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Thirteenth International Conference on "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics" GEOG-AND-MOD 18
by Beniamino Murgante 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Thirteenth International Conference on "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics" GEOG-AND-MOD 18 http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/murgante/geog_An_Mod_18/index.html in conjunction with The 2018 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2018) July 2th - July 5th 2018 Melbourne, Australia http://www.iccsa.org/ Description During the past decades the main problem in geographical analysis was the lack of spatial data availability. Nowadays the wide diffusion of electronic devices containing geo-referenced information generates a great production of spatial data. Volunteered geographic information activities (e.g. OpenStreetMap, etc.), public initiatives (e.g. Open data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Geo-portals) and private projects (e.g. Google Earth, Bing Maps, etc.) produced an overabundance of spatial data, which, in many cases, does not help the efficiency of decision processes. The increase of geographical data availability has not been fully coupled by an increase of knowledge to support spatial decisions. The inclusion of spatial simulation techniques in recent GIS software favoured the diffusion of these methods, but in several cases led to the mechanism based on which buttons have to pressed without having geography or processes in mind. Spatial modelling, analytical techniques and geographical analyses are therefore required in order to analyse data and to facilitate the decision process at all levels, with a clear identification of the geographical information needed and reference scale to adopt. Old geographical issues can find an answer thanks to new methods and instruments, while new issues are developing, challenging the researchers for new solutions. This Conference aims at providing innovative and original contribution to the ongoing debate on the above mentioned issues and at improving the process of knowledge acquisition, by means of the development of new techniques and methods. The programme committee especially requests high quality submissions on the following (but not limited to) Conference Themes: Geostatistics and spatial simulation; Agent-based spatial modelling; Cellular automata spatial modelling; Spatial statistical models; Space-temporal modelling; Environmental Modelling; Geovisual analytics, geovisualisation, visual exploratory data analysis; Visualisation and modelling of track data; Spatial Optimization; Interaction Simulation Models; Data mining, spatial data mining; Spatial Data Warehouse and Spatial OLAP; Integration of Spatial OLAP and Spatial data mining; Spatial Decision Support Systems; Spatial Multicriteria Decision Analysis; Spatial Rough Set; Spatial extension of Fuzzy Set theory; Ontologies for Spatial Analysis; Urban modeling; Applied geography; Spatial data analysis; Dynamic modelling; Simulation, space-time dynamics, visualization and virtual reality. Each paper will be independently reviewed by 3 programme committee members. Their individual scores will be evaluated by a small sub-committee and result in one of the following final decisions: accepted, or accepted on the condition that suggestions for improvement will be incorporated, or rejected. Notification of this decision will take place on April 2018. Individuals and groups should submit complete papers (10 to 16 pages). Accepted contributions will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) volumes Authors Guideline Please adhere strictly to the formatting provided in the template to prepare your paper and refrain from modifying it. The submitted paper must be camera-ready and formatted according to the rules of LNCS. For formatting information, see the publisher's web site ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 ). Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. Submission papers should be submitted at: http://ess.iccsa.org/ please don't forget to select " Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics GEOG-AND-MOD 18" workshop from the drop-down list of all workshops. Proceedings Papers accepted to "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics GEOG-AN-MOD 18" will be published in the ICCSA Conference proceedings, in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, with doi, indexed by WOS, Scopus and DBLP. Participants to "Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics GEOG-AN-MOD 18" will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for special issues on International Journals and book. Participants to GEOG-AN-MOD 18 will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for special issues on International Journals Extended version of previous GEOG-AN-MOD papers have been included in the following special issues: * Transactions on Computational Science Journal VI Vol. 5730-0324, Springer-Verlag, Berlin ISSN: 1611-3349. * Murgante B., Borruso G., Lapucci A. (2009) " Geocomputation and Urban Planning " Studies in Computational Intelligence , Vol. 176. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. * Murgante B., Borruso G., Lapucci A. (2011) "Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning" Studies in Computational Intelligence. Springer-Verlag, Berlin * Murgante B., Kanevski M., Marvuglia A. Cellura M. (2012) Special Issue on "Analysing, Modelling and VisualizingSpatial Environmental Data ” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) IGI Global volume 3(1), * Murgante B., Kanevski M., Marvuglia A. Cellura M. (2012) Special Issue on “Analysing, Modelling and VisualizingSpatial Environmental Data ” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) IGI Global volume 3(2) * Borruso G., Bertazzon S., Favretto A. Murgante B., Torre C. (2011) “Geographic Information Analysis for Sustainable Development and Economic Planning: New Technologies” IGI Global * Murgante B., Borruso G., Gibin M. (2012) "NeoGeography and WikiPlanning" Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). * Lasaponara R., Asche H., Lanorte A., Murgante B., Borruso G. and Masini N. (2012) "Investigating Earth system changes and dynamics using remote sensing and geospatial analysis" Earth System Dynamics Interactive Open Access Journal (ISSN: 2190-4979 ). * Lasaponara R., Murgante B., Masini N., Ge Y., Masini N., Asche H. (2013) " Advance in geocomputation " International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation Elsevier. * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2013) "Using technologies to preserve and promote cultural heritage and landscape" International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) IGI Global volume 4(3). * Journal of Mobile Multimedia * International Journal of Web Information Systems * International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining 2013 Vol. 8 No. 4 * Marvuglia A., Murgante B., Benetto E. (2015) "Calling for an Integrated Computational Systems Modelling Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis” Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management Volume 3, Issue 3 pp. 213-216 | DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2015.09.001 * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2015) “ Cities and Smartness: The True Challenge” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, Volume 6, Issue 4 * Marvuglia A., Murgante B., Benetto E. (2015) “Computational Algorithms for Sustainability Assessment” Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management Volume 3, Issue 2 pp. 87-88 | DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2015.06.001 * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2016) “ Recent trends in spatial information” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1 * Murgante B., Martellozzo F. (2016) “Decipher the Present to Shape the Future- Rethinking the Urban–Rural Nexus” Sustainability * Murgante B., Borruso G. (2017) “ New Approaches in Spatial Information in Real Estate Markets and Environmental Planning” International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, Volume 8, Issue 2 Important dates 20 February 2018 : Deadline for full paper submission 8 April 2018 : Notification of acceptance 6 May 2018 : Deadline for Camera Ready Papers 2-3 July, 2018 : ICCSA 2018 Conference Beniamino Murgante _____________________________ Prof. Beniamino Murgante, PhD School of Engineering, University of Basilicata 10, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 85100 - Potenza - Italy tel. +39-0971-205125 fax +39-0971-205185 Mobile: +393204238518 Skype: beniamino.murgante e-mail: beniamino.murgante(a)unibas.it , murgante(a)gmail.com url: http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/murgante/Benny.html ORCID-ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-5959 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Beniamino_Murgante Academia.edu: https://unibas-it.academia.edu/BeniaminoMurgante Mendeley: https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/beniamino-murgante2/

