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[CFP] 4th IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing - Abstract deadline approaching
by Tumeo, Antonino 10 May '19

10 May '19

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] !!!!!! NEWS: DEADLINES EXTENDED!!! - Abstract registration: May 12 Paper submission May 20 Call for Papers 4th IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing Part of IEEE Rebooting Computing Week 6-8 November 2019 San Mateo, California http://icrc.ieee.org/ http://icrc.ieee.org/cfp/ The 4th IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing (ICRC 2019) will be held November 6-8 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. ICRC is a premier venue for novel computing approaches. ICRC grew out of the IEEE Rebooting Computing Initiative (RCI), which was founded in 2012 to catalyze rethinking of the computer at all levels of the technology stack. The Rebooting Computing Committee represents thirteen IEEE Societies and Councils, and the membership in the Rebooting Computing Technical Community is approaching three thousand. For more information on the RCI please visit the Rebooting Computing Portal (http://rebootingcomputing.ieee.org) Now in its 4th year, the IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing is the premier venue for forward looking computing, including algorithms and languages, system software, system and network architectures, new devices and circuits, and applications of new materials and physics. This is an interdisciplinary conference that has participation from a broad technical community, with emphasis on all aspects of the computing stack. The broad scope of ICRC extends to many areas of interest, including novel device physics and materials for post-Moore, beyond CMOS, and non-von Neumann computing paradigms. ——————————————— Topics of interest ——————————————— *Future computing approaches, including neuromorphic, brain-inspired computing, approximate and probabilistic, analog computing; computing based on novel device physics and materials (e.g., spin-based electronics, nonlinear dynamics and chaos); energy-efficient computing including reversible, adiabatic, and ballistic computing, superconductor and cryogenic computing; quantum computing; optical computing; biological and biochemical computing; Non-von Neumann computer architectures (e.g., in-memory processing, memory-based computing, cellular automata, or cellular neural networks). *Future computing design aspects, including extending Moore’s law and augmenting CMOS; error-tolerant logic and circuits; future of design automation. post-CMOS, 3D, heterogeneous integration and packaging; future impact on performance, power, scalability, reliability, supportability *Future Software and Applications, including beyond von Neumann system software issues (operating systems, compilers, security, and resource management); future computing programming paradigms and languages; applications suitable for and driving next generation computing (e.g., machine learning, deep learning.) *Future computing use cases and prototypes, including ethics in design, implementation, and use; new technologies impacting the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS); cybersecurity in future computing systems. ——————————————— Organizing Committee ——————————————— General co-Chairs: Cullen Bash (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) and Vivek Sarkar (Georgia Institute of Technology) Program co-Chairs: Jim Ang (PNNL) and Paolo Faraboschi (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Full committee list: http://icrc.ieee.org/committee ——————————————— Submission information ——————————————— The ICRC 2019 paper website (https://icrc19.labs.hpe.com/icrc19/) is now open and we are accepting submissions. Authors can submit a REGULAR or a SHORT paper. REGULAR paper submissions are EIGHT (8) pages maximum, EXCLUSIVE of bibliography. SHORT paper submissions are FOUR (4) pages maximum, EXCLUSIVE of bibliography. Additional instructions (format, etc.) are available at the submission website. Authors’ guidelines: http://icrc.ieee.org/authors-guidelines Paper submission link: https://icrc19.labs.hpe.com/icrc19/ (NOW OPEN!) ——————————————— Important dates - UPDATED!!!! ——————————————— *Paper abstract submissions due: MAY, 12 2019 (11:00 pm EDT) (EXTENDED!) *Paper submissions due: May 20, 2019 (11:00 pm EDT) (EXTENDED!) *Author notification of acceptance: August 7, 2019 *Final copies of papers due: September 6, 2019

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Call for Participation: 2019 NIH iDASH Secure Genome Analysis Competition and Workshop
by Wang, Lei 10 May '19

10 May '19

2019 NIH iDASH Secure Genome Analysis Competition and Workshop (October 26, 2019, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) Call for Participation The 6th iDASH Secure Genome Analysis Competition and Workshop is calling for participation from the academia and the industry to showcase state-of-the-art privacy technologies for protecting real-world biomedical data analysis. In the past 5 years, the iDASH competition has been serving as a bridge between the privacy/security research and the biomedical research, challenging the security community to come up with the best solutions that can offer practical supports for privacy-preserving biomedical computing. It has been widely considered to be a benchmark for evaluating data privacy technologies, particularly when they are applied to biomedical data analysis, and a key source for the biomedical and genomics researchers to seek usable solutions for protecting their data and computing tasks. This year's competition is characterized by 4 tracks as described below. Competition Tasks Track 1: Distributed Gene-Drug Interaction Data Sharing based on Blockchain and Smart Contracts The competitors are asked to develop smart contracts on a blockchain network to share gene-drug interaction data in a distributed way. Track 2: Secure Genotype Imputation using Homomorphic Encryption The competitors are required to develop a homomorphic encryption (HE) based method for performing genotype imputation Track 3: Outsourcing Privacy-preserving Machine Learning as a Service through TEE The competitors are expected to implement a trained deep learning model for disease prediction under the protection of SGX, Intel's trusted execution environment, so the model can work on encrypted genomic data uploaded by the user. Track 4: Privacy-preserving machine learning The competitors are tasked to train a machine learning model on gene expression data for breast tumors, with all the data secretly shared across multiple servers. Time line 1. Competition start (May 13) 2. Solution due (Aug. 16) 3. Winner announcement (Oct. 1) 4. Workshop day (Oct. 26) 5. Publication submission deadline (Nov. 30) 6. Publication notification (TBD) Evaluation The outcomes of the competition will be evaluated by interdisciplinary teams at Indiana University, UC San Diego, and UT Health, based upon the performance of a solution and its privacy guarantee. Organization General Chairs: Haixu Tang and XiaoFeng Wang (Indiana University) Organization Committee: XiaoFeng Wang (IU), Haixu Tang (IU), Xiaoqian Jiang (UT Health), Miran Kim (UT Health), Arif Harmanci (UT Health), Tsung-Ting Kuo (UCSD) and Lucila Ohno-Machado (UCSD) Publication Winning results will be published a special issue of a journal. Contact Track 1 (UCSD): Tsung-Ting Kuo (tskuo(a)ucsd.edu<mailto:tskuo@ucsd.edu>), Lucila Ohno-Machado (lohnomachado(a)ucsd.edu<mailto:lohnomachado@ucsd.edu>) Track 2 (UT Health): Arif Harmanci (Arif.O.Harmanci(a)uth.tmc.edu<mailto:Arif.O.Harmanci@uth.tmc.edu>), Miran Kim (Miran.Kim(a)uth.tmc.edu<mailto:Miran.Kim@uth.tmc.edu>), Xiaoqiang Jiang (Xiaoqian.Jiang(a)uth.tmc.edu<mailto:Xiaoqian.Jiang@uth.tmc.edu>) Track 3 (IU): Haixu Tang (hatang(a)indiana.edu<mailto:hatang@indiana.edu>), XiaoFeng Wang (xw7(a)indiana.edu<mailto:xw7@indiana.edu>) Track 4 (IU): Haixu Tang (hatang(a)indiana.edu<mailto:hatang@indiana.edu>), XiaoFeng Wang (xw7(a)indiana.edu<mailto:xw7@indiana.edu>) Best, 2019 iDASH Privacy & Security Workshop organizers

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(CALL FOR PAPERS) PAW-ATM: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI
by Francesco Rizzi 09 May '19

09 May '19

************************************************ Call for Papers PAW-ATM 2019: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X Held in conjunction with SC 19, Denver, CO <http://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/> ************************************************ Summary Supercomputers are becoming increasingly complex due to the prevalence of hierarchy and heterogeneity in emerging node and system architectures. As a result of these trends, users of conventional programming models for scalable high-performance applications increasingly find themselves writing applications using a mix of distinct programming models—such as Fortran90, C, C++, MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA—which are also often becoming more complex and detail-oriented themselves. These trends negatively impact the costs of developing, porting, and maintaining HPC applications. Meanwhile, new programming models and languages are being developed that strive to improve upon the status quo. This is accomplished by unifying the expression of parallelism and locality across the system, raising the level of abstraction, making use of modern language design features, and/or leveraging the respective strengths of programmers, compilers, runtimes, and operating systems. These alternatives may take the form of parallel programming languages (e.g., Chapel, Fortran 2018, Julia, UPC), frameworks for large-scale data processing and analytics (e.g., Spark, Tensorflow, Dask), or libraries and embedded DSLs that extend existing languages (e.g., Legion, COMPSs, SHMEM, HPX, Charm++, UPC++, Coarray C++, Global Arrays). The PAW-ATM workshop is designed to explore the expression of applications in scalable parallel programming models that serve as an alternative to the status quo. It is designed to bring together applications experts and proponents of high-level programming models to present concrete and practical examples of using such alternative models and to illustrate the benefits of high-level approaches to scalable programming. Scope and Aims The PAW-ATM workshop is designed as a forum for exhibiting studies of parallel applications developed using high-level parallel programming models serving as alternatives to MPI+X-based programming. We encourage the submission of papers and talks that describe practical distributed-memory applications written using alternatives to MPI+X, and include characterizations of scalability and performance, expressiveness and programmability, as well as any downsides or areas for improvement in such models. Our hope is to create a forum in which architects, language designers, and users can present, learn about, and discuss the state of the art in alternative scalable programming models while also wrestling with how to increase their effectiveness and adoption. Beyond well-established HPC scientific simulations, we also encourage submissions exploring artificial intelligence, big data analytics, machine learning, and other emerging application areas. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Novel application development using high-level parallel programming languages and frameworks. * Examples that demonstrate performance, compiler optimization, error checking, and reduced software complexity. * Applications from artificial intelligence, data analytics, bioinformatics, and other novel areas. * Performance evaluation of applications developed using alternatives to MPI+X and comparisons to standard programming models. * Novel algorithms enabled by high-level parallel abstractions. * Experience with the use of new compiler and runtime environments. * Libraries using or supporting alternatives to MPI+X. * Benefits of hardware abstraction and data locality on algorithm implementation. Submissions Submissions are solicited in two categories: 1) Full-length papers presenting novel research results: * Full-length papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Submitted papers must describe original work that has not appeared in, nor is under consideration for, another conference or journal. Papers shall be eight (8) pages minimum and not exceed ten (10) including text, appendices, and figures. Appendix pages related to the reproducibility initiative dependencies, namely the Artifact Description (AD) and Artifact Evaluation (AE), are not included in the page count. 2) Extended abstracts summarizing preliminary/published results: * Extended abstracts will be evaluated separately and will not be included in the published proceedings; they are intended to propose timely communications of novel work that will be formally submitted elsewhere at a later stage, and/or of already published work that would be of interest to the PAW-ATM audience in terms of topic and timeliness. Extended abstracts shall not exceed four (4) pages. When deciding between submissions with similar merit, ties will be broken by giving weight to full-length paper submissions over extended abstracts. In addition, submissions whose focus relates more directly to the key themes of the workshop (application studies, computing at scale, high-level alternatives to MPI+X) will be given priority over those that don't. Submissions shall be submitted through Linklings: https://submissions.supercomputing.org Submissions must use 10pt font in the IEEE format: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html PAW-ATM follows the reproducibility initiative of SC19. For more information, please refer to: https://sc19.supercomputing.org/submit/reproducibility-initiative/ http://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ WORKSHOP CHAIR * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratory ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Rosa M. Badia - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Bradford L. Chamberlain - Cray Inc. * Sean Treichler - NVIDIA PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS * Bill Long - Cray Inc. * Francesco Rizzi - NexGen Analytics PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Olivier Aumage - Inria * Rosa M. Badia - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Vicenç Beltran - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * John Biddiscombe - CSCS Swiss National Supercomputing Centre * Bradford L. Chamberlain - Cray Inc. * Salvatore Filippone - Cranfield University * Marta G. Gasulla - Barcelona Supercomputing Center * Magne Haveraaen - University of Bergen * Costin Iancu - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * Laxmikant Kale - University of Illinois * Karla Morris - Sandia National Laboratories * Bill Long - Cray Inc. * Swaroop S. Pophale - Oak Ridge National Laboratory * Jason Riedy - Georgia Institute of Technology * Francesco Rizzi - NexGen Analytics * Mitsuhisa Sato - RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science * Elliott Slaughter - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory * Sean Treichler - NVIDIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE * Salvatore Filippone - Cranfield University * Damian W. I. Rouson - Sourcery Institute * Katherine A. Yelick - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory IMPORTANT DATES: * Submission Deadline: July 31, 2019 * Author Notification: September 1, 2019 * Camera Ready: October 1, 2019 * Workshop Date: November 17|18|22, 2019

