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Today's Topics:

1. PhD / Postdoc positions in distributed algorithms (Fabian Kuhn)
2. CEC Competition at IEEE WCCI 2014 1st CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
(Sergey Polyakovskiy)
3. Last Days, December 25 || ICNS 2014 || April 20 - 24, 2014 -
Chamonix, France (Cristina Pascual)
4. +++ EXTENDED DEADLINE +++ CfP: ITOR special issue on "Hybrid
Metaheuristics and their Applications" (Ana Viana)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 23:32:31 +0100
From: Fabian Kuhn <kuhn@cs.uni-freiburg.de>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] PhD / Postdoc positions in distributed algorithms
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POSTDOC and PHD POSITIONS in DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS

UNIVERSITY of FREIBURG, GERMANY

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Are you interested in solving mathematical problems? Are you
particularly attracted by algorithmic and/or combinatorial questions?
Are you also fascinated by the possibilities of future computer
applications that will be built on top of various forms of large-scale
networks and highly parallel systems?

There are open postdoctoral and PhD positions (salary: 100%, E13) in
the research group of Fabian Kuhn at the University of Freiburg,
Germany. Our research mostly focuses on questions regarding algorithms
and complexity of problems arising in the context of large,
decentralized networks. For more details, see the list of our
publications at http://ac.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/publications

Applicants need to have a strong background and interest in algorithms
and/or combinatorics. To apply for a PhD position, you ideally should
have an MSc degree in computer science with a focus on
algorithms/theory or an MSc degree in mathematics with a minor in
computer science. Candidates for a postdoc positions need to have a
PhD degree and a strong publication record in the general area of our
research.

In order to apply, please send an email with your application
documents to Fabian Kuhn (kuhn@cs.uni-freiburg.de). Your application
should include a detailed CV and a short cover letter where you
introduce yourself and your motivation to apply to our
group. Applicants for a PhD position should also include official
transcripts of your Bachelor and Master studies and possibly copies of
a Bachelor or Master thesis or a student project in the area of
algorithms/theory. Postdoc candidates should include names and email
addresses of at least two references. Additional material that shows
that you are suited for the job is also welcome.



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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:16:24 +1030
From: "Sergey Polyakovskiy" <Sergey.Polyakovskiy@adelaide.edu.au>
To: <DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de>
Subject: [DMANET] CEC Competition at IEEE WCCI 2014 1st CALL FOR
PARTICIPATION
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**** CEC Competition at IEEE WCCI 2014 1st CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ****

"Optimisation of Problems with Multiple Interdependent Components"
CEC Competition at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI
2014),
July 6 - 11, 2014, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China
http://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~optlog/CEC2014Comp/

** Introduction **
Real-world optimization problems often consist of several NP-hard
combinatorial optimization problems that interact with each other. Such
multi-component optimization problems are difficult to solve not only
because of the contained hard optimization problems, but in particular,
because of the interdependencies between the different components.
Interdependence complicates a decision making by forcing each sub-problem to
influence the quality and feasibility of solutions of the other
sub-problems. This influence might be even stronger when one sub-problem
changes the data used by another one through a solution construction
process. Examples of multi-component problems are vehicle routing problems
under loading constraints, the maximizing material utilization while
respecting a production schedule, and the relocation of containers in a port
while minimizing idle times of ships.

The goal of this competition in combination with its associated special
session is to provide a platform for researchers in computational
intelligence working on multi-component optimization problems. The main
focus of this competition is on the combination of TSP and Knapsack
problems. However, we plan to extend this competition format to more complex
combinations of problems (that have typically been dealt with individually
in the past decades) in the upcoming years.

** Technical Details **
The set of benchmarks used in this competition follows the idea of the
"Travelling Thief Problem" (Mohammad Reza Bonyadi, Zbigniew Michalewicz,
Luigi Barone: The travelling thief problem: The first step in the transition
from theoretical problems to realistic problems. IEEE Congress on
Evolutionary Computation 2013: 1037-1044). Eucledian 2D Traveling
Salesperson instances are combined with 0-1-Knapsack instances in such a way
that it reflects aspects of problems from the real-world; for example, the
total weight of the items in the knapsack influences the travel speed of a
traveller. This introduced interdependence sets our benchmarks apart from
capacitated vehicle routing problem instances, where this interdependence
does not exist.

