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Firm extended Deadline for direct submission - Call for chapters
by mohamed Lahby 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

*******Firm extended Deadline for direct submission********* Dear colleagues We are currently working on the elaboration of the book "Combating Cyberbullying in Digital Media with Artificial Intelligence" URL: https://sites.google.com/view/cbai-book/home-page This book will be published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, USA (the proposal has already been accepted by the publisher) at the end of November 2023. We are still searching for some chapters for the book, related to: *- Artificial Intelligence for combating Cyberbullying* *- Machine learning for combating Cyberbullying* *- Deep Learning for combating Cyberbullying* - Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for combating Cyberbullying If you are interested, please you need to submit your manuscript using pdf format at lahby(a)ieee.org before *March 31, 2023* (firm deadline). *There is no charge, it's free* Thank you very much for your collaboration Best regards

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CFP: 2023 IEEE Cloud Computing Conference (Hybrid Event)
by Bahman Javadi 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

*Paper submissions are due on March 25, 2023 (one week ahead). So don't miss it! * Best Papers and Best Student Papers AWARDS: https://conferences.computer.org/services/2023/awards/ ****CALL FOR PAPERS**** IEEE CLOUD is the flagship conference in Cloud Computing. You are invited to submit original papers addressing all aspects of cloud innovations ( https://conferences.computer.org/cloud/2023/cfp) You can submit your paper to Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecloud2023> as a regular paper (7~10 pages), short paper (4~6 pages), or Work-in-Progress paper (up to 3 pages). Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: ● Cloud & AI ● Infrastructure ● Applications ● Cloud Management and Operations ● Cloud Security ● Cloud Economics ● Cloud as a Service ****IMPORTANT DATES (AT 5:00 AM UTC)**** Paper submissions open: December 1, 2023 UPDATED Paper submissions due: March 25, 2023 UPDATED Final notifications to authors: May 8, 2023

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European project InnoCyPES (Innovative Tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems) - Research Grant at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
by Massimo Cafaro 17 Mar '23

