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Today's Topics:

1. [CPAIOR 2014] Call for Papers (Yuri Malitsky)
2. Subject: EATCS Award 2014: Call for Nominations (Laura Marmor)
3. LAST 5 DAYS!!! CFP: Smart Sensor Protocols and Algorithms
(SSPA2013) - Dalian, China, December 11-13, 2013 (Sandra Sendra)
4. Announcement: [Algorithms] Special Issue "Novel
Meta-heuristic Approaches and their Application to Preemptive
Operational Planning & Logistics in Disaster Management"
(chelly.cheng@mdpi.com)
5. [Algorithms] Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893) - Special Issue:
"Algorithms for Multi Core Parallel Computation" - Special Issue
Announcement (chelly.cheng@mdpi.com)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 11:34:01 +0100
From: Yuri Malitsky <yuri.malitsky@gmail.com>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] [CPAIOR 2014] Call for Papers
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Call for Papers

CPAIOR 2014

Eleventh International Conference on Integration of Artificial
Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint
Programming

web: http://4c.ucc.ie/cpaior2014/
cpaior series: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/vanhoeve/cpaior/

Cork, Ireland

MAY 19 - 23, 2014


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DEADLINES (note EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE)
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PAPER SUBMISSION (identical for long and short papers):
Abstract due: OCT 25, 2013 11.59 P.M. PST
Paper due: OCT 31, 2013 11.59 P.M. PST
Rebuttal Phase: DEC 2-4, 2013
Final Notification: DEC 17, 2013
Final version due: JAN 17, 2014

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The Eleventh International Conference on Integration of Artificial
Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint
Programming will be held in Cork, Ireland, May 19-23, 2014 with
Workshops on May 19th, a Master Class on Data Mining, Machine Learning
and Constraint Programming on May 20, and the Main Conference on May
21-23, 2014.

The aim of the conference is to bring together interested researchers
from Constraint Programming (CP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and
Operations Research (OR) to present new techniques or new applications
in combinatorial optimization and to provide an opportunity for
researchers in one area to learn about techniques in the others. A
main objective of this conference series is also to give these
researchers the opportunity to show how the integration of techniques
from different fields can lead to interesting results on large and
complex problems. Therefore papers that actively combine, integrate,
or contrast approaches from more than one of the areas are especially
solicited. High quality papers from a single area are also welcome,
provided that they are of interest to other communities involved.
Finally, application papers showcasing CP/AI/OR techniques on
innovative and challenging applications or experience reports on such
applications are strongly encouraged.

The program committee invites submissions that include but are not
limited to the following topics:

* Inference and relaxation methods: constraint propagation, cutting
planes, global constraints, graph algorithms, dynamic programming,
Lagrangean and convex relaxations, heuristic functions based on
constraint relaxation.

* Search methods: branch and bound, intelligent backtracking,
incomplete search, randomized search, column generation and other
decomposition methods, local search, meta-heuristics.

* Integration methods: static/dynamic problem decomposition, solver
communication, transformations between models and solvers,
collaboration between concurrent methods, models, and solvers.

* Modeling methods: comparison of models, symmetry breaking,
uncertainty, dominance relationships.

* Innovative Applications of CP/AI/OR techniques.

* Implementation of CP/AI/OR techniques and optimization systems.


PAPER SUBMISSION


Paper submissions are of two types: Long papers and short papers.

INSTRUCTION FOR LONG PAPERS:
Long papers should present original unpublished work and be at most 15
pages plus references in length, and should be prepared in the format
used for the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). These papers will
undergo rigorous review. The proceedings will be published in the
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

NOTE: Unlike previous CPAIOR conferences the page limit for long
papers is 15 LNCS pages *plus references*.

INSTRUCTION FOR SHORT PAPERS: Short papers are also encouraged,
limited to 5 LNCS pages plus references and should be prepared with
the same format as long papers
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Although containing
less material, short papers should describe original unpublished work
and will be reviewed to the same criteria of quality as long papers.
It is also encouraged to submit short papers about work in progress on
ideas that are interesting but for which the practical or theoretical
relevance is not yet fully identified. Short papers will be presented
at the conference and published in the conference proceedings.

SUBMISSION NOTES:
All papers are to be submitted electronically in PDF format by
following the instructions at the URL

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpaior2014


For any queries on the submission process, please contact the Program
Chairs using the email cpaior2014@gmail.com .


