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Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Computing
by Massimo CAFARO 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

We apologize for multiple copies of this CfP. Journal: Future Internet Special Issue Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing Special Issue Editor: Prof. Massimo Cafaro Deadline: 30 April 2021 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/PDGCP2P_C Summary Dear Colleagues, recent years have witnessed the growing interest for parallel and distributed computing not just for large scale processing of big data, but also in the context of several research trends such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Mining, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Green Computing in Data Centers etc. The aim of the Special Issue is to address current research and trends in the field by focusing on theory, technologies and applications, highlighting both challenges and opportunities. The scope of the Special Issue is very broad, taking into account the interdisciplinarity of parallel and distributed computing. Among the topics of interest, there are (but the Special Issue is not strictly limited to these): - Parallel algorithms; - Distributed algorithms, including P2P algorithms; - Fault-tolerant algorithms; - Cloud and grid computing; - Architectures for parallel and distributed computing; - Green computing and data centers; - Middleware and libraries for parallel and distributed computing; - Scheduling and resource allocation. Prof. Massimo Cafaro Prof. Italo Epicoco Dr. Marco Pulimeno Guest Editors Keywords: parallel computing, distributed computing, grid computing, cloud computing, P2P. - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining 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 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 CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************ --

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CFP : International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence - (ADSI 2021)
by Mayssa HEMDANI 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

Call for papers ************************************************************************** International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence - (ADSI 2021) Prague- Czech Republic, October 14-15, 2021 https://confscience.com/adsi/ Submission deadline: April 1, 2021 All papers accepted in ADSI 2021 will be published in Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, SCImago, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, DBLP, Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation (Former ISI Proceedings) *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: April 1, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021 *************************************************************************** The ADSI 2021 conference will be held in Conjunction with: International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility (RTATM 2021) International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORIES - Theoretical Models - Spatial and temporal multi-models - Multi-dimensional data - Data acquisition and pre-processing - Data inference - Data Classification and Taxonomy - Data Metrics - New approaches for collaboration and competition - Self-organization, self-healing, fault-tolerance approaches - Spatial reasoning - Context awareness - Intelligent mobility - New approaches to supervised and unsupervised learning - New approaches for security, privacy, trust, and ethics in data science - Real-time data analytics - Multi-Agent Systems for data science - Distributed data analytics - Data authenticity - New theories and approaches for Deep learning - New approaches for Business Intelligence - Fuzzy logic - Decision trees - Support vector machines - Evolutionary computation - Statistical methods - Collaborative filtering - Data engineering - Content mining - Indexing schemes - Information retrieval - Metadata use and management INTELLIGENT DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYTICS - Multi-level data processing - Data analytics optimization - Smart data mining - Machine Learning - Deep Learning - Bio-Inspired Computing - Secure data analytics - Privacy in data analytics - Trust in Big Data - Business intelligence - Visualization Analytics - Intelligence as a Service (IaaS) - Data Science as a Service (DSaaS) - Natural Language Processing - Signal Processing - Simulation and Modeling - Data-Intensive Computing SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURES - Data storage infrastructure - Data warehouses - Data Query and Indexing Technologies - Software Defined Infrastructures - Software Defined Networks (SDN) - Distributed data systems - Smart grid computing - Intelligent data management - Big Data computing - Smart data networking - Internet of Things - Cyber Physical Systems - Blockchain - Fog and Edge intelligence - Parallel Computing systems - Open Source systems for data science - Embedded intelligence - Embedded data science - In-Memory computing - Intelligent drones - Internet of Drones - Real-time data acquisition systems APPLICATIONS - Intelligent Hazard management - Intelligent data science in healthcare - Intelligent data science in farming - Intelligent data science in Oil and Gas - Smart logistics - Intelligent data science in transportation - Intelligent data science in surveillance - Xtech (Fintech, Agritech, etc.) - Intelligent drones - Digital transformation - Bioinformatics - Marketing - Social Science - E-learning and E-services *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adsi2021) All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 12-15 pages long (written in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format, 400 words per page) Length of Short papers: less than 12 pages For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/adsi/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to info-adsi(a)confscience.com

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Call for Participation of IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge 2021
by Zeyu Gao 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

Dear All, Here is the first call for Participation for IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge 2021, in conjunction with iEEE AITest 2021 Conference and six otehr conferences. Here is the link: http://av-test-challenge.org/index.html# Please encourage your students to join the challenge. Registration deadline: 3/15/2021. The Final Challenge date: 8/23/2021 2021 IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge Organizing Committee Website <http://av-test-challenge.org/> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/2021-ieee-autonomous-driving-ai-test-chal…> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/2021-IEEE-Autonomous-Driving-AI-Test-Challenge-101…> | Telegram <https://t.me/AITestChallengeIEEE> | Github <https://github.com/avtest2021>

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IEEE Xplore Proc.: 13th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process(SCOPUS Indexed)- Deadline-28 March@Cagliari,Italy
by Sanjay Misra 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

TTSDP 2021 : 13th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process[image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/eve…>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showc…>[image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.wikicfp.com/c…>[image: Google] <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.…> Link: https://sites.google.com/site/tandtinsdp/home When Jul 5, 2021 - Jul 8, 2021 Where Cagliari Submission Deadline Mar 28, 2021 Notification Due Apr 15, 2021 Final Version Due May 10, 2021 *Categories* <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/allcat> software tools <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20tools> software engineering technique <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20engineering%20techniq…> software practices <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20practices> software systems <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20systems> Call For Papers TTSDP 2021 : 12th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process in conjunction with The 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2021) https://sites.google.com/site/tandtinsdp/home Conference is planned to be organized in Blended form (physical presentation and on-line presentations) depending on Covid-19 pandemic evolution. Accepted papers will be submitted and published by IEEE Xplore The extended version of all presented papers will also be invited for the publication in International Scientific Journals(All indexed in SCOPUS/Web of Science/ECIE). 13th International Workshop on "Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes (TTSDP 2021)" will be held in conjunction with the 2021 International Conference on Computational Sciences and Applications (ICCSA 2021). It is going to be held on July 5-8, 2021 in Cagliari, Italy (in collaboration with University of Cagliari, Italy). Submission deadline March 28, 2021. About the Workshop and Topics The Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes (TTSDP 2021) provides a forum for researchers, and practitioners to share their new achievements, tools and techniques in the field of the software development process. TTSDP especially invites the experience papers from industry and academia, short papers, reports, surveys, working papers/work in progress and industrial reports. Review/Comment papers are also welcome with the limitation that the paper should be on general problem/topic in the field (no comments are allowed on a particular paper). TTSDP covers all the aspects of the development process: process models, agile development, software engineering practices, requirements, system and design engineering including architectural design, software modeling, testing strategies and tactics, process and product metrics for each phase of software development, component-based software engineering, software quality, verification and validation techniques and software project management. TTSDP 2021 invites you to submit your work that describes original and significant contribution in all area of the software development process. The paper submitted to TTSDP 2021 must not submit elsewhere either in conference or journal and should be in IEEE style. Papers selected after peer review will be included in the conference proceedings and presented orally at the conference. TTSDP 2021 invites you to submit three different types of session papers (5 to 11 pages long) on all above-mentioned topics: Research papers: Papers that describe original and significant contribution in all area of the software development process. Experience paper: papers from the field describing real-world experience related to the software development process. Short paper and reports: Papers that allows the explanation of ideas that are not yet fully validated. Review articles (not on a particular paper), comparative study and survey reports are also welcome. The paper submitted to TTSDP 2021 must not have been submitted elsewhere either in conference or journal and must be in IEEE style. Papers selected after review will be included in the conference proceedings and presented orally at the conference. Publication All accepted workshop (TTSDP) papers will be included in the proceeding of ICCSA 2021, published by IEEE Xplore. One of the authors of the accepted paper is required to register and expected to present the paper at the conference. Extended and modified version of all accepted paper is invited to publish in various journals (all Web of Science/SCOPUS/ESCI indexed) including best papers in SCIE indexed Journal. Submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/cgi-bin/login.py While submitting to the conference site, please select the track of your submission "Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes (TTSDP 2021)". Please follow the IEEE proceedings guidelines for preparing your paper. IEEE Proceedings Format: http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/confer… Special ISSUES: In several countries, conference papers are not considered in the evaluation of academic performances. In this point of view, we have decided to publish the extended version of all presented papers in TTSDP in special issues of several international journals. The papers will also be selected for the International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes (IJOSSP) (IGI Global, USA), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION (IJI-ESCI Indexed) and International Journal of Human Capital Information(IGI Global) with the condition that the papers should fall under the aim and scope of the said journals. Remaining papers will be accommodated in an international journal: CJICT (an Official Journal of Covenant University) and in several other journals from renowned publishers such as - Inderscience, IGI etc. We are highly thankful to the Management/Editor/Editorial committee of all these journals for accepting the special issues/papers from our workshops. A special issue of SCIE Journal is confirmed for best papers of the software engineering symposiums and workshops@ICCSA 2021. Important Dates March 28, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers July 5-8, 2021:SEPA 2021@ ICCSA 2021 Conference Organizing Chair Prof. Sanjay Misra Professor of Computer(Software) Engineering Covenant University sanjay.misra(a)covenantuniversity.edu.ng Phone: +234 7030851086 Program Chair Prof. Robertas Damasevicius Prof of Software engineering Silesian University of Technology,Poland robertas.damasevicius(a)polsl.pl Prof Rytis Maskeliūnas Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania rytis.Maskeliunas(a)ktu.lt International Programme Committee Members Mario Fusani,National Research Council of Italy Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Daniel Rodríguez, University of Alcalá, Spain Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada Emilia Mendes, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Vahid Garousi, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey Miltiadis Siavvas, CERTH, Greece Broderick Crawford, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso, PUCV, Chile Michel dos Santos Soares, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil V. B. Singh, University of Delhi, India José Alfonso Aguilar,Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Maxico Ricardo Soto, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso,Chile Eduardo Guerra, National Institute of space research, Sao Jose, Brazil Murat Koyuncu, Atilim University, Turkey Rytis Maskeliunas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Jeong Ah Kim, Catholic Kwandong University,Korea Matthew O. Adigun, University of Zululand, South Africa Cristina Casado Lumbreras, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Ibrahim Akman, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey Marco Crasso, UNICEN University, Argentina Markus Holopainen, University of Helsinki, Finland Takashi Michikawa, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), Japan Cristian Mateos, UNICEN University, Argentina Pham Quoc Trung, HCMC University of Technology, HCMC, Vietnam Alejandro Zunino, UNICEN University, Argentina Eudisley Anjos, Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB) – Brazil Ravin Ahuja, University Of Delhi, India Rinkaj Goyal, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India Teresa Guarda, Universidad Estatal Peninsula Santa Elena, Ecuador Ixent Galpin, Ph.D. Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia -- Sanjay Misra <https://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.W6Psi2hKjDc> Most Productive(No 1) Researcher in Nigeria(https://t.co/fBYnVxbmiL) Professor of Computer(Software) Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria (Researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay_Misra2>, Researcherid <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-2203-2014>:K-2203-2014, DBLP <http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Misra:Sanjay>, Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AFjvjTgAAAAJ&hl=en>, Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?origin=AuthorProfile&authorId=56962…>) Call For Papers- General Chair- 1) Springer (CCIS)- 3rd International Conference on Applied Informatics (ICAI) <http://icai.itiud.org> 2) Springer (CCIS)- 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Applications (ICTA 2020) <https://ictafutminna.com.ng> Special issue *(Confirmed-SCOPUS Indexed)*- 1) Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636>(Q2-SCOPUS, CiteScore-2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)-Artificial Intelligence for Cloud and Edge Computing: Concepts and Paradigms <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICEC-2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aicec2020 Last date of Full paper Submission- 30 November 2020 2)Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636> (Q2-SCOPUS, Cite Scope -2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)- New Frontiers in IoT and Cloud Computing for Post-COVID-19 Era <http://lalitgarg.weebly.com/new-frontiers-in-iot-and-cloud-computing-for-po…> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iotandcloudcomputing Last date for full paper Submission- 10th October 2020 3) Springer- Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=4900152708&tip=sid> (Q4-SCOPUS, CiteScore 1.3 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/4900152708?origin=resultslist>) Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security-Methods, Issues and Possible horizons <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICS-2020> Submission- https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aics20200 Last date for Full paper submission- 10th Oct 2020 4) EAI/Springer Innovation in Communication and Computing( <https://www.springer.com/series/15427>SCOPUS Indexed <https://www.scopus.com/results/results.uri?numberOfFields=0&src=s&clickedLi…>)- Blockchain Application in Smart Era <https://easychair.org/cfp/EAI_SPRINGER_BASE_2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=base-2020# Last date for full paper submission- 31st Dec 2020 Editor in Chief- (Call for Papers and book proposals)- 1. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-human-capital-info…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS) 2. Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management <https://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-personnel-project-managemen…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS)

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13th Int Sym. on Soft Engg Processes & Appl. (Springer-LNCS(SCOPUS Indexed)- Deadline-28 March@Cagliari
by Sanjay Misra 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

SEPA 2021 : 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications[image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/eve…>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showc…>[image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://www.wikicfp.com/c…>[image: Google] <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.…> Link: https://sites.google.com/view/ssepa/home When Jul 5, 2021 - Jul 8, 2021 Where Cagliari Submission Deadline Mar 28, 2021 Notification Due Apr 18, 2021 Final Version Due May 10, 2021 *Categories* <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/allcat> software <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software> software engineering <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20engineering> software application <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20application> software process <http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/call?conference=software%20process> Call For Papers SEPA 2021: 13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications Conference is planned to be organized in Blended form (physical presentation and on-line presentations) depending on Covid-19 pandemic evolution. The accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer https://sites.google.com/view/ssepa/home , http://www.iccsa.org/workshops Following the grand success of SEPA 2020 Online, SEPA 2019 (in Saint Petersburg, Russia), SEPA 2018 (in Melbourne, Australia), SEPA 2017 (in Trieste, Italy), SEPA 2016 (in Beijing, China), SEPA 2015 (in Banff, Canada), SEPA 2014 (in Guimaraes, Portugal), SEPA 2013 (in Ho Chi Ming), SEPA 2012 (in Salvador, Brazil), SEPA 2011 (in Satander, Spain), SEPA 2010 (in Fukuoka, Japan), SEPA 2009 (in Sowon, Korea), SEPA 2020 (in conjunction with ICCSA 2020) is scheduled to be held, between July 5-8, 2021, in Cagliari, Italy in collaboration with the University of Cagliari, Italy. Submission deadline: March 28, 2021 About the Workshop and Topics Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA: 2021) is aimed to provide a forum to scientists/researchers/engineers/practitioners and academicians to share their ideas, experiences and researches in the field of software engineering process and applications. SEPA 2021 covers all the frontier issues and trends in the modern software development processes. It includes process models, the development process for different software platforms (e.g. social networks, cloud), the process for adaptive, dependable, embedded, systems, agile development, software engineering practices, requirements, system and design engineering including architectural design, component level design, formal methods, software modeling, testing strategies and tactics, process and product metrics, Web Engineering, project management, risk management, and configuration management. SEPA also invite papers for the development process of the software/software systems in application areas e.g. agriculture, aviation industry, business, cyber-crime, education, government, military etc. SEPA invites you to submit theme papers that describe original and significant contribution in all above-mentioned area of software engineering processes. The paper submitted to SEPA 2021 must not be submitted elsewhere either in conference or journal and should be 12 - 16 pages (LNCS style). Papers selected after peer review will be included in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science published by Springer (only after completing registration) and presented virtually. Publication All contributions will be reviewed by international program committee members and judged on their quality and relevance. The accepted papers for SEPA 20210 will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science as a book series of Computational Science and Its Applications: ICCSA. Please note that one of the authors of the accepted paper must be registered and supposed to present the paper in the conference (virtual presentation is allowed for authors who cannot attend the conference). The extended version of selected papers will also be invited for the publication in several journals (All Web of Science and SCOPUS indexed journals) including best papers in SCIE indexed journal*. *A special issue of SCIE Journal- Information Technology And Controls and several SCOPUS indexed Journal is confirmed for best papers of the software engineering symposiums(SEPA & ISSQ) and workshop(TTSDP)@ICCSA 2021). Submission Please submit your paper through ICCSA 2021 conference web site. Submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/cgi-bin/login.py while submitting to the conference site, please select the track of your submission "13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA 2021)". March 28, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers July 5-8, 2021:SEPA 2021@ ICCSA 2021 Conference International Program Committee Organizing Chair (Contact) Prof. Sanjay Misra Professor of Computer Engineering Covenant University Contact: sanjay.misra(a)covenantuniversity.edu.ng Programme Committee Chair Prof. Ricardo Colomo-Palacios Computer Science Department Østfold University College, Norway rcolomo(a)gmail.com International Programme Committee Members Mario Fusani,National Research Council of Italy Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Daniel Rodríguez, University of Alcalá, Spain Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada Emilia Mendes, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Vahid Garousi, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey Miltiadis Siavvas, CERTH, Greece Broderick Crawford, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso, PUCV, Chile Michel dos Santos Soares, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil V. B. Singh, University of Delhi, India José Alfonso Aguilar,Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Maxico Ricardo Soto, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso,Chile Eduardo Guerra, National Institute of space research, Sao Jose, Brazil Murat Koyuncu, Atilim University, Turkey Rytis Maskeliunas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Jeong Ah Kim, Catholic Kwandong University,Korea Matthew O. Adigun, University of Zululand, South Africa Cristina Casado Lumbreras, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Ibrahim Akman, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey Marco Crasso, UNICEN University, Argentina Markus Holopainen, University of Helsinki, Finland Takashi Michikawa, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), Japan Cristian Mateos, UNICEN University, Argentina Pham Quoc Trung, HCMC University of Technology, HCMC, Vietnam Alejandro Zunino, UNICEN University, Argentina Eudisley Anjos, Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB) – Brazil Jonathan Oluranti, Covenant University, Nigeria Ravin Ahuja, University Of Delhi, India Rinkaj Goyal, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India Teresa Guarda, Universidad Estatal Peninsula Santa Elena, Ecuador Ixent Galpin, Ph.D. Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia Adewole Adewumi, Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada -- Sanjay Misra <https://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/Profiles/Misra-Sanjay#.W6Psi2hKjDc> Most Productive(No 1) Researcher in Nigeria(https://t.co/fBYnVxbmiL) Professor of Computer(Software) Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria (Researchgate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay_Misra2>, Researcherid <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/K-2203-2014>:K-2203-2014, DBLP <http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/Misra:Sanjay>, Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AFjvjTgAAAAJ&hl=en>, Scopus <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?origin=AuthorProfile&authorId=56962…>) Special issue *(Confirmed-SCOPUS Indexed)*- 1) Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636>(Q2-SCOPUS, CiteScore-2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)-Artificial Intelligence for Cloud and Edge Computing: Concepts and Paradigms <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICEC-2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aicec2020 Last date of Full paper Submission- 28 Feb 2020 2)Springer- Internet of Things <https://www.springer.com/series/11636> (Q2-SCOPUS, Cite Scope -2.8 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100826426?origin=resultslist>)- New Frontiers in IoT and Cloud Computing for Post-COVID-19 Era <http://lalitgarg.weebly.com/new-frontiers-in-iot-and-cloud-computing-for-po…> Submission-https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iotandcloudcomputing Last date for full paper Submission- 28th Feb 2020 3) Springer- Studies in Computational Intelligence <https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=4900152708&tip=sid> (Q4-SCOPUS, CiteScore 1.3 <https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/4900152708?origin=resultslist>) Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security-Methods, Issues and Possible horizons <https://easychair.org/cfp/AICS-2020> Submission- https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aics20200 Last date for Full paper submission- Closed 4) EAI/Springer Innovation in Communication and Computing( <https://www.springer.com/series/15427>SCOPUS Indexed <https://www.scopus.com/results/results.uri?numberOfFields=0&src=s&clickedLi…>)- Blockchain Application in Smart Era <https://easychair.org/cfp/EAI_SPRINGER_BASE_2020> Submission-https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=base-2020# Last date for full paper submission- 31st March 2020 Editor in Chief- (Call for Papers and book proposals)- 1. International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-human-capital-info…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS) 2. Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management <https://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-personnel-project-managemen…> (Clarivate Analytics(Web of Science), SCOPUS)

