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(Deadline extended) CFP -- ATIR: Workshop on Axiomatic Thinking for Information Retrieval and Related Tasks @ SIGIR 2017
by Hui Fang 31 May '17

31 May '17

Call For Papers (SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 23) ATIR: Workshop on Axiomatic Thinking for Information Retrieval and Related Tasks Co-located with ACM SIGIR 2017 August 11, 2017. Tokyo, Japan Workshop Website: https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~hfang/ATIR.html <https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~hfang/ATIR.html> Motivation The goal of the proposed workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in applying axiomatic analysis to all kinds of IR and IR-related problems, including particularly both those interested in developing retrieval models and those interested in developing evaluation measures, and to enable them to share their findings (both positive or negative), to present their latest research results, and to discuss future directions. Theme As the title of the workshop suggested, the general theme of the workshop will be about all aspects of applications of axiomatic thinking to solve IR and IR-related problems. The basis of this general theme is the recent growth of work on applying axiomatic thinking to analyze and improve both retrieval models and evaluation metrics, which we expect to continue. The existing work has clearly demonstrated many advantages of axiomatic thinking, including particularly specific theoretical results in the form of novel constraints to be satisfied by retrieval functions or evaluation metrics and improved models or evaluation metrics. However, much more research is still needed in multiple directions. Opportunities of applying axiomatic thinking also go beyond analyzing the basic retrieval functions; in fact, understanding constraints is also beneficial to many IR tasks that use machine learning techniques. Instead of having a designer carefully choose a set of assumptions to make when designing a formal model, these approaches use machine learning to weight items in a pool of features derived from many retrieval heuristics. However, this potentially results in a bloated backend which computes many features irrelevant to the task or collection. Having knowledge about relevant features would help slim down backends and speed learning and ranking. An important strength of the axiomatic methodology is that evaluation data sets become resources used to check motivated hypotheses instead of optimization mechanisms, which are at risk of overfitting. There are even more opportunities for new research on applying axiomatic thinking to evaluation as has already been happening where researchers have done axiomatic analysis of metrics for tasks such as text categorization, clustering, and ranking. In general, an understanding of how to apply axiomatic thinking to IR problems may become increasingly important as information retrieval continues to broaden into new areas. New tasks often require new constraints, and an understanding of these constraints can provide guidance on how to adapt existing methods or how to develop new methods for the new tasks. For example, domain-specific IR tasks such as medical record search might require new retrieval constraints that can capture the domain knowledge. The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from a broader community to exchange research ideas and results and to foster collaborations across subcommunities. Some of the specific topics we envision to be covered by the workshop theme include, but not limited to: - What constraints are effective to improve retrieval performance independent of the underlying model? - What constraints were expected to be useful but have not been effective in practice? Why not? - In the case of evaluation metrics, why some metric constraints do not affect the system comparison or the user satisfaction? - How can we potentially unify the axiomatic analysis of IR models and evaluation metrics given that both lines of work aim at formally modeling relevance? - Have new languages, media, or domains suggested new constraints for established domains? - To what extent is a valid constraint in one domain also valid in other domains? More generally, which constraints for retrieval methods or evaluation metrics are core ones, and which constraints are highly scenario dependent? - How can axiomatic thinking be combined with machine learning techniques to learn more effective retrieval functions? Planned Activities - Keynote talk - Panel - Presentations of papers Paper Submission We solicit papers describing research work related to the above theme. In addition to the innovative methods with promising results, we also welcome papers reporting negative results. Papers need to be: - 4 or 10 pages - In ACM format - Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=atir2017 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=atir2017> Formal proofs can be added as additional material. The submissions are not anonymous. Important Dates - Submission deadlines: June 23 (for both long and short papers) - Review due: July 7 - Notification: July 10 Workshop Organizers - Enrique Amigo - Hui Fang - Stefano Mizzaro - ChengXiang Zhai ———— Hui Fang Associate Professor David L. and Beverly J. C. Mills Chair JPMC Scholar Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Delaware

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Call For Participation: The 26th ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC-26)
by Song, Shuaiwen 30 May '17

