IPEC 2018: Call for papers
13th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation
Topics
Papers presenting original research in the area are sought, including but not limited to:
- new techniques for the design and analysis of parameterized and exact algorithms,
- fixed-parameter tractability and kernelization results;
- parameterized complexity theory;
- relationship between parameterized complexity and traditional complexity classifications,
- applications of parameterized and exact computation; and
- implementation issues of exact, parameterized, and kernelization algorithms.
In particular, theoretically grounded studies on parameterized and exact computations and kernelization for real-world applications and algorithmic engineering are especially encouraged.
Publication
Accepted papers will be published in the symposium proceedings in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the symposium, and to incorporate the comments from the program committee. A journal special issue is planned for selected papers presented at IPEC 2018.
Awards
The program committee may award a Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award, both of which may be exceptionally split between two or more papers. A student is someone who has not received a PhD degree before the full paper submission deadline. A paper accepted to the conference is eligible for the Best Student Paper Award if either all its authors are students, or besides student co-author(s) there is one non-student co-author that confirms, at the moment of submission, that a clear majority of conceptual work on the paper was done by the student co-author(s). In the latter case, it is moreover expected that a student gives a presentation at the conference. Papers co-authored by members of the programme committee are eligible neither for the Best Paper Award nor for the Best Student Paper Award.
Submission guidelines
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of up to 12 pages (excluding references) in LIPIcs style, in English, describing original unpublished research. Results previously published in another conference proceedings or journal (or scheduled for publication prior to IPEC) will not be considered. Simultaneous submission of the results to another conference with published proceedings is not allowed. However, the authors are encouraged to make full versions of their submissions freely accessible in an on-line repository such as ArXiv or ECCC.
The extended abstract should contain a summary of the main results, their motivation and importance, and evidence of their correctness. All claims made in the extended abstract must be fully justified in a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. The authors may choose to either present in the appendix only the material excluded from the extended abstract or to attach a full version of the paper as the appendix. In either case, the authors should take a particular notice that the extended abstract should present their work in a comprehensible and self-contained way and the quality of the presentation in the extended abstract will be taken into account by the programme committee.
Authors must submit their papers electronically via easychair:
The use of the LIPIcs 2018 style file (see LIPIcs: Instructions for Authors) is mandatory; no changes to font size, page margins, etc., are permitted. Note that the style file has been very recently updated, so please make sure that you are using the latest version. Program committee members (except the co-chairs) are allowed to submit papers.