Call for Papers
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SYNASC 2013

15th International Symposium on
Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing
September 23-26, 2013, Timisoara, Romania
http://www.synasc.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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23 June 2013 (EXTENDED) : Abstract submission
30 June 2013 (EXTENDED) : 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
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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
+ 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


Workshops
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* Workshop on Agents for Complex Systems (ACSys)
http://www.synasc.ro/workshops/acsys-2013/
* Workshop of HPC for scientific problems (HPCS)
http://host.hpc.uvt.ro/events/hpcs/
* Workshop on Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points (IAFP)
http://www.synasc.ro/workshops/iafp-2013/
* Workshop on Management of Resources and Services in Cloud and Sky Computing (MICAS)
http://amicas.hpc.uvt.ro/micas-2013/
* Workshop on Natural Computing and Applications (NCA)
http://www.synasc.ro/workshops/nca-2013/

Workshops deadlines: please visit each workshop webpage

Tutorials
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* Tutorial HPC http://host.hpc.uvt.ro/hpcs#HPC-Tutorial
* Tutorial Multi-Cloud http://amicas.hpc.uvt.ro/micas-2013#MultiCloud-Tutorial


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


Invited Speakers
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* Ivona Brandic, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
* Gabriel Ciobanu, Romanian Academy, Institute of Computer Science, Iasi, Romania
* 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
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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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* Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft Research, US

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
+ Laura Kovacs, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

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

* Numerical Computing
+ Yonghong Yao, Tianjin Polytechnic University, China
+ Ioan A. Rus, "Babes-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

* Distributed Computing
+ Marc Frincu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
+ 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
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* Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Tutorial chair
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* Adrian Craciun, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Proceedings Chairs
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* Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft Research, US
* 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


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 it is clearly
stated the main contribution(s) of the paper.

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


Both the abstract and the full paper should be submitted electronically
through http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=synasc2013 (for the main tracks)
and through http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=synasc2013workshops (for the

workshops).

Proposals are also invited for:

* special sessions


Special sessions
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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 programme chair
and by the general chair.



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SYNASC 2013
West University of Timisoara
Department of Computer Science
Bd. V. Parvan 4, 300223 Timisoara, Romania
tel: + (40) 256 592155, +(40) 256 592195
fax: + (40) 256 592316, +(40) 256 592380
e-mail: synasc13@synasc.ro