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CFP: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE CLOUD 2023)
by Bahman Javadi 21 Dec '22

21 Dec '22

IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (IEEE CLOUD 2023) July 2-8, 2023, Chicago, Illinois, USAhttps://conferences.computer.org/cloud/2023/ IEEE CLOUD is the flagship conference focusing on innovative cloud computing across all "as a service" categories (XaaS). This includes modeling, developing, publishing, monitoring, managing, delivering, and scaling XaaS offerings from the core to the edge. The conference is a prime international forum for researchers, academics, businesses, industry, and standard bodies to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of cloud computing, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of cloud computing. IEEE CLOUD 2023 invites original papers addressing all aspects of cloud computing infrastructure, applications, and business innovations. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Cloud and AI * Use of AI to Improve Cloud Services and Operations * Use of Cloud to Improve AI Research and Deployment * Predictive Analysis and Federated Learning * Anomaly Detection and Automation for Remediation & Mitigation * Observability, Transparency and Reproducibility Infrastructure * Cloud Computing Systems and Architectures * Edge Computing Systems and Architectures * Cloud Storage and Data Architectures * Cloud-centric Network Architectures (SDN, NFV, etc) * Computing Continuum and Edge-Cloud-HPC federation Applications * Large Scale Cloud Applications * Edge Applications * Microservice-based, Containerized, & Serverless Applications * Digital Twins & Applications across Edge-Cloud-HPC Continuum Cloud Management and Operations * Hybrid-cloud Integration and Multi-cloud Environments * Distributed and Parallel Query Processing * Resource, Energy, Data Management * Cloud Metering and Monitoring * Containers, Serverless Computing * Cloud Service Adaptation and Automation * Cloud Federation, Service Composition * Sustainable Cloud Computing Cloud Security * Confidential Cloud Computing and Trusted Cloud Environments * Access Control, Authorization, Authentication * Assurance, Audit, Certification, Compliance * Fault Tolerance, High Availability, Reliability * Privacy-aware data management * Cloud Applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies Cloud Economics * Cloud Strategy for Enterprise Business Transformation * Cloud Service Level Agreement (SLAs) * Economics and Business Models for XaaS * Cloud Quality Management * Cloud ROI Analysis, Cost and Pricing Cloud as a Service * Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) * Platform as a Service (PaaS) * Function as a Service (FaaS) * Software as a Service (SaaS) * Network / Storage as a Service IMPORTANT DATES (ANYWHERE ON EARTH) December 1, 2022: Easy Chair open for draft submissions February 12, 2023: Easy Chair closes for submissions (hard deadline) April 2, 2023: Acceptance notifications July 2-8, 2023: SERVICES Congress in Chicago MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION Please visit the Information for Authors page on the Congress website for manuscript guidelines: https://conferences.computer.org/services/2023/author_info/ GENERAL CHAIRS Tevfik Kosar, University at Buffalo Manish Parashar, University of Utah PROGRAM CHAIRS Judy Fox, University of Virginia Christoph Hagleitner, IBM Research - Zurich PUBLICITY CHAIRS Maria Fazio, University of Messina Soumya K. Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University Zhiling Lan, Illinois Institute of Technology Osamu Tatebe, University of Tsukuba Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina Amelie Chi Zhou, Shenzhen University

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Postdoc position in Deep Neural Networks
by El-ghazali Talbi 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Dear all, Please find enclosed a Postdoc position @Paris (France) on Multi-objective Prediction Models for Machine Learning Applications. best regards -- ********************************************************************** OLA'2023 International Conference on Optimization and Learning (SCOPUS, Springer) Malaga, Spain, May 3-5, 2023 http://ola2023.sciencesconf.org *********************************************************************** META'2023 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing (SCOPUS, Springer) Marrakech, Morocco, Oct 25-28, 2023 *********************************************************************** Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS

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ICCSA 2023 Call for Workshop Proposals is closing soon
by Osvaldo Gervasi 08 Dec '22

08 Dec '22

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Call for Papers, PDSEC-23 Workshop, May 2023
by Shontz, Suzanne Michelle 07 Dec '22

07 Dec '22

Dear All: The 24th IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC-23) (http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/2023/pdsec/) will be held on May 19, 2023 in St. Petersburg, Florida in conjunction with IPDPS 2023. Deadline: PDSEC-23 deadline: 15 Jan 2023 (AoE) Scope and Interests: The technological trends in HPC system evolution indicates an increasing burden placed on application developers due to the management of the unprecedented complexity levels of hardware and its associated performance characteristics. Many existing scientific applications codes are unlikely to perform well on future systems without major modifications or even complete rewrites. In the future, it will be necessary to utilize, in concert, many characteristics such as multiple levels of parallelism, many lightweight cores, complex memory hierarchies, novel I/O technology, power capping, system-wide temporal/spatial performance heterogeneity and reliability concerns. The parallel and distributed computing (PDC) community has developed new programming models, algorithms, libraries and tools to meet these challenges in order to accommodate productive code development and effective system use. However, the scientific application community still needs to identify the benefit through practical evaluations. Thus, the focus of this workshop is on methodologies and experiences used in scientific and engineering applications and algorithms to achieve sustainable code development for better productivity, application performance and reliability. In particular, we will focus on the following topics in parallel and distributed scientific and engineering applications, and not limited to: * Big scientific data * Performance modeling and simulation for the execution of scalable scientific applications on new heterogeneous architectures * Graph analytics with their (scientific) applications * Code modernization methodologies and experiences for adapting the changes in future computing systems * Languages for scientific computing on hybrid systems (e.g. Python, MPI+X where X is OpenMP, OpenCL, CUDA etc.) * Tools and techniques for improving the performance, reliability and resilience of scientific applications * Use cases of enterprise distributed computing technology (such as MapReduce, Data Analytics and Machine-learning tools) in scientific and engineering applications * Scalable parallel and distributed algorithms supporting science and engineering applications * Performance portability across heterogeneous architecture Important Dates: Paper submission due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 15, 2023 Notification of Acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . February 23, 2023 Final camera-ready paper . . . . . . . . . . . . February 28, 2023 Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 19, 2023 General Chairs Sabine Roller, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Peter Strazdins, The Australian National University, Australia Program Chairs Raphael Couturier, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comte, France Neda Ebrahimi Pour, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Publicity Chair Suzanne Shontz, University of Kansas, USA Steering Committee Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Thomas Rauber, University of Bayreuth, Germany Gudula Runger, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Web Chair Jiawei Wang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Sincerely, Suzanne Dr. Suzanne Shontz Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66047 USA

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[CfP] EICC 2023|14-15 June 2023|Stavanger, Norway (in-person only)
by S Vrhovec 01 Dec '22

01 Dec '22

======================================================================= EICC 2023: European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference 14-15 June 2023 | Clarion Hotel Energy, Stavanger, Norway W: https://www.fvv.um.si/eicc2023/ | E: eicc(a)um.si ======================================================================= == Call for papers/posters == Paper submission: 15 Jan 2023 Author notification: 12 Feb 2023 Poster submission: 5 Mar 2023 Camera-ready: 9 Apr 2023 Submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eicc2023 EICC 2023 proceedings will be published by ACM in ICPS (indexed by dblp, Scopus, Web of Science, ACM DL). Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions to the Journal of Universal Computer Science (0948-695X / 0948-6968) Special Issue on Fighting Cybersecurity Risks from a Multidisciplinary Perspective (indexed by dblp, Scopus, Web of Science). == About EICC 2023 == The European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference - EICC 2023 aims at establishing a venue for the exchange of information on cybersecurity and its many aspects between academics and practitioners in Europe. EICC was until 2019 known as the Central European Cybersecurity Conference - CECC and has been rebranded to underscore the interdisciplinarity of the conference and broaden its reach. EICC 2023 encourages the dialogue between computer scientists and researchers in all other fields related to cybersecurity, such as behavioral sciences, sociology, criminology, investigations and law. Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome. EICC 2023 is planned as an in-person conference. == Scope == The conference is devoted to exploring and presenting original innovative applications, scientific and technological advancements in the field of cybersecurity. Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to: - Adversarial machine learning - Big data and cybersecurity - Business continuity and disaster recovery - Child safety in the cyberspace - Cloud security - Critical infrastructure security - Cyber forensics - Cyber insurance - Cyber warfare - Cyber-physical systems security - Cybersecurity and cyber resilience - Digital currency, blockchains and cybercrime - Digital privacy - Embedded systems security - Healthcare information security - Information security governance - Internet of things security - Law, investigation, internet jurisdiction and ethics - Network security - Security management - Software development security - Surveillance, interception, blocking and sovereignty - Trust management Special session: - Complex network analysis for cybersecurity - CNACYS 2023: https://www.fvv.um.si/eicc2023/cnacys/ == Publication == EICC 2023 proceedings will be published by Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) in the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). Proceedings from the last three conference editions are available here: - EICC 2022: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3528580 - EICC 2021: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3487405 - EICC 2020: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3424954 Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions to the Journal of Universal Computer Science (0948-695X / 0948-6968) Special Issue on Fighting Cybersecurity Risks from a Multidisciplinary Perspective (Scimago Q2, JCR Q3). == Submission guidelines == The official language of the conference is English. Papers are limited to 6 pages. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome: - *Full papers* reporting on original research findings (5-6 pages) - *Short papers* reporting on original research findings (2-4 pages) - *Posters* (extended abstracts) reporting on original research findings (1-2 pages, including references) The conference will offer a *Best paper award* and *Best poster award*. The awards will be announced and bestowed at the conference closing session. The awards will be conferred to the author(s) of awarded papers who will be present at the conference. The decision criterion will consider both the paper/poster quality and the oral presentation/printed poster quality. Please see the conference website for further details. -- Simon Vrhovec https://simvrh.wordpress.com/

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Deadline Extended: The 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing
by Bahman Javadi 26 Nov '22

26 Nov '22

==================== IEEE/ACM CCGRID 2023 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing In conjunction with the 7th IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC 2023) May 1-4, 2023 Bangalore, India https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ==================== The 23rd IEEE/ACM international Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2023) is a leading forum to disseminate and discuss research activities and results on a broad range of topics in distributed systems, ranging from computing clusters to widely distributed Clouds and emerging Internet computing paradigms such as Fog and Edge Computing to support Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data applications. The conference will feature keynotes, technical presentations, posters, workshops, tutorials, as well as the SCALE challenge featuring live demonstrations and the ICFEC 2023 conference. The conference places special emphasis on all aspects of equity, diversity and inclusion in systems research. The conference will be held as an in-person event. We, as the CCGrid community, are committed, both individually and collectively, to nurturing diversity and inclusion, sustaining a climate of mutual respect, and fostering a collaborative and supportive environment wherein everyone is empowered to succeed. -------------------------------------- CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS AND ARTIFACTS -------------------------------------- We solicit original unpublished research contributions on all aspects of distributed systems and applications in the context of Cluster, Cloud, and Internet computing environments. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: HARDWARE SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING * Storage and I/O Systems; Sustainable and Green Computing; and Architecture, Networking and Data Centers for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing. SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS * Programming Models and Runtime Systems; Resource Management and Scheduling; Performance Modeling and Evaluation; and Energy-efficient software/applications for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing. ML FOR SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS FOR ML * Techniques, platforms and systems for supporting Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications. * Use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications to enhance the performance of cluster, cloud and Internet-computing systems. FUTURE COMPUTE CONTINUUM * Internet Computing Frontiers: Cloud, Edge, Fog, Serverless; Future Internet: 5G/6G, SDN; Osmotic Computing; Cloud-Economics and Trustworthiness; Post- and Non-Von Neumann Computing, Quantum computing and Neuromorphic computing. APPLICATIONS AND TRANSLATION * AI/ML, Cyber-Physical Systems, e-Health, IoT, Digital Twins, Autonomous systems, Cyber-Security, Privacy, and Enterprise applications for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing; Applications for Cloud-to-Things continuum. *** ARTIFACTS *** Starting this year, CCGRID will be accepting code/data artifacts as supplemental material for accepted papers. These will be reviewed by an Artifact Evaluation committee, examining 1) if the artifacts are available and 2) if they are evaluated, and those that pass will be awarded Reproducibility Badges, specifically 1) "Open Research Objects (ORO)" and 2) "Research Objects Reviewed (ROR)", for the accepted paper on IEEE Xplore. Submission of the artifacts is optional, and will be solicited after the research paper acceptance. More details will be posted soon. *** GUIDELINES *** Manuscripts should not exceed 10 pages, excluding references, using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. Authors of accepted manuscripts may purchase up to two additional pages. Papers in the main research track will follow a double-blinded review process. Accepted papers will be published through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore. The conference will be held in person physically. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present their work in-person at the conference. Best Paper Awards will be presented to the author(s) of top papers selected by the Program Committee. For more details see https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ---------------- CALL FOR POSTERS ---------------- The research poster session offers a chance to present early research ideas, late-breaking results, and novel perspectives on Cluster, Cloud and Internet computing at the CCGrid conference. We welcome submissions from academia, industry and labs to submit posters on topics of interest similar to those of the main conference tracks listed above. The authors are invited to submit 2-page extended abstracts for the poster, excluding references, using the IEEE 2-column format for conference proceedings. The submissions will undergo a single-blinded review process. The extended abstracts of the accepted posters will be published as a companion proceeding (CCGRIDW) through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore digital library. The conference will be held in person physically. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present a poster version of their extended abstract in-person at the conference. Best Poster Awards will be presented to the author(s) of top papers selected by the Program Committee. For more details see https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR EARLY CAREER & STUDENT SHOWCASE POSTERS ------------------------------------------------ Early Career and Students' Showcase of CCGrid 2023 provides a forum for students and early career researchers a chance to have discussions, solicit feedback on their research, and gain mentorship on their careers from experts attending the conference. We invite poster submissions to this showcase on novel research ideas, work-in-progress, or a summary of the dissertation work conducted in the broad areas of Cluster, Cloud and Internet computing, on topics of interest aligned with the main conference tracks listed above. The first author of the submission must be a student enrolled in a doctoral or Masters? degree program at an academic institution, a postdoctoral researcher, or an early career researcher having a Masters' or Doctoral degree within the last 5 years. The authors are invited to submit 2-page extended abstracts for the poster, excluding references, using the IEEE 2-column format for conference proceedings. The submissions will undergo a single-blinded review process. The extended abstracts of the accepted posters will be published as a companion proceeding (CCGRIDW) through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore digital library. The conference will be held in person physically. The student/early career author each accepted paper must register and present a poster version of their extended abstract in-person at the conference. Limited travel grants will be available to students and early career researchers. Best Poster Awards will be presented to the author(s) of top papers selected by the Program Committee. *** MENTORSHIP ACTIVITIES *** Student and early career authors will have the opportunity to have fruitful interactions and networking with other researchers at a similar stage in their careers. There will also be focused mentoring sessions with experts in the field to offer guidance on research problems and aspects of a successful research career. Students will also have a chance to interact with industry leaders and share their resumes with potential recruiters. For more details see https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ------------------------------------ CALL FOR SCALE CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS ------------------------------------ IEEE TCSC International Scalable Computing Challenge (SCALE 2023) is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). The objective of the SCALE Challenge is to highlight and showcase real-world problem-solving using computing that scales. Participants in the challenge will be expected to identify significant current real-world problems where scalable computing techniques can be effectively used, and design, implement, evaluate and demonstrate solutions. Problems that have a social impact are of particular interest. Authors are invited to submit 6-page technical paper, excluding references, describing the nature of the problem being solved, the solution technique, and offer preliminary evidence of the scalability achieved. The technical committee will shortlist finalists from these proposals, and invite them to present their work and offer a live demonstration at the CCGrid 2023 conference. The conference will be held in person physically. One author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present their work and demonstration at a special SCALE Challenge session. A panel of experts will judge and select the IEEE TCSC SCALE Challenge winner. The accepted papers will be published as a companion proceeding (CCGRIDW) through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore digital library. --------- WORKSHOPS --------- Several workshops are being co-located at CCGRID 2023. Please refer to the workshops page for more details. 1. STEERS: 3rd Workshop on Serverless to Serve more at Scale 2. DASMEC: 1st Workshop on Data and Service modeling for Edge Computing 3. STP-CPS: 6th Workshop on Security Trust Privacy for Cyber-Physical Systems 4. SIoTEC: 4th Workshop on Secure IoT, Edge and Cloud Systems 5. CLEF: 1st Workshop on Cloud, Edge, and Fog for smart industries 6. BlockCPS: 1st Workshop in Smart Cyber Physical Systems: Adhering to Security, Trust, and Integrity 7. MegaData: 1st Workshop on advances in Data Systems Management, Engineering, and Analytics ----------------------------------- DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (D&I) TRACK ----------------------------------- CCGrid 2023 is placing an emphasis on diversity and inclusion in systems research. The D&I track at CCGrid 2023 will feature eminent keynote speakers and panel discussions by researchers and practitioners in cluster, cloud and Internet computing from diverse backgrounds. We will also host focused mentorship roundtables and networking sessions for students, faculty members and researchers from traditionally under-represented groups to provide them an opportunity to interact with leading experts from academia and industry. We will be soliciting applications to participate in the D&I track and offer limited travel grants based on need and availability. ------------------ SUBMISSION WEBSITE ------------------https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ccgrid2023 --------------------- IMPORTANT DATES (AoE) --------------------- RESEARCH PAPERS * Abstract Submission: Dec 5, 2022 (Updated) * Paper Submission: Dec 12, 2022 (Updated) * Author Notifications: Jan 27, 2023 * Camera Ready: Mar 17, 2023 SCALE CHALLENGE & RESEARCH POSTERS * Abstract Submission: Jan 24, 2023 * Paper Submission: Jan 31, 2023 * Author Notifications: Feb 10, 2023 * Camera Ready: Mar 17, 2023 EARLY CAREER & STUDENTS' SHOWCASE * Extended Abstract Submission: Jan 31, 2023 * Author Notifications: Feb 10, 2023 * Camera Ready: Mar 17, 2023 CONFERENCE DATES: May 1-4, 2023 ------------ SPONSORED BY ------------ IEEE Computer Society IEEE Technical Community on Scalable Computing (TCSC) IEEE Technical Community on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) ------------------- IN COOPERATION WITH ------------------- Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI) IEEE Computer Society-Bangalore Chapter ---------------------- ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ---------------------- GENERAL CHAIRS Yogesh Simmhan, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India Ilkay Altintas, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS Pavan Balaji, Meta Platforms Inc, USA Ana-Lucia Varbanescu, University of Twente, The Netherlands TRACK CHAIRS HARDWARE SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING Antonio Pena, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS Purushottam Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India Alexandru Iosup, Vrije University, The Netherlands ML FOR SYSTEMS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ML Min Si, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA Kyle Chard, University of Chicago, USA FUTURE COMPUTE CONTINUUM Guillaume Pierre, University of Rennes, France Maria Carla Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy APPLICATIONS AND TRANSLATION David Abramson, The University of Queensland, Australia ARTIFACTS EVALUATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA Moise, Diana, Cray (HPE), Switzerland DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CHAIRS Beth Plale, Indiana University, USA Preeti Malakar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India WORKSHOPS CHAIRS Mohsen Amini Salehi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA Nitin Auluck, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India SCALE CHALLENGE CHAIRS Suren Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), USA Amelie Chi Zhou, Shenzhen University, China RESEARCH POSTERS CHAIRS Sandip Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India Kamer Kaya, Sabanci University, Turkey EARLY CAREER AND STUDENTS SHOWCASE' CHAIRS Tanu Malik, Depaul University, USA Sameer Shende, University of Oregon, USA Nikhil Hegde, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dharwad, India PUBLICITY CHAIRS Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy Bahman Javdi, Western Sydney University, Australia Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Dip Sankar Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur, India Gagangeet Singh Aujla, Durham University, UK Jason Haga, AIST, Japan Jianwu Wang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Minxian Xu, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), China LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIRS Atul Kumar, IBM Research, India Raj Sharma, Walmart Labs, India Vivek Yadav, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, India INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT AND SPONSORSHIP CHAIRS Raj Sharma, Walmart Labs, India Prasant Misra, TCS, India TRAVEL GRANTS CHAIRS Subhajit Sidhanta, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai, India Sandra Gesing, University of Illinois Chicago, USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIRS Abhinandan S.P., National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore, India Lorenzo Carnevale, University of Messina, Italy CLOUD@INDIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE Umesh Bellur, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India Puru Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India Amith Singhee, IBM Research, India Dinkar Sitaram, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI), India Kishore Kothapalli, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad, India Lakshmi J., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India Rajeev Shourey, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India Satish Srirama, University of Hyderabad, India CONFERENCE TREASURERS Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe, ACM India WEB CHAIRS Debadatta Mishra, IIT-Kanpur, India Saurabh Kumar, IIT-Kanpur, India STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Pavan Balaji, Meta Platforms Inc, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We, as the CCGrid community, are committed, both individually and collectively, to nurturing diversity and inclusion, sustaining a climate of mutual respect, and fostering a collaborative and supportive environment wherein everyone is empowered to succeed. Authors and participants are encouraged to read the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and the ACM Policy Against Harassment, and IEEE Computer Society's expectation of professional behavior found in the IEEE Computer Society Open Conference Statement, the IEEE Event Conduct and Safety Statement, and the IEEE Code of Ethics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Hiring for Professorial and Teaching Stream Roles - Lassonde School of Engineering - York University (Toronto, ON)
by Debra Clinton 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) positions (Applications due Nov 15): The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for the following Professorial and Teaching Stream positions: Computer, Electrical, or Software Engineering – Professorial Stream (1 Position) – Keele Campus Recognizing the underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and other faculty of colour, this opportunity is open to qualified individuals who self-identify as Indigenous, and/or Black peoples of African Descent (for example Africans and African heritage people from the Caribbean, Americas, Europe), and/or as members of other visible minorities (racialized groups). It is part of a cohort hire across a number of faculties and fields of study. The successful candidate will be joining a vibrant scholarly community at York, where we aspire to achieve equity and diversity in all areas, including race equity. Computer Science – Teaching Stream (2 Positions) – Keele Campus This position will be focused on teaching primarily undergraduate courses and providing educational management, guidance, and direction in enhancing teaching and learning through curricular and pedagogical innovation in the workplace and classroom. Experience in collaborating with industry and community partners is an asset. They will be responsible for subject matter in cybersecurity, software development, cloud computing, or data science. One position will be in the computer security field, and the other a pedagogical specialist in first year teaching. Computer Security and Privacy -- Professorial Stream (1 Position) – Keele Campus This position will focus on Computer Security and Privacy broadly interpreted as including, but not limited to: OS security and malware analysis, software security, computer forensics, penetration testing and ethical hacking, mobile security, cloud security, user privacy, trust management, cryptography. Computer Vision – Professorial Stream (1 Position) – Keele Campus This position will focus on Computer Vision, broadly interpreted (including, but not limited to computational photography, video understanding, physics-based vision, vision + language/other modalities, 3D computer vision, learning for vision), along with a suitable record of publication in premier computer vision and closely related venues (including, for example, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, etc.). Software Engineering and Embedded Systems – Professorial Stream (2 Positions) – Keele Campus These positions will focus broadly on Software Engineering and Embedded Systems and will involve graduate teaching and supervision, as well as undergraduate teaching. Earth and Space Science and Engineering (ESSE) position (Applications due Nov 30): The Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering (ESSE), Lassonde School of Engineering at York University invites highly qualified applicants for a: Space Engineering (Mechatronics) - Assistant Professor, Professorial Stream – Keele Campus This is a professorial stream tenure-track appointment in Space Engineering (Mechatronics) at the Assistant Professor level, to commence on July 1, 2023. While we welcome applications from individuals with experience in the traditional and interdisciplinary areas of space engineering, special attention will be given to individuals with experience that complements our current research and teaching activities: * spacecraft dynamics and control, * nano-satellite technology, * space instrumentation, and * space mission design. It will be an advantage if applicants have experience teaching large engineering lecture classes and a demonstrated commitment to participating in alternative course delivery systems. Common Engineering teaching position (Applications due December 31): The Office of the Dean in the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University invites highly qualified applicants for a: Common Engineering - Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream – Keele Campus This is a teaching stream tenure-track appointment for Common Engineering at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, to commence July 1, 2023. The common engineering curriculum comprises the required first-year and a series of upper-year courses taken by students across all Bachelor of Engineering (BEng.) programs. Currently, these consist of two introductory courses (ethics, communications and problem solving; engineering design principles), two second-year courses (engineering project management and economics; engineering communication), and two upper-year courses (professional engineering practice; capstone project). The successful candidate will be expected to: * teach undergraduate courses in the common engineering curriculum * provide creative educational leadership in curriculum redesign and pedagogical innovation * collaborate with supportive colleagues in team teaching * coordinate the integration of professional skills (e.g., communication, leadership, collaboration, project management) across the common engineering curriculum and project-based learning experiences Applying to York University York University has a policy on Accommodation in Employment for Persons with Disabilities<http://secretariat-policies.info.yorku.ca/policies/accommodation-in-employm…> and is committed to working towards a barrier-free workplace and to expanding the accessibility of the workplace to persons with disabilities. Candidates who require accommodation during the selection process are invited to contact: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: eecsjoin(a)yorku.ca<mailto:eecsjoin@yorku.ca> Earth & Space Science & Engineering: essechr(a)yorku.ca<mailto:essechr@yorku.ca> Common Engineering Search Committee Chair - Jeffrey Harris: jpharris(a)yorku.ca<mailto:jpharris@yorku.ca> York University is an Affirmative Action (AA) employer and strongly values diversity, including gender and sexual diversity, within its community. The AA Program, which applies to women, members of racialized groups, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and those who self-identify as 2SLGBTQ+, can be found at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs<http://www.yorku.ca/acadjobs> or by calling the AA line at 416-736-5713. Applicants wishing to self-identify as part of York University’s Affirmative Action program can do so as part of the online application process. 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Call for poster: IEEE ISPA2022 (Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications), Dec. 2022
by Jesson Butt 07 Nov '22

07 Nov '22

Call for Poster: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/poster.htm Important Dates: Deadline for proceedings published posters with display at conference: 13 November 2022 Notification of Acceptance: 15 November 2022 Final versions of proceeding published posters: 18 November 2022 Submissions: Please email your posters/demos to confs.aus(a)gmail.com with the email subject as "ISPA 2022 poster submission". --------------- Participants are invited to submit posters and research demos to ISPA 2022. ISPA 2022 is created to provide a prime international forum for both researchers, industry practitioners and environment experts to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications as well as joint-venture and synergic research and development across various related areas. Topics of interest for posters and demos include, but not limited to: Scope and Topics (1) Systems and Architectures Track - Cloud computing and data center technology - Migration of computations - Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability - Energy management and Green Computing - Wireless and mobile networks - Internet-Of-Things (IoT) - Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track - Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC - Parallel and distributed algorithms - Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development - Novel parallel programming paradigms - Programming models for cloud services and applications - Code generation and optimization - Compilers for parallel computers - Middleware and tools - Scheduling and resource management - Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations - Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track - High-performance scientific and engineering computing - Grid and cluster computing - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Databases, data mining, and data management - Big data and business analytics - Scientific cloud systems and services - Internet computing and web services - Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing - Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications - Software Defined Networks and its applications Chairs: Muneeb Hassan, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

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CFP: The 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing
by Bahman Javadi 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

==================== IEEE/ACM CCGRID 2023 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing In conjunction with the 7th IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC 2023) May 1-4, 2023 Bangalore, India https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ==================== The 23rd IEEE/ACM international Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2023) is a leading forum to disseminate and discuss research activities and results on a broad range of topics in distributed systems, ranging from computing clusters to widely distributed Clouds and emerging Internet computing paradigms such as Fog and Edge Computing to support Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data applications. The conference will feature keynotes, technical presentations, posters, workshops, tutorials, as well as the SCALE challenge featuring live demonstrations and the ICFEC 2023 conference. The conference places special emphasis on all aspects of equity, diversity and inclusion in systems research. The conference will be held as an in-person event. We, as the CCGrid community, are committed, both individually and collectively, to nurturing diversity and inclusion, sustaining a climate of mutual respect, and fostering a collaborative and supportive environment wherein everyone is empowered to succeed. -------------------------------------- CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS AND ARTIFACTS -------------------------------------- We solicit original unpublished research contributions on all aspects of distributed systems and applications in the context of Cluster, Cloud, and Internet computing environments. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: HARDWARE SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING * Storage and I/O Systems; Sustainable and Green Computing; and Architecture, Networking and Data Centers for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing. SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS * Programming Models and Runtime Systems; Resource Management and Scheduling; Performance Modeling and Evaluation; and Energy-efficient software/applications for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing. ML FOR SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS FOR ML * Techniques, platforms and systems for supporting Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications. * Use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications to enhance the performance of cluster, cloud and Internet-computing systems. FUTURE COMPUTE CONTINUUM * Internet Computing Frontiers: Cloud, Edge, Fog, Serverless; Future Internet: 5G/6G, SDN; Osmotic Computing; Cloud-Economics and Trustworthiness; Post- and Non-Von Neumann Computing, Quantum computing and Neuromorphic computing. APPLICATIONS AND TRANSLATION * AI/ML, Cyber-Physical Systems, e-Health, IoT, Digital Twins, Autonomous systems, Cyber-Security, Privacy, and Enterprise applications for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing; Applications for Cloud-to-Things continuum. *** ARTIFACTS *** Starting this year, CCGRID will be accepting code/data artifacts as supplemental material for accepted papers. These will be reviewed by an Artifact Evaluation committee, examining 1) if the artifacts are available and 2) if they are evaluated, and those that pass will be awarded Reproducibility Badges, specifically 1) "Open Research Objects (ORO)" and 2) "Research Objects Reviewed (ROR)", for the accepted paper on IEEE Xplore. Submission of the artifacts is optional, and will be solicited after the research paper acceptance. More details will be posted soon. *** GUIDELINES *** Manuscripts should not exceed 10 pages, excluding references, using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. Authors of accepted manuscripts may purchase up to two additional pages. Papers in the main research track will follow a double-blinded review process. Accepted papers will be published through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore. The conference will be held in person physically. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present their work in-person at the conference. Best Paper Awards will be presented to the author(s) of top papers selected by the Program Committee. For more details see https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in --------------------------- CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS --------------------------- We invite proposals for workshops to be co-located with CCGrid 2023. Workshops provide a forum for discussion among researchers and practitioners on focused topics or emerging research areas relevant to the CCGrid community. Workshops may include a combination of invited talks, panel discussions, presentations of work in progress, and peer-reviewed short/full papers. Workshops are typically scheduled for half a day. Peer reviewed papers accepted to workshops will be published as a companion proceeding (CCGRIDW) through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore digital library. A PDF version of the workshop proposal should be submitted by email to the Workshops Chairs (amini(a)louisiana.edu and nitin(a)iitrpr.ac.in). For more details see https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ---------------- CALL FOR POSTERS ---------------- The research poster session offers a chance to present early research ideas, late-breaking results, and novel perspectives on Cluster, Cloud and Internet computing at the CCGrid conference. We welcome submissions from academia, industry and labs to submit posters on topics of interest similar to those of the main conference tracks listed above. The authors are invited to submit 2-page extended abstracts for the poster, excluding references, using the IEEE 2-column format for conference proceedings. The submissions will undergo a single-blinded review process. The extended abstracts of the accepted posters will be published as a companion proceeding (CCGRIDW) through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore digital library. The conference will be held in person physically. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present a poster version of their extended abstract in-person at the conference. Best Poster Awards will be presented to the author(s) of top papers selected by the Program Committee. For more details see https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR EARLY CAREER & STUDENT SHOWCASE POSTERS ------------------------------------------------ Early Career and Students' Showcase of CCGrid 2023 provides a forum for students and early career researchers a chance to have discussions, solicit feedback on their research, and gain mentorship on their careers from experts attending the conference. We invite poster submissions to this showcase on novel research ideas, work-in-progress, or a summary of the dissertation work conducted in the broad areas of Cluster, Cloud and Internet computing, on topics of interest aligned with the main conference tracks listed above. The first author of the submission must be a student enrolled in a doctoral or Masters? degree program at an academic institution, a postdoctoral researcher, or an early career researcher having a Masters' or Doctoral degree within the last 5 years. The authors are invited to submit 2-page extended abstracts for the poster, excluding references, using the IEEE 2-column format for conference proceedings. The submissions will undergo a single-blinded review process. The extended abstracts of the accepted posters will be published as a companion proceeding (CCGRIDW) through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore digital library. The conference will be held in person physically. The student/early career author each accepted paper must register and present a poster version of their extended abstract in-person at the conference. Limited travel grants will be available to students and early career researchers. Best Poster Awards will be presented to the author(s) of top papers selected by the Program Committee. *** MENTORSHIP ACTIVITIES *** Student and early career authors will have the opportunity to have fruitful interactions and networking with other researchers at a similar stage in their careers. There will also be focussed mentoring sessions with experts in the field to offer guidance on research problems and aspects of a successful research career. Students will also have a chance to interact with industry leaders and share their resumes with potential recruiters. For more details see https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ------------------------------------ CALL FOR SCALE CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS ------------------------------------ IEEE TCSC International Scalable Computing Challenge (SCALE 2023) is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). The objective of the SCALE Challenge is to highlight and showcase real-world problem-solving using computing that scales. Participants in the challenge will be expected to identify significant current real-world problems where scalable computing techniques can be effectively used, and design, implement, evaluate and demonstrate solutions. Problems that have a social impact are of particular interest. Authors are invited to submit 6-page technical paper, excluding references, describing the nature of the problem being solved, the solution technique, and offer preliminary evidence of the scalability achieved. The technical committee will shortlist finalists from these proposals, and invite them to present their work and offer a live demonstration at the CCGrid 2023 conference. The conference will be held in person physically. One author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present their work and demonstration at a special SCALE Challenge session. A panel of experts will judge and select the IEEE TCSC SCALE Challenge winner. The accepted papers will be published as a companion proceeding (CCGRIDW) through the IEEE CS Conference Publication Services and available online at IEEE Xplore digital library. ----------------------------------- DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (D&I) TRACK ----------------------------------- CCGrid 2023 is placing an emphasis on diversity and inclusion in systems research. The D&I track at CCGrid 2023 will feature eminent keynote speakers and panel discussions by researchers and practitioners in cluster, cloud and Internet computing from diverse backgrounds. We will also host focused mentorship roundtables and networking sessions for students, faculty members and researchers from traditionally under-represented groups to provide them an opportunity to interact with leading experts from academia and industry. We will be soliciting applications to participate in the D&I track and offer limited travel grants based on need and availability. ------------------ SUBMISSION WEBSITE ------------------ https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ccgrid2023 --------------------- IMPORTANT DATES (AoE) --------------------- RESEARCH PAPERS * Abstract Submission: Nov 25, 2022 * Paper Submission: Dec 2, 2022 * Author Notifications: Jan 27, 2023 * Camera Ready: Mar 17, 2023 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL * Proposal submission: October 21, 2022 * Workshop Acceptance Notification: November 15, 2022 SCALE CHALLENGE/POSTERS/EARLY CAREER & STUDENTS' SHOWCASE * Paper Submission: Jan 31, 2023 * Author Notifications: Feb 10, 2023 * Camera Ready: Mar 17, 2023 CONFERENCE DATES: May 1-4, 2023 ------------ SPONSORED BY ------------ IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY IEEE Technical Community on Scalable Computing (TCSC) IEEE Technical Community on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) ---------------------- ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ---------------------- GENERAL CHAIRS Yogesh Simmhan, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India Ilkay Altintas, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS Pavan Balaji, Meta Platforms Inc, USA Ana-Lucia Varbanescu, University of Twente, The Netherlands TRACK CHAIRS HARDWARE SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING Antonio Pena, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS Purushottam Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India Alexandru Iosup, Vrije University, The Netherlands ML FOR SYSTEMS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ML Min Si, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA Kyle Chard, University of Chicago, USA FUTURE COMPUTE CONTINUUM Guillaume Pierre, University of Rennes, France Maria Carla Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy APPLICATIONS AND TRANSLATION David Abramson, The University of Queensland, Australia ARTIFACTS EVALUATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CHAIRS Beth Plale, Indiana University, USA Preeti Malakar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India WORKSHOPS CHAIRS Mohsen Amini Salehi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA Nitin Auluck, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India SCALE CHALLENGE CHAIRS Suren Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), USA Amelie Chi Zhou, Shenzhen University, China RESEARCH POSTERS CHAIRS Sandip Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India Kamer Kaya, Sabanci University, Turkey EARLY CAREER AND STUDENTS SHOWCASE' CHAIRS Tanu Malik, Depaul University, USA Sameer Shende, University of Oregon, USA Nikhil Hegde, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dharwad, India PUBLICITY CHAIRS Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy Bahman Javdi, Western Sydney University, Australia Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Dip Sankar Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur, India Gagangeet Singh Aujla, Durham University, UK Jason Haga, AIST, Japan Jianwu Wang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Minxian Xu, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), China LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIRS Atul Kumar, IBM Research, India Raj Sharma, Walmart Labs, India Vivek Yadav, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, India INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT AND SPONSORSHIP CHAIRS Raj Sharma, Walmart Labs, India Prasant Misra, TCS, India TRAVEL GRANTS CHAIRS Subhajit Sidhanta, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai, India Sandra Gesing, University of Illinois Chicago, USA PROCEEDINGS CHAIRS Abhinandan S.P., National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore, India Lorenzo Carnevale, University of Messina, Italy CLOUD@INDIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE Umesh Bellur, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India Puru Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India Amith Singhee, IBM Research, India Dinkar Sitaram, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI), India Kishore Kothapalli, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad, India Lakshmi J., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India Rajeev Shourey, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India Satish Srirama, University of Hyderabad, India CONFERENCE TREASURERS Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe, ACM India WEB CHAIRS Debadatta Mishra, IIT-Kanpur, India Saurabh Kumar, IIT-Kanpur, India STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Pavan Balaji, Meta Platforms Inc, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We, as the CCGrid community, are committed, both individually and collectively, to nurturing diversity and inclusion, sustaining a climate of mutual respect, and fostering a collaborative and supportive environment wherein everyone is empowered to succeed. Authors and participants are encouraged to read the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and the ACM Policy Against Harassment, and IEEE Computer Society's expectation of professional behavior found in the IEEE Computer Society Open Conference Statement, the IEEE Event Conduct and Safety Statement, and the IEEE Code of Ethics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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3 year ML/Optimisation postdoc
by Uwe Aickelin 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

I'm looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work with me as part of the Melbourne ARC Hub for Digital Bioprocess Development. This 3-year position will examine how relatively sparse high-quality data can be supplemented with lower quality data to enable ‘multi-fidelity’ optimisation for improved decision support for bioprocesses. Deadline 14 Nov, full details here: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/910398/postdoctoral-research-fellow-… -- Professor Uwe Aickelin | Head of School of Computing and Information Systems Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Level 3, Melbourne Connect – 700 Swanston Street The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au> http://aickelin.com/ | http://linkedin.com/in/aickelin

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[CFP] AMPM 2022: 2nd Workshop in Agent-based Modeling & Policy-Making
by Giovanni Sileno 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

================================================================= AMPM 2022: 2nd Workshop in Agent-based Modeling & Policy-Making ================================================================= in conjunction with JURIX 2022, the 35th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. Workshop date: December 14th, 2022, Saarbrücken, Germany (the workshop will be conducted as a hybrid event). Deadline for submission: November 4th, 2022. Motivation ----------------- Global financial and economic crises, critical technological dependencies, pandemics, and climate change have cast serious doubts on the adequacy of conventional policy-making and law-making to consider mechanisms underlying social and economic phenomena. From their original application in engineering and science, computational models are increasingly being used to guide decisions by studying their potential consequences prior to making them. They are proposed as a tool for evidence-based policy-making in a diverse set of contexts: public health, ecology, labour markets, urban planning, social security, crime mitigation, economic development, platform economy and techno-regulation. Motivated by such widespread deployment, work on using computational models beyond executive policies and towards law-making — i.e. beyond operational guidance and towards regulation circumscribing the space in which policies can operate — is gaining momentum. Existing computational approaches to policy and normative design are known to face persisting complementary challenges: formal validity; effectiveness; efficiency; sustainability, etc. Several disciplines have focused on distinct aspects of these dimensions (e.g. computational legal theory, game theory, control systems design, dynamic systems, and system dynamics), offering alternative methodological standpoints and computational tools. Unfortunately, these specialized domains rarely interoperate and frequently contain troublesome assumptions such as overly simplistic fully observable static environments, static pay-off tables, static semantics, homogeneous agents that are perfectly rational and/or controllable. The resulting reduced views fail to take into account possible phenomena occurring at the boundaries between areas of concern. A crucial integrating role can be played by agent-based modelling (ABM). Based on an interactionist metaphor, agent-based models are an effective tool for understanding and reproducing the functioning and generation/emergence of complex macro-dynamics and constructs (shared knowledge, practices, protocols of interaction) at an aggregate level. Applied in social contexts, and particularly within the frame of computational social science (CSS), ABM lends itself to regulators and policymakers but also more widely to judges, attorneys, and legislators. Topics ----------------- AMPM is envisioned to be complementary to the traditional scope of computational social science, complex system research, and agent-based modeling, focusing on three main tracks: - models/theories going beyond policies, targeting normative and cognitive phenomena; - empirical methods, associated with the practice of ABM in policy and norm-making contexts; - better, dedicated tooling, such as computational methods, languages, and interfaces. In perspective, the workshop creates space for the ABM call for a “computation-enhanced regulatory empiricism”, exploiting computation to investigate factual underpinnings of the legal phenomenon, like the intricate networks of cognitive, social, technological, and legal mechanisms through which law emerges, is applied, and exerts its effects. Scope ----------------- The workshop aims to attract participants from various disciplines, and to be of interest to anyone working with the domain of governance of large-scale self-adaptive systems (human, computational, or natural): policy-making and normative design, governance, (computational) social science, (computational) legal theory, (computational) economics, autonomic computing, techno-regulation, distributed systems, agent-based modelling, and complexity science. Participation and Submission --------------------------------------------------- People interested in participating are requested to submit short (max 6 pages) or long papers (max 10 pages) before the November 4th 2022 via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ampm2022. Please use the CEURART 1-col style to prepare your submission. The typical submission for AMPM would be a reduced but self-complete and convincing version of a study (model, method, tool, theory, ..) — ongoing work to be later submitted to larger venues as AAMAS or similar —, or an innovative/provocative position paper, or a sound research stub with respect to the challenges expressed above. Authors of the accepted papers will present at the workshop. Presented papers can then be accepted or conditionally accepted for publication in the open-access CEUR workshop post-proceedings. A second round of reviews will be conducted on the camera-ready version to support that feedback and discussions are adequately integrated. Organizers ----------- Giovanni Sileno, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Christoph Becker, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium Nicola Lettieri, INAPP (National Institute for Public Policy Analysis) and University of Sannio, Italy Program Committee ------------------ Christopher Frantz, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Charlotte Gerritsen, Vrije Universiteit (VU), Amsterdam Marina De Vos, University of Bath Davide Marocco, University of Naples "Federico II" Nieves Montes, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Barcelona Fernando Pascoal Dos Santos, University of Amsterdam Gary Polhill, James Hutton Institute Davide Dell'Anna, Delft University of Technology Margherita Vestoso, University of Sannio Veronika Fikfak, University of Copenhagen Vitor V. Vasconcelos, University of Amsterdam Nadia Giuffrida, Polytechnic University of Bari Parantapa Bhattacharya, Biocomplexity Institute & Initiative, University of Virginia Isaak Mengesha, University of Amsterdam Michael Carl Tschantz, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley Alessandro Pluchino, University of Catania Wander Jager, University of Groningen Mostafa Mohajeri Parizi, University of Amsterdam Dominique Blouin, Télécom Paris Sebastian Benthall, New York University School of Law Important Dates --------------------------------- Submission deadline: 4 November 2022 until 23:59, Notification of acceptance: 18 November 2022 Workshop: 14 December 2022 (hybrid) Further information on: https://ampmresearch.github.io/

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: IEEE/ACM CCGrid 2023
by Bahman Javadi 12 Oct '22

12 Oct '22

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The 23rd International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGRID 2023)https://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in May 1 - 4, 2023, Bangalore, India The International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGRID) invites proposals for workshops to be co-located with CCGRID 2023. Workshops provide a forum for discussion among researchers and practitioners on focused topics or emerging research areas relevant to the CCGRID community. Organizers may structure workshops as they see fit, including invited talks, panel discussions, presentations of works in progress, peer-reviewed short/full papers, or a combination of the above. Workshops are typically held on the first day of the conference (May 1, 2023) in parallel tracks, and are recommended to be scheduled for half a day (3 hours of technical program), but could be proposed for a full day (6 hours) depending on the interest and space constraints. Organizers should design workshops for approximately 20 to 40 participants, to balance impact and effective discussion. Peer-reviewed papers accepted by the workshops will be published in the CCGRIDW 2023 companion proceedings to be published online in the IEEE Explore digital library. Each paper must have at least two reviews to be eligible to appear in the proceedings. All authors and presented at the workshop should register for the CCGRID conference at the regular registration rates. One complimentary registration will be provided to a keynote speaker for each workshop. Submission Requirements Workshop proposals must be submitted in PDF format and should include: 1. The name and acronym of the workshop. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest, and how it is aligned with/complements the topics of CCGRID. 3. The names, affiliation, emails, and short bio (up to 10 lines) of the workshop organizers and program committee chairs, and their prior experience with organizing workshops/conferences. 4. a list of potential program committee members. 5. A description of the structure of the workshops (papers, invited talks, panel discussions, and so on) and its draft schedule for a half or full day event. 6. Estimated number of papers to be solicited and accepted, invited talks, potential number of attendees expected. 7. Data about previous editions of the workshop (if any), including whether it was co-located with CCGRID, the attendance, the number of papers or presentations submitted and accepted, and the links to the corresponding websites. 8. A publicity plan for attracting submissions and attendees. 9. A draft call for papers with deadlines (see recommended dates below). Worksop Proposal Submission and Review A PDF version of the workshop proposal should be submitted by email to both workshop chairs (email addresses given below). The workshop proposal will be reviewed by the CCGRID workshop chairs and a review panel, and notified of the decision, including suggestions for improvement. Important Dates for Workshop Proposal Deadline for workshop proposals: October 21, 2022. Workshop acceptance notification: November 15, 2022. Important Dates for Workshop Organization The acceptance notification and camera ready submission deadline should match the dates below. The paper submission deadline may be adjusted based on the workshop organizer preferences. Workshop paper submission deadline: January 6, 2023. Workshop paper acceptance notification: February 10, 2023. Camera ready paper submission: March 17, 2023. Workshop Chairs For further enquiries or information, please contact: Mohsen Amini Salehi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA (amini(a)louisiana.edu) Nitin Auluck, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India (nitin(a)iitrpr.ac.in)

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2023 Luis W. Alvarez Postdoc Fellowship and Admiral Grace Hopper Postdoc Fellowship at Berkeley Lab
by Esmond G. Ng 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

Berkeley Lab is now accepting applications for the 2023 Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship and the 2023 Admiral Grace Hopper Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Computing Sciences Area. Apply now for these two prestigious fellowships! Researchers in computer science, mathematics, or any computational science discipline who have received their Ph.D. within the last three years (i.e., no earlier than January 1, 2020 and no later than September 30, 2023) are encouraged to apply. The successful applicants will receive a competitive salary, professional travel allowance, relocation assistance, excellent benefits, and an opportunity to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its founding in 2002, the Luis W. Alvarez Fellowship has cultivated exceptional young scientists who have gone on to make outstanding contributions to computational and computing sciences. The Admiral Grace Hopper Fellowship was established in 2015. Additional information on the Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Admiral Grace Hopper Postdoctoral Fellowship can be found at https://cs.lbl.gov/careers/computing-fellowships/. Berkeley Lab’s Computing Sciences Area researches, develops, and deploys new tools and technologies to meet these needs and to advance research in our core capabilities of computer science, mathematics, and computational science. In addition to fundamental advances in our core capabilities, we impact such areas as materials science, chemistry, biology, astrophysics, climate change, combustion, and fusion energy. Research areas in Computing Sciences include but are not limited to: developing scientific applications and software technologies for extreme-scale and energy-efficient computing; developing mathematical modeling for complex scientific problems; designing algorithms to improve the performance of scientific applications; researching digital and post-digital computer architectures for science; advancing extreme-scale scientific data management, analysis, and machine-learning; developing next-generation machine learning and AI approaches for science; advancing quantum computing technologies, software, algorithms and applications; evaluating or developing new and promising HPC systems and networking technologies researching methods to control and manage dynamic circuit networks; developing large-scale visualization and analytics technologies; and managing scientific data in distributed environments. Application Process: For consideration applications are due October 24, 2022. Letters of Reference are due October 31, 2022. Details of the application process can be found by search for job 96569 at https://jobs.lbl.gov/.

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Call for Nominations (CFN) - 2022 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (Technical Achievement)
by Arne Wilston 08 Oct '22

08 Oct '22

Call for Nominations (CFN) - IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (Technical Achievement) - 2022 The IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (Technical Achievement) is awarded for significant and sustained contributions to the scalable computing community through the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC), coupled with an outstanding record of high quality and high impact research. The award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $1000. The past recipients of the IEEE TCSC award of excellence are: Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee, USA) in 2008, Rajkumar Buyya (University of Melbourne, Australia) in 2009, William Gropp (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) in 2010, Albert Zomaya (University of Sydney, Australia) in 2011, David Abramson (Monash University, Australia) in 2012, Marc Snir (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) in 2013, Yves Robert (UMR CNRS, ENS Lyon, INRIA, France) in 2014, Ian Foster (University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, USA) in 2015, Sartaj Sahni (University of Florida, USA) in 2016, Laurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada) in 2017, Minyi Guo (Shanghai Jiaotong University) in 2018, Schahram Dustdar (TU Wien, Austria) in 2019, Jinjun Chen (Swinburne, Australia) in 2020, and Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa, Canada) in 2021. Nominations: A candidate may be nominated by colleagues/TCSC members or may nominate him/her-self. An individual can nominate at most one candidate for this award. The candidate must be an IEEE, IEEE CS, and TCSC member in good standing. Nomination must be submitted via email to the selection committee chair. A nomination application (as a single PDF file) should contain the following details: 1. Professional Employment Affiliations: List the nominee's current professional affiliations and titles. 2. Citation: Give a brief citation (thirty words or less) precisely stating the most salient reason(s) why the nominee is qualified for the award. 3. Technical Contributions: Describe the nominee's technical achievements in scalable computing as well as significance and impact. (Max 2-page length) 4. TCSC Contribution: Describe the candidate’s service and specific contributions to TCSC. (Max 2-page length) 5. Endorsers: Each nomination must be supported by letter from three at least endorsers. An endorser can endorse only one candidate for this award. The endorsers will be required to comment on the nominee's technical contributions as well as service contributions to the TCSC. The endorsement letters should be included in the nomination package. Important Dates: Nomination Deadline: 31 October 2022 Result Notification: 15 November 2022 Award Selection Committee: The award selection committee will consist of past winners, leaders in the field, as well as members of the TCSC Award Committee. Award Selection Committee: Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada ( ltyang(a)ieee.org) Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan ( bob(a)is.kyusan-u.ac.jp) Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia ( jinjun.chen(a)gmail.com) Jamal Deen, McMaster University, Canada (jamal(a)mcmaster.ca) Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy (beniamino.dimartino(a)unicampania.it)

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Call for Nominations (CFN) - 2022 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (ECR)
by Arne Wilston 07 Oct '22

07 Oct '22

Call for Nominations (CFN) - IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (Early Career Researchers) - 2022 The IEEE TCSC (Technical Committee on Scalable Computing) Award for Excellence (Early Career Researchers) recognizes individuals who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of scalable computing. Typically the candidates are within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 01 of the year of the award. Nominations: A candidate may be nominated by members of the community.An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award. Nomination must be submitted via email to the selection committee chair. A nomination application (as a single PDF file) should contain the following details: 1. Name/email of person making the nomination (self-nominations are not eligible); 2. Name/email of candidate for whom the award is recommended; 3. A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award both on excellence and in relation to IEEE TCSC. 4. CV of the nominee; 5. Up three support letters from persons other than the nominator – these should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination. Members of selection committee cannot be nominators or referees. Important Dates: Nomination Deadline: October 31, 2022 Results Notification: November 15, 2022 Award Selection Committee: Jinjun Chen (Chair), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, jinjun.chen(a)gmail.com Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan, bob(a)is.kyusan-u.ac.jp Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, ltyang(a)stfx.ca Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy, beniamino.dimartino(a)unina.it Didier El Baz, LAAS-CNRS, France, elbaz(a)laas.fr Award & Presentation Note: Awardees will be presented a plaque and will be recognized by IEEE TCSC in its website, newsletter and archives. The awards for 2022 will be presented at a selected IEEE TCSC sponsored conference.

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Call for Nominations (CFN) - 2022 IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (MCR)
by Arne Wilston 05 Oct '22

05 Oct '22

Call for Nominations (CFN) - IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (Middle Career Researchers) - 2022 The IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) is a technical committee within IEEE Computer Society, aimed at fostering research and education in scalable computing with applications. The committee solicits nominations of Middle Career Researcher (MCR) Award. The award includes an award plaque that will be presented at the annual IEEE HPCC conference, along with a public citation for the award on the IEEE TCSC website. IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence (Middle Career Researchers) recognizes individuals who have made distinguished, influential, and on-going yet towards long-lasting contributions in the field of scalable computing with applications. Typically the candidates are within 5 to 15 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 01 of the year of the award. Nomination Materials: A candidate must be nominated by members of the community. Nominations must be submitted via email to the selection committee chair. A nomination application (as a single PDF file) must consist of the following materials: (1) Name/email of person making the nomination (self-nominations are not eligible) (2) Name/email of the nominee (3) A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award both on excellence and in relation to IEEE TCSC. (4) CV of the nominee (5) Up to three support letters from persons other than the nominator - these should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination. Members of selection committee cannot be nominators or referees. Important Dates: Nomination Deadline: October 31, 2022 Results Notification: November 15, 2022 Award Selection Committee: Jinjun Chen (Chair), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, jinjun.chen(a)gmail.com Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan, bob(a)is.kyusan-u.ac.jp Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, ltyang(a)stfx.ca Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy, beniamino.dimartino(a)unina.it Didier El Baz, LAAS-CNRS, France, elbaz(a)laas.fr Award & Presentation Note: Awardees will be presented a plaque and will be recognized by IEEE TCSC in its website, newsletter and archives. The awards for 2022 will be presented at a selected IEEE TCSC sponsored conference.

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Final CFP: IEEE ISPA2022 (Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications), Dec. 2022
by Jesson Butt 28 Sep '22

28 Sep '22

Final Call for papers: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: October 7, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, extended, but firm) Notification: October 31, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction The IEEE ISPA 2022 (20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability, security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium, scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines). The IEEE ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful IEEE ISPA conferences in the years from 2003 to 2021 in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. IEEE ISPA is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the IEEE Computer Society. IEEE ISPA is particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing, tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software Defined networking and its applications. Scope and Topics (1) Systems and Architectures Track - Cloud computing and data center technology - Migration of computations - Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability - Energy management and Green Computing - Wireless and mobile networks - Internet-Of-Things (IoT) - Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track - Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC - Parallel and distributed algorithms - Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development - Novel parallel programming paradigms - Programming models for cloud services and applications - Code generation and optimization - Compilers for parallel computers - Middleware and tools - Scheduling and resource management - Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations - Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track - High-performance scientific and engineering computing - Grid and cluster computing - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Databases, data mining, and data management - Big data and business analytics - Scientific cloud systems and services - Internet computing and web services - Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing - Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications - Software Defined Networks and its applications Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/submission.htm Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. Honorary Chairs Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China General Chairs Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Haipeng Dai, Nanjing University, China Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Workshop Chairs Rodrigo Calheiros, Western Sydney University, Australia Wei Zheng, Xiamen University, China

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Job Openings: Research Assistant Professor in Computer Science (3 vacancies) at Hong Kong Baptist University
by COMP HKBU 28 Sep '22

28 Sep '22

The Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University presently offers BSc, MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes, and is now seeking outstanding applicants for the following positions. *Research Assistant Professor in Computer Science (3 vacancies) (PR0174/22-23)* The positions are created and funded as part of the strategic research development initiatives in the Department. The appointees will be provided with a conducive research environment, and will work within an established group of faculty in the Department. They are also expected to perform group-based high-impact research and undertake some teaching duties. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and sufficiently demonstrate abilities to conduct high-quality research in one of the Department's key research areas: (i) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; (ii) Big Data and Data Management; (iii) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; and (iv) Distributed Systems and Networking. These key research areas have a special thematic focus on (a) Health Informatics and (b) Security and Privacy-aware Computing related applications. The initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of two to three years. Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement. For enquiry, please contact Prof. Jianliang Xu, Head of Department (email: xujl(a)comp.hkbu.edu.hk) More information about the Department can be found on its website at https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk. *Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.* Application Procedure: Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably the three best ones out of their most recent publications/works. Those should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with the PR number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources Office (Email: recruit(a)hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after the submission of the application may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, and scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer. Review of applications is on-going until the positions are filled. URL: *https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=832 <https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=832>*

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CFP: IEEE ISPA2022 (Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications), Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia
by Jesson Butt 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

Call for papers: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: September 25, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: October 25, 2022 Final Manuscript Due: November 10, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction The IEEE ISPA 2022 (20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability, security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium, scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines). The IEEE ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful IEEE ISPA conferences in the years from 2003 to 2021 in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. IEEE ISPA is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the IEEE Computer Society. IEEE ISPA is particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing, tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software Defined networking and its applications. Scope and Topics (1) Systems and Architectures Track - Cloud computing and data center technology - Migration of computations - Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability - Energy management and Green Computing - Wireless and mobile networks - Internet-Of-Things (IoT) - Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track - Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC - Parallel and distributed algorithms - Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development - Novel parallel programming paradigms - Programming models for cloud services and applications - Code generation and optimization - Compilers for parallel computers - Middleware and tools - Scheduling and resource management - Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations - Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track - High-performance scientific and engineering computing - Grid and cluster computing - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Databases, data mining, and data management - Big data and business analytics - Scientific cloud systems and services - Internet computing and web services - Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing - Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications - Software Defined Networks and its applications Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: https://edas.info/N30045 Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. Honorary Chairs Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China General Chairs Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Haipeng Dai, Nanjing University, China Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Workshop Chairs Rodrigo Calheiros, Western Sydney University, Australia Wei Zheng, Xiamen University, China

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CFP: The 23rd International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2023)
by Bahman Javadi 14 Sep '22

14 Sep '22

=================================== CCGRID 2023: CALL FOR PAPERS =================================== The 23rd International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2023) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 1-4, 2023, Bangalore, Indiahttps://ccgrid2023.iisc.ac.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 23rd IEEE/ACM international Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2023) is a leading forum to disseminate and discuss research activities and results on a broad range of topics in distributed systems, ranging from computing clusters to widely distributed clouds and emerging Internet computing paradigms such as Fog and Edge Computing for Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data applications. The conference will feature keynotes, technical presentations, posters, workshops, student symposium, industry interactions, the SCALE Challenge, and the co-located ICFEC conference. ----------------------- Call for Papers ----------------------- We solicit original contributions on all aspects of distributed systems and applications in the context of cluster, cloud, and Internet computing environments. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: (*) Track 1: Hardware Systems and Networking (for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing) + Storage and I/O Systems: Distributed storage, cloud storage, Storage as a Service, data locality techniques for in-memory processing, storage in the edge, Big Data platforms, distributed file systems, NoSQL databases, Data lakes, Data fabrics. + Sustainable and Green Computing: Environment-friendly computing ecosystems. Power, cooling and thermal awareness. + Architecture, Networking, Data Centers: Service oriented architectures. Utility computing models. Software-Defined Network-enabled Systems. Virtualized hardware: GPUs, tensor processing units, FPGAs and other accelerators. (*) Track 2: Software Systems and Platforms (for Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing) + Programming Models and Runtime Systems: Programming models, languages, systems and tools/environments. Virtualization, containers, and middleware technologies. Actors, agents, programming decentralized computing systems. + Resource Management and Scheduling: Resource allocation algorithms, profiling, modeling. Cluster, cloud, and internet computing scheduling and meta-scheduling techniques. + Performance Modeling and Evaluation: Performance models. Monitoring and evaluation tools. Analysis of system/application performance. + Energy-efficient software/applications. Policies, methods, and tools for Energy-efficient computing. Energy-efficiency evaluation methods, metrics, and tools. Energy consumption models. (*) Track 3: ML for Systems, and Systems for ML + Techniques, platforms and systems for supporting Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications. + Artificial Intelligence: Large Scale Machine Learning, AI frontend and backend systems, AI at the Edge and in the Cloud, cognitive computing, federated learning. + Machine learning/Deep Learning: statistical learning, natural language processing, computer vision, data mining, multiagent systems, knowledge representation. + Use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications to enhance the performance of cluster, cloud and Internet-computing systems. + ML/AI techniques for workload prediction, application scheduling, resource placement, resiliency, etc. in cluster, cloud and Internet-computing systems. (*) Track 4: Future Compute Continuum + Internet Computing Frontiers: Cloud, Edge, Fog, Serverless, Lambda, Streaming, Highly decentralized approaches to cloud computing, sensor data streaming and computation on the edges of the network, Backend as a Service (BaaS) + Future Internet: 5G/6G and Use cases of 5G/6G system. Software defined networking and 5G/6G. 5G/6G cyber security challenges and concerns Machine learning algorithms for 5G/6G systems. + Osmotic Computing: Cloud Continuum with Osmosis behaviors, Micro Services and MicroData, Functions as a Service (FaaS), Software Defined Membranes. + Cloud-Economics: Trustworthiness of services, ecosystem economics, innovative metering, accounting, billing methods and tools, automated trading and bidding support tools, performance monitoring, optimization, prediction, energy efficiency, sustainability, decision support systems. + Post- and Non-Von Neumann Computing: Neuromorphic computing; Quantum computing, Annealing-based quantum computing, hybrid quantum and classical computing; Approximate, probabilistic, and inexact computing; In-memory processing and memory-based computing; Emerging computing technologies, like analog computing, biologically-inspired computing, memristors. (*) Track 5: Applications and Translation + Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Systems, e-Health, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled Smart Systems and Applications. + Digital Twins: Digital Twins and Industry 4.0. Digital Twins and emerging technologies linked to IoT Platforms, AR/VR. + Autonomous systems: Role of cluster, cloud and Internet computing to support robotics, self-driving cars, autonomous aerial vehicles, etc. + Applications for Cloud-to-Things continuum: Service provisioning and monitoring in a Cloud-to-Things environment; Resource elasticity in Cloud-to-Things contexts; Algorithms and systems for automated elasticity; Blockchain-based resource orchestrator; Machine learning techniques for resource orchestration; Security policies in Cloud-to-Things. + Cyber-Security, Privacy and Resilient Distributed Systems: Distributed Systems security and trust. Access control. Data privacy and integrity. Regulation. Resiliency of service attacks. + Enterprise applications for hybrid clouds, data regulatory and sovereignty concerns, data privacy, auditing and provenance. + AI Application domains: Social networks, healthcare, sustainability, transportation, commerce, neuroscience and cognitive science. ----------------------- Important Dates ----------------------- All deadlines are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE), UTC-12 timezone. + Abstracts: November 25th, 11:59pm + Full Paper: December 2nd, 2022, 11:59pm + Acceptance Notification: Jan 27th, 2023 + Camera Ready Papers: March 17th + Conference: May 1-4, 2023 ----------------------- Paper Submission ----------------------- + Authors are invited to submit papers electronically through the link to be posted shortly. + Page limits: Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 10 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures and tables using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. References are not included in the 10-page limit. + Author and reviewer anonymity: All submissions need to be double-blind. Authors should not reveal their identity in their submissions. All references to past work need to be in a third-party form (e.g., instead of saying "in our past work [26] we had done...", you can say "in [26], Chen et. al. had done..."). + Review criteria: All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. + Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the conference program chairs for more information. + The proceedings will be published through the IEEE Press, USA and will be made online through the IEEE and ACM Digital Libraries. + When submitting the final accepted manuscript, authors may purchase up to two additional pages beyond the original 10 pages (excluding references) to address comments received from the reviewers. ----------------------- Best Paper Awards ----------------------- CCGrid will present Best Paper Awards to the top paper(s) selected by the Program Committee. The award will be determined based on review comments and ratings, viewpoints of the technical and scientific merits, impact of the research work on the science and engineering, and the clarity of presentation. ----------------------- Conference Presentation ----------------------- Conference will be held in person, physically. At least one author of each accepted paper must present their work in-person at the conference. In case of exceptional circumstances such as COVID related restrictions, the option to present remotely will be provided. ----------------------- Conference Sponsorship ----------------------- The is expected to be co-sponsored by IEEE and ACM. Approvals are in progress. ----------------------- Code of Conduct ----------------------- CCGrid will act with responsibility as its primary consideration, with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as central goals. Authors and participants are encouraged to read the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and ACM Policy Against Harassment, and IEEE Computer Society's expectation of professional behavior found in the IEEE Computer Society Open Conference Statement, the IEEE Event Conduct and Safety Statement, and the IEEE Code of Ethics.

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PhD/PostDoc position in GeoComputing/HPC (m/f/x) at LMU Munich
by Marcus Mohr 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

======================================================================== Within the project "Multi-physics Simulation for Geodynamics on Heterogeneous Exa-scale Systems (CoMPS)" funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research we have an opening for a PhD/PostDoc in GeoComputing/HPC (m/f/x) The CoMPS project is a collaboration between the GeoComputing group at LMU Munich, the Chair of Informatics 10 (System Simulation) at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, the Chair of Numerical Mathematics at TU Munich and the Leibniz Supercomputing Center. CoMPS continues our precursor project TerraNeo (https://terraneo.fau.de) and involves several hot topics in large scale computing, such as e.g. matrix-free iterative solvers, parallel coupling of Eulerian and Lagrangian models, mixed precision, and handling uncertainties. For further details please see: https://www.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/en/news/open-positions/phd-postdoc-po… Regards Marcus Mohr ======================================================================== Dr.-Ing. Marcus Mohr @> Geophysics - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen /? e-mail ... Marcus.Mohr(a)lmu.de |\ Tel ...... +49 (89) 2180-4230 url ...... https://www.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/~mohr ========================================================================

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CFP: IEEE BDCloud2022 (Big Data and Cloud Computing), Dec. 2022, Melbourne, AUS
by Jesson Butt 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Call for papers: The 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing (BDCloud2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/bdcloud/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: September 25, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: October 25, 2022 Final Manuscript Due: November 10, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/bdcloud/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction Big data is an emerging paradigm applied to datasets whose size is beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture, manage, and process the data within a tolerable elapsed time. Such datasets are often from various sources (Variety) yet unstructured such as social media, sensors, scientific applications, surveillance, video and image archives, Internet texts and documents, Internet search indexing, medical records, business transactions and web logs; and are of large size (Volume) with fast data in/out (Velocity). More importantly, big data has to be of high value (Value) and establish trust in it for business decision making (Veracity). Cloud computing is positioning itself as an emerging platform for delivering information infrastructures and resources as IT services. Customers (enterprises or individuals) can provision and deploy Cloud services via pay-as-you-go pricing models saving huge capital investments in their own IT infrastructures. As estimated by IDC, about 40% data globally would be touched with Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing provides strong storage, computation and distributed capability in support of Big Data processing. BDCloud (Big Data and Cloud Computing) was created to provide a prime international forum for researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts to exchange the latest advances in Big Data and Cloud Computing as well as their synergy. Scope and Topics Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: · Fundamentals of cloud computing · Architectural cloud models · Programming cloud models · Provisioning/pricing cloud models · Data storage and computation in cloud computing · Resource and large-scale job scheduling in cloud computing · Security, privacy, trust, risk in cloud and big data · Fault tolerance and reliability in cloud computing · Access control to cloud computing · Resource virtualisation · Monitoring and auditing in cloud · Scalable and elastic cloud services · Social computing and impacts on the cloud · Innovative HCI and touch-screen models and technologies to cloud · Mobile commerce, handheld commerce and e-markets on cloud · Intelligent/agent-based cloud computing · Migration of business applications to cloud · Energy efficient cloud architecture · Energy aware data storage and computation in cloud computing · Energy aware scheduling, monitoring, auditing in cloud · Green Cloud · Cloud use case studies · Big Data theory, applications and challenges · Big Data mining and analytics on Cloud · Big Data Infrastructure, MapReduce and Cloud Computing · Big Data visualization · Large data stream, incremental datasets on cloud · Distributed and federated datasets · NoSQL data stores and DB scalability · Big Data sharing, security, privacy and trust · Big Data placement, scheduling, and optimization · Distributed file systems for Big Data · Big Data processing, resource scheduling and SLA on Cloud · Performance characterization, evaluation and optimization · Simulation and debugging of Big Data systems · Volume, Velocity, Variety, Value and Veracity of Big Data · Storage and computation management of Big Data · Large-scale workflow management in Big Data · Data management and distributed data systems · Big data applications Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/bdcloud/submission.htm Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. General Chairs Xuemin Lin, The University of New South Wales, Australia Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Program Chairs Vladimir Vlassov, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Li Li, Monash University, Australia Lina Yao, University of New South Wales, Australia Workshop Chairs Jason Xue, Data61, Australia Ibrahim Khalil, RMIT, Australia

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CFP: IEEE ISPA 2022 (Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications), Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia
by Jesson Butt 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Call for papers: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: September 25, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: October 25, 2022 Final Manuscript Due: November 10, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction The IEEE ISPA 2022 (20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability, security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium, scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines). The IEEE ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful IEEE ISPA conferences in the years from 2003 to 2021 in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. IEEE ISPA is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the IEEE Computer Society. IEEE ISPA is particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing, tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software Defined networking and its applications. Scope and Topics (1) Systems and Architectures Track - Cloud computing and data center technology - Migration of computations - Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability - Energy management and Green Computing - Wireless and mobile networks - Internet-Of-Things (IoT) - Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track - Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC - Parallel and distributed algorithms - Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development - Novel parallel programming paradigms - Programming models for cloud services and applications - Code generation and optimization - Compilers for parallel computers - Middleware and tools - Scheduling and resource management - Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations - Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track - High-performance scientific and engineering computing - Grid and cluster computing - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Databases, data mining, and data management - Big data and business analytics - Scientific cloud systems and services - Internet computing and web services - Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing - Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications - Software Defined Networks and its applications Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: https://edas.info/N30045 Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. Honorary Chairs Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China General Chairs Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Haipeng Dai, Nanjing University, China Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Workshop Chairs Rodrigo Calheiros, Western Sydney University, Australia Wei Zheng, Xiamen University, China

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PhD position on AI for IoT cybersecurity
by Andrii Shalaginov 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

Fully funded PhD fellowship on AI for IoT cybersecurity to work with the project "ENViSEC: Artificial Intelligence-enabled Cybersecurity for Future Smart Environments" at Kristiania University College (Oslo, Norway): https://www.kristiania.no/en/about-kristiania/vacant-positions/ (PhD fellowships in applied information technology) Deadline: 15th of September, 2022 More information about the ENViSEC project: https://smartseclab.com/envisec/ -- Best regards / Med vennlig hilsen, ―- Andrii SHALAGINOV Associate Professor, PhD Program Director, Bachelor of Cybersecurity Head of SmartSecLab School of Economics, Innovation and Technology Kristiania University College

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CFP: Parallel Computational Technologies 2023 (St. Petersburg, Russia, March 28-30, 2023)
by Цымблер Михаил Леонидов ич 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Parallel Computational Technologies (PCT’2023), 17th International Scientific Conference, March 28-30, 2023, St. Petersburg, Russia http://agora.guru.ru/pavt/eng https://link.springer.com/conference/pct Conference founders: Russian Academy of Sciences (http://www.ras.ru) HPC Consortium of Russian Universities (http://hpc-russia.ru) WELCOME Russian Academy of Sciences, High-Performance Computing Consortium of Russian Universities, Moscow State University, ITMO University, and South Ural State University are jointly organizing the 17th International Scientific Conference on Parallel Computational Technologies (PCT’2023) to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 28-30, 2023. The main purpose of the PCT’2023 conference is to provide an opportunity to report and discuss the results achieved by leading research groups in solving practical issues using supercomputer and neural network technologies. The scope of the conference covers all aspects of the application of cloud, supercomputer and neural network technologies in science and technology such as applications, hardware and software, specific languages and packages. The 38th edition of Top50 of the CIS's most powerful computers will be announced on the first day of the conference. On working days of the conference, a supercomputer exhibition will be organized, where leading manufacturers of hardware and software present their latest products in the field of high performance computing. LANGUAGE The official languages of the Conference are Russian and English. SCOPE The scope of the conference includes, but not limited to, the following topics: * Parallel and distributed computing technologies * Cloud computing * Prospective multiprocessor architectures * Big data and data mining * Artificial neural networks and deep learning * Management, administration, monitoring and testing of multiprocessor systems * Computational Mathematics * Computational Physics * Computational Chemistry * Gas hydrodynamics and heat transfer * High nonlinear and rapid processes in mechanics * Bioinformatics and medicine * Nanotechnology * Geoinformatics * Cryptography * Image processing and visualization * Computer algebra * Supercomputer education. CALL FOR PAPERS PCT’2023 admits papers presenting original contribution that have not been previously published and are not being submitted to another conference or journal. There are three categories of submissions: * Full paper describes the results of completed scientific research (12 to 15 pages in the LNCS one-column page format). * Short paper reports preliminary results of uncompleted scientific research (up to 12 pages in the LNCS one-column page format). * Abstract of the poster contains information about plans and initial results of recently started scientific research (one standard A4 page). Papers may be prepared in LaTeX or MS Word according to the LNCS one-column page format (see guidelines at the conference website http://agora.guru.ru/pavt2023/, "For Authors" section). Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format through EasyChair system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pct2023 by December 15, 2022. Each paper will be reviewed by three Program Committee members and/or invited experts to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference. At least one author of the accepted paper must attend the conference and present the paper. PROCEEDINGS All accepted full papers will be published in Springer’s Communications in Computer and Information Science series (https://link.springer.com/conference/pct, indexed in Web of Science and Scopus), final approval pending. All accepted short papers and posters will be published electronically and indexed in Russian Science Index. The best short papers will be published (after further revision) in the Computational Mathematics and Software Engineering series of the Bulletin of the South Ural State University (http://vestnikvmi.susu.ru, indexed in Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform). IMPORTANT DATES * Submission of abstracts: December 1, 2022 * Submission of the papers: December 15, 2022 * Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2023 * Camera-ready version: February 15, 2023 * Registration for participation in supercomputer exhibition: March 1, 2023 * Registration of participants (non-speakers): March 21, 2023 * Conference: March 27, 2023: arrival date March 28-30, 2023: conference work dates March 31, 2023: departure date CONTACT INFORMATION WEB PAGES Conference web site: http://agora.guru.ru/pavt/eng Submission web site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pct2023. Leonid Sokolinsky, DSc., Prof. (SUSU, Chelyabinsk) Co-chair of the PCT Program Committee E-mail: Leonid.Sokolinsky(a)susu.ru Tel.: (+7-351) 272 35 00 Mikhail Zymbler, DSc., Assoc. Prof. (SUSU, Chelyabinsk) Academic secretary of the PCT Program Committee E-mail: mzym(a)susu.ru Tel.: (+7-351) 267 90 06, ext. 112 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Co-chairs of the Program Committee: Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee (USA) Leonid Sokolinsky, South Ural State University (Russia) Vladimir Voevodin, corresponding member of RAS, Moscow State University (Russia) Academic secretary of the Program Committee: Mikhail Zymbler, South Ural State University (Russia) Members of the Program Committee: S.V. Ablameyko, Belarusian State University (Republic of Belarus) A.P. Afanasiev, Institute for Systems Analysis RAS (Russia) E.N. Akimova, Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics UrB RAS (Russia) A. Andrzejak, Heidelberg University (Germany) P. Balaji, Argonne National Laboratory (USA) Yu.Ya. Boldyrev, Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (Russia) J. Carretero, Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain) R.K. Gazizov, Ufa State Aviation Technical University (Russia) B.M. Glinsky, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS (Russia) V.D. Goryachev, Tver State Technical University (Russia) V.P. Il'in, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS (Russia) H. Kobayashi, Tohoku University (Japan) J. Kunkel, University of Hamburg (Germany) S. Kumar, Rudrapur (India) J. Labarta, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spain) A. Lastovetsky, University College Dublin (Ireland) T. Ludwig, German Climate Computing Center (Germany) V.N. Lykosov, Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS (Russia) D. Mallmann, Julich Supercomputing Centre (Germany) M. Michalewicz, A*STAR Computational Resource Centre (Singapore) V.E. Malyshkin, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS (Russia) V.Ya. Modorsky, Perm Polytechnic University (Russia) R. Prodan, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (Austria) A.V. Shamakina, High Performance Computing Center in Stuttgart (Germany) P. Shumyatsky, University of Brasilia (Brazil) H. Sithole, Centre for High Performance Computing (Republic of South Africa) A.V. Starchenko, Tomsk State University (Russia) T. Sterling, Indiana University (USA) M. Taufer, University of Delaware (USA) V.E. Turlapov, State University of Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) R. Wyrzykowski, Czestochowa University of Technology (Poland) M.V. Yakobovsky, Institute for Mathematical Modelling RAS (Russia) Y. Yamazaki, Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil)

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PhD position at the University of Amsterdam
by Zoltán Mann 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

The University of Amsterdam is offering a PhD position relating to the security and energy consumption of machine learning in the cloud-to-edge continuum. Deadline for applications: 20 September 2022. More information: https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Position-in-Energy-and-Security-of-Mac…

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Multiple Vacancies at the University for Melbourne
by Uwe Aickelin 06 Sep '22

06 Sep '22

Hi, Hope this message finds you well. Please consider sharing this with any interested researchers. The University of Melbourne’s School of Computing and Information Systems is recruiting for 4x open positions. Application deadlines: Sep 26, 2022 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in machine learning: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/282e Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in theory of computing: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/f82e Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in information systems: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/482e Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in fairness: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/h82e (These are continuing positions equiv. US tenure track research & teaching / faculty positions at a range of levels.) We’re excited to invite applications from individuals passionate about research, training, teaching, and engagement, to join us at Australia’s premier university, situated in one of the world’s most liveable cities. Best, Uwe Aickelin -- Professor Uwe Aickelin | Head of School of Computing and Information Systems Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Level 3, Melbourne Connect – 700 Swanston Street The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au> http://aickelin.com/ | http://linkedin.com/in/aickelin

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Postdoc in Machine learning and optimization (France)
by El-ghazali Talbi 05 Sep '22

05 Sep '22

Dear all, please find enclosed a postdoc position in France. regards -- Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS

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(LastCFP Due Sept 03) AHPC/CCCT2022- HPC/Cloud Computing, Hybrid, USA
by Pierre F. Tiako 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

The paper submission deadline was extended to Sept 03 due to numerous requests (Heatwave, Summer Break, Pandemic, Start of Semester). --- Call for Abstracts and Papers ------------- AHPC/CCCT2022- HPC/Cloud Computing Downtown Oklahoma City, OK, USA & Online October 3-6, 2022 OkIP Published & Submission to WoS/SCOPUS Submission Deadline Extended: Sept 03, 2022 Extended versions of the best papers will be considered for journal publication. *** Contribution Types (Two-Column IEEE Format Style): - Full Paper: Accomplished research results (6 pages) - Short Paper: Work in progress/fresh developments (3 pages) - Extended Abstract/Poster/Journal First: Displayed/Oral presented (1 page) >>> Cloud Computing and Technologies (CCCT) https://eventutor.com/e/CCCT002 * Areas: - Cloud Concepts - Applications and Services - Security/Privacy/Compliance - Platform/Provisioning/Storage - Infrastructure/AI in the Cloud >>> Advances in High-Performance Computing (AHPC) https://eventutor.com/e/AHPC002 * Areas: - HPC Concepts - Parallel Computing - Mobile & Wireless Computing - Network Architecture/System - HPC AI/Simulation/Security - HPC Applications Please feel free to contact us for any inquiries at: info(a)okipublishing.com

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CFP: IEEE SustainCom 2022 (Sustainable Computing and Communications), Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia
by Arne Wilston 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Call for papers: The 12th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications (IEEE SustainCom2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/sustaincom/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: September 25, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: October 25, 2022 Final Manuscript Due: November 10, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/sustaincom/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction Sustainable Computing and Communications refers to principles that embrace a range of policies, procedures, programs, and attitudes that run the length and breadth of any use of information and communication technologies. It is a holistic approach that stretches from power to waste to purchasing to education and is a life-cycle management approach to the deployment of IT across an organization. It includes designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of information and communication systems with minimal or no impact on the environment. SustainCom (Sustainable Computing and Communications) was created to provide a prime international forum for researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Sustainable Computing andCommunications as well as innovative applications. Scope and Topics Track 1: Sustainable Computing and Communications · Theoretical Aspect of Energy, Power, and Temperature · Algorithms for Reduced Power, Energy and Heat · Power-aware Design of Software, Middleware and Systems · Power-aware Networking · Real-time systems · Power-efficient Computing Architectures · Efficient Circuit Design for Energy Harvesting · Power Management in Memory, Disk, Storage and other peripheral Devices · Configurable and Renewable Energy · Low Power Electronics · Energy Efficient Network Hardware · Energy-Efficient Communication Protocols · Low power Communication Technologies · Embedded Systems, ASICs and FPGSs · Power Leakage and Dissipation · Code Profiling and Transformation for Power Management · Power-aware Scheduling and Resource Allocation · Energy-efficient Wireless/Mobile/Sensor Systems and Networks · Security and Privacy · Wearable Computing · Ecological Monitoring, Analytics and Visualization · Green Communications Architectures and Frameworks · Green Data Centres and Enterprise Computing · QoS and Green Computing · Integration of Smart Appliances · Green Software Engineering Methodologies and Tools · Virtualization Impact for Green Computing · Case Studies on Green Computing and Communications · Green Computing Models, Methodologies and Paradigms Track 2: Sustainable Systems and Technologies · Sustainable Architectures for Smart Grids · Smart Grid Security, Reliability and Load Balancing · Energy Management Systems (EMS) · Economic Models of Energy Efficiency · Energy Monitoring, Profiling and Measurement · Renewable Energy Systems and Harvesting Energy (e.g. Solar, Wind) · Greener Systems Planning and Design · Virtualization for Reducing Power Consumption · Evolutionary Algorithms in Energy Applications · Scheduling and Switching Power Supplies · Optimization Techniques for Efficient Energy Consumption · Reliability of Power-aware Computers · Runtime Systems that Assist in Power Saving · Models for Collective Optimization of Power and Performance · Monitoring Tools for Power and Performance of Parallel and Distributed Systems · Use of Sensors for Environmental Monitoring · Smart Control for Eco-friendly Buildings Track 3: Sustainable Methodologies and Applications · Smart City (Sustainable Design, Models, Frameworks, Policies and Strategies) · Smart City (Sustainable Integration and Optimization of Comprehensive Resources and information Flows - energy, emissions, people, goods and services) · Sustainable Energy Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Delivery · Smart Buildings and Urban Infrastructures · Smart Grid for Energy Generation, Transmission, Monitoring and Management · Open Government, Open Data Policies, Urban-Scale Data Sharing, Information Security and Privacy · Smart Logistics and Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Smart People, Smart Living and Smart Citizen Engagement · Intelligent Transport Systems and Traffic Management · Smart Energy-efficient Sensor Networks and Internet of Things · Smart Home, Smart Healthcare and Ageing Population support · e-Mobility, e-Work and e-Business Applications · Sustainable Urban Mobility and Smart Vehicle Management · Smart Resource Support and Demand Management and Optimization · User-Centred Services and Systems · Open Big City Data, Cloud Computing, Internet-Enabled Infrastructures and Services for Sustainability · Innovation Labs, Experimental Test-Beds and Simulation Environments · Mechanisms for Motivating Behavior Change · Advanced Data Analytics for Smart Cities · IS Architecture Design and Platform for Sustainability · Case Studies and Innovative Applications for Sustainability Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/sustaincom/submission.htm. Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. General Chairs Laurent Lefevre, Inria, France Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Program Chairs Xuyun Zhang, Macquarie University, Australia Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

