2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Algorithms in (Computer) Systems -
TAPAS 2012
3-5 December 2012
Kibbutz Ein Gedi, Dead Sea, Israel
(http://www.ein-gedi.co.il/en/)

http://tapasconference.org/2012/show/home
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HIGHLIGHTS

- The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT
- All accepted papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world's largest scientific libraries
- Proceedings will be submitted for indexing by Google Scholar, ISI, EI Compendex, Scopus and many more

INVITED SPEAKERS

Yossi Azar (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
Artur Czumaj (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
Yishay Mansour (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
David Peleg (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)


CALL FOR PAPERS

[Important dates]

Submission deadline: 20 July, 2012 (23:59 EDT)
Author notification: 3 Sept, 2012
Camera-ready submission: 17 Sept, 2012
Conference dates: 3-5 December, 2012

[Scope]

In the light of continuously increasing interaction between communication and computing, there arise a number of interesting, and difficult algorithmic issues in diverse areas including coverage, mobility, routing, cooperation, capacity planning, scheduling, and power control.

The aim of TAPAS is to provide a forum for presentation of original research in the design, implementation and evaluation of algorithms. TAPAS is dedicated to the use, design and evaluation of algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems (either efficient optimal or efficient approximation algorithms) and to real-world applications, engineering and experimental analysis of algorithms.
It aims, in particular, at fostering the cooperation among researchers in computer science, networking, discrete mathematics, mathematical programming and operations research.

[Topics]

The conference will focus on the design, engineering, theoretical and experimental performance analysis of algorithms for problems arising in different areas of computation. We invite submissions that present significant case studies in theoretical and experimental analysis and evaluation of algorithms with specific areas including communications networks, combinatorial optimization and approximation, parallel and distributed computing, computer systems and architecture, economics,
game theory, social networks and the world wide web. Novel uses of discrete algorithms in all disciplines and the evaluation of algorithms for realistic environments are particularly welcome.

Submitted papers will consider a succinct summary of the problem and of the results obtained (emphasizing the significance and potential impact of the research), and a clear comparison with related work, all accessible to non-specialist readers. The remainder of the extended abstract should provide sufficient detail to allow the program committee to evaluate the validity, quality, and relevance of the contribution.

[Publications]

The proceedings will be published by Springer (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

[Paper submission]

The maximum length of the paper (excluding the optional appendix) is 12 pages.
Proofs and any other material omitted due to space constraints must be placed in an appendix to be read by the program committee members at their discretion.

[Conference organising committees]

General Chair:
Guy Even, Israel

Local Chair:
Gabriel Scalosub, Israel

TPC Co-Chairs:
Guy Even, Israel
Dror Rawitz, Israel

Program Commitee Members:
Hanna Bast, Germany
Niv Buchbinder, Israel
Matthias Englert, UK
Pierre Fraigniaud, France
Chien-Chung Huang, Germany
Giuseppe Italiano, Italy
Ilan Newman, Israel
Liam Roditty, Israel
Christian Scheideler, Germany
Baruch Schieber, USA
Tami Tamir, Israel
Berthold Voecking, Germany
Peter Widmayer, Switzerland
Christos Zaroliagis, Greece
Anke van Zuylen, Germany

Publicity Chair:
Moti Medina, Israel

Steering Committee:
David Peleg, Weizmann Institute, Israel
Paul Spirakis, University of Patras, Greece
Imrich Chlamtac, University of Trento, Italy
Pankaj Agarwal, Duke University, USA
Alberto Marchetti-Spaccamela, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Michael Segal, BGU, Israel
Roger Wattenhofer, ETH, Switzerland

Conference Coordinator:
Justina Senkus, EAI, Italy

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