%%%%%%%%%% LaTeX file follows after the ASCII file %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Call For Papers-COCOON'97 Third Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference August 20-22, 1997, Shanghai, China In cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, China Computer Federation, Shanghai Computer Society, and Chinese Association of Discrete Mathematics This conference is intended to provide a forum for researchers in theoretical computer science, combinatorics related to computing, and experimental analysis of algorithms. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest include: - algorithms and data structures - complexity, automata, languages, logic, and computability - computational algebra, biology, geometry, learning theory, and number theory - cryptography, fault-tolerance, parallel and distributed computing - combinatorics related to algorithms and complexity - graph theory and communication networks - experimental analysis of algorithms Submissions to the conference this year will again be conducted electronically. Authors should send a standard PostScript file containing an extended abstract to Prof. Tao Jiang, COCOON'97 Program Co-Chair, at cocoon97@maccs.mcmaster.ca Please check our WWW Home Page of the conference at http://www.dcss.mcmaster.ca/cocoon97 or send e-mail to cocoon97@maccs.mcmaster.ca with the subject HELP for detailed instructions on electronic submission. Those who have no access to e-mail may send 6 hard copies of an extended abstract to Prof. Tao Jiang -- COCOON'97 Dept. of Computer Science McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada E-mail: jiang@maccs.mcmaster.ca Original research papers are solicited. In addition to theoretical results, we are particularly interested in submissions which report on experimental and applied research of theoretical interest. Special consideration will be given to work that is motivated by real-world problems. Experimental and applied papers are expected to show convincingly the usefulness and efficiency of the algorithms discussed in a practical setting. A PostScript file of submission (or hard copies in case e-mail is not available) must be received by February 20, 1997. A submission should start with the title of the paper, author(s)' name, affiliation and e-mail address, and a short abstract summarizing the main results of the paper. This should be followed by a scholarly exposition of the ideas, techniques, and a full description of the results achieved. A clear indication of the motivation and comparison with prior or related work should be presented. The paper should not exceed 10 pages using 11 point or larger font. Submissions that deviate significantly from these guidelines and PostScript submissions that are unprintable or formatted for paper size other than 8.5 x 11 inch paper risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by April 20, 1997. A camera-ready copy of each accepted paper is required by May 30, 1997. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, and will be available for distribution at the conference. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the journal Theoretical Computer Science. The Hao Wang Award will be given for the first time to the paper judged by the program committee to have the best scientific merit. The program committee may decline to make the award, or may split it among several papers. Program Committee: Sanjeev Arora (Princeton, USA) Paul Beame (U. Washington, USA) Marshall Bern (Xerox PARC, USA) Siuwing Cheng (UST, HK) Maxime Crochemore (U. Paris, France) Josep Diaz (UPC, Barcelona, Spain) Xin He (SUNY Buffalo, USA) Wenlian Hsu (Academy of Science, Taiwan) Yoshihide Igarashi (Gunma U., Japan) Tao Jiang (McMaster U., Canada, co-chair) Richard Karp (U. Washington, USA) Sam Kim (Kyungpook National U., Korea) Ker-I Ko (SUNY Stony Brook, USA) Kojiro Kobayashi (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan) D.T. Lee (Northwestern U., USA, co-chair) Rajeev Motwani (Stanford, USA) Ian Munro (Waterloo, Canada) Maurice Nivat (U. Paris, France) Shanghua Teng (U. of Minnesota, USA) Les Valiant (Harvard, USA) Paul Vitanyi (CWI, The Netherlands) Jie Wang (UNC Greensboro, USA) Mihalis Yannakakis (Bell Labs, USA) Hong Zhu (Fudan U., China) Organizing Committee: Dingzhu Du (University of Minnesota, dzd@cs.umn.edu) Ming Li (University of Waterloo, mli@math.uwaterloo.ca) Hong Zhu (Fudan University, hzhu@ms.fudan.sh.cn) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LaTeX File %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \documentstyle{article} \setlength\topmargin{-0.8in} \setlength\oddsidemargin{-0.2in} \setlength\textheight{9.6in} \setlength\textwidth{6.9in} \setlength{\parskip}{0.1in} \setlength{\parindent}{0in} \thispagestyle{empty} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} %\setlength{\baselineskip}{0.9\baselineskip} \raggedbottom \newcommand{\myheading}[3]{\vspace{#1pt}{\bf #2.