SPAA 2023 (ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures) will be held on June 16-19, 2023 in Orlando, Florida: https://spaa.acm.org/. It will be part of the ACM Federated Computing Research Conference, FCRC 2023, with conferences such as PODC, STOC, PLDI, ISCA, and ISC, with similar or relevant research topics.
The full program of SPAA 2023 is available online: https://spaa.acm.org/program-spaa-2023/.
The 2023 Dijkstra Prize Award Committee concluded its deliberations and we are happy to announce that the papers
“Completeness Theorem for Non-Cryptographic Fault-Tolerant Distributed Computation”, by Michael Ben-Or, Shafi Goldwasser and Avi Wigderson. Proceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 1988, pages 1-10.
This is a gentle reminder that the dead-line for the PhD position is today (June 1st). Applications will be considered until the position is filled, though.
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Candidates interested in a PhD in formal and algebraic methods for concurrent, reversible computation in Augusta University (Georgia, USA), starting in January 2024 are invited to apply by June 1st, 2023. A post-doctoral position will open shortly after, but interested candidates should feel encouraged to reach out to <[log in to unmask]> informally.
We are delighted to invite you to participate in the upcoming ApPLIED Workshop on Advanced Tools, Programming Languages, and Platforms for Implementing and Evaluating Algorithms for Distributed Systems, held in conjunction with PODC-2023. This workshop will take place on Monday, June 19, 2023, in Orlando, Florida.
The workshop aims to bring together experts, researchers, and enthusiasts in the field of distributed systems to explore and discuss the latest advancements and challenges in implementing and evaluating algorithms. With a focus on cutting-edge tools, programming languages, and platforms, this event provides a unique platform for exchanging knowledge and fostering
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October 2-4, 2023 Institute for Future Technologies, USA (NJIT-BGU Partnership) and Virtual Conference https://www.StabilizationSafetySecurity2023.com
**** Dates: First Submission Deadline April 6, 2023; First Acceptance Notification May 11, 2023; First Camera-ready copy due May 21, 2023; Second Submission Deadline June 18, 2023; Second Acceptance Notification July 23, 2023; Second Camera-ready copy due August 1, 2023;
As you may know, PODC 2023 will be held June 19-23 as part of FCRC 2023 in Orlando, Florida, USA. At the business meeting, we will be electing a new Steering Committee member-at-large (2-year term). If you are interested in serving in this position, please speak up at the business meeting and be prepared to say a few sentences. For more information about the position, see this webpage:
The International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN) is a premier international conference dedicated to addressing advances in Distributed Computing and Communication Networks. This year is the jubilee 25th edition and will be held in IIT Madras in Chennai, India. ICDCN is a leading forum for disseminating the latest research results in distributed computing and networking and this year’s edition will consist of a highly selective technical program consisting of refereed regular papers, workshops, tutorials, posters, demos, and a doctoral symposium.
The list of accepted papers can be found here: https://sand-conf.org/program/accepted
The conference program is available through: https://www.sand-conf.org/schedule/
Keynote talks will be given by Fabian Kuhn, Kitty Meeks, and Nicola Santoro https://www.sand-conf.org/program/keynotes/
There will be 5 technical sessions on topics related to DNA self-assembly, dynamic networks and distributed algorithms, mobile computing and robotics, and temporal and dynamic graph algorithms. There will also be an open problems session.
Postdocs in the theory of distributed & parallel computing https://research.cs.aalto.fi/da/jobs/
The research group of Jukka Suomela at Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland) is among the leading research groups in the areas of theory of distributed and parallel computing. Our work frequently appears in the top conferences of the field and we have received a number of awards, e.g. the best paper award at FOCS 2019.
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI, https://gssi.it), situated in L’Aquila, Italy, offers 10 PhD scholarships in computer science. GSSI is an international PhD school, and the computer science department has been recently ranked first among the computer science departments in the national Italian evaluation.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to do cutting-edge research in theory of distributed computing (e.g., working with Alkida Balliu and Dennis Olivetti) and algorithms in general (e.g., working with Pierluigi Crescenzi, Gianlorenzo D’Angelo, and Michele Flammini) (see https://cs.gssi.it).
SPAA 2023 is from June 17th to June 19th, with workshops and tutorials on June 16th. SPAA 2023 will be held as part of ACM FCRC in Orlando, Florida. In particular,
1. The schedule of the main conference as well as workshops and tutorials are available at https://spaa.acm.org/program-spaa-2023/, with author information at https://spaa.acm.org/accepted-papers/.
2. Registration is via the FCRC website: https://web.cvent.com/event/ce5cb7a2-4868-4dc6-a48d-707340839d56/summary.
The International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN) addresses advances in Distributed Computing and Communication Networks. At its jubilee 25th edition, ICDCN is a leading forum for disseminating the latest research results in these fields.
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Papers describing original research work and practical experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics that include, but are not limited to:
=== 3 PhD position openings at the Distributed Computing and Systems group/Chalmers Un. of Tech/Gothenburg/Sweden ===
The positions are financed by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network RELAX-DN. The research topics are on efficient data processing at diverse levels in the data analytics stack, focusing on parallel, distributed, stream processing and structuring of the data, with emphasis on exploring bounded semantic relaxations, to enhance the capabilities of data analytics systems, both functionally and performance-wise (projects 1-3 at the DN link www.relax-dn.eu/<http://www.relax-dn.eu/>), in an international working group, having strong synergies with associated industry.
Department of Computing Science at Umeå University offers three postdoctoral scholarships for an ambitious series of projects (including those focussing on machine learning) within the Autonomous Distributed Systems lab. The fellowships are full-time for two years, starting by agreement. The application deadline is 24 April 2023.
More information and details about the application procedure can be found at https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/postdoctoral-scholarships/6-251-23/.
Please consider submitting to SSS 2023; the current deadline is * April 11th; details and updates appear in:
SSS 2023 stabilizationsafetysecurity2023.com
The 25th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2023) will be held at the Institute for Future Technologies (NJIT-BGU Partnership), 101 Hudson Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, on October 2-4, 2023.
Due to many requests, we have extended the submission deadline for ApPLIED 2023 to April 8th, firm (with abstract registration on April 5th). There will be no further extensions.
For more details see the workshop website https://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/ApPLIED2023/
The upcoming workshop will feature an address by Professor Yair Amir, a Co-founder of LTN Global Communications Inc. and Spread Concepts LLC, as well as a distinguished faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. His keynote speech, "Persistent Control Plane for a Global Cloud from an Abstract Algorithm to a Deployed Service," will offer valuable insights into the realm of reliable
We would like to invite applications for an up to 3 years fully-funded postdoctoral position within the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham (see below for details on how to apply).
The successful candidate will contribute to an EPSRC-funded project aiming at designing and formally verifying distributed systems, in particular Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed systems as used for example in blockchain technology.
Blockchain, as a source of decentralized trust, is forming the underlying infrastructure for a variety of applications such as payments, decentralized finance (DeFi), the decentralized web (Web3), NFTs, and even cryptography protocols. Given how blockchains relate to such a wide variety of applications and to so many areas of computer science and economics, there is a lot to learn and understand how this field evolves. With Blockchains + X, we will conduct a series of workshops each focusing on some subset of topics.
A postdoc position is available in Marseille within the computer science laboratory to work in the distributed algorithms research group (https://dalgo-team.pages.lis-lab.fr/website/). The position is for one year and will start in the fall of 2023.
This position is funded by the ANR project DUCAT (https://www.irif.fr/anr-ducat/index) that deals in particular with topological aspects of distributed computing.
