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CFP 3rd Workshop on Agent-based Modeling and Applications with SARL (SARL19)
by Stéphane Galland 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

CALL FOR PAPERS The 3nd International Workshop on Agent-based Modeling and Applications with SARL (SARL-19) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks, and Technologies ANT 2019 and the European SarlCon 2019 April 29 - May 2, 2019, Leuven, Belgium. Description =========== Research on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems has matured during the last decade and many effective applications of this technology are now deployed. SARL-18 provides an international forum to present and discuss the latest scientific developments and their effective applications, to assess the impact of the approach, and to facilitate technology transfer. SARL workshop borns with the SARL agent programming language, but the scientific results presented in SARL-19 are not restricted to SARL; other languages and agent platforms may be presented. SARL aims at providing the fundamental abstractions for dealing with concurrency, distribution, interaction, decentralization, reactivity, autonomy and dynamic reconfiguration. These high-level features are now considered as the major requirements for an easy and practical implementation of modern complex software applications. We are convinced that the agent-oriented paradigm holds the keys to effectively meet this challenge. Considering the variety of existing approaches and meta-models in the field of agent-oriented engineering and more generally multi-agent systems, our approach remains as generic as possible and highly extensible to easily integrate new concepts and features. The goal of SARL-19 is to provides a place where the different points of view on the modeling and the simulation with agent platforms and agent programming languages may be discussed. SARL-19 will be held in Leuven, Belgium (April 29 - May 2, 2019) in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks, and Technologies (ANT 2019) and the European SarlCon 2019. Topics ====== The main topics of the SARL-18 workshop are (but not restricted to): * Methods and Models: * Agent based Modeling and Simulation * Agent programming language * Agent based Simulation * Agent oriented analysis and design methods * Ontologies and theories about large urban systems * Formal models of agent-based simulation * Organizational models * Applications: * Traffic/Transport * Crowds * Smard grids and smart buildings * Land-Use * Energy Important Dates =============== * Submission deadline: December 6, 2018 * Notification: February 4, 2019 * Final date for camera-ready copy: March 1, 2019 * Workshop: April 29 - May 2, 2019 Submission ========== All workshop accepted papers will be included in the conference proceeding published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. The submitted paper must be formatted according to the guidelines of Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier. You are invited to submit full length papers in PDF format on EasyChair, not exceeding 6 pages in length, in single-column format including diagrams and references, and following the Procedia Computer Science guidelines. Papers that do not follow these guidelines may be rejected without consideration of their merits. All papers will be reviewed by at least two Program Committee members on the basis of technical quality, originality, clarity, and relevance to the track topics listed below. At least one author of each paper must attend the workshop to present the paper. Workshop Chairs =============== Stéphane GALLAND (Univ. de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France) Sebastian RODRIGUEZ (Universidad Technologica National, Argentina) Program Committee ================= To be completed.

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Invitation to the 1st European Forum of the SARL Users and Developers (EuSarlCon19)
by Stéphane Galland 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

INVITATION FOR PAPERS AND TALKS The European Forum for the SARL Users and Developers (EuSarlCon-19) ------------------------------------------------------------------- In conjunction with: * the 9th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks, and Technologies (ANT 2019); * the 8th International Workshop on Agent-based Mobility, Traffic and Transportation Models, Methodologies and Applications (ABMTRANS-19) * the 3nd International Workshop on Agent-based Modeling and Applications with SARL (SARL-19) May 2, 2019, Leuven, Belgium. http://www.multiagent.fr/Conferences:EuSarlCon19 Description =========== The 2019 European SarlCon is the SARL user meeting that is organized in Europe in order to provide a place where SARL users and developers could exchange their experiences. It will be held on May 2, 2019, in Leuven, Belgium. That is the last day of the ANT-2019 conference, the ABMTRANS-19 and the SARL-19 workshops. Abstracts and/or short papers are due on December 1, 2018. The papers are expected to be very short (< 2500 equivalent words). ABMTRANS-19 and SARL-19 are providing an alternative for publishing longer papers. Abstracts and papers can be submitted to ABMTRANS-19, to SARL-19, to SarlCon19, or both. We will coordinate with the main conference so that papers are not presented twice. Submissions directly for the SarlCon should take the form of an abstract (< 1000 words), and are to be submitted before December 1, 2018, through EasyChair. SARL-related submissions to the main conference will as well be considered for inclusion in the SarlCon program. Important Dates =============== * Submission deadline: December 1, 2018 * Notification: January 4, 2019 * Forum: May 2, 2019 Submission ========== You are invited to submit the abstract in PDF format on EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eusarlcon2019) not exceeding 1000 words in length. Organizer ========= Stéphane GALLAND (Univ. de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France) Registration ============ Registration to the European SarlCon 2019 is free.

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Call for Workshops Proposals in conjonction with ANT-19
by Stéphane Galland 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

-------------- Call for Workshops Proposals ---------------------- The 9th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2019) Leuven, Belgium April 29- May 2, 2019 Conference Website: [ http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-19/#workshop | http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-19/#workshop ] ********************************************************************** Important Dates =============== - Workshop Proposal Due: October 30, 2018 - Paper Submission: ~ December 6, 2018 - Acceptance Notification: ~ February 4, 2019 - Final Manuscript Due: ~ March 1, 2019 ANT-2019 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops. The main objective of the workshops is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss a specific topic from the field of ANT-2019 and its related areas. Proceedings =========== All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the ANT-2019 proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier. The authors must follow Elsevier guidelines as given in ANT-2019 Website. The number of pages for workshop papers is limited to 6 pages. The selective outstanding papers presented at the workshops, after further revision, will be considered for publication in journals special issues. Proposal Format =============== - Title of the workshop - Workshop Website: tentative address, or old address (if applicable) - Full contact of workshop organizer(s) - Expected number of paper submissions - Draft Call for papers of the workshop - Tentative list of TPC members Financial assistance ==================== To appreciate your hard work and support, the registration fees for one organizer of each workshop will be waived for workshops with more than eight registered papers. Please refer to (Important Dates) for the deadline for proposals. Workshops Chair =============== Prof. Dr. Stéphane Galland, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France (Email: [ mailto:stephane.galland@utbm.fr | stephane.galland(a)utbm.fr ] )

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Call For Papers: The 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Analytic for Cyber Crime Investigation and Prevention 2018 (deadline extended)
by Andrii Shalaginov 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

