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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">London Stringology Days & London Algorithmic Workshop </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">LSD & LAW 2020</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*London, UK - February 6-7, 2020*</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">The Algorithms and Data Analysis group at King's College London invites </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">28th London Stringology Days & London Algorithmic Workshop, </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">sponsored by the Department of Informatics at King’s College London.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Aims:*</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">The workshop aims to bring together researchers to discuss their latest</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">developments and findings towards theoretical or applied aspects of</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">discrete algorithms, including string algorithms, automata</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">theory, combinatorics on words, bioinformatics, graph and network</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">algorithms, and computational complexity.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Venue:*</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">LSD & LAW 2020 will take place at King’s College London, situated in the</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">heart of London: Strand campus, London WC2R 2LS.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Scope:*</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">Topics include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000"> * String Algorithms</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000"> * Automata Theory</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000"> * Combinatorics on Words</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000"> * Bioinformatics</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000"> * Graph and Network Algorithms</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000"> * Computational Complexity</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Structure:*</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">Each session of this two-day workshop will feature an invited talk,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">followed by oral presentations by researchers. Breaks will provide the</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">opportunity to network; lunch will be hosted in a local restaurant.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Invited Speakers:*·</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">To be announced</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Submissions:*</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">We invite participants to submit abstracts to be considered for oral</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">presentations by 25th January 2020, using this form: </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4q57pg7rAHc9ulV818iiHWa__KJGXLO2aH1x7a_Sz3CxLIw/viewform"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; text-decoration:underline; text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4q57pg7rAHc9ulV818iiHWa__KJGXLO2aH1x7a_Sz3CxLIw/viewform</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Special Issue:*</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">Selected talks will be invited for a paper submission in Algorithmica. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Registration:*</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">Registration is free; please sign up using the following form:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhQMse3id-RPC5CU_BodJ_GbiN0LfjskrBos09j_7XNH0WJA/viewform"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; text-decoration:underline; text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhQMse3id-RPC5CU_BodJ_GbiN0LfjskrBos09j_7XNH0WJA/viewform</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Deadlines:*</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">Abstract Submission Deadline: 25 January 2020.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">Registration Deadline: 25 January 2020.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Organising Committee:*</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/oluwole.ajala/index.html"><span>Oluwole Ajala</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/mai.alzamel/"><span>Mai Alzamel</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Huiping Chen</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/costas.iliopoulos/"><span>Costas S. Iliopoulos</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/dimitrios.letsios/"><span>Dimitrios Letsios</span></a><span> (Co-Chair)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/grigorios.loukides/"><span>Grigorios Loukides</span></a><span> (Co-Chair)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt"><span>Haodi Zhong</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000">*Questions and Further Information:*</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:dimitrios.letsios@kcl.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#1155cc; text-decoration:underline; text-decoration-skip-ink:none">dimitrios.letsios@kcl.ac.uk</span></a></p>
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