[DMANET] IPEC 2026: First Call for Papers

*Call for Papers IPEC 2026* The International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC, https://algo-conference.org/2026/ipec/) is an annual conference covering all aspects of parameterized and exact algorithms and complexity. Its 21st edition will be held in L’Aquila, Italy, as a part of ALGO 2026, which also hosts ESA 2026 and other specialized conferences and workshops. IPEC 2026 invites papers presenting original research in the area of parameterized and exact algorithms and complexity. The topics include but are not limited to: - new techniques for the design and analysis of parameterized and exact algorithms; - fixed-parameter tractability and kernelization results; - parameterized complexity theory; - parameterized (in)approximability results; - relationships between parameterized complexity and traditional complexity classifications; - applications of parameterized and exact computation; - engineering and experimentation of exact, parameterized, and kernelization algorithms. *Important Dates* Paper submission deadline: June 29 (23:59 AoE) Notification: August 2 IPEC dates: September 2-4 (Wed-Fri) Camera-ready version: end of September (exact date TBA) *Submission Guidelines* We welcome submissions of the full version of the paper. Regardless, the first 500 lines of the submission (equivalent to around 12 pages) should be enough to assess the paper and contain a summary of the main results, their motivation and importance, and evidence of their correctness. In particular, PC members and potential subreviewers may treat the first 500 lines as the short version (the rest being read at their discretion). As in previous years, IPEC 2026 employs a lightweight double-blind reviewing process. Please refer to https://algo-conference.org/2026/ipec/ for the details of the submission guidelines. The submission system is open at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ipec2026. *Conference details* The IPEC 2026 invited tutorial will be given by Jesper Nederlof. There will also be a keynote talk by the 2026 EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize winner(s). Additionally, the award ceremony for PACE 2026 (https://pacechallenge.org/2026/) will be held as a part of IPEC 2026, followed by a poster session for top three submissions from each of the three tracks of PACE 2026. *Program Committee* Sayan Bandyapadhyay (Portland State University, USA) Max Bannach (European Space Agency, The Netherlands) Yixin Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) Parinya Chalermsook (University of Sheffield, UK) Jan Dreier (TU Wien, Austria) Petr Golovach (University of Bergen, Norway) Carla Groenland (TU Delft, The Netherlands) Tuukka Korhonen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) (co-chair) Ariel Kulik (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) Michael Lampis (Paris Dauphine University, France) (co-chair) Mathieu Mari (University of Montpellier, France) Marcin Pilipczuk (University of Warsaw, Poland) Lars Rohwedder (University of Southern Denmark) Saket Saurabh (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India) Roohani Sharma (Institute for Basic Science, South Korea) Kirill Simonov (University of Bergen, Norway) Marek Sokołowski (Max Planck Institute of Informatics, Germany) Vaishali Surianarayanan (UC Santa Cruz, USA) Karol Węgrzycki (Max Planck Institute of Informatics, Germany) Michał Włodarczyk (University of Warsaw, Poland) ********************************************************** * * 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/ * **********************************************************