Dear Colleague, (Apologies for multiple postings) Following the positive feedback and great interest last year, we are delighted to announce the 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Analytic for Cybercrime Investigation and Prevention, co-located with IEEE Big Data conference in Seattle, USA on 10-13 December, 2018. Workshop webpage: http://folk.ntnu.no/andriis/bdaccip2018/ *** IMPORTANT DATES *** Nov 2, 2018 (extended from Oct 10, 2018): Due date for full workshop paper submissions Nov 14, 2018 (extended from Nov 1, 2018): Notification of paper acceptance to authors Nov 20, 2018 (extended from Nov 15, 2018): Latest due date for camera-ready of accepted papers Dec 10-13, 2018: Workshops *** INTRODUCTION *** The big data paradigm has become an inevitable aspect of today's digital forensics investigations. Acquiring a forensic copy of seized data mediums already takes several hours due to the increasing storage size. In addition are several other time-consuming laboratory analysis steps required, such as evidence identification, corresponding data preprocessing, analysis, linkage, and final reporting. These steps have to be repeated for every physical device examined in the criminal case. Conventional digital forensics data preprocessing and analysis methods struggle when handling the contemporary variety, variability, volume and velocity of case data. Thus, proactive approaches have to be developed and integrated in daily law enforcement operations; for timely detection and prevention of the illegal activities in a data-intensive environments. Thus, there is a need for advanced big data analytics to aid in cyber crime investigations, which requires novel approaches for automated analysis. This workshop is organized to bring together recent development in big data analysis to aid in current challenges in cybercrime investigations. *** PROPOSED TOPICS *** Note that the topics are not limited to this proposed list. 1. Algorithm areas - Machine Learning-aided analysis - Graph-based detection - Topic modelling - Improvements of existing methods - Decision Support Systems 3. Data - Novel datasets - New data formats - Digital Forensics data simulation - Anonymised case data - New data formats and taxonomies 2. Application areas - Cyber Threats Intelligence - Network Forensics Readiness - Malware Analysis & Detection - Emails mining & Authorship Identification - Social Network Mining - Events correlations - Access Logs analysis - Mobile Forensics - Fraud Detection - Database Forensics - IoT Forensics - Blockchain technologies - Industrial systems 4. Infrastructure - Secure collaborative platforms - Distributed storage and processing - Technologies for data streams - Hardware and software architectures for large-scale data *** PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS *** Andrii Shalaginov, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Katrin Franke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Jan William Johnsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology *** PROGRAM COMMITTEE *** Olaf M. Maennel (Tallinn University of Technology) Asif Iqbal (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Bojan Kolosnjaji (Technical University of Munich) Martin Boldt (Blekinge Institute of Technology) Hanno Langweg (Konstanz University of Applied Sciences) Pierre Lison (Norwegian Computing Centre) Emiliano Casalicchio (Blekinge Institute of Technology) Dmitry Kangin (University of Exeter) Ali Dehghantanha (University of Guelph) Bing Zhou (Sam Houston State University) Vasileios Mavroeidis (University of Oslo) Sreyasee Das Bhattacharjee (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Shih-Chieh Su (‎Qualcomm Inc) Benjamin Flesch (Copenhagen Business School) Jan-Jaap Oerlemans (Universitet Leiden) Peter Xenopoulos (New York University) *** PAPER SUBMISSION *** Our workshop invites authors to submit: full-length papers (up to ten pages), short papers (up to six pages) or abstract papers (up to three pages) through the online submission system: https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2018/bigdata18/scripts/submit.php?subarea=S07… Papers have to follow the IEEE 2-column format and the Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines. ***PUBLICATION*** The authors of accepted papers must guarantee their presence at the conference for the papers to be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference in order to include the paper in the proceedings. *** BEST PAPERS *** Selected papers are nominated for submission to “Special Issue on Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Crime Investigation and Prevention”, journal "Future Generation Computer Systems". Extended papers should have at least 60% of new material and will be sent through a review process to ensure the quality of contributions. *** CONTACTS*** If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Andrii Shalaginov (andrii.shalaginov(a)ntnu.no) and Jan William Johnsen (jan.w.johnsen(a)ntnu.no) Best regards, Andrii Shalaginov, on behalf of Katrin Franke and Jan William Johnsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway

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SPDNS 2019 (in PDP 2018) - Extension of submission deadline
by Igor Kotenko 21 Oct '18

21 Oct '18

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ---------------- The Announcement and Call for Papers Special Session "Security in Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Computing (SPDNS 2019)" on 27th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and network-based Processing (PDP 2018) Pavia, Italy 13-15 February 2019. http://www.pdp2019.eu Paper submission deadline: 15th October 2019 Special Session on "Security in Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Computing" aims to bring together researchers and practitioners involved in multiple disciplines concerning security in distributed systems to exchange ideas and to learn the latest developments in this important field. We will focus on issues related to network and distributed system security, such as authentication, access control, confidentiality, integrity, availability, privacy, dependability and sustainability of distributed systems. Previously unpublished papers offering novel research contributions to the theoretical and practical aspects of security in distributed systems are solicited for submission. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Adaptive security * Applied cryptography * Authentication, authorization and access control * Big data for security * Cloud security * Computer and network forensics * Data mining, machine learning, and bio-inspired approaches for security * Digital rights management * Embedded system security * Internet and web security * Intrusion and malware detection and prevention * Risk analysis and risk management * Security and privacy in pervasive and ubiquitous computing * Security evaluation * Security of emerging technologies * Security modeling and simulation * Security policies * Security protocols * Software security * Survivability * Tamper resistance * Trust management * Trusted computing Important dates - Paper submission: 30th Oct, 2018 - Acceptance notification: 23th Nov, 2018 - Camera ready due: 19th Dec, 2018 - Conference: 13th - 15th Feb, 2019 Program Committee Igor Kotenko, SPIIRAS, Russia - session chair Fabrizio Baiardi, University of Pisa, Italy Cataldo Basile, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Julien Bourgeois, UFC/FEMTO-ST, France Dumitru Burdescu, University of Craiova, Romania Hakima Chaouchi, Telecom & Management SudParis, France Andrey Chechulin, ITMO University, Russia Yannick Chevalier, Universite de Toulouse - IRIT, France Luigi Coppolino, University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy Miguel Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Herve Debar, Telecom SudParis, France Dennis Gamayunov, Moscow State University, Russia Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece Alexander Grusho, Moscow State University, Russia Andrei Gurtov, Linkoping University, Sweden Ming-Yuh Huang, The Boeing Company, USA Spyros Kokolakis, University of the Aegean, Greece Antonio Mana, University of Malaga, Spain Felix Gomez Marmol, University of Murcia, Spain Fabio Martinelli, IIT-CNR, Italy Nikolay Moldovyan, SPIIRAS, Russia Evgenia Novikova, Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" (ETU), Russia Vladimir Oleshchuk, University of Agder, Norway Gregorio Martinez Perez, University of Murcia, Spain Jacek Rak, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Roland Rieke, Fraunhofer, Germany Luigi Romano, University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy Igor Saenko, St.Petersburg Signal Academy, Russia Martin Strecker, Universite de Toulouse, France Peter Teufl, IAIK / Graz University of Technology, Austria Shambhu Upadhyaya, SUNY at Buffalo, USA Ilsun You, Soonchunhyang University, Korea SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the Conference proceedings format ( double-column, 10pt) to the conference main track through the EasyChair conference submission system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdp2019) The possibility to submit a paper to a special session will appear soon. Double-bind review: the paper should not contain authors names and affiliations; in the reference list, references to the authors' own work entries should be substituted with the string "omitted for blind review”. Publication: All accepted papers will be included in the same volume, published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Final Paper Preparation and Submission Instructions will be published after the notification of acceptance. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the Conference. Conference proceedings will be submitted to IEEE explore, CDSL, and for indexing among others, to DBLP, Scopus ScienceDirect, and ISI Web of Knowledge.

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CFP: IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2019)
by Peter Mueller 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Call for Papers and Contributions The 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2019) http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/ Atlanta, USA, July 14-July 17, 2019 Introduction: As a promising technique to achieve decentralized consensus, blockchain has been successfully applied into digital currency, e.g., bitcoin, for serving as a public ledger for transactions. Its secure design for supporting a distributed computing system with high fault tolerance is attracting wide attention all over the world. Blockchain has a great potential to create new foundations for our socio-economic systems by efficiently establishing trust among people and machines, reducing cost, and increasing utilization of resources. On one hand, blockchain will play an important role for secure decentralization in such emerging fields as Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems, edge computing, social networking, crowdsourcing and next generation wireless communications, and even more other fields. On the other hand, its advance should be further evolved in terms of scalability, privacy, efficiency, flexibility, availability and high dependability. Following the great success of IEEE Blockchain 2018, held in July 30 篓C August 03, 2018, in Halifax, Canada, the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2019) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present latest advances and innovations in key theories, infrastructure, schemes, and significant applications for the blockchain, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future. Topics: The emergence and popularity of blockchain techniques will significantly change the way of digital and networking systems隆炉 operation and management. In the meantime, the application of blockchain will exhibit a variety of complicated problems and new requirements, which brings more open issues and challenges for research communities. IEEE Blockchain-2019 will be held on July 14 - July 17, 2019, in Atlanta, USA. The goal of this conference is to promote community-wide discussion identifying the advanced applications, technologies and theories for blockchain. We seek submissions of papers that invent novel techniques, investigate new applications, introduce advanced methodologies, propose promising research directions and discuss approaches for unsolved issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology - Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms - Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger technology - Decentralization, scalability, and security tradeoff - Performance analysis and optimization - Simulation and performance evaluation techniques - Smart contract and chain code - Applications and services with blockchain and distributed ledger technology - Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain - Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT) - Blockchain in cyber physical systems - Blockchain in social networking - Blockchain in supply chain management - Blockchain in agriculture - Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles - Blockchain in crowdsourcing and crowdsensing - Blockchain in mobile cellular networks - Blockchain in edge and cloud computing Submissions: All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25416) with PDF format. 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 clearly presented in English, must not exceed 8 pages in IEEE Computer Society proceedings format (or up to 10 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed by at least three reviewers. All submitted papers will be judged through double-blind reviews, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. As an author, you are required to preserve the anonymity of your submission, while at the same time allowing the reader to fully grasp the context of related past work, including your own. Papers that do not conform to our double-blind submission policies will be rejected without review. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. Blockchain 2018 reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the digital library and indexing services), if the paper is not presented at the conference. All accepted papers will be published in IEEE CPS proceedings (EI Indexed) and collected by IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Two outstanding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards. Journal Special Issues: 1. Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Journal 拢篓SCI拢漏 2. Digital Communications and Networks (Elsevier) 3. IEEE Blockchain Newsletter Important Dates: Workshop Proposal Due: January 05, 2019 Paper Submission Deadline: March 01, 2019 Author Notification: April 07, 2019 Final Manuscript Due: May 02, 2019 Organization Committee: General Co-Chairs F. Richard Yu, Carleton University, Canada Dusit Niyato, SCSE, NTU, Singapore Peter Mueller, IBM Research, Switzerland Program Chairs Zhipeng Cai, Georgia State University, USA Xiang Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Sachiko Yoshihama, IBM Research Tokyo, Japan Steering Committee Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Robert H. Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore Victor C. M. Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada Fenghua Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Wenjing Lou, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Vijay Varadharajan, University of Newcastle, Australia Chonggang Wang, InterDigital, USA Yang Xiang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Zheng Yan (Chair), Xidian University, China and Aalto University, Finland Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Qinghua Zheng, Xi隆炉an Jiaotong University, China Pierangela Samarati, Universit篓陇 degli Studi di Milano, Italy Workshop Chairs Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Balasubramaniam Ramesh, Georgia State University, USA Zhiguo Wan, Shandong University, China Xueqin Liang, Aalto University, Finland Publication Co-Chairs Wei Li, Georgia State University, USA Meng Han, Kennesaw State University, USA

