[DMANET] FOCS 2025 in Sydney

Hi,

As you may be aware, this year, FOCS will be held in Sydney, Australia, for
the first time in its history. The conference will take place on December
14-17 (in summer time!), and will be preceded and followed by (not
officially affiliated) free "satellite" events, held at the University of
Sydney, one of which is "A Celebration of TCS" (Dec 11-13).

More details about FOCS can be found at https://focs.computer.org/2025/
(and about the satellite events at
https://focs.computer.org/2025/activities/).

Having FOCS in Australasia for the first time is a great opportunity to
visit this part of the world, while attending the conference. To make
attending easier, especially for students and postdocs, we offer some
travel support for the events. In particular, I would like to highlight a
few important dates:
- September 15: Nominations for the 2025 Test of Time awards [
https://tc.computer.org/tcmf/2025/08/26/focs-test-of-time-award-call-for-nominations-2025/
]
- September 19:
* Student and Postdoc Travel Support deadline [
https://focs.computer.org/2025/travel-support/] (please encourage your
students to apply!)
* Deadline/Expression of interest for childcare support [
https://focs.computer.org/2025/childcare-support/]
- Also September 19: Travel support deadline for the "Celebration of TCS"
event [https://sites.google.com/view/celebration-tcs-2025/travel-grants]
Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements!
- November 21: FOCS early registration deadline [
https://focs.computer.org/2025/register/]

Please let me know if you have any questions -- and looking forward to
seeing you in Sydney this December!

André van Renssen
On behalf of the FOCS 2025 Organisers

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[DMANET] Algorithms and Complexity Workshop at Warwick, September 22-23, 2025

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Workshop Algorithms & Complexity @ Warwick
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/algorithmscomplexitywarwick2/home
September 22-23, 2025 - University of Warwick (UK)
Registration Deadline: September 10, 2025
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Dear all,

The workshop Algorithms & Complexity @ Warwick will be held at the University of Warwick on September 22-23, 2025 (see https://sites.google.com/view/algorithmscomplexitywarwick2/home for more details).

The aim of the event is to highlight several recent exciting advances in the field of Algorithms and Complexity and to facilitate interactions within the research community. We hope that it will provide an excellent opportunity for Theory researchers - including academics, postdocs, and students - to connect and collaborate.

Attendance is free, but registration is required to assist with local arrangements/catering. Please note that registration closes on 10 September. The online registration form is available on the website of the event.

We hope to see many of you there!

Organisers: Sayan Bhattacharya, Artur Czumaj, and Igor Oliveira

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[DMANET] postdoctoral researcher position @ ESSEC

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*Project Title: Learn2Opt — Learning to Optimize: A Sustainable Approach*

Host Institution: ESSEC Business School
Location: Paris Area, France
Starting Date: September–November 2025 (flexible)
Duration: 18 months (1.5 years), with a possible extension of up to 1
additional year

*Project Summary:*

The proposed research aims to develop innovative, efficient, and
sustainable techniques for optimization enhanced by machine learning (ML),
focusing on decomposition methods such as column generation and Benders
decomposition. These methods are essential for solving complex large-scale
decision-making problems, but their high computational demands often limit
their practical application. A major challenge in current methodological
evaluations is the neglect of the time and effort required to train ML
models. In practice, training these models can require significant
computational resources—often thousands of GPU hours—resulting in high
energy consumption and substantial carbon emissions.

This project seeks to address this gap by integrating Active Learning (AL)
and Reinforcement Learning (RL) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of optimization processes. AL will reduce training times by focusing on the
most informative data, while RL will dynamically guide the optimization
process. By explicitly incorporating training effort as a key evaluation
criterion alongside solution quality, the project aspires to establish a
more comprehensive and sustainable standard in the field.

To validate our approach, we will use the Stochastic Dial-a-Ride Problem
(SDARP) as a test case. SDARP involves optimizing vehicle routing under
uncertain, real-time conditions, reflecting the complexities of real-world
applications such as urban transportation systems.

*Position Description:*
We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with expertise
in mathematical optimization and machine learning. The successful candidate
will work on designing and implementing ML-augmented optimization
frameworks, with a particular focus on integrating machine learning models
into decomposition techniques and developing data-efficient training
strategies based on active learning. The position also involves
contributing to the definition of benchmark problems and the evaluation of
novel methodologies on both synthetic and real-world instances.

Main Tasks:
- Develop efficient ML models to approximate subproblems in
decomposition-based algorithms
- Integrate Active Learning (AL) techniques to reduce the training dataset
size
- Implement and benchmark optimization pipelines on real and synthetic
instances of SDARP
- Collaborate with international experts and contribute to scientific
publications

Candidate Profile:
-PhD in Operations Research, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics,
Computer Science, or a related field
-Experience with mathematical optimization and machine learning
- Knowledge of decomposition methods, active learning, or reinforcement
learning is considered a plus
- Excellent coding skills (e.g., Python, Julia)
-Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

Advisory Team:
- Prof. Emiliano Traversi (ESSEC Business School, France)
- Prof. Morteza Haghir Chehreghani (Chalmers University / University of
Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Prof. Ashkan Panahi (Chalmers University / University of Gothenburg,
Sweden)

How to Apply:
Send your application to emiliano.traversi@essec.edu with the subject
"Postdoc Application - Learn2Opt".
Your application should include:
- A detailed CV
- A short motivation letter (1 page)
- Names and contacts of two references
- (Optional) up to two representative publication

The position will remain open until filled.

ESSEC Business School is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity
in its workforce.

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[DMANET] Winter school at Paris in October 2025 on Causality and Explainable AI

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a winter school on Explainable AI and Causality, which will take place on October 20–24, 2025 in Paris, at the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), Jussieu Campus.

Funded by the PEPR IA, the Franco-German University, and the FMJH, this school aims to present recent advances in these rapidly evolving fields and to foster scientific exchanges by building bridges between them.

Early-career researchers are particularly encouraged to participate and to present their work during the poster sessions.

Registration is free but mandatory. Please register before October 1, 2025, via the online form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUsxnQnBi04v0ep3kpxY-e9y6-hMIak8pMLYVb3tXDvjL3Rg/viewform?usp=dialog

The school will feature both plenary talks, tutorial-style lectures, and also poster sessions.

Mini-lectures:

J. Josse (INRIA): https://juliejosse.com/
E. Scornet (Sorbonne Université): https://erwanscornet.github.io/
R. Sicre (Université Toulouse III): https://www.irit.fr/~Ronan.Sicre/

Keynotes:

G. Kasneci (Technische Universität München): https://www.gov.sot.tum.de/rds/prof-dr-gjergji-kasneci/
G. Montavon (Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin): https://www.bifold.berlin/people/prof-dr-gregoire-montavon.html
K. Muandet (CISPA): https://www.krikamol.org/
M. van der Schaar (University of Cambridge): https://www.vanderschaar-lab.com/prof-mihaela-van-der-schaar/
U. von Luxburg (University of Tübingen): http://tml.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/team/luxburg/

In addition, the program will feature an industry session co-organized with our partner Ekimetrics.

More information is also available on the winter school's website: https://xai-winter-school.github.io
We look forward to seeing you in Paris from 20 to 24 October!

Best regards,
The organizers
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[DMANET] ECR in Mathematics or Computer Science at Merton College, University of Oxford

Merton College at the University of Oxford advertises a three-year Early Career Research Fellowship in Mathematics or Computer Science from 1 October 2026. The closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 17 October 2025.