PROGRAM CHAIR:
Helmut Simonis


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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 11:08:31 +0000
From: Laura Marmor <laura.marmor@cs.ox.ac.uk>
To: "dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de" <dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de>
Subject: [DMANET] Subject: EATCS Award 2014: Call for Nominations
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Subject: EATCS Award 2014: Call for Nominations?

The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) annually honours a respected scientist from our community with the prestigious EATCS Distinguished Achievement Award. The award is given to acknowledge extensive and widely recognised contributions to theoretical computer science over a life-long scientific career.

For the EATCS Award 2014, candidates may be nominated to the Award Committee consisting of

. Leslie Ann Goldberg (University of Oxford)
. Kim Guldstrand Larsen (Aalborg University)
. Vladimiro Sassone (University of Southampton)

The deadline for nominations is December 31st, 2013. Nominations will be kept strictly confidential. They should include supporting justification and be sent by e-mail to the chair of the EATCS Award Committee:

Leslie Ann Goldberg,
Department of Computer Science,
University of Oxford,
Wolfson Bldg, Parks Rd,
Oxford OX1 3QD United Kingdom
Email: leslie.goldberg@cs.ox.ac.uk

The list of previous recipients of the EATCS Award may be found at http://eatcs.org/index.php/eatcs-award.

The next award will be presented during ICALP 2014, which will be held in the period 7-11 July 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:55:29 +0200
From: Sandra Sendra<sandra.sendra.upv@gmail.com>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] LAST 5 DAYS!!! CFP: Smart Sensor Protocols and
Algorithms (SSPA2013) - Dalian, China, December 11-13, 2013
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LAST 5 DAYS!!! CFP: Smart Sensor Protocols and Algorithms (SSPA2013) - Dalian, China, December 11-13, 2013


[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email]

*********************** CFP *******************************

Smart Sensor Protocols and Algorithms (SSPA2013)
http://jlloret.webs.upv.es/sspa2013/index.html

in conjunction with The 9th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN2013)
Dalian, China, December 11-13, 2013.
http://ncc.dlut.edu.cn/msn2013/

SCOPE:

Smart Sensor protocols and algorithms make use of several methods and techniques (such as machine learning techniques, decision making techniques, knowledge representation, network optimization, problem solution techniques, and so on), to establish communication between network devices. They can be used to perceive the network conditions, or the user behavior, in order to dynamically plan, adapt, decide, take the appropriate actions, and learn from the consequences of their actions. The algorithms
can make use of the information gathered from the protocol in order to sense the environment, plan actions according to the input, take consciousness of what is happening in the environment, and take the appropriate decisions using a reasoning engine. Goals such as decide which scenario fits best its end-to-end purpose, or environment prediction, can be achieved with smart protocols and algorithms. Moreover, they could learn from the past and use this knowledge to improve future decisions.

In this workshop, researchers are encouraged to submit papers focused on the design, development, analysis or optimization of smart sensor protocols or algorithms at any communication layer. Algorithms and protocols based on artificial intelligence techniques for network management, network monitoring, quality of service enhancement, performance optimization and network secure are included in the workshop.

This conference edition once again targets to gather researchers from academia and industrial sectors to present anal
ytical research, simulations, practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, and advances in sensor protocols and algorithms. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, standards, deployments, implementations, running experiments and applications.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal, including, but are not limited to, the following topic areas:

Reasoning and learning techniques for sensing environment pollution
Smart route prediction in vehicular sensor networks
Smart data aggregation in vehicular sensor networks
Smart multimedia network protocols and algorithms for WSNs
Application layer, transport layer and network layer cognitive protocols
Cognitive radio network protocols and algorithms
Automatic protocols and algorithms for environment prediction
Algorithms and protocols to predict data network states
Intel
ligent synchronization techniques for sensor network protocols and algorithms
Smart sensor protocols and algorithms for e-health
Software applications for smart algorithms design and development in WSNs
Dynamic protocols based on the perception of their performance
Smart protocols and algorithms for Smartgrids
Protocols and algorithms focused on building conclusions for taking the appropriate actions
Smart Automatic and self-autonomous WSNs
Artificial intelligence applied in protocols and algorithms for WSNs
Smart security protocols and algorithms in WSNs
Smart cryptographic algorithms for communication in WSNs
Artificial intelligence applied to power efficiency and energy saving protocols and algorithms
Smart routing and switching protocols and algorithms in WSNs
Cognitive protocol and algorithm models for saving communication costs
Any kind of intelligent technique applied to QoS, content delivery, network Monitoring and network mobility management
Smart cooperative protocols and algorithms WSNs
Problem re
cognition and problem solving protocols for WSNs
Genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and neural networks applied to WSNs

