Friday, November 27, 2015

dmanet Digest, Vol 93, Issue 25

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Today's Topics:

1. Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics
Track at GECCO 2016 (Manuel López-Ibáñez)
2. PhD positions in theoretical CS (formal methods and
algorithms) in Brno, CZ, since 2016 (Petr Hlineny)
3. PhD positions in Mathematics at the London School of
Economics and Political Science (Jan van den Heuvel)
4. Fully-funded Doctoral Scholarship in Computing/Computer
Science at European University Cyprus (Vicky Papadopoulou)
5. Postdoc position in complexity at Charles University in
Prague (Michal Koucky)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 16:31:39 +0000
From: Manuel López-Ibáñez <manuel.lopez-ibanez@manchester.ac.uk>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and
Metaheuristics Track at GECCO 2016
Message-ID: <565733EB.6010706@manchester.ac.uk>
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CALL FOR PAPERS
2016 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2016)
EVOLUTIONARY COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION AND METAHEURISTICS (ECOM) TRACK
20-24 July 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA
Organized by ACM SIGEVO
http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2016/
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The ECOM track at GECCO 2016 aims to provide a forum for the presentation and
discussion of high-quality research on metaheuristics for combinatorial
optimization problems. Challenging problems from a broad range of applications,
including logistics, network design, bioinformatics, engineering and business
have been tackled successfully with metaheuristic approaches. In many cases,
the resulting algorithms represent the state-of-the-art for solving these
problems. In addition to evolutionary algorithms, the class of metaheuristics
includes prominent generic problem solving methods, such as tabu search,
iterated local search, variable neighborhood search, memetic algorithms,
simulated annealing, GRASP and ant colony optimization.

The ECOM track encourages original submissions on all aspects of evolutionary
combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics, including, but not limited to:

* Applications of metaheuristics to combinatorial optimization problems
* Theoretical developments in combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics
* Representation techniques
* Neighborhoods and efficient algorithms for searching them
* Variation operators for stochastic search methods
* Search space and landscape analysis
* Comparisons between different techniques (including exact methods)
* Constraint-handling techniques
* Hybrid methods, adaptive hybridization techniques and memetic computing
* Hyper-heuristics for combinatorial optimization problems
* Characteristics of problems and problem instances


IMPORTANT DATES:

27 January 2016 Abstract submission
3 February 2016 Full paper submission (hard deadline)
20-24 July 2016 GECCO 2016 Conference in Denver, Colorado, USA


TRACK CHAIRS:

Holger H. Hoos (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hoos/

Manuel Lopez-Ibanez (University of Manchester, UK)
http://lopez-ibanez.eu


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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:37:17 +0100
From: Petr Hlineny <petr.hlineny@googlemail.com>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] PhD positions in theoretical CS (formal methods and
algorithms) in Brno, CZ, since 2016
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Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk
University, Brno CZ, http://www.fi.muni.cz/,
announces an open call for special PhD positions starting from February 2016,
in the following areas:

* Topic: Parameter and model fitting of complex adaptive systems
Supervisor: Prof. Luboš Brim
* Topic: Control of distributed multi-agent systems under temporal constraints
Supervisor: Prof. Ivana Černá
* Topic: Structural Graph Theory and Algorithmic Metatheorems
Supervisor: Prof. Petr Hliněný
* Topic: Stochastic games in operational research
Supervisor: Prof. Antonín Kučera

See for general information:
http://www.fi.muni.cz/studies/doctoral/calls/call-ktp2015.xhtml.en
The deadline for application is January 12, 2016.

General information
Perspective PhD students are expected to show their research background
and skills in the area of the selected PhD topic. They should also be
proficient in English; knowledge of Czech is NOT necessary.

Stipend
The PhD positions are funded with a stipend of net value 20000CZK per
month, which is approximately 750Eur and is on the level of an average
net salary in the Czech Republic. The stipend is granted to successful
applicants for the first 2 years, with an expected renewal (after an
evaluation) for another 2 years. The total length of study is 4 years.

Application procedure
Applicants are strongly advised to contact their perspective supervisor
for more specific details, well ahead of the deadline.


--
Petr Hlineny <petr.hlineny@googlemail.com>

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 16:51:07 +0000
From: Jan van den Heuvel <j.van-den-heuvel@lse.ac.uk>
To: <dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de>
Subject: [DMANET] PhD positions in Mathematics at the London School of
Economics and Political Science
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PhD positions in Mathematics at the London School of Economics and
Political Science

The Department of Mathematics at the London School of Economics and
Political Science has openings for PhD students, including in the areas
of Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms, Operations Research (Analytics),
and Game Theory. We are seeking exceptionally talented and motivated
students with a strong mathematical background and interest in
combinatorics, mathematical foundations of operations research, discrete
optimisation, algorithms, mathematical and algorithmic game theory, and
related areas.

For further information about the PhD programme, application procedures,
and faculty please see
http://www.lse.ac.uk/maths/Degrees/PhD_and_MPhil.aspx
.


Applicants will automatically be considered for funding covering fees
and paying GBP 18,000/year (approx. EUR 23,000 or USD 27,000) for up to
4 years. The award of these scholarships is competitive, based on
academic performance (typically in an MSc or equivalent) and suitability
of the proposed research. Application deadlines for funding are 11
January and 27 April 2016; we strongly encourage submission by the
earlier deadline.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the following
department faculty members to discuss their qualifications and research
interests before submitting a formal application:

* Discrete Mathematics & Algorithms: Prof Jan van den Heuvel,
j.van-den-heuvel@lse.ac.uk;
* Operations Research: Prof Gregory Sorkin, g.b.sorkin@lse.ac.uk;
* Game Theory: Prof Bernhard von Stengel, stengel@nash.lse.ac.uk.


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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:23:18 +0000
From: Vicky Papadopoulou <V.Papadopoulou@euc.ac.cy>
To: "DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de" <DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de>
Subject: [DMANET] Fully-funded Doctoral Scholarship in
Computing/Computer Science at European University Cyprus
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Fully-funded Doctoral Scholarship in Computing/Computer Science at European University Cyprus

The Astrophysics and High Performance Computing group (http://ahpc.euc.ac.cy/) of the Computer Science and Engineering of European University Cyprus is delighted to invite applications for a fully-funded PhD scholarship in Computing/Computer Science. The group is involved in a number of prestigious projects including the FP7 funded project 'Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project' (HELP) and has an extensive network of collaborators in some of the best universities in Europe and the world. The work will involve the exploitation of computational and high performance techniques for the efficient modelling of the spectral energy distributions of large samples of galaxies which will be made available through HELP and other projects.
The group has extensive experience in developing the models which will be used in this project and their application for addressing a number of problems in extragalactic astrophysics. To address the aims of the project the PhD candidate will make extensive use of algorithmic and high performance computing techniques implemented and run on supercomputing facilities which are accessible by the AHPC group and gain experience in this area. The position is suitable for candidates with a background in Computing/Computer Science but also a background in Physical Sciences, Mathematics or Engineering.

For enquiries interested candidates should contact Dr Vicky Papadopoulou Lesta (v.papadopoulou@euc.ac.cy) or Prof. Andreas Efstathiou (a.efstathiou@euc.ac.cy). The deadline for applications is 15th December 2015 and the application procedure is described at http://bit.ly/1OnyXHs.
Requirements:
. Very good university degree (Master or equivalent) in Computer Science or Physical Sciences or Mathematics or Engineering
. Solid skills in programming, software development and in algorithm design and analysis
. Very good mathematical background especially in numerical methods
. Self-motivation, team spirit and willingness to work in interdisciplinary projects
. Knowledge of parallel programming (in particular OpenMP) will be considered an advantage but is not a requirement

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Vicky Papadopoulou Lesta
Assistant Professor,
Member of the Astrophysics and High Performance Computing research group
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
European University Cyprus
6 Diogenes Str. Engomi,  P.O. Box: 22006, 1516, Nicosia, Cyprus
[t] +357 22713046  [f] +357 22713013
[e] v.papadopoulou@euc.ac.cy
[w] http://faculty.euc.ac.cy/vpapadopoulou/
 

 


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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:20:41 +0100 (CET)
From: Michal Koucky <koucky@iuuk.mff.cuni.cz>
To: dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de
Subject: [DMANET] Postdoc position in complexity at Charles University
in Prague
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Two postdocs positions are available at the Computer Science Institute of
Charles University in Prague. The position are supported by the European
Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant LBCAD: "Lower bounds for
combinatorial algorithms and dynamic problems" held by Michal Koucky. The
goal of the project is to provide lower bounds on the complexity of
algorithmic problems in various settings.

The candidates should have strong background in computational complexity,
algorithms or data structures, and should have completed their Ph.D.
degree in theoretical computer science or mathematics within the last 4
years or will complete their Ph.D. degree by Fall 2016.

Application deadline is January 21, 2016. Starting date is in Fall 2016
or beginning of 2017, and can be negotiated. Informal inquires by email
are welcome.

More information is available at: http://iuuk.mff.cuni.cz/~koucky/LBCAD/

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