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Special Session on HPC in Modelling and Simulation at NUMTA 2019 - Crotone, Calabria, Italy
by William Spataro 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

(sorry for cross postings) ************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS: NUMTA Special Session on High Performance Computing in Modelling and Simulation (NUMTA2019-HPCMS) TH Le Castella Village Le Castella – Isola Capo Rizzuto Crotone, Italy DEADLINE for One-page Abstract submission: March 18, 2019 ************************************************************************** Model development for the simulation of the evolution of artificial and natural systems is essential for the advancement of Science. 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. An important mission of the HPCMS Special Session within the NUMTA 2019 3rd International Conference and Summer School 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. The session 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, hydrology, medicine, ecology, 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, earth science and social), engineering, medicine, and humanities problems - Hardware approaches of high performance computing in modeling and simulation Submission One-page abstract should be submitted before March 18, 2019 EasyChair system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=numta2019 (please follow the EasyChair hints to correctly prepare and submit your abstract). After acceptance, the authors can submit their full papers (end of May) as reported on the NUMTA main web page (http://si.dimes.unical.it/~yaro/numta2019/index.php) More information about the HPCMS Workshop and the general NUMTA 2019 conference can be found at: http://si.dimes.unical.it/~yaro/numta2019/index.php Organizers William Spataro – University of Calabria (Italy) Donato D’Ambrosio – University of Calabria (Italy) Rocco Rongo – University of Calabria (Italy) Andrea Giordano – ICAR-CNR (Italy) Scientific Committee Angelos Amanatiadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Donato D’Ambrosio, University of Calabria, Italy Pawel Topa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Gianluigi Folino, ICAR-CNR, Italy Lou D’Alotto, York College/CUNY, New York, USA Antonios Gasteratos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Ioakeim Georgoudas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Marco Beccutti, University of Torino, Italy Rolf Hoffmann, Darmstadt University, Germany Ioannis Karafyllidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Yaroslav Sergeyev, University of Calabria, Italy Antisthenis Tsompanas, University of the West of England, UK Rocco Rongo, University of Calabria, Italy Georgios Sirakoulis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece William Spataro, University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe A. Trunfio, University of Sassari, Italy Marco Villani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Jaroslaw Was, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Davide Spataro, ASML, The Netherlands Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy Andrea Giordano, ICAR-CNR, Italy Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy Gihan R. Mudalige, University of Warwick, UK Alessio De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy -- °-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-° William Spataro Department of Mathematics & Computer Science High Performance Computing Center University of Calabria I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) Italy Phone(s) : +39.0984.49.3691 / 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 -°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°-°

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The Third International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2019)
by Massimo CAFARO 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