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline: 15th of September 2013
Author notification: 12th of October 2013
Camera-ready version: 27th of October
Registration Deadline: 16th of November 2013
Workshop Dates: 11-13th of December 2013

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers. Papers presenting original and unpublished work are invited and will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Submitted papers should be in PDF format and uploaded on easychair. The submission website is https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sspa2013. The submitted paper should not exceed eight single-spaced, double-column pages in IEEE style format. Detailed formatting and submission guidelines is available on the conference website. Submissions imply the willingness of at least one author to register, attend the conferen
ce, and present the paper.

SPECIAL ISSUES:

Network Protocols and Algorithms

COMMITTEES:

General Chairs
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universitat Polit�cnica Val�ncia, Spain
Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor, University of Koya, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

TPC Chairs
Miguel Garcia Pineda, Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia, Spain
Ali Safa, Universiti of Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Panel & Tutorial Chairs
Sandra Sendra compte, Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia, Spain
Rashid Khokhar, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Web Chair
Alejandro C�novas Solbes, Universitat Polit�cnica Val�ncia, Spain


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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:18:04 +0800
From: "chelly.cheng@mdpi.com" <chelly.cheng@mdpi.com>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] Announcement: [Algorithms] Special Issue "Novel
Meta-heuristic Approaches and their Application to Preemptive
Operational Planning & Logistics in Disaster Management"
Message-ID: <522EE3CC.5090303@mdpi.com>
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Dear Colleagues,

Prof. Dr. Miren Nekane Bilbao, Prof. Dr. Sancho Salcedo-Sanz , Dr. Javier
Del Ser Lorente and Dr. Sergio Gil-Lopez are serving as Guest Editors for a
Special Issue of the online open access journal, Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893,
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms).
We would like to announce this opportunity for you to submit either a
research or review article.

Novel Meta-heuristic Approaches and their Application to Preemptive
Operational Planning & Logistics in Disaster Management
http://www.mdpi.com/si/algorithms/disaster-management

Dear Colleagues,

Let me introduce the Algorithms special issue entitled "Novel Meta-heuristic
Approaches and their Application to Preemptive Operational Planning &
Logistics in Disaster Management".
Nowadays there is a generalized ever-growing concern across institutions and
governments around the Globe with the increased frequency and scales of
wide-area disasters such as forest fires, earthquakes, tsunamis and
volcanos. No matter whether they are originated by purely natural or human
induced factors, the truth is that the need of more research on operational
logistics is widely deemed as critical so as to anticipatively reduce their
fatal consequences. In this context, despite the huge research efforts
conducted towards predictive risk assessing techniques focusing on the
aforementioned disaster events, there is a clear gap between such predictive
approaches and operational logistics which, upon their linkage, would bring
about preemptive operations planning and/or logistics, i.e.
logistics driven by a priori predictive information on the disaster
situation at hand.

Bearing this scope in mind, the special issue will gravitate on the use of
advanced meta-heuristic optimization approaches as means to properly
allocate human, technical and transport resources based on predictive
information on the locational severity of a disaster, its geographical
probability of occurrence, etc.
Beyond novel algorithmic developments, the special issue is open, however,
to contributions dealing with conventional meta-heuristic algorithms
(genetic, simulated annealing, PSO, etc) applied to innovative formulations
of operational planning paradigms over wide areas, with an emphasis on their
practicality. We hereby invite high quality papers presenting original
research on this exciting topic to this special issue.

Prof. Dr. Miren Nekane Bilbao
Prof. Dr. Sancho Salcedo-Sanz
Dr. Javier Del Ser Lorente
Dr. Sergio Gil-Lopez
Guest Editors

Keywords

* disaster management
* meta-heuristic optimisation
* predictive risk modelling
* forest fires
* earthquakes
* operational planning
* logistics


The deadline for submission is 1 December 2013, but you may send your
manuscript at any time before then. All submissions are peer-reviewed and
accepted papers will be published immediately.
If you plan to contribute, please send a short abstract to the Editorial
Office (algorithms@mdpi.com).