An ACM/IEEE-CS/AAAI task force is currently revising undergraduate Computer Science curricula. Version beta of the curricular report has been posted at: https://csed.acm.org/cs2023-beta/
Please take a moment to review the report and 1. provide feedback about specific sections of the report, preferably by April 15th; 2. volunteer to review specific sections of the report. If you would like to learn more about any of the sections, please visit https://csed.acm.org/knowledge-areas/ where additional options are available for targeted feedback.
Due to many requests, we have extended the submission deadline for ApPLIED 2023 to April 3rd, 2024, which is 10 days from now.
For more details see the workshop website https://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/ApPLIED2023/
The workshop program will include a keynote talk by Professor Yair Amir from Johns Hopkins University, also Co-founder of LTN Global Communications Inc. and Spread Concepts LLC. His speech, Persistent Control Plane for a Global Cloud from an Abstract Algorithm to a Deployed Service, promises to provide valuable insights into the field of dependable distributed systems.
We are running a new workshop on the Highlights of Parallel Computing (HOPC) at SPAA (co-located with FCRC) this year. Please find the call for papers below and consider submitting any of your recently published papers to present at the workshop.
We are excited to announce that Professor Yair Amir from Johns Hopkins University, also Co-founder of LTN Global Communications Inc. and Spread Concepts LLC, will be the keynote speaker at ApPLIED 2023. His speech, Persistent Control Plane for a Global Cloud from an Abstract Algorithm to a Deployed Service, promises to provide valuable insights into the field of dependable distributed systems.
2023 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral -- Dissertation Award
Many exceptionally high-quality doctoral dissertations were submitted for the 2023 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award. After careful deliberation, the award committee decided to share the award between:
• Dr. Siddhartha Jayanti for his dissertation “Simple, Fast, Scalable, and Reliable Multiprocessor Algorithms.”
• Dr. Dean Leitersdorf for his dissertation “Fast Distributed Algorithms via Sparsity Awareness.”
*=========================================================* * The 2023 Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing* *=========================================================*
The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is named for Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002), a pioneer in the area of distributed computing. His seminal works on concurrency primitives (such as semaphores), concurrency problems (such as mutual exclusion and deadlock), finding shortest paths in graphs, fault-tolerance, and self-stabilization are important foundations upon which the field of distributed computing is built.
The new EATCS Bulletin is available at: https://eatcs.org/images/bulletin/beatcs139.pdf
Alexandra Silva is our first interviewee this year, and you can read more about her and her advice, e.g., for young researchers or what to do when stuck with a research problem, in the interview column.
The distributed computing column features Naama Ben-David, winner of the 2022 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award, who revisits the idea of “lock-free locks”.
The Department of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers three open positions for assistant/associate professor in the area of security, related to theory, vulnerability research, and AI.
I know I am beginning to sound like a broken record, but having hired exactly 10 new faculty in 2022, we are aiming for 10 more in 2023!
Yes, we have 10 more faculty positions at all ranks in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Augusta University, Georgia, USA. Augusta University is a comprehensive research university, and the school is aiming to enter the top 100 in computer science in 2023 (csrankings.org). All areas of computer science/engineering and information systems are of interest, but of particular relevance to this community are distributed systems, formal methods, fault-tolerant
Candidates interested in a PhD in formal and algebraic methods for concurrent, reversible computation in Augusta University (Georgia, USA), starting in January 2024 are invited to apply by June 1st, 2023. A post-doctoral position will open shortly after, but interested candidates should feel encouraged to reach out to <[log in to unmask]> informally.
In addition to accepting applications, I will be very happy to respond to informal inquiries about any aspect of the position, from technical ones to ones about life in the US "Garden City".
ApPLIED 2023 is co-located with PODC 2023 (Orlando, Florida, on June 19, 2023). The final version of the accepted papers will appear on the workshop's website and ACM digital library (as ACM proceedings).
The submission deadline is: April 1, 2023 AoE (with an abstract registration on March 24, 2023).
There are a small number of competitive PhD studentships (fellowships) at Durham University (https://www.durham.ac.uk/homepage/) Computer Science (https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/computer-science/) Distributed computing and algorithms is one of the areas of interest particularly within the NESTiD research group ( https://nestid.webspace.durham.ac.uk/). More details below.
The turnaround is very tight, however, for the first scheme (March 2nd)(DDS) and May 8th for the second scheme (DTP). Both offer international funding.
SPAA 2023 will take place July 16-19, 2023 in Orlando, Florida, USA, collocated with FCRC. It will be a nice chance to share your recent research and form exciting discussions, via the Workshop and Tutorial program at SPAA 2023.
The SPAA 2023 workshops and tutorials plan to be held on July 16, 2023, which will consist of workshops for a half-day and tutorials for 1 or 1.5 hours. We welcome proposals for workshops and tutorials that are either within the scope of the SPAA community or research challenges in related areas/problems that have potential impacts on the SPAA
A PhD position is available in the faculty of engineering at Bar-Ilan University, hosted by Prof. Ran Gelles.
The position involves performing theoretical research in distributed computing and coding theory for distributed networks, focusing on: * fault-tolerant distributed computation * reliability of computations in noisy environments * coding in interactive (distributed) settings * applications to secure/private coding over networks
*=========================================================* *Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award 2023* *=========================================================*
Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award <https://www.podc.org/dissertation> awarded jointly by ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing <http://www.podc.org/?p=219> and EATCS Symposium on Distributed Computing <http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/138-2/>
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We are soliciting nominations for the 2023 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award. The award will be presented at the 42nd ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing in Orlando, Florida, on June 19-23, 2023.
The proceedings for the last edition of OPODIS 2022, which took place in Brussels last December, are now available in open access in the LIPICS series:
A postdoctoral position in computer science is available at the Research Chair in Distributed Computing of the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Andrzej Pelc.
Requirements: * Ph.D. in Computer Science or Mathematics obtained between June 1, 2020 and May 31, 2023 * Strong academic background in algorithms and graph theory. * Strong research record and potential in one or more of the following domains: - design and analysis of combinatorial algorithms - algorithmic aspects of distributed and parallel computing - algorithms for interconnection networks - algorithmic
I am very pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for PaPoC'23. The deadline to submit a paper is February 27th (AoE).
PaPoC is the premium workshop on the Principles and Practice of Consistency for Distributed Data. It will be the 10th anniversary edition of the workshop. PaPoC’23 will take place on May 8th, in Roma (Italy). As with previous editions, PaPoC is collocated this year with EuroSys, the European flagship conference on system research.
I would like to draw your attention to the newly announced Associate Professor positions at Chalmers in the areas of Integrated circuits, System and network security, and Dependability.
Applications due: March 12, 2023. For more details, please see
Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. We aim to actively improve the gender balance and diversity in our faculty. We therefore welcome a diversity of applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. We work broadly with equality projects, for example, the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at
Applications are invited for postdoc positions in algorithms, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced grant “Modern Fully Dynamic Data Structures”, led by Prof. Monika Henzinger at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
We would like to invite applications for an up to 3 years fully-funded postdoctoral position within the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham (see below for details on how to apply).
The successful candidate will contribute to an EPSRC-funded project aiming at designing and formally verifying distributed systems, in particular Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed systems as used for example in blockchain technology.
We invite applications for two positions at the Department of Computer Science of Reykjavik University. They can be either at the Ph.D. student or post-doctoral level.
The position is part of a research project on randomized distributed graph coloring algorithms (Constrained Distributed Symmetry Breaking, https://www.ru.is/kennarar/mmh/project.html) funded by the Icelandic Research Fund, under the direction of Magnus M. Halldorsson. The project is also an umbrella for general algorithms research, particularly on constrained models such as streaming, online, property testing, sparsification, or approximation. The applicant is expected to have good mathematical grasp, with some experience with probabilistic analysis.
