Call for Papers

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STACS 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS

31st International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science

March 5 - March 8, 2014, Lyon, France

Submission Deadline: Sep 20, 2013 (23:59:59 GMT/UTC)

http://stacs2014.sciencesconf.org/

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SCOPE

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Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and

unpublished research on theoretical aspects of computer

science. Typical areas include (but are not limited to):

* algorithms and data structures, including: parallel, distributed,

 approximation, and randomized algorithms, computational geometry,

 cryptography, algorithmic learning theory, analysis of algorithms;

* automata and formal languages, games;

* computational complexity, parameterized complexity, randomness in computation;

* logic in computer science, including: semantics, specification and

 verification, rewriting and deduction;

* current challenges, for example: natural computing, quantum

 computing, mobile and net computing.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

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- Edith Cohen, Microsoft Research (Silicon Valley)

- Samir Datta, Chennai Mathematical Institute

- Laurent Doyen, CNRS, LSV, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan

- Yuval Emek, Technion

- Kousha Etessami, University of Edinburgh

- Martin Hofmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

- Stefan Kratsch, Technische Universität Berlin

- Jerzy Marcinkowski, Uniwersytet Wrocławski

- Wim Martens, Universität Bayreuth

- Ernst W. Mayr, TUM - Technische Universität München (co-chair)

- Gonzalo Navarro, Universidad de Chile

- Eldar Fischer, Technion

- Joachim Niehren, INRIA Lille

- Simon Perdrix, CNRS, Université de Grenoble

- Natacha Portier, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (co-chair)

- Alex Rabinovich, Tel Aviv University

- Venkatesh Raman, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

- Heiko Röglin, Universität Bonn

- Nitin Saxena, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

- Sven Schewe, University of Liverpool

- Henning Schnoor, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

- Micha Sharir, Tel Aviv University

- Wojciech Szpankowski, Purdue University

- Ioan Todinca, Université d'Orléans

- Stéphane Vialette, Université de Marne-la-Vallée

- Marius Zimand, Towson University

INVITED SPEAKERS

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- Javier Esparza, TUM - Technische Universität München

- Peter Bro Miltersen, Aarhus University

- Luc Segoufin, INRIA, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan

TUTORIAL

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Neeraj Kayal, Microsoft Research India: Arithmetic Circuit Complexity

SUBMISSIONS

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Authors are invited to submit a draft of a full paper with at most 12

pages. The usage of pdflatex and the LIPIcs style file (see below) are

mandatory; no changes to font size, page geometry etc. are permitted.

Submissions not in the correct format or submitted after the deadline

will not be considered.

The paper should contain a succinct statement of the issues and of

their motivation, a summary of the main results, and a brief

explanation of their significance, accessible to non-specialist

readers.  Proofs omitted due to space constraints must be put into an

appendix, to be read by the program committee members at their

discretion.

Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published

proceedings or to journals is not allowed.

PC members are excluded from submitting.

The submission site, which opens on June 15, 2013, is

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stacs2014

PROCEEDINGS

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Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the symposium.

As usual, these proceedings will appear in the Leibniz International

Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl.

This guarantees perennial, free and easy electronic access, while the

authors retain the rights over their work.

In addition, the proceedings will also be available as archives in the

open access electronic repository HAL.

With their submission, authors consent to sign a license authorizing

the program committee chairs to organize the electronic publication of

their paper, provided the paper is accepted.

Further details are available on www.stacs-conf.org and will be on the

conference website, http://stacs2014.sciencesconf.org/

IMPORTANT DATES

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Submission website opens: Jun 15, 2013

Submission deadline: Sep 20, 2013 (23:59:59 GMT/UTC)

Notification: Dec 6, 2013

Final version due: Jan 8, 2014

Symposium: Mar 5-Mar 8, 2014

LIPICS STYLE FILES

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LIPIcs homepage: http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics

tar ball: http://drops.dagstuhl.de/styles/lipics/lipics-authors.tgz

CONTACT INFORMATION

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stacs2014@sciencesconf.org  (for general information)

pc-chairs-stacs2014@easychair.org (for information regarding paper submission)