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Second Call for Papers
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SYNASC 2011

13th International Symposium on
Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing
September 26-29, 2011, Timisoara, Romania
http://synasc11.info.uvt.ro/

Aim
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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
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26 June 2011 : Abstract submission (EXTENDED deadline) - firm
30 June 2011 : Paper submission (EXTENDED deadline) - firm
03 August 2011 : Notification of acceptance
01 September 2011 : Registration
08 September 2011 : Revised papers according to the reviews
26-29 September 2011 : Symposium
30 November 2011 : Final papers for post-proceedings

Tracks
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* 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
+ hard computational problem solving
+ intelligent systems (front-ends) for scientific computing
+ agent-based complex systems modeling and development
+ knowledge and data intensive systems
+ soft computing
+ recommender systems for scientific computing
+ data mining and web mining
+ information retrieval
+ 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, distributed and web computing for symbolics and numerics
+ cloud computing
+ grid middleware and applications
+ agent-based grid computing
+ grid services
+ workflow management


Special Session
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* Advances in the Theory of Computing
+ data structures, algorithms and combinatorial optimization
+ graphs and combinatorics in computer science
+ models of computational complexity
+ logical approaches to complexity
+ new computational paradigms
+ automata theory and other formal models


Submission
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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.

* 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 the main contributions of the paper are
clearly stated.

* In the second step the authors should submit the full paper
(up to 8 pages in the IEEE proceedings style).


Both the abstract and the full paper should be submitted electronically
through http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=synasc2011.


Publication
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The research papers accepted and presented at the symposium will be collected as
post-proceedings published by Conference Publishing Service (CPS).


Invited Speakers
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* Erich Kaltofen, Mathematics Department, North Carolina State University, USA
Talk: "What is hybrid symbolic-numeric computation"
* Gerald Schaefer, Department of Computer Science, Loughborough University, UK
Talk: "Hybrid fuzzy rule-based classification"
* Franz Winkler, RISC-Linz, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Talk: "What can Symbolic Computation contribute to Mathematics?"

Invited Tutorial Speakers
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* Laura Kovacs, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Talks: "Program Assertion Synthesis using Symbolic Computation"
"Invariant Generation using Theorem Proving"
* Veronika Pillwein, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Talk: "Symbolic Computation (Groebner Bases, Cylindrical Decomposition,
Symbolic Summation)"
* Andrei Voronkov, The University of Manchester, UK
Talk: "Theorem Proving"

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

Steering Committee
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* 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
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* Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Program Chair
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* Dongming Wang, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - CNRS, France

Track Chairs
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* Symbolic Computation
+ Tetsuo Ida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
+ Stephen Watt, University of Western Ontario, Canada

* Logic and Programming
+ Tudor Jebelean, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
+ Jens Knoop, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

* Artificial Intelligence
+ Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
+ Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

* Numerical Computing
+ Yonghong Yao, Tianjin Polytechnic University, China
+ Stefan Maruster, West University of Timisoara, Romania

* Distributed Computing
+ Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
+ Wolfgang Schreiner, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

Special Session Chairs
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* Advances in the Theory of Computing
+ Mircea Marin, Research Institute e-Austria Timisoara, Romania
+ Gabriel Istrate, Research Institute e-Austria Timisoara, Romania

Proceedings Chairs
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* Dongming Wang, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - CNRS, France
* Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

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


SYNASC 2011 Satellite Events
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Workshops
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* Workshop on Natural Computing and Applications
http://synasc11.info.uvt.ro/workshops/nca-2011

* 8th Workshop on Agents for Complex Systems
http://synasc11.info.uvt.ro/workshops/acsys-2011

* High Performance Computing with Application in Environment
http://synasc11.info.uvt.ro/workshops/hpce-2011

* Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points
http://synasc11.info.uvt.ro/workshops/iafp-2011

Tutorials
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* Symbolic Computation and Theorem Proving for Verified Software
http://synasc11.info.uvt.ro/tutorials-1



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SYNASC 2011
West University of Timisoara
Department of Computer Science
Bd. V. Parvan 4, 300223 Timisoara, Romania
tel: + (40) 256 592155
fax: + (40) 256 592316
e-mail: synasc11@info.uvt.ro