30 May '17

Call for Participation - HPDC-2017<http://hpdc.org/2017/> Washington D.C., June 26-30, 2017 Early registration is open!<http://hpdc.org/2017/registration/> The ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) is the premier annual conference for presenting the latest research on the design, implementation, evaluation, and the use of parallel and distributed systems for high-end computing. The 26th HPDC conference and its seven associated workshops will take place at the Westin George Hotel, June 26-30 in Washington, D.C., featuring a technical program covering various aspects of high-performance computing, three distinguished keynote speakers, and an industry session: HPDC 2017 Program<http://hpdc.org/2017/program/> Keynote speakers: Julia Lane<http://cusp.nyu.edu/people/julia-lane/>, Professor at NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP). Rick Stevens<https://www.cs.uchicago.edu/directory/rick-stevens>, Professor at UChicago and Argonne National Labs. Janice Coen<https://staff.ucar.edu/users/janicec>, Project Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Achievement Award Recipient: David Abramson<http://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2986>, Professor at University of Queensland. Technical Sessions: * Scheduling * Data Management * Parallel Methods and Algorithms * Fault Tolerance * Performance Modeling and Analysis * Data Partitioning Workshops: FTXS<https://sites.google.com/site/ftxsworkshop/home/ftxs-2017> (Fault Tolerance) SEM4HPC<http://periscope.in.tum.de/sem4hpc/> (Software Engineering) ROSS<http://htor.inf.ethz.ch/ross2017/> (Operating Systems) ScienceCloud<https://sites.google.com/site/sciencecloudhpdc/> (Scientific Cloud Computing) HPDC'17 Student Travel Grants Application<http://www.hpdc.org/2017/registration/student-travel-grants/> Applications due by June 2nd, 2017 General Co-Chairs Howie Huang - George Washington University, USA Jon Weissman - University of Minnesota, USA Program Co-Chairs Adriana Iamnitchi - University of South Florida, USA Alexandru Iosup - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Posters Chair Radu Prodan - University of Innsbruck, Austria Workshops Chairs Rich Wolski - University of California at San Diego, USA Ana Lucia Varbanescu - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- Shuaiwen Leon Song Staff Research Scientist High Performance Computing Group, Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), Washington, US, Office:509-372-4189 Email: Shuaiwen.Song(a)pnnl.gov HomePage: https://sites.google.com/site/shuaiwenleonsongresearch/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It is never too late to become what you might have been. ^ -- George Elliot ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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CFP – Central European Cybersecurity Conference (16-17 November 2017)
by CECC 29 May '17

29 May '17

Dear Colleague, Please consider submitting an article to the Central European Cybersecurity Conference – CECC 2017 to be held on 16 – 17 November 2017 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. CECC 2017 aims at establishing a venue for the exchange of information on cybersecurity and its many aspects in central Europe. CECC 2017 encourages the dialogue between researchers of technical and social aspects of cybersecurity, both crucial in attaining adequate levels of cybersecurity. Complementary contributions dealing with its economic aspects as well as any legal, investigation or other issues related to cybersecurity are welcome, too. The abstract submission deadline has been recently extended to 19 June 2017. Publications: 1. All accepted and presented research papers will be available in Open Access conference proceedings published by the University of Maribor Press and submitted for indexing by DBLP, Elsevier SCOPUS and Thomson Reuters Web of Science™ Core Collection. 2. Selected accepted and presented research papers will be published, after further revision to ensure adequate quality for journal papers, in special issue “Technical and Social Aspects of Critical Infrastructure Security” of the Journal of Universal Computer Science (ISSN 0948-695x / 0948-6968). More details can be found on the conference website: https://www.fvv.um.si/cecc2017/ Best regards, CECC 2017 Organizers

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PhD Scholarship in Intelligent and Immersive Big Data Analytics
by Quang Vinh Nguyen 29 May '17