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ICICS 2021 Final CFP: The 12th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, 24-26 May 2021 - Virtual Event
by ICICS 2021 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

The 12^th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2021) 24-26 May 2021 - Valencia - Spain (Virtual Event) https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/index.html ICICS 2021 CFP: The International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2021) is a forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in all areas of Computer and Information Sciences. The topics that will be covered in the ICICS 2021 include, but are not limited to: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing, Networking, Information Security and Cryptography, Intrusion Detection and Computer Forensics, Web Content Mining, Bioinformatics and IT Applications, Database Technology, Systems Integration, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, Communications, and Human-Computer Interaction. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: • Data Science and Applications • Security, privacy, and digital forensics • Networking, IoT, and Sensors • Cloud and High Performance Computing • Software and web Engineering • Multimedia, Computer Vision and Image Processing • AI and Machine Learning • Databases and Information Systems • Electronics and Communication Systems • Natural Language Processing and Applications Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also, submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must not exceed 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers. Keynote Speakers * Jagannathan Sarangapani, The Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA * Paolo Rosso, The Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain, * Manu Malek. Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Stevens Institute of Technology, USA * Abbes Amira, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Important Dates Submission Date: 1 March 2021 (Firm and Final) Notification to Authors: 28 March 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 19 April 2021 Journal Special Issues Selected papers from the presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the following journals. * Cluster Computing - Springer. * Computer and Electrical Engineering Journal - Elsevier. Papers will be selected based on their reviewers’ scores and appropriateness to the Journal’s theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a later stage. Please send any inquiry to ICICS Team at: icics(a)just.edu.jo (mailto:icics@just.edu.jo) ============================================================ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://intelligenttech.us10.list-manage.com/profile?u=468622ed686abd87f7a2…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://intelligenttech.us10.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=468622ed686abd87…) .

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The Fourth International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2021)
by Massimo CAFARO 24 Feb '21

24 Feb '21

Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email] Call for Papers The Fourth International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2021) https://sdm.lbl.gov/snta/2021/ Scope: The tasks of systems and network telemetry are a key element for effective operations and management of HPC and distributed computing systems, by offering comprehensive measurement and analysis capabilities to provide the visibility into what is occurring at any time. The tasks will be significantly complicated with the greater complexity of computing systems, increasing network speed, and the newly introduced mobile and IoT devices. Such changes will render the existing telemetry and analysis techniques to be outdated, and more scalable techniques may be in place for data-driven and deeper data analysis. In addition to the quantitative and qualitative challenges, data pressure in systems and networks also comes from various sources such as sensors, computing systems, networking and security devices, and other \emerging computing elements speaking with different syntax and semantics, which makes organizing and incorporating the generated data difficult for extensive analysis. This workshop aims at bridging the systems and network measurement and the latest advances in machine learning and data science technologies, to advance the performance and reliability of HPC and distributed systems. New analysis techniques are needed in the modern world, from the diverse angles of systems/network performance, availability, and security. For example, real-time streaming analytics algorithms and methods need to be explored for estimating network performance and summarizing the traffic variables to capture the network activities due to the network bandwidth increase. Multivariate analysis of telemetric variables may be able to provide the intuitive, comprehensive view of the systems and networks dynamics. New logging techniques are also needed in the future with the latest development in the storage and archival technologies. In addition, many applications in this area may need to address the application-specific requirements and challenges. This workshop intends to share visions of investigating new approaches and methods at the intersection of data sciences and HPC/distributed computing systems. Topic of interest (but not limited to): - Systems and network measurement, analysis, and summarization - HPC, superfacility, and distributed systems - Data-driven, multivariate, streaming-based data processing - Distributed and federated machine learning - Performance modeling, analysis, and engineering - Cybersecurity, forensics, privacy, and anonymization - Intelligent workflow, visualization, and applications - Smart instruments, edge/fog-systems, and IoTs - Wireless, mobile/5G networks - Software-Defined-* technologies - Storage and archival technologies - Experiences and practices on systems/network data analysis Program Committee TBD Organizing Committee Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy Jinoh Kim, Texas A&M University-Commerce Alex Sim, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Important Dates Submission deadline: March 14, 2021 Author notification: April 18, 2021 Camera-ready deadline: May 2, 2021 Workshop: June 21, 2021 The Fourth International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2021) HPDC2021 Stockholm, Sweden, June 21-25, 2021 Submission Guidelines All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are invited to submit either a full (max 8 pages) paper or a short/work-in-progress (max 4 pages) paper.  Formatting: Authors are invited to submit papers with unpublished, original work of not more than 8 pages of double column text using single spaced 10 point size on 8.5 x 11 inch pages (including all text, figures, and references), as per ACM 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines (document templates can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-template) Papers will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as part of the ACM digital library. Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snta2021 Web: https://sdm.lbl.gov/snta/2021/ Contact: SNTA.help(a)gmail.com - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining 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 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 CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************ --

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[simu-conf] Deadline approaching - Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation, TMS'21
by vsim-conf＠sce.carleton.ca 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

DEADLINE APPROACHING Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation, TMS'21 (part of the Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference, ANNSIM'21) July 19-21, at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Hybrid event) http://tmsdevs.org The purpose of the track on Theory and Foundations of Modeling and Simulation is to provide a forum to discuss most recent advancements in this field. The main focus is on theory of modeling, methodology, practice and software to cope with the challenges arising out of these, as well as lessons learned and challenges. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: - Theory: Advances in Modeling Formalisms, Formal analysis and symbolic reasoning, Model checking, Model Transformation, Behavior Abstraction and Model Reduction, Graph transformations, Model Abstraction and Machine Learning, Formalism-Based Model Debugging, - Modular Approaches in M&S: , Model Composition, Co-simulation, Interoperability, Modular Modeling of Hybrid Systems, Modular Modeling of Spatially Distributed Systems, Modular Representation of Numerical Solvers - Complex Systems M&S:, Multi-Paradigm/Multi-Domain Modeling, Multi-Resolution/Multiscale Modeling, Cyber-Physical Systems M&S, Ultra Large Scale Systems M&S, Systems of Systems M&S - Technologies (related to theoretical/foundational methods): Parallel/distributed/cloud/edge simulation, Real-time and Interactive simulation, M&S of Embedded Systems, - M&S Tools and Standards (related to theoretical/foundational methods): Simulation Languages/Libraries, Simulation Development/Visualization Tools, M&S Repositories/Data Formats - Applications of theoretical/foundational methods Original, high-quality technical papers are solicited for review, possible presentation and subsequent publication in the conference proceedings. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Authors of papers accepted are expected to attend the conference, present their work to their peers, transfer copyright, and pay a conference registration fee at the time their camera-ready paper is submitted. Papers registered and presented will be included in the conference proceedings, possibly archived in the ACM Digital Library, IEEExplore and indexed in DBLP, Web of Science and SCOPUS. Paper Submission: March 1, 2021 Author Notification: April 30th, 2021 Camera-ready Paper due: May 17, 2021 Conference: July 19-21, 2021 Further information: http://tmsdevs.org SIMULATION Journal (SAGE): Special Issue on TMS: https://arslab.sce.carleton.ca/index.php/people/cristina-ruiz-martin/special -issue-simulation/ [apologies for multiple postings; comments/issues/problems: contact vsim-conf-owner(a)sce.carleton.ca <mailto:vsim-conf-owner@sce.carleton.ca> ] [subscribe to notifications on twitter: @ARSLab_CU]

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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021) Tallinn, Estonia. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/ in conjunction with " <https://cs.ttu.ee/events/medi2021/> 10th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2021)" SIAS 2021 CFP The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS. IAS design and architecture . IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc) . Correct-by-construction in IAS . MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS . Virtualization and digital twins for IAS . Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS . IAS smart Networking . Communication protocols for IAS . Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS . Distributed database for IAS . Web services for IAS . Social aspects and human interaction in IAS IAS Analysis . Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS . Model checking and theorem proving for IAS . Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS . Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS . Dynamic and static analysis for IAS . Statistical analysis for IAS . Testing for IAS . Smart decision making in IAS . Fog and edge computing for IAS IAS Assurance . Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS . Security in distributed IAS . Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS . Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS . Security protocols for IAS . Safety policies for IAS . Safety reinforcement models in IAS . Safety standard analysis for IAS . Resilience metrics and models for IAS . Resilience strategies and plans for IAS . Recovery systems for IAS resiliency . Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases . Applications and Software Platforms for IAS . IoT and CPS for IAS . Smart cities . IAS for industrial and production CPS . Autonomous robots and vehicles . Human-Robot Interaction . Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc) Important Dates . Submission Date: 25 April,2021 . Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021 . Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021 Submission System . <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021

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MOBISPC 2021 CFP: The 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing August 9-12, 2021, Leuven, Belgium
by Shashank Swarup 21 Feb '21

21 Feb '21

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC) Leuven, Belgium August 9-12, 2021 http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-21/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-2020 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-2021 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, 2021 - *Paper Submission Due: March 19, 2021* - Acceptance Notification: May 17, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021 Publication ------------ All MobiSPC 2021 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: 4.594), 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: 4.371), 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 2021 will be held in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-21/) MobiSPC 2021 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest hospitals in Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world. Leuven's Town Hall is one of the best-known Gothic town halls worldwide and Leuven's pride and joy. It took three architects and thirty years to build it. Leuven's 'Hall of Fame' features 236 statues, which were only added to the faÃ§ade after 1850. There are 220 men and 16 women in total. On the bottom floor are famous Leuven scientists, artists and historical figures, dressed in Burgundian garb. The first floor is reserved for the patron saints of the various parishes of Leuven. The facade is adorned by the counts and dukes of Brabant while the towers primarily feature biblical figures. Conference Tracks --------------- - Component-based IoT - Enabling Technologies and Emerging Topics - Internet of Things (IoT) - 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: ----------- Honorary Chair Luc De Schepper, Rector, Hasselt University, Belgium General Chair Danny Hughes, K. U. Leuven, Belgium Program Chairs Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB â€“ Hasselt University, Belgium Workshops Chair Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium Tracks Chairs Longbiao Chen, Xiamen University, China Salimur Choudhury, Lakehead University, Canada StÃ©phane Galland, UniversitÃ© de Technologie de Belfort-MontbÃ©liard, France Uneb Gazger, University of Bahrain, Bahrain Hedi Haddad, Dofar University, Oman Camille Kamga, The City College of New York, USA Yongrui (Louie) Qin, University of Huddersfield, UK Hamid Mcheick, UQAC, Canada Wendy Osborn, University of Lethbridge, Canada Rahim Rahmani, Stockholm University, Sweden Qussai Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan International Journals Chair Atta Badii, Reading University, UK Publicity Chairs El Arbi Abdellaoui Alaoui, EIGSI-Casablanca, Morocco Orven E. Llantos, MSU-IIT, Philippines Shashank Swarup, Acadia University, Canada Advisory Committee Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Abdelfettah Belghith, University of Manouba, Tunisia Flavien Balbo, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK NoÃ«l de Palma, UniversitÃ© de Grenoble, France 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-21/#programCommittees Steering Committee Chair Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada

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International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility - (RTATM 2021) -Prague
by Emilia Marc 21 Feb '21

21 Feb '21

Call for papers ************************************************* International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility - (RTATM 2021) Prague - Czech Republic, October 14-15, 2021 https://confscience.com/rtatm/ Submission deadline: April 1, 2021 All papers accepted in RTATM 2021 will be published in Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, SCImago, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, DBLP, Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation (Former ISI Proceedings) *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: April 1, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021 *************************************************************************** The RTATM 2021 conference will be held in Conjunction with: International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence (ADSI 2021) International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORIES - Modelling and Simulation Algorithms - Vehicular Wireless Medium Access Control - V2X communications - Routings and Protocols for Connected Vehicles - Mobility Models and Architectures - Distribution Strategies - Traffic Incident Management Systems - Bio-Inspired Approaches - Optimization and Collaboration - Automatic Control in Vehicular Networks - Energy-aware Connected Mobility - Programming Languages - Sustainable Transportation - Multimodal Transportation Networks and Systems - Systemsb Integration - Driver Behavior Models and Simulation - Human Factors and Travel Behaviour - Green Mobility - Regulations and Bylaws for Intelligent - Transportation and Mobility SMART TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS - Mobility Management - Connected Vehicles - VANETs - Predictive Logistics - Spatio-Temporal Event Tracking - Decision Support Systems - Emergency Management - Logistics and E-Commerce - Supply Chain Design and Execution - Supply Chain Management - Advanced Planning Systems - Fleet Management - Multi-Agent Systems - Machine Learning for Smart Logistics - Intelligent Infrastructures - Real-time Analysis of Comprehensive Supply Chain Data - Smart Synchronization of Logistics Processes - New Approaches for Cost Transparency - Big Data for Smart Logistics - Logistics 4.0 - Mobile Networks - Next-Generation Smart Logistics - Performance Management Approaches - Tests and Deployment - Software Defined Networks - Smart Freight Management - Smart Shipment Management - Smart Warehousing - Smart Inventory management DATA AND SERVICES - Real-Time transportation Data Acquisition - Event Detection and Monitoring - Data Warehouses for connected mobility - Data mining and Data analytics - Data Worthiness in Connected Vehicles - Data Trustworthiness for effective transportation and mobility - Road Traffic Data Analytics - Structured and Unstructured Data for Connected Mobility - Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) - Data Representation for Connected Mobility - Transportation Data Mining - Transportation and mobility Data Visualization - Cognitive and Context-aware Intelligence - Transportation Decision Support Systems - Mobility as a Service (MaaS) - Intelligent Transportation Services - Smart Mobility Services - Big Data and Vehicle Analytics - Massive Data Management - Collective and connected Intelligence - Next Generation Services - Driver Behaviour Analysis - Geo-Spatial Services - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) - Web and Mobile Services SAFETY, SECURITY, AND HAZARD MANAGEMENT - Security Issues in Vehicular Communications - Safety Applications of Connected Vehicles - Weather-related Safety solutions - V2V, V2I and I2V Road Safety Applications - Connected Mobility for Hazard Management - Risk Management - Road Traffic Crashes Analytics - Traffic Jam Prediction - Resource Allocation for Hazard Management - Trust and Privacy Issues in Logistics - Management of Exceptional Events - New approaches to Networking Security for Transportation Applications - Failure modes, human factors, software safety - Automated Failure Analysis - Performance and Human Error Analysis - Design and Reliability of Control Systems - Dispersion Modelling Software - Quantification of Risk *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rtatm2021) All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 12-15 pages long (written in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format, 400 words per page) Length of Short papers: less than 12 pages For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/rtatm/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to info-rtatm(a)confscience.com

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International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021)
by Mayssa HEMDANI 21 Feb '21

21 Feb '21

Call for papers ************************************************************************** International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021) Prague- Czech Republic, October 14-15, 2021 https://confscience.com/irsh/ Submission deadline: April 1, 2021 All papers accepted in IRSH 2021 will be published in Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, SCImago, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, DBLP, Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation (Former ISI Proceedings) *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: April 1, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021 *************************************************************************** The IRSH 2021 conference will be held in Conjunction with: International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence (ADSI 2021) International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility - (RTATM 2021) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORIES - Interoperability and Data Integration - Confidentiality and Data Security - Data protection - Data Sharing - Security, Privacy, and Trust - Emergent healthcare standards - Emergent healthcare architectures - ICT, Ageing and Disability - Physiological and behavioural modelling - Pandemic and disease modeling - Usability and user experience of medical devices - Human behaviour - Clinical investigation regulatory frameworks - Integrated healthcare approaches - eHealth data standards and interoperability (e.g. HL7/FHIR) - Databases and data warehousing - Big Data and Open Data for healthcare - Design and Development of Methodologies for Healthcare - Emergent Communication Technologies - Real-time interaction theories - Emergent Technologies for Ambient Assisted Living - User Interface Design for healthcare - Sustainability - New approaches for accuracy and effectiveness - Data mining and bioinformatics - Enhanced living environments - Analysis and evaluation of healthcare systems INTELLIGENT HEALTHCARE - Pattern recognition and Machine - Learning for healthcare - Cognitive Informatics - Big Data in Healthcare - Wellbeing Informatics - Data Mining and Data Analytics - Data Visualization - Smart environments - Smart Ambient Assisted Living - Intelligent healthcare solutions - Agent-based solutions for healthcare - Collaboration systems - Intelligent Electronic Health Records - Internet of Things for healthcare - Cyber-Physical Systems for healthcare - Ambient Computing and Reasoning - Context Awareness - Smart devices for eldercare - Autonomy and active ageing - Emergent technologies for intelligent Computer Vision - Service production and delivery - Gamification - Multi-modal interaction - Computer-aided detection and diagnosis - Crowdsourcing for smarted healthcare SERVICES, SYSTEMS, AND INFRASTRUCTURES - Emergent healthcare services - Pervasive health systems and services - Remote healthcare management - Emergent healthcare infrastructure - Industry Revolution 4.0 for healthcare - eHealth - Electronic health records - Assistive technologies - Disease surveillance and patient monitoring systems - Prevention and detection systems - Home monitoring - Healthcare management systems - ICT-based therapeutic systems - ICT-based rehabilitation technologies - Wearable health informatics - Emergent technologies for data analytics - Ambient Assisted Leaving (AAL) - Decision Support Systems - Emergent Technologies for Remote AAL Monitoring - Emergent Technologies and Accessibility - 5G for healthcare - Healthcare supply chain and logistics - Wireless Body Networks - Telemedicine and mobile telemedicine - Mobile Systems - Software Defined infrastructures - Patient empowerment systems - Smart technology for remote patient visits - Biosensors - Medical devices APPLICATIONS - eHealth applications - Application of health informatics in clinical cases - Mobile technologies for healthcare applications - Software Systems in healthcare - Social networking and healthcare - Case Studies - Personalization and patient experience - AR and VR applications - Patient billing - Accounting systems - Personnel and payroll - Materials management - Voice recognition systems - Asset management solutions - Disease management - Feedback integration - Clinical software - Crowd-computing applications - Future directions - Drone-based solutions - Software Defined Networks for healthcare *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=irsh2021) All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 12-15 pages long (written in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format, 400 words per page) Length of Short papers: less than 12 pages For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/irsh/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to info-irsh(a)confscience.com

