[DMANET] Workshop on Local Algorithms (WOLA) 2021 --- call for participation and posters

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The fifth Workshop on Local Algorithms (WOLA 2021)
June 14-15, 2021. Virtual event.
https://www.local-algorithms.com <https://www.local-algorithms.com>
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The fifth Workshop on Local Algorithms (WOLA 2021) will take place
virtually on June14th and 15th, 2021. Participation is FREE, but please
register at https://www.local-algorithms.com/?page=register
<https://www.local-algorithms.com/?page=register>by June 10th.

Local algorithms --- that is, algorithms that compute and make decisions
on parts of the output considering only a portion of the input --- have
been studied in a number of areas in theoretical computer science and
mathematics. Some of the related areas include sublinear-time
algorithms, distributed algorithms, streaming algorithms, (massively)
parallel algorithms, inference in large networks, and graphical models.
These communities have similar goals but a variety of approaches,
techniques, and methods. This workshop is aimed at fostering dialogue
and cross-pollination of ideas between the various communities.

This year, the workshop will include:

* A poster session: Please submit your poster proposal (title and
abstract) at https://www.local-algorithms.com/?page=call-for-posters
<https://www.local-algorithms.com/?page=call-for-posters>by May
26th.Everyone is invited to contribute. This session will take place
on gather.town.
* Invited long talks: Please find the tentative schedule at
https://www.local-algorithms.com/?page=schedule
<https://www.local-algorithms.com/?page=schedule>.
* An "Ask Me Anything" session:Moderated by Merav Parter.
* Junior-senior social meetings:More details soon to come.
* A slack channel:More details soon to come.
* Open problem session:More details soon to come.

To stay up to date with the latest announcements concerning WOLA, join
our mailing list at https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/wola
<https://lists.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/wola>.
For any questions related to WOLA 2021, please do not hesitate to send
an email to wola.organizers@gmail.com <mailto:wola.organizers@gmail.com>.

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Invited Speakers
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James Aspnes (Yale)
Jelani Nelson (Berkeley)
Elaine Shi (Cornell)
Christian Sohler (University of Cologne)
Uri Stemmer (Ben-Gurion University)
Mary Wootters (Stanford)

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Program Committee
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Venkatesan Guruswami (CMU)
Elchanan Mossel (MIT)
Merav Parter (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Sofya Raskhodnikova (chair) (Boston University)
Gregory Valiant (Stanford)

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