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Call for Papers
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SYNASC 2012
14th International Symposium on
Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing

~~ In honor of Professor Bruno Buchberger's 70th birthday and of
Professor Stefan Maruster's 75th birthday ~~

September 26-29, 2012, Timisoara, Romania
http://synasc12.info.uvt.ro/


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

Important Dates
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01 July 2012 : Paper submission (FIRM deadline)
01 August 2012 : Notification of acceptance
01 September 2012 : Registration
08 September 2012 : Revised papers according to the reviews
26-29 September 2012 : Symposium
30 November 2012 : Final papers for post-proceedings

Tracks
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* Symbolic Computation
* Numerical Computing
* Logic and Programming
* Distributed Computing
* Artificial Intelligence
* Advances in the Theory of Computing

Invited Speakers
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* Bruno Buchberger, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
* Tetsuo Ida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
* Sumit Gulwani, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA
* Paul Tarau, University of North Texas, USA
* Michael Kohlhase, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany


Workshops - http://synasc12.info.uvt.ro/workshops/
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* Workshop of HPC Services
* Workshop on Management of Resources and Services in Cloud and Sky Computing
* Workshop on Agents for Complex Systems
* Workshop on Natural Computing and Applications
* Workshop on Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points

Tutorials - http://synasc12.info.uvt.ro/tutorials
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* MPI Tutorial
- James Davenport, University of Bath, UK
* Globus Tutorial for Administrators and Users
- Ioan Lucian Muntean, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania
* Computing with numbers and symbols in a bio-inspired framework: Membrane Computing
- Gheorghe Paun, Romanian Academy & University of Sevilla, Spain
* K - a Framework for Program Language Design and Analysis
- Dorel Lucanu, "Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania
- Traian-Florin Serbanuta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Special Session
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* Deduction and Arithmetic


Publication
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The research papers accepted and presented at the symposium will be
collected as post-proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press
(included in IEEE Xplore and indexed in ISI Web of Science, DBLP, SCOPUS).


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

The submission process consists of two steps.

* In the first step the authors are invited to express their
intention to participate at the conference by submitting a short
abstract (1/2 page, at maximum) where it is clearly stated the main
contribution(s) of the paper.

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


Both the abstract and the full paper should be submitted electronically
through http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=synasc2012.


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

General Chair
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* Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Program Chair
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* Andrei Voronkov, Manchester University, UK

Steering Committee
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* Tetsuo Ida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
* Tudor Jebelean, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
* Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
* Stephen Watt, University of Western Ontario, Canada
* Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

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

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

* Logic and Programming
+ Tudor Jebelean, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
+ Laura Kovacs, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
+ Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft

* Distributed Computing
+ Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania
+ Karoly Bosa, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

* Artificial Intelligence
+ Siby Abraham, University of Mumbay, India
+ Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

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

Special sessions and workshops chair
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* Laura Kovacs, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Tutorial chair
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* Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Proceedings Chairs
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* Andrei Voronkov, Manchester University, UK
* Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

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

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SYNASC 2012
West University of Timisoara
Department of Computer Science
Bd. V. Parvan 4, 300223 Timisoara, Romania
tel: + (40) 256 592155
fax: + (40) 256 592316
e-mail: synasc12@info.uvt.ro