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Extended Firm Deadline to Oct 30th - 6th Special Session on HPC in M&S - PDP 2019 - Pavia, Italy
by William Spataro 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

(sorry for cross postings) ************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS: Sixth Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (HPCMS) Within PDP 2019 (www.pdp2019.eu) The 27th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, and Network-Based Computing Pavia, Italy 13-15 February 2019 https://www.pdp2019.eu/hpcms.html Extended Deadline (FIRM): October 30th, 2018 Contact: William Spataro - spataro(a)unical.it ************************************************************************* AIMS AND SCOPE The development of models through which computers can simulate the evolution of artificial and natural systems is fundamental for the advancement of Science. In the last decades, the increasing power of computers has allowed to considerably extend the application of computing methodologies in research and industry, but also to the quantitative study of complex phenomena. This has permitted a broad application of numerical methods for differential equation systems (e.g., FEM, FDM, etc.) on one hand, and the application of alternative computational paradigms, such as Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence, etc., on the other. These latter have demonstrated their effectiveness for modelling purposes when traditional simulation methodologies have proven to be impracticable. Following the success of our past HPCMS workshops we are glad to invite you to our sixth edition which will take place in Pavia (Italy). An important mission of the HPCMS Workshop is to provide a platform for a multidisciplinary community composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, practitioners and experts from world leading Universities, Institutions, Agencies and Companies in Computational Science, and thus in the High Performance Computing for Modelling and Simulation field. HPCMS intent is to offer an opportunity to express and confront views on trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in diverse application fields, such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - High-performance computing in computational science: intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research applications - Complex systems modelling and simulation - Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Neural networks, Swarm Intelligence implementations - Integrated approach to optimization and simulation - MPI, OpenMP, GPGPU applications in Computational Science - Optimization algorithms, modelling techniques related to optimization in Computational Science - High-performance Software developed to solve science (e.g., biological, physical, and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems - Hardware approaches of high performance computing in modeling and simulation IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: 30 October 2018 Acceptance notification: 20 November 2018 Camera ready due: 19 December 2018 Conference: 13 - 15 February 2019 Submission guidelines Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the IEEE Conference proceedings format (IEEEtran, double-column, 10pt). Double-bind review: the first page of the paper should contain only the title and abstract; in the reference list, references to the authors own work should appear as "omitted for blind review" entries. For submission, please use the following link and select the HPCMS session: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdp2019 Manuscript submission Publication All accepted papers will be included in the same volume, published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Final Paper Preparation and Submission Instructions will be published after the notification of acceptance. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the Conference. Conference proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in Xplore and the CSDL, and for indexing, among others, to DBLP, Scopus ScienceDirect, and ISI Web of Knowledge. Special Issue As for previous editions, organizers of the HPCMS session are planning a Special Issue of an important international ISI Journal, based on distinguished papers that will be accepted for the session. Organizers William Spataro - University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Giuseppe A. Trunfio - University of Sassari, Italy Program Committee Gihan R. Mudalige, University of Warwick, UK Angelos Amanatiadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Donato D’Ambrosio, University of Calabria, Italy Pawel Topa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Gianluigi Folino, ICAR-CNR, Italy Lou D’Alotto, York College/CUNY, New York, USA Alessio De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy Antonios Gasteratos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy Ioakeim Georgoudas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Marco Beccutti, University of Torino, Italy Rolf Hoffmann, Darmstadt University, Germany Ioannis Karafyllidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Yaroslav Sergeyev, University of Calabria, Italy Antisthenis Tsompanas, University of the West of England, UK Rocco Rongo, University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Andrea Giordano, ICAR-CNR, Italy William Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe A. Trunfio, University of Sassari, Italy Marco Villani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Jaroslaw Was, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Davide Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy -- °-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° William Spataro Department of Mathematics & Computer Science High Performance Computing Center University of Calabria I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) Italy Phone(s) : +39.0984.49.3691 / 4875 / 6464 Fax : +39.0984.493570 Member of the OpenCAL Team (https://github.com/OpenCALTeam) Web: www.mat.unical.it/spataro Email: spataro(a)unical.it -°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Il banner è generato automaticamente dal servizio di posta elettronica dell'Università della Calabria <http://www.unical.it/ammissione>

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18th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms, SEA 2019 - CFP
by Ilias Kotsireas 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

--- CALL FOR PAPERS 18th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2019) June 24-29, 2019, Kalamata, Greece http://www.caopt.com/SEA2019/ SEA (Symposium on Experimental Algorithms), previously known as WEA (Workshop on Experimental Algorithms), is an international forum for researchers in the area of design, analysis, and experimental evaluation and engineering of algorithms, as well as in various aspects of combinatorial optimization and its applications. The preceding symposia were held in Riga, Monte Verit?, Rio de Janeiro, Santorini, Menorca Island, Rome, Cape Cod, Dortmund, Ischia Island, Crete, Bordeaux, Rome, Copenhagen, Paris, St. Petersburg, London, and L'Aquila. SEA aims to attract papers from both the Computer Science and the Operations Research/Mathematical Programming communities. The main theme of the symposium is the role of experimentation and of algorithm engineering techniques in the design and evaluation of algorithms and data structures. Submissions should present significant contributions supported by experimental evaluation, methodological issues in the design and interpretation of experiments, the use of (meta-) heuristics, or application-driven case studies that deepen the understanding of the complexity of a problem. TOPICS OF INTEREST Contributions solicited cover a variety of topics including but not limited to: Algorithm Engineering Algorithmic Libraries Algorithmic Mechanism Design Analysis of Algorithms Algorithms for Memory Hierarchies Algorithms for the World-Wide-Web Approximation Techniques Bioinformatics Branch-and-Bound Algorithms Combinatorial and Irregular Problems Combinatorial Structures and Graphs Communication Networks Complex Networks Computational Geometry Computational Learning Theory Computational Optimization Computer Systems Cryptography and Security Data Streams Data Structures Distributed and Parallel Algorithms Evaluation of Algorithms for Realistic Environments Experimental Techniques and Statistics Graph Drawing Heuristics for Combinatorial Optimization Implementation, Testing, Evaluation and Fine-tuning Information Retrieval Integer Programming Logistics and Operations Management Machine Learning and Data Mining Mathematical Programming Metaheuristic Methodologies Multiple Criteria Decision Making Network Analysis Novel Applications of Algorithms in Other Disciplines Online Problems Parallel Algorithms and Computing Railway Optimization using Algorithmic Methods Randomized Techniques Robotics Semidefinite Programming Simulation Software Repositories and Platforms for using Algorithms Telecommunications and Networking SUBMISSION GUIDELINES The authors should submit an extended abstract not exceeding 12 pages, including figures, title, authors, affiliations, e-mail addresses, and a short abstract. References will not be counted in the page limit. At least 10-point font should be used. Authors are strongly advised to use the LaTeX style file supplied for the LIPIcs style here. Final proceedings papers must be camera-ready in this format. A clearly marked Appendix, which will not count toward the 12 page submission limit, can be included and will be read at the referees? discretion. All submissions have to be made via the EasyChair submission page for the conference at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sea2019 Authors are encouraged to include a link to the source code and/or datasets to increase confidence in the reproducibility of their experiments; the code may be read and/or executed at the referees' discretion. Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work or surveys of important results. At the time the extended abstract is submitted to SEA, and for the entire review period, the paper (or essentially the same paper) should not be under review by any other conference with published proceedings or by a scientific journal. At least one author of each accepted paper will be expected to attend the conference and present the paper. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission: *** February 8, 2019 *** Full paper submission: *** February 15, 2019 *** Acceptance notification: *** March 29, 2019 *** Camera-ready version: *** April 12, 2019 *** Conference dates: *** June 24-29, 2019 *** PROCEEDINGS The conference proceedings will be published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) open-access series. A special issue of selected papers will be published in the ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics. VENUE Elite City Resort, Kalamata, Greece, http://elite.com.gr SEA 2019 GENERAL CHAIRS Ilias S. Kotsireas, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), ikotsire(a)wlu.ca Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida (USA), pardalos(a)ufl.edu