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CFP: IEEE BDCloud 2022 (Big Data and Cloud Computing), Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia
by Jesson Butt 23 Aug '22

23 Aug '22

Call for papers: The 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Cloud Computing (BDCloud2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/bdcloud/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: September 25, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: October 25, 2022 Final Manuscript Due: November 10, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/bdcloud/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction Big data is an emerging paradigm applied to datasets whose size is beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture, manage, and process the data within a tolerable elapsed time. Such datasets are often from various sources (Variety) yet unstructured such as social media, sensors, scientific applications, surveillance, video and image archives, Internet texts and documents, Internet search indexing, medical records, business transactions and web logs; and are of large size (Volume) with fast data in/out (Velocity). More importantly, big data has to be of high value (Value) and establish trust in it for business decision making (Veracity). Cloud computing is positioning itself as an emerging platform for delivering information infrastructures and resources as IT services. Customers (enterprises or individuals) can provision and deploy Cloud services via pay-as-you-go pricing models saving huge capital investments in their own IT infrastructures. As estimated by IDC, about 40% data globally would be touched with Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing provides strong storage, computation and distributed capability in support of Big Data processing. BDCloud (Big Data and Cloud Computing) was created to provide a prime international forum for researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts to exchange the latest advances in Big Data and Cloud Computing as well as their synergy. Scope and Topics Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: · Fundamentals of cloud computing · Architectural cloud models · Programming cloud models · Provisioning/pricing cloud models · Data storage and computation in cloud computing · Resource and large-scale job scheduling in cloud computing · Security, privacy, trust, risk in cloud and big data · Fault tolerance and reliability in cloud computing · Access control to cloud computing · Resource virtualisation · Monitoring and auditing in cloud · Scalable and elastic cloud services · Social computing and impacts on the cloud · Innovative HCI and touch-screen models and technologies to cloud · Mobile commerce, handheld commerce and e-markets on cloud · Intelligent/agent-based cloud computing · Migration of business applications to cloud · Energy efficient cloud architecture · Energy aware data storage and computation in cloud computing · Energy aware scheduling, monitoring, auditing in cloud · Green Cloud · Cloud use case studies · Big Data theory, applications and challenges · Big Data mining and analytics on Cloud · Big Data Infrastructure, MapReduce and Cloud Computing · Big Data visualization · Large data stream, incremental datasets on cloud · Distributed and federated datasets · NoSQL data stores and DB scalability · Big Data sharing, security, privacy and trust · Big Data placement, scheduling, and optimization · Distributed file systems for Big Data · Big Data processing, resource scheduling and SLA on Cloud · Performance characterization, evaluation and optimization · Simulation and debugging of Big Data systems · Volume, Velocity, Variety, Value and Veracity of Big Data · Storage and computation management of Big Data · Large-scale workflow management in Big Data · Data management and distributed data systems · Big data applications Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/bdcloud/submission.htm Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. General Chairs Xuemin Lin, The University of New South Wales, Australia Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Program Chairs Vladimir Vlassov, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Li Li, Monash University, Australia Lina Yao, University of New South Wales, Australia Workshop Chairs Jason Xue, Data61, Australia Ibrahim Khalil, RMIT, Australia

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CFPs CLSP 2022 International Conference on Changing Landscape in the Semiconductor Packaging (CLSP)
by Hana GHARRAD 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

********************************************************************************** INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHANGING LANDSCAPE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING Date: December 12-13, 2022 Location: Madeira, Portugal Website: http://wsconf.org/Conference/CLSP ********************************************************************************** Semiconductor Packaging is progressively driving chip development, and the heterogeneous mix is at the front line of these mechanical advances that are expanding the intricacy of semiconductor plans and testing. To assist with beating this test, chip originators are sending state-of-the-art advancements like enormous information and computerized reasoning (AI) to make testing more proficient and powerful. The Digital Transformation of Electronics Packaging, especially of ICs (Integrated Circuits), Sensors and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), MOEMS (Micro-Optoelectronic Mechanical Systems), and Photonics passes on is acquiring and more importance in the present business applications. Particularly for AI, AR/VR, and IoT the presentation, form factor, and cost are huge markers. Scaling down and an expanding level of joining at bundling level targets greater usefulness on less space, which is promising higher framework execution, more modest framework size, and lower framework cost. This requires a framework-level methodology with Chip-Package-Board co-plan and co-improvement with close participation along with the total semiconductor inventory network. Changing Landscape in the Semiconductor Packaging (CLSP) Conference is devoted to uniting countless different academic occasions for show inside the meeting program. Occasions will run throughout a range of time during the gathering relying upon the number and length of the introductions. With its great, it offers an extraordinary benefit for understudies, scholastics and semiconductor’s industry scientists. Important Dates: ---------------- - Paper Submission Due: September 19, 2022 - Acceptance Notification: October 10, 2022 - Final Manuscript Due: November 18, 2022 Publication ---------------- All CLSP 2022 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com<http://www.elsevier.com/> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com< http://www.sciencedirect.com/>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com< http://www.scopus.com/>) and by Thomson Reuters? Conference Proceeding Citation Index ( http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com< http://www.scopus.com/>) and Engineering Village (Ei).This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex<http://www.ei.org/compendex>). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of: - International Journal of Intellectual Property Enforcement, Technology Transfer and Innovation in China's Semiconductor Industry, SSRN ( https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-public-transportation) Papers on either completed or ongoing research are invited in the following and related tracks: http://wsconf.org/Conference/CLSP CLSP 2022 will be held in the city of Madeira. It is an autonomous region of Portugal and is an archipelago comprising 4 islands off the northwest coast of Africa. Madeira is home to The University of Madeira created in 1988 in Funchal, Madeira. Conference Tracks =============== Track 1: HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION (HI) Track 2: ADVANCED PACKAGING ROADMAP AND MARKET UPDATES • The Growing Momentum of Heterogeneous Integration • Challenges for Heterogeneous Integration in Package – Applications • Driving Materials and Processes towards Diversity • Micro Balling on Chips with a High Ball-count for Space Applications • Big Data and Vehicle Analytics • Vehicular Networks • Security and Safety Track 3: PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY & PROCESSES • Active Mold Packaging for Novel Antenna-in-Package Interconnection and Manufacturing • High Throughput & High Yield Heterogeneous Integration with Implemented Metrology for Collective D2W Bonding • High Throughput & High Yield Heterogeneous Integration with Implemented Metrology for Collective D2W Bonding Track 4: PACKAGE SIMULATION, EVALUATION & CHARACTERIZATION • Heterogeneous Integration Test Impacts • 3D Bump Metrology and Inspection • Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems • Intertwined development of manufacturing processes and test technologies – a prerequisite for future success in advanced packaging • Virtual Prototyping for System-in-Package with Heterogeneous Integration Track 5: CASE STUDIES OF ENABLING DIGITALIZATION IN KEY INDUSTRIES WITH ADVANCED PACKAGING SOLUTIONS Track 6: UPDATES IN MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT WITH ADVANCED CAPABILITIES • Processing of new functional materials • Manufacturing process IP Track 7: DESIGN FOR RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE • EDA (Electronic Design Automation) • Simulation tools and methods for enhancing SiP • Chip-Package-Board co-design Committees ========== Committee Members: Dr Panagiotis Alevyzakis, Universita degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy. CONTACT For more information, please send an email to clsp(a)wsconf.org https://wsconf.org

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CFP: IEEE ISPA2022 (Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications), Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia
by Jesson Butt 22 Aug '22

22 Aug '22

Call for papers: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: September 25, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: October 25, 2022 Final Manuscript Due: November 10, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction The IEEE ISPA 2022 (20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability, security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium, scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines). The IEEE ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful IEEE ISPA conferences in the years from 2003 to 2021 in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. IEEE ISPA is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the IEEE Computer Society. IEEE ISPA is particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing, tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software Defined networking and its applications. Scope and Topics (1) Systems and Architectures Track - Cloud computing and data center technology - Migration of computations - Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability - Energy management and Green Computing - Wireless and mobile networks - Internet-Of-Things (IoT) - Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track - Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC - Parallel and distributed algorithms - Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development - Novel parallel programming paradigms - Programming models for cloud services and applications - Code generation and optimization - Compilers for parallel computers - Middleware and tools - Scheduling and resource management - Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations - Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track - High-performance scientific and engineering computing - Grid and cluster computing - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Databases, data mining, and data management - Big data and business analytics - Scientific cloud systems and services - Internet computing and web services - Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing - Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications - Software Defined Networks and its applications Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: https://edas.info/N30045 Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. Honorary Chairs Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China General Chairs Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Haipeng Dai, Nanjing University, China Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Workshop Chairs Rodrigo Calheiros, Western Sydney University, Australia Wei Zheng, Xiamen University, China

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[CFP] ACM e-Energy 2023 Call for Papers
by Tan Rui (Assoc Prof) 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

░░░░░░ ACM e-Energy 2023 Call for Papers ░░░░░░ [Apology if you receive multiple copies of this message] Orlando, Florida during June 16 - 23, 2023 Detailed CFP can be found at https://energy.acm.org/conferences/eenergy/2023/cfp.php Submission site: https://eenergy23.hotcrp.com> ACM e-Energy is the premier forum for research at the intersection of computing and communication technologies with energy systems. It has established a strong track record for high-quality research in the application of computing and networked systems to make legacy systems more energy-efficient and in the design, analysis, and development of sustainable and innovative energy systems. The 14th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy 2023) and its co-located tutorials and workshops will be held in Orlando, Florida during June 16 - 23, 2023. By bringing together researchers in a single-track conference designed to offer significant opportunities for personal interaction, it is a major forum for shaping the future of this area. ACM e-Energy 2023 will be held jointly with ACM Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC) 2023 (https://fcrc.acm.org/), which assembles a spectrum of affiliated research conferences and workshops. ACM e-Energy 2023 attendees are free to attend the technical sessions of all FCRC conferences and workshops. We seek high-quality papers at the intersection of computing and communication technologies with smart and sustainable energy systems. We welcome submissions describing conceptual advances, as well as advances in system design, implementation, and experimentation, and we explicitly welcome inter- or trans-disciplinary work. ACM e-Energy is committed to a fair, timely, and thorough review process with sound and detailed feedback. IMPORTANT DATES Fall Deadline (1st deadline) September 16th, 2022, 23:59 AoE: Abstract registration deadline September 23th, 2022, 23:59 AoE: Paper submission deadline November 4th, 2022: Author notification (accept, reject, or revise-&-resubmit) November 25th, 2022, 23:59 AoE: Revision submission deadline December 9th, 2022: Revision notification December 19th, 2022, 23:59 AoE: Camera-ready submission Winter Deadline (2nd deadline) January 27th, 2023, 23:59 AoE: Abstract registration deadline February 3rd, 2023, 23:59 AoE: Paper submission deadline March 31st, 2023: Author notification (accept, reject, or revise-&-resubmit) April 21st, 2023, 23:59 AoE: Revision submission deadline May 12th, 2023: Revision notification May 26th, 2023, 23:59 AoE: Camera-ready submission Relevant topics for ACM e-Energy include, but are not limited to the following: AI/ML and data analytics, e.g., for tackling climate impact of energy systems Algorithmic approaches to energy system problems Applications of cyber-physical systems and Internet-of-Things (IoT) to smart energy systems Modelling and analysis of multimodal and cross-sectoral energy systems Automation and control of smart grids Demand-side management, including innovative pricing and incentive design Distributed ledger systems for energy systems Economics and business models for smart energy systems, including aggregators and prosumers Electricity market and electricity supply chain measurement, modeling, and analysis Electric vehicles and energy-efficient transportation systems Distributed energy resources, including energy storage and renewable resources Energy-efficient computing and communication, including data centers Measurement and accounting of greenhouse gas emissions arising from the energy sector Microgrid and distributed generation management and control Modeling and understanding user behavior in energy systems Sizing, monitoring, and control of energy systems for smart grids, smart buildings, and smart cities Privacy, cybersecurity, and resiliency of smart grid infrastructure Design, implementation, analysis, and experience with large-scale, operational systems in the field General Chair Kirk W. Cameron (Virginia Tech, USA) Program Chairs Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang (Columbia University, USA) Zheng Ma (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Rui Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you.

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CFP: IEEE ISPA2022 (Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications), Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia
by Jesson Butt 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

Call for papers: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/ Key dates: Submission Deadline: September 25, 2022 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) Notification: October 25, 2022 Final Manuscript Due: November 10, 2022 Submission site: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/submission.htm Publication: Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Special issues: Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science =========== Introduction The IEEE ISPA 2022 (20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications) is a forum for presenting leading work on parallel and distributed computing and networking, including architecture, compilers, runtime systems, applications, reliability, security, parallel programming models and much more. During the symposium, scientists and engineers in both academia and industry are invited to present their work on concurrent and parallel systems (multicore, multithreaded, heterogeneous, clustered systems, distributed systems, grids, clouds, and large scale machines). The IEEE ISPA follows the tradition of previous successful IEEE ISPA conferences in the years from 2003 to 2021 in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. It will feature sessions of regular presentations, workshops, tutorials and keynote speeches. IEEE ISPA is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and the IEEE Computer Society. IEEE ISPA is particularly interested in research addressing heterogeneous computing with the use of accelerators, mobile computing, approximate computing, tools and methodologies to improve the quality of parallel programming and applying generic computing approaches to networks, in particular Software Defined networking and its applications. Scope and Topics (1) Systems and Architectures Track - Cloud computing and data center technology - Migration of computations - Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability - Energy management and Green Computing - Wireless and mobile networks - Internet-Of-Things (IoT) - Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track - Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC - Parallel and distributed algorithms - Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development - Novel parallel programming paradigms - Programming models for cloud services and applications - Code generation and optimization - Compilers for parallel computers - Middleware and tools - Scheduling and resource management - Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations - Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track - High-performance scientific and engineering computing - Grid and cluster computing - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Databases, data mining, and data management - Big data and business analytics - Scientific cloud systems and services - Internet computing and web services - Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing - Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications - Software Defined Networks and its applications Submission Guidelines Submissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages (or up to 10 pages with over length charge), including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: https://edas.info/N30045 Publications Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Journal of Computer and System Science. Honorary Chairs Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China General Chairs Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Program Chairs Haipeng Dai, Nanjing University, China Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Workshop Chairs Rodrigo Calheiros, Western Sydney University, Australia Wei Zheng, Xiamen University, China

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(CFP Due Extended Sept 03) AHPC/CCCT2022- HPC/Cloud Computing, Oct 3-6, Hybrid, USA
by Pierre F. Tiako 15 Jul '22

15 Jul '22

[Due to numerous requests (Heatwave, Summer Break, Pandemic, Start of Semester), the paper submission deadline is extended to Sept 03] --- Call for Abstracts and Papers ------------- AHPC/CCCT2022- HPC/Cloud Computing Downtown Oklahoma City, OK, USA & Online October 3-6, 2022 OkIP Published & WoS/Scopus Indexed Submission Deadline Extended: Sept 03, 2022 Extended versions of the best papers will be considered for journal publication. *** Contribution Types (One-Column IEEE Format Style): - Full Paper: Accomplished research results (10 pages) - Short Paper: Work in progress/fresh developments (6 pages) - Extended Abstract/Poster/Journal First: Displayed/Oral presented (3 pages) >>> Cloud Computing and Technologies (CCCT) https://eventutor.com/e/CCCT002 * Areas: - Cloud Concepts - Applications and Services - Security/Privacy/Compliance - Platform/Provisioning/Storage - Infrastructure/AI in the Cloud * Technical Program Committee https://eventutor.com/event/20/page/58-committee >>> Advances in High-Performance Computing (AHPC) * Areas: - HPC Concepts - Parallel Computing - Mobile & Wireless Computing - Network Architecture/System - HPC AI/Simulation/Security - HPC Applications * Technical Program Committee https://eventutor.com/event/20/page/58-committee Please feel free to contact us for any inquiries at: info(a)okipublishing.com

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CFP-Due July 11: AHPC 2022 High-Performance Computing, Oct 3-6
by Pierre F. Tiako 20 Jun '22

20 Jun '22

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] --- Call for Abstracts and Papers ------------- 2022 OkIP International Conference on Advances in High-Performance Computing (AHPC) Downtown Oklahoma City, OK, USA & Online October 3-6, 2022 https://eventutor.com/e/AHPC002 OkIP Published & SCOPUS/WoS Indexed Submission Deadline: July 11, 2022 Extended versions of the best papers will be considered for journal publication. * Contribution Types (One-Column IEEE Format Style): - Full Paper: Accomplished research results (10 pages) - Short Paper: Work in progress/fresh developments (6 pages) - Extended Abstract/Poster/Journal First: Displayed/Oral presented (3 pages) * Areas: >> HPC Concepts - High-Performance Computing (HPC) - Performance | Scalability | Virtualization - Visualization | Simulation | Modelisation - Prediction | Program Optimization | Workloads - Algorithms | Networks | Efficiency |Scheduling - Compiler Design and Technologies - HPC Components and Technologies - Data Management and Transport | Compilation - Load Balancing | Resource Management - Fault Tolerance | Reliability | Availability - Multicore Algorithms | Operating System - Software Design and Implementations - Asynchronous Methods | Interconnects - Interconnections | Distributed Computing - High Scalability Computing | Accelerators - High-Performance Modeling/Software/Tools - Routing Protocols | Quality of Service - Allocation Framework | Benchmarks |... >> Parallel Computing - Parallelism | Automatic Parallelization - Programming Languages/Libraries/Tools - Programing Models/Environments - Parallel Metaheuristics/Application-Behavior - Parallel/Distributed Algorithms/Architectures - Energy Factors/Technological Factors - Partitioning and Optimal Scheduling - Systems Performance/Potential/Efficiency - Distributed/Heterogeneous Systems - System Synergy and Optimization - Advances in Parallel Models/Systems/Tools >> Mobile & Wireless Computing - Communication Modeling/Designing/Analysis - Mobile Communication Prediction/Control - Mobile/Wireless Systems-of-Systems - Mobile/Wireless Software and Hardware - Heterogeneous Wireless Networks - Medical Alert Devices/Privacy Consideration - Wireless Sensor Network | IoT Platforms - Mobile Network Loss Issues - Ultra-Dense Networks | Mobile Performance - Sensor Networks and Embedded Applications - Innovative Mobile/Wireless Networks/Systems >> Network Architecture/System - Interconnection Networks and Architectures - Memory Architecture Evaluation - I/O, File Systems, and Memory Systems - Power-Efficiency | Systems-on-Chip - System Modeling Methodologies - Fault-Tolerant Algorithms/Systems - Scalable Servers and Systems - Shared Memory Implementation - Memory Exploitation/Management Techniques - Network Storage Systems and Services - Cluster Management/Architecture - Heterogeneous Architectures/Accelerators - Multi/Many Core/CPU Framework/Systems - Micro-Architecture Techniques - Reconfigurable Architectures/Systems >> HPC AI/Simulation/Security - Surrogate Modeling | Machine Learning - Neural Architecture Performance - Deep Learning | Agent-based Modeling - Intelligent Algorithm| Artificial Neural Network - Distributed Deep Learning Systems - Hybrid/Complex System Modeling/Simulation - Advanced/Stochastic Simulation Frameworks - Security, Policy, and Management Issues - Configuration, Policy, and Management issues - Graph Partitioning/Analysis/Analytics - Spiking Neural P Systems | Data Integrity - Enabling Blockchain-as-a-Service - Fuzzy Logic Approach | Streaming Algorithms - Association Rule Mining | Anomaly Detection - Big Data Analytics and Applications >> HPC Applications - HPC Applications and Case Studies - Grid/Cloud/Fog/Bio-inspired Computing - Scientific/Engineering/Commercial Workloads - Augmented/Virtual Reality - Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, and Finance - Space Research, Urban Planning, and Energy - Teleimmersion | Collaborative Applications - Media/Entertainment Industry | Visualization - Workflow Management | HPC Resiliency - Advanced Computational Methods/Applications >> Important Dates: - Submission Deadline: July 11, 2022 - Notification Due: August 01, 2022 - Camera-ready Due: August 22, 2022 >> Technical Program Committee https://eventutor.com/event/20/page/58-committee Please feel free to contact us for any inquiries at: info(a)okipublishing.com -------- Pierre Tiako General Chair

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A research grant is available within the RIPARTI regional projects
by Massimo Cafaro 17 Jun '22

17 Jun '22

A research grant is available at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. The research shall be developed in close collaboration with Echolight (https://www.echolightmedical.com, 12 months out of 18 in total), and is related to the following topic: The main goal of the project is to improve the tuning and calibration process of noninvasive diagnostic imaging devices used for imaging. One of the most critical steps during the implementation of a diagnostic imaging device is its calibration. In fact, poor calibration can lead to unreliable instrument performance with noisy images and the presence of unwanted artefacts that could mislead the diagnosis made by the physician. The calibration phase involves a repeated try-and-check procedure during which the instrument parameters are repeatedly changed in order to obtain images that are sharp and as closely matched as possible to the target reference. This phase often requires considerable time expenditure and expert supervision; moreover, if one considers that calibration is carried out both following the production of the diagnostic instrument but also after several months of its use in the operational context, it is easy to deduce that automating this process on the one hand would improve the diagnostic yield, and on the other hand would reduce downtime and recalibration. The project aims to improve and automate the calibration process by introducing machine learning techniques for image classification. The results of the project find application on all instruments used for imaging, whether they are based on MRI, computed tomography, X-ray or ultrasound techniques. In fact, the goal is to relate the configuration parameters of the instrument to the images it produces in order to eliminate noise and artefacts produced by misconfiguration. Despite this, in the project we will consider as a case study the images produced by an ultrasound-based device produced by Echolight S.p.A. Medical devices produced by Echolight S.p.A. exploit images derived from ultrasound scans (B-Mode) to automatically identify anatomical reference targets (lumbar vertebrae bone interfaces of the L1-L4 tract and proximal femur bone interface). Once the regions of interest (ROIs) are identified, a proprietary algorithm evaluates the spectral characteristics of selected portions of the raw ultrasound signal related to the analyzed bone tissues. From the analysis of the raw signal characteristics, a measure of the bone mineral density (BMD) of the analyzed anatomical sites is determined. In order to provide reliable, repeatable, and accurate BMD measurements, special calibration and testing procedures have been developed, however, which require several manual measurements and checks, resulting in a high human-time commitment and, consequently, introducing a risk of human error on the collection and interpretation of the collected measurements and results. Leveraging the image processing and image classification techniques developed within the project, the algorithm will provide output indicative of the presence of artefacts or other alterations in the performance of the ultrasound system in production in order to possibly intervene with further modifications and calibrations. As part of the project, standard conditions for conducting tests will also be defined through the use of specific ultrasound phantoms provided by the company. Prof. Italo Epicoco (italo.epicoco(a)unisalento.it) is the scientific responsible for this research grant. DEADLINE: June 24, 2022 ALL INCLUSIVE GROSS AMOUNT (for 18 months): 29050,50 euro (i.e., 19367 euro annual gross amount) NOTE: Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact me by email if they need help/support in order to prepare their application: I will be glad to assist. Here are, attached, an unofficial English translation of the call and the corresponding application and self declaration forms, translated in English. NOTE: Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Epicoco by email if they need help/support in order to prepare their application: hewill be glad to assist. ******************************************************************************************* Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning Head of HPC Lab https://hpc-lab.unisalento.it Director of Master in Applied Data Science Department of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web https://www.massimocafaro.it Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail cafaro(a)acm.org INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ******************************************************************************************* --

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two research grants available within the RIPARTI regional projects
by Massimo Cafaro 15 Jun '22

15 Jun '22

The first research grant shall be developed in close collaboration with Planetek Italia (12 months out of 18 in total), and is related to the following topic: Machine Learning for Space Weather The proposed research project is concerned with the study of "Space Weather Phenomena" and the development of knowledge about the mechanisms and effects of solar-derived perturbative phenomena developing in circumterrestrial space and impacting the ionized atmosphere (ionosphere). In the project emphasis is given to the study and modeling of the dynamics of the ionospheric plasma and the electron density irregularities in it on a global scale, in order to improve the capability of long-term (24-48 hours in advance) nowcasting and forecasting of the ionospheric response to Space Weather events over the Mediterranean area. The modeling approach is developed through innovative "machine learning" techniques, recently introduced (Cesaroni et al 2020), the results of which point to this as a strategy to extend the time horizon of ionospheric forecasting, a fundamental requirement for increasing knowledge of Space Weather phenomena in near-Earth space. In addition, the growing demand for semi-empirical approaches for real-time mitigation of errors introduced by the ionosphere on positioning and navigation systems makes the proposed topic a significant contribution in the area of "services and research for society" in relation to the strategic objective "Development of a National Space Weather Service" in the context of developing countermeasures to contain the negative effect that the irregular and disturbed ionosphere can have on technological systems in use in modern society such as, for example, navigation and positioning satellite systems (GNSS, GLobal Navigation Satellite Systems), trans-horizon HF radio communications, and L-band satellite communication systems. Such systems are of interest to a variety of end users who can be identified as users of the service in which the developed products may be embedded. Examples of users may include: precision agriculture operators, operators in the field of mapping, aviation, and radio communications operators for emergency management in civil defense. Cesaroni, C., Spogli, L., Aragon-Angel, A., Fiocca, M., Dear, V., De Franceschi, G., & Romano, V. (2020). Neural network based model for global Total Electron Content forecasting. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, 11. The second research grant shall be developed in close collaboration with GE Avio (12 months out of 18 in total), and is related too the following topic: Operative Framework For HPC (Off-HPC) High-performance computing (HPC) clouds are becoming a complement or, in some cases, an alternative to on-premise clusters for running scientific-technical, engineering, and business analytics service applications. Most research efforts in the area of cloud HPC aim to analyze and understand the cost-benefit of migrating computationally intensive applications from on-premise environments to public cloud platforms. Industry trends show that on-premise/cloud hybrid environments are the natural path to get the best out of on-premise and cloud resources. Workloads that are stable from the point of view of required computing resources and sensitive from the point of view of the need to protect processed information can be performed on on-premise resources, while peak computational loads can take advantage of remote computing resources available in the cloud typically under a "pay-as-you-go" consumption mode. The main difficulties in using cloud solutions to run HPC applications stem from their characteristics and properties compared to traditional cloud services to handle, for example, standard enterprise applications, Web applications, data storage or backup, or business intelligence. HPC applications tend to require more computing power than application services typically delivered in cloud environments. These processing requirements arise not only from the characteristics of the CPUs (Central Processing Units), but also from the amount of memory and network speed to support their proper execution. In addition, such applications may have a particular and different execution mechanism than dedicated cloud application services that instead run 24/7. HPC applications tend to run in batch mode. Users execute a series of computational jobs, consisting of instances of the application with different inputs, and wait until results are generated to decide whether new computational tasks need to be submitted and executed. Therefore, moving HPC applications to cloud platforms requires not only a focus on resource allocation in the infrastructure in use and its optimization, but also on how users interact with this new environment. Research in the area of cloud HPC can be classified into three broad categories: (i) feasibility studies on adopting the cloud to replace or complement on-premise computing clusters to run HPC applications; (ii) performance optimization of cloud resources for running HPC applications; and (iii) services to simplify the use of cloud HPC, particularly for users who are not specialized in data and information processing and processing technologies. This research project intends to focus on study activities within the first category, in which, more specifically, there are four main aspects that should be considered: (i) metrics used to assess how feasible the use of HPC cloud is; (ii) resources used in computational experiments; (iii) computational infrastructure; and (iv) software, which includes both well-known HPC benchmarks and computational tools, algorithms, or methodologies related to specific business application cases. Currently, the company uses HPC applications running mostly on on-premise systems but faces issues related to the need for greater computational resources that can be met through flexible and scalable architectures provided by cloud technologies. The need is to build clear technology and governance references for cloud or hybrid infrastructures. The research project will therefore aim to carefully analyze the state of the art of hybrid HPC solutions, define criteria for benchmarking different solutions, develop an operational framework that includes the operational and economic management aspects of a hybrid HPC solution, and finally implement one or more industrial pilots. DEADLINE: June 24, 2022 ALL INCLUSIVE GROSS AMOUNT (for 18 months): 29050,50 euro (i.e., 19367 euro annual gross amount) NOTE: Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact me by email if they need help/support in order to prepare their application: I will be glad to assist. Here you can download an unofficial English translation of the call: RIPARTI-call ******************************************************************************************* Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning Head of HPC Lab https://hpc-lab.unisalento.it Director of Master in Applied Data Science Department 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 Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail cafaro(a)acm.org INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ******************************************************************************************* --

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Expression of interest PhD Positions in Edge Computing
by Carlo Vallati 03 Jun '22

03 Jun '22

Dear all, we are looking for bright and highly motivated student for one PhD position at the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Pisa. The position is funded within the framework of the "Crosslab: Innovation for Industry 4.0" project. The research activities will be carried out in the "Cloud Computing, Big Data & Cybersecurity" laboratory ( https://crosslab.dii.unipi.it/cloud-computing-big-data-cybersecurity-lab). A short description of the research topic can be found below. Interested people are requested to send an expression of interest by submitting a curriculum vitae, a one-page research statement showing motivation and understanding of the topic of the position, and the official Transcript of Record. The expression of interest must be sent by email to Carlo Vallati at carlo.vallati(a)unipi.it with the reference [PhD expression of interest] in the subject of the email. Applications will be reviewed continuously until 5th July 2022. The starting date of the PhD position is Fall 2022. The duration of the PhD is three years. The compensation is a standard Italian Ph.D. student fare, about 1150 Euro/month net. ================================================ Edge Computing 2.0: Efficient Deep Learning at the Edge ================================================ Abstract: Deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved unprecedented success in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including computer vision, natural language processing, and speech recognition. However, their superior performance comes at the considerable cost of computational complexity, which greatly hinders their applications in many resource-constrained devices, such as Edge computing nodes and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Therefore, methods and techniques that can lift the efficiency bottleneck while preserving the high accuracy of DNNs are in great demand to enable numerous edge AI applications. The proposed research plan involves the analysis and identification of the challenges related to DNNs for time series prediction both at training time, on the GPU-enabled resource-constrained devices, and at inference time, on microcontrollers, leveraging available open-source software such as Tensorflow and Pytorch. The final goal of the research activity will be the definition, design, implementation, and testing of novel algorithms to improve the efficiency of DNNs on the edge and on IoT devices, on real-case scenarios. Reference contact: Carlo Vallati, email: carlo.vallati(a)unipi.it -- -- ------------------------------ ------- Carlo Vallati, PhD Associate Professor Computer Networking Group Department of Information Engineering University of Pisa Via Diotisalvi 2, 56122 Pisa - Italy Ph. : (+39) 050-2217.572 (direct) .599 (switch) Fax : (+39) 050-2217.600 Skype: warner83 E-mail: carlo.vallati@iet.unipi.ithttp://www.iet.unipi.it/c.vallati/ -----------------------------------------------

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Job Openings: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Computer Science) (3 vacancies) at Hong Kong Baptist University
by COMP HKBU 31 May '22

31 May '22

The Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University offers BSc, MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes, and is now seeking outstanding applicants for the following faculty positions on tenure-track. *Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Computer Science) (3 vacancies) (PR0395/21-22)* The appointees will perform high-impact research, teach and supervise students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and contribute to professional and institutional services. Collaboration with other faculty members in research and teaching is also expected. They will be encouraged to collaborate with colleagues within the Department to contribute to two special thematic applications including (a) health informatics and (b) security and privacy-aware computing, and to pursue new strategic research initiatives under the Department/Faculty/University. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and sufficiently demonstrate abilities to conduct high quality research in areas including but not limited to: Internet of things, Cyber-security, High-performance computing, Big data analytics, Art technologies and Financial technologies. Applicants should also show strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in computer science and/or information systems, possess track record of innovative research and high-impact publications, and be able to bid for and pursue externally-funded research programmes. Initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of three years. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement. For enquiries, please contact Professor Jianliang Xu, Head of Department (email: xujl(a)comp.hkbu.edu.hk). More information about the Department can be found at https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk. *Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.* *Application Procedure:* Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably three best ones out of their most recent publications/works. They should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with *PR *number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources Office (Email: recruit(a)hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer. *Closing date: Shortlisting will start immediately until the position is filled.* *URL: *https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=743

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Ph.D. position: Deep learning for estimating the impact of drones on a mobile network
by Tayeb Lemlouma 19 May '22

19 May '22

>> Apologies for cross-posting << *Ph.D. positions at Orange and IRISA Labs (Lannion, France):* *Deep learning for estimating the impact of drones on a mobile network* *Summary* The objective of the thesis is to model and evaluate the impact of connected drone trajectories on a radio access network. This should consider road axes and cellular coverage of operators. The purpose of the model should consider planned drone routes to (1) minimize the impact in terms of traffic on RANs (radio access network), (2) avoid interference between drones and sensitive areas, and (3) maintain good QoE for the user equipments (UEs). *Required competencies:* knowledge of mobile networks, Deep Learning (ideally PyTorch or Tensorflow), Graph theory, Python, shell, Matlab, good communication in English, team work curiosity & open-mindedness. *How to apply?* https://orange.jobs/jobs/offer.do?joid=112419&lang=EN <https://orange.jobs/jobs/offer.do?joid=112419&lang=EN> *More details:* In English: details <https://orange.jobs/jobs/offer.do?joid=112419&lang=EN> In French: details <https://orange.jobs/jobs/offer.do?joid=112418&lang=FR> Please forward to anyone who may be interested. Thanks. >> Apologies for cross-posting <<

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[PSD 2022, MAY 22, Hard Deadline] PRIVACY IN STATISTICAL DATABASES, Springer LNCS, Paris, France, Sept. 2022
by Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro 19 May '22

19 May '22

** Apologies for Cross-postings -- please share ** PRIVACY IN STATISTICAL DATABASES 2022 (PSD 2022) ============================================ Paris, France, September 21-23, 2022 https://crises-deim.urv.cat/psd2022/ Submission deadline: *MAY 22, 2022* (Hard deadline. It has already been extended one week). Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=psd2022 Follow our twitter account to receive the latest news: @PSD_Conference 1. AIMS AND GOAL ----------------- Privacy in statistical databases is about finding tradeoffs to the tension between the increasing societal and economical demand for accurate information and the legal and ethical obligation to protect the privacy of individuals and enterprise which are the respondents providing the statistical data. In the case of statistical databases, the motivation for respondent privacy is one of survival: data collectors cannot expect to collect accurate information from individual or corporate respondents unless these feel the privacy of their responses is guaranteed. Beyond respondent privacy, there are two additional privacy dimensions to be considered: privacy for the data owners (organizations owning or gathering the data, who would not like to share the data they have collected at great expense) and privacy for the users (those who submit queries to the database and would like their analyses to stay private). "Privacy in Statistical Databases 2022" (PSD 2022) is a conference with proceedings published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. The purpose of PSD 2022 is to attract world-wide, high-level research in statistical database privacy. PSD 2022 is a successor to PSD 2020 (online, Sep. 23-25, 2020, https://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2020/), PSD 2018 (Valencia, Sep. 26-28, 2018, https://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2018/), PSD 2016 (Dubrovnik, Sep. 14-16, 2016, https://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2016/), PSD 2014 (Eivissa, Sep. 17-19, 2014, http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2014/), PSD 2012 (Palermo, Sep. 26-28, 2012, http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2012), PSD 2010 (Corfu, Sep. 22-24, 2010, http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2010), PSD 2008 (Istanbul, Sep. 24-26, 2008, http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat/psd2008), PSD 2006 (Rome, Dec. 13-15, 2006, http://crises-deim.urv.cat/psd2006) and PSD 2004 (Barcelona, June 9-11, 2004, http://crises-deim.urv.cat/psd2004), all with proceedings published by Springer in LNCS 12276, LNCS 11126, LNCS 9867, LNCS 8744, LNCS 7556, LNCS 6344, LNCS 5262, LNCS 4302 and LNCS 3050, respectively. Those ten PSD conferences follow a tradition of high-quality technical conferences on SDC which started with "Statistical Data Protection-SDP'98", held in Lisbon in 1998 and with proceedings published by OPOCE, and continued with the AMRADS project SDC Workshop, held in Luxemburg in 2001 and with proceedings published in Springer LNCS 2316. Like the aforementioned preceding conferences, PSD 2022 originates in Europe, but wishes to stay a worldwide event in database privacy and SDC. Thus, contributions and attendees from overseas are welcome. 2. ORGANIZATION --------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Jane Bambauer (University of Arizona, USA) - Bettina Berendt (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) - Aleksandra Bujnowska (EUROSTAT, European Union) - Jordi Castro (Polytechnical University of Catalonia) - Anne-Sophie Charest (Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada) - Peter Christen (Australian National University, Australia) - Christopher Clifton (Purdue University, USA) - Graham Cormode (University of Warwick, UK) - Roberto DiPietro (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar) - Josep Domingo-Ferrer (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia) - Joerg Drechsler (IAB, Germany) - Khaled El Emam (University of Ottawa, Canada) - Mark Elliot (Manchester University, UK) - Sebastien Gambs (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) - Sarah Giessing (Destatis, Germany) - Marc Juarez (University of Southern California, USC) - Hiroaki Kikuchi (Meiji University, Japan) - Maryline Laurent (Telecom SudParis-Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France) - Bradley Malin (Vanderbilt University, USA) - Anna Monreale (Universita di Pisa, Italy) - Krish Muralidhar (The University of Oklahoma, USA) - David Naccache (Ecole Normale Superieure, France) - Benjamin Nguyen (INSA Centre Val de Loire, France) - Anna Oganyan (National Center for Health Statistics, USA) - Melek Onen (Eurecom, France) - Constantinos Patsakis (University of Piraeus, Greece) - Jerry Reiter (Duke University, USA) - Yosef Rinott (Hebrew University, Israel) - Salvatore Ruggieri (Universita di Pisa, Italy) - Steven Ruggles (University of Minnesota, USA) - Nicolas Ruiz (OECD) - Pierangela Samarati (University of Milan, Italy) - David Sanchez (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia) - Monica Scannapieco (ISTAT, Italy) - Eric Schulte Nordholt (Statistics Netherlands) - Natalie Shlomo (University of Manchester, UK) - Aleksandra Slavkovic (Penn State University, USA) - Jordi Soria-Comas (Catalan Data Protection Authority, Catalonia) - Tamir Tassa (The Open University, Israel) - Vicenc Torra (Umea University, Sweden) - Rolando Trujillo-Rasua (Deakin University, Australia) - Lars Vilhuber (Cornell University, USA) - Peter-Paul de Wolf (Statistics Netherlands) PROGRAM CHAIR - Josep Domingo-Ferrer (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia) GENERAL CHAIR - Maryline Laurent (Telecom SudParis-Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France) ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE - Samia Bouzefrane (CNAM, France) - Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (Telecom SudParis-Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France) - Miriam Guillem (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia) - Jesus Manjon (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia) 3. TOPICS OF INTEREST --------------------- Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - New anonymization methods for tabular data - New anonymization methods for microdata (including non-conventional microdata types such as trajectories, graphs, etc.) - Best anonymization practices for tabular data - Best anonymization practices for microdata - Co-utility for privacy preservation - Big data anonymization - Streaming data anonymization - Decentralized anonymization - Balancing data quality and data confidentiality in SDC - Differential privacy and other privacy models - SDC transparency issues - Onsite access centers - Remote access facilities - SDC software - Estimating disclosure risk in SDC - Record linkage methods - Real-life disclosure scenarios in EU-member states and abroad - Privacy preserving data mining (both cryptographic and non-cryptographic) - Private information retrieval - Privacy in web-based e-commerce - Privacy in healthcare - Privacy in official and corporate statistics - Other data anonymization issues 4. SUBMISSIONS -------------- Full papers containing either original technical contributions or high-quality surveys on the above topics or on related topics are sought. Camera-ready versions of accepted papers should be prepared using the LaTeX2estyle or the Word template of Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science. For LaTeX2e, a macro package llncs.zip and an example file typeinst.zip can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. For Microsoft Word, a template word.zip can be downloaded from the same page above. We encourage authors to use the above formats already for their submissions. LENGTH OF SUBMISSIONS. Using the above format with 11 point font, the paper should be at most 12 pages excluding bibliography and appendices, and at most 16 pages total. Committee members are not required to read appendices; the paper should be intelligible without them. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. 5. PROCEEDINGS -------------- Among PSD 2022 accepted papers, a selection will be made based on quality and coverage and the selected papers will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series by Springer. This follows the tradition of the previous PSD conferences. The remaining accepted papers will be published in a USB with an ISBN. It is possible to submit a paper directly for the USB, which benefits from a later submission deadline and no copyright transfer (see USB-only dates below). The form of publication of an accepted paper will be clearly specified in the acceptance message. Both the LNCS volume and the USB will be *available at the conference*. 6. IMPORTANT DATES ------------------ Submission deadline: *May 22, 2022** (Hard deadline. It has already been extended one week) Acceptance notification: June 17, 2022 Proceedings version due: June 26, 2022 USB-only submission deadline: June 26, 2022 USB-only acceptance notification: July 6, 2022 USB-only proceedings version due: July 13, 2022 Conference: Sep. 21-23, 2022 7. VENUE AND TRAVEL ------------------- The conference will take place at the headquarters of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (CNAM) in central Paris. Further venue, travel and accomodation information will be posted no later than June 2022 at https://crises-deim.urv.cat/psd2022 8. REGISTRATION --------------- Registration information will be posted no later than June 2022 at http://crises-deim.urv.cat/psd2022

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[NEW DEADLINE] ESR 3 years research grant - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - InnoCyPES European project
by Massimo Cafaro 18 May '22

18 May '22

A three years research grant is available within the InnocyPES European project. The position is related to ESR4, for research on Large Scale Data Management and Integration DEADLINE: June 2, 2022 Ukranian Researchers are strongly encouraged to apply! Downloadable application forms etc are available: official Italian documents: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831 unofficial English translation: http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/page-3/ InnoCyPES announcement: https://innocypes.eu/index.php/2022/03/29/esr-4-large-scale-data-management… Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Cafaro by email (massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it) if they need help/support in order to prepare their application. A public selection procedure is called for a research grant for collaboration in research activities (hereinafter referred to as research grant), at the Department of Innovation Engineering of the University of Salento. The location, the duration, the amount, the scientific disciplinary sector, the scientific referent, the structure available to the winner and the program of the research grant are specified below: STRUCTURE Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy DURATION 3 years REMUNERATION The research grant will last 3 (three) years. The annual remuneration, gross of charges to be borne by the beneficiary and inclusive of contributions and social security charges to be borne by the University of Salento, consists of the following items: 1. Living allowance: Euro 40,966.56 (forty thousand nine hundred and sixty-six/56); 2. Mobility allowance: Euro 7.200,00 (seven thousand two hundred/00); 3. Family allowance: 3.1.Euro 0 (zero) per researcher without family obligations; 3.2.Euro 6,000.00 (six thousand/00) for researchers with family obligations (married or with a relationship recognised by Italian law or that of the country of origin or with dependent children). SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISOR Prof. Massimo Cafaro RESEARCH TITLE LARGE SCALE DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION DESCRIPTION This is a three year “Marie Curie ETN Early Stage Researcher position” on the following topic. The sheer quantum of data being created and collected across jurisdictions requires a carefully planned and proactive approach to data management. The need for fusion and integration of multiple data sources characterized by fragmented data ownership is driving innovative approaches to large scale distributed data management and integration to avoid inconsistent and inaccurate data. The aim is to investigate, design and implement a fully decentralized solution to provide efficient management of dynamically updated information and support for distributed queries. One or more domain specific use cases shall be identified within the context of the project, considering both the current and future needs of some of the involved partners. These nicely fit into the research plan, owing to the need of surveying the user’s requirements to begin with; simultaneously, the uses cases can also be thought of as sources of advanced data management challenges. For admission to the selection is required the possession of all the requirements provided by law for access to public employment, the eligibility requirements provided by the Marie Sklodowska- Curie Action (https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main…) and the following requirements: a) Master of Science degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent qualification that formally allows access to a PhD program in Italy; b) an excellent academic career; c) must not have carried out more than 4 years of research activity after obtaining the degree mentioned in the previous point within the expected starting date of the contract (indicatively fixed at 01.03.2022); d) have a background relevant to the following areas but not limited to: distributed computing, databases, distributed data management, security and privacy; knowledge of C/C++ programming languages and time series archiving/analysis is a plus; e) must not have a Ph.D. as of the contract start date; f) must not have resided or carried out the main activity of study/work in Italy for more than 12 months during the 3 years preceding the date of the beginning of the contract; g) have an excellent knowledge of the English language, in any case sufficient to ensure the performance of the activity envisaged by the contract and daily interaction in the working environment; h) must not have criminal convictions or have pending criminal proceedings of particular gravity. Lack of even one of the above requirements will result in exclusion from the selection process at any time. Qualifications obtained abroad must normally be previously recognized in Italy in accordance with current legislation. The equivalence of qualifications obtained abroad that have not already been recognized in Italy will be evaluated by the Selection Committee solely for the purpose of admitting the candidate to this call for selection. The qualifications must be possessed on the date of expiry of the deadline established for the presentation of applications for admission to this selection. The University of Salento guarantees equality and equal opportunities between men and women for the allocation of the grants in question and the protection of confidentiality in the processing of personal data, according to the provisions in force. The position is officially advertised at the University of Unisalento: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831 ******************************************************************************************* Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning Department 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 Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail cafaro(a)acm.org INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ******************************************************************************************* --

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[DEADLINE EXTENDED] 3 Years Marie Skłodowska-Curie ESR research grant - InnocyPES European project.
by Massimo Cafaro 26 Apr '22

26 Apr '22

A three years research grant is available within the InnocyPES European project. The position is related to ESR4, for research on Large Scale Data Management and Integration DEADLINE: extended to May 5, 2022 Ukranian Researchers are strongly encouraged to apply! Downloadable application forms etc are available: official Italian documents: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831 unofficial English translation: http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/page-3/ InnoCyPES announcement: https://innocypes.eu/index.php/2022/03/29/esr-4-large-scale-data-management… Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Cafaro by email (massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it) if they need help/support in order to prepare their application. A public selection procedure is called for a research grant for collaboration in research activities (hereinafter referred to as research grant), at the Department of Innovation Engineering of the University of Salento. The location, the duration, the amount, the scientific disciplinary sector, the scientific referent, the structure available to the winner and the program of the research grant are specified below: STRUCTURE Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy DURATION 3 years REMUNERATION The research grant will last 3 (three) years. The annual remuneration, gross of charges to be borne by the beneficiary and inclusive of contributions and social security charges to be borne by the University of Salento, consists of the following items: 1. Living allowance: Euro 40,966.56 (forty thousand nine hundred and sixty-six/56); 2. Mobility allowance: Euro 7.200,00 (seven thousand two hundred/00); 3. Family allowance: 3.1.Euro 0 (zero) per researcher without family obligations; 3.2.Euro 6,000.00 (six thousand/00) for researchers with family obligations (married or with a relationship recognised by Italian law or that of the country of origin or with dependent children). SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISOR Prof. Massimo Cafaro RESEARCH TITLE LARGE SCALE DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION DESCRIPTION This is a three year “Marie Curie ETN Early Stage Researcher position” on the following topic. The sheer quantum of data being created and collected across jurisdictions requires a carefully planned and proactive approach to data management. The need for fusion and integration of multiple data sources characterized by fragmented data ownership is driving innovative approaches to large scale distributed data management and integration to avoid inconsistent and inaccurate data. The aim is to investigate, design and implement a fully decentralized solution to provide efficient management of dynamically updated information and support for distributed queries. One or more domain specific use cases shall be identified within the context of the project, considering both the current and future needs of some of the involved partners. These nicely fit into the research plan, owing to the need of surveying the user’s requirements to begin with; simultaneously, the uses cases can also be thought of as sources of advanced data management challenges. For admission to the selection is required the possession of all the requirements provided by law for access to public employment, the eligibility requirements provided by the Marie Sklodowska- Curie Action (https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main…) and the following requirements: a) Master of Science degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent qualification that formally allows access to a PhD program in Italy; b) an excellent academic career; c) must not have carried out more than 4 years of research activity after obtaining the degree mentioned in the previous point within the expected starting date of the contract (indicatively fixed at 01.03.2022); d) have a background relevant to the following areas but not limited to: distributed computing, databases, distributed data management, security and privacy; knowledge of C/C++ programming languages and time series archiving/analysis is a plus; e) must not have a Ph.D. as of the contract start date; f) must not have resided or carried out the main activity of study/work in Italy for more than 12 months during the 3 years preceding the date of the beginning of the contract; g) have an excellent knowledge of the English language, in any case sufficient to ensure the performance of the activity envisaged by the contract and daily interaction in the working environment; h) must not have criminal convictions or have pending criminal proceedings of particular gravity. Lack of even one of the above requirements will result in exclusion from the selection process at any time. Qualifications obtained abroad must normally be previously recognized in Italy in accordance with current legislation. The equivalence of qualifications obtained abroad that have not already been recognized in Italy will be evaluated by the Selection Committee solely for the purpose of admitting the candidate to this call for selection. The qualifications must be possessed on the date of expiry of the deadline established for the presentation of applications for admission to this selection. The University of Salento guarantees equality and equal opportunities between men and women for the allocation of the grants in question and the protection of confidentiality in the processing of personal data, according to the provisions in force. The position is officially advertised at the University of Unisalento: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831 ******************************************************************************************* Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning Department 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 Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail cafaro(a)acm.org INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ******************************************************************************************* --

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CfP: 29th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data & Analytics (HiPC 2022)
by Anand Panangadan 17 Apr '22

17 Apr '22

HiPC 2022 29th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data & Analytics Dec. 18-21, 2022 Bengaluru, India Website: http://www.hipc.org CALL FOR PAPERS HiPC 2022 will be the 29th edition of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science. HiPC serves as a forum to present current work by researchers from around the world as well as highlight activities in Asia in the areas of high performance computing and data science. The meeting focuses on all aspects of high performance computing systems, and data science and analytics, and their scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts that demonstrate current research in all areas of high performance computing, and data science and analytics, covering all traditional areas and emerging topics including from machine learning, big data analytics. Each submission should be submitted to one of the six tracks listed under the two broad themes of High Performance Computing and Data Science. Up to two best paper awards will be given for outstanding contributed papers. Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic situation evolves, the presentation may be in person or in a virtual format. Authors of selected high-quality papers in HiPC 2022 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC). HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING Topics for papers include, but are not limited to the topics given under the categories below. Algorithms: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing new parallel and distributed computing algorithms, and related advances. Examples of topics that are of interest include (but not limited to): - New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; - Advances in enhancing algorithmic properties or providing guarantees (e.g., concurrency, data locality, communication-avoiding, asynchronous, hybrid CPU-GPU algorithms, fault tolerance, resilience,); - Algorithmic techniques for resource allocation and optimization (e.g., scheduling, load balancing, resource management); - Provably efficient parallel and distributed algorithms for advanced scientific computing and irregular applications (e.g., numerical linear algebra, graph algorithms, computational biology); - Classical and emerging computation models (e.g., parallel/distributed models, quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired models). Architecture: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and evaluation of high performance computing architectures, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - High performance processing architectures (e.g., reconfigurable, system-on-chip, many cores, vector processors); - Networks for high performance computing platforms (e.g., interconnect topologies, network-on-chip); - Memory, cache and storage architectures (e.g., 3D, photonic, Processing-In-Memory, NVRAM, burst buffers, parallel I/O); - Approaches to improve architectural properties (e.g., energy/power efficiency, reconfigurable, resilience/fault tolerance, security/privacy); - Emerging computational architectures (e.g., quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired architectures). Applications: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and implementation of scalable and high performance applications for execution on parallel, distributed and accelerated platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Shared and distributed memory parallel applications (e.g., scientific computing, simulation and visualization applications, graph and irregular applications, data-intensive applications, science/engineering/industry applications, emerging applications in IoT and life sciences, etc.); - Methods, algorithms, and optimizations for scaling applications on peta- and exa-scale platforms (e.g., co-design of hardware and software, heterogeneous and hybrid programming); - Hardware acceleration of parallel applications (e.g., GPUs, FPGA, vector processors, manycore); - Application benchmarks and workloads for parallel and distributed platforms. Systems Software: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of systems software for high performance computing platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Scalable systems and software architectures for high-performance computing (e.g., middleware, operating systems, I/O services); - Techniques to enhance parallel performance (e.g., compiler/runtime optimization, learning from application traces, profiling); - Techniques to enhance parallel application development and productivity (e.g., Domain-Specific Languages, programming environments, performance/correctness checking and debugging); - Techniques to deal with uncertainties, hardware/software resilience, and fault tolerance; - Software for cloud, data center, and exascale platforms (e.g., middleware tools, schedulers, resource allocation, data migration, load balancing); - Software and programming paradigms for heterogeneous platforms (e.g., libraries for CPU/GPU, multi-GPU clusters, and other accelerator platforms). SCALABLE DATA SCIENCE Scalable Algorithms and Analytics: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable algorithms for data analysis at scale, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - New scalable algorithms for fundamental data analysis tasks (supervised, unsupervised learning, data (pre-)processing and pattern discovery); - Scalable algorithms that are designed to address the characteristics of different data sources and settings (e.g., graphs, social networks, sequences, data streams); - Scalable algorithms and techniques to reduce the complexity of large-scale data (e.g., streaming, sublinear data structures, summarization, compressive analytics); - Scalable algorithms that are designed to address requirements in different data-driven application domains (e.g., life sciences, business, agriculture, health sciences); - Scalable algorithms that ensure the transparency and fairness of the analysis; - Case studies, experimental studies, and benchmarks for scalable algorithms and analytics; - Scaling and accelerating machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing and computer vision applications. Scalable Systems and Software: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable systems and software for handling data at scale and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; - Design of scalable system software to support various applications (e.g., recommendation systems, web search, crowdsourcing applications, streaming applications); - Scalable system software for various architectures (e.g., OpenPower, GPUs, FPGAs); - Architectures and systems software to support various operations in large data frameworks (e.g., storage, retrieval, automated workflows, data organization, visualization, visual analytics, human-in-the-loop); - Systems software for distributed data frameworks (e.g., distributed file system, data deduplication, virtualization, cloud services, resource optimization, scheduling); - Standards and protocols for enhancing various aspects of data analytics (e.g., open data standards, privacy-preserving, and secure schemes). Important dates - Submission site open: June 15, 2022 - Abstract submissions: July 4, 2022 AOE - Full Paper submissions: July 8, 2022 AOE - First-round Author notifications: September 12, 2022 - Submission of revised papers along with response to reviews: October 10, 2022 - Author notification for revised papers: November 1, 2022 - Camera-ready version: November 15, 2022 - Conference dates: December 18-21, 2022 General Co-chairs: - Chiranjib Sur, Shell, India - Neelima Bayyapu, Consultant, India Vice General Co-chairs: - Sanmukh Rao Kuppannagari, University of Southern California, USA - Vivek Yadav, IIIT-Bangalore, India- - Program Co–chairs: - High performance computing: Sathish Vadhiyar, Indian Institute of Science, India - Data science: Jun Wang, University of Central Florida, USA Steering committee chair: - Viktor K. Prasanna, University of Southern California, USA Program Vice-Chairs HPC TRACKS - Algorithms: Thomas Herault, University of Tennessee, USA - Applications: Yogish Sabharwal, IBM IRL, India - Architecture: Diana Goehringer, TU Dresden, Germany - System Software: Jyothi Vedurada, IIT, Hyderabad DATA SCIENCE TRACKS - Scalable Algorithms and Analytics: Zhishan Guo, University of Central Florida, USA - Scalable Systems and Software: Dan Huang, Sun Yat-Sen University, PRC

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Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC 2022) - Submission deadline extended
by Tommaso Cucinotta 14 Apr '22

14 Apr '22

[apologies for cross-postings] *The paper submission deadline for VHPC 2022 has been extended to April 26th (AoE). Please, register your abstract by April 19th.* The Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC) <vhpc.org/> is an international forum bringing together researchers and industrial practitioners facing the challenges posed by virtualization in HPC/Cloud scenarios, in order to foster discussion, collaboration, mutual exchange of knowledge and experience, enabling research to ultimately provide novel solutions for virtualized computing systems of tomorrow. The 17th edition of VHPC will be held on June 2nd, jointly with the ISC High-Performance 2022 <https://www.isc-hpc.com/> conference and exhibition in Hamburg (Germany), and will feature two excellent *industrial **_/keynote speakers/_* * “rtla: finding the sources of OS noise on Linux”, Daniel Bristot De Oliveira, Senior Principal Software Engineer in the real-time kernel team at Red Hat * “DynamoDB: NoSQL database services for predictable HPC workloads”, Akshat Vig, Principal Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) In addition to the general research topics mentioned below, VHPC'22 encourages particularly contributions on the following _/focus topics/_: * Container Platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, Singularity, Shifter, rkt, …) for Scientific Workflows * Composable Lightweight Applications and Unikernel Frameworks * Latency Control and Data/Container Placement in Heterogeneous HPC Virtualized Environments * Energy-efficiency and Service Orchestration in Virtualized Cloud & HPC Infrastructures *Workshop Overview* Containers and virtualization technologies constitute key enabling factors for flexible resource management in modern data centers, and particularly in cloud environments. Cloud providers need to manage complex and heterogeneous infrastructures in a seamless fashion to support the highly dynamic and diverse workloads and applications customers deploy. Similarly, HPC environments have been increasingly adopting techniques that enable flexible management of vast computing and networking resources, close to marginal provisioning cost, which is unprecedented in the history of scientific and commercial computing. More recently, Function as a Service (Faas) and Serverless computing, leveraging on lightweight virtualizaton and containerization solutions, widens the spectrum of applications that can be deployed in a cloud environment, especially in an HPC context. Here, HPC-provided services can become accessible to distributed workloads outside of large cluster environments. Various virtualization-containerization technologies contribute to the overall picture in different ways: machine virtualization, with its capability to enable consolidation of multiple underutilized servers with heterogeneous software and operating systems (OSes), and its capability to live-migrate a fully operating virtual machine (VM) with a very short downtime, enables novel and dynamic ways to manage physical servers; OS-level virtualization (i.e., containerization), with its capability to isolate multiple user-space environments and to allow for their coexistence within the same OS kernel, promises to provide many of the advantages of machine virtualization with bare-metal responsiveness and performance; lastly, unikernels provide for many virtualization benefits with a minimized OS/library surface. I/O Virtualization in turn allows physical network interfaces to take traffic from multiple VMs or containers; network virtualization, with its capability to create logical network overlays that are independent of the underlying physical topology is furthermore enabling virtualization of HPC infrastructures. *Topics of Interest* The VHPC program committee solicits original, high-quality submissions related to virtualization across the entire software stack with a special focus on the intersection of HPC, containers-virtualization and cloud computing. Each topic encompasses aspects related to design/architecture, management, performance management, modeling and configuration/tooling: Design / Architecture: * Containers and OS-level virtualization (LXC, Docker, rkt, Singularity, Shifter) * Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) * Hypervisor extensions to mitigate side-channel attacks ([micro-]architectural timing attacks, privilege escalation) * VM & Container trust and security models * Multi-environment coupling, system software supporting in-situ analysis with HPC simulation * Cloud reliability, fault-tolerance and high-availability * Energy-efficient and power-aware virtualization * Containers inside VMs with hypervisor isolation * Virtualization support for emerging memory technologies * Lightweight/specialized operating systems in conjunction with virtual machines * Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) * Novel unikernels and use cases for virtualized HPC environments * ARM-based hypervisors, ARM virtualization extensions Management: * Container, VM and data management for HPC and cloud environments * HPC services integration, services to support HPC * Service and on-demand scheduling & resource management * Dedicated workload management with VMs or containers * Workflow coupling with VMs and containers * Unikernels and lightweight VM application management * Environments and tools for operating containerized environments (batch, orchestration) * Novel models for non-HPC workload provisioning on HPC resources Performance Measurements and Modeling: * Performance improvements for or driven by unikernels * Optimizations of virtual machine monitor platforms and hypervisors * Scalability analysis of VMs and/or containers at large scale * Performance measurement, modeling and monitoring of virtualized/cloud workloads * Virtualization in supercomputing environments, HPC clusters, HPC in the cloud * Energy-efficient deployment of high-performance, ultra-low latency and real-time workloads in cloud infrastructures * Modeling, control and isolation of end-to-end performance for parallel & distributed cloud/HPC applications Configuration / Tooling: * Tool support for unikernels: configuration/build environments, debuggers, profilers * Job scheduling/control/policy and container placement in virtualized environments * Measuring and controlling “OS/Virtualization noise” * Operating MPI in containers/VMs and Unikernels * GPU virtualization operationalization The workshop will be one day in length, composed of 20 min paper presentations, each followed by 10 min discussion sections, plus lightning talks that are limited to 5 minutes. Presentations may be accompanied by interactive demonstrations. For more information and detailed paper submission instructions, refer to the VHPC'22 webpage <https://vhpc.org/>: https://vhpc.org/ *Important Dates* * *Apr 19th, 2022 (extended)*: Abstract submission (opens /Feb 14th, 2022/) * *Apr 26th, 2022 (extended)*: Paper submission deadline (Springer LNCS) * *May 6th, 2022*: Acceptance notification * *Jun 2nd, 2022*: Workshop Day * *Jul 10th, 2022*: Camera-ready version due (post-workshop) *General Chairs* * Michael Alexander, BOKU Vienna, Austria * Anastassios Nanos, Nubificus Ltd., UK * Tommaso Cucinotta, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Ital -- Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, PhD Head of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ReTiS) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy http://retis.sssup.it/~tommaso/eng/research.html

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[DEADLINE APPROACHING] InnoCyPES European Project - ESR4 position available
by Massimo Cafaro 10 Apr '22

10 Apr '22

A three years research grant is available within the InnocyPES European project. The position is related to ESR4, for research on Large Scale Data Management and Integration DEADLINE: April 19, 2022 Ukranian Researchers are strongly encouraged to apply! Downloadable application forms etc are available: official Italian documents: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831 unofficial English translation: http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/page-3/ InnoCyPES announcement: https://innocypes.eu/index.php/2022/03/29/esr-4-large-scale-data-management… Foreign candidates are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Cafaro by email (massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it) if they need help/support in order to prepare their application. A public selection procedure is called for a research grant for collaboration in research activities (hereinafter referred to as research grant), at the Department of Innovation Engineering of the University of Salento. The location, the duration, the amount, the scientific disciplinary sector, the scientific referent, the structure available to the winner and the program of the research grant are specified below: STRUCTURE Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy DURATION 3 years REMUNERATION The research grant will last 3 (three) years. The annual remuneration, gross of charges to be borne by the beneficiary and inclusive of contributions and social security charges to be borne by the University of Salento, consists of the following items: 1. Living allowance: Euro 40,966.56 (forty thousand nine hundred and sixty-six/56); 2. Mobility allowance: Euro 7.200,00 (seven thousand two hundred/00); 3. Family allowance: 3.1.Euro 0 (zero) per researcher without family obligations; 3.2.Euro 6,000.00 (six thousand/00) for researchers with family obligations (married or with a relationship recognised by Italian law or that of the country of origin or with dependent children). SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISOR Prof. Massimo Cafaro RESEARCH TITLE LARGE SCALE DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION DESCRIPTION This is a three year “Marie Curie ETN Early Stage Researcher position” on the following topic. The sheer quantum of data being created and collected across jurisdictions requires a carefully planned and proactive approach to data management. The need for fusion and integration of multiple data sources characterized by fragmented data ownership is driving innovative approaches to large scale distributed data management and integration to avoid inconsistent and inaccurate data. The aim is to investigate, design and implement a fully decentralized solution to provide efficient management of dynamically updated information and support for distributed queries. One or more domain specific use cases shall be identified within the context of the project, considering both the current and future needs of some of the involved partners. These nicely fit into the research plan, owing to the need of surveying the user’s requirements to begin with; simultaneously, the uses cases can also be thought of as sources of advanced data management challenges. For admission to the selection is required the possession of all the requirements provided by law for access to public employment, the eligibility requirements provided by the Marie Sklodowska- Curie Action (https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main…) and the following requirements: a) Master of Science degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent qualification that formally allows access to a PhD program in Italy; b) an excellent academic career; c) must not have carried out more than 4 years of research activity after obtaining the degree mentioned in the previous point within the expected starting date of the contract (indicatively fixed at 01.03.2022); d) have a background relevant to the following areas but not limited to: distributed computing, databases, distributed data management, security and privacy; knowledge of C/C++ programming languages and time series archiving/analysis is a plus; e) must not have a Ph.D. as of the contract start date; f) must not have resided or carried out the main activity of study/work in Italy for more than 12 months during the 3 years preceding the date of the beginning of the contract; g) have an excellent knowledge of the English language, in any case sufficient to ensure the performance of the activity envisaged by the contract and daily interaction in the working environment; h) must not have criminal convictions or have pending criminal proceedings of particular gravity. Lack of even one of the above requirements will result in exclusion from the selection process at any time. Qualifications obtained abroad must normally be previously recognized in Italy in accordance with current legislation. The equivalence of qualifications obtained abroad that have not already been recognized in Italy will be evaluated by the Selection Committee solely for the purpose of admitting the candidate to this call for selection. The qualifications must be possessed on the date of expiry of the deadline established for the presentation of applications for admission to this selection. The University of Salento guarantees equality and equal opportunities between men and women for the allocation of the grants in question and the protection of confidentiality in the processing of personal data, according to the provisions in force. The position is officially advertised at the University of Unisalento: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66046831 ******************************************************************************************* Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning Department 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 Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail cafaro(a)acm.org INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ******************************************************************************************* --

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call for participation in online OpenMP study
by Eric Aubanel 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Researchers at the University of New Brunswick are recruiting programmers with experience in parallel programming in C using OpenMP 4.0 directives to complete an online study. The goal of the research is to study the mental representations formed by parallel programmers. Understanding these representations is important for developing programming languages and tools that enhance and assist programmers in the comprehension process and other tasks. The study takes approximately 60 minutes and needs to be completed on a desktop or laptop computer (not a handheld device). The study can be accessed through the following link: https://unbfpsyc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3QmkAJ1jqnPAFtr For more information please contact the principal investigator: Leah Bidlake (leah.bidlake(a)unb.ca). This project has been approved by the Research Ethics Board of the University of New Brunswick. Dr. Eric Aubanel, Professor Acting Assistant Dean (Graduate) Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick http://www.cs.unb.ca/profs/aubanel

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ICCSA 2022: Last Call for Papers
by Osvaldo Gervasi 31 Mar '22

31 Mar '22

** We apologize if you received multiple copies of the present message ** ***************************************************************************** ******************* LAST Call for Papers ********************** ********************** Deadline April 12, 2022 ************************* ***************************************************************************** Call for Papers, Short Papers and PHD Showcase papers The 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain ICCSA 2022 July 4-7, 2022 https://iccsa.org ICCSA 2022 is the next event in the series of highly successful International Conferences on Computational Science and Its Applications, previously held in Cagliari - Italy (2021, as blended Conference, part in-presence and part online) ONLINE (2020, as an online-only event due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions), Saint Petersburg - Russia (2019), Melbourne - Australia (2018), Trieste - Italy (2017), Beijing - China (2016), Banff - Canada (2015), Guimaraes - Portugal (2014), Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam (2013), Salvador da Bahia - Brazil (2012), Santander - Spain (2011), Fukuoka - Japan (2010), Suwon - Korea (2009), Perugia - Italy (2008), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (2007), Glasgow - United Kingdom (2006), Singapore - Singapore(2005), Assisi - Italy (2004), Montreal - Canada (2003), and, as ICCS, in Amsterdam - The Netherlands (2002) and San Francisco - USA (2001). The ICCSA 2022 conference will be organized in Malaga, Spain, in collaboration with the University of Malaga. Like last year, ICCSA 2022 offers the possibility of online-only participation (with reduces registration fees) and in-presence participation, should the pandemic situation allow it, by setting up a blended experience. Computational Science is a main pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial activities and plays a unique role in exploiting ICT innovative technologies. The ICCSA Conference offers a real opportunity to bring together scientists of different disciplines, discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced solutions breeding new trends in Computational Science. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the Conference proceedings to be published by Springer in Lecture Notes for Computer Science and, as post-Conference proceedings, Conference Publishing System (CPS). The authors of a selected number of top-quality papers will be requested to extend their papers for further review and publication as special issues in highly recognized international journals. ICCSA 2022 accepts paper submission in the following categories: main Conference theme papers and Workshop papers. The details for each paper submission category can be found at the URL https://iccsa.org/nstructions-for-authors and the list of Workshops at the URL: https://iccsa.org/workshops. Conference Themes ----------------- The ICCSA 2022 Conference themes, grouped in five tracks, are the following (but are not limited to): 1. Track: Computational Methods, Algorithms and Scientific Application Computational Biology Computational Combustion Computational Chemistry Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics Computational Geometry Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics Computational Electro-magnetics Numerical Methods and Algorithms 2. Track: High Performance Computing and Networks Parallel and Distributed Computing Cluster Computing Supercomputing Cloud Computing Autonomic Computing P2P Computing Mobile Computing Grid and Semantic Grid Computing Workflow Design and Practice Computer and Network Architecture 3. Track: Geometric Modelling, Graphics and Visualization Scientific Visualization Computer Graphics Geometric Modelling Pattern Recognition Image Processing CAD/CAM Web3D, Virtual and Augmented Reality 4. Track: Advanced and Emerging Applications Biochemistry Bioinformatics Astrophysics Biometric Modelling Environmental, Climate and Weather Modelling Geology and Geophysics Nuclear Physics Financial and Economical Modelling Computational Journalism Geographical Information Systems 5. Track: Information Systems and Technologies Information Retrieval Scientific Databases Security Engineering Risk Analysis Reliability Engineering Software Engineering Data Mining Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies Web Based Computing Web 2.0 6 Track: Urban and Regional Planning Urban and regional growth Sustainable urban and regional development Socio-ecological systems Open Data- Big Data Cultural Heritage Smart and Sustainable Cities Mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems Geographical Information Systems Decision Support Systems Complexity assessment and mapping Logistics Workshops --------- For details visit https://iccsa.org/workshops 1) Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2022) 2) Workshop on Advancements in Applied Machine-learning and Data Analytics (AAMDA 2022) 3) Automatic landform classification: spatial methods and applications (ALCSMA 2022) 4) Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Emergency management, risk assessment and mitigation based on the Resilience (ASTER 2022) 5) Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2022) 6) Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2022) 7) Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2022) 8) Configurational Analysis For Cities (CA CITIES 2022) 9) Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM 2022) 10) Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2022) 11) Computational Mathematics, Statistics and Information Management (CMSIM 2022) 12) Computational Optimization and Applications (COA 2022) 13) Computational Astrochemistry (CompAstro 2022) 14) Computational methods for porous geomaterials (CompPor 2022) 15) Computational Approaches for Smart, Conscious Cities (Consc-City 2022) 16) Workshop on Computational Science and HPC (CSHPC 2022) 17) Cities, Technologies and Planning (CTP 2022) 18) Digital Sustainability and Circular Economy (DiSCE 2022) 19) Econometrics and Multidimensional Evaluation in Urban Environment (EMEUE 2022) 20) Ethical AI applications for a human-centered cyber society (EthicAI 2022) 21) Future Computing System Technologies and Applications (FiSTA 2022) 22) Geographical Computing and Remote Sensing for Archaeology (GCRSArcheo 2022) 23) Geodesign in Decision Making: meta planning and collaborative design for sustainable and inclusive development. (GDM 2022) 24) Geomatics in Agriculture and Forestry: new advances and perspectives (GeoForAgr 2022) 25) Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (Geog-An-Mod 2022) 26) Geomatics for Resource Monitoring and Management (GRMM 2022) 27) International Workshop on Information and Knowledge in the Internet of Things (IKIT 2022) 28) 13th International Symposium on Software Quality (ISSQ 2022) 29) Land Use monitoring for Sustanability (LUMS 2022) 30) Machine Learning for Space and Earth Observation Data (MALSEOD 2022) 31) Building multi-dimensional models for assessing complex environmental systems (MES 2022) 32) MOdels and indicators for assessing and measuring the urban settlement deVElopment in the view of ZERO net land take by 2050 (MOVEto0 2022) 33) Modelling Post-Covid cities (MPCC 2022) 34) Using microcontrollers to ensure the security of computing clusters and systems (MSCC 2022) 35) Ecosystem Services: nature’s contribution to people in practice. Assessment frameworks, models, mapping, and implications. (NC2P 2022) 36) New Mobility Choices For Sustainable and Alternative Scenarios (NEWMOB 2022) 37) 2nd Workshop on Privacy in the Cloud/Edge/IoT World (PCEIoT 2022) 38) Psycho-Social Analysis of Sustainable Mobility in The Pre- and Post-Pandemic Phase (PSYCHE 2022) 39) Processes, methods and tools towards RESilient cities and cultural heritage prone to SOD and ROD disasters (RES 2022) 40) Scientific Computing Infrastructure (SCI 2022) 41) Socio-Economic and Environmental Models for Land Use Management (SEMLUM 2022) 42) 14th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA 2022) 43) Ports of the future – Smartness and Sustainability (SmartPorts 2022) 44) Smart Tourism (SmartTourism 2022) 45) Sustainability Performance Assessment: models, approaches and applications toward interdisciplinary and integrated solutions (SPA 2022) 46) Specifics of smart cities development in Europe (SPEED 2022) 47) Smart and Sustainable Island Communities (SSIC 2022) 48) Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and its Applications (TCCMA 2022) 49) Transport Infrastructures for Smart Cities (TISC 2022) 50) 14th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process (TTSDP 2022) 51) Urban Form Studies (UForm 2022) 52) Urban Regeneration: Innovative Tools and Evaluation Model (URITEM 2022) 53) Urban Space Accessibility and Mobilities (USAM 2022) 54) Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality and Applications (VRA 2022) 55) Workshop on Advanced and Computational Methods for Earth Science applications (WACM4ES 2022) 56) Workshop on Advanced Mathematics and Computing Methods in Complex Computational Systems (WAMCM 2022) Please pay attention, when submitting your contribution to one of the above listed Workshops, to select the right entry in the list box shown in the submission form. An author is enabled to change the workshop associated to a submitted paper until the submission deadline, by resubmitting the paper into the system. Paper Submission ---------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PLEASE NOTICE THE NEW PAGE LENGTH OF LNCS FULL PAPERS REQUIRED BY SPRINGER FOR LNCS FULL PAPERS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2022 web site: https://ess.iccsa.org. All papers should be formatted according to the LNCS or CPS rules, according to the Editor sected during the submission phase. Please consult the URL https://iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors for formatting information and templates. Only papers submitted through the electronic system and strictly adhering to the relevant format will be considered for reviewing and publication. The submission may fall into the following categories: Main Tracks and Workshops' Full Papers (LNCS or CPS), Short Papers (LNCS), and PHD Showcase Papers (CPS). MAIN TRACKS AND WORKSHOPS' FULL PAPERS (LNCS or CPS) The submitted full paper must be between 12 to 18 pages long for LNCS publication, or 7 to 11 pages for CPS publication (in such case as post-conference proceedings).Full papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by Springer LNCS or CPS. MAIN TRACKS AND WORKSHOPS' SHORT PAPERS (LNCS) Reporting preliminary results of ongoing research. The submitted paper must be between 7 and 11 pages formatted according to LNCS rules. The Short Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by LNCS. PHD SHOWCASE PAPERS (CPS) Reporting ongoing research already achieving significant results and primarily carried out by Ph.D. students and junior researchers. The submitted paper must be between 6 to 8 pages long formatted according to CPS rules. The PHD Showcase Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by CPS as post-conference proceedings. Each paper must deal with original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication elsewhere (copyright problems fall entirely under responsibility of the authors). Each paper will be reviewed by at least three experts in the relevant field (acceptance rate was 28% in 2005, 26% in 2006 and 28% in 2007, 29% in 2008, 30% in 2009, 29% in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 30% in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021) ensuring the publication of only top quality contributions. When a paper is accepted at least one of the authors has to register to the conference and present the paper in the related Session (the program of Sessions will be made available before the Conference starts). Failure to do so shall lead to rejection of the application to attend next year conference and the exclusion of the paper for the current year proceedings. Important Dates --------------- April 12, 2022: Deadline for paper submission to the General Tracks (Workshops may select a different deadline) May 10, 2022: Notification of Acceptance. May 20, 2022: Early-bird Registration ends (firm deadline). May 20, 2022: Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers (firm deadline). July 4-7, 2022: ICCSA 2022 Conference Proceedings ----------- The proceedings of the Conference will be published both by Springer-Verlag (Lecture Notes in Computer Science series) and, as post-conference proceedings, by Conference Publishing Services (CPS) exclusively ONLINE (no printed copies available). In particular: 1. The selected top-quality Main Tracks and Workshops' Full Papers having adopted LNCS, will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (paper length: 12-18 pages). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PLEASE NOTICE THE NEW PAGE LENGTH OF LNCS FULL PAPERS REQUIRED BY SPRINGER FOR LNCS FULL PAPERS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. The selected top-quality Workshops' Papers having adopted CPS (paper length: 7-11 pages), will appear in the CPS post-conference Proceedings. 3. Main Tracks and Workshops' Short papers (paper length: 7-11 pages) will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series 4. PHD Showcase Papers (paper length: 6-8 pages) will be published in the CPS post-conference Proceedings. For a selected number of top-quality papers, after the Conference, the authors will be requested to extend the paper in order to be published as special issues in appropriate international journals. 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 the Editor, 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. Paper withdrawal request can be only accepted in writing through email 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. Contact Information ------------------- Eligius Hendrix University of Malaga (Spain) Office Málaga: Arquitectura de Computadores, Escuela de Ingenerías, 2.116D c/ Dr Ortiz Ramos, 29071, Málaga, España Office Address Wageningen: Operations Research and Logistics Group, De Leeuwenborch, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands Telephone Málaga: +34 951952257 Wageningen +31 317485645 email: eligius<at>uma<dot>es Osvaldo Gervasi Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia Via Vanvitelli, 1 06123 Perugia Italy Phone: +39-075-5855048 Fax: +39-075-5855024 Email: osvaldo <dot> gervasi <at> unipg <dot> it URL: http://ogervasi.unipg.it

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Associate Professor in AI, with a focus on knowledge and NLP
by Jean-Louis Dessalles 13 Feb '22

13 Feb '22

Télécom Paris <https://www.telecom-paris.fr/> offers a full-time tenured academic position as Associate Professor in the area of Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on knowledge, AI, and NLP. The candidate will join the DIG team (Data, Intelligence, Graphs) <https://dig.telecom-paristech.fr/>, starting September 2022. The candidate is expected to have strong skills in at least one of the following fields: • Natural Language Processing • Knowledge representation • Logic, reasoning • Online learning • Data exploration • Cognitive modeling Online application: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/enseignantchercheur-en-la… Deadline for application: February 28, 2022 -- jean-louis Dessalles <https://www.dessalles.fr> Visit this MOOC: Understanding AI through *Algorithmic Information Theory* <https://aiai.telecom-paris.fr>. "A very interesting course that definitely changed how I see the world. Thank you so muchhh." (Hanady, 2021, betatester) "Very interesting course. It opens a lot of prospects. Thank you very much." (BORG_92, MOOC user) "/Enlightening./ Thank you for organizing this amazing course. I learned a lot! [...] After completing the course I’m now contemplating the final chapter on complexity+cognition. This chapter was so intuitive and provided such elegant explanations of human behavior." (Palmaya, MOOC user)

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[Jobs] Available Position: Professor in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Plymouth, UK
by Amir Aly 12 Feb '22

12 Feb '22

Dear All, *Apologies for cross-posting* *The School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics (SECaM)*, at the University of Plymouth has a unique opportunity for an outstanding academic and their team to join the School and strengthen our research, leadership, and collaboration in *Artificial Intelligence*. This is an opportunity to establish senior academic direction and growth in this core area of Artificial Intelligence and to build on multi-disciplinary collaboration, supporting the School’s strategic objectives to create a critical mass of expertise in the area of Artificial Intelligence aligning directly with Industry 4.0 and future national and international research opportunities and skills development needs. You will work together with colleagues to create a vision for our existing Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS), which builds on the world-leading and international excellence performance in the field of computer science, social and cognitive robotics, neural computation, and others. You will join a community of over 100 staff and 2000 students who work alongside one another in world-leading facilities. This synergistic mix of academic disciplines has research strength aligned with challenges of the fourth Industrial Revolution, clean growth, digitalization, autonomy, and health technology, helping to develop pioneering, innovative solutions to real-world problems that have a genuinely positive impact upon society. The deadline is 25th February. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.o… <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhrservice…> Regards ---------------- *Dr. Amir Aly* Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Center for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS) School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics Room B332, Portland Square, Drake Circus, PL4 8AA University of Plymouth, UK

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[CFP] ExSAIS 2022: Workshop on Extreme Scaling of AI for Science - EXTENDED
by Tumeo, Antonino 09 Feb '22