A range of sample instances will be available soon for researchers to
experiment with before the final submission. The samples will include
instances with few/many cities, with uncorrelated/correlated profits and
weights, and instances with further characteristics.

In order to encourage researchers during the weeks before the submission
deadline, we invite them to submit solutions for the sample instances. These
results will be displayed online (without a reference to the authors) and
then will serve as performance indications for other researchers.

** Submission and Evaluation **
Participants will submit executable files via an online system. These files
will be run on our state of the art Linux servers. The evaluation criteria
are

- final solution quality after a fixed budget of fitness function
evaluations (to mimic "expensive" evaluations), and
- final solution quality after a fixed budget of computation time (to
mimic the importance of "deadlines").

The technical details will be published online in time.

** Association **
This competition is associated with the Special Session EC23 Heuristic
Methods for Multi-Component Optimization Problems.
http://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~optlog/CEC2014/

** Prize **
We are trying our best to secure money prizes from companies that apply
computational intelligence methods, such as SolveIT Software
(www.solveitsoftware.com), a leading provider of enterprise software for
integrated planning and optimisation.

** Conference Participation **
While we do not require this, we strongly encourage the participants to
register for WCCI 2014 due to the advantages.

** Instances and Additional Details **
To be announced shortly. Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you
would like early access to the instances.

** Contacts **
Sergey Polyakovskiy (sergey.polyakovskiy@adelaide.edu.au)
Markus Wagner (markus.wagner@adelaide.edu.au)
Mohammad Reza Bonyadi (mohammad.bonyadi@adelaide.edu.au)
Frank Neumann (frank.neumann@adelaide.edu.au)
Zbyszek Michalewicz (zbigniew.michalewicz@adelaide.edu.au)

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This special session is organized as a part of the IEEE Task Force on
Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimization




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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:30:48 +0100
From: Cristina Pascual<cris.pascual.gonzalez@gmail.com>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] Last Days, December 25 || ICNS 2014 || April 20 -
24, 2014 - Chamonix, France
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INVITATION:

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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ICNS 2014.

The submission deadline is December 25, 2013.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
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============== ICNS 2014 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICNS 2014, The Tenth International Conference on Networking and Services

April 20 - 24, 2014 - Chamonix, France


General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ICNS14.html

Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/CfPICNS14.html

- regular papers
- short papers (work in progress)
- posters
- ideas

Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/SubmitICNS14.html
Submission deadline: December 25, 2013

Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org
Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html
Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org


Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.

Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html


ICNS 2014 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

ENCOT: Emerging Network Communications and Technologies

Access and home networks; Ad hoc networks; Application-specific networks (e.g. SANs); Autonomic Networks; Delay-tolerant Networking; Distributed communications systems & applications; Energy-efficient networking; High-speed & optical networks; Mobile networking and systems; MPLS-VPN & IPSec-VPN networks; Multimedia and multicast communications; Networking Communication theory; Network modeling & simulation; Network monitoring techniques; Network security; Next Generation Networks (NGN); Overlay networks; Peer-to-peer networking; Programmable and Active Networks; Sensor networks; Switching and routing; Wireless and Satellite Networks

COMAN: Network Control and Management

Network, control and service architectures; Network signaling, pricing and billing; Network middleware; Network management, monitoring and control; Network resource scheduling; Networks policy-based management; Management of autonomic networks and systems; Telecommunication networks architectures; On-demand networks, utility computing architectures; Applications and case studies

SERVI: Multi-technology service deployment and assurance

Service-oriented architectures; Service definition, creation, bundling, deployment; Service reuse, composition and service feature interaction; Service orchestration and federation; Inter-provider service dependency; Intra-provider service dependency and service interaction; Service middleware and service development platforms (SDPs); Service open architecture (SOA); Profiling and service adaptation; Service privacy and security; Quality of service, service level agreement [QoS/SLA]; Service agreement violations; Mobile services and service migration; Reliability, availability, serviceability [RAS]; Service performance metrics; Traffic engineering, metering, monitoring; Voice over IP services; IP Multimedia services; Real-time/not-real-rime services; real-time services over IP/IPv6; Service performance evaluation, tools, simulation

NGNUS: Next Generation Networks and Ubiquitous Services

Methodologies, development support, and tools for NGN and converging services; NGN and convergence of ubiquitous services; NGN frameworks, architectures, and concepts; NGN technologies and mechanisms; QoS/SLA, traffic in NGN; NGN transport/service layered capabilities and operations; NGN concepts for active, ad hoc, mobile, and wireless networks; 3G and 4G Mobile networks; Fixed/mobile networks integration and internetworking; Services and service differentiation over NGN; Managing ubiquitous services in NGN; NGN interworking, non-NGN interoperability, migration; Regulatory services in NGN and standard activities; NGN device instrumentation; NGN policy-based control; Next Generation Internet

MPQSI: Multi Provider QoS/SLA Internetworking

Architectures, frameworks, mechanisms for admission control and measurement; QoS in multi-provider and multi-technology networks; Service classes and multi-provider service class discovery; Service level agreement and service assurance in multi-provider environments; Carrier-class end-to-end SLA and QoS monitoring and management; Multi provider accounting/billing/cost sharing; Management, monitoring, and measurements in multi-provider networks; End-to-end QoS/SLA advanced network services in multi-provider networks; End-to-end QoS/SLA for multimedia applications and services in multi-provider networks; Security issues in multi-service provider networks; Business models for multi-providers under QoS/SLA constraints; Standards and fora activities

GRIDNS: Grid Networks and Services

GRID theory, frameworks, methodologies, architecture, ontology; GRID infrastructure and technologies; GRID middleware; GRID protocols and networking; GRID computing, utility computing, autonomic computing, metacomputing; Programmable GRID; Data GRID; Context ontology and management in GRIDs; Distributed decisions in GRID networks; GRID services and applications; Virtualization, modeling, and metadata in GRID; Resource management, scheduling, and scalability in GRID; GRID monitoring, control, and management; Traffic and load balancing in GRID; User profiles and priorities in GRID; Performance and security in GRID systems; Fault tolerance, resilience, survivability, robustness in GRID; QoS/SLA in GRID networks; GRID fora, standards, development, evolution; GRID case studies, validation testbeds, prototypes, and lessons learned

EDNA: Emergency Services and Disaster Recovery of Networks and Applications

Theory on disaster-tolerant robust networks; Recovery by disruption resource procedures; Security issues with emergency services and disaster recovery; Networks resiliency methods; Formal methods for safety-critical systems; Networks emergency services; Public safety, reliable emergency communications, and applications; Response to the networks emergency services; Disaster prevention and recovery; Fighting mechanisms for disaster of networks and applications; Notifications and recovery in various network technologies; Customer protection and serviceability perception; Cost models and business impact; Cultural and legal aspects; Future advanced network development and evolution; Standards and guidelines; Lawful interception and defense strategies;

IPv6DFI: Deploying the Future Infrastructure

IP Upgrade - An Engineering Exercise or a Necessity?; Worldwide IPv6 Adoption - Trends and Policies; National Strategies in Stimulating IPv6 Adoption; IPv6 in Government Infrastructures - Specific Requirements; IPv6 Infrastructures for Emergency Response and Law Enforcement - MetroNet6; Communications Equipment Certification for IPv6 Support; IPv6 in Broadband Networks; IPv6 Programs, from Research to Knowledge Dissemination; IPv6 Technology - Practical Information; Advanced Topics and Latest Developments in IPv6; IPv6 Deployment Experiences and Case Studies; IPv6 Enabled Applications and Devices

IPDy: Internet Packet Dynamics

Measurement of stream characteristics (reordering, delay, losses, jitter, etc.); Measurement and estimation of network characteristics; Tools, metrics and benchmarks; End-to-end packet dynamics; Timing aspects in packet dynamics; Impact of load balancing, parallelism within nodes, etc. on packet dynamics; QoS mechanisms and their impact on packet dynamics; Models (e.g., relating protocols, resources and architectures to packet dynamics); Mitigation of adverse effects of reordering, jitter, etc.; Traffic engineering; Impact of packet dynamics on application performance

GOBS: GRID over Optical Burst Switching Networks

Terabit burst switching; Burst assembly for IP DiffServ over optical burst switching networks; Optical network infrastructure for Grid; Synchronous stream optical burst switching; Optical burst switching based GRID architecture; Reliable optical burst switching for next-generation Grid networks; Throughput for Grid optical burst switching Grid networks; Resiliency paths over the optical Grid networks; Consumer oriented Grids using optical burst switching; Protocols for optical burst switched Grid networks; Hybrid optical switching for data-intensive media Grid; Anycast routing in optical burst switched Grid networks; Optical burst switching for IP-over-WDM/DWDM; Customizable Grid-to-optical network; Ultra high capacity optical networks; Hybrid optical burst/circuit switched for Grid-enabled optical networks; Job scheduling in optical burst switching Grid networks; Architecture and middleware for Grid-Over-OBS

LEARN: Learning Methodologies and Platforms

New learning methodologies; Blended learning; Accessibility in Learning; Online laboratories; Virtual laboratories; Remote laboratories; Learning strategies to enhance online courses; Learning Content adaptation for blended learning; Learning platforms and their compatibility with cisco.netacad.net

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Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ComICNS14.html

ICNS Advisory Chairs
Pedro Andr�s Aranda Guti�rrez, Telef�nica I+D - Madrid, Spain
Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Eugen Borcoci, University 'Politehnica' Bucharest, Romania
Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Sathiamoorthy Manoharan, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Osaka University, Japan
Go Hasegawa, Osaka University, Japan
Abdulrahman Yarali, Murray State University, USA
Emmanuel Bertin, Orange Labs, France
Steffen Fries, Siemens, Germany
Rui L.A. Aguiar, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Iain Murray, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Khondkar Islam, George Mason University - Fairfax, USA

ICNS Industry/Research Relation Chairs
Eunsoo Shim, Samsung Electronics, Korea
Tao Zheng, Orange Labs Beijing, China
Bruno Chatras, Orange Labs, France
Jun Kyun Choi, KAIST, Korea
Michael Galetzka, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits - Dresden, Germany
Mikael Gidlund, ABB, Sweden
Juraj Giertl, T-Systems, Slovakia
Sinan Hanay, NICT, Japan
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:24:53 +0000
From: Ana Viana <ana.gomes.viana@gmail.com>
To: DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] +++ EXTENDED DEADLINE +++ CfP: ITOR special issue on
"Hybrid Metaheuristics and their Applications"
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++++ EXTENDED DEADLINE ++++

Submission deadline: January 15, 2014

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The International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) will
publish a Special Issue dedicated to ?Hybrid Metaheuristics and their
Applications?. Pure metaheuristics, such as GRASP, VNS, simulated
annealing, evolutionary algorithms, tabu search, ant colony
optimization, scatter search, and iterated local search, are considered
state-of-the-art methods for many problems. In recent years, however, it
has become evident that the concentration on a sole metaheuristic is
rather restrictive. A skilled combination of concepts from different
optimization techniques can provide more efficient algorithms and higher
flexibility when dealing with real-world and large-scale problems.
Hybrid Metaheuristics are therefore techniques for optimization that
combine different metaheuristics or integrate AI/OR techniques into
metaheuristics.

Contributions solicited cover a variety of topics, including but not
limited to:

- Novel combinations of components from different metaheuristics
- Hybridization of metaheuristics and AI/OR techniques
- Low-level hybridization
- High-level hybridization, portfolio techniques, expert systems
- Cooperative search
- Automated parameter tuning
- Empirical and statistical comparison
- Theoretical aspects of hybridization
- Parallelization
- Software libraries

Although we strongly encourage the submission of papers presented at the
8th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2013) that took
place in Ischia (Napoli), Italy, from May 23 to 25, 2013, this Call for
Papers is also open to the entire community of academics and practitioners.

All papers will be peer-reviewed according to the editorial policy of
ITOR (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118505725/home),
published by the International Federation of Operational Research
Societies (IFORS). Papers should be original, unpublished, and not
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. They should be
prepared according to the instructions to authors that can be found in
the journal homepage. Authors should upload their contributions using
the submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itor, indicating in
their cover letter that the paper is intended for this special issue.

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2014. Other inquiries
should be sent directly to any of the Guest Editors in charge of this
issue: Paola Festa (paola.festa@unina.it), Mauricio G.C. Resende
(mgcr@research.att.com), and Ana Viana (aviana@inescporto.pt).





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