CATS 2009
Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium
Wellington, New Zealand
January 20-23, 2009
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Local Information
(Click here for the List of Accepted Papers)
New! From CATS 2009!
There will be a discussion track!
Accepted papers will be available online three months prior to the conference.
Papers can be analysed and discussed online, so that the time at the
actual conference (in Wellington) can be utilised in a much more productive
manner. Click here for further info.
General
Information
The 15th
Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium
(CATS)
will be held in
Wellington, New Zealand,
during January 20-23, 2009. Wellington
is on the southern tip of the North Island of NZ.
CATS is one of the two premier annual
conferences in theoretical computer science in the Asia-Pacific.
All papers will be thoroughly refereed.
Accepted papers will appear in the proceedings, to be published by
CRPIT Australia.
Papers that are presented at CATS will appear in the ACM Digital
Library.
A journal special issue devoted to CATS 2009 has been organised with the
Chicago Journal of Theoretical Computer
Science.
For more details on our publication policy, see the submission page.
Authors are invited to
submit
papers that present original and unpublished research in the following
areas:
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Algorithms and Data Structures
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Complexity Theory
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Graph Theory, Graph
Algorithms and Combinatorics
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Semantics of Programming
Languages
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Algorithms on Strings
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Optimisation
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Formal Program
Specification and Transformation
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Computational Algebra
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Computational Geometry
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Computational Biology
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Logic and Type systems
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New Paradigms of Computation
This is not an exclusive
list.
Papers related to other theoretical aspects of Computer Science will
also be considered.
Dates and Deadlines
- Abstract deadline: August 22
(extended to August 29)
- Deadline to submit full paper: August 29
(extended to September 5)
- Acceptance notification: October 13 (Mon)
(now October 15, Wed)
- Final version due: November 3
(now November 7, Friday)
- Early bird registration: See the ACSW 2009 website given below.
- CATS: January 20-23, 2009
See the submission page for
more details. The submission page also has information on prizes
for student papers.
Organisation
CATS 2009 is a part of the
Australasian Computer Society Week (ACSW), organised by the
School of
Mathematics, Statistics and Computing
at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Chief Contact: Dr Alex Potanin
(Email: firstName.familyName AT mcs.vuw.ac.nz)
ACSW 2009 webpage:
http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/events/acsw2009
CATS from previous years
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2009:
Wellington, New Zealand (Chairs: Rod Downey and Prabhu
Manyem)
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2008:
Wollongong (NSW), Australia (Chairs: James Harland and Prabhu
Manyem)
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2007:
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Chairs: Joachim Gudmundsson and Barry
Jay)
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2006:
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Chairs: Joachim Gudmundsson and Barry
Jay)
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2005:
Newcastle, NSW, Australia (Chairs: Mike Atkinson and Frank Dehne)
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2004:
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Chair: Mike Atkinson)
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2003:
Adelaide, SA, Australia (Chair: James Harland)
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2002:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Chair: James Harland)
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2001:
Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (Chair: Colin Fidge)
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2000:
Canberra, ACT, Australia (Chair: David Wolfram)
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1999:
Auckland, New Zealand (Chairs: Cris Calude and Michael Dinneen)
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1998:
Perth, WA, Australia (Chair: Xuemin Lin)
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1997:
Sydney, NSW, Australia (Chair: James Harland)
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1996:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Chair: Peter Eades)
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1994:
Sydney, NSW, Australia (Chair: Barry Jay)
CATS 2009 Programme Committee Co-Chairs
Rod Downey, Victoria
University of Wellington, NZ
Prabhu Manyem, University of Ballarat, Australia
Email for Rod Downey: firstName.familyName at mcs.vuw.ac.nz
Email for Prabhu Manyem: firstName.familyName at gmail.com