent personalized interfaces - Social and semantic media collaboration platforms (e.g. semantic wikis) - Social web economics and business - Social network aggregation - Social data analytics - Social data mining - Adaptive/Personalized conversational media In addition, SMAP 2017 seeks special sessions proposals addressing emerging issues in all above aspects that will complement the regular program. Authors will have the opportunity to present their work in short papers that will appear in the official SMAP 2017 workshop proceedings. *Proceedings/Publications ----------------------------------- As with all previous editions of SMAP, all accepted papers are planned to be published by IEEE in IEEEXplore. Based on the quality of the work presented and its estimated potential selected papers will be invited for consideration, in a revised and extended form, for inclusion in an additional journal publication. *Submission guidelines ---------------------------------- Each submitted paper will be refereed by at least three members of the SMAP 2017 Program Committee, based on its relevance, originality, significance, technical soundness and clarity of expression. Submissions must be in English, and can present mature research or experimental results as well as promising work in progress. Papers must be formatted according to the IEEE 2-column conference article style, with a limit of 6 pages, including all figures, tables and references. A minimum paper length of 4 pages is also imposed. GENERAL CHAIRS Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Marian Simko, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava SPECIAL SESSIONS CHAIRS Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, University of Thessaly Iraklis Paraskakis, The University of Sheffield, International Faculty CITY College, Greece PUBLICITY CHAIR Sebastien Laborie, University of Pau LOCAL ORGANIZING CHAIR Milena Zeithamlova, Action M Agency WEB CHAIR Patrik Hlavac, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava STEERING COMMITTEE Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, University of Thessaly Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Sébastien Laborie, University of Pau Martin Lopez-Nores, University of Vigo Phivos Mylonas, Ionian University Yannick Naudet, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology Manolis Wallace, University of the Peloponnese

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DeepLearn 2017: early registration January 27
by GRLMC 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

DeepLearn 2017: early registration January 27*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ************************************************************ INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON DEEP LEARNING DeepLearn 2017 Bilbao, Spain July 17-21, 2017 Organized by: University of Deusto Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/DeepLearn2017/ ************************************************************ --- Early registration deadline: January 27, 2017 --- ******************************************************** SCOPE: DeepLearn 2017 will be a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants about the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of deep learning. This is a branch of artificial intelligence covering a spectrum of current exciting machine learning research and industrial innovation that provides more efficient algorithms to deal with large-scale data in neuroscience, computer vision, speech recognition, language processing, drug discovery, biomedical informatics, recommender systems, learning theory, robotics, games, etc. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. Most deep learning subareas will be displayed, and main challenges identified through 4 keynote lectures, 28 six-hour courses, and 1 round table, which will tackle the most active and promising topics. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Interaction will be a main component of the event. An open session will give participants the opportunity to present their own work in progress in 5 minutes. ADDRESSED TO: In principle, graduate students, doctoral students and postdocs from around the world will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees. Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses. DeepLearn 2017 is also appropriate for more senior people who want to keep themselves updated on recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators. REGIME: In addition to keynotes, 3 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another. VENUE: DeepLearn 2017 will take place in Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque Country, famous for its gastronomy and the seat of the Guggenheim Museum. The venue will be: DeustoTech, School of Engineering University of Deusto Avda. Universidades, 24 48014 Bilbao, Spain KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: (to be completed) Richard Socher (Salesforce), Tackling the Limits of Deep Learning PROFESSORS AND COURSES: (to be completed) Narendra Ahuja (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), tba Pierre Baldi (University of California, Irvine), [intermediate/advanced] Deep Learning: Theory and Applications to the Natural Sciences Sven Behnke (University of Bonn), [intermediate] Visual Perception