Call for Papers

IFIP working conference

AUTOMATA 2016

The 22nd International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems (AUTOMATA 2016) will be hosted at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 15-17, 2016.

The submission deadline has passed

http://automata2016.ini.uzh.ch

Scope

Papers presenting original and unpublished research on all fundamental aspects of cellular automata and related discrete complex systems are sought.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, timing schemes, phenomenological descriptions, scientific modeling and practical applications.

Important dates

  • Submission deadline: February 17, 2016 – closed
  • Notification of acceptance: March 20
  • Final versions: March 30, 2016
  • Submission deadline for exploratory papers: May 6, 2016 – closed
  • Notification of acceptance for exploratory papers: May 12, 2016
  • Early bird registration deadline: May 15 May 22, 2016
  • Online registration deadline: June 6, 2016
  • AUTOMATA 2016: June 15-17

Invited speakers

Program committee

  • Matthew Cook (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Nazim Fatès (Inria Nancy, France)
  • Paola Flocchini (University of Ottawa, Canada)
  • Enrico Formenti (Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France)
  • Anahı́ Gajardo (University of Concepción, Chile)
  • Eric Goles (Adolfo Ibáñez University, Chile)
  • Jarkko Kari (University of Turku, Finland)
  • Martin Kutrib  (Universität Gießen, Germany)
  • Andreas Malcher (Universität Gießen, Germany)
  • Genaro Martı́nez (University of West England, UK)
  • Kenichi Morita (Hiroshima University, Japan)
  • Turlough Neary (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Pedro de Oliveira (Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil)
  • Nicolas Ollinger (Université d’Orléans, France)
  • Matthew Patitz (University of Arkansas, USA)
  • Ivan Rapaport (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
  • Hiroshi Umeo (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan)
  • Damien Woods (Caltech, USA)
  • Thomas Worsch (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany)

Organizing committee

  • Matthew Cook
  • Turlough Neary

Paper categories

There are two categories of submission – full papers and exploratory papers. Full papers should report more complete and denser research, while the later submission deadline for exploratory papers allows quick reporting of recent discoveries, work-in-progress and/or partial results. Submissions in the full paper category are refereed and selected by the program committee. Papers in the exploratory category go through a less rigorous evaluation process.

Submission

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of no more than 14 pages (for full papers) or 8 pages (for exploratory papers) via the EasyChair system at

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=automata2016

Submissions should contain original research that has not previously been published. Concurrent submissions to other conferences/journals is not permitted. Supplementary material that exceeds the above mentioned page limits may be included as an appendix and will be considered at the committee's discretion (note that appendices will not be published in the proceedings). Submission must be formatted in LaTeX using the LNCS format (guidelines here) and submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF). Papers authored or co-authored by PC members are also welcome and will follow a specific evaluation process.

Proceedings

Accepted full papers will appear in the proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series and will be available at the conference. Exploratory papers will not be included in the LNCS proceedings; however, they will be printed locally and given to conference participants.

22nd International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems