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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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