[DMANET] PACE 2021 Second Call for Participation

This is the second call for participation for PACE 2021, the
Parameterized Algorithms and Computational Experiments Challenge. By
now, public instances are available and preliminary submissions are
possible at https://www.optil.io/optilion/. The goals of PACE as well as
official reports for past challenges can be found on our website:
https://pacechallenge.org/about/

In this sixth edition, the challenge is on Cluster Editing:
* Input: An undirected graph
* Output: A cluster editing set of minimum cardinality. Here, a cluster
editing set is a set of edge modifications (addition or deletion) that
transforms the graph into a cluster graph (each connected component is a
clique)


** Tracks
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There are three different tracks in which you can compete:

*Exact:* Compute a cluster editing set of minimum cardinality. You have
30 minutes per instance. Contestants are ranked by number of instances
solved and time required.
*Heuristic:* Compute some cluster editing set of decent cardinality. You
have 10 minutes per instance. Contestants are ranked by quality of results.
*Kernelization:* Compute an equivalent smaller instance. You have 5
minutes per instance. Contestants are ranked by size of the returned
instance.

Detailed instructions, ranking methods, and public instances are
available on: https://pacechallenge.org/2021/tracks/


** Prizes
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Thanks to the generous sponsoring of the NETWORKS project
(http://thenetworkcenter.nl/), 4000 euros in prize money is available
for the winners of the competition.


** Timeline
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* October 22nd, 2020: Announcement of the challenge (Problem)
* November 20th, 2020: Announcement of the tracks and additional information
* December 16th, 2020: Public instances are available
* March 30th, 2021: Submission via optil.io is open (for testing and
unofficial, auxiliary leaderboard)
* June 01st, 2021 (AOE): Submission of the final version (solver
description due two weeks after the source code)
* July 2021: Announcement of the results
* September 6-10, 2021: Award ceremony at the International Symposium on
Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC 2021)


** Program Committee
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* Andre Nichterlein (mailto:andre.nichterlein@tu-berlin.de) (chair)
(Technische Universitaet Berlin)
* Leon Kellerhals (Technische Universitaet Berlin)
* Tomohiro Koana (Technische Universitaet Berlin)
* Philipp Zschoche (Technische Universitaet Berlin)


** Steering Committee
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* Edouard Bonnet (LIP, ENS Lyon)
* Holger Dell (Goethe University Frankfurt and IT University of Copenhagen)
* Johannes Fichte (Technische Universitaet Dresden)
* Markus Hecher (Technische Universitaet Wien)
* Bart M. P. Jansen (chair) (Eindhoven University of Technology)
* Petteri Kaski (Aalto University)
* Lukasz Kowalik (University of Warsaw)
* Marcin Pilipczuk (University of Warsaw)
* Manuel Sorge (Technische Universitaet Wien)
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