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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif">Workshop on Compression, Text, and Algorithms (WCTA 2025)</font></font></h2>
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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif">September 11th, London, UK</font></font></h4>
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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">The 20th Workshop on Compression,</font></font></font><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 43, 44);"> Text,
and Algorithms (WCTA 2025) will be held at City St George's, University of London, on September 11th 2025, just after SPIRE 2025.</span></p>
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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Call for papers</font></font></font></h4>
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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">WCTA is a forum primarily intended for early-stage researchers to present their work. 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members of our community to submit a one-page abstract (not including references) containing preferably unpublished work, work in progress, surveys of interest, and open problems, among others.<br>
WCTA has no published proceedings, so the results presented can also be submitted to other workshops and conferences.</font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Important dates</font></font></font></h4>
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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Submission</font></font></font></h4>
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<font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">Please, submit a one-page abstract (excluding references) in PDF format via email to Gabriele Fici (</font></font></font><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">gabriele.fici</font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"> at </font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><font color="#292b2c"><font face="apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;">unipa.it</font></font></font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 43, 44);">).
The workshop will be in-person, with online presentations only in special cases (e.g., authors with travel difficulties). If you want to present online, please request it in your submission email. The fee of WCTA is free.</span></p>
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