{"id":319,"date":"2019-04-10T12:23:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/sofsem2020\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2019-09-23T14:43:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T14:43:58","slug":"tracks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/sofsem2020\/tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Tracks<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#e09900&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;3px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||-1px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Select one of the below tracks to view more information.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;17px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;#tr1&#8243; button_text=&#8221;Foundations of Data Science and Engineering&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;#tr2&#8243; button_text=&#8221;Foundations of Software Engineering&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;#tr3&#8243; button_text=&#8221;Foundations of Computer Science&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;#tr4&#8243; button_text=&#8221;Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;#srf&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Student Research Forum&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#8f8f8f&#8221; button_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#e09900&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;3px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|61px|0px|false|false&#8221; module_id=&#8221;tr1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Foundations of Data Science and Engineering<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Foundations of Data Science and Engineering\u2019 track is devoted to all aspects of eliciting, acquiring, modeling, storing, managing, processing, and analyzing data, with a special reference to large-scale datasets. Contributions concerning the nature of data, the techniques used for data management and analysis, the theory for extracting information from data, machine learning for data management, and the principles for data intensive computing are welcome.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Track Chair<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Herodotos Herodotou<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:herodotos.herodotou@cut.ac.cy\">herodotos.herodotou@cut.ac.cy<br \/> <\/a>Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus<\/p>\n<h5><strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Topics include (but are not limited to):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Data and Information Quality<\/li>\n<li>Data Integration, Interoperability, and Metadata Management<\/li>\n<li>Data Models and Query Languages<\/li>\n<li>Query Processing, Indexing, and Optimization<\/li>\n<li>Transaction Management<\/li>\n<li>Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management<\/li>\n<li>High Performance Processing<\/li>\n<li>Data Semantics and Linked Data<\/li>\n<li>Spatial, Temporal, Mobile, and Multimedia Data<\/li>\n<li>Web Data and Social Networks<\/li>\n<li>Graph-based Data<\/li>\n<li>Probabilistic and Uncertain Data<\/li>\n<li>Data Streams and Sensor Networks<\/li>\n<li>Data Warehousing<\/li>\n<li>Information Extraction and Retrieval<\/li>\n<li>Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery<\/li>\n<li>Machine Learning, Deep Learning<\/li>\n<li>Recommender Systems<\/li>\n<li>Query and Natural Language Processing<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Modeling and Processing<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Acquisition and Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Provenance in Data Management<\/li>\n<li>Data Visualization and Interactive Data Exploration<\/li>\n<li>Fairness, Diversity, Neutrality, and Trasparency in Data Science<\/li>\n<li>Data Privacy, Security, and Trust<\/li>\n<li>Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation<\/li>\n<li>Data Applications and Experiences<\/li>\n<li>Business Process Modeling, Automation, and Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Program Committee<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Fabio Anselmi, IIT- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Ladjel Bellatreche, Poitiers University, France<\/li>\n<li>Sadok Ben Yahia, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia<\/li>\n<li>Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore<\/li>\n<li>Francesco Buccafurri, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Johann Eder, Alpen Adria Universit\u00e4t Klagenfurt, Austria<\/li>\n<li>Johann Gamper, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Giovanna Guerrini, DIBRIS- University of Genova, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Theo H\u00e4rder, Universit\u00e4t Kaiserslautern, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Irena Holubova, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li>Selma Khouri, ESI, Algeria<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Koutrika, Athena Research Center, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Link, The University of Auckland, New Zealand<\/li>\n<li>Beatrice Markhoff, LI &#8211; Universit\u00e9 Fran\u00e7ois Rabelais Tours, France<\/li>\n<li>Paolo Missier, Newcastle University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Luc Moreau, King\u2019s College London, UK<\/li>\n<li>Rim Moussa, ENI-Carthage, Tunisia<\/li>\n<li>Gunter Saake, University of Magdeburg, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Sherif Sakr, University of Tartu, Estonia<\/li>\n<li>Eike Schallehn, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Ayumi Shinohara, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Teniente, Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Olivier Teste, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, France<\/li>\n<li>Martin Theobald, University of Luxemburg, Luxembourg<\/li>\n<li>Eleftherios Tiakas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Farouk Toumani, Limos, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France<\/li>\n<li>Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Panos Vassiliadis, University of Ioannina, Greece<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|61px|0px|false|false&#8221; module_id=&#8221;tr2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Foundations of Software Engineering<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \u2018Foundations of Software Engineering\u2019 track presents and discusses the research on novel and innovative methods and technologies in the broader field of software engineering, including both software product and development process aspects. The track explores theories, methods and tools aiming at significantly increasing both the quality of software-intensive systems and the productivity of software development. The track promotes the discussion and interaction among researchers and practitioners on innovations and experiences for various challenges in software engineering.