The advert can be found here: https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Further particulars can be found here: https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Further%20Particulars%20-%20Science%20-%20Fellowships%20for%20Early%20Career%20Researchers%202026_0.pdf

Standa

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[DMANET] Robust Optimization Webinar (ROW) Season 6

The new season of the Robust Optimization Webinar (ROW) will start this Friday, September 5. ROW is a bi-weekly online seminar covering presentations of international researchers related to the topic of robust optimization. The seminar covers presentations on robust (integer) optimization, robust combinatorial optimization, distributional robust optimization, robust machine and deep learning and robust control problems, besides others.
Speakers of Season 6:

* September 5: Alexander Shapiro (Georgia Institute of Technology)
* September 19: Sarah Wajsbrot (Université de Lorraine) and Anton Medvedev (Saint-Gobain Research Paris)
* October 3: Paul Grigas (UC Berkeley)
* October 17: Christina Büsing (RWTH Aachen University)
* October 31: Eva Ley (TU Braunschweig) and Annelot Bosman (Leiden University)
* November 14: Noam Goldberg (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
* November 28: Leonardo Lozano (University of Cincinnati)
* December 12: İhsan Yanıkoğlu (Özyegin University)
You can find more information on our webpage where you can subscribe to our mailing list:
https://sites.google.com/view/row-series/home
Best regards,
Ahmadreza Marandi and Jannis Kurtz

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[DMANET] FLLM2025 (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): The 3rd International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models, 25-28 November, 2025 | Vienna, Austria

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]

The 3rd International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models
(FLLM2025)

*https://fllm-conference.org/2025/*

25-28 November, 2025 | Vienna, Austria

Hybrid Conference and Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Austrian Section

*FLLM 2025 CFP:*

With the emergence of foundation models (FMs) and Large Language Models
(LLMs) that are trained on large amounts of data at scale and adaptable to
a wide range of downstream applications, Artificial intelligence is
experiencing a paradigm revolution. BERT, T5, ChatGPT, GPT-4, Falcon 180B,
Codex, DALL-E, Whisper, and CLIP are now the foundation for new
applications ranging from computer vision to protein sequence study and
from speech recognition to coding. Earlier models had a reputation of
starting from scratch with each new challenge. The capacity to experiment
with, examine, and comprehend the capabilities and potentials of
next-generation FMs is critical to undertaking this research and guiding
its path. Nevertheless, these models are currently inaccessible as the
resources required to train these models are highly concentrated in
industry, and even the assets (data, code) required to replicate their
training are frequently not released due to their demand in the real-time
industry. At the moment, mostly large tech companies such as OpenAI,
Google, Facebook, and Baidu can afford to construct FMs and LLMS. Despite
the expected widely publicized use of FMs and LLMS, we still lack a
comprehensive knowledge of how they operate, why they underperform, and
what they are even capable of because of their emerging global qualities.
To deal with these problems, we believe that much critical research on FMs
and LLMS would necessitate extensive multidisciplinary collaboration, given
their essentially social and technical structure.

The International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models (FLLM)
addresses the architectures, applications, challenges, approaches, and
future directions. We invite the submission of original papers on all
topics related to FLLM domains, the submission is now open for the
following tracks and workshops:

*Call for Special Tracks Papers:*

- *Short papers:* (4-6 pages).
- *Poster papers:* (1-2 Pages)
- *Position Paper:* (2-4 pages)
- *PhD Symposium:* (Up to 6 Pages)
- *Demos :* (Up to 2 Pages)
- *Systemization of Knowledge (SoK) or Focused Surveys:* (10-15 pages)

*Call for Workshop Papers:*

- The Artificial Intelligence Models and Systems Symposium (AIMS)
<https://aims-conference.ai/2025/>
- The 2025 Symposium on Federated Learning and Intelligent Computing
Systems (FLICS 2025) <https://intelligent-systems.net/flics/>
- The International Symposium on Human-AI Interaction and Experience
Design (HAXD 2025) <https://intelligent-systems.net/haxd/index.html>
- The 2nd International Workshop on Advances of GenAI in Software
Engineering (GenAISE)
<https://fllm-conference.org/2025/Workshops/GenAISE2025>
- The 2nd International Workshop on Large Language Models for
Cybersecurity (LLMCS)
<https://fllm-conference.org/2025/Workshops/LLMCS2025/>
- The 2nd International Workshop on Prompt Engineering Large Language
Models (PromptEng)
<https://fllm-conference.org/2025/Workshops/PromptEng2025/>
- The 2nd International Workshop on Generative AI for Textual Document
Analysis (GENAIDOC)
<https://sites.google.com/view/genaidoc-workshop-fllm-2025>
- The 2nd International Workshop on Sustainable AI for Natural Language
Processing (SusAI)
<https://fllm-conference.org/2025/Workshops/SusAI2025/>
- The 2nd International Symposium on Generative Artificial Intelligence
(GenAI) <https://fllm-conference.org/2025/Workshops/GenAI2025/>
- The 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for
Cybersecurity (AICS)
<https://fllm-conference.org/2025/Workshops/AICS2025/>

*Journal Special Issue:*

Selected high quality papers will be invited for special issue submission
at the *Information Processing & Management (impact factor : 6.9)*

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/information-processing-and-management

*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 can be up to 6 pages
(including all figures, tables and references). Extra pages (up to 4 pages)
can be purchased for a fee. 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. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three
reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the FLLM Proceeding, and be
published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and
be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Submitted papers must include
original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference
or journal. 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.

*Important Dates:*

- *Paper submission deadline: September 21, 2025 (Firm and Final)*
- Notification of acceptance: October 10 , 2025
- Camera-ready Submission: October 25, 2025

*Contact:*

Please send any inquiry on FLLM to: <emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com>
info@fllm-conference.org

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[DMANET] ICAA 2026 - Final Call for Papers

ICAA 2026 Final Call For Papers
(Paper Deadline Extended)

International Conference on Applied Algorithms
ICAA 2026, Kolkata, India, January 07 ??? 09, 2026 (In Hybrid Mode)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India

Email: icaa@heritageit.edu

URL : https://icaa2026.framer.website

Call For Papers
===============
The conference seeks original contributions related to design, analysis, implementation, and
experimental evaluation of efficient algorithms and data structures for problems with relevant
real-world applications. We seek contributions that demonstrate novel algorithmic approaches,
computational techniques, innovative applications of algorithms in real-world scenarios and case
studies showcasing the impact of algorithms in solving complex problems. Submissions should
present significant algorithmic contributions supported by analysis and/or experimental evaluation
clearly highlighting the motivating application. Papers on industrial applications with strong
algorithmic content are welcome and should emphasize real-world implementations of systems or
provide analytical insights based on real-world datasets with industrial applications.

Submission Instructions
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Authors are invited to submit papers on original research on Applied Algorithms. Simultaneous
submission to a journal or another conference with refereed proceedings is not allowed. Papers must
be prepared using LaTeX/LaTeX2e and should not exceed 12 pages in Springer Verlag LNCS style.
The LNCS style file must be used without altering margins and font size. The paper must be submitted
as a .pdf file using Microsoft CMT. An appendix of a maximum of two pages may be added during
submission to include additional results and this will be read at the discretion of the reviewers.

Like previous editions, proceedings of ICAA 2026 will be published as a Springer Verlag Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) volume.

