STACS 2011 Call For Papers

28th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science

STACS 2011 – CALL FOR PAPERS

March 10-12, 2011, Dortmund, Germany

http://stacs2011.de/
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SCOPE
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Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research on theoretical aspects of computer science. Typical areas include (but are not limited to):

* Algorithms and data structures, including: parallel and distributed algorithms, computational geometry, cryptography, algorithmic learning theory;
* Automata and formal languages;
* Computational and structural complexity;
* Logic in computer science, including: semantics, specification, and verification of programs, rewriting and deduction;
* Current challenges, for example: biological computing, quantum computing, mobile and net computing.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Dietmar Berwanger, ENS Cachan
Patrick Briest, Paderborn University
Christian Choffrut, LIAFA, Université Denis Diderot
Benjamin Doerr, MPI Saarbrücken
Christoph Dürr, Ecole Polytechnique  (co-chair)
Leah Epstein, University of Haifa
Thomas Erlebach, University of Leicester
Michele Flammini, University of L’Aquila
Nicolas Hanusse, LaBRI Bordeaux
Markus Holzer, Gießen University
Dániel Marx, Tel Aviv University
Claire Mathieu, Brown University
Colin McDiarmid, Oxford University
Rolf Niedermeier, Jena University
Nicolas Ollinger, Aix-Marseille Université
Marco Pellegrini, CNR Pisa
Jean-Francois Raskin, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Thomas Schwentick, TU Dortmund University (co-chair)
Jeffrey Shallit, University of Waterloo
Till Tantau, University of Lübeck
Sophie Tison, Université de Lille
Ronald de Wolf, CWI Amsterdam

INVITED SPEAKERS
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– Susanne Albers, Humboldt University Berlin
– Veronique Cortier, LORIA Nancy
– Georg Gottlob, Oxford University

SUBMISSIONS
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Authors are invited to submit a draft of a full paper with at most 12 pages (STACS style or similar – e.g. LaTeX article style, 11pt a4paper).  The title page must contain a classification of the topic covered, preferably using the list of topics above. The paper should
contain a succinct statement of the issues and of their motivation, a summary of the main results, and a brief explanation of their significance, accessible to non-specialist readers. Proofs omitted due to space constraints must be put into an appendix to be read by the program committee members at their discretion. Submissions deviating from these guidelines risk rejection. Electronic submissions should be formatted in PostScript or PDF.

Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed.

PROCEEDINGS
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Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the Symposium. As usual, these proceedings will appear in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. This guarantees perennial, free and easy electronic access, while the authors will retain the rights over their work.  In addition, the proceedings will also be available as archives in the open access electronic repositories HAL and arXiv. With their submission, authors consent to sign a license authorizing the  program committee chairs to organize the electronic publication of their paper if it is accepted. Further details are available on www.stacs-conf.org and on the conference website, stacs2011.de. Participants of the conference will receive a USB-stick with an electronic version of the proceedings.  It is also planned to publish in a journal a selection of papers.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Deadline for submission:  September 24, 2010
Notification to authors:  November 29, 2010
Final version:              January 3, 2011
Symposium:                March 10-12, 2011