17 Mar '23

European project InnoCyPES (Innovative Tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems) - Research Grant at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Who we are The University of Salento is a young dynamic university, keen to expand and to prove itself at a national and international level. Since 1955 the University of Salento has had the aim of promoting knowledge, skill and merit and has offered a large range of educational opportunities. From law to science, economics to engineering, humanities to media studies, the university provides academic pathways to a range of professions as well as post- graduate and specialist courses tailor made to meet the needs of the workplace. Eight Departments providing services and information for students, as well as thirty-three Research Centres throughout the Salento area. The University of Salento has grown rapidly in recent years, consolidating and reinforcing its role as the keystone of the local cultural and social system. It also has a Ph.d. School and Post-graduate schools for Cultural Heritage and for the Legal Professions. The prestigious ISUFI Grandes écoles school offers high-level undergraduate and postgraduate courses for scholarship students to promote excellence. Who we are looking for We are seeking for exceptional, talented applicants committed to work in the context of the European project InnoCyPES (Innovative Tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems), a Marie Curie Action Innovative Training Network providing world-leading and transferable scientific training to a new generation of 15 high-achieving early stage researchers (ESRs). In the course of their training, they will study, investigate and improve various facets of digitalized and interconnected energy systems. Supervised by a consortium of prominent and experienced academic institutions, research institutes and industrial partners, they will collaboratively develop a cutting-edge system management platform that covers the entire lifecycle of data for energy system planning, operation and maintenance, based on an understanding of the energy system as a cyber-physical system. The ESR research activity will be carried out on premises mainly at the University of Salento. We invite applications from candidates working in the field of Computer Science, who have experience and strong knowledge with regard to data management (database etc), distributed systems, Peer-to-Peer systems and blockchains, and who have a strong interest in the research topic, covering large scale data management and integration. Excellent programming skills in C/C++ in the Unix environment are also required. We are aware of the fact that knowing all the subjects listed above is even very difficult for a Master of Science student. Therefore, highly motivated students who know some of the above subjects listed above are encouraged to apply. Prospective candidates must not have resided or carried out the main activity of study/work in Italy for more than 12 months during the 3 years preceding the date of the beginning of the contract. Additional requirements are listed in the official public call. The successful candidate will work in close cooperation with prof. Massimo Cafaro and the members of the High Performance Computing Laboratory at the University of Salento. Two secondments of four months each at partners institutions are scheduled, along with the participation in schools and workshops organised within the framework of the InnoCyPES project. Moreover, the candidate will be given ample opportunity to publish his/her scientific results and present them at international conferences. The research grant will cover the ESR position for 30 months. Additional funding may be obtained by project’s partners covering a further six months to be spent in their laboratories. Details Position: research grant at the Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Duration: 30 months Deadline for application: April 6, 2023 Remuneration: The research grant will last 30 (thirty) months. The annual remuneration, gross of charges to be borne by the beneficiary and inclusive of contributions and social security charges to be borne by the University of Salento, consists of the following items: 1. Living allowance: Euro 40,966.56 (forty thousand nine hundred and sixty-six/56); 2. Mobility allowance: Euro 7.200,00 (seven thousand two hundred/00); 3. Family allowance: 3.1. Euro 0 (zero) per researcher without family obligations; 3.2. Euro 6,000.00 (six thousand/00) for researchers with family obligations (married or with a relationship recognised by Italian law or that of the country of origin or with dependent children). Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Massimo Cafaro Research topic: Large scale data management and integration This is a 30 months “Marie Curie ETN Early Stage Researcher position” on the following topic. The sheer quantum of data being created and collected across jurisdictions requires a carefully planned and proactive approach to data management. The need for fusion and integration of multiple data sources characterized by fragmented data ownership is driving innovative approaches to large scale distributed data management and integration to avoid inconsistent and inaccurate data. The aim is to investigate, design and implement a fully decentralized solution to provide efficient management of dynamically updated information and support for distributed queries. One or more domain specific use cases shall be identified within the context of the project, considering both the current and future needs of some of the involved partners. These nicely fit into the research plan, owing to the need of surveying the user’s requirements to begin with; simultaneously, the uses cases can also be thought of as sources of advanced data management challenges. The official public call is available here (In Italian and English): https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/66493326 Direct download link: https://www1.unisalento.it/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=63872469&fold… Application and declaration forms: https://www1.unisalento.it/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=63872469&fold… Prospective candidates can contact prof. Massimo Cafaro at massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it for additional information and, if required, for assistance in compiling the application. -- ************************************************************************************** Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining & Machine Learning Head of HPC Lab https://hpc-lab.unisalento.it Director of Master in Applied Data Science Department of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web https://www.massimocafaro.it Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unisalento.it E-mail cafaro(a)ieee.org E-mail cafaro(a)acm.org INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing. ************************************************************************************** --