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Call for Workshops Proposals in conjunction with ANT-2019
by Yazan Mualla 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

========================================================================================== The 10th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2019) Leuven, Belgium April 29 - May 2, 2019 http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-19/ ========================================================================================== Important Date - Workshops Proposals Due: October 30, 2018 ANT-2019 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops. The main objective of the workshops is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss a specific topic from the field of ANT-2019 and its related areas. ------------ Proceedings All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the ANT-2019 proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier. The authors must follow Elsevier guidelines as given in ANT-2019 Website. The number of pages for workshop papers is limited to 6 pages. ------------ Proposal Format - Title of the workshop - Workshop Website: tentative address, or old address (if applicable) - Draft call for paper of the workshop - Tentative list of TPC members ------------ Workshops Chair - Dr.habil. Stéphane Galland, Université Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France (Email: stephane.galland(a)utbm.fr)

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Hiring assistant professors at the California State University, Fullerton
by Ryu, Christopher Taewan 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Hi, The Department of Computer Science invites applicants for several full-time, tenure-track positions as Assistant Professors of Computer Science with the appointments beginning in August 2019. For a complete description of the department, the position, and other qualifications, please visit http://hr.fullerton.edu/diversity/job-openings/ft/10589BR_computer_science.…. To apply, go to: https://apps.fullerton.edu/facultyrecruitment to view all job listings and select 10589BR to begin the application process. Christopher Christopher Ryu, Ph.D. Chair & Professor Department of Computer Science California State University, Fullerton ________________________________

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Special Session "Bio-inspired computing approaches" at IWINAC 2019
by José Santos Reyes 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Special Session "Bio-inspired computing approaches" at IWINAC 2019 (8th International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation), Almeria (Spain), 3-7 June, 2019 http://www.iwinac.uned.es/iwinac2019/ Overview: Bio-inspired computing methods take inspiration from nature to develop optimization and search algorithms or metaheuristics, typically in order to tackle the search of optimal solutions of complex problems in science and engineering, which usually imply a high dimensionality of the search space. Apart from the traditional evolutionary computing methods, artificial immune systems, ant algorithms or particle swarm optimization, the session is intended to focus on new bio-inspired solutions such as swarm algorithm solutions based on bee colonies, algorithms based on firefly insect behavior, artificial algae algorithm and many more, together with their combination with local search strategies or other metaheuristics. The researchers in this field must be self-critical with the boom of such new solutions, contrasting what is new and what is included in other traditional search algorithms or what novelty is provided in a new bio-inspired metaheuristic. Besides, the proposals should be competitive with other methods in the state of the art. The aim is that the session provides a meeting point for IWINAC attendees and researchers who have a current or developing interest in bio-inspired approaches and their applications. Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to): • Bio-inspired approaches based on animal behavior (Cuckoo search, Cat swarm, Artificial Bee Colony, Bat algorithm, Wolf search, …). • Bio-inspired approaches based on plant behavior (artificial algae algorithm, flower pollination algorithm, PIBO, …). • Bio-inspired approaches based on bacteria like BFO. • New approaches in evolutionary computing methods. • Combination of bio-inspired approaches with local search: Lamarckian strategies, Baldwinian strategies, memetic algorithms. • Combination of the bio-inspired approaches with artificial life models like cellular automata or Lindenmayer systems. • Applications with bio-inspired approaches. Full paper submission due: 31-01-2019 Submission guidelines: http://www.iwinac.uned.es/iwinac2019/paper-submission.html Organizers: José Santos (Universidade da Coruña), jose.santos(a)udc.es Ramiro Varela (Universidad de Oviedo), ramiro(a)uniovi.es

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EIDWT-2019 Call for Papers
by Zahoor Khan 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

The 7th International Conference on Emerging Internet, Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT 2019) 26-29 February 2019 Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Conference Website: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/eidwt/2019/ OVERVIEW The 7th International Conference on Emerging Internet, Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT-2019) is dedicated to the dissemination of original contributions that are related to the theories, practices and concepts of emerging Internet, Data and Web technologies yet most importantly of their applicability in business and academia towards a collective intelligence approach. EIDWT-2019 will discuss advances in information networking and exploitation of data generated from emerging data technologies such as Data Centers, Data Grids and Clouds. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline: November 5, 2018 Authors Notification: December 5, 2018 Author Registration: December 20, 2018 Final Manuscript: December 20, 2018 Conference Dates: February 26-28, 2019 SCOPE The main topic areas of EIDWT 2019 include, but are not limited to: • Internet Protocols, Modelling and Optimization • Network and Data Security, Trust and Reputation • Big Data and Cloud Computing • Mobile and Wireless Networks • P2P and Grid Computing • Distributed and Parallel Systems • Ontologies and Metadata Representation • Knowledge Discovery and Mining • Databases and Data Warehouses • Data Centers and IT Virtualization Technologies • Web Science and Business Intelligence • Data Analytics for Learning and Virtual Organizations • Data Management and Information Retrieval • Machine Learning on Large Data Sets & Massive Processing • Data Modeling, Visualization and Representation Tools • Nature Inspired Computing • Data Sensing, Integration and Querying Systems and Interfaces • e-Science Data Sets, Repositories, Digital Infrastructures • Energy-aware and Green Computing in Data Centers SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Accepted papers will be included in conference proceedings of Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies series published by Springer. Proceedings will be sent by Springer for indexing in ISI Proceedings, MetaPress, Springer Link and Scopus. Authors of accepted papers will be given instructions for submission of camera ready and copyright form. Please submit the paper in EIDWT 2019 EDAS account using the URL: https://edas.info/N24622 SPECIAL ISSUES Presented papers at EIDWT 2019 will be considered for publication in some Special Issues in International Journals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Zahoor Khan, PhD, SMIEEE, MCSc, MSc (CE), MSc (Elect.), BSc, CUTL, CCAI Division Chair Faculty of Computer Information Science (CIS), Applied Media Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah Campus, United Arab Emirates Phone: +971-(2)-206-1363<tel:+971%202%20206%209307> www.cs.dal.ca/~zkhan<http://www.cs.dal.ca/~zkhan> Zahoor.Khan(a)hct.ac.ae<mailto:Zahoor.Khan@hct.ac.ae> --------------------------------------------------------- Adjunct Professor Department of Engineering Maths and Internetworking Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS Canada B3H 4R2 Zahoor.Khan(a)dal.ca<mailto:Zahoor.Khan@dal.ca> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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EIDWT-2019 Call for Papers
by Zahoor Khan 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