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IoTBDS 2018 with its workshops and High Quality Journal (HQJ) Forum
by Chang V.I. 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, We wish you a Happy New Year. We have 1 forthcoming conference IoTBDS 2018 www.iotbds.org . We've extended the deadline for the position papers due on Jan 4, 2018. Venue will be in Madeira, Portugal. Conference date: March 19-21, 2018. We have a special issue with Journal of Grid Computing (JGC; IF: 2.766). We'll get a fast track with Applied Soft Computing (ASOC; IF: 3.541). We'll apply for well-known journals' special issues. There will be a High Quality Journal (HQJ) Forum http://www.iotbds.org/HQJForum.aspx to allow you to present the objectives and outcomes of the accepted/published papers in any approved SCI Q1 or A-grade journals. Winner can be invited to our SI or fast track mentioned above. Only 2 pages of extended abstract are required with deadline on Jan 11, 2018. There's also a Workshop on Big Data Analytics and IoT for Smarter Healthcare, IoTforeHealth 2018 due on Jan 11, 2018 http://www.iotbd.org/IoTforeHealth.aspx There's also a Workshop on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things, WICSPIT 2018 due on Jan 11, 2018 http://iotbds.org/WICSPIT.aspx There's also a sister conference COMPLEXIS www.complexis.org for the position papers due on Dec 6 and it has similar workshops and forums as above. Hope you can consider. See some of pictures and videos: https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015 Many thanks. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks and regards, Victor ------ CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security Funchal, Madeira / Portugal March 19 - 21, 2018 http://www.iotbds.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015 Submission Extended Deadline: January 4, 2018 Dear Colleagues: We cordially invite you to share your latest research results at the 2018 IoTBDS Conference. Due to many requests, the regular papers submission deadline of this conference has been extended --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------- The internet of things (IoT) is a platform that allows a network of devices (sensors, smart meters, etc.) to communicate, analyze data and process information collaboratively in the service of individuals or organizations. The IoT network can generate large amounts of data in a variety of formats and using different protocols which can be stored and processed in the cloud. The conference looks to address the issues surrounding IoT devices, their interconnectedness and services they may offer, including efficient, effective and secure analysis of the data IoT produces using machine learning and other advanced techniques, models and tools, and issues of security, privacy and trust that will emerge as IoT technologies mature and become part of our everyday lives. Big Data (BD) has core values of volume, velocity, variety and veracity. After collecting much data from IoT, BD can be jointly used with machine learning, AI, statistical and other advanced techniques, models and methods, which can create values for people and organizations adopting it, since forecasting, deep analysis and analytics can help identify weaknesses and make improvements based on different analysis. Maintaining a high level of security and privacy for data in IoT are crucial and we welcome recommendations, solutions, demonstrations and best practices for all forms of security and privacy for IoT and BD. Conference Areas: 1 . Big Data Research 2 . Emerging Services and Analytics 3 . Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals 4 . Internet of Things (IoT) Applications 5 . Big Data for Multi-discipline Services 6 . Security, Privacy and Trust 7 . IoT Technologies ---------------------------- PUBLICATION ---------------------------- All papers presented at the congress venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: DBLP, Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, EI and SCOPUS A short list of presented papers will be selected and their revised and extended versions will be published in the *Special Issue of Journal of Grid Computing (JGC)*. Applied Soft Computing fast track Other special issues in the high quality journals like FGCS are also being discussed. ---------------------------- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ---------------------------- Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Lee Gillam, University of Surrey, United Kingdom --------------------------- WORKSHOPS: --------------------------- WICSPIT 2018:Workshop on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#WICSPIT IoTforeHealth 2018: Workshop on Big Data Analytics and IoT for Smarter Healthcare http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#IoTforeHealth SCBDADM 2018: Workshop on Smart Cities, Big Data Analytics and Digital Manufacturing: Inspiring New Organisational forms and Democratising the Means of Design Innovation and Production http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#SCBDADM ---------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Regular Paper Camera Ready and Registration: January 4, 2018 Late-Breaking Submission Deadline: January 4, 2018 Late-Breaking Authors Notification: January 22, 2018 Late-Breaking Camera Ready and Registration: January 31, 2018 Workshops Workshop Proposal: November 23, 2017 Paper Submission: January 11, 2018 Authors Notification: January 25, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 2, 2018 Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 Special Sessions Special Session Proposal: December 13, 2017 Tutorials Tutorial Proposal: January 30, 2018 Demos Demo Proposal: January 30, 2018 Panels Panel Proposal: January 30, 2018 Open Communications Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 Forums Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018 ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- CONFERENCE CHAIR Victor Chang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Víctor Méndez Muñoz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB, Spain Gary Wills, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Robert Walters, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Farshad Firouzi, IMEC/Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Germany PUBLICITY CHAIR Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD Roy Cecil, IBM Portugal, Portugal Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Hamido Fujita, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, United States Chung-Sheng Li, Accenture, United States KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Lee Gillam, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Please visit IoTBDS 2018 http://www.iotbd.org/CallForPapers.aspx for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.

