[DMANET] SIROCCO 2026 - Second Call for Participation

*============================== SIROCCO 2026 Call for Participation ==============================* We are delighted to announce the upcoming SIROCCO 2026 conference, which will be held in the scenic city of Durham, UK on June 9th - 11th, 2026. SIROCCO is devoted to the study of the interplay between structural knowledge, communication, and computing in decentralized systems of multiple communicating entities. Special emphasis is given to innovative approaches leading to a better understanding of the relationship between computing and communication. The list of accepted papers is available online: https://sirocco2026.webspace.durham.ac.uk/programme-and-accepted-papers/The Best Paper Award of SIROCCO 2026 is awarded to *Caterina Feletti, Paola Flocchini, Debasish Pattanayak, Giuseppe Prencipe* and *Nicola Santoro*, for their paper “Universal Dancing by Luminous Robots Under Sequential Schedulers”.The Best Student Paper Award of SIROCCO 2026 is given to *Laurent Feuilloley, Soumyadeep Paul* and *Ami Paz*, for their paper “Polynomial Time Local Decision Revisited” (contributing student: Soumyadeep Paul). Conference registration is open: https://pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham/33rd-international-colloquium-on-structural-information-and-communication-complexity-sirocco-2026Note that the early registration deadline is April 30th, 2026. Information about the venue, nearby hotels and accommodation, how to reach Durham, and the visa support letter can be found here: https://sirocco2026.webspace.durham.ac.uk/local-information/Please note that this season is particularly busy for Durham, so please book your accommodation early on. SIROCCO has a tradition of interesting and productive scientific meetings in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, attracting leading researchers in a variety of fields in which communication and knowledge play a significant role. This year's conference promises to be an enriching experience, featuring keynote lectures from renowned experts:- Jukka Suomela on *Distributed Quantum Advantage*- Maria Potop-Butucaru on *Smart Contracts and Distributed Cross-Chain Protocols*- Dariusz Kowalski on *Distributed Protocols on Shared Channels *(2026 Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing awardee)See you in Durham in June! ------ Regards, William K. Moses Jr. Local Organizer (Publicity), SIROCCO 2026 https://sites.google.com/view/wkmjr ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************