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MobiSPC 2023 CFPs: The 20th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing, MobiSPC: Change of conference date and due dates
by Ali BENZERBADJ 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 20th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada August 14-16, 2023 http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-23/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC) have evolved into an active area of research and development. This is due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics, including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. MobiSPC- solicits papers that focus on the theory, systems, practices and challenges of providing users with a successful mobile or wireless experience. This includes how mobile computing changes how people pervasively use their computers, computing resources and applications, as well the systems, services and technologies enabling those applications. MobiSPC-2023 will provide a leading-edge, scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the-art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and mobile systems. Important Dates ---------------- - Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2023 - Paper Submission Due: April 4, 2023 (Extended) - Acceptance Notification: May 15, 2023 - Final Manuscript Due: June 12, 2023 Publication ------------ All MobiSPC 2023 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com) and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus ( www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/) All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com) This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex) Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/) The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of: - International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 7.104), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652) - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.524), ( http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index) - International Journal of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (IF: 5.594), by Elsevier ( https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and…) - International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking (IF: 3.030) (Pending), Elsevier ( https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks) MobiSPC 2023 will be held in conjunction with the 18th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-23/) MobiSPC 2023 will be held in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. Halifax is located on the east coast of Canada and is approximately a 6-hour flight from London, UK and a 2-hour flight from Toronto, Ontario. Halifax is a vibrant and modern city which is home to multiple academic institutions and where visitors can enjoy a variety of activities and entertainment from whale watching to Jazz festivals to world-class cuisine. Halifax is also home to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which contains the world largest collection of Titanic artifacts. Nova Scotia is a picturesque province with many National and Provincial parks, and as stated in the Guinness Book of World Records, has the highest tides in the world. Conference Tracks --------------- - Component-based IoT - Enabling Technologies and Emerging Topics - Internet of Things - Mobile Cloud Computing - Mobile Data Management - Mobile Social Networking - Pervasive Computing - Smart Cities and Ubiquitous Climate Change Management - Smart Communities and Ubiquitous Systems - Mobile Systems and Applications Committees: ----------- General Chair Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada Program Chairs Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada Ansar Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium Workshops' Chair Stephane Galland, UTBM, France Tracks Chairs Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium Salimur Choudhury, Lakehead University, Canada Stéphane Galland, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France Uneb Gazger, University of Bahrain, Bahrain Camille Kamga, The City College of New York, USA Faouzi Kammoun, ESPRIT, Tunisia Hamid Mcheick, UQAC, Canada Wendy Osborn, University of Lethbridge, Canada Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland Rahim Rahmani, Stockholm University, Sweden Cristina Seceleanu, Malardalen University, Sweden Qussai Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan International Journals Chair Atta Badii, Reading University, UK Publicity Chairs Ali Benzerbadj, University of Ain Temouchent Belhadj Bouchaib, Algeria Sohail Jabbar, The University of Faisalabad, Pakistan Orven E. Llantos, MSU-IIT, Philippines Jake Speiran, Acadia University, Canada Advisory Committee Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Flavien Balbo, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Technical Program Committee http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-23/#programCommittees Steering Committee Chair Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada

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SEIT 2023 CfPs: The 13th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT): Change of conference date and due dates
by Ali BENZERBADJ 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

The 13th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada August 14-16, 2023 Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-23/ **************************************************************************** The goal of the SEIT 2023 conference is to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, and managers in academia, industry, and government to address recent research results and to present and discuss their ideas, theories, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences on all theoretical and practical issues arising in sustainable energy information technology. Important Dates ---------------- - Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2023 - Paper Submission Due: April 4, 2023 (Extended) - Acceptance Notification: May 15, 2023 - Final Manuscript Due: June 12, 2023 Publication ------------ All SEIT 2023 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Sciences is hosted on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com) and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/) Selected papers will be invited for publication in an international journal. Conference Main Topics (A detailed list can be found at: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-23/#callforPapers) ================= - Advanced Techniques for Energy Applications - Energy Efficiency - Energy Policy - Environmental - Green Sustainability - Power Quality, Power Electronics and Electric Machines - Power Systems - Renewable Energies - Sensing & Monitoring - Smart Systems COMMITTEES: -------------- General Chair Bruce Spencer, University of New Brunswick, Canada Program Chairs Jesus Fraile Ardanuy, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Wayne Groszko, Dalhousie University, Canada Workshops Chairs Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA International Journals Chair Isam Janajreh, Khalifa University, UAE Publicity Chairs Ali Benzerbadj, University of Ain Temouchent Belhadj Bouchaib, Algeria Yazan Mualla, UTBM, France Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland Advisory Committee Antonio J. Conejo, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Spain Derek J Croome, University of Reading, UK Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven, Belgium Jatin Nathwani, University of Waterloo, Canada Saffa Riffat, University of Nottingham, UK Ali Sayigh, World Renewable Energy Congress / Network Technical Program Committee http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-23/#programCommittees

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[Deadline approaching, March 31st] Cybersecurity Associate - Assistant Prof. position at Télécom SudParis
by Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

