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The 1st Online Conference on Algorithms

27 Sep–10 Oct 2021

Database Algorithms, Data Structures, Combinatorial Optimization, Evolutionary Algorithms, Randomized Approximation, Online Algorithms, Complexity Theory, Algorithm Engineering, Parallel Algorithms
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Best Paper Award Winners Annoucement

The 1st International Electronic Conference on Algorithms (IOCA 2021) established the Best Paper Awards to acknowledge the support of the conference participants and to recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments. Nominated candidates are selected by the committees based on the rigor of their science, the significance of their contribution to the field, and the originality of their work. The Best Paper Award winners are as follows:

Title: Quickest transshipment in an integrated network topology

by Iswar Mani Adhikari, Tanka Nath Dhamala

https://sciforum.net/paper/view/conference/10879

Title: A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach for COVID-19 Diagnosis via CT and X-Ray Medical Images

by Pramodha M, Abullah Y Muaad, Benifa Bibal J. V., Hanumanthappa J., Channabasava Chola, Mugahed A Al-antari

https://sciforum.net/paper/view/conference/10909

Each winner will receive a cash award of CHF 250 and an award certification. We look forward to posting your contributions.

Kind regards,

Frank Werner

Welcome from the Chair

Dear colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to participate in the 1st International Online Conference on Algorithms (IOCA 2021). Since the global pandemic has forced us to reduce our mobility, this event will occur completely online at https://ioca2021.sciforum.net/ between September 27 and October 10, 2021.

IOCA 2021 aims to promote and advance all disciplines of the development of algorithms, a field that is rapidly growing. Both theoretical and application works are welcome. The conference will bring together impressive researchers and practitioners currently working in the area of the design and analysis of algorithms and their latest results will be presented. Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Databases and Data Structures;

- Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms;

- Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning;

- Parallel and Distributed Algorithms;

- Randomized, Online and Approximation Algorithms;

- Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity Theory;

- Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications.

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. The authors of the accepted contributions will be invited to prepare an extended abstract for the conference proceedings, as well as a slide presentation of their work. IOCA 2021 will make your presentation accessible to hundreds of researchers worldwide. Participants will also be invited to submit an extended version for publication in the journal Algorithms, published by MDPI, after the conference is over.

I am looking forward to receiving many submissions of your recent work in the field of algorithms and I hope that you will join us in this exciting new form of conference.

If you need extension after the abstract deadline, please feel free to contact us.

Kind regards,

Frank Werner

Chair of the 1st International Online Conference on Algorithms

IOCA 2021 | Live Session

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IOCA 2021 | Live Session. This FREE webinar was held on 7 October 2021 at 12:00pm CEST. The recording of the live session can be found below.

Speakers

Prof. Dr. Alberto Pinto

Mathematics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Praça de Gomes Teixeira, Porto, Portugal

Research Keywords
dynamics; game theory; applications of mathematics to biological and social sciences

Dr. Pietro Oliveto

Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Portobello, Sheffield, UK

Research Keywords
design and analysis of bio-inspired optimisation algorithms; design and analysis of randomised search heuristics

Prof. Dr. Bruce Watson

FASTAR Group, Information Science Department, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Research Keywords
algorithm design; correctness by construction; (network) security; stringology; tree processing; programming language design; compilers

Program

Speaker/Presentation

Time in CEST

Prof. Dr. Alberto Pinto

12:00 - 12:30 pm

Dr. Pietro Oliveto

12:30 - 13:00 pm

Prof. Dr. Bruce Watson

13:00 - 13:30 pm

Recording

Conference Chair

Faculty of Mathematics, Otto-von-Guericke-University, P.O. Box 4120, D-39016 Magdeburg, Germany Website

Introduction
Email
frank.werner@mathematik.uni-magdeburg.de

Conference Committee

Prof. Dr. Qianping Gu

School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

Introduction
Research Interests
graph algorithms; tree-/branch-decompositions of graphs; routing algorithms
Session
Session B: Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms

Prof. Dr. Bogdan Dumitrescu

Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania

Introduction
Research Interests
numerical methods; signal processing; optimization; sparse representations
Session
Session G: Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications