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Deadline Extension (March 1, 2021) - CfP for EUSIPCO 2021 Special Session "Image and video analysis for autonomous drones"
by Ioanna Koroni 21 Feb '21

21 Feb '21

Dear drone imaging scientists and engineers, you are invited to submit an original, unpublished technical paper to the Special Session "Image and video analysis for autonomous drones" of EUSIPCO 2021: https://eusipco2021.org/. New submission deadline for the EUSIPCO conference is March 1, 2021. Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, or drones) are becoming more and more important to many industries, promising simplified logistics, cost reductions, increased safety for humans, quicker response times and more accurate results, when compared to traditional procedures. Drones are highly useful thanks to their easy deployment, their aerial point-of-view and their ability to access difficult-to-reach spaces. Recent advances in aerial robotics and AI have already pushed drone automation to an unprecedented degree in various application domains, such as infrastructure inspection and maintenance, aerial cinematography, search and rescue operations, etc. Manipulation, processing, analysis and learning of visual signals lie at the forefront of this revolution. This special session will consider current research in this interdisciplinary subject, aiming to bring together researchers working on image/video analysis and experts in aerial robotics. Topics of interest may include, among others: - Embedded computer vision - Deep learning for image/video analysis - Multimodal perception - Sensor and data fusion - Fault and anomaly detection in drone footage - Subcentimeter-accuracy inspection - Autonomous drone cinematography - Vision-based localization and mapping - Vision-based drone navigation/control - Vision-based human-drone interaction This Special Session concerns a very timely topic with high industrial potential, given that fully/semi- automated drones are slowly emerging as a viable alternative to manually teleoperated ones, thanks to recent advances in robotics and AI. A lot of underlying cognitive functionalities that enable such autonomy, particularly the ones facilitating drone perception, rely on advanced image/video analysis methods for achieving their goals, making this a highly interdisciplinary topic of exceptional interest both to imaging scientists and aerial robotics researchers. The Special Session is organized by Prof. I. Pitas and Dr. I. Mademlis, from the Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Lab (AIIA Lab), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (AUTH), under the auspices of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 programme AERIAL-CORE (https://aerial-core.eu/) Relevant links: 1) Horizon2020 EU funded R&D project Aerial-Core: https://aerial-core.eu/ 2) AIIA Lab: https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/ Sincerely yours, Prof. I. Pitas, Dr. Ioannis Mademlis, Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis (AIIA) Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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FNC 2021: Call for Workshop Proposals (The 16th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications)
by Muhammad ADNAN 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

******** Call for Workshops Proposals ******** The 16th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-21/#workshop_call August 9-12, 2021 Leuven, Belgium Important Dates =========== - Workshop Proposal Due: February 21, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: February 25, 2021 The FNC 2021 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops. The main objective of the workshops is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss a specific topic from the field of FNC 2021 and its related areas. All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the FNC 2021 proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier. The authors must follow Elsevier guidelines as given in FNC 2021 Website. Proposal Format =========== - Title of the workshop - Workshop Website: tentative address, or old address (if applicable) - Draft Call for paper of the workshop - Tentative list of TPC members Workshops' Chair ============== Dr. Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium ( muhammad.adnan(a)uhasselt.be) -- Dr. Muhammad Adnan Senior Navorser - Senior Researcher Instituut voor Mobiliteit (IMOB) - Transportation Research Institute T +32(0)11 26 91 47 - F +32(0)11 26 91 99 www.uhasselt.be\imob Universiteit Hasselt - Campus Diepenbeek Wetenschapspark 5 bus 6 - B-3590 Diepenbeek Kantoor WETP5-0.10

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MobiSPC 2021 : Call for Workshop Proposals (The 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing )
by Muhammad ADNAN 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

******** Call for Workshops Proposals ******** The 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-21/#workshop_call August 9-12, 2021 Leuven, Belgium Important Dates =========== - Workshop Proposal Due: February 21, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: February 25, 2021 The MobiSPC 2021 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops. The main objective of the workshops is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss a specific topic from the field of MobiSPC 2021 and its related areas. All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the MobiSPC 2021 proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier. The authors must follow Elsevier guidelines as given in MobiSPC 2021 Website. Proposal Format =========== - Title of the workshop - Workshop Website: tentative address, or old address (if applicable) - Draft Call for paper of the workshop - Tentative list of TPC members Workshops' Chair ============== Dr. Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium ( muhammad.adnan(a)uhasselt.be) -- Dr. Muhammad Adnan Senior Navorser - Senior Researcher Instituut voor Mobiliteit (IMOB) - Transportation Research Institute T +32(0)11 26 91 47 - F +32(0)11 26 91 99 www.uhasselt.be\imob Universiteit Hasselt - Campus Diepenbeek Wetenschapspark 5 bus 6 - B-3590 Diepenbeek Kantoor WETP5-0.10

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The 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing
by Orven Llantos 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

-- Apologies for Cross-Posting --- The 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing August 9-12, 2021, Leuven, Belgium http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-21 Important Dates Workshop Proposal: February 21, 2021 Submission Deadline March 19, 2021 Author Notification: May 17, 2021 Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021 Mobile system and Pervasive computing have evolved into an active area of research and development, 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-2021 solicits papers that focus on the theory, system, practice and challenge of providing users with a successful mobile or wireless experience. This includes how mobile computing changes how people pervasively use their computer, computing resources and applications, as well the systems, services and technology enabling those applications. MobiSPC-2021 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 communications. The topics include but are not limited to: Component-based IoT - Cloud support for the IoT - Composition of IoT services and components - Distribution and binding models for IoT applications - Experiences applying component-based design to IoT systems - Interoperability of IoT services and components - Modelling, development and simulation support for the IoT - Modular hardware/software co-design - Modular or component based FPGA development - Novel component models for the IoT - Privacy of modular IoT systems - Security of modular IoT systems Enabling Technologies and Emerging Topics - Agents and Intelligent Computing - Big data - Cyber Physical Social Systems - Mobile Applications - Mobile Crowd-sourcing and Human-in-the-Loop Design - Mobile Services and Platforms - Mobile Sensor Based Personal Informatics - Mobile Web - Near Field Communication - New Mobile Sensing Hardware - Robotic Sensor Networking - Vehicular Social Networks - Wearable Augmented Reality Systems Internet of Things (IoT) - Data Mining on IoT systems - Edge Computing solutions for IoT - IoT applied to Cultural Heritage - IoT for e-health - IoT platforms for Data analytics on pervasive and mobile environments - IoT tools and applications - Network Design and Architecture - Sensor networks, Remote Diagnosis and Development Mobile Cloud Computing - Advertisement - Computing Performance Evaluation - Contest Based Sensing - Data and Storage Architecture - Data Storage Management for Mobile Cloud Computing Service Provider and Users - Games - Multimedia Services - Privacy Protection - Quality of Experiences and (QoE) Studies - Security - Service Models - Service Platform - Software Development Platform and Enabled New Applications - Virtualization and Programmable Infrastructure Mobile Data Management - Context-aware Computing for Intelligent Mobile Services - Data Management for Emerging Smart Urban Systems - Data management for Next-Gen Mobile and Ad-Hoc Networks - Data Management for the Internet of Things (IoT) - Data Management in the Mobile Cloud - Data replication, migration and dissemination in mobile environments - Data stream processing in mobile/sensor network - Mobile Activity Recognition - Mobile Data Analytics - Mobile Data and User/Behavioural Understanding - Mobile Location-Based Social Networks - Mobile Situation Inference - Query Processing for moving objects/users - Recommendations for Mobile Users - Semantic Data Management for Mobile Devices/Applications - Transactions and workflows in mobile environments Mobile Social Networking - MSN Advertising, Business to Business (B2B) Marketing - MSN Algorithms for Social Search - MSN Analytics - MSN Architecture - MSN Brand Management (social brand strategic development and product management) - MSN Data Mining and Machine Learning - MSN Infrastructure Support - MSN Marketing (digital, direct and mobile marketing) - MSN Privacy in Data Collection and Management - Trust and Reputations in MSN Pervasive Computing - Adaptive, Autonomic and Context-Aware Computing - Architectures, Protocols, and Technologies for Pervasive Communications - Cognitive Computing in Pervasive Systems - Context Modelling and Reasoning - Data Management for Pervasive Computing - Energy-Efficient and Green Pervasive Computing - Innovative Pervasive Computing Applications - Machine Learning for Activity Recognition - Middleware for Pervasive Services and Applications - Mobile/Wearable Computing Systems and Services in Pervasive Computing - Multimodal Sensing and Context for Pervasive Applications - Opportunistic Networking and Sensing in Pervasive Systems - Participatory and Social Sensing - Pervasive Computing Aspects of Social Networks - Positioning and Tracking Technologies - Programming Paradigms for Pervasive Systems - Sensors and RFID in Pervasive Systems - Smart Devices and Intelligent Environments - Social and Economic Models for Pervasive Systems - Software Evolution and Maintenance in Pervasive Systems - Trust, Security and Privacy Issues in Pervasive Systems - User Interface, Interaction, and Persuasion - Virtual Immersive Communications Honorary Chair Luc De Schepper, Rector, Hasselt University, Belgium General Chair Danny Hughes, KU Leuven, Belgium Program Chairs Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada Ansar Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium Workshops Chair Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium Tracks Chairs Longbiao Chen, Xiamen University, China 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 Yongrui (Louie) Qin, University of Huddersfield, UK Hamid Mcheick, UQAC, Canada Wendy Osborn, University of Lethbridge, Canada Rahim Rahmani, Stockholm University, Sweden Qussai Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan International Journals Chair Atta Badii, Reading University, UK Publicity Chairs El Arbi Abdellaoui Alaoui, EIGSI-Casablanca, Morocco Orven E. Llantos, MSU-IIT, Philippines Advisory Committee Flavien Balbo, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Steering Committee Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada (Chair and MobiSPC Founder) -- Orven E. Llantos, PhD Associate Professor School of Computer Studies MSU-IIT -- ---*DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE* The Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology <http://www.iit.edu.ph/> (MSU-IIT) makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, with respect to the MSU-IIT e-mail resources it provides. 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CFP: The 17th Int. Conf. on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems
by MobiWIS Conference 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

----------------------- Call for Papers ----------------------------- The 17th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systemsm (MobiWis 2021) Springer LNCS Series. 23-25 August 2020, Rome, Italy http://www.mobiwis.org/2021/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The areas of the Web, mobile technologies, and information systems have been following a continuous and steady development over a number of years through the innovative research and practices of researchers, developers and practitioners from academia, industry, governmental and scientific organizations. The International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis) aims to enable synergy between these areas and provides the premier venue to present and discuss latest research and developments related to research issues of the mobile web and the engineering of intelligent and innovative mobile systems and services. The conference comprises a set of carefully selected tracks that focus on the particular challenges regarding mobile Web and intelligent information systems. Topics of conference include (but not limited to): Conference Tracks: - Smart and Intelligent Systems - Software Design and Development - Middleware and SOA - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Applications - Data management - Security, Trust and Privacy - Mobile Commerce and Services - Transforming Technology - HCI in Mobile Applications - Context & Location-aware Services - Network and Communication - Industrial Applications and Demos Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 10 March 2021 Authors Notification: 20 May 2021 Final Manuscript Due: 15 June 2021 Conference Venue: The organizing committee is carefully monitoring the Covid-19 situation. The safety and well-being of the conference participants is the main priority. The committee will confirm by Spring 2021 of whether to hold the conference onsite in Rome or as an online event. Submission Instructions: Full papers must be in English and must not exceed 12 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers should be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. See submission instructions on the conference website. Publication: All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see conference website). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series is indexed by the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science, EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar, Scopus, etc. See LNCS - Information on Abstracting and Indexing ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0) Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs: Thanh Van Do, Telenor, Norway Stephan Böhm, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany Program Co-Chairs: Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada Tor-Morten, Kristiania University College, Norway Local Organising Co-Chairs: Flora Amoto, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy Francesco Piccialli, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy Publication Chair: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Journal Special Issue Coordinator: Satish Narayana, University of Tartu, Estonia Workshop Coordinator: Filipe Portela, University of Minho Portugal, Portugal Publicity Chair: Nor Shahniza Kamal Bashah, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

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LION15 Athens, Greece, June 20-25, 2021 The 15th Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference
by Ilias Kotsireas 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

LION15: The 15th Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference Athens, Greece, June 20-25, 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference website https://lion15.sba-research.org/index.html Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lion15 Extended Submission deadline March 15, 2021 The large variety of heuristic algorithms for hard optimization problems raises numerous interesting and challenging issues. Practitioners using heuristic algorithms for hard optimization problems are confronted with the burden of selecting the most appropriate method, in many cases through expensive algorithm configuration and parameter tuning. Scientists seek theoretical insights and demand a sound experimental methodology for evaluating algorithms and assessing strengths and weaknesses. This effort requires a clear separation between the algorithm and the experimenter, who, in too many cases, is "in the loop" as a motivated intelligent learning component. LION deals with designing and engineering ways of "learning" about the performance of different techniques, and ways of using past experience about the algorithm behavior to improve performance in the future. Intelligent learning schemes for mining the knowledge obtained online or offline can improve the algorithm design! process and simplify the applications of high-performance optimization methods. Combinations of different algorithms can further improve the robustness and performance of the individual components. This meeting explores the intersections and uncharted territories between machine learning, artificial intelligence, energy, mathematical programming and algorithms for hard optimization problems. The main purpose of the event is to bring together experts from these areas to discuss new ideas and methods, challenges and opportunities in various application areas, general trends and specific developments. We are excited to be bringing the LION conference in Greece for the third time. Plenary/Invited Speakers ------------------------ Martin Charles Golumbic (University of Haifa, Israel) "B_k-VPG graphs – the string graphs of paths on a grid" Evangelos Kranakis (Carleton University, Canada) "Communication and Mobility in Optimization for Infrastructure Resilience" Paul Spirakis (University of Liverpool, UK and University of Patras, Greece) "Temporal Networks and the impact of availability patterns" COVID-19 INFORMATION --------------------- The 15th Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION) conference is planned to take place as a hybrid (on-site and on-line) conference on June 20-25, 2021 at Athens, Greece. Submission Guidelines ---------------------- All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome: Paper Format Please prepare your paper in English using the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template, which is available here. Papers must be submitted in PDF. Types of Submissions When submitting a paper to LION15, authors are required to select one of the following three types of papers: Long paper: original novel and unpublished work (max. 15 pages in LNCS format); Short paper: an extended abstract of novel work (max. 6 pages in LNCS format); Work for oral presentation only (no page restriction; any format). For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the conference. Submission System All papers must be submitted using EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lion15. List of Topics -------------- LION15 welcomes high quality submissions on the broad topics of machine learning, artificial intelligence, energy, mathematical programming, optimization (models, algorithms and applications) and heuristics. Additionally, more specialized, submission topics for long and short papers may include, but are not limited to: automatic solver configuration parallel methods for search and optimization hard combinatorial optimization problems intelligent optimization in health, e-health, bioinformatics and neurosciences machine learning and optimization methods in tourism and hospitality nature-inspired algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems hard combinatorial optimization problems in combinatorics, computational geometry and machine learning DC (difference of convex functions) learning: theory, algorithms and applications computational intelligence for smart cities computational intelligence for autonomous driving optimization and management in smart manufacturing algorithms and applied optimization for environmental data science machine learning and robust optimization techniques in finance applications machine learning and optimization methods in software engineering Organizing committee -------------------- Panos Pardalos (General Chair), Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, USA Dimitris E. Simos (Technical Program Committee Chair), SBA Research, Austria & Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Tecnology, Austria & Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA Ilias Kotsireas (Local Organizing Committee Chair), CARGO Lab, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Publication ----------- LION15 proceedings will be published by SpringerNature in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Revised selected papers of LION15 will be published in a special issue of Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. Contact ------- All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Technical PC Chair, Dimitris E. Simos at dsimos(a)sba-research.org

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ICAS 2021 Special Session
by Ioanna Koroni 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Call for Papers: ICAS 2021 Autonomous Vehicle Vision (AVVision) Special Session (Deadline: March 03, 2021) ICAS is a flagship event sponsored by IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) through IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative. Special Session Website: https://avvision.xyz/icas21/ With a number of breakthroughs in autonomous system technology over the past decade, the race to commercialize self-driving cars has become fiercer than ever. The integration of advanced sensing, computer vision, signal/image processing, and machine/deep learning into autonomous vehicles enables them to perceive the environment intelligently and navigate safely. Autonomous driving is required to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient automated mobility in complex uncontrolled real-world environments. Various applications range from automated transportation and farming to public safety and environment exploration. Visual perception is a critical component of autonomous driving. Enabling technologies include: a) affordable sensors that can acquire useful data under varying environmental conditions, b) reliable simultaneous localization and mapping, c) machine learning that can effectively handle varying real-world conditions and unforeseen events, as well as “machine-learning friendly” signal processing to enable more effective classification and decision making, and d) resilient and robust platforms that can withstand adversarial attacks and failures. The <https://avvision.xyz/> Autonomous Vehicle Vision (AVVision) Special Session at <https://2021.ieee-icas.org/> the IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems 2021 (ICAS'21) will cover all these topics. Research papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topics: Organizers Dr. Rui Ranger Fan, UC San Diego Prof. Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Important Dates Full Paper Submission: 03/03/2021 Notification of Acceptance: 05/21/2021 Camera-Ready Paper Submission: 06/01/2021 Submission Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers (up to 4 pages for technical content including figures and possible references, and with one additional optional 5th page containing only references) via the IEEE ICAS 2021 conference website. Manuscripts should be original (not submitted/published anywhere else) and written in accordance with the standard double-column SPS IEEE conference format. IEEE ICAS 2021 requires that each accepted paper be presented by one of the authors in-person at the conference site according to the schedule to be published. Any paper accepted into the technical program, but not presented on-site will be withdrawn from the official proceedings archived on IEEE Xplore. More details can be found at https://2021.ieee-icas.org/authors/call-papers. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mark Coates, Prof. <mark.coates(a)mcgill.ca <mailto:mark.coates@mcgill.ca> > Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 6:20 AM Subject: ICAS 2021 Special Session To: Rui FAN <rui.fan(a)ieee.org <mailto:rui.fan@ieee.org> > Cc: pitas(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr> <pitas(a)csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr> >, pitas(a)aiia.csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@aiia.csd.auth.gr> <pitas(a)aiia.csd.auth.gr <mailto:pitas@aiia.csd.auth.gr> >, Arash Mohammadi <arash.mohammadi(a)concordia.ca <mailto:arash.mohammadi@concordia.ca> > (arash.mohammadi(a)concordia.ca <mailto:arash.mohammadi@concordia.ca> ) <arash.mohammadi(a)concordia.ca <mailto:arash.mohammadi@concordia.ca> >, malika_meghjani(a)sutd.edu.sg <mailto:malika_meghjani@sutd.edu.sg> <malika_meghjani(a)sutd.edu.sg <mailto:malika_meghjani@sutd.edu.sg> > Dear Organizers, Congratulations! We are glad to inform you that your proposal entitled " Autonomous Vehicle Vision (AVVision)" has been approved for inclusion in the IEEE ICAS 2021's Special Session (SS) Programme. The committee and reviewers were impressed by the proposal. One recommendation was that you could perhaps consider modifying the title of the proposal to narrow the scope and construct a more focused special session. Additionally, you could consider eliminating topics “d) hardware and software codesign” and “f) end-to-end system integration”. These are not mandatory changes, but the overall impression of the committee was that in its current form the scope of the session is very broad. The "Paper Submission Deadline" for SS papers is March 3, 2021 as such please contact authors of the proposed contributed papers in your SS to proceed with submission of their papers in a timely fashion. Congratulations again and looking forward to hosting your SS at ICAS'2021. Warm Regards, IEEE ICAS 2021's Special Session Chairs. Malika Meghjani and Mark Coates Mark Coates Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering McGill University -- Rui (Ranger) Fan, Ph.D. (University of Bristol, UK) I will join Tongji University in Fall 2021 as a Research-Track Full Professor. I have several Master/Ph.D./Postodc openings! ruirangerfan.com <http://www.ruirangerfan.com/> Postdoc, UC San Diego <mailto:rfan@ucsd.edu> rfan(a)ucsd.edu UC, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> www.avast.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility - (RTATM 2021)
by Mayssa HEMDANI 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Call for papers ************************************************* International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility - (RTATM 2021) Prague - Czech Republic, October 14-15, 2021 https://confscience.com/rtatm/ Submission deadline: April 1, 2021 All papers accepted in RTATM 2021 will be published in Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, SCImago, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, DBLP, Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation (Former ISI Proceedings) *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: April 1, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021 *************************************************************************** The RTATM 2021 conference will be held in Conjunction with: International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence (ADSI 2021) International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORIES - Modelling and Simulation Algorithms - Vehicular Wireless Medium Access Control - V2X communications - Routings and Protocols for Connected Vehicles - Mobility Models and Architectures - Distribution Strategies - Traffic Incident Management Systems - Bio-Inspired Approaches - Optimization and Collaboration - Automatic Control in Vehicular Networks - Energy-aware Connected Mobility - Programming Languages - Sustainable Transportation - Multimodal Transportation Networks and Systems - Systemsâ€™ Integration - Driver Behavior Models and Simulation - Human Factors and Travel Behaviour - Green Mobility - Regulations and Bylaws for Intelligent - Transportation and Mobility SMART TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS - Mobility Management - Connected Vehicles - VANETs - Predictive Logistics - Spatio-Temporal Event Tracking - Decision Support Systems - Emergency Management - Logistics and E-Commerce - Supply Chain Design and Execution - Supply Chain Management - Advanced Planning Systems - Fleet Management - Multi-Agent Systems - Machine Learning for Smart Logistics - Intelligent Infrastructures - Real-time Analysis of Comprehensive Supply Chain Data - Smart Synchronization of Logistics Processes - New Approaches for Cost Transparency - Big Data for Smart Logistics - Logistics 4.0 - Mobile Networks - Next-Generation Smart Logistics - Performance Management Approaches - Tests and Deployment - Software Defined Networks - Smart Freight Management - Smart Shipment Management - Smart Warehousing - Smart Inventory management DATA AND SERVICES - Real-Time transportation Data Acquisition - Event Detection and Monitoring - Data Warehouses for connected mobility - Data mining and Data analytics - Data Worthiness in Connected Vehicles - Data Trustworthiness for effective transportation and mobility - Road Traffic Data Analytics - Structured and Unstructured Data for Connected Mobility - Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) - Data Representation for Connected Mobility - Transportation Data Mining - Transportation and mobility Data Visualization - Cognitive and Context-aware Intelligence - Transportation Decision Support Systems - Mobility as a Service (MaaS) - Intelligent Transportation Services - Smart Mobility Services - Big Data and Vehicle Analytics - Massive Data Management - Collective and connected Intelligence - Next Generation Services - Driver Behaviour Analysis - Geo-Spatial Services - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) - Web and Mobile Services SAFETY, SECURITY, AND HAZARD MANAGEMENT - Security Issues in Vehicular Communications - Safety Applications of Connected Vehicles - Weather-related Safety solutions - V2V, V2I and I2V Road Safety Applications - Connected Mobility for Hazard Management - Risk Management - Road Traffic Crashes Analytics - Traffic Jam Prediction - Resource Allocation for Hazard Management - Trust and Privacy Issues in Logistics - Management of Exceptional Events - New approaches to Networking Security for Transportation Applications - Failure modes, human factors, software safety - Automated Failure Analysis - Performance and Human Error Analysis - Design and Reliability of Control Systems - Dispersion Modelling Software - Quantification of Risk *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rtatm2021) All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 12-15 pages long (written in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format, 400 words per page) Length of Short papers: less than 12 pages For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/rtatm/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to info-rtatm(a)confscience.com

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International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence - (ADSI 2021) -Prague
by Emilia Marc 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

Call for papers ************************************************* International Conference on Applied Data Science and Intelligence - (ADSI 2021) Prague- Czech Republic, October 14-15, 2021 https://confscience.com/adsi/ Submission deadline: April 1, 2021 All papers accepted in ADSI 2021 will be published in Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in Scopus, SCImago, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, DBLP, Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation (Former ISI Proceedings) *************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: - Paper Submission: April 1, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021 *************************************************************************** The ADSI 2021 conference will be held in Conjunction with: International Conference on Recent Theories and Applications in Transportation and Mobility (RTATM 2021) International Conference on Informatics Revolution for Smarter Healthcare (IRSH 2021) *************************************************************************** TOPICS: Authors are invited to submit their original papers to address the topics of the conference, including but not limited to: FUNDAMENTALS AND THEORIES - Theoretical Models - Spatial and temporal multi-models - Multi-dimensional data - Data acquisition and pre-processing - Data inference - Data Classification and Taxonomy - Data Metrics - New approaches for collaboration and competition - Self-organization, self-healing, fault-tolerance approaches - Spatial reasoning - Context awareness - Intelligent mobility - New approaches to supervised and unsupervised learning - New approaches for security, privacy, trust, and ethics in data science - Real-time data analytics - Multi-Agent Systems for data science - Distributed data analytics - Data authenticity - New theories and approaches for Deep learning - New approaches for Business Intelligence - Fuzzy logic - Decision trees - Support vector machines - Evolutionary computation - Statistical methods - Collaborative filtering - Data engineering - Content mining - Indexing schemes - Information retrieval - Metadata use and management INTELLIGENT DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYTICS - Multi-level data processing - Data analytics optimization - Smart data mining - Machine Learning - Deep Learning - Bio-Inspired Computing - Secure data analytics - Privacy in data analytics - Trust in Big Data - Business intelligence - Visualization Analytics - Intelligence as a Service (IaaS) - Data Science as a Service (DSaaS) - Natural Language Processing - Signal Processing - Simulation and Modeling - Data-Intensive Computing SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURES - Data storage infrastructure - Data warehouses - Data Query and Indexing Technologies - Software Defined Infrastructures - Software Defined Networks (SDN) - Distributed data systems - Smart grid computing - Intelligent data management - Big Data computing - Smart data networking - Internet of Things - Cyber Physical Systems - Blockchain - Fog and Edge intelligence - Parallel Computing systems - Open Source systems for data science - Embedded intelligence - Embedded data science - In-Memory computing - Intelligent drones - Internet of Drones - Real-time data acquisition systems APPLICATIONS - Intelligent Hazard management - Intelligent data science in healthcare - Intelligent data science in farming - Intelligent data science in Oil and Gas - Smart logistics - Intelligent data science in transportation - Intelligent data science in surveillance - Xtech (Fintech, Agritech, etc.) - Intelligent drones - Digital transformation - Bioinformatics - Marketing - Social Science - E-learning and E-services *************************************************************************** OUTSTANDING PAPERS: Based on the peer review scores as well as the presentations at the conference, the authors of outstanding papers will be invited to extend their works for a potential publication in journals special issues with high impact factors. *************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION: Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adsi2021) All papers will be peer reviewed. Length of Full papers: 12-15 pages long (written in the LNCS/CCIS one-column page format, 400 words per page) Length of Short papers: less than 12 pages For more information, please refer to the conference website: https://confscience.com/adsi/ *************************************************************************** CONTACT For more information, please send an email to info-adsi(a)confscience.com

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CFP [SEIT 2021] The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology
by Hana GHARRAD 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT 2021) Leuven, Belgium August 9-12, 2021 Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-21 **************************************************************************** Important Dates - Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2021 - Paper Submission Due: March 19, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: May 17, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021 The goal of the SEIT 2021 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. All SEIT 2021 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. SEIT 2021 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest hospitals of Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world. Leuven's Town Hall is one of the best-known Gothic town halls worldwide and Leuven's pride and joy. It took three architects and thirty years to build it. Leuven's 'Hall of Fame' features 236 statues, which were only added to the faÃ§ade after 1850. There are 220 men and 16 women in total. On the bottom floor are famous Leuven scientists, artists and historical figures, dressed in Burgundian garb. The first floor is reserved for the patron saints of the various parishes of Leuven. Above them the faÃ§ade is adorned by the counts and dukes of Brabant while the towers primarily feature biblical figures. Conference Main Topics: ================= - 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 -Honorary Chair Luc De Schepper, Rector, Hasselt University, Belgium -General Chair Bruce Spencer, University of New Brunswick, Canada -Program Chairs Jesus Fraile Ardanuy, Universidad PolitÃ©cnica de Madrid, Spain Davy Janssens, Hasselt University, Belgium -Workshops Chairs Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA -International Journals Chair Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB - Hasselt University, Belgium -Publicity Chairs Hana Gharrad, Hasselt University, Belgium 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-21/#programCommittees

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[CFP][Annals of Telco] 2 weeks remaining (DL: Feb. 28) - Special Issue: Interactions between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to protect future networks
by Gregory Blanc 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Dear colleagues, apologies for multiple postings. We are nearing the submission deadline is: February 28, 2021. As a remaing, please find below the call for paper for the Special Issue of the Annals of Telecommunications, entitled "Interactions between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to protect future networks" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artificial intelligence is the most dynamic research domain of this last decade, and as such has been increasingly penetrating other research domains, and all sectors of society. There is not a single application that AI researchers have not thought of improving with machine intelligence, from disease prognosis to crop management, to autonomous vehicles and facial recognition. Given the wealth of information produced in the era by next-generation networks (incl. virtualized networks, 5G, IoT), AI is expected to discover patterns and make predictions that no human can make, enhancing the efficiency of such networks on one hand, while offering new services on the other hand. In fact, it enables automation through the advance of AI-based decision-making. As such, reasoning is even more important than data analytics in assessing situations. Next-generation networks are thus critical assets that need to be protected as the society will be gradually relying on it, connecting every sector, from the home or workplace to the transport system or the hospital. Cybersecurity may as well benefit from AI approaches for diverse tasks such as malware analysis, intrusion detection, log analysis, threat classification, with a goal to enhance the cybersecurity situation of next-generation networks. Amalgamations between AI and Cybersecurity have been ongoing for more than three decades, and both of them are recently experiencing a blooming stage due to the increasing deployment of next- generation networks in the society. On the one hand, AI offers tremendous capabilities to analyze the threats, risks and attacks in various networking systems, enabling comprehensive and in-depth defense strategies. For example, both supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms have been frequently used to detect intrusion, while reinforcement learning has the potential to discover optimal security countermeasures for a particular attack. There is also an emerging trend on utilizing AI to assess and improve cybersecurity measures, e.g., by generating evaluation datasets, which Cybersecurity is direly lacking, or predict new malware. On the other hand, AI platforms, algorithms, and systems are attracting significant attention from the Cybersecurity community because of their increasing development, deployment, and application in our ICT infrastructure and services. For instance, the lack of interpretability of many deep learning models makes it extremely hard to defend against a sophisticated attack that either poisons data inputs and transformation, or exploits algorithm parameters and underlying software bugs. Recently, adversarial machine learning approaches have also prompted considerations for more critical thinking with respect to the adoption of AI-based systems, as next-generation network infrastructures that depend on them could be crippled by AI-related incidents then. This special issue is focused at the intersection between AI and Cybersecurity for the benefit of next-generation networks, with an objective to bringing together the engineers, researchers, and practitioners from both AI and Cybersecurity communities in industry and academy, as well as stakeholders in next-generation networks, to explore together the emerging issues, topics, and solutions in the subjects listed above. == Topics == Topics of interest for this special issue include but are not limited to: AI for the Cybersecurity of next-generation networks Anomaly detection Malware detection Botnet detection Root cause analysis Security information and event management DPI and network forensics, including encrypted traffic analysis Countermeasure selection Moving Target Defense Intelligent honeypots Dataset generation Attack generation Adversarial examples and Robustness Critical analysis of AI/ML applied to Cybersecurity Security of AI-based next-generation networks Security and privacy in AI algorithms Security in intelligent systems Trust in AI platforms Security and privacy of BigData processing Formal verification of AI algorithms Evasion/Deception of AI algorithms Adversarial examples and Robustness == Important Dates == Manuscript Submission: Extended to February 28, 2021 Online with DOI: As soon as accepted Printed Issue: Second half of 2021 == Editors == Lead Guest Editor Gregory Blanc, Institut Mines-Télécom/Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Guest Editors Yang Liu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Rongxing Lu, University of New Brunswick, Canada Takeshi Takahashi, Cybersecurity Laboratory, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan Zonghua Zhang, Huawei France Research Center, Paris, France == Submission Guidelines == Papers must describe original research that advances state-of-the-art research and must not be simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be written in excellent English and should not exceed 20 pages. Previously published or accepted conference papers must contain at least 50% new material to be considered for the special issue. A covering letter to the Guest editors clearly describing the extensions made must accompany these types of submissions. All submissions must be made using the instructions available at: http://annalsoftelecommunications.wp.mines-telecom.fr/how-to-publish/ The authors can directly submit their papers at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/ante/ and must select “Open Topic” in the menu “Choose Article Type” and then in the questionnaire on the “Additional Information” section, they will be able to select the item “CfP: Interactions between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to protect future networks”. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards, Gregory Blanc

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CPS&IoT'2021 - the 9th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things
by Jozwiak, Lech 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Please be informed that due to the difficult Covid-19 situation and requests from paper authors the Submission Deadlines of CPS&IoT'2021 and MECO'2021 are extended. New Paper Submission Deadline: 15 March, 2021. New Workshop and Special Session Proposal Submission Deadline: 15 March 2021. _________________________________________________________________________ Special Focus: Green CPS&IoT for Green World Special Theme of CPS&IoT’2021: Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, Architectures, Methods and Tools for Autonomous Robots, Vehicles, Assistive, Environmental and other advanced CPS&IoT Dear Colleague, Please find the Call for Papers of CPS&IoT’2021 - the 9th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things, Budva, Montenegro, 7-10 June, 2021 attached to this e-mail. CPS&IoT’2021 will be held in the Conference Venue (Hotel Budva) and online. All papers that will be accepted after the conference review process will be published in the CPS&IoT’2021 Conference Proceedings regardless of the authors' physical presence at the conference and will be presented by their authors either in the Conference Venue or online. The CPS&IoT’2020 Conference will host several prestigious keynote speakers from industry and academia. Extended journal versions of selected high-quality papers will be published in a special issue of the ISI indexed journal “Microprocessors and Microsystems” (MICPRO) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/microprocessors-and-microsystems<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journ…>. The CPS&IoT'2021 Conference<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fembeddedco…> is collocated with the CPS&IoT’2021 Summer School<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fembeddedco…> and MECO'2021 Conference<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fembeddedco…> - the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing. Together they constitute a major Europe based conference event in CPS and IoT. Please also find attached the Call for Workshops and Special Sessions of CPS&IoT’2021. You are encouraged to submit your papers, as well as, Workshop and Special Session Proposals to the CPS&IoT’2020 Conference, and to participate in the collocated CPS&IoT’2020 Summer School. New Paper Submission Deadline: 15 March, 2021. New Workshop and Special Session Proposal Submission Deadline: 15 March 2021. Best regards, Lech Jozwiak Program Chairman of the CPS&IoT’2020 Conference

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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021) Tallinn, Estonia. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/ in conjunction with " <https://cs.ttu.ee/events/medi2021/> 10th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2021)" SIAS 2021 CFP The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS. IAS design and architecture . IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc) . Correct-by-construction in IAS . MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS . Virtualization and digital twins for IAS . Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS . IAS smart Networking . Communication protocols for IAS . Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS . Distributed database for IAS . Web services for IAS . Social aspects and human interaction in IAS IAS Analysis . Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS . Model checking and theorem proving for IAS . Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS . Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS . Dynamic and static analysis for IAS . Statistical analysis for IAS . Testing for IAS . Smart decision making in IAS . Fog and edge computing for IAS IAS Assurance . Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS . Security in distributed IAS . Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS . Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS . Security protocols for IAS . Safety policies for IAS . Safety reinforcement models in IAS . Safety standard analysis for IAS . Resilience metrics and models for IAS . Resilience strategies and plans for IAS . Recovery systems for IAS resiliency . Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases . Applications and Software Platforms for IAS . IoT and CPS for IAS . Smart cities . IAS for industrial and production CPS . Autonomous robots and vehicles . Human-Robot Interaction . Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc) Important Dates . Submission Date: 25 April,2021 . Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021 . Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021 Submission System . <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021