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Track Chair<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Alexander Chatzigeorgiou<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:achat@uom.gr\">achat@uom.gr<br \/> <\/a>University of Macedonia, Greece<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Topics include (but are not limited to):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Methods and tools for improved software processes<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Process modeling, composition, and enactment\/simulation<\/li>\n<li>Agile\/lean development<\/li>\n<li>User-centered development<\/li>\n<li>Method engineering<\/li>\n<li>Quality assurance, technical debt, inspections, testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Architecture, components, services<\/li>\n<li>Software reuse, product lines, and software ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>Software architectures for cloud\/fog\/edge systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Requirements Engineering<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Model-based software engineering methods and tools (including model-based development and testing, model transformations and versioning, model and meta-model co-evolution)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Quantitative models for development processes and products<\/li>\n<li>Continuous delivery\/integration and DevOps, software process and product evolution with feedback from operation<\/li>\n<li>Legacy modernization\/migration<\/li>\n<li>Model mining techniques<\/li>\n<li>Repository mining<\/li>\n<li>Empirical studies and experimental approaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Methods and tools for software engineering applications (including Process-centered information systems, Web-based systems, Mobile systems, Game development, Intelligent technical systems, Internet of Things)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Empirical Software Engineering<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Qualitative and Quantitative studies<\/li>\n<li>Case studies, experiments and surveys<\/li>\n<li>Data mining from software repositories and applications of machine learning in software engineering<\/li>\n<li>Secondary and tertiary studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In particular, we encourage submissions demonstrating the benefits or limitations of SE approaches through case studies, experiments, and quantitative data.<\/p>\n<h5><strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><br \/> Program Committee<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Francesca Arcelli Fontana, University of MIlano Bicocca, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Rami Bahsoon, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>M\u00e1ria Bielikov\u00e1, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Stefan Biffl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria<\/li>\n<li>Mikl\u00f3s Biro, Software Competence Center Hagenberg), Austria<\/li>\n<li>Jalil Boudjadar, AArhus University, Denmark<\/li>\n<li>Johann Eder, Alpen Adria Universit\u00e4t Klagenfurt, Austria<\/li>\n<li>Jo\u00e3o Paulo Fernandes, University of Coimbra, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Marios Fokaefs, Ecole Polytechnique de Montr\u00e9al\u00a0, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Mirjana Ivanovic, \u00a0University of Novi Sad, Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Johan Jeuring\u00a0, Open Universiteit Nederland and Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Foutse Khomh, Ecole Polytechnique de Montr\u00e9al\u00a0, Canada<\/li>\n<li>G\u00fcnter Kniesel, University of Bonn, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Maurizio Leotta, University of Genova, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Martini, University of Oslo, Norway<\/li>\n<li>Jerzy Nawrocki, Poznan University of Technology, Poland<\/li>\n<li>Boris Novikov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Saint Petersburg, Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Fabio Palomba, University of Zurich, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Mel O&#8217;Cinneide, University College Dublin, Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Miroslaw Ochodek, Poznan University of Technology, Poland<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Serebrenik, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Krzysztof Stencel, University of Warsaw, Poland<\/li>\n<li>Andreas Symeonidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Davide Taibi, Tampere University, Finland<\/li>\n<li>Valentino Vrani\u0107, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Wolf Zimmermann, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|61px|0px|false|false&#8221; 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Original contributions showing the value of fundamental research in areas like artificial intelligence and data science are welcome as well.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Track Chair<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Christos Kapoutsis<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cak@cmu.edu\">cak@cmu.edu<br \/> <\/a>Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Qatar<\/p>\n<h5><strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Topics include (but are not limited to):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Algorithms (including game-theoretic, geometric, network, graph, parametrized, exact, approximation, randomized, evolutionary, and online algorithms)<\/li>\n<li>Automata, languages, and rewriting systems<\/li>\n<li>Bio-inspired computing<\/li>\n<li>Combinatorial optimization and simulation<\/li>\n<li>Complexity theory (incl. computational, descriptional, fine-grained, and parametrized complexity)<\/li>\n<li>Computability and decidability<\/li>\n<li>Cryptographic algorithms and security<\/li>\n<li>Data structures<\/li>\n<li>Experimental algorithmics<\/li>\n<li>Formal models of systems (incl. concurrent, hybrid, reactive, mobile, timed, and stochastic processes and systems)<\/li>\n<li>Foundations of agent systems and artificial intelligence<\/li>\n<li>Graphs and networks<\/li>\n<li>Machine learning<\/li>\n<li>Non-classical models of computing (incl. computing by nature, cellular automata, neural computing, cognitive computing, nano-computing, self-assembly)<\/li>\n<li>Parallel and distributed computing<\/li>\n<li>Physics of computation<\/li>\n<li>Quantum computation and quantum information<\/li>\n<li>Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory<\/li>\n<li>Theory of programming languages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Program Committee<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Andris\u00a0 Ambainis, University of Latvia, Latvia<\/li>\n<li>Hans-Joachim B\u00f6ckenhauer , ETH Zurich, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Volker Diekert , University of Stuttgart, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Martin\u00a0 Dietzfelbinger, Technische Universit\u00e4t