Two PhD positions are available in the Algorithms & Complexity group of Yannic Maus (https://academia.yannicmaus.de/) at TU Graz, Austria. The group has a broad interest in algorithms and complexity, currently with a strong focus on modern models of computation such as distributed and massively parallel computing.
Who are we looking for? Are you particularly attracted by algorithmic and/or combinatorial questions? Are you also fascinated by the possibilities of future computer applications that will be built on top of various forms of large-scale networks and highly parallel systems? Ideally, you have a strong background in computer science or a
University of Warsaw offers postdoc positions in broadly understood computer science, mathematics and economics.
The successful candidate will establish collaboration with a selected research group at University of Warsaw. In Computer Science, The Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics (www.mimuw.edu.pl) has large research teams in algorithms, logic and automata, and computational biology. There is also a growing number of successful smaller groups in diverse areas including cryptography, distributed systems, game theory, and machine learning.
The Department of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers an open position as assistant professor in Theoretical Computer Science, in the area of logic or semantics, broadly construed.
ApPLIED 2023 is co-located with PODC 2023 (Orlando, Florida, on June, 2023). The final version of the accepted papers will appear on the workshop's website and ACM digital library (as ACM proceedings).
The submission deadline is: April 1, 2023 AoE (with an abstract registration on March 24, 2023).
Two formats of peer-review submissions will be considered:
* A regular paper submission must report on original research not published elsewhere.
* Short research statements aim at fostering discussion and collaboration, say, by summarizing research published elsewhere or outlining new emerging ideas. The material in
/SIROCCO 2023 has an outstanding group of keynote speakers. This edition will be the 30th and it will include a special anniversary celebration, as well as an event dedicated to special models of computation./
Department of Computing Science, Umeå University is offering four postdoctoral scholarships for an ambitious series of projects within the Autonomous Distributed Systems lab. The fellowships are full-time for two years, starting by agreement. The application deadline is 30 January 2023.
More information and details about the application procedure can be found at https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/postdoctoral-scholarships/6-2438-22/.
Best regards, Dr. Atakan Aral Department of Computing Science Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå
The Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute (GCRI), a joint institute between Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, has recently been established with support from a generous endowment, and we are seeking its inaugural director. The Director can of course be a faculty member in one of the participating departments.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is hiring at the Associate or Full Professor level for a Tenured, Endowed Professorship in the broad area of Cybersecurity. The endowed position comes with associated funding to support research and salary. A successful candidate for this position will be a leader in the field, help RIT grow a team in their area of specialty, bring in significant externally funded projects, and execute top research that enhances the reputation of RIT in cybersecurity.
The Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw (MIM UW) invites applications for the positions of Assistant Professor (“adiunkt” in Polish) in Computer Science, starting on 1st October 2023 or 1st February 2024.
MIM UW is one of the leading computer science faculties in Europe. It is known for talented students (e.g., two wins and multiple top tens in the International Collegiate Programming Contest) and strong research teams, especially in algorithms, logic and automata, and computational biology. There is also a growing number of successful smaller groups in diverse areas including cryptography, distributed systems, game theory,
*=========================================================* * The 2023 Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing* *=========================================================*
The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is named for Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002), a pioneer in the area of distributed computing. His seminal works on concurrency primitives (such as semaphores), concurrency problems (such as mutual exclusion and deadlock), finding shortest paths in graphs, fault-tolerance, and self-stabilization are important foundations upon which the field of distributed computing is built.
Start date/duration: • as soon as possible • for 4 years
Administrative unit: • Department of Computer Science
Extent of employment: • 20 hours per week; • will be increased to 30 hours per week once the dissertation agreement has been signed
Job Description: • Main Tasks • dissertation in the area of Software- and Cloud Engineering • research • teaching • student supervision and scientific publications • administrative tasks • ongoing training • Qualification Requirements • diploma or MSc in computer science or a related area • good knowledge in the areas of programming, software and cloud engineering. •
*=========================================================* *Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award 2023* *=========================================================*
Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award <https://www.podc.org/dissertation> awarded jointly by ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing <http://www.podc.org/?p=219> and EATCS Symposium on Distributed Computing <http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/138-2/>
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We are soliciting nominations for the 2023 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award. The award will be presented at the 42nd ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing in Orlando, Florida, on June 19-23, 2023.
The ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA) will run from Jun 17-19, 2023, collocated with FCRC in Orlando, Florida. SPAA this year has three different tracks. Any work related to parallelism, with main contributions either theoretical, practical, or both, is highly welcomed and encouraged to be submitted. The submission deadline is Jan 17. The full CFP is attached below and can be found at: https://spaa.acm.org/cfp/.
*=========================================================* *Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award 2023* *=========================================================*
Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award <https://www.podc.org/dissertation> awarded jointly by ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing <http://www.podc.org/?p=219> and EATCS Symposium on Distributed Computing <http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/138-2/>
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We are soliciting nominations for the 2023 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award. The award will be presented at the 42nd ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing in Orlando, Florida, on June 19-23, 2023.
the last EATCS Bulletin of this year is now available: https://eatcs.org/images/bulletin/beatcs138.pdf
It includes an interview with Monika Henzinger and a viewpoint column by Sophie Huiberts who examines how awards’ recipients are selected in our communities and how this relates to the status of women in our field.
Omer Reingold, in the theory blogs column, shares his thoughts on how to make a research environment supportive for young researchers, and talks about his “research life stories” project and experiences with starting several blogs.
The following SIAG-ACDA Online Seminar may be of interest.
Date Time: Dec 14, 2022 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Speaker: Michael A. Bender, Stony Brook University
Title: Online Parallel Paging and Green Paging
Abstract: The parallel paging problem captures the task of efficiently sharing a cache among multiple parallel processors. Whereas the single-processor version of the problem has been well understood for decades, it has remained an open question how to find optimal algorithms for the multi-processor version. We solve this problem by giving optimal multi-core paging algorithms for optimizing both makespan and the average completion time. In
Hello --- we have positions, including in distributed systems, at the University of Waterloo's department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Please see the details below.
I would like to draw your attention to the newly announced Associate Professor positions at Chalmers:
• Cybersecurity and privacy, including research connecting these topics to substantial areas of the department such as computer systems, cloud computing, human-computer interaction, software engineering, data science and AI.
• Machine learning, including software technology and engineering for ML, the intersection of ML and systems, compilation and hardware-software co-design for AI, cloud computing, AI in interaction design, ML for cybersecurity.
At TU Delft, we have openings for faculty positions in Distributed Systems Section at Assistant and Associate Professor levels.
We invite candidates who actively work in the following fields (but not limited to) to apply:
- Decentralized information systems - Federated learning systems - Privacy-preserving data systems - Dependability and resource management - System for artificial intelligence -Cloud-edge systems -Blockchain system
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba is seeking six professors for Probationary (Tenure-track) or Tenured positions at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, commencing July 1, 2023, or on a date mutually agreed upon. Exceptional candidates at the full Professor level will also be considered. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
Professor (All Ranks) Biodesign, Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Complex Adaptive Systems Location: Arizona State University – Tempe Campus
Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position to be housed in the Biodesign Center for Biocomputation, Security and Society (CBSS) and in one of the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI) or the School of Complex Adaptive Systems (SCAS). We are particularly interested in tenure-track applicants but will consider exceptionally strong tenured candidates. The position is joint between CBSS and
M A X P L A N C K I N S T I T U T E for I N F O R M A T I C S
seeks several
POSTDOCS
for the Algorithms and Complexity Department [https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/algorithms-complexity/]
directed by Danupon Nanongkai.
We are looking for applicants from all areas of algorithms and complexity, including related areas like mathematical optimization, distributed computing, and algorithms engineering. Researchers of several nationalities work in the Algorithms and Complexity Department and our working language is English. The department is part of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics,
We would like to invite applications for an up to 3 years fully-funded postdoctoral position within the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham (see below for details on how to apply).
The successful candidate will contribute to an EPSRC-funded project aiming at designing and formally verifying distributed systems, in particular Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed systems as used for example in blockchain technology.
Two Assistant Professor positions at the University of Houston, Computer Science:
Tenure-track Assistant Professor with a focus in Security and IoT. Candidates working on the theoretical or practical aspects of the following areas are encouraged to apply: (1) Security, (2) IoT, and (3) High-Performance Computing or Big Data Systems. In particular, candidates working in theory or practice of distributed or parallel computing as related to security (e.g., Byzantine protocols, blockchains etc), Big Data (e.g., massively parallel algorithms), networks, or high-performance computing are encouraged to apply.
I wanted to announce a new book on Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC), authored by me and Arpita Patra (IISc, Bangalore). The book has been just released and is available for purchase now.
The a16z crypto research lab is seeking interns for summer 2023, please see below or https://a16z.com/about/jobs/?gh_jid=5345713003 for details. It would be great to see some applications from the PODC community! Best, Tim ---- *The Role*
a16z Crypto Research is a new <https://a16z.com/2022/04/21/announcing-a16z-crypto-research/> kind of multidisciplinary lab that bridges the worlds of academic theory and industry practice to advance the science and technology of the next generation of the internet. In addition to fundamental research, we collaborate with portfolio companies to solve hard technical and conceptual problems. Research interns will have the opportunity to learn from the firm’s investment and engineering
Postdoc positions in cryptography, security, and distributed protocols
Multiple postdoc positions are available in the Cryptology and Data Security research group at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern, led by Christian Cachin.
https://crypto.unibe.ch/
Our research addresses all aspects of security in distributed systems, especially cryptographic protocols, consistency, consensus, and cloud-computing security. We are particularly interested in blockchains, decentralized protocols, distributed cryptosystems, and the technical aspects of cryptocurrencies.
One or two PhD positions are available in the research group of Sebastian Brandt (https://scbrandt.github.io/), which is part of the Algorithms & Theory branch at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbruecken. The objective is to perform cutting-edge research in the theory of distributed and parallel algorithms. For an introduction to our research, please visit https://scbrandt.github.io/#introduction.
Computer Science <http://www.cs.unm.edu/> at the University of New Mexico <http://www.unm.edu/> is hiring for multiple tenure-track Assistant Professor positions. PhDs in CS or related areas (before August 14, 2023) can apply. Best consideration date is December 2, 2022.
To apply, visit https://scnv.io/FIpy?qr=1.
We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in (1) cybersecurity, (2) machine learning and data science, (3) algorithms, (4) human-computer interaction (5) high-performance computing and candidates in all areas of computing are encouraged to apply. We prefer candidates with strong commitment to diversity in computer science research and education.
DISC 2022 will be held in-person on October 24-28. At the business meeting on 10/25, we will be electing a new DISC Steering Committee Vice-chair. The DISC SC vice-chair position is a 2-year term, followed by a 2-year term as DISC SC chair. Here is the description, found at the DISC conference home page (http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/102-2/ )
UCLouvain has an opening for an academic position in computer science. The first focus domain, software engineering and programming systems, has a clear overlap with research interests of the community. Strong applicants with other research interests are also welcome to apply.
Please note the rather short deadline. Do not hesitate to contact me or the addresses listed in the announcement for any question related to this position.
A postdoctoral position in my research group at the Department of Computer Science at the Technion is available. Information about our activities is available at https://ckeren.net.technion.ac.il/ <https://ckeren.net.technion.ac.il/>.
Candidates with a strong publication record in top venues in distributed computing (broadly interpreted) or algorithms in general are welcome to apply. To apply, send the following to Mrs. Hila Mizrahi at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>: 1. CV (PDF) 2. 1-2 page research statement (PDF) 3. Contact details of 3 references (email plaintext) 4. Expected graduation date, if applicable (email plaintext)
Chalmers is recruiting an Assistant Professor within the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems Program (WASP). We seek a creative individual who wants to join Chalmers as a tenure-track Assistant Professor and accelerate our quest for new knowledge and sustainability.
Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmer. Therefore, female applicants are strongly encouraged.
The 35th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA ’23) <https://spaa.acm.org/> will run from June 17th to June 19th, 2023. Workshops and tutorials will be on June 16th. SPAA 2023 will be held as part of ACM FCRC <https://fcrc.acm.org/> in Orlando, Florida.
Submissions are sought in all areas of parallel and distributed computing, including algorithms, data structures, computational models, complexity theory, architectures, performance engineering, languages, runtime systems, compilers, programming systems, and networking systems. Papers that are purely theoretical, purely experimental, or contain both theory and experiments are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
The Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) invites applications for a senior faculty member to serve as the Director of the Institute for Cybersecurity. Candidates must have a PhD in computer science or a related discipline with a demonstrated track record of scholarly accomplishments commensurate with the appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or above. Candidates with doctorates from top worldwide institutions are especially welcome to apply.
The Computer Science Department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions starting in Fall 2023. We seek applicants whose research focuses on cybersecurity, as well as applicants in other areas of computer science. We aim to hire at the rank of Assistant Professor, but exceptional candidates at higher ranks will also be considered.
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The 24th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2022) will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France on November 15-17, 2022.
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment.
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Wesleyan University invites applications for a tenure track assistant professorship in Computer Science to begin July 1, 2023. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field in hand by the time of appointment to be hired as an Assistant Professor; a successful candidate may be hired as an Instructor if the candidate does not have a Ph.D. in hand at the time of appointment, but will complete the Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field within one year of hire. We encourage candidates in all areas of
Oxford University’s Computer Science Department is hiring four new faculty. The positions are open to all areas of computer science and the closing date is 12 noon on 14 December 2022. For more information, see https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/aboutus/vacancies/vacancy-faculty-hiring.html
The 35th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA ’23) <https://spaa.acm.org/> will run from June 17th to June 19th, 2023. Workshops and tutorials will be on June 16th. SPAA 2023 will be held as part of ACM FCRC <https://fcrc.acm.org/> in Orlando, Florida.
Submissions are sought in all areas of parallel and distributed computing, including algorithms, data structures, computational models, complexity theory, architectures, performance engineering, languages, runtime systems, compilers, programming systems, and networking systems. Papers that are purely theoretical, purely experimental, or contain both theory and experiments are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Registration is now open for DISC 2022, the *36th International Symposium on Distributed Computing*. *The conference will make several awards to provide a partial coverage of travel expenses to students who will be attending DISC.* Here's the link to the registration and the information on how to apply for student travel awards. http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2022/registration/
A joint task force of ACM, IEEE Computer Society and AAAI is currently revising undergraduate Computer Science curriculum. You can find out more about its work at: https://csed.acm.org
The task force would appreciate your feedback and suggestions: 1. We invite your comments and suggestions about the various knowledge areas: https://csed.acm.org/knowledge-areas/ Please use the feedback form or email address provided for each knowledge area to reach the committee revising the knowledge area.
The previous announcement had an incorrect link to registration. The correct link is http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2022/registration/
Dear Colleagues,
Registration is now open for DISC 2022, the *36th International Symposium on Distributed Computing*, an international forum on the theory, design, analysis, implementation and application of distributed systems and networks. DISC 2022 will be held at the Georgia Cyber Center, 100 Grace Hopper Lane, Augusta, GA 30901, USA, from October 25th to October 27th, 2022. Co-located workshops will be held on October 24th and October 28th. For details see the conference web at http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2022/.
