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    First Call for Papers

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27th International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA 2016)

Helsinki, Finland, 17-19 August 2016

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IWOCA 2016 continues the long and well-established tradition of encouraging high-quality  research in theoretical computer science and providing an opportunity to bring together specialists and young researchers working in the area. The scientific program will include three invited lectures covering the areas of main interest, accepted contributed talks, posters, and an open problem session.

This year we will also have a best student paper award, sponsored by the EATCS.

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Leslie Anne Goldberg (Oxford University)

Giuseppe F. Italiano (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")

Petteri Kaski (Aalto University)

SCOPE:

We solicit high-quality papers in the broad area of combinatorial algorithms. Topics include (but are not restricted to): Algorithms and Data Structures (including sequential, parallel, distributed, approximation, probabilistic, randomised, and on-line algorithms);  Algorithms on Graphs and Strings; Applications (bioinformatics, music analysis, networking, and others); Combinatorics on Words; Combinatorial Enumeration; Combinatorial Optimization; Complexity Theory; Computational Biology; Compression and Information Retrieval; Cryptography and Information Security; Decompositions and Combinatorial Designs; Discrete and Computational Geometry; Graph Drawing and Labelling; Graph Theory.

PROCEEDINGS AND SPECIAL ISSUE:

The conference proceedings with invited papers and accepted contributed papers will be published as a volume of the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. There will be a special issue of the journal Theory of Computing Systems with papers from the conference.

SUBMISSIONS:

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of no more than 12 pages in LNCS style, including references. A clearly marked Appendix can be included, which will be read at the referees' discretion. All submissions have to be made via the EasyChair page for the conference. No simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is allowed, and submitted papers should not be under review by a journal during the whole refereeing process. At least one author of each accepted paper will be expected to attend the conference and present the paper.

VENUE:

The conference will take place in the center of Helsinki, which is perennially listed amongst the world's most liveable cities. Helsinki is easily reachable by plane from anywhere in Europe.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Abstract submission: 25 April, 2016 (anywhere on earth)

Paper submission (FIRM): 2 May, 2016 (anywhere on earth)

Notification: 3 June, 2016

Conference: 17-19 August, 2016

Invitations to special issue: 31 August, 2016

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

    Golnaz Badkobeh (Warwick University)

    Hideo Bannai (Kyushu University)

    Petra Berenbrink (Simon Fraser University)

    Christina Boucher (Colorado State University)

    Charles Colbourn (Arizona State University)

    Vida Dujmovic (University of Ottawa)

    Travis Gagie (University of Helsinki)

    Roberto Grossi (University of Pisa)

    Pinar Heggernes (University of Bergen)

    Seok-Hee Hong (University of Sydney)

    Costas S. Iliopoulos (King's College London)

    Ralf Klasing (CNRS Bordeaux)

    Jan Kratochvil (Charles University)

    Daniela Kühn (Birmingham University)

    Jesper Jansson (Kyoto University)

    Zsuzsanna Lipták (University of Verona)

    Veli Mäkinen (University of Helsinki, co-chair)

    Petra Mutzel (TU Dortmund)

    Christophe Paul (CNRS Montpellier)

    Solon Pissis (King's College London)

    Simon J. Puglisi (University of Helsinki, co-chair)

    Michiel Smid (Carleton University)

    Jukka Suomela (Aalto University)

    Tatiana Starikovskaya (University of Bristol)

    Kavitha Telikepalli (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)

    Alexandru Tomescu (University of Helsinki)

    Stéphane Vialette (Université Paris-Est)

    Dorothea Wagner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

    Oren Weimann (University of Haifa)

    Sue Whitesides (University of Victoria)

    Christos Zaroliagis (University of Patras)

OPEN PROBLEMS CHAIRS:

    Gabriele Fici (University of Palermo)

    Oliver Schaudt (University of Köln)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

    Veli Mäkinen (University of Helsinki)

    Simon J. Puglisi (University of Helsinki)

    Leena Salmela (University of Helsinki)

    Alexandru Tomescu (University of Helsinki)

    Daniel Valenzuela (University of Helsinki)

STEERING COMMITTEE:

    Costas Iliopoulos (King’s College London, UK)

    Mirka Miller (University of Newcastle, Australia)

    Bill Smyth (McMaster University, Canada)

The conference is organized by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Helsinki, in cooperation with the EATCS (European Association for Theoretical Computer Science) and HIIT (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology).