Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Call for Papers: WADS 2017, the 15th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium WADS 2017 Call for Papers

WADS 2017
15th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL, Canada
July 31 to August 2, 2017

website: wads.org

The Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, WADS, which alternates with the Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory, SWAT, is intended to be a forum for researchers in the area of design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.

We invite submissions of papers presenting original research on the theory and applications of algorithms and data structures in all areas, including combinatorics, databases, computational geometry, graphics, and parallel & distributed computing. Contributors are invited to submit a full paper of up to 12 pages in Springer LNCS format including title, abstract and references. An appendix, beyond the 12 pages, may be added and may be read at the reviewers' discretion. All of the ideas necessary for an expert to verify the central claims in the paper should be included, either in the paper or in the appendix. If desired, the appendix can be a copy of the full paper.
Papers should be submitted via EasyChair (easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wads2017), which can be accessed through the conference website (wads.org).

Submission Deadline: Feb. 20, 2017, 11:59pm EST
Notification Deadline: April 13, 2017
Final Version Due: May 4, 2017

Proceedings: Springer LNCS
Special issues: Algorithmica and CGTA

Invited speakers:
Pankaj Agarwal, Duke University
Michael Saks, Rutgers University
Virginia Vassilevska Williams, Stanford University

Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Faith Ellen, University of Toronto
Antonina Kolokolova, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jörg-Rüdiger Sack, Carleton University

Symposium & Local Arrangements Chair:
Antonina Kolokolova

Program Committee:
Ittai Abraham, VMware Research, USA
Hee-Kap Ahn, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Nina Amenta, University of California, Davis, USA
Sayan Bhattacharya, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India
Therese Biedl, University of Waterloo, Canada
Joan Boyar, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Martin Dietzfelbinger, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Stephane Durocher, University of Manitoba, Canada
Funda Ergun, Indiana University, USA
Martín Farach-Colton, Rutgers University, USA
Fedor Fomin, University of Bergen, Norway
Travis Gagie, Diego Portales University, Chile
Thore Husfeldt, Lund University, Sweden and IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Michael Kerber, Graz University of Technology, Austria
David Kirkpatrick, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ramesh Krishnamurti, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Kasper Green Larsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Vangelis Markakis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Aleksandar Nikolov, University of Toronto, Canada
Naomi Nishimura, University of Waterloo, Canada
Richard Peng, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Seth Pettie, University of Michigan, USA
Liam Roditty, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Sandeep Sen, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Monique Teillaud, INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, France
Takeshi Tokuyama, Tohoku University, Japan
Virginia Vassilevska Williams, Stanford University, USA
Todd Wareham, Memorial University, Canada
Qin Zhang, Indiana University, USA

The conference is supported by The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences
(fields.utoronto.ca) and The Memorial University of Newfoundland (mun.ca).

Contact: wadsconf@gmail.com