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Call For Participation: HCOMP 2024 for the PACE Workshop: Participatory AI for Community Engagement
by Nicholas Mattei 23 Sep '24

23 Sep '24

🚀 Join us at HCOMP 2024 for the PACE Workshop: Participatory AI for Community Engagement! We are happy to announce the upcoming PACE Workshop and invite researchers from all fields working on participatory approaches for public sector responsible AI. 📅 Date: October 16–19, 2024 (Exact day will be announced soon) 📍 Venue: HCOMP 2024 at Pittsburgh, PA 💡 Submission Categories: - Work-in-progress papers: Present initial research findings or innovative ideas in the early stages of development. - Position papers: Offer literature reviews, reveal systematic shortcomings, or propose new Responsible AI solutions for the public sector. - Artifact papers: Include software, prototypes, pictorials, etc., described in an accompanying short paper. All submissions should be 5000 words or less (excluding references and appendices). 🔍 Workshop Highlights: - Keynote by a leading community organization in public sector AI - Paper sessions presenting cutting-edge research - Interactive discussion activities on auditing and accessibility in AI 📢 Submission Deadline: Oct 4, 2024 For more details and to submit your work, visit our website: https://tulanecs.github.io/PACE/. Submissions can be made through CMT portal: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/PACE2024/Submission/Index -- *Nicholas Mattei* Associate Professor, Tulane University nsmattei(a)tulane.edu | www.nickmattei.net Stanley Thomas Hall | 305B +1 504 865 5782 Department of Computer Science Tulane University 6823 St Charles Ave New Orleans, LA 70118

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[ICFNDS 2024-CFP] The 8th International Conference on Future Networks & Distributed Systems
by samir ouchani 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

*************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************************************************************************** (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP) The 8th International Conference on Future Networks & Distributed Systems (ICFNDS 2024) https://icfnds.org/ Dec 11-12, 2024, Marrakech, Morocco ICFNDS proceedings will be submitted for publication as part of ACM's International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS) IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------- Final Paper Submission due: Oct 20, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: Nov 1, 2024 Camera Ready Paper due: Nov 10, 2024 Authors Registration Deadline: December 1, 2024 Conference: December 11 - 12, 2024 In the last decade, the growth of the Internet and other web technologies have driven fast developments of various networking technologies that are becoming primary parts of our daily lives. The wealth of existing algorithms and architectures for parallel and distributed computing combined with the proliferation of future wireless technologies and electronic devices resulted in a fast-growing adoption of future networks and highly decentralized systems. Future networks and distributed systems research is an interdisciplinary research field involving academic researchers in computer science, communication engineering, physics and social and behavioral studies, as well as information technology industry consultants and practitioners to support multiservice, multimedia services convergence, service ubiquity and context awareness, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence, variable connectivity, quality of service, spontaneous and autonomic networking and other capabilities. The 2024 International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems (ICFNDS 2024) aims at addressing advances in research on distributed systems and future networks, covering topics ranging from enabling technologies to emerging applications and industrial experiences. ICFNDS aims to encourage both researchers and practitioners to exchange and share their experiences and recent studies in an interactive atmosphere. The 2023 ICFNDS meeting was held in Dubai, UAE. The 2022 ICFNDS meeting was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The 2021 ICFNDS meeting was held online due to the pandemic. The 2020 ICFNDS meeting was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 2019 ICFNDS meeting was held at The University of Paris Sud, France. The 2018 ICFNDS meeting was held at The Middle East University, Amman, Jordan. The 2017 ICFNDS meeting was held at The Møller Centre, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Authors are solicited to contribute original, unpublished contributions in all aspects of future networking and distributed systems. Submitted articles must not be concurrently considered elsewhere for publication. TOPICS ----------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Future Networks - Artificial Intelligence-enabled communications - Machine/deep Learning for communication networks - Future Internet - Future generation communication networks - Future warehousing - Multi-Cores, virtualization - Clusters and grid computing - Web-services and SOA - 6G, 5G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, WLAN, WPAN - Small cell networks - Cognitive radio network - QoE, QoS, SLA, and GoS - Heterogeneous networks - Wireless, VLC and LED communication - CCN/CDN/ICN/Delay-tolerant networks - Software-Defined Networking (SDN) - Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) - Future network platforms, software and services - Network theory and network science - Intelligent Internet communication - Mobile computing - Peer-to-peer, optical and Interconnection networks - Network routing and communication algorithms - Security, reliability and fault-tolerance - Network security 2. Cloud, Distributed and Parallel systems - Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and blockchains - Parallel and distributed architectures - Theory of parallel and distributed computing - Parallel algorithms and their implementation - Resource allocation and management - Task mapping and job scheduling - Distributed data and knowledge-based systems - Database applications and data mining - Web technologies - Performance evaluation and measurements - Wireless networks and Protocols - Optimization - Language, compilers and operating systems - Reusability and scheduling - Formal methods and programming languages - Modelling and simulation - Crowdsourcing and cloud computing - Big data networks and data center architecture 3. Internet of Things - Data collection, deep learning, reality mining, and prediction methods - Real-time decision-making and information extraction - Methods for seamless human-to-object and object-to-object interactions - Advanced manufacturing and logistics with IoT - Evaluation of challenges of real-world deployments of Industrial Internet and GS1 - Information architecture design on field device, edge device and servers in cloud - Transitioning functional and processing allocation across system entities - Advanced data capturing and networking technology - Object identification and access - Interoperability of IoT systems - Service and device discovery - Synchronization of distributed directory systems. - Semantic data description frameworks - Data sharing and acceptance of IoT Systems - Data security, authentication and authorization - Privacy protection, data sharing technologies, tampering protection and detection - Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) - Smart cities and services - Case studies in the deployment of IoT applications/services in the area of accessibility - Wearable technology for independent living - Pervasive platforms and applications for assisted living 4. General Conference Track Future networks and distributed systems papers that do not fit the above tracks can be submitted to the general conference track. Subjects of interest include, but not limited to: - Cybersecurity and darknet - Artificial intelligence - Smart infrastructure - Vehicular Networks - Digital Twins PAPER SUBMISSION ----------------------------- The online submission is now open. All submissions must be made online from the hosted by Microsoft CMT. Email submissions will NOT be accepted. You need to have a CMT account to submit your papers. If you need to edit any author information or resubmit your paper, it may be done up until the submission deadline. Use the author account you created during the initial submission, to edit or resubmit. Please read the Submission Instructions before submitting your paper to the system. You can submit your paper through the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICFNDS2024 Make sure to read the detailed author guidelines (http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) BEFORE you create your submission. All paper submissions (5 - 12 pages including references) should be written in English. The ACM Word submission template is available to all ACM authors from here: World Submission Template (https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow) The ACM LaTeX template on the Overleaf platform is available to all ACM authors at (remember to remove ",authordraft" from "\documentclass[sigconf,authordraft]{acmart}"): https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computing-machiner… The current ACM proceedings templates in Word and LaTeX formats can be downloaded from (http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). If you have any problems with the templates, please contact ACM’s TeX support team at Aptara (acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com>). The TPC chairs may immediately reject submissions that violate the formatting requirements. The submission system can report some formatting violations in papers that you upload. You can also visually inspect a page-by-page report of your paper format using this online tool. Please note that ICFNDS 2023 proceedings will be published by ACM ICPS and therefore all the policies and regulations of ACM ICPS will be applied as detailed in the (ACM Publication Policies: http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/toc). Each paper must deal with original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication elsewhere (copyright problems fall entirely under the responsibility of the authors). Each paper will be reviewed by at least three experts in the relevant field based on its originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation ensuring the publication of only top-quality contributions. When a paper is accepted at least one of the authors has to register for the conference and deliver the related talk. GENERAL CHAIRS -------------------------- - Prof. Abderrahim Ait Wakrime, Mohammed V University, Morocco - Prof. Akram Idani, Grenoble Alpes University, France PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS ---------------------------------------------- - Dr. Samir OUCHANI, CESI LINEACT UR 7527, France - Dr. Nigel Houlden, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK PUBLICITY CHAIRS ---------------------------- - Dr. Farag Azzedin, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------------------------- - Prof. Yassine Ouhammou, LIAS/ISAE-ENSMA, France - Prof. Khaoula Boukir, Ibn Tofaïl University, Morocco