29 May '17

With the growth of data and technologies, visual analytics platforms have been extended from ordinary personal computers to different environments such as large and high resolution displays, portable devices and virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) or both. Immersive visual analytics have been considering one of the potential approaches for analysing and manipulating large data sets. Large immersive systems may not be suitable for individual analysts due to their size, complexity and the lack of portability. Portable immersive environment, such as Microsoft Hololens, gives the users holograms real-world context and scale, allowing them to interact with both digital content and the world around them. The device could open a new research direction in analysing large information interactively and in real time in the personalised and immersive environment. This project looks at a new way to use supporting technologies in virtual reality and augmented reality to support the large scale visual analytics. The specific objectives of this research are to * Investigate new interactive visualisation platform for VR and AR environment. * Integrate and expand knowledge in information visualisation, artificial intelligent with technologies to enable personalised visualisation. * Develop new methods and algorithms that enables the natural interaction and data manipulation in the immersive environment. * Evaluate the effectiveness of the visual analytics What does the scholarship provide? * Domestic students receive a tax-free stipend of up to AU$30,000 per annum for up to 3 years, and a funded place in the doctoral program. * International students receive a tax-free stipend up to AU$30,000 per annum. Outstanding students may be awarded a Tuition Fee Waiver valued at approximately AU$24,000 per annum for up to 3 years. Selection Criteria The successful candidate must have: * A bachelor degree with First Class Honours, OR a Masters Degree with research experience (including research publications). * A strong background in the field of computer science or related degrees. * High-level of interest and knowledge in Visualisation, Human-Machine Interaction or Data Science are preferred. * High-level of programming skills. * Must satisfy Western Sydney University's English language requirements. How to Apply * Applicants should discuss their eligibility and the project with Doctor Quang Vinh Nguyen (q.nguyen(a)westernsydney.edu.au<mailto:q.nguyen@westernsydney.edu.au>) before submitting the application, including sending CV, academic transcripts, and publications. * Submit a scholarship application form, CV, and all other relevant supporting documentation to the Graduate Research School (grs.scholarships(a)westernsydney.edu.au) * Applicants should ensure that all relevant documents are certified according to Western Sydney University requirements. Incomplete applications will not be considered. * If you have any queries regarding the application process or enrolment, please contact the Graduate Research School at grs.scholarships(a)westernsydney.edu.au; +61 2 4736 0966. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. This scholarship is made possible by philanthropic support from Oracle Oracle offers a comprehensive and fully integrated stack of cloud applications and platform services. For more information about Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), visit www.oracle.com. https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/o… -- Best Regards, Dr. Quang Vinh Nguyen | Senior Lecturer in Visual Analytics School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, and MARCS Institute Room: ER.G.18 (Building ER), Parramatta Campus Phone: +61 2 9685 9328 Email: q.nguyen(a)westernsydney.edu.au Homepage: http://staff.scem.westernsydney.edu.au/~vinh/ [WSU_Logo_hex_142x56px_email signature]

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Cyber Security PhD Schoalrship
by Vijay Varadharajan 28 May '17

28 May '17

Cyber Security PhD Scholarship – The University of Newcastle with the Defense Science and Technology (DST) Group Supervisors: Prof. Vijay Varadharajan, The University of Newcastle and Dr. Anton V. Uzunov, DST Group Topic Area: Advanced Authorization Infrastructures for Distributed Autonomic Systems Autonomic computing – or equivalently, self-adaptive computing – is concerned with supporting dynamic system evolution in response to changing internal or external circumstances, by endowing systems with automated self-management capabilities, thereby turning ordinary software systems into autonomic systems (or equivalently, self-adaptive or self-managing systems). One of the core properties whose enforcement leads to supporting such self-management capabilities is self-protection, which can be defined as a system’s ability to anticipate, to prevent, to detect and guard itself against cyber security threats. A significant problem with self-protection is how to constrain and control system actions, which involves aspects such as specification of privileges to perform actions, propagation of privileges in a distributed environment and their enforcement in heterogeneous systems and devices, ranging from cloud servers to mobile Internet of Things. The project is expected to investigate cryptographically enforced access control models and distributed capability-based models. The research will consider how access classes and capabilities with different privileges can be specified, keys and capabilities can be securely propagated in distributed, heterogeneous environments, how access to services and to devices/nodes should be enforced in a decentralized context, and what adaptation mechanisms should be applied in response to changing system/operational conditions. The project will involve the design of security architecture, development of new algorithms as well as the development of proof-of-concept implementations or case studies to validate the developed models and techniques in simulated or real-life scenarios. It is envisioned that the outcomes and outputs of the project will be specifically applicable to both IoT and autonomous cyber defense scenarios, and all case studies and/or application examples will be drawn from these areas. Scholarship Duration: 3 and ½ years Eligibility * Australian Citizenship required. * Must be Motivated and Committed to Doing Research * Knowledge of Cryptography and Security Techniques will be helpful. Contact: vijay.varadharajan(a)newcastle.edu.au<mailto:vijay.varadharajan@newcastle.edu.au> or Anton.Uzunov(a)dst.defence.gov.au<mailto:Anton.Uzunov@dst.defence.gov.au> Application Deadline: 30 June 2017

