Retrieval**
**October 13-16, Hamilton, Canada**
**First call for papers**
The International Symposium on String Processing and Information
Retrieval (SPIRE 2026) will be held at McMaster University, in Hamilton,
Canada.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/spire-2026/
# SCOPE
SPIRE 2026 covers research in all aspects of string processing,
information retrieval, computational biology, and related applications.
Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- String Processing: String pattern matching, text indexing, data
structures for string processing, text compression, compressed data
structures, compressed string processing, text mining, 2D pattern
matching, automata-based string processing, combinatorics on words.
- Computational Biology: Algorithms for DNA sequencing, assembly,
alignments, read error correction, metagenomics, transcriptomics, gene
and regulatory element recognition, motif finding, pangenomics, variants
discovery, phylogenetics, genome rearrangements.
- Information Retrieval: Retrieval models and ranking, theoretical
models and foundations of IR, efficiency and scalability topics in IR,
knowledge acquisition in IR, machine learning and natural language
processing for IR, knowledge representation and reasoning for IR,
user-centric aspects of IR, IR evaluation, fairness, accountability,
transparency in IR, domain-specific IR applications, web search.
# SUBMISSIONS
SPIRE 2026 invites submissions in two categories:
- Long papers: Up to 12 pages, excluding references and optional appendices.
- Short papers: Up to 6 pages, excluding references and optional appendices.
Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair via the
following link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spire2026
As in past editions, the proceedings of SPIRE 2026 will be published by
Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The use
of LNCS templates is mandatory. Suitable templates are available at the
Springer Website and on Overleaf. Use the LNCS style file as given: do
not change the margin size or the font; do not make a separate title
page, etc. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences with published
proceedings is not permitted. At least one author per accepted paper is
expected to register for the conference and present the paper. The
conference will be in-person, with online presentations only in
exceptional cases (e.g., authors with travel difficulties).
# AWARDS
The SPIRE 2026 Conference will present both a Best Paper Award and a
Best Student Paper Award, each sponsored by Springer Nature for 500
euros, to recognize outstanding research contributions.
# IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadlines:
- Abstract Deadline: June 18, 2026 AoE
- Full paper deadline: June 25, 2026 AoE (firm deadline)
Notifications: August 6, 2026
Camera-ready version: August 20, 2026
Events:
- SPIRE: October 13 to 15, 2026
- Workshop on Compression, Text, and Algorithms (WCTA): October 16, 2026
# GENERAL CHAIRS
Neerja Mhaskar, McMaster University, Canada
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden &
University of Chile
# PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Neerja Mhaskar, McMaster University, Canada
Solon P. Pissis, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Netherlands
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden &
University of Chile
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Solon P. Pissis, Ph.D
Senior Researcher
Networks & Optimization group
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 62 881 7122
Email:solon.pissis@cwi.nl
WWW:https://homepages.cwi.nl/~solon/
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