Eighth International Workshop on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM 2014), February 13-15, 2014, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India

Eighth International Workshop on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM 2014), February 13-15, 2014, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India
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Call for papers
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Authors are invited to submit papers describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to algorithms and computation. Papers should not exceed 12 pages for long papers and 6 pages for short papers in LNCS style. Papers must be labeled as either long or short and prepared using LaTeX/LaTeX2e. If the authors feel that more details are essential to substantiate the main claim of the paper, they may include a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. Only electronic submission will be allowed. Submitted papers must describe work not previously published. They must not be submitted simultaneously to another conference with refereed proceedings or to a journal.

SCOPE

The range of topics within the scope of WALCOM 2014 includes (but is not limited to):
Approximation Algorithms | Combinatorial Algorithms | Combinatorial Optimization | Computational Biology | Computational Complexity | Computational Geometry | Data Structures | Discrete Geometry | Experimental Algorithm Methodologies | Graph Algorithms | Graph Drawing | Parallel and Distributed Algorithms | Parameterized Complexity | Network Optimization | Online Algorithms | Randomized Algorithms | String Algorithms.


PROCEEDINGS

The previous proceedings of accepted papers was published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (volume 7748), Springer.


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: September 3, 2013, 11:59 PM pacific time.
Notification of Acceptance: October 29, 2013.
Camera-ready Version: November 15, 2013.
Workshop: February 13-15, 2014.


STEERING COMMITTEE

Kyung-Yong Chwa (KAIST, Korea)
Costas S. Iliopoulos (King's College London, UK)
M. Kaykobad (BUET, Bangladesh)
Petra Mutzel (TU Dortmund, Germany)
Shin-ichi Nakano (Gunma University, Japan)
Subhas Chandra Nandy (ISI Kolkata, India)
Takao Nishizeki (Tohoku University, Japan)
Md. Saidur Rahman (BUET, Bangladesh)
C. Pandu Rangan (IIT Madras, India)


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Hee-Kap Ahn, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongbuk, Korea
V. Arvind, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
Amitabha Bagchi, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Giuseppe Di Battista, Third University of Rome, Italy
Arijit Bishnu, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
Franz.J.Brandenburg, University of Passau, Germany
Sumit Ganguly, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Subir Kumar Ghosh, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Sathish Govindarajan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Shuji Kijima, Graduate School of ISEE, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Ramesh Krishnamurti, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Giuseppe Liotta, University of Perugia, Italy
Leonidas Palios, University of Ioannina, Greece
Rina Panigrahy, Microsoft Research, Mountain View, United States
Rossella Petreschi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Sheung-Hung Poon, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sudebkumar Prasant Pal (PC Co-Chair), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Sohel Rahman, Bangladesh University of Engg. & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rajeev Raman, University of Leicester, England
Abhiram Ranade, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
C. Pandu Rangan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Kunihiko Sadakane (PC Co-Chair), National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
Nicola Santoro, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Jayalal Sarma, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Saket Saurabh, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
Shakhar Smorodinsky, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel
Takeshi Tokuyama, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Peter Widmayer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Hsu-Chun Yen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

N.S. Narayanaswamy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Sasanka Roy, Chennai Mathematical Institute, India
R. Krithika (student organizer), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

WALCOM 2014 website

http://walcom2014.iitm.ac.in

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Pre-Workshop School on Algorithms and Combinatorics
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The school is being organized for PhD students and teachers in computer science and discrete mathematics during February 10-11, 2014. This school is organized jointly by IIT Madras and TIFR Mumbai. The confirmed speakers of the school from Switzerland and India will be put up soon.
Registration

There is no registration fee for the school. Arrangements will be made for speakers and 25 selected participants to stay in IITM guest house/hostels in the IIT Madras campus. All participants will be provided boarding and lodging free of cost.
Purpose

The school is aimed at fulfilling two purposes: (i) as a pre-conference school for WALCOM 2014, (ii) as an Indo-Swiss School, 2014
Organizing committee

John Augustine (Co-Convener), IITM
Subir Ghosh (Co-Convener), TIFR
Emo Welzl, ETH, Zurich
B.V. Raghavendra Rao, IITM
Swami Sarvottamananda, RKMVU
Partha Goswami, Calcutta University

Further Details

Contact Professor Subir Ghosh (Email: ghosh@tifr.res.in).