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IHPCES 2017: 2nd CFP (deadline: February 7)
by Xing Cai 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

*** Call for Papers *** Seventh International Workshop on Advances in High-Performance Computational Earth Sciences: Applications and Frameworks (IHPCES-2017) http://nkl.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IHPCES2017/ In conjunction with ICCS 2017 Conference Zurich, Switzerland, June 12-14, 2017 http://iccs-meeting.org/ Paper Submission Due: Feb.07, 2017 (10-pages) through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccs2017 Author Notification: Mar.10, 2017 Camera-Ready Papers: Mar.31, 2017 ----------------------------------------- IHPCES 2017 invites original contributions on all topics related to Computational Earth Sciences, including, but not limited to: * Large-scale simulations on both homogeneous and heterogeneous supercomputing systems in earth sciences, such as atmospheric science, ocean science, solid earth science, and space & planetary science, as well as multi-physics simulations. * Advanced modeling and simulations on natural disaster prevention and mitigation. * Advanced numerical methods such as FEM, FDM, FVM, BEM/BIEM, Mesh-Free method, and Particle method etc. * Parallel and distributed algorithms and programming strategies focused on issues such as performance, scalability, portability, data locality, power efficiency and reliability. * Software engineering and code optimizations for parallel systems with multi-core processors, GPU accelerators or Xeon Phi co-processors. * Algorithms for Big Data analytics and applications for large-scale data processing such as mesh generation, I/O, workflow, visualization and end-to-end approaches. * Methodologies and tools designed for extreme-scale computing with emphasis on integration, interoperability and hardware-software co-design. All accepted papers will be printed in the conference proceedings of ICCS2017, published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-computer-science/ Detailed workshop info: http://nkl.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IHPCES2017/ If you have any further questions, please contact the following WS co-chairs: Kengo Nakajima (University of Tokyo) nakajima(at)cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp<http://cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/> Xing Cai (Simula Laboratory, Norway) xingca(at)simula.no<http://simula.no/>?

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call for papers and special session cmmse
by Prof. Jesús Vigo-Aguiar 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

CMMSE 2017 17th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (including the celebration of the 70th birthday of Prof. Wolfgang Sproessig ) Barceló Costa Ballena Golf & SPA July 4-8, Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain. http://cmmse.usal.es/cmmse2017/ Call for Presentations CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: The 2017 Conference on Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering Conference (CMMSE-2017), is the fourteen of this conference series. CMMSE2015 aims to be a unifying, cross-cutting, interdisciplinary gathering, where specialists can have exposure to diverse fields and participate in special sessions different from but still close to their own interests. Standard presentation: 20+5 minutes in length. Special Sessions: Minimum of 8 presentations. Symposiums more than 10 presentations. Symposiums chairs can act as plenary speakers. FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS PROPOSALS contact: <mailto:cmmse@usal.es cmmse(a)usal.es <mailto:cmmse@usal.es> IMPORTANT DATES: May 17, 2017 -- Deadline for submission of Abstracts (3-4 pages) or full papers (12 pages). May 26, 2017 -- Notification of Acceptance June 12, 2017 – Registration (with podium) June 20, 2017 -- Registration (without podium) August 10, 2017 -- Deadline for submission (SPECIAL ISSUES). Sept. 10, 2017-- Special issue final selection. JOURNALS INVOLVED: (all indexed by SCI-ISI) Computational Chemistry & Mathematical Chemistry · Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, (Springer) · Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures (Taylor & Francis). Computational Mathematics · Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, (Elsevier) (solicited) · Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences , (John Wiley & Sons). · International Journal of Computer Mathematics, (Taylor & Francis). Computer Science · Journal of Supercomputing, (Springer). ___________________________________________________________- Jesus Vigo-Aguair Ph.D., Professor of Applied Mathematics Chairman CMMSE 2017 Conference: <http://cmmse.usal.es/cmmse2017/> http://cmmse.usal.es/cmmse2017/ Editor <http://www.springerlink.com/content/101749/> Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, (Springer). Guest Editor <http://www.springer.com/computer/programming/journal/11227> Journal of Supercomputing, (Springer). Editor <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1476> Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences , (John Wiley & Sons). Guest Editor <http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505613/descrip tion#description> Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, (Elsevier). Editor <http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gcom20/current> International Journal of Computer Mathematics, (Taylor & Francis). Editor Int. Journal of Quantum Chemistry (Willey) Editor International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking (SERSC Society. <http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJFGCN/> http://www.sersc.org/journals/IJFGCN/) ISI Web of Science ResearcherID: <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6215-2012> http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6215-2012 University of Salamanca Phone at college +34+923+294500 ext 1537 or +34+ 677578643 Secretary Dept. +923+294500 ext 1552 (9:00-14:00) P THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT: before printing this e-mail think whether it is really necessary. Piense en el medio ambiente. Imprima este correo sólo si es necesario.