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unsubscribe Francisco.Torrens@uv.es
by Francisco.Torrens＠uv.es 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

unsubscribe Francisco.Torrens(a)uv.es -- ******************************** torrens ******************************** ---------- Missatge reenviat ---------- Per a: computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org Assumpte: [computational.science] Professor position in Software & System Security at Telecom Paris De: Jean Leneutre <jean.leneutre(a)telecom-paris.fr> Data: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:13:32 +0100 (CET) Télécom Paris, a member of the "Institut Polytechnique de Paris", is recruiting a professor in the research field of software and system security. The position will be attached to the ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems, https://aces.wp.imt.fr/) team of the LTCI laboratory. For a detailed description of the position, see the following page: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/professeur-en-securite-de… Deadline for application: 30 March 2021 Contact: laurent.pautet(a)telecom-paris.fr ------------------ Télécom Paris is one of the top four engineering schools in France for training general engineers. Recognized for its close ties with businesses, this public graduate school ensures excellent employment prospects in all industries and is considered the number-one engineering school for digital technology. With its top-level innovative teaching, Télécom Paris is at the center of a unique innovation ecosystem, drawing on the interaction and cross-disciplinary nature of the school’s academic programs, interdisciplinary research, two business incubators and its campuses (Paris and Sophia Antipolis – EURECOM). Its LTCI laboratory has been accredited by HCERES as an outstanding unit in the field of digital sciences for its international reputation and exceptional number of initiatives supporting the socio-economic world and industry, as well as for its great contribution to teaching. A founding member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris and an IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom) school, Télécom Paris is positioned as the college for digital innovation on the Paris-Saclay Campus. -- ---------------------------------------------- Jean LENEUTRE, Associate Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, LTCI Lab (Information Processing and Communication Laboratory), Computer Science & Networking Dpt, ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems) team, 19 Place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, FRANCE Office : 4D46 Tel. : +33 (0)1 75 31 97 78 -- ---------------------------------------------- Jean LENEUTRE, Associate Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, LTCI Lab (Information Processing and Communication Laboratory), Computer Science & Networking Dpt, ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems) team, 19 Place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, FRANCE Office : 4D46 Tel. : +33 (0)1 75 31 97 78

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Professor position in Software & System Security at Telecom Paris
by Jean Leneutre 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

Télécom Paris, a member of the "Institut Polytechnique de Paris", is recruiting a professor in the research field of software and system security. The position will be attached to the ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems, https://aces.wp.imt.fr/) team of the LTCI laboratory. For a detailed description of the position, see the following page: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/professeur-en-securite-de… Deadline for application: 30 March 2021 Contact: laurent.pautet(a)telecom-paris.fr ------------------ Télécom Paris is one of the top four engineering schools in France for training general engineers. Recognized for its close ties with businesses, this public graduate school ensures excellent employment prospects in all industries and is considered the number-one engineering school for digital technology. With its top-level innovative teaching, Télécom Paris is at the center of a unique innovation ecosystem, drawing on the interaction and cross-disciplinary nature of the school’s academic programs, interdisciplinary research, two business incubators and its campuses (Paris and Sophia Antipolis – EURECOM). Its LTCI laboratory has been accredited by HCERES as an outstanding unit in the field of digital sciences for its international reputation and exceptional number of initiatives supporting the socio-economic world and industry, as well as for its great contribution to teaching. A founding member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris and an IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom) school, Télécom Paris is positioned as the college for digital innovation on the Paris-Saclay Campus. -- ---------------------------------------------- Jean LENEUTRE, Associate Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, LTCI Lab (Information Processing and Communication Laboratory), Computer Science & Networking Dpt, ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems) team, 19 Place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, FRANCE Office : 4D46 Tel. : +33 (0)1 75 31 97 78 -- ---------------------------------------------- Jean LENEUTRE, Associate Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, LTCI Lab (Information Processing and Communication Laboratory), Computer Science & Networking Dpt, ACES (Autonomous and Critical Embedded Systems) team, 19 Place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, FRANCE Office : 4D46 Tel. : +33 (0)1 75 31 97 78

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Open Position of Research Engineer on AI and mobility simulation at the CIAD Lab (UTBM) France
by Stéphane Galland 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

Dear all. A position of Research Engineer is open at the CIAD laboratory (France, http://www.ciad-lab.fr) in the context of our H2020 REDREAM project. The topics of this position is to contribute to an AI-based mobility simulator in the context of local energy market. Details on the new position could be found on one of the three websites: http://www.ciad-lab.fr/job-offers-at-ciad-laboratory/ https://www.ubfc.fr/recrutement-2/ https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/604054 All the best. -- Laboratoire Connaissance et Intelligence Artificielle Distribuées CIAD UMR 7533 Prof. Dr. Stéphane GALLAND Full Professor of Computer Science and Multiagent Systems Deputy Director of CIAD French Head of ARFITEC ARF-17-11 & ARF-19-11 "Energy, Transport, Industry, Challenges for tomorrow" Senior member of the Multiagent Group Member of AFIA Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard - UBFC 13, rue Ernest Thierry-Mieg 90010 Belfort Cedex, FRANCE CIAD Lab: www.ciad-lab.fr Web: www.ciad-lab.fr/author-10836 Phone: +33 384 583 418 (work office) Mobile: +33 662 274 442 (private)

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#ACDL2021, 4th Advanced Online & Onsite Course on Data Science & Machine Learning | July 19-23, 2021 | Certosa di Pontignano, Siena – Tuscany, Italy
by Ludovico Montalcini 09 Feb '21

09 Feb '21

#ACDL2021, An Interdisciplinary Course: #BigData, #DeepLearning & #ArtificialIntelligence without Borders ACDL 2021 – A Unique Experience: #DataScience, #MachineLearning & #ArtificialIntelligence with the World’s Leaders in the fascinating atmosphere of the ancient Certosa di Pontignano (Online attendance available) Certosa di Pontignano, Siena - #Tuscany, Italy July 19-23 https://acdl2021.icas.cc acdl(a)icas.cc ACDL 2021 (as ACDL 2020): an #OnlineAndOnsiteCourse https://acdl2021.icas.cc/acdl-2021-as-acdl-2020-an-online-onsite-course/ REGISTRATION: Early Registration: by Monday February 15, 2021 (GMT+01) https://acdl2021.icas.cc/registration/ DEADLINES: o Early Registration: by Monday February 15, 2021 (GMT+01) o Oral/Poster Presentation Submission Deadline: Monday February 15, 2021 (GMT+01) o Late Registration: from Tuesday February 16, 2021 o Accommodation Reservation at Reservation at the Certosa di Pontignano: by Saturday July 10, 2021 o Notification of Decision for Oral/Poster Presentation: by Monday May 31, 2021 ACDL 2021 LECTURERS: Each Lecturer will hold three/four lessons on a specific topic. * Pierre Baldi, University of California Irvine, USA * Jacob D. Biamonte, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russian Federation * Chris Bishop, Microsoft, Cambridge, UK Laboratory Director at Microsoft Research Cambridge & University of Edinburgh * Silvia Chiappa, DeepMind, London, UK * Oren Etzioni, Allen Institute for AI, USA CEO at Allen Institute for AI * Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy * Georg Gottlob, Computer Science Dept, University of Oxford, UK * Marta Kwiatkowska, Computer Science Dept., University of Oxford, UK * Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA * Daniela Rus, MIT, USA) Director of CSAIL (TBC) * Silvio Savarese, Stanford, University, USA Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence * Cristina Savin, New York University, Center for Neural Science & Center for Data Science, USA * Naftali Tishby, Hebrew University, Israel * Isabel Valera, Saarland University, Germany Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, * Germany * Mihaela van der Schaar, University of Cambridge, UK More Keynote Speakers to be announced soon. ACDL 2021 TUTORIAL SPEAKERS: * Roman Belavkin, Middlesex University London, UK * Martín Gómez Ravetti, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil More Tutorial Speakers to be announced soon. PAST LECTURERS: https://acdl2021.icas.cc/past-lecturers/ * Ioannis Antonoglou, Google DeepMind, UK * Igor Babuschkin, DeepMind - Google, London, UK * Pierre Baldi, University of California Irvine, USA * Roman Belavkin, Middlesex University London, UK * Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal, Canada * Michael Bronstein, Twitter & Imperial College London, UK * Sergiy Butenko, Texas A&M University, USA * Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK * Marco Gori, University of Siena, Italy * Yi-Ke Guo, Imperial College London, UK & Founding Director of Data Science Institute * Phillip Isola, MIT, USA * Leslie Kaelbling, MIT - Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab, USA * Diederik P. Kingma, Google Brain, San Francisco, CA, USA * Ilias S. Kotsireas, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada * Risto Miikkulainen, University of Texas at Austin, USA * Peter Norvig, Director of Research, Google * Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA * Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, MIT & Director of MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory, USA * José C. Principe, University of Florida, USA * Marc'Aurelio Ranzato, Facebook AI Research Lab, New York, USA * Dolores Romero Morales, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark * Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Carnegie Mellon University, and AI Research at Apple, USA * Guido Sanguinetti, The University of Edinburgh, UK * Josh Tenenbaum, MIT, USA * Naftali Tishby, Hebrew University, Israel * Mihaela van der Schaar, University of Cambridge * Joaquin Vanschoren, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands * Oriol Vinyals, Google DeepMind, UK SCOPE: MSc students, PhD students, postdocs, junior/senior academics, and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of the attendants. In fact, the Advanced Course is not a summer school suited only for younger scholars. Rather, a significant proportion of seasoned investigators are regularly present among the attendees, often senior and junior faculty at their own institutions. The balanced audience that we strive to maintain in each Advanced Course greatly contributes to the development of intense cross-disciplinary debates among faculty and participants that typically address the most advanced and emerging areas of each topic. Each faculty member presents lectures and discusses with the participants for one entire day. Such long interaction together with the small, exclusive Course size provides the uncommon opportunity to fully explore the expertise of each faculty, often through one-to-one mentoring. This is unparalleled and priceless. The Certosa di Pontignano provides the perfect setting to a relaxed yet intense learning atmosphere, with the stunning backdrop of the Tuscan landscapes. World-class wines and traditional foods will make the Advanced Course on Data Science and Machine Learning the experience of a lifetime. VENUE: The venue of ACDL 2021 will be The Certosa di Pontignano — Siena Dr. Lorenzo Pasquinuzzi The Certosa di Pontignano Località Pontignano, 5 – 53019, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena) – Tuscany – Italy phone: +39-0577-1521104 fax: +39-0577-1521098 info(a)lacertosadipontignano.com https://www.lacertosadipontignano.com/en/index.php A few Kilometres from Siena, on a hill dominating the town stands the ancient Certosa di Pontignano, a unique place where nature, history and hospitality blend together in memorable harmony. Built in the 1300, its medieval structure remains intact with additions of the following centuries. The Certosa is centred on its historic cloisters and gardens. https://acdl2021.icas.cc/venue/ ACCOMMODATION: https://acdl2021.icas.cc/accommodation/ PAST EDITIONS https://acdl2021.icas.cc/past-editions/ https://acdl2018.icas.xyz https://acdl2019.icas.xyz https://acdl2020.icas.xyz/ REGISTRATION: https://acdl2021.icas.cc/registration/ CERTIFICATE: A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of lectures. Anyone interested in participating in ACDL 2021 should register as soon as possible! Similarly for accommodation at the Certosa di Pontignano (the School Venue), book your full board accommodation at the Certosa as soon as possible! All course participants should/must stay at the Certosa di Pontignano. See you in 3D or 2D :) in Tuscany next July! ACDL 2021 Organizing Committee. acdl(a)icas.cc https://acdl2021.icas.cc https://acdl2021.icas.cc/category/news/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/204310640474650/ https://twitter.com/TaoSciences

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Live e-lecture by Prof. Efstratios Gavves: ‘The Machine Learning of Time: Past and Future’, 9th February 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. Efstratios Gavves (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), a prominent young AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘The Machine Learning of Time: Past and Future’, on Tuesday 9th February 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/93863728654 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media and <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> Vision and Humane AI Net currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics, starting with the above mentioned e-lecture. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) Lectures will be typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. Other upcoming lectures: 1. Prof. Pietro Perona, ‘Measuring algorithmic bias in face analysis — towards an experimental approach’, 23rd February 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. 2. Prof. Björn Schuller: ‘There will be Artificial Emotional Intelligence’, 9th March 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET 3. Prof. Andreas Geiger, ‘Towards Robust End-to-End Driving’, 23rd March 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET More lecture infos in: <http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/ These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. I. Pitas, N. Sebe, B. O’Sullivan, M. Chetouani AIDA AI Excellence lecture series committee -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Electronics journal - Machine Learning for E-services
by Luis Anido Rifón 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

Journal: Electronics Electronics is indexed in the Journal Citation Report with an impact factor of 2.412 (Q2) among other indexes: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/indexing Special Issue on Machine Learning for E-Services Deadine: June 15, 2021 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/ML_EServices Special Issue Information Machine learning is a discipline within computer science that went through massive growth in the past several years. Through a series of mathematical algorithms, together with the increasing availability of data and computational power, a machine learning system can make accurate predictions based on existing data. In addition to the development of new algorithms or the fine-tuning of existing ones, many researchers identified a huge potential in the application of machine learning methods to solve relevant problems. One of the most promising application fields is ‘e-services’, that is, the provision of traditional services through an online Internet-based channel. This Special Issue will address the most recent advances in the introduction of machine learning techniques to improve and personalize e-services. Thus, contributions are expected to present original research on machine learning with real-world applications in e-services. Topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to the following: * New machine learning algorithms for e-services. * Benchmarking of machine learning alternatives in e-services. * Adaptation and fine-tuning of machine learning in specific e-services domains. * Machine learning in e-learning. * Machine learning in e-health. * Machine learning in e-government. * Machine learning in e-commerce. * Machine learning in e-Business. * Machine learning in e-security. * Machine learning in social networks. * Machine learning in marketing. * Machine learning for the development and deployment of e-services on cloud computing scenarios. Prof. Dr. Luís E. Anido-Rifon Dr. Sonia Valladares Rodriguez /Guest Editors/ *Manuscript Submission Information* Manuscripts should be submitted online atwww.mdpi.com <https://www.mdpi.com/>byregistering <https://www.mdpi.com/user/register/>andlogging in to this website <https://www.mdpi.com/user/login/>. Once you are registered,click here to go to the submission form <https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=electronics>. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on theInstructions for Authors <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/instructions>page./Electronics/ <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/>is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit theInstructions for Authors <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/instructions>page before submitting a manuscript. TheArticle Processing Charge (APC) <https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/>for publication in thisopen access <https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/>journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI'sEnglish editing service <https://www.mdpi.com/authors/english>prior to publication or during author revisions.

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CfC Ada-Europe 2021 Virtual Conference - 31 Mar deadline!
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 07 Feb '21

