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      <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">London Stringology
          Days & London Algorithmic Workshop</span></b></p>
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      <span lang="EN-US"><a
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              style="font-size:16.0pt" lang="EN-GB">LSD & LAW 2019</span></b></a></span></p>
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      <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">London, UK
          February 7-8, 2019</span></b><span
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">The Algorithms & Data
        Analysis group at King's college invites well renowned
        researchers, doctoral and post-doctoral students to submit
        abstracts to present their work at the 27th London Stringology
        Days & London Algorithmic Workshop, sponsored by the
        Department of Informatics at King’s College London.</span></p>
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    <p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span
          style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Aims:</span></b><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">The workshop
        aims to bring together researchers to discuss their latest
        developments and findings towards theoretical or applied aspects
        of discrete algorithms, including string algorithms, automata
        theory, combinatorics on words, Bioinformatics, graph and
        network algorithms and computational complexity.</span>
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    <p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#191919"><br>
      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Venue:</span></b><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">LSD & LAW
        2019 will take place in King’s College London, situated in the
        heart of London: Council Room, Strand campus (Strand, London
        WC2R 2LS).</span><span
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      </span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#191919"><br>
      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Scope:</span></b><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
      </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Topics
        include, but are not limited to:</span><span
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">       </span><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">String Algorithms</span>
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        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">       </span><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Automata Theory</span>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">       </span><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Combinatorics on Words</span>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">       </span><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Bioinformatics</span>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">       Graph and Network
          Algorithms</span> </li>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">       </span><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Computational
          Complexity</span>
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    <p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span
          style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Structure:</span></b></p>
    <p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Each session of this
        two-day workshop will feature an invited talk, followed by oral
        presentations by researchers. Breaks will provide the
        opportunity to network; lunch will be hosted in a local
        restaurant.</span><span
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          style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Invited Speakers:</span></b><span
        style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00000A">·</span></p>
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        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
        level1 lfo3;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Graham
          Cormode, University of Warwick, UK</span> </li>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rajeev Raman, </span><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Leicester, UK</span><span
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    <p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span
          style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Submissions:</span></b></p>
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">We invite participants to
        submit abstracts to be considered for oral presentations by 25th
        January 2019, using this form: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeysKpO5rEyUhhDRIW5pLJschkJxQfhS9PVHRz-GPYgqC6GOA%2Fviewform&data=01%7C01%7Csolon.pissis%40kcl.ac.uk%7C1a53576ff7ac426e828208d676fab5f9%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=OD%2Bq11otIlnSjyTs0%2FBhYAL%2FCeFNZuWXNnUKE5tnuo4%3D&reserved=0"
          target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Abstract
            submission</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.</span><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
      </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><br>
      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Special
          Issue:</span></b></p>
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">To be announced.
      </span></p>
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      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Registration:</span></b></p>
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Registration is free;
        please sign up using the following form: </span><span
        lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScZEo9eWBclWqOWoUhswcsMuEJ3bN1glxib9P0jVMFSLwqZWg%2Fviewform&data=01%7C01%7Csolon.pissis%40kcl.ac.uk%7C1a53576ff7ac426e828208d676fab5f9%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=K4V9Sh0JVS7K1JublC8WSDv3Q2Bs3cb3DzO8MPO%2FOWI%3D&reserved=0"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Registration Form</span></a></span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00000A">. </span><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
      </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00000A"><br>
      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Deadlines:</span></b></p>
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Abstract Submission: The
        deadline is  25th January 2019.  </span></p>
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#191919">Registration: The
        deadline is 25th January 2019.</span></p>
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        style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#191919"><br>
      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Organising
          Committee:</span></b></p>
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        <span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Oluwole
          Ajala</span> </li>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mai Alzamel</span> </li>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lorraine Ayad</span> </li>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Huiping Chen</span> </li>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Costas S. Iliopoulos</span> </li>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Grigorios Loukides (Chair)</span>
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        <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Solon P. Pissis</span> </li>
    </ul>
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        style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00000A"><br>
      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Questions
          and Further Information:</span></b><span
        style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
      </span><span lang="EN-US"><a
          href="mailto:grigorios.loukides@kcl.ac.uk"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-GB">grigorios.loukides@kcl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">
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      </span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#191919">Webpage:</span></b></p>
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href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnms.kcl.ac.uk%2Finformatics%2Fevents%2FLSD%26LAW19%2F&data=01%7C01%7Csolon.pissis%40kcl.ac.uk%7C1a53576ff7ac426e828208d676fab5f9%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=cnns%2B4CnQe5bPklDQxdVc7NRW%2FYScX2aXiW1eE01XxY%3D&reserved=0"><span
          lang="EN-GB">https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/informatics/events/LSD&LAW19/</span></a>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Solon P. Pissis

Life Sciences and Health research group
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
Science Park 123, 1098 XG Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel:   +31 20 592 4263
Skype: solonas13
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:solon.pissis@cwi.nl">solon.pissis@cwi.nl</a>
WWW:   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://homepages.cwi.nl/~solon/">https://homepages.cwi.nl/~solon/</a></pre>
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