WPDM 2019 The Third International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2019) http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/WPDM2019/ CALL FOR PAPERS The Third Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2019) will be held in conjunction with The 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2019), http://www.iccsa.org Saint Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg, Russia July 1-4 2019 Final submission Deadline: February 17, 2019 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES The Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining is an international forum which brings together researchers and practitioners working on different high-performance aspects of data mining algorithms, enabling novel applications. Data mining techniques and algorithms to process huge amount of data in order to extract useful and interesting information have become popular in many different contexts. Algorithms are required to make sense of data automatically and in efficient ways. Nonetheless, even though sequential computer systems performance is improving, they are not suitable to keep up with the increase in the demand for data mining applications and the data size. Moreover, the main memory of sequential systems may not be enough to hold all the data related to current applications. Therefore, there is an increasing interest in the design and implementation of parallel data mining algorithms. On parallel computers, by exploiting the vast aggregate main memory and processing power of processors and accelerators, parallel algorithms can easily address both the running time and memory requirement issues. Anyway, parallelizing existing algorithms in order to achieve good performance and scalability with regard to massive datasets is not trivial. Indeed, it is of paramount importance a good data organization and decomposition strategy in order to balance the workload while minimizing data dependences. Another concern is related to minimizing synchronization and communication overhead. Finally, I/O costs should be minimized as well. The Workshop will allow exchanging ideas and results related to on-going research, focusing on high-performance aspects of data mining algorithms and applications. Creating breakthrough parallel algorithms for high-performance data mining applications requires addressing several key computing problems which may lead to novel solutions and new insights in interdisciplinary applications. The focus of the workshop is on all forms of advances in high-performance data mining algorithms and applications, and related topics. The WPDM Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: - Parallel data mining algorithms using MPI and/or OpenMP - Parallel data mining algorithms targeting GPUs and many-cores accelerators - Parallel data mining applications exploiting FPGA - Distributed data mining algorithms - Benchmarking and performance studies of high-performance data mining applications - Novel programming paradigms to support high-performance computing for data mining - Performance models for high-performance data mining applications and middleware - Programming models, tools, and environments for high-performance computing in data mining - Caching, streaming, pipelining, and other optimization techniques for data management in high-performance computing for data mining INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above topics. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. The submitted paper must be between 10 to 16 pages long and formatted according to the Springer LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) rules, Guidelines and templates can be found at the url http://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui… To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2019 web site: http://ess.iccsa.org. Only papers submitted through the electronic system and strictly adhering to the relevant format will be considered for reviewing and publication. Please pay attention, when submitting your contribution to the workshop, to select the right entry in the listbox shown in the submission form. CONFERENCE POLICY By submitting the paper to ICCSA conference, all authors agree to abide by all ICCSA conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies. Namely, authors confirm that the work is original, has not appeared in literature in any form in the past and will not be submitted to any other venue concurrently with ICCSA submission or until it appears in ICCSA proceedings (in the case of acceptance). Furthermore, upon paper acceptance, authors agree to transfer copyright on the accepted paper to ICCSA, and one of the authors will register the paper and present the paper at the event. No paper withdrawals can be accepted after Conference pre-registration date or within three months of the actual event, whichever date comes first. Paper withdrawal request can be only accepted in writing through email, letter or fax to conference organizers. The conference has no responsibility for any intentional or accidental misuse, misinterpretation, or failure to follow above rules and conditions and holds no legal, civil or other responsibility for opinions, content or utilization of any methods/algorithms expressed in the Conference Proceedings. If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organisers. IMPORTANT DATES February 17, 2019: Deadline for paper submission March 31, 2019: Notification of Acceptance. May 8, 2019: Early-bird Registration ends. May 8, 2019: Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers July 1-4, 2019: ICCSA 2019 Conference WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Massimo Cafaro University of Salento, Italy Phone: +39 0832 297371 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it Italo Epicoco University of Salento, Italy Phone: +39 0832 297235 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: italo.epicoco(a)unisalento.it Marco Pulimeno University of Salento, Italy Phone: +39 0832 297371 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: marco.pulimeno(a)unisalento.it Giovanni Aloisio University of Salento & Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation, Italy Phone: +39 334 6501704 Fax: +39 0832 297235 Email: giovanni.aloisio(a)unisalento.it International Program Committee: All submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members. Program Committee formation is pending and will be finalised shortly. - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it cafaro(a)ieee.org cafaro(a)acm.org CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************

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Special Issue "The Second International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining"
by Massimo CAFARO 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

Special Issue "The Second International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining" A special issue of Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893). Deadline for manuscript submissions: extended to January 30, 2019 http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Parallel_Distributed_… Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue is devoted to the increasing interest in the design and implementation of parallel and distributed data mining algorithms. The Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2018) is an international forum that brings together researchers and practitioners, working on different high-performance aspects of data mining algorithms, enabling novel applications. Indeed, datasets grow so rapidly that, every day, exabytes of data are being generated, and, in order to extract and infer useful knowledge, parallel processing techniques are required to cope with this huge volume of data: Traditional sequential software is not viable to cope with them. When the data are generated in different places (such as wireless sensor networks and/or Internet of things devices), they may be geographically spread out, and the data cannot be sent to a centralized site, thus, the need for distributed processing algorithms arises. Topics relevant to this Special Issue cover the scope of the WPDM 2018 Workshop (http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/WPDM2018/) - Parallel data mining algorithms using MPI and/or OpenMP - Parallel data mining algorithms targeting GPUs and many-cores accelerators - Parallel data mining applications exploiting FPGA - Distributed data mining algorithms - Benchmarking and performance studies of high-performance data mining applications - Novel programming paradigms to support high-performance computing for data mining - Performance models for high-performance data mining applications and middleware - Programming models, tools, and environments for high-performance computing in data mining - Caching, streaming, pipelining, and other optimization techniques for data management in high-performance computing for data mining Extended versions of papers presented at WPDM 2018 are sought, but this call for papers is fully open to all those who wish to contribute by submitting a relevant research manuscript. Manuscript Submission Information Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Algorithms is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 850 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions. Special Issue Editors Guest Editor Assoc. Prof. Massimo Cafaro Department of Engineering for Innovation, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, Foundation, Lecce, Italy Guest Editor Dr. Italo Epicoco Department of Engineering for Innovation, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, Foundation, Lecce, Italy Guest Editor Dr. Marco Pulimeno Department of Engineering for Innovation, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy Guest Editor Prof. Giovanni Aloisio Department of Engineering for Innovation, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, Foundation, Lecce, Italy - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it cafaro(a)ieee.org cafaro(a)acm.org CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************

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CGI'19 3rd CFP - June 17-20 2019, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
by Marina Gavrilova 10 Jan '19