09 Feb '22

[Please accept our apologies for multiple postings.] - NEWS: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 18 - NEWS: KEYNOTE TALKS announced: Gennady Pekhimenko and Mostofa Patwary CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************************************* ExSAIS 2022: Workshop on Extreme Scaling of AI for Science https://hpc.pnl.gov/exsais/ June 3, 2022 Co-Located with IPDPS 2022 Lyon, France ****************************************************************************** Call for Papers --------------- The evolution of machine perception to machine learning and reasoning, and ultimately machine intelligence, has a potential to significantly impact acceleration and advancement of autonomous scientific discovery and the operation of scientific instruments. While machine reasoning will enable intelligent systems to better understand and interact with their physical world, machine intelligence through modeling, simulation and automation, closes the gap between experiments, extreme computing, and scientific discovery. In order to usher in this new era of autonomous science, advances in several areas of artificial intelligence and other disciplines e.g., high-performance computing, data engineering need to come together. Therefore, the goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds to enable extreme scaling of AI for science. This workshop will address the overarching goal of enabling semi-autonomous and autonomous AI-driven predictive and prescriptive scientific discovery at scale by integrating extreme-scale heterogeneous and reconfigurable computing paradigms, multiscale mathematics, physics-based simulation, data sciences and engineering to address challenges across science, scientific instruments, and security domains e.g., biology, chemistry, and material science. Specific areas of interest include: * Algorithms: Advance extreme-scale Artificial Intelligence through algorithmic development in the areas of probabilistic reasoning, multimodal representation learning, natural language processing, robotics, decision making, combinatorial optimization and human-machine interaction. * Implementation and deployment: Enable scalable Artificial Intelligence through advances in distributed and parallel AI algorithms and tools, heterogeneous and reconfigurable computing platforms and paradigms, Exascale systems, and compilers and system software for extreme-scale AI/ML algorithms. * Applications: Discuss application use cases in science domains of importance including computational biology, molecular chemistry, material science, epidemiology, energy and physics. The workshop seeks short and long papers spanning all areas of scaling AI for science, engineering and security domains including but not limited to: * Parallel and distributed algorithms for machine learning, machine reasoning, and machine intelligence at scale. Specific examples include: probabilistic reasoning, data analytics, knowledge representation learning, multi-modal analysis, natural language processing, robotics, decision making, combinatorial optimization and human-machine interaction * Software tools, compilers and system software to enable AI for machine perception and reasoning at scale. Specific examples include PyTorch (and Glow), TensorFlow (and XLA), CNTK, TVM, and the MLIR framework. * Application case studies in all areas of science and engineering such as biology, chemistry, material science, high energy physics, and climate security . IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Position or full paper submission: February 18, 2022 AoE (EXTENDED - HARD DEADLINE) Notification: March 7, 2022 AoE Camera-ready: March 21, 2022 Workshop: June 3, 2022 PAPER SUBMISSIONS --------------- Submission site: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps Authors can submit two types of papers: Short papers (up to 4 pages) and long papers (up to 10 pages). All submissions must be single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The templates are available at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. ORGANIZATION --------------- * General co-Chairs Antonino Tumeo (PNNL), antonino.tumeo(a)pnnl.gov Mahantesh Halappanavar (PNNL), hala(a)pnnl.gov * Program co-Chairs Svitlana Volkova (PNNL), svitlana.volkova(a)pnnl.gov Robert Rallo (PNNL), robert.rallo(a)pnnl.gov * Technical Program Committee Nesreen Ahmed, Intel, US Sadaf Alam, CSCS & ETH Zurich, CH Frank Alexander, Brookhaven National Laboratory, US Sanjukta Bhowmick, University of North Texas, US Auroop Ganguly, Northeastern University, US Gauri Joshi, Carnegie Mellon University, US Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, US Johannes Langguth, Simula, NO Maxim Naumov, Facebook, US Israt Nisa, Amazon, US Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington, US Bruno Ribeiro, Purdue University, US Prabhat Ram, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US Edoardo Serra, Boise State University, US Shaden Smith, Microsoft, US Jordi Torres, Barçelona Supercomputing Center, ES Gina Tourassi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Draguna Vrabie, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US David Womble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US

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Ada Developer Room at FOSDEM 2022 - Sun 6 Feb - online
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation 11th Ada Developer Room at FOSDEM 2022 Sunday 6 February 2022, online from Brussels, Belgium Organized in cooperation with Ada-Belgium [1] and Ada-Europe [2] fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/ada/ www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/22/220206-fosdem.html #AdaFOSDEM #AdaDevRoom #AdaProgramming #AdaBelgium #AdaEurope #FOSDEM2022 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOSDEM [3], the Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting, is a non-commercial two-day weekend event organized early each year in Brussels, Belgium. It is highly developer-oriented and brings together 8000+ participants from all over the world. The 2022 edition takes place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 February. It is free to attend and no registration is necessary. This year, for obvious reasons, it has been turned into an online event, just like last year. In this edition, the Ada FOSDEM community organizes once more 8 hours of presentations related to Ada and Free or Open Software in a s.c. Developer Room. The "Ada DevRoom" at FOSDEM 2022 is held on the 2nd day of the event, and offers introductory presentations on the Ada programming language, as well as more specialised presentations on focused topics, tools and projects: a total of 13 Ada-related presentations by 12 authors from 8 countries! Program overview: - Introduction to the Ada DevRoom, by Fernando Oleo Blanco, Germany - Introduction to Ada for Beginning and Experienced Programmers, by Jean-Pierre Rosen, France - Ada Looks Good, Now Program a Game Without Knowing Anything, by Stefan Hild, Germany - The Ada Numerics Model, by Jean-Pierre Rosen, France - 2022 Alire Update, by Fabien Chouteau, France, Alejandro Mosteo, Spain - SweetAda: Lightweight Development Framework for Ada-based Software Systems, by Gabriele Galeotti, Italy - Use (and Abuse?) of Ada 2022 Features to Design a JSON-like Data Structure, by Alejandro Mosteo, Spain - Getting Started with AdaWebPack, by Max Reznik, Ukraine - Overview of Ada GUI, by Jeffrey Carter, Belgium - SPARKNaCl: a Verified, Fast Re-implementation of TweetNaCl, by Roderick Chapman, UK - The Outsider's Guide to Ada: Lessons from Learning Ada in 2021, by Paul Jarrett, USA - Proving the Correctness of the GNAT Light Runtime Library, by Yannick Moy, France - Implementing a Build Manager in Ada, by Stephane Carrez, France - Exporting Ada Software to Python and Julia, by Jan Verschelde, USA - Closing of the Ada DevRoom, by Dirk Craeynest, Belgium, Fernando Oleo Blanco, Germany The Ada at FOSDEM 2022 web-page will have all details, such as the full schedule, abstracts of presentations, biographies of speakers, and pointers to more info, including live video streaming and chat, plus recordings afterwards. For the latest information at any time, contact Fernando Oleo Blanco <irvise(a)irvise.xyz>, or see: [1] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/ [2] http://www.ada-europe.org/ [3] https://fosdem.org/2022/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dirk Craeynest, FOSDEM Ada DevRoom team Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be (for Ada-Belgium/Ada-Europe/SIGAda/WG9)

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Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC 2022) - Call for Papers
by Tommaso Cucinotta 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

[apologies for cross-postings] The Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC) <vhpc.org/> is an international forum bringing together researchers and industrial practitioners facing the challenges posed by virtualization in HPC/Cloud scenarios, in order to foster discussion, collaboration, mutual exchange of knowledge and experience, enabling research to ultimately provide novel solutions for virtualized computing systems of tomorrow. The 17th edition of VHPC will be held on June 2nd, jointly with the ISC High-Performance 2022 <https://www.isc-hpc.com/> conference and exhibition in Hamburg (Germany), and will feature two excellent industrial _/keynote speakers/_ * “rtla: finding the sources of OS noise on Linux”, Daniel Bristot De Oliveira, Senior Principal Software Engineer in the real-time kernel team at Red Hat * “DynamoDB: NoSQL database services for predictable HPC workloads”, Akshat Vig, Principal Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In addition to the general research topics mentioned below, VHPC'22 encourages particularly contributions on the following _/focus topics/_: * Container Platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, Singularity, Shifter, rkt, …) for Scientific Workflows * Composable Lightweight Applications and Unikernel Frameworks * Latency Control and Data/Container Placement in Heterogeneous HPC Virtualized Environments * Energy-efficiency and Service Orchestration in Virtualized Cloud & HPC Infrastructures *Workshop Overview* Containers and virtualization technologies constitute key enabling factors for flexible resource management in modern data centers, and particularly in cloud environments. Cloud providers need to manage complex and heterogeneous infrastructures in a seamless fashion to support the highly dynamic and diverse workloads and applications customers deploy. Similarly, HPC environments have been increasingly adopting techniques that enable flexible management of vast computing and networking resources, close to marginal provisioning cost, which is unprecedented in the history of scientific and commercial computing. More recently, Function as a Service (Faas) and Serverless computing, leveraging on lightweight virtualizaton and containerization solutions, widens the spectrum of applications that can be deployed in a cloud environment, especially in an HPC context. Here, HPC-provided services can become accessible to distributed workloads outside of large cluster environments. Various virtualization-containerization technologies contribute to the overall picture in different ways: machine virtualization, with its capability to enable consolidation of multiple underutilized servers with heterogeneous software and operating systems (OSes), and its capability to live-migrate a fully operating virtual machine (VM) with a very short downtime, enables novel and dynamic ways to manage physical servers; OS-level virtualization (i.e., containerization), with its capability to isolate multiple user-space environments and to allow for their coexistence within the same OS kernel, promises to provide many of the advantages of machine virtualization with bare-metal responsiveness and performance; lastly, unikernels provide for many virtualization benefits with a minimized OS/library surface. I/O Virtualization in turn allows physical network interfaces to take traffic from multiple VMs or containers; network virtualization, with its capability to create logical network overlays that are independent of the underlying physical topology is furthermore enabling virtualization of HPC infrastructures. *Topics of Interest* The VHPC program committee solicits original, high-quality submissions related to virtualization across the entire software stack with a special focus on the intersection of HPC, containers-virtualization and cloud computing. Each topic encompasses aspects related to design/architecture, management, performance management, modeling and configuration/tooling: Design / Architecture: * Containers and OS-level virtualization (LXC, Docker, rkt, Singularity, Shifter) * Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) * Hypervisor extensions to mitigate side-channel attacks ([micro-]architectural timing attacks, privilege escalation) * VM & Container trust and security models * Multi-environment coupling, system software supporting in-situ analysis with HPC simulation * Cloud reliability, fault-tolerance and high-availability * Energy-efficient and power-aware virtualization * Containers inside VMs with hypervisor isolation * Virtualization support for emerging memory technologies * Lightweight/specialized operating systems in conjunction with virtual machines * Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) * Novel unikernels and use cases for virtualized HPC environments * ARM-based hypervisors, ARM virtualization extensions Management: * Container, VM and data management for HPC and cloud environments * HPC services integration, services to support HPC * Service and on-demand scheduling & resource management * Dedicated workload management with VMs or containers * Workflow coupling with VMs and containers * Unikernels and lightweight VM application management * Environments and tools for operating containerized environments (batch, orchestration) * Novel models for non-HPC workload provisioning on HPC resources Performance Measurements and Modeling: * Performance improvements for or driven by unikernels * Optimizations of virtual machine monitor platforms and hypervisors * Scalability analysis of VMs and/or containers at large scale * Performance measurement, modeling and monitoring of virtualized/cloud workloads * Virtualization in supercomputing environments, HPC clusters, HPC in the cloud * Energy-efficient deployment of high-performance, ultra-low latency and real-time workloads in cloud infrastructures * Modeling, control and isolation of end-to-end performance for parallel & distributed cloud/HPC applications Configuration / Tooling: * Tool support for unikernels: configuration/build environments, debuggers, profilers * Job scheduling/control/policy and container placement in virtualized environments * Measuring and controlling “OS/Virtualization noise” * Operating MPI in containers/VMs and Unikernels * GPU virtualization operationalization The workshop will be one day in length, composed of 20 min paper presentations, each followed by 10 min discussion sections, plus lightning talks that are limited to 5 minutes. Presentations may be accompanied by interactive demonstrations. For more information and detailed paper submission instructions, refer to the VHPC'22 webpage <https://vhpc.org/>: https://vhpc.org/ *Important Dates* * *Apr 12th, 2022*: Abstract submission (opens /Feb 14th, 2022/) * *Apr 19th, 2022*: Paper submission deadline (Springer LNCS) * *May 3rd, 2022*: Acceptance notification * *Jun 2nd, 2022*: Workshop Day * *Jul 10th, 2022*: Camera-ready version due (post-workshop) *General Chairs* * Michael Alexander, BOKU Vienna, Austria * Anastassios Nanos, Nubificus Ltd., UK * Tommaso Cucinotta, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Ital -- Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, PhD Head of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ReTiS) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy http://retis.sssup.it/~tommaso/eng/research.html

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CfC Ada-Europe 2022 Conference - 27 Feb - second deadline
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

----------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED Call for Contributions 26th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) 14-17 June 2022, Ghent, Belgium www.ada-europe.org/conference2022 Organized by Ada-Europe in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, SIGPLAN, SIGBED and the Ada Resource Association (ARA) *** 2nd DEADLINE 27 February 2022 *** #AEiC2022 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information The 26th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) will take place in Ghent, Belgium, in the week of 14-17 June, in dual mode, with a solid core of in-presence activities accompanied by digital support for remote participation. The conference schedule comprises a journal track, an industrial track, a work-in-progress track, a vendor exhibition, parallel tutorials, and satellite workshops. *** Schedule 16 January 2022: Submission deadline for journal-track papers, [CLOSED] tutorials and workshop proposals. 27 February 2022: Submission deadline for industrial-track and work-in-progress-track abstracts. 14 March 2022: Notification of invitations-to-present for journal-track papers. Notification of acceptance for all other types of submission. 3 April 2022: Publication of advance program. *** Topics The conference is an established international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of developing, running and maintaining challenging long-lived, high-quality software systems for a variety of application domains including manufacturing, robotics, avionics, space, health care, transportation, cloud environments, smart energy, serious games. The program will allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions and discussions, and social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia and government organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to: - Real-Time and Safety-Critical Systems: design, implementation and verification challenges, novel approaches, e.g., Mixed-Criticality Systems, novel scheduling algorithms, novel design and analysis methods; - High-Integrity Systems and Reliability: theory and practice of High-Integrity Systems, languages vulnerabilities and countermeasures, architecture-centred development methods and tools; - Reliability-oriented Programming Languages (not limited to Ada): compilation and runtime challenges, language profiles, use cases and experience reports, language education and training initiatives; - Experience Reports: case studies, lessons learned, and comparative assessments. Refer to the conference website for the full list of topics. *** Call for Journal-track Submissions Following the journal-first model inaugurated in 2019, the conference includes a journal-track that seeks original and high-quality submissions that describe mature research work in the scope of the conference. Accepted papers for this track will be published in the "Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC2022)" [Submission details removed. Call is closed now.] Authors who have successfully passed the first round of review will be invited to present their work at the conference. Ada-Europe, the main conference sponsor, will cover the Open Access fees for the first four papers to gain final acceptance, which do not already enjoy OA from personalized bilateral agreements with the Publisher. *** Call for Industrial-track Submissions The conference seeks industrial practitioner presentations that deliver insight on the challenges of developing reliable software. Given their applied nature, such contributions will be subject to a dedicated practitioner-peer review process. Interested authors shall submit a short (one-to-two pages) abstract, by 27 February 2022, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2022, strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style (cf. http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/). The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference, and will also be invited to expand their contributions into full-fledged articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the Industrial track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chair, Alejandro R. Mosteo, at the listed address. *** Call for Work-in-Progress-track Submissions The Work-in-Progress track seeks two kinds of submissions: (a) ongoing research, and (b) early-stage ideas. Ongoing research submissions are 4-page papers that describe research results that are not mature enough to be submitted to the journal track as yet. Early-stage ideas, are 1-page papers that pitch new research directions that fall in the scope of the conference. Both kinds of submission must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Submissions by recent MSc graduates and PhD students are especially sought. [Submission details removed. Call is closed now.] The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference, and will also be offered the opportunity to expand their contributions into 4-page articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the WiP track of the Conference. *** Academic Listing The Journal of Systems Architecture, publication venue of the journal-track proceedings of the conference, was ranked Q1 (SJR) in the year 2020, also featuring 72th percentile in CiteScope (Scopus). The Ada User Journal, venue of all other technical proceedings of the conference, is indexed by Scopus and by EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database. *** Awards Ada-Europe will offer an honorary award for the best technical presentation, to be announced in the closing session of the conference. *** Call for Tutorials The conference seeks tutorials in the form of educational seminars on themes falling within the conference scope, with an academic or practitioner slant, including hands-on or practical elements. [Submission details removed. Call is closed now.] The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration, halved for half-day tutorials. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops The conference welcomes satellite workshops centred on themes that fall within the conference scope. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the conference proper. [Submission details removed. Call is closed now.] *** Call for Exhibitors The conference will include a vendor and technology exhibition. Interested providers should direct inquiries to the Exhibition Chair. *** Venue The conference will take place in the heart of the city of Ghent, Belgium, capital of the East Flanders province, a halfhour train ride north-west of Brussels. Ghent is rich in history, culture and higher-education, with a top-100 university founded in 1817. *** Organizing Committee * Conference Chair Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy tullio.vardanega at unipd.it * Journal-track Chair Jérôme Hugues, Carnegie Mellon University, USA jjhugues at sei.cmu.edu * Industrial-track Chair Alejandro R.Mosteo, Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza, Spain amosteo at unizar.es * Work-in-Progress-track Chair Frank Singhoff, University of Brest, France frank.singhoff at univ-brest.fr * Tutorial and Workshop Chair Aurora Agar Armario, NATO, the Netherlands aurora.agar at ncia.nato.int * Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland software at white-elephant.ch * Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium dirk.craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be * Local Chair Vicky Wandels, University of Ghent, Belgium Vicky.Wandels at UGent.be *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 26th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), Lisbon, Portugal ('18), Warsaw, Poland ('19), and online from Santander, Spain ('21). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at http://www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2022 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 26th Ada-Europe Int.Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) * June 14-17, 2022, Ghent, Belgium * www.ada-europe.org/conference2022

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Postdoc Position on ML for Gravitational-wave Astrophysics at Cardiff University
by raymondv＠cardiff.ac.uk 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

The Cardiff University Gravity Exploration Institute (http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk/research/gravity/) seeks applications to fill the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate in observational gravitational-wave astronomy. Two positions are available: - Vacancy 13326BR: The successful applicant will lead Cardiff’s astrophysical interpretation of compact binary coalescence signals in data from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network. Particular focus will be placed on obtaining the most reliable and accurate inferences, taking into account both detector and signal modelling complexities. Candidates with experience in using machine learning techniques are encouraged to apply. For informal enquiries about the post please contact Vivien Raymond (RaymondV @cardiff.ac.uk). - Vacancy 13328BR: The successful applicant will lead the development of Cardiff’s machine-learning pipeline for the low-latency detection of generic gravitational-wave transient signals in data from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network. Candidates with experience in using machine learning techniques in gravitational-wave astronomy are encouraged to apply. For informal enquiries about the post please contact Prof. Patrick Sutton (SuttonPJ1 @cardiff.ac.uk). Both positions are full-time, fixed-term for 2 years and available immediately. Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6). For full information or to apply, please visit https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/academic-vacancies , click on "View our academic vacancies", and search for posts 13326BR or 13328BR. For informal enquiries about working at Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy please contact Courtney Watkins (phys...(a)cardiff.ac.uk) Application deadline: Thursday, 3 February 2022. Interview are expected to be held mid-February 2022. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements. “Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-e…

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Postdoc Position on ML for Gravitational-wave Astrophysics at Cardiff University
by raymondv＠cardiff.ac.uk 24 Jan '22

24 Jan '22

The Cardiff University Gravity Exploration Institute (http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk/research/gravity/) seeks applications to fill the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate in observational gravitational-wave astronomy. Two positions are available: - Vacancy 13326BR: The successful applicant will lead Cardiff’s astrophysical interpretation of compact binary coalescence signals in data from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network. Particular focus will be placed on obtaining the most reliable and accurate inferences, taking into account both detector and signal modelling complexities. Candidates with experience in using machine learning techniques are encouraged to apply. For informal enquiries about the post please contact Vivien Raymond (RaymondV @cardiff.ac.uk). - Vacancy 13328BR: The successful applicant will lead the development of Cardiff’s machine-learning pipeline for the low-latency detection of generic gravitational-wave transient signals in data from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network. Candidates with experience in using machine learning techniques in gravitational-wave astronomy are encouraged to apply. For informal enquiries about the post please contact Prof. Patrick Sutton (SuttonPJ1 @cardiff.ac.uk). Both positions are full-time, fixed-term for 2 years and available immediately. Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6). For full information or to apply, please visit https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/academic-vacancies , click on "View our academic vacancies", and search for posts 13326BR or 13328BR. For informal enquiries about working at Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy please contact Courtney Watkins (phys...(a)cardiff.ac.uk) Application deadline: Thursday, 3 February 2022. Interview are expected to be held mid-February 2022. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements. “Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-e…

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Computational and Applied Statistics at ICCSA 2022 - First call for papers
by Ana Cristina Silva Braga 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

***************************************************************************** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. First Call for Papers (Scopus and ISI index) Deadline March 27, 2022 ***************************************************************************** Dear Colleague, This is an invitation to submit a contribution for the: Computational and Applied Statistics (https://cas2022.webnode.page) Workshop of the 22st International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2022, https://iccsa.org) will be held on July 4-7, 2022, in Malaga, Spain. Like last year, ICCSA 2022 offers the possibility of online-only participation (with reduces registration fees). But we are also planning to offer the possibility of in-presence participation, should the pandemic situation allow it, by setting up a blended experience for mixed online/in-presence sessions. TOPICS ====== The aim of CAS workshop is to bring together scientists working in computational statistics, scientific computation and applications in all areas of sciences, engineering, industry, economics, life sciences and social sciences. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Computational Statistics: new issues in the design of computational algorithms for implementing statistical methods, development in R, Python, etc * Applications: statistical case study in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences. IMPORTANT DATES ================ March 27, 2022: Deadline for abstract and paper submission April 15, 2022: Notification of Acceptance May 10, 2022: Submission deadline for the final version of the Paper (hard deadline) May 10, 2022: Registration ends (hard deadline) July 4-7, 2022: ICCSA 2022 Conference in Malaga, Spain PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the CAS 2022 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs ) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to your session accessing the electronic submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/ You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site: http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZER =========== * Ana Cristina Braga (acb(a)dps.uminho.pt<mailto:acb@dps.uminho.pt>), Dep. of Production and Systems (University of Minho), Algoritmi Research Centre (University of Minho), Portugal. If you have some doubts or problems, do not hesitate to contact. Best regards, Ana Cristina Braga (CAS 2022 organizer)

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[CFP] ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers 2022
by Tumeo, Antonino 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

[Apologies for multiple postings] ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers 2020 (http://www.computingfrontiers.org) Turin, Italy May 17-19, 2022 The next ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers will take place on May 17th - 19th, 2022. The Computing Frontiers 2022 conference will take place in Turin, Italy. As the situation related to COVID-19 is improving, safety measures and restrictions will remain uncertain for the upcoming months across Europe and worldwide. In transition towards a future post-pandemic event again, CF2022 will support remote participation for the speakers which undergo travel restrictions. Computing Frontiers is an eclectic, interdisciplinary, collaborative community of researchers who investigate emerging technologies in the broad field of computing: our common goal is to drive the scientific breakthroughs that support society. CF's broad scope is driven by recent technological advances in wide-ranging fields impacting computing, such as novel computing models and paradigms, advancements in hardware, network and systems architecture, cloud computing, novel device physics and materials, new application domains of artificial intelligence, big data analytics, wearables and IoT. The boundaries between the state-of-the-art and revolutionary innovation constitute the advancing frontiers of science, engineering, and information technology — and are the CF community focus. CF provides a venue to share, discuss, and advance broad, forward-thinking, early research on the future of computing and welcomes work on a wide spectrum of computer systems, from embedded and hand-held/wearable devices to supercomputers and datacenters. ——————————— Topics of Interest ——————————— We seek original research contributions at the frontiers of a wide range of topics, including novel computational models and algorithms, new application paradigms, computer architecture (from embedded to HPC systems), computing hardware, memory technologies, networks, storage solutions, compilers, and environments. * Innovative Computing Approaches, Architectures, Accelerators, Algorithms, and Models - Approximate, analog, inexact, probabilistic computing - Neuromorphic, biologically-inspired computing, and hyperdimensional computing - Dataflow architectures, near-data, and in-memory processing * Quantum computing systems - Quantum algorithms and applications for current and near-term quantum devices - Quantum programming models, runtime, compilers and microarchitecture - Quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computation - Architectures and design methodologies for scalable quantum computing systems - Benchmarks, methods, and performance metrics to evaluate quantum computing systems * Technological Scaling Limits and Beyond - Limits: Defect- and variability-tolerant designs, graphene and other novel materials, nanoscale design, dark silicon - Extending past Moore's law: 3D-stacking, heterogeneous architectures and accelerators, chiplets, distributed and federated computing and their challenges * Efficient AI computing - Deep learning co-processors including architectures, efficient algorithms, chip design and hardware-software codesign, frameworks and programming models - Edge deep learning for IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems - Distributed AI computing for cloud data servers * Embedded, IoT, and Cyber-Physical Systems - Ultra-low power designs, energy scavenging - Physical security, attack detection and prevention - Reactive, real-time, scalable, reconfigurable, and self-aware systems - Sensor networks, IoT, and architectural innovation for wearable computing * Large-Scale System Design and Networking - Large-scale homogeneous/heterogeneous architectures and networking - System-balance and CPU-offloading - Power- and energy-management for clouds, datacenters, and exascale systems - Big Data analytics and exascale data management * System Software, Compiler Technologies, and Programming Languages - Technologies that push the limits of operating systems, virtualization, and container technologies - Large scale frameworks for distributed computing and communication - Resource and job management, scheduling and workflow systems for managing large-scale heterogeneous systems - Compiler technologies: hardware/software integrated solutions, high-level synthesis - Tools for analyzing and managing performance at large scale - Novel programming approaches - Tools and framework for automated anomaly detection and anticipation of large-scale systems * Fault Tolerance and Resilience - Solutions for ultra-large and safety-critical systems (e.g., infrastructure, airlines) - Hardware and software approaches in adverse environments such as space * Security - Methods, system support, and hardware for protecting against malicious code - Real-time implementations of security algorithms and protocols - Quantum and post-quantum cryptography * Computers and Society - Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics and AI environmental impact - Education, health, cost/energy-efficient design, smart cities, emerging markets, and interdisciplinary applications We strongly encourage submissions in emerging fields that may not fit into traditional categories — if in doubt, please contact the PC co-chairs by email: Andrea Bartolini (a [DOT] bartolini (AT) unibo [DOT] it ) and Anastasiia Butko (abutko (AT) lbl [DOT] gov). ——————————— Submission ——————————— We encourage the submission of both full and short papers containing high-quality research describing original and unpublished work. Papers must be submitted through https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cf22. Short papers may be position papers or may describe preliminary or highly speculative work. Full papers are a maximum of eight (8) (excluding references) and short papers are a maximum of four (4) (including references) double-column pages in ACM conference format. Authors may buy up to two (2) extra pages for accepted full papers. Page limits include figures, tables and scale systems Tolerance and Resilience [page2image2261515696] appendices, but exclude references for full papers. As the review process is double-blind, removal of all identifying information from paper submissions is required (i.e., cite own work in third person). Papers not conforming to the above submission policies on formatting, page limits and the removal of identifying information will be automatically rejected. Authors are strongly advised to submit their papers with the final list of authors, as changes may not be feasible at later stages. No-show policy: Any accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference and at least one full registration is required from a submission author for each accepted paper. A no- show of papers will result in exclusion from the ACM digital library proceedings. If circumstances arise such that authors are unable to present their papers at the conference, they must contact the PC co-chairs. ——————————— Submission Format ——————————— Stage 1 - Abstract submission: A title, abstract (approx. 100 words), and a list of all co-authors must be submitted by January 30th, 2022 (AoE). You may also submit the paper at this time. Stage 2 - Paper submission: The short or full papers must be submitted by February 6th, 2022 (AoE). ——————————— Organization ——————————— General Chair Luca Sterpone, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Program Co-Chairs Andrea Bartolini, Università di Bologna, Italy Anastasiia Butko, LBLN, USA Finance Chair Siddhartha Jana, Intel Mariangela Saracco, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Local and Arrangment Chair Sarah Azimi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Web Co-Chairs Simone Vuotto, Università di Genova, Italy Corrado De Sio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Publication Co-Chairs Josef Weidendorfer, Technische Universität München, Germany Kristian Rietveld, Leiden University, Netherlands Registration Chair Eleonora Vacca, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Transportation Chair Daniele Rizzieri, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Publicity Chair Andrea Portaluri, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Computing Frontiers Steering Committee Michela Becchi, North Carolina State University, US John Feo, PNNL, US Hubertus Franke, New York University / IBM Research, US Paul Kelly, Imperial College London, UK Sally A. McKee, Clemson University, US Claudia Di Napoli, ICAR-CNR, IT Gianluca Palermo, Politecnico di Milano, IT Maurizio Palesi, University of Catania, IT Francesca Palumbo, University of Sassari, IT Kristian Rietveld, Leiden University, NL Kento Sato, RIKEN R-CCS, JP Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, DE Carsten Trinitis, Technical University of Munich, DE Antonino Tumeo, PNNL, US Josef Weidendorfer, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, DE

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[CFP] ExSAIS 2022: Workshop on Extreme Scaling of AI for Science
by Tumeo, Antonino 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

[Please accept our apologies for multiple postings.] CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************************************* ExSAIS 2022: Workshop on Extreme Scaling of AI for Science https://hpc.pnl.gov/exsais/ June 3, 2022 Co-Located with IPDPS 2022 Lyon, France ****************************************************************************** Call for Papers --------------- The evolution of machine perception to machine learning and reasoning, and ultimately machine intelligence, has a potential to significantly impact acceleration and advancement of autonomous scientific discovery and the operation of scientific instruments. While machine reasoning will enable intelligent systems to better understand and interact with their physical world, machine intelligence through modeling, simulation and automation, closes the gap between experiments, extreme computing, and scientific discovery. In order to usher in this new era of autonomous science, advances in several areas of artificial intelligence and other disciplines e.g., high-performance computing, data engineering need to come together. Therefore, the goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds to enable extreme scaling of AI for science. This workshop will address the overarching goal of enabling semi-autonomous and autonomous AI-driven predictive and prescriptive scientific discovery at scale by integrating extreme-scale heterogeneous and reconfigurable computing paradigms, multiscale mathematics, physics-based simulation, data sciences and engineering to address challenges across science, scientific instruments, and security domains e.g., biology, chemistry, and material science. Specific areas of interest include: * Algorithms: Advance extreme-scale Artificial Intelligence through algorithmic development in the areas of probabilistic reasoning, multimodal representation learning, natural language processing, robotics, decision making, combinatorial optimization and human-machine interaction. * Implementation and deployment: Enable scalable Artificial Intelligence through advances in distributed and parallel AI algorithms and tools, heterogeneous and reconfigurable computing platforms and paradigms, Exascale systems, and compilers and system software for extreme-scale AI/ML algorithms. * Applications: Discuss application use cases in science domains of importance including computational biology, molecular chemistry, material science, epidemiology, energy and physics. The workshop seeks short and long papers spanning all areas of scaling AI for science, engineering and security domains including but not limited to: * Parallel and distributed algorithms for machine learning, machine reasoning, and machine intelligence at scale. Specific examples include: probabilistic reasoning, data analytics, knowledge representation learning, multi-modal analysis, natural language processing, robotics, decision making, combinatorial optimization and human-machine interaction * Software tools, compilers and system software to enable AI for machine perception and reasoning at scale. Specific examples include PyTorch (and Glow), TensorFlow (and XLA), CNTK, TVM, and the MLIR framework. * Application case studies in all areas of science and engineering such as biology, chemistry, material science, high energy physics, and climate security . IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Position or full paper submission: February 1, 2022 AoE Notification: February 28, 2022 AoE Camera-ready: March 15, 2022 Workshop: June 3, 2022 PAPER SUBMISSIONS --------------- Submission site: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps Authors can submit two types of papers: Short papers (up to 4 pages) and long papers (up to 10 pages). All submissions must be single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The templates are available at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. ORGANIZATION --------------- * General co-Chairs Antonino Tumeo (PNNL), antonino.tumeo(a)pnnl.gov Mahantesh Halappanavar (PNNL), hala(a)pnnl.gov * Program co-Chairs Svitlana Volkova (PNNL), svitlana.volkova(a)pnnl.gov Robert Rallo (PNNL), robert.rallo(a)pnnl.gov * Technical Program Committee Nesreen Ahmed, Intel, US Sadaf Alam, CSCS & ETH Zurich, CH Frank Alexander, Brookhaven National Laboratory, US Sanjukta Bhowmick, University of North Texas, US Auroop Ganguly, Northeastern University, US Gauri Joshi, Carnegie Mellon University, US Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, US Johannes Langguth, Simula, NO Maxim Naumov, Facebook, US Israt Nisa, Amazon, US Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington, US Bruno Ribeiro, Purdue University, US Prabhat Ram, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US Edoardo Serra, Boise State University, US Shaden Smith, Microsoft, US Jordi Torres, Barçelona Supercomputing Center, ES Gina Tourassi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Oriol Vinyals, DeepMind, US Draguna Vrabie, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US David Womble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US

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Ada-Europe 2022 Conference - 1st deadline approaching 16 Jan
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 02 Jan '22

02 Jan '22

----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Call for Contributions 26th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) 14-17 June 2022, Ghent, Belgium www.ada-europe.org/conference2022 Organized by Ada-Europe in cooperation with ACM SIGAda (approval pending) and Ada Resource Association (ARA) *** 1st DEADLINE approaching 16 January 2022 *** #AEiC2022 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information The 26th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) will take place in Ghent, Belgium, in the week of 14-17 June, in dual mode, with a solid core of in-presence activities accompanied by digital support for remote participation. The conference schedule comprises a journal track, an industrial track, a work-in-progress track, a vendor exhibition, parallel tutorials, and satellite workshops. *** Schedule 16 January 2022: Submission deadline for journal-track papers, tutorials and workshop proposals. 27 February 2022: Submission deadline for industrial-track and work-in-progress-track abstracts. 14 March 2022: Notification of invitations-to-present for journal-track papers. Notification of acceptance for all other types of submission. 3 April 2022: Publication of advance program. *** Topics The conference is an established international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of developing, running and maintaining challenging long-lived, high-quality software systems for a variety of application domains including manufacturing, robotics, avionics, space, health care, transportation, cloud environments, smart energy, serious games. The program will allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions and discussions, and social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia and government organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to: - Real-Time and Safety-Critical Systems: design, implementation and verification challenges, novel approaches, e.g., Mixed-Criticality Systems, novel scheduling algorithms, novel design and analysis methods; - High-Integrity Systems and Reliability: theory and practice of High-Integrity Systems, languages vulnerabilities and countermeasures, architecture-centred development methods and tools; - Reliability-oriented Programming Languages (not limited to Ada): compilation and runtime challenges, language profiles, use cases and experience reports, language education and training initiatives; - Experience Reports: case studies, lessons learned, and comparative assessments. Refer to the conference website for the full list of topics. *** Call for Journal-track Submissions Following the journal-first model inaugurated in 2019, the conference includes a journal-track that seeks original and high-quality submissions that describe mature research work in the scope of the conference. Accepted papers for this track will be published in the "Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC2022)" Special Issue of the Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA). General information for submitting to the JSA can be found at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture. Submissions should be made online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/jsa/ by selecting the "VSI:AEiC2022" option for the paper type. In order to speed up publication, the JSA has adopted the Virtual Special Issue model, whereby acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis. On that account, authors are encouraged to submit as early as they can, no later than 16 January 2022. Authors who have successfully passed the first round of review will be invited to present their work at the conference. Ada-Europe, the main conference sponsor, will cover the Open Access fees for the first four papers to gain final acceptance, which do not already enjoy OA from personalized bilateral agreements with the Publisher. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chair, Jérôme Hugues, at the listed address. *** Call for Industrial-track Submissions The conference seeks industrial practitioner presentations that deliver insight on the challenges of developing reliable software. Given their applied nature, such contributions will be subject to a dedicated practitioner-peer review process. Interested authors shall submit a short (one-to-two pages) abstract, by 27 February 2022, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2022, strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style (cf. http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/). The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference, and will also be invited to expand their contributions into full-fledged articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the Industrial track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chair, Alejandro R. Mosteo, at the listed address. *** Call for Work-in-Progress-track Submissions The Work-in-Progress track seeks two kinds of submissions: (a) ongoing research, and (b) early-stage ideas. Ongoing research submissions are 4-page papers that describe research results that are not mature enough to be submitted to the journal track as yet. Early-stage ideas, are 1-page papers that pitch new research directions that fall in the scope of the conference. Both kinds of submission must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Submissions by recent MSc graduates and PhD students are especially sought. Authors shall submit their work by 27 February 2022, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2022, strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style (cf. http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/). The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference, and will also be offered the opportunity to expand their contributions into 4-page articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the WiP track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chair, Frank Singhoff, at the listed address. *** Academic Listing The Journal of Systems Architecture, publication venue of the journal-track proceedings of the conference, was ranked Q1 (SJR) in the year 2020, also featuring 72th percentile in CiteScope (Scopus). The Ada User Journal, venue of all other technical proceedings of the conference, is indexed by Scopus and by EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database. *** Awards Ada-Europe will offer an honorary award for the best technical presentation, to be announced in the closing session of the conference. *** Call for Tutorials The conference seeks tutorials in the form of educational seminars on themes falling within the conference scope, with an academic or practitioner slant, including hands-on or practical elements. Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed duration (half day or full day), the intended level of the contents (introductory, intermediate, or advanced), and a statement motivating attendance. Tutorial proposals shall be submitted by e-mail to the Workshop and Tutorial Chair, Aurora Agar Armario, at the listed address, with subject line: "[AEiC 2022: tutorial proposal]". The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration, halved for half-day tutorials. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops The conference welcomes satellite workshops centred on themes that fall within the conference scope. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the conference proper. Workshop proposals shall be submitted by e-mail to the Workshop and Tutorial Chair, Aurora Agar Armario, at the listed address, with subject line: "[AEiC 2022: workshop proposal]". Workshop organizers shall also commit to producing the proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal. *** Call for Exhibitors The conference will include a vendor and technology exhibition. Interested providers should direct inquiries to the Exhibition Chair. *** Venue The conference will take place in the heart of the city of Ghent, Belgium, capital of the East Flanders province, a halfhour train ride north-west of Brussels. Ghent is rich in history, culture and higher-education, with a top-100 university founded in 1817. *** Organizing Committee * Conference Chair Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy tullio.vardanega at unipd.it * Journal-track Chair Jérôme Hugues, Carnegie Mellon University, USA jjhugues at sei.cmu.edu * Industrial-track Chair Alejandro R.Mosteo, Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza, Spain amosteo at unizar.es * Work-in-Progress-track Chair Frank Singhoff, University of Brest, France frank.singhoff at univ-brest.fr * Tutorial and Workshop Chair Aurora Agar Armario, NATO, the Netherlands aurora.agar at ncia.nato.int * Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland software at white-elephant.ch * Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium dirk.craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be * Local Chair Vicky Wandels, University of Ghent, Belgium Vicky.Wandels at UGent.be *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 26th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), Lisbon, Portugal ('18), Warsaw, Poland ('19), and online from Santander, Spain ('21). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at http://www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2022 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 26th Ada-Europe Int.Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) * June 14-17, 2022, Ghent, Belgium * www.ada-europe.org/conference2022

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Postdoc Position on Industrial IoT at NTU Singapore
by Tan Rui (Assoc Prof) 29 Dec '21

29 Dec '21

A postdoctoral Research Fellow position is immediately available at the HP-NTU Digital Manufacturing Corporate Lab (https://www.ntu.edu.sg/hp-ntu-corp-lab), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. The successful candidate will join the Corporate Lab and the NTU IoT Sensing Group (https://ntuiot.xyz) to conduct research in the area of industrial IoT with focus topics of embedded 3D sensing and the integration with industrial robots. The candidates should have obtained a PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or relevant disciplines, and have strong research background and system implementation skills. Research experiences with depth camera, LIDAR, and mmWave radar are pluses. The position will provide excellent opportunities to perform applied research in close collaboration with Hewlett-Packard. Other advantages of the position include: - Stable multi-year fund subject to satisfactory performance; - Various opportunities in Singapore's strategic IoT and AI research clusters; - High-quality living and low tax rates in Singapore. Interested candidates can send CV with full publication list to Dr. Rui Tan at tanrui(a)ntu.edu.sg NTU IoT Sensing Group (https://ntuiot.xyz) is a research team based in the School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE), NTU. We focus on the research, design, and evaluation of networked, energy-efficient, and secure sensing systems found in the Internet of Things (IoT) and its AI-empowered generation (AIoT). Our research has two main sub-directions of IoT sensing systems/applications and security/privacy of AIoT sensing. In the first sub-direction, with a strong experimental focus, we study a number of sensing modalities (e.g., powerline radiation, radio frequency, acoustics, image, thermal, and energy), exploit them to construct system functions and applications. In the second sub-direction, we study the security and privacy of AIoT sensing systems that use machine learning to process the sensed data. Due to the immediate application potential, our research has been funded externally by government authorities and companies in the ICT, energy, and manufacturing sectors. Our research works have won multiple best paper awards and runner-up recognitions on various prestigious conferences. We invite candidates with great passion for systems research to join us! About NTU and SCSE: NTU is a fast-rising young university. It is No. 1 among universities under 50 years (2021). The computer science of NTU is ranked 4th and 8th in the world according to The US News and The Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking) in 2021. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you.

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Job Openings: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Computer Science) (3 vacancies) at Hong Kong Baptist University
by COMP HKBU 20 Dec '21

20 Dec '21

The Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University offers BSc, MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes, and is now seeking outstanding applicants for the following faculty positions on tenure-track. *Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Computer Science) (3 vacancies) (PR0395/21-22)* The appointees will perform high-impact research, teach and supervise students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and contribute to professional and institutional services. Collaboration with other faculty members in research and teaching is also expected. They will be encouraged to collaborate with colleagues within the Department to contribute to two special thematic applications including (a) health informatics and (b) security and privacy-aware computing, and to pursue new strategic research initiatives under the Department/Faculty/University. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and sufficiently demonstrate abilities to conduct high quality research in areas including but not limited to: Internet of things, Cyber-security, High-performance computing, Big data analytics, Art technologies and Financial technologies. Applicants should also show strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in computer science and/or information systems, possess track record of innovative research and high-impact publications, and be able to bid for and pursue externally-funded research programmes. Initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of three years. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement. For enquiries, please contact Professor Jianliang Xu, Head of Department (email: xujl(a)comp.hkbu.edu.hk). More information about the Department can be found at https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk. *Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.* *Application Procedure:* Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably three best ones out of their most recent publications/works. They should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with *PR *number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources Office (Email: recruit(a)hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer. *Closing date: Shortlisting will start immediately until the position is filled.* *URL: *https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=743

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[Deadline Extended: 19th Dec] The 22th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2022)
by Bahman Javadi 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

============================================================================= The 22th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2022) in conjunction with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC 2022) May 16-19, 2022, Taormina, Sicily, Italy* http://fcrlab.unime.it/ccgrid22/ Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society / Technical Committee on Scalable Computing ACM SIGARCH Hosted/Organised by: * University of Messina, Italy * Cardiff University, UK * University of Klagenfurt, Austria * Ohio State University, USA * Future Computing Research LAB (FCRLAB), Italy ============================================================================= *The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. The CCGrid organizers are closely monitoring the developments of COVID-19. Due to many requests, both the abstract and the regular papers submission deadlines of CCGrid have been extended to Dec 19th, 2021. No further extensions will be provided. Call For Papers The 22nd IEEE/ACM international Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2022) is a leading forum to disseminate and discuss research activities and results on a broad range of topics in distributed systems, ranging from computing Clusters to widely distributed Clouds and emerging Internet computing paradigms such as Fog/Edge Computing for Internet of Things (IoT)/Big Data applications. The conference features keynotes, technical presentations, posters, workshops, tutorials, as well as the SCALE challenge featuring live demonstrations and the ICFEC 2022 conference. CCGrid will act with responsibility as its primary consideration. Authors and participants are encouraged to read the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and ACM Policy Against Harassment. We solicit original contributions on all aspects of distributed systems and applications in the context of Cluster, Cloud, and Internet computing environments. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Track 1: Future Internet computing systems Topics in the track: - Internet Computing Frontiers: Edge, Fog, Serverless, Lambda, Streaming, Highly decentralized approaches to cloud computing. Edge/Fog computing, sensor data streaming and computation on the edges of the network. Function as a Service (Faas), Backend as a Service (BaaS), serverless computing, lambda computing. - Future Internet: 5G/6G and Use cases of 5G/6G system. Software defined networking and 5G/6G. 5G/6G cyber security challenges and concerns Machine learning algorithms for 5G/6G systems; - Osmotic Computing: Cloud Continuum with Osmosis behaviors, Micro Services and MicroData, Software Defined Membranes; - Cloud-Economics: Trustworthiness of services, ecosystem economics, innovative metering, accounting, and billing methods and tools, automated trading and bidding support tools, performance monitoring, optimization, prediction, energy efficiency, sustainability, decision support systems. Track 2: Programming models and runtime systems Topics in the track: - Programming Models and Runtime Systems: Programming models, languages, systems and tools/environments. Virtualization, containers, and middleware technologies. Actors, agents, programming decentralized computing systems. Track 3: Distributed middleware and network architectures Topics in the track: - Architecture, Networking, Data Centers: Service oriented architectures. Utility computing models. IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, *aaS paradigms. Service composition and orchestration. Software-Defined Network-enabled Systems. Micro-datacenter, cloudlet, edge, or fog computing infrastructure. Virtualized hardware: GPUs, tensor processing units, FPGAs; - Cloud-to-Things continuum: Service provisioning and monitoring in a Cloud-to-Things environment; Resource elasticity in Cloud-to-Things contexts; Algorithms and systems for automated elasticity; Blockchain-based resource orchestrator; Machine learning techniques for resource orchestration; Security policies in Cloud-to-Things. Track 4: Storage and I/O systems Topics in the track: - Storage and I/O Systems: Distributed storage, cloud storage, Storage as a Service, data locality techniques for in-memory processing, storage in the edge. Track 5: Security, privacy, trust and resilience Topics in the track: - Cyber-Security, Privacy and Resilient Distributed Systems: Distributed. Systems security and trust Access control. Data privacy and integrity.. Regulation. Resiliency of service attacks. Track 6: Performance modeling, scheduling, and analysis Topics in the track: - Resource Management and Scheduling: Resource allocation algorithms, profiling, modeling. Cluster, cloud, and internet computing scheduling and meta-scheduling techniques; - Performance Modelling and Evaluation: Performance models. Monitoring and evaluation tools. Analysis of system/application performance. Track 7: Sustainable and green computing Topics in the track: - Sustainable and Green Computing: Environment friendly computing ecosystems. Hardware/software/application energy efficiency. Power, cooling and thermal awareness. Track 8: Scientific and industrial applications Topics in the track: - Applications: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Systems, e-Health, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled Smart Systems and Applications; - Digital Twins: Digital Twins and Industry 4.0. Digital Twins and emerging technologies linked to IoT Platforms. Digital Twin the virtual replica of a physical entity. Track 9: Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Topics in the track: - Artificial Intelligence: Large Scalable Machine Learning, AI at the Edge and in the Cloud. Cognitive computing; - Machine learning: deep learning, statistical learning, natural language processing, computer vision, data mining, multiagent systems, knowledge representation; - Applicative domains: healthcare, sustainability, transportation, commerce,neuroscience and cognitive science; - Quantum machine learning. ================================================================================ Paper Submission: ================= Authors are invited to submit papers electronically through the following link:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ccgrid2022 Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 10 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html). All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the conference chairs for more information. The proceedings will be published through the IEEE Press, USA and will be made online through the IEEE and ACM Digital Libraries. Important Dates: ================== Timezone: Anywhere in the world! Abstact Paper Due: December 19, 2021 (Final paper submission: December 19, 2021) Full Paper Due: December 19, 2021 (firm deadline) Acceptance Notification: February 11, 2022 Camera Ready Papers Due: March 11, 2022 Best Paper Awards: ================== CCGrid will present Best Paper Awards to the author(s) of top three papers selected by the Program Committee. The award will be determined based on review comments and ratings, viewpoints of the technical and scientific merits, impact on the science and engineering of the research work and the clarity of presentation of the research contents in the paper. Journal Special Issue: ====================== Highly top rated papers from the CCGrid 2022 conference will be invited for submission of extended version for publication in one of the following special issues: - "Software: Practice and Experience" Journal published by Wiley Press; - "Green Communications via Optimization Techniques" for Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems published by Elsevier. General Co-Chairs: ================== Massimo Villari, University of Messina , Italy Omer Rana , Cardiff University, UK Program Committee Co-Chairs: ============================= Maria Fazio, University of Messina, Italy Radu Prodan University of Klagenfurt Austria Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda Ohio State University. USA Workshop Co-Chairs: ============================== Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs: ============================== Jithin Jose, Microsoft, USA Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University, Australia Ching-Hsien Hsu, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Zhicheng Cai, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China Helene Coullon, Inria, France Sukhpal Singh Gill, Queen Mary University of London, UK Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy Tracks ============================== Track 1: Future Internet computing systems: VCs Hai Jin, Huangzong University of Science and Technology, China Lydia Y. Chen, TU Delft, Netherlands PC members Yogesh Barve, Vanderbilt University Ilja Behnke, TU Berlin Jossekin Beilharz, Hasso-Plattner-Institute Quan Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Yong Chen, Texas Tech University Xiaowen Chu, Hong Kong Baptist University Dong Dai, UNC Charlotte Sheng Di, ANL Pantelis Frangoudis, TU Wien Harshit Gupta, Georgia Institute of Technology Bingsheng He, National University of Singapore Qiang He, Department of Computing Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology Ligang He, The University of Warwick Shadi Ibrahim, Inria, Rennes Bretagne Atlantique Research Center Fuyuki Ishikawa, National Institute of Informatics Fabio Kon, University of SÃ£o Paulo Zhiling Lan, Illinois Institute of Technology Patrick P. C. Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hao Li, Hunan University Weifa Liang, The Australian National University Rui Mao, Shenzhen University Miguel Matos, IST, INESC-ID, U. Lisboa Thomas Pasquier, University of Bristol Thomas Rausch, Vienna University of Technology Xuanhua Shi, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Lauritz Thamsen, TU Berlin Demetris Trihinas, University of Nicosia Peter Troger, TU Chemnitz Monica Vitali, Politecnico di Milano Philipp Wiesner, Technische UniversitÃ¤t Berlin Jidong Zhai, Tsinghua University Feng Zhang, Renmin University of China Track 2: Programming models and runtime systems: VCs Taisuke Boku, University of Tsukuba, Japan Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, Germany PC members Paul Carpenter, Barcelona Supercomputing Center Sunita Chandrasekaran, University of Delaware Bronis de Supinski, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Matthew Dosanjh, Sandia National Laboratories Balazs Gerofi, The University of Tokyo Toshihiro Hanawa, The University of Tokyo Sven Karlsson, Technical University of Denmark Michael Klemm, AMD Seyong Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Stefano Markidis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Naoya Maruyama, NVIDIA Guillaume Mercier, ENSEIRB/INRIA Jose Moreira, IBM Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, Virginia Tech Mitsuhisa Sato, RIKEN AICS/ University of Tsukuba Shinji Sumimoto, Fujitsu Hiroyuki Takizawa, Tohoku University Miwako Tsuji, RIKEN AICS Track 3: Distributed middleware and network architectures: VCs Nectarios Koziris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Hari Subramoni, Ohio State University, USA PC members Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota Alexandre da Silva Veith, University of Toronto Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology Dror Goldenberg Dorgival Guedes, UFMG Tanzima Islam, Texas State University Vana Kalogeraki, Athens University of Economics and Business Rajkumar Kettimuthu, Argonne National Lab and The University of Chicago Sebastien Rumley Yogesh Simmhan, Indian Institute of Science Christopher Stewart, The Ohio State University An Wang, Case Western Reserve University Ming Zhao, Arizona State University Track 4: Storage and I/O systems: VCs Suren Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Maria S. Perez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain PC members Gabriel Antoniu, INRIA Jean Luca Bez, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Jesus Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Dong Dai, UNC Charlotte Anthony Kougkas, Illinois Institute of Technology Xiaoyi Lu, University of California, Merced Preeti Malakar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Manolis Marazakis, Instutute of Computer Science, FORTH Osamu Tatebe, University of Tsukuba Bing Xie, Oak Ridge National Lab Track 5: Security, privacy, trust and resilience: VCs Erman Ayday, Case Western Reserve University, USA Richard Sinnott, U. Melbourne, Australia PC members Sharif Abuadbba, data61, CSIRO Nour Almadhoun Alserr, ETH ZÃ¼rich Chris Bayliss, The University of Melbourne Raj Buyya, The University of Melbourne Seyit Camtepe, data61, CSIRO David Chadwick, Crossword Cybersecurity Shiping Chen, data61, CSIRO Shaanan Cohney, The University of Melbourne Anisa Halimi Tianxi Ji, Case Western Reserve Univeristy Christopher Leckie, The University of Melbourne Yang Lu, University of Kent Toby Murray, The University of Melbourne Yao Pan, The University of Melbourne Anthony Stell, The University of Melbourne Shuo Wang, data61, CSIRO Emre Yilmaz, University of Houston-Downtown Haiyang Yu, Beijing University of Technology Xuyun Zhang, Macquarie University Xiaojie Zhu Track 6: Performance modeling, scheduling, and analysis: VCs Sameer Shende, University of Oregon, USA Ana Lucia Varbanescu, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands PC members Jean-Baptiste Besnard, ParaTools SAS Mihai Capota, Intel Nicholas Chaimov, University of Oregon Jan Eitzinger, Regional Computing Center Erlangen Markus Geimer, Juelich Supercomputing Centre Carlos Guerrero, Universitat de les Illes Balears Jeff Hammond, Intel Simon Hammond, Sandia National Laboratories Alexandru Iosup, VU Tanzima Islam, Texas State University John Linford, Arm Artur Podobas, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Nathan Tallent, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Alexandru Uta, Leiden University Nikolay Yakovets, Eindhoven University of Technology Track 7: Sustainable and green computing: VCs Young Choon Lee, Macquarie U., Australia Wu Feng, Virginia Tech, USA PC members Vignesh Adhinarayanan, AMD Research Woongki Baek, UNIST Rong Ge, Clemson University Ahmed Helal, Intel Dongyoon Lee, Stony Brook University Anne-CÃ©cile Orgerie, CNRS Chen Wang, CSIRO Andrew Younge, Sandia National Laboratories Dong Yuan, The University of Sydney Track 8: Scientific and industrial applications: VCs Vipin Chaudhary, Case Western Reserve University, USA Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania PC members Danilo Ardagna, Politecnico di Milano Maria Carla Calzarossa, Universita di Pavia Pawel Czarnul, Dept. of Computer Architecture, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology Ciprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest Umberto Ferraro Petrillo, Dipartimento di Statistica, ProbabilitÃ e Statistiche Applicate, UniversitÃ di Roma "La Sapienza" Javier Garcia Blas, Carlos III University Alexandru Iosup, VU Alexey Lastovetsky, University College Dublin Ralf-Peter Mundani, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons Leandro Navarro, Universitat PolitÃ¨cnica de Catalunya Guillaume Pierre, Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA Massimiliano Rak, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli Laura Ricci, dipartimento di informatica, Univ. di Pisa Blesson Varghese, Queenâ€™s University Belfast Yinghui Wu, Case Western Reserve University Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University Track 9: Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning: VCs Manish Parashar, University of Utah, USA Ashiq Anjum, University of Leicester, UK PC members Nitin Auluck, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar Muhammad Ajmal Azad, University of Derby Luiz F. Bittencourt, University of Campinas Ivona Brandic, TU Vienna Beniamino Dimartino Trilce Estrada, University of New Mexico Dalibor Klusacek, CESNET, Brno, Czech Republic Antonio Liotta, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Lu Liu, University of Leicester Richard McClatchey, University of the West of England Geyong Min, University of Exeter Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, Virginia Tech Oznur Ozkasap, Koc University Antonio J. Pena, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Arvind Ramanathan, Argonne National Laboratory Rizos Sakellariou, The University of Manchester Josef Spillner, Zurich University of Applied Sciences Rafael Tolosana-Calasanz, Universidad de Zaragoza Xinghui Zhao, Washington State University Rongbo Zhu, Huazhong Agricultural University PhD Symposium VCs Carlos A. Varela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Italy Poster VCs Joanna Kolodziej, NASK Warsaw and Cracow University of Technology, Poland Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, France CCGrid Steering Committee: ========================= Henri Bal, Vrije University, The Netherlands Pavan Balaji, Facebook/Argonne National Laboratory, USA (Co-Chair) Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia (Chair) Franck Capello, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Jesus Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Ewa Deelman, University of Southern California/ISI, USA Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee & ORNL, USA Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University, USA Dick Epema, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands Thomas Fahringer, University of Innsbruck, Austria Ian Foster, University of Chicago, USA Wolfgang Gentzsch, UberCloud, Germany Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Craig Lee, The Aerospace Corporation, USA Young Choon Lee, Macquarie University, Australia Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, France Manish Parashar, The University of Utah, USA Shikharesh Majumdar, Carleton University, Canada Satoshi Matsuoaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Dhabaleswar K Panda, The Ohio State University, USA George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Stacy Patterson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Paul Roe, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Bruno Schulze, LNCC, Brazil Yogesh Simmhan, Indian Institute of Science, India Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, USA Carlos Varela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Cho-Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, China Cheng-Zhong Xu, University of Macau, China Past Members: George Mohay, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Charlie Catlett, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Satoshi Sekiguchi, AIST, Japan Alexander Reinefeld, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum, Germany Sven Graupner, HP Labs, USA Mark Baker, University of Reading, United Kingdom David Walker, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom Stephen Turner, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Geng Lin, Dell Inc., USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CFP PDSEC-22 Workshop -- held in conjunction with IPDPS22
by Shontz, Suzanne Michelle 06 Dec '21

06 Dec '21

(apologies for cross-postings) The 23nd IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC-22) (http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/2022/pdsec/) will be held on May 30, 2022 in Lyon, France in conjunction with IPDPS 2022. Deadline: PDSEC-22 deadline: 21 Jan 2022 (AoE) Scope and Interests: The technological trends in HPC system evolution indicates an increasing burden placed on application developers due to themanagement of the unprecedented complexity levels of hardware and its associated performance characteristics. Many existing scientific applications codes are unlikely to perform well on future systems without major modifications or even complete rewrites. In the future, it will be necessary to utilize, in concert, many characteristics such as multiple levels of parallelism, many lightweight cores, complex memory hierarchies, novel I/O technology, power capping, system-wide temporal/spatial performance heterogeneity and reliability concerns. The parallel and distributed computing (PDC) community has developed new programming models, algorithms, libraries and tools to meet these challenges to accommodate productive code development and effective system use. However, the scientific application community still needs to identify the benefit through practical evaluations. Thus, the focus of this workshop is on methodologies and experiences used in scientific and engineering applications and algorithms to achieve sustainable code development for better productivity, application performance and reliability. Important Dates: Paper submission due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 21, 2022 Notification of Acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . March 4, 2022 Final camera-ready paper . . . . . . . . . . . . March 15, 2022 Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 30, 2022 General Chairs Sabine Roller, University of Siegen, Germany Peter Strazdins, The Australian National University, Australia Program Chairs Raphael Couturier, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comte, France Neda Ebrahimi Pour, University of Siegen, Germany Publicity Chair Suzanne Shontz, University of Kansas, USA Steering Committee Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Thomas Rauber, University of Bayreuth, Germany Gudula Runger, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Web Chair Jiawei Wang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

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CfP - Ada Developer Room at FOSDEM 2022, online
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 05 Dec '21

05 Dec '21

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Presentations 11th Ada Developer Room at FOSDEM 2022 Sunday 6 February 2022, Online, Everywhere www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/22/220206-fosdem.html Organized in cooperation with Ada-Belgium and Ada-Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ada FOSDEM community is pleased to announce the 11th edition of the Ada DevRoom! This time, however, it will take place online on the 6th of February. This edition of the Ada DevRoom is organized in cooperation with Ada-Belgium [1] and Ada-Europe [2]. General Information about FOSDEM -------------------------------- FOSDEM [3], the Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting, is a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event organized early each year in Brussels, Belgium. This year, for obvious reasons, it has been turned into an online event, just like last year. It is highly developer-oriented and brings together 8000+ participants from all over the world. No registration is necessary. The goal is to provide open source developers and communities a place to meet with other developers and projects, to be informed about the latest developments in the open source world, to attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by open source project leaders and committers, and to promote the development and the benefits of open source solutions. Ada Programming Language and Technology --------------------------------------- Awareness of safety and security issues in software systems is ever increasing. Multi-core platforms are now abundant. These are some of the reasons that the Ada programming language and technology attracts more and more attention, among others due to Ada's support for programming by contract and for multi-core targets. The latest Ada language definition was updated early 2016. Work on new features is ongoing, such as improved support for fine-grained parallelism, and will result in a new Ada standard scheduled for 2022. Ada-related technology such as SPARK provides a solution for the safety and security aspects stated above. More and more tools are available, many are open source, including for small and recent platforms. Interest in Ada keeps further increasing, also in the open source community, from which many exciting projects have been started. Ada Developer Room ------------------ FOSDEM is an ideal fit for an Ada Developer Room. On the one hand, it gives the general open source community an opportunity to see what is happening in the Ada community and how Ada can help to produce reliable and efficient open source software. On the other hand, it gives open source Ada projects an opportunity to present themselves, get feedback and ideas, and attract participants to their project and collaboration between projects. At previous FOSDEM events, the Ada-Belgium non-profit organization organized successful Ada Developer Rooms, offering a full day program in 2006 [4], a two-day program in 2009 [5], and full day programs in 2012-2016 [6-10], and in 2018-2020 [11-13]. An important goal is to present exciting Ada technology and projects, including people outside the traditional Ada community. This edition is no different, and since it will take place online, we hope to attract people from all over the world. Call for Presentations ---------------------- We would like to schedule technical presentations, tutorials, demos, live performances, project status reports, discussions, etc, in the Ada Developer Room. Do you have a talk you want to give? Do you have a project you would like to present? Would you like to get more people involved with your project? The Ada organizers call on you to: - discuss and help organize the details, subscribe to the Ada-FOSDEM mailing list [14]; - for bonus points, be a speaker: the Ada-FOSDEM mailing list is the place to be! - don't hesitate to propose a topic that you would like to present to the community, we are eager to know what you have in store for us! We're inviting proposals that are related to Ada software development, and include a technical oriented discussion. You're not limited to slide presentations, of course. Be creative. Propose something fun to share with people so they might feel some of your enthusiasm for Ada! Speaking slots should be 15 or 30 minutes, plus 5 or 10 minutes resp. for Q&A, if the same schedule as last year is followed. However, this schedule is flexible and can be modified for longer talks. For example, a long technical talk can be transformed into a 45 minutes talk, plus time for Q&A. Depending on interest, we might also have a session with lightning presentations (e.g. 5 minutes each), and/or an informal discussion session. Note that all talks will be streamed live (audio+video) and should be prerecorded. After the streaming of the talk, a live Q&A session will take place. By submitting a proposal, you agree to being recorded and streamed. You also agree that the contents of your talk will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content, a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Your proposal must be submitted to the FOSDEM Pentabarf system [15]. If you already had an account from previous years, please, reuse it. If, for whatever reason, you cannot use Pentabarf, you can also submit your proposal by messaging the Ada-FOSDEM mailing list [14]. If needed, feel free to contact us at the Ada-FOSDEM Mailing list or at <irvise (at) irvise.xyz> (without spaces). Please include: - your name, affiliation, contact info; - the title of your talk (be descriptive and creative); - a short descriptive and attractive abstract; - potentially pointers to more information; - a short bio and photo. See programs of previous Ada DevRooms (URLs below) for presentation examples, as well as for the kind of info we need. Here is the slightly flexible schedule that we will follow: - December 26, 2021: end of the submission period. Remember, we only need the information in the list above. You do not have to submit the entire talk by this date. Try to submit your proposal as early as possible. It is better to submit half of the details early than all late, so do not wait for the last minute. If you are a bit late, submit it to Pentabarf and message <irvise (at) irvise.xyz> directly. - December 31, 2021 - January 2, 2022: announcement of accepted talks. - January 15, 2022: your talk should be recorded and uploaded to the Pentabarf platform. - February 6, 2022: Ada-Devroom day! We look forward to lots of feedback and proposals! Regards, The Ada-FOSDEM team Main organiser: Fernando Oleo Blanco <irvise (at) irvise.xyz> Second in command: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic (at) ludovic-brenta.org> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium [2] http://www.ada-europe.org [3] https://fosdem.org [4] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/06/060226-fosdem.html [5] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/09/090207-fosdem.html [6] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/12/120204-fosdem.html [7] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/13/130203-fosdem.html [8] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/14/140201-fosdem.html [9] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/15/150131-fosdem.html [10] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/16/160130-fosdem.html [11] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/18/180203-fosdem.html [12] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/19/190202-fosdem.html [13] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/20/200201-fosdem.html [14] http://listserv.cc.kuleuven.be/archives/adafosdem.html [15] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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[CFP] ExSAIS 2022: Workshop on Extreme Scaling of AI for Science
by Tumeo, Antonino 04 Dec '21

04 Dec '21

[Please accept our apologies for multiple postings.] CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************************************************* ExSAIS 2022: Workshop on Extreme Scaling of AI for Science https://hpc.pnl.gov/exsais/ June 3, 2022 Co-Located with IPDPS 2022 Lyon, France ****************************************************************************** Call for Papers --------------- The evolution of machine perception to machine learning and reasoning, and ultimately machine intelligence, has a potential to significantly impact acceleration and advancement of autonomous scientic discovery and the operation of scientic instruments. While machine reasoning will enable intelligent systems to better understand and interact with their physical world, machine intelligence through modeling, simulation and automation, closes the gap between experiments, extreme computing, and scientic discovery. In order to usher in this new era of autonomous science, advances in several areas of artificial intelligence and other disciplines e.g., high-performance computing, data engineering need to come together. Therefore, the goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds to enable extreme scaling of AI for science. This workshop will address the overarching goal of enabling semi-autonomous and autonomous AI-driven predictive and prescriptive scientic discovery at scale by integrating extreme-scale heterogeneous and reconfigurable computing paradigms, multiscale mathematics, physics-based simulation, data sciences and engineering to address challenges across science, scientic instruments, and security domains e.g., biology, chemistry, and material science. Specic areas of interest include: * Algorithms: Advance extreme-scale Artificial Intelligence through algorithmic development in the areas of probabilistic reasoning, multimodal representation learning, natural language processing, robotics, decision making, combinatorial optimization and human-machine interaction. * Implementation and deployment: Enable scalable Artificial Intelligence through advances in distributed and parallel AI algorithms and tools, heterogeneous and reconfigurable computing platforms and paradigms, Exascale systems, and compilers and system software for extreme-scale AI/ML algorithms. * Applications: Discuss application use cases in science domains of importance including computational biology, molecular chemistry, material science, epidemiology, energy and physics. The workshop seeks short and long papers spanning all areas of scaling AI for science, engineering and security domains including but not limited to: * Parallel and distributed algorithms for machine learning, machine reasoning, and machine intelligence at scale. Specic examples include: probabilistic reasoning, data analytics, knowledge representation learning, multi-modal analysis, natural language processing, robotics, decision making, combinatorial optimization and human-machine interaction * Software tools, compilers and system software to enable AI for machine perception and reasoning at scale. Specic examples include PyTorch (and Glow), TensorFlow (and XLA), CNTK, TVM, and the MLIR framework. * Application case studies in all areas of science and engineering such as biology, chemistry, material science, high energy physics, and climate security . IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Position or full paper submission: February 1, 2022 AoE Notification: February 28, 2022 AoE Camera-ready: March 15, 2022 Workshop: June 3, 2022 PAPER SUBMISSIONS --------------- Submission site: https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ipdps Authors can submit two types of papers: Short papers (up to 4 pages) and long papers (up to 10 pages). All submissions must be single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The templates are available at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. ORGANIZATION --------------- * General co-Chairs Antonino Tumeo (PNNL), antonino.tumeo(a)pnnl.gov Mahantesh Halappanavar (PNNL), hala(a)pnnl.gov * Program co-Chairs Svitlana Volkova (PNNL), svitlana.volkova(a)pnnl.gov Robert Rallo (PNNL), robert.rallo(a)pnnl.gov * Technical Program Committee Nesreen Ahmed, Intel, US Sadaf Alam, CSCS & ETH Zurich, CH Frank Alexander, Brookhaven National Laboratory, US Sanjukta Bhowmick, University of North Texas, US Auroop Ganguly, Northeastern University, US Gauri Joshi, Carnegie Mellon University, US Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, US Johannes Langguth, Simula, NO Maxim Naumov, Facebook, US Israt Nisa, Amazon, US Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington, US Bruno Ribeiro, Purdue University, US Prabhat Ram, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US Edoardo Serra, Boise State University, US Shaden Smith, Microsoft, US Jordi Torres, Barçelona Supercomputing Center, ES Gina Tourassi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Oriol Vinyals, DeepMind, US Draguna Vrabie, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US David Womble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US

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Three Deep learning and Computer Vision Postdoc Positions Jointly Supervised in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Henan University, China
by Ioanna Koroni 03 Dec '21

03 Dec '21

Three Deep learning and Computer Vision Postdoc Positions Jointly Supervised in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Henan University, China Position Description Three postdoctoral positions are immediately available at the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Team/Lab, Henan University; the postdoc fellows will be co-supervised by Prof. Ioannis Pitas from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. The postdoc fellows can stay 4-5 months with Prof. Ioannis Pitas at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; but they should stay in China for at least 7-8 months per year. Position Location The postdocs will be paid by Henan University, China. They will stay in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (4-5 months), Thessaloniki, Greece, and Henan University (7-8 months), Kaifeng, China Subject Areas Deep learning and Computer Vision, including but not limited to Object Detection/Recognition, Region Segmentation and related topics. Salary 1800~2200 EUR net per month. Application Deadline December 31st, 2022 Duration of the contract The duration of the contract is 24~36 months, and can be extended up to 48 months. Salary a) The monthly net income of the Postdoctoral researcher is around 1800~2200 EUR (after taxes being deducted), paid by Henan University. b) Additionally, the University will provide a total amount of 100,000 RMB as the candidate's research funding, which can be used for research purposes such as conferences, traveling, meetings, etc. Note: This research funding is once for all, not per year. Note: The Living expenses in Kaifeng is relatively low. For instance, Accommodation cost (two bedrooms, one living room) in Kaifeng is about 150~200 EUR per month. Food cost in KaiFeng is about 100-150 EUR per month. Requirements/Qualifications 1. The successful candidates should hold a PhD degree in machine learning, or computer vision/pattern recognition, or other related fields. 2. At the time of appointment, the applicants must be no more than 35 years old in age. 3. The applicants should have good publication records in the above-mentioned fields. About Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Lab ( <https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/> https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/) Aristotle at University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) has one the best R&D records in Europe (72+R&D projects, mostly EC funded). The Department of Informatics at AUTH is ranked 1st among the Greek Universities and 106th internationally in the field of Mathematics & Computer Science for 2019 in the Leiden Ranking list, which mainly depends on the scientific impact and staff publications. It is also ranked 1st among the Greek Universities in the international ranking list Guide2Research, for 2021, having 5 faculty members in the list of top scientists in the scientific area of Computer Science and Electronics. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), established in 1925, is among the most prestigious universities in Greece. Its computer science discipline is ranked #335 in the world in the US News University Ranking 2021. Prof. Ioannis Pitas (34100+ citations, h-index 87) is an IEEE Fellow, EURASIP fellow and a world-renowned professor in multimedia systems and computer vision. Homepage: <https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/computer-vision-machine-learning/#people> https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/computer-vision-machine-learning/#people <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=en> https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=en About Henan University and KaiFeng, China Henan University has a history of 109 years, and has been selected as the ''Double First Class'' University by the Ministry of Education of China, see http://en.henu.edu.cn/. KaiFeng is a historical city (capital of Song Dynasty) and a famous tourist destination, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaifeng. How to apply Applications are only accepted via Email. All the following documents should be sent to Prof. Ioannis Pitas and Prof. Chongsheng Zhang simultaneously, at pitas(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr> and chongsheng.zhang(a)yahoo.com, with the email subject ''Postdoc application'': - 1. A cover letter - 2. Full CV and list of publications - 3. Two reference letters. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Prof. Ioannis Pitas and Prof. Chongsheng Zhang via Email. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Call for Nominations - IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers - 2021
by Jun Feng 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Call for Nominations - IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers - 2021 ============= The IEEE TCSC (Technical Committee on Scalable Computing) Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Early Career Researchers) recognizes up to 5 individuals who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of scalable computing. Typically the candidates are within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 01 of the year of the award. ============= Nominations: A candidate may be nominated by members of the community.An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award. Nomination must be submitted via email to the selection committee chair. A nomination application (as a single PDF file) should contain the following details: 1. Name/email of person making the nomination (self-nominations are not eligible); 2. Name/email of candidate for whom the award is recommended; 3. A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award both on excellence and in relation to IEEE TCSC. 4. CV of the nominee; 5. Up three support letters from persons other than the nominator – these should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination. Members of selection committee cannot be nominators or referees. ============= Important Dates: Nomination Deadline: December 07, 2021 Results Notification: December 15, 2021 ============= Award Selection Committee: Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan, bob(a)is.kyusan-u.ac.jp Jinjun Chen (Chair), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, jchen(a)swin.edu.au Beniamino Di Martino, Universita' della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy, beniamino.dimartino(a)unina.it Didier El Baz, LAAS-CNRS, France, elbaz(a)laas.fr ============= Award & Presentation Note: Awardees will be presented a plaque and will be recognized by IEEE TCSC in its website, newsletter and archives. The awards for 2021 will be presented at a selected IEEE TCSC sponsored conference IEEE HPCC 2021.

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Research position at INRIA Bonus France
by El-ghazali Talbi 22 Nov '21

22 Nov '21

Open Research Position at Inria Lille – Nord Europe Research group: BONUS Last annual activity report:https://www.inria.fr/en/inria-ecosystem Attached the PDF version Description ----------- The INRIA research institute (https://www.inria.fr/en/inria-ecosystem) invites applications for multiple permanent researcher positions to start in the 2022-2023 academic year. High performance computing (HPC) and/or Machine Learningassisted big optimization is among its top priorities for the recruitment. This hot topic is a major focus of the BONUS research group, which is part of the INRIA Lille – Nord Europe research center located at Lille (North of France). Qualified applicants in Computer Science are invited to apply with the objective to join the BONUS research group as a permanent researcher. Qualifications -------------- The BONUS team addresses big optimization problems (high-dimensional in decision variables and/or objectives, and/or with computationally expensive black-box functions) using mainly Machine Learning-assisted optimization and High-performance (parallel) optimization. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. BONUS is interested in applicants having a strong background in at least one of its research lines: Machine Learning-assisted optimization or parallel optimization. Candidates with only HPC-related profile, highly motivated to adapt their activities to the context of big optimization using HPC in keeping with the BONUS research program, are also invited to apply. Some benefits in addition to the salary --------------------------------------- − Subsidized meals, − Partial reimbursement of public transport costs, − Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.), − Possibility of teleworking (after 6 months of employment) and flexible organization of working hours, − Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.) − Social, cultural and sports events and activities, − Access to vocational training, − Social security coverage. Application Instructions / Contact ----------------------------------- Applicants are asked to contact the leader of the BONUS team, Prof. Nouredine Melab atNouredine.Melab(a)inria.fr. After this contact, if a candidate is encouraged to apply he/she will do it officially through the INRIA online application process that will be soon indicated here:https://www.inria.fr/en/talents ------------------------------ -- ********************************************************************** OLA'2022 International Conference on Optimization and Learning (SCOPUS, Springer) 18-20 July 2022, Syracuse, Sicilia, Italy http://ola2022.sciencesconf.org *********************************************************************** Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS

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Multiple Open Tenured/Tenure Track Positions at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
by Sanjay Purushotham 21 Nov '21

21 Nov '21

[Apologies for multiple copies] *Multiple Open Tenured/Tenure Track Positions at UMBC* Application link for multiple open rank positions at UMBC: *http://apply.interfolio.com/96156 <http://apply.interfolio.com/96156>* Application link for Open Rank position in the Dept. of Information Systems: https://apply.interfolio.com/96731 Application link for Lecturer or Professor of the Practice positions in the Dept. of Information Systems: https://apply.interfolio.com/94398 The College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is seeking to build on our strengths in research that intersects human health by making multiple hires at all levels. Examples of research areas include but are not limited to: ethical AI for healthcare data, community centered data science to understand health inequities, AI analysis of biomedical images for screening and diagnosis, user inspired design for rehabilitation engineering, work to understand the relationship between air quality and health inequities, and development of novel engineered therapeutics. There are many exciting areas at the intersection of health, engineering, and computing, and we are looking forward to seeing applications from candidates interested in these intersectional research areas. As part of the interview process, candidates will have the opportunity to meet with departments and select the department where they feel they will be most successful. At UMBC, we advance knowledge, economic prosperity, and social justice by welcoming and inspiring inquisitive minds from all backgrounds. We are a dynamic public research university integrating teaching, research, and service to benefit the citizens of Maryland. We offer academically talented students a strong undergraduate foundation that prepares them for graduate and professional study, entry into the workforce, and community service and leadership. At the graduate level, we emphasize science, engineering, information technology, human services, and public policy. Additionally, we contribute to the economic development of the State and the region through entrepreneurial initiatives, workforce training, K-16 partnerships, and technology commercialization in collaboration with public agencies and the corporate community. UMBC is located near Johns Hopkins Medical School, the University of Maryland Medical School, NIH, NIST, and DoD medical research command at Ft. Detrick. There are phenomenal opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across universities as well as government research labs and foundations. The HHMI Janelia Research Campus is less than an hour from UMBC. The College of Engineering and Information Technology has four departments: Information Systems, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering. The College is a collaborative environment where faculty are encouraged and supported to collaborate across disciplines both at UMBC and with researchers in other institutions. Community engaged research is also strongly supported both by the College and by the Shriver Center that for over 30 years has been dedicated to community connections and engagement. UMBC is located in Baltimore County, 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore. Our faculty live and work in the city as well as in the broader Maryland region. The area is vibrant with fantastic theater, arts, restaurants, and outdoor activities minutes from campus. Candidates must have a PhD by June 2022 to be considered for a position. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who are members of groups that have been historically excluded from the professoriate. UMBC is a minority serving institution, and it is important to us that our faculty reflect the diversity of our incredible students. *APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Electronic submission of applications is required at* *http://apply.interfolio.com/96156 <http://apply.interfolio.com/96156>* All applications must be submitted as PDF files. Individual applications will not be reviewed until all five of the following materials are received: 1) Cover letter 2) Curriculum Vitae 3) Statement regarding one’s experience and commitment to diversity and inclusion 4) Research statement 5) Teaching statement 4) Names and contact information of at least three references For inquiries, please send email to elavik(a)umbc.edu. Review of applications will begin on November 30, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled, subject to the availability of funds. For best consideration, please submit all application materials by this date. UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway Conoy and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. ========= The Department of Information Systems (IS) at UMBC invites applications for an *open rank tenure-track faculty position* starting August 2022. Successful candidates will complement and extend our current strengths. More information about research interests of our faculty can be found at https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/home/research/areas-of-research/. *Our department’s research is highly* *interdisciplinary*. Candidates with research interests cross-cutting multiple areas are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates must have earned a Ph.D. in related fields no later than August 2022. The Department has 36 full-time faculty and over 1,600 students, including over 80 PhD students. The department offers undergraduate degrees in Information Systems and Business Technology Administration. Graduate degree programs, MS and PhD, are offered in both Information Systems and Human-Centered Computing, including an innovative online MS program in IS. In addition, the Department houses the Master’s in Health Information Technology and the Master’s in Software Engineering, both as professional degree programs. Our faculty are actively engaged in collaborative interdisciplinary research within and across departments and institutions. Five of our current faculty have received NSF CAREER awards. IS faculty members lead four research centers: the Center for Real-time Distributed Sensing and Autonomy (CARDS), the Interactive Systems Research Center (ISRC), NSF HDR institute for Harnessing Data and Model Revolution in the Polar Regions (iHARP), and the UMBC site of the Center for Advanced Real Time Analytics (CARTA). Further details can be found at https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/. Detailed information of this hiring can be found at https://apply.interfolio.com/96731. In addition, our department is also hiring two positions for *Lecturer* or *Professor of the Practice starting either Spring semester 2022 or Fall semester 2022*. More details can be found at https://apply.interfolio.com/94398.