using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Mohammed Bennamoun (University of Western Australia), [introductory/intermediate] Deep Learning for Computer Vision Hervé Bourlard (Idiap Research Institute), [intermediate/advanced] Deep Sequence Modeling: Historical Perspective and Current Trends Thomas Breuel (NVIDIA Corporation), tba George Cybenko (Dartmouth College), [intermediate] Deep Learning of Behaviors Rina Dechter (University of California, Irvine), tba Li Deng (Microsoft Research), tba Jianfeng Gao (Microsoft Research), [introductory/intermediate] An Introduction to Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Michael Gschwind (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center), [introductory/intermediate] Deploying Deep Learning Applications at the Enterprise Scale Yufei Huang (University of Texas, San Antonio), tba Soo-Young Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), [intermediate/advanced] Multi-modal Deep Learning for the Recognition of Human Emotions in the Real Li Erran Li (Columbia University), [intermediate/advanced] Deep Learning Security: Adversarial Examples and Adversarial Training Michael C. Mozer (University of Colorado, Boulder), [introductory/intermediate] Incorporating Domain Bias into Neural Networks Hermann Ney (RWTH Aachen University), [intermediate/advanced] Speech Recognition and Machine Translation: From Statistical Decision Theory to Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks Jose C. Principe (University of Florida), [intermediate/advanced] Cognitive Architectures for Object Recognition in Video Maximilian Riesenhuber (Georgetown University), [introductory/intermediate] Deep Learning in the Brain Ruslan Salakhutdinov (Carnegie Mellon University), [intermediate/advanced] Foundations of Deep Learning and its Recent Advances Alessandro Sperduti (University of Padua), [intermediate/advanced] Deep Learning for Sequences Jimeng Sun (Georgia Institute of Technology), [introductory] Interpretable Deep Learning Models for Healthcare Applications Julian Togelius (New York University), [intermediate] (Deep) Learning for (Video) Games Joos Vandewalle (KU Leuven), [introductory/intermediate] Data Processing Methods, and Applications of Least Squares Support Vector Machines Ying Nian Wu (University of California, Los Angeles), [introductory/intermediate] Deep Generative Models and Unsupervised Learning Eric P. Xing (Carnegie Mellon University), tba Georgios N. Yannakakis (University of Malta), [introductory/intermediate] Deep Learning for Games - But Not for Playing them Scott Wen-tau Yih (Microsoft Research), tba Richard Zemel (University of Toronto), tba OPEN SESSION: An open session will collect 5-minute presentations of work in progress by participants. They should submit a half-page abstract containing title, authors, and summary of the research to david.silva409 (at) yahoo.com by July 10, 2017. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: José Gaviria Carlos Martín (co-chair) Manuel Jesús Parra Iker Pastor Borja Sanz (co-chair) David Silva REGISTRATION: It has to be done at http://grammars.grlmc.com/DeepLearn2017/registration.php The selection of up to 8 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be helpful to have an approximation of the respective demand for each course. Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration facility disabled when the capacity of the venue will be complete. It is much recommended to register prior to the event. FEES: Fees comprise access to all courses and lunches. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline. ACCOMMODATION: Suggestions for accommodation will be available on the website. CERTIFICATE: Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance including the number of hours of lectures. QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: david.silva409 (at) yahoo.com ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Universidad de Deusto Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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SDS 2017 CFP: The Fourth International Conference on Software Defined Systems(SDS-2017), Valencia, Spain. May 8-11, 2017
by IEEE SDS 2017 12 Jan '17

12 Jan '17

The 4th IEEE International Conference on Software Defined Systems(SDS-2017) Valencia, Spain. May 8-11, 2017 http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2017/index.php (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE -Spain Section) Co-loacated with (FMEC 2017): http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2017/index.php Call For Papers: Next generation cloud systems will require a paradigm shift in how they are constructed and managed. Conventional control and management platforms are facing considerable challenges regarding flexibility, dependability and security that next generation systems will require. The cloud computing paradigm has gone part of the way towards alleviating some of the problems associated with resource allocation, utilization and managements (e.g., via elasticity). However, many of the elements of a well-designed cloud environment remain “stiff” and hard to modify and adapt in an integrated fashion. This includes underlying networking topologies, many aspects of the user control over IaaS, PaaS or SaaS layers when such is needed, construction of XaaS services, provenance and meta-data