10 Jan '19

CALL FOR PAPERS COMPUTER GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL CGI 2019 University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 17-20 June, 2019 CGI 2019 website: http://www.cgs-network.org/cgi19 Organized by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS) In cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH and EUROGRAPHICS Computer Graphics International is one of the oldest international annual conferences in Computer Graphics and one of the most important ones worldwide, founded by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS). It is a yearly meeting where academics present their latest algorithms, and explore new ideas on various computer graphics topics. Since 1983 it was held in different countries in Europe, Asia, Australia and North & South America. CGI 2019, the 36th annual conference will take place on June 17th - June 20th in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the foothills of majestic Canadian Rockies. CGI 2019 is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH and EUROGRAPHICS. IMPORTANT DATES Conference, Tutorials and Workshops June 17 - 20, 2019 Visual Computer papers submission Submission deadline: February 12, 2019 Paper notification: March 24, 2019 Camera-ready April 7, 2019 CGI proceedings submission Submission deadline: March 25, 2019 Paper notification April 21, 2019 Camera-ready May 03, 2019 The scientific program of the conference will include full papers and short papers. 35 accepted full papers will be included in the Visual Computer journal published by Springer. Other accepted papers (full and short papers) will be included in the conference proceedings. KEYWORDS We invite original contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in topics related to: Rendering Techniques, Volume Rendering Geometric Computing Virtual and Augmented Reality Shape and Surface Modelling Physically Based Modelling Computer Vision for Computer Graphics Scientific Visualization Data Compression for Graphics Biometric Image and Signal Processing Medical Imaging Computation Geometry Image Based Rendering Computational Photography Computer Animation Visual Analytics Shape Analysis and Image Retrieval Geometric Modelling Computational Fabrication Image Processing 3D Reconstruction & 3D Printing Solid Modelling Global Illumination Graphical Human-Computer Interaction Human Modelling Image Analysis Saliency Methods Shape Matching Sketch-based Modelling Robotics and Vision Stylized Rendering Textures Pattern Recognition Machine Learning for Graphics Conference Co-Chairs Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada Hiroshi Ishikawa, Waseda University, Japan Program Co-Chairs Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland Jian Chang, Bournemouth University, UK Local Organizing Chair Marina L. Gavrilova University of Calgary, Canada Local Organizing Committee Usman Alim, University of Calgary Ehud Sharlin, University of Calgary Tony Tang, University of Calgary

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ACDL 2019, Advanced Course on Data Science & Machine Learning - Early Registration March 31
by Ludovico Montalcini 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

ACDL 2019, Advanced Course on Data Science & Machine Learning An Interdisciplinary Course: Big Data, Deep Learning & AI without Borders ACDL 2019 – A Unique Experience: Data Science, Machine Learning & AI with the World’s Leaders in the fascinating atmosphere of the ancient Certosa di Pontignano Certosa di Pontignano, Siena - Tuscany, Italy July 15-19, 2019 https://acdl2019.icas.xyz acdl(a)icas.xyz ACDL 2018 Sold-out! Probably also ACDL 2019: Early registration deadline: March 31, 2019 https://acdl2019.icas.xyz/registration/ LECTURERS: Each Lecturer will hold three lessons on a specific topic. The Lecturers below are confirmed. Ioannis Antonoglou, Google DeepMind, UK Topic: General Reinforcement Learning Algorithms Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy Topic: Constraint-Based Approaches to Machine Learning Phillip Isola, MIT, USA Topic: Generative Adversarial Networks Dolores Romero Morales, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Topic: Big Data Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Carnegie Mellon University & AI Research at Apple, USA Topic: Deep Learning Josh Tenenbaum, MIT, USA Topics: Computational Cognitive Science, probabilistic generative models, and probabilistic programming Naftali Tishby, Hebrew University, Israel Topic: Theory of Deep Learning – Information Bottleneck Joaquin Vanschoren, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Topic: Automatic machine learning Oriol Vinyals, Google DeepMind, UK Topic: Deep Learning & Reinforcement Learning SCOPE: The Advanced Course is not a summer school suited only for younger scholars. Rather, a significant proportion of seasoned investigators are regularly present among the attendees, often senior faculty at their own institutions. The balanced audience that we strive to maintain in each Advanced Course greatly contributes to the development of intense cross-disciplinary debates among faculty and participants that typically address the most advanced and emerging areas of each topic. Each faculty member presents lectures and discusses with the participants for one entire day. Such long interaction together with the small, exclusive Course size provides the uncommon opportunity to fully explore the expertise of each faculty, often through one-to-one mentoring. This is unparalleled and priceless. The Certosa di Pontignano provides the perfect setting to a relaxed yet intense learning atmosphere, with the stunning backdrop of the Tuscan landscapes. World-class wines and traditional foods will make the Advanced Course on Data Science and Machine Learning the experience of a lifetime. CALL FOR POSTER & ORAL PRESENTATIONS: During the Registration Process we accept abstract submissions for posters and oral presentations to be presented during the poster sessions and the talk sessions. https://acdl2019.icas.xyz/registration/ Early registration deadline: March 31, 2019 VENUE & ACCOMMODATION: The venue of ACDL 2018 will be The Certosa di Pontignano — Siena Dr. Lorenzo Pasquinuzzi The Certosa di Pontignano Località Pontignano, 5 – 53019, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena) – Tuscany – Italy phone: +39-0577-1521104 fax: +39-0577-1521098 info(a)lacertosadipontignano.com http://www.lacertosadipontignano.com/ A few Kilometres from Siena, on a hill dominating the town stands the ancient Certosa di Pontignano, a unique place where nature, history and hospitality blend together in memorable harmony. Built in the 1300, its medieval structure remains intact with additions of the following centuries. The Certosa is centred on its historic cloisters and gardens. https://acdl2019.icas.xyz/venue/ ACCOMMODATION: https://acdl2019.icas.xyz/accommodation/ Past Edition - ACDL 2018: https://acdl2018.icas.xyz ACDL 2019 Poster: https://acdl2018.icas.xyz/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/poster-ACDL-20… REGISTRATION: https://acdl2019.icas.xyz/registration/ We remind you that ACDL 2018 sold out a long time before the registration deadline! Anyone interested in participating in ACDL 2019 should register as soon as possible! Similarly for accommodation at the Certosa di Pontignano (the School Venue), book your full board accommodation at the Certosa as soon as possible! All course participants should/must stay at the Certosa di Pontignano. See you in Tuscany next July! ACDL 2019 Organizing Committee. acdl(a)icas.xyz https://acdl2019.icas.xyz