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Software Engg Symposiums & Workshop@ICCSA 2018(LNCS)2-5July'18 Melbourne, Australia
by Sanjay Misra 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Request: May I kindly request you to submit your paper(s) and circulate the following CFP in your department, software/Computer engineering groups and all interested researchers who may be potential authors. Dear Colleagues Sessions greeting and best wishes. First and foremost, Please accept my heartiest wishes for new year-2018; I pray to God almighty to bless you & your loved ones with health, wealth & peace. On this occasion I invite you to submit your research work to 10th Int Symposium on Software Engg Processes and Applications-2018,(Proceedings by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science) or 9th Int Symposium Software Quality- 2018(LNCS in Springer), and 10th Int Workshop on Tools and techniques in Soft Dev. Process 2018(Proceedings in Xplore( IEEE) ). All the three events*, *will be held in conjunction with the 2018 International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2018-http://www.iccsa.org/ *)*) during July 2 - 5, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia in collaboration with the Monash University, Australia. Please visit the following site for more detail. 10th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA)-2018 (Publication in LNCS by Springer): http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=71 510&copyownerid=3644 http://sepa.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/ http://www.iccsa.org/workshops 9th International Symposium Software Quality- (ISSQ)-2018-Publish in LNCS by Springer http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=71511 http://sq.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/ http://www.iccsa.org/workshops 10th Int Workshop on Tools and techniques in Software Development Processes(TTSDP)- 2018(Publication in IEEE Xplore ): http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=59513 , http://ttsdp.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/ http://www.iccsa.org/workshops If your paper is a theme paper and 10-16 pages long, belongs/related to general area/applications of Software Engineering please submit it in Software Engineering process and applications (SEPA 2018). If you are working in any area related to quality issues of Software engineering , consider Software Quality (ISSQ 2018) for your submission. Further, if your paper is a session paper which is short and up to 6 pages long (in IEEE format), please select TTSDP 2018 for your submission. The extended version (minimum 30% in technical content) of SEPA 2018, SQ 2018 and TTSDP 2018 papers will be accepted by Several Journals (all SCOPUS/ESCI indexed Journal and the best paper in SCIE indexed Journal). The website for submission is open on following link- *http://ess.iccsa.org/ <http://ess.iccsa.org/>* *IMP-**While submitting to conference site, please select the one of below tracks (see just below the abstract box) of your submission. Otherwise your paper will be submitted in general track. * *"**10th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications**"* *"**8th International Symposium on Software Quality**"* * "**10th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes**"* While submitting your paper don’t forget to select the proper session/workshops. Hope and request for your contribution. best regards Sanjay Misra, Organizing Chair: SEPA 2017, ISSQ-2017, TTSDP-2017 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AFjvjTgAAAAJ&hl=en (M.Tech.(In Software Engg-ML National Institute of Technology, India), PhD (Information and Know Engg.- Uni of Alcala, Spain) Prof of Computer Engineering, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria http://covenantuniversity.edu. ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.VoDmYBV97Dc Visiting/ Prof., UCV, Valparasio, Chile Visiting Prof. University of Alcala, Spain Visiting Prof. Atilim University, Turkey Visiting Prof./Collaborative Researcher UNICEN, Tandil Argentina Visiting Prof. Federal University of Technology Minna Editor In Chief: Book series on “Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management (AITPPM)” (IGI Global USA) http://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-personnel-pro ject-management/77666 International Journal of Physical Sciences (Last IF: 0.540(2011)) http://www.academicjournals.org/ijps/Editors.htm Covenant J. of ICT(An official Journal of Covenant Uni.) http://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/cjict/#.UoNx3K5hK <http://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/cjict/#.UoNx3K5hK0w> -- Sanjay Misra <http://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.VrJRifkrLDd>