Algorithms is an open access journal, which has no income from selling
subscriptions. To defray the editorial and production costs, the journal
levies an Article Processing Charge (APC) for accepted papers.
Please refer to http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/apc/ for more
information. The charge currently is of 300 CHF (Swiss Francs) per accepted
paper.

We look forward to hearing from you.

On behalf of
Prof. Dr. Miren Nekane Bilbao, Prof. Dr. Sancho Salcedo-Sanz, Dr. Javier Del
Ser Lorente and Dr. Sergio Gil-Lopez

Best wishes,
Ms. Chelly Cheng
Managing Editor

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Ms. Chelly Cheng
MDPI AG
Managing Editor
Algorithms Editorial Office
Postfach, CH - 4005 Basel, Switzerland
Office: Klybeckstrasse 64, 4057 Basel
Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 (office)
Fax. +41 61 302 89 18 (office)
E-mail: algorithms@mdpi.com
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms



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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:18:51 +0800
From: "chelly.cheng@mdpi.com" <chelly.cheng@mdpi.com>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] [Algorithms] Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893) - Special
Issue: "Algorithms for Multi Core Parallel Computation" - Special
Issue Announcement
Message-ID: <522EE3FB.1050706@mdpi.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Dear Colleagues,

Prof. Dr. Ken Hawick is serving as Guest Editor for a Special Issue
of the online open access journal, Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893,
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms). We would like to announce
this opportunity for you to submit either a research or review article.

Algorithms for Multi Core Parallel Computation
http://www.mdpi.com/si/algorithms/algorithms_multi_core_parallel_computation/


Dear Colleagues,

Multi-cored CPUs and many-cored accelerators such as GPUs and
FPGAs are becoming commonly affordable and available platforms
for parallel computing. Developing highly-efficient algorithms and
applications for these platforms is an exciting area and one that presents
even greater challenges as core counts increase. Algorithms that make
optimal use of hybrid many-cored processors and accelerators also
stretch the capabilities of existing parallel software and tools.
Approaches vary from classic data-parallelism algorithms deployed
on massively-cored accelerators to thread or message-managed task
communication on many-core central processing units. The close-coupling
potential of having many cores on a single chip or device presents
opportunities for developing new multi-core algorithms that must of
necessity go beyond the parallel supercomputer algorithms of yester-year.

Hybrid algorithms making use of a whole spectrum of different parallel
granularities are possible on platforms with multiple accelerators driven
by multiple CPU cores. Recent developments have taken the number
of economically feasible CPU cores well into double figures. It is likely
that CPU and GPU solutions will continue to approach the many-core
problem from different ends of the granularity scale, but with interesting
hybrids emerging and with a complex trade-off space where they meet
in the middle. Algorithms that can exploit this topical granularity spectrum
will grow in importance. Software that embodies such algorithms will
have a profound impact in a number of application markets and industries
including: simulation and modelling; games and animation; and many
others where many cores can be kept busy.

Quality articles describing innovative and original work in algorithms that
use many-cored devices are sought for a special issue on "Algorithms for
Multi-Core Parallel Computation." Reported work on algorithms using
topical new and emerging devices such as:
multi-cored CPUs; many-cored GPUs; or other CPU/accelerator
combinations using many cores, is particularly sought.

Prof. Dr. Ken Hawick
Guest Editor

Keywords:

* many-core algorithms
* many-core devices
* performance accelerators
* multi-accelerator algorithms
* multi-cored CPU
* algorithms

The deadline for submission is 30 September 2013, but you
may send your manuscript at any time before then. All submissions
are peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published immediately.
If you plan to contribute, please send a short abstract to the
Editorial Office (algorithms@mdpi.com).

Algorithms is an open access journal, which has no income from
selling subscriptions. To defray the editorial and production costs,
the journal levies an Article Processing Charge (APC) for accepted papers.
Please refer to http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/apc/ for more
information. The charge currently is of 300 CHF (Swiss Francs) per
accepted paper.

We look forward to hearing from you.

On behalf of
Prof. Dr. Ken Hawick

Best wishes,
Chelly Cheng
Assistant Editor

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Ms. Chelly Cheng
MDPI AG
Assistant Editor
Algorithms Editorial Office
Postfach, CH - 4005 Basel, Switzerland
Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel
Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 (office)
Fax. +41 61 302 89 18 (office)
E-mail: algorithms@mdpi.com
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms


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