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24th Int.Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2019
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 09 May '19

09 May '19

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation *** PROGRAM SUMMARY *** 24th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2019 11-14 June 2019, Warsaw, Poland http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2019 Organized by EDC and Ada-Europe, in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, SIGBED, SIGPLAN and the Ada Resource Association (ARA) *** Online registration open *** *** Early registration discount until May 20 *** *** Extensive info available on conference web site *** *** Highly recommended to book your hotel ASAP *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 24th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2019 visits Poland, for the first time, and is hosted in Warsaw from the 11th to the 14th of June. The conference is the latest in a series of annual international conferences started in the early 80's, under the auspices of Ada-Europe, the international organization that promotes knowledge and use of Ada and Reliable Software in general, into academic education and research, and industrial practice. The Ada-Europe series of conferences has over the years become a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. These events highlight the increased relevance of Ada in general and in safety- and security-critical systems in particular, and provide a unique opportunity for interaction and collaboration between academics and industrial practitioners. Extensive information is on the conference web site, such as an overview of the program, the list of accepted papers and industrial presentations, and descriptions of workshops, tutorials, keynote presentations, and social events. Also check the conference site for registration, accommodation and travel information. The 12-page Advance Program brochure is available there as well. The 2019 edition of the conference features a number of important innovations: - lower registration fee for conference, unified for all participants; - further reduced fee for all authors; - lower registration fee for all tutorials; - journal-based open-access publication model for peer-reviewed papers; - an educational tutorial offered especially for those new to Ada; - more compact program with two core days (Wed & Thu); tutorials on Tuesday, then exhibition opening mid-afternoon, followed by welcome aperitif for all participants; - full-day DeCPS workshop on Friday (complementary with conference registration). Quick overview - Tue 11: tutorials, opening exhibition + AE GA, welcome reception - Wed 12 & Thu 13: core program - Fri 14: workshop Proceedings - peer-reviewed papers in open-access journal - industrial presentation and tutorial abstracts in Ada User Journal Conference & Program Chair - Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy tullio.vardanega at unipd.it Keynote speakers - Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA, "A 2020 View of Ada" - other keynote to be confirmed (see conference web site) Workshop (full day) - 6th International Workshop on "Challenges and new Approaches for Dependable and Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering" (DeCPS 2019) Tutorials (full day) - "Controlling I/O Devices with Ada, using the Remote I/O Protocol" Philip Munts, Sweden - "An Introduction to Ada" Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog, France Papers and Presentations - sessions on Assurance Issues in Critical Systems, Tooling Aid for Verification, Best Practices for Critical Applications, Uses of Ada in Challenging Environments, Verification Challenges, Real-Time Systems - 9 refereed technical papers - 8 industrial presentations and experience reports - a speaker's corner on "Experience from 40 years of teaching Ada" Vendor exhibition and networking area - area features exhibitor booths, project posters, reserved vendor tables, and general networking options - 4 companies already committed: AdaCore, PTC Developer Tools, Rapita Systems, Vector; some exhibition slots still available - vendor presentation sessions in core program Social events - each day: coffee breaks in the exhibition space and sit-down lunches offer ample time for interaction and networking - Tuesday afternoon: opening of exhibition & Ada-Europe General Assembly, Welcome Aperitif on terrace overlooking Warsaw Airport - Wednesday evening: transportation to restaurant in town where Chopin was born, banquet with Polish cuisine, drinks, and live piano music - Best Paper and Best Presentation awards will be handed out Registration - online registration is open at <https://registration.ada-europe.org/index.html> - early registration discount until Monday May 20, 2019 - special low fee for authors - discount for Ada-Europe, ACM SIGAda, SIGBED and SIGPLAN members - extra discount for students - registration includes coffee breaks and lunches - full conference registration includes all social events - tutorial fees substantially reduced - payment possible by credit card or bank transfer - see registration page for all details Promotion - recommended Twitter hashtags: #AdaEurope and/or #AdaEurope2019 - 12-page Advance Program brochure online at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2019/AE-2019%20AP.pdf> - support Ada-Europe 2019 with promotional poster at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2019/picts/AE2019_poster.pdf> Please make sure you book accommodation as soon as possible. For more info and latest updates see the conference web site at <http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2019>. We look forward to seeing you in Warsaw in June 2019! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Europe'2019 Publicity Chair Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be *** 24th Intl.Conf.on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe'2019 June 11-14, 2019 * Warsaw, Poland * www.ada-europe.org/conference2019

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CFP: Resilience@Euro-Par 2017 - Papers due May 5
by Christian Engelmann 08 May '19

08 May '19

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this call for papers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing (Resilience) in Clusters, Clouds, and Grids <http://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2017> in conjunction with the 23rd International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, August 28 - September 1, 2017 <http://europar2017.usc.es> 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), and software complexity increases. Application correctness and execution efficiency, in spite of frequent faults, errors, and failures, is essential to ensure the success of the extreme-scale HPC systems, cluster computing environments, Grid computing infrastructures, and Cloud computing services. While a fault (e.g., a bug or stuck bit) is the cause of an error, its manifestation as a state change is considered an error (e.g., a bad value or incorrect execution), and the transition to an incorrect service is observed as a failure (e.g., an application abort or system crash). A failure in a computing system is typically observed through an application abort or a full/partial service or system outage. A detectable correctable error is often transparently handled by hardware, such as a single bit flip in memory that is protected with single-error correction double-error detection (SECDED) error correcting code (ECC). A detectable uncorrectable error (DUE) typically results in a failure, such as multiple bit flips in the same addressable word that escape SECDED ECC correction, but not detection, and ultimately cause an application abort. An undetectable error (UE) may result in silent data corruption (SDC), e.g., an incorrect application output. There are many other types of hardware and software faults, errors, and failures in computing systems. Resilience for HPC systems encompasses a wide spectrum of fundamental and applied research and development, including theoretical foundations, fault detection and prediction, monitoring and control, end-to-end data integrity, enabling infrastructure, and resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance. 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 2017 Website: <http://www.csm.ornl.gov/srt/conferences/Resilience/2017> - Resilience 2017 Submissions: <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2017workshops> - Euro-Par 2017 website: <http://europar2017.usc.es> 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 - Fault detection and prediction: - Statistical analyses - Machine learning - Anomaly detection - Data and information collection - Visualization - Monitoring and control for resilience: - Platform and application monitoring - Response and recovery - RAS theory and performability - Application and platform knobs - Tunable fidelity and quality of service - End-to-end data integrity: - Fault tolerant design - Degraded modes - Forward migration and verification - Fault injection - Soft errors - Silent data corruption - Enabling infrastructure for resilience: - RAS systems - System software and middleware - Programming models - Tools - Next-generation architectures - Resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance: - Algorithmic detection and correction of hard and soft faults - Resilient algorithms - Fault tolerant numerical methods - Robust iterative algorithms - Scalability of resilient solvers and algorithm-based fault tolerance Important Dates: - Workshop papers due: May 5, 2017 - Workshop author notification: June 16, 2017 - Workshop early registration: TBD - Workshop paper (for informal workshop proceedings): July 21, 2017 - Workshop camera-ready papers: October 3, 2017 General Co-Chairs: - Stephen L. Scott Senior Research Scientist - Systems Research Team Tennessee Tech University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA scottsl(a)ornl.gov - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun, SWEPCO Endowed Associate Professor of Computer Science Louisiana Tech University, USA box(a)latech.edu Program Co-Chairs: - Patrick G. Bridges University of New Mexico, USA bridges(a)cs.unm.edu - Christian Engelmann Oak Ridge National Laboratory , USA engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Committee: - Ferrol Aderholdt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Dorian Arnold, University of New Mexico, USA - Rizwan Ashraf, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Wesley Bland, Intel Corporation, USA - Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich, Germany - Franck Cappello, Argonne National Laboratory and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA - Marc Casas, Barcelona Supercomputer Center, Spain - Zizhong Chen, University of California at Riverside, USA - Robert Clay, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Miguel Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal - Nathan DeBardeleben, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA - James Elliott, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Kurt Ferreira, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Michael Heroux, Sandia National Laboratories, USA - Saurabh Hukerikar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Dieter Kranzlmueller, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany - Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA - Ignacio Laguna, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Scott Levy, University of New Mexico, USA - Kathryn Mohror, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Christine Morin, INRIA Rennes, France - Dirk Pflueger, University of Stuttgart, Germany - Nageswara Rao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Alexander Reinefeld, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany - Rolf Riesen, Intel Corporation, USA - Yves Robert, ENS Lyon, France - Thomas Ropars, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France - Martin Schulz, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Keita Teranishi, Sandia National Laboratories, USA -- Christian Engelmann, Ph.D. R&D Staff Scientist Computer Science Research Group Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mail: P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6173, USA Phone: +1 (865) 574-3132 / Fax: +1 (865) 576-5491 e-Mail: engelmannc(a)ornl.gov / Home: www.christian-engelmann.info

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LOD 2019: Submit Your Paper and Meet prominent speakers in the fields of Machine Learning, Data Science and Optimization in Siena!
by Ludovico Montalcini 08 May '19

08 May '19

Register today and take advantage of the special rates available for individuals attending the 5thInternational Conference on machine Learning, Optimization & Data science LOD - An Interdisciplinary Conference: Deep Learning, Optimization and Big Data without Borders, this September 10-13 in Siena. https://lod2019.icas.xyz lod(a)icas.xyz LOD 2019 is a great opportunity to present your work and congregate with leaders and experts in the Deep Learning, Optimization and Big Data. Feel free to check out our keynote speakers: · Michael Bronstein, Imperial College London, UK · Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy · Arthur Gretton, UCL, UK · Arthur Guez Google DeepMind, Montreal, UK · Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland · Jan Peters, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt · Mauricio Resende, Amazon, USA · Richard E. Turner, University of Cambridge, UK Submit your Paper by May 10 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lod2019 LOD 2019 will focus on advances in science, technology and applications in the fields of Machine Learning, Data Science and Optimization. Sessions · LOD 2019 Big-Data Challenge: Our sponsor, Neodata Lab, will offer a prize of €2000 to the applicant who develops the most accurate algorithm to process an “approximate SQL-like query answering system” on a real dataset. · Multi-Task Learning · Reinforcement Learning · Deep Learning · Generative Adversarial Networks · Deep Neuroevolution · Networks with Memory · Learning from Less Data and Building Smaller Models · Simulation Environments to understand how AI Systems Learn · Chatbots and Conversational Agents · Data Science at Scale & Data in the Cloud · Urban Informatics & Data-Driven Modelling of Complex Systems · Data-centric Engineering · Data Security, Traceability of Information & GDPR · Economic Data Science https://lod2019.icas.xyz lod(a)icas.xyz

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8th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing for Large-Scale Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics (ParLearning 2019)
by Panangadan, Anand 08 May '19

