Call for Papers
IWOCA 2020
31st International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms
8-10 June 2020
Bordeaux, France
Authors are invited to submit original research papers in the broad area of combinatorial algorithms.
Important dates
Paper submission: 1 February 2020 (AoE)
Notification to authors: 9 March 2020
Camera-ready submission: 25 March 2020
Symposium: 8-10 June 2020
About IWOCA
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. Previous IWOCA and AWOCA meetings have been held in Australia,
Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Singapore,
South Korea, UK, and USA. Previous IWOCAs can be found at http://www.iwoca.org/
IWOCA 2020 will take place in Bordeaux, France. Bordeaux is located in the South West of
France and is easy to reach by plane and by fast train (TGV). The region is famous for
its wines and its gastronomy. The city centre of Bordeaux is classified at the Unesco
World Heritage.
Scope
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
- Complexity Theory
- Graph Theory & Combinatorics
- Combinatorial Optimization
- Cryptography & Information Security
- Algorithms on Strings & Graphs
- Graph Drawing & Labelling
- Computational Algebra & Geometry
- Computational Biology
- Algorithms for Big Data and Networks Analytics
- Probabilistic & Randomised Algorithms
- New Paradigms of Computation
- Experimental Evaluation of Algorithms
- Distributed and Parallel Algorithms
- Mobile Agents
- Algorithmic Game Theory
- Circuits and Boolean Functions
- Approximation Algorithms
- Parameterized and Exact Algorithms
- Online Algorithms
- Streaming Algorithms
- Ad Hoc, Dynamic and Evolving Networks
- Foundations of Cloud Computing
Proceedings
Conference proceedings will be published in the ARCoSS subline of the Springer "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" series.
Special Issue
Selected papers will be invited to a special issue of the Springer journal "Algorithmica",
devoted to IWOCA 2020. (https://www.springer.com/journal/453)
Awards
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. The program committee
may decline to make these awards or may split them.
Submission
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 here.
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=iwoca2020
Committees
See this page.