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The Second International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2018)
by Massimo Cafaro 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

The Second International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Data Mining (WPDM 2018) http://sara.unisalento.it/~cafaro/WPDM2018/ CALL FOR PAPERS As part of The 18th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2018), http://www.iccsa.org July 2 - 5 2018, Melbourne, Australia Submission Deadline: January 28, 2018 SPECIAL ISSUE Selected extended versions of workshop papers will be invited to a Special Issue to appear in the Algorithms journal http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms 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 2018 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 January 28, 2018: Deadline for paper submission April 8, 2018: Notification of Acceptance. May 6, 2018: Early-bird Registration ends. May 6, 2018: Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers July 2-5, 2018: ICCSA 2018 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. Current TPC members: Gianfranco Bilardi, University of Padova, Italy Matteo Ceccarello, University of Padova, Italy Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste and ICAR-CNR, Italy Ann Gordon-Ross, University of Florida, USA Giuliano Laccetti, University of Naples, Italy Pablo Moscato, University of Newcastle, Australia Domenico Talia, University of Calabria, Italy Paolo Trunfio, University of Calabria, Italy Jeffrey D. Ullman, Stanford University, USA - ************************************************************************************ 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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[Mycolleagues] (Extended Deadline Jan 30, 2018) Wiley Software: Practice and Experience: Special Issue on Integration of Cloud, IoT and Big Data Analytics
by Gaurav Somani 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of the same call. ______________________________________________ Call for Papers for Special Issue on Integration of Cloud, IoT and Big Data Analytics (Submission Deadline (Extended): Jan 30, 2018 Software: Practice and Experience (Wiley Press) A call on SPE website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/(ISSN)1097-024X /asset/homepages/Special_Issue_Proposal_CFP_SPE_Final_v4.pdf ?v=1&s=42188b687b9e225871c754b6ddffbe0354bc0551&isAguDoi=false ------------------------------------------------------------------- The modern computing edge has envisaged many technological advances which have impacted the livelihood of human being to society at large. Cloud Computing, Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Big Data Analytics are three major innovative paradigms which have changed the way computing is transforming the organizations. Most of the industry sectors are driven by information technology (IT) and all these sectors whether it is government or manufacturing enterprises, health-care or start-ups, each one of them are finding and visualizing unprecedented opportunities and growth in systems driven by these three technologies. At the level of implementation and deployment, these technologies help in preparing a practical “Software System” where the functional aspects are implemented in real software and demonstrated practically. Often, these systems are applied in public sectors such as utility, facility management, smart city projects including transport, health care and power and water distributions. On the other hand, numerous systems are also envisaged along the lines of social networks driven systems, smart homes, smart buildings, smart vehicles, smart industries where cyber physical systems are automated and managed on the basis of these three important technologies. We invite high quality papers either on the use of Cloud, IoT and Big Data Analytics for solving real world or practical problems or the application and assessment of Cloud, IoT and Big Data Analytics for solving well-known societal problems and issues. We focus on submissions that stress software practice studies, and submissions that share a variety of software system development experiences in different domains. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Cloud and IoT Systems/platforms for Big Data and Data analytics such as smart cities, e-commerce and cyber physical systems leading to real innovation. - Systems using Data Classification on IoT environments and mining for next generation IoT networking - Practical Software System study and evolution using Cloud Computing, IoT and Big Data Analytics - Software systems implemented for environmental and cyber physical systems sensing and computing, health care, mobile and personalized data-centered services, social networks analytics etc. - Real-time intelligence and control techniques - IoT architecture, tools and applications for Big Data analytics - Scientific Computing, Data Management and Analytics in Cloud - Software Systems for Enterprise, Government and Society, Cloud-assisted, IoT-based Cyber-Physical Systems, Resilient Infrastructures - Automatic Business Process and Workflow Management in Clouds - Research and Project Experience in Biomedical, Energy and Environment Control, Service Systems in Tourism, Transportation and Urban Planning, Vertical Markets – Telecom, Sensors, Social Networking, Smart Cities, Food and Agriculture. - Case Studies of Cloud, IoT and Big Data usage and value formation Special Issue Paper Submission This special issue invites submissions that present novel and innovative ideas. It also welcomes submissions of extended versions of the best selected papers presented in the 4th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2017, http://dsr.encs.vancouver.wsu.edu/BDCAT2017/) All submissions including invited papers will undergothe regular peer review process. We seek submission of papers that present new, original and innovative ideas for the "first" time in SPE. Submission of "extended versions" of already published works (conference papers) is not encouraged unless they contain a significant number of "new and original" ideas/contributions along with more than 50% brand "new" material. If you are submitting an extended version of an already published conference paper, you must submit a cover letter/document detailing (1) the "Summary of Differences" between the SPE paper and the earlier paper, (2) a clear list of "new and original" ideas/contributions in the SPE paper (identifying sections where they are proposed/presented), (3) confirmation of the percentage of new material, and (4) the original conference paper. Otherwise, the submission will be "desk" rejected without being reviewed. While submitting paper to this issue, please select “Special Issue – On Integration of Cloud, IoT and Big Data Analytics” in the submission system. Regular Issue Submission If you have a paper on cloud computing or IoT which does not match the requirements of the Special Issue, we encourage you to submit it as a regular paper to Software: Practice and Experience. The journal has expanded its coverage to specifically include cloud computing and IoT. Important Dates Submission: Jan 30, 2018 First Notification: April 1, 2018 Revision due: May 1, 2018 Notification of final acceptance: June 1, 2018 Final revised paper due: June 15, 2018 Guest Editors Gaurav Somani Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Central University of Rajasthan, India, Email: gaurav(a)curaj.ac.in Xinghui Zhao School of Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, Vancouver, USA, Email: x.zhao(a)wsu.edu Satish Narayana Srirama Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia, Email: satish.srirama(a)ut.ee Rajkumar Buyya Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems (CLOUDS) Lab, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Australia, Email: rbuyya(a)unimelb.edu.au -- =================================================== Gaurav Somani, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Central University of Rajasthan, (Established under the Central Universities Act 2009) NH-8, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. =================================================== ------------------------------------------------------- We love you. 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HPCS 2018 - The 16th International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation
by Waleed Smari 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

*HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018* [Sorry if you get multiple copies of this message] *Call for Papers and Participation** ** **The 2018 High Performance Computing & Simulation Conference** **(HPCS 2018)** ** **July 16 - 20, 2018** **Orléans, France** **http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/ or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs18 ** ** **In Cooperation with the ACM, IEEE, IFIP** ** **(Main Track Paper Submission Deadline: _February 19, 2018_)** **(Other Conference tracks may have different submission deadlines - Please check the specific track of interest.)** * You are cordially invited to participate in this international event through paper submission, a workshop or a special session organization, a tutorial, a demo, a poster, an exhibit, a panel discussion, a doctoral dissertation, whichever sounds more appropriate and convenient to you. The conference will include invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper presentations describing original work on the current state of research in high performance and large scale computing systems, their design, performance and use, their use in modeling and simulation, and their applications. There will also be tutorial sessions, symposia, workshops, special sessions, demos, posters, panel discussions, doctoral colloquium, and exhibits. Conference sponsorships are welcomed. In addition to the main track, the conference will have many refereed and archived symposia, workshops and special sessions: Please see Symposia: http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/2-conference/symposia---hpcs2018 , Workshops: http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops---hpcs2018 , Special Sessions: http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info/2-conference/special-sessions---hpcs2018 . *SPECIAL ISSUE* Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work for a special issue or more in a reputable ISI indexed Journal. HPCS Proceedings are published in IEEEXPLORE and indexed by all major indexing services including SCOPUS, EI, SCI, dblp, etc. ================================================================= *Important Dates:* *Main Track Paper and Poster Paper Submission Deadline ——— February 19, 2018** ** Tutorial/Demo/Panel/Poster Proposal Deadline ———————— February 20, 2018** ** Notification of Acceptance starts —————————————— April 07, 2018** ** Registration & Camera-Ready Manuscripts Due ——————— May 03, 2018** ** Conference Dates ———————————————————— July 16 - 20, 2018** * ================================================================= For further details and updates, please consult the conference web site at URL: http://hpcs2018.cisedu.info or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs18 or contact one of the organizers. We look forward to your contributions and seeing you in Orléans in July. Thank you very much. Best Regards. HPCS 2018 Organizers

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15 Academic Positions at the University of Melbourne
by Uwe Aickelin 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement] The University of Melbourne School of Computing and Information Systems is seeking applicants for 15 continuing (i.e. tenure-track / permanent ) Lecturer and Senior Lecturer positions. We seek dynamic academics with expertise in Computer Science or Information Systems who have the potential to build a stellar teaching and research career at Melbourne. The School of Computing and Information Systems is an international research leader in computer science, information systems and software engineering. In this discipline, the School was ranked number 1 in Australia and 13th in the world in the 2016 QS World University Ranking exercise. We are particularly seeking applicants with expertise in the areas of business information systems, health informatics/digital health, software engineering, cybersecurity, or high-performance and distributed systems, but applicants whose work is aligned with any of the research groups in the School are encouraged to apply. Applications close on 15 Jan 2018. The positions are advertised at http://go.unimelb.edu.au/jsp6, where the formal position description and a brochure with more information are available. Contact Karin Verspoor karin.verspoor(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:karin.verspoor@unimelb.edu.au> for enquiries and further information.

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Fwd: CFP: J.UCS New trends in Semantic Web-based applications
by Miguel Angel Rodriguez Garcia 27 Dec '17

