WALCOM 2025: Call for Papers

The 19th International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM 2025) will be held during February 28 - March 2, 2025, at Chengdu, China.

WALCOM 2025 is intended to provide an international forum for researchers working in the areas of algorithms and computation.

Important Dates

• Submission: September 22, 2024, 23:59 AoE
• Notification: November 8, 2024 AoE
• Camera-ready: November 20, 2024 AoE
• Conference: February 28 - March 2, 2025

(AoE: Anywhere on Earth time, UTC -12 hours)

Invited Speakers

• Venkatesan Guruswami (University of California, Berkeley)
• Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
• Daniel Lokshtanov (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit papers describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to algorithms and computation. Papers must not be simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

• Page Limit: Papers should not exceed 14 pages (including references, but excluding the optional appendix) in LNCS style.
• Appendix: A clearly marked appendix can be included for essential details.
• Originality: Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work and surveys of important results. The paper should not be under review by any other conference with published proceedings or by a scientific journal.
• Presentation: At least one author of each accepted paper will be expected to attend the conference and present the paper onsite.
• Submission Method: Only electronic submissions via Easychair will be allowed.

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List of Topics

The range of topics within the scope of WALCOM includes but is not limited to:

• Approximation Algorithms
• Algorithmic Graph Theory and Combinatorics
• Algorithmic and Combinatorial Aspects of Logic
• Combinatorial Algorithms
• Combinatorial Optimization
• Combinatorial Reconfiguration
• Computational Biology
• Computational Complexity
• Computational Geometry
• Discrete Geometry
• Data Structures
• Experimental Algorithm Methodologies
• Graph Algorithms
• Graph Drawing
• Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
• Parameterized Algorithms
• Parameterized Complexity
• Network Optimization
• Online Algorithms
• Randomized Algorithms
• String Algorithms

Publication

The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, and will be available for distribution at the conference.

Selected high-quality papers will be invited for submission to Information and Computation, Theoretical Computer Science, and Journal of Combinatorial Optimization.

Contact

Email: walcom2025[at]gmail.com