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2nd CFP: SDM 2019 FEND Workshop, May 2-4, 2019, Alberta, Canada
by Kai Shu 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] Call for Papers Workshop on Data Mining for Fake News in Social Media: Propagation, Detection, and Mitigation (FEND'19), in conjunction with SDM'19 http://pike.psu.edu/fend19/ May 2-4, 2019, Alberta, Canada Social media has become a popular means to consume news. However, the quality of news on social media is lower than traditional news organizations. Because it is cheap to provide news online and much faster and easier to disseminate through social media, large volumes of fake news, i.e., those news articles with intentionally false information, are produced online for a variety of purposes, such as financial and political gain. The extensive spread of fake news can have severe negative impacts on individuals and society. First, fake news can break the authenticity balance of the news ecosystem. For example, it is evident that the most popular fake news was even more widely spread on Facebook than the most popular authentic mainstream news during the U.S. 2016 presidential election. Second, fake news intentionally persuades consumers to accept biased or false beliefs for political or financial gain. For example, in 2013, $130 billion in stock value was wiped out in a matter of minutes following an Associated Press (AP) tweet about an explosion that injured Barack Obama. AP said its Twitter account was hacked. Third, fake news changes the way people interpret and respond to real news, impeding their abilities to differentiate what is true from what is not. Therefore, it's critical to understand how fake news propagate, developing data mining techniques for efficient and accurate fake news detection and intervene in the propagation of fake news to mitigate the negative effects. The objectives of this workshop are: - Bring together researchers from both academia and industry as well as practitioners to present their latest problems and ideas; - Attract social media providers who have access to interesting sources of fake news datasets and problems but lack the expertise in data mining to use data effectively; - Enhance interactions between data mining, text mining, social media mining, and sociology and psychology communities working on problems of fake news propagation, detection, and mitigation. This workshop aims to bring together researchers, practitioners and social media providers for understanding fake news propagation, improving fake news detection in social media and mitigation. Topic areas for the workshop include (but are not limited to) the following: - User behavior analysis and characterization for fake news detection - Text mining - mining news contents and user comments - Early fake news detection - Unsupervised fake news detection - Fact-checking - Tracing and characterizing the propagation of fake news and true news - Malicious account and bot detection, user credibility assessment - Visual analysis and exploration with images on the news - News event aggregation and detection - Building benchmark datasets for fake news detection in social media Paper Submission: Papers should be submitted as PDF, using the SIAM conference proceedings style, available at https://www.siam.org/Portals/0/Publications/Proceedings/soda2e_061418.zip?v…. Submissions should be limited to nine pages and submitted via CMT at https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FEND2019. Important Dates: Submission deadline: February 1, 2019 Notification: March 15, 2019 SDM pre-registration deadline: April 2, 2019 Camera ready: April 15, 2019 Conference dates: May 2-4, 2019 Shall you have any questions, please email to szw494(a)psu.edu or kai.shu(a)asu.edu. Workshop Organizers: Suhang Wang Penn State University, USA Dongwon Lee Penn State University, USA Huan Liu Arizona State University, USA Workshop Publicity Chair: Kai Shu Arizona State University, USA

