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<p>** 33rd International Symposium on String Processing and
Information Retrieval**<br>
<br>
**October 13-16, Hamilton, Canada**<br>
**Second call for papers**<br>
<br>
The International Symposium on String Processing and Information
Retrieval (SPIRE 2026) will be held at McMaster University, in
Hamilton, Canada.<br>
Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sites.google.com/view/spire-2026/">https://sites.google.com/view/spire-2026/</a> <br>
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# SCOPE<br>
<br>
SPIRE 2026 covers research in all aspects of string processing,
information retrieval, computational biology, and related
applications. Typical topics of interest include (but are not
limited to):<br>
<br>
- String Processing: String pattern matching, text indexing, data
structures for string processing, text compression, compressed
data structures, compressed string processing, text mining, 2D
pattern matching, automata-based string processing, combinatorics
on words.<br>
- Computational Biology: Algorithms for DNA sequencing, assembly,
alignments, read error correction, metagenomics, transcriptomics,
gene and regulatory element recognition, motif finding,
pangenomics, variants discovery, phylogenetics, genome
rearrangements.<br>
- Information Retrieval: Retrieval models and ranking, theoretical
models and foundations of IR, efficiency and scalability topics in
IR, knowledge acquisition in IR, machine learning and natural
language processing for IR, knowledge representation and reasoning
for IR, user-centric aspects of IR, IR evaluation, fairness,
accountability, transparency in IR, domain-specific IR
applications, web search.<br>
<br>
# SUBMISSIONS<br>
<br>
SPIRE 2026 invites submissions in two categories:<br>
- Long papers: Up to 12 pages, excluding references and optional
appendices.<br>
- Short papers: Up to 6 pages, excluding references and optional
appendices.<br>
<br>
Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair via the
following link: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spire2026">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spire2026</a><br>
<br>
As in past editions, the proceedings of SPIRE 2026 will be
published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(LNCS) series. The use of LNCS templates is mandatory. Suitable
templates are available at the Springer Website and on Overleaf.
Use the LNCS style file as given: do not change the margin size or
the font; do not make a separate title page, etc. Simultaneous
submissions to other conferences with published proceedings is not
permitted. At least one author per accepted paper is expected to
register for the conference and present the paper. The conference
will be in-person, with online presentations only in exceptional
cases (e.g., authors with travel difficulties).<br>
<br>
# AWARDS<br>
<br>
The SPIRE 2026 Conference will present both a Best Paper Award and
a Best Student Paper Award, each sponsored by Springer Nature for
500 euros, to recognize outstanding research contributions.<br>
<br>
# IMPORTANT DATES<br>
<br>
Submission deadlines: <br>
<br>
- Abstract Deadline: June 18, 2026 AoE <br>
- Full paper deadline: June 25, 2026 AoE (firm deadline)<br>
<br>
Notifications: August 6, 2026 <br>
<br>
Camera-ready version: August 20, 2026<br>
<br>
Events: <br>
- SPIRE: October 13 to 15, 2026<br>
- Workshop on Compression, Text, and Algorithms (WCTA): October
16, 2026<br>
<br>
# GENERAL CHAIRS<br>
<br>
Neerja Mhaskar, McMaster University, Canada<br>
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
& University of Chile<br>
<br>
# PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS<br>
<br>
Neerja Mhaskar, McMaster University, Canada<br>
Solon P. Pissis, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus<br>
<br>
# PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br>
<br>
Hideo Bannai, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan<br>
Giulia Bernardini, University of Milano, Italy<br>
Philip Bille, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark<br>
Itai Boneh, University of Wrocław, Poland<br>
Christina Boucher, University of Florida, USA<br>
Panagiotis Charalampopoulos, King's College London, UK<br>
Manuel Cáceres, Aalto University, Finland<br>
Jonas Ellert, ENS Paris, France<br>
Gabriele Fici, University of Palermo, Italy<br>
Johannes Fischer, TU Dortmund, Germany<br>
Esteban Gabory, University of Wrocław, Poland<br>
Paweł Gawrychowski, University of Wrocław, Poland<br>
Daniel Gibney, University of Texas at Dallas, USA<br>
Shay Golan, Ariel University, Israel<br>
Stepan Holub, Charles University, Czech Republic<br>
Dominik Kempa, Stony Brook University, USA<br>
Dmitry Kosolobov, Ural Federal University, Russia<br>
Dominik Köppl, University of Yamanashi, Japan<br>
Felipe A. Louza, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil<br>
Takuya Mieno, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan<br>
Manal Mohamed, King's College London, UK<br>
Gonzalo Navarro, University of Chile, Chile<br>
Giulio Ermanno Pibiri, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy<br>
Simon J. Puglisi, University of Helsinki, Finland<br>
Giulia Punzi, University of Pisa, Italy<br>
Jakub Radoszewski, University of Warsaw, Poland<br>
Sharma Thankachan, North Carolina State University, USA<br>
Wiktor Zuba, University of Warsaw, Poland<br>
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# INVITED SPEAKERS<br>
<br>
Meng He, Dalhousie University, Canada<br>
Lila Kari, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
Tomasz Kociumaka, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany<br>
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style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #000000;">Solon P.
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<td> <span style="font-style: italic; color: #555555;">Associate
Professor</span><br>
Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre<br>
<strong>The Cyprus Institute</strong> </td>
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<td style="padding-top: 10px;"> <strong>Tel:</strong> +31
62 881 7122<br>
<strong>Email:</strong> <a
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<strong>WWW:</strong> <a
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