ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <!-- saved from url=(0042)http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/default.htm --> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD><TITLE>Welcome to IWOCA 2008</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"><LINK href="default_files/more_info.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV class=line-leftright style="WIDTH: 800px" align=left> <DIV align=center><IMG src="default_files/banner5.gif"> <HR> </DIV> <DIV align=left> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/default.htm">HOME</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/" target=_blank>IWOCA HOME</A></TD><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> Call for Papers</td>--> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/program.pdf">Program</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/committees.htm">Committees</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/dates.htm">Important Dates</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/speakers.htm">Invited Speakers</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/submission.htm">Submission</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/registration.htm">Registration</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/accommodation.htm">Accommodation</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/arrival.htm">Arrivals</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/iwoca2008/tourist.htm">Nagoya</A></TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; COLOR: white; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #007cc3" noWrap><A href="http://www.iwoca.org/problems_section.html">Problems Page</A></TD><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> For Authors</td>--></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV align=right> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> <a href="submission.htm">Submission</a></td>--><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> Registration</td>--><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> Program</td>--><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> Problems Sessions</td>--><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> Publication</td>--><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> Accommodation</td>--><!--<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; color: white; padding-top: 4px; background-color: #007cc3"> Arrival Info.</td>--></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV><BR><SPAN class=txt-1> <HR> <BR>IWOCA 2008 will be held in Nagoya, the center of gravity in Japan. This is the first time that this conference will be held in Japan.</SPAN> <p> <SPAN class=txt-1-bold><a href="IWOCA2008program.pdf"><font color="blue">Scientific Program</font></a></SPAN> <p> <SPAN class=txt-1-bold>IWOCA topics include (but are not limited to) the following:</SPAN> <UL> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Algorithms and Data Structures</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Complexity Theory</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Graph Theory &amp; Combinatorics</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Combinatorial Optimization</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Cryptography &amp; Information Security</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Algorithms on Strings &amp; Graphs</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Graph Drawing &amp; Labeling</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Computational Algebra &amp; Geometry</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Computational Biology</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Communications Networks</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>Probabilistic &amp; Randomized Algorithms</SPAN> <LI><SPAN class=txt-1>New Paradigms of Computation</SPAN> </LI></UL> <p> <SPAN class=txt-1> <a href="http://www.iwoca.org/problems_section.html"><font color="blue">Problems:</font></a> As in previous years submissions of open problems are welcome. <p> <SPAN class=txt-1-bold>Publishing</SPAN><br> The IWOCA 2008 Proceedings will be published by College Publications and be made available world-wide. In order that an accepted paper should qualify for publication, at least one author will be required to register for IWOCA 2008 and guarantee that the paper will be presented. <p> Selected papers will be published as IWOCA 2008 special issue called "Advances in Combinatorial Algorithms" in Mathematics in Computer Science, by Birkhauser/Springer. <p> IWOCA 2008 is sponsored by<p> <TABLE border=0> <TR> <TD align="top">Daiko Foundation<br> 1-1-22 Daiko-Minami Higashi-ku &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br> Nagoya, 461-0047 JAPAN<br><br><br> </TD> <TD>Special Interest Group of Algorithms (SIGAL),<br> Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br> Kagaku-kaikan (Chemistry Hall) 4F<br> 1-5 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo<br> 101-0062, Japan<br> </TD> <TD>Graph Theory and Applications (GTA),<br> The University of Newcastle<br> University Drive, Callaghan, 2308<br> Australia<br><br> </TD> </TR></TABLE> </SPAN> </DIV><EM>Copyright © 2008 IWOCA2008 Organising Committee.</EM> </BODY></HTML>