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Final Call for Participation: ADT 2024 -- The 8th International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory
by Nicholas Mattei 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

All [Apologies for multiple postings] The 8th International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory (ADT 2024; https://preflib.github.io/adt2024/) will take place October 14 - 16, at the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) at Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. *Registration:* A link to the registration portal is available at the conference website: https://preflib.github.io/adt2024/attending/. The early registration deadline is September 13, after which fees will increase. *Aims and Scope:* The 8th International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory (ADT 2024) focuses on algorithmic decision theory broadly defined, seeking to bring together researchers and practitioners coming from diverse areas of Computer Science, Economics, and Operations Research in order to improve the theory and practice of modern decision support. The conference topics include research in: preference modeling and elicitation, voting, preference aggregation, fair division and resource allocation, coalition formation, game theory, and matching. *Invited Talks: *We have three great invited speakers lined up - Tracy Liu, Jenn Wortman Vaughan, and Hervé Moulin. *Program: *A schedule overview is available at the conference website: https://preflib.github.io/adt2024/program/. A detailed program will be available soon. *Call for Posters: *ADT 2024 will hold a poster session on the evening of October 14th, along with the welcome reception for the conference. To submit a poster, please complete the following short form by September 13th : https://forms.gle/3aq7E5VS4oPKHzXD7. -- *Nicholas Mattei* Associate Professor, Tulane University nsmattei(a)tulane.edu | www.nickmattei.net Stanley Thomas Hall | 305B +1 504 865 5782 Department of Computer Science Tulane University 6823 St Charles Ave New Orleans, LA 70118

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Call for Participation: Falcon Monitoring Challenge (FMC) at IROS 2024
by Tiago Caldeira 07 Sep '24

07 Sep '24

*Call for Participation: Falcon Monitoring Challenge (FMC) at IROS 2024* We are excited to announce the Falcon Monitoring Challenge (FMC), an innovative demonstration challenge aimed at advancing the field of wildlife conservation through cutting-edge, non-invasive falcon tracking technologies. This competition will be held as part of the prestigious IROS 2024 in Abu Dhabi, and participants will design systems to track and analyze falcon movements in dynamic environments. Event Highlights: When: *October 15-18, 2024*Where: *Abu Dhabi, IROS 2024 Conference* *Final Registration Deadline: September 15, 2024* *Key Details:*Participants are invited to compete either individually or in groups, developing full systems or proposing software solutions to track falcons in a purpose-built enclosure. This challenge provides a unique platform to merge expertise from computer vision, robotics, AI, and wildlife biology to tackle a real-world problem in environmental conservation. *Prizes:*A total prize pool of $5,000 USD will be awarded to top teams, including special recognition for the most innovative, low-cost, and best software-only solutions. For more details visit: https://www.iros2024-abudhabi.org/wildlife and for direct registration, visit https://forms.gle/Z4AsabbZALvoR1DM8 Join us to contribute to technological innovation for wildlife conservation! Tiago Caldeira, Instituto Superior Técnico Portugal

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