[DMANET] ISSAC 2026 - First Call for Papers

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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

ISSAC 2026
International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
July 13th to 17th, 2026
Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg, Germany
https://www.issac-conference.org/2026/

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The International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC) is the premier conference for research in symbolic computation and computer algebra. ISSAC 2026 will be the 51st meeting in the series, which started in 1966 and has been held annually since 1981. The conference presents a range of invited speakers, tutorials, short communications, software demonstrations and vendor exhibits with a center-piece of contributed research papers.


Important Dates
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* Abstract submission deadline: January 23, 2026, 23:59 (anywhere on Earth)
* Paper submission deadline: January 30, 2026, 23:59 (anywhere on Earth)
* First notification of acceptance/rejection: April 17, 2026
* End of rebuttal phase: April 24, 2026
* Final notification after rebuttal phase: May 1, 2026
* Camera-ready copy due: May 8, 2026


Submission Instructions
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ISSAC 2026 invites the submission of original research contributions to be considered for publication and presentation at the conference. Papers should not duplicate work published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.

Papers must be in English and should not exceed 8 pages in the ACM two-column style, found at:
http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template
which can be downloaded from:
https://portalparts.acm.org/hippo/latex_templates/acmart-primary.zip

However, two additional pages may be used for bibliographical references, and/or for experimental results (tables, figures), experimental data (e.g. input or output systems for a solver) and computer program code (library code, scripts, worksheets, Makefiles, etc.). The portion of the paper before these two additional pages must be self-contained.

Extended abstracts are not allowed. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper.

Submission instructions will be published soon on the conference website.

Topics
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All areas of computer algebra and symbolic mathematical computation are of interest. These include, but are not limited to:

- Algorithmic aspects:

* Exact and symbolic linear, polynomial and differential algebra
* Symbolic-numeric, homotopy, perturbation and series methods
* Computational algebraic geometry, polynomial and semialgebraic optimization
* Computational group theory and number theory, quantifier elimination and logic
* Computer arithmetic
* Summation, recurrence equations, integration, solution of ODEs & PDEs
* Symbolic methods in other areas of pure and applied mathematics
* AI methods and symbolic computation
* Complexity of algebraic algorithms and algebraic complexity

- Software aspects:

* Design of symbolic computation packages and systems
* Language design and type systems for symbolic computation
* Data representation
* Considerations for modern hardware
* Algorithm implementation and performance tuning
* Mathematical user interfaces
* Use with systems such as digital libraries, courseware, simulation and optimization, automated theorem-proving, computer-aided design, and automatic differentiation

- Application aspects:

* Applications that stretch the current limits of computer algebra algorithms or systems, use computer algebra in new areas or new ways, or apply it in situations with broad impact.

- Satellite Workshops/Conferences:

* The organizing committee of ISSAC 2026 invites proposals for Satellite Events aimed at enriching the conference program, attracting a broader audience, and promoting new developments and original research results in all areas of symbolic mathematical computation.

Current Satellite Events:
* Satisfiability Checking and Symbolic Computation Workshop 2026: https://www.sc-square.org/CSA/workshop11.html


Organizing Committee
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* General Chair:               Christoph Koutschan, RICAM, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
* Program Committee Chairs:   Alin Bostan, Inria and Sorbonne University, France
                            Clément Pernet, Grenoble INP - UGA, France
* Local Arrangements Chair:     Anne Frühbis-Krüger, Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg, Germany
* Treasurer:                   Florian Hess, Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg, Germany
* Publicity Chair:             Ali Kemal Uncu, University of Bath, UK
* Short Communications Chair: Hao Du, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
* Software Presentations Chair:  Katsusuke Nabeshima, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Program Committee
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Alin Bostan            Inria and Sorbonne University, France
Christopher Brown      US Naval Academy, United States of America
Claus Fieker           University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Ruyong Feng           Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Mark Giesbrecht       University of Waterloo, Canada
Martin Helmer         Swansea University, United Kingdom
Mioara Joldes          CNRS and LAAS, France
Irina Kogan            NCSU, United States of America
Diane Maclagan        University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Stephen Melczer       University of Waterloo, Canada
Fatemeh Mohammadi   KU Leuven, Belgium
Clément Pernet        Grenoble INP - UGA, France
Veronika Pillwein  RISC JKU, Austria
Adrien Poteaux         University of Lille, France
Daniel Robertz         RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Mahsa Shirmohammadi CNRS and IRIF, France
Gilles Villard           CNRS and ENS Lyon, France
John Voight            University of Sydney, Australia
Kazuhiro Yokoyama     Rikkyo University, Japan
Lihong Zhi             Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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