Dr. Mircea-Bogdan Radac

Department of Automation and Applied Informatica, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

Introduction
Research Interests
learning systems; control systems and algorithms; data-driven control; model-free control; iterative learning; approximate dynamic programming and reinforcement learning; neuro-fuzzy systems; machine learning; neural networks; optimization
Session
Session G: Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications

Dr. Ilya Safro

School of Computing, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

Introduction
Research Interests
quantum algorithms; machine learning; data mining; graph algorithms; network science; hypothesis generation; text mining; combinatorial scientific computing; multiscale methods; complex systems
Session
Session B: Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms

Prof. Dr. Christos D. Zaroliagis

Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Introduction
Research Interests
innovative algorithmic technology; data-driven and scalable computing; large-scale optimization; intelligent transportation systems and services; decentralized computing; mobility in smart cities; cryptography and information security
Session
Session B: Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms

Prof. Theodore B. Trafalis

School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

Introduction
Research Interests
operations research/management science; mathematical programming; interior point methods; multiobjective optimization; control theory; computational and algebraic geometry; artificial neural networks; kernel methods; evolutionary programming; global optimization
Session
Session C: Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning

Dr. Sergey Korotov

Department of Computing, Mathematics and Physics, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway

Introduction
Research Interests
finite element method; mesh generation; computational geometry
Session
Session F: Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity Theory

Prof. Dr. Vangelis Th. Paschos

Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR 7243 LAMSADE, Paris, France

Introduction
Research Interests
complexity theory; worst-case complexity of exact algorithms for NP-hard problems; approximation of NP-hard optimization problems; polynomial approximability; moderately exponential; subexponential and parameterized approximation; algorithmics in dynamic environments
Session
Session B: Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms

Prof. Dr. Alicia Cordero Barbero

Department of Applied Mathematics and Institute for Multidisciplinary Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

Introduction
Research Interests
iterative processes; numerical analysis; dynamic analysis
Session
Session G: Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications

Dr. Jesper Jansson

Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Introduction
Research Interests
graph algorithms; bioinformatics; computational complexity; data structures
Session
Session F: Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity Theory

Prof. Dr. Hirotaka Ono

Department of Mathematical Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Introduction
Research Interests
Combinatorial Optimization; Algorithmic Game Theory; Approximation; Boolean functions
Session
Session B: Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms

Dr. Francesc Pozo

Escola d'Enginyeria de Barcelona Est (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

Introduction
Research Interests
structural health monitoring; statistics; wind turbines; PCA
Session
Session G: Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications

Session Chairs

Dr. Stefano Mariani

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Introduction
Email
stefano.mariani@polimi.it
Research Keywords
MEMS; structural sensors; Kalman filtering
Session
Session C: Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning

Prof. Dr. Eugene Levner

Department of Computer Science, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel

Introduction
Email
levner@hit.ac.il
Research Keywords
computer algorithms; artificial intelligence; operations research
Session
Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

Program Committee

Prof. Dr. Oscar Castillo

Computer Science in the Graduate Division, Tijuana Institute of Technology

Tatiana Tchemisova

Department of Mathematics, University of Aveiro

Dr. Ke-Lin Du

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University

Dr. Polinpapilinho Katina

Informatics and Engineering Systems, University of South Carolina Upstate

Dr. Jakub Nalepa

Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science / Institute of Computer Science ul.

Dr. Francisco Cuevas De La Rosa

Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica

Dr. Guangming Zhang

Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Liverpool John Moores University

Dr. Maxim A. Dulebenets

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dr. Jiajia Li

High Performance Computing group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Dr. Christian Mata Miquel

Automatic Control Department (ESAII), Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Dr. Gokarna Sharma

Department of Computer Science, Kent State University

Dr. Maria Letizia Guerra

Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna

Dr. Jay Rajasekera

Institute of International Strategy (IIS), Tokyo International University

Dr. Grzegorz Karoń

Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering Department of Transport Systems, Traffic and Logistics Engineering

Call for Submissions

e-conference, virtual everywhere

The 1st International Online Conference on Algorithms (IOCA 2021) aims to promote and advance all disciplines of the development of algorithms, a field that is rapidly growing. This event will occur completely online from September 27 to October 10, 2021. Both theoretical and application works are welcome. The conference will bring together impressive researchers and practitioners currently working in the area of the design and analysis of algorithms and their latest results will be presented. Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to

- Databases and Data Structures;

- Combinatorial Optimization, Graph and Network Algorithms;

- Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning;

- Parallel and Distributed Algorithms;

- Randomized, Online and Approximation Algorithms;

- Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity Theory;

- Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications.

