32nd International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms

IWOCA 2021


Software Systems Theoretical Computer Science



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Call for Papers
IWOCA 2021
32nd International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms
5-7 July 2021
Ottawa, Canada
https://iwoca2021.eecs.uottawa.ca/
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ABOUT IWOCA
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Since its inception in 1989 as AWOCA (Australasian Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms), IWOCA has provided an annual forum for researchers who design algorithms for the myriad combinatorial problems that underlie computer applications in science, engineering, and business.
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SCOPE AND TOPICS
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The program committee is soliciting original and significant research contributions to the broad area of combinatorial algorithms, including (but not limited to): Algorithms and Data Structures, Algorithmic Game Theory, Approximation Algorithms, Complexity Theory, Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Combinatorial Generation and Enumeration, Combinatorial Optimization, Combinatorics of Words and Strings, Computational Geometry, Computational Biology, Cryptography and Information Security, Graph Algorithms, Graph Drawing and Labelling, Decompositions and Combinatorial Designs, Distributed and Network Algorithms, Dynamic and Evolving Networks, Mobile Agents, New Paradigms of Computation, Online Algorithms, Parallel Algorithms, Parameterized and Exact Algorithms, Probabilistic and Randomized Algorithms, Streaming Algorithms.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract: March 8, 2021 (AoE)
Paper submission: March 14, 2021 (AoE)
Notification to authors: May 1, 2021
Camera-ready submission: May 13, 2021
Symposium: July 5-7, 2021
If the Covid situation allows it, IWOCA 2021 will take place in Ottawa, Canada. Otherwise, it will be held virtually or in some hybrid form.
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SUBMISSION
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Authors are invited to submit high-quality manuscripts reporting original unpublished research in the topics related to the symposium. Simultaneous submission to other conferences or workshops with published proceedings is not allowed. It is required that each accepted paper be presented at the conference by one of its authors.
Submissions must be in the form of a single pdf file prepared using the LNCS latex templates and style files. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available on Overleaf. Springer’s authors’ guidelines may be consulted at the following link: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
Each submission should consist of the main part of the paper, not exceeding 12 pages (including the title page and excluding the references), plus an optional clearly marked appendix (to be read at the discretion of the program committee). Any figure pertaining to the main part of the paper should be included therein (within the 12 page limit). The first page must include an indication of whether the paper is eligible for the best student paper award. Papers are to be submitted electronically through EasyChair at the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwoca2021
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INVITED SPEAKERS
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- Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University, USA
- Anna Lubiw, University of Waterloo, Canada
- David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- Alfred Wassermann, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
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PROCEEDINGS
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Conference proceedings will be published in the ARCoSS subline of the Springer "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" series.
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SPECIAL ISSUE
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Selected papers will be invited to a special issue of the Springer journal "Algorithmica", devoted to IWOCA 2021. (https://www.springer.com/journal/453)
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AWARDS
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Awards will be given to the best paper and the best student paper. To be eligible for the best student paper award, at least one of the paper authors must be a full-time student at the time of submission, and the student(s) must have made a significant contribution to the paper.
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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- Hans L. Bodlaender, Utrecht University
- Ljiljana Brankovic, University of Newcastle
- Charlie Colbourn, Arizona State University
- Alessio Conte, University of Pisa
- Celina M. H. de Figueiredo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Giuseppe Antonio Di Luna, University of Rome, Sapienza
- Vida Dujmovic, University of Ottawa
- Cristina G. Fernandes, University of São Paulo
- Henning Fernau, University of Trier
- Gabriele Fici, University of Palermo
- Paola Flocchini (co-chair), University of Ottawa
- Florent Foucaud, Clermont Auvergne University
- Dalibor Froncek, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Travis Gagie, Dalhousie University
- Luisa Gargano, University of Salerno
- Leszek Gąsieniec, University of Liverpool
- Konstantinos Georgiou, Ryerson University
- Sylvie Hamel, Université de Montréal
- Giuseppe F. Italiano, LUISS Guido Carli University
- Taisuke Izumi, Osaka University
- Ralf Klasing, CNRS and University of Bordeaux
- Rastislav Královič, Comenius University
- Thierry Lecroq, University of Rouen Normandy
- Zsuzsanna Lipták, University of Verona
- Bernard Mans, Macquarie University
- George B. Mertzios, Durham University
- Othon Michail, University of Liverpool
- Matúš Mihalák, Maastricht University
- Lucia Moura (co-chair), University of Ottawa
- Maura Paterson, Birkbeck, University of London
- Nicola Prezza, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Tomasz Radzik, King’s College London
- Joe Sawada, University of Guelph
- Michiel Smid, Carleton University
- Wing-Kin (Ken) Sung, National University of Singapore
- Jukka Suomela, Aalto University
- Koichi Wada, Hosei University
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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- Saman Bazargani, University of Ottawa
- Jean-Lou De Carufel, University of Ottawa
- Vida Dujmovic (co-chair), University of Ottawa
- Lucia Moura (co-chair), University of Ottawa
- Kanstantsin Pashkovich, University of Ottawa
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STEERING COMMITTEE
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- Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University
- Charles Colbourn, Arizona State University
- Costas Iliopoulos, King’s College London
- Ralf Klasing, CNRS and University of Bordeaux
- Wing-Kin (Ken) Sung, National University of Singapore