collection, and so on. In many situations the problem may be because service abstraction is inadequate. Software Defined Systems (SDS) are systems that have added software components which help abstract actual IT equipment and other layers.One classical example, of course, are hypervisors. Such separation provides a great opportunity for system administrators to more easily construct and managing their systems through flexible software layers. Software Defined Systems include Software Defined Networking (SDN), Software Defined Storage, Software Defined Servers (Virtualization), Software Defined Datacenters (SDD), Software Defined Security (SDSec), and ultimately Software Defined Clouds (SDCloud) to name a few possibilities. Individual solutions and seamless integration of these abstractions remains in many respects a challenge. After the high success of the previous editions (SDS'2014, SDS'2015 and SDS'2016), The fourth International confernce on Software Defined Systems 2017 (SDS'2017) will continue to be a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, and developments in the area of software defined systems – both components and their integration - and by implication advancement of next generation clouds. SDS 2017 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all aspects of Software Defined Systems. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating SDS challenges. That is, the objective of SDS 2017 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Software Defined Systems. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Software Defined Systems support for Cloud Computing . * Software Defined Networking (SDN). * SDN concepts, architecture, and APIs. * Network Virtualization * SDN and OpenFlow protocol * Software Defined Radio * Cognitive Radio Networks . * Access Control models in SDN. * Software Defined Storage. * Storage Automation and Abstraction. * Policy-driven storage provisioning. * Software Defined Servers and Virtualization. * Software Defined Datacenters. * Software Defined Security o Security policies automation. * Self-management systems. * Autonomic Computing techniques. * Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction. * Software Defined Systems Scalability. * Software Defined Systems optimization. * Software tools and frameworks to support SDS . * Software Defined Systems challenges and opportunities * Software Defined Systems surveys . * Social engineering, insider threats system for SDS. * Incident Handling and Penetration Testing with SDS. * Software Defined Systems support if IoT. * Security protocols in SDS. * Security and privacy of mobile SDS based cloud computing * Service-oriented architectures, service portability andP2P * Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks Important Dates: Submission Date: 31 Jan. 2017 Notification to Authors: 3 March 2017 Camera Ready Submission: 1 April 2017 Submission: Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SDS Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. Papers should be submitted electronically by the deadline to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sds2017 Journal Special Issues: * The Journal of Supercomputing (IF: 1.08) - Springer * Cluster Computing Journal (IF: 1.5) - Springer Co-located workshops: The 4th International Symposium on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security. http://emergingtechnet.org/IOT SMS2017/index.html<http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2017/index.html> The Third International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems, Management, and Security (MCSMS-2017) http://emergingtechnet.org/MCS MS2017/<http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2017/> The First international workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV) http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN -NFV2017/<http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2017/> Committee: General Co-Chairs: * Yaser Jararweh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan * Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Technical Program Co-Chairs: * Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK. * Yojiro UO, IIJ Innovation Institute Inc., Japan. Publication Co-Chairs: * Houbing Song, West Virginia University, USA. * Angelo Furfaro, University of Calabria, Italy Publicity Chair: * Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan * Andy Rindos, IBM research, USA. Invited Speaker and Panel Co-Chairs * Mladen Vouk, N.C. State University, USA * Lo'ai Tawalbah, UCSB, USA Steering Committee: * Mladen Vouk, N.C. State University, USA (Chair) * Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK * Yaser Jararweh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. * Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. * Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain * Andy Rindos, IBM research, USA. * Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA Please send any inquiry on SDS 2017 to Yaser Jararweh : yijararweh(a)just.edu.jo<mailto:yijararweh@just.edu.jo> and to Elhadj Benkhelifa: E.Benkhelifa(a)staffs.ac.uk<mailto:E.Benkhelifa@staffs.ac.uk>. ________________________________ Jordan University of Science and Technology accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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