Call for papers

SYNASC 2013
15th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing
September 23-26, 2013, Timisoara, Romania
http://www.synasc.ro/
http://synasc13.info.uvt.ro/

Aim

SYNASC aims to stimulate the interaction between the two scientific communities of symbolic and numeric computing and to exhibit interesting applications of the areas both in theory and in practice. The choice of the topic is motivated by the belief of the organizers that the dialogue between the two communities is very necessary for accelerating the progress in making the computer a truly intelligent aid for mathematicians and engineers.

Important Dates

23 June 2013 (extended deadline) : Abstract submission
30 June 2013 (extended deadline) : Paper submission
04 August 2013 : Notification of acceptance
01 September 2013 : Registration
08 September 2013 : Revised papers according to the reviews
23-26 September 2013 : Symposium
30 November 2013 : Final papers for post-proceedings

Tracks

* Symbolic Computation

+ computer algebra
+ symbolic techniques applied to numerics
+ hybrid symbolic and numeric algorithms
+ numerics and symbolics for geometry
+ programming with constraints, narrowing

* Logic and Programming

+ automatic reasoning
+ formal system verification
+ formal verification and synthesis
+ software quality assessment
+ static analysis
+ timing analysis

* Artificial Intelligence

+ methods for hard computational problems
+ intelligent systems for scientific computing
+ agent-based complex systems modeling and development
+ scientific knowledge management
+ computational intelligence
+ machine learning
+ recommender and expert systems for scientific computing
+ data mining and web mining
+ natural language processing
+ uncertain reasoning in scientific computing
+ intelligent hybrid systems

* 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

* 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.

Publication

Research papers that are accepted and presented at the symposium will be collected as post-proceedings published by Conference Publishing Service (CPS) (submitted for indexing in ISI Web of Science, DBLP, SCOPUS).

Invited Speakers

* Ivona Brandic, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
* Gabriel Ciobanu, Romanian Academy, Institute of Computer Science, Iasi
* Leonardo de Moura, Microsoft Research, USA
* Grigore Rosu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
* Dan A. Simovici, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

Honorary Chairs

* Bruno Buchberger, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
* Stefan Maruster, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Steering Committee

* Tetsuo Ida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
* Tudor Jebelean, Johannes Kepler University, 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 Chair

* Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Program Chair

* Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft Research, US

Track Chairs

* Symbolic Computation

+ Tetsuo Ida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
+ Stephen Watt, University of Western Ontario, Canada

* Numerical Computing

+ Yonghong Yao, Tianjin Polytechnic University, China
+ Ioan A. Rus, “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

* Logic and Programming

+ Tudor Jebelean, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
+ Laura Kovacs, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

* Artificial Intelligence

+ Andrei Petrovski, Robert Gordon University, UK
+ Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

* Distributed Computing

+ Marc Frincu, University of Strasbourg, France
+ Karoly Bosa, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

* Advances in the Theory of Computing

+ Mircea Marin, West University of Timisoara, Romania
+ Gabriel Istrate, Research Institute e-Austria Timisoara, Romania

Special sessions and workshops chair

* Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Tutorial chair

* Adrian Craciun, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Proceedings Chairs

* Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft Research, US
* Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Local Committee Chairs

* Isabela Dramnesc, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Silviu Panica, Institute e-Austria Timisoara, Romania

Submission

Submissions of research papers are invited. The papers must contain original research results not submitted and not published elsewhere.

The submission process consists of two steps.

  1. In the first step the authors are invited to express their intention to participate at the conference by submitting a short abstract (1/2 page, at maximum) where it is clearly stated the main contribution(s) of the paper.
  2. In the second step the authors should submit the full paper (up to 8 pages in the two-columns CPS format). Both the abstract and the full paper should be submitted electronically through:
    http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=synasc2013 (for the main tracks)
    http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=synasc2013workshops (for the workshops)

Workshops

Tutorials