07 Feb '21

----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** UPDATED Call for Contributions - VIRTUAL EVENT *** 25th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021) 7-11 June 2021, online www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 Organized by University of Cantabria and Ada-Europe in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, SIGPLAN, SIGBED and the Ada Resource Association (ARA) *** Extended DEADLINE 31 MARCH 2021 AoE *** #AEiC2021 ##AdaEurope AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** News - AEiC 2021 will be a virtual-only event. - Deadline for Industrial Presentation outlines and Tutorial proposals is extended to 31 March 2021. *** General Information The 25 Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021 aka Ada-Europe 2021), initially scheduled to take place in Santander, Spain, will be held online from the 7th to the 11th of June, 2021. The conference schedule includes a technical program, vendor exhibition and parallel tutorials and workshops. Despite the COVID-19 situation which led to the cancellation of the previous edition of the conference, there is a firm commitment to celebrate the 2021 edition in any case. The organizing committee estimates that the conditions for a safe in-person conference will not be met in June 2021. Consequently, the AEiC 2021 Conference will be a virtual-only event. *** Schedule 14 January 2021: Submission of journal-track papers, and workshop (CLOSED) proposals 19 March 2021: Notification of acceptance for journal-track paper presentations and workshops 31 March 2021: Submission of Work-in-Progress (WiP) papers, industrial presentation outlines, and tutorial and invited presentation proposals 30 April 2021: Notification of acceptance for WiP papers, industrial presentation outlines, and tutorial and invited presentations *** Topics The conference is a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design, development and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for a challenging variety of application domains. The program will have keynotes, Q&A sessions and discussions, and virtual social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia and government organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to: - Design and Implementation of Real-Time and Embedded Systems: Real-Time Scheduling, Design Methods and Techniques, Architecture Modelling, HW/SW Co-Design, Reliability and Performance; - Design and Implementation of Mixed-Criticality Systems: Scheduling Methods, Mixed-Criticality Architectures, Design Methods, Analysis Methods; - Theory and Practice of High-Integrity Systems: Medium to Large-Scale Distribution, Fault Tolerance, Security, Reliability, Trust and Safety, Languages Vulnerabilities; - Software Architectures for Reliable Systems: Design Patterns, Frameworks, Architecture-Centered Development, Component-based Design and Development; - Methods and Techniques for Quality Software Development and Maintenance: Requirements Engineering, Model-driven Architecture and Engineering, Formal Methods, Re-engineering and Reverse Engineering, Reuse, Software Management Issues, Compilers, Libraries, Support Tools; - Ada Language and Technologies: Compilation Issues, Runtimes, Ravenscar, Profiles, Distributed Systems, SPARK; - Mainstream and Emerging Applications with Reliability Requirements: Manufacturing, Robotics, Avionics, Space, Health Care, Transportation, Cloud Environments, Smart Energy Systems, Serious Games, etc; - Achieving and Assuring Safety in Machine Learning Systems; - Experience Reports in Reliable System Development: Case Studies and Comparative Assessments, Management Approaches, Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics; - Experiences with Ada: Reviews of the Ada 2012 language features, implementation and use issues, positioning in the market and in the software engineering curriculum, lessons learned on Ada Education and Training Activities with bearing on any of the conference topics. *** Call for Journal-Track Papers The journal-track papers submitted to the conference are full-length papers that must describe mature research work on the conference topics. They must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Accepted journal-track papers will get a presentation slot within a technical session of the conference and they will be published in an open-access special issue of the Journal of Systems Architecture (Q2 in the JCR and SJR ranks) with no additional costs to authors. The corresponding authors shall submit their work by 14 January 2021 via the Special Issue web page: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/ call-for-papers/special-issue-on-reliable-software-technologies-aeic2021. Submitted papers must follow the guidelines provided in the "Guide-for-Authors" of the JSA (https://www.elsevier.com/journals/ journal-of-systems-architecture/1383-7621/guide-for-authors). In particular, JSA does not impose any restriction on the format or extension of the submissions. *** Call for WiP-Track Papers The Work-in-Progress papers (WiP-track) are short (4-page) papers describing evolving and early-stage ideas or new research directions. They must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. The corresponding authors shall submit their work by 31 March 2021, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2021, strictly in PDF and following the Ada User Journal style (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/) Authors of accepted WiP-track papers will get a presentation slot within a regular technical session of the conference and will also be requested to present a poster. The papers will be published in the Ada User Journal as part of the proceedings of the Conference. The conference is listed in the principal citation databases, including DBLP, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The Ada User Journal is indexed by Scopus and by EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database. *** Call for Industrial Presentations The conference seeks industrial presentations that deliver insightful information value but may not sustain the strictness of the review process required for regular papers. The authors of industrial presentations shall submit their proposals, in the form of a short (one or two pages) abstract, by 31 March 2021, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2021, strictly in PDF and following the Ada User Journal style (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/) The Industrial Committee will review the submissions anonymously and make recommendations for acceptance. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet, and authors will get a presentation slot within a regular technical session of the conference. These authors will also be invited to expand their contributions into articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, as part of the proceedings of the Industrial Program of the Conference. *** Awards Ada-Europe will offer an honorary award for the best presentation. All journal-track and industrial presentations are eligible. *** Call for Invited Presentations The invited presentations are intended to allow researchers to present paramount research results that are relevant to the conference attendees. There will be no publication associated to these presentations, which may include previously published works, relevant new tools, methods or techniques. The invited presentations will be allocated a presentation slot. The Program Committee will select invited presentation proposals that may be submitted by e-mail to one of the Program Chairs as a one-page summary of the proposed presentation, along with the information and/or links required to show the relevance of the covered topic. *** Call for Educational Tutorials The conference is seeking tutorials in the form of educational seminars including hands-on or practical demonstrations. Proposed tutorials can be from any part of the reliable software domain, they may be purely academic or from an industrial base making use of tools used in current software development environments. We are also interested in contemporary software topics, such as IoT and artificial intelligence and their application to reliability and safety. Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed duration (half day or full day), and the intended level of the tutorial (introductory, intermediate, or advanced). All proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Educational Tutorial Chair. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops Workshops on themes that fall within the conference scope may be proposed. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the conference days. Workshop proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Workshop Chair. The workshop organizer shall also commit to producing the proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal. *** Call for Exhibitors The commercial exhibition will span the core days of the main conference. As an alternative to the traditional physical exhibition, a virtual room will be provided for exhibition activities. Vendors and providers of software products and services should contact the Exhibition Chair for information and for allowing suitable planning of the exhibition space and time. *** Organizing Committee * Conference Chair Michael González Harbour, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain mgh at unican.es * Program Chairs Mario Aldea Rivas, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain aldeam at unican.es J. Javier Gutiérrez, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain gutierjj at unican.es * Work-in-Progress Chair Kristoffer Nyborg Gregertsen, SINTEF Digital, Norway kristoffer.gregertsen at sintef.no * Tutorial & Workshop Chair Jorge Garrido Balaguer, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain jorge.garrido at upm.es * Industrial Chair Patricia Balbastre Betoret, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain patricia at ai2.upv.es * Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland software at white-elephant.ch * Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium dirk.craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be *** Program Committee Mario Aldea Rivas, Univ. de Cantabria, ES Johann Blieberger, Vienna Univ. of Technology, AT Bernd Burgstaller, Yonsei Univ., KR Daniela Cancila, CEA LIST, FR António Casimiro, Univ. Lisboa, PT Xiaotian Dai, University of York, UK Juan A. de la Puente, Univ. Pol. de Madrid, ES Barbara Gallina, Mälardalen Univ., SE Marisol García Valls, Univ. Politècnica de València, ES J. Javier Gutiérrez, Univ. de Cantabria, ES Jérôme Hugues, CMU/SEI, USA Patricia López Martínez, Univ. de Cantabria, ES Lucía Lo Bello, DIEEI - Univ. degli Studi di Catania, ES Kristina Lundqvist, Malardalen University, SE Kristoffer Nyborg Gregertsen, SINTEF Digital, NO Laurent Pautet, Telecom ParisTech, FR Luís Miguel Pinho, CISTER/ISEP, PT Jorge Real, Univ. Politècnica de València, ES José Ruiz, AdaCore, FR Sergio Sáez, Univ. Politècnica de València, ES Frank Singhoff, Univ. de Bretagne Occidentale, FR Tucker Taft, AdaCore, USA Elena Troubitsyna, Åbo Akademi Uni., FI Santiago Urueña, GMV, ES Tullio Vardanega, Univ. of Padua, IT *** Industrial Committee Patricia Balbastre, Univ. Politècnica de València, ES Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, BE Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant, CH Maurizio Martignano, Spazio IT, IT Silvia Mazzini, Intecs, IT Laurent Rioux, Thales R&T, FR Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog, FR *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 25th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), Lisbon, Portugal ('18), and Warsaw, Poland ('19). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at http://www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2021 Publicity Chair (aka Ada-Europe 2021) Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be * 25th Ada-Europe Int. Conf. Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021) * June 7-11, 2021 * online event * www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 **

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CFP: Special Issue on Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics for a Green Environment
by Mohammed FATTAH 06 Feb '21

06 Feb '21

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ====================================================================== Call for Paper Special Issue "Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics for a Green Environment" Website: : https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/si/705263/ <https://click.email.hindawi.com/?qs=a8731f9bc2b807494a92d41aafa5a1cd5a0509d…> Deadline: 30 Apr 2021 . Dear Colleagues, The rapid growth in the population density in green cities demands that services and infrastructure be provided to meet the needs of city inhabitants. Thus, there has been an increase in the request for embedded devices, such as sensors, actuators, and smartphones, leading to considerable business potential for the new era of the Internet of Things (IoT), in which all devices are capable of interconnecting and communicating with each other over the Internet. Thus, Internet technologies provide a way of integrating and sharing a common communication medium and a complete system consisting of various types of sensor deployment, including smart home sensors, vehicular networking, weather and water sensors, smart parking sensors, and surveillance objects. This iSpecial Issue aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss various aspects of Internet of things and Big Data for Green Cities, to explore key technologies, and to develop new applications in this research field. Original research and review articles are welcome. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: * IoT-based big data processes and applications for green cities * IoT-based services for smart and green cities * Social computing big data and networks for green cities * Green city big data governance and management * City analytics methods and applications * Green informatics: acquisition, aggregation, and analysis of big data * Green computing for sustainable planning and city configuration evaluation * Big data modelling, storage, management, and analytics Authors can submit their manuscripts through the Manuscript Tracking System at https://review.hindawi.com/submit?specialIssue=532007 Papers are published upon acceptance, regardless of the Special Issue publication date For more information please visit : https://www.hindawi.com/journals /mpe/si/705263/ <https://click.email.hindawi.com/?qs=a8731f9bc2b807494a92d41aafa5a1cd5a0509d…> Best Regards, Mohammed FATTAH Guest Editor

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Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Computing
by Massimo CAFARO 05 Feb '21

05 Feb '21

We apologize for multiple copies of this CfP. Journal: Future Internet Special Issue Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing Special Issue Editor: Prof. Massimo Cafaro Deadline: 30 April 2021 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/PDGCP2P_C Summary Dear Colleagues, recent years have witnessed the growing interest for parallel and distributed computing not just for large scale processing of big data, but also in the context of several research trends such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Mining, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Green Computing in Data Centers etc. The aim of the Special Issue is to address current research and trends in the field by focusing on theory, technologies and applications, highlighting both challenges and opportunities. The scope of the Special Issue is very broad, taking into account the interdisciplinarity of parallel and distributed computing. Among the topics of interest, there are (but the Special Issue is not strictly limited to these): - Parallel algorithms; - Distributed algorithms, including P2P algorithms; - Fault-tolerant algorithms; - Cloud and grid computing; - Architectures for parallel and distributed computing; - Green computing and data centers; - Middleware and libraries for parallel and distributed computing; - Scheduling and resource allocation. Prof. Massimo Cafaro Prof. Italo Epicoco Dr. Marco Pulimeno Guest Editors Keywords: parallel computing, distributed computing, grid computing, cloud computing, P2P. - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining 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 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 CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************ --

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Live e-lecture by Prof. Efstratios Gavves: ‘The Machine Learning of Time: Past and Future’, 9th February 2021 17:00-18:00 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
by Ioanna Koroni 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast, Prof. Efstratios Gavves (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), a prominent young AI researcher internationally, will deliver the e-lecture: ‘The Machine Learning of Time: Past and Future’, on Tuesday 9th February 2021 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST), see details in: <http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/ai-lectures/ You can join for free using the zoom link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/93863728654 The <http://www.i-aida.org/> International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the European R&D projects <https://ai4media.eu/> AI4Media and <https://www.vision4ai.eu/> Vision and Humane AI Net currently in the process of formation, is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several current hot AI topics, starting with the above mentioned e-lecture. Lectures will be offered alternatingly by: Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures) Lectures will be typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free. Other upcoming lectures: 1. Prof. Pietro Perona, ‘Measuring algorithmic bias in face analysis — towards an experimental approach’, 23rd February 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET. 2. Prof. Björn Schuller: ‘There will be Artificial Emotional Intelligence’, 9th March 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET 3. Prof. Andreas Geiger, ‘Towards Robust End-to-End Driving’, 23rd March 2021 17:00 – 18:00 CET More lecture infos in: <http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/> http://www.i-aida.org/future-lectures/ These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels). If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the <https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml> CVML email list. Best regards Profs. I. Pitas, N. Sebe, B. O’Sullivan, M. Chetouani AIDA AI Excellence lecture series committee -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Computational and Applied Statistics at ICCSA 2021 - First call for papers
by Ana Cristina Silva Braga 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

***************************************************************************** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. First Call for Papers (Scopus and ISI index) Deadline March 28, 2021 ***************************************************************************** Dear Colleague, This is an invitation to submit a contribution for the: Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2021<https://cas2020.webnode.com/> - https://cas2020.webnode.com/) Workshop of the 21st International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2021, https://iccsa.org) will be held on July 5-8, 2021, in Cagliari, Italy. The ICCSA 2021 conference will again we organized in Cagliari, Italy, and we are once more planning for robustness. Like last year, ICCSA 2021 offers the possibility of online-only participation (with reduces registration fees). But we are also planning to offer the possibility of in-presence participation, should the pandemic situation allow it, by setting up a blended experience for mixed online/in-presence sessions. TOPICS ====== The aim of CAS workshop is to bring together scientists working in computational statistics, scientific computation and applications in all areas of sciences, engineering, industry, economics, life sciences and social sciences. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Computational Statistics: new issues in the design of computational algorithms for implementing statistical methods, development in R, etc * Applications: statistical case study in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences. IMPORTANT DATES ================ March 28, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission to the CAS Workshop. April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance. May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends. May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers. July 5-8, 2021: ICCSA 2021 Conference. PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the CAS 2020 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs ) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to your session accessing the electronic submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/ You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site: http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZER =========== * Ana Cristina Braga (acb(a)dps.uminho.pt<mailto:acb@dps.uminho.pt>), Dep. of Production and Systems (University of Minho), Algoritmi Research Centre (University of Minho), Portugal. If you have some doubts or problems, do not hesitate to contact. Best regards, Ana Cristina Braga (CAS 2021 organizer)

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ICCSA 2021: Computational Optimization and Applications
by Ana Rocha 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

Dear colleague, This is an invitation to submit a contribution for the: Computational Optimization and Applications (COA 2021) Workshop of the 21th International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2021, <http://www.iccsa.org/> http://www.iccsa.org/) will be held on July 5 - 8, 2021 in collaboration with the University of Cagliari, Italy, in blended form. Like last year, ICCSA 2021 offers the possibility of online-only participation (with reduces registration fees). But we are also planning to offer the possibility of in-presence participation, should the pandemic situation allow it, by setting up a blended experience for mixed online/in-presence sessions. TOPICS ====== The scope of the Workshop is to bring together scientists working in Computational Optimization and its applications in science and engineering. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Computational Optimization: new issues in computational algorithms for continuous and discrete optimization; deterministic and stochastic algorithms, nature-inspired algorithms and other metaheuristic algorithms for solving optimization problems. * Applications: case studies in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences. IMPORTANT DATES ================ March 28, 2021: Deadline for abstract and paper submission to the COA Workshop April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance. May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends. July 5-8, 2021: ICCSA 2020 Conference PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the COA 2021 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, <http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs> http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs ) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to your session accessing the electronic submission site: <http://ess.iccsa.org/> http://ess.iccsa.org/ You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site ( <http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors> http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors ) If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZERS =========== * Ana Maria A. C. Rocha ( <mailto:arocha@dps.uminho.pt> arocha(a)dps.uminho.pt) <http://www.dps.uminho.pt/> Dep. of Production and Systems (University of Minho), <http://algoritmi.uminho.pt/> ALGORITMI Center (University of Minho), Portugal * Humberto Rocha ( <mailto:hrocha@fe.uc.pt> hrocha(a)fe.uc.pt) <https://www.uc.pt/en/feuc> Faculty of Economics (University of Coimbra), <https://www.uc.pt/en/uid/ceber> CeBER (University of Coimbra), Portugal If you have some doubts or problems so not hesitate to contact the organizers. Best regards, Ana Maria A.C. Rocha and Humberto Rocha (COA 2021 organizers)

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ICCSA 2021: Call for Papers
by Osvaldo Gervasi 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

-- Prof. Osvaldo Gervasi, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Perugia Via Vanvitelli, 1 06123 Perugia (Italy) email: osvaldo.gervasi(a)unipg.it personal email: osvaldo.gervasi(a)gmail.com Tel: +39 075 5855048 Fax: +39 075 5855024 URL: http://ogervasi.unipg.it IEEE and ACM Senior Member Department Deputy Chair

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CFPs (SEIT 2021)The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology
by Hana GHARRAD 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT 2021) Leuven, Belgium August 9-12, 2021 Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-21 **************************************************************************** Important Dates - Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2021 - Paper Submission Due: March 19, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: May 17, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021 The goal of the SEIT 2021 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. All SEIT 2021 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. SEIT 2021 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest hospitals of Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world. Leuven's Town Hall is one of the best-known Gothic town halls worldwide and Leuven's pride and joy. It took three architects and thirty years to build it. Leuven's 'Hall of Fame' features 236 statues, which were only added to the faÃ§ade after 1850. There are 220 men and 16 women in total. On the bottom floor are famous Leuven scientists, artists and historical figures, dressed in Burgundian garb. The first floor is reserved for the patron saints of the various parishes of Leuven. Above them the faÃ§ade is adorned by the counts and dukes of Brabant while the towers primarily feature biblical figures. Conference Main Topics: ================= - 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 Honorary Chair Luc De Schepper, Rector, Hasselt University, Belgium General Chair Bruce Spencer, University of New Brunswick, Canada Program Chairs Jesus Fraile Ardanuy, Universidad PolitÃ©cnica de Madrid, Spain Davy Janssens, Hasselt University, Belgium Workshops Chairs Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA International Journals Chair Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB - Hasselt University, Belgium Publicity Chairs Hana Gharrad, Hasselt University, Belgium 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-21/#programCommittees

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CFPs (SEIT 2021)The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology
by Hana Gharrad 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

The 11th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT 2021) Leuven, Belgium August 9-12, 2021 Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/seit-21 **************************************************************************** Important Dates - Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2021 - Paper Submission Due: March 19, 2021 - Acceptance Notification: May 17, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021 The goal of the SEIT 2021 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. All SEIT 2021 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. SEIT 2021 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest hospitals of Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world. Leuven's Town Hall is one of the best-known Gothic town halls worldwide and Leuven's pride and joy. It took three architects and thirty years to build it. Leuven's 'Hall of Fame' features 236 statues, which were only added to the faÃ§ade after 1850. There are 220 men and 16 women in total. On the bottom floor are famous Leuven scientists, artists and historical figures, dressed in Burgundian garb. The first floor is reserved for the patron saints of the various parishes of Leuven. Above them the faÃ§ade is adorned by the counts and dukes of Brabant while the towers primarily feature biblical figures. Conference Main Topics: ================= - 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 Honorary Chair Luc De Schepper, Rector, Hasselt University, Belgium General Chair Bruce Spencer, University of New Brunswick, Canada Program Chairs Jesus Fraile Ardanuy, Universidad PolitÃ©cnica de Madrid, Spain Davy Janssens, Hasselt University, Belgium Workshops Chairs Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA International Journals Chair Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB - Hasselt University, Belgium Publicity Chairs Hana Gharrad, Hasselt University, Belgium 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-21/#programCommittees

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*** CALL FOR PAPERS -- Final Submission Deadline Extension ***
by Dominik Bartuschat 31 Jan '21

31 Jan '21

Eleventh International Workshop on Advances in High-Performance Computational Earth Sciences: Applications and Frameworks (IHPCES 2021) https://www.cspp.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IHPCES2021/ Dear colleagues, IHPCES 2021, the 11th workshop in the series of "Advances in High-Performance Computational Earth Sciences" workshops, will take place in conjunction with the ICCS 2021 Conference in Krakow, Poland, from June 16-18, 2021. The objective of this series of workshops is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art research in high performance computational earth sciences. IHPCES workshops foster communication between Earth scientists, applied mathematicians, and computer scientists. The workshop therefore presents a unique opportunity to exchange advanced knowledge, computational methods, and science discoveries in computational geosciences. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Large-scale simulations on supercomputing systems in earth sciences Advanced modeling and simulations on natural disaster prevention and mitigation Advanced numerical methods for high performance computational earth sciences Parallel and distributed algorithms and programming strategies for supercomputers Software engineering for parallel systems with multi-core processors and accelerators Algorithms for Big Data analytics and applications for large-scale data processing Methodologies and tools designed for extreme-scale computing We welcome full (up to 14 pages) and short (up to 7 pages) papers in Springer LNCS format (we can not accept "Abstract Only" submissions). All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings of ICCS 2021, published by Springer in its LNCS series. Important dates: February 12, 2021 Paper Submission Due March 15, 2021 Author Notification April 5, 2021 Camera-Ready Papers Due IHPCES 2021 co-chairs: Takashi Shimokawabe - The University of Tokyo, Japan Kohei Fujita - The University of Tokyo, Japan Dominik Bartuschat - University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany Program committee (tentative): Hideo Aochi - Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, France Joern Behrens - University of Hamburg, Germany Xing Cai - Simula Research Laboratory/University of Oslo, Norway Takeshi Fukaya - Hokkaido University, Japan Takashi Furumura - University of Tokyo, Japan Lutz Gross - University of Queensland, Australia Alexander Heinecke - Intel Parallel Computing Lab, USA Sebastian Kuckuk - University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany Johannes Langguth - Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Osni Marques - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Hiromichi Nagao - The University of Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nakajima - The University of Tokyo, Japan Kenji Ono - Kyushu University, Japan Olaf Schenk - Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Osamu Tatebe - University of Tsukuba, Japan Peng Wang - NVIDIA, USA Mei Wen - National University of Defense Technology, China Huilin Xing - University of Queensland, Australia We are looking forward to your contributions to IHPCES 2021. With best regards, Dominik Bartuschat on behalf of the IHPCES 2021 co-chairs -- Dr.-Ing. Dominik Bartuschat, M.Sc. (hons.) Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg Lehrstuhl fuer Informatik 10 - Systemsimulation Cauerstrasse 11 D-91058 Erlangen Tel: +49 9131 85 28925 Fax: +49 9131 85 28928 E-Mail: dominik.bartuschat(a)fau.de