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. The authors of the accepted contributions will be invited to prepare an extended abstract for the conference proceedings, as well as a slide presentation of their work. IOCA 2021 will make your presentation accessible to hundreds of researchers worldwide. Participants will also be invited to submit an extended version for publication in the journal Algorithms, published by MDPI, after the conference is over.



Critical Dates

Abstract Deadline: 20/07/2021
Accept Notification: 10/08/2021
Submission Deadline: 07/09/2021

Invited Speakers

Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Introduction
Research Keywords
computational biology; string and tree algorithms; complex networks

Department of Applied Mathematics and Institute for Multidisciplinary Mathematics (im2) Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

Introduction
Research Keywords
iterative processes; numerical analysis; dynamic analysis

The Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Applied Mathematics and Engineering, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA

Introduction
Research Keywords
machine learning for scientific computing (Scientific Machine Learning)

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

Introduction
Research Keywords
big data analytics; graph theoretical algorithms; life science applications

Mathematics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Praça de Gomes Teixeira, Porto, Portugal

Introduction
Research Keywords
dynamics; game theory; applications of mathematics to biological and social sciences

Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway

Introduction
Research Keywords
theoretical computer science; parameterized complexity; bridging parameterized algorithmics and practice.

Centro de Investigación en Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Morelos, Mexico

Introduction
Research Keywords
Centro de Investigación en Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Morelos, Mexico

FASTAR Group, Information Science Department, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Introduction
Research Keywords
algorithm design; correctness by construction; (network) security; stringology; tree processing; programming language design; compilers

Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Pkwy, Regina, Canada

Introduction
Research Keywords
algorithmic graph theory; combinatorial optimization; computational geometry

Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Portobello, Sheffield, UK

Introduction
Research Keywords
design and analysis of bio-inspired optimisation algorithms; design and analysis of randomised search heuristics

List of Keynotes & Videos from Invited Speakers

On the Compressive Power of Boolean Threshold Autoencoders

by Prof. Dr. Tatsuya Akutsu

Related Paper: https://sciforum.net/paper/view/10894

Simple Methods for Traveling Salesman Problems

by Prof. Dr. Nodari Vakhania

The Parameterized View of Computational Complexity and some Current Horizons

by Prof. Dr. Frances Rosamond

Vectorial Iterative Schemes with Memory for Solving Nonlinear Systems of Equations

by Dr. Ramandeep Behl, Dr. Alicia Cordero, Dr. Juan R. Torregrosa

Related Paper: https://sciforum.net/paper/view/10892

Challenges in the Analysis of Heterogeneous Health Sciences Data

by Prof. Dr. Mike Langston

The One-Visibility Cops and Robber Game on Trees

by Prof. Dr.Boting Yang

Instructions for Authors

Submission

Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "Start New Submission" function once logged into system.

  1. Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-250 words) online on this website until 20th July 2021.
  2. The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 1st International Online Conference on Algorithms. All authors will be notified by 10th August about the acceptance of their abstract.
  3. If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author will be invited to prepare a full description of their work (max. 8 pages), or a PowerPoint presentation /poster, by the submission deadline of 7th September 2021.
  4. The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on the conference website for discussion during the time of the conference 27 September–10 October 2021.
  5. The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published as one dedicated volume in MDPI Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum (ISSN 2813-0324). Publication of proceedings paper is free of charge.
    *Note*
    Before publication, Proceedings Series Journals will review accepted papers using the powerful text comparison tool: iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism.Articles with a high repetition rate and lack of novelty will not be published in the conference proceedings
  6. The Open Access Journal Algorithms will publish Special Issue of the conference. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select manuscripts that may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Algorithms (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC, etc.).

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages long (including figures, tables and references).

Structure of Proceedings Paper

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:

  • Title
  • Full author names
  • Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • (Acknowledgements)
  • References

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. There is no page limit on the length, although authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible.

Microsoft Word

Authors must use the Microsoft Word template to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
IOCA-2021-template

Manuscript Preparation
  • Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left, and right sides).
  • Formatting / Style: Papers should be prepared following the style of IOCA-2021 template. The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
  • Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle names can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
  • Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and an explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.
Presentation Slides

Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.
IOCA-2021_PPT-template.pptx

Video Presentations

Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer (ioca2021@mdpi.com) to get to learn more about the procedure.
Tips for authors: If you would like to prepare a video based on your PPT presentation, you may use the "record slide" function in the PowerPoint. The video will be uploaded to YouTube, as well as onto Sciforum. The video should be no longer than 5 minutes and be prepared with one of following formats:

  • .MOV
  • .MPEG4
  • .MP4
  • .AVI
  • .WMV
  • .MPEGPS
  • .FLV

The video should be submitted in the system before 7th September 2021. If you fail to upload the video on the submission box, please feel free to contact us.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state here "The authors declare no conflict of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under "Acknowledgments" section. It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research.

Copyright

MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).

List of Video Submissions from Authors

Learning the link between architectural form and structural efficiency

by SeyedPooyan KazemiSangedehi, Aldo Ghisi, Stefano Mariani

Related Paper: https://sciforum.net/paper/view/10891

New Explicit Asymmetric Hopscotch Methods for the Heat Conduction Equation

by Mahmoud Saleh and Endre Kovács

Related Paper: https://sciforum.net/paper/view/10902

Deep Learning Methodologies for Diagnosis of Respiratory Disorders from Chest X Ray Images: A Comparative Study

by Akhil Appu Shetty, CR Srinivasan, Aldrin Claytus Vaz and Navya Thirumaleshwar Hegde

Related Paper: https://sciforum.net/paper/view/10900

List of accepted submissions (31)

Id Title Authors Poster PDF
sciforum-045015 An Automated Image Based System for Colour Assessment of Prints and Textiles in Light Booth

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Submitted: 22 Mar 2021

Abstract: Show Abstract
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sciforum-047676 Multi-commodity Contraflow Problem on Lossy Network with Asymmetric Transit times , , N/A Show Abstract
sciforum-048122 Quickest transshipment in an integrated network topology


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Submitted: 07 Jul 2021

Abstract: Show Abstract
, Poster PDF Show Abstract
sciforum-048651 Detection of misogyny from Arabic Levantine Twitter tweets using machine learning techniques , , , , N/A Show Abstract
sciforum-048385 Avoiding Temporal Confounding in Timeseries Forecasting using Machine Learning

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Submitted: 13 Jul 2021

Abstract: Show Abstract
, Poster PDF Show Abstract

Event Awards

The 1st International Online Conference on Algorithms–Best Paper Award

To acknowledge the support of the conference authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to launch the Best Paper Award.

Best Paper Award (500 CHF)

The Best Paper Award is given to the paper judged to make the most significant contribution to the conference.

Terms and Conditions:

As a sponsor, Algorithms would like to award the best paper as elected by the conference committee. The winner will receive a cash award of 500 CHF and an award certification. We look forward to posting your contributions.

Criteria:

  • Full paper must be submitted to IOCA 2021;
  • Originality/novelty of the paper;
  • Significance of content;
  • Scientific soundness;
  • Interest to the readers;
  • English language and style.

Evaluation:

  • Each Evaluation Committee member will provide an assessment of each applicant in terms of the criteria outlined above;
  • Total score for each presentation will be ranked, from highest to lowest;
  • If two or more authors achieve the same score, further evaluation will be carried out;
  • All decisions made by the Evaluation Committee are final.

The winner will be announced by 10 October 2021.

The Awards
Best Paper Award

Number of Awards Available: 1

Terms and Conditions: As a sponsor, Algorithms would like to award the best paper as elected by all the conference committee. The winner will receive a cash award of 500 CHF. We look forward to posting your contributions.

Sponsors and Partners

Organizers


Media Partners

Conference Secretariat

Ms. Jones Zhang

Ms. Cassie Liu

Email: ioca2021@mdpi.com

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