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/

SCOPE ******** Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research on theoretical aspects of computer science.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 *************************** 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 **************** - Susanne Albers, Humboldt University Berlin - Veronique Cortier, LORIA Nancy - Georg Gottlob, Oxford University

SUBMISSIONS *********** 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) at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stacs2011.

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