27 Dec '17

Apologise for duplicated emails Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) Special Issue *New trends in Semantic Web-based applications* *Description and Scope:* Semantic Web technologies are becoming more relevant to the research community. Such interest has inspired many people to create innovative technologies and applications such as Semantic Searches, Information Integration, Information Interoperability, Bioinformatics, eHealth, eLearning, Software Engineering, eCommerce, eGovernment, Social Networks. In this sense, the application of semantic web has carried out an extensive use of ontologies in such diverse fields. The application of ontologies has supposed an incredible advance in developing techniques to manipulate, share, reuse and integrate information across heterogeneous data sources. In particular, in Big Data to preserve such homogeneous format has become one of the principal problems that these tremendous datasets are facing. To face this difficulty, research areas like Natural Language Processing, Ontology Matching, Ontology Alignment or Ontology population are providing efficient methodologies based on RDF and OWL language technologies to provide standard ways to convert such datasets into Linked Data uniform format. Nowadays, the usage of Linked Data format has been established as a de facto standard; everyone wants to publish their data in such format, Social Networks, Smart cities and Context-aware mobile applications. Thus, according to this demand, the development of certain techniques to enable users to publish, visualize and manipulate their data in an easy way is high-demanded. Also, the standardization of this linked format has completely revolutionized the way of representing and analyzing data demanding new graph-based machine learning and data mining techniques to explore such representation. On the other hand, with the arrival of ontologies, fundamental questions have emerged about which kind of elements should be defined in an ontology model to specify knowledge and how this knowledge should be represented. In response to these questions, Ontological Engineering, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning research areas are working intensively to develop generic models which enable systems to employ reasoning techniques to produce knowledge. Therefore, the main objective of this special issue is to collect and consolidate innovative and high-quality research contributions regarding to semantic Web-based applications applied to different disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence, Database Management, Knowledge Representation and Engineering, Natural Language and Processing, Cloud Computing, Social Web, Web Science, among others. This special issue aims to provide insights on the recent advances in these topics by soliciting original scientific contributions in the form of theoretical foundations, models, experimental research and case studies for developing semantic Web-based applications. *Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:* • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning • Knowledge Acquisition • Ontological Engineering • Ontology Sharing and Reuse • Ontology Matching and Alignment • Ontology Learning and Population • Semantic Web Semantic Integration of heterogeneous data sources • Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval using Semantic technologies • Social Semantic Web and Web science • Knowledge-based Decision Support Systems • Linked Data Applications Industrial Applications and Case-studies • Context-aware visualization and interaction technique • Visualizations and user interfaces for ontologies and Linked Data • Consumption and publication of Linked Data • Extraction, linking and integration of Linked Data • Social Networks and Graph Analysis • Web mining and Web search systems • Semantic Data Management technologies for Big Data • Mobile Web, Sensors and Semantic Streams • Services, APIs, Processes and Cloud Computing • Smart Cities, Urban and Geospatial Data • Machine Learning and Data Mining for Web of Data • Solutions for bridging the gap between Web of Data and the Web of Services *Instructions for authors* Authors should submit their paper via email: miguel.rodriguez(a)urjc.es, valencia(a)um.es and galor(a)itorizaba.edu.mx and the subject of the email should be: “J.UCS SI Submission: Semantic Web”. All manuscripts for this special issue should be submitted electronically by December 29th, 2017. Submissions will be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers following a double-blind review process. Invited authors for extended versions of conference papers must include at least 30-50% additional materials relative to conference papers and the title of the extended version must clearly and unmistakably differ from the title of the paper presented at the conference. The length of the manuscript may not exceed 20 pages. Authors’ papers should accord to the J.UCS Style Guide for Authors which can be found at the following URL: http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/ info/submissions/style_guide.html *Important Dates* Working schedule • Submission deadline: February 28th, 2018 • Completion of first‐round reviews: April 1st, 2018 • Revised papers: May 30th, 2018 • Target of the second (last) round of reviews: August, 15th, 2018 • Publication (tentative): 2018 *Guest Editors* • Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-García, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain ( miguel.rodriguez(a)urjc.es) • Rafael Valencia-García, Universidad de Murcia, Spain (valencia(a)um.es) • Giner Alor-Hernández, Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba, México ( galor(a)itorizaba.edu.mx)

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2nd Call for papers SS on ICPS Conference extended to January 31, 2018
by Gerardo Beruvides Lopez 26 Dec '17

26 Dec '17

Dear Colleague, We are glad to announce the second Call for Papers for the Special Session on Innovative Computational Intelligence Knowledge-based Solutions for Zero Defect Scenarios on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. The Special Session has been included in the 1st IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (IEEE ICPS 2018) programme, May 15-18, 2018, Saint Petersburg, Russia. All accepted paper will appear in IEEE Xplore Digital Library and the good quality paper may be considered for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics subjects to further rounds of review. Topics of interest include: - Predictive and prescriptive artificial intelligence architectures for ICPS - Real-time machine condition monitoring & diagnostic for global environments - Advance knowledge representation methodologies and ontologies - Pattern recognition and identification based on big data analytics in ICPS - Crowdsourcing and crowd cloud computing methodologies - Self-adaptive & self-reconfiguration system development methods - Virtual modelling and simulators for zero defect ICPS scenarios - Connected ICPS network sensors for smart manufacturing environments - Innovative deep learning topologies for ICPS applications Important Dates Paper submission deadline extended to: January 31, 2018 Paper acceptance: February 28, 2018 Final paper submission: March 31, 2018 Information on the IEEE ICPS 2018 will be regularly updated in the Conference website: http://icps2018.net/ I should be very grateful if you could publicize this event among your colleagues. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Best regards, Gerardo Beruvides SS-Chairman -- Gerardo Beruvides López, PhD Centro de Automática y Robótica, CSIC - UPM Ctra. de Campo Real Km. 0.200 La Poveda, Arganda del Rey C.P. 28500 Madrid - Spain gerardo.beruvides(a)car.upm-csic.es - http://www.gamhe.eu personal email: beruvides85(a)gmail.com Phone: (+34) 91 871 19 00 Ext. 244 Fax: (+34) 91 871 70 50

