[TYPES/announce] STACS 2023 - first call for papers

[Anuj Dawar]

STACS 2023 - First call for papers
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The 40th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer 
Science is planned to take place from 7 March to 10 March 2023 in 
Hamburg, Germany.

For the first time, STACS 2023 will consist of two tracks, A and B, to 
facilitate the work of the program committee(s).

Track A is dedicated to algorithms and data structures, complexity and 
games.
Track B will cover automata, logic, semantics and theory of programming.

LISTS OF TOPICS
Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished 
research on theoretical aspects of computer science. Typical areas include:

Track A:
* algorithms and data structures,
including: design of parallel, distributed, approximation, parameterized 
and randomized algorithms; analysis of algorithms and combinatorics of 
data structures; computational geometry, cryptography, algorithms for 
machine learning, algorithmic game theory, quantum algorithms
* complexity,
including: computational and structural complexity theory, parameterized 
complexity, randomness in computation

Track B:
* automata and formal languages,
including: automata theory, games, algebraic and categorical methods, 
coding theory, models of computation, computability
* logic in computer science,
including: finite model theory, database theory, semantics, type 
systems, program analysis, specification & verification, rewriting and 
deduction, learning theory, logical aspects of complexity
These lists are not exhaustive. In particular, both tracks also welcome 
submissions about current challenges.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Track A:
- Petra Berenbrink (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
- Mamadou Moustapha Kante (Université Clermont Auvergne, France)

Track B:
- Patricia Bouyer-Decitre (CNRS, France)
- Anuj Dawar (University of Cambridge, UK)

SUBMISSIONS
Submissions will be through EasyChair.

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract or full paper with at 
most 12 pages (excluding the title page and the references section) to 
the appropriate track. The title page consists of the title of the paper 
and the abstract, but *no* author information. The first section of the 
paper should start on the next page.
The PCs reserve the right to reassign a paper to a different track.
The usage of pdflatex and the LIPIcs style file (see 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics__;!!IBzWLUs!RIxJV6fSolJsxrLU6NrfQH3hp3r49w7Na8SWgLqVOpGpLLMFQ1WX8BeyBYRzNYvC9Z_e2VoLINQle9P2LjuTiursI4wgso6TvByJE-Q$ ) are mandatory; no changes 
to font size, page geometry, etc. are permitted. Submissions not in the 
correct format or submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

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.

Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings 
or to journals is not allowed. PC members are excluded from submitting.

As in the previous two years, STACS 2023 will employ a lightweight 
double-blind reviewing process: submissions should not reveal the 
identity of the authors in any way. The purpose of the double-blind 
reviewing is to help PC members and external reviewers come to an 
initial judgment about the paper without bias, not to make it impossible 
for them to discover the authors if they were to try. Nothing should be 
done in the name of anonymity that weakens the submission or makes the 
job of reviewing the paper more difficult. In particular, important 
references should not be omitted or anonymized. In addition, authors 
should feel free to disseminate their ideas or draft versions of their 
paper as they normally would. For example, authors may post drafts of 
their papers on the web, submit them to arXiv, and give talks on their 
research ideas.
There will be a rebuttal period for authors, see below for the dates. 
Authors will receive the reviews of their submissions (via EasyChair) 
and have three days to submit rebuttals (via EasyChair). These rebuttals 
become part of the PC discussions, but entail no specific responses.

At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register at 
the conference. For authors who cannot present their paper in person a 
possibility for remote presentation will be offered.

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 retain the rights over their work. With their submission, 
authors consent to sign a license authorizing the program committee 
chairs to organize the electronic publication of their paper, provided 
the paper is accepted.

IMPORTANT DATES
* Deadline for submissions: September 25, 2022 (AoE)
* Rebuttal: November 14-16, 2022
* Author notification: December 4, 2022
* Final version:  January 8, 2023
* STACS 2023: March 7-10, 2023

CONTACT INFORMATION
Web: stacs-conf.org
Email: petra.berenbrink at uni-hamburg.de