FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - AUTOMATA 2013
19th International Workshop on
Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems

September 17 - 19, 2013, Giessen, Germany
http://www.informatik.uni-giessen.de/automata2013/

IMPORTANT DATES

* Submission deadline (full papers): April 15, 2013
* Submission deadline (exploratory papers): July 15, 2013
* Notification to authors (full papers): June 10, 2013
* Final version: July 8, 2013
* Conference: September 17 - 19, 2013

TOPICS

Papers presenting original and unpublished research on all
fundamental aspects of cellular automata and related discrete
complex systems are sought. Topics of interest include (but are
not limited to): dynamics, topological, ergodic and algebraic
aspects, algorithmic and complexity issues, emergent properties,
formal language processing, symbolic dynamics, models of
parallelism and distributed systems, phenomenological
descriptions, scientific modeling and practical applications.
Papers authored or co-authored by PC members are welcome and
will follow a specific evaluation process.

PAPER CATEGORIES

There are two paper categories - full and exploratory
contributions. Full papers are meant to report more complete and
denser research, while the later submission deadline of
exploratory papers allows quick reporting of most recent
discoveries, work-in-progress and/or partial results. Papers in
the full paper category are refereed and selected by the program
committee. Papers in the exploratory category go through a less
rigorous evaluation for suitability. Full papers receive a longer
time slot for presentation in the workshop.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Papers have a page limit of 14 pages (full paper category) or
8 pages (exploratory paper category), they must be formatted in
LaTeX using the LNCS format
(see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors),
and must be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Authors
are invited to submit original papers using EasyChair.org, at

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=automata2013

The submission may contain an appendix that exceeds the page
limit if the author wants to provide the PC with more details
than allowed by the strict paper limit. The appendix will not
be published in the proceedings. The papers must not have been
submitted simultaneously to other conferences with published
proceedings. All accepted papers must be presented at the
conference.

PUBLICATION

Papers in the full paper category will be published in the
LNCS series of Springer and the proceedings will be available
at the conference venue. Exploratory papers will be published
in local proceedings and will be also available at the conference.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended
and improved version of their contribution to a special issue of
the Journal of Cellular Automata and another international journal
depending on the number and the subject of the papers accepted.

The workshop will host the annual meeting of the IFIP Working
group 1.5 on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems.

INVITED SPEAKERS

* Nazim Fates (Inria Nancy Grand-Est, France)
* Enrico Formenti (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France)
* Pedro de Oliveira (Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo,
Brazil)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

* Bruno Durand (University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France)
* Paola Flocchini (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)
* Anahi Gajardo (University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile)
* Eric Goles (Adolfo Ibanez University, Chile)
* Pierre Guillon (University of Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France)
* Rolf Hoffmann (Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany)
* Jarkko Kari (University of Turku, Turku, Finland) co-chair
* Martin Kutrib (University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany) co-chair
* Danuta Makowiec (Gdansk University, Gdansk, Poland)
* Andreas Malcher (University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany) co-chair
* Bruno Martin (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France)
* Genaro Martinez (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico city,
Mexico)
* Kenichi Morita (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan)
* Hidenosuke Nishio (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)
* Ferdinand Peper (National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology, Japan)
* Victor Poupet (University of Marseille, Marseille, France)
* Kai Salomaa (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada)
* Klaus Sutner (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA)
* Veronique Terrier (University of Caen, Caen, France)
* Hiroshi Umeo (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka, Japan)
* Thomas Worsch (Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany)