22th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing

SYNASC 2020


Artificial Intelligence



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First Call for Papers
SYNASC 2020
22th International Symposium on
Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing
September 1-4, 2020, Timisoara, Romania
http://synasc.ro/2020
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=== Aim ===
SYNASC aims to stimulate the interaction among multiple communities focusing on defining, optimizing and executing complex algorithms in several application areas. The focus of the conference then ranges from symbolic and numeric computation to formal methods applied to programming, artificial intelligence, distributed computing and computing theory. The interplay between these areas, in fact, is essential in the current scenario where economy and society demand for the development of complex, data intensive, trustable and high performant computational systems.
In this context we invite for:
* research paper submissions
* special session proposals
* satellite workshop proposals
* tutorial proposals
=== Important Dates ===
01 April 2020 : Proposals for workshops, special sessions, tutorials
01 May 2020 : Paper submission for main tracks
15 June 2020 : Paper submission for workshops and special sessions
15 July 2020 : Notification of acceptance
01 August 2020 : Registration and revised papers for pre-proceedings
01-04 September 2020 : Symposium
30 November 2020 : Final papers for post-proceedings
=== Invited Speakers ===
Roman Beck, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Tetsuo Ida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
(to be extended)
=== Tracks ===
* Symbolic Computation
+ computer algebra
+ symbolic techniques applied to numerics
+ hybrid symbolic and numeric algorithms
+ numerics and symbolics for geometry
+ programming with constraints, narrowing
* Numerical Computing
+ iterative approximation of fixed points
+ solving systems of nonlinear equations
+ numerical and symbolic algorithms for differential equations
+ numerical and symbolic algorithms for optimization
+ parallel algorithms for numerical computing
+ scientific visualization and image processing
* Logic and Programming
+ automatic reasoning
+ formal system verification
+ formal verification and synthesis
+ software quality assessment
+ static analysis
+ timing analysis
* Artificial Intelligence
+ intelligent systems for scientific computing
+ recommender and expert systems for scientific computing
+ scientific knowledge management
+ agent-based complex systems modeling and development
+ uncertain reasoning in scientific computing
+ computational intelligence
+ soft computing
+ machine learning
+ deep learning
+ data mining, text mining and web mining
+ natural language processing
+ computer vision
+ intelligent hybrid systems
* Distributed Computing
+ parallel and distributed algorithms for clouds, GPUs, HPC, P2P
systems, autonomous systems. Work should focus on scheduling, scaling,
load balancing, networks, fault-tolerance, gossip algorithms, energy saving
+ applications for parallel and distributed systems, including work
on cross disciplinary (scientific) applications for grids/clouds, web
applications, workflow platforms, network measurement tools, programming
environments
+ architectures for parallel and distributed systems, including
self-managing and autonomous systems, negotiation protocols, HPC on clouds,
GPU processing, PaaS for (inter)cloud, brokering platforms, mobile computing
+ modelling of parallel and distributed systems including models on
resources and networks, semantic representation, negotiation, social networks,
trace management, simulators
+ any other topic deemed relevant to the field
* Advances in the Theory of Computing
+ data structures and algorithms
+ combinatorial optimization
+ formal languages and combinatorics on words
+ graph-theoretic and combinatorial methods in computer science
+ algorithmic paradigms, including distributed, online,
approximation, probabilistic, game-theoretic algorithms
+ computational complexity theory, including structural complexity, boolean
complexity, communication complexity, average-case complexity, derandomization
and property testing
+ logical approaches to complexity, including finite model theory
+ algorithmic and computational learning theory
+ aspects of computability theory, including computability in
analysis and algorithmic information theory
+ proof complexity
+ computational social choice and game theory
+ new computational paradigms: CNN computing, quantum,
holographic and other non-standard approaches to computability
+ randomized methods, random graphs, threshold phenomena and
typical-case complexity
+ automata theory and other formal models, particularly in
relation to formal verification methods such as model
checking and runtime verification
+ applications of theory, including wireless and sensor networks,
computational biology and computational economics
+ experimental algorithmics
This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
=== Research Papers ===
Submitted research papers must contain original research results not submitted
and not published elsewhere.
There are four categories of submissions:
* Regular papers describing fully completed research results (up to 8 pages
in the two-columns paper style).
* System descriptions and experimental papers describing implementation
results of experimental data, with a link to the reported results (up to 4
pages in the two-columns paper style).
* Work in progress papers, describing ongoing work and/or preliminary
results (up to 4 pages in the two-columns paper style).
* PhD Students Posters, describing ongoing work and research challenges of PhD students
(up to 2 pages in the two-columns paper style).
The papers should be submitted electronically through
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=synasc2020.
Research papers that are accepted and presented at the symposium will be
collected as post-proceedings published by Conference Publishing Service
(CPS) (included in IEEE Xplore) and will be submitted for indexing in ISI Web
of Science, DBLP, SCOPUS.
Extended versions of the selected papers published in post-proceedings will be
considered to be published as special issues in international journals (e.g. Soft
Computing Journal, Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience etc.)
=== Special Sessions ===
Proposals are invited for special sessions on any topic relevant to the conference.
Special sessions are intended to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas
and they are fully integrated into the main conference. The research papers and the
informal presentations submitted and accepted for the special sessions follow the
same rules as the papers submitted to the regular sessions. It is expected that the
organizers of the special sessions appoint their own chair and program committee,
which will be integrated in the conference program committee and will be supervised
by the conference program chair and by the general chair.
=== Workshops ===
Proposals for satellite workshops are also invited. The satellite workshops should
have topics related to SYNASC but the scientific program of each satellite workshop
is managed by the workshop organizers. Authors contributing to a workshop would be
required to register for the symposium. All papers accepted at workshops will be
included in the local electronic pre-proceedings and the best presented papers will
be included in the post-proceedings published by Conference Publishing Services.
=== Tutorials ===
Proposals for tutorials are also invited. Tutorials provide fundamental exposure
to topics ranging from introductory through intermediate to advanced. The number
and the duration of the tutorials will be decided by the tutorial chair under the
supervision of the general chair. Depending on the number and the quality of the
proposals for tutorials, they may be organized as a SYNASC Autumn School.
=== Committees ===
Honorary Chair:
* Bruno Buchberger, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Steering Committee:
* Tetsuo Ida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
* Tudor Jebelean, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
* Laura Kovacs, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
* Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Stephen Watt, University of Western Ontario, Canada
* Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
General Chairs:
* Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Program Chairs:
* Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
* Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Track Chairs:
* Symbolic Computation
+ James Davenport, University of Bath, UK
+ Stephen Watt, University of Waterloo, Canada
* Numerical Computing
+ Stephen Takacs, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
+ Eva Kaslik, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Logic and Programming
+ Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft Research, USA
+ Tudor Jebelean, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
+ Laura Kovacs, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
* Artificial Intelligence
+ Andrei Petrovski, Robert Gordon University, UK
+ Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Distributed Computing
+ Marc Frincu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Advances in the Theory of Computing
+ Florin Manea, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
+ Mircea Marin, West University of Timisoara, Romania
+ Gabriel Istrate, Institute e-Austria Timisoara, Romania
Special Sessions and Workshops Chair:
* Daniel Pop, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Tutorial Chair:
* Florin Fortis, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Proceedings Chairs:
* Elisabetta di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
* Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Organizing Commitee Chairs:
* Monica Sancira, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Isabela Dramnesc, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Publicity Chairs:
* Silviu Panica, Institute e-Austria Timisoara, Romania
* Sebastian Stefaniga, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Technical Committee:
* Theodor Grumeza, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* David Perta, West University of Timisoara, Romania
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SYNASC 2020
West University of Timisoara
Department of Computer Science
Bd. V. Parvan 4, 300223 Timisoara, Romania
tel: + (40) 256 592195, +(40) 256 592389
fax: + (40) 256 592316, +(40) 256 592380
e-mail: contact@synasc.ro