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[Deadline Extended] CFP : International Workshop on Statistical Methods and Artificial Intelligence (IWSMAI 2022)
by abdallah abarda 20 Nov '21

20 Nov '21

*International Workshop on **Statistical Methods and Artificial Intelligence* *(IWSMAI 202**2**)* *March 22 - 25, 202**2**, PORTO, PORTUGAL.* https://sites.google.com/view/iwsmai/home The aim of IWSMAI is to bring together researchers, professors and students from around the world to present their latest ideas and research results within the scope of IWSMAI 2022. This workshop will also provide an ideal environment to develop new collaborations and meet experts on the fundamentals, applications, and products of Statistical Methods and Artificial Intelligence fields. The workshop will include presentations of contributed papers, poster sessions, and state of the art lectures by invited keynote speakers. *Topics:* · Artificial Intelligence · Statistical methods · Data Analysis and Data mining · Computational Statistic · Supervised and unsupervised learning · Statistical methodology · Bioinformatics · Medical statistics · Deep Learning · Intelligent Transportation Systems · Data Collection and Applications · Data Science and Blockchain Technology · Data Science and Artificial Intelligence · Big Data · Mathematical Statistics · Economic intelligence · Statistical Software (R, SAS, Python) All accepted papers will be scheduled for oral presentations and will be included in the conference proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line (indexed by *Scopus)* Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of: -International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 1.588), by Springer: https://www.springer.com/journal/12652 - International Journal on Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (IF: 3.69): https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and… - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.504): http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index [image: image.png] [image: image.png] *Important Dates:* · Paper submission deadline: * December 20, 2021 * · Notification of acceptance: *January 10, 2022* · Camera-ready submission: *January** 20 **, 2022* · Final Manuscript Due : *Mars 22-25, 2022* *Contact :* Email: abdallah.abarda(a)uhp.ac.ma --

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CFP to Special Issue in TCBB on Deep Learning-Empowered Big Data Analytics in Biomedical Applications and Digital Healthcare - Deadline Dec. 30, 2021
by Xiaokang Zhou 18 Nov '21

18 Nov '21

[Apologies for multiple postings] Dear Professor(Dr.), It is my pleasure and honor to share this CFP in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Please consider submitting a paper to a Special Issue on "Deep Learning Empowered Big Data Analytics in Biomedical Applications and Digital Healthcare" for TCBB. The deadline is Dec. 30, 2021. Also, please kindly help distribute the CFP (see following) and encourage your colleagues, friends, and students to make submissions. Your strong supports are highly appreciated. [TCBB Call for Papers] https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tb/call-for-papers-specia… ===================================================================================================== IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Special Issue on Deep Learning-Empowered Big Data Analytics in Biomedical Applications and Digital Healthcare ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aims and Scope Deep learning and big data analysis are among the most important research topics in the fields of biomedical applications and digital healthcare. With the fast development of AI and IoT technologies, deep learning for big data analytics, including affective learning, reinforcement learning, and transfer learning, are widely applied to sense, learn, and interact with human health. Examples of biomedical application include smart biomaterials, biomedical imaging, heartbeat/blood pressure measurement, and eye tracking. These biomedical applications collect healthcare data through remote sensors and transfer the data to a centralized system for analysis. With an enormous amount of historical data, deep learning and big data analysis technologies are able to identify potential linkage between features and possible risks, raise important decision for medical diagnosis, and provide precious advice for better healthcare treatment and lifestyle. Although significant progress has been made with AI, deep learning, and big data analysis technologies for medical and healthcare research, there remain gaps between the computer-aided treatment design and real-world healthcare demands. In addition, there are unexplored areas in the fields of healthcare and biomedical applications with cutting-edge AI and deep learning technologies. Therefore, exploring the possibility of deep learning and big data analysis technology in the fields of biomedical applications and healthcare is in high demand. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): • Deep learning in medicine, human biology, and healthcare • Deep learning-based clinical decision making • Deep learning in biomedical applications • Deep learning in medical and healthcare education • Deep learning-based computer vision on medical images • Big data with smart computing in bioinformatics and biomechanics • Big data analytics for human biology and healthcare services • Big data with intelligent IoT for smart healthcare • Big data analytics in biomedical services • Knowledge-based or agent-based models for biological systems • Distributed systems in medical and healthcare services • Intelligent devices and instruments for medical and healthcare services • Intelligent and process-aware information systems in human biology, healthcare, and medicine Submissions Authors should prepare their manuscript according to the Author Information of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics available from https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/tb, and submit online at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcbb-cs. To ensure that the manuscript is correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, authors must select "SI - Deep Learning-Empowered Big Data Analytics in Biomedical Applications and Digital Healthcare" when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: December 30, 2021 First Round of Reviews Deadline: March 30, 2022 Submission of Revision Deadline: May 30, 2022 Second Round of Reviews Deadline: July 30, 2022 Decision of Acceptance Deadline: August 30, 2022 Guest Editors • Xiaokang Zhou, Shiga University, Japan • Carson Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada • Kevin Wang, The University of Auckland, New Zealand • Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy Contact Information Dr. Zhou (zhou(a)biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp) -- Xiaokang Zhou (周暁康), Ph.D. Associate Professor Faculty of Data Science, Shiga University 1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522-8522, Japan Email: zhou(a)biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp Phone: +81-749-27-1290

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CFP: Int. Conf. on Image Processing Theory, Tools, and Applications (IPTA'22)
by Andreas Uhl 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

==================================================================================================================== Call for Papers (CFP): 11th International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications (IPTA 2022) http://www.ipta-conference.com/ipta22/ Salzburg, Austria, 19.04. - 22.04.2022 ==================================================================================================================== The eleventh International Conference on Image Processing Theory, Tools and Applications IPTA 2022 aims at gathering international researchers, innovators, educators, and practitioners in image processing for attending extensive educational high level materials, sharing their achievements, exchanging their experiences and discussing future orientations. The conference aims to provide an excellent forum to meet and discuss various important issues on image processing and applications. Topics include but are not limited to: Image formation, scanning, display and printing Image and video processing, coding and compression Pattern recognition and computer vision Perceptual analysis of images and video Image forensics and security Machine Learning methods for image and video analysis Virtual and augmented reality Artificial Intelligence for weather and climate modelling Applications IPTA'22 is organised in parallel with the International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF'22) at the same location during the same time to provide the possibility to exploit synergies betweeen the two events (see http://iwbf22.cs.sbg.ac.at/). SUBMISSION ========== Papers must be submitted in English and formatted according to the instructions given at http://www.ipta-conference.com/ipta22/index.php/submission. Accepted papers will be published at IEEE Xplore. A selection of the best (and topically connected) papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to special issues of journals. Please check and carefully follow the instructions provided in the templates which contains detailed instructions on formatting your document. Authors should submit a paper maximum of 6 pages including figures and references, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using the on-line submission procedure indicated on the web-page. Authors are required to remove their names and affiliations as well as obvious self-citations in their papers to enable a double-bling refereeing procedure. Please also watch out for the Special Sessions to be accepted @ IPTA'22, which will be announced in a rolling procedure until mid December. There is a call for special sessions at the IPTA 2022 wich is open until 30.11.2021, for more information see http://www.ipta-conference.com/ipta22/index.php/call-for-special-session. Paper Submission Deadline ========================= January 10th, 2022. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- | Andreas Uhl | Salzburg University | | ++43 662 8044 6303 | Department of Computer Sciences | | uhl(a)cs.sbg.ac.at | Jakob-Haringerstr.2 | | www.wavelab.at | 5020 Salzburg Austria Europe | ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Deadline Extended: Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC), Nov 29
by Bahman Javadi 15 Nov '21

15 Nov '21

(Apologies if you received duplicate copies of this CFP) ============================ AusPDC 2022 will be held online in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2022), 14 - 18 February 2022 (http://acsw.core.edu.au/) **SCOPE OF THE SYMPOSIUM** In 2010, AusGrid event was broadened to include all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and hence was called as Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC). Following a couple of successful events, it comes to the 20th in 2022 in the series. In both New Zealand and Australia parallel and distributed computing has been recognised as strategic technologies for driving their moves towards knowledge economies. The symposium is primarily targeted at researchers from Australia and New Zealand, however, in the spirit of parallel and distributed computing, which aims to enable collaboration of distributed virtual organizations, and also the conference being held online this year, we encourage papers and participation from international researchers. **TOPICS OF INTEREST** - Cloud computing - Fog/edge computing - Grid and Cluster computing - Big Data processing and analytics - Virtualization, containers, unikernels, orchestration and other enablers - Security, trust and privacy in Clouds/Fog/Edge - Mobile, sensor networks and Internet of things - Data storage, placement and replication - Distributed Ledger Technologies and Blockchains - Multi-core systems - Peer-to-peer computing - GPUs and other forms of special-purpose processors - Service computing and workflow management - Managing large distributed data sets - Middleware and tools - Network function virtualisation and Software-defined networks - Performance evaluation and modelling -Datacentre and Interconnection networks - Performance accelerators - Problem-solving environments - Parallel programming models, languages and compilers - Operating systems and runtime systems - Resource scheduling and load balancing - Data mining and machine learning - Computational Science and Engineering - Agent-based computing - Reliability, security, privacy and dependability - e-Science and e-Health Applications **IMPORTANT DATES** Paper submissions due: 19 November 2021 (29 November 2021 - extended) Author notification: 19 December 2021 Camera-ready full papers due: 14 January 2021 Conference dates: 14 - 18 February 2022 All dates refer to 23:59, anywhere on earth (AoE) on that day. **PAPER SUBMISSION** The proceedings of the symposium will be published by ACM in conjunction with ACSW 2022. Papers should be formatted in double-column according to ACM conference paper formatting guidelines ACM SIG Proceedings Templates. The following guidelines must be met for all submissions: - Submissions must be in English. - Submissions must not exceed 10 pages for full papers, 4 pages for short papers and 2 pages for posters. - Submissions must be in PDF format. Other formats will not be accepted. - Submissions must clearly state the problem being addressed, the goal of the work, the results achieved, and the relation to other work. - Submissions must be original contributions that have not been published previously, nor already submitted to other conferences or journals in parallel with this conference. - Authors must choose the appropriate satellite conference or workshop for your submission Papers are to be submitted via the ACSW 2022 Easy Chair Submission Site ( https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=acsw2022). Upon logging into the system, please select “New Submission”, then select "Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing" track and proceed through the steps for submission. Every submission will be reviewed by a minimum of three members of the program committee. **PAPER AWARDS** A selection commission chaired by the AusPDC technical programme committee will select and acknowledge the best paper and the best student paper to receive an award during the conference. Committee **GENERAL CO-CHAIRS** Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University, Australia **PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS** Adel N. Toosi, Monash University, Australia Sara Khalifa, CSIRO’s Data61, Australia **STEERING COMMITTEE** Schahram Dustdar, Technical University of Vienna, Austria Zahir Tari, RMIT University, Australia Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Javid Taheri, Karlstad University, Sweden **VENUE** Due to COVID-19, AusPDC 2022 will be held online this year. **CONTACT** All questions about submissions should be emailed to program chairs. For further information, see https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/auspdc2022

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[Call for Participation] 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench'21)
by haotianshu＠ict.ac.cn 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] ======================================================================== 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench'21) http://www.benchcouncil.org/bench21/index.html * Fully online, Nov. 14-16, 2021, beginning at 8 am EST (UTC-5) * Free registration Highlights (1) BenchCouncil Achievement Award Lecture, Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee. (2) Three BenchCouncil Rising Star Award Lectures, The primary Contributors of the MLPerf and AIBench Projects. Dr. Peter Mattson from Google, Prof. Dr. Vijay Janapa Reddi from Harvard University, and Dr. Wanling Gao from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (3) Four finalists for the 2021 BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award. Dr. Romain Jacob from ETH Zurich; Dr. Pei Guo from the University of Maryland; Dr. Belen Bermejo from the University of the Balearic Islands; and Dr. Kai Shu from IIT. (4) Four exciting Tutorials on benchmarking Cloud DB, performance monitoring, MPI, and DataBench toolbox. ======================================================================== Full Program ------------------------ https://www.benchcouncil.org/bench21/program.html Virtual Event Platform ---------------------- The virtual conference will consist of a live stream of the keynotes and paper sessions, with the opportunity for questions and answers with the presenters. Pre-recorded videos of paper presentations (not keynotes) will be provided before the conference. The conference will use Zoom for talks. Registered participants will be provided with details on how to access the conference. Free Registration (It may be blocked in some countries, please use the VPN) ------------------------ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1T3P-eo8DptOA6IMXSnICtEUK5Ez4t7p…

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Multiple Open Tenured/Tenure Track Positions at UMBC
by Sanjay Purushotham 06 Nov '21

06 Nov '21

[Apologies for multiple copies] Application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/96156 *Multiple Open Tenured/Tenure Track Positions at UMBC* The College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is seeking to build on our strengths in research that intersects human health by making multiple hires at all levels. Examples of research areas include but are not limited to: ethical AI for healthcare data, community centered data science to understand health inequities, AI analysis of biomedical images for screening and diagnosis, user inspired design for rehabilitation engineering, work to understand the relationship between air quality and health inequities, and development of novel engineered therapeutics. There are many exciting areas at the intersection of health, engineering, and computing, and we are looking forward to seeing applications from candidates interested in these intersectional research areas. As part of the interview process, candidates will have the opportunity to meet with departments and select the department where they feel they will be most successful. At UMBC, we advance knowledge, economic prosperity, and social justice by welcoming and inspiring inquisitive minds from all backgrounds. We are a dynamic public research university integrating teaching, research, and service to benefit the citizens of Maryland. We offer academically talented students a strong undergraduate foundation that prepares them for graduate and professional study, entry into the workforce, and community service and leadership. At the graduate level, we emphasize science, engineering, information technology, human services, and public policy. Additionally, we contribute to the economic development of the State and the region through entrepreneurial initiatives, workforce training, K-16 partnerships, and technology commercialization in collaboration with public agencies and the corporate community. UMBC is located near Johns Hopkins Medical School, the University of Maryland Medical School, NIH, NIST, and DoD medical research command at Ft. Detrick. There are phenomenal opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across universities as well as government research labs and foundations. The HHMI Janelia Research Campus is less than an hour from UMBC. The College of Engineering and Information Technology has four departments: Information Systems, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering. The College is a collaborative environment where faculty are encouraged and supported to collaborate across disciplines both at UMBC and with researchers in other institutions. Community engaged research is also strongly supported both by the College and by the Shriver Center that for over 30 years has been dedicated to community connections and engagement. UMBC is located in Baltimore County, 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore. Our faculty live and work in the city as well as in the broader Maryland region. The area is vibrant with fantastic theater, arts, restaurants, and outdoor activities minutes from campus. Candidates must have a PhD by June 2022 to be considered for a position. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who are members of groups that have been historically excluded from the professoriate. UMBC is a minority serving institution, and it is important to us that our faculty reflect the diversity of our incredible students. *APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Electronic submission of applications is required at* *http://apply.interfolio.com/96156 <http://apply.interfolio.com/96156>* All applications must be submitted as PDF files. Individual applications will not be reviewed until all five of the following materials are received: 1) Cover letter 2) Curriculum Vitae 3) Statement regarding one’s experience and commitment to diversity and inclusion 4) Research statement 5) Teaching statement 4) Names and contact information of at least three references For inquiries, please send email to elavik(a)umbc.edu. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled, subject to the availability of funds. For best consideration, please submit all application materials by this date. UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway Conoy and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

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CFP: The 22th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2022)
by Bahman Javadi 31 Oct '21

31 Oct '21

The 22th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2022) in conjunction with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC 2022) May 16-19, 2022, Taormina, Sicily, Italy* http://fcrlab.unime.it/ccgrid22/ < https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/10-2CP7yBlsK1JVo5fzWQup?domain=fcrlab.uni… > Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society / Technical Committee on Scalable Computing ACM SIGARCH Hosted/Organised by: * University of Messina, Italy * Cardiff University, UK * University of Klagenfurt, Austria * Ohio State University, USA * Future Computing Research LAB (FCRLAB), Italy ============================================================================= *The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. The CCGrid organizers are closely monitoring the developments of COVID-19. Call For Papers The 22nd IEEE/ACM international Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2022) is a leading forum to disseminate and discuss research activities and results on a broad range of topics in distributed systems, ranging from computing Clusters to widely distributed Clouds and emerging Internet computing paradigms such as Fog/Edge Computing for Internet of Things (IoT)/Big Data applications. The conference features keynotes, technical presentations, posters, workshops, tutorials, as well as the SCALE challenge featuring live demonstrations and the ICFEC 2022 conference. We solicit original contributions on all aspects of distributed systems and applications in the context of Cluster, Cloud, and Internet computing environments. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Track 1: Future Internet computing systems Topics in the track: - Internet Computing Frontiers: Edge, Fog, Serverless, Lambda, Streaming, Highly decentralized approaches to cloud computing. Edge/Fog computing, sensor data streaming and computation on the edges of the network. Function as a Service (Faas), Backend as a Service (BaaS), serverless computing, lambda computing. - Future Internet: 5G/6G and Use cases of 5G/6G system. Software defined networking and 5G/6G. 5G/6G cyber security challenges and concerns Machine learning algorithms for 5G/6G systems; - Osmotic Computing: Cloud Continuum with Osmosis behaviors, Micro Services and MicroData, Software Defined Membranes; - Cloud-Economics: Trustworthiness of services, ecosystem economics, innovative metering, accounting, and billing methods and tools, automated trading and bidding support tools, performance monitoring, optimization, prediction, energy efficiency, sustainability, decision support systems. Track 2: Programming models and runtime systems Topics in the track: - Programming Models and Runtime Systems: Programming models, languages, systems and tools/environments. Virtualization, containers, and middleware technologies. Actors, agents, programming decentralized computing systems. Track 3: Distributed middleware and network architectures Topics in the track: - Architecture, Networking, Data Centers: Service oriented architectures. Utility computing models. IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, *aaS paradigms. Service composition and orchestration. Software-Defined Network-enabled Systems. Micro-datacenter, cloudlet, edge, or fog computing infrastructure. Virtualized hardware: GPUs, tensor processing units, FPGAs; - Cloud-to-Things continuum: Service provisioning and monitoring in a Cloud-to-Things environment; Resource elasticity in Cloud-to-Things contexts; Algorithms and systems for automated elasticity; Blockchain-based resource orchestrator; Machine learning techniques for resource orchestration; Security policies in Cloud-to-Things. Track 4: Storage and I/O systems Topics in the track: - Storage and I/O Systems: Distributed storage, cloud storage, Storage as a Service, data locality techniques for in-memory processing, storage in the edge. Track 5: Security, privacy, trust and resilience Topics in the track: - Cyber-Security, Privacy and Resilient Distributed Systems: Distributed. Systems security and trust Access control. Data privacy and integrity.. Regulation. Resiliency of service attacks. Track 6: Performance modeling, scheduling, and analysis Topics in the track: - Resource Management and Scheduling: Resource allocation algorithms, profiling, modeling. Cluster, cloud, and internet computing scheduling and meta-scheduling techniques; - Performance Modelling and Evaluation: Performance models. Monitoring and evaluation tools. Analysis of system/application performance. Track 7: Sustainable and green computing Topics in the track: - Sustainable and Green Computing: Environment friendly computing ecosystems. Hardware/software/application energy efficiency. Power, cooling and thermal awareness. Track 8: Scientific and industrial applications Topics in the track: - Applications: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Systems, e-Health, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled Smart Systems and Applications; - Digital Twins: Digital Twins and Industry 4.0. Digital Twins and emerging technologies linked to IoT Platforms. Digital Twin the virtual replica of a physical entity. Track 9: Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Topics in the track: - Artificial Intelligence: Large Scalable Machine Learning, AI at the Edge and in the Cloud. Cognitive computing; - Machine learning: deep learning, statistical learning, natural language processing, computer vision, data mining, multiagent systems, knowledge representation; - Applicative domains: healthcare, sustainability, transportation, commerce,neuroscience and cognitive science; - Quantum machine learning. ================================================================================ Paper Submission: ================= Authors are invited to submit papers electronically through the following link: https://fcrlab.unime.it/ccgrid22/paper-submission/ < https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/nR_HCQnzDmsk1JZ3NCP0BrY?domain=fcrlab.uni… > Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 10 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the conference chairs for more information. The proceedings will be published through the IEEE Press, USA and will be made online through the IEEE and ACM Digital Libraries. Important Dates: ================== Timezone: Anywhere in the world! Paper Due (Abstract): 24 November 2021 (Final paper submission: 01 December 2021) Full Paper Due: 01 December 2021 Acceptance Notification: 04 February 2022 Camera Ready Papers Due: 06 March 2022 Best Paper Awards: ================== CCGrid will present Best Paper Awards to the author(s) of top three papers selected by the Program Committee. The award will be determined based on review comments and ratings, viewpoints of the technical and scientific merits, impact on the science and engineering of the research work and the clarity of presentation of the research contents in the paper. Journal Special Issue: ====================== Highly top rated papers from the CCGrid 2022 conference will be invited for submission of extended version for publication in one of the following special issues: - "Software: Practice and Experience" Journal published by Wiley Press; - "Green Communications via Optimization Techniques" for Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems published by Elsevier. General Co-Chairs: ================== Massimo Villari, University of Messina , Italy Omer Rana , Cardiff University, UK Program Committee Co-Chairs: ============================= Maria Fazio, University of Messina, Italy Radu Prodan University of Klagenfurt Austria Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda Ohio State University. USA Workshop Co-Chairs: ============================== Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs: ============================== Jithin Jose, Microsoft, USA Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University, Australia Ching-Hsien Hsu, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Zhicheng Cai, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China Helene Coullon, Inria, France Sukhpal Singh Gill, Queen Mary University of London, UK Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy Vice Chairs: ============================== Track 1: Future Internet computing systems: Hai Jin, Huangzong University of Science and Technology, China Lydia Y. Chen, TU Delft, Netherlands Track 2: Programming models and runtime systems: Taisuke Boku, University of Tsukuba, Japan Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, Germany Track 3: Distributed middleware and network architectures: Nectarios Koziris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Hari Subramoni, Ohio State University, USA Track 4: Storage and I/O systems: Suren Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Maria S. Perez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain Track 5: Security, privacy, trust and resilience: Erman Ayday, Case Western Reserve University, USA Richard Sinnott, University of Melbourne, Australia Track 6: Performance modeling, scheduling, and analysis: Sameer Shende, University of Oregon, USA Ana Lucia Varbanescu, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Track 7: Sustainable and green computing: Young Choon Lee, Macquarie University, Australia Wu Feng, Virginia Tech, USA Track 8: Scientific and industrial applications: Vipin Chaudhary, Case Western Reserve University, USA Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania Track 9: Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning: Manish Parashar, University of Utah, USA Ashiq Anjum, University of Leicester, UK CCGrid Steering Committee: ========================= Henri Bal, Vrije University, The Netherlands Pavan Balaji, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Franck Capello, University of Paris-Sud, France Jesus Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Ewa Deelman, University of Southern California/ISI, USA Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee & ORNL, USA Tarek El-Ghazawi, George Washington University, USA Dick Epema, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands Thomas Fahringer, University of Innsbruck, Austria Ian Foster, University of Chicago, USA Wolfgang Gentzsch, UberCloud, Germany Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Craig Lee, The Aerospace Corporation, USA Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, France Manish Parashar, Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, USA Shikharesh Majumdar, Carleton University, Canada Satoshi Matsuoaka, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Dhabaleswar K Panda, The Ohio State University, USA Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Paul Roe, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Bruno Schulze, LNCC, Brazil Yogesh Simmhan, Indian Institute of Science, India Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, USA Carlos Varela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy Cho-Li Wang, University of Hong Kong, China Cheng-Zhong Xu, University of Macau, China ================================================================================

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Call for Participation ScalA@SC: 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems
by Engelmann, Christian 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ScalA21: 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems held in conjunction with the SC21: The International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Consortium on High Performance Computing (TCHPC) November 19, 2021, St. Louis, MO, USA (Virtual Event) <http://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021> Novel scalable scientific algorithms are needed in order to enable key science applications to exploit the computational power of large-scale systems. This is especially true for the current tier of leading petascale machines and the road to exascale computing as HPC systems continue to scale up in compute node and processor core count. These extreme-scale systems require novel scientific algorithms to hide network and memory latency, have very high computation/communication overlap, have minimal communication, and have no synchronization points. With the advent of Big Data and AI in the past few years the need of such scalable mathematical methods and algorithms able to handle data and compute intensive applications at scale becomes even more important. Scientific algorithms for multi-petaflop and exa-flop systems also need to be fault tolerant and fault resilient, since the probability of faults increases with scale. Resilience at the system software and at the algorithmic level is needed as a crosscutting effort. Finally, with the advent of heterogeneous compute nodes that employ standard processors as well as GPGPUs, scientific algorithms need to match these architectures to extract the most performance. This includes different system-specific levels of parallelism as well as co-scheduling of computation. Key science applications require novel mathematical models and system software that address the scalability and resilience challenges of current- and future-generation extreme-scale HPC systems. Workshop Program --------------- The workshop will be held as a live online session on Friday, November 19 2021, 8:30 - 12:00 in the US Central Standard Time Zone. The workshop program is also listed in the SC online program: Session - 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems<https://sc21.supercomputing.org/session/?sess=sess334>. * 8:30 - 10:00 Session 1 * 8:30 - 8:40 Opening * 8:40 - 9:20 Invited talk: "Intelligent Simulations: How Combining AI and HPC Can Enable New Discoveries", Prof. Ian Foster (University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory) (Abstract)<https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021/foster.html> * 9:20 - 9:40 Paper 1: "Iterative methods with mixed-precision preconditioning for ill-conditioned linear systems in multiphase CFD simulations," Takuya Ina, Yasuhiro Idomura, Toshiyuki Imamura, Susumu Yamashita, and Naoyuki Onodera * 9:40 - 10:00 Paper 2: "Optimized Cascadic Multigrid Parareal Method for Explicit Time-Marching Scheme," Yen-Chen Chen and Kengo Nakajima * 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break (coffee on your own) * 10:30 - 12:00 Session 2 * 10:30 - 10:50 Paper 3: "Unleashing the performance of bmSparse for the sparse matrix multiplication in GPUs," Gonzalo Berger, Manuel Freire, Renzo Marini, Ernesto Dufrechou, and Pablo Ezzatti * 10:50 - 11:10 Paper 4: "Passel: Improved Scalability and Efficiency of Distributed SVM using a Cacheless PGAS Migrating Thread Architecture," Brian Page and Peter Kogge * 11:10 - 11:30 Paper 5: "Batched Sparse Iterative Solvers for Computational Chemistry Simulations on GPUs," Isha Aggarwal, Aditya Kashi, Pratik Nayak, Cody J. Balos, Carol S. Woodward, and Hartwig Anzt * 11:30 - 11:50 Paper 6: "Usability of Markov Chain Monte Carlo preconditioners in practical problems," Anton Lebedev, Vassil Alexandrov, and Emre Sahin * 11:50 - 12:00 Closing Best regards, Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA (Workshop Program Co-chair) on behalf of, Vassil Alexandrov, Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK (Workshop Co-chair) Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA (Workshop Co-chair) Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (Workshop Co-chair)

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2022 Luis W. Alvarez Postdoc Fellowship and Admiral Grace Hopper Postdoc Fellowship at Berkeley Lab
by Esmond G. Ng 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

Berkeley Lab is now accepting applications for the 2022 Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship and the 2022 Admiral Grace Hopper Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Computing Sciences Area. Apply now for these two prestigious fellowships! Researchers in computer science, mathematics, or any computational science discipline who have received their Ph.D. within the last three years (i.e., no earlier than January 1, 2019) are encouraged to apply. The successful applicants will receive a competitive salary, professional travel allowance, relocation assistance, excellent benefits, and an opportunity to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its founding in 2002, the Luis W. Alvarez Fellowship has cultivated exceptional young scientists who have gone on to make outstanding contributions to computational and computing sciences. The Admiral Grace Hopper Fellowship was established in 2015. Additional information on the Luis W. Alvarez Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Admiral Grace Hopper Postdoctoral Fellowship can be found at https://cs.lbl.gov/careers/computing-fellowships/. Berkeley Lab’s Computing Sciences Area researches, develops, and deploys new tools and technologies to meet these needs and to advance research in our core capabilities of computer science, mathematics, and computational science. In addition to fundamental advances in our core capabilities, we impact such areas as materials science, chemistry, biology, astrophysics, climate change, combustion, and fusion energy. Research areas in Computing Sciences include but are not limited to: developing scientific applications and software technologies for extreme-scale and energy-efficient computing; developing mathematical modeling for complex scientific problems; designing algorithms to improve the performance of scientific applications; researching digital and post-digital computer architectures for science; advancing extreme-scale scientific data management, analysis, and machine-learning; developing next-generation machine learning and AI approaches for science; advancing quantum computing technologies, software, algorithms and applications; evaluating or developing new and promising HPC systems and networking technologies researching methods to control and manage dynamic circuit networks; developing large-scale visualization and analytics technologies; and managing scientific data in distributed environments Application Process: For consideration applications are due November 22, 2021. Letters of Reference are due November 29, 2021. Details of the application process can be found by search for job 93892 at https://jobs.lbl.gov/.

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CFP: Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC), Feb 2022
by Bahman Javadi 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

AusPDC 2022 will be held online in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2022), 14 - 18 February 2022 (http://acsw.core.edu.au/) **SCOPE OF THE SYMPOSIUM** In 2010, AusGrid event was broadened to include all aspects of parallel and distributed computing and hence was called as Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC). Following a couple of successful events, it comes to the 20th in 2022 in the series. In both New Zealand and Australia parallel and distributed computing has been recognised as strategic technologies for driving their moves towards knowledge economies. The symposium is primarily targeted at researchers from Australia and New Zealand, however, in the spirit of parallel and distributed computing, which aims to enable collaboration of distributed virtual organizations, and also the conference being held online this year, we encourage papers and participation from international researchers. **TOPICS OF INTEREST** - Cloud computing - Fog/edge computing - Grid and Cluster computing - Big Data processing and analytics - Virtualization, containers, unikernels, orchestration and other enablers - Security, trust and privacy in Clouds/Fog/Edge - Mobile, sensor networks and Internet of things - Data storage, placement and replication - Distributed Ledger Technologies and Blockchains - Multi-core systems - Peer-to-peer computing - GPUs and other forms of special purpose processors - Service computing and workflow management - Managing large distributed data sets - Middleware and tools - Network function virtualisation and Software defined networks - Performance evaluation and modelling - Datacentre and Interconnection networks - Performance accelerators - Problem-solving environments - Parallel programming models, languages and compilers - Operating systems and runtime systems - Resource scheduling and load balancing - Data mining and machine learning - Computational Science and Engineering - Agent-based computing - Reliability, security, privacy and dependability - e-Science and e-Health Applications **IMPORTANT DATES** Paper submissions due: 19 November 2021 Author notification: 19 December 2021 Camera-ready full papers due: 14 January 2021 Conference dates: 14 - 18 February 2022 **PAPER SUBMISSION** The proceedings of the symposium will be published by ACM in conjunction with ACSW 2022. Papers should be formatted in double-column according to ACM conference paper formatting guidelines ACM SIG Proceedings Templates. The following guidelines must be met for all submissions: - Submissions must be in English. - Submissions must not exceed 10 pages for full papers, 4 pages for short papers and 2 pages for posters. - Submissions must be in PDF format. Other formats will not be accepted. - Submissions must clearly state the problem being addressed, the goal of the work, the results achieved, and the relation to other work. - Submissions must be original contributions that have not been published previously, nor already submitted to other conferences or journals in parallel with this conference. - Authors must choose the appropriate satellite conference or workshop for your submission Papers are to be submitted via the ACSW 2022 Easy Chair Submission Site ( https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=acsw2022). Upon logging into the system, please select “New Submission”, then select "Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing" track and proceed through the steps for submission. Every submission will be reviewed by a minimum of three members of the program committee. **PAPER AWARDS** A selection commission chaired by the AusPDC technical programme committee will select and acknowledge the best paper and the best student paper to receive an award during the conference. Committee **GENERAL CO-CHAIRS** Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University, Australia **PROGRAM COMITTEE CHAIRS** Adel N. Toosi, Monash University, Australia Sara Khalifa, CSIRO’s Data61, Australia **STEERING COMMITTEE** Schahram Dustdar, Technical University of Vienna, Austria Zahir Tari, RMIT University, Australia Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Javid Taheri, Karlstad University, Sweden **VENUE** Due to COVID-19, AusPDC 2022 will be held online this year. **CONTACT** All questions about submissions should be emailed to program chairs. For further information, see https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/auspdc2022

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Foundations of Data Science with Machine Learning Journal
by calls＠dsaa.co 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Foundations of Data Science with Machine Learning Journal Data science is a hot topic with an extensive scope, both in terms of theory and applications. Machine Learning forms one of its core foundational pillars. Simultaneously, Data Science applications provide important challenges that can often be addressed only with innovative Machine Learning algorithms and methodologies. This special issue on Foundations of Data Science with Machine Learning Journal (MLJ) will highlight the latest development of the Machine Learning foundations of data science and on the synergy of data science and machine learning. Following the great success of the 2021 MLJ special issue with DSAA’2021, this 2022 special issue will further capture the state-of-the-art machine learning advances for data science. We welcome new developments in statistics, mathematics, informatics and computing-driven machine learning for data science, including foundations, algorithms and models, systems, innovative applications and other research contributions. Accepted papers will be published in MLJ and presented at a Journal Track of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA’2022) in Shenzhen, October 2022. Topics of Interest We welcome original and well-grounded research papers on all aspects of foundations of data science including but not limited to the following topics: ● Machine Learning Foundations for Data Science Auto-ML Information fusion from disparate sources Feature engineering, embedding, mining and representation Learning from network and graph data Learning from data with domain knowledge Reinforcement learning Non-IID learning, nonstationary, coupled and entangled learning Heterogeneous, mixed, multimodal, multi-view and multi-distributional learning Online, streaming, dynamic and real-time learning Causality and learning causal models Multi-instance, multi-label, multi-class and multi-target learning Semi-supervised and weakly supervised learning Representation learning of complex interactions, couplings, relations Deep learning theories and models Evaluation of data science systems Open domain/set learning ● Emerging Impactful Machine Learning Applications Data preprocessing, manipulation and augmentation Autonomous learning and optimization systems Digital, social, economic and financial (finance, FinTech, blockchains and cryptocurrencies) analytics Graph and network embedding and mining Machine learning for recommender systems, marketing, online and e-commerce Augmented reality, computer vision and image processing Risk, compliance, regulation, anomaly, debt, failure and crisis Cybersecurity and information disorder, misinformation/fake detection Human-centered and domain-driven data science and learning Privacy, ethics, transparency, accountability, responsibility, trust, reproducibility and retractability Fairness, explainability and algorithm bias Green and energy-efficient, scalable, cloud/distributed and parallel analytics and infrastructures IoT, smart city, smart home, telecommunications, 5G and mobile data science and learning Government and enterprise data science Transportation, manufacturing, procurement, and Industry 4.0 Energy, smart grids and renewable energies Agricultural, environmental and spatio-temporal analytics and climate change Contributions must contain new, unpublished, original and fundamental work relating to the Machine Learning Journal’s mission. All submissions will be reviewed using rigorous scientific criteria whereby the novelty of the contribution will be crucial. Submission Instructions Submit manuscripts to: http://MACH.edmgr.com. Select this special issue as the article type. Papers must be prepared in accordance with the Journal guidelines: https://www.springer.com/journal/10994 All papers will be reviewed following standard reviewing procedures for the Journal. Key Dates We will have a continuous submission/review process starting in Oct. 2021. Last paper submission deadline: 1 March 2022 Paper acceptance: 1 June 2022 Camera-ready: 15 June 2022 Guest Editors Longbing Cao, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Joao Gama, University of Porto, Portugal Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame, United States Joshua Huang, Shenzhen University, China

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CfC 26th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 20 Oct '21

20 Oct '21

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Contributions 26th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) 14-17 June 2022, Ghent, Belgium www.ada-europe.org/conference2022 Organized by Ada-Europe in cooperation with ACM SIGAda (approval pending) and Ada Resource Association (ARA) #AEiC2022 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information The 26th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) will take place in Ghent, Belgium, in the week of 14-17 June, in dual mode, with a solid core of in-presence activities accompanied by digital support for remote participation. The conference schedule comprises a journal track, an industrial track, a work-in-progress track, a vendor exhibition, parallel tutorials, and satellite workshops. *** Schedule 16 January 2022: Submission deadline for journal-track papers, tutorials and workshop proposals. 27 February 2022: Submission deadline for industrial-track and work-in-progress-track abstracts. 14 March 2022: Notification of invitations-to-present for journal-track papers. Notification of acceptance for all other types of submission. 3 April 2022: Publication of advance program. *** Topics The conference is an established international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of developing, running and maintaining challenging long-lived, high-quality software systems for a variety of application domains including manufacturing, robotics, avionics, space, health care, transportation, cloud environments, smart energy, serious games. The program will allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions and discussions, and social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia and government organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to: - Real-Time and Safety-Critical Systems: design, implementation and verification challenges, novel approaches, e.g., Mixed-Criticality Systems, novel scheduling algorithms, novel design and analysis methods; - High-Integrity Systems and Reliability: theory and practice of High-Integrity Systems, languages vulnerabilities and countermeasures, architecture-centred development methods and tools; - Reliability-oriented Programming Languages (not limited to Ada): compilation and runtime challenges, language profiles, use cases and experience reports, language education and training initiatives; - Experience Reports: case studies, lessons learned, and comparative assessments. Refer to the conference website for the full list of topics. *** Call for Journal-track Submissions Following the journal-first model inaugurated in 2019, the conference includes a journal-track that seeks original and high-quality submissions that describe mature research work in the scope of the conference. Accepted papers for this track will be published in the "Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC2022)" Special Issue of the Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA). General information for submitting to the JSA can be found at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture. Submissions should be made online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/jsa/ by selecting the "VSI:AEiC2022" option for the paper type. In order to speed up publication, the JSA has adopted the Virtual Special Issue model, whereby acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis. On that account, authors are encouraged to submit as early as they can, no later than 16 January 2022. Authors who have successfully passed the first round of review will be invited to present their work at the conference. Ada-Europe, the main conference sponsor, will cover the Open Access fees for the first four papers to gain final acceptance, which do not already enjoy OA from personalized bilateral agreements with the Publisher. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chair, Jérôme Hugues, at the listed address. *** Call for Industrial-track Submissions The conference seeks industrial practitioner presentations that deliver insight on the challenges of developing reliable software. Given their applied nature, such contributions will be subject to a dedicated practitioner-peer review process. Interested authors shall submit a short (one-to-two pages) abstract, by 27 February 2022, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2022, strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style (cf. http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/). The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference, and will also be invited to expand their contributions into full-fledged articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the Industrial track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chair, Alejandro R. Mosteo, at the listed address. *** Call for Work-in-Progress-track Submissions The Work-in-Progress track seeks two kinds of submissions: (a) ongoing research, and (b) early-stage ideas. Ongoing research submissions are 4-page papers that describe research results that are not mature enough to be submitted to the journal track as yet. Early-stage ideas, are 1-page papers that pitch new research directions that fall in the scope of the conference. Both kinds of submission must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Submissions by recent MSc graduates and PhD students are especially sought. Authors shall submit their work by 27 February 2022, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2022, strictly in PDF, following the Ada User Journal style (cf. http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/). The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet. The corresponding authors will get a presentation slot in the prime-time technical program of the conference, and will also be offered the opportunity to expand their contributions into 4-page articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will form the proceedings of the WiP track of the Conference. Prospective authors may direct all enquiries regarding this track to the corresponding chair, Frank Singhoff, at the listed address. *** Academic Listing The Journal of Systems Architecture, publication venue of the journal-track proceedings of the conference, was ranked Q1 (SJR) in the year 2020, also featuring 72th percentile in CiteScope (Scopus). The Ada User Journal, venue of all other technical proceedings of the conference, is indexed by Scopus and by EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database. *** Awards Ada-Europe will offer an honorary award for the best technical presentation, to be announced in the closing session of the conference. *** Call for Tutorials The conference seeks tutorials in the form of educational seminars on themes falling within the conference scope, with an academic or practitioner slant, including hands-on or practical elements. Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed duration (half day or full day), the intended level of the contents (introductory, intermediate, or advanced), and a statement motivating attendance. Tutorial proposals shall be submitted by e-mail to the Workshop and Tutorial Chair, Aurora Agar Armario, at the listed address, with subject line: "[AEiC 2022: tutorial proposal]". The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration, halved for half-day tutorials. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops The conference welcomes satellite workshops centred on themes that fall within the conference scope. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the conference proper. Workshop proposals shall be submitted by e-mail to the Workshop and Tutorial Chair, Aurora Agar Armario, at the listed address, with subject line: "[AEiC 2022: workshop proposal]". Workshop organizers shall also commit to producing the proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal. *** Call for Exhibitors The conference will include a vendor and technology exhibition. Interested providers should direct inquiries to the Exhibition Chair. *** Venue The conference will take place in the heart of the city of Ghent, Belgium, capital of the East Flanders province, a halfhour train ride north-west of Brussels. Ghent is rich in history, culture and higher-education, with a top-100 university founded in 1817. *** Organizing Committee * Conference Chair Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy tullio.vardanega at unipd.it * Journal-track Chair Jérôme Hugues, Carnegie Mellon University, USA jjhugues at sei.cmu.edu * Industrial-track Chair Alejandro R.Mosteo, Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza, Spain amosteo at unizar.es * Work-in-Progress-track Chair Frank Singhoff, University of Brest, France frank.singhoff at univ-brest.fr * Tutorial and Workshop Chair Aurora Agar Armario, NATO, the Netherlands aurora.agar at ncia.nato.int * Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland software at white-elephant.ch * Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium dirk.craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be * Local Chair Vicky Wandels, University of Ghent, Belgium Vicky.Wandels at UGent.be *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 26th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), Lisbon, Portugal ('18), Warsaw, Poland ('19), and online from Santander, Spain ('21). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at http://www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2022 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 26th Ada-Europe Int.Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2022) * June 14-17, 2022, Ghent, Belgium * www.ada-europe.org/conference2022

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Live e-Lecture by Petros Maragos: “Introduction to Tropical Geometry and its Applications to Machine Learning”, 26th October 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 20 Oct '21

20 Oct '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Lecture by Prof. Petros Maragos (NTUA Laboratory on Intelligent Robotics and Automation, Greece), a prominent AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘Introduction to Tropical Geometry and its Applications to Machine Learning’, on Tuesday 26th October 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: <https://authgr.zoom.us/s/99103637681> https://authgr.zoom.us/s/99103637681 & Passcode: 148148 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media, <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> ELISE, <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> Humane AI Net, <https://tailor-network.eu/> TAILOR, <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> VISION, currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics. Lectures are typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. Other upcoming lectures: 1. Prof. Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi (UNIVERSITA` DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (UNIMI), Italy), 9th November 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. 2. Prof. Cees Snoek (UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM, Netherlands), 23rd November 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. More lecture infos in: <https://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/?type=future> https://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/?type=future The lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the email lists <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida> AIDA email list and <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. M. Chetouani, P. Flach, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas, N. Sebe -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Multiple vacancies at the University of Melbourne
by Uwe Aickelin 16 Oct '21

16 Oct '21

We have advertised five opportunities to join the top ranked School of Computing and Information Systems in Australia (THES and QS). Please share with your networks and encourage applications.. Full details below. Algorithmic Fairness: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/906606/senior-lecturerassociate-professo… Machine Learning and Systems (two positions): https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/906506/lecturer-or-senior-lecturer-i… Digital Ethics: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/906636/senior-lecturerassociate-prof… Information Systems: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/904639/lecturersenior-lecturer-infor… Professor Uwe Aickelin | Head of School of Computing and Information Systems Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Level 3, Melbourne Connect – 700 Swanston Street The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au> http://aickelin.com/ | http://linkedin.com/in/aickelin

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[Call for Nomination] - BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award
by haotianshu＠ict.ac.cn 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] CALL FOR NOMINATION ========================================================== 2021 BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award (1000$) https://www.benchcouncil.org/html/awards.html#doctor Submission deadline: October 15, 2021 End of Day, Anywhere on Earth (AoE) Online Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/BSTqXUBTgB4gG3EM8 ========================================================== Introduction ---------------- International Open Benchmark Council (BenchCouncil) established the BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize and encourage superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in the broad field of benchmarks, data, standards, evaluations, and optimization. Prof. Jack Dongarra from the University of Tennessee, Prof. Xiaoyi Lu from the University of California, Merced, and Dr. Jeyan Thiyagalingam from STFC-RAL will co-lead the Award Committee. Among the submissions, four candidates will be selected as finalists. They will be invited to give a 30-minute presentation at the 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench’21, virtual, Nov 14-16, 2021) and contribute research articles to BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluations. Finally, one among the four will receive the award, which carries a $1,000 honorarium. Eligibility ------------------------ The committee welcomes the proposals from the following communities (but not limited to): architecture, systems, database, high-performance computing, machine learning or AI, medicine, bioinformatics, or other scientific disciplines. An eligibility cycle opens October 1, 2019, and ends the following October 15, 2021. Nominations are welcomed from any country. -- Only those who were awarded Ph.D. in the past two years are eligible for this award. -- Only the accepted final version of a nominated Ph.D. dissertation will be considered, and it must have been filed with the writer’s institution during the nomination cycle. -- The writer or the writer’s Ph.D. advisor can nominate a dissertation, and a dissertation may be nominated only once. -- The benchmarks, data, or tools that are the essential contributions of the dissertation should be open-sourced. -- The committee members cannot nominate their students. -- Each dissertation version submitted for consideration must include an English abstract of 3,000 words maximum. Submissions ------------------------ Online Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/BSTqXUBTgB4gG3EM8 Nominations for the BenchCouncil Doctoral Dissertation Award should be submitted using the online nomination form. Submitted materials should explain the contribution in terms understandable to a non-specialist. Each nomination involves several components: -- Name, address, phone number, and email address of the candidate's thesis advisor -- Name, address, and email address of the candidate. Affiliation should be the name of the school. -- Suggested citation. The citation should be a concise statement (maximum of 25 words) describing the critical technical or professional accomplishment for which the candidate merits this award. Note that the final wording for awardees will be at the discretion of the Award Committee. -- Nomination statement (200-300 words in length) addressing why the candidate should receive this award. This should address the significance of the dissertation, not simply repeat the information in the abstract. -- A copy of the dissertation. Each submitted dissertation for consideration must include an English abstract of maximally 3000 words. -- Endorsement letters. At least two supporting letters should be included from experts in the field who can provide additional insights or evidence of the dissertation’s impact. (The nominator/advisor may not write a letter of support.) Each letter should include the name, address, and telephone number of the endorser. The nominator should collect the letters and bundle them for submission. The endorsement letter and supporting letters can be combined in one file in your pdf upload. Review Criteria ------------------------ Dissertations will be reviewed for technical depth and significance of the research contribution, the potential impact on theory and practice. In the first round, the four candidates will be singled out. Each one will give a 30-minute presentation in the distinguished Ph. D. dissertation session chaired by the committee, and contribute research articles to BenchCounncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluation. Finally, one candidate will be awarded the BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award carrying a $1,000 honorarium. The award is presented each year at the Awards Banquet during BenchCouncil Bench Conference ( https://www.benchcouncil.org/bench/ ). Award Committee --------------------- Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee Dr. Xiaoyi Lu, The University of California, Merced Dr. Jeyan Thiyagalingam, STFC-RAL Dr. Lei Wang, ICT, CAS Dr. Spyros Blanas, The Ohio State University 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench’21) ========================================================== Bench’21 Website: http://www.benchcouncil.org/bench21/index.html Conference date: Nov. 14th - Nov. 16th, 2021 (Virtual) ========================================================== Bench’21 conference invites manuscripts describing original work in the area of benchmarking, evaluation methods and tools in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Architectures. All accepted papers will be presented at the Bench’21 conference and will be published in a special issue of the BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluation (TBench, https://www.benchcouncil.org/journal.html ). Sponsored and organized by the BenchCouncil, Bench’s multi-disciplinary emphasis provides an ideal environment for developers and researchers from the architecture, system, algorithm, and application communities to discuss practical and theoretical work covering workload characterization, benchmarks and tools, evaluation, measurement and optimization, and dataset generation. BenchCounncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluations BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluations (TBench) is an open-access multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to benchmarks, standards, evaluations, optimizations, and data sets. It will take a hybrid publication mode with the Bench Conference. Both TBench and Bench use a double-blind review process. Papers that are accepted to present at the Bench conference will appear in the issue of TBench immediately following acceptance. Meanwhile, the accepted TBench papers will be encouraged but not mandatory to register and present at the Bench conference. TBench will be OA without any charge. It seeks a fast-track publication with an average turnaround time of two months. Submit your paper at https://www.editorialmanager.com/tbench/default.aspx TBench Editorial Board Co-EIC Prof. Dr. Jianfeng Zhan, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences and BenchCouncil Prof. Dr. Tony Hey, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory STFC, UK Advisory Board Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA Prof. Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Prof. D. K. Panda, The Ohio State University, USA

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Online seminars in Tensor Computation, October to December
by Jeremy Gibbons 06 Oct '21

06 Oct '21

Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford Seminar Series on Tensor Computation http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/seminars/Programming%20Languages/ The following seminars on tensor computation will take place at 4pm UK time on Fridays this coming term. (Note that the clocks change in the UK part way through the series!) The seminars will be held online, via Zoom. Registration instructions are on the webpage above. All are welcome. [Dr Albert Cohen](https://research.google/people/106208/), Google 15 Oct: *Herding Tensor Compilers* [Professor Jonathan Ragan Kelley](http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrk/), MIT 22 Oct: *Halide* [provisional title] [Dr Conal Elliott](http://conal.net/) 29 Oct: *Can Tensor Programming Be Liberated from the Fortran Data Paradigm?* **clocks change: UK moves from BST=UTC+1 to GMT=UTC** [Professor Markus Püschel](https://acl.inf.ethz.ch/people/markusp/), ETH Zürich 5 Nov: *Program Generation for Small Scale Linear Algebra* [Professor Martin Elsman](https://elsman.com/), Copenhagen 12 Nov: *Futhark* [provisional title] [Rohan Yadav](https://rohany.github.io/), Stanford 19 Nov: *Compilation of Sparse Array Programming Models* [provisional title] [Professor Gabrielle Keller](https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/GKKeller), Utrecht 26 Nov: *Accelerate: High-Performance Computing in Haskell* [Dr Dimitrios Vytiniotis](https://dimitriv.github.io/), Google 3 Dec: *Automating Tensor Partitioning on Meshes of Accelerators* [provisional title] Seminar conveners: [Jeremy Gibbons](http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/jeremy.gibbons/) [Peter Braam](https://www.braam.io/) Jeremy.Gibbons(a)cs.ox.ac.uk Oxford University Department of Computer Science, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK. +44 1865 283521 http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/jeremy.gibbons/

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RAID 2021 (Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses): Call for Participation, Virtual and Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain on October 6-8, 2021
by Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

** Apologies for Cross-postings -- please share ** The 24th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID 2021) Virtual & Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain -- 6-8 October 2021 https://raid2021.org/ Registration is due soon: https://raid2021.org/registration/ =========================================================================================== *** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** We invite you to attend RAID IN PERSON, the International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusion and Defenses (RAID2021), one of the top information security conferences. The 24th edition of the conference will be held in a mixed mode, on site / online, preferably on site, at San Sebastian, Spain for three days October 6, 7 and 8, 2021. San Sebastian (Donostia in Basque language) is a beautiful city famous by its cuisine, boasting more Michelin stars per square metre than any other city on the planet. It is also listed among the World’s 20 Best Surf Towns by National Geographic. RAID organisation is composed of local and international recognised researchers in information Security. It aims at bringing together leading researchers and practitioners from academia, government, and industry to discuss novel research contributions related to computer and information security. The conference is known for the quality and thoroughness of the reviews of the papers submitted, the desire to build a bridge between research carried out in different communities, and the emphasis given on the need for sound experimental methods and measurement to improve the state of the art in cybersecurity. You can find all registration information and procedure at: http://raid2021.org/registration (*There are special discounts for students, and there will be a few student travel grants available (details being worked out) *) *** KEYNOTE *** - Mathias Payer (EPFL) "Riding the Fuzzing Hypetrain". More information at: https://raid2021.org/program/ *** SOCIAL ACTIVITIES *** Dinner in a traditional cider house, a boat trip around the bay of San Sebastian, and a fantastic Gala Dinner at a one Michelin star restaurant. More information at: https://raid2021.org/social-activities/ *** CONFERENCE PROGRAM *** The conference program includes different tracks presenting the latest state-of-the-art results in the topics of: Computer, network, and cloud computing security Malware and unwanted software Program analysis and reverse engineering Mobile Security Web security and privacy Vulnerability analysis techniques Usable security and privacy Intrusion detection and prevention Hardware security Cyber physical systems security and threats against critical infrastructures IoT security Statistical and adversarial learning for computer security Cyber crime and underground economies Denial-of-Service attacks and defenses Security measurement studies Digital forensics Program is now available at https://raid2021.org/program/ *** VENUE *** For travel arrangements, please check https://raid2021.org/venue-travel/

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CFP OLA'2022 Optimization & Learning @Sicilia Italy
by El-ghazali Talbi 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Apologies for cross-posting. Appreciate if you can distribute this CFP to your network. **************************************************************************************** OLA'2022 International Conference on Optimization and Learning 18-20 July 2022 Syracuse (Sicilia), Italy http://ola2022.sciencesconf.org/ SCOPUS Springer Proceedings **************************************************************************************** OLA is a conference focusing on the future challenges of optimization and learning methods and their applications. The conference OLA'2022 will provide an opportunity to the international research community in optimization and learning to discuss recent research results and to develop new ideas and collaborations in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. OLA'2022 welcomes presentations that cover any aspects of optimization and learning research such as big optimization and learning, optimization for learning, learning for optimization, optimization and learning under uncertainty, deep learning, new high-impact applications, parameter tuning, 4th industrial revolution, computer vision, hybridization issues, optimization-simulation, meta-modeling, high-performance computing, parallel and distributed optimization and learning, surrogate modeling, multi-objective optimization ... Submission papers: We will accept two different types of submissions: - S1: Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and position papers of a maximum of 3 pages - S2: Original research contributions of a maximum of 10 pages Important dates: =============== Invited session organization Dec 20, 2021 Paper submission deadline Jan 28, 2022 Notification of acceptance March 25, 2022 Proceedings: Accepted papers in categories S1 and S2 will be published in the proceedings. A SCOPUS and DBLP indexed Springer book will be published for accepted long papers. Proceedings will be available at the conference. -- ********************************************************************** OLA'2022 International Conference on Optimization and Learning 18-20 July 2022, Syracuse, Sicilia, Italy http://ola2022.sciencesconf.org *********************************************************************** Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS guide2research.com

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CFP: Resilient Bio-Inspired Algorithms @ Evostar 2022
by ccottap＠lcc.uma.es 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Resilient Bioinspired Algorithms Special Session of the EvoApps 2022 conference Part of EvoStar 2022 -- http://www.evostar.org/2022/ 20-22 April 2022 Aims and Scope -------------- The Special Session on Resilient Bio-Inspired Algorithms (RBA) of EvoApps will provide a specialized forum of discussion and exchange of information for researchers interested in exploring bio-inspired approaches (swarm intelligence, evolutionary computing) to attain resilient systems and processes. Resiliency is a major topic after major disruptions like COVID-19 where many organizations/systems were too brittle to quickly adapt and they simply broke. Designers of bio-inspired techniques should focus on such systems and help in their design and/or operation, in order to make them more adaptable and capable of withstanding such disruptions. This is for example the case of many organization/industrial processes that work as goal-oriented complex systems, often using AI tools. It is not uncommon that AI-enhanced complex projects face difficulties due to maintenance issues, scalability problems, or disrupted operation in the presence of major external disturbances. Resilience is thus not only a desired property of the system to which AI is applied, but also a sought property for AI methods themselves. Topics of Interest ------------------ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Resilience and fault-tolerance in computational intelligence Resilience on AI engineering using bio-inspired computing Resilience on hyper-automation including evolutionary machine learning, evolutionary machine vision, and evolutionary robotics. Resilience on complex systems Resilience on evolutionary software engineering Real-world situations where robustness and trustworthiness of solutions are mandatory Emerging topics not traditionally discussed within the swarm and evolutionary computation where resiliency is of significant applicability Important Dates --------------- Submision: 1 November 2021 Notification: 8 January 2022 Conference: 20-22 April 2022 Organizers ---------- Carlos Cotta Universidad de Málaga, Spain ccottap(at)lcc.uma.es Gustavo Olague CICESE, Mexico olague(at)cicese.mx

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Call for Papers - 1st WORKSHOP ON PARALLEL PROGRAMMING IN THE EXASCALE ERA
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 23 Sep '21

23 Sep '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** 1st WORKSHOP ON PARALLEL PROGRAMMING IN THE EXASCALE ERA (PPEE) https://hipc.org/call-for-ppee/ | https://ppee-workshop.github.io/ in conjunction with the 28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, DATA, and ANALYTICS (HIPC 2021) December 17-18, 2021 | Virtual Event, INDIA | www.hipc.org OVERVIEW The upcoming exascale systems will impose new requirements on application developers and programming systems to target platforms with hundreds of homogeneous and heterogeneous cores. The four critical challenges for exascale systems are extreme parallelism, power demand, data movement, and reliability. These systems are aimed to solve problems that were previously out of reach and improve the parallel performance of applications by a factor of 50x. The power budget for achieving a billion billion (quintillion) floating-point operations per second (exaflops) should be within 20-30 MW. Moving the data on these systems relative to the computation will be challenging due to complex memory hierarchies. It would be essential to keep the CPUs/accelerators busy once they have the data to avoid memory bottlenecks. Failures on these systems are anticipated to occur many times a day, such that the existing approach for resiliency, such as checkpointing and restart, will not work. TOPICS The goal of this workshop is to attract leading researchers to exchange ideas and share their work-in-progress and latest results to address the exascale software challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * High-level programming models for many-cores / accelerators * Compilation techniques for hybrid CPU/accelerator parallelism * Intra-/Inter-node load balancing and scheduling * Runtime systems for high performance and high productivity * Comparisons of runtime systems and parallel programming models * OS/runtime and system software for many-core systems, accelerators, and non-uniform memory hierarchy * Optimizing data locality and data movement * Energy efficiency and optimizations * Resilience and fault-tolerance * Scalable algorithms * Scalable synchronization mechanisms * Concurrent data structures * Applying machine learning techniques in HPC IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: October 24, 2021 (encouraged) Paper Submission Deadline: October 31, 2021 (hard deadline) Paper Notification: November 15, 2021 Presentation Slides Upload Deadline: November 22, 2021 All Deadlines are by 11:59 pm AOE (UTC-12) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers are to be submitted online in PDF format through Easychair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ppee2021. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and must not exceed five (5) single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5×11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The submitted paper should list the authors and their affiliations. The IEEE conference style templates for MS Word and LaTeX provided by IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing are available for download. See the latest versions here (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html). Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable PDF file. The accepted papers will be invited for presentation at the workshop. However, these papers will NOT be published in the conference proceedings. This will allow the authors to publish an extended version of their paper at other venues after benefiting from reviewer feedback from the workshop. Papers will be judged on technical merit, quality, and relevance to the workshop. Plagiarism, in any form, especially verbatim reproduction from other published works, is prohibited. Papers that are plagiarized will be rejected, and the corresponding department and institution will be notified. ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Vivek Kumar, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi Swarnendu Biswas, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Vishwesh Jatala, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai NOTICE ABOUT COVID-19 We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation globally and in India in particular. The decision whether to hold the conference on-site or virtually will be made before October 2021. Should the conference be held on-site, we understand that travel to India and within India may still be difficult or even impossible for some. Because travel from outside India will require an entry visa and that there may be travel restrictions still in place, we will arrange some form of remote presentation for those authors. We do not have changes to how accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore — every accepted paper will have at least one author who will register at the notified (reduced) registration fee and also present the paper at the conference (virtually/physically). Regards, Sanmukh Kuppannagari Senior Research Associate University of Southern California https://sanmukh.github.io/

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13th HiPC Student Research Symposium (SRS)
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 23 Sep '21

23 Sep '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** 13th HiPC Student Research Symposium (SRS) https://hipc.org/srs/ in conjunction with the 28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, DATA, and ANALYTICS (HIPC 2021) December 17-18, 2021 | Virtual Event, INDIA | www.hipc.org OVERVIEW HiPC 2021 will feature the 13th Student Research Symposium on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HPC) aimed at stimulating and fostering student research, and providing an international forum to highlight student research accomplishments. The symposium will also provide exposure to students in the best practices in HPC in academia and industry. The symposium will feature student posters and provide students with other enriching experiences, such as workshops, industry exhibits, and demos. The Conference Reception and multiple Student Symposium Poster Exhibit sessions will provide an opportunity for students to interact with HPC researchers and practitioners (and recruiters) from academia and industry. Awards for Best Poster, sponsored by IEEE Computer Society – Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) – will be presented at the symposium. An online book containing the resumes of the students participating in the symposium will be compiled and made available to the sponsors of the HiPC 2021 conference. TOPICS Papers are solicited in all areas of high-performance computing, data, and analytics, including but not limited to topics mentioned below. High-Performance Computing Algorithms: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing new parallel and distributed computing algorithms, and related advances. Examples of topics that are of interest include (but not limited to): * New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; * Advances in enhancing algorithmic properties or providing guarantees (e.g., fault tolerance, resilience, concurrency, data locality, communication-avoiding); * Classical and emerging computation models (e.g., parallel/distributed models, quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired models); * Provably efficient parallel and distributed algorithms for advanced scientific computing and irregular applications (e.g., numerical linear algebra, graph algorithms, computational biology); and * Algorithmic techniques for resource allocation and optimization (e.g., scheduling, load balancing, resource management). Architectures: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and evaluation of high-performance computing architectures, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Design and evaluation of high-performance processing architectures (e.g., reconfigurable, system-on-chip, many cores, vector processors); * Design and evaluation of networks for high-performance computing platforms (e.g., interconnect topologies, network-on-chip); * Design and evaluation of memory, cache and storage architectures (e.g., 3D, photonic, Processing-In-Memory, NVRAM, burst buffers, parallel I/O); * Approaches to improve architectural properties (e.g., energy/power efficiency, reconfigurable, resilience/fault tolerance, security/privacy); and * Emerging computational architectures (e.g., quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired architectures). Applications: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and implementation of scalable applications for execution on parallel and distributed platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Design and implementation of shared and distributed memory parallel applications (e.g., scientific computing and industry applications, emerging applications in IoT and life sciences – biology, medicine, chemistry, etc.); * Design and simulation methodologies for scaling applications on peta and exascale platforms (e.g., co-design approaches, hardware/software co-design, heterogeneous and hybrid programming); * Hardware acceleration of parallel applications (e.g., CPU/GPUs, multi-GPU clusters, FPGA, vector processors, manycore); and * Design of application benchmarks for parallel and distributed platforms. Systems Software: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of systems software for high-performance computing platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Scalable systems and software architectures for high-performance computing (e.g., middleware, operating systems, I/O services); * Techniques to enhance parallel performance (e.g., compiler/runtime optimization, learning from application traces, profiling); * Techniques to enhance parallel application development and productivity (e.g., Domain-Specific Languages, programming environments, performance/correctness checking and debugging); * Techniques to deal with uncertainties, hardware/software resilience, and fault tolerance; Software for the cloud, data center, and exascale platforms (e.g., middleware tools, schedulers, resource allocation, data migration, load balancing); and * Software and programming paradigms for heterogeneous platforms (e.g., libraries for CPU/GPU, multi-GPU clusters, and other accelerator platforms). Data Science Scalable Algorithms and Analytics: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable algorithms for data analysis at scale, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * New scalable algorithms for fundamental data analysis tasks (supervised, unsupervised learning, and pattern discovery); * Scalable algorithms that are designed to address the characteristics of different data sources and settings (e.g., graphs, social networks, sequences, data streams); * Scalable algorithms and techniques to reduce the complexity of large-scale data (e.g., streaming, sublinear data structures, summarization, compressive analytics); * Scalable algorithms that are designed to address requirements in different data-driven application domains (e.g., life sciences, business, agriculture); and * Scalable algorithms that ensure the transparency and fairness of the analysis. Scalable Systems and Software: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable systems and software for handling data at scale, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Design of scalable system software to support various applications (e.g., recommendation systems, web search, crowdsourcing applications, streaming applications); * Design of scalable system software for various architectures (e.g., OpenPower, GPUs, FPGAs); * Architectures and systems software to support various operations in large data frameworks (e.g., storage, retrieval, automated workflows, data organization, visualization, visual analytics, human-in-the-loop); * Design and implementation of systems software for distributed data frameworks (e.g., distributed file system, virtualization, cloud services, resource optimization, scheduling); and * Standards and protocols for enhancing various aspects of data analytics (e.g., open data standards, privacy-preserving, and secure schemes). IMPORTANT DATES Submission Opens: August 19, 2021 Submission Deadline: October 01, 2021 Accept/Reject Decision Notification: November 01, 2021 Symposium: December 17-18, 2021 ELIGIBILITY Submissions should have at least one author who is a student during any part of the calendar year 2021. Submissions may have multiple student or non-student co-authors. Submissions must mark student authors with an asterisk (*). SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS In order to be considered for a poster at the Student Research Symposium, authors must submit papers/extended abstracts, not exceeding five (5) letter size (8.5in x 11in) pages, in 11 or 12 point font, single-spaced, with 1” margins on all sides. Papers are to be submitted online in PDF format through Easychair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hipc2021 The papers will be used to select posters, but will NOT be published in the conference proceedings. This will provide students the flexibility to publish an extended version of their paper at other venues, after benefiting from reviewer feedback from the symposium. Papers submitted to the symposium are expected to be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. Papers will be judged on technical merit, quality, relevance to the symposium, and related parameters. Plagiarism, in any form, especially verbatim reproduction from other published works, is prohibited. Papers that are plagiarized will be rejected, and the corresponding department and institution will be notified. Facilities for displaying posters will be made available, and the exact specifications of the poster size will be provided later. At least one student author of each paper that is accepted must register and attend the conference to present their work. Papers with no-shows will be retroactively rejected. SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS Ashok Srinivasan, University of West Florida, USA Dip Sankar Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ashok Srinivasan (Co-chair), University of West Florida Dip Banerjee (Co-chair), Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Mainak Adhikari, Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow Vikram Aggarwal, Google Ashish Anand, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Jayvant Anantpur, Mentor Graphics India Pvt Ltd Manu Awasthi, Ashoka University Suren Byna, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Mainak Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Meysam Ghaffari, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Subramaniam KV, PES University Dumitrel Loghin, National University of Singapore Arash Mahyari, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Amit Majumdar, University of California San Diego, San Diego Supercomputer Center Sreepathi Pai, University of Rochester Madhura Purnaprajna, PES University Ponnuswamy Sadayappan, University of Utah Fahad Saeed, Florida International University Subodh Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Jaya Sreevalsan-Nair, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore Parimala Thulasiraman, University of Manitoba Hemanth Venkateswara, Arizona State University CONTACT Write to us at student_symposium [AT] hipc [DOT] org for more details.

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Live e-Lecture by Mihaela van der Schaar: “Machine learning for medicine and healthcare”, 21st September 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. Mihaela van der Schaar is the John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute in London, and a Chancellor’s Professor at UCLA. This prominent AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘Machine learning for medicine and healthcare’, on Tuesday 21st September 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/95489189852 & Password: 148148 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media, <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> ELISE, <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> Humane AI Net, <https://tailor-network.eu/> TAILOR, <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> VISION, currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) The lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the email lists <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida> AIDA email list and <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. M. Chetouani, P. Flach, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas, N. Sebe -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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CFP: Parallel Computational Technologies 2022 (Dubna, Russia, March 29–31, 2022)
by Цымблер Михаил Леонидов ич 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Parallel Computational Technologies (PCT’2022), 16th International Scientific Conference, March 29–31, 2022, Dubna, Russia http://agora.guru.ru/pavt/eng https://link.springer.com/conference/pct Conference founders: Russian Academy of Sciences (http://www.ras.ru) HPC Consortium of Russian Universities (http://hpc-russia.ru) WELCOME Russian Academy of Sciences, High-Performance Computing Consortium of Russian Universities, Moscow State University, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, and South Ural State University are jointly organizing the 16th International Scientific Conference on Parallel Computational Technologies (PCT’2022) to be held in Dubna, Russia, March 29–31, 2022. The main purpose of the PCT’2022 conference is to provide an opportunity to report and discuss the results achieved by leading research groups in solving practical issues using supercomputer and neural network technologies. The scope of the conference covers all aspects of the application of cloud, supercomputer and neural network technologies in science and technology such as applications, hardware and software, specific languages and packages. The 36th edition of Top50 of the CIS's most powerful computers will be announced on the first day of the conference. On working days of the conference, a supercomputer exhibition will be organized, where leading manufacturers of hardware and software present their latest products in the field of high performance computing. LANGUAGE The official languages of the Conference are Russian and English. SCOPE The scope of the conference includes, but not limited to, the following topics: * Parallel and distributed computing technologies * Cloud computing * Prospective multiprocessor architectures * Parallel and distributed database systems * High performance data mining * Artificial neural networks and deep learning * Management, administration, monitoring and testing of multiprocessor systems * Computational Mathematics * Computational Physics * Computational Chemistry * Gas hydrodynamics and heat transfer * High nonlinear and rapid processes in mechanics * Bioinformatics and medicine * Nanotechnology * Geoinformatics * Cryptography * Image processing and visualization * Computer algebra * Supercomputer education. CALL FOR PAPERS PCT’2022 admits papers presenting original contribution that have not been previously published and are not being submitted to another conference or journal. There are three categories of submissions: * Full paper describes the results of completed scientific research (12 to 15 pages in the LNCS one-column page format). * Short paper reports preliminary results of uncompleted scientific research (up to 12 pages in the LNCS one-column page format). * Abstract of the poster contains information about plans and initial results of recently started scientific research (one standard A4 page). Papers may be prepared in LaTeX or MS Word according to the LNCS one-column page format (see guidelines at the conference website http://agora.guru.ru/pavt2022/, "For Authors" section). Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format through EasyChair system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pct2022 by December 15, 2021. Each paper will be reviewed by three Program Committee members and/or invited experts to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference. At least one author of the accepted paper must attend the conference and present the paper. PROCEEDINGS All accepted full papers will be published in Springer’s Communications in Computer and Information Science series (https://link.springer.com/conference/pct, indexed in Web of Science and Scopus), final approval pending. All accepted short papers and posters will be published electronically and indexed in Russian Science Index. The best short papers in English will be recommended for publication in Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations (http://superfri.org, indexed in Scopus, Q2). The best short papers in Russian will be published (after further revision) in Computational Mathematics and Software Engineering series of the Bulletin of the South Ural State University (http://vestnikvmi.susu.ru, indexed in Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform). IMPORTANT DATES * Submission of abstracts: December 1, 2021 * Submission of the papers: December 15, 2021 * Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2022 * Camera-ready version: February 15, 2022 * Registration for participation in supercomputer exhibition: March 1, 2022 * Registration of participants (non-speakers): March 21, 2022 * Conference: March 28, 2022: arrival date March 29–31, 2022: conference work dates April 1, 2022: departure date CONTACT INFORMATION WEB PAGES Conference web site: http://agora.guru.ru/pavt/eng Submission web site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pct2022. Leonid Sokolinsky, DSc., Prof. (SUSU, Chelyabinsk) Co-chair of the PCT Program Committee E-mail: Leonid.Sokolinsky(a)susu.ru Tel.: (+7-351) 272 35 00 Mikhail Zymbler, DSc., Assoc. Prof. (SUSU, Chelyabinsk) Academic secretary of the PCT Program Committee E-mail: mzym(a)susu.ru Tel.: (+7-351) 267 90 06, ext. 112 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chairman of the Program Committee: Viktor Sadovnichiy, academician of RAS, Moscow State University (Russia) Co-chairs of the Program Committee: Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee (USA) Leonid Sokolinsky, South Ural State University (Russia) Vladimir Voevodin, corresponding member of RAS, Moscow State University (Russia) Academic secretary of the Program Committee: Mikhail Zymbler, South Ural State University (Russia) Members of the Program Committee: S.V. Ablameyko, Belarusian State University (Republic of Belarus) A.P. Afanasiev, Institute for Systems Analysis RAS (Russia) E.N. Akimova, Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics UrB RAS (Russia) A. Andrzejak, Heidelberg University (Germany) P. Balaji, Argonne National Laboratory (USA) Y.Ya. Boldyrev, Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (Russia) J. Carretero, Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain) R.K. Gazizov, Ufa State Aviation Technical University (Russia) B.M. Glinsky, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS (Russia) V.D. Goryachev, Tver State Technical University (Russia) V.P. Il'in, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS (Russia) H. Kobayashi, Tohoku University (Japan) J. Kunkel, University of Hamburg (Germany) S. Kumar, Rudrapur (India) J. Labarta, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spain) A. Lastovetsky, University College Dublin (Ireland) T. Ludwig, German Climate Computing Center (Germany) V.N. Lykosov, Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS (Russia) D. Mallmann, Julich Supercomputing Centre (Germany) M. Michalewicz, A*STAR Computational Resource Centre (Singapore) V.E. Malyshkin, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS (Russia) V.Ya. Modorsky, Perm Polytechnic University (Russia) R. Prodan, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (Austria) A.V. Shamakina, High Performance Computing Center in Stuttgart (Germany) P. Shumyatsky, University of Brasilia (Brazil) H. Sithole, Centre for High Performance Computing (Republic of South Africa) A.V. Starchenko, Tomsk State University (Russia) T. Sterling, Indiana University (USA) M. Taufer, University of Delaware (USA) V.E. Turlapov, State University of Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) R. Wyrzykowski, Czestochowa University of Technology (Poland) M.V. Yakobovsky, Institute for Mathematical Modelling RAS (Russia) Y. Yamazaki, Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil)

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Invitation to join Short Course 'Deep Learning and Computer Vision', 6-7th October 2021
by Ioanna Koroni 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

Dear Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks engineers, scientists and enthusiasts, you are welcomed to register in the CVML Short e-course on 'Deep Learning and Computer Vision', 6-7th October 2021: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vi sion-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ It will take place as a two-day e-course (due to COVID-19 circumstances), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, providing a series of live lectures delivered through a tele-education platform (Zoom). They will be complemented with on-line video recorded lectures and lecture pdfs, to facilitate international participants having time difference issues and to enable you to study at own pace. You can also self-assess your knowledge, by filling appropriate questionnaires (one per lecture). You will be provided programming to improve your programming skills. You will also have accesses to tutorial exercises to better your theoretical understanding of selected CVML topics. This 6th edition of this course is part of the very successful CVML short course series that took place in the last four years. Course description 'Deep Learning and Computer Vision' The short e-course consists of 16 1-hour live lectures organized in two Parts (1 Part per day): Part A lectures (8 hours) provide an in-depth presentation to autonomous systems imaging and the relevant architectures as well as a solid background on the necessary topics of computer vision (Image acquisition, camera geometry, Stereo and Multiview imaging, Mapping and Localization) and machine learning (Introduction to neural networks, Perceptron, backpropagation, Deep neural networks, Convolutional NNs). Part B lectures (8 hours) provide in-depth views of the various topics encountered in autonomous systems perception, ranging from vehicle localization and mapping, to Neural SLAM, target detection and tracking. Part B also contains application-oriented lectures on autonomous drones, cars and marine vessels, e.g., drone mission planning for cinematography and related applications (marine surveillance, infrastructure/building inspection, car vision). Course lectures Part A: (first day, 8 lectures) 1. Introduction to autonomous systems imaging 2. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/digital-image-and-videos> Digital Image and Videos 3. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/camera-geometry/> Camera geometry 4. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/stereo-and-multiview-imaging-lecture> Stereo and Multiview imaging 5. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/artificial-neural-networks-perceptron-lecture> Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks. Perceptron 6. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/multilayer-perceptron-backpropagation-lecture> Multilayer perceptron. Backpropagation 7. Deep neural networks. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/convolutional-neural-networks-lecture> Convolutional NNs 8. Introduction to multiple drone imaging Part B: (second day, 8 lectures) 1. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/3d-robot-localization-and-mapping-lecture> Simultaneous Localization and Mapping 2. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/neural-slam-lecture/> Neural Slam 3. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/deep-object-detection-lecture> Deep Object Detection 4. 2D Visual Object Tracking 5. Drone mission planning and control 6. Introduction to car vision 7. Introduction to autonomous marine vehicles 8. CVML Software Development Tools You can use the following link for course registration: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vi sion-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ Lecture topics, sample lecture ppts and videos, self-assessment questionnaires, programming exercises and tutorial exercises can be found therein. For questions, please contact: Ioanna Koroni <koroniioanna(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:koroniioanna@csd.auth.gr> > The short course is organized by Prof. I. Pitas, IEEE and EURASIP fellow and IEEE distinguished speaker. He is the coordinator of the EC funded International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <http://www.i-aida.org/> ), that is co-sponsored by all 5 European AI R&D flagship projects (H2020 ICT48). He was initiator and first Chair of the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative. He is Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was Coordinator of the European Horizon2020 R&D project Multidrone. He is ranked 249-top Computer Science and Electronics scientist internationally by Guide2research (2018). He has 33800+ citations to his work and h-index 86+. AUTH is ranked 153/182 internationally in Computer Science/Engineering, respectively, in USNews ranking. Relevant links: 1) Prof. I. Pitas: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el> &hl=el 2) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Aerial-Core: https://aerial-core.eu/ 3) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Multidrone: https://multidrone.eu/ 4) International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA): http://www.i-aida.org/ 5) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media: https://ai4media.eu/ 6) AIIA Lab: https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/ Sincerely yours Prof. I. Pitas Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Post scriptum: To stay current on CVML matters, you may want to register in the CVML email list, following instructions in: https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai gn=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai gn=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> www.avast.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Call for Papers - 3rd EduHiPC workshop in conjunction with HiPC-2021
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 06 Sep '21

06 Sep '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** 3rd Workshop on Education for High Performance Computing (EduHiPC 2021) https://hipc.org/eduhipc/ in conjunction with the 28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, DATA, and ANALYTICS (HIPC 2021) December 17-18, 2021 | Virtual Event, INDIA | www.hipc.org OVERVIEW The 3rd EduHiPC (EduHiPC 2021) workshop invites unpublished manuscripts from academia, industry, and government laboratories on topics pertaining to needs and approaches for augmenting undergraduate and graduate education in Computer Science and Engineering, Computational Science, and computational courses for both STEM and business disciplines with PDC and HPC concepts. Additionally, we highly encourage manuscripts that validate their innovative approaches through the systematic collection and analysis of information to evaluate their performance and impact. The workshop is particularly dedicated to bringing together stakeholders from industry (both hardware vendors and employers), government labs, and academia in the context of HiPC 2021. The goal is to hear the challenges faced by others, to learn about various approaches to addressing these challenges, and to have opportunities to exchange ideas and solutions. We also encourage submissions related to the challenges in imparting education during this difficult pandemic situation. This effort is in coordination with the Center for Parallel and Distributed Computing Curriculum Development and Educational Resources (CDER). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Pedagogical issues in incorporating PDC and HPC in undergraduate and graduate education, especially in core courses. - Novel ways of teaching PDC and HPC topics. - Issues and experiences addressing remote synchronous and asynchronous teaching of PDC/HPC during the current pandemic situation. - Data science and big data aspects of teaching HPC/PDC, including early experience with data science degree programs. - Evidence-based educational practices for teaching HPC/PDC topics that provide evidence about what works best under what circumstances. - Experience with incorporating PDC and HPC topics into core CS/CE courses and in domains. - Experience and challenges with HPC education in developing countries, especially in India, its vicinity, and Asia. - Computational Science and Engineering courses. - Pedagogical tools, programming environments, infrastructures, languages, and projects for PDC and HPC. - Employers’ experiences with new hires and expectation of the level of PDC and HPC proficiency among new graduates. - Education resources based on high-level programming languages and environments such as X10, Chapel, Haskell, Python, Cilk, CUDA, OpenCL, OpenACC, Hadoop, and Spark. - Parallel and distributed models of programming and computation suitable for teaching, learning, and workforce development. - Issues and experiences addressing the gender gap in computing and broadening participation of underrepresented groups. - Challenges in remote teaching, including those related to meaningful engagement of students and assessment. NOTICE ABOUT COVID-19 We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation globally and in India in particular. The decision whether to hold the conference on-site or virtually will be made before October 2021. Should the conference be held on-site, we understand that travel to India and within India may still be difficult or even impossible for some. Because travel from outside India will require an entry visa and that there may be travel restrictions still in place, we will arrange some form of remote presentation for those authors. We do not have changes to how accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore — every accepted paper will have at least one author who will register at the notified (reduced) registration fee and also present the paper at the conference (virtually/physically). SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors should submit papers in PDF format through the submission site (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eduhipc21). We are accepting submissions for full papers (5-8 pages including figures, tables, and references). Submissions should be formatted as single-spaced, double-column pages (IEEE format). Authors must try to revise their papers to incorporate feedback from the reviewers. All accepted papers will be published in the HiPC Workshop Proceedings and will be included in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Accepted papers will be available from the CDER website approximately 2 weeks before the workshop so that attendees can read papers before attending the talks. Papers that are not accepted as full papers may be optionally accepted as short poster papers (2 pages). Authors of papers accepted as poster papers will be invited to revise their papers in a 2-page format. Authors of all accepted full and short papers must present at the workshop. Authors will be further invited to publish their work in a Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) special issue, as in the past workshops. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: October 7, 2021 (encouraged) Paper Submission Deadline: October 12, 2021 (hard deadline) Paper Notification: November 5, 2021 Camera-ready Deadline: November 12, 2021 All deadlines are at 11:59 PM AOE (UTC-12). Organizing Committee Sushil Prasad, University of Texas, San Antonio, USA Sheikh Ghafoor, Tennessee Tech University, USA Alan Sussman, National Science Foundation & University of Maryland, USA Ramachandran Vaidyanathan, Louisiana State University, USA Anshul Gupta, IBM, USA Charles Weems, University of Massachusetts, USA Ashish Kuvelkar, CDAC, India Preeti Malakar, IIT Kanpur, India Workshop Co-Chairs Sushil K. Prasad, University of Texas San Antonio, USA, sushil.prasad(a)utsa.edu Sheikh Ghafoor, Tennessee Tech University, USA, sghafoor(a)tntech.edu Program Co-Chairs Ashish Kuvelkar, CDAC, India, ashishk(a)cdac.in Preeti Malakar, IIT Kanpur, India, pmalakar(a)cse.iitk.ac.in Proceedings Chair Satish Puri, Marquette University, USA Tentative Program Committee Ramachandran Vaidyanathan, Louisiana State University, USA Martina Barnas, Indiana University Bloomington, USA Nasser Giacaman, The University of Auckland, NZ Henry Gabb, Intel, USA Mike Rogers, Tennessee Tech University, USA Anshul Gupta, IBM Research, USA Ritu Arora, University of Texas, USA David Brown, Elmhurst University, USA Joel Adams, Calvin College, USA Charles Weems, University of Massachusetts, USA Alan Sussman, University of Maryland, USA David Bunde, Knox College, USA Chitra P., Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India Kazi A. Kalpoma, Ahsanullah University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh Devangi Parikh, University of Texas, USA Somnath Roy, IIT Kharagpur Unnikrishnan C, IIT Palakkad Swarnendu Biswas, IIT Kanpur Nikhil Hegde, IIT Dharwad Jagpreet Singh, IIIT Allahabad G. Ramakrishna, IIT Tirupati

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[Call for Nomination] - BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award
by haotianshu＠ict.ac.cn 02 Sep '21

02 Sep '21

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] CALL FOR NOMINATION ========================================================== 2021 BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award (1000$) https://www.benchcouncil.org/html/awards.html#doctor Submission deadline: October 15, 2021 End of Day, Anywhere on Earth (AoE) Online Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/BSTqXUBTgB4gG3EM8 ========================================================== Introduction ---------------- International Open Benchmark Council (BenchCouncil) established the BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize and encourage superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in the broad field of benchmarks, data, standards, evaluations, and optimization. Prof. Jack Dongarra from the University of Tennessee, Prof. Xiaoyi Lu from the University of California, Merced, and Dr. Jeyan Thiyagalingam from STFC-RAL will co-lead the Award Committee. Among the submissions, four candidates will be selected as finalists. They will be invited to give a 30-minute presentation at the 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench’21, virtual, Nov 14-16, 2021) and contribute research articles to BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluations. Finally, one among the four will receive the award, which carries a $1,000 honorarium. Eligibility ------------------------ The committee welcomes the proposals from the following communities (but not limited to): architecture, systems, database, high-performance computing, machine learning or AI, medicine, bioinformatics, or other scientific disciplines. An eligibility cycle opens October 1, 2019, and ends the following October 15, 2021. Nominations are welcomed from any country. -- Only those who were awarded Ph.D. in the past two years are eligible for this award. -- Only the accepted final version of a nominated Ph.D. dissertation will be considered, and it must have been filed with the writer’s institution during the nomination cycle. -- The writer or the writer’s Ph.D. advisor can nominate a dissertation, and a dissertation may be nominated only once. -- The benchmarks, data, or tools that are the essential contributions of the dissertation should be open-sourced. -- The committee members cannot nominate their students. -- Each dissertation version submitted for consideration must include an English abstract of 3,000 words maximum. Submissions ------------------------ Online Nomination Form: https://forms.gle/BSTqXUBTgB4gG3EM8 Nominations for the BenchCouncil Doctoral Dissertation Award should be submitted using the online nomination form. Submitted materials should explain the contribution in terms understandable to a non-specialist. Each nomination involves several components: -- Name, address, phone number, and email address of the candidate's thesis advisor -- Name, address, and email address of the candidate. Affiliation should be the name of the school. -- Suggested citation. The citation should be a concise statement (maximum of 25 words) describing the critical technical or professional accomplishment for which the candidate merits this award. Note that the final wording for awardees will be at the discretion of the Award Committee. -- Nomination statement (200-300 words in length) addressing why the candidate should receive this award. This should address the significance of the dissertation, not simply repeat the information in the abstract. -- A copy of the dissertation. Each submitted dissertation for consideration must include an English abstract of maximally 3000 words. -- Endorsement letters. At least two supporting letters should be included from experts in the field who can provide additional insights or evidence of the dissertation’s impact. (The nominator/advisor may not write a letter of support.) Each letter should include the name, address, and telephone number of the endorser. The nominator should collect the letters and bundle them for submission. The endorsement letter and supporting letters can be combined in one file in your pdf upload. Review Criteria ------------------------ Dissertations will be reviewed for technical depth and significance of the research contribution, the potential impact on theory and practice. In the first round, the four candidates will be singled out. Each one will give a 30-minute presentation in the distinguished Ph. D. dissertation session chaired by the committee, and contribute research articles to BenchCounncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluation. Finally, one candidate will be awarded the BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award carrying a $1,000 honorarium. The award is presented each year at the Awards Banquet during BenchCouncil Bench Conference ( https://www.benchcouncil.org/bench/ ). Award Committee Co-chairs --------------------- Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee Dr. Xiaoyi Lu, The University of California, Merced Dr. Jeyan Thiyagalingam, STFC-RAL 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench’21) ========================================================== Bench’21 Website: http://www.benchcouncil.org/bench21/index.html Conference date: Nov. 14th - Nov. 16th, 2021 (Virtual) ========================================================== Bench’21 conference invites manuscripts describing original work in the area of benchmarking, evaluation methods and tools in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Architectures. All accepted papers will be presented at the Bench’21 conference and will be published in a special issue of the BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluation (TBench, https://www.benchcouncil.org/journal.html ). Sponsored and organized by the BenchCouncil, Bench’s multi-disciplinary emphasis provides an ideal environment for developers and researchers from the architecture, system, algorithm, and application communities to discuss practical and theoretical work covering workload characterization, benchmarks and tools, evaluation, measurement and optimization, and dataset generation. BenchCounncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluations BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluations (TBench) is an open-access multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to benchmarks, standards, evaluations, optimizations, and data sets. It will take a hybrid publication mode with the Bench Conference. Both TBench and Bench use a double-blind review process. Papers that are accepted to present at the Bench conference will appear in the issue of TBench immediately following acceptance. Meanwhile, the accepted TBench papers will be encouraged but not mandatory to register and present at the Bench conference. TBench will be OA without any charge. It seeks a fast-track publication with an average turnaround time of two months. Submit your paper at https://www.editorialmanager.com/tbench/default.aspx TBench Editorial Board Co-EIC Prof. Dr. Jianfeng Zhan, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences and BenchCouncil Prof. Dr. Tony Hey, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory STFC, UK Advisory Board Prof. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA Prof. Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Prof. D. K. Panda, The Ohio State University, USA

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Call for Papers - 13th HiPC Student Research Symposium (SRS)
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** 13th HiPC Student Research Symposium (SRS) www.hipc.org/srs in conjunction with the 28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, DATA, and ANALYTICS (HIPC 2021) December 17-20, 2021 | Virtual Event, INDIA | www.hipc.org OVERVIEW HiPC 2021 will feature the 13th Student Research Symposium on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HPC) aimed at stimulating and fostering student research, and providing an international forum to highlight student research accomplishments. The symposium will also provide exposure to students in the best practices in HPC in academia and industry. The symposium will feature student posters and provide students with other enriching experiences, such as workshops, industry exhibits, and demos. The Conference Reception and multiple Student Symposium Poster Exhibit sessions will provide an opportunity for students to interact with HPC researchers and practitioners (and recruiters) from academia and industry. Awards for Best Poster, sponsored by IEEE Computer Society – Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) – will be presented at the symposium. An online book containing the resumes of the students participating in the symposium will be compiled and made available to the sponsors of the HiPC 2021 conference. TOPICS Papers are solicited in all areas of high-performance computing, data, and analytics, including but not limited to topics mentioned below. High-Performance Computing Algorithms: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing new parallel and distributed computing algorithms, and related advances. Examples of topics that are of interest include (but not limited to): - New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; - Advances in enhancing algorithmic properties or providing guarantees (e.g., fault tolerance, resilience, concurrency, data locality, communication-avoiding); - Classical and emerging computation models (e.g., parallel/distributed models, quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired models); - Provably efficient parallel and distributed algorithms for advanced scientific computing and irregular applications (e.g., numerical linear algebra, graph algorithms, computational biology); and - Algorithmic techniques for resource allocation and optimization (e.g., scheduling, load balancing, resource management). Architectures: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and evaluation of high-performance computing architectures, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Design and evaluation of high-performance processing architectures (e.g., reconfigurable, system-on-chip, many cores, vector processors); - Design and evaluation of networks for high-performance computing platforms (e.g., interconnect topologies, network-on-chip); - Design and evaluation of memory, cache and storage architectures (e.g., 3D, photonic, Processing-In-Memory, NVRAM, burst buffers, parallel I/O); - Approaches to improve architectural properties (e.g., energy/power efficiency, reconfigurable, resilience/fault tolerance, security/privacy); and - Emerging computational architectures (e.g., quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired architectures). Applications: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and implementation of scalable applications for execution on parallel and distributed platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Design and implementation of shared and distributed memory parallel applications (e.g., scientific computing and industry applications, emerging applications in IoT and life sciences – biology, medicine, chemistry, etc.); - Design and simulation methodologies for scaling applications on peta and exascale platforms (e.g., co-design approaches, hardware/software co-design, heterogeneous and hybrid programming); - Hardware acceleration of parallel applications (e.g., CPU/GPUs, multi-GPU clusters, FPGA, vector processors, manycore); and - Design of application benchmarks for parallel and distributed platforms. Systems Software: This track invites papers that describe original research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of systems software for high-performance computing platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Scalable systems and software architectures for high-performance computing (e.g., middleware, operating systems, I/O services); - Techniques to enhance parallel performance (e.g., compiler/runtime optimization, learning from application traces, profiling); - Techniques to enhance parallel application development and productivity (e.g., Domain-Specific Languages, programming environments, performance/correctness checking and debugging); - Techniques to deal with uncertainties, hardware/software resilience, and fault tolerance; - Software for the cloud, data center, and exascale platforms (e.g., middleware tools, schedulers, resource allocation, data migration, load balancing); and - Software and programming paradigms for heterogeneous platforms (e.g., libraries for CPU/GPU, multi-GPU clusters, and other accelerator platforms). Data Science Scalable Algorithms and Analytics: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable algorithms for data analysis at scale, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - New scalable algorithms for fundamental data analysis tasks (supervised, unsupervised learning, and pattern discovery); - Scalable algorithms that are designed to address the characteristics of different data sources and settings (e.g., graphs, social networks, sequences, data streams); - Scalable algorithms and techniques to reduce the complexity of large-scale data (e.g., streaming, sublinear data structures, summarization, compressive analytics); - Scalable algorithms that are designed to address requirements in different data-driven application domains (e.g., life sciences, business, agriculture); and - Scalable algorithms that ensure the transparency and fairness of the analysis. Scalable Systems and Software: This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable systems and software for handling data at scale, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Design of scalable system software to support various applications (e.g., recommendation systems, web search, crowdsourcing applications, streaming applications); - Design of scalable system software for various architectures (e.g., OpenPower, GPUs, FPGAs); - Architectures and systems software to support various operations in large data frameworks (e.g., storage, retrieval, automated workflows, data organization, visualization, visual analytics, human-in-the-loop); - Design and implementation of systems software for distributed data frameworks (e.g., distributed file system, virtualization, cloud services, resource optimization, scheduling); and - Standards and protocols for enhancing various aspects of data analytics (e.g., open data standards, privacy-preserving, and secure schemes). IMPORTANT DATES Aug 19, 2021 > Submission Opens Sep 17, 2021 > Submission Deadline Nov 1, 2021 > Accept/Reject Decision Notification Dec 17-20, 2021 > Symposium ELIGIBILITY Submissions should have at least one author who is a student during any part of the calendar year 2021. Submissions may have multiple student or non-student co-authors. Submissions must mark student authors with an asterisk (*). SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS In order to be considered for a poster at the Student Research Symposium, authors must submit papers/extended abstracts, not exceeding five (5) letter size (8.5in x 11in) pages, in 11 or 12 point font, single-spaced, with 1'' margins on all sides. Papers are to be submitted online in PDF format through Easychair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hipc2021 The papers will be used to select posters, but will NOT be published in the conference proceedings. This will provide students the flexibility to publish an extended version of their paper at other venues, after benefiting from reviewer feedback from the symposium. Papers submitted to the symposium are expected to be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. Papers will be judged on technical merit, quality, relevance to the symposium, and related parameters. Plagiarism, in any form, especially verbatim reproduction from other published works, is prohibited. Papers that are plagiarized will be rejected, and the corresponding department and institution will be notified. Facilities for displaying posters will be made available, and the exact specifications of the poster size will be provided later. At least one student author of each paper that is accepted must register and attend the conference to present their work. Papers with no-shows will be retroactively rejected. SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS Ashok Srinivasan, University of West Florida, USA Dip Sankar Banerjee, IIT Jodhpur, India CONTACT Contact student_symposium at hipc dot org for more details.

