<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">**Apologies for multiple copies*</span></div><div class="gmail-"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><b class="gmail-" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" class="gmail-" style="font-size:12pt">Workshop on Compression, Text, and Algorithms (WCTA 2023)</span></b><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The 18th Workshop on Compression, Text, and Algorithms (WCTA 2023) will be held at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa, Italy, on September 29th 2023, just after SPIRE, chaired by Giulio Ermanno Pibiri (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Veronica Guerrini (University of Pisa).</span><br><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><br><b class="gmail-" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-GB" class="gmail-">Call for papers</span></b><br><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><div class="gmail-WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt">WCTA is a forum primarily intended for early-stage researchers to present their work. </span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt">We encourage junior members of our community to submit a one-page abstract (not including references) containing preferably unpublished work, work in progress, surveys of interest, and open problems, among others. WCTA has no published proceedings, so the results presented can also be submitted to other workshops and conferences.</span></div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Important dates</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">    Abstract deadline: August 20th, 2023 (anywhere on Earth)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">    Notification: August 29th, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">    Workshop: September 29th, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Submission</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Please, submit the one-page abstract (excluding references) in PDF format via email to </span><a href="mailto:wcta2023pisa@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-GB">wcta2023pisa@gmail.com</span></a>.<span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Invited Speaker</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB">Pierre Peterlongo, Inria Research Director (</span><a href="https://people.rennes.inria.fr/Pierre.Peterlongo/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-GB">https://people.rennes.inria.fr/Pierre.Peterlongo/</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Program Chairs</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Giulio Ermanno Pibiri, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Veronica Guerrini, University of Pisa</p></span></div></div><div class="gmail-WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" class="gmail-"> </span></div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" class="gmail-">Please, feel free to share this call for papers with your colleagues.</span></div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">See you in Pisa!</div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Giulio and Veronica</div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" class="gmail-"><br></span></div></div></div></div>