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CfP: IEEE eScience Environmental Computing Workshop (ECW) - Oct 24 - 27, Auckland, New Zealand
by Matti Heikkurinen/LMU 26 May '17

26 May '17

Call for Papers: Environmental Computing Workshop (ECW) Organised in conjunction with eScience 2017 conference October 24 - 27 2017 Auckland, New Zealand http://www.envcomp.eu/eScience2017 This workshop will bring together practitioners, policymakers, and environmental modelling experts to present the latest developments in Environmental Computing. Submissions by groups and individuals working on related – or potentially related – fields are also encouraged in order to uncover new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. The topics of interest include: • Case studies in environmental computing related domains • Environmental modelling and optimisation techniques • Novel environmental computing applications • Multi-scale, multi-model and multi-physics systems • Civil protection and related engineering challenges • Scalability of environmental HPC and Big Data applications • Risk analysis, assessment, management, and mitigation • Interdisciplinary and stakeholder collaboration • Dynamic multi-directional model coupling approaches • Multifaceted data and metadata frameworks • Urgent computing and probabilistic models • Data visualisation and interactive analysis • Uncertainty quantification and visualisation BACKGROUND Already today, many domain- or problem-specific areas – such as meteorology or seismic analysis –use multi-model, multi-data, and multi-scale approaches to analyse and study environmental phenomena and their impact. However, a more generalised approach to producing actionable knowledge from different environmental data sources is needed to build more comprehensive multi-model systems that can more readily support various decision making processes. The topic is of acute interest due to environment-related societal challenges that require generalising, productising and maturing today’s environmental modelling solutions. Imminent application areas of environmental computing include managing disasters and disaster risks, supporting prompt political decision making, and many other similar domains. PAPER AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION The contributions can be traditional papers (maximum 10 pages), experience papers (short papers or annotated slide sets of maximum 15 slides) or presentations abstracts. Contributions should be submitted at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecw2017 by June 30th. Please consult the conference call for papers page (http://escience2017.org.nz/submissions/call-for-papers/) for information about templates and submission types. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: June 30, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: July 28, 2017 Camera-Ready: August 11, 2017 Conference: October 23 – 27, 2017 (Auckland, New Zealand) ORGANISATION AND CONTACT Dieter Kranzlmüller, LMU & LRZ Munich, Germany Sam Dean, NIWA, New Zealand Matti Heikkurinen, LMU Munich http://www.envcomp.eu/eScience2017 - info(a)envcomp.eu

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PhD positions in Python and OMR, PGAS
by Eric Aubanel 26 May '17

26 May '17

The IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS Atlantic)? has two fully funded positions available immediately for research related to Python. The first will explore the benefits and challenges of using OMR components (e.g. JIT, GC) in the Python runtime. The second will implement support for parallel programming with Python, using the PGAS parallel programming model. Details available at http://www.unb.ca/research/casatlantic/prospectivestudents/phd_positions.ht… Dr. Eric Aubanel, Professor Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick Phone: (506) 458-7268 http://www.cs.unb.ca/profs/aubanel new book: https://www.crcpress.com/9781498727891

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Job Opening for Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) (PR322C/16-17)
by comp hkbu 26 May '17

26 May '17

http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/v1/?page=job_vacancies&id=387 FACULTY OF SCIENCE The Faculty of Science has identified Environment and Health, a highly interdisciplinary theme research area across the departments, as a Faculty Niche Research Area, and aims to establish world-class research teams and facilities for tackling key questions relating to human health and environmental impacts. Major resources will be allocated to this Faculty Niche Research Area, to develop the needed experimental platforms as well as modelling and data analysis capabilities. The ultimate goal is to uncover mechanistic links between various environmental factors and human diseases, leading to new strategies of disease prevention, diagnostics and treatment. Department of Computer Science To work on the niche research area "Environment and Health", the Department of Computer Science now invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions, in the areas of health informatics, artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, security and privacy, and cloud computing. The appointees are expected to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses including programme management, perform high-impact research, as well as contribute to professional and institutional services. Collaboration with other faculty members in research and teaching is also expected. Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, and sufficiently demonstrate abilities to conduct high-quality research in one of the Department's key research areas: (i) computational intelligence; (ii) databases and information management; (iii) networking and systems; and (iv) pattern recognition and machine learning. Applicants should also demonstrate strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in computer science and/or information systems, possess track record of innovative research and high-impact publications, and demonstrate the ability to bid for and pursue externally-funded research programmes. Candidates for the senior positions should also have a strong track record of research and teaching accomplishments. Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of three years. Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement and availability of funding. For enquiry, please contact Prof P C Yuen, Head of Department (email: pcyuen [at] comp.hkbu.edu.hk). More information about the Department can be found at http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Application Procedure: Applicants are invited to write in response to the requirements and provide an updated curriculum vitae and/or fill in the application form which is obtainable (a) by downloading from http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/applicationforms; or (b) by fax at 3411-7799; or (c) in person from the Personnel Office, Hong Kong Baptist University, AAB903, Level 9, Academic and Administration Building, 15 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. The completed application form should be sent to the same address. Please quote PR number on all correspondence. Applicants are requested to send in samples of publications, preferably three best ones out of their most recent publications. Applicants should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference to the Personnel Office direct. Applicants not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will not be returned after the completion of the recruitment exercise unless upon request. Details of the University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions then applicable at the time of offer. Review of applications will begin on 1 June 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.

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CILC 2017: call for papers---extended deadlines
by Dario Della Monica 26 May '17