The 7th International Conference on Emerging Internet, Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT 2019) 26-29 February 2019 Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Conference Website: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/eidwt/2019/ OVERVIEW The 7th International Conference on Emerging Internet, Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT-2019) is dedicated to the dissemination of original contributions that are related to the theories, practices and concepts of emerging Internet, Data and Web technologies yet most importantly of their applicability in business and academia towards a collective intelligence approach. EIDWT-2019 will discuss advances in information networking and exploitation of data generated from emerging data technologies such as Data Centers, Data Grids and Clouds. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline: November 5, 2018 Authors Notification: December 5, 2018 Author Registration: December 20, 2018 Final Manuscript: December 20, 2018 Conference Dates: February 26-28, 2019 SCOPE The main topic areas of EIDWT 2019 include, but are not limited to: • Internet Protocols, Modelling and Optimization • Network and Data Security, Trust and Reputation • Big Data and Cloud Computing • Mobile and Wireless Networks • P2P and Grid Computing • Distributed and Parallel Systems • Ontologies and Metadata Representation • Knowledge Discovery and Mining • Databases and Data Warehouses • Data Centers and IT Virtualization Technologies • Web Science and Business Intelligence • Data Analytics for Learning and Virtual Organizations • Data Management and Information Retrieval • Machine Learning on Large Data Sets & Massive Processing • Data Modeling, Visualization and Representation Tools • Nature Inspired Computing • Data Sensing, Integration and Querying Systems and Interfaces • e-Science Data Sets, Repositories, Digital Infrastructures • Energy-aware and Green Computing in Data Centers SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Accepted papers will be included in conference proceedings of Lecture Notes in Data Engineering and Communication Technologies series published by Springer. Proceedings will be sent by Springer for indexing in ISI Proceedings, MetaPress, Springer Link and Scopus. Authors of accepted papers will be given instructions for submission of camera ready and copyright form. Please submit the paper in EIDWT 2019 EDAS account using the URL: https://edas.info/N24622 SPECIAL ISSUES Presented papers at EIDWT 2019 will be considered for publication in some Special Issues in International Journals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Zahoor Khan, PhD, SMIEEE, MCSc, MSc (CE), MSc (Elect.), BSc, CUTL, CCAI Division Chair Faculty of Computer Information Science (CIS), Applied Media Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah Campus, United Arab Emirates Phone: +971-(2)-206-1363<tel:+971%202%20206%209307> www.cs.dal.ca/~zkhan<http://www.cs.dal.ca/~zkhan> Zahoor.Khan(a)hct.ac.ae<mailto:Zahoor.Khan@hct.ac.ae> --------------------------------------------------------- Adjunct Professor Department of Engineering Maths and Internetworking Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS Canada B3H 4R2 Zahoor.Khan(a)dal.ca<mailto:Zahoor.Khan@dal.ca> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[simu-conf] Symposium of Theory of Modeling and Simulation 2019
by vsim-conf＠sce.carleton.ca 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

=============================================================== CFP: Symposium of Theory of Modelling and Simulation Part of the Spring Simulation Conference April 29 - May 2, 2019 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona =============================================================== AIMS AND SCOPE The purpose of this track is to provide a forum to discuss recent advances in M&S foundations, theory, and practice. The main focus is on the modeling and simulation concepts, methodologies, and techniques enabling practices and tools to cope with the challenges that arise from understanding, building, and operating highly complex and ultra large systems, as well as lessons learned in application domains. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: Dec. 16, 2018 Notification of Acceptance: Feb. 8, 2019 Camera-ready Paper Submission: Feb 22, 2019 For additional and latest information please visit http://www.tmsdevs.org [apologies for multiple postings - if you need to unsubscribe reply to this email or contact vsim-conf-owner(a)sce.carleton.ca]

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Academic Vacancies at the University of Melbourne
by Uwe Aickelin 11 Oct '18

11 Oct '18

Are you looking for an exciting academic career building on a sense of history? Did you know that the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne played the world’s first music on a computer (https://theconversation.com/how-australia-played-the-worlds-first-music-on-… Or that we commissioned Australia’s first computer and managed Australia’s first internet connections? But we don’t just have a great history, we are also currently ranked number 1 in Australia and 14th in the world in the latest 2018 QS World University Rankings. And we have ambitious plans for the future – we are supported by a 10-year strategic $1 Billion investment in people and infrastructure by the University of Melbourne. Do you want to join us? We are hiring academics across a range of areas in Computer Science and Information Systems, including Natural Language Processing, Security and Digital Health. We are also looking for female applicant in any area of Computing and Information Systems. More details are here: http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/about/departments/school-of-computing-and-inf… We review applications on a rolling basis as they come in. Final application deadline is 11 November 2018. Uwe Aickelin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Uwe Aickelin – Head of School School of Computing and Information Systems Melbourne School of Engineering University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia T. +613 8344 3635 E: uwe.aickelin(a)unimelb.edu.au <mailto:uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au> W: http://aickelin.com<http://aickelin.com/> [signature_237791722]

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Call For Papers: The 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Analytic for Cyber Crime Investigation and Prevention 2018 (deadline extended)
by Andrii Shalaginov 10 Oct '18

10 Oct '18

Dear Colleague, (Apologies for multiple postings) Following the positive feedback and great interest last year, we are delighted to announce the 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Analytic for Cybercrime Investigation and Prevention, co-located with IEEE Big Data conference in Seattle, USA on 10-13 December, 2018. Workshop webpage: http://folk.ntnu.no/andriis/bdaccip2018/ *** IMPORTANT DATES *** Oct 22, 2018 (extended from Oct 10, 2018): Due date for full workshop paper submissions Nov 5, 2018 (extended from Nov 1, 2018): Notification of paper acceptance to authors Nov 20, 2018 (extended from Nov 15, 2018): Latest due date for camera-ready of accepted papers Dec 10-13, 2018: Workshops *** INTRODUCTION *** The big data paradigm has become an inevitable aspect of today's digital forensics investigations. Acquiring a forensic copy of seized data mediums already takes several hours due to the increasing storage size. In addition are several other time-consuming laboratory analysis steps required, such as evidence identification, corresponding data preprocessing, analysis, linkage, and final reporting. These steps have to be repeated for every physical device examined in the criminal case. Conventional digital forensics data preprocessing and analysis methods struggle when handling the contemporary variety, variability, volume and velocity of case data. Thus, proactive approaches have to be developed and integrated in daily law enforcement operations; for timely detection and prevention of the illegal activities in a data-intensive environments. Thus, there is a need for advanced big data analytics to aid in cyber crime investigations, which requires novel approaches for automated analysis. This workshop is organized to bring together recent development in big data analysis to aid in current challenges in cybercrime investigations. *** PROPOSED TOPICS *** Note that the topics are not limited to this proposed list. 1. Algorithm areas - Machine Learning-aided analysis - Graph-based detection - Topic modelling - Improvements of existing methods - Decision Support Systems 3. Data - Novel datasets - New data formats - Digital Forensics data simulation - Anonymised case data - New data formats and taxonomies 2. Application areas - Cyber Threats Intelligence - Network Forensics Readiness - Malware Analysis & Detection - Emails mining & Authorship Identification - Social Network Mining - Events correlations - Access Logs analysis - Mobile Forensics - Fraud Detection - Database Forensics - IoT Forensics - Blockchain technologies - Industrial systems 4. Infrastructure - Secure collaborative platforms - Distributed storage and processing - Technologies for data streams - Hardware and software architectures for large-scale data *** PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS *** Andrii Shalaginov, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Katrin Franke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Jan William Johnsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology *** PROGRAM COMMITTEE *** Olaf M. Maennel (Tallinn University of Technology) Asif Iqbal (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Bojan Kolosnjaji (Technical University of Munich) Martin Boldt (Blekinge Institute of Technology) Hanno Langweg (Konstanz University of Applied Sciences) Pierre Lison (Norwegian Computing Centre) Emiliano Casalicchio (Blekinge Institute of Technology) Dmitry Kangin (University of Exeter) Ali Dehghantanha (University of Guelph) Bing Zhou (Sam Houston State University) Vasileios Mavroeidis (University of Oslo) Sreyasee Das Bhattacharjee (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Shih-Chieh Su (‎Qualcomm Inc) Benjamin Flesch (Copenhagen Business School) Jan-Jaap Oerlemans (Universitet Leiden) Peter Xenopoulos (New York University) *** PAPER SUBMISSION *** Our workshop invites authors to submit: full-length papers (up to ten pages), short papers (up to six pages) or abstract papers (up to three pages) through the online submission system: https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2018/bigdata18/scripts/submit.php?subarea=S07… Papers have to follow the IEEE 2-column format and the Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines. ***PUBLICATION*** The authors of accepted papers must guarantee their presence at the conference for the papers to be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference in order to include the paper in the proceedings. *** BEST PAPERS *** Selected papers are nominated for submission to “Special Issue on Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Crime Investigation and Prevention”, journal "Future Generation Computer Systems". Extended papers should have at least 60% of new material and will be sent through a review process to ensure the quality of contributions. *** CONTACTS*** If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Andrii Shalaginov (andrii.shalaginov(a)ntnu.no) and Jan William Johnsen (jan.w.johnsen(a)ntnu.no) Best regards, Andrii Shalaginov, on behalf of Katrin Franke and Jan William Johnsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway

