The 20th Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON2014) will be held in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA during August 4-6, 2014. Original research papers in the areas of algorithms, theory of computation, computational complexity, and combinatorics related to computing are solicited. In addition to theoretical results, we are particularly interested in submissions that report on experimental and applied research of general algorithmic interest. Special consideration will be given to research that is motivated by real-world problems. Experimental and applied papers are expected to show convincingly the usefulness and efficiency of the algorithms discussed in a practical setting.

The program topics include but not limited to:
• Algorithms and Data Structures
• Algorithmic Game Theory
• Approximation Algorithms and Online Algorithms
• Automata, Languages, Logic, and Computability
• Complexity Theory
• Computational Learning Theory and Knowledge Discovery
• Cryptography, Reliability and Security, and Database Theory
• Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Computational Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory
• Graph Drawing and Information Visualization
• Graph Theory, Communication Networks, and Optimization
• Parallel and Distributed Computing

Important Dates:

• Submission Deadline: Feb 15, 2014
• Notification of Acceptance: April 5, 2014
• Camera-Ready Deadline: April 20, 2014
• Conference Dates: August 4-6, 2014

Submission Instructions:
Contributors are invited to submit a full paper with a maximum of 12 pages in the Springer LNCS format including title, abstract and references. An appendix, beyond the 12 pages, may be added and may be read at the reviewers' discretion. Please format your paper in the Springer Lecture Notes style according to the LNCS Author Instructions. Submitted papers must describe work not previously published. They must not be submitted simultaneously to another conference with refereed proceedings or to a journal. Only electronic submission (pdf) will be allowed. Papers of high quality will be invited to special issues of Algorithmica, Theoretical Computer Science, and Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, respectively. Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=cocoon2014).