26 May '17

We are happy to announce extended deadlines for the following event. Feel free to forward this message to whom it might interest. ********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS 32nd Italian Conference on Computational Logic (CILC 2017) -- http://cilc2017.unina.it/ Naples, Italy, September 26-29, 2017 ********************************************************************** CILC (Italian Conference on Computational Logic) is the annual conference organized by GULP (Group of researchers and Users of Logic Programming, www.programmazionelogica.it) Its 32nd edition will be held in Naples (Italy) on September 26-29, 2017. Since the first event of the series, which took place in Genoa in 1986, the annual GULP conference represents the main opportunity for users, researchers and developers working in the field of computational logic to meet and exchange ideas. Over the years the conference broadened its horizons from the specific field of logic programming to include declarative programming and applications in neighboring areas such as artificial intelligence and deductive databases. CILC 2017 is co-located with the 18th Italian Conference on Theoretical Computer Science ICTCS 2017 (http://ictcs2017.unina.it/) with which it will share part of the program. The two events will feature plenary events, on September 29, to be specified later. Contributions: -------------- The conference will feature presentations of refereed contributions, including the demonstration of software prototypes, concerning all aspects of computational logic. The conference invites two types of submissions: full papers, possibly already submitted to other conferences or journals, and short papers, which are particularly suitable for presenting work in progress, software prototypes, extended abstracts of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research projects. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Logic Programming, Constraint Programming and other paradigms of declarative programming Extensions and integrations of declarative programming paradigms Analysis, transformation, validation, and verification of programs Instruments and environments for program development Implementations and benchmarking Model Checking Temporal logics Automated Theorem Proving Non-Monotonic Reasoning Answer Set Programming Knowledge representation and extraction Treatment of uncertain and incomplete knowledge Approximate Reasoning Abductive Logic Programming Model-based Reasoning Inductive Logic Programming Deductive Databases Data Mining and Data Integration Multi-agent systems Logics for strategic reasoning Semantic Web Natural Language Processing Computational logic for concurrency, coordination, mobility and objects Planning and scheduling Probabilistic Logic Programming Computational Logic and formal methods in Artificial Intelligence Applications of Computational Logic Pedagogy of Computational Logic Invited Speakers: ----------------- The invited speakers for this joint CILC/ICTCS event are: Mario Alviano, University of Calabria Laura Giordano, Università del Piemonte Orientale Alessio Lomuscio, Imperial College London Important dates: ---------------- Abstract, paper, and demo submission deadline: 7 June 2017 Notification of acceptance: 7 July 2017 Final version and early registration deadline: 24 July 2017 Conference: 26-29 September 2017 Submission instructions: ------------------------ Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in PDF via the EasyChair system at the link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cilc2017 Articles must not exceed 15 pages for full papers and 5 pages for short papers, respectively. Manuscripts should be formatted using the Springer LNCS style. To ease the reviewing process, the authors of regular papers may add an appendix (although reviewers are not required to consider it in their evaluation). All contributions must be written in English. In particular, we invite submissions of system or prototype software descriptions which use techniques or tools of computational logic, or which themselves aid the development of applications based on computational logic. Systems of both research and industrial character are welcome. Submissions must include a brief description, prepared according to the guidelines given for short papers, and a specification of the required hardware and software equipment. For each accepted contribution, at least one of the authors is required to attend the conference and present the paper. The event is organized by GULP. Therefore, Italian attendants are required to be members of GULP (it is possible to join GULP at the conference). Proceedings: ------------ All accepted original contributions (both full and short) will be published on CEUR-WS.org. Non-original communications will be given visibility on the conference web site including a link to the original publication if already published. As in previous years, we plan to publish a selection of the best papers in a special issue of an international journal (to be determined). This is open to full and short papers that have not been published in a journal. General chair: -------------- Aniello Murano (University of Naples "Federico II") Program co-chairs: ------------------ Dario Della Monica (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Luigi Sauro (University of Naples "Federico II") Program Committee: ------------------ Davide Ancona, University of Genova, Italy Paolo Baldan, University of Padova, Italy Ezio Bartocci, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Massimo Bartoletti, University of Cagliari, Italy Vittorio Bilò, University of Salento, Italy Stefania Costantini, University of L'Aquila, Italy Ugo Dal Lago, University of Bologna, Italy Pierpaolo Degano, University of Pisa, Italy Stefano Ferilli, University of Bari, Italy Fabio Fioravanti, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy Ferdinando Fioretto, University of Michigan, USA Andrea Formisano, University of Perugia, Italy Raffaella Gentilini, University of Perugia, Italy Laura Giordano, DISIT, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy Marco Manna, University of Calabria, Italy Marco Maratea, DIBRIS, University of Genova, Italy Viviana Mascardi, DIBRIS University of Genova, Italy Barbara Masucci, University of Salerno, Italy Paola Mello, University of Bologna, Italy Matteo Mio, CNRS/ENS-Lyon, France Fabio Mogavero, University of Oxford, UK Marco Montali, Free University of Bolzano, Italy Manuela Montangero, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Laura Nenzi, IMT, Lucca, Italy Eugenio Omodeo, University of Trieste, Italy Fabio Patrizi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Giuseppe Perelli, University of Oxford, UK Adriano Peron, University of Napoli "Federico II", Italy Alberto Pettorossi, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy Carla Piazza, University of Udine, Italy Luca Pulina, POLCOMING, University of Sassari, Italy Fabrizio Riguzzi, University of Ferrara, Italy Gianfranco Rossi, University of Parma, Italy Guido Sciavicco, University of Ferrara, Italy Jeremy Sproston, University of Torino , Italy Tiziano Villa, University of Verona, Italy Venue: ------ The conference will take place at the "Complesso di San Giovanni a Teduccio---Complesso Napoli Est", in Corso Nicolangelo Protopisani, 70, 80146 Napoli. -------------- For more information email cilc2017(a)easychair.org. -- Dario Della Monica, Postdoctoral Researcher Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e Tecnologie dell'Informazione (DIETI) University of Naples "Federico II" via Claudio, 21, 80125 Naples, Italy cell: (+39) 328 2477327 email: dario.dellamonica [at] unina.it skype: dariodellamonica web site: http://wpage.unina.it/dario.dellamonica/

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Call for Papers and WS Proposals - IEEE IUCC'17
by Peter Mueller 26 May '17