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Call for Participation - International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021)
by Miguel Areias 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ========================================================================= The 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021) https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/ ========================================================================= The virtual edition of ICLP 2021 will run from September 20 until September 27, 2021. The conference will be held online and we strongly encourage all interested people to register to access the event and interact with other participants. The registration conditions are available at https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/index.html#registration The main program is available at https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/index-program.html This year's edition includes five outstanding talks by William Cohen (Google AI), John Hooker (CMU), Phokion Kolaitis (UC Santa Cruz and IBM Almaden), Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley) and Jeff Ullman (Stanford University) https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/index.html#keynotes and eight affiliated events https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/index.html#affiliatedevents Looking forward to meet you in the ICLP 2021 virtual conference. Miguel Areias (on behalf of ICLP 2021 Chairs). ========================================================================= Any additional question can be directed towards ICLP 2021 Chairs: iclp2021(a)easychair.org =========================================================================

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Deadline Extension ScalA@SC: 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems - Papers due September 19
by Engelmann, Christian 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ScalA21: 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems held in conjunction with the SC21: The International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Consortium on High Performance Computing (TCHPC) November 19, 2021, St. Louis, MO, USA <http://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021> Novel scalable scientific algorithms are needed in order to enable key science applications to exploit the computational power of large-scale systems. This is especially true for the current tier of leading petascale machines and the road to exascale computing as HPC systems continue to scale up in compute node and processor core count. These extreme-scale systems require novel scientific algorithms to hide network and memory latency, have very high computation/communication overlap, have minimal communication, and have no synchronization points. With the advent of Big Data and AI in the past few years the need of such scalable mathematical methods and algorithms able to handle data and compute intensive applications at scale becomes even more important. Scientific algorithms for multi-petaflop and exa-flop systems also need to be fault tolerant and fault resilient, since the probability of faults increases with scale. Resilience at the system software and at the algorithmic level is needed as a crosscutting effort. Finally, with the advent of heterogeneous compute nodes that employ standard processors as well as GPGPUs, scientific algorithms need to match these architectures to extract the most performance. This includes different system-specific levels of parallelism as well as co-scheduling of computation. Key science applications require novel mathematical models and system software that address the scalability and resilience challenges of current- and future-generation extreme-scale HPC systems. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in English structured as technical papers at a length of at least 6 letter size (8.5in x 11in) pages and not exceeding 8 pages, including figures, tables, and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. Reference style files are available at <http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html>. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Papers should be submitted electronically at <https://submissions.supercomputing.org>. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, and significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the workshop attendees. Accepted papers will be published with the IEEE Computer Society as part of the SC21 workshop proceedings in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and present the paper at the workshop. Authors may contact the workshop program chair, Christian Engelmann at engelmannc(a)ornl.gov<mailto:engelmannc@ornl.gov>, for more information. Transparency and Reproducibility Initiative ------------------------------------------- As part of a major initiative that aims to increase the level of reproducibility and replicability of results, ScalA20 invites authors of technical papers to submit optional appendix information that can promote better reproducibility of computational results. Authors are highly encouraged to provide a 2-page Artifact Description Appendix, which will not count toward the page limit of the submission. Notes: - A paper cannot be disqualified based on information provided or not provided in this appendix, nor if the appendix is not available. - The availability and quality of an appendix can be used in ranking a paper. In particular, if two papers are of similar quality, the existence and quality of the appendices can be part of the evaluation process. - Appendices should not be used to circumvent the page limit. Further information about the SC Transparency and Reproducibility Initiative can be found at <https://sc21.supercomputing.org/submit/transparency-reproducibility-initiat…>. Important Web Sites ------------------- - ScalA21 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021> - ScalA21 Submissions: <https://submissions.supercomputing.org> - SC21 website: <http://sc21.supercomputing.org/> Important Dates --------------- - Full paper submission: September 19, 2021 - Notification of acceptance: October 1, 2021 - IEEE e-Copyright submission (firm): October 7, 2021 - Final paper submission (firm): October 11, 2021 - Workshop/conference early registration: October 15, 2021 - Workshop: 8:30am - 12pm CST, November 19, 2021 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: --------------------------------------------------- - Novel scientific algorithms that improve performance, scalability, resilience, and power efficiency - Porting scientific algorithms and applications to many-core and heterogeneous architectures - Performance and resilience limitations of scientific algorithms and applications at scale, including Data Science approaches in dealing with Big Data - Crosscutting approaches (system software and applications) in addressing scalability challenges - Scientific algorithms that can exploit extreme concurrency (e.g. 1 billion for exascale by 2023) - Naturally fault tolerant, self-healing, or fault oblivious scientific algorithms - Programming model and system software support for algorithm scalability and resilience (including ones enabling Big Data processing) Workshop Chairs --------------- - Vassil Alexandrov, Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK - Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Workshop Program Chair ---------------------- - Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Contact at engelmannc(a)ornl.gov<mailto:engelmannc@ornl.gov> Program Committee ----------------- - Hartwig Anzt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA - Rick Archibald, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Marco Berghoff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Florina M. Ciorba, University of Basel, Switzerland - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Nahid Emad, University of Versailles SQ, France - Wilfried Gansterer, University of Vienna, Austria - Yasuhiro Idomura, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan - Kirk E. Jordan, IBM T.J. Watson Research, USA - Dieter Kranzlmueller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany - Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA - Paul Lin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA - Kengo Nakajima, RIKEN, Japan - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Stuart Slattery, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Valerie Taylor, Argonne National Laboratory, USA - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA -- Christian Engelmann, Ph.D. Senior Scientist & Group Leader Intelligent Systems and Facilities Group Advanced Computing Systems Research Section Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mail: P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6173, USA Phone: +1 (865) 574-3132 / Fax: +1 (865) 576-5491 e-Mail: engelmannc(a)ornl.gov<mailto:engelmannc@ornl.gov> / Home: www.christian-engelmann.info

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HiPar21@SC21: Call For Participation - Submit by August 30th!
by Francesco Rizzi 24 Aug '21

