2026) will be held in Singapore from 23 to 25 July 2026. More
information can be found at the conference website:
https://event.ntu.edu.sg/cocoon2026.
Original research papers in the areas of algorithms, theory of
computation, computational complexity, and combinatorics related to
computing are solicited. Submissions presenting experimental or applied
work are also welcome, provided that they make a clear algorithmic
contribution and offer insights of interest to the theory and algorithms
community. Special consideration will be given to research that is
motivated by real-world problems. Such submissions are expected to
include rigorous justification, careful evaluation, or convincing
evidence of the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.
Important Dates
Paper submission: *** 4 March 2026 ***
Notification: 6 May 2026
Camera-ready: 29 May 2026
Conference: 23-25 July 2026
All deadlines are at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12).
Invited Speakers
Yuichi Yoshida, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Seth Pettie, University of Michigan, USA
Topics of Interest
The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
Algorithms and Data Structures
Algorithmic Game Theory and Mechanism Design
Approximation Algorithms and Online Algorithms
Automata, Languages, Logic, and Computability
Combinatorics Related to Algorithms and Complexity
Complexity Theory
Computational Learning Theory and Knowledge Discovery
Cryptography, Reliability and Security
Database Theory
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Computational Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory
Exact and Parameterized Algorithms
Graph Drawing and Information Visualization
Graph Theory, Communication Networks
Optimization
Parallel and Distributed Computing
Quantum Computing
Paper Submission
Each submission should contain a clear and scholarly exposition of
ideas, techniques, and results, including the motivation and a careful
comparison with related work. Papers will be evaluated on the basis of
originality, technical depth, correctness, significance, and clarity of
presentation.
Each submission is limited to twelve (12) single-column pages in
Springer LNCS format; see LNCS author guidelines at
http://www.springer.com/la/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines.
The page limit includes figures and references but excludes an optional
appendix. Proofs omitted due to space constraints must be placed in the
appendix (after references, in the same file), which may be read by the
program committee members at their discretion. Appendices of accepted
papers will not be published in the proceedings.
The conference employs a lightweight double-blind reviewing process.
Submissions must not reveal the identity of the authors in any way.
Authors are expected to follow standard double-blind practices commonly
used in theory conferences. Nothing should be done in the name of
anonymity that weakens the submission or hinders the reviewing process;
in particular, references must not be omitted or anonymized. Code and
data may be provided via anonymous download links or an anonymized
GitHub repository.
All submissions must be made electronically through EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=cocoon2026.
The submission server will open approximately one month before the
submission deadline.
Proceedings
There must be one full registration associated with every accepted
paper, regardless of whether the presenter qualifies for a discounted
registration.
Accepted papers must be presented in-person in order to appear in the
proceedings, which will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, as in the previous COCOON
conferences: https://link.springer.com/conference/cocoon.
Awards
Awards will be given for the Best Paper and Best Student Paper. To be
eligible for the Best Student Paper Award, all authors must be full-time
students at the time of submission. Authors should indicate eligibility
in the final line of the abstract. The programme committee reserves the
right to withhold these awards or to split them among multiple recipients.
Programme Committee Co-chairs
Yi Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Frank Stephan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Xiaoming Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Programme Committee
https://event.ntu.edu.sg/cocoon2026/pages/committees
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