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[CfP] VHPC 21 - HPC Virtualization (Springer LNCS)
by Michael Alexander 27 Jan '21

27 Jan '21

==================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS 16th Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC 21) held in conjunction with the International Supercomputing Conference - High Performance, June 24 - July 2, 2021, Zoom Online Event. (Springer LNCS Proceedings) ==================================================================== Date: July 2, 2021 Workshop URL: vhpc[dot]org Online Zoom Event registration [free, limited slots] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ux8jRopGhCYku3Z_FFMfud3RLwMg4-DABE_EeqlLmAQ Abstract Registration Deadline: February 15, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: April 5, 2021 Springer LNCS Call for Papers 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 manage complex infrastructures in a seamless fashion to support the highly dynamic and heterogeneous workloads and hosted applications 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. Most recently, Function as a Service (Faas) and Serverless computing, utilizing lightweight VMs-containers widen the spectrum of applications that can be deployed in a cloud environment, especially in an HPC context. Here, HPC-provided services become accessible to distributed workloads outside of large cluster environments. 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 take traffic from multiple VMs or containers; network virtualization, with its capability to create logical network overlays that are independent of the underlying physical topology is furthermore enabling virtualization of HPC infrastructures. Publication Accepted papers will be published in a Springer LNCS proceedings volume. 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 the cloud. Major Topics: - HPC workload orchestration (Kubernetes) - Kubernetes HPC batch - HPC Rootless Container Environments Landscape - HW Heterogeneity - Container ecosystem - Networking - Lightweight Virtualization - Unikernels / LibOS - State-of-the-art processor virtualization (RISC-V, EPI) - Containerizing HPC Stacks/Apps/Codes: Climate model containers each major topic encompassing design/architecture, management, performance management, modeling and configuration/tooling. Specifically, we invite papers that deal with the following topics: - HPC orchestration (Kubernetes, Virtualizing Kubernetes for HPC, Deployment paradigms - Multitenancy - Serverless - Declarative data center integration - Network provisioning - Storage - OCI i.a. images - Isolation/security - HW Accelerators, including GPUs, FPGAs, AI, and others - State-of-practice/art, including transition to cloud - Frameworks, system software - Programming models, runtime systems, and APIs to facilitate cloud adoption - Edge use-cases - Application adaptation, success stories - Kubernetes Batch (Scheduling / job management, Execution paradigm - workflow, Data management, Deployment, Multi-cluster/scalability, performance, Workflow / execution paradigm) - End-to-end rootless Docker alternative container environment & use-cases - Creating, Running containers as non-root (rootless) - Running rootless containers with MPI - Container live migration - Running containers in restricted environments without setuid - Networking (SDN / NVF, SR-IOV, Network Slicing & provisioning, polling, federated learning OS abstractions). - Lightweight Virtualization (Micro VMMs: Rust-VMM / AWS Firecracker / solo5, Xen, KVM, Nitro, RVirt, Rust based hypervisors / Cloud Hypervisor / Novel hypervisors - Unikernels / LibOS - HPC Storage in Virtualization - HPC container storage - Cloud-native storage - Hypervisors in storage virtualization - Processor Virtualization - RISC-V (hypervisor extensions / ports / IOMMU specification) - EPI - Composable HPC microservices - Merging of high throughput computing and HPC - Novel schedulers for job to data placement - Containerizing Scientific Codes (Building / Deploying / Securing / Storage / Monitoring) - High performance containers - Portability of containers/images, impact on performance - Use case for containerizing HPC codes: Climate model containers for portability, reproducibility, traceability, immutability, provenance, data & software preservation The Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC) aims to bring together researchers and industrial practitioners facing the challenges posed by virtualization 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 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. Important Dates February 15, 2021 - Abstract registration deadline April 5, 2021 - Paper submission deadline (Springer LNCS) May 3, 2021 - Acceptance notification July 2, 2021 - Workshop Day July 10th, 2021 - Camera-ready version due Chair Michael Alexander (chair), BOKU, Vienna, Austria Anastassios Nanos (co-chair), Nubis, Greece Program committee Stergios Anastasiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece Paolo Bonzini, Red Hat, Italy Jakob Blomer, CERN, Europe Eduardo César, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Taylor Childers, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Stephen Crago, USC ISI, USA Tommaso Cucinotta, St. Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy François Diakhaté CEA DAM Ile de France, France Balazs Gerofi, RIKEN, Japan Kyle Hale, Northwestern University, USA Brian Kocoloski, Washington University, USA Simon Kuenzer, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Giuseppe Lettieri, University of Pisa, Italy Klaus Ma, Huawei Technologies, China Alberto Madonna, Swiss National Supercomputing Center, Switzerland Nikos Parlavantzas, IRISA, France Anup Patel, Western Digital, USA Kevin Pedretti, Sandia National Laboratories, USA Amer Qouneh, Western New England University, USA Carlos Reaño, Queen’s University Belfast, UK Riccardo Rocha, CERN, Europe Borja Sotomayor, University of Chicago, USA Jonathan Sparks, Cray, USA Kurt Tutschku, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden John Walters, USC ISI, USA Yasuhiro Watashiba, Osaka University, Japan Chao-Tung Yang, Tunghai University, Taiwan Paper Submission-Publication Papers submitted to the workshop will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee and external reviewers. Submissions should include abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author, and must not exceed 10 pages, including tables and figures at a main font size no smaller than 11 point. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. Accepted papers will be published in a Springer LNCS volume. The format must be according to the Springer LNCS Style. Initial submissions are in PDF; authors of accepted papers will be requested to provide source files. Abstract, Paper Submission Link: edas[dot]info/newPaper.php?c=28004 Lightning Talks Lightning Talks are non-paper track, synoptical in nature and are strictly limited to 5 minutes. They can be used to gain early feedback on ongoing research, for demonstrations, to present research results, early research ideas, perspectives and positions of interest to the community. Submit abstract via the main submission link. General Information The workshop is one day in length and will be held in conjunction with the International Supercomputing Conference - High Performance (ISC) 2021, June 24 - July 2.

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Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Computing
by Massimo CAFARO 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

We apologize for multiple copies of this CfP. Journal: Future Internet Special Issue Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing Special Issue Editor: Prof. Massimo Cafaro Deadline: 30 April 2021 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/PDGCP2P_C Summary Dear Colleagues, recent years have witnessed the growing interest for parallel and distributed computing not just for large scale processing of big data, but also in the context of several research trends such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Mining, Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Green Computing in Data Centers etc. The aim of the Special Issue is to address current research and trends in the field by focusing on theory, technologies and applications, highlighting both challenges and opportunities. The scope of the Special Issue is very broad, taking into account the interdisciplinarity of parallel and distributed computing. Among the topics of interest, there are (but the Special Issue is not strictly limited to these): - Parallel algorithms; - Distributed algorithms, including P2P algorithms; - Fault-tolerant algorithms; - Cloud and grid computing; - Architectures for parallel and distributed computing; - Green computing and data centers; - Middleware and libraries for parallel and distributed computing; - Scheduling and resource allocation. Prof. Massimo Cafaro Prof. Italo Epicoco Dr. Marco Pulimeno Guest Editors Keywords: parallel computing, distributed computing, grid computing, cloud computing, P2P. - ************************************************************************************ Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining 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 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 CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro(a)cmcc.it ************************************************************************************ --

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Paper Invitation to Special Issue "Polynomial Sequences and Their Applications"
by Anna Napoli 23 Jan '21

23 Jan '21

Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to inform you that a Special Issue of the Mathematics Journal (a peer-reviewed open access journal ISSN 2227-7390 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics>, WoS impact factor 1.747, Q1 and top 10%) dedicated to polynomial sequences and their applications is now open to receive submission for possible publications. Special Issue: *Polynomial Sequences and Their Applications.* Website:https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/polynomial_… <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/polynomial_sequence…> Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Francesco Aldo Costabile, Prof. Dr. Maria I. Gualtieri, Prof. Dr. Anna Napoli Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, cubo 30/A, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy. Deadline for manuscript submissions: *30 June 2021.* Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: ·Modern Umbral Calculus (Binomial, Appell, Sheffer Polynomial Sequences). ·Orthogonal polynomials, Matrix orthogonal polynomials, Multiple orthogonal polynomials and Orthogonal polynomials of several variables. ·Operational methods and Monomiality Principle. ·Generating functions, special classes. ·Matrix and determinant approach to special polynomial sequences. ·Applications of special polynomial sequences in approximation theory, in boundary value problems and in quadrature formulas. ·Number theory and special classes of polynomials. ·Asymptotic methods in orthogonal polynomials. ·Fractional Calculus. ·Extrapolation methods. *Description* Polynomials are an incredibly useful mathematical tools as they are simply defined and can be calculated quickly on computer systems. They can be differentiated and integrated easily, and can be pieced together to form spline curves. Furthermore, from Weierstrass’s Approximation Theorem, every continuous function defined on a closed interval can be uniformly approximated by polynomials. Therefore sequences of polynomials perform an important role in several branches of sciences: mathematics, phisics, engineering etc. For examples, polynomial sequences arise in physic and approximation theory as the solutions of certain ordinary differential equations. Orthogonal polynomials play an important role in the applications. In statistics Hermite polynomials are very important, which are, also, orthogonal polynomials. In algebra and combinatorics umbral polynomials are used such as: rising factorials, falling factorials, Abel, Bell, Bernoulli, Euler, Boile, ciclotomic, Dickson, Fibonacci, Lucas, Touchard etc. polynomials. Some of these belong to special classes, such as Sheffer, Appell and the binomial type.For this reason the research in this field appears in different Journals/Magazines. A special issue that makes the state of art of current research would be very useful for the mathematical community. We warmly invite you to contribute to our Special Issue. Don't hesitate to forward this message to anyone who could be interested. Thank you very much for your kind consideration and apologies for multiple copies. We look forward to hearing from you. Francesco A. Costabile, Maria I. Gualtieri, Anna Napoli

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Job ad: Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position in the Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
by Sanjay Purushotham 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

[Apologies for multiple copies] Application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/81030 *Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position in the Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)* The Department of Information Systems (IS) at UMBC invites applications for an open rank tenure-track faculty position starting August 2021. Successful candidates will complement and extend our current strengths. More information about research interests of our faculty can be found at https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/home/research/areas-of-research/. Candidates with research interests cross-cutting multiple areas are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates must have earned a PhD in related fields no later than August 2021. The Department has 33 full-time faculty and over 1,600 students, including over 80 PhD students. The department offers undergraduate degrees in Information Systems and Business Technology Administration. Graduate degree programs, MS and PhD, are offered in both Information Systems and Human-Centered Computing, including an innovative online MS program in IS. In addition, the Department houses the Master’s in Health Information Technology, which is a professional degree program. Our faculty are actively engaged in collaborative interdisciplinary research within and across departments and institutions, and four of our current faculty have received NSF CAREER awards. Further details can be found at https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/. UMBC is a public research university that is leading the world in inclusive excellence in research and teaching. We are redefining how to teach and we are one of the most innovative universities in the nation (US News). To continue to support this goal, the Faculty Development Center provides excellent support such as classroom observation, collection and analysis of student feedback as well as regular workshops and pedagogical demonstrations. Our research is bold, cross disciplinary, and leverages our location near to the hospitals in Baltimore, NIH, NASA, NSF, and the USGS. UMBC’s strategic location in the Baltimore-Washington corridor puts us close to many high-tech companies as well. The 2018 Chronicle of Higher Education also named UMBC as one of the best colleges to work for, for the ninth year in a row. The department, college and UMBC are deeply committed to the success of all of our faculty. We have various mentoring programs such as “launch committees” to offer regular and structured mentorship for faculty to develop a thriving and successful research program and the Eminent Scholar mentoring program to build relationships with leaders in the field beyond UMBC. The campus is close to both energetic urban centers and family-friendly suburbs. Nearby cities such as Columbia and Ellicott City have been routinely ranked as top 10 best places to live in the US. Candidates are expected to establish a collaborative, externally funded, and nationally recognized research program and contribute to teaching a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses offered by the department effectively. We expect candidates to be innovative in terms of pedagogical methods, course content, and curriculum development, and be committed to advising, mentoring and supporting student success. All candidates should have experience in – or have the potential for – building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment in teaching, mentoring, research, life experiences, or service. Candidates for the Associate and Full Professor rank should also demonstrate a track record of inclusive excellence. Candidates for the Associate Professor rank should also have a strong record of research, teaching, service, and a sustained externally-funded research program. Candidates for the Full Professor rank should also demonstrate leadership in their field, hold an excellent academic record, and show a history of securing external funds for multiple sizable research projects. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who are members of groups that historically have been under-represented in the professoriate. We especially welcome applications from candidates who are willing to contribute to the diversity mission of the university and the department. UMBC is a national model for diversity and inclusive excellence in STEM. Examples of these are our Meyerhoff Scholar programs ( http://meyerhoff.umbc.edu/) the Center for Women in Technology ( http://cwit.umbc.edu) and PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate programs. Inclusive excellence is a hallmark of UMBC and a foundational value of our community. UMBC is the nation’s #1 producer of African American undergraduates who go on to complete an M.D./Ph.D. and #2 nationally for African American undergraduates who complete a STEM Ph.D. The IS department is proud to support a diverse student and faculty body in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity. The IS faculty has a culture of inclusiveness of excellence, demonstrated by both academic research such as community engaged scholarship, research on improving accessibility of technology to disabled, as well as efforts to address diversity issues in STEM such as CWIT scholar program and starting a regional chapter of Women in Data Science and Machine Learning. More than half of the leadership positions in the department including the chair are currently held by women faculty. Applications for the positions must be submitted as PDF files via Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/81030. Review of applications will start in December 2020 but will continue until positions are filled. All interviews will be conducted online but applicants are welcome to talk to IS faculty to learn about Baltimore and the surrounding area. A complete submission will consist of: 1) Cover letter 2) CV 3) One-page statement of teaching philosophy. 4) Two-page statement of research interests. 5) One-page statement of demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence. 6) Names and contact information of at least three references. Letters will be required later for short-listed candidates. Candidates’ experience will be evaluated commensurate to the rank to which they are applying. For inquiries, please email to is_faculty_search_2020(a)umbc.edu. An informational webinar will be also held in late November or early December. If you are interested in the webinar, please register at https://forms.gle/CmugCMfPdnPRoT386. Review of applications will begin in December, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled. *UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.*

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Ada-Europe 2021 Conference - EXTENDED 14 January deadline
by Dirk.Craeynest＠cs.kuleuven.be 31 Dec '20