24 Aug '21

``` *************************************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 2nd Workshop on Hierarchical Parallelism for Exascale Computing ---HiPar21--- Sunday, Nov. 14th Held in conjunction with SC21, Nov. 14-19 2021, St. Louis, USA In cooperation with: IEEE and TCHPC. www.hipar.net *************************************************************************** ================================ Summary ================================ High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms are evolving towards having fewer but more powerful nodes, driven by the increasing number of physical cores in multiple sockets and accelerators. The boundary between nodes and networks is starting to blur, with some nodes now containing tens of compute elements and memory sub-systems connected via a memory fabric. The immediate consequence is an increase in complexity due to ever more complex architectures (e.g., memory hierarchies), novel accelerator designs, and energy constraints. Spurred largely by this trend, hierarchical parallelism is gaining momentum. This approach embraces, rather than avoiding, the intrinsic complexity of current and future HPC systems by exploiting parallelism at all levels: compute, memory and network. This workshop focuses on hierarchical parallelism. It aims to bring together application, hardware, and software practitioners proposing new strategies to fully exploit computational hierarchies, and examples to illustrate their benefits to achieve extreme scale parallelism. ================================ Scope and Aims ================================ HiPar21 welcomes HPC practitioners from all areas, ranging from hardware and compiler experts to algorithms and software developers, to present and discuss new studies, approaches, and cutting-edge ideas to utilize multi-level parallelism for extreme scale computing. We welcome contributions from the HPC community addressing the use of emerging architectures, focusing particularly on those characterized by fewer but more powerful nodes as well as systems with hierarchical network with tiered communication semantics. Specifically, the emphasis is on the design, implementation, and application of programming models for multi-level parallelism, including abstractions for hierarchical memory access, heterogeneity, multi-threading, vectorization, and energy efficiency, as well as scalability and performance studies thereof. Of particular interest are models addressing these concerns portably: providing ease of programming and maintaining performance in the presence of varied accelerators, hardware configurations, and execution models. Studies that explore the merits of specific approaches to addressing these concerns, such as generic programming or domain specific languages, are also in scope. The workshop is not limited to the traditional HPC software community. As one example, another key topic is the use of hierarchical parallelism in dealing with the challenges arising in machine learning due to the growing importance of this field, the large scale of systems tackled in that area, and the increasing interest from more traditional HPC areas. Finally, we remark that a key goal of HiPar21 is to highlight not just success stories. We welcome contributions that provide compelling results and discussions on the hardest challenges to overcome leading to exascale, the role hierarchical parallelism can play in them, as well as relevant drawbacks. ================================ Topics ================================ Submissions are encouraged in, but not limited to the following areas: * Hardware, software, and algorithmic advances for efficient use of memory hierarchies, multi-threading and vectorization; * Efficient use of nested parallelism, for example CUDA dynamic parallelism, for large scale simulations; * Hierarchical work scheduling and execution; * Programming heterogeneous nodes; * Leading-edge programming models, for example fully distributed task-based models and hybrid MPI+X, with X representing shared memory parallelism via threads, vectorization, tasking or parallel loop constructs. * Implementations of algorithms that are natural fits for nested work (for example approaches that use recursion); * Challenges and successes in managing computing hierarchies; * Examples demonstrating effective use of the combination of inter-node and intra-node parallelism; * Novel approaches leveraging asynchronous execution to maximize efficiency; * Challenges and successes of porting of existing applications to many-core and heterogeneous platforms; * Recent developments in compiler optimizations for emerging architectures; * Applications of hierarchical programming models from emerging AI fields, for example deep learning and extreme-scale data analytics. ================================ Papers Submission Guidelines ================================ We solicit papers submissions in the following categories: (a) Regular research papers: Intended for submissions describing original work and ideas that have NOT appeared in another conference or journal, and are NOT currently under review for any other conference or journal. Regular papers must be at least (6) and must not exceed (10) letter size pages (U.S. letter – 8.5"x11"). Accepted regular papers will be published in the workshop proceedings in cooperation with IEEE TCHPC. (b) Short papers: Intended for material that is not mature enough for a full paper, to present novel, interesting ideas or preliminary results that will be formally submitted elsewhere. Short papers must not exceed four (4) pages. Short papers will NOT be included in the proceedings. Please note that: - The page limits above only apply to the core text, content-related appendices, and figures. References and reproducibility appendix do not count against the page limit. - When deciding between submissions with comparable evaluations, priority will be given to those with higher quality of presentation and whose focus relates more directly to the workshop themes. - Papers and must be submitted electronically at https://submissions.supercomputing.org/ and must follow the IEEE format: www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ==================================================== !!New concept!!: Algorithm Brainstorming Session ==================================================== Are you working on code/algorithms and would like to see if and how it can benefit from a hierarchical approach? Or exploring state-of-the-art hierarchical approaches and leading edge programming models and desire feedback about how to approach such problems in practice? This new idea we are proposing might be of interest to you! We invite practitioners at all levels (especially encouraging participation from junior scholars) to submit a one-page summary describing an algorithm of their interest that is NOT already exploiting hierarchical parallelism and they would like to improve/change. We will select a subset of these submissions and, on the workshop day, we will host parallel breakout sessions moderated by experts in the field, to guide the brainstorming discussions on if/how one can exploit hierarchical parallelism to improve them. The submission must be 1 page and should address (at a high-level) these sections: motivation/application, core algorithm, desired scale of execution, and current bottlenecks (if any). The single page limit only applies to the core text: figures, references, and appendices do not count against the page limit. Please note that: - We will prioritize submissions by junior people. We believe this would be most beneficial as a way of allowing more experienced engineers and researchers to share their experience and approaches to solving this sort of problem. - We expect each submission to present code/algorithms that are relevant to the person/group submitting it. For example, if you are a researcher working on CFD, we expect your submission to be related to *your* code and computational issues, not on a different group's or commercial code. - We envision holding two or three parallel sessions. Each session will be approximately 45/60 mins: 10/15 mins for the author to present the algorithm and motivation, followed by the discussion until the time ends. However, we reserve to expand the number of sessions if we receive a substantial number of submissions/interest. ================================ Reproducibility Initiative ================================ HiPar21 follows the SC21 reproducibility and transparency initiative. The SC21 details can be found at: https://sc21.supercomputing.org/submit/reproducibility-initiative. HiPar21 requires all submission to include an Artifact Description (AD) Appendix. Note that the AD will be auto-generated from the author's responses to a form embedded in the online submission system. The Artifact Evaluation (AE) remains optional. We also encourage authors to follow the transparency initiative for two reasons: (a) it helps the authors themselves with the actual writing and structuring of the paper to express the research process; (b) it helps reviewers and readers to understand the thinking process used by the authors to plan, obtain and explain their results. ================================ Important dates ================================ Submission Deadline: August 30th, 2021 (AoE) Author Notification: September 13, 2021 Camera Ready: October 4, 2021 Final Program: October 9, 2021 Workshop Date: Sunday, Nov. 14th Note that SC21 is currently planning to host the conference in person, but to also include a virtual platform to support remote attendance and to enhance the in-person activities. However, at this time the virtual platform support is still unknown, and we want to explicitly state that there is always the possibility of SC21 becoming fully virtual. Therefore, please refer to the our workshop and SC21 websites for the latest information. ================================ Chairs and Committees ================================ Workshop chair: - Francesco Rizzi NexGen Analytics Organizing Committee: - Daisy Hollman Google - Lee Howes Facebook - Xiaoye Sherry Li Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Program Committee Chairs: - Christian Trott Sandia National Labs - Filippo Spiga NVIDIA Program Committee: - Mark Bull EPCC - Irina Demeshko LANL - Marta Garcia Gasulla BSC - Anja Gerbes TU Dresden - Mark Hoemmen Stellar Science - Toshiyuki Imamura RIKEN - Guido Juckeland Helmholtz Center - Hartmut Kaiser LSU - Vivek Kale Brookhaven Labs - Jonathan Lifflander Sandia National Labs - James Lin Shanghai J.Tong Univ. - Nicholas Malaya AMD - Aram Markosyan Xilinx - Rui Oliveira INESC TEC - Philippe Pebay NexGen Analytics - Zhiqi Tao Intel - Flavio Vella Univ. of Bozen - Michèle Weiland EPCC - Jeremiah Wilke Google ================================ Contact information: ================================ For questions, please email us at: hiparws(a)gmail.com ```

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Call for Submissions: WHPC workshop at SC'21-- in person and virtual participation
by Mariam Umar 19 Aug '21

19 Aug '21

SC21: WHPC Workshop - Call for lightning talks Call for lightning talks: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: September 8th, 2021 AOE **Women in HPC at SC21: Diversifying the HPC Community and Engaging Male Allies** Sunday, 14th November, 9AM – 5:30PM CST Call for Participation The 12th annual international Women in HPC workshop will be held in conjunction with the Supercomputing conference (SC21), at St. Louis, MO, USA. Once again Women in HPC, our advocates, allies, supporters, and anyone interested in improving diversity across the HPC community is welcome to join us to discuss the challenges the community faces. Activities will bring together women and male allies from across the international HPC and extended community, provide opportunities to network, showcase the work of inspiring women, and discuss how we can all work towards improving the under-representation of women in supercomputing. Previous Women in HPC workshops at SC have been great successes, with over 150 attendees in the past year, and many submissions from early/mid-career women in the past two years. As part of the workshop, we invite submissions from women to present their research in the HPC, AI, ML domain to the HPC community as a short/lightning talk. This is a great opportunity to interact with leading experts and employers across the HPC community from both academia and industry and discuss your work with them. We encourage women who are in their ‘early career’ (i.e. pursuing a graduate degree or within five years of graduation) to participate, however this opportunity is open to help everyone who feels they may benefit from presenting their work, irrespective of career stage. Each submission will be reviewed by a committee and authors shall receive 2-4 sets of review comments as feedback along with instructions needed to prepare for the talk and associate materials prior to the workshop. Submissions for the talks are comprised of a two-page submission with preliminary results, in any areas including but not limited to: - High performance computing - Data science - Machine learning/AI - Big data - Languages and runtimes - Algorithms Authors will be expected to give a short lightning talk (5 minutes) at the workshop. Benefit of Participating: - Networking: build your HPC network, meet peers and potential employers - Advice and mentoring: Receive expert advice and mentorship to help prepare for your presentation, including slides, how to structure a lightning talk for effective communication and how to make the most of the networking time afterwards. Submission All submitted abstracts should emphasize the computational aspects of the work, such as the facilities used, the challenges that HPC, ML/AI can help address and any additional research highlights etc. As an author you will have the opportunity to share your work with the workshop audience in a brief ‘elevator pitch’ talk. Depending on whether the SC workshops are held in person or in a hybrid capacity this year, if accepted, those participants attending in person will have the opportunity to present a short 5-6 minute talk. Those participants attending the workshop virtually will be asked to submit a 5-6 minute video presentation ahead of time, which will be shown during the lightning talk session. Detailed instructions on how to prepare the video will be provided at a later time. To submit your extended abstract (2 page) please prepare the following and submit via the SC21 Linklings submission site <http://submissions.supercomputing.org/> – make sure your choose ‘SC21 Workshop: Women in HPC’: 1. Author/presenter information (For all authors): 1. first and last name 2. Current institution(s) 3. short biography (max 300 words) 4. company/institution 5. photograph for website publicity. 2. Lightning talk information - Title - Two-page submission with extended abstract (up to 500 words) and preliminary results Please use the standard fonts/formatting in the ACM conference proceedings template (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). Submissions should be a maximum of two (2) pages, not including references. Important Dates - Submission Deadline: September 8th, 2021 - Notification of acceptance: October 1st, 2021 - Camera Ready: October 7th, 2021 If you have questions please contact Mariam Umar mariam.umar(a)intel.com, or Rey Wang ruinwang(a)amazon.com. -Mariam

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Invitation to join 2021 Summer 'Programming short course and workshop on Deep Learning and Computer Vision', 25-27th August 2021
by Ioanna Koroni 19 Aug '21

19 Aug '21

Dear Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks engineers, scientists and enthusiasts, you are welcomed to register in the CVML e-course on 'Programming short course and workshop on Deep Learning and Computer Vision', 25-27th August 2021: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep -learning-and-computer-vision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ It will take place as a three-day e-course (due to COVID-19 circumstances), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, providing a series of live lectures and workshops delivered through a tele-education platform (Zoom). They will be complemented with on-line video recorded lectures and lecture pdfs, to facilitate international participants having time difference issues and to enable you to study at own pace. You can also self-assess your knowledge, by filling appropriate questionnaires (one per lecture). You will be provided programming to improve your programming skills. You will also have accesses to tutorial exercises to better your theoretical understanding of selected CVML topics. This course is part of the very successful CVML programming short course and workshop series that took place in the last four years. Course description 'Programming short course and workshop on Deep Learning and Computer Vision' The programming short course and workshop e-course consists of 16 1-hour live lectures & workshops organized in two Parts (1 Part per day): Part A will focus on Deep Learning and GPU programming. Part B lectures will focus on deep learning algorithms for computer vision, namely on 2D object/face detection and 2D object tracking. Part C lectures will focus on autonomous UAV cinematography. Before mission execution, it is best simulated, using drone mission simulation tools. Course lectures Part A (8 hours), Deep Learning and GPU programming Deep neural networks. Convolutional NNs. Deep learning for target detection. Image classification with CNNs. Target detection with PyTorch. Part B (8 hours), Deep Learning for Computer Vision Deep learning for object/face detection. 2D object tracking. PyTorch: Understand the core functionalities of an object detector. Training and deployment. OpenCV programming for object tracking. Part C (8 hours), Autonomous UAV cinematography Video summarization. UAV cinematography. Video summarization with Pytorch. Drone cinematography with Airsim. You can use the following link for course registration: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep -learning-and-computer-vision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ Lecture topics, sample lecture ppts and videos, self-assessment questionnaires, programming exercises and tutorial exercises can be found therein. For questions, please contact: Ioanna Koroni <koroniioanna(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:koroniioanna@csd.auth.gr> > The short course is organized by Prof. I. Pitas, IEEE and EURASIP fellow and IEEE distinguished speaker. He is the coordinator of the EC funded International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <http://www.i-aida.org/> ), that is co-sponsored by all 5 European AI R&D flagship projects (H2020 ICT48). He was initiator and first Chair of the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative. He is Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was Coordinator of the European Horizon2020 R&D project Multidrone. He is ranked 249-top Computer Science and Electronics scientist internationally by Guide2research (2018). He has 33800+ citations to his work and h-index 86+. AUTH is ranked 153/182 internationally in Computer Science/Engineering, respectively, in USNews ranking. Relevant links: 1) Prof. I. Pitas: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el> &hl=el 2) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Aerial-Core: https://aerial-core.eu/ 3) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Multidrone: https://multidrone.eu/ 4) International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA): http://www.i-aida.org/ 5) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media: https://ai4media.eu/ 6) AIIA Lab: https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/ Sincerely yours Prof. I. Pitas Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Post scriptum: To stay current on CVML matters, you may want to register in the CVML email list, following instructions in: https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai gn=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai gn=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> www.avast.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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ScalA@SC: 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems - Papers due August 27
by Engelmann, Christian 16 Aug '21

16 Aug '21

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ScalA21: 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems held in conjunction with the SC21: The International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Consortium on High Performance Computing (TCHPC) November 19, 2021, St. Louis, MO, USA <http://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021> Novel scalable scientific algorithms are needed in order to enable key science applications to exploit the computational power of large-scale systems. This is especially true for the current tier of leading petascale machines and the road to exascale computing as HPC systems continue to scale up in compute node and processor core count. These extreme-scale systems require novel scientific algorithms to hide network and memory latency, have very high computation/communication overlap, have minimal communication, and have no synchronization points. With the advent of Big Data and AI in the past few years the need of such scalable mathematical methods and algorithms able to handle data and compute intensive applications at scale becomes even more important. Scientific algorithms for multi-petaflop and exa-flop systems also need to be fault tolerant and fault resilient, since the probability of faults increases with scale. Resilience at the system software and at the algorithmic level is needed as a crosscutting effort. Finally, with the advent of heterogeneous compute nodes that employ standard processors as well as GPGPUs, scientific algorithms need to match these architectures to extract the most performance. This includes different system-specific levels of parallelism as well as co-scheduling of computation. Key science applications require novel mathematical models and system software that address the scalability and resilience challenges of current- and future-generation extreme-scale HPC systems. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in English structured as technical papers at a length of at least 6 letter size (8.5in x 11in) pages and not exceeding 8 pages, including figures, tables, and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. Reference style files are available at <http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html>. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Papers should be submitted electronically at <https://submissions.supercomputing.org>. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, and significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the workshop attendees. Accepted papers will be published with the IEEE Computer Society as part of the SC21 workshop proceedings in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and present the paper at the workshop. Authors may contact the workshop program chair, Christian Engelmann at engelmannc(a)ornl.gov<mailto:engelmannc@ornl.gov>, for more information. Transparency and Reproducibility Initiative ------------------------------------------- As part of a major initiative that aims to increase the level of reproducibility and replicability of results, ScalA20 invites authors of technical papers to submit optional appendix information that can promote better reproducibility of computational results. Authors are highly encouraged to provide a 2-page Artifact Description Appendix, which will not count toward the page limit of the submission. Notes: - A paper cannot be disqualified based on information provided or not provided in this appendix, nor if the appendix is not available. - The availability and quality of an appendix can be used in ranking a paper. In particular, if two papers are of similar quality, the existence and quality of the appendices can be part of the evaluation process. - Appendices should not be used to circumvent the page limit. Further information about the SC Transparency and Reproducibility Initiative can be found at <https://sc21.supercomputing.org/submit/transparency-reproducibility-initiat…>. Important Web Sites ------------------- - ScalA21 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021> - ScalA21 Submissions: <https://submissions.supercomputing.org> - SC21 website: <http://sc21.supercomputing.org/> Important Dates --------------- - Full paper submission: August 27, 2021 - Notification of acceptance: September 27, 2021 - IEEE e-Copyright submission (firm): October 7, 2021 - Final paper submission (firm): October 11, 2021 - Workshop/conference early registration: October 15, 2021 - Workshop: 8:30am - 12pm CST, November 19, 2021 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: --------------------------------------------------- - Novel scientific algorithms that improve performance, scalability, resilience, and power efficiency - Porting scientific algorithms and applications to many-core and heterogeneous architectures - Performance and resilience limitations of scientific algorithms and applications at scale, including Data Science approaches in dealing with Big Data - Crosscutting approaches (system software and applications) in addressing scalability challenges - Scientific algorithms that can exploit extreme concurrency (e.g. 1 billion for exascale by 2023) - Naturally fault tolerant, self-healing, or fault oblivious scientific algorithms - Programming model and system software support for algorithm scalability and resilience (including ones enabling Big Data processing) Workshop Chairs --------------- - Vassil Alexandrov, Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK - Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Workshop Program Chair ---------------------- - Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Contact at engelmannc(a)ornl.gov<mailto:engelmannc@ornl.gov> Program Committee ----------------- - Hartwig Anzt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA - Rick Archibald, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Marco Berghoff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Florina M. Ciorba, University of Basel, Switzerland - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Nahid Emad, University of Versailles SQ, France - Wilfried Gansterer, University of Vienna, Austria - Yasuhiro Idomura, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan - Kirk E. Jordan, IBM T.J. Watson Research, USA - Dieter Kranzlmueller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany - Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA - Paul Lin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA - Kengo Nakajima, RIKEN, Japan - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Stuart Slattery, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Valerie Taylor, Argonne National Laboratory, USA - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA -- Christian Engelmann, Ph.D. Senior Scientist & Group Leader Intelligent Systems and Facilities Group Advanced Computing Systems Research Section Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mail: P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6173, USA Phone: +1 (865) 574-3132 / Fax: +1 (865) 576-5491 e-Mail: engelmannc(a)ornl.gov<mailto:engelmannc@ornl.gov> / Home: www.christian-engelmann.info

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[Bench'21 CFP Deadline - August 6, 2021, 23:59:59 AoE] - 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing)
by haotianshu＠ict.ac.cn 06 Aug '21

06 Aug '21

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] CALL FOR PAPERS ========================================================== 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench'21) http://www.benchcouncil.org/bench21/index.html New papers deadline: August 6, 2021, 23:59:59 AoE Conference date: Nov. 14th - Nov. 16th, 2021 (Virtual) Submission site: https://bench2021.hotcrp.com/ ========================================================== Introduction ---------------- Sponsored and organized by the International Open Benchmark Council (BenchCouncil), the Bench conference encompasses a wide range of topics in benchmarking, measurement, evaluation methods and tools. Bench’s multi-disciplinary emphasis provides an ideal environment for developers and researchers from the architecture, system, algorithm, and application communities to discuss practical and theoretical work covering workload characterization, benchmarks and tools, evaluation, measurement and optimization, and dataset generation. Bench’21 conference invites manuscripts describing original work in the area of benchmarking, evaluation methods and tools in Big Data, Artifical Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Computing Architectures (Call for Papers) . All accepted papers will be presented at the Bench’21 conference and will be published in a special issue of the BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards and Evaluation (TBench). Sponsored by BenchCouncil, Bench’21 conference will present numerous awards, including the BenchCouncil Achievement Award ($3000), the BenchCouncil Rising Star Award ($1000), the BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award ($1000)，and the BenchCouncil Best Paper Award ($1000). To encourage reliable and reproducible research using the benchmarks from all organizations, the Bench conference presents the BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproducible Research to the papers using publicly available benchmarks. Each article receives a $100 prize, for up to 12 articles. Call for papers ------------------------ We solicit papers describing original and previously unpublished research. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following. **Benchmark and standard specifications, implementations, and validations: -Big Data, Artificial intelligence (AI), High performance computing (HPC), Machine learning, Warehouse-scale computing, Mobile robotics, Edge and fog computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Data management and storage, Financial, Education, Medical or other application domains. **Dataset Generation and Analysis: -Research or industry data sets, including the methods used to collect the data and technical analyses supporting the quality of the measurements; Analyses or meta-analyses of existing data and original articles on systems, technologies and techniques that advance data sharing and reuse to support reproducible research; Evaluations of the rigor and quality of the experiments used to generate data and the completeness of the descriptions of the data; Tools generating large-scale data. **Workload characterization, quantitative measurement, design and evaluation studies: -Characterization and evaluation of Computer and communication networks, protocols and algorithms; Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc and sensor networks, IoT applications; Computer architectures, hardware accelerators, multi-core processors, memory systems and storage networks; HPC systems; Operating systems, file systems and databases; Virtualization, data centers, distributed and cloud computing, fog and edge computing; Mobile and personal computing systems; Energy-efficient computing systems; Real-time and fault-tolerant systems; Security and privacy of computing and networked systems; Software systems and services, and enterprise applications; Social networks, multimedia systems, web services; Cyber-physical systems. **Methodologies, abstractions, metrics, algorithms and tools: -Analytical modeling techniques and model validation; Workload characterization and benchmarking; Performance, scalability, power and reliability analysis; Sustainability analysis and power management; System measurement, performance monitoring and forecasting; Anomaly detection, problem diagnosis and troubleshooting; Capacity planning, resource allocation, run time management and scheduling; Experimental design, statistical analysis and simulation. Measurement and evaluation: -Evaluation methodologies and metrics; Testbed methodologies and systems; Instrumentation, sampling, tracing and profiling of large-scale, real-world applications and systems; Collection and analysis of measurement data that yield new insights; Measurement-based modeling (e.g., workloads, scaling behavior, assessment of performance bottlenecks); Methods and tools to monitor and visualize measurement and evaluation data; Systems and algorithms that build on measurement-based findings; Advances in data collection, analysis and storage (e.g., anonymization, querying, sharing); Reappraisal of previous empirical measurements and measurement-based conclusions; Descriptions of challenges and future directions that the measurement and evaluation community should pursue. Important Dates ------------------------ Submission website: https://bench2021.hotcrp.com/ -Abstract registration: August 6, 2021 -Full Papers: August 6, 2021 -Notification: September 15, 2021 -Final Papers Due: October 11, 2021 Paper Submission ------------------------ The reviewing process is double-blind. Upon acceptance, papers will be scheduled for publication in the BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards, and Evaluation (TBench) and presentation at the Bench'21 conference. All accepted and eligible papers will be considered, by a panel of reviewers, for the BenchCouncil Best Paper Award and the BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproducible Research. Papers must be submitted in PDF. For a full paper, the page limit is 12 double column pages in TBench format (All research article page limits do not include references and author biographies). For a short paper, the page limit is 8 double column pages in TBench format, not including references and author biographies. The submissions will be judged based on the merit of the ideas rather than the length. We only wish to publish papers of significant scientific content. Very short papers (of fewer than 4 pages) may be moved to the back matter. Such papers will neither be available for indexing nor visible as individual papers on SpringerLink. They will, however, be listed in the Table of Contents. Submission site: https://bench2021.hotcrp.com/ TBench Latex template: http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/els-cas-templates.zip Awards --------------------- * BenchCouncil Achievement Award ($3,000) - This award recognizes a senior member who has made long-term contributions to benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. The winner is eligible for the status of a BenchCouncil Fellow. * BenchCouncil Rising Star Award ($1,000) - This award recognizes a junior member who demonstrates outstanding potential for research and practice in benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. * BenchCouncil Best Paper Award ($1,000) - This award recognizes a paper presented at the Bench conferences, which demonstrates potential impact on research and practice in benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. * BenchCouncil Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award ($1000) - This award recognizes and encourages superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in the broad field of benchmarks, data, standards, evaluations, and optimizations community. * BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproduceable Research (Each winning paper earns a $100 prize, maximally up to 12 papers). - BenchCouncil incubates and hosts benchmark projects, and further encourages reliable and reproducible research using the benchmarks from BenchCouncil or other organizations. To this end, we present the BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproducible Research to the papers using all publicly available benchmarks. Organization ----------------- General Chairs Resit Sendag, University of Rhode Island, USA Arne J. Berre, SINTEF Digital, Norway Program Chairs Lei Wang, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Axel Ngonga, Paderborn University, Germany Chen Liu, Clarkson University, USA Special Session Chair Xiaoyi Lu, The University of California, Merced, USA Publications Chair Chunjie Luo, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Registration Chair Fanda Fan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Technical Support Chair Ke Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Publicity Chairs Chen Zheng, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Zhen Jia, Amazon, USA Biwei Xie, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Pengfei Chen, Sun Yat-sen University, China Roberto V. Zicari, Z-Inspection® Initiative， Yrkeshögskolan Arcada, Helsinki， Seoul National University, South Korea Web Chair Guoxin Kang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Bench Steering Committees Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University D. K. Panda, The Ohio State University Felix, Wolf, TU Darmstadt Xiaoyi Lu, University of California, Merced Wanling Gao, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences & UCAS Jianfeng Zhan, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences &BenchCouncil Technical Program Committee Ben Blamey, Uppsala University Bin Ren, William & Mary Biwei Xie, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academic of Science Bo Wu, Colorado School of Mines Chen Zheng, Institute of software, Chinese Academy of Sciences David Bermbach, Technische Universität Berlin, Mobile Cloud Computing Research Group Feiyi Wang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Gwangsun Kim, POSTECH Jianfeng Zhan, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences K. Selçuk Candan, Arizona State University Khaled Ibrahim, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Mai Zheng, Iowa State University Mario Marino, Leeds Beckett University Matthew Bachstein, University of Tennessee Miaoqing Huang, University of Arkansas Piotr Luszczek, University of Tennessee Rui Ren, Lenovo Research Ryan Grant, Sandia National Laboratories Sascha Hunold, TU Wien Shu Yin, ShanghaiTech University Todor Ivanov, Lead Consult Vladimir Getov, University of Westminster Wanling Gao, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Woongki Baek, UNIST Xiaokun Yang, University of Houston-Clear Lake Xiaoyi Lu, University of California, Merced Yu Chen, Binghamton University Yunyou Huang, Guangxi Normal University Zhen Jia, Amazon Zhihui Du, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Job Openings: Research Assistant Professor (3 vacancies) at Hong Kong Baptist University
by COMP HKBU 05 Aug '21

05 Aug '21

The Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University presently offers BSc, MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes, and is now seeking outstanding applicants for the following positions. Research Assistant Professor in Computer Science (3 vacancies) (PR0166/19-20) The positions are created and funded as part of the strategic research development initiatives in the Department. The appointees will be provided with a conducive research environment, and will work within an established group of faculty in the Department. They are also expected to perform group-based high-impact research and to undertake some teaching duties. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and sufficiently demonstrate abilities to conduct high-quality research in one of the Department's key research areas: (i) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; (ii) Big Data and Data Management; (iii) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; and (iv) Distributed Systems and Networking. These key research areas have a special thematic focus on (a) Health Informatics and (b) Security and Privacy-aware Computing related applications. Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of two to three years. Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement. For enquiry, please contact Dr William Cheung, Head of Department (email: william(a)comp.hkbu.edu.hk) More information about the Department can be found on its website at https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk <http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/>. *Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.* Application Procedure: Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably *three* best ones out of their most recent publications/works. Those should also request *two* referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with PR number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources Office (Email: recruit(a)hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions then applicable at the time of offer. Closing date: *Review of applications is on-going until the positions are filled.* URL: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=540

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Call for Nominations: 2021 IEEE CS TCHPC ECR Award for Excellence in HPC
by Vladimir Getov 30 Jul '21

30 Jul '21

Call for Nominations: 2021 IEEE CS TCHPC Early Career Researchers Award for Excellence in High Performance Computing The IEEE Computer Society TCHPC Early Career Researchers Award for Excellence in High Performance Computing recognizes up to 3 individuals who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of high-performance computing within 5 years of receiving their PhD degree as of January 01 of the year of the award. It is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Consortium on High Performance Computing (TCHPC) and its member Technical Committees: • Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) • Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) • Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP) • Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) • Task Force on Rebooting Computing (TFRC) • Technical Committee on Computational Life Sciences (TCCLS) Nominations: A candidate must be nominated by member(s) of the community. An individual may nominate at most one candidate for this award. The nomination application must be submitted via email to tchpc-awards(a)computer.org as a single PDF file and should contain the following details: 1. Name/email of person making the nomination (self-nominations are not eligible). 2. Name/email of candidate for whom the award is recommended. 3. A statement by the nominator (maximum of 500 words) as to why the nominee is highly deserving of the award. Note that since the award is for outstanding contributions, the statement and supporting letters should address what the contributions are and why they are both outstanding and significant. The nomination should also list the names and email of up to 3 persons who have provided letters supporting the nomination. 4. CV of the nominee. 5. Up to three letters of support from persons other than the nominator – these should be collected by the nominator and included in the nomination. Important Dates: • Nomination Deadline: August 15, 2021 • Results Notification: September 15, 2021 Award Selection Committee: • Yuichiro Ajima, Fujitsu Limited, Japan • Ivona Brandic, Vienna University of Technology, Austria • Vladimir Getov, University of Westminster, UK (Chair) • Hatem Ltaief, KAUST, Saudi Arabia • Catherine (Katie) Schuman, ORNL, USA • Dingwen Tao, Washington State University, USA • Pedro Valero-Lara, ORNL, USA Note that members of the selection committee cannot be nominators or provide support letters. Award & Presentation Note: Awardees will be presented a plaque and provided with complimentary IEEE and IEEE CS membership for one year. They will also be recognized by IEEE Computer Society and TCHPC websites, newsletters, and archives. The awards will be presented at the SC21 conference that will be held in St. Louis, MO, USA during November 14 – 19, 2021. Details of the conference can be found at http://sc21.supercomputing.org/. For more information, please send email to tchpc-awards(a)computer.org The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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ML and Optimisation postdoc vacancies
by Uwe Aickelin 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

If you are looking for a Machine Learning / Optimisation postdoc, we have two exciting jobs for you. Please check below positions RF 4 (machine learning / optimisation) and RF 5 (uncertainty handling). You will work with a top team on a super high impact application - I can assure you our work could not be more central to current events in Australia!!! Please note, due to the urgency of the work, you must be currently located within Australia and able to commence immediately or as soon as your notice period has been served. These roles are part of a $20m Hub and more vacancies will be advertised soon. https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/905792/research-fellows-pharma-and-food-… Please apply online – deadline 22 August 2021. Professor Uwe Aickelin | Head of School of Computing and Information Systems Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Level 3, Melbourne Connect – 700 Swanston Street The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au> http://aickelin.com/ | http://linkedin.com/in/aickelin [A close up of a sign Description automatically generated] <https://melbconnect.com.au/> [Join R U OK?Day | R U OK?] I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which I work, and pay my respects to the Elders, past and present. This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error, please delete it and notify us by return email. CRICOS: 00116K

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2021 IEEE Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) Award Nomination
by Hojjat Baghban 25 Jul '21

25 Jul '21

*Dear Members and Friends, * As a friendly reminder, kindly please nominate qualified candidates for the* 2021 IEEE TCCLD* <https://tc.computer.org/tccld/awards/> awards listed below by August 20, 2021. Also, we truly thank you in advance to help with distributing the call for nominations. (https://tc.computer.org/tccld/awards/ ) *Call For Nominations ** 2021 IEEE Technical Committee on cloud computing (TCCLD ) Award Announcement* - - *TCCLD Outstanding Leadership Award * *This award recognizes one individual for her/his outstanding leadership contributions in the field of cloud computing. Also, the outstanding contributions in the application of cloud computing which affect and improve global business and help organizations and individuals are considered.* - *TCCLD Outstanding Service Award * *This award recognizes one individual with outstanding services to building the cloud computing community, and persistent volunteer efforts, such as services to IEEE TCCLD activities worldwide, annual related events.* - *TCCLD Women in Cloud Computing Award * *It recognizes women leaders who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of cloud computing and solve real problems. * - *TCCLD Impact Award * *It recognizes senior researchers or educators for her/his significant/distinguished contribution in the field of cloud computing.* - *TCCLD Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award. * TCCLD Outstanding Ph.D. thesis award is presented to a researcher whose Ph.D. thesis has the potential of a very high impact in cloud computing or gives direct evidence of such an impact. Only a Ph.D. degree obtained in 2020/2021 is considered for this award. - *TCCLD Rising Star Award (within 5 years of receiving the Ph.D. degree)* It recognizes outstanding young scientists and engineers who have demonstrated exceptional capabilities and made a significant contribution to the field of cloud computing. Only candidates who receive their Ph.D. within 5 years are eligible. - *TCCLD Research Innovation Award.* Anyone or one group of collaborators whose outstanding technical innovations are in the field of cloud computing. The contributors must have a long-term impact on advancing the theory and practice in cloud computing. - *Eligible applicants* 1. The IEEE TCCLD members. Join TCCLD Now <https://www.ieee.org/membership-catalog/productdetail/showProductDetailPage…> 2. Qualified candidates except for the IEEE TCCLD chairs, TCCLD executive committee members, and the past IEEE TCCLD awardees. 3. Nominees that have not been recognized for the TCCLD award will be reviewed with higher priority. 4. In terms of the TCCLD Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award, the Ph.D. degree should have been obtained in 2020/2021. - Please note: self-nomination is not permitted. *Nomination Process* - - Anyone in the field can nominate one person. Self-nominations are not accepted. - Nominations should include a proposed citation (up to 25 words), which includes the field of research/work and contributions, a detailed statement to justify the nomination (500 words or less), and personal/team web page URL of the nominee. - Two supporting letters are required for each nomination. The letters should address the significance of the contributions cited in the nomination. - Nominations that did not result in an award can be resubmitted or updated in subsequent years. - The Awards Committee will evaluate all nominations and decide on zero or more winners for each award category. *Important Dates:* - August 20, 2021: Nomination due - September 10, 2021: Selection results. (Internal) - The announcement of winners will be announced. IEEE DataCom 2021 <http://edgence.org/DATACOM2021/> *Submission Link* All nominations should be sent through the following link. All the files should be merged into one PDF file. * TCCLD Award Nomination <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer9Ix6Ukue8UATIawg0cqUdBS4UxSDXNU…>* Note: If you require further information, feel free to contact ieeetccld(a)gmail.com <ieeetccld(a)gmail.com> *Awards committee chair* - *Professor Chunming Rong* <https://www.ux.uis.no/~chun/bio.html>, University of Stavanger, Norway, Email: chunming.rong(a)gmail.com Yours SIncerely, Hojjat Baghban, Ph.D. Executive Committee at IEEE Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD), Membership Director.

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Call for Next-Generation Data Scientist Award - IEEE DSAA’2021
by ngds2021＠dsaa.co 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Next Generation Data Scientist Award (NGDS Award) by IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA, CORE-A ranked) https://dsaa2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/ ** Deadline: 31 August 2021 The IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) will offer a limited number (or none) of NGDS Awards every year to early‐career researchers (ECR) who have got PhD degrees within five years in data science. The NGDS Award has been the first and only global initiative to support the production and certification of qualified next‐generation data scientists. The NGDS awards will be sponsored by some of the DSAA sponsors. Each NGDS awardee will receive USD 1,000. One of the critical challenges facing the era of data science lies in the significant gap between the increasing data scientist job demand and the limited availability of qualified data scientists. The purpose of offering this NGDS award is to encourage young talents to conduct significant foundational research and applied innovation in Data Science toward a profound and world-standard level. All ECRs with the papers accepted at previous and current DSAA conferences are invited to apply, although the awards open to all applicants in data science. ** Selection Criteria of NGDS The DSAA steering committee sets up the NGDS Award to be highly prestigious and selective. Hence, the criteria for NGDS candidate selection are rigorous. This may involve the following aspects: -- PhD qualification in data science including statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other related fields; -- A strong track record in terms of theoretical contributions, business impact and/or educational contributions, which are quantifiable and outstanding; -- A reachable five-year career plan for significantly contributing to the data science community in terms of research, innovation, applications and/or education; -- Strong referee reports from two recognized data scientists; -- Strong recommendation from the candidate’s department or supervisor. ** How to Submit An NGDS Award Application? The deadline for applications is 31 August 2021. Applicants are encouraged to attend IEEE DSAA’2021 which will be held on 6-9 Oct 2021 in Porto, Portugal. An NGDS award candidate should submit an application to the NGDS award chairs, which includes: -- NGDS Award Application Form (download the NGDS application form from here) to address: dsaa2021(a)dsaa.co -- Applicant information; -- Response to the above selection criteria; -- Title, authors and track record of DSAA publications and attendance; -- Resume with affiliation, education background, publications, projects, cases of impact, awards etc.; -- Certificate showing staff ID and working status; -- Two referee reports with referee’s contact details and signatures; -- A recommendation letter from head of department or supervisor on the organization letterhead. -- All application materials should be zipped into a file titled “2021_NGDS_Applicant Last Name_ First Name.zip” and submitted to dsaa2021(a)dsaa.co. Successful candidates must register and attend DSAA’2021, otherwise, the award may be given to other candidates in the shortlist list per the selection committee’s decision. An announcement of the final winner will be made in the DSAA’2021 conference banquet. All documents should be in PDF and attached to the email. Late submissions, or documents in other formats will not be accepted. ** Contacts -- Any inquiries and questions should be addressed to dsaa2021(a)dsaa.co. -- More information and registration to DSAA’2021 is available here: https://dsaa2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/attending/registration. -- The list of existing NGDS Awardees is available at DSAA Awards webpage (https://dsaa.co/?page_id=1583).

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CFP - Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS) - Valladolid (Spain)
by William Spataro 22 Jul '21

22 Jul '21

(sorry for cross postings) ************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS) Within PDP 2022 (pdp2022.infor.uva.es) The 30th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, and Network-Based Computing Valladolid (Spain) (hybrid attendance) 9-11 March 2022 https://pdp2022.infor.uva.es/specialsessions/hpcms/hpcms.php Deadline: September 30th, 2021 Contact: William Spataro - spataro(a)unical.it ************************************************************************* AIMS AND SCOPE The development of models through which computers can simulate the evolution of artificial and natural systems is fundamental for the advancement of Science. In the last decades, the increasing power of computers has allowed to considerably extend the application of computing methodologies in research and industry, but also to the quantitative study of complex phenomena. This has permitted a broad application of numerical methods for differential equation systems (e.g., FEM, FDM, etc.) on one hand, and the application of alternative computational paradigms, such as Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence, etc., on the other. These latter have demonstrated their effectiveness for modelling purposes when traditional simulation methodologies have proven to be impracticable. Following the success of our past HPCMS workshops at PDP (since 2014), we are glad to invite you to our eighth edition which will take place in Valladolid (Spain). An important mission of the HPCMS Workshop is to provide a platform for a multidisciplinary community composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, practitioners and experts from world leading Universities, Institutions, Agencies and Companies in Computational Science, and thus in the High Performance Computing for Modelling and Simulation field. HPCMS intent is to offer an opportunity to express and confront views on trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in diverse application fields, such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - High-performance computing in computational science: intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research applications - Complex systems modelling and simulation - Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence implementations - Integrated approach to optimization and simulation - MPI, OpenMP, GPGPU applications in Computational Science - Optimization algorithms, modelling techniques related to optimization in Computational Science - High-performance Software developed to solve science (e.g., biological, physical, and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems - Hardware approaches of high performance computing in modeling and simulation IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: 30 September 2021 Acceptance notification: 22 December 2021 Camera ready due: 16 January 2022 Conference: 9 - 11 March 2022 Submission guidelines Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the IEEE Conference proceedings format (IEEEtran, double-column, 10pt). Double-bind review: the first page of the paper should contain only the title and abstract; in the reference list, references to the authors own work should appear as "omitted for blind review" entries. For submission, please use the following link and select the HPCMS session: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=pdp2022 and select the "High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation" track. Manuscript submission Publication All accepted papers will be included in the same volume, published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Final Paper Preparation and Submission Instructions will be published after the notification of acceptance. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the Conference. Conference proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in Xplore and the CSDL, and for indexing, among others, to DBLP, Scopus ScienceDirect, and ISI Web of Knowledge. Special Issue As for previous editions, organizers of the HPCMS session are planning a Special Issue of an important international ISI Journal, based on distinguished papers that will be accepted for the session. Organizers William Spataro - University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Giuseppe A. Trunfio - University of Sassari, Italy Rocco Rongo, University of Calabria, Italy Andrea Giordano, ICAR-CNR, Italy Program Committee Angelos Amanatiadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Donato D'Ambrosio, University of Calabria, Italy Pawel Topa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Gianluigi Folino, ICAR-CNR, Italy Lou D'Alotto, York College/CUNY, New York, USA Antonios Gasteratos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Ioakeim Georgoudas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Marco Beccutti, University of Torino, Italy Rolf Hoffmann, Darmstadt University, Germany Ioannis Karafyllidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Yaroslav Sergeyev, University of Calabria, Italy Antisthenis Tsompanas, University of the West of England, UK Rocco Rongo, University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece William Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe A. Trunfio, University of Sassari, Italy Marco Villani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Jaroslaw Was, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Davide Spataro, Degiro, The Netherlands Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy Andrea Giordano, ICAR-CNR, Italy Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy Gihan R. Mudalige, University of Warwick, UK Alessio De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy -- °-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° William Spataro Department of Mathematics & Computer Science High Performance Computing Center University of Calabria I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) Italy Phone(s) : +39.0984.496464 Fax : +39.0984.493570 Web: www.mat.unical.it/spataro Email: spataro(a)unical.it -°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Il banner è generato automaticamente dal servizio di posta elettronica dell'Università della Calabria <http://www.unical.it/5x1000>

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Invitation to join 2021 Summer Short Course 'Deep Learning and Computer Vision', 23-24th August 2021
by Ioanna Koroni 21 Jul '21

21 Jul '21

Dear Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks engineers, scientists and enthusiasts, you are welcomed to register in the CVML Short e-course on 'Deep Learning and Computer Vision', 23-24th August 2021: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vi sion-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ It will take place as a two-day e-course (due to COVID-19 circumstances), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, providing a series of live lectures delivered through a tele-education platform (Zoom). They will be complemented with on-line video recorded lectures and lecture pdfs, to facilitate international participants having time difference issues and to enable you to study at own pace. You can also self-assess your knowledge, by filling appropriate questionnaires (one per lecture). You will be provided programming to improve your programming skills. You will also have accesses to tutorial exercises to better your theoretical understanding of selected CVML topics. This 6th edition of this course is part of the very successful CVML short course series that took place in the last four years. Course description 'Deep Learning and Computer Vision' The short e-course consists of 16 1-hour live lectures organized in two Parts (1 Part per day): Part A lectures (8 hours) provide an in-depth presentation to autonomous systems imaging and the relevant architectures as well as a solid background on the necessary topics of computer vision (Image acquisition, camera geometry, Stereo and Multiview imaging, Mapping and Localization) and machine learning (Introduction to neural networks, Perceptron, backpropagation, Deep neural networks, Convolutional NNs). Part B lectures (8 hours) provide in-depth views of the various topics encountered in autonomous systems perception, ranging from vehicle localization and mapping, to Neural SLAM, target detection and tracking. Part B also contains application-oriented lectures on autonomous drones, cars and marine vessels, e.g., drone mission planning for cinematography and related applications (marine surveillance, infrastructure/building inspection, car vision). Course lectures Part A: (first day, 8 lectures) 1. Introduction to autonomous systems imaging 2. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/digital-image-and-videos> Digital Image and Videos 3. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/camera-geometry/> Camera geometry 4. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/stereo-and-multiview-imaging-lecture> Stereo and Multiview imaging 5. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/artificial-neural-networks-perceptron-lecture> Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks. Perceptron 6. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/multilayer-perceptron-backpropagation-lecture> Multilayer perceptron. Backpropagation 7. Deep neural networks. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/convolutional-neural-networks-lecture> Convolutional NNs 8. Introduction to multiple drone imaging Part B: (second day, 8 lectures) 1. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/3d-robot-localization-and-mapping-lecture> Simultaneous Localization and Mapping 2. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/neural-slam-lecture/> Neural Slam 3. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/deep-object-detection-lecture> Deep Object Detection 4. 2D Visual Object Tracking 5. Drone mission planning and control 6. Introduction to car vision 7. Introduction to autonomous marine vehicles 8. CVML Software Development Tools Though independent, the attendees of this short e-course will greatly benefit by attending the CVML Short e-course on 'Computer Vision for Autonomous Systems' 25-27th August 2021: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep -learning-and-computer-vision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ You can use the following link for course registration: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vi sion-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ Lecture topics, sample lecture ppts and videos, self-assessment questionnaires, programming exercises and tutorial exercises can be found therein. For questions, please contact: Ioanna Koroni <koroniioanna(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:koroniioanna@csd.auth.gr> > The short course is organized by Prof. I. Pitas, IEEE and EURASIP fellow and IEEE distinguished speaker. He is the coordinator of the EC funded International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <http://www.i-aida.org/> ), that is co-sponsored by all 5 European AI R&D flagship projects (H2020 ICT48). He was initiator and first Chair of the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative. He is Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was Coordinator of the European Horizon2020 R&D project Multidrone. He is ranked 249-top Computer Science and Electronics scientist internationally by Guide2research (2018). He has 33800+ citations to his work and h-index 86+. AUTH is ranked 153/182 internationally in Computer Science/Engineering, respectively, in USNews ranking. Relevant links: 1) Prof. I. Pitas: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el> &hl=el 2) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Aerial-Core: https://aerial-core.eu/ 3) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Multidrone: https://multidrone.eu/ 4) International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA): http://www.i-aida.org/ 5) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media: https://ai4media.eu/ 6) AIIA Lab: https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/ Sincerely yours Prof. I. Pitas Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Post scriptum: To stay current on CVML matters, you may want to register in the CVML email list, following instructions in: https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[Final Paper Deadline in less than 1 Week] - IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics, HiPC 2021
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 10 Jul '21

10 Jul '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** Final Paper Submission deadline for the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science, HiPC 2021 is in less than one week. Please submit your papers before the deadline. Please note that this is a hard deadline and no further extension will be granted. Paper Submission Deadline: 16 July, 2021 (hard deadline) More information can be found at the call for papers: https://hipc.org/call-for-papers/ Regards, Sanmukh Kuppannagari Senior Research Associate University of Southern California https://sanmukh.github.io/

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[CFP]13th Int. Conf. on on Neural Computation Theory and Applications :: New Late-Breaking Deadline - July 23rd
by Alessio Martino 09 Jul '21

09 Jul '21

CALL FOR PAPERS 13th International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications New Late-Breaking Submission Deadline: July 23, 2021 http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/ <http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/> October 25 - 27, 2021 Online Streaming In Cooperation with Spanish Association of Artificial Intelligence Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale Neural computation and artificial neural networks, especially in relation to deep learning, have seen an explosion of interest over the recent decades, and are being successfully applied across an extraordinary range of problem domains, in areas as diverse as finance, medicine, engineering, geology and physics, in problems of complex dynamics and complex behavior prediction, classification or control. Several architectures, learning strategies and algorithms have been introduced in this highly dynamic field in the last couple of decades. Nowadays, having reached notable scientific and applicative maturity, neural computation and related techniques are considered as major basis toward the completion of intelligent artificial systems. This conference intends to be a major forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners interested in the study, analysis, design, modeling and implementation of neural computing systems, both theoretically and in a broad range of application fields. Conference Chair(s) Juan Julian Merelo, University of Granada, Spain Kevin Warwick (honorary), University of Reading and Coventry University, United Kingdom Program Chair(s) H. K. Lam, King's College London, United Kingdom Marie Cottrell, Université Paris1, France With the presence of internationally distinguished keynote speakers: Susana Vieira, University of Lisbon, Portugal Joseph Rynkiewicz, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico Barbara Hammer, Bielefeld University, Germany Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: SCOPUS, Google Scholar, The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, Semantic Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Engineering Index (EI), Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index. A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer in a SCI Series book. All papers presented at the conference venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. Also, a short list of best papers will be invited for a post-conference special issue of the Springer Nature Computer Science journal. Kind regards, Mónica Saramago NCTA Secretariat Web: http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/ <http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/> e-mail: ncta.secretariat(a)insticc.org <mailto:ncta.secretariat@insticc.org> ________________________________________ Alessio Martino, PhD, Research Fellow Italian National Research Council Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR) Via San Martino della Battaglia 44, 00185 Rome, Italy <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Via+S.+Martino+della+Battaglia,+44,+00185…> Phone: (+39)0644362370-5 E-mail: alessio.martino(a)istc.cnr.it <mailto:alessio.martino@istc.cnr.it> Web: www.istc.cnr.it/en <http://www.istc.cnr.it/en>

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Invitation for the 2021 Summer e-School on Deep Learning and Computer Vision, 23-27th August 2021, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
by Ioanna Koroni 07 Jul '21

07 Jul '21

Dear Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Autonomous Systems engineers, scientists, and enthusiasts, you are welcomed to register to the 2021 Summer e-School on Deep Learning and Computer Vision: <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aiia-summer-school-on-autonomous-systems-2021/> http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/aiia-summer-school-on-autonomous-systems-2021/ It will take place on 23-27/08/2021 and will be hosted by the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (AIIA) Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece. The summer e-school consists of two short e-courses: a) 'Short Course Computer Vision and Deep Learning 2021', 23-24th August 2021, having focus on autonomous drones, cars and marine vessels: <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-v ision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/> http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vi sion-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ b) 'Programming short course and workshop on Deep Learning and Computer Vision 2021', 25-27th August 2021, with applications in digital media and autonomous drones: <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-dee p-learning-and-computer-vision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/> http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep -learning-and-computer-vision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ You can follow the above-mentioned links for registration on either or both e-courses. For questions, please contact: Ioanna Koroni < <mailto:koroniioanna@csd.auth.gr> koroniioanna(a)csd.auth.gr> The first e-course contains 16 live (and recorded) lectures providing an in-depth presentation of computer vision and deep learning problems algorithms with applications on autonomous drones, cars and marine vessels. The second programming short e-course and workshop offers a mix of live (and recorded) lectures and programming workshops (hands-on lab exercises) and aims at developing registrants' programming skills for Deep Learning and Computer Vision, with focus on drone imaging/cinematography and digital media applications. Both short e-courses are organized by Prof. I. Pitas, IEEE and EURASIP fellow, He is AUTH prime investigation for H2020 project AerialCore, Coordinator of the European Horizon2020 R&D project Multidrone, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Chair of the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative. He is ranked 249 top Computer Science and Electronics Scientist internationally by Guide2research (2018). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the biggest University in Greece and in SE Europe. It is highly ranked internationally. Relevant links: 1. European Horizon2020 R&D projects Aerial-Core: <https://aerial-core.eu/> https://aerial-core.eu/, Multidrone: <https://multidrone.eu/> https://multidrone.eu/, AI4Media: <https://ai4media.eu/> https://ai4media.eu/ 2. AIIA Lab: <http://www.aiia.csd.auth.gr/> http://www.aiia.csd.auth.gr/ 3. Prof. I. Pitas: <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el> https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el Course descriptions a) 'Short Course Computer Vision and Deep Learning 2021', 23-24th August 2021. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-v ision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/> http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-short-course-on-deep-learning-and-computer-vi sion-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ Part A (8 hours), Computer vision topic list 1. Introduction to autonomous systems imaging 2. Digital Image and Videos 3. Camera geometry 4. Stereo and Multiview imaging 5. Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks. Perceptron 6. Multilayer perceptron. Backpropagation 7. Deep neural networks. Convolutional NNs 8. Introduction to multiple drone imaging Part B (8 hours) Deep learning topic list 1. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping 2. Neural Slam 3. Deep object detection 4. 2D Visual Object Tracking 5. Drone mission planning and control 6. Introduction to car vision 7. Introduction to autonomous marine vehicles 8. CVML Software development tools b) ''Programming short course and workshop on Deep Learning and Computer Vision 2021', 25-27th August 2021. <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-dee p-learning-and-computer-vision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/> http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cvml-programming-short-course-and-workshop-on-deep -learning-and-computer-vision-for-autonomous-systems-2021/ Part A (8 hours), Deep learning and GPU programming sample topic list 1. Introduction to autonomous systems 2. Deep neural networks. Convolutional NNs 3. Parallel GPU and multi-core CPU architectures - GPU programming 4. Image classification with CNNs. 5. CUDA programming Part B (8 hours), Deep Learning for Computer Vision sample topic list 1. Deep learning for object/face detection 2. 2D object tracking 3. PyTorch: Understand the core functionalities of an object detector. Training and deployment. 4. OpenCV programming for object tracking Part C (8 hours), Autonomous UAV cinematography sample topic list 1. Video summarization 2. UAV cinematography 3. Video summarization with Pytorch 4. Drone cinematography with Airsim Sincerely yours Prof. I. Pitas -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Open Ph.D. Position ESR4 within the European InnoCyPES Project
by Massimo CAFARO 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

InnoCyPES is a project funded under H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Innovative Training Networks. Within the project, there is an available position at the University of Salento, Lecce, for talented, enthusiastic, and ambitious candidates with the skills and knowledge to make excellent research and breakthroughs in the field of cyber physical energy systems. The successful ESR (Early Stage Researcher) candidate will enroll in the PhD programme in Engineering of Complex Systems and be employed for 36 months in the InnoCyPES network, consisting of 7 academic beneficiaries, 4 industrial beneficiaries, in collaboration with 10 partner organizations. InnoCyPES targets at the key bottlenecks of digital transformation of the current energy system, where the ESRs are expected to study, investigate and improve various facets of digitalized and interconnected energy systems. Supervised by a consortium of prominent and experienced academic institutions, research institutes and industrial partners, they will collaboratively develop a cutting-edge system management platform that covers the entire lifecycle of data for energy system planning, operation and maintenance, based on an understanding of the energy system as a cyber-physical system. The ESR will be enrolled in an intensive doctoral training program that is both intersectoral – involving key stakeholders – and interdisciplinary, including information science, energy systems engineering and social science. Benefits All InnoCyPES ESRs will benefit from: - Extensive training in technical and transferrable skills; - Participation to network events, workshops and conferences; - A prestigious three-year MSCA Fellowship; - A competitive salary including mobility and family allowances; - Intersectoral secondment experience. Qualifications Applicants shall have proven interest in interdisciplinary and intersectoral research, and with specific interest in the InnoCyPES research areas as evidenced by the application documents. Besides, the following requirements are to be met: 1) have obtained their Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent; 2) An excellent academic record (grades of B or higher) 3) have engineering background relevant to the following areas but not limited to: distributed computing, databases, distributed data management, security and privacy; knowledge of times series storage and analysis is a plus; 4) have good command of English (minimum C1 or equivalent). Requirements The applicants must fulfill the following conditions: 1) Early stage researchers: Applicants must be early-stage researchers, which means at the date of start, be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree; 2) Mobility Rule: researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the host institute for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention1 are not taken into account. For international European interest organisations, international organisations, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) or an 'entity created under Union law', recruited researchers must not have spent more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date at the same appointing organisation. Are you interested? If you are interested in this exciting and challenging opportunity, please apply. Applicants of any age and of any nationality are eligible. The recruitment process follows an open, transparent, impartial, equitable and merit-based procedure and the European Charter and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. Consortium partners Host institute - Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark - University of Utrecht (UU), Netherlands - Électricité de France (EDF), France - Delft University of Technology (TUD), Netherlands - University of Salento (UNILE), Italy - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway - Imperial College of London (ICL), United Kingdom - Dansk Energi (DE), Denmark - Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Austria - Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), Denmark - Tajfun HiL (THiL), Serbia Partner organizations - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia - DEPSYS (DEP), Switzerland - Equinor Energy (EQN), Norway - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland - Phase to Phase (Ph2Ph), Netherland - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores - Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC), Portugal - NARI Technology (NARI), China - University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia - Siemens, Denmark - Ørsted Wind Power (Ørsted), Denmark Open ESR position ESR4: Large scale data management The sheer quantum of data being created and collected across jurisdictions requires a carefully planned and proactive approach to data management. The need for fusion and integration of multiple data sources characterized by fragmented data ownership is driving innovative approaches to large scale distributed data management and integration to avoid inconsistent and inaccurate data. The aim is to investigate, design and implement a fully decentralized solution to provide efficient management of dynamically updated information and support for distributed queries. One or more domain specific use cases shall be identified within the context of the project, considering both the current and future needs of some of the involved partners. These nicely fit into the ESR research plan, owing to the need of surveying the user’s requirements to begin with; simultaneously, the uses cases can also be thought of as sources of advanced data management challenges. · Host organisation: University of Salento, Italy · PhD-enrolment: University of Salento · Duration: 36 months · Expected start date: ~Nov 2021 · Secondment: DE (4 months), TUD (4 months) · Research directors: Prof. Massimo Cafaro massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it Prof. Italo Epicoco italo.epicoco(a)unisalento.it Simon Tindemans S.H.Tindemans(a)tudelft.nl HOW TO APPLY: https://www1.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/65641043 The tender is available as “Phd call - Engineering of complex systems - 37° cycle" https://www1.unisalento.it/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=63872469&fold… Applicants will find the position searching the document for Research Area No. 3 N. 1 position funded on InnoCyPES research program Large scale data management and integration In particular, applicants are strongly advised to check in the same document the "Additional note for the position funded on the InnoCyPES research program”, in which all of the requirements for this position are listed. The deadline for applications is July 8 01.00 PM Italian time. - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining 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 Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail 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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Postdoc Research Fellow position in autonomous cyber-physical systems security at ADSC Singapore
by Tan Rui (Assoc Prof) 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Postdoc Research Fellow position in autonomous cyber-physical systems security at ADSC Singapore A Research Fellow position is immediately available at Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC) to conduct research and development for a new project in autonomous cyber-physical systems. The project aims at studying both internal and external attacks in autonomous cyber-physical systems using learning-based approaches. The successful candidate will work on designing the attack strategy for the adversary and defence strategy for the system operator using the machine learning or deep learning techniques. The specific task will include problem formulation, machine learning or deep learning algorithm designing and testing. Qualification requirements: - Phd in computer science or electrical engineering. - Experience in machine learning or deep learning. Skills requirements: - Familiar with Python, or C/C++ programming - Experience in cyber security or cyber-physical system is a plus - Capability of independent research - Good communication skills, and work under stress How to apply: Interested candidates can apply at https://my.engr.illinois.edu/apply To receive prompt review, please also send a copy of CV to lou.xin(a)adsc-create.edu.sg. Shortlisted candidates will be notified. Illinois At Singapore Pte. Ltd./ Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC) is a university-related organization affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) established 2009 for the conduct of research in Singapore with founding funding from National Research Foundation (NRF). ADSC operates in Singapore under the Singapore-chartered Illinois at Singapore Pte. Ltd. in partnership with NRF and interfaces with UIUC in the USA for many of its support functions. ADSC is home to approximately 50 researchers and students focusing on breakthrough innovations in information technologies supporting interactive cyber infrastructures that are expected to have a major impact in transforming humans’ use of information in data-intensive, technologically developed societies. ADSC’s research mission is carried out through projects that facilitate interactions among UIUC researchers, local researchers and their industry partners. Through this, ADSC aims to enhance Singapore’s position as a hub for leading edge research. For more information about this area at ADSC, please visit ADSC's website: http://adsc.illinois.edu/ ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you.

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[Abstract Deadline in 1 Week] - IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics, HiPC 2021
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** Abstract Submission deadline for the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science, HiPC 2021 is in one week. Please register your papers before the deadline. Abstract Submission Deadline: 8 July, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: 16 July, 2021 (hard deadline) More information can be found at the call for papers: https://hipc.org/call-for-papers/ Regards, Sanmukh Kuppannagari Senior Research Associate University of Southern California https://sanmukh.github.io/

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[MHPC] Meet with us!
by Master in HPC 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

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ScalA@SC21 CFP - Papers due August 27
by Engelmann, Christian 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ScalA21: 12th Workshop on Latest Advances in Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems held in conjunction with the SC21: The International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis November 19, 2021, St. Louis, MO, USA <http://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021> Novel scalable scientific algorithms are needed in order to enable key science applications to exploit the computational power of large-scale systems. This is especially true for the current tier of leading petascale machines and the road to exascale computing as HPC systems continue to scale up in compute node and processor core count. These extreme-scale systems require novel scientific algorithms to hide network and memory latency, have very high computation/communication overlap, have minimal communication, and have no synchronization points. With the advent of Big Data and AI in the past few years the need of such scalable mathematical methods and algorithms able to handle data and compute intensive applications at scale becomes even more important. Scientific algorithms for multi-petaflop and exa-flop systems also need to be fault tolerant and fault resilient, since the probability of faults increases with scale. Resilience at the system software and at the algorithmic level is needed as a crosscutting effort. Finally, with the advent of heterogeneous compute nodes that employ standard processors as well as GPGPUs, scientific algorithms need to match these architectures to extract the most performance. This includes different system-specific levels of parallelism as well as co-scheduling of computation. Key science applications require novel mathematical models and system software that address the scalability and resilience challenges of current- and future-generation extreme-scale HPC systems. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in English structured as technical papers at a length of at least 6 letter size (8.5in x 11in) pages and not exceeding 8 pages, including figures, tables, and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. Reference style files are available at <http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html>. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Papers should be submitted electronically at <https://submissions.supercomputing.org>. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, and significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the workshop attendees. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and present the paper at the workshop. Authors may contact the workshop program chair, Christian Engelmann at engelmannc(a)ornl.gov, for more information. Important Web Sites ------------------- - ScalA21 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Scala/2021> - ScalA21 Submissions: <https://submissions.supercomputing.org> - SC21 website: <http://sc21.supercomputing.org/> Important Dates --------------- - Full paper submission: August 27, 2021 - Notification of acceptance: September 27, 2021 - Final paper submission (firm): TBD - Workshop/conference early registration: October 15, 2021 - Workshop: 8:30am - 12pm CST, November 19, 2021 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: --------------------------------------------------- - Novel scientific algorithms that improve performance, scalability, resilience, and power efficiency - Porting scientific algorithms and applications to many-core and heterogeneous architectures - Performance and resilience limitations of scientific algorithms and applications at scale, including Data Science approaches in dealing with Big Data - Crosscutting approaches (system software and applications) in addressing scalability challenges - Scientific algorithms that can exploit extreme concurrency (e.g. 1 billion for exascale by 2023) - Naturally fault tolerant, self-healing, or fault oblivious scientific algorithms - Programming model and system software support for algorithm scalability and resilience (including ones enabling Big Data processing) Workshop Chairs --------------- - Vassil Alexandrov, Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK - Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Workshop Program Chair ---------------------- - Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Contact at engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Committee ----------------- - Hartwig Anzt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA - Rick Archibald, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Marco Berghoff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Florina M. Ciorba, University of Basel, Switzerland - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Nahid Emad, University of Versailles SQ, France - Wilfried Gansterer, University of Vienna, Austria - Yasuhiro Idomura, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan - Kirk E. Jordan, IBM T.J. Watson Research, USA - Dieter Kranzlmueller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany - Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA - Paul Lin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA - Kengo Nakajima, RIKEN, Japan - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Stuart Slattery, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA -- Christian Engelmann, Ph.D. Senior Scientist & Group Leader Intelligent Systems and Facilities Group Advanced Computing Systems Research Section Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mail: P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6173, USA Phone: +1 (865) 574-3132 / Fax: +1 (865) 576-5491 e-Mail: engelmannc(a)ornl.gov / Home: www.christian-engelmann.info

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2nd CFP - 17th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming (ICLP-DC 2021)
by Miguel Areias 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ICLP DC 2021 - 17th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming ========================================================================= The 17th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming provides students with the opportunity to present and discuss their research directions, and to obtain feedback from both peers and experts in the field. The preliminary website of the DC can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/iclp-dc-2021/iclp-2021-doctoral-consortium The DC will take place during the 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP) https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt (September 20-27, 2021), as a fully virtual event. The best paper from the DC will be given the opportunity to make a presentation in a session of the main ICLP conference. Important Dates *************** Paper submission: July 15, 2021 Notification: August 01, 2021 Camera-ready copy: August 10, 2021 DC presentations: TBA (fully virtual event) DC students are highly recommended to attend the Autumn School on Logic Programming and Constraint Programming (https://sites.google.com/view/iclp-dc-2021/autumn-school-on-logic-programmi…). Audience ******** The DC is designed for students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, though we are also open to exceptions (e.g., students currently in a Master's program and interested in doctoral studies). Students at any stage in their doctoral studies are encouraged to apply for participation in the DC. Applicants are expected to conduct research in areas related to logic and constraint programming; topics of interest include (but are not limited to): ** Foundations: Semantics, Formalisms, Nonmonotonic reasoning, Knowledge representation. ** Languages: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility, Higher Order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Modules, Meta-programming, Logic-based domain-specific languages, Programming Techniques. ** Declarative programming: Declarative program development, Analysis, Type and mode inference, Partial evaluation, Abstract interpretation, Transformation, Validation, Verification, Debugging, Profiling, Testing, Execution visualization. ** Implementation: Virtual machines, Compilation, Memory management, Parallel/distributed execution, Constraint handling rules, Tabling, Foreign interfaces, User interfaces. ** Related Paradigms and Synergies: Inductive and Co-inductive Logic Programming, Constraint Logic Programming, Answer Set Programming, Interaction with SAT, SMT and CSP solvers, Logic programming techniques for type inference and theorem proving, Argumentation, Probabilistic Logic Programming, Relations to object-oriented and Functional programming. ** Applications: Databases, Big Data, Data integration and federation, Software engineering, Natural language processing, Web and Semantic Web, Agents, Artificial intelligence, Computational life sciences, Education, Cybersecurity, and Robotics. Submissions by students who have presented their work at previous ICLP DC editions are allowed, but should occur only if there are substantial changes or improvements to the student's work. The DC offers participants a convenient, more informal way to interact with established researchers and fellow students, through presentations, question-answer sessions, panel discussions, and invited presentations. The Doctoral Consortium will also provide the possibility to reflect - through short activities, information sessions, and discussions - on the process and lessons of research and life in academia. Each participant will give a short, critiqued, research presentation. Discussants *********** Renowned experts and researchers in the fields of logic and constraint programming will join in evaluating submissions and will participate in the DC, providing valuable feedback to DC participants. Goals ***** ** To provide doctoral students working in the fields of logic and constraint programming with a friendly and open forum to present their research ideas, listen to ongoing work from peer students, and receive constructive feedback. ** To provide students with relevant information about important issues for doctoral candidates and future academics. ** To develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research. ** To support a new generation of researchers with information and advice on academic, research, industrial, and non-traditional career paths. Submission Details ****************** Submissions of the research summary must be made in EPTCS format (http://info.eptcs.org/) and submitted via EasyChair. All papers must be written in English and should be between 5 and 10 pages. For all accepted DC papers, the student is required to attend the DC program and give a presentation during the DC. A program committee consisting of experts in various areas related to logic and constraint programming reviews the submissions. Papers are reviewed by at least two, and usually three, referees. The submission package should consist of the research summary in the format mentioned above, a short vita or cover letter of the applicant, a letter of recommendation from applicant's faculty advisor, and one paragraph statement outlining how the school will benefit the applicant. All material is to be submitted electronically, in PDF format on the Easychair system. Easychair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2021 (Doctoral Consortium track) Research summary (make sure to include your complete name, address, and affiliation): The body of your research summary (no more than 10 pages, but 5 is fine as well!) should provide a clear overview of your research, its potential impact, and its current status. You are encouraged to include the following sections: ** Introduction and problem description ** Background and overview of the existing literature ** Goal of the research ** Current status of the research ** Preliminary results accomplished (if any) ** Open issues and expected achievements ** Bibliographical references Review Criteria *************** The DC program committee will select participants based on their anticipated contribution to the DC objectives. Participants typically have settled on their thesis directions and have their research proposal accepted by their thesis committee. Students will be selected based on clarity and completeness of their submission package, relevance of their research area w.r.t. the focus of ICLP, stage of research, recommendation letter, and evidence of promise towards a successful career in research and academia, such as published papers or technical reports. Registration ************ Registration is part of the ICLP 2021 registration. Registration costs for ICLP will be lower than usual since it is virtual this year. We aim to find sponsoring to cover the registration cost of students participating in the DC, but this still has to be confirmed. Program co-chairs ***************** Bart Bogaerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria Program Committee ***************** Daniela Inclezan, Miami University OH Johannes Fichte, TU Dresden Fabio Fioravanti, University of Chieti-Pescara Gregory Gelfond, University of Nebraska at Omaha Zeynep G. Saribatur, Vienna University of Technology Frank Valencia, LIX, Ecole Polytechnique Matthias Van der Hallen, KU Leuven Yi Wang, Arizona State University Jessica Zangari, University of Calabria

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Phd opprtunities @University of Lille and INRIA
by El-ghazali Talbi 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

*** Re-Posting - Please help distribute it to interested once **** 2 PhD Opportunity in optimization, metaheuristics and deep learning - Deadline July 30, 2021 1. "Multi-criteria design and optimization of deep learning models: Application to embedded systems". Collaboration with IRT-SystemX Paris Saclay. See the linkhttps://www.irt-systemx.fr/recrutement/multi-criteria-automated-design-and-optimization-of-deep-neural-networks/ for more details. 2. "Optimization of deep learning models for spacio-temporel prediction", Collaboration with EDF Paris Saclay. contact: Prof. El-Ghazali TALBI, e-mail:el-ghazali.talbi@univ-lille.fr -- ********************************************************************** META'2021 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing 27-30 Oct 2021, Marrakech, Morocco http://meta2021.sciencesconf.org *********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** OLA'2022 International Conference on Optimization and Learning July 2022, Sicilia, Italy *********************************************************************** Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS guide2research.com

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[CFP]13th Int. Conf. on on Neural Computation Theory and Applications :: New Submission Deadline - July 2nd
by Alessio Martino 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

CALL FOR PAPERS 13th International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications New Regular/Position Paper Submission Deadline: July 02, 2021 http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/ <http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/> October 25 - 27, 2021 Online Streaming In Cooperation with Spanish Association of Artificial Intelligence Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale Neural computation and artificial neural networks, especially in relation to deep learning, have seen an explosion of interest over the recent decades, and are being successfully applied across an extraordinary range of problem domains, in areas as diverse as finance, medicine, engineering, geology and physics, in problems of complex dynamics and complex behavior prediction, classification or control. Several architectures, learning strategies and algorithms have been introduced in this highly dynamic field in the last couple of decades. Nowadays, having reached notable scientific and applicative maturity, neural computation and related techniques are considered as major basis toward the completion of intelligent artificial systems. This conference intends to be a major forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners interested in the study, analysis, design, modeling and implementation of neural computing systems, both theoretically and in a broad range of application fields. Conference Chair(s) Juan Julian Merelo, University of Granada, Spain Kevin Warwick (honorary), University of Reading and Coventry University, United Kingdom Program Chair(s) H. K. Lam, King's College London, United Kingdom Marie Cottrell, Université Paris1, France With the presence of internationally distinguished keynote speakers: Susana Vieira, University of Lisbon, Portugal Joseph Rynkiewicz, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico Barbara Hammer, Bielefeld University, Germany Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: SCOPUS, Google Scholar, The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography, Semantic Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Engineering Index (EI), Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index. A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer in a SCI Series book. All papers presented at the conference venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. Also, a short list of best papers will be invited for a post-conference special issue of the Springer Nature Computer Science journal. Kind regards, Mónica Saramago NCTA Secretariat Web: http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/ <http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/> e-mail: ncta.secretariat(a)insticc.org <mailto:ncta.secretariat@insticc.org> ________________________________________ Alessio Martino, PhD, Research Fellow Italian National Research Council Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR) Via San Martino della Battaglia 44, 00185 Rome, Italy <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Via+S.+Martino+della+Battaglia,+44,+00185…> Phone: (+39)0644362370-5 E-mail: alessio.martino(a)istc.cnr.it <mailto:alessio.martino@istc.cnr.it> Web: www.istc.cnr.it/en <http://www.istc.cnr.it/en>

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Deadlines Approaching - IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics, HiPC 2021
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** Paper submission deadlines for the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science, HiPC 2021 are approaching. Please note that these are hard deadlines and no further extension will be granted. Abstract Submission Deadline: 8 July, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: 16 July, 2021 (hard deadline) More information can be found at the call for papers: https://hipc.org/call-for-papers/ Regards, Sanmukh Kuppannagari Senior Research Associate University of Southern California https://sanmukh.github.io/

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CFP - Workshop on Goal-directed Execution of Answer Set Programs (GDE 2021)
by Miguel Areias 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS GDE 2021: Workshop on Goal-directed Execution of Answer Set Programs https://utdallas.edu/~gupta/gde21 ========================================================================= A workshop of 37th International Conference on Logic Programming September 20-27, 2021 (the event will be virtual) ========================================================================= Workshop Aim: ************* Answer set programming is a successful extension of logic programming for solving combinatorial problems as well as knowledge representation and reasoning problems. Most current implementations of ASP work by grounding a program and using a SAT solver-like technology to find the answer sets. While this approach is extremely efficient, relying on grounding of the program leads to significant blow-up of the program size, and computing the whole model makes finding justification of an atom in the model hard. This limits the applicability of ASP to problems dealing with large knowledge bases. Goal-directed or query-driven execution strategies have been proposed that do not require grounding. The goal of this workshop is to foster discussion around challenges and opportunities that such approaches present. Tentative list of topics include: ********************************* * Non-grounding based implementations of ASP * Constructive Negation * Implementation Technology for Goal-directed ASP * Applications of Goal-directed ASP * Query-driven Constraint ASP * System Description * Tabling in goal-directed ASP Systems * Coinductive Logic Programming and ASP Submission Instructions: ************************ Technical papers, position papers, as well as extended abstracts are welcome. Papers should be maximum 15 pages long and in LNCS Format. Email the paper in pdf format to the workshop organizers by the deadline date. Important Dates: **************** Paper Submission: August 5, 2021 Decision Notification: August 15, 2021 Workshop Date: TBA (During one of ICLP'21 Conference days) Invited Speakers: ***************** TBA Organizers: *********** *Gopal Gupta, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA; Gopal.Gupta(a)utdallas.edu *Joaquin Arias, Joaquin Arias, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain; Joaquin.Arias(a)urjc.es *Elmer Salazar, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA; Elmer.Salazar(a)utdallas.edu Program Committee: ****************** TBA =========================================================================

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Research Opportunity: AI/ML for anomaly detection and metric forecasting in data center operations
by Tommaso Cucinotta 13 Jun '21

13 Jun '21

Dear all, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa (Italy) is offering 2 yearly (renewable) research associate positions in the area of "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning supporting anomaly detection and metric forecasting in data center operations", an industrial research project funded by the Vodafone network operator. In the context of this collaboration, software-based solutions embedding appropriate AI/ML techniques are being engineered to be connected to the data processing pipeline supporting operations within the Vodafone network. The realized components need to be inherently scalable leveraging on cloud computing technologies, having to process data coming from NFV data centers across 12 EU member countries. The resulting system will constitute a valuable element in the decision making process within the Vodafone /Network Virtual Infrastructure Design team/ for operations dealing with resource management, capacity planning and performance troubleshooting. The results of the research are expected to be published in the form of patents and scientific publications at relevant international venues. More information about the project is available at: English: https://www.santannapisa.it/en/news/artificial-intelligence-telecommunicati… Italian: https://www.santannapisa.it/it/news/intelligenza-artificiale-e-telecomunica… Additional information is also available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-research-positions-ai-nfv-scuola-superio… The call for applications (due on July, 19th 2021) is available at: English: https://www.santannapisa.it/en/assegni-di-ricerca-e-selezioni/institute-com… Italian: https://www.santannapisa.it/it/assegni-di-ricerca-e-selezioni/istituto-di-t… Should you need further information, don't hesitate to write me. Feel free to forward this message to potentially interested colleagues. Thanks and regards, Tommaso Cucinotta -- Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor in Computer Engineering, PhD Head of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ReTiS) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy http://retis.sssup.it/people/tommaso

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[High Performance Computing] Become a specialist!
by Master in HPC 11 Jun '21

11 Jun '21

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Deadlines Extended - IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics, HiPC 2021
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** Paper submission deadlines for the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science, HiPC 2021 have been extended. Please note that the updated deadlines are hard deadlines and no further extension will be granted. Abstract Submission Deadline: 8 July, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: 16 July, 2021 (hard deadline) The updated Call for Papers follows below. The same can be downloaded from: https://hipc.org/call-for-papers/ Regards, Sanmukh Kuppannagari Senior Research Associate University of Southern California https://sanmukh.github.io/ HiPC 2021 CALL FOR PAPERS 28th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics 17–20 December 2021 in Bangalore, India PROGRAM CHAIRS HPC: Ana Lucia Varbanescu, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (a.l.varbanescu(a)uva.nl) Data Science: Yogesh Simmhan, Indian Institute of Science, India (simmhan(a)iisc.ac.in) PROGRAM VICE-CHAIRS HPC TRACKS Algorithms: Sanjukta Bhowmick, University of North Texas, USA Applications: Abhinav Bhatele, University of Maryland, USA Architecture: Michela Becchi, North Carolina State University, USA System Software: Sathish Vadhiyar, Indian Institute of Science, India DATA SCIENCE TRACKS Scalable Algorithms and Analytics: Zeyi Wen, University of Western Australia, Australia Scalable Systems and Software: Min Si, Argonne National Laboratory, USA HiPC 2021 will be the 28th edition of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science. HiPC serves as a forum to present current work by researchers from around the world as well as highlight activities in Asia in the areas of high performance computing and data science. The meeting focuses on all aspects of high performance computing systems, and data science and analytics, and their scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts that demonstrate current research in all areas of high performance computing, and data science and analytics, covering all traditional areas and emerging topics including from machine learning, big data analytics and blockchain. Each submission should be submitted to one of the six tracks listed under the two broad themes of High Performance Computing and Data Science. Up to two best paper awards will be given for outstanding contributed papers. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING Algorithms. This track invites papers that describe original research on developing new parallel and distributed computing algorithms, and related advances. Examples of topics that are of interest include (but not limited to): * New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; * Advances in enhancing algorithmic properties or providing guarantees (e.g., fault tolerance, resilience, concurrency, data locality, communication-avoiding); * Algorithmic techniques for resource allocation and optimization (e.g., scheduling, load balancing, resource management); * Provably efficient parallel and distributed algorithms for advanced scientific computing and irregular applications (e.g., numerical linear algebra, graph algorithms, computational biology); * Classical and emerging computation models (e.g., parallel/distributed models, quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired models). Architecture. This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and evaluation of high performance computing architectures, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * High performance processing architectures (e.g., reconfigurable, system-on-chip, many cores, vector processors); * Networks for high performance computing platforms (e.g., interconnect topologies, network-on-chip); * Memory, cache and storage architectures (e.g., 3D, photonic, Processing-In-Memory, NVRAM, burst buffers, parallel I/O); * Approaches to improve architectural properties (e.g., energy/power efficiency, reconfigurable, resilience/fault tolerance, security/privacy); * Emerging computational architectures (e.g., quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired architectures). Applications. This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and implementation of scalable and high performance applications for execution on parallel, distributed and accelerated platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Shared and distributed memory parallel applications (e.g., scientific computing, simulation and visualization applications, graph and irregular applications, data-intensive applications, science/engineering/industry applications, emerging applications in IoT and life sciences, etc.); * Methods, algorithms, and optimizations for scaling applications on peta- and exa-scale platforms (e.g., co-design of hardware and software, heterogeneous and hybrid programming); * Hardware acceleration of parallel applications (e.g., GPUs, FPGA, vector processors, manycore); * Application benchmarks and workloads for parallel and distributed platforms. Systems Software. This track invites papers that describe original research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of systems software for high performance computing platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Scalable systems and software architectures for high-performance computing (e.g., middleware, operating systems, I/O services); * Techniques to enhance parallel performance (e.g., compiler/runtime optimization, learning from application traces, profiling); * Techniques to enhance parallel application development and productivity (e.g., Domain-Specific Languages, programming environments, performance/correctness checking and debugging); * Techniques to deal with uncertainties, hardware/software resilience, and fault tolerance; * Software for cloud, data center, and exascale platforms (e.g., middleware tools, schedulers, resource allocation, data migration, load balancing); * Software and programming paradigms for heterogeneous platforms (e.g., libraries for CPU/GPU, multi-GPU clusters, and other accelerator platforms). SCALABLE DATA SCIENCE Scalable Algorithms and Analytics. This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable algorithms for data analysis at scale, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * New scalable algorithms for fundamental data analysis tasks (supervised, unsupervised learning, and pattern discovery); * Scalable algorithms that are designed to address the characteristics of different data sources and settings (e.g., graphs, social networks, sequences, data streams); * Scalable algorithms and techniques to reduce the complexity of large-scale data (e.g., streaming, sublinear data structures, summarization, compressive analytics); * Scalable algorithms that are designed to address requirements in different data-driven application domains (e.g., life sciences, business, agriculture); * Scalable algorithms that ensure the transparency and fairness of the analysis; * Case studies, experimental studies, and benchmarks for scalable algorithms and analytics; * Scaling and accelerating machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision applications. Scalable Systems and Software. This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable systems and software for handling data at scale and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; * Design of scalable system software to support various applications (e.g., recommendation systems, web search, crowdsourcing applications, streaming applications) * Scalable system software for various architectures (e.g., OpenPower, GPUs, FPGAs). * Architectures and systems software to support various operations in large data frameworks (e.g., storage, retrieval, automated workflows, data organization, visualization, visual analytics, human-in-the-loop); * Systems software for distributed data frameworks (e.g., distributed file system, virtualization, cloud services, resource optimization, scheduling); * Standards and protocols for enhancing various aspects of data analytics (e.g., open data standards, privacy-preserving, and secure schemes). IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: 8 July, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: 16 July, 2021 (hard deadline) Notification of Initial Decisions: 27 September, 2021 Deadline for Revised Submission: 18 October, 2021 Notification of Final Decisions: 25 October, 2021 Camera Ready Due (for all accepted papers): 7 November, 2021 MANUSCRIPT AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Abstracts of no more than 300 words must be submitted by the abstract submission deadline. The title and abstract submitted by this deadline should have sufficient detail and not just be a placeholder. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5×11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The submitted paper should list the authors and their affiliations. The IEEE conference style templates for MS Word and LaTeX provided by IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing are available for download. See the latest versions here. Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable PDF file. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Papers must be submitted under one of the 6 technical tracks listed above. The topics listed under each track are representative, but not exhaustive. A published proceeding will be available at the conference. Authors may contact the Program Chair at the email address above for further information or clarification. At least one author of each paper must be registered for the conference in order for the paper to be published in the proceedings. Presentation of an accepted paper in person is a requirement of publication for a physical conference. Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic situation evolves, the presentation may be in person or in a virtual format. Details of these will be specified at the time of paper acceptance.[a] Any paper not meeting requirements will not be included in the conference proceedings under IEEE Xplore. Authors of selected high-quality papers in HiPC 2021 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. Submit your paper: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hipc2021. REVIEW PROCESS All manuscripts will be reviewed by the Program Committee and evaluated on originality, relevance of the problem to the conference theme, technical strength, rigor in analysis, quality of results, and organization and clarity of presentation of the paper. Authors are highly encouraged to list the key contributions of their paper, for example in a separate paragraph in the introduction of the paper. The review process is “single-blind” (i.e., authors can list their names on the paper), and that there will be a rebuttal period. The initial decision for the submission may be Accept, Reject or Revise. Papers that are recommended for revision will have to address the comments from the reviewers, and submit a revised article along with a summary of changes. This will go through a light review and the final decision will be communicated.

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Reminder - CFP: Resilience@Euro-Par 2021 - Papers due June 14 (2nd extension)
by Thomas Naughton 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

14th Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing (Resilience) in Clusters, Clouds, and Grids <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> in conjunction with the 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par), Lisbon, Portugal August 30 - September 3, 2021 <http://2021.euro-par.org> Overview: Resilience is a critical challenge as high performance computing (HPC) systems continue to increase component counts, individual component reliability decreases (such as due to shrinking process technology and near-threshold voltage (NTV) operation), hardware complexity increases (such as due to heterogeneous computing) and software complexity increases (such as due to complex data- and workflows, real-time requirements and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with traditional applications). Correctness and execution efficiency, in spite of faults, errors, and failures, is essential to ensure the success of the HPC systems, cluster computing environments, Grid computing infrastructures, and Cloud computing services. The impact of faults, errors, and failures in such HPC systems can range from financial losses due to system downtime (sometimes several tens-of-thousands of Dollars per lost system-hour), to financial losses due to unnecessary overprovision (acquisition and operating costs), to financial losses and legal liabilities due to erroneous or delayed output. The emergence of AI technology opens up new possibilities, but also new problems. Using AI technology for operational intelligence that enables resilience in HPC systems and centers is a complex control problem, while designing resilient AI technology for HPC applications is a difficult algorithmic problem. Resilience for HPC systems encompasses a wide spectrum of fundamental and applied research and development, including theoretical foundations, error/failure and anomaly detection, monitoring and control, end-to-end data integrity, enabling infrastructure, and resilient algorithms. This workshop brings together experts in the community to further research and development in HPC resilience and to facilitate exchanges across the computational paradigms of extreme-scale HPC, cluster computing, Grid computing, and Cloud computing. Submission Guidelines: Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in English in PDF format. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and BETWEEN 10 AND 12 PAGES, including figures, tables and references, using Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format at <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>. Papers with less than 10 or more than 12 pages will not be accepted due to publisher guidelines. Submissions should include abstract, key words and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. Papers not conforming to these guidelines may be returned without review. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. The proceedings will be published in Springer's LNCS as post-conference proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop for inclusion in the proceedings. Authors may contact the workshop program chairs for more information. Important websites: - Resilience 2021 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> - Resilience 2021 Submissions: <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2021> (Select "WS06" Track) - Euro-Par 2021 website: <http://2021.euro-par.org> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical foundations for resilience: - Metrics and measurement - Statistics and optimization - Simulation and emulation - Formal methods - Efficiency modeling and uncertainty quantification - Experience reports - Error/failure/anomaly detection and reliability/dependability modeling: - Statistical analyses - Machine learning and artificial intelligence - Digital twins - Data collection and aggregation - Information visualization - Monitoring and control for resilience: - Center, system and application monitoring and control - Reliability, availability, serviceability and performability - Tunable fidelity and quality of service - Automated response and recovery - Operational intelligence to enable resilience - End-to-end integrity: - Fault tolerant design of centers, systems and applications - Forward migration and verification - Degraded operation - Error propagation, failure cascades, and error/failure containment - Testing and evaluation, including fault/error/failure injection - Enabling infrastructure for resilience: - Reliability, availability, serviceability systems - System software and middleware - Resilience extensions for programming models - Tools and frameworks - Support for resilience in heterogeneous architectures - Resilient algorithms: - Algorithmic detection and correction - Resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance - Fault tolerant numerical methods - Robust iterative algorithms - Resilient artificial intelligence Important Dates: - Workshop papers due: June 14, 2021 (23:59 AoE) [2nd Extension] - Workshop author notification: June 30, 2021 - Workshop author registration: TBD - Workshop paper (for informal workshop proceedings, due in EasyChair): July 14, 2021 - Workshop date: August 30 or 31, 2021 - Workshop camera-ready papers: September 10, 2021 General Co-Chairs: - Stephen L. Scott Tennessee Tech University, USA scottsl(a)ornl.gov - Christian Engelmann Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Co-Chairs: - Ferrol Aderholdt Middle Tennessee State University, USA ferrol.aderholdt(a)mtsu.edu - Thomas Naughton Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA naughtont(a)ornl.gov Workshop Chair Emeritus: - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun Louisiana Tech University, USA box(a)latech.edu Program Committee: - Wesley Bland, Intel Corporation, USA - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Marc Casas, Barcelona Supercomputer Center, Spain - Zizhong Chen, University of California at Riverside, USA - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Kurt Ferreira, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Saurabh Hukerikar, NVIDIA, USA - Ignacio Laguna, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Scott Levy, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Rolf Riesen, Intel Corporation, USA - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Thomas Ropars, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France - Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA _________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Naughton naughtont(a)ornl.gov Research Associate (865) 576-4184

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CFP - Workshop on Probabilistic Logic Programming (PLP 2021)
by Miguel Areias 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS PLP 2021: The Eighth Workshop on Probabilistic Logic Programming http://stoics.org.uk/plp/plp2021 ========================================================================= A workshop of 37th International Conference on Logic Programming September 20-27, 2021 (the event will be virtual) ========================================================================= ** Deadline for submissions: August 1st 2021 Overview ******** Probabilistic logic programming (PLP) approaches have received much attention in this century. They address the need to reason about relational domains under uncertainty arising in a variety of application domains, such as bioinformatics, the semantic web, robotics, and many more. Developments in PLP include new languages that combine logic programming with probability theory, as well as algorithms that operate over programs in these formalisms. The workshop encompasses all aspects of combining logic, algorithms, programming and probability. PLP is part of a wider current interest in probabilistic programming. By promoting probabilities as explicit programming constructs, inference, parameter estimation and learning algorithms can be ran over programs which represent highly structured probability spaces. Due to logic programming's strong theoretical underpinnings, PLP is one of the more disciplined areas of probabilistic programming. It builds upon and benefits from the large body of existing work in logic programming, both in semantics and implementation, but also presents new challenges to the field. PLP reasoning often requires the evaluation of large number of possible states before any answers can be produced thus breaking the sequential search model of traditional logic programs. While PLP has already contributed a number of formalisms, systems and well understood and established results in: parameter estimation, tabling, marginal probabilities and Bayesian learning, many questions remain open in this exciting, expanding field in the intersection of AI, machine learning and statistics. This workshop provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, presentation of results and preliminary work, in the following areas * probabilistic logic programming formalisms * parameter estimation * statistical inference * implementations * structure learning * reasoning with uncertainty * constraint store approaches * stochastic and randomised algorithms * probabilistic knowledge representation and reasoning * constraints in statistical inference * applications, such as * * bioinformatics * * semantic web * * robotics * probabilistic graphical models * Bayesian learning * tabling for learning and stochastic inference * MCMC * stochastic search * labelled logic programs * integration of statistical software This list is by no means exhaustive. Purpose ******** After seven successful editions of this workshop, the eighth edition of PLP will be held at the ICLP virtual conference organised by the University of Porto. We hope that this encourages further collaboration between researchers in PLP and researchers working in other areas of ICLP. Submissions *********** Submissions will be managed via EasyChair (to be announced). Contributions should be prepared in the LNCS style. A mixture of papers are sought including: new results; work in progress; and technical summaries of recent substantial contributions. Papers presenting new results should be 6-15 pages in length. Work in progress and technical summaries can be shorter (2-5 pages). The workshop proceedings will clearly indicate the type of each paper. At least one author of each accepted paper will be required to attend the workshop to present the contribution. Publication *********** Informal proceedings will be made available electronically to attendees and submitted to CEUR Workshop Proceedings repository (http://ceur-ws.org/). The proceedings will consist of clearly marked sections corresponding to the different types of submissions accepted. Deadlines ********* Papers due: August 1st, 2021 Notification to authors: September 1st, 2021 Camera ready version due: September 10th, 2021 Workshop date: September 20-27, 2021 (all dates are AoE) Invited Speaker(s) ****************** TBA Programme Committee Chairs ************************** Rafael Penaloza (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) Felix Weitkämper (LMU München, Germany) Programme Committee ******************* TBA =========================================================================

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The IEEE Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) Webinar, June 15, 2021 at 12pm CET (Online Free Event)
by Bahman Javadi 04 Jun '21

04 Jun '21

The IEEE Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) is organising a webinar on June 15th, 2021 at 12pm CET. The aim of the webinar is to support researchers and students with an interest in the areas of Cloud/Edge/Fog for fostering discussions with experts. Given the current limitations to organise face-to-face conferences, we plan to keep the research community connected and engaged with emerging research topics. The first seminar for 2021 will focus on “Future Directions in Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing”. Webpage: https://tc.computer.org/tccld/ieee-tccld_webinar-2121/ Date and time: 15 June, 2021, 12pm CET Academic Presenter: Prof. Schahram Dustdar, TU Wien, Austria Industry Presenter: Dr Paul Harvey, Rakuten Mobile, Japan Moderators/Contributors: A/Prof. Bahman Javadi, Western Sydney University, Australia Dr. Blesson Varghese, Queen's University Belfast, UK Agenda: Academic Presentation (20 min) Questions/Answers (10 min) Industry Presentation (20 min) Questions/Answers (10 min) Open Discussions (50 min) Wrap-up (10 min) Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mjZ_DNWltJxWYfj1xVeWsLojJNrB6MdRXdxnntT5CT…

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CFP - Workshop on Causal Reasoning and Explanation in Logic Programming (CAUSAL 2021)
by Miguel Areias 03 Jun '21

03 Jun '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS CAUSAL 2021: Workshop on Causal Reasoning and Explanation in Logic Programming https://sites.google.com/view/causal2021/ ========================================================================= A workshop of 37th International Conference on Logic Programming September 20-27, 2021 (the event will be virtual) ========================================================================= Important Dates *************** * Paper submission: July 17th 2021 * Notification: July 31st 2021 * Final Versions: August 15th 2021 * Workshop Date: TBA (in September 20-27, 2021) Overview ******** Sophisticated causal reasoning has long been prevalent in human society and continues to have an undeniable impact on the advancement of science, technology, medicine, and other significant fields. From the development of ancient tools to modern roots of causal analysis in business and industry, reasoning about causality and having the ability to explain causal mechanisms enables us to identify how an outcome of interest came to be and gives insight into how to bring about, or even prevent, similar outcomes in future scenarios. This workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners of logic programming with a dedicated focus on methods and trends emerging from the study of causality and explanation. We welcome the submission of papers on systems, tools, and applications of logic programming methods for causal reasoning and explanation. In particular, we encourage submissions presenting recent developments, including works in progress. The workshop will present the latest research and application developments in these areas and provide opportunities to discuss current and future research directions and relationships to other fields (e.g. Machine Learning, Diagnosis, Natural Language Processing and Understanding, Philosophy of Science). An important expected outcome of this workshop is to collect first-hand feedback from the ICLP community about the role and placement of causal reasoning and explanation in the landscape of modern computer theory as well as in the software industry. Topics of interests include (but are not limited to): ***************************************************** * Modeling causal theories in logic programming * Formalization of types of causes: sufficient, necessary, actual, etc * Causality, temporal reasoning and action theories * Causality and counterfactual reasoning * Causality, learning and experimental design * Causality and probability * Causality and equivalence * Causality and ontology * Learning causal relations and information * Novel causal benchmarks * Relating LP based causality and Causal Networks * Challenging problems and benchmark examples * Justifications and argumentation * Explainable AI * Explanations for diagnosis and debugging * Tools, systems and applications Submissions must describe original research and be prepared using the Springer LNAI/LNCS format, available at: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… The workshop invites submissions of two types: * Full papers not exceeding 13 pages (excluding references) * Extended abstracts not exceeding 3 pages (excluding references) Please submit your paper via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=causal2021 At least one co-author of each accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop. Please check the ICLP 2021 website (https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/) for registration procedure and fees. We are planning to publish a special issue with selected workshop papers. Organizers ********** * Emily LeBlanc, US Naval Research Lab, USA (emily.leblanc(a)nrl.navy.mil) * Joost Vennekens, KU Leuven, Belgium * Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University, USA * Pedro Cabalar, Corunna University, Spain * Jorge Fandiño, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA * Marcello Balduccini, Saint Joseph's University, USA * Yuliya Lierler, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA =========================================================================

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Press Release - AEiC 2021, Ada-Europe Reliable Softw. Technol.
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 30 May '21

30 May '21

----------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL Call for Participation *** UPDATED Program Summary *** 25th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021) 7-10 June 2021, Virtual Event www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 *** Check out tutorials! *** www.ada-europe.org/conference2021/tutorials.html *** Don't miss the thematic social events on Tuesday and Wednesday *** *** Full Program available on the conference web site *** *** Register now! *** #AEiC2021 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Press release: 25th Ada-Europe Int'l Conference on Reliable Software Technologies International experts meet in virtual conference hosted by Underline Santander, Spain (31 May 2021) - Ada-Europe together with the University of Cantabria, Spain organize from 7 to 10 June 2021 the 25th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021). The conference was initially scheduled to take place in Santander, Spain. According to the safety and sanitary measures under the COVID-19 pandemic, this year the conference will be a virtual event, hosted by Underline (https://underline.io). The event is in cooperation with the Ada Resource Association (ARA), and with ACM's Special Interest Groups on Ada (SIGAda), on Embedded Systems (SIGBED) and on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN). The Ada-Europe series of conferences has over the years become a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. These events highlight the increased relevance of Ada in general and in safety- and security-critical systems in particular, and provide a unique opportunity for interaction and collaboration between academics and industrial practitioners. This year's conference offers 5 tutorials, 3 keynotes, a technical program of 7 sessions with refereed papers, invited and industrial presentations, a work-in-progress session, an industrial exhibition and vendor presentations, and a social program. Five parallel tutorials are scheduled on Monday, targeting different audiences: - "Programming mobile robots with ROS2 and the RCLAda Ada client library", by Alejandro R. Mosteo; - "Introduction to the development of safety critical software", by Jean-Pierre Rosen; - "Parallel programming with Ada and OpenMP", by Sara Royuela, S. Tucker Taft, Luis Miguel Pinho; - "Timing verification from UML & MARTE design models: techniques & tools", by Laurent Rioux, Julio Medina and Shuai Li; - "Programming shared memory computers", by Jan Verschelde. Tutorial registration is complementary for conference participants. The industrial exhibition opens Tuesday under the Expo area in the virtual platform and also in the Lounge, which is the networking area. It runs until the end of Thursday afternoon. Exhibitors include AdaCore, PTC Developer Tools, and Ada-Europe. All conference participants are invited to the exhibition as well as to the virtual social events. Three eminent speakers have been invited to deliver a keynote at each of the core conference days: - Ángel Conde, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence team leader at IKERLAN (Spain), who will present his work on "Software reliability in the Big Data era with an industry-minded focus"; - Alfons Crespo, who is with the Institute of Automation and Industrial Informatics of the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), will give an answer to the question "Why hypervisor-based approach is the best alternative for mixed-criticality systems"; - Tucker Taft, who is Director of Language Research at AdaCore (USA), will talk on "A sampling of Ada 2022". The technical program from Tuesday to Thursday presents 13 refereed technical papers and 5 invited, 6 industrial and 4 vendor presentations in sessions on: - Scheduling and mixed-criticality systems, - Software modeling, - Autonomous systems, - Ada issues and Ravenscar, - Validation and verification tools, - Emerging applications with reliability requirements, - Safety challenges. In addition, there is a work-in-progress session including 8 presentations and associated posters. Peer-reviewed papers have been submitted to a special issue of the Journal of Systems Architecture and are heading towards final acceptance as open-access publications. Industrial and work-in-progress presentations, together with tutorial abstracts, will be offered publication in the Ada User Journal, the quarterly magazine of Ada-Europe. The social program is hosted in a space under the gather.town environment that allows informal and lively gathering of the participants. This space has different areas, such as rooms, tables, and corners where a participant can approach to talk though videoconferencing with participants in the same virtual area. This facility will be used for the breaks, poster session, exhibition and social events. Don't miss the thematic social events at the end of each core conference day. The Best Presentation Award will be offered during the Closing session. The full program is available on the conference web site. Online registration is still possible. ------- Latest updates: The "Final Program" is available at www.ada-europe.org/conference2021/final-program.pdf. Check out the tutorials in the PDF program, or in the schedule at www.ada-europe.org/conference2021/tutorials.html. Registration fees are lower than ever and the registration process is done on-line. Don't delay! For all details, select "Registration" at www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 or go directly to https://registration.ada-europe.org. The technical sessions are designed with the flipped-conference concept, where the audience can access pre-recorded presentation materials in advance. The live sessions are devoted to short presentations of the highlights of each contribution, allowing ample time for questions and answers with the presenter. The recorded materials will also be available for some time after their sessions. The program runs between 12:30 and 18:30 CEST, to allow participation from different time zones. For more info and latest updates see the conference web site at www.ada-europe.org/conference2021. AEiC 2021 is sponsored by AdaCore (www.adacore.com), Ellidiss (www.ellidiss.com), PTC Developer Tools (www.ptc.com/developer-tools), Universidad de Cantabria (web.unican.es/en), and Vector (www.vector.com/at/en). Help promote the conference by advertising it. Recommended Twitter hashtags: #AdaEurope and/or #AEiC2021. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2021 Publicity Chair (aka Ada-Europe 2021), Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 25th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021) * June 7-10, 2021 * online event * www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 **

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SARL Agent Programming Language 0.12
by Stéphane Galland 28 May '21

28 May '21

Dear Colleagues. The version 0.12 of the SARL Agent Programming Language is release ( http://www.sarl.io) This language enables you to create an application with agent-oriented concepts, inspired by the ASPECS methodology and the CRIO metamodel. Changes are listed in: http://www.sarl.io/download/changes_0.12.html Have fun. Prof. Dr Stéphane GALLAND

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Call For Short Papers - 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021)
by Miguel Areias 26 May '21