Important Dates
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Paper Deadline: 17 September, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: 24 October, 2025
Camera Ready Papers due: 31 October, 2025
Early Bird Registration by: 15 November, 2025
All deadlines are 11:59 PM AoE

TOPICS OF INTEREST
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We solicit contributions covering various areas including but not limited to the following topics
classified under two tracks as follows:

Track A: (Discrete Algorithms and Applications)
Graph Algorithms
Electronic Design Automation
Computational Biology
Computational Geometry
Approximation Algorithms
Randomized Algorithms
Spatial Informatics and GIS
Discrete Geometry
Algorithmic Microfluidics
Social Network Analysis
Cryptography and Network Security
Energy Efficient Algorithms
Quantum Computing
Number Theoretic Algorithms

Track B: (AI and Machine Learning)
Machine Learning Algorithms
Deep Learning Algorithms
Reinforcement Learning Algorithms
Heuristic Search
Generative AI
Recommender Systems
Image Processing
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision
Data Mining
Logic and Reasoning
Optimization Algorithms
Robotics
Neuromorphic Computing

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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TRACK A: Discrete Algorithms and Applications
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Akash Agrawal, Meta, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Amitava Mukherjee, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeetham, Kerala, India
Ananda S. Das, Alcon Solutions, Bengaluru, India
Aniruddha Dasgupta, Bluebell Research, Australia.
Anup K. Sen, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India
Arijit Bishnu, ISI Kolkata, India
Arijit Karati, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Bhaskar Dasgupta, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Bruhadeshwar Bezawada, South Arkansas University, USA
Christos Zaroliagis, University of Patras, Greece (Co-Chair)
Daniele Frigioni, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Debashis Jana, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
Deeksha Arya, University of Tokyo, Japan
Deepika Prakash, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, India
Elisavet Konstantinou, University the Aegean, Greece
G. B. Mund, KIIT Bhubaneswar, India
Gautam Das, University of Texas, Arlington, USA
Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Md. Anul Haq, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia.
Michiel Smid, Carleton University, Canada
Nilanjana G. Basu, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
Othon Michail, University of Liverpool, UK
Partha Bhowmick, IIT Kharagpur
Prosenjit Gupta, Heritage Institute of Technology, India (Co-Chair)
Ravi Janardan, University of Minnesota, USA
S. K. Venkatesan, CQRL Bits LLP, Chennai, India
Sabyasachee Banerjee, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
Saladi Rahul, IISc Bangalore, India
Samarjit Chakrabarty, University of North Carolina, USA
Sharath Raghvendra, North Carolina State University, USA
Sourav Chakraborty, ISI Kolkata
Spyros Kontogiannis, University of Patras, Greece
Subhajit Datta, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
Subhamoy Maitra, ISI Kolkata, India
Subhas C. Nandy, ISI Kolkata, India
Subhashis Majumder, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
Suman Sanyal, Goa Institute of Management. India
Trupil Limbasiya, Desay SV Automotive, Singapore
Uros Cibej, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Wing-Kai Hon, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

TRACK B: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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Anagha Joshi, University of Bergen, Norway
Anindya Halder, NEHU, India
Anirban Dasgupta, IIT Guwahati, India
Anupam Ghosh, Netaji Subhas Engineering College, Kolkata, India
Anurina Tarafdar, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India
Arkajyoti Saha, UC Irvine, USA
B. K. Panigrahi, IIT Delhi
B. Umashankar, ISI Kolkata, India
Carlos A. Coello Coello, Cinvestav, Mexico
Deba Prasad Mandal, ISI Kolkata, India
Debashis Sen, IIT Kharagpur, India
Debranjan Sarkar, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India
Diganta Sengupta, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India
Dinabandhu Bhandari, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India (Co-Chair)
Haider Banka, IIT Dhanbad, India
Hisao Ishibuchi, SUSTECH, China
Ivan Zelinka, VSB TU Ostrava
Jugal Kalita, University of Colorado, USA
Mandar Mitra, ISI Kolkata, India
Nabendu Chaki, University of Calcutta, India
Nikhil R. Pal, ISI Kolkata, India
Nishchal K. Verma, IIT Kanpur
Paramartha Dutta, Visvabharati University India
Partha Basuchowdhuri, IACS, Kolkata, India
Poulami Das, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
Pradipta Maji, ISI Kolkata, India
Rajat. K. De, ISI Kolkata, India
Rammohan Mallipeddi, KNU, South Korea
Rituparna Chaki, University of Calcutta, India
Roman ??enke????k, Thomas Bata University, Czech Republic
Sanjay Saha, Jadavpur University, India
Sankha S. Mullick, Dolby, Bangalore
Somdatta Chakraborty, MAKAUT, India
Subhrajit Roy, Google DeepMind
Sujay Saha, Heritage Institute of Technology, India
Suman Kundu, IIT Jodhpur, India
Swagatam Das, ISI Kolkata, India (Co-Chair)
Swarup K. Roy, Sikkim Central University, India
Tanmay Basu, IISER Bhopal, India
Tom Luk R Michoel, University of Bergen, Norway
Utpal Roy, Visvabharati University, India

Advisors
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H. K. Chaudhary, Chairman, Kalyan Bharati Trust
P. R. Agarwala, Chairman, Board of Governors, Heritage Institute of Technology
P. K. Agarwal, CEO, Kalyan Bharati Trust
Basab Chaudhuri, Principal, Heritage Institute of Technology
Sujit K. Barua, Registrar, Heritage Institute of Technology
Souvik Bhattacharyya, Principal Advisor, Higher Education, Kalyan Bharati Trust
Amitava Bagchi, Former Professor, Heritage Institute of Technology, India

Steering Committee Chairs
=========================
Bhargab B. Bhattacharya, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Sandeep Sen, Ashoka University

General Chair
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Subhashis Majumder, Heritage Institute of Technology

Organizing Chair
================
Diganta Sengupta, Heritage Institute of Technology

Publicity Chairs
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Sabyasachee Banerjee, Heritage Institute of Technology
Nilanjana G. Basu, Heritage Institute of Technology

Registration Chairs
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Poulami Das, Heritage Institute of Technology
Pratyusa Dash, Heritage Institute of Technology

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[DMANET] Faculty and Postdoctoral Positions at the Center for Algorithms and Learning Theory, Shenzhen

The Center for Algorithms and Learning Theory (CALT) at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is excited to announce job openings for

- Full and Associate Professors, and

- Postdoctoral Researchers.

Newly established in August 2025, CALT is a center dedicated to excellent research in discrete mathematics, combinatorial optimization, algorithms, machine learning, and theoretical aspects of data science. With the generous funding of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Center is determined to foster creative and collaborative environment, and produce world-class research with lasting societal impact.

These are full-time, research-focused positions. Ideal candidates are expected to have

- a Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, or a closely related field,

- an outstanding publication record in top-tier international conferences and journals, and

- for faculty positions a demonstrated capacity for leadership, e.g., the record of securing significant research grants and industrial collaborations.

We offer a comprehensive and internationally competitive offer package, including

- a highly competitive annual base salary (≥400k CNY for postdocs; ≥700k CNY for full professors),

- expert allowance from Shenzhen; e.g., a full professor could obtain the annual allowance of 240k - 600k CNY per year for up to 9 years,

- additional local government benefits, which could include a preferential personal income tax policy (maximum effective tax rate of 15%) depending on their personal circumstances, and

- generous research funding and travel support for the first two years.

To apply for the post, please submit the following documents to Professor He Sun (hsun@siat.ac.cn) as the Director of the Center, and Ms. Yang Du (yang.du@siat.ac.cn) as PA of the Center:

- A cover letter

- A CV, including a full list of publications

- Contact information of two references

The application deadline is 15th October 2025. Short-listed candidates will be invited for interview in Novermber 2025.

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[DMANET] Hiring: IBS Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG) Research Fellowship (Due: December 3, 2025)

We are hiring 4 postdocs (in the title of senior researchers).
Please feel free to forward the following to anyone who may be interested.
I'll be happy to answer if you have any questions.
More information: https://dimag.ibs.re.kr/hiring/

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The IBS Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG) in Daejeon, Korea invites
applications for four research fellowship positions (senior researcher
positions).

DIMAG is a research group that was established on December 1, 2018 at
the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), led by its Chief Investigator
(CI) Sang-il Oum. DIMAG is located at the headquarters of IBS in
Daejeon, South Korea, a city of 1.5 million people. Currently, DIMAG
consists of researchers from various countries and the work is done in
English. DIMAG is co-located with the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and
Probability Group (ECOPRO).

Website : https://dimag.ibs.re.kr/

Successful candidates for the research fellowship positions will be
new or recent PhDs with outstanding research potential in all fields
of Discrete Mathematics with emphasis on Structural Graph Theory,
Extremal Graph Theory, Combinatorial Optimization, Matroid Theory, and
Algorithms.