08 May '19

8th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing for Large-Scale Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics (ParLearning 2019) https://parlearning.github.io/ August 5, 2019 Anchorage, Alaska, USA In conjunction with the 25th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD 2019) Scaling up machine-learning (ML), data mining (DM) and reasoning algorithms from Artificial Intelligence (AI) for massive datasets is a major technical challenge in the time of "Big Data". The past ten years have seen the rise of multi-core and GPU based computing. In parallel and distributed computing, several frameworks such as OpenMP, OpenCL, and Spark continue to facilitate scaling up ML/DM/AI algorithms using higher levels of abstraction. We invite novel works that advance the trio-fields of ML/DM/AI through development of scalable algorithms or computing frameworks. Ideal submissions should describe methods for scaling up X using Y on Z, where potential choices for X, Y and Z are provided below. Scaling up - Recommender systems - Optimization algorithms (gradient descent, Newton methods) - Deep learning - Distributed algorithms and AI for Blockchain - Sampling/sketching techniques - Clustering (agglomerative techniques, graph clustering, clustering heterogeneous data) - Probabilistic inference (Bayesian networks) - Graph algorithms, graph mining and knowledge graphs - Graph neural networks - Autoencoders and variational autoencoders - Generative adversarial networks - Generative models - Deep reinforcement learning Using - Parallel architectures/frameworks (OpenMP, CUDA etc.) - Distributed systems/frameworks (MPI, Spark, etc.) - Machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch etc.) On - Various infrastructures, such as cloud, commodity clusters, GPUs, and emerging AI chips. Important Dates - Paper submission: May 12, 2019 (Anywhere on Earth) - Author notification: June 1, 2019 - Camera-ready version: Jun 8, 2019 Organization - General Chairs: Arindam Pal (TCS Research and Innovation, Kolkata, India) and Henri Bal (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands) - Program Chairs: Azalia Mirhoseini (Google AI, Mountain View, CA, USA) and Thomas Parnell (IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland)

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SSBSS 2019: Submit Your abstract and Meet prominent speakers in the fields of synthetic and systems biology in Pisa!
by Ludovico Montalcini 07 May '19

07 May '19

Register today and take advantage of the special rates available for individuals attending the 6thInternational Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School SSBSS 2019, this July 22-26 in Pisa. https://ssbss2019.icas.xyz ssbss(a)icas.xyz SSBSS 2019 is a great opportunity to present your work and congregate with leaders and experts in the synthetic biology and systems biology. Feel free to check out our keynote speakers: ADAM ARKIN, University of California, Berkeley, USA ANDREA CALIFANO, Columbia University, USA JASON CHIN, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK VIRGINIA CORNISH, Columbia University, USA DOMITILLA DEL VECCHIO, MIT, USA JOHN GLASS, J. Craig Venter Institute, USA RODRIGO LEDESMA-AMARO, Imperial College London, UK PHILIP MAINI, University of Oxford, UK STEVE OLIVER, University of Cambridge, UK KAREN POLIZZI, Imperial College London, UK WILLIAM SHIH, Harvard Medical School, USA JOERG STELLING, ETH Zurich, Switzerland SARAH TEICHMANN, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute & EMBL-EBI, UK DANIELLE TULLMAN-ERCEK, Northwestern University, USA RON WEISS, MIT, USA Submit your Abstract by May 31 https://ssbss2019.icas.xyz/registration/ SSBSS 2019 will focus on advances in science, technology and applications in the fields of synthetic and systems biology. Sessions · Computational Synthetic Biology · Genetic Engineering · Metabolic Engineering · Reading and Writing Genomes · Synthetic Genomes · Synthetic Circuits and Cells · Artificial Tissues and Organs · Genomically Recoded Organisms · Genome Design · Pathway Design · Biological Design Automation and Biological CAD · Computational Systems Biology · Genome Engineering · Cellular Systems Biology · Experimental Synthetic Biology · Computational Synthetic Biology · Stochastic Gene Regulation · Gene Signaling · Quantitative Molecular Biology · High-throughput Techniques · Biological Engineering · Industrial Synthetic and Systems Biology https://ssbss2019.icas.xyz ssbss(a)icas.xyz

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ISSEA 2019 : Special Session on Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Advances
by Robertas Damaševičius 01 May '19

01 May '19

ISSEA 2019 : Special Session on Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Advances[image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.s…>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/share?url=http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?e…>[image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://wikicfp.com/cfp/s…>[image: Google] <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.show…> Link: https://icist.ktu.edu/ When Oct 10, 2019 - Oct 12, 2019 Where Vilnius, Lithuania Submission Deadline May 25, 2019 Notification Due Jun 17, 2019 Final Version Due Jun 28, 2019 *Categories* <http://wikicfp.com/cfp/allcat> artificial intelligence <http://wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=artificial%20intelligence> computation intelligence <http://wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=computation%20intelligence> intelligent systems <http://wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=intelligent%20systems> software engineering <http://wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20engineering> Call For Papers The Special Session on Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Advances (ISSEA) will be held at the 25th International Conference on Information and Software Technologies (ICIST) scheduled on October 10-12, 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Scope: In the modern world each day brings more facts and information, and the need for efficient decision support systems is growing to assist in operation, user guiding, modeling, positioning, and solving complex problems. Today science concerns intelligent systems that use software engineering advances based Computational Intelligence, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, Bio-Inspired Methods, etc. making them easily applicable in today’s world challenges. The combinations of these methods are crucial efficient computer technology that now is present in every aspect our lives, from simple machines and electronics to sophisticated computer systems. Continuous development, research and professional discussion devoted to these methods and techniques are important for further improvement.The session aims to cover topics in the latest achievements all aspects of computational intelligence and system engineering. The Special Session on Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Advances (ISSEA) aims to cover topics dedicated to the latest achievements in computational intelligence and all IT related aspects of system engineering. The session aims at bringing together computer scientists, system engineers and IT researchers who are interested in the development of intelligent and efficient computer systems. We invite all prospective authors to submit a broad range of contributions related to the session topics. Topics: List of topics for the special session consists of all aspects related to Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Advances, and include, but are not limited to: - Computational Intelligence Methods and Applications - Modeling and Applied Mathematics in Various Aspects of Computational Intelligence - Computational Intelligence in Graphics, Multimedia and Vision Systems - Computational Intelligence in General Positioning, Civil Engineering, Bathymetric, Routing, Traffic, etc. - Computational Intelligence for Robotics and Automatics - Computational Intelligence for Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Models and Applications - Code Quality, Data Management, Testing and Separation of Concerns (SoC) - Intelligent Software, Algorithms and Methods for Large Scale Systems Submission: Authors are invited to submit their papers in English through the conference submission system https://icist.ktu.edu Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously. All papers will be peer-reviewed by the ICIST and ISSEA program committee, judged with respect to their quality, originality, and relevance to session topics. Publications: Proceedings will be published in ICIST volume in Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. Best papers in extended versions will be invited for publication in international journals. Chairs: Marcin Woźniak, Silesian University of Technology, Poland Christian Napoli, University of Catania, Italy CONFERENCE CONTACTS E-mail: icist(a)ktu.lt Web site: https://icist.ktu.edu

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Deadline extension (May 13th): EUSIPCO 2019 Satellite Workshop on Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Deep Learning for Autonomous Systems
by Nikos Nikolaidis 01 May '19

01 May '19

EUSIPCO 2019 SATELLITE WORKSHOP ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER VISION AND DEEP LEARNING FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS A CORUNA, SPAIN, SEPTEMBER 6th 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS WORKSHOP SUMMARY During the last years we are witnessing a constantly increasing use and interest for Autonomous Systems (AS) such as UAVs, humanoid robots, cars, marine and underwater vessels, etc. This is due to their numerous applications in transport, surveillance, mapping, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure inspection, cinematography etc. Successful deployment of autonomous systems involves tackling a number of interesting and challenging topics such as AS localization, planning, action and mapping, analysis of visual data coming from AS sensors for human centric or environment active perception and cognition, privacy protection technologies in AS data, 3D data (e.g. LIDAR) processing and analysis, communication issues for AS, sensor fusion, multimodal interfaces etc. These tasks can be addressed by using several methodologies from the areas of signal/image/video processing and analysis, computer vision and machine learning (including deep learning) provided that they respect several constraints and limitations inherent to AS, such as real-time operation, limited available computing resources on board the AS, need for robustness in real-life scenarios etc. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers, engineers and computer scientists working in the areas of signal/image/video processing and analysis, computer vision, and machine learning for AS to present and discuss recent developments and trends in this exciting area. The workshop will consist of 2-3 invited talks by prominent researchers and oral presentations featuring research papers. The workshop is technically sponsored by the H2020 Project MULTIDRONE (www.multidrone.eu) PAPER TOPICS Papers describing novel work are solicited in the following areas (non-exhaustive list): * Signal/image/video processing and analysis for autonomous systems * Machine learning for autonomous systems * Deep learning for autonomous systems * Computer vision for autonomous systems * Human centric active perception and cognition for autonomous systems (person/face/body part detection/recognition and pose estimation, person/face/body part tracking, human activity recognition, social signal -facial expressions, gestures etc- analysis and recognition, speech and biosignals analysis and recognition) * Environment active perception and cognition for autonomous systems (object detection/recognition and semantic scene segmentation and understanding, 2D/3D object tracking, 3D scene reconstruction, sensor information fusion) * Autonomous systems localization, planning, navigation, action and control * Embedded computing approaches for processing (computer vision, deep learning, etc) on autonomous systems * Intelligent cinematography using drones and other autonomous systems * Signal processing, computer vision and deep learning for autonomous systems safety (obstacle detection and avoidance, drone landing site detection, crowd and pedestrian detection and localization, road sign/lane detection/recognition etc) * Privacy protection and compliance to ethics regulations * Robust and secure mobile communications for autonomous systems * Signal enhancement, compression and transmission for autonomous systems IMPORTANT DATES * Full Paper Submission: May 13, 2019 (EXTENDED) * Notification of Paper Acceptance: May 31, 2019 * Camera Ready Papers: June 14, 2019 * Workshop: September 6, 2019 ENDORSEMENT This EUSIPCO satellite workshop is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) and endorsed by the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative (ASI). The workshop is technically sponsored by the H2020 Project MULTIDRONE (www.multidrone.eu) SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCEDURE Prospective authors shall submit their papers using EDAS (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24822 ). Papers should adhere to the main conference guidelines to be considered and, eventually, be published in the proceedings. For more details please visit http://eusipco2019.org/paper-submission/ . All papers will go through a peer review process. Workshop proceedings will be handled by EURASIP and will be publicly available through the repository of EURASIP. WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS * Nikos Nikolaidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, nnik(a)csd.auth.gr * Anastasios Tefas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, tefas(a)csd.auth.gr WORKSHOP TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Anibal Ollero, University of Seville, Spain * Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece * David Bull, University of Bristol, UK * Alberto Messina, RAI, Italy * Joao Costeira, IST, Portugal * Jesus Capitan, University of Seville, Spain * Rita Cunha, IST, Portugal INFORMATION For additional information regarding the workshop please contact one of the workshop organizers Nikos Nikolaidis (nnik(a)csd.auth.gr) and Anastasios Tefas, (tefas(a)csd.auth.gr) -- Nikos Nikolaidis, PhD Associate Professor School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece

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Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP) 10 (2)
by Sanjay Misra 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP) 10(2)The contents of the latest issue of: *International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP)* Volume 10, Issue 2, April - June 2019 Indexed by: INSPEC, SCOPUS, Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) *For a complete list of indexing and abstracting services that include this journal, please reference the bottom of this announcement.* Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1947-3478; EISSN: 1947-3486Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA www.igi-global.com/ijhcitp <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-human-capital-info…> Editor-in-Chief: Sanjay Misra (Covenant University, Nigeria) *Note: The International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP) has an Open Access option, which allows individuals and institutions unrestricted access to its published content. Unlike traditional subscription-based publishing models, open access content is available without having to purchase or subscribe to the journal in which the content is published. All IGI Global manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.* *ARTICLE 1* Impact of Informational Characteristics of the Recruitment Website on Graduating Students' Job Pursuit Intention: A Moderated Mediation Study Chetna Priyadarshini (IBS Hyderabad, IFHE University, Hyderabad, India), Sreejesh S. (School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India), Rajneesh Ranjan Jha (IBS Hyderabad, IFHE University, Hyderabad, India) The purpose of this article is to examine the dimensionalities, mechanisms, and the conditions under which information characteristics of the corporate employment website influence job seekers' job pursuit intention and recommendation intention. Drawing on the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework, the data collected from 181 active job seekers posit that the effects of information characteristics, such as information relevancy, information accuracy, and information timeliness on organizational attractiveness are mediated by job seekers' attitudes towards the website, which in turn direct to create job pursuit intention and intention to recommend. Furthermore, it is also postulated that the relationship between the above-said characteristics and attitude towards the website is moderated by the perceived privacy concern of the job seekers. In addition, the article results also supported that the relationship between job seekers' website attitude and organizational attractiveness is moderated by perceived organizational reputation. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/impact-of-informational-characteristics-of-the-r… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=226297&isxn=9781522566472 *ARTICLE 2* Assessing the Value of Executive Leadership Coaches for Cybersecurity Project Managers Darrell Norman Burrell (Florida Institute of Technology, USA) With the complex nature of impacts of cybersecurity breaches, it is critical that organizational have cybersecurity project managers that can make sound managerial and leadership decisions. Often cybersecurity project managers act quickly with managerial decisions at work. When time is of the essence, strategic thinking, strategic communication, and strategic decision making are critical to organizational effectiveness and productivity. Decision making and strategic communications are just a few skills that executive leadership coaches can teach. This article explores the values and potential benefits of executive coaching as a leadership development tool for information technology and cybersecurity project managers. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/assessing-the-value-of-executive-leadership-coac… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=226298&isxn=9781522566472 *ARTICLE 3* Towards a Reference Framework for Generational Analyses on Information Technology Professionals Pedro Jácome de Moura Jr. (UFPB, João Pessoa, Brazil), Diogo Henrique Helal (FUNDAJ-MEC, Recife, Brazil) In light of the sociology of generations, this theoretical trial relates literature on information technology (IT) professionals, IT professional management, IT project teams, and generational studies to elaborate a reference framework that supports the research on the intergenerational dynamics of the field. The proposed framework offers a definition and structure for the concept of IT generation and contemplates the dimensions related to (1) technological contemporary changes, (2) culture bearers, (3) continuous nature of generational change, (4) generational succession, (5) knowledge transmission and sharing, and (6) intergenerational conflict, allowing future empirical research on the IT generational phenomena. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/towards-a-reference-framework-for-generational-a… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=226299&isxn=9781522566472 *ARTICLE 4* P-O Fit and Employee's Turnover Intentions: Examining the Mediation of Employee Engagement in Indian IT Sector Naman Sharma (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Gandhinagar, India) Extant studies have established the relationship between person-organization fit and turnover intentions of employees. However, this article aims further to establish the role of employee engagement as a mediator between these variables. The sample used in the study consists of employees from Indian IT sector and data is analyzed with the help of correlation and regression analysis to test both direct and mediating effects. Results obtained confirm the partial role of employee engagement in mediating the above variables in context of Indian IT sector. The study confirms that person-organization fit affects the decision of employees to stay/not to stay with their organization and also that employees with higher levels of employee engagement would be less likely to leave their employer. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/article/p-o-fit-and-employees-turnover-intentions/226300 To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=226300&isxn=9781522566472 ------------------------------ For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the *International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP)* in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated *"InfoSci-Journals"* database: www.igi-global.com/isj <https://www.igi-global.com/e-resources/infosci-databases/infosci-journals/> . ------------------------------ *CALL FOR PAPERS* Mission of IJHCITP: The mission of the *International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP)* is to offer an outlook on the state of the IT profession from the perspective of economic value based on labor performance. Providing a forum for the exchange of research ideas and practices, this journal is a reference convergence point for professionals, managers, and researchers in the IT field. Indices of IJHCITP: - ACM Digital Library - Bacon's Media Directory - Cabell's Directories - DBLP - Google Scholar - INSPEC - JournalTOCs - MediaFinder - SCOPUS - The Standard Periodical Directory - Ulrich's Periodicals Directory - Web of Science - Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Coverage of IJHCITP: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: - Competence management within the IT profession - Ethics, as well as professional and social responsibilities of IT professionals - Human capital within the IT industry - Human resource management in the IT sector - IT careers - IT personnel in new production environments (software factories, offshoring, and nearshoring) - IT profession - IT professional associations - IT professionalism - IT professionals assessment methods - IT professionals roles - IT professionals under the scope of IT governance - Licensing and certifying of IT professionals - Mentoring, coaching, and counseling of IT professionals - Personnel issues in IT standards, models, and frameworks - Recruiting, staffing, retaining, and rewarding IT professionals Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-human-capital-inf… -- Sanjay Misra <https://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.W6Psi2hKjDc> Professor of Computer(Software) Engineering, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria (Researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay_Misra2>, Researcherid <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-2203-2014>:K-2203-2014, DBLP <http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Misra:Sanjay>, Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AFjvjTgAAAAJ&hl=en>, Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?origin=AuthorProfile&authorId=56962…>) Call For Papers(Organizing Chair)- All SCOPUS, Web of Science(CPCI) and Core Indexed 1) Springer(LNCS)-11th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=84204&copyownerid=…> , 2)(Springer-LNCS)Tenth International Symposium on Software Quality <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=84205&copyownerid=…> , 3) IEEE Xplore 11th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=84206&copyownerid=…> Editor in Chief- (Call for Papers and book proposals)- 1. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-human-capital-info…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS) 2. Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management <https://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-personnel-project-managemen…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS) 3. COVENANT JOURNAL OF INFORMATICS AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY <https://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/index.php/cjict> 4. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES <https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJPS/editors>

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Mediterranean Congress of Telecommunications 2019 (IEEE Conference) Call for Papers 24-26 October 2019 – Fez, Morocco
by Conférence CMT 2019 ENSA de Fès 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

We would like to invite you to submit your paper/poster/demo proposals for the *Mediterranean Congress of Telecommunications 2019 (IEEE Conference) * that will take place on *24th -26th October, 2019 in Fez, Morocco.* The 7th Mediterranean Congress of Telecommunications "CMT’2019" is dedicated to provide a platform for academic researchers and industry to exchange and share new technologies and trends in the field of Telecommunications and ICT. The three days congress will address through posters and presentations several current topics in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and their applications. One third of the presentations will be related to the current socio-economic sector problems. Invited guest speakers will also give lectures in cutting edge technologies during the event. The "CMT’2019" edition will take place at the National School of Applied Sciences ENSA of Fez. This edition is organized by the Transmission and Information Processing Laboratory (LTTI) and The Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Physics Laboratory (LIPI) in collaboration with the Moroccan Association for Information Technlology (AMTI). *Important Dates: * *· Paper submission deadline: May 31 , 2019* *· Notification of acceptance : June 30, 2019* *· Camera Ready submission : July 31, 2019* *· Conference date : October 24 -26 , 2019* Complete details are available on the conference website : www.ensaf.ac.ma/CMT2019 All accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and indexed by *IEEE Xplore Digital Library and Scopus. * Looking forward to your contributions. Best Regards,

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[CFP] 15th ACM* Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless Mobile Networks(ACM Q2SWinet 2019)
by Fulvio Frati 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

** ACM Q2SWinet 2019 ** [aplogies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS The 15th ACM* Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless Mobile Networks (ACM Q2SWinet 2019) Nov. 25th-29th, 2019 in Miami Beach, USA http://q2swinet.com/2019/ *Pending Upon Approval ************************************************************** SCOPE AND OVERVIEW ------------------ In recent years, wireless and mobile communication systems have become increasingly popular as an inexpensive and promising means for ubiquitous communications. In this scenario, the QoS provisioning and the management of network security have become crucial tasks to determine the success of future generation wireless mobile networks. This symposium calls for cutting-edge research achievements on the provisioning of QoS and Security in wireless and mobile networks. It also aims at increasing the synergy between academic and industry professionals working in this area. Authors are encouraged to submit complete papers presenting new research related to theory or practice of all aspects of Quality of Service and Security issues in mobile and wireless systems. Topics of interest for ACM Q2SWinet 2018 include, but are not limited to: - QoS for wireless networks, - Intrusion detection in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks - Privacy and authentication - QoS for wireless multimedia systems, VoIP QoS - Quality of control of wireless networks - Power and energy management - Wireless video surveillance networks - QoS in the Wireless Internet - QoS and Routing - QoS Metrics - QoS of Wireless Network Services - Wireless Network Survivability - QoS and Reliability - Image Quality in Wireless Video-Surveillance Networks - QoS provisioning in wireless multmedia systems. - Wireless and mobile systems and applications - Performance Modeling and Simulation Techniques PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor being currently under review by another conference or journal. The maximum page limit for regular papers is 10 pages, double column, and must strictly adhere to the ACM template format: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template Guidelines on paper submission and formatting are available at: http://q2swinet.com/2018/call-for-papers.html Submission is managed electronically through EDAS: http://edas.info/N25799 (please select Regular papers) At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered for the symposium in order for that paper to appear in the ACM proceedings and to be scheduled for presentation. Furthermore, authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the Symposium. SPECIAL ISSUE --------------- Best accepted papers will be selected for submission to a special issue of Springer Computing journal (https://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607) IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper submission: June 15th, 2019 Acceptance Notification: July 30th, 2019 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- General Chair - Geyong Min, University of Exeter, UK Technical Program Committee Chair - Ahmed Mostefaoui, University of Burgundy-Franche-Comte, France Program commitee - Rasool Asal, Chief Researcher at British Telecommunications Research and Innovation, UK - Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy - Anthony Busson, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France - Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece - Richard Chbeir, LIUPPA, University of Pau et Pays de l'Adour, France - Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy - Samir Chouali, University of Burgundy-Franche-Comte, France - Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal - Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy - Claudio Farias, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy - Rosario Garroppo, University of Pisa, Italy - Gabriele Giannini, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Peter Pocta, University of Zilina, Slovakia - Stefano Secci, CNAM, France - Paul Yoo, CEWIC, Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, UK