26 May '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS The 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021) ========================================================================= We are pleased to announce our distinguished invited speakers. ** William W. Cohen, Google AI ** John Hooker, CMU ** Phokion Kolaitis, UC Santa Cruz and IBM Almaden ** Stuart Russell, UC Berkeley ** Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford University ========================================================================= Contributions are sought in all areas of logic programming, including but not restricted to: ** Foundations: Semantics, Formalisms, Nonmonotonic reasoning, Knowledge representation. ** Languages issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility, Higher order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Modules, Meta-programming, Logic-based domain-specific languages, Programming techniques. ** Programming support: Program analysis, Transformation, Validation, Verification, Debugging, Profiling, Testing, Execution visualization. ** Implementation: Compilation, Virtual machines, Memory management, Parallel/distributed execution, Constraint handling rules, Tabling, Foreign interfaces, User interfaces. ** Related Paradigms and Synergies: Inductive and coinductive logic programming, Constraint logic programming, Answer set programming, Interaction with SAT, SMT and CSP solvers, Theorem proving, Argumentation, Probabilistic programming, Machine learning. ** Applications: Databases, Big data, Data integration and federation, Software engineering, Natural language processing, Web and semantic web, Agents, Artificial intelligence, Computational life sciences, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Education. Important Dates *************** ** Short Paper Submission: July 4, 2021 ** Notification: July 30, 2021 ** Camera-ready copy due: August 10, 2021 ** Conference: September 20--27, 2021 Submission Details ****************** Expected submissions must follow the instructions: ** Short papers (7 pages in EPTCS format (http://info.eptcs.org/), including references) can describe published research. The accepted short papers that describe original and previously unpublished work will be published as technical communications, along with the selected ICLP technical communications papers. The accepted short papers that describe published research will be made available at the conference webpage, with the permission of the authors. All submissions must be written in English. Accepted technical communications will be presented during the conference. Authors of accepted technical communications will, by default, be automatically included in the list of ALP members, who will receive quarterly updates from the Logic Programming Newsletter at no cost. Submissions will be done via EasyChair. The submission Web page for ICLP2021 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2021 More details ************ https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt Any additional question can be directed towards ICLP Chairs: iclp2021(a)easychair.org =========================================================================

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[SIGKDD Workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series 2021]: Call for papers
by Sanjay Purushotham 25 May '21

25 May '21

CFP: 2021 SIGKDD Workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series [apologies for cross-posting] CFP Webpage: https://kdd-milets.github.io/milets2021/#call* (Deadline: June 1, 2021)* -------------------------------------------------------------- 7th SIGKDD Workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series (MiLeTS) 2021 Aug 14th, 2021 - KDD Virtual Conference https://kdd-milets.github.io/milets2021/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- KEY DATES ---------------- *Paper Submission Deadline: June 1, 2021, 11:59PM Alofi Time*Author Notification: June 28, 2021 Camera Ready Version: July 5, 2021 Workshop: August 14th, 2021 ------------------------------------------------- MiLeTS is the premier KDD workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series. Time series data are ubiquitous. In domains as diverse as finance, entertainment, transportation, and health care, we observe a fundamental shift away from parsimonious, infrequent measurement to nearly continuous monitoring and recording. Rapid advances in diverse sensing technologies, ranging from remote sensors to wearables and social sensing, are generating rapid growth in the size and complexity of time series archives. Thus, although time series analysis has been studied extensively, its importance only continues to grow. What is more, modern time series data pose significant challenges to existing techniques (e.g., irregular sampling in hospital records and spatiotemporal structure in climate data). Finally, time series mining research is challenging and rewarding because it bridges a variety of disciplines and demands interdisciplinary solutions. Now is the time to discuss the next generation of temporal mining algorithms. The focus of MiLeTS workshop is to synergize the research in this area and discuss both new and open problems in time series analysis and mining. The solutions to these problems may be algorithmic, theoretical, statistical, or systems-based in nature. Further, MiLeTS emphasizes applications to high impact or relatively new domains, including but not limited to biology, health and medicine, climate and weather, road traffic, astronomy, and energy. The MiLeTS workshop will discuss a broad variety of topics related to time series, including: · Time series pattern mining and detection, representation, searching and indexing, classification, clustering, prediction, forecasting, and rule mining. · BIG time series data. · Hardware acceleration techniques using GPUs, FPGAs and special processors. · Online, high-speed learning and mining from streaming time series. · Uncertain time series mining. · Privacy preserving time series mining and learning. · Time series that are multivariate, high-dimensional, heterogeneous, etc., or that possess other atypical properties. · Time series with special structure: spatiotemporal (e.g., wind patterns at different locations), relational (e.g., patients with similar diseases), hierarchical, etc. · Time series with sparse or irregular sampling, non-random missing values, and special types of measurement noise or bias. · Time series analysis using less traditional approaches, such as deep learning and subspace clustering. · Applications to high impact or relatively new time series domains, such as health and medicine, road traffic, and air quality. · New, open, or unsolved problems in time series analysis and mining. ------------------------------ Submission Guidelines ------------------------------ Submissions should follow the SIGKDD formatting requirements and will be evaluated using the SIGKDD Research Track evaluation criteria. Preference will be given to papers that are reproducible, and authors are encouraged to share their data and code publicly whenever possible. Submissions are strongly recommended to be no more than 4 pages, excluding references or supplementary materials (all in a single pdf). The appropriateness of using additional pages over the recommended length will be judged by reviewers. All submissions must be in pdf format using the workshop template (latex, word). Submissions will be managed via the MiLeTS 2021 EasyChair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=milets2021. *Note on open problem submissions:* To promote new and innovative research on time series, we plan to accept a small number of high-quality manuscripts describing open problems in time series analysis and mining. Such papers should provide a clear, detailed description and analysis of a new or open problem that poses a significant challenge to existing techniques, as well as a thorough empirical investigation demonstrating that current methods are insufficient. *COVID-19 Time Series Analysis Special Track:* The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting almost everyone worldwide and is expected to have life-altering short and long-term effects. There are many potential applications of time series analysis and mining that can contribute to the understanding of this pandemic. We encourage the submission of high-quality manuscripts describing original problems, time-series datasets, and novel solutions for time series analysis and forecasting of COVID-19. The review process is single-round and double-blind (submission files have to be anonymized). Concurrent submissions to other journals and conferences are acceptable. Accepted papers will be presented as posters during the workshop and listed on the website. Besides, a small number of accepted papers will be selected to be presented as contributed talks. Any questions may be directed to the workshop e-mail address: kdd.milets(a)gmail.com. ----------------- KEY DATES ----------------- *Paper Submission Deadline: June 1, 2021, 11:59PM Alofi Time*Author Notification: June 28, 2021 Camera Ready Version: July 5, 2021 Workshop: August 14th, 2021 ------------------------------- Organizing Committee ------------------------------- Sanjay Purushotham University of Maryland, Baltimore County Yaguang Li Google Zhengping Che Didi Chuxing -------------------------- Steering Committee -------------------------- Eamonn Keogh University of California Riverside Yan Liu University of Southern California Abdullah Mueen University of New Mexico ------------- Contact: -------------- Any questions may be directed to the workshop e-mail address: kdd.milets(a)gmail.com.

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Deadlines Approaching - IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics, HiPC 2021
by Sanmukh Kuppannagari 24 May '21

24 May '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this email. Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science, HiPC 2021: Deadlines Approaching Abstract Submission Deadline: 4 June, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: 11 June, 2021 For more details, please visit: https://hipc.org/call-for-papers/

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CFP - 17th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming (ICLP-DC 2021)
by Miguel Areias 21 May '21

21 May '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ICLP DC 2021 - 17th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming ========================================================================= The 17th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming provides students with the opportunity to present and discuss their research directions, and to obtain feedback from both peers and experts in the field. The preliminary website of the DC can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/iclp-dc-2021/iclp-2021-doctoral-consortium The DC will take place during the 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP) https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt (September 20-27, 2021), as a fully virtual event. The best paper from the DC will be given the opportunity to make a presentation in a session of the main ICLP conference. Important Dates *************** Paper submission: July 15, 2021 Notification: August 01, 2021 Camera-ready copy: August 10, 2021 DC presentations: TBA (fully virtual event) DC students are highly recommended to attend the Autumn School on Logic Programming and Constraint Programming (https://sites.google.com/view/iclp-dc-2021/autumn-school-on-logic-programmi…). Audience ******** The DC is designed for students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, though we are also open to exceptions (e.g., students currently in a Master's program and interested in doctoral studies). Students at any stage in their doctoral studies are encouraged to apply for participation in the DC. Applicants are expected to conduct research in areas related to logic and constraint programming; topics of interest include (but are not limited to): ** Foundations: Semantics, Formalisms, Nonmonotonic reasoning, Knowledge representation. ** Languages: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility, Higher Order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Modules, Meta-programming, Logic-based domain-specific languages, Programming Techniques. ** Declarative programming: Declarative program development, Analysis, Type and mode inference, Partial evaluation, Abstract interpretation, Transformation, Validation, Verification, Debugging, Profiling, Testing, Execution visualization. ** Implementation: Virtual machines, Compilation, Memory management, Parallel/distributed execution, Constraint handling rules, Tabling, Foreign interfaces, User interfaces. ** Related Paradigms and Synergies: Inductive and Co-inductive Logic Programming, Constraint Logic Programming, Answer Set Programming, Interaction with SAT, SMT and CSP solvers, Logic programming techniques for type inference and theorem proving, Argumentation, Probabilistic Logic Programming, Relations to object-oriented and Functional programming. ** Applications: Databases, Big Data, Data integration and federation, Software engineering, Natural language processing, Web and Semantic Web, Agents, Artificial intelligence, Computational life sciences, Education, Cybersecurity, and Robotics. Submissions by students who have presented their work at previous ICLP DC editions are allowed, but should occur only if there are substantial changes or improvements to the student's work. The DC offers participants a convenient, more informal way to interact with established researchers and fellow students, through presentations, question-answer sessions, panel discussions, and invited presentations. The Doctoral Consortium will also provide the possibility to reflect - through short activities, information sessions, and discussions - on the process and lessons of research and life in academia. Each participant will give a short, critiqued, research presentation. Discussants *********** Renowned experts and researchers in the fields of logic and constraint programming will join in evaluating submissions and will participate in the DC, providing valuable feedback to DC participants. Goals ***** ** To provide doctoral students working in the fields of logic and constraint programming with a friendly and open forum to present their research ideas, listen to ongoing work from peer students, and receive constructive feedback. ** To provide students with relevant information about important issues for doctoral candidates and future academics. ** To develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research. ** To support a new generation of researchers with information and advice on academic, research, industrial, and non-traditional career paths. Submission Details ****************** Submissions of the research summary must be made in EPTCS format (http://info.eptcs.org/) and submitted via EasyChair. All papers must be written in English and should be between 5 and 10 pages. For all accepted DC papers, the student is required to attend the DC program and give a presentation during the DC. A program committee consisting of experts in various areas related to logic and constraint programming reviews the submissions. Papers are reviewed by at least two, and usually three, referees. The submission package should consist of the research summary in the format mentioned above, a short vita or cover letter of the applicant, a letter of recommendation from applicant's faculty advisor, and one paragraph statement outlining how the school will benefit the applicant. All material is to be submitted electronically, in PDF format on the Easychair system. Easychair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2021 (Doctoral Consortium track) Research summary (make sure to include your complete name, address, and affiliation): The body of your research summary (no more than 10 pages, but 5 is fine as well!) should provide a clear overview of your research, its potential impact, and its current status. You are encouraged to include the following sections: ** Introduction and problem description ** Background and overview of the existing literature ** Goal of the research ** Current status of the research ** Preliminary results accomplished (if any) ** Open issues and expected achievements ** Bibliographical references Review Criteria *************** The DC program committee will select participants based on their anticipated contribution to the DC objectives. Participants typically have settled on their thesis directions and have their research proposal accepted by their thesis committee. Students will be selected based on clarity and completeness of their submission package, relevance of their research area w.r.t. the focus of ICLP, stage of research, recommendation letter, and evidence of promise towards a successful career in research and academia, such as published papers or technical reports. Registration ************ Registration is part of the ICLP 2021 registration. Registration costs for ICLP will be lower than usual since it is virtual this year. We aim to find sponsoring to cover the registration cost of students participating in the DC, but this still has to be confirmed. Program co-chairs ***************** Bart Bogaerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria Program Committee ***************** Daniela Inclezan, Miami University OH Johannes Fichte, TU Dresden Fabio Fioravanti, University of Chieti-Pescara Gregory Gelfond, University of Nebraska at Omaha Zeynep G. Saribatur, Vienna University of Technology Frank Valencia, LIX, Ecole Polytechnique Matthias Van der Hallen, KU Leuven Yi Wang, Arizona State University Jessica Zangari, University of Calabria

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CFP: Resilience@Euro-Par 2021 - Papers due June 14 (2nd extension)
by Thomas Naughton 18 May '21

18 May '21

14th Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing (Resilience) in Clusters, Clouds, and Grids <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> in conjunction with the 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par), Lisbon, Portugal August 30 - September 3, 2021 <http://2021.euro-par.org> Overview: Resilience is a critical challenge as high performance computing (HPC) systems continue to increase component counts, individual component reliability decreases (such as due to shrinking process technology and near-threshold voltage (NTV) operation), hardware complexity increases (such as due to heterogeneous computing) and software complexity increases (such as due to complex data- and workflows, real-time requirements and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with traditional applications). Correctness and execution efficiency, in spite of faults, errors, and failures, is essential to ensure the success of the HPC systems, cluster computing environments, Grid computing infrastructures, and Cloud computing services. The impact of faults, errors, and failures in such HPC systems can range from financial losses due to system downtime (sometimes several tens-of-thousands of Dollars per lost system-hour), to financial losses due to unnecessary overprovision (acquisition and operating costs), to financial losses and legal liabilities due to erroneous or delayed output. The emergence of AI technology opens up new possibilities, but also new problems. Using AI technology for operational intelligence that enables resilience in HPC systems and centers is a complex control problem, while designing resilient AI technology for HPC applications is a difficult algorithmic problem. Resilience for HPC systems encompasses a wide spectrum of fundamental and applied research and development, including theoretical foundations, error/failure and anomaly detection, monitoring and control, end-to-end data integrity, enabling infrastructure, and resilient algorithms. This workshop brings together experts in the community to further research and development in HPC resilience and to facilitate exchanges across the computational paradigms of extreme-scale HPC, cluster computing, Grid computing, and Cloud computing. Submission Guidelines: Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in English in PDF format. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and BETWEEN 10 AND 12 PAGES, including figures, tables and references, using Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format at <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>. Papers with less than 10 or more than 12 pages will not be accepted due to publisher guidelines. Submissions should include abstract, key words and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. Papers not conforming to these guidelines may be returned without review. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. The proceedings will be published in Springer's LNCS as post-conference proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop for inclusion in the proceedings. Authors may contact the workshop program chairs for more information. Important websites: - Resilience 2021 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> - Resilience 2021 Submissions: <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2021> (Select "WS06" Track) - Euro-Par 2021 website: <http://2021.euro-par.org> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical foundations for resilience: - Metrics and measurement - Statistics and optimization - Simulation and emulation - Formal methods - Efficiency modeling and uncertainty quantification - Experience reports - Error/failure/anomaly detection and reliability/dependability modeling: - Statistical analyses - Machine learning and artificial intelligence - Digital twins - Data collection and aggregation - Information visualization - Monitoring and control for resilience: - Center, system and application monitoring and control - Reliability, availability, serviceability and performability - Tunable fidelity and quality of service - Automated response and recovery - Operational intelligence to enable resilience - End-to-end integrity: - Fault tolerant design of centers, systems and applications - Forward migration and verification - Degraded operation - Error propagation, failure cascades, and error/failure containment - Testing and evaluation, including fault/error/failure injection - Enabling infrastructure for resilience: - Reliability, availability, serviceability systems - System software and middleware - Resilience extensions for programming models - Tools and frameworks - Support for resilience in heterogeneous architectures - Resilient algorithms: - Algorithmic detection and correction - Resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance - Fault tolerant numerical methods - Robust iterative algorithms - Resilient artificial intelligence Important Dates: - Workshop papers due: June 14, 2021 (23:59 AoE) [2nd Extension] - Workshop author notification: June 30, 2021 - Workshop author registration: TBD - Workshop paper (for informal workshop proceedings, due in EasyChair): July 14, 2021 - Workshop date: August 30 or 31, 2021 - Workshop camera-ready papers: September 10, 2021 General Co-Chairs: - Stephen L. Scott Tennessee Tech University, USA scottsl(a)ornl.gov - Christian Engelmann Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Co-Chairs: - Ferrol Aderholdt Middle Tennessee State University, USA ferrol.aderholdt(a)mtsu.edu - Thomas Naughton Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA naughtont(a)ornl.gov Workshop Chair Emeritus: - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun Louisiana Tech University, USA box(a)latech.edu Program Committee: - Wesley Bland, Intel Corporation, USA - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Marc Casas, Barcelona Supercomputer Center, Spain - Zizhong Chen, University of California at Riverside, USA - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Kurt Ferreira, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Saurabh Hukerikar, NVIDIA, USA - Ignacio Laguna, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Scott Levy, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Rolf Riesen, Intel Corporation, USA - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Thomas Ropars, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France - Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA _________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Naughton naughtont(a)ornl.gov Research Associate (865) 576-4184

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Live e-Lecture by Prof. John Shawe-Taylor: “An Introduction to PAC-Bayesian Analysis”, 18th May 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 12 May '21

12 May '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. John Shawe-Taylor (University College London, UK), a prominent AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘An Introduction to PAC-Bayesian Analysis’, on Tuesday 18th May 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: <https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98708421450> https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98708421450 & Passcode: 148148 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media, <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> ELISE, <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> Humane AI Net, <https://tailor-network.eu/> TAILOR, <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> VISION, currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) Lectures are typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the email lists <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida> AIDA email list and <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. M. Chetouani, P. Flach, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas, N. Sebe -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[SIGKDD Workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series 2021]: Call for papers
by Sanjay Purushotham 11 May '21

11 May '21

Dear colleagues and researchers, CFP Webpage: https://kdd-milets.github.io/milets2021/#call -------------------------------------------------------------- *7th SIGKDD Workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series (MiLeTS) 2021Aug 14th, 2021 - KDD Virtual Conference* https://kdd-milets.github.io/milets2021/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- KEY DATES ---------------- *Paper Submission Deadline: May 20th, 2021, 11:59PM Alofi Time* Author Notification: June 10th, 2021 Camera Ready Version: June 24th, 2021 Workshop: August 14th, 2021 ------------------------------------------------- MiLeTS is the premier KDD workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series. Time series data are ubiquitous. In domains as diverse as finance, entertainment, transportation, and health care, we observe a fundamental shift away from parsimonious, infrequent measurement to nearly continuous monitoring and recording. Rapid advances in diverse sensing technologies, ranging from remote sensors to wearables and social sensing, are generating rapid growth in the size and complexity of time series archives. Thus, although time series analysis has been studied extensively, its importance only continues to grow. What is more, modern time series data pose significant challenges to existing techniques (e.g., irregular sampling in hospital records and spatiotemporal structure in climate data). Finally, time series mining research is challenging and rewarding because it bridges a variety of disciplines and demands interdisciplinary solutions. Now is the time to discuss the next generation of temporal mining algorithms. The focus of MiLeTS workshop is to synergize the research in this area and discuss both new and open problems in time series analysis and mining. The solutions to these problems may be algorithmic, theoretical, statistical, or systems-based in nature. Further, MiLeTS emphasizes applications to high impact or relatively new domains, including but not limited to biology, health and medicine, climate and weather, road traffic, astronomy, and energy. The MiLeTS workshop will discuss a broad variety of topics related to time series, including: · Time series pattern mining and detection, representation, searching and indexing, classification, clustering, prediction, forecasting, and rule mining. · BIG time series data. · Hardware acceleration techniques using GPUs, FPGAs and special processors. · Online, high-speed learning and mining from streaming time series. · Uncertain time series mining. · Privacy preserving time series mining and learning. · Time series that are multivariate, high-dimensional, heterogeneous, etc., or that possess other atypical properties. · Time series with special structure: spatiotemporal (e.g., wind patterns at different locations), relational (e.g., patients with similar diseases), hierarchical, etc. · Time series with sparse or irregular sampling, non-random missing values, and special types of measurement noise or bias. · Time series analysis using less traditional approaches, such as deep learning and subspace clustering. · Applications to high impact or relatively new time series domains, such as health and medicine, road traffic, and air quality. · New, open, or unsolved problems in time series analysis and mining. ------------------------------ Submission Guidelines ------------------------------ Submissions should follow the SIGKDD formatting requirements and will be evaluated using the SIGKDD Research Track evaluation criteria. Preference will be given to papers that are reproducible, and authors are encouraged to share their data and code publicly whenever possible. Submissions are strongly recommended to be no more than 4 pages, excluding references or supplementary materials (all in a single pdf). The appropriateness of using additional pages over the recommended length will be judged by reviewers. All submissions must be in pdf format using the workshop template (latex, word). Submissions will be managed via the MiLeTS 2021 EasyChair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=milets2021. *Note on open problem submissions:* To promote new and innovative research on time series, we plan to accept a small number of high-quality manuscripts describing open problems in time series analysis and mining. Such papers should provide a clear, detailed description and analysis of a new or open problem that poses a significant challenge to existing techniques, as well as a thorough empirical investigation demonstrating that current methods are insufficient. *COVID-19 Time Series Analysis Special Track:* The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting almost everyone worldwide and is expected to have life-altering short and long-term effects. There are many potential applications of time series analysis and mining that can contribute to the understanding of this pandemic. We encourage the submission of high-quality manuscripts describing original problems, time-series datasets, and novel solutions for time series analysis and forecasting of COVID-19. The review process is single-round and double-blind (submission files have to be anonymized). Concurrent submissions to other journals and conferences are acceptable. Accepted papers will be presented as posters during the workshop and listed on the website. Besides, a small number of accepted papers will be selected to be presented as contributed talks. Any questions may be directed to the workshop e-mail address: kdd.milets(a)gmail.com. ----------------- KEY DATES ----------------- *Paper Submission Deadline: May 20th, 2021, 11:59PM Alofi Time* Author Notification: June 10th, 2021 Camera Ready Version: June 24th, 2021 Workshop: August 14th, 2021 ------------------------------- Organizing Committee ------------------------------- Sanjay Purushotham University of Maryland, Baltimore County Yaguang Li Google Zhengping Che Didi Chuxing -------------------------- Steering Committee -------------------------- Eamonn Keogh University of California Riverside Yan Liu University of Southern California Abdullah Mueen University of New Mexico ------------- Contact: -------------- Any questions may be directed to the workshop e-mail address: kdd.milets(a)gmail.com.

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ML4PM 2021 - Second International Workshop on Leveraging Machine Learning in Process Mining
by Paolo Ceravolo 10 May '21

10 May '21

3rd International Conference on Process Mining, October 31-November 4, 2021, Eindhoven, the Netherlands # ML4PM 2021 ## SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING IN PROCESS MINING ### October 31-November 4, 2021, Eindhoven, the Netherlands [http://ml4pm2021.di.unimi.it](http://ml4pm2021.di.unimi.it) ### AN ACTIVITY FROM THE [IEEE TASK FORCE ON PROCESS MINING](https://www.win.tue.nl/ieeetfpm/doku.php?id=start) ## About ML4PM The interest in combining Machine Learning and Process Mining has seen increasing growth in the last few years along with the relevance of the ICPM conference. Thus, this workshop offers a focused environment to discuss new approaches, applications and their results to a wide audience, composed of researchers and practitioners. ML4PM will be held in Eindhoven, in conjunction with the ICPM conference. ### Call for Papers This workshop invites papers that present works that lay in the intersection between machine learning and process mining. The event provides a suitable environment to discuss new approaches presented by researchers and practitioners. Main themes include automated process modeling, predictive process mining, application of deep learning techniques and online process mining. The workshop will count with leading researchers, engineers and scientists who are actively working on these topics. ### Topics Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to: * Outcome and time prediction * Classification and clusterization of business processes * Application of Deep Learning for PM * Stream mining for online process environments * Anomaly detection for PM * Natural Language Processing and Text Mining for PM * Multi-perspective analysis of processes * Machine Learning for robot process automation * Automated process modeling and updating * Conformance checking based on Machine Learning * Transfer Learning applied to business processes * IoT business services leveraged by Machine Learning * Multidimensional Process Mining * Predictive Process Mining * Prescriptive Learning in Process Mining * Convergence of Machine Learning and Blockchain in Process Mining ### Submission Guidelines Contributions to all calls should be submitted electronically to the Workshop management system connecting to [https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icpm2021](https://easychair.org/my…. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to participate in the conference and present his/her work. Submissions must be original contributions that have not been published previously. Authors are requested to prepare submissions according to the format of the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series by Springer [href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-791344-0](http://www.sp…. Submissions must be in English and must not exceed 12 pages (including figures, bibliography and appendices). Each paper should contain a short abstract, clarifying the relation of the paper with the workshop topics, clearly state the problem being addressed, the goal of the work, the results achieved, and the relation to the literature. > > **Registrations** are managed by the [ICPM system](https://icpmconference.org/2021/registration/) > ### Important Dates | Milestone | Deadline| | ------ | ------ | | Abstract Submission| August 19, 2021| | Paper Submission| August 26, 2021| | Notification of Acceptance| September 16, 2021| | Submission of Camera Ready Papers| September 30, 2021| | Workshop| November 1, 2021| |Post-workshop Camera-Ready Papers| November 16, 2021| ## Organizers ### CHAIRS * Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4519-0173) * Sylvio Barbon Jr., State University of Londrina, Brazil (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4988-0702) * Annalisa Appice, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9840-844X) ### Program Committee Matthias Ehrendorfer, University of Vienna Sarajane Marques Peres, University of São Paulo Luís Paulo Faina Garcia, University of Brasilia Michelangelo Ceci, University of Bari Aldo Moro Gabriel Marques Tavares, Università degli Studi di Milano Domenico Potena , Università Politechnica delle Marche Antonella Guzzo, Università della Calabria Natalia Sidorova, Eindhoven University of Technology Irene Teinemaa, Booking.com Wil van der Aalst, RWTH Aachen University María Teresa Gómez, University of Seville Mariangela Lazoi, University of Salento Emerson Cabrera Paraiso, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná Bruno Bogaz Zarpelão, State University of Londrina Chiara Di Francescomarino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Fabrizio Maria Maggi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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Call for Papers Special Issue on Machine Learning for Complex Systems Modelling and Control [Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, AIMS]
by Alessio Martino 07 May '21

07 May '21

Dear Colleagues, I am contacting you in my capacity as Guest Editor for a Special Issue titled: "Machine Learning for Complex Systems Modelling and Control" to appear in “Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering” journal (AIMS Press): http://www.aimspress.com/mbe/article/5971/special-articles <http://www.aimspress.com/mbe/article/5971/special-articles> I hereby invite you and your co-authors to submit an original research paper, or a focused review, for our special issue. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 October 2021. Submitted papers will be peer reviewed and, upon acceptance, the paper will be published in open access form soon after professional editing. Thank you in advance for your consideration and I sincerely hope that you will accept this invitation to contribute to this Special Issue. If you believe that you will be able to submit a manuscript, I would also greatly appreciate if you could respond to this invitation at your earliest convenience. “Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering” (ISSN 1551-0018) is an EI, Scopus, WoS, PubMed indexed, interdisciplinary open access journal focuses on new developments in the fast-growing fields of mathematical biosciences and bioengineering. Areas covered include general mathematics, biology, and engineering with an emphasis on cutting-edge integrative and interdisciplinary research bridging mathematics, biology and engineering. Best Regards ________________________________________ Alessio Martino, PhD, Research Fellow Italian National Research Council Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR) Via San Martino della Battaglia 44, 00185 Rome, Italy <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Via+S.+Martino+della+Battaglia,+44,+00185…> Phone: (+39)0644362370-5 E-mail: alessio.martino(a)istc.cnr.it <mailto:alessio.martino@istc.cnr.it> Web: www.istc.cnr.it/en <http://www.istc.cnr.it/en>

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[CFP] International Workshop on Mining and Learning in the Legal Domain (MLLD 2021)
by Zarrinkalam, Fattane (TR Technology) 06 May '21

06 May '21

The International Workshop on Mining and Learning in the Legal Domain (MLLD 2021)<https://sites.google.com/view/mlld2021/home> will be co-located with ICDM-2021<https://icdm2021.auckland.ac.nz/> to be held on December 7-10, 2021, in Auckland, New Zealand. Call For Papers Introduction The increasing accessibility of large legal corpora and databases create opportunities to develop data driven techniques as well as more advanced tools that can facilitate multiple tasks of researchers and practitioners in the legal domain. While recent advancements in the areas of data mining and machine learning have gained many applications in domains such as biomedical, healthcare and finance, there is still a noticeable gap in how much the state-of-the-art techniques are being incorporated in the legal domain. Achieving this goal entails building a multi-disciplinary community that can benefit from the competencies of both law and computer science experts. The goal of this workshop is to bring the researchers and practitioners of both disciplines together and provide an opportunity to share the latest novel research findings and innovative approaches in employing data analytics and machine learning in the legal domain. Topics Following the success of the 1st MLLD workshop (MLLD 2020)<https://sites.google.com/view/mlld2020/home>, the 2nd workshop on Mining and Learning in the Legal Domain (MLLD 2021) discusses a broad variety of topics in various aspects of analyzing legal data such as Legislations, litigations, court cases, contracts, patents, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and Bylaws. We encourage submissions on novel mining and learning based solutions in: * Applications of data mining techniques in the legal domain * case outcome prediction * classifying, clustering and identifying anomalies in big corpora of legal records * legal analytics * citation analysis for case law * eDiscovery * Applications of natural language processing and machine learning techniques for legal textual data * information extraction and entity extraction/resolution for legal document reviews * information retrieval and question answering in applications such as identifying relevant case law * summarization of legal documents * legal language modelling and legal document embedding and representation * recommender systems for legal applications * topic modelling in large amounts of legal documents * harnessing of deep learning approaches * Ethical issues in mining legal data * privacy and GDPR in legal analytics * bias in the applications of data mining * transparency in legal data mining * Training data for legal domain * digital lawyers and legal machines * smart contracts * future of law practice in the age of AI * Emerging topics in the intersection of data mining and law * acquisition, representation, indexing, storage, and management of legal data * automatic annotation and learning with human in the loop * data augmentation techniques for legal data * semi-supervised learning, domain adaptation, distant supervision and transfer learning Submissions You are invited to submit your original research and application papers to the workshop. As per ICDM instructions, papers are limited to a maximum of 8 pages, and must follow the IEEE ICDM format requirements. All accepted workshop papers will be published in the formal proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Each paper is reviewed by at least 3 reviewers from the program committee. Paper review is triple-blind. Manuscripts are to be submitted through CyberChair<https://www.wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2021/icdm21/>. More information about the workshop is available here<https://sites.google.com/view/mlld2021/home>. Important Dates * Paper submission due date: September 3, 2021 * Notification of acceptance: September 24, 2021 * Camera ready submission: October 1, 2021 * MLLD -2021 Workshop: December 7, 2021 Organizing Committee Masoud Makrehchi<mailto:masoud.makrehchi@uoit.ca>, OntarioTech University and Thomson Reuters Labs Shohreh Shaghaghian<mailto:shohreh.shaghaghian@thomsonreuters.com>, Thomson Reuters Labs Ali Vahdat<mailto:ali.vahdat@thomsonreuters.com>, Thomson Reuters Labs Fattane Zarrinkalam<mailto:fattane.zarrinkalam@thomsonreuters.com>, Thomson Reuters Labs This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments. Certain required legal entity disclosures can be accessed on our website: https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/resources/disclosures.html

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CFP: Resilience@Euro-Par 2021 - Papers due May 14 (extended)
by Thomas Naughton 06 May '21

06 May '21

14th Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing (Resilience) in Clusters, Clouds, and Grids <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> in conjunction with the 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par), Lisbon, Portugal August 30 - September 3, 2021 <http://2021.euro-par.org> Overview: Resilience is a critical challenge as high performance computing (HPC) systems continue to increase component counts, individual component reliability decreases (such as due to shrinking process technology and near-threshold voltage (NTV) operation), hardware complexity increases (such as due to heterogeneous computing) and software complexity increases (such as due to complex data- and workflows, real-time requirements and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with traditional applications). Correctness and execution efficiency, in spite of faults, errors, and failures, is essential to ensure the success of the HPC systems, cluster computing environments, Grid computing infrastructures, and Cloud computing services. The impact of faults, errors, and failures in such HPC systems can range from financial losses due to system downtime (sometimes several tens-of-thousands of Dollars per lost system-hour), to financial losses due to unnecessary overprovision (acquisition and operating costs), to financial losses and legal liabilities due to erroneous or delayed output. The emergence of AI technology opens up new possibilities, but also new problems. Using AI technology for operational intelligence that enables resilience in HPC systems and centers is a complex control problem, while designing resilient AI technology for HPC applications is a difficult algorithmic problem. Resilience for HPC systems encompasses a wide spectrum of fundamental and applied research and development, including theoretical foundations, error/failure and anomaly detection, monitoring and control, end-to-end data integrity, enabling infrastructure, and resilient algorithms. This workshop brings together experts in the community to further research and development in HPC resilience and to facilitate exchanges across the computational paradigms of extreme-scale HPC, cluster computing, Grid computing, and Cloud computing. Submission Guidelines: Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in English in PDF format. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and BETWEEN 10 AND 12 PAGES, including figures, tables and references, using Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format at <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>. Papers with less than 10 or more than 12 pages will not be accepted due to publisher guidelines. Submissions should include abstract, key words and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. Papers not conforming to these guidelines may be returned without review. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. The proceedings will be published in Springer's LNCS as post-conference proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop for inclusion in the proceedings. Authors may contact the workshop program chairs for more information. Important websites: - Resilience 2021 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> - Resilience 2021 Submissions: <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2021> (Select "WS06" Track) - Euro-Par 2021 website: <http://2021.euro-par.org> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical foundations for resilience: - Metrics and measurement - Statistics and optimization - Simulation and emulation - Formal methods - Efficiency modeling and uncertainty quantification - Experience reports - Error/failure/anomaly detection and reliability/dependability modeling: - Statistical analyses - Machine learning and artificial intelligence - Digital twins - Data collection and aggregation - Information visualization - Monitoring and control for resilience: - Center, system and application monitoring and control - Reliability, availability, serviceability and performability - Tunable fidelity and quality of service - Automated response and recovery - Operational intelligence to enable resilience - End-to-end integrity: - Fault tolerant design of centers, systems and applications - Forward migration and verification - Degraded operation - Error propagation, failure cascades, and error/failure containment - Testing and evaluation, including fault/error/failure injection - Enabling infrastructure for resilience: - Reliability, availability, serviceability systems - System software and middleware - Resilience extensions for programming models - Tools and frameworks - Support for resilience in heterogeneous architectures - Resilient algorithms: - Algorithmic detection and correction - Resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance - Fault tolerant numerical methods - Robust iterative algorithms - Resilient artificial intelligence Important Dates: - Workshop papers due: May 14, 2021 (23:59 AoE) [Extended] - Workshop author notification: June 30, 2021 - Workshop author registration: TBD - Workshop paper (for informal workshop proceedings, due in EasyChair): July 14, 2021 - Workshop date: August 30 or 31, 2021 - Workshop camera-ready papers: September 10, 2021 General Co-Chairs: - Stephen L. Scott Tennessee Tech University, USA scottsl(a)ornl.gov - Christian Engelmann Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Co-Chairs: - Ferrol Aderholdt Middle Tennessee State University, USA ferrol.aderholdt(a)mtsu.edu - Thomas Naughton Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA naughtont(a)ornl.gov Workshop Chair Emeritus: - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun Louisiana Tech University, USA box(a)latech.edu Program Committee: - Wesley Bland, Intel Corporation, USA - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Marc Casas, Barcelona Supercomputer Center, Spain - Zizhong Chen, University of California at Riverside, USA - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Kurt Ferreira, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Saurabh Hukerikar, NVIDIA, USA - Ignacio Laguna, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Scott Levy, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Rolf Riesen, Intel Corporation, USA - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Thomas Ropars, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France - Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA _________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Naughton naughtont(a)ornl.gov Research Associate (865) 576-4184

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CFP - 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (extended deadlines)
by Miguel Areias 04 May '21

04 May '21

========================================================================= FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS The 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021) Fully virtual event hosted by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Porto ========================================================================= New: Extended deadlines (regular papers) ** Abstract registration: May 12, 2021 ** Paper submission: May 18, 2021 New: Invited speakers ** William W. Cohen, Google AI ** John Hooker, CMU ** Phokion Kolaitis, UC Santa Cruz and IBM Almaden ** Stuart Russell, UC Berkeley ** Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford University ========================================================================= Contributions are sought in all areas of logic programming, including but not restricted to: ** Foundations: Semantics, Formalisms, Nonmonotonic reasoning, Knowledge representation. ** Languages issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility, Higher order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Modules, Meta-programming, Logic-based domain-specific languages, Programming techniques. ** Programming support: Program analysis, Transformation, Validation, Verification, Debugging, Profiling, Testing, Execution visualization. ** Implementation: Compilation, Virtual machines, Memory management, Parallel/distributed execution, Constraint handling rules, Tabling, Foreign interfaces, User interfaces. ** Related Paradigms and Synergies: Inductive and coinductive logic programming, Constraint logic programming, Answer set programming, Interaction with SAT, SMT and CSP solvers, Theorem proving, Argumentation, Probabilistic programming, Machine learning. ** Applications: Databases, Big data, Data integration and federation, Software engineering, Natural language processing, Web and semantic web, Agents, Artificial intelligence, Computational life sciences, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Education. Tracks and Affiliated Events **************************** Besides the main track, ICLP 2021 will host additional tracks: ** Applications Track ** Recently Published Research Track and affiliated events: ** MentorLP - Mentoring Workshop on Logic Programming ** Fall School on Logic and Constraint Programming ** Doctoral Consortium ** Tutorials and co-located Workshops More details ************ https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt Any additional question can be directed towards ICLP Chairs: iclp2021(a)easychair.org =========================================================================

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PhD Position at CIAD / Technology University of Belfort-Montbaliard on "Contribution to cooperative perception and cooperative planning and control of robots in uncertain environment"
by Stéphane Galland 03 May '21

03 May '21

The CIAD laboratory is searching for a PhD candidate to work on cooperative control and planning, cooperative environmental perception,machine learning, multi-agent systems and robot behavior analysis. The PhD project is funded by the Technology University of Belfort- Montbeliard for 36 months.Starting period is September/October 2021. Application details are into the attached file or available on https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6794917064424341505/ 1) Introduction / background: Several applications in the field of robotics require interactions between robots toaccomplish their task. These interactions can be conflictual as in the case of space sharing,or collaborative as during handling operations. The movements of the robots in both casesmust be synchronized to perform their tasks safely. Due to the uncertain environment,especially in the presence of humans, these movements can experience delays, hence theneed to share the perception of the environment. There are two possible solutions tomeet this need. The first one consists of building a global dynamic representation mapshared and updated by all robots. This assumes that it must be managed centrally. In thesecond approach, which is decentralized, the robots communicate interfering elementswith each other. To do this, they must be able to classify the states of the environmentand jointly define the different sources of delay to synchronize accordingly. Two scientificbuilding blocks are identified in the proposed thesis subject.Cooperative planning and control: This involves studying interaction models and analyzing theproperties of control or trajectory planning. In addition to the properties of the solutions, themodel will be used to deduce the relevant information to be exchanged between the robots.Other control or planning techniques can be exploited. Through these analyzes, the student will beable to address the thorny issue of multi-agent reinforcement learning in the context ofcontinuous decision-making [1]. The aim here is to test the potentials of Deep ReinforcementLearning (DRL) in the context of the learning of several agents [2]. Also, other distributed controlstrategies can be deduced, explored and compared.Dynamic cooperative perception: This involves sharing the perception of a robot's environmentwith other robots and vice versa in a collaborative context [3]. The objective is to increase theperception of each of the robots in order to offer them broader perspectives to carry out theirindividual and collective tasks as well as possible [4]. In general, each robot, equipped with one ormore sensors (cameras, Lidars, etc.), must be able to locally perceive its surrounding space, thenintegrate all the information useful for the mission of each robot in its perception or knowledgemap [5]. The student will focus particularly on creating a dynamic representation of the perceptionof each robot by exploiting its own perception and those shared by other robots. The objectivehere is to understand the dynamic content of the environment by recognizing situations or eventsthat may cause difficulties to the robot itself, but also to other robots participating in the collectivemission. This representation requires a spatial and temporal registration, which can be complexdepending on the type of information shared.2) Planned works:The two scientific topics presented above will have to be treated and exploited jointly.Cooperative control and planning can benefit fromdynamic cooperative perception and vice versa.Indeed, the results of perception will be exploited to optimize the control of the robots, and inreturn, the perception process will exploit the robots control or planning to improve theirperception in terms of prediction for example. From a practical point of view, the sharing andupdating of the perception map of each robot can be done at the request of the robot concerned(to other robots) or can be detected automatically as part of a strategy defined by the missionitself and made known to all robots participating in the mission.For experiment and testing, the student will benefit from an application in a concrete case ofcollaboration between several real robots and a computing platform. The data will be generatedthrough real and augmented tests. [1] Ryan Lowe, Yi Wu, Aviv Tamar, Jean Harb, Pieter Abbeel, and Igor Mordatch. 2017. Multi-agentactor-critic for mixed cooperative-competitive environments. In Proceedings of the 31stInternational Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS'17). Curran AssociatesInc., Red Hook, NY, USA, 6382–6393.[2] OROOJLOOYJADID, Afshin et HAJINEZHAD, Davood. A review of cooperative multi-agent deepreinforcement learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.03963, 2019.[3] SCHMUCK, Patrik et CHLI, Margarita. CCM ‐ SLAM: Robust and efficient centralized collaborativemonocular simultaneous localization and mapping for robotic teams. Journal of Field Robotics,2019, vol. 36, no 4, p. 763-781.[4] QUERALTA, Jorge Pena, TAIPALMAA, Jussi, PULLINEN, Bilge Can, et al. Collaborative Multi-Robot Search and Rescue: Planning, Coordination, Perception, and Active Vision. IEEE Access,2020, vol. 8, p. 191617-191643.[5] YANG, Chule, WANG, Danwei, ZENG, Yijie, et al. Knowledge-based multimodal informationfusion for role recognition and situation assessment by using mobile robot. Information Fusion,2019, vol. 50, p. 126-138.-- Laboratoire Connaissance et Intelligence Artificielle Distribuées CIAD UMR 7533 Prof. Dr. Stéphane GALLAND Full Professor of Computer Science and Multiagent Systems Deputy Director of CIAD French Head of ARFITEC ARF-17-11 & ARF-19-11 "Energy, Transport, Industry, Challenges for tomorrow" Senior member of the Multiagent Group Member of AFIA Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard - UBFC 13, rue Ernest Thierry-Mieg 90010 Belfort Cedex, FRANCE CIAD Lab: www.ciad-lab.fr Web: www.ciad-lab.fr/author-10836 Phone: +33 384 583 418 (work office)

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Ada-Europe Int.Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, AEiC 2021
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation *** PROGRAM SUMMARY *** 25th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021) 7-10 June 2021, Virtual Event www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 Organized by University of Cantabria and Ada-Europe in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, SIGPLAN, SIGBED and the Ada Resource Association (ARA) #AEiC2021 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information The 25th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021), initially scheduled to take place in Santander, Spain, will be held online from the 7th to the 10th of June 2021, using the underline.io conference platform. The conference program includes parallel tutorials on Monday 7th, and a technical program and vendor exhibition from Tuesday to Thursday. The conference also includes breaks and virtual social events that will allow networking among the participants. *** Overview of the Week Monday 7th - Welcome Social Event - 5 Parallel Tutorials - Ice-Breaking Social Event Tuesday 8th - Ice-Breaking Social Event and Opening - Techn. Session 1: Scheduling and mixed-criticality systems - Keynote 1 - Techn. Session 2: Software modeling - Social Event Wednesday 9th - Welcome Social Event - Techn. Session 3: Autonomous systems - Work-in-Progress Session - Keynote 2 - Techn. Session 4: Ada issues and Ravenscar - Social Event Thursday 10th - Welcome Social Event - Techn. Session 5: Validation and verification tools - Techn. Session 6: Emerging applications with reliability requirements - Keynote 3 - Techn. Session 7: Safety challenges - Best Presentation Award, Closing Session and Party The program runs between 12:30 and 18:30 CEST, to allow participation from different time zones. For full details and up-to-date information, see the conference web page: http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 *** Keynote Talks In each of the three main conference days, a keynote will be delivered to address hot topics of relevance in the conference scope, with ample time for questions and answers. The keynotes will be: - Ángel Conde, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence team leader at IKERLAN (Spain), who will present his work on "Software reliability in the Big Data era with an industry-minded focus". - Alfons Crespo, who is with the Institute of Automation and Industrial Informatics of the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), will give an answer to the question "Why hypervisor-based approach is the best alternative for mixed-criticality systems". - Tucker Taft, who is Director of Language Research at AdaCore (USA), will talk on "A sampling of Ada 2022". *** Technical Sessions Given the current sanitary situation and the need to resort to a virtual format for the conference, we will all experience the advantages and benefits of exploring new formats. The technical sessions are designed with the flipped-conference concept, where the audience can access the pre-recorded presentation materials in advance and the live sessions are devoted to short presentations of the highlights of each contribution, allowing ample time for questions and answers with the presenter. The recorded materials will also be available for some time after their sessions. The technical sessions include papers submitted to the journal track that are heading towards final acceptance and open-access publication, together with industrial, invited and vendor presentations. *** Work-in-Progress Session The Work-in-Progress session contains contributions of evolving and early-stage ideas, or new research directions. They are presented in a special session consisting of a round of very short presentations of the highlights of each contribution, followed by a poster session in the same virtual space where the breaks are held. *** Exhibition From Tuesday to Thursday the conference platform will provide access to virtual booths where participants will be able to find information on the conference exhibitors and chat with them or request meetings. The virtual break lounge where the breaks and social events will take place will also have a space for meeting with the exhibitors. *** Tutorials Five four-hour parallel tutorials are offered on Monday 7th: - TU-1: Programming mobile robots with ROS2 and the RCLAda Ada client library, by Alejandro R. Mosteo - TU-2: Introduction to the development of safety critical software, by Jean-Pierre Rosen - TU-3: Parallel programming with Ada and OpenMP, by Sara Royuela, S. Tucker Taft, Luis Miguel Pinho - TU-4: Timing verification from UML & MARTE design models: techniques & tools, by Laurent Rioux, Julio Medina and Shuai Li - TU-5: Programming shared memory computers, by Jan Verschelde *** Social Program The virtual conference platform will offer a space under the gather.town environment to allow informal and lively gathering of the participants. This space may have different areas, such as rooms, tables, and corners where a participant can approach to talk though videoconferencing with participants in the same virtual area. This facility will be used for the breaks, poster session, exhibition and social events. Particular themes for some of the social events will be announced in the conference platform and in the web page. *** Further Information Participation for the full event, including tutorials, is free for Ada-Europe members and only 60 EUR for all others. Registration is required for all. The conference web page will shortly give full and up-to-date details on the program, the registration process and the virtual platform: http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 *** AEiC 2021 Sponsors - AdaCore: https://www.adacore.com/ - Ellidiss: https://www.ellidiss.com/ - PTC: http://www.ptc.com/developer-tools - Universidad de Cantabria: https://web.unican.es/en/ - Vector: https://www.vector.com/at/en/ The conference is supported and sponsored by - Ada-Europe: http://www.ada-europe.org/ and organized in cooperation with - ACM SIGAda: http://www.sigada.org/ - ACM SIGBED: https://sigbed.org/ - ACM SIGPLAN: http://www.sigplan.org/ - ARA: https://www.adaic.org/community/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2021 Publicity Chair (aka Ada-Europe 2021) Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be

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CAS at ICCSA 2021: New Conference Dates and Deadlines
by Ana Cristina Silva Braga 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

Dear Colleague, ICCSA 2021 will be organized as a virtual conference with online-only participation (which includes online attendance and presentation in sessions, and the publication of papers in Springer LNCS or IEEE CPS conference proceedings) Optional in-presence participation may be organized, should the COVID-19 restrictions allow it. The Organizing Committee decided to move the dates of the conference to 13-16 September 2021 to benefit from the vaccine effect and to have a higher number of participants in person. Registration fees: * Virtual conference online-only participation: 150 Euro * Optional in-presence participation: regular 520 Euro, students 340 Euro, workshop chair 315 Euro ***************************************************************************** ********************** APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES RECEIVED ****************** ************************** CAS 2021 at ICCSA 2021 ******************************* ************************University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy ************************ *************************** NEW CONFERENCE DATES **************************** ***************************************************************************** Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 202<https://cas2020.webnode.com/>1) Workshop of the 21th International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2021, http://www.iccsa.org/) will be held in Cagliari, Italy. TOPICS ====== The aim of CAS workshop is to bring together scientists working in computational statistics, scientific computation and applications in all areas of sciences, engineering, industry, economics, life sciences and social sciences. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Computational Statistics: new issues in the design of computational algorithms for implementing statistical methods, development in R, etc * Applications: statistical case study in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences. IMPORTANT DATES (NEW) ====================== May 10, 2021: Deadline for paper submission to the General Tracks (Workshops may select a different deadline) June 6, 2021: Notification of Acceptance. June 21, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers (firm deadline). June 28, 2021: Registration ends (firm deadline). September 13-16, 2021: ICCSA 2021 Conference PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the CAS 2021 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs ) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to your session accessing the electronic submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/ You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site: http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZER =========== * Ana Cristina Braga (acb(a)dps.uminho.pt<mailto:acb@dps.uminho.pt>), Dep. of Production and Systems (University of Minho), Algoritmi Research Centre (University of Minho), Portugal. If you have some doubts or problems, do not hesitate to contact the organizer. Best regards, Ana Cristina Braga (CAS 2021 organizer)

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Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Milind Tambe: ‘AI for Social Impact: Results from deployments for public health and conservation’
by COMP HKBU 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

Dear Sir or Madam, You are cordially invited to attend the *HKBU Faculty of Science 60th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Milind Tambe*, which will be held on* Thursday, 13 May 2021 HKT (GMT+8) *via *Zoom Webinar*. Please register at http://bit.ly/d-reg on or before 12:00nn, 12 May 2021 (HKT). Details are as follows:- *Abstract* With the maturing of AI and multiagent systems research, we have a tremendous opportunity to direct these advances towards addressing complex societal problems. I focus on the problems of public health and conservation, and address one key cross-cutting challenge: how to effectively deploy our limited intervention resources in these problem domains. I will present results from work around the globe in using AI for HIV prevention, Maternal and Child care interventions, TB prevention and COVID modeling, as well as for wildlife conservation. Achieving social impact in these domains often requires methodological advances. To that end, I will highlight key research advances in multiagent reasoning and learning, in particular in, computational game theory, restless bandits and influence maximization in social networks. In pushing this research agenda, our ultimate goal is to facilitate local communities and non-profits to directly benefit from advances in AI tools and techniques. *Biography* Milind Tambe is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Director of Center for Research in Computation and Society at Harvard University; concurrently, he is also Director "AI for Social Good" at Google Research India. He is a recipient of the IJCAI John McCarthy Award, ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award from AAMAS, AAAI Robert S Engelmore Memorial Lecture award, INFORMS Wagner prize, Rist Prize of the Military Operations Research Society, Columbus Fellowship Foundation Homeland security award, over 25 best papers or honorable mentions at conferences such as AAMAS, AAAI, IJCAI and meritorious commendations from agencies such as the US Coast Guard and the Los Angeles Airport. Prof. Tambe is a fellow of AAAI and ACM. For more details, please visit https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/dlecture/ . If you have any questions, please feel free to contact comp(a)comp.hkbu.edu.hk . Thank you. Best regards, Department of Computer Science Hong Kong Baptist University

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Last call: Invitation to join 2021 Spring School 'CVML Short Course - Computer Vision for Autonomous Systems', 5-6th May 2021 (6th edition)
by Ioanna Koroni 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

Dear Computer Vision, Deep Learning and/or Autonomous systems engineers, scientists and enthusiasts, you are welcomed to register in this CVML Short e-course on 'Computer Vision for Autonomous Systems', 5-6th May 2021: <https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-computer-vision-for-aut onomous-systems/> https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-computer-vision-for-auto nomous-systems/ It will take place as a two-day e-course (due to COVID-19 circumstances), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, providing a series of live lectures delivered through a tele-education platform. They will be complemented with on-line video recorded lectures and lecture pdfs, to facilitate international participants having time difference issues and to enable you to study at own pace. You can also self-assess your knowledge, by filling appropriate questionnaires (one per lecture). You will be provided programming exercises to improve your programming skills. It is part of the very successful CVML short course series that took place in the last three years. The short e-course consists of 16 1-hour live lectures organized in two Parts (1 Part per day): Part A lectures (8 hours) provide an in-depth presentation of 2D and 3D Computer Vision theory and applications in the above-mentioned diverse domains, primarily for semantic 3D world modeling and localization. Computer Vision starts with a detailed presentation of digital image/video fundamentals and image acquisition and camera geometry, including camera calibration. Then, two lectures on: a) Stereo and Multiview imaging and b) Structure from motion will provide the theoretical and algorithmic tools to recover 3D world models from images. They will be used on Localization and mapping that is of primary importance in Autonomous Systems and Robotic perception. This is complemented by Neural techniques for recovering depth information and 3D world modeling, even from monocular images. Deep semantic image segmentation will conclude this part, by providing DNN methods both to label and segment regions, e.g., roads and targets, e.g., cars, pedestrians. Part B lectures (8 hours) will start with an overview of Autonomous Systems Sensors. Then , it will provide an in-depth presentation of Computer Vision theory and applications in autonomous systems, particularly as related to target detection, tracking and object pose estimation. Applications will be presented for Multiple Drone Systems Autonomous Car Vision and Autonomous Marine Surface Vessels. Finally, CVML programming tools (e.g., DNN frameworks, BLAS/cuBLAS, DNN and CV libraries) are overviewed, as they allow fast application of all the above knowledge in almost any application domain. Course lectures Part A: Computer Vision (first day, 8 lectures) 1. Digital images and videos 2. Image Acquisition. Camera Geometry 3. Stereo and Multiview Imaging 4. Structure from Motion 5. 3D Robot Localization and Mapping 6. Neural 3D world modeling 7. Image/Point cloud registration 8. Deep semantic image segmentation Part B: Autonomous Systems (second day, 8 lectures) 1. Autonomous Systems Sensors 2. Deep object detection 3. Object Tracking 4. Object Pose Estimation 5. Multiple Drone Systems 6. Autonomous Car Vision 7. Autonomous Surface Vessels 8. CVML Software Development Tools Though independent, the attendees of this short e-course will greatly benefit by attending the CVML Short e-course on 'Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks' 27-28th April 2021: <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-machine-learning-and-dee p-neural-networks/> http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-machine-learning-and-deep -neural-networks/ You can use the following link for course registration: <http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-computer-vision-for-auto nomous-systems/> http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-computer-vision-for-auton omous-systems/ Lecture topics, sample lecture ppts and videos, self-assessment questionnaires and programming exercises can be found therein. For questions, please contact: Ioanna Koroni < <mailto:koroniioanna@csd.auth.gr> koroniioanna(a)csd.auth.gr> The short course is organized by Prof. I. Pitas, IEEE and EURASIP fellow, Chair of the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Coordinator of the European Horizon2020 R&D project Multidrone. He is ranked 249-top Computer Science and Electronics scientist internationally by Guide2research (2018). He is head of the EC funded AI doctoral school of Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media (1 of the 4 in Europe). He has 32200+ citations to his work and h-index 85+. AUTH is ranked 153/182 internationally in Computer Science/Engineering, respectively, in USNews ranking. Relevant links: 1) Prof. I. Pitas: <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el> https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el 2) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Aerial-Core: <https://aerial-core.eu/> https://aerial-core.eu/ 3) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Multidrone: <https://multidrone.eu/> https://multidrone.eu/ 4) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media: <https://ai4media.eu/> https://ai4media.eu/ 5) AIIA Lab: <https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/> https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/ Sincerely yours Prof. I. Pitas Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Post scriptum: To stay current on CVML matters, you may want to register in the CVML email list, following instructions in: <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Call for Papers: The 7th Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Optimization & Data Science – LOD 2021, October 5-8, 2021 – Grasmere, Lake District, England – UK - Paper Submission Deadline: April 29
by Ludovico Montalcini 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

Dear Colleague, Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please kindly help forward it to potentially interested authors/attendees, thanks! -- The 7th International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science – LOD 2021 - October 5-8, 2021 – Grasmere, Lake District, England – UK LOD 2021, An Interdisciplinary Conference: Machine Learning, Optimization, Big Data & Artificial Intelligence without Borders https://lod2021.icas.cc lod(a)icas.cc PAPERS SUBMISSION: All papers must be submitted using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2021 Paper Submission deadline: Thursday April 29, 2021 (Anywhere on Earth) Any questions regarding the submission process can be sent to conference organizers: lod(a)icas.cc PAPER FORMAT: Please prepare your paper in English using the Springer Nature – Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template, which is available here. Papers must be submitted in PDF. TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS: When submitting a paper to LOD 2021, authors are required to select one of the following four types of papers: * long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 15 pages in Springer LNCS format); * short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 5 pages); * work for oral presentation only (no page restriction; any format). For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the conference; * abstract for poster presentation only (max 2 pages; any format). The poster format for the presentation is A0 (118.9 cm high and 84.1 cm wide, respectively 46.8 x 33.1 inch). For research work which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the conference. Each paper submitted will be rigorously evaluated. The evaluation will ensure the high interest and expertise of reviewers. Following the tradition of LOD, we expect high-quality papers in terms of their scientific contribution, rigor, correctness, novelty, clarity, quality of presentation and reproducibility of experiments. Accepted papers must contain significant novel results. Results can be either theoretical or empirical. Results will be judged on the degree to which they have been objectively established and/or their potential for scientific and technological impact. It is also possible to present the talk virtually (Zoom). KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: * Ioannis Antonoglou, DeepMind, UK Topics: AlphaGO, Model-Based Reinforcement Learning Title: TBA * Paige Bailey, Microsoft, USA Topics: TensorFlow 2.0, Data Analysis, Machine Learning Title: Machine Learning with TF 2.x and JAX * Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA Topics: Optimization, Complex Networks & Data Science Title: TBA * Verena Rieser, Heriot Watt University, UK Topics: Natural Language Processing, Conversational AI, Spoken Dialogue Systems, Dialog, Natural Language Generation Title: Advances and Challenges in Conversational AI More Keynote Speakers Coming soon! TUTORIAL SPEAKER(S): * "Introduction to PyTorch" (4 hours), Thomas Viehmann, MathInf GmbH, Germany More Tutorial Speakers Coming soon! PAST LOD KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: https://lod2021.icas.cc/past-keynote-speakers/ Pierre Baldi, University of California Irvine, USA Yoshua Bengio, Head of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA) & University of Montreal, Canada Bettina Berendt, TU Berlin, Germany & KU Leuven, Belgium, and Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Germany Jörg Bornschein, DeepMind, London, UK Michael Bronstein, Imperial College London, UK Nello Cristianini, University of Bristol, UK Peter Flach, University of Bristol, UK, and EiC of the Machine Learning Journal Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy Arthur Gretton, UCL, UK Arthur Guez, Google DeepMind, Montreal, UK Yi-Ke Guo, Imperial College London, UK George Karypis, University of Minnesota, USA Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, USA Marta Kwiatkowska, University of Oxford, UK Angelo Lucia, University of Rhode Island, USA George Michailidis, University of Florida, USA Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Stephen Muggleton, Imperial College London, UK Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA Jan Peters, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt & Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany Tomaso Poggio, MIT, USA Andrey Raygorodsky, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia Mauricio G. C. Resende, Amazon.com Research and University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA Raniero Romagnoli, CTO Almawave, Italy Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, and AI Research at Apple Maria Schuld, Xanadu & University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Vincenzo Sciacca, Almawave, Italy My Thai, University of Florida, USA Richard E. Turner, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK Ruth Urner, York University, Toronto, Canada Isabel Valera, Saarland University, Saarbrücken & Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany SPECIAL SESSIONS: https://lod2021.icas.cc/special-sessions/ *) Special Session on "Data Science for Sustainable Cities" Chairs: Alberto Castellini, Alessandro Farinelli, Giuseppe Nicosia, Varun Ojha Contact: alberto.castellini(a)univr.it The amount of data generated nowadays by society, city infrastructures, and digital technologies around us is astonishing. The analysis, modeling and knowledge extraction of/from these data is a key asset for understanding urban environments and improving the efficiency of urban mobility, air quality and other forms of sustainability. This special session provides a platform to share high-quality research ideas related to data science methods and technologies for urban environments, a topic of crucial importance for many Sustainable Development Goals (i.e., SDG 7 on Sustainable Energy and SDG 11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities). Another important goal is to establish a meeting point for researchers in academia and industry who develop methodologies and technologies for data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence with specific applications in smart and sustainable cities. Analytics for smart growth and effective infrastructure A selection of the best papers accepted for the presentation at the special session will be invited to submit an extended version for publication on Frontiers in Sustainable Cities ( https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities#) *) Special Session on AI for Sustainability We welcome contributions on AI for Sustainable Development, AI for Sustainable Urban Mobility, AI for Food Security, AI to fight Deforestation, cutting-edge technology AI to create Inclusive and Sustainable development that leaves no one behind. *) Special Session on AI to help to fight Climate Change AI is a new tool to help us better manage the impacts of climate change and protect the planet. AI can be a “game-changer” for climate change and environmental issues. AI refers to computer systems that “can sense their environment, think, learn, and act in response to what they sense and their programmed objectives,” World Economic Forum report, Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for the Earth. We accept papers/short papers/talks at the intersection of climate change, AI, machine learning and data science. AI, Machine Learning and Data Science can be invaluable tools both in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and in helping society adapt to the effects of climate change. We invite submissions using AI, Machine Learning and/or Data Science to address problems in climate mitigation/adaptation including but not limited to the following topics: * Industrial Session Chairs: Giovanni Giuffrida – Neodata. * Special Session on Explainable Artificial Intelligence Explainability is essential for users to effectively understand, trust, and manage powerful artificial intelligence applications. https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/4/37/eaay7120 * Special Session on Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) & Multi Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA) * The 7 Special Sessions on Machine Learning Multi-Task Learning Reinforcement Learning Deep Learning Generative Adversarial Networks Deep Neuroevolution Networks with Memory Learning from Less Data and Building Smaller Models * The 7 Special Session on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Simulation Environments to understand how AI Systems Learn Chatbots and Conversational Agents Data Science at Scale & Data in the Cloud Urban Informatics & Data-Driven Modelling of Complex Systems Data-centric Engineering Data Security, Traceability of Information & GDPR Economic Data Science BEST PAPER AWARD: Springer sponsors the LOD 2021 Best Paper Award with a cash prize of 1,000 Euro. https://lod2021.icas.cc/best-paper-award/ PROGRAM COMMITTEE: 500+ confirmed PC members! Breaking the record of the last edition of LOD! https://lod2021.icas.cc/program-committee/ VENUE: https://lod2021.icas.cc/venue/ “ESCAPE THE HURRYING WORLD – The loveliest spot that man hath ever found…” Escape to the Lake District, England – a UNESCO World Heritage site – and you’ll find it’s easy to share William Wordsworth’s delight in the area. The Wordsworth Hotel & Spa (****) Address: Grasmere, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, LA22 9SW, England, UK Phone: +44-1539-435592 Email: enquiry(a)thewordsworthhotel.co.uk Web: www.thewordsworthhotel.co.uk ACCOMMODATION: https://lod2021.icas.cc/accommodation/ ACTIVITIES: https://lod2021.icas.cc/activities/ Best WALKS in the Lake District National Park: https://lod2021.icas.cc/walks/ Submit your research work today! https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2021 See you in the beautiful Lake District - UK in October! Best regards, LOD 2021 Organizing Committee Past Editions https://lod2021.icas.cc/past-editions/ LOD 2020, The Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data Certosa di Pontignano – Siena – Tuscany – Italy. Nature Springer – LNCS volumes 12565 and 12566. LOD 2019, The Fifth International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data Certosa di Pontignano – Siena – Tuscany – Italy. Nature Springer – LNCS volume 11943. LOD 2018, The Fourth International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data Volterra – Tuscany – Italy. Nature Springer – LNCS volume 11331. MOD 2017, The Third International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization and Big Data Volterra – Tuscany – Italy. Springer – LNCS volume 10710. MOD 2016, The Second International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data Volterra – Tuscany – Italy. Springer – LNCS volume 10122. MOD 2015, International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data Taormina – Sicily – Italy. Springer – LNCS volume 9432. Past Keynote Speakers: https://lod2021.icas.cc/past-keynote-speakers/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/2236577489686309/ https://twitter.com/TaoSciences https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12092025/ * Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested * lod(a)icas.cc https://lod2021.icas.cc LOD2021 Poster: https://lod2021.icas.cc/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/04/poster-LOD-2021… --

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Live e-Lecture by Prof. Anibal Ollero: “Toward efficient and safe intelligent aerial robotics and aerial manipulation”, 4th May 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. Anibal Ollero (University Seville, Spain), a prominent AI & Robotics researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘Toward efficient and safe intelligent aerial robotics and aerial manipulation’, on Tuesday 4th May 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/91092951412 & Passcode: 148148 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media, ELISE <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> , Humane AI Net <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> , TAILOR <https://tailor-network.eu/> , VISION <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> , currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) Lectures are typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. Other upcoming lectures: 1. Prof. John Shawe-Taylor (University College London, UK), 18th May 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. More lecture infos in: <http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/ These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the email lists AIDA email list <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida> and <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. M. Chetouani, P. Flach, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas, N. Sebe -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[SIGKDD Workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series 2021]: Call for papers
by Sanjay Purushotham 22 Apr '21

22 Apr '21

CFP Webpage: https://kdd-milets.github.io/milets2021/#call -------------------------------------------------------------- 7th SIGKDD Workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series (MiLeTS) 2021 Aug 14th, 2021 - KDD Virtual Conference https://kdd-milets.github.io/milets2021/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- KEY DATES ---------------- Paper Submission Deadline: May 20th, 2021, 11:59PM Alofi Time Author Notification: June 10th, 2021 Camera Ready Version: June 24th, 2021 Workshop: August 14th, 2021 ------------------------------------------------- MiLeTS is the premier KDD workshop on Mining and Learning from Time Series. Time series data are ubiquitous. In domains as diverse as finance, entertainment, transportation, and health care, we observe a fundamental shift away from parsimonious, infrequent measurement to nearly continuous monitoring and recording. Rapid advances in diverse sensing technologies, ranging from remote sensors to wearables and social sensing, are generating rapid growth in the size and complexity of time series archives. Thus, although time series analysis has been studied extensively, its importance only continues to grow. What is more, modern time series data pose significant challenges to existing techniques (e.g., irregular sampling in hospital records and spatiotemporal structure in climate data). Finally, time series mining research is challenging and rewarding because it bridges a variety of disciplines and demands interdisciplinary solutions. Now is the time to discuss the next generation of temporal mining algorithms. The focus of MiLeTS workshop is to synergize the research in this area and discuss both new and open problems in time series analysis and mining. The solutions to these problems may be algorithmic, theoretical, statistical, or systems-based in nature. Further, MiLeTS emphasizes applications to high impact or relatively new domains, including but not limited to biology, health and medicine, climate and weather, road traffic, astronomy, and energy. The MiLeTS workshop will discuss a broad variety of topics related to time series, including: · Time series pattern mining and detection, representation, searching and indexing, classification, clustering, prediction, forecasting, and rule mining. · BIG time series data. · Hardware acceleration techniques using GPUs, FPGAs and special processors. · Online, high-speed learning and mining from streaming time series. · Uncertain time series mining. · Privacy preserving time series mining and learning. · Time series that are multivariate, high-dimensional, heterogeneous, etc., or that possess other atypical properties. · Time series with special structure: spatiotemporal (e.g., wind patterns at different locations), relational (e.g., patients with similar diseases), hierarchical, etc. · Time series with sparse or irregular sampling, non-random missing values, and special types of measurement noise or bias. · Time series analysis using less traditional approaches, such as deep learning and subspace clustering. · Applications to high impact or relatively new time series domains, such as health and medicine, road traffic, and air quality. · New, open, or unsolved problems in time series analysis and mining. ------------------------------ Submission Guidelines ------------------------------ Submissions should follow the SIGKDD formatting requirements and will be evaluated using the SIGKDD Research Track evaluation criteria. Preference will be given to papers that are reproducible, and authors are encouraged to share their data and code publicly whenever possible. Submissions are strongly recommended to be no more than 4 pages, excluding references or supplementary materials (all in a single pdf). The appropriateness of using additional pages over the recommended length will be judged by reviewers. All submissions must be in pdf format using the workshop template (latex, word). Submissions will be managed via the MiLeTS 2021 EasyChair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=milets2021. *Note on open problem submissions:* To promote new and innovative research on time series, we plan to accept a small number of high-quality manuscripts describing open problems in time series analysis and mining. Such papers should provide a clear, detailed description and analysis of a new or open problem that poses a significant challenge to existing techniques, as well as a thorough empirical investigation demonstrating that current methods are insufficient. *COVID-19 Time Series Analysis Special Track:* The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting almost everyone worldwide and is expected to have life-altering short and long-term effects. There are many potential applications of time series analysis and mining that can contribute to the understanding of this pandemic. We encourage the submission of high-quality manuscripts describing original problems, time-series datasets, and novel solutions for time series analysis and forecasting of COVID-19. The review process is single-round and double-blind (submission files have to be anonymized). Concurrent submissions to other journals and conferences are acceptable. Accepted papers will be presented as posters during the workshop and listed on the website. Besides, a small number of accepted papers will be selected to be presented as contributed talks. Any questions may be directed to the workshop e-mail address: kdd.milets(a)gmail.com. ----------------- KEY DATES ----------------- Paper Submission Deadline: May 20th, 2021, 11:59PM Alofi Time Author Notification: June 10th, 2021 Camera Ready Version: June 24th, 2021 Workshop: August 14th, 2021 ------------------------------- Organizing Committee ------------------------------- Sanjay Purushotham University of Maryland, Baltimore County Yaguang Li Google Zhengping Che Didi Chuxing -------------------------- Steering Committee -------------------------- Eamonn Keogh University of California Riverside Yan Liu University of Southern California Abdullah Mueen University of New Mexico ------------- Contact: -------------- Any questions may be directed to the workshop e-mail address: kdd.milets(a)gmail.com.

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CFP - KDD 2021 Workshop on Misinformation and Misbehavior Mining on the Web (MIS2)
by Kai Shu 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Workshop website: http://claws.cc.gatech.edu/mis2-kdd2021Call for papers The web is a space for all, allowing participating individuals to read, publish and share content openly. Despite its groundbreaking benefits in areas such as education and communication, it has also become a breeding ground for misbehavior and misinformation: any individual can reach thousands of people on the web near-instantaneously, purporting whatever they wish while also being shielded by anonymity. This capacity has led to rampant increases in misbehavior and misinformation vectors, via harassment, online scams, spread of propaganda, hate speech, deceptive reviews and more. Such issues have severe implications on both social and financial fronts. The study of misinformation and misbehavior mining has become focal for researchers across many subfields of data, computational and social sciences, including network science, machine learning, cybersecurity, privacy, natural language processing, human computer interaction and more. MIS2 @ KDD 2021 provides a venue for researchers working in, or adjacent to these diverse areas to coalesce around central and timely topics in online misinformation and misbehavior, and present recent advances in research. - Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Empirical characterization of false information - Measuring real world and online impact - Deception in misinformation and misbehavior - Reputation manipulation - Measuring economic, ideological, and other rationale behind creation - Rationale behind spread and success - Targets or victims of misbehavior and misinformation - Effect of echo chambers, personalization, confirmation bias, and other socio-psychological and technological phenomenon - Detection methods using graphs, text, behavior, image, video, and audio analysis - Adversarial analysis of misbehavior and misinformation - Prevention and mitigation techniques, tools, and countermeasures - Theoretical and/or empirical modeling of spread - Visualizing spread - Anonymity, security, and privacy aspects of data collection - Usable security in misbehavior detection - Ethics, privacy, transparency, fairness, and biases in current tools and techniques - Case studies Paper Submission We encourage submissions with both academic and industrial motivations, of the following types: - Novel research papers in full or short length - Demo papers - Survey papers - Comparison papers of existing methods and tools - Work-in-progress papers - Case studies - Extended abstracts - Relevant work that has been recently published (must select to opt out from publication in companion proceedings of the workshop) - Work that will be presented at the main conference of KDD 2021 (the submission should mention that your paper has been accepted at the conference) - We explicitly encourage the submission of preliminary work in the form of extended abstracts (2 pages). All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 reviewers, and all accepted manuscripts will be presented (virtually) at the workshop. Additionally, accepted papers will be published in the companion proceedings of the KDD conference and ACM digital library, unless the authors choose to opt out from publication. Format Papers must be submitted in PDF according to the new ACM format published in ACM guidelines <http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template>, selecting the generic "sigconf" sample, with a font size no smaller than 9pt. Submissions should be 2 to 8 pages long. No need to anonymize your submission. Submission Link Papers should be submitted via the CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/KDDMIS2021 Important Dates - Workshop Paper Submission: June 1st, 2021 - Workshop Paper Notification: June 10th, 2021 - Camera ready deadline: July 1st, 2021 - Workshop date: August 14-18, 2021 Organizers Srijan Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology Aude Hofleitner, Facebook Meng Jiang, University of Notre Dame Neil Shah, Snap Kai Shu, Illinois Institute of Technology ContactPlease direct all questions to kdd_mis2(a)googlegroups.com

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CFP: Resilience@Euro-Par 2021 - Papers due May 7
by Thomas Naughton 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this call for papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing (Resilience) in Clusters, Clouds, and Grids <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> in conjunction with the 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par), Lisbon, Portugal August 30 - September 3, 2021 <http://2021.euro-par.org> Overview: Resilience is a critical challenge as high performance computing (HPC) systems continue to increase component counts, individual component reliability decreases (such as due to shrinking process technology and near-threshold voltage (NTV) operation), hardware complexity increases (such as due to heterogeneous computing) and software complexity increases (such as due to complex data- and workflows, real-time requirements and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with traditional applications). Correctness and execution efficiency, in spite of faults, errors, and failures, is essential to ensure the success of the HPC systems, cluster computing environments, Grid computing infrastructures, and Cloud computing services. The impact of faults, errors, and failures in such HPC systems can range from financial losses due to system downtime (sometimes several tens-of-thousands of Dollars per lost system-hour), to financial losses due to unnecessary overprovision (acquisition and operating costs), to financial losses and legal liabilities due to erroneous or delayed output. The emergence of AI technology opens up new possibilities, but also new problems. Using AI technology for operational intelligence that enables resilience in HPC systems and centers is a complex control problem, while designing resilient AI technology for HPC applications is a difficult algorithmic problem. Resilience for HPC systems encompasses a wide spectrum of fundamental and applied research and development, including theoretical foundations, error/failure and anomaly detection, monitoring and control, end-to-end data integrity, enabling infrastructure, and resilient algorithms. This workshop brings together experts in the community to further research and development in HPC resilience and to facilitate exchanges across the computational paradigms of extreme-scale HPC, cluster computing, Grid computing, and Cloud computing. Submission Guidelines: Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in English in PDF format. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and BETWEEN 10 AND 12 PAGES, including figures, tables and references, using Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format at <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>. Papers with less than 10 or more than 12 pages will not be accepted due to publisher guidelines. Submissions should include abstract, key words and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. Papers not conforming to these guidelines may be returned without review. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. The proceedings will be published in Springer's LNCS as post-conference proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop for inclusion in the proceedings. Authors may contact the workshop program chairs for more information. Important websites: - Resilience 2021 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> - Resilience 2021 Submissions: TBD - Euro-Par 2021 website: <http://2021.euro-par.org> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical foundations for resilience: - Metrics and measurement - Statistics and optimization - Simulation and emulation - Formal methods - Efficiency modeling and uncertainty quantification - Experience reports - Error/failure/anomaly detection and reliability/dependability modeling: - Statistical analyses - Machine learning and artificial intelligence - Digital twins - Data collection and aggregation - Information visualization - Monitoring and control for resilience: - Center, system and application monitoring and control - Reliability, availability, serviceability and performability - Tunable fidelity and quality of service - Automated response and recovery - Operational intelligence to enable resilience - End-to-end integrity: - Fault tolerant design of centers, systems and applications - Forward migration and verification - Degraded operation - Error propagation, failure cascades, and error/failure containment - Testing and evaluation, including fault/error/failure injection - Enabling infrastructure for resilience: - Reliability, availability, serviceability systems - System software and middleware - Resilience extensions for programming models - Tools and frameworks - Support for resilience in heterogeneous architectures - Resilient algorithms: - Algorithmic detection and correction - Resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance - Fault tolerant numerical methods - Robust iterative algorithms - Resilient artificial intelligence Important Dates: - Workshop papers due: May 7, 2021 (23:59 AoE) - Workshop author notification: June 30, 2021 - Workshop author registration: TBD - Workshop paper (for informal workshop proceedings, due in EasyChair): July 14, 2021 - Workshop date: August 30 or 31, 2021 - Workshop camera-ready papers: September 10, 2021 General Co-Chairs: - Stephen L. Scott Tennessee Tech University, USA scottsl(a)ornl.gov - Christian Engelmann Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Co-Chairs: - Ferrol Aderholdt Middle Tennessee State University, USA ferrol.aderholdt(a)mtsu.edu - Thomas Naughton Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA naughtont(a)ornl.gov Workshop Chair Emeritus: - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun Louisiana Tech University, USA box(a)latech.edu Program Committee: - Wesley Bland, Intel Corporation, USA - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Marc Casas, Barcelona Supercomputer Center, Spain - Zizhong Chen, University of California at Riverside, USA - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Kurt Ferreira, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Saurabh Hukerikar, NVIDIA, USA - Ignacio Laguna, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Scott Levy, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Rolf Riesen, Intel Corporation, USA - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Thomas Ropars, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France - Martin Schulz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA _________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Naughton naughtont(a)ornl.gov Research Associate (865) 576-4184

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Invitation to attend the “European Vision for AI” e-event, Thursday 22 April 2021, 11:00-13:00 CEST
by Ioanna Koroni 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

European Researchers organize the “European Vision for AI” e-event for the General Public about the Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence in Europe, Thursday 22 April 2021, 11:00-13:00 CEST The European scientific community will share with the general public their actions towards moving European Artificial Intelligence (AI) forward, to future success in a growing competition environment with countries such as the US or China, in the “European Vision for AI'' event. The online discussions are scheduled for Thursday 22 April 2021, 11:00-13:00 CEST and organized by the <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> VISION project partners in cooperation with four networks of AI centers of excellence (AI4Media <https://www.ai4media.eu/> , ELISE <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> , TAILOR <https://tailor-network.eu/> , Humane-AI-Net <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> ). These networks were launched within the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Program in September 2020 and are bringing together scientists across Europe. In the event, European citizens with an interest in AI will gain an overview of Europe's position in the field of AI and how this impacts Europe's economy and society. The "European approach to AI" that is currently being promoted brings together excellence and trust, with the goal of creating a world-leading ecosystem committed to the "AI for Good" and "AI for All" concepts. Since this event is coordinated with, and closely linked to, the official announcement on new regulations and further investment in AI, scheduled by the European Commission in this week, the event will represent one of the first opportunities for public discussion on these new plans at the European level. Ms Dita Charanzová, Vice-President of the European Parliament, and Ms Lucilla Sioli, Director for Digital Industry within Directorate-General CONNECT at the European Commission, stand out prominently among the speakers together with other high-level experts and stakeholders. Prof. Holger Hoos (Leiden University, Netherlands), coordinator of the VISION Project sees this event as a step towards closer communication of the European AI community with the general public: “We aim to get young people, researchers, innovators, companies, and policy makers, at least virtually, around one table and discuss ambitious European plans for AI as well as the emerging ecosystem of AI excellence.” Prof. Ioannis Pitas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Coordinator of the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <http://www.i-aida.org/> ) and event panelist on ‘Skills & Training’ believes that: “AI education should be anthropocentric and tuned to form true thinkers and Knowledge Society citizens. A major education overhaul is needed, combining scientific basis and classical studies, to support AI excellence for an European AI brand.” Starting at 11am CEST, the event will be fully online, streamed at <http://event.vision4ai.eu> event.vision4ai.eu for free and with no prior registration. The program will be conducted in English. The public will be able to enter discussions via chat. Participants will also get the opportunity to choose from three parallel sessions focusing on society, industry and skills & training, depending on their particular interests. About the organizers This event is organized by the consortium of partners of the project VISION (www.vision4ai.eu <http://www.vision4ai.eu> ), the coordination and support action (CSA) awarded under the <https://cordis.europa.eu/programme/id/H2020_ICT-48-2020> H2020-ICT-48-2020 call. The aim of VISION is to reinforce, interconnect and mobilize Europe’s AI community. Europe has been investing in the European model of AI, with a new set of four <https://www.vision4ai.eu/community/> European networks of AI excellence centres. Launched in September 2020, these four networks of excellence centers - AI4Media, ELISE, HumanE-AI-Net and TAILOR - are now working on various aspects of trustworthy, human-centric AI. In parallel to these efforts, the VISION project aims to create connections, synergy and joint initiatives between these networks as well as with key stakeholders across Europe. These projects are key components in the European Commission's AI strategy. Prof. Holger Hoos (Leiden University, Netherlands), coordinator of the VISION Project Prof. Ioannis Pitas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Coordinator of the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <http://www.i-aida.org/> ) -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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European Vision for AI 2021 - 22 April 2021 - 11am-1pm
by Ioanna Koroni 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

European Researchers organize the "European Vision for AI" event for the General Public about the Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence in Europe The European scientific community will share with the general public their actions towards moving European Artificial Intelligence (AI) forward, to future success in a growing competition environment with countries such as the US or China, in the "European Vision for AI'' event. The online discussions are scheduled for Thursday 22 April 2021 and organized by the <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> VISION project partners in cooperation with four networks of AI centres of excellence (AI4Media <https://www.ai4media.eu/> , ELISE <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> , TAILOR <https://tailor-network.eu/> , Humane-AI-Net <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> ). These networks were launched within the European Union's Horizon 2020 Program in September 2020 and are bringing together scientists across Europe. In the event, European citizens with an interest in AI will gain an overview of Europe's position in the field of AI and how this impacts Europe's economy and society. The "European approach to AI" that is currently being promoted brings together excellence and trust, with the goal of creating a world-leading ecosystem committed to the "AI for Good" and "AI for All" concepts. Since this event is coordinated with, and closely linked to, the official announcement on new regulations and further investment in AI, scheduled by the European Commission in this week, the event will represent one of the first opportunities for public discussion on these new plans at the European level. Prof. Holger Hoos (Leiden University, Netherlands), coordinator of the VISION Project sees this event as a step towards closer communication of the European AI community with the general public: "We aim to get young people, researchers, innovators, companies, and policy makers, at least virtually, around one table and discuss ambitious European plans for AI as well as the emerging ecosystem of AI excellence." Prof. Ioannis Pitas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Coordinator of the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <http://www.i-aida.org/> ) and event panelist on 'Skills & Training' believes that: "AI education should be anthropocentric and tuned to form true thinkers and Knowledge Society citizens. A major education overhaul is needed, combining scientific basis and classical studies, to support AI excellence for an European AI brand." Starting at 11am, the event will be fully online, streamed at <http://event.vision4ai.eu> event.vision4ai.eu for free and with no prior registration. The program will be conducted in English. The public will be able to enter discussions via chat. Participants will also get the opportunity to choose from three parallel sessions focusing on society, industry and skills & training, depending on their particular interests. About organisers This event is organised by the consortium of partners of the project VISION (www.vision4ai.eu <http://www.vision4ai.eu> ), the coordination and support action (CSA) awarded under the <https://cordis.europa.eu/programme/id/H2020_ICT-48-2020> H2020-ICT-48-2020 call. The aim of VISION is to reinforce, interconnect and mobilise Europe's AI community. Europe has been investing in the European model of AI, with a new set of four <https://www.vision4ai.eu/community/> European networks of AI excellence centres. Launched in September 2020, these four networks of excellence centres - AI4Media, ELISE, HumanE-AI-Net and TAILOR - are now working on various aspects of trustworthy, human-centric AI. In parallel to these efforts, the VISION project aims to create connections, synergy and joint initiatives between these networks as well as with key stakeholders across Europe. These projects are key components in the European Commission's AI strategy. Prof. Holger Hoos (Leiden University, Netherlands), coordinator of the VISION Project Prof. Ioannis Pitas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Coordinator of the International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA <http://www.i-aida.org/> ) and AI4Media project -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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2nd Call For Workshops - 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021)
by Miguel Areias 15 Apr '21

15 Apr '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR WORKSHOPS ========================================================================= The 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021) https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/ September 20--27, 2021 Fully virtual event organized by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Porto. ========================================================================= The ICLP conference series has a long standing tradition of hosting a rich set of co-located workshops. ICLP workshops provide a unique opportunity for the presentation and discussion of work that can be preliminary in nature, novel ideas, and new open problems to a wide and interested audience. Co-located workshops also provide an opportunity for presenting specialized topics and opportunities for intensive discussions and project collaboration. The topics of the workshops co-located with ICLP 2021 can cover any areas related to logic programming (e.g., theory, implementation, environments, language issues, alternative paradigms, applications), including cross-disciplinary areas. However, any relevant workshop proposal will be considered. The format of the workshop will be decided by the workshop organizers, but ample time should be allowed for general discussion. Workshops can vary in length, but the optimal duration will be half a day or a full day. Workshop Proposals ****************** Those interested in organizing a workshop at ICLP 2021 are invited to submit a workshop proposal. Proposals should be in English and about two pages in length. They should contain: ** The title of the workshop; ** A brief technical description of the topics covered by the workshop; ** A discussion of the timeliness and relevance of the workshop; ** A list of any related workshops held in the last years; ** The estimated length of the workshop and an estimate of the number of expected attendees; ** The names, affiliation and contact details (email, web page, phone) of the workshop organizers together with a designated contact person; ** Previous experience of the workshop organizers in workshop/conference organization. Proposals are expected in text or PDF format. All proposals should be submitted to the Workshop Chair by email by May 3rd, 2021. Reviewing Process ***************** Each submitted proposal will be reviewed by the Workshop, Program and General Chairs. Proposals that appear well-organized and that fit the goals and scope of ICLP will be selected. The decision will be notified by email to the responsible organizer by May 10th, 2021. The definitive length of the workshop will be planned according to the number of submissions received by the different workshops. For every accepted workshop, the ICLP local organizers will prepare meeting facilities. The workshops and the conference organizers will collaborate in establishing a uniform approach to produce proficient and accessible proceedings for the workshops. Workshop Organizers' Tasks ************************** ** Producing a "Call for Papers" for the workshop and posting it on the Internet and other means. A web page URL should be provided by May 15th, 2021, and will be published on the ICLP 2021 home page; ** Providing a brief description of the workshop for the conference program; ** Reviewing/accepting submitted papers; ** Scheduling workshop activities in collaboration with the local organizers and the Workshop Chair; ** Providing a workshop program in a format specified by the conference organizers for posting by August 31st, 2021; ** Coordinating the preparation of the workshop proceedings according to the specifications provided by the Workshop Chair. Location ******** Workshops will be virtually collocated with ICLP 2021. See the ICLP 2021 web site (https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/) for further details. Important Dates (Tentative) *************************** ** May 3rd, 2021: Proposal submission deadline ** May 10th, 2021: Notification ** May 15th, 2021: Deadline for receipt of CfP and workshop web page URL ** August 18th, 2020: Deadline for acceptance notification to paper authors ** August 31st, 2020: Deadline for workshop program Submissions *********** Please submit your workshop proposals by email to the Workshop Chair. Workshop Chair ************** Nicos Angelopoulos https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/2436650-angelopoulos-nicos =========================================================================

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2nd Call For Papers - 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021)
by Miguel Areias 15 Apr '21

15 Apr '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ========================================================================= The 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021) https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/ Fully virtual event organized by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Porto. Besides the main track, ICLP 2021 will host additional tracks and special sessions. In attach, follows the CFP for the Applications Track and for the Recently Published Research Track. ========================================================================= Scope ***** Since the first conference held in Marseille in 1982, ICLP has been the premier international event for presenting research in logic programming. Contributions are sought in all areas of logic programming, including but not restricted to: ** Foundations:Semantics, Formalisms, Nonmonotonic reasoning, Knowledge representation. ** Languages issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility, Higher order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Modules, Meta-programming, Logic-based domain-specific languages, Programming techniques. ** Programming support: Program analysis, Transformation, Validation, Verification, Debugging, Profiling, Testing, Execution visualization. ** Implementation: Compilation, Virtual machines, Memory management, Parallel/distributed execution, Constraint handling rules, Tabling, Foreign interfaces, User interfaces. ** Related Paradigms and Synergies: Inductive and coinductive logic programming, Constraint logic programming, Answer set programming, Interaction with SAT, SMT and CSP solvers, Theorem proving, Argumentation, Probabilistic programming, Machine learning. ** Applications: Databases, Big data, Data integration and federation, Software engineering, Natural language processing, Web and semantic web, Agents, Artificial intelligence, Computational life sciences, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Education. Tracks and Special Sessions *************************** Besides the main track, ICLP 2021 will host additional tracks: ** Applications Track: this track invites submissions of papers on emerging and deployed applications of LP, describing all aspects of the development, deployment, and evaluation of logic programming systems to solve real-world problems, including interesting case studies and benchmarks, and discussing lessons learned. ** Recently Published Research Track: this track provides a forum to discuss important results related to logic programming that appeared recently (from January 2019 onwards) in selective journals and conferences, but have not been previously presented at ICLP. Each track will have its own dedicated chairs, PC and evaluation criteria. The attached CFPs specify the submission details. ICLP 2021 will also host: ** MentorLP - Mentoring Workshop on Logic Programming: the purpose of MentorLP is to support students and newcomers to pursue careers in logic programming research. This workshop will hold technical sessions on cutting-edge research in logic programming, and mentoring sessions on how to prepare and succeed for a research career. We will have leaders in logic programming research from academia and industry to give talks on their research areas. We will also have live discussions among participants on how to overcome challenges and make contributions to the research community. MentorLP is dedicated to fostering and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We especially encourage members of underrepresented groups to attend. ** Fall School on Logic and Constraint Programming: the school is suited for those who wish to learn advanced topics in logic programming and constraint programming. It will consist of a series of half-day tutorials. ** Doctoral Consortium: the Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming provides students with the opportunity to present and discuss their research directions, and to obtain feedback from both peers and experts in the field. The best paper from the DC will be given the opportunity to make a presentation in a session of the main ICLP conference. ** Tutorials and Co-located Workshops. Important Dates *************** ** Abstract registration (regular papers): May 3, 2021 ** Paper submission (regular paper): May 10, 2021 ** Notification to authors (regular paper): June 27, 2021 ** Paper Submission (short papers): July 4, 2021 *+ Revision submission (TPLP papers): July 14, 2021 ** Final notifications (all paper kinds): July 30, 2021 ** Camera-ready copy due (all paper kinds): August 10, 2021 ** Conference: September 20--27, 2021 Submission Details ****************** Expected submissions to the main track (for the additional tracks, please follow the specific CFP): ** Regular papers (14 pages in TPLP format, including references) must describe original, previously unpublished research, and must not simultaneously be submitted for publication elsewhere. These restrictions do not apply to previously accepted workshop papers with a limited audience and/or without archival proceedings. The accepted regular papers will be published in TPLP, along with the selected ICLP-TPLP papers. The program committee may recommend some regular papers to be published as technical communications (TCs), along with the selected ICLP-TC papers. The authors of the TCs can also elect to convert their submissions into extended abstracts (2 or 3 pages) for inclusion in the proceedings. This should allow authors to submit a long version elsewhere. ** Short papers (7 pages in EPTCS format (http://info.eptcs.org/), including references) can describe published research. The accepted short papers that describe original and previously unpublished work will be published as TCs, along with the selected ICLP-TC papers. The accepted short papers that describe published research will be made available at the conference webpage, with the permission of the authors. All accepted regular papers and technical communications will be presented during the conference. Authors of accepted papers will, by default, be automatically included in the list of ALP members, who will receive quarterly updates from the Logic Programming Newsletter at no cost. All submissions must be written in English. Submissions will be done via EasyChair. The submission Web page for ICLP2021 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2021 Organization ************ ** General Chair Ricardo Rocha, University of Porto, Portugal ** Program Chairs Andrea Formisano, University of Udine, Italy Y. Annie Liu, Stony Brook University, USA ** Organizing and Publicity Chair Miguel Areias, University of Porto, Portugal ** Applications Track Alex Brik, Google Inc., USA Joost Vennekens, KU Leuven, Belgium ** Recently Published Research Track Gian Luca Pozzato, University of Genova, Italy Neng-Fa Zhou, CUNY Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, USA ** MentorLP - Mentoring Workshop on Logic Programming Veronica Dahl, Simon Fraser University, Canada Paul Fodor, Stony Brook University, USA ** Workshop Chair Nicos Angelopoulos, Cardiff University, UK ** Doctoral Consortium and Fall School Chairs Bart Bogaerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria, Italy ** Programming Contest Chair Mario Alviano, University of Calabria, Italy Program Committee ***************** Agostino Dovier, University of Udine, Italy Alicia Villanueva, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Allen van Gelder, University of California Santa Cruz, USA Antonius Weinzierl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Carlos Olarte, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Chiaki Sakama, Wakayama University, Japan Ekaterina Komendantskaya, Heriot-Watt University, UK Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University, USA Esra Erdem, Sabanci University, Turkey Fangzhen Lin, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Francesca Alessandra Lisi, University of Bari, Italy Francesco Ricca, University of Calabria, Italy German Vidal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Giovambattista Ianni, University of Calabria, Italy Gopal Gupta, University of Texas, USA Inês Dutra, University of Porto, Portugal Jan Wielemaker, VU University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Jia-Huai You, University of Alberta, Canada Jorge Lobo, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain Jose F. Morales, IMDEA Software Institute, Spain Katsumi Inoue, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Konstantin Schekotihin, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Laura Giordano, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy Magdalena Ortiz, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Manuel Carro, Technical University of Madrid and IMDEA, Spain Manuel Hermenegildo, IMDEA and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Manuel Ojeda-Aciego, University of Malaga, Spain Marcello Balduccini, Saint Joseph's University, USA Marco Gavanelli, University of Ferrara, Italy Marina De Vos, University of Bath, UK Mario Alviano, University of Calabria, Italy Martin Gebser, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Mauricio Osorio, Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico Michael Gelfond, Texas Tech University, USA Michael Hanus, CAU Kiel, Germany Michael Kifer, Stony Brook University, USA Michael Leuschel, University of Dusseldorf, Germany Michael Thielscher, The University of New South Wales, Australia Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky, USA Nicola Leone, University of Calabria, Italy Ondřej Lhoták, University of Waterloo, Canada Orkunt Sabuncu, TED University, Turkey Paul Tarau, University of North Texas, USA Pedro Cabalar,University of Corunna, Spain Roland Yap, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore Roman Barták, Charles University, Czech Republic Salvador Abreu, Universidade de Évora, Portugal Sarah Alice Gaggl, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Stefania Costantini, University of L'Aquila, Italy Theresa Swift, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Thomas Meyer, University of Cape Town, South Africa Toby Walsh, University of New South Wales, Australia Tom Schrijvers, KU Leuven, Belgium Tomi Janhunen, Tampere University, Finland Torsten Schaub, University of Potsdam, Germany Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University, USA Tuncay Tekle, Stony Brook University, USA Vitor Santos Costa, University of Porto, Portugal Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy Vladimir Lifschitz, University of Texas, USA Wolfgang Faber, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria ========================================================================= Any additional question can be directed towards ICLP Chairs: iclp2021(a)easychair.org =========================================================================

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Live e-Lecture by Prof. Nicu Sebe: “Image and Video Generation: A deep Learning Approach”', 20th April 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 15 Apr '21

15 Apr '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. Nicu Sebe (University of Trento, Italy), a prominent AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘Image and Video Generation: A deep Learning Approach’, on Tuesday 20th April 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/99459774837 & Passcode: 649253 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media, ELISE <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> , Humane AI Net <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> , TAILOR <https://tailor-network.eu/> , VISION <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> , currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics, starting with the above mentioned e-lecture. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) Lectures will be typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. Other upcoming lectures: 1. Prof. Anibal Ollero (University of Seville, Spain), 4th May 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. 2. Prof. John Shawe-Taylor (University College London, UK), 18th May 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. More lecture infos in: <http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/ These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the email lists AIDA email list <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida> and <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. M. Chetouani, P. Flach, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas, N. Sebe -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Final Call: CFP: FiCloud 2021
by FiCloud Conference 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

---------------------Call for Papers - Final Call ------------------------------ The 8th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2021) IEEE-CS TCI 23-25 August 2021, Online (Virtual) http://www.ficloud.org/2021/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud is a modern computing platform for delivering on-demand computing services to service consumers over the Internet. Computing services include, for example, storage, memory, compute power, databases, and networking among others. Cloud services are generally provided using SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) and IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service). Unlike conventional distributed computing, cloud offers flexibility, scalability, efficiency and elasticity in service provisioning. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a dynamic and global network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in order to enable the interaction and integration of virtual as well as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars, refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly integrated into the information network and interaction can be made through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant future, IoT will be forcing its way into every aspect of our lives and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and nature, green energy, food, medicine, automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, and so on. IoT is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly, cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. The theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It provides a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing. CONFERENCE TRACKS: 1. Cloud Services Models 2. Security, Privacy and Trust 3. Software Systems, Models and Architectures 4. Blockchain in Cloud and IoT 5. Data and Knowledge Management 6. Context-aware Systems 7. Software-defined Networking 8. Performance Evaluation and Modelling 9. Networking and Communication Protocols 10. IoT Services and Applications 11. Smart Environment 12. Machine learning in Cloud and IoT 13. Energy Efficiency 14. Federation and Virtualization 15. Fog and Edge Computing 16. Industry Track 17. General Track – Future IoT and Cloud Computing Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 15 April 2021 (Firm) Authors Notification: 20 May 2021 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2021 Conference Venue: The organizing committee is carefully monitoring the Covid-19 situation. The safety and well-being of the conference participants is the main priority. The committee will confirm by Spring 2021 of whether to hold the conference onsite in Rome or as an online event. Paper submission and Publication: Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages and for short papers is 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. See instructions on the conference website ( http://www.ficloud.org/2020/). All papers accepted for this conference are planned to be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for special issues in international journals (see conference website).

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Phd and Postdoc positions (France)
by El-ghazali Talbi 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

The BONUS (Big Optimization and Ultra-scale Optimization -https://sites.google.com/view/bonus-research-group/) research group has three PhD and one post-doctoral proposals. The detailed decsriptions can be found following the Web links given below. - PhD Position F/M [Industrial collaboration] Multi-objective automated design of deep neural networks Details in pdf file enclosed - PhD Position F/M [Campagne doctorant 2021 - CRI Lille] Quantum-assisted optimization https://jobs.inria.fr/public/classic/fr/offres/2021-03448 - PhD Position F/M [Université de Lille - Université du Luxembourg] Productivity-aware parallel cooperative combinatorial optimization for ultra-scale supercomputers https://www.cristal.univ-lille.fr/sujets-these/details.html?id=50e6963dbe06… - Post-Doctoral Research Visit F/M [Campagne Post-doctorant 2021 - CRI Lille] Parallel surrogate-assisted optimization for automatic hyper-parameter and neural architecture search in Deep Learning (M/F) https://jobs.inria.fr/public/classic/fr/offres/2021-03418 Best regards, -- ********************************************************************** META'2021 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing 27-30 Oct 2021, Marrakech, Morocco http://meta2021.sciencesconf.org *********************************************************************** Prof. El-ghazali TALBI Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA CRISTAL - CNRS guide2research.com -- L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le logiciel antivirus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Invitation to join 2021 Spring School 'CVML Short Course - Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks', 27-28th April 2021 (6th edition)
by Ioanna Koroni 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Dear Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks engineers, scientists and enthusiasts, you are welcomed to register in this CVML Short e-course on 'Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks', 27-28th April 2021: https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-machine-learning-and-dee p-neural-networks/ It will take place as a two-day e-course (due to COVID-19 circumstances), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, providing a series of live lectures delivered through a tele-education platform. They will be complemented with on-line video recorded lectures and lecture pdfs, to facilitate international participants having time difference issues and to enable you to study at own pace. You can also self-assess your knowledge, by filling appropriate questionnaires (one per lecture). You will be provided programming exercises to improve your programming skills. It is part of the very successful CVML short course series that took place in the last three years. Course description 'Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks' The short e-course consists of 16 1-hour live lectures organized in two Parts (1 Part per day): Part A lectures (8 hours) provide an in-depth presentation of Deep Neural Networks, which are at the forefront of AI advances today, starting with introduction to Machine Learning. Then the cornerstone DNN theory and technologies are presented: a) Artificial Neural Networks, Perceptron; b) Multilayer perceptron, Backpropagation; c) Deep neural networks. Both data classification and regression problems are treated. Convolutional NNs; d) Recurrent Neural Networks; e) Attention and Transformers. Applications follow in several image analysis, computer vision and autonomous system applications, notably: a) Deep learning for object detection and b) Deep Semantic Image Segmentation. Finally, Generative Adversarial Networks are presented that promise to revolutionize the way we create media/arts, while seriously threatening our democracy with fake data creation and spread. Part B lectures (8 hours) provide fan in-depth presentation of Machine Learning to complement DNNs. Unsupervised Learning (Data Clustering) is first detailed, allowing us to find structure and extract concepts/knowledge from huge high-dimensionality data. Then Supervised Learning (Data Classification) techniques are presented, notably: a) Decision surfaces (whose special case is DNNs and SVMs) and b) Distance based classification. Dimensionality reduction techniques are overviewed, allowing us to visualize high-dimensionality data found in most applications, ranging from Medicine to Financial Engineering. Kernel methods are presented that can boost performance of any linear ML operation (e.g., PCA, K-means etc). Bayesian learning provides a unified theoretical framework that can encompass many of the ML approaches. Deep Reinforcement Learning is also presented, as it is an essential element in novel Robotics/Control and other decision-making application domains. Finally, CVML programming tools (e.g., DNN frameworks, BLAS/cuBLAS, DNN and CV libraries) are overviewed, as they allow fast application of all the above knowledge in almost any application domain. Course lectures Part A: Deep Neural networks (first day, 8 lectures) 1. Introduction to Machine Learning 2. Artificial Neural Networks, Perceptron 3. Multilayer perceptron. Backpropagation 4. Deep neural networks. Convolutional NNs 5. Recurrent Neural Networks. LSTMs 6. Attention and Transformers 7. Deep learning for object detection 8. Deep Semantic Image Segmentation Part B: Machine Learning. Pattern Recognition (second day, 8 lectures) 1. Generative Adversarial Networks 2. Data Clustering 3. Decision Surfaces. Support Vector Machines 4. Dimensionality Reduction 5. Kernel Methods 6. Bayesian Learning 7. Deep Reinforcement Learning 8. CVML Software Development Tools Though independent, the attendees of this short e-course will greatly benefit by attending the CVML Short e-course on 'Computer Vision for Autonomous Systems' 5-6th May 2021: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-computer-vision-for-auton omous-systems/ You can use the following link for course registration: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/spring-cvml-short-course-machine-learning-and-deep -neural-networks/ Lecture topics, sample lecture ppts and videos, self-assessment questionnaires and programming exercises can be found therein. For questions, please contact: Ioanna Koroni <koroniioanna(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:koroniioanna@csd.auth.gr> > The short course is organized by Prof. I. Pitas, IEEE and EURASIP fellow, Chair of the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Coordinator of the European Horizon2020 R&D project Multidrone. He is ranked 249-top Computer Science and Electronics scientist internationally by Guide2research (2018). He is head of the EC funded AI doctoral school of Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media (1 of the 4 in Europe). He has 32200+ citations to his work and h-index 85+. AUTH is ranked 153/182 internationally in Computer Science/Engineering, respectively, in USNews ranking. Relevant links: 1) Prof. I. Pitas: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ <https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=el> &hl=el 2) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Aerial-Core: https://aerial-core.eu/ 3) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Multidrone: https://multidrone.eu/ 4) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project AI4Media: https://ai4media.eu/ 5) AIIA Lab: https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/ Sincerely yours Prof. I. Pitas Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information analysis Lab (AIIA Lab) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Post scriptum: To stay current on CVML matters, you may want to register in the CVML email list, following instructions in: https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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IEEE HiPC 2021 Programming Contest Call For Participation
by sanmukh＠hipc.org 04 Apr '21

04 Apr '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** HiPC 2021 PROGRAMMING CONTEST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ********************************************************************** 28th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics 17–20 December 2021 in Bangalore, India https://hipc.org/ HiPC 2021 PROGRAMMING CONTEST https://hipc.org/programming/ The objective of the HiPC Programming Contest is to introduce bright and motivated students to industry-relevant problems in the area of high performance computing. This engagement will act as a bridge between industry and academia to forge active engagement between the two. CPU Track Nagendra GD, University of North Texas Amey Karkare, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Anuj Pathania, University of Amsterdam Biswabandan Panda, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur GPU Track Vishwesh Jatala, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai Jayvant Anantpur, Mentor Graphics, USA FPGA Track Madhura Purnaprajna, PES University, Bangalore Vipin Kizheppatt, BITS Pilani, Goa Nithin George, Intel Corporation Nachiket Kapre, University of Waterloo Tentative Timeline Registration open: August 2nd week Challenge problem release, Mentor forum open: August 4th week Online Training Session: September 2nd week Team given access to cluster for self evaluation: October 1st week Final Submission Deadline: Oct 4th week Final Notifications: Nov 2nd week Please contact contest(a)hipc.org for questions or clarifications.

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IEEE HiPC 2021 Call For Papers
by sanmukh＠hipc.org 04 Apr '21

04 Apr '21