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ICCSA 2019: Call for Workshop Proposals
by Osvaldo Gervasi 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

-- Prof. Osvaldo Gervasi Associate Professor Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Perugia Via Vanvitelli, 1 06123 Perugia (Italy) email: osvaldo.gervasi(a)unipg.it personal email: osvaldo.gervasi(a)gmail.com Tel: +39 075 5855048 Fax: +39 075 5855024 URL: http://ogervasi.unipg.it Department Chair's delegate for Job Placement Deputy Director at The Document Foundation (TDF)

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[IEEE ICII] Last Call for Participation (Early registration deadline: 10/20/2018)
by Tan Rui (Asst Prof) 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

================================================================== C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N **** IEEE ICII 2018 **** Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A. October 21-23, 2018 http://www.ieee-icii.org ================================================================== Industrial Internet is ushering in a new wave of industrial revolution through the integration of networks, computing, industrial equipment and people. It will impact a broad industrial spectrum including manufacturing, aviation, transportation, power, oil and gas, healthcare, smart cities, and buildings. The 1st IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII), which is the first research conference dedicated to the vibrant area of Industrial Internet, will be held in Bellevue, Washington, in October 2018. * Keynote speakers - Vint Cerf (VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, Turing Award Laureate) Title: Musings on the Industrial Internet - Renwei Li (Chief Scientist and VP of Future Networks, Huawei) Title: What if We Reimagine a New Internet? More details of the keynotes can be found at http://www.ieee-icii.org/key.html * ICII program Selective single-track conference program including high-quality regular papers and invited contributions from leading experts. Program can be found at http://www.ieee-icii.org/pgm.html * Co-located events - Demo/poster session - International Workshop on Security and Privacy for Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems * Registration - Online registration is open (http://www.ieee-icii.org/atd.html) - Early registration deadline: October 20th, 2018 ORGANIZERS General Chair * Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Program Co-Chairs * Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) * Thiemo Voigt (Uppsala University and RISE SICS, Sweden) * Guijun Wang (Boeing, USA) Steering Committee * Vinton G. Cerf (Google, USA) * Mischa Dohler (King's College London, UK) * Mahmoud Daneshmand (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) * Jae H Kim (Boeing Research & Technology, USA) * Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) * Weisong Shi (Wayne State University, USA) * Dinesh Verma (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA) * Anwar Walid (Nokia Bell Labs, USA) * Chonggang Wang (InterDigital, USA) Workshop Co-Chairs * Sanjeev Mehrotra (Microsoft Research, USA) * Honggang Wang (UMass-Dartmouth, USA) Panel Co-Chairs * Andreas Mueller (Bosch, Germany) * Ye Ouyang (Verizon Wireless, USA) Poster/Demo Co-Chairs * Soumya Datta (Eurocom, France) * JaeSeung Song (Sejong University, Seoul, Korea) * Shaoen Wu (Ball State University, USA) Publicity Co-Chairs * Fan Bai (General Motors, USA) * Payam Barnaghi (University of Surrey, UK) * Madhanmohan Savadamuthu (Boeing India Technology Center, India) * Rui Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Publication Chair * Reza Malekian (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Event Co-Chair * Jiang Li (Howard Services, USA) * Wei Wang (Shenandoah Services, USA) Web Co-Chairs * Yinhao Xiao (The George Washington University, USA) * Chao Wang (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) [We apologize if you receive multiple copies.] ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY: This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it, notify us and do not copy, use, or disclose its contents. Towards a sustainable earth: Print only when necessary. Thank you.

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GCSMES - 2019 - Call For Papers
by GCSMES6 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

[cid:image002.png@01D454E9.69F53DE0] The 6TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON SME, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SERVICE INNOVATION (GCSMES-6) 2019 المؤتمر الدولي السادس للمشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة، وريادة الأعمال والابتكار في مجال الخدمات 2019 (GCSMES-6) March 11-13, 2019 UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN Conference Theme “SME, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SERVICE INNOVATION IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM” Conference Website, please visit: http://gcsmes6.uob.edu.bh OR: contact us on: gcsmes6(a)uob.edu.bh<mailto:gcsmes6@uob.edu.bh> IMPORTANT DATES • Full Paper or Extended Abstract Submission* December 31, 2018 • Early Bird Registration October 31, 2018 • Final Registration and Final Submission (Proceedings Ready) March 1, 2019 • Doctoral Colloquium and Industry Workshop March 11, 2019 • Presentations (Parallel Sessions) March 12 & 13, 2019 PAPER SUBMISSION FORMAT ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE MADE BY E-MAIL ATTACHMENT TO gcsmes6(a)uob.edu.bh<mailto:gcsmes6@uob.edu.bh> (with cc to admin(a)gcsmes.org<mailto:admin@gcsmes.org> ). Manuscripts must adhere to the following format: - Times New Roman - Maximum 10 Pages Single Spacing (for Full Paper) - APA Referencing Style PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES All accepted manuscripts will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN. Selected high quality papers will be further processed for publication consideration in a research book or a special issue of top quality journals ________________________________ Uob Disclaimer Policy This e-mail message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy it, re-transmit it, use it or disclose its contents, but should return it to the sender immediately stating that you received the email in error, and then please delete the email from your system. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely the personal views of the sender. The contents in this email message shall not commit or bind the University of Bahrain in any way.University of Bahrain cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message as it has been transmitted over a public network. If you suspect that the message may have been intercepted or amended, please contact the sender.University of Bahrain shall not be liable for any loss or damage which results from opening this message and attachments thereto.

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Call for Workshop Proposals - IEEE EuroS&P 2019
by Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 4th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Stockholm, Sweden -- June 17-19, 2019 https://www.ieee-security.org/TC/EuroSP2019/ Since 1980, the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy has been the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field. Following this story of success, IEEE initiated the European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P), which is organized every year in a European city. The 4th EuroS&P edition will be held on June 17-19, 2019 in Stockholm, at the KTH main campus. Pre conference workshops will take place on Sunday, June 16, 2019, and post conference workshops on Thursday, June 20, 2019. A workshop associated with IEEE EuroS&P can be a full or half day in length. Each workshop should provide a forum to address a specific topic at the forefront of security and privacy research. Submissions of workshop proposals must reach the workshop chairs by November 11, 2018. If proceedings are planned, the default option offered is publication through IEEE Xplore in a volume accompanying the main IEEE EuroS&P 2019 proceedings. Workshop registration will be done together with the main conference, allowing workshop-only registrations as well. Support for accepted workshops include: rooms, coffee breaks, lunches, and at least two free registrations for the full EuroS&P 2019 program. Other expenses must be covered by the individual workshops. WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION A workshop proposal should contain at least the following (please fill in the template available on the conference web site): * Workshop title; * Aim and scope; * Proposed format; * Duration (half or full day); * Planned activities (e.g., invited speakers, panels); * Expected number of submissions, paper length (in IEEE conference proceedings format), and number of attendees * Program chair(s), and if available, tentative program and organisation committee; * Biographical sketch for each main organizer, describing relevant qualifications in research and conference/workshop organizing experience; * Past history of the workshop, if any, including number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and number of registered attendees for the most recent incarnation of the workshop, and past year websites; * Draft CFP articulating the scope and topics covered by the workshop; * Plan for the review process and the publication of proceedings PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA Each workshop proposal will be evaluated based on the following criteria: * Quality of proposal; * Timeliness and suitability for the EuroS&P community; * Novelty with respect to other workshops and forums; * Interest, impact, relevance of the topic; * Anticipated attendance level; * Organisers experience WORKSHOP CHAIRS Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Yongdae Kim KAIST, Republic of Korea IMPORTANT WORKSHOP DATES Workshop proposal submission: November 11, 2018 Notification of decision: December 3, 2018 CFP and Website for each workshop: December 17, 2018 Workshop papers submission: last week of February/first week of March 2019 Workshop notification date: no later than April 10, 2019 Workshop final papers (firm): April 22, 2019 Please send your workshop proposal to the Workshop Chairs (Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Yongdae Kim at sabrina.decapitani@unimi.it,yongdaek@kaist.ac.kr) by November 11, 2018