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Final Call for Abstracts - Environmental computing workshop at ISGC 2017 (Taipei, Taiwan, March 6 2017)
by Matti Heikkurinen/LMU 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Environmental Computing workshop Co-located with ISGC 2017 March 6, 2017, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Abstract submission deadline 25th January 2017 http://envcomp.eu/ISGC17 There are several domain- or problem-specific areas – such as meteorology, hydrology, agronomy or disaster risk management and response – that use multi-model and multi-data approaches to analyse environmental phenomena and their impact. However, a more general approach to produce actionable knowledge from different environmental data sources is needed. The topic is of acute interest due to societal challenges and technical developments that require developing approaches to generalise, productise and mature current state-of-the-art environmental modelling solutions for managing disasters and disaster risks. The workshop will bring together together practitioners, policymakers, environmental modelling experts to present the latest developments in Environmental Computing. Paper submissions by groups working on these or related fields are encouraged in order to inspire communication across different specialties. The topics of interest include: * Case studies * Environmental modelling techniques (and optimisation of them) * Multi-model systems * Civil protection (and related engineering challenges) * Scalability of environmental HPC and Big Data applications * Risk assessment and management * Interdisciplinary collaboration * Dynamic model coupling approaches * Interdisciplinary metadata frameworks * Visualisation Paper submission One page abstracts (less than 500 words) should be submitted by January 25th 2017 via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isgc2017envcomp The results of the review process will be communicated to authors by 7th February 2017. Organisation and contact Dieter Kranzlmüller, LMU Munich and LRZ, Germany Matti Heikkurinen, LMU Munich http://envcomp.eu/ISGC17 info(a)envcomp.eu -- Matti Heikkurinen - LMU heikku(a)nm.ifi.lmu.de - +41 76 716 05 31

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CGI'17 CFP
by Marina Gavrilova 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Call for Papers CGI 2017 http://fj.ics.keio.ac.jp/cgi17/ Yokohama, Japan, 27-30 June, 2017 Organized by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS) and hosted by Keio University In cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH and EUROGRAPHICS Computer Graphics International is one of the oldest international annual conferences in Computer Graphics and one of the most important ones worldwide, founded by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS). It is a yearly meeting where academics present their latest algorithms, models and technologies, and explore new trends and ideas on various computer graphics topics. Since 1983 it has been held in numerous different cities worldwide including Geneva, Tokyo, Sydney, Boston, Singapore and many different countries in Europe, Asia, Australia and North & South America. CGI'17, the 34th annual conference will take place on June 27th – June 30th 2017 in Yokohama, Japan. The conference is organized by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS) and hosted by Faculty of Science and Engineering, Keio University, in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH. PUBLICATION The scientific program of the conference will include full papers, short papers and posters. The accepted full papers will be published in the Visual Computer Journal (impact factor 1.06) by Springer-Verlag. The accepted short papers will be included in the conference proceedings to be published as part of ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and will be available online from the ACM Digital Library. Authors of the highest-ranked short papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to the Visual Computer; these papers will follow a fast track review process. The accepted posters will be included in the conference USB. IMPORTANT DATES Full Papers Submission deadline February 13, 2017 Paper notification March 20, 2017 Camera-ready April 10, 2017 Short Papers/Posters Submission deadline April 10, 2017 Paper notification May 8, 2017 Camera-ready May 22, 2017 KEYWORDS We invite original contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in topics related to: 3D Printing 3D Reconstruction Affective Computing Big Data Visualization City Modeling Computational Fabrication Computational Geometry Computational Photography Computer Animation Computer Vision for Computer Graphics and HCI Crowd Simulation Data Compression for Graphics Deep Learning for Graphics Geometric Processing Geometric Modeling Geometric Algebra for Graphics Geometric Algebra Computing Global Illumination Human-Computer Interaction Human Modeling Image Analysis Image and Video Processing Image-based Rendering Information Visualization Interactive Graphics Medical Imaging Meshing and Remeshing Non-photorealistic Rendering Physically Based Modeling Point-based Graphics Rendering Techniques Saliency Methods Scientific Computing Scientific Visualization Shape Analysis and Image Retrieval Shape and Surface Modeling Shape Matching Sketch-based Modeling Social Robotics Solid Modeling Stylized Rendering Textures Virtual and Augmented Reality Visual Analytics Volume Rendering Virtual Geographical Environments Web Graphics