********************************************************************** We apologize if you received multiple copies of this Call for Papers Please feel free to distribute it to those who might be interested ********************************************************************** HiPC 2021 CALL FOR PAPERS ********************************************************************** 28th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics 17–20 December 2021 in Bangalore, India https://hipc.org/ PROGRAM CHAIRS HPC: Ana Lucia Varbanescu, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (a.l.varbanescu(a)uva.nl) Data Science: Yogesh Simmhan, Indian Institute of Science, India (simmhan(a)iisc.ac.in) HPC TRACKS Algorithms: Sanjukta Bhowmick, University of North Texas, USA Applications: Abhinav Bhatele, University of Maryland, USA Architecture: Michela Becchi, North Carolina State University, USA System Software: Sathish Vadhiyar, Indian Institute of Science, India DATA SCIENCE TRACKS Scalable Algorithms and Analytics: Zeyi Wen, University of Western Australia, Australia Scalable Systems and Software: Min Si, Argonne National Laboratory, USA HiPC 2021 will be the 28th edition of the IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, Analytics, and Data Science. HiPC serves as a forum to present current work by researchers from around the world as well as highlight activities in Asia in the areas of high performance computing and data science. The meeting focuses on all aspects of high performance computing systems, and data science and analytics, and their scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts that demonstrate current research in all areas of high performance computing, and data science and analytics, covering all traditional areas and emerging topics including from machine learning, big data analytics and blockchain. Each submission should be submitted to one of the six tracks listed under the two broad themes of High Performance Computing and Data Science. Up to two best paper awards will be given for outstanding contributed papers. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING Algorithms. This track invites papers that describe original research on developing new parallel and distributed computing algorithms, and related advances. Examples of topics that are of interest include (but not limited to): * New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; * Advances in enhancing algorithmic properties or providing guarantees (e.g., fault tolerance, resilience, concurrency, data locality, communication-avoiding); * Algorithmic techniques for resource allocation and optimization (e.g., scheduling, load balancing, resource management); * Provably efficient parallel and distributed algorithms for advanced scientific computing and irregular applications (e.g., numerical linear algebra, graph algorithms, computational biology); * Classical and emerging computation models (e.g., parallel/distributed models, quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired models). Architecture. This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and evaluation of high performance computing architectures, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * High performance processing architectures (e.g., reconfigurable, system-on-chip, many cores, vector processors); * Networks for high performance computing platforms (e.g., interconnect topologies, network-on-chip); * Memory, cache and storage architectures (e.g., 3D, photonic, Processing-In-Memory, NVRAM, burst buffers, parallel I/O); * Approaches to improve architectural properties (e.g., energy/power efficiency, reconfigurable, resilience/fault tolerance, security/privacy); * Emerging computational architectures (e.g., quantum computing, neuromorphic and other bioinspired architectures). Applications. This track invites papers that describe original research on the design and implementation of scalable and high performance applications for execution on parallel, distributed and accelerated platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Shared and distributed memory parallel applications (e.g., scientific computing, simulation and visualization applications, graph and irregular applications, data-intensive applications, science/engineering/industry applications, emerging applications in IoT and life sciences, etc.); * Methods, algorithms, and optimizations for scaling applications on peta- and exa-scale platforms (e.g., co-design of hardware and software, heterogeneous and hybrid programming); * Hardware acceleration of parallel applications (e.g., GPUs, FPGA, vector processors, manycore); * Application benchmarks and workloads for parallel and distributed platforms. Systems Software. This track invites papers that describe original research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of systems software for high performance computing platforms, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * Scalable systems and software architectures for high-performance computing (e.g., middleware, operating systems, I/O services); * Techniques to enhance parallel performance (e.g., compiler/runtime optimization, learning from application traces, profiling); * Techniques to enhance parallel application development and productivity (e.g., Domain-Specific Languages, programming environments, performance/correctness checking and debugging); * Techniques to deal with uncertainties, hardware/software resilience, and fault tolerance; * Software for cloud, data center, and exascale platforms (e.g., middleware tools, schedulers, resource allocation, data migration, load balancing); * Software and programming paradigms for heterogeneous platforms (e.g., libraries for CPU/GPU, multi-GPU clusters, and other accelerator platforms). SCALABLE DATA SCIENCE Scalable Algorithms and Analytics. This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable algorithms for data analysis at scale, and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * New scalable algorithms for fundamental data analysis tasks (supervised, unsupervised learning, and pattern discovery); * Scalable algorithms that are designed to address the characteristics of different data sources and settings (e.g., graphs, social networks, sequences, data streams); * Scalable algorithms and techniques to reduce the complexity of large-scale data (e.g., streaming, sublinear data structures, summarization, compressive analytics); * Scalable algorithms that are designed to address requirements in different data-driven application domains (e.g., life sciences, business, agriculture); * Scalable algorithms that ensure the transparency and fairness of the analysis; * Case studies, experimental studies, and benchmarks for scalable algorithms and analytics; * Scaling and accelerating machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision applications. Scalable Systems and Software. This track invites papers that describe original research on developing scalable systems and software for handling data at scale and related advances. Examples of topics of interest include (but not limited to): * New parallel and distributed algorithms and design techniques; * Design of scalable system software to support various applications (e.g., recommendation systems, web search, crowdsourcing applications, streaming applications) * Scalable system software for various architectures (e.g., OpenPower, GPUs, FPGAs). * Architectures and systems software to support various operations in large data frameworks (e.g., storage, retrieval, automated workflows, data organization, visualization, visual analytics, human-in-the-loop); * Systems software for distributed data frameworks (e.g., distributed file system, virtualization, cloud services, resource optimization, scheduling); * Standards and protocols for enhancing various aspects of data analytics (e.g., open data standards, privacy-preserving, and secure schemes). IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: 4 June, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: 11 June, 2021 Notification of Initial Decisions: 27 August, 2021 Deadline for Revised Submission: 17 September, 2021 Notification of Final Decisions: 1 October, 2021 Camera Ready Due (for all accepted papers): 15 October, 2021 MANUSCRIPT AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Abstracts of no more than 300 words must be submitted by the abstract submission deadline. The title and abstract submitted by this deadline should have sufficient detail and not just be a placeholder. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed ten (10) single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5×11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The submitted paper should list the authors and their affiliations. The IEEE conference style templates for MS Word and LaTeX provided by IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing are available for download. See the latest versions here. Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable PDF file. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Papers must be submitted under one of the 6 technical tracks listed above. The topics listed under each track are representative, but not exhaustive. A published proceeding will be available at the conference. Authors may contact the Program Chair at the email address above for further information or clarification. At least one author of each paper must be registered for the conference in order for the paper to be published in the proceedings. Presentation of an accepted paper in person is a requirement of publication for a physical conference. Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic situation evolves, the presentation may be in person or in a virtual format. Details of these will be specified at the time of paper acceptance. Any paper not meeting requirements will not be included in the conference proceedings under IEEE Xplore. Authors of selected high-quality papers in HiPC 2021 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. Submit your paper: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hipc2021. REVIEW PROCESS All manuscripts will be reviewed by the Program Committee and evaluated on originality, relevance of the problem to the conference theme, technical strength, rigor in analysis, quality of results, and organization and clarity of presentation of the paper. Authors are highly encouraged to list the key contributions of their paper, for example in a separate paragraph in the introduction of the paper. The review process is “single-blind” (i.e., authors can list their names on the paper), and that there will be a rebuttal period. The initial decision for the submission may be Accept, Reject or Revise. Papers that are recommended for revision will have to address the comments from the reviewers, and submit a revised article along with a summary of changes. This will go through a light review and the final decision will be communicated.

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ICCSA 2021: Computational Optimization and Applications - deadline extended
by Ana Rocha 03 Apr '21

03 Apr '21

Dear colleague, Extended deadline for submission to the: Computational Optimization and Applications (COA 2021) Workshop of the 21th International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2021, <http://www.iccsa.org/> http://www.iccsa.org/) will be held on July 5 - 8, 2021 in collaboration with the University of Cagliari, Italy, in blended form. Like last year, ICCSA 2021 offers the possibility of online-only participation (with reduced registration fees). But we are also planning to offer the possibility of in-presence participation, should the pandemic situation allow it, by setting up a blended experience for mixed online/in-presence sessions. IMPORTANT DATES - deadline extended ================ March 28, April 25, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission to the COA Workshop April 18, May 30, 2021: Notification of Acceptance. May 10, June 20, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers May 10, June 20, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends. July 5-8, 2021: ICCSA 2020 Conference TOPICS ====== The scope of the Workshop is to bring together scientists working in Computational Optimization and its applications in science and engineering. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Computational Optimization: new issues in computational algorithms for continuous and discrete optimization; deterministic and stochastic algorithms, nature-inspired algorithms and other metaheuristic algorithms for solving optimization problems. * Applications: case studies in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences. PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the COA 2021 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, <http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs> http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs ) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to your session accessing the electronic submission site: <http://ess.iccsa.org/> http://ess.iccsa.org/ You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site ( <http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors> http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors ) If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZERS =========== * Ana Maria A. C. Rocha ( <mailto:arocha@dps.uminho.pt> arocha(a)dps.uminho.pt), <http://www.dps.uminho.pt/> Dep. of Production and Systems (University of Minho), <http://algoritmi.uminho.pt/> ALGORITMI Center (University of Minho), Portugal * Humberto Rocha ( <mailto:hrocha@fe.uc.pt> hrocha(a)fe.uc.pt), <https://www.uc.pt/en/feuc> Faculty of Economics (University of Coimbra), <https://www.uc.pt/en/uid/ceber> CeBER (University of Coimbra), Portugal If you have some doubts or problems so not hesitate to contact the organizers. Best regards, Ana Maria A. C. Rocha and Humberto Rocha (COA 2021 organizers)

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Research Opportunity: AI/ML for anomaly detection and metric forecasting in data center operations
by Tommaso Cucinotta 02 Apr '21

02 Apr '21

Dear all, at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa (Italy), we are offering 2 yearly (renewable) research associate positions in the area of "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning supporting anomaly detection and metric forecasting in data center operations", an industrial research project funded by the Vodafone network operator. More information about the project is available at: English: https://www.santannapisa.it/en/news/artificial-intelligence-telecommunicati… Italian: https://www.santannapisa.it/it/news/intelligenza-artificiale-e-telecomunica… Additional information is also available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-research-positions-ai-nfv-scuola-superio… The call for applications (due on April, 6th, at 11:59am CET) is available at: English: https://www.santannapisa.it/en/assegni-di-ricerca-e-selezioni/institute-com… Italian: https://www.santannapisa.it/it/assegni-di-ricerca-e-selezioni/istituto-di-t… Should you need further information, don't hesitate to write me. Feel free to forward this message to potentially interested colleagues. Thanks and regards, Tommaso Cucinotta -- Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor in Computer Engineering, PhD Head of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ReTiS) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy http://retis.sssup.it/people/tommaso

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CFP: FiCloud 2021 - Deadline Extended
by FiCloud Conference 01 Apr '21

01 Apr '21

---------------------Call for Papers - Deadline Extended ------------------------------ The 8th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2021) IEEE-CS TCI 23-25 August 2021, Online (Virtual) http://www.ficloud.org/2021/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud is a modern computing platform for delivering on-demand computing services to service consumers over the Internet. Computing services include, for example, storage, memory, compute power, databases, and networking among others. Cloud services are generally provided using SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) and IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service). Unlike conventional distributed computing, cloud offers flexibility, scalability, efficiency and elasticity in service provisioning. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a dynamic and global network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in order to enable the interaction and integration of virtual as well as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars, refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly integrated into the information network and interaction can be made through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant future, IoT will be forcing its way into every aspect of our lives and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and nature, green energy, food, medicine, automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, and so on. IoT is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly, cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. The theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It provides a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing. CONFERENCE TRACKS: 1. Cloud Services Models 2. Security, Privacy and Trust 3. Software Systems, Models and Architectures 4. Blockchain in Cloud and IoT 5. Data and Knowledge Management 6. Context-aware Systems 7. Software-defined Networking 8. Performance Evaluation and Modelling 9. Networking and Communication Protocols 10. IoT Services and Applications 11. Smart Environment 12. Machine learning in Cloud and IoT 13. Energy Efficiency 14. Federation and Virtualization 15. Fog and Edge Computing 16. Industry Track 17. General Track – Future IoT and Cloud Computing Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 15 April 2021 (Firm) Authors Notification: 20 May 2021 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2021 Conference Venue: The organizing committee is carefully monitoring the Covid-19 situation. The safety and well-being of the conference participants is the main priority. The committee will confirm by Spring 2021 of whether to hold the conference onsite in Rome or as an online event. Paper submission and Publication: Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages and for short papers is 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. See instructions on the conference website ( http://www.ficloud.org/2020/). All papers accepted for this conference are planned to be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for special issues in international journals (see conference website).

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Job Openings: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Computer Science) at Hong Kong Baptist University (2 vacancies)
by COMP HKBU 01 Apr '21

01 Apr '21

The Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University, presently offers BSc, MSc, MPhil, and PhD programmes, and is now seeking outstanding applicants for the following faculty positions on tenure-track. Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Computer Science) (2 vacancies) (PR0311/18-19) The appointees will perform high-impact research, to teach and supervise students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and to contribute to professional and institutional services. Collaboration with other faculty members in research and teaching is also expected. They will be encouraged to collaborate with colleagues within the Department to contribute to two special thematic applications including (a) health informatics and (b) secure and privacy-aware computing, and to pursue new strategic research initiatives under the Department/Faculty/University. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and sufficiently demonstrate abilities to conduct high-quality research in areas including but not limited to: Internet of things, Cyber-security, High-performance computing, Big data analytics, and Financial technologies. Applicants should also show strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in computer science and/or information systems, possess track record of innovative research and high-impact publications, and be able to bid for and pursue externally-funded research programmes. Initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of three years. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement. For enquiry, please contact Dr. William Cheung, Head of Department (email: william(a)comp.hkbu.edu.hk). More information about the Department can be found at http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk. *Those who have responded to the previous advertisement need not re-apply.* *Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.* Application Procedure: Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably *three best ones* out of their most recent publications/works. They should also request *two referees* to send in confidential letters of reference, with PR number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources Office (Email: recruit(a)hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Those who are not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer. Review of applications is on-going until the position is filled. URL: https://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=503

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Computational and Applied Statistics at ICCSA 2021 - extended deadline
by Ana Cristina Silva Braga 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Dear Colleague, I hope you are well, beyond the hardships that everyone, in every part of the world, is experiencing. Taking into account the exceptional situation that the whole world is going through, the dates related to submission and decision-making on articles submitted to the 8th edition of the Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS2021) (https://cas2020.webnode.com/) workshop have been changed. The new deadline for paper submission is April 30, 2021. News about the date of conference will be update, after Easter, on ICCSA web and Facebook pages *********************************************************************** ****************** APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES RECEIVED *************** *********************************************************************** ********************* CAS 2021 CALL FOR PAPERS ************************** ********************* NEW deadline: April 30, 2021 ******************** Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 202<https://cas2020.webnode.com/>1) Workshop of the 21th International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2021, http://www.iccsa.org/) will be held in Cagliari, Italy. TOPICS ====== The aim of CAS workshop is to bring together scientists working in computational statistics, scientific computation and applications in all areas of sciences, engineering, industry, economics, life sciences and social sciences. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Computational Statistics: new issues in the design of computational algorithms for implementing statistical methods, development in R, etc * Applications: statistical case study in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences. IMPORTANT DATES (NEW) ====================== April 30, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission to the CAS Workshop. May 30, 2021: Notification of Acceptance June 20, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends June 20, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers New Date (will be announced soon): ICCSA 2021 Conference. PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the CAS 2021 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs ) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to your session accessing the electronic submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/ You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site: http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZER =========== * Ana Cristina Braga (acb(a)dps.uminho.pt<mailto:acb@dps.uminho.pt>), Dep. of Production and Systems (University of Minho), Algoritmi Research Centre (University of Minho), Portugal. If you have some doubts or problems, do not hesitate to contact the organizer. Best regards, Ana Cristina Braga (CAS 2021 organizer)

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ICCSA2021 - Call for Paper - New deadline and Conference Date Change
by Massimiliano Petri 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Dear all, in order to increase the safety of participants and considering the vaccination campaign that is taking place in Italy we decided to move the conference dates to *13-16 September 2021*. At this date, the whole Italian population should be vaccinated and Sardinia island is the safest place in Italy. The conference will be in Hybrid mode (online and face to face). Consequently the new deadlines are: Â·*full paper submission End of April 2021 *for A2TM Workshop; Â·*notification of Acceptance 30 May 2021*; Â·***submission deadline *for *camera ready paper and registration 20 June 2021*. Thanks to your patience, Massimiliano Petri & Antonio Pratelli

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CFP: FiCloud 2021 Conference
by FiCloud Conference 25 Mar '21

25 Mar '21

--------------------Call for Papers ------------------------------ The 8th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2021) IEEE-CS TCI 23-25 August 2021, Rome, Italy http://www.ficloud.org/2021/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud is a modern computing platform for delivering on-demand computing services to service consumers over the Internet. Computing services include, for example, storage, memory, compute power, databases, and networking among others. Cloud services are generally provided using SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) and IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service). Unlike conventional distributed computing, cloud offers flexibility, scalability, efficiency and elasticity in service provisioning. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a dynamic and global network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in order to enable the interaction and integration of virtual as well as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars, refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly integrated into the information network and interaction can be made through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant future, IoT will be forcing its way into every aspect of our lives and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and nature, green energy, food, medicine, automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, and so on. IoT is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly, cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. The theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It provides a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing. CONFERENCE TRACKS: 1. Cloud Services Models 2. Security, Privacy and Trust 3. Software Systems, Models and Architectures 4. Blockchain in Cloud and IoT 5. Data and Knowledge Management 6. Context-aware Systems 7. Software-defined Networking 8. Performance Evaluation and Modelling 9. Networking and Communication Protocols 10. IoT Services and Applications 11. Smart Environment 12. Machine learning in Cloud and IoT 13. Energy Efficiency 14. Federation and Virtualization 15. Fog and Edge Computing 16. Industry Track 17. General Track – Future IoT and Cloud Computing Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 31 March 2021 Authors Notification: 20 May 2021 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2021 Conference Venue: The organizing committee is carefully monitoring the Covid-19 situation. The safety and well-being of the conference participants is the main priority. The committee will confirm by Spring 2021 of whether to hold the conference onsite in Rome or as an online event. Paper submission and Publication: Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages and for short papers is 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. See instructions on the conference website ( http://www.ficloud.org/2020/). All papers accepted for this conference are planned to be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for special issues in international journals (see conference website).

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CFP: Resilience@Euro-Par 2021 - Papers due May 7
by Thomas Naughton 24 Mar '21

24 Mar '21

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this call for papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14th Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing (Resilience) in Clusters, Clouds, and Grids <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> in conjunction with the 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par), Lisbon, Portugal August 30 - September 3, 2021 <http://2021.euro-par.org> Overview: Resilience is a critical challenge as high performance computing (HPC) systems continue to increase component counts, individual component reliability decreases (such as due to shrinking process technology and near-threshold voltage (NTV) operation), hardware complexity increases (such as due to heterogeneous computing) and software complexity increases (such as due to complex data- and workflows, real-time requirements and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with traditional applications). Correctness and execution efficiency, in spite of faults, errors, and failures, is essential to ensure the success of the HPC systems, cluster computing environments, Grid computing infrastructures, and Cloud computing services. The impact of faults, errors, and failures in such HPC systems can range from financial losses due to system downtime (sometimes several tens-of-thousands of Dollars per lost system-hour), to financial losses due to unnecessary overprovision (acquisition and operating costs), to financial losses and legal liabilities due to erroneous or delayed output. The emergence of AI technology opens up new possibilities, but also new problems. Using AI technology for operational intelligence that enables resilience in HPC systems and centers is a complex control problem, while designing resilient AI technology for HPC applications is a difficult algorithmic problem. Resilience for HPC systems encompasses a wide spectrum of fundamental and applied research and development, including theoretical foundations, error/failure and anomaly detection, monitoring and control, end-to-end data integrity, enabling infrastructure, and resilient algorithms. This workshop brings together experts in the community to further research and development in HPC resilience and to facilitate exchanges across the computational paradigms of extreme-scale HPC, cluster computing, Grid computing, and Cloud computing. Submission Guidelines: Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in English in PDF format. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and BETWEEN 10 AND 12 PAGES, including figures, tables and references, using Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format at <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>. Papers with less than 10 or more than 12 pages will not be accepted due to publisher guidelines. Submissions should include abstract, key words and the e-mail address of the corresponding author. Papers not conforming to these guidelines may be returned without review. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. The proceedings will be published in Springer's LNCS as post-conference proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop for inclusion in the proceedings. Authors may contact the workshop program chairs for more information. Important websites: - Resilience 2021 Website: <https://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2021> - Resilience 2021 Submissions: TBD - Euro-Par 2021 website: <http://2021.euro-par.org> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical foundations for resilience: - Metrics and measurement - Statistics and optimization - Simulation and emulation - Formal methods - Efficiency modeling and uncertainty quantification - Experience reports - Error/failure/anomaly detection and reliability/dependability modeling: - Statistical analyses - Machine learning and artificial intelligence - Digital twins - Data collection and aggregation - Information visualization - Monitoring and control for resilience: - Center, system and application monitoring and control - Reliability, availability, serviceability and performability - Tunable fidelity and quality of service - Automated response and recovery - Operational intelligence to enable resilience - End-to-end integrity: - Fault tolerant design of centers, systems and applications - Forward migration and verification - Degraded operation - Error propagation, failure cascades, and error/failure containment - Testing and evaluation, including fault/error/failure injection - Enabling infrastructure for resilience: - Reliability, availability, serviceability systems - System software and middleware - Resilience extensions for programming models - Tools and frameworks - Support for resilience in heterogeneous architectures - Resilient algorithms: - Algorithmic detection and correction - Resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance - Fault tolerant numerical methods - Robust iterative algorithms - Resilient artificial intelligence Important Dates: - Workshop papers due: May 7, 2021 (23:59 AoE) - Workshop author notification: July 16, 2021 - Workshop author registration: TBD - Workshop date: August 30 or 31, 2021 - Workshop camera-ready papers: TBD General Co-Chairs: - Stephen L. Scott Tennessee Tech University, USA scottsl(a)ornl.gov - Christian Engelmann Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Co-Chairs: - Ferrol Aderholdt Middle Tennessee State University, USA ferrol.aderholdt(a)mtsu.edu - Thomas Naughton Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA naughtont(a)ornl.gov Workshop Chair Emeritus: - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun Louisiana Tech University, USA box(a)latech.edu _________________________________________________________________________ Thomas Naughton naughtont(a)ornl.gov Research Associate (865) 576-4184

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FIP W.G. 2.6 International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis
by Paolo Ceravolo 21 Mar '21

21 Mar '21

# SIMPDA 2021 ## ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS ### In conjunction with the 25th European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems – ADBIS 2021 – Tartu, Estonia, August 24-26, 2021 [http://simpda2021.di.unimi.it](http://simpda2021.di.unimi.it) ### AN ACTIVITY FROM THE [IEEE TASK FORCE ON PROCESS MINING](https://www.win.tue.nl/ieeetfpm/doku.php?id=start) ## About SIMPDA The increasing automation of business processes and the growing amounts of process data become available opens new research opportunities for business process data analysis, mining, and modeling. The aim of the *IFIP W.G. 2.6 International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis* is to offer a forum where researchers from different communities and the industry can share their insight in this hot new field. The Symposium will feature a number of advanced *research papers*, shorter presentations on recent research, a competitive *Ph.D. seminar* and selected research and *industrial demonstrations*. This year the symposium will be held in Tartu, in cunjunction with the ADBIS conference. ###Call for Papers The **IFIP W.G. 2.6** *International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis* **(SIMPDA 2021)** offers a unique opportunity to present new approaches and research results to researchers and practitioners working in business process data modelling, representation, and privacy-aware analysis. The symposium will bring together leading researchers, engineers, and scientists from around the world. Full papers must not exceed 12 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 6 pages. All papers must be original contributions, not previously published or under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the **CCIS template** and **Springer** paper preparation rules, see: [https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. ### Call for post-Proceedings The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit extended articles to a post-symposium proceedings volume which will be published in the **LNBIP series** [Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing](http://www.springer.com/series/7911), scheduled for late 2020 (extended papers length will be between 7000 and 9000 words). Around 5-8 papers will be selected for publication after a second round of review. ### Topics Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to: * Business process modeling languages, notations, and methods * Lightweight process model * Data-aware and data-centric approaches * Big Data process representation and management * Online Process Mining * Process mining with Big Data * Variability and configuration of process models * Process simulation and static analyses * Process data query languages * Process data mining * Process data visualization and reporting * Privacy-aware process data mining * Process metadata and semantic reasoning * Process patterns and standards * Foundations of business process models * Resource management in business process execution * Process tracing and monitoring * Process change management and evolution * Business process lifecycle * Case studies and experience * Social process discovery * Crowdsourced process definition and discovery  ### Call for Ph.D. Research Plans The SIMPDA Ph.D. Seminar is a workshop for **Ph.D. students** from all over the world. The goal of the Seminar is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on how to use their research results. Students interested in participating in the Seminar should submit an extended abstract describing their research. Submissions can relate to any aspect of Process Data: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, innovative applications, and social implications. **Research plans** should be at most of 6 page long and should be organised following the following structure: * Abstract: summarises, in 5 line, the research aims and significance. * Research Question: defines what will be accomplished by eliciting the relevant the research questions. * Background: defines the background knowledge providing the 5 most relevant references (papers or books). * Significance: explains the relevance of the general topic and of the specific contribution. * Research design and methods: describes and motivates the method adopted focusing on: assumptions, solutions, data sources, validation of results, limitations of the approach. * Research stage: describes what the student has done so far. ### SIMPDA Ph.D. award A doctoral award will be given by the SIMPDA Ph.D. Jury to the best research plan submitted. ### CALL for Demonstrations Demonstrations showcase innovative technology and applications, allowing for sharing research work directly with colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, an extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 12 pages. ### Submission Guidelines Contributions to all calls should be submitted electronically to the Symposium management system connecting to [https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adbis2021](https://easychair.org/co…. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to participate in the conference and present his/her work. The papers submitted must be sent in PDF, following CCIS template and Springer paper preparation rules, see: [https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… ### Important Dates | Milestone | Deadline| | ------ | ------ | | Paper Submission| April 9, 2021| | Notification of Acceptance| May 14, 2021| | Submission of Camera Ready Papers| June 11 2021| | Symposium| August 24 2021| | Post-proceeding submissions| 30 January 2022| ## Organizers ### CHAIRS * Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Maurice van Keulen, University of Twente, The Netherlands * Maria Teresa Gomez Lopez, University of Seville, Spain ### Program Committee Han van der Aa, University of Mannheim Edgar Weippl, University of Vienna Angel Jesus Varela Vaca, University of Seville Wil Van der Aalst, RWTH Aachen University Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa Robert Singer, FH JOANNEUM Tamara Quaranta, Amazon Dublin Mirjana Pejic-Bach, Faculty of Economics & Business Luisa Parody, Universidad Loyola Andalucía Haralambos Mouratidis, University of Brighton Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu Maria Leitner, University of Vienna & AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Carlos Fernandez-Llatas, Universitat Politècnica de València Chiara Di Francescomarino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler-IRST Benoît Depaire, Hasselt University Angelo Corallo, Università del Salento Faiza Allah Bukhsh, University of Twente Karima Boudaoud, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis Helen Balinsky, Hewlett Packard Laboratories Chintan Amrit, University of Amsterdam

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Live e-Lecture by Prof. Andreas Geiger: 'Towards Robust End-to-End Driving', 23rd March 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. Andreas Geiger (University of Tübingen, Germany), a prominent AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘Towards Robust End-to-End Driving’, on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/92425987539 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media, ELISE <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> , Humane AI Net <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> , <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> Vision, currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics, starting with the above mentioned e-lecture. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) Lectures will be typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. Other upcoming lectures: 1. Prof. Anibal Ollero (University of Seville, Spain), 4th May 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. 2. Prof. John Shawe-Taylor (University College London, UK), 18th May 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. More lecture infos in: <http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/ These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the email lists AIDA email list <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida> and <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. M. Chetouani, N. Cesa-Bianchi, F. Heintz, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Call For Papers - 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021)
by Miguel Areias 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

========================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ========================================================================= The 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021) https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/ Fully virtual event organized by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Porto. Besides the main track, ICLP 2021 will host additional tracks and special sessions. In attach, follows the CFP for the Applications Track and for the Recently Published Research Track. ========================================================================= Scope ***** Since the first conference held in Marseille in 1982, ICLP has been the premier international event for presenting research in logic programming. Contributions are sought in all areas of logic programming, including but not restricted to: ** Foundations:Semantics, Formalisms, Nonmonotonic reasoning, Knowledge representation. ** Languages issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility, Higher order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Modules, Meta-programming, Logic-based domain-specific languages, Programming techniques. ** Programming support: Program analysis, Transformation, Validation, Verification, Debugging, Profiling, Testing, Execution visualization. ** Implementation: Compilation, Virtual machines, Memory management, Parallel/distributed execution, Constraint handling rules, Tabling, Foreign interfaces, User interfaces. ** Related Paradigms and Synergies: Inductive and coinductive logic programming, Constraint logic programming, Answer set programming, Interaction with SAT, SMT and CSP solvers, Theorem proving, Argumentation, Probabilistic programming, Machine learning. ** Applications: Databases, Big data, Data integration and federation, Software engineering, Natural language processing, Web and semantic web, Agents, Artificial intelligence, Computational life sciences, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Education. Tracks and Special Sessions *************************** Besides the main track, ICLP 2021 will host additional tracks: ** Applications Track: this track invites submissions of papers on emerging and deployed applications of LP, describing all aspects of the development, deployment, and evaluation of logic programming systems to solve real-world problems, including interesting case studies and benchmarks, and discussing lessons learned. ** Recently Published Research Track: this track provides a forum to discuss important results related to logic programming that appeared recently (from January 2019 onwards) in selective journals and conferences, but have not been previously presented at ICLP. Each track will have its own dedicated chairs, PC and evaluation criteria. The attached CFPs specify the submission details. ICLP 2021 will also host: ** MentorLP - Mentoring Workshop on Logic Programming: the purpose of MentorLP is to support students and newcomers to pursue careers in logic programming research. This workshop will hold technical sessions on cutting-edge research in logic programming, and mentoring sessions on how to prepare and succeed for a research career. We will have leaders in logic programming research from academia and industry to give talks on their research areas. We will also have live discussions among participants on how to overcome challenges and make contributions to the research community. MentorLP is dedicated to fostering and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We especially encourage members of underrepresented groups to attend. ** Fall School on Logic and Constraint Programming: the school is suited for those who wish to learn advanced topics in logic programming and constraint programming. It will consist of a serie of half-day tutorials. ** Doctoral Consortium: the Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming provides students with the opportunity to present and discuss their research directions, and to obtain feedback from both peers and experts in the field. The best paper from the DC will be given the opportunity to make a presentation in a session of the main ICLP conference. ** Tutorials and Co-located Workshops. Important Dates *************** ** Abstract registration (regular papers): May 3, 2021 ** Paper submission (regular paper): May 10, 2021 ** Notification to authors (regular paper): June 27, 2021 ** Paper Submission (short papers): July 4, 2021 *+ Revision submission (TPLP papers): July 14, 2021 ** Final notifications (all paper kinds): July 30, 2021 ** Camera-ready copy due (all paper kinds): August 10, 2021 ** Conference: September 20--27, 2021 Submission Details ****************** Expected submissions to the main track (for the additional tracks, please follow the specific CFP): ** Regular papers (14 pages in TPLP format, including references) must describe original, previously unpublished research, and must not simultaneously be submitted for publication elsewhere. These restrictions do not apply to previously accepted workshop papers with a limited audience and/or without archival proceedings. The accepted regular papers will be published in TPLP, along with the selected ICLP-TPLP papers. The program committee may recommend some regular papers to be published as technical communications (TCs), along with the selected ICLP-TC papers. The authors of the TCs can also elect to convert their submissions into extended abstracts (2 or 3 pages) for inclusion in the proceedings. This should allow authors to submit a long version elsewhere. ** Short papers (7 pages in EPTCS format (http://info.eptcs.org/), including references) can describe published research. The accepted short papers that describe original and previously unpublished work will be published as TCs, along with the selected ICLP-TC papers. The accepted short papers that describe published research will be made available at the conference webpage, with the permission of the authors. All accepted regular papers and technical communications will be presented during the conference. Authors of accepted papers will, by default, be automatically included in the list of ALP members, who will receive quarterly updates from the Logic Programming Newsletter at no cost. All submissions must be written in English. Submissions will be done via EasyChair. The submission Web page for ICLP2021 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2021 Organization ************ ** General Chair Ricardo Rocha, University of Porto, Portugal ** Program Chairs Andrea Formisano, University of Udine, Italy Y. Annie Liu, Stony Brook University, USA ** Organizing and Publicity Chair Miguel Areias, University of Porto, Portugal ** Applications Track Alex Brik, Google Inc., USA Joost Vennekens, KU Leuven, Belgium ** Recently Published Research Track Gian Luca Pozzato, University of Genova, Italy Neng-Fa Zhou, CUNY Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, USA ** MentorLP - Mentoring Workshop on Logic Programming Veronica Dahl, Simon Fraser University, Canada Paul Fodor, Stony Brook University, USA ** Workshop Chair Nicos Angelopoulos, Cardiff University, UK ** Doctoral Consortium and Fall School Chairs Bart Bogaerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria, Italy ** Programming Contest Chair Mario Alviano, University of Calabria, Italy Program Committee ***************** TO BE ANNOUNCED ========================================================================= Any additional question can be directed towards ICLP Chairs: iclp2021(a)easychair.org =========================================================================

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CFP: FiCloud 2021 - Deadline Extended
by FiCloud Conference 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

---------------------Call for Papers - Deadline Extended ------------------------------ The 8th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2021) IEEE-CS TCI 23-25 August 2021, Rome, Italy http://www.ficloud.org/2021/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud is a modern computing platform for delivering on-demand computing services to service consumers over the Internet. Computing services include, for example, storage, memory, compute power, databases, and networking among others. Cloud services are generally provided using SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) and IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service). Unlike conventional distributed computing, cloud offers flexibility, scalability, efficiency and elasticity in service provisioning. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a dynamic and global network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in order to enable the interaction and integration of virtual as well as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars, refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly integrated into the information network and interaction can be made through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant future, IoT will be forcing its way into every aspect of our lives and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and nature, green energy, food, medicine, automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, and so on. IoT is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly, cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. The theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It provides a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing. CONFERENCE TRACKS: 1. Cloud Services Models 2. Security, Privacy and Trust 3. Software Systems, Models and Architectures 4. Blockchain in Cloud and IoT 5. Data and Knowledge Management 6. Context-aware Systems 7. Software-defined Networking 8. Performance Evaluation and Modelling 9. Networking and Communication Protocols 10. IoT Services and Applications 11. Smart Environment 12. Machine learning in Cloud and IoT 13. Energy Efficiency 14. Federation and Virtualization 15. Fog and Edge Computing 16. Industry Track 17. General Track – Future IoT and Cloud Computing Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 31 March 2021 Authors Notification: 20 May 2021 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2021 Conference Venue: The organizing committee is carefully monitoring the Covid-19 situation. The safety and well-being of the conference participants is the main priority. The committee will confirm by Spring 2021 of whether to hold the conference onsite in Rome or as an online event. Paper submission and Publication: Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages and for short papers is 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. See instructions on the conference website ( http://www.ficloud.org/2020/). All papers accepted for this conference are planned to be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for special issues in international journals (see conference website).

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[Bench'21 Call for Papers] - 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing
by gaowanling＠ict.ac.cn 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] CALL FOR PAPERS ========================================================== 2021 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench'21) http://www.benchcouncil.org/bench21/index.html Nov. 14th - Nov. 16th, 2021 ========================================================== Introduction ---------------- Benchmarks, Data, Standards, Measurements, and Optimizations are fundamental human activities and assets. The Bench conference has two essential duties: promote data or benchmark-based quantitative approaches to tackle multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary challenges; connect architecture, system, data management, algorithm, and application communities to better co-design for the inherent workload characterizations. The Bench conference has three defining characteristics. First, it provides a high-quality, single-track forum for presenting results and discussing ideas that further the knowledge and understanding of the benchmarks, data, standards, measurements, and optimizations community as a whole. Second, it is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary conference. The past meetings attracted researchers and practitioners from the architecture, system, algorithm, and application communities. Third, it includes both invited sessions and contributed sessions. There are three submission opportunities, and the reviewing process is double-blind. Upon acceptance, papers will be scheduled for publication in the BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards, and Evaluation (TBench https://www.benchcouncil.org/journal.html ) and presentation at the Bench'21 conference. Regularly, the Bench conference will present the BenchCouncil Achievement Award ($3000), the BenchCouncil Rising Star Award ($1000), and the BenchCouncil Best Paper Award ($1000). To encourage reliable and reproducible research using the benchmarks from all organizations, the Bench conference presents the BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproducible Research to the papers using publicly available benchmarks. Each article receives a $100 prize, maximally up to 12 articles. We welcome the industry leaders as sponsors to provide the testbed and the honorariums for the above awards. Call for papers ------------------------ We solicit papers describing original and previously unpublished research. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following. **Benchmark and standard specifications, implementations, and validations of: -Big Data -Artificial intelligence (AI) -High performance computing (HPC) -Machine learning -Big scientific data -Datacenters -Cloud -Warehouse-scale computing -Mobile robotics -Edge and fog computing -Internet of Things(IoT) -Block chain -Data management and storage -Financial domains -Education domains -Medical domains -Other application domains **Data: -Detailed descriptions of research or industry data sets, including the methods used to collect the data and technical analyses supporting the quality of the measurements. -Analyses or meta-analyses of existing data and original articles on systems, technologies and techniques that advance data sharing and reuse to support reproducible research. -Evaluations of the rigour and quality of the experiments used to generate data and the completeness of the descriptions of the data. -Tools generating large-scale data while preserving their original characteristics. **Workload characterization, quantitative measurement, design and evaluation studies of: -Computer and communication networks, protocols and algorithms -Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc and sensor networks, IoT applications -Computer architectures, hardware accelerators, multi-core processors, memory systems and storage networks -HPC -Operating systems, file systems and databases -Virtualization, data centers, distributed and cloud computing, fog and edge computing -Mobile and personal computing systems -Energy-efficient computing systems -Real-time and fault-tolerant systems -Security and privacy of computing and networked systems -Software systems and services, and enterprise applications -Social networks, multimedia systems, web services -Cyber-physical systems, including the smart grid **Methodologies, abstractions, metrics, algorithms and tools for: -Analytical modeling techniques and model validation -Workload characterization and benchmarking -Performance, scalability, power and reliability analysis -Sustainability analysis and power management -System measurement, performance monitoring and forecasting -Anomaly detection, problem diagnosis and troubleshooting -Capacity planning, resource allocation, run time management and scheduling -Experimental design, statistical analysis and simulation **Measurement and evaluation: -Evaluation methodologies and metrics -Testbed methodologies and systems -Instrumentation, sampling, tracing and profiling of large-scale, real-world applications and systems -Collection and analysis of measurement data that yield new insights -Measurement-based modeling (e.g., workloads, scaling behavior, assessment of performance bottlenecks) -Methods and tools to monitor and visualize measurement and evaluation data -Systems and algorithms that build on measurement-based findings -Advances in data collection, analysis and storage (e.g., anonymization, querying, sharing) -Reappraisal of previous empirical measurements and measurement-based conclusions -Descriptions of challenges and future directions that the measurement and evaluation community should pursue **Optimization methodologies and Tools. Important Dates ------------------------ There are three submission opportunities over the year. Spring submission website: https://bench2021.hotcrp.com/ -Abstract registration: May 15, 2021 -Paper submission: May 21, 2021 -First-round author notification: June 21, 2021 -Rebuttal and Revision Period: June 21-July 21, 2021 -Second-round author notification: August 10 Summer submission website: TBD -Abstract registration: August 1, 2021 -Paper submission: August 7, 2021 -First-round author notification: September 7, 2021 -Rebuttal and Revision Period: September 7-October 7, 2021 -Second-round author notification: November 7, 2021 Winter submission website: TBD -Abstract registration: December 15, 2021 -Paper submission: December 21, 2021 -First-round author notification: January 21, 2022 -Rebuttal and Revision Period: January 21-February 21, 2022 -Second-round author notification: March 21, 2022 Paper Submission ------------------------ There are three submission opportunities, and the reviewing process is double-blind. Upon acceptance, papers will be scheduled for publication in the BenchCouncil Transactions on Benchmarks, Standards, and Evaluation (TBench) and presentation at the Bench'21 conference. All accepted and eligible papers will be considered, by a panel of reviewers, for the BenchCouncil Best Paper Award and the BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproducible Research. Papers must be submitted in PDF. For a full paper, the page limit is 12 double column pages in TBench format (All research article page limits do not include references and author biographies). For a short paper, the page limit is 8 double column pages in TBench format, not including references and author biographies. The submissions will be judged based on the merit of the ideas rather than the length. At least one author must pre-register for the symposium, and at least one author must attend the symposium to present the paper. Papers for which no author is pre-registered will be removed from the proceedings. Submission site: https://bench2021.hotcrp.com/ TBench Latex template: http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/els-cas-templates.zip Awards --------------------- * BenchCouncil Achievement Award ($3,000) - This award recognizes a senior member who has made long-term contributions to benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. The winner is eligible for the status of a BenchCouncil Fellow. * BenchCouncil Rising Star Award ($1,000) - This award recognizes a junior member who demonstrates outstanding potential for research and practice in benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. * BenchCouncil Best Paper Award ($1,000) - This award recognizes a paper presented at the Bench conferences, which demonstrates potential impact on research and practice in benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing. * BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproduceable Research (Each winning paper earns a $100 prize, maximally up to 12 papers). - BenchCouncil incubates and hosts benchmark projects, and further encourages reliable and reproducible research using the benchmarks from BenchCouncil or other organizations. To this end, we present the BenchCouncil Award for Excellence for Reproducible Research to the papers using all publicly available benchmarks. The Reviewing Process ----------------- The reviewing process for submissions is a hybrid of the traditional conference and journal models. There are three possible outcomes from the first round of submission: -Accept with Shepherding: a PC member will shepherd every accepted paper to ensure that the reviewers' essential suggestions are incorporated into the article's final version. This is similar to the “Minor Revision” outcome at a journal. -One-shot Revision: This is similar to the “Major Revision” outcome in a journal. In such cases, the authors will receive a list of issues that must be addressed before the paper can be accepted. Authors may then submit a revision of the paper during the rebuttal period. The revision should include an author's response to the reviewers' issues as part of the appendix of the article. If this paper's revision is not submitted within this time, then any resubmission will be treated as a new paper. The outcome after resubmission of a “one-shot revision” will either be “Accept with Shepherding” or “Reject.” The one-shot revision may be rejected, for example, if the reviewers find that the issues they raised were not satisfactorily addressed in the revision. -Reject: If the paper is rejected, it may not be resubmitted to any Bench deadline within 12 months following the paper's initial submission. Organization ----------------- Bench Steering Committees Prof. Dr. Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University Prof. Dr. D. K. Panda, The Ohio State University Prof. Dr. Felix, Wolf, TU Darmstadt Prof. Dr. Xiaoyi Lu, University of California, Merced Dr. Wanling Gao, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences & UCAS Prof. Dr. Jianfeng Zhan, ICT, Chinese Academy of Sciences &BenchCouncil

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CFP: Special Track on AI for Tackling Dis/Misinformation during Pandemics @ ACM GoodIT2021
by Chilean Scholar 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Call For Papers: Special Track on AI for Tackling Dis/Misinformation during Pandemics In conjunction with the ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2021) The GoodIT conference is sponsored by ACM SIGCAS, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computers & Society. The conference focuses on the application of IT technologies to social good. The Special Track on AI for Tackling Dis/Misinformation during Pandemics focuses on new data technologies based on artificial intelligence, data governance, machine learning, natural language processing, and social network analysis to aid experts in analyzing large volumes of social media data in order to detect fake news, misinformation, and disinformation. A number of open challenges need more investigation from the research community, such as recent trends in composing information disorder by combining false and real content, the mechanisms that drive fake content diffusion during pandemics, how to differentiate fake content from personal viewpoints, why people tend to believe fake content and make decisions based on it during pandemics, and what are the different motivations behind the dissemination of fake content. Fact-checking and claim verification are two important strategies that are worth incorporating in the automated tackling and curtailment of fake content during and after pandemics. ************ Key Dates ************ Papers Submission Due: May 1, 2021 Authors Notifications: June 22, 2021 Final Manuscript Due: July 10, 2021 GoodIT 2021: September 09-11, 2021 ************ Important Links ************ Special Track Website: https://aitdmp.conceptechint.net Submission Link: https://goodit2021.hotcrp.com/ ************ Submission Guidelines ************ All submissions will be reviewed using a single-blind review process. The identity of referees will not be revealed to authors, but authors can keep their names on the submitted papers, on figures, bibliography, etc. Papers should not exceed 6 pages (US letter size) double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. Papers must be submitted electronically in printable PDF form. Templates for the standard ACM format can be found here: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template No changes to margins, spacing, or font sizes are allowed from those specified by the style files. Papers violating the formatting guidelines will be returned without review. ACM has partnered with Overleaf, a free cloud-based, collaborative authoring tool, to provide an ACM LaTeX authoring template. The ACM LaTeX template on Overleaf platform is available to all ACM authors at: www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official Accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library. Special issues associated with the conference are being organized. ************ Topics ************ Papers on practical as well as on theoretical topics and problems in various topics related to rumors, fake news, misinformation, and disinformation during and after pandemics, are invited, with special emphasis on novel techniques and tools for automated tackling and curtailment of fake content during and after pandemics. Topics include (but are not limited to): -AI approaches for the detection of online influence and manipulation -AI approaches to identify misinformation and disinformation campaigns -AI approaches for spotting misinformation and disinformation spreaders. -Social media mining for automated detection of misinformation propagation and disinformation circulation -AI approaches for automated identification and verification of claims -AI approaches for intention detection for misinformation and disinformation contents -AI approaches for credibility assessment of Social media sources -AI approaches for fake news curtailment, filtering and prevention. -AI approaches for analysis/detection of distributed and multi-platform misinformation and disinformation disseminations -AI approaches for predicting the Impact of misinformation and disinformation during pandemics -New datasets and evaluation methodologies to aid in automated detection and analysis of misinformation and disinformation content in social media channels **********The Conference Sponsored by********** Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computers & Society http://www.sigcas.org/

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[LAST CFP] 2nd International workshop on Deep Learning meets Ontologies and Natural Language Processing @ESWC-2021
by Sarra Ben Abbès 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear colleagues and researchers, Please consider submitting a paper for the 2nd International workshop "*Deep Learning meets Ontologies and Natural Language Processing*" which will be held online or in Hersonissos, Greece - June 6th 2021. ** *DeepOntoNLP* - Call for Papers *** Deep Learning meets Ontologies and Natural Language Processing (DeepOntoNLP) https://sites.google.com/view/deepontonlp-eswc2021 in conjunction with ESWC 2021 <https://2021.eswc-conferences.org/> online or in Hersonissos, Greece **Important dates** - Workshop paper submission due: *March 1st, 2021** March 14th, 2021* - Workshop paper notifications: March 31st, 2021 - Workshop paper camera-ready versions due: April 9th, 2021 - Workshop: June 6th, 2021 (Half-Day) All deadlines are 23:59 anywhere on earth (UTC-12). **Workshop description** In recent years, deep learning is applied successfully and achieved state-of-the-art performance in a variety of domains, such as image analysis. Despite this success, deep learning models remain hard to analyse data and understand what knowledge is represented in them, and how they generate decisions. Deep Learning (DL) meets Natural Language Processing (NLP) to solve human language problems for further applications, such as information extraction, machine translation, search and summarization. Previous works has attested the positive impact of domain knowledge on data analysis and vice versa, for example pre-processing data, searching data, redundancy and inconsistency data, knowledge engineering, domain concepts and relationships extraction, etc. Ontology is a structured knowledge representation that facilitates data access (data sharing and reuse) and assists the DL process as well. DL meets recently ontologies and tries to model data representations with many layers of non-linear transformations. The combination of DL, ontologies and NLP might be beneficial for different tasks: · Deep Learning for Ontologies: ontology population, ontology extension, ontology learning, ontology alignment and integration, · Ontologies for Deep Learning: semantic graph embeddings, latent semantic representation, hybrid embeddings (symbolic and semantic representations), · Deep Learning for NLP: summarization, translation, named entity recognition, question answering, document classification, etc. · NLP for Deep Learning: parsing (part-of-speech tagging), tokenization, sentence detection, dependency parsing, semantic role labeling, semantic dependency parsing, etc. **Objective** This workshop aims at demonstrating recent and future advances in semantic rich deep learning by using Semantic Web and NLP techniques which can reduce the semantic gap between the data, applications, machine learning process, in order to obtain a semantic-aware approaches. In addition, the goal of this workshop is to bring together an area for experts from industry, science and academia to exchange ideas and discuss results of on-going research in natural language processing, structured knowledge and deep learning approaches. We invite the submission of original works that is related -- but are not limited to -- the topics below. **Topics of interests** · Construction ontology embeddings · Ontology-based text classification · Learning ontology embeddings · Semantic role labelling · Ontology reasoning with Deep Neural Networks · Deep learning for ontological semantic annotations · Spatial and temporal ontology embeddings · Ontology alignment and matching based on deep learning models · Ontology learning from text using deep learning models · Unsupervised Learning · Text classification using deep models · Neural machine translation · Deep question answering · Deep text summarization · Deep speech recognition · and so on. **Submission** The workshop is open to submit unpublished work resulting from research that presents original scientific results, methodological aspects, concepts and approaches. All submissions must be PDF documents written in English and formatted according to LNCS instructions for authors <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Ffr%2Fcomputer…>. Papers are to be submitted through the Easychair Conference Management System <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=deepontonlp2021>. We welcome the following types of contributions: - Full research papers (8-10 pages): Finished or consolidated R&D works, to be included in one of the Workshop topics - Short papers (4-6 pages): Ongoing works with relevant preliminary results, opened to discussion. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop, in order to present the paper, there, and to the conference. For further instructions please refer to the ESWC 2021 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2F2021.eswc-conferences.org%2F&sa=…> page. **Publication** The best papers from this workshop may be included in the supplementary proceedings of ESWC 2021. **Workshop chairs** *Sarra BEN ABBES*, Engie, France *Rim HANTACH*, Engie, France *Philippe CALVEZ*, Engie, France **Program Committee** Nada Mimouni, CNAM, France Lynda Temal, Engie, France Davide Buscaldi, LIPN, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Valentina Janev, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia Mohamed Hedi Karray, LGP-INP-ENIT, Université de Toulouse, France Efstratios Kontopoulos, Catalink Ltd, Cyprus Wei Hu, Nanjing University, China Sanju Tiwari, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico Linda Elmhadhbi, Université de Toulouse, France Amir Laadhar, Aalborg University, Denmark Yannis Haralambous, IMT Atlantique, France

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Call for Applications: NSF-REU in Smart Computing and Communications at UMBC [Summer 2021]
by Sreenivasan 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

REU SITE— Smart Computing and Communications <https://sreeni-ram-19-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1_X3DQYtrU74…> University of Maryland Baltimore County invites applications from STEM Discipline UG Students for NSF Funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU): Summer 2021 Application Information: https://mpsc.umbc.edu/nsf-reu-scc <https://sreeni-ram-19-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1_X3DQYtrU74…> REU Site Research Focus Area: Smart Computing and Communications REU Site DATES: June 7th to August 13th 2021 APPLICATION DEADLINE – March 31th 2021 Program Overview • Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) • 10 Week paid on-site research program - $600/week Stipend • Exposure to World Class research faculty and facilities Eligibility Requirements • The field of smart computing and communications thrives on the diversity of thought and experiences. We welcome applications from students from all backgrounds, ethnicities, and genders. • Undergraduate students majoring in science or engineering. • U.S. Citizen or permanent resident. • Minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. • Selections will be based on a combination of research interests, academic qualifications, and faculty recommendations. Sample Research projects from the Site’s broad topical areas include: • FloodBot in Smart City, Led by Nirmalya Roy, Ph. D. • Interactive Control and Communications with Smart Home Technologies, Led by Nirmalya Roy, Ph. D. • A Situation-Aware Access Control Framework for Contact Tracing, Led by Zhiyuan Chen, Ph. D. • Multimodal Deep Learning for Medical Data Representations, Led by Sanjay Purushotham, Ph. D. • Investigating Physiological Synchrony from Dyadic Interactions During In-Situ Simulation Training, Led by Andrea Kleinsmith, Ph. D. • Compressive Deep Federated IoT for Privacy Preserving Activity Recognition, Led by Nirmalya Roy, Ph. D. • Chatbox for Cryptocurrency, Led by Ting Zhu, Ph. D. Additional Information about the program can be found by visiting -- https://mpsc.umbc.edu/nsf-reu-scc <https://sreeni-ram-19-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1_X3DQYtrU74…> On behalf of UMBC-REU-2021 Team: Nirmalya Roy (PI) Dmitri Perkins (Co-PI) [image: beacon]

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Live e-Lecture by Prof. Andreas Geiger: 'Towards Robust End-to-End Driving', 23rd March 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. Andreas Geiger (University of Tübingen, Germany), a prominent AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘Towards Robust End-to-End Driving’, on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/92425987539 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media, ELISE <https://www.elise-ai.eu/> , Humane AI Net <https://www.humane-ai.eu/> , <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> Vision, currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics, starting with the above mentioned e-lecture. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) Lectures will be typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. Other upcoming lectures: 1. Prof. Anibal Ollero (University of Seville, Spain), 4th May 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. 2. Prof. John Shawe-Taylor (University College London, UK), 18th May 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. More lecture infos in: <http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/ These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the email lists AIDA email list <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/aida> and <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. M. Chetouani, N. Cesa-Bianchi, F. Heintz, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Call for Paper - Workshop A2TM-Advanced Transport Tools and Methods (ICCSA 2021)
by Massimiliano Petri 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

Dear colleague, This is an invitation to submit a contribution for theAdvanced Transport Tools and Methods (A2TM 2021) Workshop of the 21th International Conference on Computational Science andApplications (ICCSA 2021,<http://www.iccsa.org/> <http://www.iccsa.org/>http://www.iccsa.org/ <http://www.iccsa.org/>)will be held on July 5 - 8, 2021 in collaboration with the University ofCagliari, Italy, in blended form. Like last year, ICCSA 2021 offers the possibility of online-onlyparticipation (with reduces registration fees). But we are also planning to offer the possibility of in-presence participation, should the pandemicsituation allow it, by setting up a blended experience for mixed online/in-presence sessions. TOPICS ====== The scope of the Workshop is to bring together scientists working inTransport and Logistic and their applications in science and engineering. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Transport Simulations and Analysis, Smart Urban Mobility, Logistic Supply Chain Optimization and Analysis, Passenger and/or Freight Transport and its modeling, Mobility Big Data Analysis, Transport Environmental Impacts, Artificial Intelligence applied to Mobility, ICT/ITS in Transport and, in general, Innovation in Transport Field * Applications: case studies in all areas of mobility sciences, transport engineering including also transport economics. IMPORTANT DATES ================ March 28, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission to the A2TMWorkshop April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance. May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends. July 5-8, 2021: ICCSA 2021 Conference PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the A2TM 2021 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag,Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to theLNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS,<http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs> <http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs> http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs <http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs>) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to your session accessing the electronic submission site:<http://ess.iccsa.org/> <http://ess.iccsa.org/>http://ess.iccsa.org/ <http://ess.iccsa.org/> You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site ( <http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors> <http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors> http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors <http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors>) If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZERS =========== *Massimiliano Petri (<mailto:m.petri@ing.unipi.it> <mailto:arocha@dps.uminho.pt>, Dep. Civil and Industrial Engineering/Logistic Center of Livorno (University of Pisa *Antonio Pratelli( <mailto:antonio.pratelli@ing.unipi.it> <mailto:hrocha@fe.uc.pt>), Dep. Civil and Industrial Engineering/Logistic Center of Livorno (University of Pisa If you have some doubts or problems so not hesitate to contact the organizers. Best regards, Massimiliano PETRI and Antonio PRATELLI (A2TM 2021 organizers)

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Research Positions in AI/ML for Network Function Virtualization
by Tommaso Cucinotta 08 Mar '21

08 Mar '21

Dear all, I would be grateful if you could widespread at large the following call for applications, for 2 yearly (renewable) research opportunities at the RETIS of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa (Italy), fully funded by the Vodafone network operator, in the field of ML/AI techniques for anomaly detection, performance troubleshooting and capacity planning for Network Function Virtualization. Applications are due by March, 15th, through the formal procedure at: https://www.santannapisa.it/en/assegni-di-ricerca-e-selezioni/institute-com… Both candidates with a MSc degree and with a PhD can apply (see the formal call for details). More information about the project is available at: https://www.santannapisa.it/it/news/intelligenza-artificiale-e-telecomunica… You can also find the same call for applications on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, where I'd be grateful if you could re-share and/or like the job ad: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tommasocucinotta_institute-of-communication-… https://twitter.com/tomcucinotta/status/1364634940860755973 https://www.facebook.com/tommaso.cucinotta.9 Thanks and kind regards, Tommaso Cucinotta -- Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor in Computer Engineering, PhD Head of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ReTiS) Institute of Information, Communication and Perceptual Technologies (TECIP) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy http://retis.sssup.it/people/tommaso

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14 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Researchers/Ph.D. Students - ITN: CISC - Collaborative Intelligence for Safety Critical Tasks - Multiple locations
by fulvio.frati＠unimi.it 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

14 PhD positions are offered within CISC, Collaborative Intelligence for Safety Critical Tasks, a project funded by the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 955901. Topic areas - Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and data analytics applied to production systems - Human Factors and Neuroergonomics - System safety engineering in automated systems - Legal and Ethical aspects for AI algorithms and human sensory data collection Ph.D. awarding institutions: TU Dublin, Università degli Studi di Milano (UMIL), Politecnico di Torino (POLITO), Fakultet Inzenjerskih Nauka Univerziteta U Kragujevcu (FINK). Locations of the positions: Ireland, Italy, Serbia, Spain, Belgium, Danemark, Austria, Nederlands Information about the individual positions https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/india/europe-14-phd-positions-availa ble-under-msca-itn-project-cisc-intelligence Application form: <https://forms.gle/nmXjc6ghaFqrYo3E7> https://forms.gle/nmXjc6ghaFqrYo3E7 The ESR positions open are: ESR 1 (TU Dublin): Model to predict Human Performance for collaborative intelligence applications. - ESR 2 (TU Dublin): Active Learning for Fault Assessment and Diagnosis. - ESR 3 (TU Dublin + HUGIN): Building of BBN from process safety data for decisions support and diagnostic of safety critical equipment status. - ESR 4 (POLITO): Process Safety Data modelling for human-in the loop configurations in process control. - ESR 5 (POLITO+SCCH): Reinforcement Learning approach as an on line learning method. - ESR 6. (FINK+MBRAINTRAIN): Utilizing data from physiology-recording wearables to asses cognitive load for near real time assessment. - ESR 7 (FINK): Architecture to acquire real-time physical ergonomic assessment in the workplaces of the future- ESR 8 (UMIL): Deep Learning for Human Performance Analysis and Prediction in Safety Critical Human Computer Interactions. - ESR 9. (POLITO+MATHEMA): Human Computer Interaction: innovative information support and cyber security challenges - ESR 10 (DIGITAL SME): Legal and Ethical implications for the collection and use of data from physiology-recording wearables & AI algorithms for future workplace - ESR 11 (POLITO+IVECO): Setting up a LIVE-LAB for Human-machine performance monitoring and prediction in automotive sector - ESR 12 (TU Dublin+IMR): Industrial engineering lab for Collaborative robotics. The setting of a modular testing and training environment. - ESR 13 (TU Dublin + PILZ): Innovative approach for Safety assessment models in of Human-robotics collaboration - ESR 14 (FINK+ADIENT): Development of advanced methodology for efficient job rotation performing human robotics collaborative tasks - The CISC training programme will develop Collaborative Intelligence Scientists with the expertise and skillset necessary to carry-out the major tasks required to develop a Collaborative Intelligence system: 1. Modelling the dynamics of system behaviours for the production processes, IoT systems, and critical infrastructures (System Safety Engineering); 2. Designing and implementing processes capable of monitoring interactions between automated systems and the humans destined to use them (Human Factors/Neuroergonomics); 3. Using data analytics and AI to create novel human-in-the-loop automation paradigms to support decision making and/or anticipate critical scenarios; and, 4. Managing the Legal and Ethical implications in the use of physiology-recording wearable sensors and human performance data in AI algorithms. For further information visit: https://www.ciscproject.eu/

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Full-time Professor Position in Information System Security at Telecom SudParis
by maryline Laurent 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

Many thanks for circulating to potential candidates --- TELECOM SudParis, a member of the "Institut Polytechnique de Paris", is hiring a full-time Professor (M/F) in the area of Cybersecurity. We are seeking a high-potential candidate with experience in conducting teaching and research activities in the field of Information System Security. Candidates must hold a PhD and an habilitation degree (or equivalence) in a related domain, with at least 8 years research and teaching experience. Industrial experience and international exposure are expected. We are seeking a talented professional carrying a research project related to information system security. The candidate will have to describe a research project demonstrating how his/her research in the field of information system security would strengthen or broaden the topics of the R3S (Network, System, Services and Security) team of the SAMOVAR lab (https://samovar.telecom-sudparis.eu <https://samovar.telecom-sudparis.eu/>). Identified interactions with the laboratories of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (ip-paris.fr <http://ip-paris.fr/>) is encouraged. Research activities should cover information system security (cyber defense, malicious code detection, root code analysis, attack generation, attack and anomaly detection, forensics, decision making, countermeasure and risk reduction, alert correlation, security event management, tackling attacks), Machine Learning for cybersecurity (generation of data sets, security of systems based on AI, evolving ML adversaries), and/or technologies in verticals (critical systems, IoT, energy, transport, health, smart-*). He/she will participate in the development of the Cybersecurity virtualization platform (http://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/recherche/plateformes-recherche/ <http://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/recherche/plateformes-recherche/>), ensuring sustainability of the equipment. The candidate will be responsible for coordinating, teaching and organizing Master’s level courses in cybersecurity (M1/M2) – both for the engineering stream and DNMs of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris -, and courses in the Formation Ingénieur par Apprentissage (FIPA), and for continuing training. He/she will also participate in the team's efforts on the common core training of students (L3/M1 level). For further details about the position, please see the following page: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/professeur-en-securite-de… <https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/professeur-en-securite-de…> Deadline for application: 31 March 2021 Contact: maryline.laurent(a)telecom-sudparis.eu <mailto:maryline.laurent@telecom-sudparis.eu> ------------------ Telecom SudParis (www.telecom-sudparis.eu <http://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/>) is a member of both Institut Polytechnique de Paris (ip-paris.fr <http://ip-paris.fr/>) and Institut Mines-Télécom (www.imt.fr <http://www.imt.fr/>). Located both in Evry and Palaiseau, it offers an excellent environment for research and teaching. The candidate will join the R3S team (Network, System, Services, Security) of the SAMOVAR laboratory (https://samovar.telecom-sudparis.eu <https://samovar.telecom-sudparis.eu/>) and be associated to the computer science department (IDIA) at IP Paris. -- Maryline Laurent Professor, Samovar, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris Director of RST department 9 rue Charles Fourier, 91011 EVRY maryline.laurent(a)telecom-sudparis.eu <mailto:maryline.laurent@telecom-sudparis.eu> +33 (0)160 76 4442 +33 (0)617 42 4776

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Full-time Assistant Professor Position in Networking at Telecom SudParis
by maryline Laurent 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

Many thanks for circulating to potential candidates --- TELECOM SudParis, a member of the "Institut Polytechnique de Paris", is hiring an Assistant Professor (M/F) in the area of Networking. We are looking for a high-potential candidate with teaching and research experience in the field of future network architectures and services. Candidates must hold a PhD in a related domain, with at least two years experience in research and teaching. International experience or exposure is expected The candidate will have to describe a research project based on the “Très Haut Débit” platform (http://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/recherche/plateformes-recherche/ <http://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/recherche/plateformes-recherche/>), to ensure the scientific and technological development of the platform, and to secure the sustainability of the equipment. Research activities should cover high speed networks (HS optical infrastructures and protocols, 5G/HS convergence, edge computing, convergence IT-IoT), virtualization of networks and services (SDN, NFV, network slicing, microservice architectures, containerization), network modeling and methodology (data-driven optimization, AI, big-data collection and exploitation for network management, stochastic methods for networks), and/or network technologies in verticals (cloud gaming, CDNs, distributed machine Learning, virtual or augmented reality, Tactile Internet, industry 4.0, Smart Cities, Internet of Vehicles, smart grid). The candidate will be responsible for teaching and organizing courses in the common core training of students (cycle d’ingénieur), in the Formation Ingénieur par Apprentissage (FIPA), in the Master on Computer Science for Networks (CSN) of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris and in the specialized Master’s degree. Teaching will focus on Computer Networks (from infrastructures to 5G/HS convergence, virtualization, edge computing). He/she will also participate in the team's efforts on the common core training of students (L3/M1 level). For further details about the position, please see the following page: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-… <https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-…> Deadline for application: 31 March 2021 Contact: maryline.laurent(a)telecom-sudparis.eu <mailto:maryline.laurent@telecom-sudparis.eu> ------------------ Telecom SudParis (www.telecom-sudparis.eu <http://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/>) is a member of both Institut Polytechnique de Paris (ip-paris.fr <http://ip-paris.fr/>) and Institut Mines-Télécom (www.imt.fr <http://www.imt.fr/>). Located both in Evry and Palaiseau, it offers an excellent environment for research and teaching. The candidate will join the R3S team (Network, System, Services, Security) of the SAMOVAR laboratory (https://samovar.telecom-sudparis.eu <https://samovar.telecom-sudparis.eu/>) and be associated to the computer science department (IDIA) at IP Paris. -- Maryline Laurent Professor, Samovar, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris Director of RST department 9 rue Charles Fourier, 91011 EVRY maryline.laurent(a)telecom-sudparis.eu <mailto:maryline.laurent@telecom-sudparis.eu> +33 (0)160 76 4442 +33 (0)617 42 4776

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ICCSA 2021 - 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
by Osvaldo Gervasi 28 Feb '21

28 Feb '21

** We apologize if you received multiple copies of the present message ** ***************************************************************************** ********************* Call for Papers ************************ ********************** Deadline March 28, 2021 ************************* ***************************************************************************** ICCSA 2021 will be organised as a virtual conference with online-only participation (which includes online attendance and presentation in sessions, and the publication of papers in Springer LNCS or IEEE CPS conference proceedings) Optional in-presence participation may be organised, should the COVID-19 restrictions allow it. The Organising Committee will decide by April 30, 2021 if the in-presence conference will take place. Registration fees: * Virtual conference online-only participation 150 Euro * Optional in-presence participation: regular 520 Euro, students 340 Euro, workshop chair 315 Euro ***************************************************************************** ** Call for Papers, Short Papers and PHD Showcase papers ** ***************************************************************************** The 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy ICCSA 2021 July 5-8, 2021 https://iccsa.org ICCSA 2021 is the next event in the series of highly successful International Conferences on Computational Science and Its Applications, previously held in Cagliari - Italy (2020, as an online-only event due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions), Saint Petersburg - Russia (2019), Melbourne - Australia (2018), Trieste - Italy (2017), Beijing - China (2016), Banff - Canada (2015), Guimaraes - Portugal (2014), Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam (2013), Salvador da Bahia - Brazil (2012), Santander - Spain (2011), Fukuoka - Japan (2010), Suwon - Korea (2009), Perugia - Italy (2008), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (2007), Glasgow - United Kingdom (2006), Singapore - Singapore(2005), Assisi - Italy (2004), Montreal - Canada (2003), and, as ICCS, in Amsterdam - The Netherlands (2002) and San Francisco - USA (2001). The ICCSA 2021 conference will again we organized in Cagliari, Italy, and we are once more planning for robustness. Like last year, ICCSA 2021 offers the possibility of online-only participation (with reduces registration fees). But we are also planning to offer the possibility of in-presence participation, should the pandemic situation allow it, by setting up a blended experience for mixed online/in-presence sessions. Computational Science is a main pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial activities and plays a unique role in exploiting ICT innovative technologies. The ICCSA Conference offers a real opportunity to bring together scientists of different disciplines, discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced solutions breeding new trends in Computational Science. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the Conference proceedings to be published by Springer in Lecture Notes for Computer Science and, as post-Conference proceedings, Conference Publishing System (CPS). The authors of a selected number of top-quality papers will be requested to extend their papers for further review and publication as special issues in highly recognized international journals. ICCSA 2021 accepts paper submission in the following categories: main Conference theme papers and Workshop papers. The details for each paper submission category can be found at the URL http://www.iccsa.org/nstructions-for-authors and the list of Workshops at the URL: http://www.iccsa.org/workshops. Conference Themes ----------------- The ICCSA 2021 Conference themes, grouped in five tracks, are the following (but are not limited to): 1. Track: Computational Methods, Algorithms and Scientific Application Computational Biology Computational Combustion Computational Chemistry Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics Computational Geometry Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics Computational Electro-magnetics Numerical Methods and Algorithms 2. Track: High Performance Computing and Networks Parallel and Distributed Computing Cluster Computing Supercomputing Cloud Computing Autonomic Computing P2P Computing Mobile Computing Grid and Semantic Grid Computing Workflow Design and Practice Computer and Network Architecture 3. Track: Geometric Modelling, Graphics and Visualization Scientific Visualization Computer Graphics Geometric Modelling Pattern Recognition Image Processing CAD/CAM Web3D, Virtual and Augmented Reality 4. Track: Advanced and Emerging Applications Biochemistry Bioinformatics Astrophysics Biometric Modelling Environmental, Climate and Weather Modelling Geology and Geophysics Nuclear Physics Financial and Economical Modelling Computational Journalism Geographical Information Systems 5. Track: Information Systems and Technologies Information Retrieval Scientific Databases Security Engineering Risk Analysis Reliability Engineering Software Engineering Data Mining Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies Web Based Computing Web 2.0 6 Track: Urban and Regional Planning Urban and regional growth Sustainable urban and regional development Socio-ecological systems Open Data- Big Data Cultural Heritage Smart and Sustainable Cities Mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems Geographical Information Systems Decision Support Systems Complexity assessment and mapping Logistics Workshops --------- For details visit https://iccsa.org/workshops 1) Advanced Transport Tools and Methods (A2TM 2021) 2) Adversarial Attack to Smart Infrastructures: detection, countermeasures, resilience (AA2SI 2021) 3) Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2021) 4) Workshop on Advancements in Applied Machine-learning and Data Analytics (AAMDA 2021) 5) Automatic landform classification: spatial methods and applications (ALCSMA 2021) 6) Application of Numerical Analysis to Imaging Science (ANAIS 2021) 7) Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Emergency management, risk assessment and mitigation based on the Resilience concepts (ASTER 2021) 8) Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2021) 9) Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2021) 10) Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2021) 11) Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM 2021) 12) Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2021) 13) Computerized Evaluation of Economic Activities: Urban Spaces (CEEA 2021) 14) Computational geometry and Applications 2021 (CGA 2021) 15) Collaborative Intelligence in Multimodal Applications (CIMA 2021) 16) Computational Movement Analysis (CMA 2021) 17) Computational Optimization and Applications (COA 2021) 18) Computational Astrochemistry (CompAstro 2021) 19) Computational Science and HPC 2021 (CSHPC 2021) 20) Cities, Technologies and Planning (CTP 2021) 21) Advanced Modeling E-Mobility in Urban Spaces (DEMOS 2021) 22) Digital Trasformation and Smart City (DIGISMART 2021) 23) Econometrics and Multidimensional Evaluation in Urban Environment (EMEUE 2021) 24) The 11th International Workshop on Future Computing System Technologies and Applications (FiSTA 2021) 25) Transformational Urban Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities During and Post COVID Era (FURTHER 2021) 26) Geographical Computing for Archaeology (GCArcheo 2021) 27) Geodesign in Decision Making: meta planning and collaborative design for sustainable and inclusive development (GDM 2021) 28) Geomatics in Agriculture and Forestry: new advances and perspectives (GeoForAgr 2021) 29) Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (GEOG-AND-MOD 2021) 30) Geomatics for Resource Monitoring and Management (GRMM 2021) 31) 12th International Symposium on Software Quality (ISSQ 2021) 32) 10th International Workshop on Collective, Massive and Evolutionary Systems (IWCES 2021) 33) Land Use monitoring for Sustainability (LUMS 2021) 34) Machine Learning for Space and Earth Observation Data (MALSEOD 2021) 35) Building multi-dimensional models for assessing complex environmental systems (MES 2021) 36) Ecosystem Services: nature’s contribution to people in practice. Assessment frameworks, models, mapping, and implications (NC2P 2021) 37) Privacy in the Cloud/Edge/IoT World (PCEIoT 2021) 38) Computational methods with radial basis functions (RBF 2021) 39) Processes, methods and tools towards RESilient cities and cultural heritage prone to SOD and ROD disasters (RES 2021) 40) Risk, resilience and sustainability in the efficient management of water resources: approaches, tools, methodologies and multidisciplinary integrated applications (RRS 2021) 41) Scientific Computing Infrastructure (SCI 2021) 42) Statistical Computing and informatics for Biodiversity (SCIBFC 2021) 43) Smart Cities and User Data Management (SCIDAM 2021) 44) 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA 2021) 45) Ports of the future – smartness and sustainability (SmartPorts 2021) 46) Smart Tourism (SmartTourism 2021) 47) Sustainability Performance Assessment: models, approaches and applications toward interdisciplinary and integrated solutions. (SPA 2021) 48) Smart and Sustainable Island Communities (SSIC 2021) 49) Science, technologies and policies to innovate spatial planning (STP4P 2021) 50) Sustainable Urban Energy Systems (SURENSYS 2021) 51) Space Syntax for Cities in Theory and Practice (Syntax_City 2021) 52) Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and its Applications (TCCMA 2021) 53) 13th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process (TTSDP 2021) 54) Urban Form Studies (UForm 2021) 55) Urban Space Accessibility and Safety (USAS 2021) 56) Virtual Reality, Augmented reality and Applications (VRA 2021) 57) Workshop on Advanced and Computational Methods for Earth Science applications (WACM4ES 2021) Please pay attention, when submitting your contribution to one of the above listed Workshops, to select the right entry in the list box shown in the submission form. An author is enabled to change the workshop associated to a submitted paper until the submission deadline, by resubmitting the paper into the system. Paper Submission ---------------- To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2021 web site: https://ess.iccsa.org. Only papers submitted through the electronic system and strictly adhering to the relevant format will be considered for reviewing and publication. The submission may fall into the following five categories: Main Conference Theme Papers (LNCS), Special Session/Workshop Papers (LNCS or CPS), Short Papers (LNCS), and PHD Showcase Papers (CPS). MAIN CONFERENCE THEME PAPERS (LNCS) The submitted paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules. Please consult the URL http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors for formatting information and templates. WORKSHOPS PAPERS (LNCS or CPS) The submitted paper must be between 10 to 16 pages long for LNCS publication, or 7 to 11 pages for CPS publication (in such case as post-conference proceedings), and should be formatted according to the LNCS or CPS rules, respectively. Please consult the URL https://iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors for formatting information and templates. SHORT PAPERS (LNCS) Reporting preliminary results of ongoing research. The submitted paper must be between 7 and 9 pages long formatted according to LNCS rules. The Short Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by LNCS. PHD SHOWCASE PAPERS (CPS) Reporting ongoing research already achieving significant results and primarily carried out by Ph.D. students and junior researchers. The submitted paper must be between 6 to 8 pages long formatted according to CPS rules. The PHD Showcase Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by CPS as post-conference proceedings. Each paper must deal with original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication elsewhere (copyright problems fall entirely under responsibility of the authors). Each paper will be reviewed by at least three experts in the relevant field (acceptance rate was 28% in 2005, 26% in 2006 and 28% in 2007, 29% in 2008, 30% in 2009, 29% in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 30% in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019) ensuring the publication of only top quality contributions. When a paper is accepted at least one of the authors has to register to the conference and deliver the related talk. Failure to do so shall lead to rejection of the application to attend next year conference and the exclusion of the paper for the current year proceedings. Important Dates --------------- March 28, 2021: Deadline for paper submission to the General Tracks (Workshops may select a different deadline) April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance. May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends (firm deadline). May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers (firm deadline). July 5-8, 2021: ICCSA 2021 Conference Proceedings ----------- The proceedings of the Conference will be published both by Springer-Verlag (Lecture Notes in Computer Science series) and, as post-conference proceedings, by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). In particular: 1. The selected top-quality Theme Papers and Session Papers having adopted LNCS, will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (paper length: 10-16 pages). 2. The selected top-quality Session Papers having adopted CPS, will appear in the CPS post-conference Proceedings. 3. Short papers will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science ( LNCS) series (paper length: 7-9 pages) 4. PHD Showcase Papers will be published in the CPS post-conference Proceedings. For a selected number of top-quality papers, after the Conference, the authors will be requested to extend the paper in order to be published as special issues in appropriate international journals. 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. Contact Information ------------------- Ivan Blečić Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari Via Marengo, 2 06913 Cagliari Italy Email: ivanblecic <at>unica <dot> it Osvaldo Gervasi Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia Via Vanvitelli, 1 06123 Perugia Italy Phone: +39-075-5855048 Fax: +39-075-5855024 Email: osvaldo <dot> gervasi <at> unipg <dot> it URL: http://ogervasi.unipg.it

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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 28 Feb '21

28 Feb '21

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

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[CFP]18th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems
by uo mktg calendar sites 26 Feb '21

26 Feb '21

CALL FOR PAPERS 18th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems New Submission Deadline: March 08, 2021 http://www.winsys.org ; July 07 - 09, 2021 Online Streaming Due to many requests, the regular papers submission deadline of this conference has been extended. The purpose of WINSYS, the International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on information systems and applications in the context of wireless networks and mobile technologies. Information systems and information technology are pervasive in the whole communications field, which is quite vast, encompassing a large number of research topics and applications: from practical issues to the more abstract theoretical aspects of communication; from low level protocols to high-level networking and applications; from wireless networking technologies to mobile information systems; many other topics are included in the scope of WINSYS. WINSYS is organized in 5 major tracks: 1 - Wireless and Mobile Technologies 2 - Mobile Software and Services 3 - Wireless Optical Communications 4 - Ciber-Physical Systems 5 - e-Health Monitoring Conference Chair(s) Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Program Chair(s) Joel Rodrigues, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina - Pi, Brazil; Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal With the presence of internationally distinguished keynote speakers: Shahid Mumtaz, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal Sandra Sendra, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Muhammad Sajjad, NTNU, Norway Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: SCOPUS Google Scholar The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography Semantic Scholar Microsoft Academic Engineering Index (EI) Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer in a CCIS Series book. Also, a short list of best papers will be invited for a post-conference special issue of the Springer Nature Computer Science journal. All papers presented at the conference venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. Kind regards, Mónica Saramago WINSYS Secretariat Address: Av. S. Francisco Xavier Lote 7 Cv. C, Setubal 2900-616, Portugal Tel: +351 265 520 185 Web: http://www.winsys.org e-mail: winsys.secretariat(a)insticc.org

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Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Computing
by Massimo CAFARO 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

We apologize for multiple copies of this CfP. Journal: Future Internet Special Issue Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing Special Issue Editor: Prof. Massimo Cafaro Deadline: 30 April 2021 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/PDGCP2P_C Summary Dear Colleagues, recent years have witnessed the growing interest for parallel and distributed computing not just for large scale processing of big data, but also in the context of several research trends such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Mining, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Green Computing in Data Centers etc. The aim of the Special Issue is to address current research and trends in the field by focusing on theory, technologies and applications, highlighting both challenges and opportunities. The scope of the Special Issue is very broad, taking into account the interdisciplinarity of parallel and distributed computing. Among the topics of interest, there are (but the Special Issue is not strictly limited to these): - Parallel algorithms; - Distributed algorithms, including P2P algorithms; - Fault-tolerant algorithms; - Cloud and grid computing; - Architectures for parallel and distributed computing; - Green computing and data centers; - Middleware and libraries for parallel and distributed computing; - Scheduling and resource allocation. Prof. Massimo Cafaro Prof. Italo Epicoco Dr. Marco Pulimeno Guest Editors Keywords: parallel computing, distributed computing, grid computing, cloud computing, P2P. - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining 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 Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail 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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CFP : International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence - (ADSI 2021)
by Mayssa HEMDANI 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

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

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Call for Participation of IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge 2021
by Zeyu Gao 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

Dear All, Here is the first call for Participation for IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge 2021, in conjunction with iEEE AITest 2021 Conference and six otehr conferences. Here is the link: http://av-test-challenge.org/index.html# Please encourage your students to join the challenge. Registration deadline: 3/15/2021. The Final Challenge date: 8/23/2021 2021 IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge Organizing Committee Website <http://av-test-challenge.org/> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/2021-ieee-autonomous-driving-ai-test-chal…> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/2021-IEEE-Autonomous-Driving-AI-Test-Challenge-101…> | Telegram <https://t.me/AITestChallengeIEEE> | Github <https://github.com/avtest2021>

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IEEE Xplore Proc.: 13th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process(SCOPUS Indexed)- Deadline-28 March@Cagliari,Italy
by Sanjay Misra 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

TTSDP 2021 : 13th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process[image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/eve…>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showc…>[image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.wikicfp.com/c…>[image: Google] <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.…> Link: https://sites.google.com/site/tandtinsdp/home When Jul 5, 2021 - Jul 8, 2021 Where Cagliari Submission Deadline Mar 28, 2021 Notification Due Apr 15, 2021 Final Version Due May 10, 2021 *Categories* <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/allcat> software tools <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20tools> software engineering technique <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20engineering%20techniq…> software practices <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20practices> software systems <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20systems> Call For Papers TTSDP 2021 : 12th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process in conjunction with The 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2021) https://sites.google.com/site/tandtinsdp/home Conference is planned to be organized in Blended form (physical presentation and on-line presentations) depending on Covid-19 pandemic evolution. Accepted papers will be submitted and published by IEEE Xplore The extended version of all presented papers will also be invited for the publication in International Scientific Journals(All indexed in SCOPUS/Web of Science/ECIE). 13th International Workshop on "Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes (TTSDP 2021)" will be held in conjunction with the 2021 International Conference on Computational Sciences and Applications (ICCSA 2021). It is going to be held on July 5-8, 2021 in Cagliari, Italy (in collaboration with University of Cagliari, Italy). Submission deadline March 28, 2021. About the Workshop and Topics The Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes (TTSDP 2021) provides a forum for researchers, and practitioners to share their new achievements, tools and techniques in the field of the software development process. TTSDP especially invites the experience papers from industry and academia, short papers, reports, surveys, working papers/work in progress and industrial reports. Review/Comment papers are also welcome with the limitation that the paper should be on general problem/topic in the field (no comments are allowed on a particular paper). TTSDP covers all the aspects of the development process: process models, agile development, software engineering practices, requirements, system and design engineering including architectural design, software modeling, testing strategies and tactics, process and product metrics for each phase of software development, component-based software engineering, software quality, verification and validation techniques and software project management. TTSDP 2021 invites you to submit your work that describes original and significant contribution in all area of the software development process. The paper submitted to TTSDP 2021 must not submit elsewhere either in conference or journal and should be in IEEE style. Papers selected after peer review will be included in the conference proceedings and presented orally at the conference. TTSDP 2021 invites you to submit three different types of session papers (5 to 11 pages long) on all above-mentioned topics: Research papers: Papers that describe original and significant contribution in all area of the software development process. Experience paper: papers from the field describing real-world experience related to the software development process. Short paper and reports: Papers that allows the explanation of ideas that are not yet fully validated. Review articles (not on a particular paper), comparative study and survey reports are also welcome. The paper submitted to TTSDP 2021 must not have been submitted elsewhere either in conference or journal and must be in IEEE style. Papers selected after review will be included in the conference proceedings and presented orally at the conference. Publication All accepted workshop (TTSDP) papers will be included in the proceeding of ICCSA 2021, published by IEEE Xplore. One of the authors of the accepted paper is required to register and expected to present the paper at the conference. Extended and modified version of all accepted paper is invited to publish in various journals (all Web of Science/SCOPUS/ESCI indexed) including best papers in SCIE indexed Journal. Submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/cgi-bin/login.py While submitting to the conference site, please select the track of your submission "Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes (TTSDP 2021)". Please follow the IEEE proceedings guidelines for preparing your paper. IEEE Proceedings Format: http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/confer… Special ISSUES: In several countries, conference papers are not considered in the evaluation of academic performances. In this point of view, we have decided to publish the extended version of all presented papers in TTSDP in special issues of several international journals. The papers will also be selected for the International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes (IJOSSP) (IGI Global, USA), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION (IJI-ESCI Indexed) and International Journal of Human Capital Information(IGI Global) with the condition that the papers should fall under the aim and scope of the said journals. Remaining papers will be accommodated in an international journal: CJICT (an Official Journal of Covenant University) and in several other journals from renowned publishers such as - Inderscience, IGI etc. We are highly thankful to the Management/Editor/Editorial committee of all these journals for accepting the special issues/papers from our workshops. A special issue of SCIE Journal is confirmed for best papers of the software engineering symposiums and workshops@ICCSA 2021. Important Dates March 28, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers July 5-8, 2021:SEPA 2021@ ICCSA 2021 Conference Organizing Chair Prof. Sanjay Misra Professor of Computer(Software) Engineering Covenant University sanjay.misra(a)covenantuniversity.edu.ng Phone: +234 7030851086 Program Chair Prof. Robertas Damasevicius Prof of Software engineering Silesian University of Technology,Poland robertas.damasevicius(a)polsl.pl Prof Rytis Maskeliūnas Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania rytis.Maskeliunas(a)ktu.lt International Programme Committee Members Mario Fusani,National Research Council of Italy Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Daniel Rodríguez, University of Alcalá, Spain Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada Emilia Mendes, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Vahid Garousi, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey Miltiadis Siavvas, CERTH, Greece Broderick Crawford, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso, PUCV, Chile Michel dos Santos Soares, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil V. B. Singh, University of Delhi, India José Alfonso Aguilar,Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Maxico Ricardo Soto, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso,Chile Eduardo Guerra, National Institute of space research, Sao Jose, Brazil Murat Koyuncu, Atilim University, Turkey Rytis Maskeliunas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Jeong Ah Kim, Catholic Kwandong University,Korea Matthew O. Adigun, University of Zululand, South Africa Cristina Casado Lumbreras, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Ibrahim Akman, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey Marco Crasso, UNICEN University, Argentina Markus Holopainen, University of Helsinki, Finland Takashi Michikawa, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), Japan Cristian Mateos, UNICEN University, Argentina Pham Quoc Trung, HCMC University of Technology, HCMC, Vietnam Alejandro Zunino, UNICEN University, Argentina Eudisley Anjos, Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB) – Brazil Ravin Ahuja, University Of Delhi, India Rinkaj Goyal, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India Teresa Guarda, Universidad Estatal Peninsula Santa Elena, Ecuador Ixent Galpin, Ph.D. Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia -- Sanjay Misra <https://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.W6Psi2hKjDc> Most Productive(No 1) Researcher in Nigeria(https://t.co/fBYnVxbmiL) Professor of Computer(Software) Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria (Researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay_Misra2>, Researcherid <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-2203-2014>:K-2203-2014, DBLP <http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Misra:Sanjay>, Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AFjvjTgAAAAJ&hl=en>, Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?origin=AuthorProfile&authorId=56962…>) Call For Papers- General Chair- 1) Springer (CCIS)- 3rd International Conference on Applied Informatics (ICAI) <http://icai.itiud.org> 2) Springer (CCIS)- 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Applications (ICTA 2020) <https://ictafutminna.com.ng> Special issue *(Confirmed-SCOPUS Indexed)*- 1) Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636>(Q2-SCOPUS, CiteScore-2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)-Artificial Intelligence for Cloud and Edge Computing: Concepts and Paradigms <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICEC-2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aicec2020 Last date of Full paper Submission- 30 November 2020 2)Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636> (Q2-SCOPUS, Cite Scope -2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)- New Frontiers in IoT and Cloud Computing for Post-COVID-19 Era <http://lalitgarg.weebly.com/new-frontiers-in-iot-and-cloud-computing-for-po…> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iotandcloudcomputing Last date for full paper Submission- 10th October 2020 3) Springer- Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=4900152708&tip=sid> (Q4-SCOPUS, CiteScore 1.3 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/4900152708?origin=resultslist>) Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security-Methods, Issues and Possible horizons <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICS-2020> Submission- https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aics20200 Last date for Full paper submission- 10th Oct 2020 4) EAI/Springer Innovation in Communication and Computing( <https://www.springer.com/series/15427>SCOPUS Indexed <https://www.scopus.com/results/results.uri?numberOfFields=0&src=s&clickedLi…>)- Blockchain Application in Smart Era <https://easychair.org/cfp/EAI_SPRINGER_BASE_2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=base-2020# Last date for full paper submission- 31st Dec 2020 Editor in Chief- (Call for Papers and book proposals)- 1. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-human-capital-info…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS) 2. Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management <https://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-personnel-project-managemen…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS)

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13th Int Sym. on Soft Engg Processes & Appl. (Springer-LNCS(SCOPUS Indexed)- Deadline-28 March@Cagliari
by Sanjay Misra 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

SEPA 2021 : 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications[image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/eve…>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showc…>[image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.wikicfp.com/c…>[image: Google] <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.…> Link: https://sites.google.com/view/ssepa/home When Jul 5, 2021 - Jul 8, 2021 Where Cagliari Submission Deadline Mar 28, 2021 Notification Due Apr 18, 2021 Final Version Due May 10, 2021 *Categories* <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/allcat> software <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software> software engineering <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20engineering> software application <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20application> software process <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20process> Call For Papers SEPA 2021: 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications Conference is planned to be organized in Blended form (physical presentation and on-line presentations) depending on Covid-19 pandemic evolution. The accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer https://sites.google.com/view/ssepa/home , http://www.iccsa.org/workshops Following the grand success of SEPA 2020 Online, SEPA 2019 (in Saint Petersburg, Russia), SEPA 2018 (in Melbourne, Australia), SEPA 2017 (in Trieste, Italy), SEPA 2016 (in Beijing, China), SEPA 2015 (in Banff, Canada), SEPA 2014 (in Guimaraes, Portugal), SEPA 2013 (in Ho Chi Ming), SEPA 2012 (in Salvador, Brazil), SEPA 2011 (in Satander, Spain), SEPA 2010 (in Fukuoka, Japan), SEPA 2009 (in Sowon, Korea), SEPA 2020 (in conjunction with ICCSA 2020) is scheduled to be held, between July 5-8, 2021, in Cagliari, Italy in collaboration with the University of Cagliari, Italy. Submission deadline: March 28, 2021 About the Workshop and Topics Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA: 2021) is aimed to provide a forum to scientists/researchers/engineers/practitioners and academicians to share their ideas, experiences and researches in the field of software engineering process and applications. SEPA 2021 covers all the frontier issues and trends in the modern software development processes. It includes process models, the development process for different software platforms (e.g. social networks, cloud), the process for adaptive, dependable, embedded, systems, agile development, software engineering practices, requirements, system and design engineering including architectural design, component level design, formal methods, software modeling, testing strategies and tactics, process and product metrics, Web Engineering, project management, risk management, and configuration management. SEPA also invite papers for the development process of the software/software systems in application areas e.g. agriculture, aviation industry, business, cyber-crime, education, government, military etc. SEPA invites you to submit theme papers that describe original and significant contribution in all above-mentioned area of software engineering processes. The paper submitted to SEPA 2021 must not be submitted elsewhere either in conference or journal and should be 12 - 16 pages (LNCS style). Papers selected after peer review will be included in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science published by Springer (only after completing registration) and presented virtually. Publication All contributions will be reviewed by international program committee members and judged on their quality and relevance. The accepted papers for SEPA 20210 will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science as a book series of Computational Science and Its Applications: ICCSA. Please note that one of the authors of the accepted paper must be registered and supposed to present the paper in the conference (virtual presentation is allowed for authors who cannot attend the conference). The extended version of selected papers will also be invited for the publication in several journals (All Web of Science and SCOPUS indexed journals) including best papers in SCIE indexed journal*. *A special issue of SCIE Journal- Information Technology And Controls and several SCOPUS indexed Journal is confirmed for best papers of the software engineering symposiums(SEPA & ISSQ) and workshop(TTSDP)@ICCSA 2021). Submission Please submit your paper through ICCSA 2021 conference web site. Submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/cgi-bin/login.py while submitting to the conference site, please select the track of your submission "13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA 2021)". March 28, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers July 5-8, 2021:SEPA 2021@ ICCSA 2021 Conference International Program Committee Organizing Chair (Contact) Prof. Sanjay Misra Professor of Computer Engineering Covenant University Contact: sanjay.misra(a)covenantuniversity.edu.ng Programme Committee Chair Prof. Ricardo Colomo-Palacios Computer Science Department Østfold University College, Norway rcolomo(a)gmail.com International Programme Committee Members Mario Fusani,National Research Council of Italy Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Daniel Rodríguez, University of Alcalá, Spain Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada Emilia Mendes, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Vahid Garousi, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey Miltiadis Siavvas, CERTH, Greece Broderick Crawford, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso, PUCV, Chile Michel dos Santos Soares, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil V. B. Singh, University of Delhi, India José Alfonso Aguilar,Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Maxico Ricardo Soto, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso,Chile Eduardo Guerra, National Institute of space research, Sao Jose, Brazil Murat Koyuncu, Atilim University, Turkey Rytis Maskeliunas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Jeong Ah Kim, Catholic Kwandong University,Korea Matthew O. Adigun, University of Zululand, South Africa Cristina Casado Lumbreras, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Ibrahim Akman, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey Marco Crasso, UNICEN University, Argentina Markus Holopainen, University of Helsinki, Finland Takashi Michikawa, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), Japan Cristian Mateos, UNICEN University, Argentina Pham Quoc Trung, HCMC University of Technology, HCMC, Vietnam Alejandro Zunino, UNICEN University, Argentina Eudisley Anjos, Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB) – Brazil Jonathan Oluranti, Covenant University, Nigeria Ravin Ahuja, University Of Delhi, India Rinkaj Goyal, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India Teresa Guarda, Universidad Estatal Peninsula Santa Elena, Ecuador Ixent Galpin, Ph.D. Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia Adewole Adewumi, Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada -- Sanjay Misra <https://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.W6Psi2hKjDc> Most Productive(No 1) Researcher in Nigeria(https://t.co/fBYnVxbmiL) Professor of Computer(Software) Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria (Researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay_Misra2>, Researcherid <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-2203-2014>:K-2203-2014, DBLP <http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Misra:Sanjay>, Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AFjvjTgAAAAJ&hl=en>, Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?origin=AuthorProfile&authorId=56962…>) Special issue *(Confirmed-SCOPUS Indexed)*- 1) Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636>(Q2-SCOPUS, CiteScore-2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)-Artificial Intelligence for Cloud and Edge Computing: Concepts and Paradigms <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICEC-2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aicec2020 Last date of Full paper Submission- 28 Feb 2020 2)Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636> (Q2-SCOPUS, Cite Scope -2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)- New Frontiers in IoT and Cloud Computing for Post-COVID-19 Era <http://lalitgarg.weebly.com/new-frontiers-in-iot-and-cloud-computing-for-po…> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iotandcloudcomputing Last date for full paper Submission- 28th Feb 2020 3) Springer- Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=4900152708&tip=sid> (Q4-SCOPUS, CiteScore 1.3 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/4900152708?origin=resultslist>) Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security-Methods, Issues and Possible horizons <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICS-2020> Submission- https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aics20200 Last date for Full paper submission- Closed 4) EAI/Springer Innovation in Communication and Computing( <https://www.springer.com/series/15427>SCOPUS Indexed <https://www.scopus.com/results/results.uri?numberOfFields=0&src=s&clickedLi…>)- Blockchain Application in Smart Era <https://easychair.org/cfp/EAI_SPRINGER_BASE_2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=base-2020# Last date for full paper submission- 31st March 2020 Editor in Chief- (Call for Papers and book proposals)- 1. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-human-capital-info…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS) 2. Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management <https://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-personnel-project-managemen…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS)

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ICICS 2021 Final CFP: The 12th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, 24-26 May 2021 - Virtual Event
by ICICS 2021 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

The 12^th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2021) 24-26 May 2021 - Valencia - Spain (Virtual Event) https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/index.html ICICS 2021 CFP: The International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2021) is a forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in all areas of Computer and Information Sciences. The topics that will be covered in the ICICS 2021 include, but are not limited to: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing, Networking, Information Security and Cryptography, Intrusion Detection and Computer Forensics, Web Content Mining, Bioinformatics and IT Applications, Database Technology, Systems Integration, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, Communications, and Human-Computer Interaction. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: • Data Science and Applications • Security, privacy, and digital forensics • Networking, IoT, and Sensors • Cloud and High Performance Computing • Software and web Engineering • Multimedia, Computer Vision and Image Processing • AI and Machine Learning • Databases and Information Systems • Electronics and Communication Systems • Natural Language Processing and Applications Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column 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. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must not exceed 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers. Keynote Speakers * Jagannathan Sarangapani, The Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA * Paolo Rosso, The Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain, * Manu Malek. Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Stevens Institute of Technology, USA * Abbes Amira, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Important Dates Submission Date: 1 March 2021 (Firm and Final) Notification to Authors: 28 March 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 19 April 2021 Journal Special Issues Selected papers from the presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the following journals. * Cluster Computing - Springer. * Computer and Electrical Engineering Journal - Elsevier. Papers will be selected based on their reviewers’ scores and appropriateness to the Journal’s theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a later stage. Please send any inquiry to ICICS Team at: icics(a)just.edu.jo (mailto:icics@just.edu.jo) ============================================================ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://intelligenttech.us10.list-manage.com/profile?u=468622ed686abd87f7a2…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://intelligenttech.us10.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=468622ed686abd87…) .

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The Fourth International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2021)
by Massimo CAFARO 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email] Call for Papers The Fourth International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2021) https://sdm.lbl.gov/snta/2021/ Scope: The tasks of systems and network telemetry are a key element for effective operations and management of HPC and distributed computing systems, by offering comprehensive measurement and analysis capabilities to provide the visibility into what is occurring at any time. The tasks will be significantly complicated with the greater complexity of computing systems, increasing network speed, and the newly introduced mobile and IoT devices. Such changes will render the existing telemetry and analysis techniques to be outdated, and more scalable techniques may be in place for data-driven and deeper data analysis. In addition to the quantitative and qualitative challenges, data pressure in systems and networks also comes from various sources such as sensors, computing systems, networking and security devices, and other \emerging computing elements speaking with different syntax and semantics, which makes organizing and incorporating the generated data difficult for extensive analysis. This workshop aims at bridging the systems and network measurement and the latest advances in machine learning and data science technologies, to advance the performance and reliability of HPC and distributed systems. New analysis techniques are needed in the modern world, from the diverse angles of systems/network performance, availability, and security. For example, real-time streaming analytics algorithms and methods need to be explored for estimating network performance and summarizing the traffic variables to capture the network activities due to the network bandwidth increase. Multivariate analysis of telemetric variables may be able to provide the intuitive, comprehensive view of the systems and networks dynamics. New logging techniques are also needed in the future with the latest development in the storage and archival technologies. In addition, many applications in this area may need to address the application-specific requirements and challenges. This workshop intends to share visions of investigating new approaches and methods at the intersection of data sciences and HPC/distributed computing systems. Topic of interest (but not limited to): - Systems and network measurement, analysis, and summarization - HPC, superfacility, and distributed systems - Data-driven, multivariate, streaming-based data processing - Distributed and federated machine learning - Performance modeling, analysis, and engineering - Cybersecurity, forensics, privacy, and anonymization - Intelligent workflow, visualization, and applications - Smart instruments, edge/fog-systems, and IoTs - Wireless, mobile/5G networks - Software-Defined-* technologies - Storage and archival technologies - Experiences and practices on systems/network data analysis Program Committee TBD Organizing Committee Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy Jinoh Kim, Texas A&M University-Commerce Alex Sim, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Important Dates Submission deadline: March 14, 2021 Author notification: April 18, 2021 Camera-ready deadline: May 2, 2021 Workshop: June 21, 2021 The Fourth International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2021) HPDC2021 Stockholm, Sweden, June 21-25, 2021 Submission Guidelines All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are invited to submit either a full (max 8 pages) paper or a short/work-in-progress (max 4 pages) paper.  Formatting: Authors are invited to submit papers with unpublished, original work of not more than 8 pages of double column text using single spaced 10 point size on 8.5 x 11 inch pages (including all text, figures, and references), as per ACM 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines (document templates can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-template). Papers will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as part of the ACM digital library. Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snta2021 Web: https://sdm.lbl.gov/snta/2021/ Contact: SNTA.help(a)gmail.com - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining 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 Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail 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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[simu-conf] Deadline approaching - Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation, TMS'21
by vsim-conf＠sce.carleton.ca 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

DEADLINE APPROACHING Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation, TMS'21 (part of the Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, ANNSIM'21) July 19-21, at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Hybrid event) http://tmsdevs.org The purpose of the track on Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation is to provide a forum to discuss most recent advancements in this field. The main focus is on theory of modeling, methodology, practice and software to cope with the challenges arising out of these, as well as lessons learned and challenges. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: - Theory: Advances in Modeling Formalisms, Formal analysis and symbolic reasoning, Model checking, Model Transformation, Behavior Abstraction and Model Reduction, Graph transformations, Model Abstraction and Machine Learning, Formalism-Based Model Debugging, - Modular Approaches in M&S: , Model Composition, Co-simulation, Interoperability, Modular Modeling of Hybrid Systems, Modular Modeling of Spatially Distributed Systems, Modular Representation of Numerical Solvers - Complex Systems M&S:, Multi-Paradigm/Multi-Domain Modeling, Multi-Resolution/Multiscale Modeling, Cyber-Physical Systems M&S, Ultra Large Scale Systems M&S, Systems of Systems M&S - Technologies (related to theoretical/foundational methods): Parallel/distributed/cloud/edge simulation, Real-time and Interactive simulation, M&S of Embedded Systems, - M&S Tools and Standards (related to theoretical/foundational methods): Simulation Languages/Libraries, Simulation Development/Visualization Tools, M&S Repositories/Data Formats - Applications of theoretical/foundational methods Original, high-quality technical papers are solicited for review, possible presentation and subsequent publication in the conference proceedings. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Authors of papers accepted are expected to attend the conference, present their work to their peers, transfer copyright, and pay a conference registration fee at the time their camera-ready paper is submitted. Papers registered and presented will be included in the conference proceedings, possibly archived in the ACM Digital Library, IEEExplore and indexed in DBLP, Web of Science and SCOPUS. Paper Submission: March 1, 2021 Author Notification: April 30th, 2021 Camera-ready Paper due: May 17, 2021 Conference: July 19-21, 2021 Further information: http://tmsdevs.org SIMULATION Journal (SAGE): Special Issue on TMS: https://arslab.sce.carleton.ca/index.php/people/cristina-ruiz-martin/special -issue-simulation/ [apologies for multiple postings; comments/issues/problems: contact vsim-conf-owner(a)sce.carleton.ca <mailto:vsim-conf-owner@sce.carleton.ca> ] [subscribe to notifications on twitter: @ARSLab_CU]

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