Ilmenau, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Pierre\u00a0 Fraigniaud, CNRS and University Paris Diderot, France<\/li>\n<li>Loukas Georgiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Yo-Sub Han, Yonsei University, South Korea<\/li>\n<li>Markus Holzer, Universit\u00e4t Giessen\u00a0, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Kazuo\u00a0 Iwama, Kyoto University, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Tomasz\u00a0 Jurdzinski, University of Wroclaw, Poland<\/li>\n<li>Christos Kapoutsis, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Qatar<\/li>\n<li>Jarkko Kari, University of Turku, Finland<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Komm, ETH Zurich, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>Rastislav Kralovic, Comenius University, Solvakia<\/li>\n<li>Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Elvira\u00a0 Mayordomo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Carlo\u00a0 Mereghetti, University of Milan, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Nelma\u00a0 Moreira, University of Porto, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Alexander\u00a0 Okhotin, St. Petersburg State University, Russia<\/li>\n<li>Giovanni Pighizzini, University of Milan, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Andrei Popescu, Middlesex University London, UK<\/li>\n<li>Igor Potapov, University of Liverpool, UK<\/li>\n<li>Kai Salomaa, Queen&#8217;s University, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Cem Say, Bogazici University, Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Shinnosuke Seki, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Peter Van Emde Boas, ILLC-FNWI-Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Abuzer Yakaryilmaz, University of Latvia, Latvia<\/li>\n<li>Tomoyuki Yamakami, University of Fukui, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Christos Zaroliagis, CTI and Univesrity of Patras, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Thomas\u00a0 Zeugmann, Hokkaido University, Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|61px|0px|false|false&#8221; module_id=&#8221;tr4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The track is devoted to complexity and algorithmic novelties to solve problems in computational biology. More precisely, it aims at displaying research using graph algorithms, string algorithms and combinatorial optimization to deal with problems arising from biology. Papers may be purely theoretical contributions with limited biological application, or a mixture of theoretical and experimental contributions, with a relevant algorithmic part.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Track Chairs<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Florian Sikora<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:florian.sikora@dauphine.fr,\">florian.sikora@dauphine.fr<br \/> <\/a><span>Universit\u00e9 Paris-Dauphine, France<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Riccardo Dondi<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:riccardo.dondi@unibg.it\">riccardo.dondi@unibg.it<br \/> <\/a><span>University of Bergamo, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Track topics<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The track focuses on discrete algorithms (approximation algorithms, exact algorithms, fixed-parameter algorithms) and complexity results for the following topics (but not limited to):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>alignment and assembly of sequences<\/li>\n<li>biological networks<\/li>\n<li>cancer genomics<\/li>\n<li>comparative genomics<\/li>\n<li>gene expression<\/li>\n<li>phylogenetics<\/li>\n<li>sequence analysis<\/li>\n<li>system biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Program Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mukul S. Bansal, University of Connecticut, USA<\/li>\n<li>Guillaume Blin , University of Bordeaux , France<\/li>\n<li>Edouard Bonnet, ENS Lyon, CNRS, France<\/li>\n<li>Laurent Bulteau, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e, CNRS, France<\/li>\n<li>Cedric Chauve, Simon Fraser University, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Zhi-Zhong Chen, Tokyo Denki University, Japan<\/li>\n<li>Bhaskar DasGupta, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA<\/li>\n<li>Peter Damaschke, Chalmers University, Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Riccardo Dondi, Universit\u00e0 di Bergamo, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed El-Kebir, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Eulenstein, Iowa State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Guillaume Fertin, Universit\u00e9 de Nantes, France<\/li>\n<li>Pawel Gorecki, University of Warsaw, Poland<\/li>\n<li>Danny Hermelin, Ben-Gurion University, Israel<\/li>\n<li>Leo van Iersel, University of Twente, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Jesper Jansson, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Minghui Jiang, Utah State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Mark Jones, TU Delft, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Iyad A. Kanj, DePaul University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Christian Komusiewicz, Philipps-Univeristat at Marburg, Germany<\/li>\n<li>Manuel Lafond, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Michael Lampis, Universit\u00e9 Paris Dauphine, France<\/li>\n<li>Zsuzsanna Lipt\u00e1k, Universit\u00e0 di Verona, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Giancarlo Mauri, Universit\u00e0 di Milano-Bicocca, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Neeldhara Misra, Indian Institute of Technology, India<\/li>\n<li>Nadia Pisanti, Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Alberto Policriti, Universit\u00e0 di Udine, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Alex Popa, University of Bucharest, Romania<\/li>\n<li>Raffaella Rizzi, Universit\u00e0 di Milano-Bicocca, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Eric Rivals, Universit\u00e9 de Montpellier, CNRS, France<\/li>\n<li>Marinella Sciortino, Universit\u00e0 di Palermo, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Celine Scornavacca, Universit\u00e9 de Montpellier, CNRS, France<\/li>\n<li>Florian Sikora, Universit\u00e9 Paris Dauphine, France<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Valiente, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Stephane Vialette, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e, CNRS, France<\/li>\n<li>Mathias Weller, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall\u00e9e, CNRS, France<\/li>\n<li>Meirav Zehavi, Ben-Gurion University, Israel<\/li>\n<li>Louxin Zhang, National University of Singapore, Singapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|61px|0px|false|false&#8221; module_id=&#8221;srf&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Student Research Forum<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<span>Student Research Forum (SRF)\u00a0<\/span>has a long tradition in SOFSEM conferences series. 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