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---The 14th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRiSIS)
by SAOUSSEN CHEIKHROUHOU 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Call for papers The 14th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (CRiSIS) 29-31 October 2019, Hammamet, Tunisia http://crisis2019.redcad.org The International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems 2019 will be the 14th in a series dedicated to security issues in Internet-related applications, networks and systems. Internet has become essential for the exchange of information between user groups and organizations from different backgrounds and with different needs and objectives. These users are exposed to increasing risks regarding security and privacy, due to the development of more and more sophisticated online attacks, the growth of Cyber Crime, etc. Attackers nowadays do not lack motivation and they are more and more experienced. To make matters worse, for performing attacks have become easily accessible. Moreover, the increasing complexity as well as the immaturity of new technologies such as pervasive, mobile and wireless devices and networks, raise new security challenges. In this context, new security mechanisms and techniques should be deployed to achieve an assurance level acceptable for critical domains such as energy, transportation, health, defence, banking, critical infrastructures, embedded systems and networks, avionics systems, etc. The CRiSIS conference offers a remarkable forum for computer and network security actors from industry, academia and government to meet, exchange ideas and present recent advances on Internet-related security threats and vulnerabilities, and on the solutions that are needed to counter them. === TOPICS === The topics addressed by CRiSIS range from the analysis of risks, attacks to networks and system survivability, to security models, security mechanisms and privacy enhancing technologies. The authors are invited to submit research results as well as practical experiment or deployment reports. Industrial papers about applications or case studies are also welcomed in different domains (e.g., telemedicine, banking, e-government, e-learning, e-commerce, critical infrastructures, mobile networks, embedded applications, etc.). The list of topics includes but is not limited to: - Analysis and management of risk - Attacks and defenses - Attack data acquisition and network monitoring - Cryptography, biometrics, watermarking - Dependability and fault tolerance of Internet applications - Distributed systems security and safety - Embedded system security and safety - Empirical methods for security and risk evaluation - Hardware-based security and physical security - Intrusion detection and prevention systems - Organizational, ethical and legal issues - Privacy protection and anonymization - Risk-aware access and usage control - Security and risk assessment - Security and risks metrics - Security and dependability of operating systems - Security and safety of critical infrastructures - Security and privacy of peer-to-peer system - Security and privacy of wireless networks - Security models and security policies - Security of new generation networks, security of VoIP and multimedia - Security of e-commerce, electronic voting and database systems - Security of social networks - Security of industrial control systems - Smartphone security and privacy - Traceability, metrology and forensics - Trust management - Use of smart cards and personal devices for Internet applications - Web and cloud security === PAPER SUBMISSION === Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be written in English and must be submitted electronically in PDF format. The papers that will be selected for presentation at the conference will be included in post-proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (prior to publication the papers should be revised according to the review comments). Pre-proceedings will appear at the time of the conference. Maximum paper length will be 16 printed pages for full papers or 6 pages for short papers, in LNCS style ( http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference. All paper submissions will be handled through the Easy Chair conference management system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=crisis2019 === IMPORTANT DATES === - Submission deadline: June 09, 2019 - Notification to authors: July 20, 2019 - Camera-ready versions: September 22, 2019 - Conference dates: October 29-31, 2019 === GENERAL CHAIRS === Nora Cuppens, IMT Atlantique, France Ahmed Hadj Kacem, University of Sfax, Tunisia === PC CHAIRS === Frédéric Cuppens, IMT Atlantique, France Slim Kallel, University of Sfax, Tunisia === PUBLICATION CHAIRS === Nora Cuppens, IMT Atlantique, France Mohamed Mosbah, Bordeaux INP, France === PUBLICITY CHAIRS === Saoussen Cheikhrouhou, University of Sfax, Tunisia Reda Yaich, IRT SystemX, France === LOCAL ORGANISATION COMMITTEE=== Nesrine Khabou, University of Sfax, Tunisia Fairouz Fakhfekh, University of Sfax, Tunisia Riadh Ben Halima, University of Sfax, Tunisia Ismail Bouassida, University of Sfax, Tunisia Hatem Hadj Kacem, University of Sfax, Tunisia === PROGRAM COMMITTEE(to be completed) === Takoua Abdellatif, University of Carthage, Tunisia Esma Aimeur, University of Montreal, Canada Abderrahim Ait Wakrime, IRT Railenium, France Jocelyn Aubert, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Anis Bkakria, University of Bretagne Loire, France Nora Cuppens-Boulahia, University of Bretagne Loire, France Frédéric Cuppens, University of Bretagne Loire, France Bogdan Groza, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Wided Guedria, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Christos Kalloniatis, University of the Aegean, Greece Sokratis Katsikas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Igor Kotenko, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, Russia Marc Lacoste, Orange labs, France Jean-Louis Lanet, LHS Rennes, France Mohamed Mosbah, University of Bordeaux, France Raja Natarajan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Roberto Di Pietro, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Kai Rannenberg, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Michael Rusinowitch, Lorraine University, France Ketil Stoelen, University of Oslo, Norway Akka Zemmari, Université of Bordeaux, France Lingyu Wang, Concordia University, Canada

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[CFP] 1st Model-driven Simulation and Training Environments for Cybersecurity Workshop (MTSEC)
by Fulvio Frati 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

** 1st Model-driven Simulation and Training Environments for Cybersecurity Workshop ** **************************************************************************** ************ 1st Model-driven Simulation and Training Environments for Cybersecurity Workshop (MSTEC) within The European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2019) Luxembourg - September 27, 2019 https://www.threat-arrest.eu/html/mstec/ **************************************************************************** ************ **** Abstract **** The 1st Model-driven Simulation and Training Environments for Cybersecurity (MSTEC) addresses recent advances in the field of cyber modeling and simulation. It is aimed at providing a forum of practitioners and researchers to discuss cyber modeling and simulation (M&S) as well as its application to the development of cyber-security training scenarios and courses of action (COAs). Specifically, it will focus on the verification and validation (V&V) process, which provides the operational community with confidence in knowing that cyber models represent the real world, and will discuss how defense training may benefit from cyber models. It will also investigate advances in emulators, simulators and their potential combination. The workshop papers are expected to take a holistic approach to the overall system assurance process, presenting advances in the simulation of people, policies, processes, and technologies currently available in the field. The workshop aims to connect the multiple threads that currently compose cyber modelling and simulation into a coherent view of what is usable in order to train experts and non-computer-savvy users toward and assured operation of critical systems. The workshop will precede the ESORICS 2019 conference. MSTEC encourages systems security researchers to share early iterations of bleeding-edge ideas with the community, before they are further developed into full papers. Reciprocally, authors receive feedback to help steer and improve their research to its full potential. **** Topics of Interest **** We invite submissions of full research and survey papers as well as posters on related topics to cybersecurity, including but not limited to: - Cyber threat and training preparation models - Cyber models and training design - Cyber ranges for cybersecurity training and training facility - Training platforms and evaluation scenarios - On-line training procedures and courses of action (COAs) - Training adaptation and training for non-cybersecurity experts - Gamification and serious games - Modeling and simulation for cyber training (M&S) - Simulation and emulation of information systems, networks, and cyber attacks - Real-time monitoring and visualization - System assurance verification and validation (V&V) In accordance with the spirit of MSTEC, we also seek: - Quantified or insightful experience with existing systems - Reproduction or refutation of previous results - Negative results and early ideas **** Important dates **** Paper submission deadline: May 31, 2019 (AoE, UTC-12) Acceptance notification: June 30, 2019 Final paper due: July 31, 2019 **** Paper submissions **** Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference/workshop with proceedings. The symposium proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS). All submissions should follow the LNCS template (available from http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) from the time they are submitted. Submitted papers should be at most 16 pages (using 10-point font), excluding the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and at most 20 pages total. Committee members are not required to read the appendices, so the paper should be intelligible without them. All submissions must be written in English. Submissions are to be made to the submission web site. Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions are not anonymous. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Authors of accepted papers must agree with Springer LNCS copyright and guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference. Submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esorics19 **** Committee **** Program Chair - Sotiris Ioannidis, FORTH, Greece General Chairs - Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy - Vassilis Prevelakis, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany - George Spanoudakis, Sphynx Technology Solutions AG, Switzerland - Michael Vinov, IBM Israel, Israel Web Chairs - Othonas Soultatos, FORTH, Greece

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MobiSPC 2019 CfPs: The 16th Intl. Conf. on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing: FINAL Extension (April 30, 2019)
by Davidekova Monika 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

CallforPapers The 16th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing, (MobiSPC'19) August 19-21, 2019, Halifax, Canada http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-19/ IMPORTANT DATES - Paper Submission Due: April 30, 2019 (FIRM) - Acceptance Notification: May 25, 2019 - Final Manuscript Due: June 25, 2019 About Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC) have evolved into an active area of research and development. This is due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics, including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. MobiSPC-2019 solicits papers that focus on the theory, systems, practices and challenges of providing users with a successful mobile or wireless experience. This includes how mobile computing changes how people pervasively use their computers, computing resources and applications, as well the systems, services and technologies enabling those applications. MobiSPC-2019 will provide a leading edge, scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and mobile systems. Publication All MobiSPC 2019 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com<http://www.elsevier.com/> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com<http://www.sciencedirect.com/>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com<http://www.scopus.com/>) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/) All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com<http://www.scopus.com/>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com<http://www.engineeringvillage.com/>). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex<http://www.ei.org/compendex>). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/) The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the following special issues: - International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 1.588), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652) - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.504) (http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index) - IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine (IF: 3.654), by IEEE (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5117645) MobiSPC 2019 will be held in conjunction with The 14th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC'19). http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-19/ Venue MobiSPC 2019 is co-organized & co-hosted by Acadia and Dalhousie Universities. MobiSPC 2019 will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Halifax is located on the east coast of Canada and is approximately 6-hour flight from London, UK and a 2-hour flight from Toronto, Ontario. Halifax is a vibrant and modern city which is home to multiple academic institutions and where visitors can enjoy a variety of activities and entertainment from whale watching to Jazz festivals to world-class cuisine. Halifax is also home to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which contains the world largest collection of Titanic artifacts. Nova Scotia is a picturesque province with many National and Provincial parks, and as stated in the Guinness Book of World Records, has the highest tides in the world. Conference Tracks Component-based IoT Enabling Technologies and Emerging Topics Internet of Things (IoT) Mobile Cloud Computing Mobile Data Management Mobile Social Networking Pervasive Computing Smart Cities and Ubiquitous Climate Change Management Smart Communities and Ubiquitous Systems Mobile Systems and Applications Committees General Chair Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada Program Chair Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada Workshops Chair Stéphane Galland, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France Local Chair Abdelouahed Gherbi, Quebec University, Canada Ahsan Habib, Dalhousie University, Canada Israat Haque, Dalhousie University, Canada Tracks Chairs Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium Longbiao Chen, Xiamen University, China Carmela Comito, National Research Council of Italy, Italy Danny Hughes, K. U. Leuven, Belgium Camille Kamga, The City College of New York, USA Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey, UK Hamid Mcheick, UQAC, Canada Yongrui (Louie) Qin, University of Huddersfield, UK Rahim Rahmani, Stockholm University, Sweden Michael Sheng, Macquarie University, Australia Qussai Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan International Journals Chair Atta Badii, Reading University, UK Publicity Chairs Monika Davidekova, Comenius University, Slovak Republic B. B. Gupta, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India Advisory Committee Abdelfettah Belghith, University of Manouba, Tunisia Flavien Balbo, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy Javier Sanchez Medina, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Technical Program Committee http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-19/#programCommittees

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—Call for papers: 16th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing (ICTAC 2019)
by SAOUSSEN CHEIKHROUHOU 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

