*** Call for Papers
MACIS 2017 7th International Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Computer and Information Sciences November 15-17, 2017 Vienna, Austria. Web site: https://macis2017.sba-research.org/ ****
MACIS is a series of biennial conferences focusing on research in mathematical and computational aspects of computing and information science. MACIS 2017 will feature invited presentations and a selective four-track program of contributed papers describing original and unpublished research.
+++ Important Dates +++
Submission deadline (REGULAR/SHORT papers): September 3, Sunday (SHORT papers are decided on a rolling basis) Notification deadline for all submissions: October 2, Monday Registration opens: October 2, Monday Camera-ready due: October 15, Sunday
Deadlines are firm; late submissions will not be considered.
+++ MACIS 2017 Organization +++
General Chair: Dimitris E. Simos, SBA Research, Austria
PC Chairs: Johannes Bloemer, Paderborn University, Germany Temur Kutsia, RISC, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
MACIS Steering Committee: Ilias Kotsireas (Chair), Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Siegfried Rump, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Thomas Sturm, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany Dongming Wang, Beihang University, China Jinzhao Wu, Guangxi University for Nationalities, China Chee Yap, New York University, USA
+++ Proceedings +++
All accepted SHORT or REGULAR papers (details, below) are planned to appear in a conference proceedings volume published by Springer LNCS (pending approval). In addition, REGULAR papers have the opportunity to be considered for post-conference special issues of the journal ``Mathematics in Computer Science'' (MCS http://link.springer.com/journal/11786) by Birkhauser/Springer.
+++ MACIS 2017 Topics +++
MACIS authors are required to choose one of the following tracks:
Track 1: Foundation of Algorithms in Mathematics, Engineering & Scientific Computation Track Chairs: Matthew England (Coventry University, UK), Jonathan Hauenstein (University of Notre Dame, USA), Laura Kovacs (Vienna University of Technology, Austria), Elias Tsigaridas (INRIA, France) Topics: quantifier elimination and decision procedures; global optimization; differential equations; numeric, symbolic, interval and hybrid solution techniques; satisfiability modulo theories; combinations of logics and deductive engines; applications, especially in systems analysis and formal verification; solving (parametric) polynomial systems
Track 2: Combinatorics and Codes in Computer Science Track Chairs: Daniel Augot (INRIA & Ecole Polytechnique, France), Alexander May (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany), Alfred Wassermann (University of Bayreuth, Germany) Topics: combinatorics, enumerative, combinatorial designs, their analysis and algorithmic constructions of them, complexity problems in combinatorics; codes constructions, decoding methods and their complexity, information theory aspects, Kolmogorov complexity
Track 3: Data Modeling and Analysis Track Chairs: Xiaoyu Chen (Beihang University, China) Joachim Giesen (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany), Giorgos Kollias (IBM Research, USA) Topics: knowledge discovery; data mining; differential privacy, pattern recognition; complex knowledge - representation and management; foundations and theories for data analysis - systems; design and analysis of machine learning algorithms, statistical analysis for big data
Track 4: Mathematical Aspects of Information Security and Cryptography Track Chairs: Jan Camenisch (IBM Research, Switzerland), Stefan Dziembowski (University of Warsaw, Poland), Guenael Renault (ANSSI, France) Topics: security models; formal methods for security and privacy; design and analysis of algebraic, elliptic, number theoretical, code-based, lattice-based and hash-based cryptographic primitives; algebraic cryptanalysis, algebraic attacks, number theoretical algorithms, mathematical foundations of post-quantum cryptography; (lattices, codes); algorithms and software for symbolic computation in cryptography
- For general inquiries regarding MACIS 2017, please send e-mail to Dimitris Simos <dsimos@sba-research.orgmailto:dsimos@sba-research.org> - For inquiries regarding MACIS topics, please send e-mail to Johannes Bloemer <bloemer@mail.uni-paderborn.demailto:bloemer@mail.uni-paderborn.de> or to Temur Kutsia <kutsia@risc.jku.atmailto:kutsia@risc.jku.at>
+++ Submission Guidelines +++
Authors are invited to submit papers, presenting original and unpublished research: - REGULAR papers are up to 15 pages, and SHORT papers are up to 5 pages, including references. - Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings or journals is not allowed. - Please use the LNCS format from Springer: ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/llncs2e.zip - Submissions should be made to the appropriate track of the conference, by using the easychair submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=macis2017. - For detailed submission guidelines please see the MACIS website: https://macis2017.sba-research.org