This appointment is for about two years, and the starting salary is no
less than KRW 63,000,000. The appointment is one-time renewable up to
5 years in total, contingent upon the outstanding performance of the
researcher. The expected appointment date is September 1, 2026, and it
can be adjusted to earlier or later, but no later than December 1,
2026. This is purely a research position and will have no teaching
duties. However, if desired, successful candidates may have the
opportunity to teach at KAIST.

A complete application packet should include:

1. AMS standard cover sheet (preferred) or cover letter (PDF format)

2. Curriculum vitae including a list of publications and preprints (PDF format)

3. Research statement (PDF format)

4. Consent to Collection and Use of Personal Information (form
available on the application page)

5. 3 recommendation letters

For full consideration, applicants should upload items 1, 2, 3, and 4
on the application website (https://dimag.ibs.re.kr/apply) and arrange
their recommendation letters to be submitted directly by the letter
writers through the link sent via email during the online application
process by December 3, 2025, Wednesday (Anywhere on Earth (AoE)).
Recommendation letters submitted by an applicant will not be
considered. DIMAG encourages applications from individuals of diverse
backgrounds.

For Korean citizens who have not yet completed their military duty:
전문연구요원 종사를 희망하는 경우에는 지원 의사와 병역 관계를 cover letter 및 이메일 등에 표시하여 제출 필요.
다만 현역입영대상자의 전문연구요원 신규 편입은 불가하며, 보충역 대상자 및 타 기관에서 전직해서 오는 경우에 한하여 지원
가능(전직 요건이 충족 되어야만 함)

--
Sang-il Oum (엄상일) dimag.ibs.re.kr/home/sangil/
CI (Chief Investigator) of the IBS Discrete Mathematics Group.
Distinguished Research Fellow (수석연구위원), Institute for Basic Science (IBS).

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[DMANET] ACM SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award -- deadline September 15

ACM SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award

The SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation award recognizes excellent thesis
research by doctoral candidates in the field of performance evaluation
analysis of computer systems. The award winner will receive a plaque, a
$1,000 honorarium, and a complimentary registration to the ACM SIGMETRICS
conference. The SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award winner and up to two
honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual ACM SIGMETRICS
conference.

*Eligibility:*

- The final dissertation defense should take place at the nominee's host
institution during the 12 months prior to the submission deadline and not
earlier than the previous submission deadline. Each submitted doctoral
dissertation must be on a topic related to the measurement, modeling,
analysis, and/or design of computing systems and networks. Of particular
interest is work that presents new performance evaluation methods or that
creatively applied previously developed methods to make predictions about,
or gain insights into, key design tradeoffs in a variety of computing,
networked, and cyber-physical systems. The determination of whether a
thesis is in scope for the award will be made by the SIGMETRICS Doctoral
Dissertation Award Committee.
- An English-language version of the dissertation must be submitted with
the nomination.
- A dissertation can be nominated for both the SIGMETRICS Doctoral
Dissertation Award and the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award.
- A supervisor can nominate a maximum of two PhD students in the same
year.

*Important dates:*

- Submission deadline: September 15, 2025.
- Notification: November 15, 2025.

*Submission procedure:*

All nomination materials must be submitted electronically by the supervisor
to the 2025 committee chair, Daniel Sadoc Menasche (sadoc@dcc.ufrj.br).
Please use the subject line: "SIGMETRICS DDA 2025 [candidate name]". You
will receive an acknowledgment of successful submission within one week of
your email. Nominations must be received by the submission deadline and
must be submitted in English. Late submissions will not be considered.
Supervisors of co-supervised candidates should coordinate to ensure that
only one nomination per candidate is submitted to the committee.

Nominations for the award must include:

- A statement summarizing the candidate's PhD thesis contributions and
potential impact, and justification of the nomination. Please address the
candidate's involvement and contributions with the SIGMETRICS or
Performance community. No more than two pages;
- A list of papers published within the candidate's thesis;
- A copy of the PhD thesis itself;
- Two endorsement letters supporting the nomination including the
significant PhD thesis contributions of the candidate. Each endorsement
should be no longer than 2 pages with a clear specification of the
nominee's PhD thesis contributions and potential impact;
- A concise statement (one sentence) of the PhD thesis contribution for
which the award is being given. This statement will appear on the plaque
and on the SIGMETRICS website.

PDF format is required for all materials. ACM's conflict-of-interest
guidelines <https://awards.acm.org/conflict-of-interest> apply to all award
nominations.

The 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee comprises Daniel Sadoc
Menasché (chair), Ningfang Mi, Jayakrishnan Nair, Giovanni Neglia and Ziv
Scully.

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[DMANET] IEEE 7th Computers, Communications and IT Applications Conference | December 14–17, 2025 | Madrid, Spain (Hybrid Event)

IEEE ComComAp 2025

7th Computers, Communications and IT Applications Conference

*December 14–17, 2025 | Madrid, Spain (Hybrid Event)*

Sponsored by the IEEE Spain Section
📢 Call for Papers

Dear Moayad Aloqaily,

The Computers, Communications and IT Applications Conference (ComComAp
2025) is pleased to invite submissions of original and high-quality
research papers for presentation at *ComComAp 2025*, to be held in Madrid,
Spain, as a hybrid event.

Sponsored by the IEEE Spain Section, this international forum brings
together scholars, industry professionals, and thought leaders to share
advancements at the convergence of computing systems, digital strategy, and
communication technologies.
🎯 Topics of Interest

Topics include, but are not limited to:
🖥️ Computing Technologies:

- Emerging computing paradigms
- Advances in algorithms, software engineering, and computational
methodologies
- High-performance computing and parallel processing

📡 Communication Systems and Networks:

- Developments in communication technologies
- Next-generation networking architectures
- Wireless communication protocols and standards

🌐 IoT Services and Applications:

- Architectural frameworks for IoT deployment
- Protocols enhancing interoperability and security in IoT ecosystems
- Integration of edge and cloud computing in IoT solutions
- Next Generation IoT
- IoT Devices/Applications
- IoT QoS and Management
- Multimedia over IoT
- IoT over 5G and 6G
- Vehicular Communications over IoT
- Cooperative IoT Services
- Social Networking and IoT
- IoT Green Computing

☁️ Edge and Cloud Computing:

- Innovations in edge computing technologies
- Cloud computing models and applications
- Hybrid computing solutions for optimized performance

🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI:

- Applications of AI and machine learning in computing and communications
- Intelligent systems and algorithms for data analysis
- Generative AI algorithms and models
- Applications of Generative AI in computing
- Telecommunications and Generative AI

🔒 Cybersecurity in IoT:

- Security challenges in IoT devices and networks
- Encryption and authentication protocols for IoT applications
- Countermeasures against IoT-related cyber threats

🏙️ Smart Cities and Applications:

- Integration of computing and IoT technologies in smart city initiatives
- Sustainable urban development through technological innovations
- Case studies and success stories in smart city implementations

👥 Human-Computer Interaction:

- Enhancing user experiences in computing applications
- Novel interaction paradigms and interface designs
- Accessibility and inclusivity in computing technologies

📊 Big Data Analytics:

- Data-driven decision-making and analytics
- Challenges and solutions in handling large-scale data sets
- Applications of big data in various domains

⚛️ Quantum Computing:

- Advancements in quantum computing technologies
- Applications of quantum computing in various fields
- Integration of quantum computing with classical systems

🦾 Robotics and Automation:

- Developments in robotic systems and automation technologies
- Applications of robotics in industry and daily life
- Ethical and societal implications of robotics and automation

🥽 Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR):

- Innovations in AR/VR technologies and applications
- Integration of AR/VR in education, healthcare, and entertainment
- Challenges in AR/VR user experience and interaction design

📶 6G and Future Communication Technologies:

- Research and developments in 6G networks
- Potential applications and challenges of 6G technologies
- Integration of 6G with existing communication infrastructures

📋 Submission Guidelines

*Paper Length:* Up to 6 pages (IEEE format)

*Submission Portal:* https://edas.info/N33714
<https://h2fgu.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeFuBnbxXfses5HYSEimP/AitPzcO9x3aE>

*Requirements:* All papers must be original and not under consideration
elsewhere

*Templates:* Available on the conference website with detailed instructions
🗓️ Important Dates
Activity Deadline
Full/Short Paper Submission *September 15, 2025*
Poster/Demo Submission *September 29, 2025*
Notification (Full/Short Paper) *October 29, 2025*
Notification (Poster/Demo) *October 15, 2025*
Camera-Ready Submission *November 15, 2025*
Submit Your Paper
<https://h2fgu.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeG13FkmUr2oMB6rCD1Mf/vv-d0ltsEsul>
Conference Website
<https://h2fgu.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeG7uhtbS2CxqGw9wBJwv/o9REP9Ntsx3I>

We look forward to receiving your innovative contributions and welcoming
you to Madrid for this prestigious conference!

Best regards,
*ComComAp 2025 Organizing Committee*

ComComAp 2025 - 7th Computers, Communications and IT Applications Conference

Website: https://comcomap.net/2025/
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Email: info@comcomap.net

Sponsored by the IEEE Spain Section

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[DMANET] EuroVis 2026: Call for workshops - 1st Reminder

EuroVis 2026: Call for workshops - 1st Reminder

https://eurovis.org.uk/workshops/

We solicit workshops related to all areas of visualization. These informal workshops in EuroVis provide a setting for participants to discuss advanced topics in visualization, involve experts in the field, disseminate work in progress, and promote new ideas. Workshops at EuroVis are open to all registered attendees ("invitation only" workshops will not be approved).

Important Dates

* Proposal Submission: Monday, September 29, 2025
* Notification: Monday, October 13, 2025

All deadlines are at 11:59 pm (23:59) AoE Anywhere on Earth (AoE<https://time.is/Anywhere_on_Earth>)

Workshops should:

* Emphasize emerging ideas, concepts, or technologies that are currently too nascent or too interdisciplinary for a full symposium;
* Encourage information flow not solely from the presenters to the audience but rather engage the participation of all attendees, for example, through collective or small group discussions.

Possible topics may include emerging or persisting problems, developing research agendas, networking to find common interests and possibilities for cooperation, interacting with domain experts involving analysis of their domain problems, etc.
When choosing workshop topics to propose, please consider pre-approved workshops and try to avoid large overlaps:

* EGPGV
* EuroVA

Note that workshops remain extremely well attended, but as new associated events and publication formats are introduced to EuroVis, the number of submitted papers may drop from previous years. So, a more interactive format (rather than one based mainly on presentations of submitted papers) is encouraged.

Submission requirements

Workshop proposals should include:

* a title,
* the contact details of the organizers,
* a brief description of the organizers' background, related publications, and research,
* the planned activities (e.g., mainly talks, mainly interactive sessions, a mix), including an outline schedule for the program—workshops are strongly encouraged, though not required, to consider ways to engage all participants interactively,
* the intended result and impact of the workshop,
* a brief justification for why this workshop is necessary (e.g., why would the topic benefit from a more informal setting, in what ways is the topic emergent or a relatively poor fit for the main conference program, etc.),
* a chosen measure for a successful CFP (e.g., number of submissions), possibly including an outline for a "backup policy" (e.g., changing the workshop format or voluntarily withdrawing the workshop before acceptance notification is sent, but should not require the workshop organizers to submit emergency papers to their own workshop),
* a statement of the organization and the development of the list of participants (intended size, detailed selection procedures, and timeline for finalizing workshop presenters),
* a list of any special technology needed,
* the number of poster slots requested, if the workshop intends to feature posters, and
* the proposed dates for the call for participation, author notification, and camera-ready deadlines (author notification must be before the early registration deadline for EuroVis; for inclusion of materials in the EG digital library and/or the downloadable proceedings, the camera-ready deadline must be 4 weeks prior to the conference).

Because the number of workshop time slots is limited, half-day workshop proposals are strongly encouraged. However, well-justified full-day proposals will also be considered. Full-day proposals may optionally state what changes would be implemented to allow the workshop schedule to fit within a half day.

If the proposed workshop is a follow-up of a previous workshop, please include a critical reflection of the prior workshop(s), including a discussion of the results and evidence of impact.

The proposal should not exceed four pages. Please use the template file from https://www.eurovis2025.lu/fileadmin/files/egPublStyle-EuroVis_full-short-stars-posters-edu_2025.zip

Attendance

At least one author for each paper must register and attend the conference in person.

Evaluation criteria

The workshops aim to include various topics and a healthy mix of new and recurring events. Repeat submissions will be partially judged by the previous workshop's success. Workshop success will be judged subjectively, but popularity, research impact, visibility, and attendee feedback will all be considered. Specifically, the workshop proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

* The potential for inspiring people, being influential, and opening new lines of research,
* The degree to which the workshop provides a more interactive environment for participants—all things being equal, preference will be given to workshops that emphasize participant interaction,
* The coherence of the proposed topic and the degree to which it would benefit from a workshop environment,
* The ability to attract people and make them excited about the workshop,
* The appropriateness with respect to EuroVis topics,
* If this workshop has special needs, the feasibility of the proposed plan, including financial, logistics, scheduling, and coordination impact, is also important.

The workshop chairs will balance the proposed topics to support the diversity of topics within EuroVis and complement the main program.

Organizers should consider what steps they will take to encourage diverse participants in their workshop (e.g., a balance of experience, background, gender, etc.) to make participation as inclusive as possible.

If accepted, workshops are required to prepare a short summary (50–100 words) for the workshop website and the web program.

Workshop Support

The workshop organizers will receive the following support from the EuroVis conference:

* One complimentary 1-day registration for an invited speaker,
* Room and AV support suitable for around 50 attendees,
* Food and beverages for attendees: coffee breaks throughout the day, Sunday evening opening reception, space in the poster display area, if requested (from a limited pool set aside for standard workshops; available space depends on the specifics of the venue; early requests given priority over late requests),
* PCS (Precision Conference Solutions) support for managing submissions and the review process,
* EuroGraphics Digital Library publication of the workshop proceedings, if requested (considered archival).

Note that each workshop participant will need to register to attend the EuroVis conference.

Workshop Chairs

* Angelos Chatzimparmpas, Utrecht University
* Guido Reina, Universität Stuttgart
* Cagatay Turkay, University of Warwick
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[DMANET] Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2025

Seventh International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2025)
Macau Millennium College, Macau
October 13-14, 2025

Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology
November 05-06, 2025
Ho Chi Minh. Vietnam
https://www.socio.org.uk/rtis

Authors can participate in Macau or in Vietnam.

The International Conference on Real-time Intelligent Systems (RTIS) has travelled from Beijing, China (2016), to Macau. The seventh edition will take place at the University of Macau, Macau and at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Ho Chi Minh, in Vietnam.

Over the past few years, real-time intelligent computing has revolutionised the human lifestyle. Research on real-time intelligent systems is multi-disciplinary, exploiting concepts from diverse areas such as big data processing, computational intelligence, location-based services, recommendation systems, and multimedia processing. In today's highly dynamic environment, analysing data in real-time is necessary to understand how systems process data, reason the outputs, and anticipate trends in intelligent computing. To this end, this conference will serve as a platform to manifest the ongoing research in the field. Thus, RTIS welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound papers that address aspects related to the following topics.

CALL FOR PAPERS (Virtual/Physical)

Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining
Streaming data, streaming engines
Trace-based intelligent real-time services
Adaptive vision algorithms
Location-based services
Intelligent Robotic Systems
Collaborative Intelligence

Data capture in real-time
Data quality and cleansing
Intelligent Data Analysis
Intelligent Database Systems
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Intelligent information fusion
Large Language Models, cognitive methods, sequential inference, data mining, pattern/behavioral analysis
Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data
Intelligent Information Systems
Privacy and security in Intelligence
Software Engineering Solutions

Intelligent Soft Computing
Real-time multiprocessor systems
Internet of Things
Architectures for Intelligence
Real-time distributed coding
Smart services and platforms
Real-time modelling user information needs
Wireless Communication

Real-time intelligent communication
Real-time intelligent network solutions
Mobile Smart Systems
Broadband Intelligence
Cloud Computing and Intelligence
Collaborative Intelligence
Analysis in domains such as energy, sensors

Decision support systems in real-time
Multi-agent Intelligent Systems
Multilingual information access
Recommendation systems
Real-time intelligent alert systems
Real-time remote access systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems

Autonomous systems (incl. autonomous vehicles and drones)
Distributed systems
Cloud/edge computing/fusion
Defence/security, robotics, aerospace, intelligent transportation
Mining/Manufacturing
Environmental monitoring
Critical Real-time Applications

Real-time noise removal systems
Event-driven analytics
Intelligent Fuzzy Systems
Machine translation in real-time
OLAP for real-time decision support
Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence
AI in Agriculture
Smart Agriculture Systems

User experience in Real-Time Systems
Anomaly Detection
Predictive Maintenance
Image and Video Recognition
Natural Language Processing
Vulnerability Management
Healthcare
Customer Analytics

Submission, proceedings
Papers must be submitted online through OpenConf. Author instructions and LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available on the submission page. Submitted papers should be at most 14 pages (long papers) and 8 pages (short ones), including figures, tables and references (in the Springer template). Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with a full registration.

Springer's Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) will publish the accepted papers and be indexed in SCOPUS, EI Compendex, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, and SCImago. All the papers published in the series are submitted for consideration in the Web of Science.

Important Dates

Submission of Papers: August 25, 2025
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: September 20, 2025
Camera-ready: October 05, 2025
Registration: October 05, 2025
Conference Dates: October 13-14, 2025

General Chair
Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau

Program Chairs
Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs, India
Zehan Tan, Macau Millennium College, Macau

Program Co-chairs
Kenneth Chan, Macau Millennium College, Macau
Duong Van Hieu, Tien Giang University, Vietnam
Ricardo Rodriguez-Jorge, Technological Centre Ceit, Spain
Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Contact: stm@socio.org.uk

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[DMANET] Final Call for Prize Nominations for Innovation in Distributed Computing 2026

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*Call for Prize Nominations*

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*Deadline Imminent:* Nominations are due by September 9, 2025.

Nominations are requested for the Prize for Innovation in Distributed
Computing, awarded by the Colloquium on Structural Information and
Communication Complexity (SIROCCO).

This prize was established to recognize individuals whose research
contributions expanded the collective investigative horizon in SIROCCO's
area of interest. That is, they formulated new problems, or identified new
research areas, that were at the time of their introduction, unorthodox and
outside the mainstream, but later attracted the interest of the SIROCCO
community. This community is interested in the relationships between
information and efficiency in decentralized computing. The prize recognizes
originality, innovation, and creativity – the qualities that reflect the
spirit of the SIROCCO conference.

The winner of the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing 2026 is
expected to give an invited talk at SIROCCO 2026, scheduled to take place
on June 9-11 in Durham, UK.

Past prize winners are Nicola Santoro, Jean-Claude Bermond, David Peleg,
Roger Wattenhofer, Andrzej Pelc, Pierre Fraigniaud, Michel Raynal, Masafumi
Yamashita, Shmuel Zaks, Zvi Lotker, Paola Flocchini, Amos Korman, Friedhelm
Meyer auf der Heide, Christian Scheideler, Boaz Patt-Shamir, Shay Kutten,
and Sergio Rajsbaum.

The prize may not necessarily be awarded every year.

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*Eligibility*

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The following conditions must be met by the nominees to be eligible for the
prize. It is requested that a nomination letter explains and demonstrates
how the nominee matches these conditions.

(1) The original innovative contribution was introduced by the nominee(s)
for the first time in a publication at least five years before the
nomination deadline, and the publication must have appeared in conference
proceedings or a scientific journal.

(2) At least one paper (co)authored by the nominee(s), either the original
paper, or a paper closely related to the innovative contribution, must have
appeared in a SIROCCO proceedings.

A nomination letter should identify the paper(s) that make(s) the nominee
eligible according to conditions (1) and (2) above, as well as explain the
contribution, its originality, and its significance.

Past SIROCCO papers and authors can be found at indexing sites, e.g. Google
Scholar or DBLP.

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*Selection process*

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The prize winners are selected by the Award Committee composed of the
current Steering Committee (SC) Chair of the SIROCCO conference, the PC
chairs, including co-chairs, of the three SIROCCO conferences immediately
preceding the nominations deadline, plus one additional member of the
Advisory Board, or one past winner, selected by the Steering Committee for
the current year.

The Award Committee of the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing
2026 consists of:

Keren Censor-Hillel, Technion (chair)

Yuval Emek, Technion

Andrzej Pelc, University of Quebec

Sergio Rajsbaum, UNAM

Ulrich Schmid, TU Wien

Nominations can be made by any member of the scientific community.
*Nominations are due by September 9, 2025.*

Please send the nomination to the prize committee chair, Keren
Censor-Hillel, by e-mail: ckeren@cs.technion.ac.il. Please write "SIROCCO
Prize Nomination" in the subject line.

Please help in recognizing the contributions of members of our community.

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[DMANET] Heureka Student Award 2025

The Heureka Foundation for Environment and Mobility honors outstanding Diploma or Master's theses that are dedicated to issues in mobility in connection with environmental aspects or the use of optimization methods with the

*** Heureka Student Award 2025 ***

The selected work will be awarded prizes of 2.000 € (1. Prize), 1.000 € (2. Prize), and 500 € (3. Prize) and an invitation to the Forum New Forms of Mobility (FoNeMo) at TFH Wildau, presumably on March 12, 2026 (coverage of conference fee and travel expenses).

You can submit theses from all disciplines that meet the following criteria:

- The thesis investigates a mobility topic in connection with environmental aspects or the use of optimization methods.
- The work was done at a German-speaking university.
- The work was finally handed over to the respective department / institute / professorship between 01.10.2024 and 30.09.2025.

Applications for the Student Award 2025 can be submitted by the supervisor or by the author by November 30, 2025 by e-mail to

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Your application should contain (see http://stiftung-heureka.de/student-award/ for details):

- A 1- to 3-page summary of the work
- A CV (max one page)
- The Diploma or Master's thesis as a PDF
- The completed cover sheet (download from the website) signed by a professor supporting the application.

The thesis and all other documents can be submitted in German or English.

The winners will be notified in mid-january 2026.



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[DMANET] Final Announcement: (OMIGAWD): O-Minimal Geometry Conference at Warwick, UK, Sep 8-11, 2025

Dear All,

This is the final announcement for the conference "OMIGAWD: O-Minimal Geometry - Interactions, Applications and Wider Developments, 2025" at the University of Warwick, UK, on September 8 - 11, 2025. The website is here<https://abhiramnatarajan.github.io/Conferences/OMIGAWD%202025/index.html>.

List of plenary and invited speakers:

Pablo Andújar Guerrero (Universitat de València, Spain)
Matthias Aschenbrenner (Universität Wien, Austria)
Benjamin Bakker (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Saugata Basu (Purdue University, USA)
Artem Chernikov (University of Maryland, USA)
Georges Comte (Université Savoie Mont Blanc and Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France)
Gareth Jones (University of Manchester, UK)
Salma Kuhlmann (Universität Konstanz, Germany, and University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Martin Lotz (University of Warwick, UK)
Anand Pillay (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Alison Rosenblum (Wabash College, USA)
Harry Schmidt (University of Warwick, UK)
Giuseppina Terzo (Universita' Degli Studi di Napoli, "Federico II", Italy)
Athipat Thamrongthanayalak (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Margaret Thomas (Purdue University, USA)
Marcus Tressl (University of Manchester, UK)
Laura Wirth (Universität Konstanz, Germany)
Boris Zilber (University of Oxford, UK)

The talks will be made available online. Please register if you want to receive online participation information.

We still have some funding left over for travel and accommodation which will be allotted on a first-come-first-serve-basis. There are also still some slots available to give a talk at the conference - please write to omigawd2025@gmail.com to express interest.

The schedule is nearly finalized and most of the talk titles and abstracts are now put up on the website.

Best,
Abhiram Natarajan
(on behalf of the organizing committee)

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[DMANET] [Deadline approaching, September 7, 2025 ] CfP: ISGTA 2025 || November 19 - 21, 2025 - Portalegre, Portugal

- Please accept our apologies in case of multiple copies of this CFP
- Due to many requests, the submission deadline has been extended to *September
7, 2025*

*-----------------------------Call For Papers -------------------------*

The Second International Symposium on Green Technologies and Applications
November 19-21, 2025
Portalegre, Portugal

*Accepting Virtual Participation*https://isgta-conf.org

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*IMPORTANT DATES*
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*Submission of Full Paper*: *September 7, 2025 (extended)*
*Notification of Acceptance*: September 28th, 2025
*Camera-Ready submission *: October 16th, 2025

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*Submission link*
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https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISGTA2025

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*Publication*------------------------------------------------------------
The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Book Series:
* "* *Springer Proceedings in Physics* *(Approved)".* All papers must
meet high-quality standards to be considered by Springer and included in
the proceedings.
Indexed by SCOPUS, INSPEC, EI Compendex.

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*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS :*
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The following eminent keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:
ISGTA-2025 will accommodate an attractive technical program that features:

1. Prof. Prof. Hartmut Hinz, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences,
Germany
2. Prof. Ronney Boloy, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow
da Fonseca, Brasil
3. Prof. Hossam A. Gabbar, Ontario Tech University, Canada
4.Prof. Álvaro Rocha University of Lisbon -ISEG, Portugal

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*Topics of Interest*
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

*Track 1: Renewable Energy and Green Technology*

- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Sea Power
- Hydroelectric Power
- Thermal and Recycling
- Biomass
- Command and control systems for Renewable Energy
- Transportation generation
- Distribution Power System
- Batteries and energy storage
- Energy harvesting
- Renewable energy for IT equipment
- Hydrogen energy storage
- Water, food, and energy nexus
- PV and Water pumping

*Track 2: ** Green Smart Cities*

- Green Smart Education
- Green Smart Health
- Green Smart Transportation
- Green Smart Environment
- Green Smart Home
- Green Smart Building
- Green Smart Agriculture

*Track 3: ** Green Technologies and Applications*

- Smart Sensing, Metering Systems
- Green Vehicles, Green Homes, Green Buildings
- Smart Grid
- Green Industrial Automation and Control
- Green Intelligent Transport Systems
- Green Data Storage, Data Centers
- Privacy, Safety, and Security in Green-aware Services
- Energy-constrained and Power-constrained Devices, Gateways and Systems
- Green Standardizations and Benchmarks for ICT
- Machine Learning for Green Technologies
- Deep Learning for Green Technologies

*Track 4: ** Green Communication Systems and Networks*

- Advanced metering infrastructure and smart meter technologies
- relevant to energy efficiency
- Big data to meet green challenges
- Carbon-neutral communication and computing systems
- Cross-layer design and optimization for green communications and
computing
- Energy efficiency and scalability of communication networks and
infrastructures
- Energy efficiency in 5G/B5G
- Energy-aware communications and networking
- Experimental test-beds and results for green communications and
computing
- Field trials and deployment experiences and green industrial processes
- Green intelligent transportation systems
- Green management of communication networks
- Green network monitoring
- Green optical communications, switching and networking
- Green scheduling for communications and computing
- Green software, hardware, devices, and equipment
- Green storage, cloud and fog computing, and data centers
- Green traffic shaping and policy implementation
- Green transmission technologies and network protocols
- Green wireless cellular networks
- Green wireline communications and networking
- Low cost, energy-efficient antenna and RF designs
- Machine learning and AI for energy efficiency and green operation in
communication
- systems and networks
- Measurement and profiling of green issues
- Modelling and analysis for green communications and computing
- Physical layer approaches for green communications and computing
- Power consumption trends and reduction in communications and computing
- Security in green communication and computing
- Standardization, policy and regulation for green communications and
computing
- Zero-emission base stations, communication devices, and networks

*Track 5:** Artificial Intelligence for Green IoT*

- Satellite and space communications and networking
- Machine Learning for Green IoT
- Artificial intelligence based IoT protocols
- Renewable energy for IoT Environment
- IoT for Green technology
- IoT for Hydrogen energy storage
- IoT for Energy efficiency
- IoT for Energy optimization
- IoT for Green Systems
- Internet of Energy
- Smart energy management

*Track 6: **Applied Mathematical Modeling in Renewable Energy*

- Model formulation
- Nonlinear problems
- Chaos and Fractals
- Prediction of natural phenomena
- Methodologies for model validation
- Numerical methods for renewable Energy
- Differential Equations and its Applications
- Optimal Control and Optimization

*Track 7:** AI Application to Sustainable Technologies*

- AI-driven energy management systems
- AI-driven microgrid management
- AI-assisted carbon emissions tracking
- AI applications in carbon capture and storage
- Smart building management for energy efficiency
- Carbon offset strategies with AI analysis
- AI-based climate prediction models
- Early warning systems for extreme weather events
- AI for precision agriculture and resource allocation
- AI-powered waste sorting and recycling
- Smart waste collection systems using AI
- Predictive analytics for waste management
- AI for water quality monitoring
- Smart irrigation systems with AI
- Predictive modeling for water scarcity
- AI-driven traffic management and congestion prediction
- Autonomous vehicles and AI-powered navigation
- Smart city planning with AI analytics
- AI-enabled biodiversity monitoring
- Wildlife tracking and conservation with AI
- AI applications in forest management
- Sustainable Manufacturing and Supply Chain
- Blockchain in Energy Trading
- Smart Contracts for Energy Agreements
- Supply Chain Traceability for Renewable Energy

*Track 8 : ** Education and Green Energy*

- Green Energy Awareness Programs in Schools
- Renewable Energy Career Pathways for Students
- Green Energy Workshops for Educators
- Educational Materials and Resources
- Green Energy Competitions and Challenges
- Community Engagement in Green Energy Education
- Ethical Considerations in Green Energy Education
- Assessment and Measurement of Green Energy Literacy

Please consider submitting.
Best regards
M. LAHBY
General Chair of ISGTA 2025

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*Dr. M.Lahby*

Laboratory of Mathematics and Applications, University Hassan II, Ecole
Normale Supérieure (ENS) Casablanca, Morocco

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[DMANET] Call for Colloquium "Combinatorics and Life Sciences", Lyon

This is a call for the first edition of a Colloquium called Combinatorics and Life Sciences
that will take place in Lyon, in presence only, from September 29 at 2pm to October 2 at
noon, 2025.

As its name indicates, the objective is to bring together the communities involved in
combinatorial computer science and mathematics on one hand, and in computational
biology on the other. The idea is that the researchers from the second community
present the types of mathematical and algorithmic problems they usually face, while
the researchers from the first community present the recent advances in their areas.

The Colloquium will have mainly keynote speakers from both communities, but also
some slots for shorter presentations from the attendees in general. More information
is available here:
https://project.inria.fr/colloquium/.

You can find here the link for registering to the Colloquium:
https://grist.numerique.gouv.fr/o/docs/forms/iLXgruXLyo3UnCyeUmFjWq/4
Registrations are free but mandatory.

If you are interested in giving a short presentation, do not forget to add a title and
a short abstract.

Notice that the number of places is limited for both attendees and short presentations.

Looking forward to seeing you at this first event!