—Call for papers: 16th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing (ICTAC 2019). http://ictac2019.redcad.org (Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this call for papers) We are pleased to invite you to submit papers for the 16th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing (ICTAC 2019), which will be held from 30th October to 4th November 2019, in Hammamet, Tunisia. The aim of the colloquium is to bring together practitioners and researchers from academia, industry and government to present research results, and exchange experience, ideas, and solutions for their problems in theoretical aspects of computing. ICTAC also aims to promote research cooperation between developing and industrial countries. The important dates are: Abstracts 5 May 2019 Papers 12 May 2019 Notification 21 July 2019 Final version 11 August 2019 Conference 30 October to 4 November 2019 Proceedings: The proceedings will be published as a volume of Springer's LNCS series. Special issue: Authors of the best contributions will be invited to submit a revised and extended version to a special issue, to be published in Elsevier's Theoretical Computer Science. Invited Speakers: Thomas A. Henzinger, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria Patrick Cousot, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA Dominique MÈry, University of Lorraine, France Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Languages and automata Semantics of programming languages Logic in computer science Lambda calculus, type theory and category theory Domain-specific languages Theories of concurrency and mobility Theories of distributed, grid and cloud computing Models of objects and components Coordination models Models of software architectures Autonomous systems Timed, hybrid, embedded and cyber-physical systems Static analysis Software verification Software testing Program generation and transformation Model checking and automated theorem proving Interactive theorem proving Verified software, formalized programming theory We solicit the following types of papers: - Regular papers, with original research contributions; - Short papers, with original work in progress or with proposals of new ideas and emerging challenges; - Tool papers, on tools that support formal techniques for software modeling, system design, and verification. Submissions must adhere to the LNCS format. Regular papers should not exceed 18 pages (excluding bibliography of maximum 2 pages). Short and tool papers should not exceed 10 pages. Submissions must not have been published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. Each paper submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the Programme Committee. All contributions to ICTAC 2019 have to be submitted electronically in PDF format via Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ictac2019)and have to follow the Springer LNCS paper format. One author of each accepted paper must attend the conference to present it, having paid the regular registration fee. The ICTAC committee will evaluate and select the best paper award winner. The winner will receive an award. Steering Committee: Ana Cavalcanti (University of York, UK) (chair) Martin Leucker (Universit‰t zu L¸beck, DE) Zhiming Liu (Southwest University, CN) Tobias Nipkow (Technische Universit‰t M¸nchen, DE) Augusto Sampaio (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BR) Natarajan Shankar (SRI International, US) General chairs: Mohamed Jmaiel, University of Sfax, Tunisia Walid Gaaloul, Paris-Saclay University, France Programme chairs: Robert M. Hierons, University of Sheffield, UK Mohamed Mosbah, LaBRI, Bordeaux INP, FR Programme Committee (provisional/draft) Eric Badouel (IRISA, FR) Kamel Barkaoui (CEDRIC - CNAM, FR) FrÈdÈric Blanqui (INRIA, FR) Eduardo Bonelli (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, AR) Ana Cavalcanti (University of York, UK) Uli Fahrenberg (LIX, FR) Adrian Francalanza (University of Malta, MT) Ahmed Hadj Kacem (University of Sfax, TN) Edward Hermann Haeusler (PontifÌcia Universidade CatÛlica do Rio de Janeiro, BR) Ross Horne (Nanyang Technological University, SG) David Janin (University of Bordeaux, FR) Jan Kretinsky (Technische Universit‰t M¸nchen, DE) Martin Leucker (Universit‰t zu L¸beck, DE) Radu Mardare (Aalborg Universitet, DK) Dominique MÈry (LORIA, FR) Mohammadreza Mousavi (University of Leicester, UK) Tobias Nipkow (Technische Universit‰t M¸nchen, DE) Maciej PirÛg (Wroclaw University, PL) Sanjiva Prasad (IIT Delhi, IN) Riadh Robbana (University of Carthage, TN) Augusto Sampaio (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BR) Georg Struth (University of Sheffield, UK) Cong Tian (Xidian University, CN) Tarmo Uustalu (Reykjavik University, IS / Tallinn University of Technology, EE)

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CIBB 2019 - Call For Papers (Submission deadline extended)
by Cibb2019 Cibb2019 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEADLINE EXTENDED: 15 MAY 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIBB 2019 - 16th International Conference on Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Bergamo, Italy, 4-6 September 2019 www.cibb2019.it The main goal of the 16th edition of the CIBB international conference is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum open to researchers interested in the application of computational intelligence, in a broad sense, to open problems in bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems biology, synthetic biology, and medical informatics. Cutting edge methodologies capable of accelerating life science discoveries will be discussed. Following its tradition and roots, this year's meeting will bring together researchers from the international scientific community interested in advancements and future perspectives in bioinformatics and biostatistics. In addition, looking at current trends and future opportunities at the edge of computer and life sciences, the application of computational intelligence to systems and synthetic biology, and the consequent impact on innovative medicine, will be of great interest for the conference. Theoretical and experimental biologists are also invited to participate and present novel challenges to foster multidisciplinary collaborations. The scientific program of CIBB 2019 will include Keynote Speakers, tutorials and special sessions. Contributed papers will be presented in plenary oral sessions, special sessions, or poster sessions. TOPICS ----------------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: - Next generation sequencing algorithms - Multi-omics data analysis - High dimensional statistical analysis of omics data - Algorithms for alternative splicing analysis - Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis - Methods for the visualization of high dimensional complex omic data - Software tools for bioinformatics - Methods for comparative genomics - Methods for functional classification of genes - Methods for unsupervised analysis, validation and visualization of structures discovered in bio-molecular data - Health-informatics and medical informatics - Methods for the integration of clinical and genetic data - Heterogeneous data integration and data fusion for diagnostics - Algorithms for pharmacogenomics - Biomedical text mining and imaging - Methods for diagnosis and prognosis within personalized medicine - Statistical methods for the analysis of clinical data - Prediction of secondary and tertiary protein structures - Mass spectrometry data analysis in proteomics - Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis - Bio-molecular databases and data mining - Mathematical modeling and automated reasoning on biological and synthetic systems - Computational simulation of biological systems - Methods and advances in systems biology - Spatio-temporal analysis of synthetic and biological systems - Network systems biology - Models for cell populations and tissues - Methods for the engineering of synthetic components - Modeling and engineering of interacting synthetic and biological systems - Software tools for bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology SPECIAL SESSIONS ----------------------------- We are pleased to announce that seven special sessions will take place at CIBB 2019. Additional information can be found on the website <http://dinamico2.unibg.it/cazzaniga/cibb2019/specialsessions.html>. - Modeling and Simulation Methods for Computational Biology and Systems Medicine - Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence in Multi-omics and Medical Image Analysis - Machine Learning in Healthcare Informatics and Medical Biology - Algebraic and Computational Methods for the Study of RNA Behaviour - Engineering Bio-interfaces and Rudimentary Cells as a Way to Develop Synthetic Biology - Intelligence Methods for Molecular Characterization and Dynamics in Translational Medicine - Soft Computing Methods for Characterizing Diseases from Omics Data KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ----------------------------- Prof. M. Luz Calle, Biosciences Department, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, Spain Dr. Ana Cvejic, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK Prof. Uzay Kaymak, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Title and abstract of the talks can be found on the website <http://dinamico2.unibg.it/cazzaniga/cibb2019/invited.html> GENERAL CHAIRS ----------------------------- Paolo Cazzaniga, Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Italy Ivan Merelli, Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Italy Daniela Besozzi, Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy TECHNICAL CHAIR ----------------------------- Angela Serra, University of Tampere, Finland LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ----------------------------- Riccardo Dondi, Department of Letters, Philosophy, Communication, University of Bergamo, IT Stefano Beretta, Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT Marco S. Nobile, Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT Dario Pescini, Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT Simone Spolaor, Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------------- Paper submission deadline: 1 May 2019, 15 May 2019 Acceptance notification: 1 June 2019 Camera ready due: 1 July 2019 Author registration due: 31 July 2019 Conference: 4-6 September 2019 SUBMISSION OF PAPERS ----------------------------- Prospective authors should submit papers prepared according to the following instructions: - Papers should be submitted in PDF format (this is the only accepted format) - Papers length should be at least 4 pages and should not exceed 6 pages - We warmly recommend the use of the provided latex template and instructions <http://dinamico2.unibg.it/cazzaniga/cibb2019/cibb2019-sample.zip>. Should this not be possible, authors should reproduce the format and style of the sample paper available in the latex template folder. - Papers should adhere, as much as appropriate, to the following structure and sections: 1. Scientific background 2. Materials and methods 3. Results 4. Conclusions 5. References The submission website is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cibb2019 PUBLICATION ----------------------------- PDF versions of accepted papers will be distributed at the conference. At least one author of an accepted paper is required to register and present the paper at the conference. IMPORTANT: An accepted paper will be published in the proceedings only if the final camera-ready version is accompanied by the payment of at least one full registration for one of the authors. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a post-conference monograph. We plan to invite all papers for a volume in the Springer series of Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI). Continuing the tradition of CIBB, we also plan to invite the best papers, as an alternative to the publication on LNBI, to a special issue of an international scientific journal (such as BMC Bioinformatics, as in the latest editions).

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ACM-BCB Workshop on Parallel and Cloud-based Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (ParBio)
by Mario Cannataro 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

I apologize for any cross-posting of this announcement ======================================================================================== 8th International Workshop on Parallel and Cloud-based Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (ParBio) http://staff.icar.cnr.it/cannataro/parbio2019/ held in conjunction with ACM BCB 2019 The 10th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics Niagara Falls, NY Sept 7-10, 2019 http://acm-bcb.org/ ======================================================================================== * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * ======================================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES Paper submissions due: June 15, 2019 Notifications sent to authors: July 1, 2019 Camera-ready papers due: July 8, 2019 Workshop date: TBD ======================================================================================== Due to the availability of high-throughput platforms (e.g. next generation sequencing, microarray and mass spectrometry) and clinical diagnostic tools (e.g. medical imaging), a recent trend in Bioinformatics and Biomedicine is the ever-increasing production of experimental and clinical data. Considering the complex analysis pipelines often used in biomedical research, there is a main bottleneck that involves the storage, integration, and analysis of experimental data, as well as their correlation and integration with publicly available data banks. While parallel computing and Grid computing may offer the computational power and the storage to face this overwhelming availability of data, Cloud Computing is a key technology to hide the complexity of computing infrastructures, to reduce the cost of the data analysis task, and especially to change the overall model of biomedical research and health provision. High-performance infrastructures may offer the huge data storage needed to store experimental and biomedical data, while parallel computing can be used for basic pre-processing (e.g. parallel BLAST, mpiBLAST) and for more advanced analysis (e.g. parallel data mining). In such a scenario, novel parallel architectures (e.g. CELL processors, GPUs, FPGA, hybrid CPU/FPGA) coupled with emerging programming models may overcome the limits posed by conventional computers to the mining and exploration of large amounts of data. On the other hand, these technologies yet require great investments by biomedical and clinical institutions and are based on a traditional model where users often need to be aware and face different management problems, such as hardware and software management, data storage, software ownership, and prohibitive costs (different professional-level applications in the biomedical domain have an high starting cost that prevent many small laboratories to use them). The Cloud Computing technology, that is able to offer scalable costs and increased reachability, availability and easiness of application use, and possibility to enforce collaboration among scientists, is already changing the business model in different sectors and now it has begun to be adopted in the bioinformatics and biomedical domains. However, many problems remain to be solved, such as availability and safety of the data, privacy-related issues, availability of software platforms for rapid deployment, and the execution and billing of biomedical applications. The goal of ParBio 2019 is to bring together scientists in the fields of high performance and cloud computing, computational biology and medicine to discuss, among the others, the parallel implementation of bioinformatics and biomedical applications and problems and opportunities of moving biomedical and health applications on the cloud. Moreover, big data analytics issues in healthcare and bioinformatics will be addressed. The workshop will focus on research issues, problems and opportunities of moving biomedical and health applications on the cloud, as well as on the opportunity to define guidelines and minimum requirements for a Biomedical Cloud. Moreover, the workshop will discuss about parallel and distributed management and analysis of molecular and clinical data that more and more need to be integrated and analyzed in a joint way. TOPICS OF INTEREST The main themes and research topics will regard the applications of parallel and high performance computing to biology and medicine, as well as Cloud Computing opportunities and problems for bioinformatics and biomedical applications - Data Science in Bioinformatics and Health Informatics - Big data analytics in healthcare and bioinformatics - Data Mining in Bioinformatics and Health Informatics - Deep Learning in Bioinformatics and Health Informatics - Sentiment Analysis in bioinformatics and healthcare - Affective Computing in bioinformatics and healthcare - Text mining of biomedical literature and clinical notes - Healthcare data quality, privacy, and security - High performance computing for computational biology - Data integration and ontologies in biology and medicine - Large scale biological and biomedical databases - Parallel bioinformatics algorithms - Parallel visualization and exploration of omics and clinical data - Parallel visualization and analysis of biomedical images - Computing environments for large scale collaboration - Scientific workflows in bioinformatics and biomedicine - Emerging architectures and programming models for bioinformatics and biomedicine - Parallel processing of bio-signals - Modeling and simulation in healthcare and medicine - Cloud Computing for bioinformatics and biomedicine - Cloud Computing for health systems - Services for bioinformatics and biomedicine - Internet of Things in bioinformatics and healthcare - Peer-To-Peer Computing for bioinformatics and biomedicine PROGRAM The workshop will take place on (TBD) It is scheduled as half-day The program is not available yet. PAPER SUBMISSION, REGISTRATION AND PUBLICATION ParBio 2019 welcomes original submissions that have not been published and that are not under review by another conference or journal. Papers should not exceed 10 pages in ACM template on 8.5 x 11 inch paper (see ACM templates - http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) All submissions will be evaluated on their originality, technical soundness, significance, presentation, and interest to the conference attendees. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the work associated with the paper submitted. ParBio’s technical program committee will review all submitted papers. All accepted papers of registered authors will be included in the workshop proceedings published by ACM digital libraries. Authors of selected papers may be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in several journals. Authors of accepted papers will be required to submit an online ACM Copyright Form. Authors will be contacted by ACM requesting this information. (Note that ACM copyright permissions are directly compatible with NIH and similar open access policies, see http://authors.acm.org/main.html for more information.). Authors should submit papers using the ParBio2019 EasyChair Installation ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=parbio2019) IMPORTANT DATES Paper submissions due: June 15, 2019 Notifications sent to authors: July 1, 2019 Camera-ready papers due: July 8, 2019 Workshop date: TBD WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Prof. Mario Cannataro Dep. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro ITALY Prof. Wes J. Lloyd School of Engineering and Technology, University of Washington, Tacoma USA Dr. Giuseppe Agapito Dep. of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro ITALY PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Pratul K. Agarwal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Marian Bubak, AGH Krakow, PL, and University of Amsterdam, NL, - Barbara Calabrese, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy - Umit Catalyurek, The Ohio State University, USA - Jake Y. Chen, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA - Tim Clark, Harvard Medical School, USA - Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK - Werner Dubitzky, University of Ulster, UK - Ling Hong Hung, University of Washington – Tacoma, USA - Ananth Y. Grama, Purdue University, USA - Concettina Guerra, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA - Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy - Kamer Kaya, The Ohio State University, USA - Marianna Milano, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy - Salvatore Orlando, University of Venezia, Italy - Maria S. Perez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Shruti Ramesh, Micrsosoft, Redmond, WA USA - Richard Sinnott, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia - Roberto Tagliaferri, University of Salerno, Italy - Giuseppe Tradigo, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy - Paolo Trunfio, University of Calabria, Italy - Pierangelo Veltri, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy - Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia - Chiara Zucco, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy **************************************** Prof. Mario Cannataro, Full Professor of Computer Engineering and Bioinformatics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Viale Europa (Località Germaneto), 88100 CATANZARO, ITALY, ****************************************

