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STACS 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS
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<div>The 41st International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects
of Computer Science is planned to take place from 12th March
to 14th March 2024 in Clermont-Ferrand, France.</div>
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<div>For the second time, STACS 2024 will consist of two
tracks, A and B, to facilitate the work of the program
committee(s).</div>
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<div>Track A focuses on algorithms, data structures and
complexity.</div>
<div>Track B focuses on automata, logic, semantics, and theory
of programming.</div>
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<div>Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original
and unpublished research on theoretical aspects of computer
science. Typical areas include:</div>
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<div>Track A. Algorithms, Data Structures and Complexity</div>
<div>Design of parallel algorithms</div>
<div>Distributed algorithm</div>
<div>Approximation algorithms</div>
<div>Parameterised algorithms</div>
<div>Randomised algorithms</div>
<div>Analysis of algorithms</div>
<div>Combinatorics of data structures</div>
<div>Computational geometry</div>
<div>Cryptography</div>
<div>Algorithms for machine learning</div>
<div>Algorithmic game theory</div>
<div>Quantum algorithms</div>
<div>Computational and structural complexity theory</div>
<div>Parameterised complexity</div>
<div>Randomness in computation</div>
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<div>Track B. Automata, Logic, Semantics and Theory of
Programming</div>
<div>Automata theory</div>
<div>Games and multi-agent systems</div>
<div>Algebraic and categorical methods</div>
<div>Models of computation</div>
<div>Concurrency</div>
<div>Timed systems</div>
<div>Finite model theory</div>
<div>Database theory</div>
<div>Semantics</div>
<div>Type systems</div>
<div>Program analysis</div>
<div>Specification and verification</div>
<div>Rewriting and deduction</div>
<div>Learning theory</div>
<div>Logical aspects of computability and complexity</div>
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<div>** These lists are not exhaustive. In particular, both
tracks also welcome submissions about current challenges.</div>
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<div>IMPORTANT DATES</div>
<div>Submission<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>September
28, 2023 (11:59 PM AoE)</div>
<div>Rebuttal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>November
21-23, 2023</div>
<div>Acceptance<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>December
13, 2023</div>
<div>Final version<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>January
18, 2024</div>
<div>STACS 2024<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>March
12-14, 2024</div>
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<div>PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS</div>
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<div>TRACK A.</div>
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<div>Mamadou Moustapha Kanté, Co-Chair (Université Clermont
Auvergne, France)</div>
<div>Daniel Lokshtanov, Co-Chair (University of California,
Santa Barbara, USA)</div>
<div>Prabhanjan Ananth (University of California, Santa
Barbara)</div>
<div>Edouard Bonnet (ENS Lyon)</div>
<div>Zongchen Chen (MIT)</div>
<div>Alex Conway (VMWare Research Lab)</div>
<div>Fabien Dufoulon (University of Houston)</div>
<div>Christoph Durr (CNRS, Université Paris Sorbonne)</div>
<div>Sebastian Forster (University of Salzburg)</div>
<div>Elena Grigorescu (Purdue University)</div>
<div>Jacob Holm (University of Copenhagen)</div>
<div>Tony Huynh (Sapienza Università di Roma)</div>
<div>Nutan Limaye (IT University of Copenhagen)</div>
<div>Or Meir (University of Haifa)</div>
<div>Florin Manea (University of Göttingen)</div>
<div>Benjamin Moseley (Carnegie Mellon University)</div>
<div>Alanta Newman (CNRS, Université Grenoble-Alpes)</div>
<div>Kim Thang Nguyen (Grenoble INP, Université
Grenoble-Alpes)</div>
<div>Pan Peng (University of Science and Technology of China)</div>
<div>Stephen Piddock (Royal Holloway University of London)</div>
<div>Saket Saurabh (Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Chennai)</div>
<div>Sebastian Siebertz (University of Bremen)</div>
<div>Nodari Sitchinava (University of Hawai)</div>
<div>Sophie Spirkl (University of Waterloo)</div>
<div>Jie Xue (New York University of Shangai)</div>
<div>Hang Zhou (Ecole Polytechnique)</div>
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<div>TRACK B.</div>
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<div>Olaf Beyersdorff, Co-Chair (Friedrich Schiller University
of Jena)</div>
<div>Orna Kupferman, Co-Chair (The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem)</div>
<div>Paul Bell (Keele University)</div>
<div>Ilario Bonacina (UPC Barcelona)</div>
<div>Andrea Calì (University of London, Birkbeck)</div>
<div>Joel Day (Loughborough University)</div>
<div>Hadar Frenkel (CISPA)</div>
<div>Manfred Kufleitner (University of Stuttgart)</div>
<div>Markus Lohrey (University of Siegen)</div>
<div>Sebastian Maneth (University of Bremen)</div>
<div>Paige Randall North (Utrecht University)</div>
<div>Henning Schnoor (University of Kiel)</div>
<div>Ana Sokolova (University of Salzburg)</div>
<div>Anthony Widjaja Lin (University of Kaiserslautern and
Max-Planck Institute for Software Systems)</div>
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<div>SUBMISSIONS</div>
<div>Submissions will be through EasyChair <a
href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=stacs2024#"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=stacs2024#</a></div>
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<div>Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract or
full paper with at most 12-15 pages, excluding a title page,
the references section and a possible appendix, to the
appropriate track. The title page consists, for instance, of
the title of the paper, the abstract, and keywords, but *no*
author information. The first section of the paper should
start on the next page, and the appendix, if any, should
also start on the next page after the bibliography. The PCs
reserve the right to reassign a paper to a different track.