}} %\fbox{% \begin{center} %\\ %\hrulefill %\\ \vspace*{-0.5in} {\large\bf CALL FOR PAPERS---COCOON'97}\\% \vspace*{3pt} {\LARGE\bf{Third Annual International Computing\\ and Combinatorics Conference}} \vspace{0.05in} {\Large\bf August 20--22, 1997, Shanghai, China}\\ \vspace{0.15in} {\small In cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, China Computer Federation,\\ \vspace{-0.02in} Shanghai Computer Society, and Chinese Association of Discrete Mathematics} %\\ %\hrulefill %\\ \vspace*{7pt} \end{center} \noindent This conference is intended to provide a forum for researchers in theoretical computer science, combinatorics related to computing, and experimental analysis of algorithms. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest include: \noindent $\bullet$ algorithms and data structures\\ $\bullet$ complexity, automata, languages, logic, and computability \\ $\bullet$ computational algebra, biology, geometry, learning theory, and number theory \\ $\bullet$ cryptography, fault-tolerance, parallel and distributed computing \\ $\bullet$ combinatorics related to algorithms and complexity \\ $\bullet$ graph theory and communication networks \\ $\bullet$ experimental analysis of algorithms \noindent Submissions to the conference this year will again be conducted electronically. Authors should send a standard PostScript file containing an extended abstract to Prof. Tao Jiang, COCOON'97 Program Co-Chair, at \vspace{-0.1in} \begin{quote} \begin{flushleft} \begin{bf} \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad cocoon97@maccs.mcmaster.ca \end{bf} \end{flushleft} \end{quote} \vspace{-.1in} Please check our WWW Home Page of the conference at %% \vspace{-.05in} %% \begin{quote} %% \begin{flushleft} %% \begin{bf} %% \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad http://www.dcss.mcmaster.ca/cocoon97 %% \end{bf} %% \end{flushleft} %% \end{quote} %% \vspace{-.1in} {~\bf http://www.dcss.mcmaster.ca/cocoon97~} or send e-mail to cocoon97@maccs.mcmaster.ca with the subject HELP for detailed instructions on electronic submission. Those who have no access to e-mail may send 6 hard copies of an extended abstract to % \vspace{-.1in} \begin{quote} \begin{flushleft} \begin{bf} \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad Prof. Tao Jiang -- COCOON'97\\ \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad Dept. of Computer Science\\ \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad McMaster University\\ \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada\\ \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad E-mail: jiang@maccs.mcmaster.ca \end{bf} \end{flushleft} \end{quote} % \noindent Original research papers are solicited. In addition to theoretical results, we are particularly interested in submissions which report on experimental and applied research of theoretical interest. Special consideration will be given to work that is motivated by real-world problems. Experimental and applied papers are expected to show convincingly the usefulness and efficiency of the algorithms discussed in a practical setting. \noindent A PostScript file of submission (or hard copies in case e-mail is not available) must be received by {\bf February 20, 1997}. A submission should start with the title of the paper, author(s)' name, affiliation and e-mail address, and a short summary of the main results of the paper. This should be followed by a scholarly exposition of the ideas, techniques, and a full description of the results achieved. A clear indication of the motivation and comparison with prior or related work should be presented. The paper should not exceed 10 pages using 11 point or larger font. Submissions that deviate significantly from these guidelines and PostScript submissions that are unprintable or formatted for paper size other than $8.5 \times 11$ inch paper risk rejection without consideration of their merits. \noindent Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by {\bf April 20, 1997}. A camera-ready copy of each accepted paper is required by {\bf May 30, 1997}. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, and will be available for distribution at the conference. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the journal {\bf Theoretical Computer Science}. The {\bf Hao Wang Award} will be given for the first time to the paper judged by the program committee to have the best scientific merit. The program committee may decline to make the award, or may split it among several papers. \noindent {\bf Program Committee:} Sanjeev Arora, Paul Beame, Marshall Bern, Siuwing Cheng, Maxime Crochemore, Josep D\'{\i}az, Xin He, Wenlian Hsu, Yoshihide Igarashi, Tao Jiang (co-chair), Richard Karp, Sam Kim, Ker-I Ko, Kojiro Kobayashi, D.T. Lee (co-chair), Rajeev Motwani, Ian Munro, Maurice Nivat, Shanghua Teng, Les Valiant, Paul Vit\'anyi, Jie Wang, Mihalis Yannakakis, Hong Zhu \noindent {\bf Organizing Committee:} Dingzhu Du (University of Minnesota, dzd@cs.umn.edu), Ming Li (University of Waterloo, mli@math.uwaterloo.ca), Hong Zhu (Fudan University, hzhu@ms.fudan.sh.cn) % %The following are perhaps not essential for Call for Papers. % %\noindent %{\bf Conference Organizing Committee:} %Publication: %Registration/Publicity: %Treasurer: %Local Arrangement: %\noindent %{\bf Organizers:} \\ %\noindent %{\bf Sponsors:} \end{document}