Registration is now open for DISC 2022, the *36th International Symposium on Distributed Computing*, an international forum on the theory, design, analysis, implementation and application of distributed systems and networks. DISC 2022 will be held at the Georgia Cyber Center, 100 Grace Hopper Lane, Augusta, GA 30901, USA, from October 25th to October 27th, 2022. Co-located workshops will be held on October 24th and October 28th. For details see the conference web at http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2022/.
ICDCN 2023, the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, welcomes exciting posters showing promising early works on novel distributed computing and networking technologies and applications. We seek participation from both industry and academia. Selection posters will be based on a short abstract, evaluated based on technical merit and innovation as well as the potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference. The poster session is meant to introduce new or ongoing work and provide opportunities for authors to interact directly with attendees.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ACM Advances In Financial Technologies 2022
Registration is now open for AFT 22, the premiere research conference for blockchains and distributed ledger technology, to be held at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA, 19,20,21 September 2022.
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The 24th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2022) will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France on November 15-17, 2022.
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the three symposium tracks:
The deadline for SPAA Parallel Computing Award <https://spaa.acm.org/spaa-parallel-computing-award/>, given by the ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA) <https://spaa.acm.org/> was extended to *Octobe*r* 1, 2022*. More information about these awards can be found below as well as on the SPAA webpage.
Yan Gu and Julian Shun SPAA Publicity Chairs
- A statement (at most 500 words) addressing why the paper should receive the award
We would like to invite applications for both: - an up to 3 years fully-funded postdoctoral position - a fully-funded PhD position
within the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham (see below for details on how to apply).
The postdoctoral researcher and PhD students will contribute to an EPSRC-funded project aiming at designing and formally verifying distributed systems, in particular Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed systems as used for example in blockchain technology.
Dear all, a Ph.D. position in digital economy and/or computer science, with a particular focus on blockchains, is available at École Polytechnique. The position is funded with support from the Algorand Foundation and its ACE initiative whose aim is to create centers of excellence for the study of blockchains and crypto-assets.
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) has opened a full time (100%) position, on the SNSF CARISMA project (https://carisma-project.org/) at the Department of Innovative Technologies (DTI), located in the USI-SUPSI Campus in Lugano-Viganello (Campus Est), in particular at the Institute of Information Systems and Networking (ISIN), for a Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering.
Lecturer in Distributed and Networked Systems Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey Salary: £42,149 to £50,296 Closing Date: Tuesday 2nd August 2022 https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=044122
An exciting opportunity to join the Distributed and Networked Systems group within our expanding Department. We are especially interested in building and analysing scalable, robust and verifiably correct distributed and networked systems which take advantage of emerging hardware technologies or emerging architectural innovations.
This is a reminder that nominations for the inaugural SPAA Test-of-Time Award <https://spaa.acm.org/spaa-test-of-time-award/> and SPAA Parallel Computing Award <https://spaa.acm.org/spaa-parallel-computing-award/>, given by the ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA) <https://spaa.acm.org/> are due *August 1, 2022*. More information about these awards can be found below as well as on the SPAA webpage.
the new issue of the Bulletin of the EATCS is a special one: we celebrate the Golden Jubilee!
In this special issue, Giorgio Ausiello looks back on the 50-year history of the EATCS, and the issue also includes a historical article, written by Ute and Wilfried Brauer, for the Silver Jubilee of the EATCS.
This will be a follow-up course of my earlier course titled "Secure Computation: Part I". In that course, I covered the fundamentals of secure computation against passive corruptions. The details of the earlier course will full video lectures can be found at
Dear all, [apologies for multiple receptions] The University of Sydney is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct and lead research in the field of distributed systems. The postdoc successful candidate join the Concurrent Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of Sydney for one to three years to work on problems related to blockchain technologies. The group page is https://gramoli.github.io/csrg/
SPAA (ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures) 2022 will be in Philadelphia on July 11-14, 2022, after two virtual meetings in the past two years. The conference consists of one workshop on parallel graph processing, three tutorials, and 40 high-quality papers and talks. If you are interested in participation:
1. The conference program is here: https://spaa.acm.org/program/.
PODC 2022, 41st ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, will be held on July 25-29, 2022 in Salerno, Italy: https://www.podc.org/ <https://www.podc.org/>
The list of accepted papers is available online: https://www.podc.org/podc2022/accepted-papers/ <https://www.podc.org/podc2022/accepted-papers/>
Conference registration is open at https://cvent.me/geLrwn <https://cvent.me/geLrwn> and the early registration deadline is very soon (June 24th, 2022 at 23:59 ECT). More details are available on the dedicated webpage: https://www.podc.org/podc2022/registration/ <https://www.podc.org/podc2022/registration/>.
The 24th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2022) will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France on November 15-17, 2022.
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the three symposium tracks:
- an up to 3 years fully funded postdoctoral position - a fully funded PhD position
within the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham.
The postdoctoral researcher and PhD students will contribute to an EPSRC-funded project aiming at designing and formally verifying distributed systems, in particular Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed systems as used for example in blockchain technology.
A post-doc (research fellow) position is available at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU Singapore, within a project on Blockchain interoperability and data governance. In your role you will contribute to the creation of research assets, the generation of publications and IPs and implement new distributed systems and algorithms spanning various areas: communication protocols, DLT inter-operability and security. You will also be expected to assist the principal investigator in mentoring other junior researchers and programmers.
We are happy to announce the list of talks for ApPLIED 2022. The early registration deadline is on June 24th. For details please see https://www.cse.chalmers.se/~elad/ApPLIED2022/
We are looking forward to seeing you all in Salerno, Italy, on July 25, 2022.
Best, Elad
Keynote Speakers: Ken Birman, Cornell, USA. Title: Cascade: An Edge Computing Platform for Real-time Machine Intelligence
Two postdoc positions available at Monash Blockchain Technology Centre (MBTC), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The salary is $92,792 -- $120,093 per year (Australian dollars) plus 17% Superannuation.
More can be found at https://www.jiangshanyu.com/doc/postdoc.html <https://www.jiangshanyu.com/doc/postdoc.html>
Interested candidates, please feel free to contact me directly via E-mail ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the faculty at the University of Sheffield, a world top 100 University. We are looking to hire two lecturers and one lecturer/senior lecturer:
* Lecturer in algorithms: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CQL110/lecturer-in-algorithms-two-posts * Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Algorithms: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CQL118/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-algorithms
Working in the Department of Computer Science, you will join our established Algorithms Group. The group focuses on the design and analysis of algorithms which provably solve computational problems efficiently and theory of hardness of computation. The role of Lecturer is equivalent to Assistant Professor and the role of Senior Lecturer is equivalent to Associate Professor.
we are looking for bright and highly motivated student for one PhD position at the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Pisa.
The position is funded within the framework of the "Crosslab: Innovation for Industry 4.0" project. The research activities will be carried out in the "Cloud Computing, Big Data & Cybersecurity" laboratory ( https://crosslab.dii.unipi.it/cloud-computing-big-data-cybersecurity-lab).
Several PhD and Postdoc positions are available in the research group of Sebastian Brandt (https://scbrandt.github.io), which is part of the Algorithms & Theory branch at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbruecken. The objective is to perform cutting-edge research in the theory of distributed and parallel algorithms. For an introduction to our research, please visit https://scbrandt.github.io/#introduction.