[** Apologies for Cross-postings -- please share **] =============================================================== Télécom SudParis is hiring a full-time Associate - Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Application URL: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-… Keywords: Cybersecurity Engineering, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Digital Trust. Hiring department: RST (https://rst.telecom-sudparis.eu/en/) Maryline Laurent (maryline.laurent(a)telecom-sudparis.eu) Hiring research team: SAMOVAR/SCN (https://scn.telecom-sudparis.eu/) Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (joaquin.garcia_alfaro(a)telecom-sudparis.eu) Context In a context where cyber attacks are particularly aggressive and strike all types of companies and public services, the position aims to cover threat management targeting sovereignty (security), health (hospitals), transport (connected vehicle), logistics (IIoT) and distribution environments (energy, factories), and operationalization of formal models in cybersecurity (security proofs, malware analysis, convergence between physical security and cybersecurity). The teaching expectations are to conduct and expand the existing cybersecurity engineering teaching program of Télécom SudParis on digital infrastructures and protection of personal data for Master's level, PhD Track, or in the engineering cycle of Telecom SudParis. Active participation to CIEDS (Interdisciplinary Centre for Defence and Security of IP Paris) and setting up of new research projects within the SCN team of SAMOVAR are expected. Expected profile The candidate must demonstrate previous teaching experience on cybersecurity engineering and closely-related fields; ability to contribute and lead existing modules; delivery experience at the engineering cycle, Masters, PhD Track or continuous professional development levels; supervision of student projects (all levels). The candidate must demonstrate research experience and publications with international teams in high-impact journals and conferences; experience on competing and securing prestigious external research funding programs; successful management of the awarded grants; experience on research team participation and development of results; creation of new links with other research teams outside present and past organizations (e.g. industry). A varied research experience and publications with several teams will be appreciated. Mandatory requirements The position requires: - PhD in cybersecurity engineering or closely-related fields; - Research and teaching experience in higher education; - Publication in ranked international journals or conferences; - Oral and written command of English How to apply Applications should be submitted online to: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-… An application must contain a detailed CV, a statement of further research and teaching activities at Telecom SudParis, coordinates of at least two referees. Additional elements (motivation letter, integration statement, research and teaching statement, teaching records, reference letters, distinctions, etc.) are left to the appreciation of the candidate. Important dates: - Application deadline: 31/03/2023 - Audition expected date: Between 9/05 and 02/06/23 - Expected work start date: 01/09/2023 (negotiable) About us Télécom SudParis (telecom-sudparis.eu), established in 1979 as the Institut national des télécommunications (INT), is a Grande École which belongs to the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) Group. As a "Grande Ecole", it trains tomorrow’s elite engineers and managers in the field of digital sciences and technology. It is a founding member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris. SAMOVAR (samovar.telecom-sudparis.eu) is the research laboratory of Telecom SudParis, in which the Cybersecurity and Digital Trust research team (SCN, scn.telecom-sudparis.eu) conducts its activities. SAMOVAR is the entity of the school evaluated by the HCERES (French research evaluation council). It regroups all the academic staff of Telecom SudParis, along with colleagues from ENSIIE doing research in computer science. Institut Polytechnique de Paris (ip-paris.fr) is a public higher education and research institution comprising five prestigious French engineering Schools: École Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, ENSAE Paris, Télécom Paris and Télécom SudParis. Under the aegis of the Institute, they bring together two centuries of expertise to pursue two major goals: to develop world-class training programs and cutting-edge research. Building on the strength of its five founding institutions, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris has established itself as a leading education and research institution in France and internationally. École Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, ENSAE Paris, Télécom Paris and Télécom SudParis have contributed to major industrial and technological breakthroughs over the last two centuries. Their alumni include Nobel prize-winners and prominent figures in the worlds of politics, business and research. Institut Mines-Télécom (imt.fr) is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research for innovation. It is a key player in the fusion of science, engineering and digital technology, and takes its schools’ skills into the major fields of transformation in digital technology, industry, energy and the environment as well as their impact on the industry of the future, cities, health, and autonomy.