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CfP, 6th International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School - SSBSS 2019, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Tuscany, Italy July 22-26
by Ludovico Montalcini 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

6th International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School - SSBSS 2019 July 22-26, 2019 - Certosa di Pontignano - Siena - Tuscany - Italy https://ssbss2019.icas.xyz ssbss(a)icas.xyz * Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement * * Please help us distributing in your circles (emails, blogs, and social networks) the call for participation and call for oral talks/posters for SSBSS 2019. Together we will make SSBSS 2019 a great event! * The Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School (SSBSS) is a full-immersion five-day residential summer school at the Robinson College - University of Cambridge - UK on cutting-edge advances in systems and synthetic biology with lectures delivered by world-renowned experts. The school provides a stimulating environment for students (from Master students to PhD students), Post-Docs, early career researches, academics and industry leaders. Participants will also have the chance to present their results (with Oral Talks and Posters), and to interact with their peers, in a friendly and constructive environment. DEADLINES: Application: March 31, 2019 Oral Presentation/Poster Submission: March 31, 2019 Notification of Decision for Oral/Poster Presentation: April 28, 2019 https://ssbss2019.icas.xyz/registration/ SPEAKERS & TOPICS: * ADAM ARKIN, University of California, Berkeley, USA Topics: Systems & Synthetic Biology & Microbiology/Virology * ANDREA CALIFANO, Columbia University, USA Topics: Systems Biology, Cell Regulatory Networks, Cancer tumorigenesis & Drug Resistance * JASON CHIN, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK Topics: Genetic Code Reprogramming * VIRGINIA CORNISH, Columbia University, USA Topics: Synthetic Biology, Chemical Complementation & Ribosome Chemistry * JOHN GLASS, J. Craig Venter Institute, USA Topics: Minimal Cell, Building and engineering of genomes and chromosomes * KAREN POLIZZI, Imperial College London, UK Topics: Synthetic Biology & In Vivo Biosensors * WILLIAM SHIH, Harvard Medical School, USA Topics: Design principles for self-assembling molecular machines * JOERG STELLING, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Topics: Computational Systems Biology * SARAH TEICHMANN, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute & EMBL-EBI, UK Topics: Human Cell Atlas * DANIELLE TULLMAN-ERCEK, Northwestern University, USA Topics: Protein Engineering & Synthetic Biology SPEAKERS: * Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, Imperial College London, UK More Speakers TBA CALL FOR POSTER & ORAL PRESENTATIONS: During the Registration Process we accept abstract submissions for posters and oral presentations to be presented during the poster sessions and the talk sessions. https://ssbss2019.icas.xyz/registration/ Early registration deadline: March 31, 2019 See you in Tuscany in July! The SSBSS 2019 Organizing Committee. ssbss(a)icas.xyz https://ssbss2019.icas.xyz https://www.facebook.com/ssbss.school/ SSBSS - Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/238417586492061/ Computational Synthetic Biology Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014624245288596/ * Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested *

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CfP: SafeComp 2019 (Int. Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security)
by Alexander Romanovsky 08 Jan '19