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IEEE ISORC 2018 CALL FOR PAPERS
by sidharta andalam 26 Dec '17

26 Dec '17

The 21st IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON REAL-TIME COMPUTING (ISORC) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dates: 29th - 31st May 2018. https://cps-research-group.github.io/ISORC2018/index.html Important dates: -------------------------- Submission deadline: February 2, 2018 Acceptance notification: March 16, 2018 Camera-ready papers: March 22, 2018 Main theme and topics: -------------------------- ISORC has become established as the leading event devoted to state-of-the-art research in the field of object/component/service-oriented real-time distributed computing (ORC) technology. The conference theme for 2018 will be decentralized time-sensitive computing and enabling software infrastructures. This theme will focus on both: (1) Cloud infrastructures and platforms for time-sensitive computation and real-time computing (2) Algorithms and Computational Infrastructure to support complex social cyber-physical systems combining edge, fog, and cloud. We solicit high-quality papers pertaining to all aspects of ORC technology and especially those that are well aligned with the 2018 theme. Authors are encouraged to consider submissions with a practical orientation and validation related to case studies & applications in this area. The specific ORC focus areas include, but are not limited to: * Programming and system engineering: real-time programming challenges, ORC paradigms, object/component models, languages and synchronous languages. * Embedded distribution middleware middleware such as .NET, RT RMI, RT Java, UML, model-maintenance, system of systems, time-predictable systems and hardware. * Distributed computing and communication infrastructures: real-time communication, networked platforms, protocols, Internet QoS, peer-to-peer computing, sensor networks, VANETS and V2V and V2I communication, trusted and dependable systems. * Algorithms for Real Time Analytics: clustering and classification approaches, stream processing algorithms, real time decision tree generation and update, real time machine learning, statistical approaches. Approaches related to stream correlation and sampling. * System software: real-time kernels and OS, middleware support for ORC, QoS management, extensibility, synchronization, resource allocation, scheduling, fault tolerance, security. * Real-time algorithms and infrastructure support for decentralized architectures including distributed ledgers with a focus on scalability and resilience. * Applications: Medical devices, intelligent transportation systems, Industrial automation systems and Industry 4.0, Internet of Things and Smart Grids, Embedded systems (automotive, avionics, consumer electronics, building systems, sensors, etc.), multimedia processing, RT Web-based applications. * System evaluation: performance analysis, monitoring & timing, dependability, end-to-end QoS, overhead, fault detection and recovery time. * Cyber-physical and Cyber-social systems (e.g. social media analytics) Submission guidelines: -------------------------- IEEE ISORC 2018 invites papers in three categories. 1) Regular Research Papers: Papers should describe original work and be maximum 8 pages in length using the IEEE paper format. A maximum of two extra pages may be purchased. 2) Industrial Papers and Practitioner Reports: Papers describing experiences of using ORC technology in application or tool development projects, are an integral part of the technical program of ISORC. A majority of these papers are expected to be shorter and less formal than research papers. They should clearly identify and discuss in detail the issues that represent notable industrial advances. Reports with project metrics supporting their claims are particularly sought, as well as those that show both benefits and drawbacks of the approaches used in the given project. 3) Short Papers: Short research papers, 4 pages or less using the IEEE format, on real-time analytics are also invited, and should contain enough information for the program committee to understand the scope of the project and evaluate the novelty of the problem or approach. Best papers from ISORC 2018 will be invited for submission to a Special Issue of Journal of Systems Architecture. The special issue will be open to general submissions as well. The call for paper is available at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/call-for-… . All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE. Each accepted paper shall be accompanied by at least one non student conference registration. Organizing Committee --------------------- Arvind Easwaran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Paul Townend, University of Leeds, UK Joel Sherill, OAR Corporation, USA Marisol Garcia-Valls, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Abhishek Dubey, Vanderbilt University, USA Qixin Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China Rui Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sidharta Andalam, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Uwe Brinkschulte, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany Rob Pettit, The Aerospace Corporation, USA

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