31 Dec '20

The Ada-Europe 2021 Conference organizers decided to provide more time for authors to prepare their contributions. The deadline for most submissions is extended to Thursday 14 January 2020. 2 weeks remain! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED Call for Contributions - EXTENDED DEADLINE 25th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021) 7-11 June 2021, Santander, Spain www.ada-europe.org/conference2021 Organized by University of Cantabria and Ada-Europe in cooperation with ACM SIGAda, SIGPLAN, SIGBED and the Ada Resource Association (ARA) *** Extended DEADLINE 14 JANUARY 2020 AoE *** #AEiC2021 #AdaEurope #AdaProgramming ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** General Information The 25th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2021 aka Ada-Europe 2021) will take place in Santander, Spain, in the week of 7-11 June. The conference schedule includes a technical program, vendor exhibition, and parallel tutorials and workshops. Despite the COVID-19 situation which led to the cancellation of the previous edition of the conference, there is a firm commitment to celebrate the 2021 edition in any case. The initial goal is to have a mixed model with both in-person and remote participation. If the situation so requires it, the conference would be held as a full virtual event. The 2021 edition of the conference continues the major revamp of the in-person registration fees introduced in 2019, redesigned to extend participation from industry and academia, and to reward contributors, especially but not solely, students and post-doc researchers. *** Schedule 14 January 2021: Submission of journal-track papers, industrial presentation outlines, and tutorial and workshop proposals 19 March 2021: Notification of acceptance for journal-track papers, industrial presentations, tutorials and workshops 31 March 2021: Submission of Work-in-Progress (WiP) papers and Invited Presentation proposals 30 April 2021: Notification of acceptance for WiP papers and Invited Presentations *** Topics The conference is a leading international forum for providers, practitioners and researchers in reliable software technologies. The conference presentations will illustrate current work in the theory and practice of the design, development and maintenance of long-lived, high-quality software systems for a challenging variety of application domains. The program will allow ample time for keynotes, Q&A sessions and discussions, and social events. Participants include practitioners and researchers from industry, academia and government organizations active in the promotion and development of reliable software technologies. Should the situation allow it, the presenters will be given the choice of in-person or virtual participation. The topics of interest for the conference include but are not limited to: - Design and Implementation of Real-Time and Embedded Systems: Real-Time Scheduling, Design Methods and Techniques, Architecture Modelling, HW/SW Co-Design, Reliability and Performance; - Design and Implementation of Mixed-Criticality Systems: Scheduling Methods, Mixed-Criticality Architectures, Design Methods, Analysis Methods; - Theory and Practice of High-Integrity Systems: Medium to Large-Scale Distribution, Fault Tolerance, Security, Reliability, Trust and Safety, Languages Vulnerabilities; - Software Architectures for Reliable Systems: Design Patterns, Frameworks, Architecture-Centered Development, Component-based Design and Development; - Methods and Techniques for Quality Software Development and Maintenance: Requirements Engineering, Model-driven Architecture and Engineering, Formal Methods, Re-engineering and Reverse Engineering, Reuse, Software Management Issues, Compilers, Libraries, Support Tools; - Ada Language and Technologies: Compilation Issues, Runtimes, Ravenscar, Profiles, Distributed Systems, SPARK; - Mainstream and Emerging Applications with Reliability Requirements: Manufacturing, Robotics, Avionics, Space, Health Care, Transportation, Cloud Environments, Smart Energy Systems, Serious Games, etc; - Achieving and Assuring Safety in Machine Learning Systems; - Experience Reports in Reliable System Development: Case Studies and Comparative Assessments, Management Approaches, Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics; - Experiences with Ada: Reviews of the Ada 2012 language features, implementation and use issues, positioning in the market and in the software engineering curriculum, lessons learned on Ada Education and Training Activities with bearing on any of the conference topics. *** Call for Journal-Track Papers The journal-track papers submitted to the conference are full-length papers that must describe mature research work on the conference topics. They must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. Accepted journal-track papers will get a presentation slot within a technical session of the conference and they will be published in an open-access special issue of the Journal of Systems Architecture (Q2 in the JCR and SJR ranks) with no additional costs to authors. The corresponding authors shall submit their work by 14 January 2021 via the Special Issue web page: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/ call-for-papers/special-issue-on-reliable-software-technologies-aeic2021 Submitted papers must follow the guidelines provided in the "Guide-for-Authors" of the JSA (https://www.elsevier.com/journals/ journal-of-systems-architecture/1383-7621/guide-for-authors). In particular, JSA does not impose any restriction on the format or extension of the submissions. *** Call for WiP-Track Papers The Work-in-Progress papers (WiP-track) are short (4-page) papers describing evolving and early-stage ideas or new research directions. They must be original and shall undergo anonymous peer review. The corresponding authors shall submit their work by 31 March 2021, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2021, strictly in PDF and following the Ada User Journal style (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/) Authors of accepted WiP-track papers will get a presentation slot within a regular technical session of the conference and will also be requested to present a poster. The papers will be published in the Ada User Journal as part of the proceedings of the Conference. The conference is listed in the principal citation databases, including DBLP, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The Ada User Journal is indexed by Scopus and by EBSCOhost in the Academic Search Ultimate database. *** Call for Industrial Presentations The conference seeks industrial presentations that deliver insightful information value but may not sustain the strictness of the review process required for regular papers. The authors of industrial presentations shall submit their proposals, in the form of a short (one or two pages) abstract, by 14 January 2021, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeic2021, strictly in PDF and following the Ada User Journal style (http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/) The Industrial Committee will review the submissions anonymously and make recommendations for acceptance. The abstract of the accepted contributions will be included in the conference booklet, and authors will get a presentation slot within a regular technical session of the conference. These authors will also be invited to expand their contributions into articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, as part of the proceedings of the Industrial Program of the Conference. *** Awards Ada-Europe will offer an honorary award for the best presentation. All journal-track and industrial presentations are eligible. *** Call for Invited Presentations The invited presentations are intended to allow researchers to present paramount research results that are relevant to the conference attendees. There will be no publication associated to these presentations, which may include previously published works, relevant new tools, methods or techniques. The invited presentations will be allocated a presentation slot. Presentations can be delivered remotely to facilitate the participation. The Program Committee will select invited presentation proposals that may be submitted by e-mail to one of the Program Chairs as a one-page summary of the proposed presentation, along with the information and/or links required to show the relevance of the covered topic. *** Call for Educational Tutorials The conference is seeking tutorials in the form of educational seminars including hands-on or practical demonstrations. Proposed tutorials can be from any part of the reliable software domain, they may be purely academic or from an industrial base making use of tools used in current software development environments. We are also interested in contemporary software topics, such as IoT and artificial intelligence and their application to reliability and safety. Tutorial proposals shall include a title, an abstract, a description of the topic, an outline of the presentation, the proposed duration (half day or full day), and the intended level of the tutorial (introductory, intermediate, or advanced). All proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Educational Tutorial Chair. The authors of accepted full-day tutorials will receive a complimentary conference registration. For half-day tutorials, this benefit is halved. The Ada User Journal will offer space for the publication of summaries of the accepted tutorials. *** Call for Workshops Workshops on themes that fall within the conference scope may be proposed. Proposals may be submitted for half- or full-day events, to be scheduled at either end of the conference days. Workshop proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Workshop Chair. The workshop organizer shall also commit to producing the proceedings of the event, for publication in the Ada User Journal. *** Call for Exhibitors The commercial exhibition will span the core days of the main conference. As an alternative to the traditional physical exhibition, virtual exhibition activities will be possible. Vendors and providers of software products and services should contact the Exhibition Chair for information and for allowing suitable planning of the exhibition space and time. *** Special Registration Fees Authors of accepted contributions and all students will enjoy reduced registration fees. In addition, there will be low registration fees for virtual participants. *** Venue Santander is a nice tourist city in the north of Spain, with a well-connected airport and at a 100 km drive from Bilbao airport. The conference venue and hotel is the Bahia Hotel in the city center and beside Santander bay. *** Organizing Committee * Conference Chair Michael González Harbour, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain mgh at unican.es * Program Chairs Mario Aldea Rivas, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain aldeam at unican.es J. Javier Gutiérrez, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain gutierjj at unican.es * Work-in-Progress Chair Kristoffer Nyborg Gregertsen, SINTEF Digital, Norway kristoffer.gregertsen at sintef.no * Tutorial & Workshop Chair Jorge Garrido Balaguer, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain jorge.garrido at upm.es * Industrial Chair Patricia Balbastre Betoret, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain patricia at ai2.upv.es * Exhibition & Sponsorship Chair Ahlan Marriott, White Elephant GmbH, Switzerland software at white-elephant.ch * Publicity Chair Dirk Craeynest, Ada-Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium dirk.craeynest at cs.kuleuven.be *** Previous Editions Ada-Europe organizes annual international conferences since the early 80's. This is the 25th event in the Reliable Software Technologies series, previous ones being held at Montreux, Switzerland ('96), London, UK ('97), Uppsala, Sweden ('98), Santander, Spain ('99), Potsdam, Germany ('00), Leuven, Belgium ('01), Vienna, Austria ('02), Toulouse, France ('03), Palma de Mallorca, Spain ('04), York, UK ('05), Porto, Portugal ('06), Geneva, Switzerland ('07), Venice, Italy ('08), Brest, France ('09), Valencia, Spain ('10), Edinburgh, UK ('11), Stockholm, Sweden ('12), Berlin, Germany ('13), Paris, France ('14), Madrid, Spain ('15), Pisa, Italy ('16), Vienna, Austria ('17), Lisbon, Portugal ('18), and Warsaw, Poland ('19). Information on previous editions of the conference can be found at http://www.ada-europe.org/confs/ae. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk Craeynest, AEiC 2021 Publicity Chair (aka Ada-Europe 2021) Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be *** 25th Ada-Europe Int'l. Conf. on Reliable Software Technologies *** June 7-11, 2021 * Santander, Spain * www.ada-europe.org/conference2021

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Paper Invitation for Frontiers in Robotics and AI "Scene Understanding in Autonomous Driving"
by T. Hoang Ngan Le 29 Dec '20

29 Dec '20

Frontiers in Robotics and AI has launched a new Research Topic, "Scene Understanding in Autonomous Driving". As a leading expert in your field, we would like you to participate by submitting your research. This is a great chance to have your research published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. With a CiteScore of 4.7 and indexed on ESCI, ISSN 2296-9144 (Web of Science), the journal investigates the theory and integration of robotics, bringing the latest technology and artificial intelligence to the modern world. This Research Topic welcomes contributions on topics including, but not limited to, the following: • Driving Scene Understanding • Objective Detection, Localization, and Tracking • Efficient Video Feature Extraction • Online Video Analysis • Compressed/Light-Weight/Low-Cost Models • Low Power/Energy Models • Depth Estimation • Point Cloud Reconstruction • Scene Prediction • Early Event Prediction • Motion Planning, Navigation • Models Fusing • Databases, evaluation, and benchmarking in driving safety YES - I would like to participate: https://research-topic-management-app.frontiersin.org/manage/contributor-co… Topic Editors: Dr. Ngan Le, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States Dr. Hien Nguyen, University of Houston, Houston, United States Dr. Tien Bui, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Dr. S. Kevin Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China Dr. Marios Savvides, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States Dr. Khoa Luu, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States Visit the homepage for this Research Topic for a full description of the project:https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/16771 Help to make this collection even more successful by alerting other experts in the field who could submit their own article. Simply copy and send the following link to your colleagues: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/16771/scene-understanding-in-au… The submission deadline for this Research Topic is 30 March 2021. Click here to let us know if you don’t wish to participate this time: https://research-topic-management-app.frontiersin.org/manage/contributor-de… More about Research Topics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frontiers’ Research Topics are collections of peer-reviewed articles around an emerging or cutting-edge theme. As a contributing author, you will benefit from: • high visibility and the chance to be included in a downloadable ebook • rigorous, transparent and fast peer-review for your article • publication throughout the year, as soon as your article is accepted • advanced impact metrics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More about publishing with us ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • Articles will be peer-reviewed and, if accepted for publication, are subject to publishing fees: ( https://www.frontiersin.org/about/publishing-fees ). All applications for fees support: (https://frontiers.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_51IljifwFBXUzY1) are considered. • We collaborate with leading institutions to make open access publishing even more accessible for authors. See whether your institution is collaborating with us: ( https://www.frontiersin.org/about/institutional-membership ). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I look forward to your response. Kind Regards, Ngan Le Topic Editor, Robot and Machine Vision Section, Frontiers in Robotics and AI On behalf of the Topic Editors. Research Topics can be listed in more than one journal. A list of contributing journals and sections is included on the homepage for this Research Topic: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/16771. Please choose the most relevant option when submitting your article. Check each journal page for information about its scope, accepted article types and APCs. Frontiers is committed to providing you with relevant updates in your field. If you do not want to receive any updates from Frontiers, you can unsubscribe by forwarding your request to support(a)frontiersin.org. If you wish to learn about how we protect personal data, you can read our Privacy Policy available on our website. -- Ngan Le Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science & Computer Engineering University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Phone: 479 575 2000 Homepage: https://www.nganle.net

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[Deadline Approaching, January 10] 2nd Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance (CoDecFin), Financial Cryptography 2021
by Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro 22 Dec '20

22 Dec '20

[apologies for cross-posting] Call for Papers ================== 2nd Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance (CoDecFin) 2021 -- Regulators meet Industry meet Devs meet Researchers-- March 5, 2021, held in collaboration with Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2021 (https://fc21.ifca.ai/codecfin/) 1. Venue and Website ==================== Venue: Radisson Grenada Beach Resort, Grenada Website: https://fc21.ifca.ai/codecfin/ Submission of papers: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=codecfin21 2. Important Dates ================== Submission deadline: January 10, 2021 Author notification: February 10, 2021 Workshop: March 5, 2021 3. Background ============= On June 8th and 9th 2019, Distributed Ledger Technology-related innovations have been referenced in the Communique at the G20 Finance and Central Bank Meeting in Fukuoka, Japan, referencing the report produced by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). G20 Communique Section 13 "We welcome the FSB report on decentralized financial technologies, and the possible implications for financial stability, regulation and governance, and how regulators can enhance the dialogue with a wider group of stakeholders.” FSB Report Decentralized financial technologies: Report on financial stability, regulatory and governance implications; Direct link to the FSB Report document Blockchain Governance Initiative Network(BGIN - pronounced BEGIN) was initiated on March 10, 2020 after several multi-stakeholder workshops including CoDeFi 2020, an associated workshop with Financial Cryptography 2020. This is a multi-stakeholder discussion network which aims at providing an open and neutral sphere for all stakeholders to deepen common understanding and to collaborate to address issues they face in order to attain sustainable development of the blockchain community. 4. Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance (CoDecFin) ================================================================ This workshop is designed to identify and discuss technology and operation issues of permissionless blockchain and decentralized finance. As permissionless blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms evolve and mature, there is an urgent need for multi-stakeholders to engage in their planning, development, roll-out, and operation, in order for innovation of a wide variety of financial applications to proliferate and become mainstream. Thus far it has been mainly developer & startup communities which are driving these protocols, platforms, and applications for this new era of computing. New standards, governance mechanisms and design patternsare evolving and need input from a variety of perspectives. There is a growing trend towards decentralized computing systems in which distributed ledger technologies are a fundamental component. These systems are designed to be global computing systems; they will likely form the basis of new financial services and businesses including a distributed Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI). These new financial services and businesses could bring huge benefit to the global financial system, e.g. resiliency over efficiency, and predictability over resiliency. However financial regulators, central banks, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and International Monetary Fund (IMF), while recognizing the potential of DLT systems, have also been keenly aware of the challenges in the adoption, and designing for the consumer protections required to balance usability, safety while supporting innovation. While it is likely that many G20 countries will be leading the design and development of these new infrastructures, all cities and countries should be considered and encouraged to participatein the planning. Discussions of this workshop are expected to contribute to discussions of Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN), where common documents on blockchain technology and operations are created backed by all stakeholders. Hence, CoDecFin 2021 will be directly connected to the general meeting of BGIN. The second general meeting of BGIN (Block #2) will be held right after CoDecFin. Note: This workshop does not endorse any specific decentralized finance projects and products. 5. Basic Structure of the Workshop ================================== The workshop is composed of three parts: Presentations of academic and practical results on blockchain technology and operations Selected talks from alla variety of stakeholders Discussions by multi-stakeholders on selected discussion topics. 6. Call for papers ================== We call for papers on technology and operational issues related to decentralized finance and permissionless blockchain, and future directions to solve these issues with specifying background the author(s) have. (i) regular papers (15 pages LNCS format excluding references and appendices), (ii) short papers (8 pages LNCS format in total), submission process is conducted by using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=codecfin21 This year, we encourage to submit a paper associated with the current discussion topic at BGIN. - Key management at centralized/decentralized Custodian (see the draft of work stream at BGIN) - Decentralized Financial Technologies and Privacy, Identity and Traceability (see the draft of work stream at BGIN) - Reactions to FATF 12 month review to achieve both regulatory goals and privacy - Blockchain-based standard development mechanisms and process to accommodate multi-stakeholders Other topics, but are not limited to: ====================================== - Identity, privacy, and key management - Centralized custody and decentralized custody - 2021 Scaling Cryptocurrency and Regulatory Challenges, and mainstream adoption - Common understandings on "Regulatory Goals" - FATF: AML and privacy - Policy on End to End Encryption - Security of exchanges and decentralized finance protocols - Algorithm agility of permissionless blockchain - Regulatory challenges of decentralized finance protocols - Risk and resilience in cryptocurrency financial systems - Harmonization of automated systems, human intervention and regulation - Standards: Technical, Regulatory - Regulation of exchanges and consumer protection - Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) - Interoperability among existing financial infrastructure, permissionless ledgers and CBDCs - Governance of protocols, implementations 7. Organizing and Program Committees ===================================== (Alphabetical Order) Julien Bringer, Kallistech Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, Telecom SudParis & Institut Polytechnique de Paris Arthur Gervais, Imperial College London Byron Gibson, Program Manager at Stanford Center for Blockchain Research Feng Chen, University of British Columbia Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Georgetown University, NTT Research and BSafe.network (tentative chair) Steven Nam, Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy Michele Benedetto Neitz, Golden Gate University Roman Pavlov, SafeStead Inc. Robert Schwentker, DLT Education and BSafe.network Yonatan Sompolinsky, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, DAGlabs Shigeya Suzuki, Keio University Ryosuke Ushida, JFSA and Georgetown University Robert Wardrop, University of Cambridge Judge Business School Pindar Wong, BSafe.network Aaron Wright, Cardozo Law School Anton Yemelyanov, Base58 Association Aviv Zohar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Further details at: https://fc21.ifca.ai/codecfin/

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ANT & EDI40 2021 CfPs (Final Extension): Warsaw, Poland (March 23 - 26, 2021)
by Elhadi Shakshuki 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

Call for Papers The 12th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT) & The 4th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40) Warsaw, Poland March 23-26, 2021 http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-21/ & http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/EDI40-21 Important Date * Paper Submission Due Date: December 30, 2020 (FINAL) ANT & EDI40 organizing committee invites you to submit papers. Please encourage your colleagues, research group members and fellow scientists to contribute and participate in this event. ANT & EDI40 conferences in Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.770 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 8th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city limits cover 516.9 square kilometres (199.6 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi). Warsaw is an alpha global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. Its historical Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Journals Speciaal Issues * Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 4.594), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652) * International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.504), by Computing and Informatics (http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index) * International Journal on Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (IF: 4.371), by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and…) Publication ANT & EDI40 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<http://www.elsevier.com/> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com<http://www.sciencedirect.com/>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com<http://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<http://www.scopus.com/>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com<http://www.engineeringvillage.com/>). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex<http://www.ei.org/compendex>). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/) Your contributions and support are appreciated. Sincerely

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[Future Internet] Special Issue on "Service-Oriented Systems and Applications"
by Stefano Forti 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

*** Special Issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903) on *** ******* "Service-Oriented Systems and Applications" ****** Submission Deadline: 31 August 2021 Website: <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/S_Oriented_Syste ms_A> https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/S_Oriented_System s_A ***************************************** ************ Call for Papers ************ ***************************************** Modern applications are inherently distributed, as they integrate various heterogeneous components and stand-alone (micro)services. How to compose and orchestrate services, as well as how to integrate and adapt them, has thus become a core issue in such distributed, service-oriented systems and applications. Theoretical and practical approaches to modelling and analysing such systems and applications would simplify their development; enable their validation and evaluation; and enhance their interoperability, reusability, and maintainability. The goal of this Special Issue is to allow researchers and practitioners to discuss common problems and present novel solutions in the aforementioned fields. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Cloud/fog/edge computing, and large-scale distributed systems; * Design principles, architectural smells, and architectural refactoring of service-oriented systems and applications; * Resource and application management in next-gen Cloud-IoT systems; * Dynamic service-oriented architectures and self-* systems and application; * Fault localization and resilience in service-oriented systems and applications; * Formal methods, models, and techniques for service-oriented systems and applications; * Microservices; * Model-driven design and development of peer-to-peer systems and blockchains; * Programming languages for service-oriented systems and applications; * Reverse engineering for service-oriented systems and applications; * Security in service-oriented systems and applications; * Service composition, coordination, orchestration, integration, and adaptation; * Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA); * Support for business processes-from design- to run-time; * QoS monitoring, modelling, and analysis in service-oriented systems and applications; * Verification and testing solutions for service-oriented systems and applications. Guest Editors Dr. Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Italy [http://pages.di.unipi.it/soldani] Dr. Stefano Forti, University of Pisa, Italy [http://pages.di.unipi.it/forti/]

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