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Postdoc stipends
by Erik Elmroth 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Dear all, I kindly ask for your help in distributing the following information to anyone potentially interested. —— Umeå University, Sweden, announces 8 postdoc stipends (2 years) in autonomous systems, including two topics in Cloud Management: * Postdoc on Anomaly Detection in Future Cloud Computing Infrastructures: http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-2279-16 * Postdoc on Autonomous Resource Allocation for Rack-Scale Systems: http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-2286-16) * All 8 postdoc stipends in autonomous systems: http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/grants/6-2279--2286-16 Application deadline is February 1, 2017 —— With kind regards, Erik Elmroth

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CfP for ENGAGE 2017 (Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering)
by Werner Benger 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the ENGAGE (Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering) workshop being organized under the auspices of CGI’17. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, 27th June 2017 in Yokohama, Japan. Please find full details in the call for papers below. We hope to see you in Yokohama! Kind regards, The ENGAGE Workshop Organizers: Andreas Aristidou (a.m.aristidou_AT_gmail.com) Dietmar Hildenbrand (dietmar.hildenbrand_AT_gmail.com) Eckhard Hitzer (hitzer_AT_icu.ac.jp) G. Stacey Staples (sstaple_AT_siue.edu) Werner Benger Olav Egeland George Papagiannakis Kanta Tachibana Yu Zhaoyuan ========================================================================== “Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering Workshop” - Call for Papers http://fj.ics.keio.ac.jp/cgi17/#workshop PDF version of this call: http://fj.ics.keio.ac.jp/cgi17/assets/ENGAGE_WShop_27June2017Yokohama_rv14D… Since ACM SIGGRAPH2001 and 2003 conferences, there has been limited attention on the benefits of employing W. K. Clifford's geometric algebras (GA) in solving computer graphics and vision problems. In the meantime, the geometric algebra community focused on GA applications and greatly advanced it as an adequate and viable computing technology. The CGI’16 “Geometric Algebra in Computer Science and Engineering Workshop” began to bridge that gap. Under the auspices of CGI’17, ENGAGE (Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics & Engineering) (new workshop name 2017) on Tuesday, 27th June 2017 in Yokohama, Japan, will again engage in a novel multi-disciplinary approach from mathematics, to computer graphics, computer vision and general computer science fields where GA has strong potential to provide novel answers to existing mathematical problems. GA is in a particularly well suited position to allow cross-disciplinary solutions in software engineering as it provides an intuitive and insightful common denominator across mathematical disciplines that have often advanced and specialized for specific application purposes; the use and knowledge of GA encourages us to overcome distinct, seemingly incompatible paths by providing a shareable mathematical base again. For example, we expect geometric algebra based contributions to GIS research, data modelling & data structures, adaptive & parallel computing, remote sensing data analysis, UAV target location and other domains. We invite original contributors in the form of full and short papers, that advance the state-of-the-art of the application of geometric algebra as well as of its computing technology in topics related, but not limited to: Full application of the conformal model to object description, modeling, deformations, registration, manipulation, interaction, tracking, camera system, visibility Feature Detection & Data Analysis LIDAR and Point Cloud Algorithms Data Models, Cross-Disciplinary Data Description, Software Interoperability Scientific & Information Visualization Computer graphics rendering Computer animation and simulation Augmented and Virtual Reality Application of Clifford analysis to lighting schemes Application of Clifford Fourier transforms and Clifford wavelets to 2D and 3D images, including color images Higher dimensional geometric algebras GA computing GA integrations in programming languages GA hardware implementations Geographic Information Systems Other engineering/applied science applications using GA, like robotics applications, graph computing etc. Accepted full length ENGAGE papers will be published in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (MMA), published by John Wiley & Sons, and will be orally presented at the conference. See also the “Author Guidelines” at MMA. Online submission opens Jan. 1st 2017 at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mma. At the time of submission, authors must indicate the Special Issue "Engage (Staples)". All authors of accepted short ENGAGE papers will be invited either to an oral presentation or to a poster presentation. The accepted CGI’17 ENGAGE short papers will be published by the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series. For author instructions please refer to http://fj.ics.keio.ac.jp/cgi17/ - call-for-papers. When submitting a short paper via EasyChair please choose the track "ENGAGE"! After the workshop, extended versions of the highest ranked short papers of the workshop proceedings will be invited for publication in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (MMA), published by John Wiley & Sons. IMPORTANT DATES Full Papers: (10-15 pages, use MMA latex style file mmaauth.cls) Abstract submission (ca. 200 words): Feb. 6th 2017 to sstaple_AT_siue.edu Paper submission: Feb. 13th 2017 Paper notification: Mar. 20th 2017 Camera ready papers due: Apr. 10th 2017 See “Author Guidelines” at MMA. At the time of submission, authors must indicate the Special Issue “Engage (Staples)”. Short Papers: (same as the CGI’17 short papers, between 4-6 pages, ACM DL format) Short Paper submission: Apr. 10th 2017 Short Paper notification: May 8th 2017 Camera ready papers due: May 22nd 2017 For further information, please turn directly to the ENGAGE Workshop organizers: Andreas Aristidou (a.m.aristidou_AT_gmail.com) Dietmar Hildenbrand (dietmar.hildenbrand_AT_gmail.com) Eckhard Hitzer (hitzer_AT_icu.ac.jp) Stacey Staples (sstaple_AT_siue.edu) Werner Benger Olav Egeland George Papagiannakis Kanta Tachibana Yu Zhaoyuan -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Werner Benger Visualization Research Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU) 2019 Digital Media Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 Tel.: +1 225 578 4809 Fax.: +1 225 578-5362

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Updated information on SEIT 2017
by Seonghoon Kim 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Dear Colleagues, Hope all is well with you and thank you again for your interest in submission of your paper to a prestigious annual conference held in Europe annually. The deadline of the paper submission has been extended until *23th Jan 2017*. This is final due date will not be extended so please consider the opportunity of presenting your research related to any sustainability and energy related research. *See attached *for more detailed information regarding the conference this year. Rcently, I have accepted to serve as the publicity co-chairs for the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT-2017), http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-17/) that will be held in May 16-19, 2017, Madeira, Portugal. Also, I am serving as a workshop chair for this conference. I am wondering if you can disseminate the CfPs to your colleagues and friends. Both the flyer and the CfPs can be downloaded from the following link: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-17/#callforPapers hope you are interested in submitting the paper in the conference no later than 12/22/16. Thank you so much for your support anytime in advance. Yours sincerely, Seonghoon Kim Seonghoon Kim, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management Engineering Building, Rm. 1121 201 COBA Drive, BLDG 232 Statesboro, GA 30458

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CfP: SASO 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, September 18-22, Tucson, Arizona
by Markus Esch 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