08 Jan '19

38th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security Turku, Finland September 10-13, 2019 https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/safecomp2019/ SPECIAL THEME: Safety and security of autonomous systems CALL FOR PAPERS SAFECOMP was established in 1979 by the European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems, Technical Committee 7 on Reliability, Safety and Security (EWICS TC7). Since then, it has contributed to the progress of the state-of -the-art in dependable application of computers in safety-related and safety- critical systems. SAFECOMP is an annual event covering the state-of-the-art, experience and new trends in the areas of safety, security and reliability of critical computer applications. SAFECOMP provides plenty of opportunities to exchange insights and experience on emerging methods, approaches and practical solutions. It is a single-track conference supporting great networking opportunities. The conference covers all aspects related to the development, assessment, operation and maintenance of safety-related and safety-critical computer systems. Topics include, but are not limited to * Development, verification and assessment of highly automated and autonomous dependable systems * Formal modelling, verification and validation of critical systems, software and hardware * Model-driven engineering and assessment of safety and security-critical systems and software * Resilient and fault-tolerant hardware and software architectures * Fault detection and recovery mechanisms * Distributed and real-time monitoring and control * Security and privacy protection mechanisms for safety-related and safety-critical systems * Safety/security co-engineering and risk assessment * Probabilistic verification and validation * Testing, verification and validation methods and tools for safety and security * Methods and tools for qualification, assurance and certification * Data-driven techniques for engineering dependable systems, software and hardware * Cyber-physical threats and vulnerability analysis * Safety and security guidelines, standards and certification of critical systems * Safety and security assurance cases * Safety and security issues of applied AI and machine learning in critical systems * Devops and agile development methods Domains of application include: * Railways, automotive, space, avionics, nuclear and process industries * Highly automated and autonomous systems, advanced robotics, construction engines and off-road vehicles * Telecommunications and networks * Safety-related applications of smart systems and IoT (Internet of Things, Smart Anything Everywhere) * Critical infrastructures, smart grids, SCADA * Medical devices and healthcare * Surveillance, defense, emergency & rescue * Logistics, industrial automation, off-shore technology * Education & training PAPER SUBMISSION The regular research papers (up to 14 pages) as well as practical and industrial experience reports and tool papers (up to 8 pages) should be electronically submitted via the EasyChair submission systems. Additional details are provided at the conference website: https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/safecomp2019/ Papers must not have been previously published or concurrently submitted elsewhere. The papers must be formatted according the LNCS templates provided by Springer Verlag - https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission February 14, 2019 Paper submission February 17, 2019 Notification April 30, 2019 Camera ready June 5, 2019 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series by Springer Verlag. EWICS TC7 CHAIR Francesca Saglietti (Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, DE) GENERAL CHAIR AND PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Alexander Romanovsky (Newcastle Univ., UK) Elena Troubitsyna (KTH, SE and Åbo Akademi, FI) PUBLICATION CHAIR Friedemann Bitsch (Thales, DE) WORKSHOP CHAIRS Ilir Gashi (City Univ., UK) Erwin Schoitsch (AIT, AT) ORGANISING COMMITTEE Elena Troubitsyna Minna Carla Christel Engblom Inna Vistbackka INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Peter Bishop (UK) Friedemann Bitsch (DE) Jean-Paul Blanquart (FR) Sandro Bologna (IT) Andrea Bondavalli (IT) Jens Braband (DE) Simon Burton (DE) António Casimiro (PT) Mads Dam (SE) Peter Daniel (UK) Ewen Denney (US) Felicita Di Giandomenico (IT) Wolfgang Ehrenberger (DE) John Favaro (IT) Francesco Flammini (SE) Simon Fuerst (DE) Barbara Gallina (SE) Ilir Gashi (UK) Anatoliy Gorbenko (UK) Janusz Gorski (PL) Jérémie Guiochet (FR) Hans Hansson (SE) Mats Heimdahl (US) Maritta Heisel (DE) Constance Heitmeyer (US) Alexei Iliasov (UK) Chris Johnson (UK) Rajeev Joshi (US) Karama Kanoun (FR) Joost-Pieter Katoen (DE) Philip Koopman (US) Peter Ladkin (DE) Timo Latvala (FI) Silvia Mazzini (IT) Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (SE) Mattias Nyberg (SE) Frank Ortmeier (DE) Philippe Palanque (FR) Michael Paulitsch (AT) Holger Pfeifer (DE) Peter Popov (UK) Laurent Rioux (FR) Matteo Rossi (IT) Francesca Saglietti (DE) Christoph Schmitz (CH) Erwin Schoitsch (AT) Christel Seguin (FR) Håkan Sivencrona (SE) Oleg Sokolsky (US) Stefano Tonetta (IT) Kenji Taguchi (JP) Martin Törngren (E) Mario Trapp (DE) Tullio Vardanega (IT) Marcel Verhoef (NL) Helene Waeselynck (FR) Jonny Vinter (SE)

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Ada-Europe 2019 Conference - EXTENDED 28 January deadline
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

The Ada-Europe 2019 Conference organizers decided to provide more time for authors to prepare their contributions. The deadline for all submissions is extended to Monday 28 January 2019. 3 weeks remain! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED Call for Papers - EXTENDED DEADLINE Ada-Europe 24th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (Ada-Europe 2019) 10-14 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) *** Extended DEADLINE 28 JANUARY 2019 AoE *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information Ada-Europe is pleased to announce that its 24th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (Ada-Europe 2019) will take place in Warsaw, Poland, in the week of 10-14 June. The conference schedule at its fullest includes a three-day technical program and vendor exhibition from Tuesday to Thursday, and parallel tutorials and workshops on Monday and Friday. This edition of the conference inaugurates a major revamp in the registration fees, redesigned to extend participation from industry and academia, and to reward contributors, especially but not solely, students and post-doc researchers. *** Schedule 28 January 2019: Submission of papers, industrial presentation outlines, tutorial and workshop proposals 1 March 2019: Notification of acceptance to all authors 16 March 2019: Camera-ready version of papers required 30 April 2019: Industrial presentations, tutorial and workshop material required *** Topics The conference is a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design, development and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for a challenging variety of application domains. The program will allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions and discussions, and social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia and government organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to: - Design and Implementation of Real-Time and Embedded Systems: Real-Time Scheduling, Design Methods and Techniques, Architecture Modelling, HW/SW Co-Design, Reliability and Performance; - Design and Implementation of Mixed-Criticality Systems: Scheduling Methods, Mixed-Criticality Architectures, Design Methods, Analysis Methods; - Theory and Practice of High-Integrity Systems: Medium to Large-Scale Distribution, Fault Tolerance, Security, Reliability, Trust and Safety, Languages Vulnerabilities; - Software Architectures for Reliable Systems: Design Patterns, Frameworks, Architecture-Centered Development, Component-based Design and Development; - Methods and Techniques for Quality Software Development and Maintenance: Requirements Engineering, Model-driven Architecture and Engineering, Formal Methods, Re-engineering and Reverse Engineering, Reuse, Software Management Issues, Compilers, Libraries, Support Tools; - Ada Language and Technologies: Compilation Issues, Runtimes, Ravenscar, Profiles, Distributed Systems, SPARK; - Mainstream and Emerging Applications with Reliability Requirements: Manufacturing, Robotics, Avionics, Space, Health Care, Transportation, Cloud Environments, Smart Energy Systems, Serious Games, etc; - Achieving and Assuring Safety in Machine Learning Systems; - Experience Reports in Reliable System Development: Case Studies and Comparative Assessments, Management Approaches, Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics; - Experiences with Ada: Reviews of the Ada 2012 language features, implementation and use issues, positioning in the market and in the software engineering curriculum, lessons learned on Ada Education and Training Activities with bearing on any of the conference topics. *** Call for Regular Papers The regular papers submitted to the conference must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. The authors shall submit their work by 28 January 2019, in PDF only, and up to 16 LNCS-style pages in length, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ae2019. The conference is listed in the principal citation databases, including DBLP, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The authors of the papers that will appear in the conference proceedings will be invited to extend their work for submission to a Special Issue of Elsevier's Journal of Systems Architecture, centered on the conference themes. *** Proceedings The conference proceedings will appear in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, and will be available at the conference, both online and in print. The authors of accepted regular papers shall prepare camera-ready submissions in full conformance with the LNCS style, strictly by 16 March 2019. For format and style guidelines, the authors should refer to http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Failure to comply and to register at least one author for the conference by that date will prevent the paper from appearing in the proceedings. *** Call for Industrial Presentations The conference seeks industrial presentations that deliver insightful information value but may not sustain the strictness of the review process required for regular papers. The authors of industrial presentations shall submit their proposals, of at least 1 page in length, by 28 January 2019, strictly in PDF, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ae2019. The Industrial Committee will review the submissions anonymously and make recommendations for acceptance. The authors of accepted contributions shall be requested to submit a 2-page abstract by 16 March 2019, for inclusion in the conference booklet, and be invited to deliver a 20-minute talk at the conference. These authors will also be invited to expand their contributions into articles for publication in the Ada User Journal (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/) as part of the proceedings of the Industrial Program of the Conference. For any further information, please contact the Industrial Chair directly. *** Awards Ada-Europe will offer honorary awards for the best regular paper and the best presentation. *** Call for Educational Tutorials The conference seeks tutorials in the form of educational seminars that may include hands-on or practical demonstrations. Proposed tutorials can address any part of the reliable software domain, and may have an academic or industrial slant from technology perspective. All software topics and their application to reliability and safety are welcome. Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed duration (half day or full day), and the intended level of the tutorial (introductory, intermediate, or advanced), and most importantly a statement expressing why it will be worthwhile to attend the tutorial. Tutorial proposals shall be submitted to the Educational Tutorial Chair. The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration. For half-day tutorials, this benefit is halved. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops Workshops on themes within the conference scope may be proposed. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the conference week. Workshop proposals shall be submitted to the Workshop Chair. The workshop organizer shall also commit to producing the proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal. *** Call for Exhibitors The commercial exhibition will span the core days of the main conference. Interested providers of software products and services should send inquiries to the Exhibition Chair. *** Venue The conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, at the Engineering Design Center, a partnership of General Electric and the Institute of Aviation, one of Europe's largest engineering institutions. *** Organizing Committee Conference & Program Chair Tullio Vardanega, University of Padua, Italy tullio.vardanega at unipd.it Educational Tutorial & Workshop Chair Dene Brown, SysAda Ltd, UK dene.brown at sysada.co.uk Industrial Chair Maurizio Martignano, Spazio IT, Italy maurizio.martignano at spazioit.com Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland software at white-elephant.ch Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium dirk.craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be Local Chair Maciej Sobczak, GE Aviation - EDC Warsaw, Poland maciej.sobczak at ge.com *** Program Committee Mario Aldea, Univ. de Cantabria, ES Johann Blieberger, Vienna Univ. of Technology, AT Bernd Burgstaller, Yonsei Univ., KR António Casimiro, Univ. Lisboa, PT Barbara Gallina, Mälardalen Univ., SE Michael González Harbour, Univ. de Cantabria, ES J. Javi Gutiérrez, Univ. de Cantabria, ES Jérôme Hugues, ISAE, FR Hubert Keller, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE Raimund Kirner, Univ. of Hertford-shire, UK Franco Mazzanti, ISTI-CNR, IT Laurent Pautet, Telecom ParisTech, FR Luís Miguel Pinho, CISTER/ISEP, PT Erhard Plödereder, Univ. Stuttgart, DE Juan A. de la Puente, Univ. Pol. de Madrid, ES Jorge Real, Univ. Pol. de València, ES José Ruiz, AdaCore, FR Sergio Sáez, Univ. Pol. de València, ES Elad Schiller, Chalmers Univ. of Technology, SE Frank Singhoff, Univ. de Bretagne Occidentale, FR Jorge Sousa Pinto, Univ. of Minho, PT Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA Elena Troubitsyna, Åbo Akademi Uni., FI Santiago Urueña, GMV, ES Tullio Vardanega, Univ. of Padua, IT Marcus Völp, Univ. of Luxembourg, LU *** Industrial Committee Ian Broster, Rapita Systems, UK Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, BE Gonçalo Gouveia, Critical Techworks, PT Thomas Gruber, Austrian Institute of Technology, AT Andreas Jung, European Space Agency, NL Ismael Lafoz, Airbus Military, ES Patricia Lopez Cueva, Thales Alenia Space, FR Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant, CH Maurizio Martignano, Spazio-IT, IT Silvia Mazzini, Intecs, IT Marco Panunzio, Thales Alenia Space, FR Paul Parkinson, Wind River, UK Jean-Pierre Rosen, AdaLog, FR José Emilio Salazar Marsà, GMV, ES Helder Silva, Edisoft, PT Pawel Zakrzewski, GE Aviation, PL *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 24th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), and Lisbon, Portugal ('18). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at http://www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be, Ada-Europe 2019 Publicity Chair *** Ada-Europe 24th Intl. Conf. on Reliable Software Technologies *** June 10-14, 2019 * Warsaw, Poland * www.ada-europe.org/conference2019

