Connectionists: Biological Distributed Algorithms 2018 Workshop

[Saket Navlakha]

PS: We have travel awards available for every presenter. 


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The 6th Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2018)
July 23, 2018 in London, UK. Co-located with PODC 2018
http://www.snl.salk.edu/~navlakha/BDA2018/
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We are excited to announce the 6th workshop on Biological Distributed
Algorithms (BDA). The aim of the workshop is to foster collaborative research
between biologists and distributed computing theory researchers, with the hope
of producing better understanding of the behavior of distributed biological
systems, as well as new ideas for design of algorithms for engineered or
computational networks.

BDA 2018 will include presentations on distributed algorithms related to a
variety of biological systems, with special attention to communication and
coordination in insect colonies (e.g. foraging, navigation, task allocation,
construction) and networks in the brain (e.g. learning, decision-making,
attention).

This is a one-day workshop.

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SUBMISSIONS
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We solicit submissions of extended abstracts describing recent results
relevant to biological distributed computing. We especially welcome extended
abstracts describing new insights and / or case studies regarding the
relationship between distributed computing and biological systems even if
these are not fully formed. Since a major goal of the workshop is to explore
new directions and approaches, we especially encourage the submission of
ongoing work. Selected contributors would be asked to present, discuss and
defend their work at the workshop. Submissions should be in PDF and include title, 
author information, and an extended abstract of at most 4 pages.

Please use the following EasyChair submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bda20183

Note: The workshop will not include published proceedings. In particular, we
welcome submissions of extended abstracts describing work that has appeared or
is expected to appear in other venues.

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TRAVEL SUPPORT
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This year, we will provide financial support for all our presenters. Specifically, for each selected presentation, we will pay for an economy class return flight to London (up to 1,000 EUR) and reimburse the workshop registration fee of one author.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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May 5, 2018 – Extended abstract submission deadline
May 26, 2018 – Decision notifications
July 23, 2018 – Workshop

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INVITED (PRE-SELECTED) SPEAKERS
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To be announced soon

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Ziv Bar-Joseph - CMU
Anna Dornhaus - University of Arizona
Yuval Emek - Technion
Amos Korman - CNRS and University of Paris Diderot
Nancy Lynch - MIT
Melanie Moses, University of New Mexico
Saket Navlakha - Salk Institute
Merav Parter, MIT
Andrea Richa, Arizona State University
Nir Shavit, MIT

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ORGANIZERS (and PC CHAIRS)
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Yuval Emek, Amos Korman, and Saket Navlakha