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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
2018 - 2nd Call for Papers</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">9th
International Conference on Fun with Algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">June
13-15, 2018. La Maddalena, Maddalena Islands, Italy</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace"><a
href="https://sites.google.com/view/fun2018/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://sites.google.com/view/fun2018/</a></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Submission
deadline: Feb 9, 2018</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace"><a
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fun2018"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fun2018</a></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">SCOPE</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
is dedicated to the use, design and analysis of algorithms
and</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">data
structures, focusing on results that provide amusing,
witty but</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">nonetheless
original and scientifically profound contributions to the</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">area.
The topics of interest include (but are not limited to):</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with biological algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with combinatorial algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with cryptographic algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with distributed algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with game-theoretic algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with geometrical algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with graph algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with mobile algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with Web algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with machine learning algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with parallel algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with optimization algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with randomized algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with robotics algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with space-conscious algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with string algorithms</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">FUN
with visualization of algorithms</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">SUBMISSIONS</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Contributors
must submit their papers using the Easychair system.</font></div>
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href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fun2018"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fun2018</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Submissions
should not exceed 12 pages including front page and
references.</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Additionally,
if full details of proofs do not fit into the page</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">limit,
a clearly marked appendix containing the remaining details
must</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">be
included; this appendix will not be regarded as part of
the</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">submission
and will be considered only at the discretion of the</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">program
committee. Submissions deviating substantially from this
format</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">risk
rejection without consideration of their merits.</font></div>
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</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Papers
submitted for review should represent original, previously</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">unpublished
work. At the time the paper is submitted to the
conference,</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">and
for the entire review period, the paper (or essentially
the same</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">paper)
must not be under review by any other conference with
published</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">proceedings
or by a scientific journal.</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">At
least one author of every accepted paper is required to
register</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">and
present the paper at the symposium.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">CAMERA
READY VERSION</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Authors
of accepted papers are expected to submit the final,
camera-ready version of their paper in LIPIcs style: </font></div>
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href="http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics/instructions-for-authors/"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics/instructions-for-authors/</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace"> (deadline
to be announced) on the EasyChair website. The program
committee will determine appropriate time allocations for
presentations (between 20 and 45 minutes).</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">IMPORTANT
DATES</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Submission
deadline: Feb 9, 2018</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Author
notification: April 1, 2018</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Symposium:
June 13-15, 2018</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">SPECIAL
ISSUE</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Authors
of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">versions
of their work to a special issue of Theoretical Computer</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">Science.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">PROGRAM
COMMITTEE</font></div>
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Anna Bernasconi, U. Pisa, Italy</font></div>
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Allan Borodin, U. Toronto, Canada</font></div>
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Artur Czumaj, U. Warwick, UK<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div>
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Erik Demaine, MIT, USA</font></div>
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David Eppstein, U. California Irvine, USA</font></div>
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Guy Even, Tel-Aviv University, Israel</font></div>
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Michele Flammini, GSSI & LÅfAquila U., Italy</font></div>
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Rudolf Fleischer, GUtech, Oman<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></font></div>
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Paola Flocchini, Ottawa U., Canada</font></div>
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Fedor Fomin, U. Bergen, Norway</font></div>
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Naveen Garg, IIT Delhi, India</font></div>
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Fabrizio Grandoni, IDSIA Lugano, Switzerland</font></div>
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Takashi Horiyama, Saitama U., Japan</font></div>
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John Iacono, U. Libre Bruxelles, Belgium</font></div>
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Hiro Ito, UEC, Japan (co-chair)</font></div>
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Marc van Kreveld, Utrecht U., Netherlands</font></div>
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Stefan Langerman, U. Libre Bruxelles, Belgium</font></div>
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Stefano Leonardi, Sapienza U. Rome, Italy (co-chair)</font></div>
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Anna Lubiw, U. Waterloo, Canada</font></div>
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Flaminia Luccio, Ca' Foscari U. Venice, Italy</font></div>
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S. Muthu Muthukrishnan, Rutgers U., USA</font></div>
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Yoshio Okamoto, UEC, Japan</font></div>
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Mike Paterson, U. Warwick, UK</font></div>
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David Peleg, Weizmann Inst. Sci., Israel</font></div>
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Nadia Pisanti, ERABLE Team INRIA and U. Pisa, Italy</font></div>
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Geppino Pucci, U. Padova, Italy</font></div>
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Laura Sanita', U. Waterloo, Canada<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
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Aravind Srinivasan, U. Maryland, College Park, USA</font></div>
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Hideki Tsuiki, Kyoto U., Japan</font></div>
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Ryuhei Uehara, JAIST, Japan</font></div>
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Yushi Uno, Osaka Prefecture U., Japan</font></div>
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Aaron Williams, Bard College at Simon's Rock, USA</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE</font></div>
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Linda Pagli, U. Pisa, Italy</font></div>
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Giuseppe Prencipe, U. Pisa, Italy</font></div>
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Atsuki Nagao, Seikei U., Japan (web manager)</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace, monospace">STEERING
COMMITTEE</font></div>
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Erik Demaine, MIT, USA</font></div>
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Fabrizio Grandoni, IDSIA, Switzerland</font></div>
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Linda Pagli, U. Pisa, Italy</font></div>
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Giuseppe Prencipe, U. Pisa, Italy</font></div>
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Nicola Santoro, Carleton U., Canada</font></div>
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Ugo Vaccaro, U .Salerno, Italy</font></div>
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