26 May '17

-------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers for the 16th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IEEE IUCC 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE Computer Society and IEEE TCSC. Guangzhou, China, December 12-15, 2017 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/conference/IUCC2017/ Co-Located Conferences: (1) The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (IEEE ISPA 2017) http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/conference/ISPA2017/ (2) The 10th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2017), Guangzhou, China, December 12-15, 2017 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/conference/SpaCCS2017/ Introduction: The technologies of computing and communications have undergone a series of evolutionary innovation over the past decades and improved the quality of human life significantly. Computing and communications in the 21st century faces an ever-increasing number of great challenges and revolutionary developments. Ubiquitous Computing and Communications is a revolutionary paradigm that aims to provide pervasive and reliable computing solutions and communication services anytime and anywhere. This emerging technology is built upon the rapid research and development advances in a wide range of key areas including wireless and sensor networks, mobile and distributed computing, embedded systems, agent technologies, autonomic communication, and information security. Ubiquitous Computing and Communications has drawn significant interests from both academia and industry and continues to attract tremendous research efforts due to its promising new business opportunity in information technology and engineering. The conference offers an important international platform and brings together the scientists, engineers, researchers, and students from academy and industry all over the world to share their latest work, exchange experiences and discuss the state-of-the-art challenges of ubiquitous computing and communications. IUCC 2017 is soliciting original and previously unpublished papers addressing research challenges and advances towards the design, implementation and evaluation of ubiquitous computing and communications technologies, systems and applications. IUCC 2017 follows the tradition of a successful series of conferences that has been held all along the world, in places as Granada(Spain) in 2016, Liverpool (UK) in 2015, Chengdu (China) in 2014, or Melbourne (Australia) in 2013. Scope and Interests: Track 1: Ubiquitous Computing (1) Autonomic Computing (2) Utility Computing (3) Cloud Computing (4) Mobile Computing (5) Real-Time Computing (6) Grid and Peer-to-Peer Computing (7) Energy-Efficient Ubiquitous Computing (8) Wearable Computers (9) Embedded Computing (10) Parallel and Distributed Computing (11) Information Visualization (12) Modelling and Analysis of Ubiquitous Computing Systems (13) Internet Computing (14) Ambient Intelligence (15) Middleware and Agent Technologies (16) Reliable and Trusted Computing (17) Numerical Algorithms and Analysis (18) Computational Simulation and Analysis (19) Computational Science Track 2: Ubiquitous Communications (1) Autonomic Communications (2) Computer Networking (3) Communication Theory and Protocols (4) Wireless Networks (5) Cognitive Radio (6) Pervasive Embedded Networks (7) Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (8) RFID (9) Network Middleware (10) Enabling Technologies (e.g., Wireless PANs, LANs, Bluetooth) (11) Location Systems and Technology (12) Multimedia Communication Systems (13) Human-Computer Interaction (14) Mobility Management (15) Future Networks and Protocols (16) Web of Things (17) Big Data (18) Signal Processing for Communications and Networking (19) Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems (20) Multimedia Signal Processing Track 3: Ubiquitous System, Services and Applications (1) Context-Aware Applications (2) Resource Management (3) Programming Paradigms for Ubiquitous Computing Applications (4) Smart Home (5) Pervasive Health (6) Ubiquitous Platforms (7) Embedded Systems (8) E-Commerce and E-Learning (9) Multimedia Applications (10) Quality-of-Service (11) Information Security and Privacy (12) Security Issues and Protocols (13) Key Management, Authentication and Authorization (14) Multimedia Information Security (15) Forensics and Image Watermarking (16) Distributed Sensing, Monitoring and Management Systems (17) Wireless Emergency and Security Systems (18) Wireless E-healthcare (19) Software Engineering (20) Biometrics and Human Computer Interaction (21) Multidisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Track 4: Ubiquitous Media and Signal Processing (1) Ubiquitous Media Infrastructure (2) Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID (3) 3G and Advanced Communication Techniques (4) Ubiquitous Applications (5) Ubiquitous Middleware (6) Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid (7) Signal Processing Theory and Methods (8) Signal Processing for Communications and Networking (9) Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems (10) Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing (11) Signal Processing Education (12) Audio Signal Processing (13) Speech and Spoken Language Signal Processing (14) Image, Video and Multidimensional Signal Processing Submission and Publication Information: All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iucc2017) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 8 pages (or up to 12 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in IEEE Computer Society proceedings Format ( http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html ) with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. 