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WADS 2021 : Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS)

Location: Halifax , Canada

Submission deadline: 2/20/2021

Conference dates: 8/9/2021 - 8/9/2021

Research H-index
18

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Computer Science 144 69 81 18

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CALL FOR PAPERS



WADS 2021



Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium



August 9-11, 2021

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada





The Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, WADS, which alternates with the Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory, SWAT, is intended as a forum for researchers in the area of design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.



We invite submissions of papers presenting original research on the theory and application of algorithms and data structures in all areas, including combinatorics, computational geometry, databases, graphics, and parallel and distributed computing.



Contributors are invited to submit a full paper in Springer LNCS format. The title, abstract, and body of the paper may not exceed 12 pages and the total length including references may not exceed 14 pages. An appendix, beyond the 14 pages, may be added and may be read at the reviewers' discretion. Please format your paper in the Springer Lecture Notes style available here: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.

Submissions will be handled through EasyChair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wads2021

For further information, see the WADS 2021 website https://projects.cs.dal.ca/wads2021/



WADS participates in SafeToC http://safetoc.org and is committed to preventing and combatting harassment in the Theory of Computing community. The ToC advocates for WADS are Faith Ellen and Stephane Durocher. Authors who submit papers will have an opportunity to declare a conflict of interest with potential reviewers. See the WADS web page for further details on Conflict of Interest https://projects.cs.dal.ca/wads2021/code-of-conduct/.



WADS 2021 will have a best paper award in memory of Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz, and a best all-student paper award. The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Verlag series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Two special issues of papers selected from WADS are planned for the journals Algorithmica and Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications.



WADS 2021 is planned for August 9-11, 2021. The symposium will most likely be fully online. It may have an in-person component, which will be held at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. This depends on the covid-19 situation. In any case, authors of accepted papers who cannot attend in person will be able to give their talks online.



CCCG 2021, the 33rd Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, is planned for August 10-12 at the same location.





IMPORTANT DATES



Paper submission deadline February 20, 2021, 23:59 anywhere on earth (UTC -12)

Acceptance/rejection notification April 13, 2021

Camera-ready version due May 21, 2021

Symposium August 9-11, 2021





INVITED SPEAKERS



Vida Dujmović, University of Ottawa

Ola Svensson, EPFL





PROGRAM COMMITTEE



Chairs

Meng He, Dalhousie University, Canada (local arrangements)

Anna Lubiw, University of Waterloo, Canada

Mohammad Salavatipour, University of Alberta, Canada



Mohammad Ali Abam, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Ahmad Biniaz, University of Windsor, Canada

Anthony Bonato, Ryerson University, Canada

Parinya Chalermsook, Aalto University, Finland

Steven Chaplick, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Giordano Da Lozzo, Roma Tre University, Italy

Khaled Elbassioni, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ruy Fabila-Monroy, CINVESTAV, Mexico

Moran Feldman, University of Haifa, Israel

Travis Gagie, Dalhousie University, Canada

Pinar Heggernes, University of Bergen, Norway

Zhiyi Huang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

John Iacono, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Shahin Kamali, University of Manitoba, Canada

Matya Katz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Guohui Lin, University of Alberta, Canada

Brendan Lucier, Microsoft Research, USA

Pat Morin, Carleton University, Canada

Yakov Nekrich, Michigan Technological University, USA

Yoshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Denis Pankratov, Concordia University, Canada

Venkatesh Raman, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

Laura Sanita, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Jose Soto, University of Chile, Chile

He Sun, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Dimitrios Thilikos, Université de Montpellier, France

Aravindan Vijayaraghavan, Northwestern University, USA

Carola Wenk, Tulane University, USA

Overview

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The placement of each conference in this ranking is determined by Research.com's unique bibliometric score, an advanced indicator based on a conference's estimated h-index and the number of leading scientists featured at the event over the last three years. This method ensures that the assessment reflects both the enduring scholarly impact and the contemporary prominence of each conference.

Impact Score values for this edition were meticulously collected as of November 27, 2024. The ranking process involved an exhaustive review of more than 2,742 conferences, shortlisted after a detailed and strict examination of over 148,739 scientific documents published in the last three years by 13,184 distinguished and widely recognized scientists in Computer Science.

This extensive evaluation demonstrates the depth of research, expertise, and analytical complexity behind the creation of the ranking, providing users with a reliable and authoritative resource for identifying the most influential Computer Science conferences worldwide.

For further details on the precise methodology used for computing the ranking scores, please consult our Methodology Page.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each conference is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing at Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David Eppstein (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Maarten Löffler (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Erik D. Demaine (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Prosenjit Bose (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Haitao Wang (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Waterloo (22 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Carleton University (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Eindhoven University of Technology (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (12 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions at the conference edition to all articles published within that conference. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the conference.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2017 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 21.74% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.91% of all publications and 17.39% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of conferences they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same conference from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the conference in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing at a conference. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a conference, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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