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Re: [computational.science] [CPF] [IEEE PACRIM 2019] 2019 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PACRIM)
by aiisreal＠post.tau.ac.il 23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19

Dear Professor Jimmy Yiming, VISUALIZATION is very important for your endeavors. Would you be interested in my giving a keynote talk or tutorial on "Visual Analytics for High Dimensional Data"? The visual exploration and analysis of data together with the applications to multivariate problems are very relevant and important to this conference. For further information please see (visuals attached) http://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Coordinates-Multidimensional-Geometry-Applic… Among others this book was praised by Stephen Hawking who attended my lectures at Cambridge. The multidimensional visualization methodology described has been widely applied to the exploration and classification of real multivariate(some with hundreds of variables) datasets with stunning results (Ch. 10). There are other applications to Automatic Collision Avoidance for Air Traffic, Decision Support for Complex Systems, Multiobjective Optimization, Network Topology Visualization and Analysis, Intelligent Process Control. The patterns representing multivariate/multidimensional RELATIONS are compact and unambiguous providing a Topology for Proximity leading towards the visualization of BIG DATA. With best regards Alfred Alfred Inselberg, Professor School of Mathematical Sciences Tel Aviv University www.cs.tau.ac.il/~aiisreal Senior Fellow in Visualization at the San Diego Supercomputing Center Would you be interested in my giving a keynote talk or tutorial on "Visual Analytics for High Dimensional Data"? The visual exploration and analysis of data together with the applications to multivariate problems are very relevant and important to this conference. For further information please see (visuals attached) http://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Coordinates-Multidimensional-Geometry-Applic… Among others this book was praised by Stephen Hawking who attended my lectures at Cambridge. The multidimensional visualization methodology described has been widely applied to the exploration and classification of real multivariate(some with hundreds of variables) datasets with stunning results (Ch. 10). There are other applications to Automatic Collision Avoidance for Air Traffic, Decision Support for Complex Systems, Multiobjective Optimization, Network Topology Visualization and Analysis, Intelligent Process Control. The patterns representing multivariate/multidimensional RELATIONS are compact and unambiguous providing a Topology for Proximity leading towards the visualization of BIG DATA. With best regards Alfred Alfred Inselberg, Professor School of Mathematical Sciences Tel Aviv University www.cs.tau.ac.il/~aiisreal Senior Fellow in Visualization at the San Diego Supercomputing Center Quoting Jimmy Yiming HUO <ymhuo(a)uvic.ca>: > [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers, and Signal > Processing > Victoria, BC, Canada, August 21-23, 2019 > > Established in 1987, Pacific Rim Conference is the premier IEEE > biennial event in the Pacific Northwest. It is our pleasure to > invite you to participate in this event, which serves as an > international forum for experts, researchers, and practitioners from > academia, industry, and government to exchange ideas and new results > in the broad areas of communications, computers, and signal > processing. All accepted papers will appear in IEEE Xplore. > > The scope of PACRIM’19 encompasses but is not limited to: > > Communications > • Communication Theory > • Wireless Communications & Networking > • OFDM, Multicarrier & MIMO Systems > • Millimeter Wave Communications > • Cooperative & Collaborative Systems > • Channel Measurement & Modeling > • Cognitive Radio and Networks > • Resource & Mobility Management > • Network Architecture & Protocols > • Communication & Networking Testbeds > • Cross-layer Design > • Green Communications > • Optical Communications > • Satellite and Space Communications > • Smart Grid Communications > • Internet of Things > • Machine Learning for Communications > • Security and Cryptography > > Computers > • Computer Architecture > • Parallel and Distributed Computing > • Grid and Cloud Computing > • Web Applications and Mining > • Multimedia and Network Processors > • Data Mining and Knowledge Based Systems > • Embedded, Reconfigurable, and Power-Aware Systems > • Virtualization > • Cyber Security and Privacy > • Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms > • Application Specific Hardware Acceleration > • Multi-core Processors and Applications > > Signal Processing > • Signal Processing Theory and Methods > • Signal Processing for Medical and Biological Applications > • Signal Processing for Communications > • Machine Learning for Signal Processing > • Signal Processing for UAV Systems and IoT > • Graph Signal Processing and Applications > • Tensor Methods and Applications > • Video and Image Processing > • Speech and Audio Processing > • Multimedia Signal Processing > • Underwater Platforms and Sensors > • Array Signal Processing > • Sparse Signal Processing > • Information Forensics > • Computer Vision > > SUBMISSION GUIDELINES > Please check IEEE PacRim'19 website > (https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~pacrim/pacrim19 > <https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~pacrim/pacrim19>) for instructions on > manuscript format and submission. All papers should be submitted via > EDAS through the following link: https://edas.info/N26171 > <https://edas.info/N26171> > > Important Deadlines > Submission Due: May 20, 2019 > Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2019 > Camera Ready Version: July 15, 2019 > Registration by: July 21, 2019 > > Keynote Speaker: Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi, an IEEE Life Fellow and an > IEICE Fellow. He was a recipient of the IEEE Vehicular Technology > Society Avant Garde Award 2000, IEICE Achievement Award 2002, > Thomson Scientific Research Front Award 2004, Ericsson > Telecommunications Award 2008, Prime Minister Invention Award 2010, > KDDI Foundation Excellent Research Award 2012, C&C Prize 2014, IEEE > VTS Stuart Meyer Memorial Award 2017, and IEEE ComSoc RCC Technical > Recognition Award 2017. > > _______________________________________________ > computational.science mailing list > computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org > https://lists.iccsa.org/mailman/listinfo/computational.science > > Hosted by Sardina Systems: FishOS: AI-powered OpenStack > www.sardinasystems.com

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[CPF] [IEEE PACRIM 2019] 2019 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PACRIM)
by Jimmy Yiming HUO 20 Apr '19

20 Apr '19

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing Victoria, BC, Canada, August 21-23, 2019 Established in 1987, Pacific Rim Conference is the premier IEEE biennial event in the Pacific Northwest. It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in this event, which serves as an international forum for experts, researchers, and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to exchange ideas and new results in the broad areas of communications, computers, and signal processing. All accepted papers will appear in IEEE Xplore. The scope of PACRIM’19 encompasses but is not limited to: Communications • Communication Theory • Wireless Communications & Networking • OFDM, Multicarrier & MIMO Systems • Millimeter Wave Communications • Cooperative & Collaborative Systems • Channel Measurement & Modeling • Cognitive Radio and Networks • Resource & Mobility Management • Network Architecture & Protocols • Communication & Networking Testbeds • Cross-layer Design • Green Communications • Optical Communications • Satellite and Space Communications • Smart Grid Communications • Internet of Things • Machine Learning for Communications • Security and Cryptography Computers • Computer Architecture • Parallel and Distributed Computing • Grid and Cloud Computing • Web Applications and Mining • Multimedia and Network Processors • Data Mining and Knowledge Based Systems • Embedded, Reconfigurable, and Power-Aware Systems • Virtualization • Cyber Security and Privacy • Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms • Application Specific Hardware Acceleration • Multi-core Processors and Applications Signal Processing • Signal Processing Theory and Methods • Signal Processing for Medical and Biological Applications • Signal Processing for Communications • Machine Learning for Signal Processing • Signal Processing for UAV Systems and IoT • Graph Signal Processing and Applications • Tensor Methods and Applications • Video and Image Processing • Speech and Audio Processing • Multimedia Signal Processing • Underwater Platforms and Sensors • Array Signal Processing • Sparse Signal Processing • Information Forensics • Computer Vision SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please check IEEE PacRim'19 website (https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~pacrim/pacrim19 <https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~pacrim/pacrim19>) for instructions on manuscript format and submission. All papers should be submitted via EDAS through the following link: https://edas.info/N26171 <https://edas.info/N26171> Important Deadlines Submission Due: May 20, 2019 Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2019 Camera Ready Version: July 15, 2019 Registration by: July 21, 2019 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi, an IEEE Life Fellow and an IEICE Fellow. He was a recipient of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Avant Garde Award 2000, IEICE Achievement Award 2002, Thomson Scientific Research Front Award 2004, Ericsson Telecommunications Award 2008, Prime Minister Invention Award 2010, KDDI Foundation Excellent Research Award 2012, C&C Prize 2014, IEEE VTS Stuart Meyer Memorial Award 2017, and IEEE ComSoc RCC Technical Recognition Award 2017.