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Call For Papers: The 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Analytic for Cyber Crime Investigation and Prevention 2018
by Andrii Shalaginov 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

Dear Colleague, (Apologies for multiple postings) Following the positive feedback and great interest last year, we are delighted to announce the 2nd International Workshop on Big Data Analytic for Cybercrime Investigation and Prevention, co-located with IEEE Big Data conference in Seattle, USA on 10-13 December, 2018. Workshop webpage: http://folk.ntnu.no/andriis/bdaccip2018/ *** IMPORTANT DATES *** Oct 10, 2018: Due date for full workshop paper submissions Nov 1, 2018: Notification of paper acceptance to authors Nov 15, 2018: Latest due date for camera-ready of accepted papers Dec 10-13, 2018: Workshops *** INTRODUCTION *** The big data paradigm has become an inevitable aspect of today's digital forensics investigations. Acquiring a forensic copy of seized data mediums already takes several hours due to the increasing storage size. In addition are several other time-consuming laboratory analysis steps required, such as evidence identification, corresponding data preprocessing, analysis, linkage, and final reporting. These steps have to be repeated for every physical device examined in the criminal case. Conventional digital forensics data preprocessing and analysis methods struggle when handling the contemporary variety, variability, volume and velocity of case data. Thus, proactive approaches have to be developed and integrated in daily law enforcement operations; for timely detection and prevention of the illegal activities in a data-intensive environments. Thus, there is a need for advanced big data analytics to aid in cyber crime investigations, which requires novel approaches for automated analysis. This workshop is organized to bring together recent development in big data analysis to aid in current challenges in cybercrime investigations. *** PROPOSED TOPICS *** Note that the topics are not limited to this proposed list. 1. Algorithm areas - Machine Learning-aided analysis - Graph-based detection - Topic modelling - Improvements of existing methods - Decision Support Systems 3. Data - Novel datasets - New data formats - Digital Forensics data simulation - Anonymised case data - New data formats and taxonomies 2. Application areas - Cyber Threats Intelligence - Network Forensics Readiness - Malware Analysis & Detection - Emails mining & Authorship Identification - Social Network Mining - Events correlations - Access Logs analysis - Mobile Forensics - Fraud Detection - Database Forensics - IoT Forensics - Blockchain technologies - Industrial systems 4. Infrastructure - Secure collaborative platforms - Distributed storage and processing - Technologies for data streams - Hardware and software architectures for large-scale data *** PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS *** Andrii Shalaginov, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Katrin Franke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Jan William Johnsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology *** PROGRAM COMMITTEE *** Olaf M. Maennel (Tallinn University of Technology) Asif Iqbal (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Bojan Kolosnjaji (Technical University of Munich) Martin Boldt (Blekinge Institute of Technology) Hanno Langweg (Konstanz University of Applied Sciences) Pierre Lison (Norwegian Computing Centre) Emiliano Casalicchio (Blekinge Institute of Technology) Dmitry Kangin (University of Exeter) Ali Dehghantanha (University of Guelph) Bing Zhou (Sam Houston State University) Vasileios Mavroeidis (University of Oslo) Sreyasee Das Bhattacharjee (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Shih-Chieh Su (‎Qualcomm Inc) Benjamin Flesch (Copenhagen Business School) Jan-Jaap Oerlemans (Universitet Leiden) Peter Xenopoulos (New York University) *** PAPER SUBMISSION *** Our workshop invites authors to submit: full-length papers (up to ten pages), short papers (up to six pages) or abstract papers (up to three pages) through the online submission system: https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2018/bigdata18/scripts/submit.php?subarea=S07… Papers have to follow the IEEE 2-column format and the Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines. ***PUBLICATION*** The authors of accepted papers must guarantee their presence at the conference for the papers to be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference in order to include the paper in the proceedings. *** BEST PAPERS *** Selected papers are nominated for submission to “Special Issue on Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Crime Investigation and Prevention”, journal "Future Generation Computer Systems". Extended papers should have at least 60% of new material and will be sent through a review process to ensure the quality of contributions. *** CONTACTS*** If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Andrii Shalaginov (andrii.shalaginov(a)ntnu.no) and Jan William Johnsen (jan.w.johnsen(a)ntnu.no) Best regards, Andrii Shalaginov, on behalf of Katrin Franke and Jan William Johnsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway

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web designing and web development services
by Rohit Madhukar 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

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Slice electrophysiology postdoc and technician positions at Carnegie Mellon's Neurosciences Institute
by Pulkit Grover 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

Dear Colleagues, As a part of a newly funded project, Grover, Chamanzar, Kainerstorfer, Barth, and Gittis labs at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) are actively looking for joint postdocs and technicians for slice electrophysiology experiments. Our team's goal is to develop novel methods for neural stimulation and recording in somatosensory and motor cortex for closed-loop experiments in rodents and in future in non-human primates. We aim to establish advanced theoretical techniques, closely with experimental validation, for invasive and noninvasive high-throughput neurostimulation, and recording with high spatiotemporal resolution for advancing diagnosis treatment of disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson's, and brain injuries, as well as fundamental understanding of the brain. This is an ideal opportunity for a neuroscientist or a biomedical engineer who wants to be involved in developing next generation neural interfacing techniques and use these advanced methods for fundamental and applied neuroscience studies. The role of the technician is to perform surgeries and prepare brain slices and help with the experiments. The technician is expected to directly work with students and postdocs to design and conduct experiments. The postdoc will be affiliated with the Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute, and will get the opportunity to work with a team of accomplished researchers from various disciplines ranging from Biological Sciences, ECE, BME at CMU as well as clinicians at University of Pittsburgh. This is an opportunity to work on a challenging scientific problem in a highly interdisciplinary and vibrant environment. *Requirements*: Prior experience with rodent surgeries, particularly mice. Interest in or experience with brain slice preparation and experiments. Experience with patch clamp recording and electrophysiology or voltage imaging in neurons is essential. The labs are committed to the professional development of the members, making this position a valuable preparation for those interested in academic, industrial or entrepreneurial careers. The position has no mandatory teaching or administrative duties. The ideal start date is as soon as possible (11/2018 or shortly thereafter), but application review will continue until the positions are filled. The position is initially for at least 12 months with the possibility of renewal. Compensation will be competitive, and commensurate with relevant experience. CMU has competitive benefits (including comprehensive medical insurance) and is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates should send a CV, a statement of research experience and interests, expected date of availability, and the contact information for three references to pulkit(a)cmu.edu, mchamanz(a)andrew.cmu.edu, and jkainers(a)andrew.cmu.edu with the subject line "Brain Slice Positions”. Please find the ads attached. Thanks Pulkit on behalf of CMU faculty: Pulkit Grover Maysam Chamanzar Jana Kainerstorfer Alison Barth Aryn Gittis -- Pulkit Grover Associate Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy) Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (by courtesy) Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA -15213.

