jeudi 27 février 2014

Théorie des jeux et théorie de l’information

L’Equipe Mobile Intelligent System (MIS)

Organise, à l’ENSIAS du 20 au 23 mai 2014, la deuxième édition de l’école :


Modélisation et évaluation des performances des Systèmes Distribués et Télécoms :
Théorie des jeux et théorie de l’information


Après le succès de la première édition de l’école d’hivers du 20 au 24 décembre 2012. L’équipe MIS du laboratoire SIME organise la 2ème édition de cette école du 20 au 23 mai 2014 qui porte sur la théorie de jeux, la théorie d’information et leurs applications. Cette école compte 4 journées de cours intensifs en théorie des jeux et en théorie de l’information dispensés par M. Hamidou TENBINE, professeur à Supelec en France et chercheur au KAUST, et éventuellement par Dr. Zouhair REZKI, Chercheur au KAUST.
Cette école est ouverte à des participants nationaux et internationaux qui travaillent ou qui souhaitent travailler sur des axes de recherche liés à la théorie de jeux et/ou à la théorie d’information.


Le programme : comporte les modules suivants:

-       Game theory : Basic notions
-       STRATEGY LEARNING
-       PERFORMANCE ESTIMATIONS
-       APPLICATIONS TO WIRELESS NETWORKING, COMMUNICATIONS
-       APPLICATIONS TO NETWORK ECONOMICS
-       Information theory
-       Harvesting energy

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes dans la limite des places disponibles.
Frais d’inscription de 1000 dh et qui comprenant :
•    les repas déjeuners ;
•    pauses café;
•    Participation aux cours;

Date limite des inscriptions est le 30 avril 2014. Pour s’inscrire merci de contactez le comité d’organisation
Comité d’organisation
-       Mohammed EL KOUTBI, elkoutbi@ensias.ma, Tel 0661403143
-       Abdellatif KOBBANE, kobbane@ensias.makobbane@gmail.com, Tel 0661606313.

mardi 25 février 2014

8th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing - IDC 2014 September 3-5, 2014, Madrid, Spain

CALL FOR PAPERS

8th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing - IDC 2014 September 3-5, 2014, Madrid, Spain
http://aida.ii.uam.es/IDC2014


HIGHLIGHTS
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Invited Speakers

Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium Juan Julián Merelo, University of Granada, Spain

Journal Special Issues

International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation, Inderscience (SCI indexed) Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Wiley (SCI indexed)

Workshops

Workshop on the Interplay between Human-Computer Interaction and Data Analysis and Modeling (HCI-DAM) 
http://aida.ii.uam.es/IDC2014/hci-dam.php

Sixth International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems Technology and Semantics (MASTS
2014)
http://aimas.cs.pub.ro/masts2014/

1st International Workshop on Big Data Processing (BigDP 2014) 
https://sites.google.com/site/bigdp2014/

Workshop on Cyber Security and Resilience of Large-Scale Systems (WSRL 2014)
http://parsec.unina2.it/a4c/index.php/wsrl-2014

CALL FOR PAPERS
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The emergent field of Intelligent Distributed Computing focuses on the development of a new generation of intelligent distributed systems. It faces the challenges of adapting and combining research in the fields of Intelligent Computing and Distributed Computing. Intelligent Computing develops methods and technology ranging from classical artificial intelligence, computational intelligence and multi-agent systems to game theory. The field of Distributed Computing develops methods and technology to build systems that are composed of interacting and collaborating components. The symposium welcomes submissions of original papers on all aspects of intelligent distributed computing ranging from concepts and theoretical developments to advanced technologies and innovative applications.

The 8th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing has a special interest in (but will not be limited to) novel architectures, systems and methods that facilitate distributed / parallel / multi-agent biocomputing for solving complex computational and real-life problems.