************************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS The Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2017) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 18-22 September 2017 https://saso2017.telecom-paristech.fr/ ************************************************************************* Part of FAS* - Foundation and Applications of Self-* Computing Conferences Collocated with: The International Conference on Cloud and Autonomic Computing (ICCAC 2017) ------------------- Aims and Scope ------------------- The aim of the Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems conference series (SASO) is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on the foundations of engineered systems that self-adapt and self-organize. The complexity of current and emerging networks, software, and services can be characterized by issues such as scale, heterogeneity, openness, and dynamics in the environment. This has led the software engineering, distributed systems, and management communities to look for inspiration in diverse fields (e.g., complex systems, control theory, artificial intelligence, chemistry, psychology, sociology, and biology) to find new ways of designing and managing such computing systems in a principled way. In this endeavor, self-organization and self-adaptation have emerged as two promising interrelated approaches. They form the basis for many other so-called self-* properties, such as self-configuration, self-healing, or self-optimization. SASO aims to be an interdisciplinary meeting, where contributions from participants with different backgrounds leads to the fostering of a cross-pollination of ideas, and where innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications can emerge. The eleventh edition of the SASO conference embraces this inter-disciplinary nature, and welcomes novel contributions to both the foundational and application-focused dimensions of self-adaptive and self-organizing systems research. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Systems theory: nature-inspired and socially-inspired paradigms and heuristics; inter-operation of self-* mechanisms; theoretical frameworks and models; control theory; - System properties: robustness; resilience; stability; anti-fragility; diversity; self-reference and reflection; emergent behavior; computational awareness and self-awareness; - Systems engineering: reusable mechanisms and algorithms; design patterns; architectures; methodologies; software and middleware development frameworks and methods; platforms and toolkits; multi-agent systems; - Theory and practice of organization: self-governance, change management, electronic institutions, distributed consensus, commons, knowledge management, and the general use of rules, policies, etc. in self-* systems - Theory and practice of adaptation: mechanisms for adaptation, including evolution, logic, learning; adaptability, plasticity, flexibility - Socio-technical systems: human and social factors; visualization; crowdsourcing and collective awareness; humans-in-the-loop; ethics and humanities in self-* systems; - Data-driven approaches: data mining; machine learning; data science and other statistical techniques to analyze, understand, and manage behavior of complex systems; - Self-adaptive and self-organizing hardware: self-* materials; self-construction; reconfigurable hardware; - Education: experience reports; curricula; innovative course concepts; methodological aspects of self-* systems education; Applications and experiences with self-* systems in any of the following domains are of particular interest: + Smart systems: smart grids, smart cities, smart environments, smart homes, etc. + Industrial automation: embedded self-* systems, adaptive industrial plants, Industry 4.0, cyber physical systems + Transportation: autonomous vehicles, traffic optimization + Autonomous systems: aerial vehicles, undersea vehicles, autonomous robotics + Internet of Things: self-* for network management, self-* applied to cyber security We are looking for contributions that present new fundamental understanding of self-adaptive and self-organizing systems and how they can be engineered and used, including: novel theoretical or experimental results, novel design patterns, mechanisms, system architectures, frameworks, tools, and practical experiences in building or deploying systems and applications. Contributions contrasting different approaches for engineering a given family of systems, or demonstrating the applicability of a certain approach for different systems, are equally encouraged. Likewise, papers describing substantial innovation or insights in the use and communication of self-* systems in the classroom are welcome. Where relevant and appropriate, accepted papers will also be encouraged to participate in the Demo or Poster Sessions. -------------------- Important Dates -------------------- Abstract submission: May 1, 2017 Paper submission: May 10, 2017 Notification: June 30, 2017 Camera ready copy due: July 12, 2017 Conference: September 18-22, 2017 ---------------------------- Submission Instructions ---------------------------- Submissions can be up to 10 pages, formatted according to the standard IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide, and submitted electronically in PDF format. Please submit your papers using the SASO 2017 conference management system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=saso2017. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, and made available as a part of the IEEE Digital Library. Note that a separate Call for Poster and Demo Submissions will also be issued. As per the standard IEEE policies, all submissions should be original, i.e., they must not have been previously published in any conference proceedings, book, or journal and must not currently be under review for another archival conference. We also highlight the IEEE policies regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism (http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/ID_Plagiaris…) --------------------- Review Criteria --------------------- Papers should present novel ideas in the cross-disciplinary research context described in this call, motivated by problems from current practice or applied research. Both theoretical and empirical contributions should be highlighted, substantiated by formal analysis, simulation, experimental evaluations, or comparative studies, etc. Appropriate references must be made to related work. Because SASO is a cross-disciplinary conference, we encourage papers to be intelligible and relevant to researchers who are not members of the same specialized sub-field. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers describing applications. Application papers should provide an indication of the real-world relevance of the problem that is solved, including a description of the domain, and an evaluation of performance, usability, or comparison to alternative approaches. Experience papers are also welcome, especially if they highlight insights into any aspect of design, implementation or management of self-* systems that would be of benefit to practitioners and the SASO community. All submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed and evaluated based on the quality of their technical contribution, originality, soundness, significance, presentation, understanding of the state of the art, and overall quality. ------------------------------- Conference General Chair ------------------------------- Ada Diaconescu Telecom Paris-Tech, Paris, FR -------------------- Program Chairs -------------------- Peter Lewis, Aston University, Birmingham, UK Sam Malek, University of California, Irvine, USA Hella Seebach, Augsburg University, Augsburg, DE