The usage of the LIPIcs style file is mandatory; no changes
to font size, page geometry, etc. are permitted. Please
refer to LIPIcs author instructions <a
href="https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/LIPIcs"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/LIPIcs</a>;
Submissions not in the correct format or submitted after the
deadline will not be considered.</div>
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<div>The paper should contain a succinct statement of the
issues and of their motivation, a summary of the main
results, and a brief explanation of their significance,
accessible to non-specialist readers. Proofs omitted due to
space constraints should be put into an appendix, to be read
by the program committee members at their discretion. An
appendix consisting of a full version of the paper is
encouraged. Simultaneous submission to other conferences
with published proceedings or to journals is not allowed. PC
members are excluded from submitting to their own track.</div>
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<div>As in the previous years, STACS 2024 will employ a
lightweight double-blind reviewing process: submissions
should not reveal the identity of the authors in any way.
The purpose of the double-blind reviewing is to help PC
members and external reviewers come to an initial judgment
about the paper without bias, not to make it impossible for
them to discover the authors if they were to try. Nothing
should be done in the name of anonymity that weakens the
submission or makes the job of reviewing the paper more
difficult. In particular, important references should not be
omitted or anonymised. In addition, authors should feel free
to disseminate their ideas or draft versions of their paper
as they normally would. For example, authors may post drafts
of their papers on the web, submit them to arXiv, and give
talks on their research ideas.</div>
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<div>Authors will be invited to give a list of persons with a
Conflict of Interest (COI). A Conflict of Interest is
limited to the following categories:</div>
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<div>- Family member or close friend.</div>
<div>- Ph.D. advisor or advisee (no time limit), or
postdoctoral or undergraduate mentor or mentee within the
past five years.</div>
<div>- Person with the same affiliation.</div>
<div>- Involved in an alleged incident of harassment. (It is
not required that the incident be reported.)</div>
<div>- Reviewer owes author a favour (e.g., recently requested
a reference letter).</div>
<div>- Frequent or recent collaborator (within last 5 years)
cannot objectively review your work.</div>
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<div>If you are unsure about a conflict in which a reviewer
may have positive bias towards your paper, we recommend
erring on the side of not declaring it since PC members and
sub-reviewers will be also asked if they feel that they can
fairly evaluate your paper. If an author believes that they
have a valid reason for a Conflict of Interest not listed
above, then she or he can contact PC chairs. Falsely
declared conflicts (i.e., do not satisfy one of the listed
reasons) risk rejection without consideration of merit. When
PC chairs have doubt about claimed Conflict of Interest,
they may request that STACS advocates confidentially verify
the conflict. If authors are uncertain, they are encouraged
to email PC chairs or STACS advocates. Authors will be asked
to declare conflicts with PC members during submission, but
an author can contact PC chairs directly if she or he has a
conflict with an individual who is likely to be asked to
serve as a sub-reviewer for the paper.</div>
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<div>There will be a rebuttal period for authors, see below
for the dates. Authors will receive the reviews of their
submissions (via EasyChair) and have three days to submit
rebuttals (via EasyChair). These rebuttals become part of
the PC discussions, but entail no specific responses.</div>
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<div>At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to
register at the conference. For authors who cannot present
their paper in person a possibility for remote presentation
will be offered.</div>
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<div>PROCEEDINGS</div>
<div>Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of
the symposium. As usual, these proceedings will appear in
the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics
(LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl (<a
href="https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs</a>).
This guarantees perennial, free and easy electronic access,
while the authors retain the rights over their work. With
their submission, authors consent to sign a license
authorising the program committee chairs to organise the
electronic publication of their paper, provided the paper is
accepted.</div>
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<div>The final camera-ready of each accepted paper should be
formatted in accordance with the LIPIcs guidelines <a
href="https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs</a> and
taking reviewer comments into account. General instructions
regarding the preparation of the camera-ready version and
the style can be found at LIPIcs author instructions <a
href="https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/LIPIcs"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/LIPIcs</a>.
Notice that there is a limit of 15 pages for the main body
of the final camera-ready, excluding the bibliography, the
front page(s) (authors, affiliation, keywords, abstract,
...) and a brief appendix (of up to 5 pages) from this page
limit. Any appendices to the initial submission were
officially not under review and thus should not be included
in the proceedings. In general, major new content can be
added only if suggested by the reviewers. You are however
more than welcome to have the proceedings paper link to an
extended version published elsewhere (e.g., on arXiv) – the
precise link to such an extended version may even be
provided later, during author approval period (expected in
February).</div>
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<div>STACS CODE OF CONDUCT</div>
<div>STACS 2024 intends to join <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://safetoc.org">http://safetoc.org</a>.
Registering for STACS 2024 thus will likely require that you
agree to follow the Code of Conduct described below.</div>
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<div>STACS is committed to be a respectful forum for its
participants, free from any violence, discrimination or
harassment of any nature. All STACS attendees are expected
to behave accordingly.</div>
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<div>If you experience or witness violence, discrimination,
harassment or other unethical behaviour at the conference,
we encourage you to seek advice and remedy through one or
more of the following options:</div>
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<div>• Consult with the SafeToC advocates of STACS (to be
named before the conference).</div>
<div>• Report to the conference chair, the PC chairs or the
Steering Committee chair.</div>
<div>The chairs are entitled to remove registered participants
from the conference (without refunding the conference fees)
if they are deemed to pose an ethical risk to other
participants. The conference chair may contact the local
university committee dedicated to address violence,
unethical behaviour or harassment of any kind. Besides
having an appointment with the victim, this committee can
assist with medical support and with taking legal action.</div>
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<div>CONTACT INFORMATION</div>
<div>Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.stacs-conf.org">http://www.stacs-conf.org</a></div>
<div>Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stacs2024@easychair.org">stacs2024@easychair.org</a></div>
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