The organisers: Arnaud Mary, Laurent Bulteau, Marie-France Sagot, Nicolas Bousquet

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[DMANET] Online Resources for DCs (IFORS)

with fresh valuable material
To access information regarding IFORS Developing Countries resources, its regular updates – and to submit your possible "free" (not copyright protected) material, you may occasionally visit the link:

http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page .

With this open online resources page we aim to provide a platform to make research and applications of OR widely accessible to the entire OR community including researchers, academicians and scholars in the Developing Countries (DCs).

For this purpose we invite scholarly contributions spanning across all areas and sectors ranging from arts and science, to communication and education.

The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (https://www.ifors.org) is a 65-year-old organization which is currently composed of 54 national societies. Regional Groups of are: ALIO (The Latin American Ibero Association on Operations Research), APORS (The Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies), EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies), NORAM (The Association of North American Operations Research Societies).

IFORS conferences are held every three years. The conference 2023 was held very successfully in Santiago, Chile;

the next exciting IFORS conference will be celebrated in 2026 in Vienna.

Please visit the following link for details regarding the same: https://www.ifors2026.at/home/ .

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to your enthusiastic participation and scholarly contributions.

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[DMANET] SIROCCO 2026 - Second Call For Papers

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*SIROCCO 2026 Call For Papers **=====================================*

33rd International Colloquium On Structural Information and Communication
Complexity

Durham, UK, June 9–11, 2026

https://sirocco2026.webspace.durham.ac.uk/

https://easychair.org/cfp/sirocco2026

SIROCCO is devoted to the study of the interplay between structural
knowledge, communication, and computing in decentralized systems of
multiple communicating entities. Special emphasis is given to innovative
methodological and solution approaches leading to a better understanding of
the relationship between computing and communication.

SIROCCO has a tradition of interesting and productive scientific meetings
in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, attracting leading researchers in a
variety of fields in which communication and knowledge play a significant
role. Past SIROCCO proceedings can be found here:
https://link.springer.com/conference/sirocco.

*=====================================*

*Scope **=====================================*

Original papers are solicited from all areas of study of local structural
knowledge and global communication and computational complexities, in
particular (in alphabetical order):

* Biological and nature-inspired distributed algorithms

* Blockchains and related distributed paradigms

* Distributed algorithms and computability

* Distributed graph algorithms

* Distributed quantum computing

* Epistemic modeling and analysis of distributed systems

* Fault tolerance

* Formal verification of distributed systems

* Game theory in distributed computing

* Mobile agents and autonomous distributed systems

* Network modeling and analysis

* Security in distributed computing

* Self-stabilization

* Shared-memory algorithms

* Structural and communication complexity analysis

* Topology in distributed computing

* Wireless, ad-hoc, and peer-to-peer networks

Keeping with the tradition of SIROCCO, new areas are also welcome.

*=====================================*

*Important Dates **=====================================*

*Abstract submission:* Sunday, November 2, 2025 (AoE)

*Full paper submission:* Sunday, November 9, 2025 (AoE)

*Notification:* January 20, 2026

*=====================================*

*Venue **=====================================*

SIROCCO 2026 will take place at Durham University (England's 3rd oldest
University) in the UNESCO world heritage city of Durham, UK – the land of
the prince bishops. Located on a dramatic peninsula overlooking the River
Wear, Durham's unique 1100 yr old Norman cathedral and castle form the
designated World Heritage Site attracting tourists from all over the world
including the makers of the Harry Potter movies! Besides the beautiful
river, Durham has acres of tranquil woodland and peaceful parkland,
adjoining castles and attractions including the University's own Botanic
Garden and Oriental Museum. The university city has lovely walks, cobbled
streets, and a unique array of excellent cafes, bars, restaurants, and even
rowing and boating opportunities. Conference participants will have the
opportunity to visit Beamish Living Museum - the 2025 Museum of the
Year. Beamish is a world famous open air museum which brings the history of
North East England to life at its 1820s Pockerley, 1900s Town, 1900s Pit
Village, 1940s Farm, 1950s Town and 1950s Spain's Field Farm exhibit areas.

Durham is easily accessible - located just 30 minutes from the Newcastle
international airport, and less than 3 hours from London, Edinburgh, and
Manchester by train.

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*Submission Instructions **=====================================*

A submission must report on original research and contain results that have
not appeared previously in a regular conference paper and have not been
concurrently submitted to or previously appeared in a journal or a
conference with published proceedings.

The papers must be submitted in PDF format using EasyChair. Submissions
must be written in English and formatted in a single column on US
letter-size or A4 size paper, use at least 11-point font, and have at least
2.5 cm margins.

All submissions must start with a cover page, which will include the
paper's title, author names, a short abstract, and keywords. The main body
of the paper should not exceed 12 pages and should contain a concise and
clear presentation of the primary content and merits of the work. The
12-page limit excludes the cover page and bibliographic references.
Additional material can be included in a clearly marked Appendix, to be
read at the discretion of the reviewers only.

Submissions deviating from these guidelines as well as papers outside the
scope of the conference may be rejected without consideration of their
merits.

A submission that is not accepted as a full paper may be invited for a
brief announcement.

Paper submission will be handled by EasyChair, so please make sure that you
have an active account. The papers must be submitted electronically at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sirocco2026
<https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sirocco2026>

*=====================================*

*Proceedings **=====================================*

The proceedings of SIROCCO 2026 will be published by Springer in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Note carefully that
inclusion in the proceedings requires a presentation by one of the authors
at the conference site and at least one full registration for every full
paper.

*=====================================*

*Special Issue*

*=====================================*

Selected papers from SIROCCO 2026 will be invited to a special issue of the
journal Theoretical Computer Science.

*=====================================*

*Best Paper Awards **=====================================*

All regular papers are eligible for the best paper award. Moreover, all
regular papers that have at least one student author, and these student
authors have done most of the work, are also eligible for the best student
paper award. If a submission is eligible for the best student paper award,
please state that on the cover page. The program committee may decline to
make the awards or may split them among multiple papers.

*=====================================*

*Program Committee **=====================================*

Ittai Abraham, Intel Labs

Vitaly Aksenov, ITMO University

Timothé Albouy, IMDEA Software

Emmanuelle Anceaume, IRISA

Hagit Attiya, Technion

Costas Busch, Augusta University

Armando Castañeda, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Joshua Daymude, Arizona State University

Gianluca De Marco, Università di Salerno

Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna, University of Rome – Sapienza

Antonio Fernandez Anta, IMDEA Networks and IMDEA Software

Ran Gelles, Bar-Ilan University

Chryssis Georgiou, University of Cyprus (chair)

George Giakkoupis, Inria

Alexey Gotsman, IMDEA Software

Magnús M. Halldórsson, Reykjavik University

Taisuke Izumi, Osaka University

Tomasz Jurdzinski, University of Wroclaw

Mikel Larrea, University of the Basque Country

Othon Michail, University of Liverpool

Avery Miller, University of Manitoba

Miguel A. Mosteiro, Pace University

Rotem Oshman, Tel-Aviv University

Andrzej Pelc, University of Quebec

Sathya Peri, IIT Hyderabad

Maria Potop-Butucaru, Sorbonne University

Christian Scheideler, Paderborn University

Elad Michael Schiller, Chalmers University of Technology

Gokarna Sharma, Kent State University

Jukka Suomela, Aalto University

Sara Tucci-Piergiovanni, Universite Paris Saclay, CEA LIST

Jennifer Welch, Texas A&M University

Prudence Wong, University of Liverpool

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*Organizing Committee **=====================================*

Amitabh Trehan, Durham University (General chair)

Karl Southern, Durham University (Treasurer)

Peter Davies-Peck, Durham University (Webmaster)

William K. Moses Jr., Durham University (Publicity)

*=====================================*

*Steering Committee **=====================================*

Keren Censor-Hillel, Technion (chair)

Yuval Emek, Technion

Andrzej Pelc, University of Quebec

Sergio Rajsbaum, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Ulrich Schmid, TU Wien

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