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 and presented papers will be included in the IEEE CPS Proceedings. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be recommended to high quality international journals. Important Dates: Workshop Proposal Deadline: May 15, 2017 Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2017 Author Notification: September 15, 2017 Camera-Ready Paper Due: October 15, 2017 Conference Dates: December 12-15, 2017 General Chairs: Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada Yang Xiao, The University of Alabama, USA Beniamino Di Martino, Second University of Naples, Italy Program Chairs: Richard Hill, University of Derby, UK Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China Program Vice Chairs: (1) Ubiquitous Computing Track Hui Chen, Virginia State University, USA Meikang Qiu, Pace University, USA Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan (2) Ubiquitous Communications Track Wei Yu, Towson University, USA Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Southeast University, Bangladesh Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Haojun Huang, Wuhan University, China (3) Ubiquitous Systems, Services and Applications Track Jemal H. Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia Kui Wu, University of Victoria, Canada Sangheon Pack, Korea University, Korea (4) Ubiquitous Media and Signal Processing Track Marco Chiani, University of Bologna, Italy Sean He, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Steering Committee: Geyong Min, University of Exeter, UK (Chair) Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada (Chair) Jes¨²s Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Jinjun Chen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Indrajit Ray, Colorado State University, USA Richard Hill, University of Derby, UK Jia Hu, Liverpool Hope University, UK Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Workshop Chairs: Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Xiaolong Jin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Qin Liu, Hunan University, China Azzam Mourad, Lebanese American University, Lebanon Publicity Chairs: Richard Yu, Carleton University, Canada Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy Zhipeng Cai, Georgia State University, USA Publication Chair: Fang Qi, Central South University, China Registration Chair: Pin Liu, Central South University, China Organizing Chairs: Dongqing Xie, Guangzhou University, China Shuhong Chen, Guangzhou University, China Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China Webmaster: Yinong Long, Central South University, China Contact: Please email inquiries concerning IEEE IUCC 2017 to: Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and the conference organizers (IUCC2017 AT gmail DOT com). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Workshop Proposals, IEEE IUCC 2017, Guangzhou, China, Dec 12-15, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The IEEE IUCC 2017 Workshops provide vibrant opportunities for academic researchers and industry practitioners to share their research experiences, original research achievements and practical development products on specific new challenges and emerging issues. The themes of the IEEE IUCC 2017 Workshops should be related to the scopes of the IEEE IUCC 2017 main conference, reflecting to advances in all aspects of ubiquitous computing and communications. The organizers of the IEEE IUCC 2017 Workshops shall have responsibility of soliciting call for papers, forming program committee on reviewing and selection of papers as well as planning workshop program. The registration fees for workshops will be determined by and paid to the main conference other than the workshops. The main conference will provide workshop facilities including the working notes printing, meeting rooms, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, proceedings, etc. The proceedings of the IEEE IUCC 2017 Workshops will be published by IEEE Computer Society (indexed by EI Compendex). Prospective Workshop Organizers should send a proposal containing the following information to IEEE IUCC 2016 Workshop Chairs via email by May 15, 2017: - Title of the workshop (Full name and Abbreviation) - Objectives, scopes, and contributions to the main conference (up to 1 page) - Short bios of the key organizers and their experiences on conference/workshop organization - Procedures for selecting papers, plans for advertising call for papers, and intentions for organizing journal special issues if possible - The expected number of participants - A tentative list of program committee members - The workshop website URL address if available Approved workshops should strictly follow the Important Dates of the main conference, particularly the Author Notification Date (September 15, 2017) and the Camera-ready Paper Due Date (October 15, 2017). The submission deadline could be later than that of the main conference. But, a workshop should have sufficient time, say 5-7 weeks, for generating peer reviews. Generally, each paper should receive 2 or 3 peer reviews. Look forward to your stimulating proposals and contributions to IEEE IUCC 2017 Workshops! IEEE IUCC 2017 Workshop Chairs Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain <gregorio AT um DOT es> Xiaolong Jin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China <jinxiaolong AT ict DOT ac DOT cn> Qin Liu, Hunan University, China <gracelq628 AT 126 DOT com> Azzam Mourad, Lebanese American University, Lebanon <azzam.mourad AT lau DOT edu DOT lb> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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