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CFPs: MCWN@HPCS19 - Final Extension April 20, 2019
by Ramona Trestian 19 Apr '19

19 Apr '19

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] Call for Papers --------------- International Symposium on High Performance Mobile Computing & Wireless Networks for HPC (MCWN 2019) As part of The 17th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2019) 15 - 19 July 2019, Dublin, Ireland http://hpcs2019.cisedu.info/2-conference/symposia/symp03-mcwn All accepted and presented papers will be included in the HPCS 2019 conference proceedings. HPCS Proceedings are planned to be published in IEEE XPLORE and indexed by all major indexing services including SCOPUS, EI, SCI, dblp, etc. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper Submission (Firm Deadline): 20 April, 2019 Notification: 30 April, 2019 Camera-Ready: 10 May, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mcwn2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the International Symposium on High Performance Mobile Computing & Wireless Networks for HPC (MCWN 2019) taking place in Dublin, Ireland. As a part of HPCS conference, MCWN 2019 will target original work focusing on modeling, performance analysis, testbeds, and simulation results in the areas of mobile and wireless networks, mobile computing, applications and systems. MCWN 2019 is aiming to attract a large number of high-quality submissions and stimulate cutting-edge research discussions among many academic researchers/scientists and industrial engineers/leaders from all around the world, especially with the intersection of mobility and future integrated HPC systems. Submission Instructions: ------------------------ Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. All papers must be written in English and formatted according to the standard IEEE 2-column format. The IEEE template can be found here: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html The symposium accepts three types of submissions, specifically regular papers (5 to 8 pages), short papers (3 to 4 pages), and poster papers. The Symposium topics include (but are not limited to) the following: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mobility and High Performance Computing Systems Mobile Cloud Computing for High-availability Computing Mobility, Data Centers, and Data Analytics with HPC Environments Internet of Things and High Performance Computing Sensors Networks in High Performance Computing Mobile Message Passing Mobility Models for Opportunistic Networks Machine Learning in mobile and wireless Communication Networks Novel Architectures, Middleware Support, Prototypes and Testbeds Communication Protocols Resilient High Performance Mobile Computing and Wireless Nets Middleware for High-performance Computing in Mobile Systems Real-time Wireless systems' simulation and Performance Analysis Using HPC HPC Based Self-configurable Mobile and Wireless Networks Large Scale Mobile Systems and Schemes for High-performance Computing Reliable Mobile and Wireless Applications and Services and High-performance Computing Mobile Urban Sensing and Crowdsensing Mobile Social Networking and Applications Context-aware Computing for High Performance Computing Systems Content-centric Architectures, Content management and Distribution for Mobile Users Resource Availability and Management for Mobile and Wireless High Performance Computing Modeling and Simulation of Complex Mobile and Wireless Networks System Prototypes, Measurements, Real Deployment, and Experiences Security and Privacy issues for Wireless and Mobile Computing Adaptive and Self-Organizing Networks Energy harvesting and green communication techniques in mobile and wireless networks Optical Networks and Interconnects Network Modeling and Simulation, Design and Evaluation SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS -------------------- Dr. Gabriel-Miro Muntean, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland Dr. Irina Tal, National College of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Dr. Ramona Trestian, Middlesex University, London, U.K. Dr. Ioan-Sorin Comşa, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, U.K. Kind Regards, Ramona Dr. Ramona Trestian Senior Lecturer in Computing and Communications Engineering Design, Engineering and Maths | Faculty of Science and Technology Middlesex University The Burroughs, Hendon London NW4 4BT Room: T115, Town Hall Tel: +44(0)20 8411 2901 Web: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/trestian-ramona Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramona_Trestian

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Call For Papers: The 1st International Workshop on Human-oriented Intelligent Defence Against Malware Threats (HIDAMT) 2019
by Andrii Shalaginov 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

Dear Colleague, (Apologies for multiple postings) You are welcome to submit your contributions to the workshop on Human-oriented Intelligent Defence Against Malware Threats, which will be held as a part of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2019. The conference will take place on the 10-16th of August 2019 in Macao, China. Workshop webpage and detailed information: https://folk.ntnu.no/andriis/hidamt2019/ *** IMPORTANT DATES *** May 2, 2019 (extended from Apr 12): Due date for full workshop paper submissions May 22, 2019 (extended from May 10): Paper acceptance notification June 14, 2019 (extended from Jun 3): Final camera-ready papers submission Aug 10-12, 2019: Workshops and conference *** INTRODUCTION *** Recent cybersecurity incidents involving malware demonstrated how serious the consequences can be for both individual users and large organizations. McAfee report on malware threats shows that over four quarters of 2017 there were identified 690 millions of malware samples, which is an extreme number considering amount of manual work required to process even a tiny fraction of those. Many malware analysis across different security organizations spent hours trying to analyze and understand functionality of malware. At the same time overwhelming amount of malicious threats and malware forms cause considerable delays from the time malware has been discovered to the time a corresponding efficient signature was created. Moreover, the malware infection is no longer limited to personal computers, but now also hits such components as Internet of Things and Industrial Control Systems, which were previously unaffected and the cybersecirty impact was underestimated. From before Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence have demonstrated advantages of application in cybersecurity-related tasks. In particular, many researchers have been employing such techniques to mitigate obfuscation, polymorphous and encryption while building intelligent malware detection mechanisms. Intelligent malware analysis and detection is an emerging topic of cybersecurity that has to go in line with advancement of malware developers and consistent presence of zero-day attacks. Our focus is not only to build and effective Machine Learning-based malware protection, but also comprise models that are to be understood by human experts. Therefore, we believe that Machine Learning-aided human-oriented approaches will ensure timely response to malware threats. Moreover, those can serve as a stepping stone in faster and more efficient analysis of novel malware as well as similarity-based identification of adversarial attacks on Machine Learning. *** PROPOSED TOPICS *** Note that the topics are not limited to this proposed list. 1. Automated pre-processing phase - Efficient features identification and construction - Novel approaches for malware categorization - Human-understandable characterization of malware - Indicators of Compromise as successful identification tool - Information Fusion and Open Threats Intelligence 2. Advanced computational methods - Deep Learning models - Similarity-based analysis to avoid evasion - Big Data-oriented optimization of detection - Hybrid Intelligence and Soft Computing - Secure and robust models to avoid adversarial attacks 3. Combating malware in a wild - End-point implementations - Novel malware collection and sharing platforms - Applications in Decision Support Systems - Human reasoning in Machine Learning-aided malware detection - Real-time defence and online learning - Explainable rules derived from train Machine Learning models *** PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS *** Andrii Shalaginov, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Geir Olav Dyrkolbotn, Center for Cyber and Information Security Sergii Banin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Ali Dehghantanha, University of Guelph Katrin Franke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology *** PROGRAM COMMITTEE *** Olaf M. Maennel (Tallinn University of Technology) Asif Iqbal (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Oleksandr Semeniuta (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Mamoun Alazab (Charles Darwin University) Vasileios Mavroeidis (University of Oslo) Sreyasee Das Bhattacharjee (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Igor Kotsiuba (Pukhov Institute for modeling in Energy Engineering) Mark Scanlon (University College Dublin) Piotr Andrzej Kowalski (AGH University of Science and Technology) Reza Parizi (Kennesaw State University) Mohammad Hamoudeh (Manchester Metropolitan University) Gregory Epiphaniou (University of Wolverhampton) Bojan Kolosnjaji (Technical University of Munich) Shih-Chieh Su (‎Microsoft) -- Best regards / Med vennlig hilsen, ―- Andrii SHALAGINOV, PhD Postoctoral Researcher in Digital Forensics Malware Analyst IEEE Member Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU | http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/andrii.shalaginov

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CFP: Deep-ML 2019 Deadline extended (Firm) 23 April 2019
by Deep ML 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

Apologies for possible cross posting ---------------------- Call for Papers - Deadline Extended (Firm) 23 April 2019 ---------------------------- The International Conference on Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Emerging Applications (Deep-ML 2019) 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ficloud.org/deep-ml-2019/ <http://www.ficloud.org/deep-ml-2019/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deep learning and machine learning are the state-of-the-art at providing models, methods, tools and techniques for developing autonomous and intelligent systems which can revolutionize industrial and commercial applications in various fields such as online commerce, intelligent transportation, healthcare and medicine, security, manufacturing, education, games, and various other industrial applications. Google, for example, exploits the techniques of deep learning in voice and image recognition applications, while Amazon uses such techniques in helping customers in their online purchase decisions. The International Conference on Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Emerging Applications (Deep-ML) provides a leading forum for researchers, developers, practitioners, and professional from public sectors and industries in order to meet and share latest solutions and ideas in solving cutting edge problems in modern information society and economy. The conference comprises a set of tracks that focus on specific challenges in deep learning and machine learning and their applications in emerging areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) Deep and Machine Learning Models and Techniques: Novel machine and deep learning Active learning; Incremental learning and online learning Agent-based learning; Manifold learning Multi-task learning Bayesian networks and applications Case-based reasoning methods Statistical models and learning Computational learning; Evolutionary algorithms and learning Evolutionary neural networks Fuzzy logic-based learning Genetic optimization Clustering, classification and regression Neural network models and learning Parallel and distributed learning Reinforcement learning Supervised, semi-supervised and unsupervised learning Tensor Learning 2) Deep and Machine Learning for Big Data Analytics: Deep/Machine learning based theoretical and computational models Novel techniques for big data storage and processing Data analysis, insights and hidden pattern Data analysis and decision making Data wrangling, munching and cleaning Data integration and fusion Data visualization Data and information quality, efficiency and scalability Security threat detection using big data analytics Visualizing security threats Enhancing privacy and trust Data analytics in complex applications – finance, business, healthcare, engineering, medicine, law, transportation, and telecommunication 3) Deep and Machine Learning for Data Mining and Knowledge: Data mining in the web and online systems Multimedia; images and video data mining Feature extraction and classification Information retrieval and extraction Distributed and P2P data search Sentiment analysis Mining high velocity data streams Anomaly detection in streaming data Mining social media and social networks Mining sensor and computer networks data Mining spatial and temporal datasets Data classification, clustering, and association Knowledge acquisition and learning Knowledge representation and reasoning Knowledge discovery in large datasets 4) Deep and Machine Learning Application Areas: Bioinformatics and biomedical informatics Finance, business and retail Intelligent transportation Healthcare, medicine and clinical decision support Computer vision Human activity recognition Information retrieval and web search Cybersecurity Natural language processing Recommender systems Social media and networks 5) Deep and Machine Learning for Computing and Network Platforms: Network and communication systems Software defined networks Wireless and sensor networks Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud Computing Edge and Fog Computing Paper Submission: Full papers must be in English and should be between 12 to 14 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers must be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. Submitted research papers may not overlap with papers that have already been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Important Dates: Submission Deadline (Extended - Firm): 23 April 2019 Authors Notification: 20 May 2019 Final Manuscript Due: 14 June 2019 ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs: Joao Gama, University of Porto, Portugal Edwin Lughofer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Program Co-Chairs: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Hadi Larijani, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Local Organising Co-Chairs: Perin Ünal, Teknopar, Turkey Sezer Gören, Ugurdag Yeditepe University, Turkey Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Publication Chair: Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Journal Special Issue Coordinator: Lin Guan, Loughborough University, UK Workshop Coordinator: Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal Publicity Chair: Esra N. Yolaçan, Osman Gazi University, Turkey

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Call For Papers- Journal of Real Time Image Processing
by POURYA SHAMSOLMOALI 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

Special Issue on Advances in Deep Learning for Real-Time Image Reconstruction and Processing ( ADLIR ) Journal of Real-Time Image Processing The list of possible topics, but are not limited to: * Real-time image and video reconstruction algorithms * Real-time face reconstruction from depth images * New deep learning models for real-time image reconstruction and processing * New objective functions of deep learning for real-time image reconstruction * Real-time MRI and X-ray image processing * Real-time 3D image reconstruction, processing or segmentation * Deep learning and Hybrid models for real-time computational methods * Real-Time deep learning applications for image processing * Survey /review of deep learning in real-time image reconstruction Submission Guideline: Submitted papers should present original, unpublished work, relevant to one of the topics of the Special Issue. All submitted papers will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, the significance of contribution, technical quality, and quality of presentation, by at least three independent reviewers (the papers will be reviewed following standard peer-review procedures of the Journal). Manuscripts are requested according to the Guide for Authors available from the online submission page of the Journal of Real-Time Image Processing (JRTIP) at https://www.editorialmanager.com/rtip/default.aspx . We invite the prospective authors to submit their manuscript, via the online submission system in the main journal page. Please make sure you mention in your cover letter that you are submitting to this special issue (ADLIR). Important Dates: * Paper submission due: April 30, 2019 * First notification: June 30, 2019 * Revision submission due: August 15, 2019 * Final decision: October 30, 2019 * Publication date: December 2019 (Tentative) Note: accepted papers are made available online soon after acceptance. https://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1650125/application/pdf/CALL+FOR+…

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