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Student Travel Grants
by Announce Announcements 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

*** Student Travel Grants *** 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI 2017 St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus March 13-16, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=Y29tcHV0YXRpb25hbC5zY2llbmNlCQ… *** Applications Due: January 22, 2017 (FIRM DEADLINE) *** *** Notification: January 31, 2017 (late applications will not be considered) *** ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design or the arts. The objective of IUI's student support is to encourage students interested in subjects related to Intelligent User Interfaces to become active members of the IUI community. To apply, the student should be actively enrolled as a student in an academic institution. Priority will be given to students who are first authors of accepted papers and to participants in the doctoral consortium, to minorities and women. Recipients of the stipend are also expected to help the conference organization as student volunteers. The level of support will be determined by the availability of funds and the number of eligible applications. The student volunteer chairs are here to help, please contact us at sv2017(a)iui.acm.org if you have any questions that are not covered by the documents and links found below. Currently, there are four grant schemes available which are detailed below: - The SIGAI Student Travel Grant. - The IUI Travelling Grant supported by SIGCHI. - The German AI Society Travel Grant - for German students. - The National Science Foundation Travelling Grant - for US students. The IUI Chairs will decide about the allocation of the sources of support to students that will be eligible for travelling grants (there are some differences between the sources and what is required from the students - see below). The application should include: 1. Full name. 2. Email address. 3. The school you are attending, your major, and the country in which the school resides. 4. If you will present at the conference, please provide the title of the submission and its type (e.g. research paper, student consortium, demo). Please note if you have submitted but have not found out if your submission has been accepted. 5. A short statement describing your research interests and how you wish to benefit from attending IUI 2017. 6. The location you are flying from and the cost for your airfare, as determined by the availability of low-cost economy fares for travel to the conference. Please describe any other expenses you expect to accrue, but do not include registration and housing costs, as they are similar for all students. 7. Students may specify if they are female, ethnic minority, or students with disabilities, as we will consider these aspects when discussing the applications. A letter of recommendation from your thesis or doctoral advisor (or supervising faculty member) sent separately by email to the Student Volunteer Co-Chairs at sv2017(a)iui.acm.org. If you are also applying to the Student Consortium, one appropriately worded recommendation letter can be used for both applications, or you may submit a slightly different letter for each application. Please submit your single, combined PDF (except letter of recommendation) to: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=Y29tcHV0YXRpb25hbC5zY2llbmNlCQ… by January 22nd 2017. Types/sources of support The SIGAI Student Travel Grant Following the tradition of previous years, we will offer student participation support provided by SIGAI to attend the IUI Conference. This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from SIGAI must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed. You must be a member of SIGAI before submitting the reimbursement forms ($11 dues). The stipend recipient must be a member of SIGAI before submitting the reimbursement forms. The IUI Travelling Grant supported by SIGCHI Following the tradition of previous years, we will offer student participation support provided by SIGCHI to attend the IUI Conference. This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from SIGCHI must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed. The stipend recipient must be a member of SIGCHI before submitting the reimbursement forms. The German AI Society Travel Grant The German AI society (AI chapter of the Gesellschaft für Informatik) is kindly offering support for German students or students working in Germany to attend the IUI Conference. This support is provided in the form of three small stipends (500 EUR each) to partially cover the registration fee and the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. After the conference, students write a short report (1 page) for the national AI magazine. Students must be member of the German AI society before submitting the reimbursement forms. The NSF Travelling Grant (Only for US students) We are happy to announce that student participation support provided by NSF to attend the IUI Conference will be provided (limited to US students). This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from the NSF funding must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed.

