Monday, March 7, 2011

call for papers: APPROX RANDOM 2011

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Call for papers

APPROX 2011 and RANDOM 2011
Aug. 17-19, 2011
Princeton University
http://cui.unige.ch/tcs/random-approx/


The 14th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for
Combinatorial Optimization Problems (APPROX'2011),
and the 15th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation
(RANDOM'2011)
will be held in 17-19 August 2011 at Princeton University.
APPROX'2011 focuses on algorithmic and complexity theoretic issues relevant
to the development of efficient approximate
solutions to computationally difficult problems, while RANDOM'2011 focus on
applications of randomness to computational
and combinatorial problems. RANDOM'2011 is the fifteenth workshop in the
series; APPROX'2011 is the fourteenth in the series.

TOPICS

Papers are solicited in all research areas related to randomization and
approximation, including, but not limited to:

APPROX

* design and analysis of approximation
* algorithms
* hardness of approximation
* small space, sub-linear time, and
* streaming algorithms
* embeddings and metric space methods
* mathematical programming methods
* combinatorial problems in graphs and
* networks
* game theory, markets, and economic
* applications
* geometric problems
* packing, covering, and scheduling
* approximate learning
* other applications

RANDOM

* design and analysis of randomized
* algorithms
* randomized complexity theory
* pseudorandomness and derandomization
* random combinatorial structures
* random walks/Markov chains
* expander graphs and randomness extractors
* probabilistic proof systems
* random projections and embeddings
* error-correcting codes
* average-case analysis
* property testing
* computational learning theory

SUBMISSIONS

Abstract Format: Electronic submissions are solicited. Please consult the
following servers:
For submission of APPROX papers:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=approx11
For submission of RANDOM papers:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=random11
Note: You will be asked to login using an EasyChair account. Directions on
how to register for such
an account are available at the submission servers (you may also have an old
account from a previous conference submission).
The postscript must be received by 17:00pm (PDT) of April 15 for your
submission to be considered.
Abstract Format: Authors should submit an extended abstract (not a full paper).
An abstract should start with the title of the paper, each author's name,
affiliation, and e-mail address, followed by a one-paragraph
summary of the results to be presented. This should then be followed by a
technical exposition of the main ideas
and techniques used to achieve these results including motivation and a
clear comparison with related work.
The abstract should not exceed 10 single-spaced pages on letter-size paper,
using reasonable margins and at least 11-point font (not including the
references).
If the authors believe that more details are essential to substantiate the
main claims of the paper,
they may include a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the
discretion of the program committee.

Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is
not allowed.

PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings will be published in the Springer-Verlag series Lecture Notes in
Computer Science.
Previous proceedings of APPROX appeared as LNCS 1444, 1671, 1913, 2129,
2462, 2764, 3122, 3624,
4110 and 4627 while previous proceedings of RANDOM appeared as
NCS 1269, 1518, 1671, 2129, 2483, 2764, 3122, 3624, 4110, 4627 and as
Proceedings in Informatics 8.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submissions: April 15, 2011
Notifications: June 8, 2011
Camera ready: June 17, 2011

PROGRAM COMMITTEES

APPROX

Julia Chuzoy, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Naveen Garg, IIT Delhi
Michel Goemans, MIT
Fabrizio Grandoni, University of Roma - Tor Vergata
Anupam Gupta, Carnegie Mellon University
Prahalad Harsha, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Satoru Iwata, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto
Philip Klein, Brown University
Robert Krauthgammer, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Kamesh Munagala, Duke University
Zeev Nutov, The Open University of Israel
R. Ravi, Carnegie Mellon University (chair)
Guido Scheaffer, Centrum Wiskunde& Informatica
Chaitanya Swamy, University of Waterloo
Kunal Talwar, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley
Gerhard Woeginger, Eindhoven University of Technology

RANDOM

Per Austrin, University of Toronto
Nayantara Bhatnagar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Amin Coja-Oghlan, University of Warwick
Josep Diaz, Universitat Politecnica Catalunya
Benjamin Doerr, MPI Saarbrucken
Devdatt Dubhashi, Chalmers University
Martin Dyer, University of Leeds
Tom Friedetzky, University of Durham
Leslie Goldberg, University of Liverpool (PC chair)
Mark Jerrum, Queen Mary, University of London
Elitza Maneva, University of Barcelona
Allan Sly, Microsoft Research
Eli Upfal, Brown University
Juan Vera, Tilburg University
Osamu Watanabe, Tokyo Institute of Technology
David Zuckerman, University of Texas at Austin


PROGRAM CHAIRS

R. Ravi, Carnegie Mellon University
Leslie Goldberg, University of Liverpool

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Jose Rolim, University of Geneva
Klaus Jansen, University of Kiel

CONFERENCE WEB PAGE

http://cui.unige.ch/tcs/random-approx/