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WSCC 2023: Workshop on Scalable Compute Continuum (co-located with EuroPar 2023)
by Matteo Nardelli 15 Mar '23

15 Mar '23

(Our apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP) ************************************************************************** WSCC 2023: Euro-Par 2023 International Workshop International Workshop on Scalable Compute Continuum Date: 28 August - September 2023 Location: Limassol, Cyprus Workshop web page: https://wscc2023.di.unipi.it/ Euro-Par web page: https://2023.euro-par.org/ ************************************************************************** * Call for Papers The “Compute Continuum” paradigm promises to manage the heterogeneity and dynamism of widespread computing resources, aiming to simplify the execution of distributed applications improving data locality, performance, availability, adaptability, energy management as well as other non-functional features. This is made possible by overcoming resource fragmentation and segregation in tiers, enabling applications to be seamlessly executed and relocated along a continuum of resources spanning from the edge to the cloud. Besides consolidated vertical and horizontal scaling patterns, this paradigm also offers more detailed adaptation actions that strictly depend on the specific infrastructure components (e.g., to reduce energy consumption, or to exploit specific hardware such as GPUs and FPGAs). This enables the enhancement of latency-sensitive applications, the reduction of network bandwidth consumption, the improvement of privacy protection, and the development of novel services aimed at improving living, health, safety, and mobility. All of this should be achievable by application developers without having to worry about how and where the developed components will be executed. Therefore, to unleash the true potential offered by the Compute Continuum, proactive, autonomous, and infrastructure-aware management is desirable, if not mandatory, calling for novel interdisciplinary approaches that exploit optimization theory, control theory, machine learning, and artificial intelligence methods. In this landscape, the workshop is willing to attract contributions in the area of distributed systems with particular emphasis on support for geographically distributed platforms and autonomic features to deal with variable workloads and environmental events, and take the best of heterogeneous and distributed infrastructures. A partial list of interesting topics of this workshop is the following: - Scalable architectures and systems for Compute Continuum - System software for cloud-edge-IoT orchestration - Distributed and decentralized management of resources and application deployment in the Compute Continuum - Programming models, languages and patterns for the Compute Continuum - Compute Continuum performance modeling and analysis - Compute Continuum as a service - Energy-efficient solutions for sustainable Compute Continuum - AI in the Compute Continuum - Scalable applications for Compute Continuum (IoT, microservices, serverless) - Data-intensive and stream processing systems and applications in the Compute Continuum - Digital Twins and industry applications in the Compute Continuum - Prototypes and real-life experiments involving Compute Continuum - Benchmarks and experimental platforms for reproducible experiments in the Compute Continuum * Submission Instructions The papers should be formatted according to the LNCS guidelines. They should be between a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 12 pages. * Special Issue Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the Special Issue of the Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems on “Scalable Compute Continuum”. For important dates and additional info, see the related Call for Papers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/ab… * Important Dates May 5th, 2023 Paper submission deadline June 19th, 2023 Paper acceptance notifications July 2nd, 2023 Camera-ready due * Workshop Co-Chairs - Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy - Patrizio Dazzi, University of Pisa, Italy - Gabriele Mencagli, University of Pisa, Italy - Matteo Nardelli, Bank of Italy, Italy - Massimo Torquati, University of Pisa, Italy Looking forward to receiving your excellent submissions soon. Best regards, Valeria Cardellini, Patrizio Dazzi, Gabriele Mencagli, Matteo Nardelli, and Massimo Torquati

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VHPC'23 - 18th Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing Workshop - Call for Papers
by Tommaso Cucinotta 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

[apologies for cross-postings, title/abstract due on Sunday, paper due on 19th] The Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC) <https://vhpc.org/> is an international forum bringing together researchers and industrial practitioners facing the challenges posed by virtualization in HPC/Cloud scenarios, in order to foster discussion, collaboration, mutual exchange of knowledge and experience, enabling research to ultimately provide novel solutions for virtualized computing systems of tomorrow. The 18th edition of VHPC will be held on May 25th, 2023, jointly with the ISC High-Performance 2023 <https://www.isc-hpc.com/> conference and exhibition in Hamburg (Germany), and it welcomes contributions on the research topics detailed below. Paper submissions are due on March 19th. Accepted papers will be published on Springer LNCS series, and indexed by Scopus, among others. *Keynote Talk* We're happy to announce that VHPC'23 will feature an excellent keynote talk: * “*What is RCU and How Does it Help the Linux Kernel Scale?* <https://vhpc.github.io/keynote1/>", *Paul E. McKenney*, Software Engineer at Meta *Workshop Overview* Containers and virtualization technologies constitute key enabling factors for flexible resource management in modern data centers, and particularly in cloud environments. Cloud providers need to seamlessly manage complex infrastructures, to support the highly dynamic and heterogeneous workloads customers deploy. Similarly, HPC environments have been increasingly adopting techniques that enable flexible management of vast computing and networking resources, close to marginal provisioning cost, which is unprecedented in the history of scientific and commercial computing. Various virtualization-containerization technologies contribute to the overall picture in different ways: machine virtualization, with its capability to enable consolidation of multiple underutilized servers with heterogeneous software and operating systems (OSes), and its capability to live-migrate a fully operating virtual machine (VM) with a very short downtime, enables novel and dynamic ways to manage physical servers; OS-level virtualization (i.e., containerization), with its capability to isolate multiple user-space environments and to allow for their coexistence within the same OS kernel, promises to provide many of the advantages of machine virtualization with high levels of responsiveness and performance; lastly, unikernels provide for many virtualization benefits with a minimized OS/library surface. I/O virtualization, in turn, allows physical network interfaces to exchange traffic with multiple VMs or containers; network virtualization, with its capability to create logical network overlays independently from the underlying physical topology, is another fundamental enabling technology for Cloud/HPC infrastructures. Last, storage virtualization needs to evolve to support increasingly demanding requirements in terms of performance and reliability for the managed application data. *Topics of Interest* The VHPC program committee solicits original, high-quality submissions related to virtualization across the entire software stack with a special focus on the intersection of HPC, containers-virtualization and cloud computing, focusing on the following major topics: * HPC on Containers and VMs; * Containerized applications with OS-level virtualization; * Lightweight applications with Unikernels; * HPC-as-a-Service. Each of these major topics encompasses design/architecture, management, performance management, modeling and configuration/tooling, leading to the following detailed, but non-necessarily exhaustive, list of topics of interest: Design / Architecture: * Containers and OS-level virtualization (LXC, Docker, rkt, Singularity, Shifter, i.a.) * Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) * Hypervisor extensions to mitigate side-channel attacks([micro-]architectural timing attacks, privilege escalation) * VM & Container trust and security models * Multi-environment coupling, system software supporting in-situ analysis with HPC simulation * Cloud reliability, fault-tolerance and high-availability * Cloud-based quantum compute services * Energy-efficient and power-aware virtualization * Containers inside VMs with hypervisor isolation * Virtualization support for emerging memory and storage technologies * Lightweight/specialized operating systems in conjunction with virtual machines * Hypervisor support for heterogeneous resources (GPUs, co-processors, FPGAs, etc.) * Unikernels and use cases for virtualized HPC environments * Formal definition and verification of hypervisors and virtualization system properties * ARM-based hypervisors, ARM virtualization extensions Management: * Container and VM management for HPC and cloud environments * HPC services integration, services to support HPC * Service and on-demand scheduling & resource management * Dedicated workload management with VMs or containers * Workflow coupling with VMs and containers * Unikernels and lightweight VM application management * Environments and tools for operating containerized environments (batch, orchestration) * Models for non-HPC workload provisioning on HPC resources Performance Measurements and Modeling: * Performance improvements for, or driven by, unikernels * Optimizations of virtual machine monitor platforms and hypervisors * Scalability analysis of VMs and/or containers at large scale * Performance measurement, modeling and monitoring of virtualized/cloud workloads * Virtualization in supercomputing environments, HPC clusters, HPC in the cloud * Energy-efficient deployment of high-performance, ultra-low latency and real-time workloads in cloud infrastructures * Modeling, control and isolation of end-to-end performance for parallel & distributed cloud/HPC applications Configuration / Tooling: * Tool support for unikernels: configuration/build environments, debuggers, profilers * Job scheduling/control/policy and container placement in virtualized environments * Measuring and controlling "OS/Virtualization noise" * Operating MPI in containers/VMs and Unikernels * GPU virtualization operationalization *Organization* The workshop will be one day in length, composed of 20 min paper presentations, each followed by 10 min discussion sections, plus lightning talks that are limited to 5 minutes. Presentations may be accompanied by interactive demonstrations. For more information and detailed paper submission instructions, refer to the VHPC'23 webpage: https://vhpc.org/ *Important Dates* * *Mar 12th, 2023*: Abstract registration (/rolling abstract registrations always open/) * *Mar 19th, 2023*: Paper submission deadline (/Springer LNCS/) * *Apr 15th, 2023*: Acceptance notification * *May 25th, 2023*: Workshop Day * *Jun TBA, 2023*: Camera-ready version due (/post-workshop/) *General Chairs* * Michael Alexander, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria * Anastassios Nanos, Nubificus Ltd., UK * Tommaso Cucinotta, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy -- Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, PhD Head of the Real-Time Systems Laboratory (ReTiS) Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy http://retis.sssup.it/~tommaso/eng/research.html

