{"id":29,"date":"2020-11-27T23:45:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T04:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/wordpress\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2021-06-20T17:18:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T20:18:59","slug":"wads-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wads.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium<\/a>, WADS, which alternates with the Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory, SWAT, is intended as a forum for researchers in the area of design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite submissions of papers presenting original research on the theory and application of algorithms and data structures in all areas, including combinatorics, computational geometry, databases, graphics, and parallel and distributed computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WADS participates in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/safetoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SafeToC<\/a> and is committed to preventing and combatting harassment in the Theory of Computing community.&nbsp;The ToC advocates for WADS are Faith Ellen and Stephane Durocher.&nbsp;For further information see the <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/code-of-conduct\/\">Code of Conduct<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WADS 2021, the 17th Algorithm and Data Structures Symposium, is planned for August 9-11, 2021. The symposium will <s>most likely<\/s> be fully online. <s>It may have an in-person component, which will be held at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dal.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dalhousie University<\/a>, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. This depends on the covid-19 situation. In any case, authors of accepted papers who cannot attend in person will be able to give their talks online.<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/cccg2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CCCG 2021<\/a>, the 33rd Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, is planned for August 10-12 at the same location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/the-best-student-presentation-award\/\">The Best Student Presentation Award<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-08-20T23:18:22-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">20 August 2021<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/thanks-for-participation-and-the-access-codes-for-the-proceedings\/\">Thanks for Participation and the Access Codes for the Proceedings<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-08-13T23:06:14-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">13 August 2021<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/the-conference-proceedings-are-available\/\">The Conference Proceedings are Available<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-08-06T17:00:55-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">6 August 2021<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/the-conference-program-is-out\/\">The Conference Program is Out<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-07-18T12:19:15-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">18 July 2021<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/registration-open\/\">Registration Open<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-07-12T11:19:55-03:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12 July 2021<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Paper submission deadline<\/td><td>February 20, 2021, 23:59 anywhere on earth (UTC -12)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Acceptance\/rejection notification<\/td><td>April 13, 2021<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Camera-ready version due<\/td><td>May 21, 2021<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Symposium<\/td><td>August 9-11, 2021<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invited Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cglab.ca\/~vida\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vida Dujmovi\u0107<\/a>, University of Ottawa<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theory.epfl.ch\/osven\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ola Svensson<\/a>, EPFL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The abstracts of the invited talks are <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.cs.dal.ca\/wads2021\/invited-speakers\/\" data-type=\"page\" 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href=\"https:\/\/math.ryerson.ca\/~abonato\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Bonato<\/a>, Ryerson University, Canada<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/parinyachalermsook\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parinya Chalermsook<\/a>, Aalto University, Finland<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/p70068141\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Chaplick<\/a>, Maastricht University, Netherlands<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dia.uniroma3.it\/~dalozzo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giordano Da Lozzo<\/a>, Roma Tre University, Italy<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.ac.ae\/academics\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/department\/department-of-computer-science\/dr-khaled-elbassioni\" target=\"_blank\">Khaled Elbassioni<\/a>, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.math.cinvestav.mx\/rfabila\" target=\"_blank\">Ruy Fabila-Monro<\/a>y, 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