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Preliminary call for papers

SIROCCO 2010

17th International Colloquium on
Structural Information and Communication Complexity

June 7-11, 2010
Sirince, Turkey

http://www.sirocco2010.boun.edu.tr/
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Important dates
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Submission deadline: January 31, 2010 (5pm CET)
Author notification: March 21, 2010
Camera-ready submission: April 4, 2010
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Theme
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SIROCCO is devoted to the study of communication and knowledge in
multi-processor systems from both the qualitative and quantitative
viewpoints. Special emphasis is given to innovative approaches and
fundamental understanding, in addition to efforts to optimize current
designs.


Conference
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SIROCCO has a tradition of interesting and productive scientific
meetings in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, attracting leading
researchers in a variety of fields in which communication and
knowledge play a significant role. This year, SIROCCO is held in
Turkey, in the Nesin Mathematics Village, located in the midst of a
beautiful scenery, close to the sea and to the ancient city of
Ephesus.


Scope
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Original papers are solicited from all areas of study of local
structural knowledge and global communication and computational
complexities. Among the typical areas are distributed computing,
communication networks, game theory, parallel computing, social
networks, mobile computing (including autonomous robots), peer to peer
systems, and communication complexity. Keeping with the tradition of
SIROCCO, new areas are always welcome.


SIROCCO Award
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The Prize for Innovation In Distributed Computing is awarded annually
in the SIROCCO conference to recognize individuals whose research
contributions had a major impact on the understanding of the
relationships between information and efficiency in decentralized
computing. Only authors of papers that were published in SIROCCO are
eligible to receive the award. More details are available in the
SIROCCO 2010 web site.
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Submission
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Papers are to be submitted electronically, following the guidelines
available on the conference web page. The deadline for submitting a
paper is *January 31, 5pm CET*. Notification of acceptance will be
sent out by March 21, and the camera-ready papers are due on April 4.

Publication
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The proceedings of SIROCCO 2010 will be published by Springer-Verlag
as a part of the LNCS series. Selected papers will be invited to a
special issue of the journal /Theoretical Computer Science/.
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Conference oragnization
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Program Committee Chair
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Boaz Patt-Shamir (Tel Aviv U.)

Program Committee
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Amotz Bar-Noy (CUNY)
Joffroy Beauquier (U. Paris-Sud, LRI)
Andrea Clementi (U. Roma)
Tinaz Ekim (Bogazici U.)
Robert Elsasser (U. Paderborn)
Pinar Heggernes (U. Bergen)
Elias Koutsoupias (U. Athens)
Alex Kesselman (Google)
Thomas Moscibroda (Microsoft)
Dariusz Kowalski (U. Liverpool)
Thomas Sauerwald (SFU & PIMS)
Maria Serna (U. Pol. Catalunya)
Peter Widmayer (ETH)

Steering Committee Chair
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Pierre Fraigniaud (CNRS & U. Paris Diderot)

Steering Committee
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Pascal Felber (U. Neuchatel)
Paola Flocchini (U. Ottawa)
Lefteris Kirousis (U. Patras)
Rastislav Kralovic (Comenius U.)
Evangelos Kranakis (Carleton U.)
Danny Krizanc (Wesleyan U.)
Bernard Mans (Macquarie U.)
David Peleg (Weizmann)
Giuseppe Prencipe (Pisa U.)
Nicola Santoro (Carleton U.)
Alex Shvartsman (U. Connecticut)
Pavlos Spirakis (CTI & U. Patras)
Shmuel Zaks (Technion)
Janez Zerovnik (U. Maribor)

Local Arrangements
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Tinaz Ekim (Bogazici U.)
Arman Boyaci (Bogazici U.)

Publicity Chair
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David Ilcinkas (CNRS & U. Bordeaux)