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ICCSA 2023 Call for Papers
by Osvaldo Gervasi 02 Mar '23

02 Mar '23

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[CfP] WiMob - eHPWAS’23 - e-Health Pervasive, Wireless Applications and Services)
by WiMob eHPWAS Conference 01 Mar '23

01 Mar '23

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ************************************************ * CALL FOR PAPERS -- e-HPWAS’23 (e-Health Pervasive Wireless Applications and Services) * www.ehpwas.org * June 21, 2023 * Montreal, Canada * in conjunction with the 19th WiMob 2023 - Rank B ************************************************ ******************* *Important dates* ******************* - Paper submission : April 13, 2023 - Acceptance notification: May 5, 2023 - Camera ready paper: May 19, 2023 - e-HPWAS 2023 : June 21, 2023 The 11th International IEEE Workshop on e-Health Pervasive Wireless Applications and Services eHPWAS'23 (in conjunction with the prestigious 19th IEEE WiMob conference) targets providing optimal, secure and context aware e-health services with the best quality of services and user’s experience. Applications and services are considered in wireless environments and architecture with the use of IoT (Internet of things), big data analysis and a strong heterogeneity of access technologies, sensors, terminals, users’ needs and services (data, content, live streams or complex network services). eHPWAS encourages the submission of original works describing research results, practical or industrial e-health solutions. Papers describing advanced prototypes, platforms, techniques and general survey for discussing future perspectives and directions are also encouraged. Topics include but are not limited to: - e-Health services in smart environments (smart homes, smart medical institutions, smart cities) - e-Health and the Internet of Things (IoT) - e-Health and the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) - e-Health, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques - e-Health and 5G/6G networks - e-Health and Big Data analysis, summarization, prediction - Sensor networks for e-Health services (e.g. BAN, WPAN, 5G, 6G, LoRaWAN, etc.) - Network interoperability in the e-health ecosystems - Wireless network security and privacy (e.g. access networks, exchanged and shared medical data) - Wireless sensors, mobiles and cognitive radio networks - User acceptance of advanced and complex e-health services - Quality of Experience (QoE) with e-health applications, services and network technologies - Real-time e-Health services - Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) for e-Health - e-Health services composition and adaptation - Delay tolerant networking (DTN) with e-health services development - Norms for e-Health data exchange and distributions (e.g. HL7 norms, electronic health information exchange-HIE, Health Record-HER) - Existing and ongoing Web norms and communication technologies for e-Health (e.g. WebRTC) - Context Models for people monitoring and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) - Heterogeneity of e-Health environments and platforms (used sensors and actuators, heterogeneous access technologies, medical places) - Techniques and models for performance evaluation, simulation, and optimization All accepted papers of the workshop will be published in the 19th WiMob proceedings. All the Conference content will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. The workshops will be held on June 21, 2023 (Montreal, Canada). All papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The eHPWAS organizers will select a number of candidates for the award among accepted papers. The e-HPWAS organizers plan to have selected papers appear in a special journal issue. A selection of accepted papers of high quality will be considered and authors will be invited to produce an extended version to be published in a special issue of a specialized journal. PAPER SUBMISSION DUE: April 13, 2023 For any enquiries, please contact: Tayeb.Lemlouma[at]irisa.fr - Detailed call for papers: http://www.ehpwas.org/cfp.html - EDAS submission link: https://www.edas.info/N30689 - eHPWAS Web site: http://www.ehpwas.org

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