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ESORICS 2019 - Call for Workshop Proposals [24th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Luxembourg, 2019]
by Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

[apologies for cross-posting] ====================================================================== CALL for WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: ESORICS 2019 24th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, September 23-27, 2019 Website: https://esorics2019.uni.lu/workshops/ ====================================================================== Overview ------------------------------------ ESORICS is the annual European research event in Computer Security. The Symposium started in 1990 and has been held in several European countries, attracting a wide international audience from both the academic and industrial communities. Proposals are solicited for Workshops to be held in conjunction with ESORICS 2019. A Workshop should aim at providing a forum on emerging topics of high interest to the security and privacy community. In the Workshop selection, particular consideration will be paid to: * Its potential interest for the security and privacy community * Its novelty with respect to other forums, especially with respect to other ESORICS workshops. * Its likely impact on the target community, including likely high participation. A workshop can be either one day or two days in length. Important Dates ------------------------------------ * Workshop proposals due: February 8, 2019 * Notification of decision: March 15, 2019 Submitting a Workshop Proposal ------------------------------------ To submit a proposal send an email to the Workshop Chair with with the information requested in the application form: * Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (jgalfaro(a)ieee.org) The following application form should be used. (also available in Word format at http://j.mp/ESORICS19wsh) ====================================================================== ESORICS 2019 - WORKSHOP APPLICATION FORM: - Title of the Workshop: - Duration (maximum 2 days): - Draft "Call for Papers", articulating the workshop's scope and topics: - Brief summary and justification for the workshop, including anticipated benefits to the ESORICS community: - Planned activities: - Expected number of participants: - Workshop organizers: * PC Chair(s): * General Chair(s): - Workshop deadlines: * Submission deadline: * Notification to authors: * Camera-ready versions: - Planned publication of Workshop proceedings: - Data of last three years for the workshop (if applicable): * Number of submissions: * Number of accepted papers: * Number of participants: * Publication of proceedings: * Venue (co-location): ======================================================================

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