Paper acceptance and publication will be judged on the basis of their relevance to the symposium themes, clarity of presentation, originality and accuracy of results and proposed solutions. Symposium topics include, but are not limited to:

Intelligent Distributed and High-Performance Architectures
- Hybrid distributed systems involving software agents and human actors
- Intelligent grid and cloud infrastructures
- Agent-based wireless sensor networks
- Distributed frameworks and middleware for the Internet of Things
- GPU, multicore, and many-core intelligent computing
- Intelligent high-performance architectures
- Context-aware intelligent computing
- Virtualization infrastructures for intelligent computing
- Bio-inspired and nature-inspired distributed computing

Organization and Management
- Autonomic and adaptive distributed computing
- Intelligent service composition and orchestration
- Self-organizing and adaptive distributed systems
- Emerging behaviors in complex distributed systems
- Intelligent integration of heterogeneous data and processes
- Methodologies for development of intelligent distributed systems and applications

Intelligent Distributed Knowledge Representation and Processing
- Information extraction and retrieval in distributed environments
- Knowledge integration and fusion from distributed sources
- Data mining and knowledge discovery in distributed environments
- Semantic and knowledge grids
- Ontologies and meta-data for describing heterogeneous resources and services
- Distributed fusion of sensor data streams

Networked Intelligence
- E-service and web intelligence
- Intelligence in mobile, ubiquitous and wearable computing
- Intelligence in peer-to-peer systems
- Intelligence in distributed and networked multimedia systems
- Security, privacy, trust and reputation

Intelligent Distributed Applications
- Distributed problem solving and decision making
- Intelligent applications in e-business/e-commerce, e-learning, e-health, e-science, e-government, crisis management, smart grid
- Modeling, simulation and development of intelligent distributed systems
- Simulation of groups and crowds
- Intelligent data processing
- Intelligent robots

Paper Submission and Publication

All accepted papers will be included in the Symposium Proceedings, which will be published by Springer as part of their series Studies in Computational Intelligence.
Papers must have at most 10 pages length and must be formatted according to Springer format for Proceedings and Other Multiauthor Volumes (Latex only) available at:
http://www.springer.com/series/7092

Submissions and reviews are automatically handled by Easychair. Please submit your paper at: 
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=idc2014

Extended versions of the best papers accepted and presented at this symposium may be considered for publication in a Special Issue of an internationally recognized journal.

Important dates

Full paper submission: March 3, 2014
Notification of acceptance: April 11, 2014 Final (camera ready) paper due: May 25, 2014
Symposium: September 3-5, 2014

More information

For more information regarding this call for papers, the 8th IDC conference, please refer to the IDC 2014 website:
http://aida.ii.uam.es/IDC2014/

Kind Regards,
publicity chair Sorin Ilie, Ph.D. Eng
University of Craiova
Member of the Intelligent Distributed Systems research group 
http://ids.software.ucv.ro/

jeudi 2 janvier 2014

4ème Edition des Journées Nationales de la Sécurité (JNS4) - 4th Edition of National Security Days

4th Edition of National Security Days
4èmeEdition des Journées Nationales de la Sécurité (JNS4)
FS-Tetuan - May, 12 - 13 2014
With the partnership of IEEE Morocco Section
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Submission deadline: February 15, 2014
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Call For Papers

We have the real pleasure to invite you to submit a paper to the 4th National Security Days (Journées Nationales de la Sécurité : JNS) which is taking place in Tetuan-Morocco, in May 12-13, 2014.
We are planning that all accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. English versions of accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE for potential publication in the IEEE Xplore. IEEE reserves the right to not publish any proceedings not meeting its quality standards.
JNS4 is organized with the objective to bring together researchers and practitioners working on the information systems security field. A wide range of topics is covered by JNS, ranging from security management to security policies formalization, while integrating trust management systems, network security solutions, crypto-systems, together with newer topics such as security issues in cloud computing, collaborative systems, mobile applications, critical infrastructures, etc.

TOPICS:

Security Policies Formalization & Security and Trust Management

Security Policies, Formal methods & verification,
Digital Identity,
Access Control Models,
Trust management systems, Public-Key Infrastructures (PKI), Reputation systems
Risk Analysisthreats and vulnerabilities
Metrology, measurement of security
Privacy Protection
Organizational, juridical and ethical Aspects of Security
Information Systems Security and Governance, …
Network and Application Security
Security of e-commerce, e-government, e-health,…
Web Applications Security
Intrusion Detection, Honeypots, Malware prevention
Embedded Systems Security, smartcards security,...
Authentication and biometric Access Control
Wired, Mobile and Next Generation Networks Security,…
Cloud Computing and Collaborative Systems Security
Cloud Computing Security
Virtualization and Security
Web Services, midellewares and Security
Peer to Peer and distributed systems Security
Social Networks Security and Privacy
Workflow and Collaborative Systems Security, …
Cryptology, Watermarking & Steganography
Steganography, Watermarking
Secret-key & public-key Cryptography (Encryption, Hash functions, electronic signatures, ...)
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Quantum Cryptography
Cryptanalysis, security proofs
- Cryptographic Protocols
- etc.
This topic list is not meant to be exhaustive; so any contribution related to networks and information systems security is welcome. Presentations of practical deployment and implementations of security techniques in new application areas are particularly encouraged.
Submissions from both industry and institutional circles will be considered with particular interest.

Paper Submission and publication
We invite Research Papers submission to the conference which should not exceed 6 pages using the IEEE Conference Template (Word, Latex) without page numbers. Papers will be peer-reviewed (by at least 3 reviewers), and selected based on their originality, technical strength and topical relevance. One of the authors of an accepted submission must attend the conference and present their work as a condition of publication. A dedicated session of the conference will be held for the presentation of posters. The full papers should be submitted in PDF format to the JNS'4 EasyChair online submission system.
The following instructions should be respected:
  1. Authors should make sure that the English of their papers (that will be published) meets the required standard.
  2. No hyperlinks should be included in the document (e. g., clickable website addresses in the references).
  3. The quality of figures, photos and tables is also a very important requirement for the publication.
  4. It is also the obligation of the authors to make sure that all sources of the research used in their papers have been adequately referenced.

DEADLINES

  • Submission deadline: February 15, 2014
  • Notification to authors: March 15, 2014
  • Final version due: January March 30, 2014
  • JNS’4 Conference: May 12-13, 2014

CONTACT

Contact: jns4@uae.ma

mercredi 1 janvier 2014

META'2014 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing

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                          META'2014
International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing

            27-31 Oct 2014
            Marrakech, Morocco

      http://meta2014.sciencesconf.org/

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The 5th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing META’14 will held in Marrakech, Morocco from 27 to 31 Oct 2014.

The Conference will be an exchange space thanks to the sessions, tutorials, workshops and a vocational training of metaheuristics and nature inspired computing.

The scope of the META’2014 conference includes, but is not limited to:
    * Local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, VNS, ILS, …
    * Evolutionary algorithms, swarm optimization, scatter search, …
    * Emergent nature inspired algorithms: quantum computing, artificial immune systems, bee colony, DNA computing, …
    * Parallel algorithms
    * Hybrid methods with machine learning, game theory, mathematical programming, constraint programming, co-evolutionary, …
    * Application to: logistics and transportation, networks, scheduling, data mining, engineering design, energy, cloud, bio-medical, …
    * Theory of metaheuristics, landscape analysis, convergence, problem difficulty, very large neighbourhoods, …
    * Multi-objective optimization, bi-level optimization
    * Dynamic optimization, problems with uncertainty, …
    * Parameter tuning (static, dynamic, adaptive, self-adaptive)
    * Software frameworks for metaheuristics and nature inspired computing


Submission papers:
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- Submission of papers should be in shape of an abstract of two pages sent before the 9th May 2014 via the website.
- Proceedings of the conference will be provided. Selected papers will be published in international journals (ISI journals).
- Predefined styles are available on the website http://meta2014.sciencesconf.org/
- Proposals for invited sessions, workshops and tutorials: Deadline 26th April 2014. 

contact talbi@lifl.fr - ellaia@emi.ac.ma


R. Ellaia (Co-Chair)

mardi 26 novembre 2013

Workshop International sur les Nouvelles Technologies sans Fil et Systèmes Répartis WITS-2014

L’école Nationale des Sciences Appliquées de Fès- Maroc, organise le Workshop International sur les Nouvelles Technologies sans Fil et Systèmes Répartis WITS-2014 du 09 et 10 Avril 2014 à Fès.

L'objectif principal de WITS’2014 est de créer un espace de partage et d’échange en ce qui à trait aux nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication.

Par ailleurs, cette activité se veut un pôle d’attraction qui regroupera des experts de diverses composantes de la communauté nationale et internationale intéressées par le thème, en l’occurrence : chercheurs, industriels, doctorants et ingénieurs.

Les thèmes abordés traiteront des récents développements et de l'état d'art dans les travaux de recherche relevant des technologies émergentes et des systèmes répartis dédiés aux réseaux sans fil.

Le WITS’2014 se déroulera en 2 jours, en plus des communications orales et des posters (en langues français ou anglais) traitant plusieurs thèmes d’actualité dans le domaine des réseaux sans fil et leurs applications, des conférences invitées seront programmées et animées par des spécialistes internationaux.

Les participants au workshop WITS’2014 auront, ainsi, l'occasion de :

-       mettre à jour leurs connaissances autour des progrès réalisés dans le domaine des technologies sans fil.

      -     favoriser l’échange et la coopération entre les chercheurs universitaires à travers la présentation et la discussion des travaux soumis.

ICICS 2014 (published by IEEE digital library), The 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, April 1-3 2014, Irbid, Jordan

CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, ICICS 2014
Organized by Jordan University of Science and Technology
April 1-3 2014, Irbid, Jordan
http://www.icics.info/icics2014/
All accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEEXplore and in IEEE digital library.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Full Paper Submission: Nov. 20th, 2013 
Notification of Decision: Jan. 15th,2014
Registration and Camera-Ready: March. 15th, 2014
        
                     
GENERAL INFORMATION
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The International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2014) is a forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in all areas of Computer and Information Sciences. The topics that will be covered in the ICICS 2013 include, but are not limited to: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing, Networking, Information Security and Cryptography, Intrusion Detection and Computer Forensics, Web Content Mining, Bioinformatics and IT Applications, Database Technology, Systems Integration, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, Telecommunications, and Human-Computer Interaction.
 
TOPICS
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Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:
Databases and Information Systems Integration
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Mining
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Knowledge Management & Natural Language Processing
E-Business
E-Learning
Health Information Systems
Applications of Fuzzy Logic
Applications of Neural Network
Data Warehouses & Human Computer Interaction
Systems Engineering Methodologies
Embedded Systems
Software Engineering
Software Measurement
Algorithms and Applications
Computer Architecture
Computer Graphics
VLSI and its applications
Computer Networks
Wireless and Mobile Computing & Computer Simulation
Information Security
Information Systems
Semantic Web Technologies
Multimedia and Image Processing
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Cloud Computing
Pervasive and Adaptive Systems
Reliability and Fault-Tolerance
Internet and Collaborative Computing
Nano Technology


Workshops
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2nd International workshop on Cloud Computing Applications and SEcurity (CASE-2014).
Extended version of selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC)



INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
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Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers following the guidelines
posted on the conference website http://www.icics.info/icics2014/ .
Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and prospective authors are expected to
present their papers at the conference. The papers that are accepted and presented
at the conference will appear in conference proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEEXplore and in IEEE digital library.Best paper and best student paper will be selected by peer reviews and will be announced
during the social event at the conference.

Please submit your paper in PDF format via the electronic submission system available in EasyChair:
 
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=icics14.
 
Prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the conference.
Extended version of selected papers will be published in Journals like:
- Journal of Advances in Information Technology (JAIT, ISSN 1798-2340)
- Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal (UBICC, ISSN 1992-8424)
 
 
 
Please send any inquiry on ICICS 2014 to icics@just.edu.jo

jeudi 21 novembre 2013

Appel à propositions pour des idées novatrices pour la rencontre « 1st Euro-Mediterranean Brokerage Event on research and innovation », Caire, 12-13 février 2014

Chers Collègues,

« MedSpring », un projet financé par l’Union Européenne dans le cadre du septième programme cadre de recherche FP7, vient de lancer un appel à expression d’intérêt pour proposer des idées novatrices à la rencontre de partenariat intitulée «1st Euro-Mediterranean Brokerage Event on research and innovation » ayant lieu les 12-13 février 2014 au Caire, Egypte.

A cet effet, les équipes de recherche et les jeunes chercheurs sont invités à participer à cet appel à projets en remplissant le formulaire d’expression d’intérêt téléchargeable sur la plateforme :  www.b2match.eu/euromed/pages/med-spring-event et à le transmettre par email avant le 30 novembre 2013 à brokerage@medspring.eu

Les conditions de participations et de sélection sont exposées sur la brochure « Call for proposals for Innovative Ideas » au niveau du lien précité.

Bonnes chances

Yassine