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CfP: Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB 2017), September 7-9, 2017, Cagliari, Italy
by Massimo Bartoletti 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

CIBB 2017 Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics 14th International Conference September 7-9, 2017, Cagliari, Italy <http://cibb2017.unica.it>http://cibb2017.unica.it === Important Dates === March 25, 2017.........................Tutorial and Special Session proposal May 29, 2017............................Paper submission deadline June 22, 2017……....................Acceptance notification July 17, 2017............................Early author registration July 22, 2017............................Camera-ready due September 7-9, 2017................CIBB in Cagliari === Scope === The main goal of the CIBB international conference is to provide a multi-disciplinary forum open to researchers interested in the application of computational intelligence, in a broad sense, to open problems in bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology and medical informatics. Cutting edge methodologies capable of accelerating life science discoveries will be discussed. Following its tradition and roots, this year's meeting will bring together researchers from the international scientific community interested in advancements and future perspectives in bioinformatics and biostatistics. Also, looking at current trends and future opportunities at the edge of computer and life sciences, the application of computational intelligence to system and synthetic biology, and the consequent impact on innovative medicine will be of great interest for the conference. Theoretical and experimental biologists are also invited to participate in order to present novel challenges and foster multidisciplinary collaboration. The scientific program of CIBB 2017 will include Keynote Speakers, tutorials and special sessions. Contributed papers will be presented in plenary oral sessions, special sessions, or poster sessions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Next generation sequencing bioalgorithms - Multi-omics data analysis - High dimensional statistical analysis of omics data - Algorithms for alternative splicing analysis - Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis - Methods for the visualization of high dimensional complex omic data - Software tools for bioinformatics - Methods for comparative genomics - Methods for functional classification of genes - Methods for unsupervised analysis, validation and visualization of structures discovered in bio-molecular data - Health-Informatics and Medical Informatics - Methods for the integration of clinical and genetic data - Heterogeneous data integration and data fusion for diagnostics - Algorithms for pharmacogenomics - Biomedical text mining and imaging - Methods for diagnosis and prognosis within personalized medicine - Statistical methods for the analysis of clinical data - Prediction of secondary and tertiary protein structures - Mass spectrometry data analysis in proteomics - Algorithms for molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis - Bio-molecular databases and data mining - Mathematical modeling and automated reasoning on biological and synthetic systems - Computational simulation of biological systems - Methods and advances in systems biology - Spatio-temporal analysis of synthetic and biological systems - Network systems biology - Models for cell populations and tissues - Methods for the engineering of synthetic components - Modelling and engineering of interacting synthetic and biological systems - Software tools for bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology === Publication === Pdf versions of accepted papers will be distributed at the conference. At least one author of an accepted paper is required to register and present their paper at the conference. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a post-conference monograph. We plan to invite all papers for a volume in the Springer series of Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI). Continuing the tradition of CIBB, we are also planning to invite the best papers, as an alternative to the publication on LNBI, to a special issue of an international scientific journal (such as BMC Bioinformatics, as in the latest editions). === Submission guidelines === Authors should submit papers prepared according to the following instructions: - Papers should be submitted in PDF format (this is the only accepted format) - Papers length should be at least 4 pages and should not exceed 6 pages - We warmly recommend the use of the provided latex template and instructions <http://cibb2017.unica.it/cibb2017-sample-v.1.3.zip>. Should this not be possible, authors should reproduce the format and style of the sample paper available with the latex style. - Papers should be submitted in PDF format on the Easy Chair conference system at this link <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cibb2017>. === Tutorials and Special Sessions === CIBB 2017 will run a number of Tutorials and Special Sessions. Any topic of interest for the conference is eligible for a tutorial. Tutorials typically last from one to three hours. Special sessions focus on a specific, possibly cutting-edge, topic of interest for CIBB 2017. Special session organisers will be responsible for call dissemination, the reviewing process and organizing oral presentations. Typically, a special session will have at least 4 accepted papers and may have an invited speaker (to be negotiated). Tutorial proposals, including title, a one page long abstract, and short CV of presenters, are due by March 25th, 2017. Please send proposals to cibb2017(a)gmail.com. Special Session proposals, including the session's title and scope, short CV of sessions chairs, preliminary list of at least 4, possibly more, potential authors are due by March 25th 2017. Proposals of special sessions will be evaluated as soon as they are submitted. A special session is expected to have at least 4 accepted papers. Please send proposals to <cibb2017(a)gmail.com>cibb2017(a)gmail.com === Invited speakers === Alessandra Carbone (Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle et Quantitative, UMR 7238 CNRS - Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France) Valentina Boeva (Institut Curie Research Center Paris, France and INSERM U900, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Computational Systems Biology of Cancer, and Mines ParisTech, Fontainebleau, France). Manja Marz (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, RNA Bioinformatics and High Throughput Analysis, Germany) === Organization === General Chairs Massimo Bartoletti <http://tcs.unica.it/members/bart>, University of Cagliari, Italy Gunnar Klau <http://homepages.cwi.nl/%7Eklau/>, CWI, Netherlands Leif Peterson <http://www.houstonmethodist.org/faculty/leif-peterson>, Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA Biostatistics Technical Chair Antonio Eleuteri <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio_Eleuteri>, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University, UK Bioinformatics Technical Chair Alberto Policriti <http://users.dimi.uniud.it/%7Ealberto.policriti>, University of Udine, Italy Organisation committee Andrea Bracciali <http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/%7Eabb/>, University of Stirling, UK Tiziana Cimoli <http://tcs.unica.it/members/tiziana-cimoli>, University of Cagliari, Italy Alessandro Sebastian Podda <http://tcs.unica.it/members/sebastian-podda>, University of Cagliari, Italy Special Session Organizer Andrea Bracciali <http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/%7Eabb/>, University of Stirling, UK === Steering committee === Pierre Baldi <http://www.igb.uci.edu/%7Epfbaldi/>, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA Elia Biganzoli <http://www.medicina.unimi.it/Facolta/Personale/DocentiRicercatori/BIGANZOLI…>, University of Milan, ITA Clelia Di Serio <http://www.unisr.it/persona.asp?id=299>, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, ITA Alexandru Floares <http://www.saia.ro/16-ismds.html>, Oncological Institute Cluj-Napoca, Romania Jon Garibaldi <http://ima.ac.uk/home/garibaldi/>, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Nikola Kasabov <http://www.aut.ac.nz/profiles/nikola-kasabov>, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Francesco Masulli <http://www.disi.unige.it/person/MasulliF/>, University of Genova, Italy and Temple University, PA, USA Leif Peterson <http://www.methodisthealth.com/tmhri.cfm?id=37614>, TMHRI, Houston, Texas, USA Roberto Tagliaferri <http://www.unisa.it/docenti/robertotagliaferri/index>, University of Salerno, ITA

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