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Many exceptionally high-quality doctoral dissertations were submitted for the 2022 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award. After careful long deliberation, the award committee decided to share the award among two:
Dr. Naama Ben-David <https://sites.google.com/view/naama-ben-david/home> for her dissertation “Theoretical Foundations for Practical Concurrent and Distributed Computation <http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/2020/CMU-CS-20-126.pdf>.” Dr. Manuela Fischer <https://people.inf.ethz.ch/fiscmanu/> for her dissertation “Local Algorithms for Classic Graph Problems <https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/510498/1/manuela_fischer_thesis-1-368.pdf>.” Dr. Naama Ben-David completed her thesis on July 22nd, 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Guy E. Blelloch, at Carnegie Mellon University. In her
PODC 2022, 41st ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, will be held on July 25-29, 2022 in Salerno, Italy: https://www.podc.org/ <https://www.podc.org/>
The list of accepted papers is available online: https://www.podc.org/podc2022/accepted-papers/ <https://www.podc.org/podc2022/accepted-papers/>
Conference registration is now open at https://cvent.me/geLrwn <https://cvent.me/geLrwn>.
The conference program appears at https://www.podc.org/podc2022/schedule/ <https://www.podc.org/podc2021/program/> and its highlights include:
- Three keynote talks: - Michael Scott – How should we think about persistent data structures? - Seny Kamara – Distributed Encrypted Systems - Merav Parter – A Graph Theoretic Approach for Resilient Distributed Algorithms - Talk sessions for full papers and brief announcements. - Three workshops
Job title: Lecturer in Computer Science (4 posts) Salary: £42,149 - £53,348 pa or (pro rata) Closing date: 17 June 2022
We are looking to appoint FOUR highly motivated, research-focused individuals as Lecturers in the Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool. The successful candidates will undertake research of international standard and contribute to teaching modules and the supervision of student projects in the department at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These positions complement our recent successful targeted recruitment in the areas of High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Optimisation, and Robotics; we remain open to further applications from candidates
We have multiple Ph.D. and M.Sc. scholarships and one postdoctoral researcher position available. For Ph.D. and M.Sc. scholarships, the deadline is 15 June 2022. For postdoc position, the application and start dates are flexible.
For graduate students, applications must be completed through online form: https://www.iacr.org/jobs/item/2991
For postdocs, you can contact me directly via email with the necessary documents: https://www.iacr.org/jobs/item/2992
(please kindly forward to interested students and colleagues)
UCLouvain's computer science department offers a fully-funded (4-year) PhD scholarship on the security of distributed cloud infrastructures and applications.
This thesis is funded by the CyberExcellence project, a large-scale initiative of Wallonia to strengthen research and innovation in cyber security.
Title: Adaptive security for microservices applications over the cloud-edge continuum (primary advisor Prof. Etienne Rivière)
A joint task force of ACM, IEEE Computer Society and AAAI is currently revising undergraduate Computer Science curriculum. You can find out more about its work at: https://csed.acm.org
The task force would appreciate your feedback and suggestions: 1. We invite your contribution to any and all the knowledge areas: https://csed.acm.org/knowledge-areas/ Please use the feedback form and contact email address provided for the knowledge area(s) of interest to you.
The next seminar in the SIAG-ACDA Online Seminar Series will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, May 25 at 10am EST / 4pm CEST. You can register for this seminar at https://siam.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6AcRH01yS_KECLVwXj5vGg
Here is the information for the talk:
Speaker: Monika Henzinger
Affiliation: University of Vienna
Title: Dynamic graph algorithms and their implementation
Abstract: While many algorithmic graph problems have been solved for static graphs, graphs that are used as models in various applications often change dynamically and, thus, require algorithms that can adapt quickly to the deletion and insertion of edges. I will start with providing an overview of
ApPLIED 2022 is co-located with PODC 2022. The final version of the accepted papers will appear on the workshop's website and ACM digital library (as ACM proceedings).
Due to numerous requests, we are going to extend the submission deadline to May 16 AoE (there will be no further extensions after that).
Two formats of peer-review submissions will be considered:
* A regular paper submission must report on original research not published elsewhere.
* Short research statements aim at fostering discussion and collaboration, say, by summarizing research published elsewhere or outlining new emerging ideas. The
The first workshop on Principles Of Distributed Learning will be help on July 25 in conjunction with PODC 2025 (https://www.podc.org) in beautiful Salerno
The workshop will be informal and will include the following talks:
* Hagit Attiya (Technion), Asynchronous distributed machine learning * Ce Zhang (ETH Zurich), Scaling up distributed learning with system relaxations: bagua and beyond * Alonso Gustavo (ETH Zurich), The role of hardware in distributed learning and its impact on algorithms * Nitin Vaidya (Georgetown University), Some open problems in fault-tolerant distributed optimization and learning * Nirupam Gupta (EPFL), The crucial role of momentum in byzantine learning
We invite you to submit nominations for the inaugural SPAA Test-of-Time Award <https://spaa.acm.org/spaa-test-of-time-award/> and SPAA Parallel Computing Award <https://spaa.acm.org/spaa-parallel-computing-award/>, given by the ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA) <https://spaa.acm.org/>. The nomination deadline is *August 1, 2022*. More information about these awards can be found below as well as on the SPAA webpage.
7th Highlights of Algorithms conference (HALG 2022) The London School of Economics and Political Science, June 1-3, 2022 https://www.lse.ac.uk/HALG-2022 <https://www.lse.ac.uk/HALG-2022>
The Highlights of Algorithms conference is a forum for presenting the highlights of recent developments in algorithms and for discussing potential further advances in this area. The conference will provide a broad picture of the latest research in algorithms through a series of invited talks, as well as the possibility for all researchers and students to present their recent results through a series of short talks and poster presentations. Attending the Highlights of Algorithms
Call for Nominations: Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing 2023
Nominations are requested for the *Prize for Innovation In Distributed Computing*, awarded by the Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity <http://sirocco.hiit.fi/> (SIROCCO).
This prize was established to recognize individuals whose research contributions expanded the collective investigative horizon in SIROCCO <http://sirocco.hiit.fi/>’s area of interest. That is, they formulated new problems, or identified new research areas, that were at the time of their introduction, unorthodox and outside the mainstream, but later attracted the interest of the SIROCCO community.
In the Division of Computer Science / Technology at the University of Lübeck, for the next possible date, a
*W3-Professorship - without leading position - for Hybrid AI (m/f/d)*
is to be filled at the Institute for Software Engineering and Programming Languages for an unlimited period. Reference is made to §§ 61 and 63 of the Higher Education Act of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
ApPLIED 2022 is co-located with PODC 2022. The final version of the accepted papers will appear on the workshop's website and ACM digital library (as ACM proceedings).
Due to numerous requests, we are going to extend the submission deadline to May 12th (with an abstract registration on May 10).
Two formats of peer-review submissions will be considered:
* A regular paper submission must report on original research not published elsewhere.
* Short research statements aim at fostering discussion and collaboration, say, by summarizing research published elsewhere or outlining new emerging ideas. The material in
Second Call for Papers: 4th ACM Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies #callforpapers #defi #blockchain #ElectronicCommerce #fintech Submission Deadline: 5 May 2022 https://aft.acm.org/aft22/index.html
The Department of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers an open position as assistant professor (tenure track) in Theoretical Computer Science, broadly construed.
CALL FOR PAPERS ACM Transactions on Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice
Special Issue on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) for Beyond 5G Systems
Guest Editors: • Prof. Andrei Gurtov, Linköping University, Sweden • Prof. Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy • Prof. Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia • Asst. Prof. Madhusanka Liyanage, University College Dublin, Ireland
I would like to inform you that our list of confirmed keynote speakers includes Ken Birman (Cornell, USA) and Roger Wattenhofer (ETH Zurich, Switzerland).
The 2022 Dijkstra Prize Award Committee concluded its deliberations and we are happy to announce that the papers
“Safe Memory Reclamation for Dynamic Lock-Free Objects Using Atomic Reads and Writes,” by Maged M. Michael. Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), Monterey, CA, USA, July 2002, pages 21–30.
The new deadline for submissions is April 25th, 2022 (11:59 PM AoE)
The 24th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2022) will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France on November 15-17, 2022.
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the three symposium tracks:
ApPLIED: Workshop on Advanced tools, programming languages, and PLatforms for Implementing and Evaluating algorithms for Distributed systems -- held in conjunction with PODC 2022.
Accepted papers will appear on the workshop's website and ACM digital library (as ACM proceedings).
Homepage: https://tinyurl.com/ApPLIED2022
Submission page: https://ApPLIED2022.hotcrp.com/
DATES Abstract registration: April 28, 2022 AoE. Full Papers Submission: May 4, 2022 AoE. Acceptance Notification: May 25, 2022. Camera-Ready version: June 2, 2022. Workshop day: July 25, 2022, Salerno, Italy.
Ph.D. position in distributed protocols and blockchain
Cryptology and Data Security Group, University of Bern https://crypto.unibe.ch/
A Ph.D. position is available in the Cryptology and Data Security research group at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern, led by Christian Cachin.
Our research addresses all aspects of security in distributed systems, especially cryptographic protocols, consistency, consensus, and cloud-computing security. We are particularly interested in blockchains, distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrencies, and their security and economics.
Nominations are requested for the *Prize for Innovation In Distributed Computing 2023*, awarded by the Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity <http://sirocco.hiit.fi/> (SIROCCO).
This prize was established to recognize individuals whose research contributions expanded the collective investigative horizon in SIROCCO <http://sirocco.hiit.fi/>’s area of interest. That is, they formulated new problems, or identified new research areas, that were at the time of their introduction, unorthodox and outside the mainstream, but later attracted the interest of the SIROCCO community.
The list of accepted papers can be found here: https://www.sand-conf.org/program/accepted/
The conference program is available through: https://www.sand-conf.org/schedule/
Keynote talks will be given by Monika Henzinger, Paul Spirakis, and Roger Wattenhofer https://www.sand-conf.org/program/keynotes/
There will be 6 technical sessions on topics related to DNA self-assembly, dynamic networks and distributed algorithms, mobile computing and robotics, population protocols, and temporal and dynamic graph algorithms.
in the context of our ERC project AdjustNet, we are looking for motivated and bright PhD students with a strong interest in theoretical and/or algorithmic aspects of distributed systems and networks.
The position comes with research freedom, and topics of interest include: - Algorithmic problems related to dynamic graphs - Online algorithms, approximation algorithms and dynamic algorithms for networks - Theoretical foundations of self-adjusting networks and data structures - Consensus algorithms and lower bounds - Information-theoretic approaches to model and predict communication traffic - Incentives and game-theoretic aspects
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The 24th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2022) will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France on November 15-17, 2022.
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the three symposium tracks:
The 7th Highlights of Algorithms conference (HALG 2022) London, June 1-3, 2022 https://www.lse.ac.uk/HALG-2022
The Highlights of Algorithms conference is a forum for presenting the highlights of recent developments in algorithms and for discussing potential further advances in this area. The conference will provide a broad picture of the latest research in algorithms through a series of invited talks, as well as the possibility for all researchers and students to present their recent results through a series of short talks and poster presentations. Attending the Highlights of Algorithms conference will also be an opportunity for networking and meeting leading researchers in
We welcome everyone to contribute talks and workshops to SPAA 2022. It seems very likely that SPAA 2022 will be onsite, after two virtual ones in 2020 and 2021. It's a particularly good opportunity to share your recent work during the pandemic that did not track the attention as they should.
Our research group at Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland) is hiring postdoctoral researchers to work on the foundations of distributed and parallel computing. Application deadline April 1, more details here: https://research.cs.aalto.fi/da/jobs/
the new Bulletin of the EATCS is now available online at http://bulletin.eatcs.org/index.php/beatcs
It includes, among other:
- the "Distributed Computing Column", edited by Seth Gilbert: Symmetry and Anonymity in Shared Memory Concurrent Systems by Michel Raynal and Gadi Taubenfeld
- the new "Know the Person behind the Papers" Interview Column (edited by Chen Avin and me), featuring Keren Censor-Hillel
The list of accepted papers can be found here: https://www.sand-conf.org/program/accepted/
The conference program is available through: https://www.sand-conf.org/schedule/
Keynote talks will be given by Monika Henzinger, Paul Spirakis, and Roger Wattenhofer https://www.sand-conf.org/program/keynotes/
There will be 6 technical sessions on topics related to DNA self-assembly, dynamic networks and distributed algorithms, mobile computing and robotics, population protocols, and temporal and dynamic graph algorithms.
Very pleased to announce that Neha Narula and I will co-chair ACM Advances in Financial Technologies <https://aft.acm.org/aft22/index.html> (AFT '22), at MIT Media Lab 18-20 Sep 2022. Please submit, and help make AFT the premiere blockchain research conference!
The 24th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2022) will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France on November 15-17, 2022.
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in the three symposium tracks:
We have 10 more(!) faculty positions at all ranks in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Augusta University, Georgia, USA. We are continuing our unprecedented growth, with over 20 new faculty joining the school since 2019. The school now offers a Ph.D. program, two M.S. programs, and five undergraduate programs, including a B.S. in Cybersecurity Engineering, one of the first such programs in the nation. Our research momentum is on the rise with more than 5 million dollars of new funding from NSF within the past 18 months and other substantial awards from DoD and NSA.
A postdoctoral position in computer science is available at the Research Chair in Distributed Computing of the Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Andrzej Pelc.
Requirements: * Ph.D. in Computer Science or Mathematics obtained between June 1, 2019 and May 31, 2022 * Strong academic background in algorithms and graph theory. * Strong research record and potential in one or more of the following domains: - design and analysis of combinatorial algorithms - algorithmic aspects of distributed and parallel computing - algorithms for interconnection networks - algorithmic
The 34th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA ’22) is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Groups on Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT) and Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) and organized in cooperation with the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. It will be held in Philadelphia, PA, July11-14, 2022.
Submissions are sought in all areas of parallel algorithms and architectures, broadly construed, including both theoretical and experimental perspectives. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Do you have a PhD, research or coding experience, or are you a self-learned guru technologist in the area of HPC, Distributed Databases, Distributed Systems or Distributed Computing? Do you want to design, code and co-invent the next generation of Distributed Systems protocols?
At QPQ we are building the Internet of Economics, a new technological approach to a complaint and regulated financial systems infrastructure. Titles, publications, direct experience or knowledge matter to us to a certain level. Intelligence, integrity, curiosity and the capacity and will to laterally think and use the knowledge that
The Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw (MIM UW) invites applications for the positions of Assistant Professor (“adiunkt” in Polish) and Associate Professor (“profesor uczelni”) in Computer Science, starting on 1st October 2022.
MIM UW is one of the leading computer science faculties in Europe. It is known for talented students (e.g., two wins and 14 times in top ten in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest) and strong research teams, especially in algorithms, logic and automata, and computational biology. There is also a growing number of successful smaller groups in diverse areas including cryptography,
ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA) 2022 will take place July 11-14, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA, USA. To allow a broad audience to participate, SPAA will host a series of workshops and tutorials to learn more about research challenges and discuss research questions, to exchange exciting ideas, and to build up communities and possible new collaborations.
The ILLC and Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam are seeking to significantly strengthen their profiles in the area of Theoretical Computer Science, and we currently are inviting applications for three faculty positions in Theoretical Computer Science (in any area of specialisation). There are opportunities at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor level. Apply by 7 February 2022.