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СFP : PDP2019 - Special session SPDNS 2019
by Igor Kotenko 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ---------------- The Final Announcement and Call for Papers Special Session "Security in Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Computing (SPDNS 2019)" on 27th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and network-based Processing (PDP 2018) Pavia, Italy 13-15 February 2019. http://www.pdp2019.eu Paper submission deadline: 15th October 2019 Special Session on "Security in Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Computing" aims to bring together researchers and practitioners involved in multiple disciplines concerning security in distributed systems to exchange ideas and to learn the latest developments in this important field. We will focus on issues related to network and distributed system security, such as authentication, access control, confidentiality, integrity, availability, privacy, dependability and sustainability of distributed systems. Previously unpublished papers offering novel research contributions to the theoretical and practical aspects of security in distributed systems are solicited for submission. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Adaptive security * Applied cryptography * Authentication, authorization and access control * Big data for security * Cloud security * Computer and network forensics * Data mining, machine learning, and bio-inspired approaches for security * Digital rights management * Embedded system security * Internet and web security * Intrusion and malware detection and prevention * Risk analysis and risk management * Security and privacy in pervasive and ubiquitous computing * Security evaluation * Security of emerging technologies * Security modeling and simulation * Security policies * Security protocols * Software security * Survivability * Tamper resistance * Trust management * Trusted computing Important dates - Paper submission: 15th Oct, 2018 - Acceptance notification: 15th Nov, 2018 - Camera ready due: 15th DEc, 2018 - Conference: 13th - 15th Feb, 2019 Program Committee Igor Kotenko, SPIIRAS, Russia - session chair Fabrizio Baiardi, University of Pisa, Italy Cataldo Basile, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Julien Bourgeois, UFC/FEMTO-ST, France - Dumitru Burdescu, University of Craiova, Romania Hakima Chaouchi, Telecom & Management SudParis, France Andrey Chechulin, ITMO University, Russia Yannick Chevalier, Universite de Toulouse - IRIT, France Luigi Coppolino, University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy Miguel Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Herve Debar, Telecom SudParis, France Dennis Gamayunov, Moscow State University, Russia Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece Alexander Grusho, Moscow State University, Russia Andrei Gurtov, Linkoping University, Sweden Ming-Yuh Huang, The Boeing Company, USA Spyros Kokolakis, University of the Aegean, Greece Antonio Mana, University of Malaga, Spain Felix Gomez Marmol, University of Murcia, Spain Fabio Martinelli, IIT-CNR, Italy Nikolay Moldovyan, SPIIRAS, Russia Evgenia Novikova, Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" (ETU), Russia Vladimir Oleshchuk, University of Agder, Norway Gregorio Martinez Perez, University of Murcia, Spain Jacek Rak, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Roland Rieke, Fraunhofer, Germany Luigi Romano, University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy Igor Saenko, St.Petersburg Signal Academy, Russia Martin Strecker, Universite de Toulouse, France Peter Teufl, IAIK / Graz University of Technology, Austria Shambhu Upadhyaya, SUNY at Buffalo, USA Ilsun You, Soonchunhyang University, Korea SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the Conference proceedings format ( double-column, 10pt) to the conference main track through the EasyChair conference submission system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdp2019) The possibility to submit a paper to a special session will appear soon. Double-bind review: the paper should not contain authors names and affiliations; in the reference list, references to the authors' own work entries should be substituted with the string "omitted for blind review”. Publication: All accepted papers will be included in the same volume, published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Final Paper Preparation and Submission Instructions will be published after the notification of acceptance. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the Conference. Conference proceedings will be submitted to IEEE explore, CDSL, and for indexing among others, to DBLP, Scopus ScienceDirect, and ISI Web of Knowledge.

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IEEE HPCS Workshop on High Performance Computing Systems for Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (BILIS 2017) - Ext Deadline
by Mario Cannataro 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

I apologize for any cross-posting of this announcement. ======================================================================================== Int. Workshop on High Performance Computing Systems for Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (BILIS 2017) http://hpcs2017.cisedu.info/conference/workshops---hpcs2017/workshop17-bilis July 17 – July 21, 2017 Genoa, Italy held in conjunction with International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2017) http://hpcs17.cisedu.info/ ======================================================================================== * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * EXTENDED Submission Deadline: April 15, 2017 Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters ======================================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions: --------------------------------- April 15, 2017 - Extended Acceptance Notification: --------------------------- April 28, 2017 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ------- May 11, 2017 Conference Dates: --------------------------------- July 17 – 21, 2017 ======================================================================================== SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES Incorporating new advancements of Information Technology (IT) in general and High Performance Computing (HPC) in particular in the domain of Life Sciences and Biomedical Research continues to receive tremendous attention of researchers, biomedical institutions and the rest of the biomedical community. Although medical instruments have benefited a great deal from the technological advances of the couple of decades, the impact of integrating IT advancements in addressing critical problems in biomedical research remains limited and the process of penetrating IT tools in the medical profession continues to be a very challenging problem. For example, the use of electronic medical records and Hospital Information Systems in improving health care remains fragmented. Similarly, the use of advanced computational tools seamlessly in the biomedical research cycle continues to be minimal. Due to the computational intensive problems in life sciences, the marriage between the Bioinformatics domain and high performance computing is critical to the advancement of Biosciences. In addition, the problems in this domain tend to be highly parallelizable and deal with large datasets, hence using HPC is a natural fit. The Bioinformatics domain is rich in applications that require extracting useful information from very large and continuously growing sequence of databases. Most methods used for analyzing DNA/Protein sequences are known to be computationally intensive, providing motivation for the use of powerful computational systems with high throughput characteristics. Moreover, high-throughput wet lab platforms such as next generation sequencing, microarray and mass spectrometry, are producing a huge amount of experimental "omics" data. The increasing availability of omics data poses new challenges to bioinformatics applications that need to face in a semi-automatic way an overwhelming availability of raw data. Main challenges regard: 1) the efficient storage, retrieval and integration of experimental data; 2) their efficient and high-throughput preprocessing and analysis; 3) the building of reproducible "in silico" experiments; 4) the integration of analysis results with pre-existing knowledge usually stored into ontologies. As the storage, preprocessing and analysis of raw experimental data is becoming the main bottleneck of the analysis pipeline, parallel computing is playing an important role in all steps of the life sciences research pipeline, from raw data management and processing, to data integration and analysis, and to data exploration and visualization. Moreover, Cloud Computing is becoming the key technology to hide the complexity of computing infrastructures, to reduce the cost of the data analysis task, and especially to change the overall business model of biomedical research and health provision. Considering the complex analysis pipeline of the biomedical research, the bottleneck is more and more moving toward the storage, integration, and analysis of experimental data, as well as their correlation and integration with publicly available data banks In such a scenario, large-scale distributed databases and parallel bioinformatics tools are key tools for organizing and exploring biological and biomedical data with the aim to discover new knowledge in biology and medicine. In the current Information age, further progress of Medical Sciences requires successful integration with Computational and Information Sciences. The workshop attempts to attract innovative ways of how such integration can be achieved via Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics research, particularly in taking advantage of the new advancements in HPC systems. The focus of data analysis and data mining tools in biomedical research highlights the current state of research in the key biomedical research areas such as bioinformatics, medical informatics and biomedical imaging. Addressing performance concerns in managing and accessing medical data, while facilitating the ability to integrate and correlate different biomedical databases remains an outstanding problem in biomedical research. The amount of available biomedical data continues to grow in an exponential rate; however, the impact of utilizing such resources remains minimal. The development of innovative tools in HPC environments to integrate, analyze and mine such data sources is a key step towards achieving large impact levels. The workshop focuses on topics related to the utilization of HPC systems and new models of parallel computing and cloud computing in problems related to Biomedical Informatics and Life Sciences, along with the use of data integration and data mining tools to support biomedical research and Health Care. The BILIS Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: HPC for the Analysis of Biological Data Bioinformatics Tools for Health Care Parallel Algorithms for Bioinformatics Applications Ontologies in Biology and Medicine Integration and Analysis of Molecular and Clinical Data Parallel Bioinformatics Algorithms Algorithms and Tools for Biomedical Imaging and Medical Signal Processing Energy Aware Scheduling Techniques for Large Scale Biomedical Applications HPC for analyzing Biological Networks Next Generation Sequencing and Advanced Tools for DNA Assembly HPC for Gene, Protein/RNA Analysis and Structure Prediction Identification of Biomarkers Biomedical Visualization Tools Efficient Clustering and Classification Algorithms Correlation Networks in Biomedical Research Data Mining Techniques in Biomedical Applications Heterogeneous Data Integration HPC systems for Ontology and Database Integration Pattern Recognition and Search Tools in Biological and Clinical Databases Ubiquitous Medical Knowledge Discovery and Exchange HPC for Monitoring and Treatment Facilities Drug Design and Modeling Computer Assisted Surgery and Medical Procedures Remote Patient Monitoring, Homecare Applications Mobile and Wireless Healthcare and Biomedical Applications Cloud Computing for Bioinformatics, Medicine, and Health Systems INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to HPC for Bioinformatics, Healthcare and Life Sciences. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. For Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://hpcs2017.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participation/call-for-po… for posters submission details) will also be considered. Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the workshop organizers via email as attachments to Hesham Ali: hali(a)unomaha.edu, Mario Cannataro: cannataro(a)unicz.it. Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission. Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and presentation, language, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and attend the HPCS 2017 conference to present the paper at the workshop. PROCEEDINGS Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2017 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly. SPECIAL ISSUE Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website. If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------ April 15, 2017 - Extended Acceptance Notification: ------------------------------ April 28, 2017 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ---------- May 11, 2017 Conference Dates: ------------------------------------ July 17 – 21, 2017 WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Prof. Hesham H. Ali Department of Computer Science College of Information Science and Technology University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 68182 USA Email: hesham(a)unomaha.edu Prof. Mario Cannataro Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro Viale Europa (Località Germaneto) 88100 Catanzaro, Italy Email: cannataro(a)unicz.it

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