The Workshop on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM) is intended to provide an international forum for researchers working in the areas of algorithms and computation. WALCOM 2008 will be held on February 7-8 at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

SCOPE

The range of topics within the scope of the workshop of algorithms and computation includes (but is not limited to):

Algorithm and Data Structures

Graph Algorithms

Graph Drawing

Combinatorial Algorithms

Computational Geometry

Graphs in Bioinformatics

String Algorithms

Computational Biology

Parallel and Distributed Algorithms

Approximation Algorithms

Network Optimization

Online Algorithms





CALL FOR PAPERS



Authors are invited to submit papers (extended abstract) describing original research of theoretical or practical significance to algorithms and computation. Papers should not exceed 12 pages for long papers and 6 pages for short papers in LNCS style. Papers must be labeled as either long or short and prepared using LaTex / LaTex2e. If the authors feel that more details are essential to substantiate the main claim of the paper, they may include a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program committee. Only electronic submission will be allowed.



PROCEEDINGS



Accepted submissions will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be included in the Springer-Verlag series Lecture Notes in Computer Science.



VENUE

The workshop will be held in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka. The workshop will be organized by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BUET.



SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Paper Submission: September 10, 2007

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: October 25, 2007

Cameraready version due: November 5, 2007

Workshop : February 7- 8, 2008





PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Satoshi Fujita (Hiroshima University, Japan)

Stanley P. Y. Fung (University of Leicester, UK)

Michael Juenger (University of Cologne, Germany)

Subir Kumar Ghosh (TIFR, India)

Seok-Hee Hong (NICTA, Australia)

Giuseppe Liotta (University of Perugia, Italy)

Md. Abul Kashem (BUET, Bangladesh)

Naoki Katoh (Kyoto University, Japan)

Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz (University of Waterloo, Canada)

M. Manzur Murshed (Monash University, Australia)

Shin-ichi Nakano (Gunma University, Japan) Co-chair

Subhas Chandra Nandy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India)

Md. Saidur Rahman (BUET, Bangladesh) Co-chair

William F. Smyth (McMaster University, Canada)

Ryuhei Uehara (JAIST, Japan)

Sue Whitesides (McGill University, Canada)

Hsu-Chun Yen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)