We have a number of faculty positions (six) open in Computer Science at Durham University, UK. Durham University is the third oldest university in England and Durham CS one of the top CS departments in the country. The department is rapidly growing having already expanded from 20 to 50 in the last few years and expanding still further.
A postdoctoral position in my research group at the Department of Computer Science at the Technion is available. Information about our activities is available at https://ckeren.net.technion.ac.il/ <https://ckeren.net.technion.ac.il/>.
Candidates with a strong publication record in top venues in distributed computing (broadly interpreted) or related areas are welcome to apply. To apply, send the following to Mrs. Hila Mizrahi at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>: 1. CV (PDF) 2. 1-2 page research statement (PDF) 3. Contact details of 3 references (email plaintext) 4. Expected graduation date, if applicable (email plaintext)
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*
THE 10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORKED SYSTEMS
NETYS 2022
May 17-19, 2022, Marrakech, MOROCCO
http://www.netys.net
*Aim and Scope:*
NETYS aims to bring together researchers and engineers from both the theory and practice of distributed and networked systems. The scope of the conference covers all aspects related to the design and the development of these systems, including, but not restricted to, concurrent and distributed algorithms, parallel/concurrent/distributed programming, multi-core architectures, distributed databases, cloud systems, networks, security, formal verification, etc.
The Institute of Software Engineering and Programming Languages (ISP), University of Lübeck, is currently looking for talented *PhD students* and *PostDocs* with a particular focus on *Software Engineering* in the context of several research projects with industrial partners.
The current projects comprise:
/KI-BioSense/
Food quality monitoring in supply chain using biosensors and AI. The project aims to use *AI* together with fluorescence spectroscopy to provide the necessary framework for *monitoring* food quality. We suppose to use *distributed ledgers *to provide a tamperproof database so the consumer can be certain about the data related to the product.
I would like to inform you that a new journal, TheoretiCS, has been launched today, December 1st: https://theoretics-journal.org
Some information: TheoretiCS is meant to become a diamond open-access journal for publishing high-quality papers in all of theoretical computer science. The project started in 2019 and has undergone a long gestation. It has involved an unprecedented level of cooperation of representatives of leading conferences from across the entire Theoretical Computer Science community.
We have a vacancy for a PhD student to develop techniques and tools for testing fault-tolerance of distributed systems.
Details: https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details?jobId=4663 Application: Online<https://emea3.recruitmentplatform.com/apply-app/pages/application-form?jobId=QEZFK026203F3VBQBLO6G68W9-4663> (deadline: December 17th, 2021)
Job description: Modern computation increasingly depends on large-scale distributed systems and blockchains. However, these systems are difficult to design and implement correctly. They may fail to ensure correctness in subtle executions with unexpected orderings of exchanged messages, network partitions, and process failures. The PhD project aims to develop program analysis and testing techniques for improving reliability of distributed systems and blockchains. The project lies in the intersection of software testing, program analysis, and
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto is currently accepting applications for tenure-stream positions. For the positions listed below, applicants should endeavour to submit all materials (including reference letters) by December 6, 2021, when we will start reviewing applications. However, we will give full consideration to all applications submitted by the closing date of January 10, 2022.
Remote US or Boston, MA Smart Contract Researcher (Boston, Mass. & Remote, U.S.)
Algorand builds technology that accelerates the convergence between decentralized and traditional finance. At Algorand, we have a vision where everyone creates and exchanges value efficiently, transparently, and securely. Our Employees play a critical role in executing on this vision with their ability to think beyond, have courage in all they do, succeed together, and tackle hard problems creatively.
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IEEE ICDCS 2022 Call for Research Papers
Scope: The annual IEEE ICDCS conference is a premier international forum for researchers, developers and users to present, discuss and exchange the cutting edge ideas and latest findings on topics related to any aspect of distributed computing systems. We invite you to submit your original contributions to ICDCS 2022 (https://icdcs2022.icdcs.org/).
the new issue of the Bulletin of the EATCS comes with several innovations. First of all, I would like to welcome our new editors: *Seth Gilbert*, *Dennis Komm*, *Michal Koucky*, and *Luca Trevisan*! Seth will take over the Distributed Computing Column from me. Dennis will join the Educational Column by Juraj Hromkovic as a co-editor. Michal will take over the Computational Complexity Column from Vikraman Arvind.
It is not too late to register for the 23rd International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS'21), which is planned for November 17-20, 2021 (via Zoom).
There is no registration fee for SSS'21. It would be great if you can register already today. Please register no later than Nov. 16th, 2021. The registration form is here
I have sad news to share with you today. Jurek Czyzowicz passed away on November 13. He lost a long battle with cancer.
Jurek was an active member of the PODC/DISC and SIROCCO communities. He was a colleague in my department at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, my frequent collaborator and a dear friend for almost 40 years.
We hope that this call will be of interest for the community.
If you are looking for talented and hard-working students, you might consider announcing your projects to ITMO students.
ITMO University (St. Petersburg, Russia) is considered one of the best schools in Computer Science in the country. In particular, students at the Computer Technology department of ITMO traditionally gain solid background on practice and theory of concurrent and distributed computing. Every year we have several BSc and MSc candidates willing to work on projects related to concurrent and distributed systems. Sometimes, outcomes of these projects are
Applications are invited for a postdoc position at the IMDEA Software Institute in Madrid, Spain. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Alexey Gotsman (https://software.imdea.org/~gotsman/), with research topics determined based on the common interests of the candidate and the supervisor. Possible areas include blockchains and distributed transaction processing. This covers algorithms, lower bounds and system engineering.
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to invite you to take part in the 23rd International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS'21), which is planned for November 17-20, 2021 (via Zoom).
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance, and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment.
The Delft Blockchain Lab of Delft University of Technology has a job opening for a post-doc for one or two years in any blockchain-related subfield of Computer Science. Both applicants with a strong background in systems aspects and applicants with a strong background in fundamental aspects of blockchains are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will become a member of the research group that is most appropriate to his/her research.
Please forward the faculty position announcement below to potential candidates in your department.
Regards.
Nitin Vaidya Chair, Computer Science, Georgetown University
*Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Computer Science*
The Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Computer Science. For the first year of this position, the successful candidate will also hold the title of Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow, and will have no teaching and service responsibilities to allow a focus on research while receiving mentorship and support from two senior faculty members.
The area for the position is open, i.e., people from the PODC community are most welcome to apply.
More information is provided in the ad below:
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Wesleyan University invites applications for a tenure track assistant professorship in Computer Science to begin in Fall 2022. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field in hand by the time of appointment to be hired as an Assistant Professor; a successful candidate may be hired as an Instructor if the candidate does not have a Ph.D. in hand at the time
Assistant Professor positions at University of Houston, Computer Science (UHCS)
UHCS is hiring researchers working in AI, Distributed Systems, Big Data, and Graph algorithms. If your research overlaps with any of these areas, you are highly encouraged to apply. Theory researchers focusing on applications in AI, Distributed systems, Big Data are also encouraged to apply. There are also multiple other junior faculty openings with focus on Security, Privacy, and Data Science, and Healthcare. For more details please see the advertisement at https://www.uh.edu/nsm/computer-science/people/faculty-search/
The School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne has an open Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (similar to U.S. Assistant/Associate Professor) position in machine learning and/or computer systems, or related fields. We are excited to invite applications from researchers passionate about one of the following research areas or their intersection: machine learning, computer systems, networks, distributed systems to join us at Australia’s premier university, situated in one of the world’s most liveable cities. Position details: http://go.unimelb.edu.au/9oci Applications close: 11 Nov 2021 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
