<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">The 32nd International Symposium on
Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">The 32nd International Symposium on
Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021) will be held in a hybrid manner;
physically in Fukuoka, Japan and also online, on December 6--8, 2021. Authors
of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the symposium by a face-to-face
talk, a live online talk, or a pre-recorded talk. The detailed hybrid
conference format will be announced in due time.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Prosenjit K. Bose (Carleton University)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Tatiana Starikovskaya (École normale supérieure,
Paris)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Hee-Kap Ahn (POSTECH)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Kunihiko Sadakane (University of Tokyo)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">IMPORTANT DATES</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Paper submission due: July 5, 2021 (Anywhere on Earth)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance: September 6, 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Camera-ready: September 30, 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Registration: October 29, 2021</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">TOPICS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">The symposium is intended to provide a
forum for researchers working in algorithms and theory of computation. Papers
presenting original research in the areas of algorithms and theory of
computation are sought. Papers in relevant applied areas are also welcomed. The
topics include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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Algorithmic game theory</span></p>
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Algorithms and data structures</span></p>
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Approximation algorithms</span></p>
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Combinatorial optimization</span></p>
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Computational biology</span></p>
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Computational complexity</span></p>
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Computational geometry</span></p>
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Cryptography</span></p>
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Experimental algorithms</span></p>
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Graph drawing and graph algorithms</span></p>
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Internet algorithms</span></p>
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Online algorithms</span></p>
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Parallel and distributed algorithms</span></p>
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Quantum computing</span></p>
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Randomized algorithms.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Authors are invited to submit an extended
abstract or full paper of at most 12 pages with an optional appendix. The
submission should contain a scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques, and
results, including motivation and a clear comparison with related work. They
must not be submitted simultaneously to another conference with refereed
proceedings or to a journal. Drafts which contain essentially the same results
as papers under review in other conferences or journals cannot be submitted to
ISAAC 2021. Exempted are workshops and conferences without formal proceedings,
but possibly with handouts containing short abstracts. At least one author of
an accepted paper is required to present the paper at the conference as a
registered participant.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Papers must be formatted in LaTeX, using
the LIPIcs style file, which is available at
<a href="http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics/instructions-for-authors/">http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics/instructions-for-authors/</a>. The
maximum length of the paper (including title, the list of authors, abstract) is
12 pages, with references and the optional appendix excluded. Use the LIPIcs
style file as given; for instance, do not change the margin size or the font,
or make a separate title page, or create new latex environments.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Proofs omitted due to space constraints
must be placed in an appendix that is to be read by the program committee
members at their discretion and will not be published as part of the
proceedings. Thus the paper without the appendix should be able to stand on its
own.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Submissions are due on July 5, 2021
(Anywhere on Earth). Only electronic submission will be allowed via the
easychair submission server<br>
<a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isaac2021">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isaac2021</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">These guidelines are strict: papers failing
to adhere to the guidelines (by not providing the omitted proofs in an
appendix, being more than 12 pages, or not being in LIPIcs format) will be
rejected without consideration of their merits.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">AVAILABILITY OF FULL VERSIONS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">Upon acceptance, if there is an omitted
detail in the camera-ready version for ISAAC, authors are encouraged to upload
a full version of the accepted paper to a preprint server, e.g., arXiv, ECCC,
or an e-repository at universities/institutes, so that interested readers can
access the full proofs that are omitted in ISAAC proceedings. When authors
refer to omitted proofs in ISAAC proceedings, citation to the accessible full
version is desired. However, uploading a full version is not mandatory for
authors.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">AWARDS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">The Best Paper and the Best Student Paper
will be awarded. A paper is eligible for the Best Student Paper if all authors
are full-time students at the time of submission. To indicate that a submission
is eligible, please mark the checkbox "Eligible for best student
paper" in the web form on the submission server.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif"><span lang="EN-US">We plan to publish full versions of
selected papers in Algorithmica and Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications
(CGTA). Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit their manuscripts
after the symposium.</span></p>
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