Call for Papers ICALP'00 27-th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming July 9-15, 2000, Geneva, Switzerland The 27-th annual meeting of the European Association of Theoretical Computer Science will be held in Geneva, Switzerland. As is the case of the two tracks of the journal Theoretical Computer Science, the scientific program of the Colloquium is split into two parts: Track A of the meeting will correspond to Algorithms, Automata, Complexity, and Games, while Track B to Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming. Original contributions to theory of computer science, to be presented either in Track A or in Track B, are being sought. Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of their papers, not exceeding 12 pages in the standard Springer Verlag LNCS style. Instructions for paper submissions can be found at the conference webpage. Authors from countries where access to Internet is difficult may mail a single copy of their paper directly to the address of the conference chairman. Submissions should consist of: a cover page, with the author's full name, address, fax number, e-mail address, a 100-word abstract, keywords and to which track (A or B) the paper is being submitted and an extended abstract describing original research in no more than 12 pages. It is expected that accepted papers will be presented at the conference. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed. In addition, one page proposals for workshops, to be sent to the conference chair until November 10, 1999, are welcomed. Conference Chair: Jose D. P. Rolim Centre Universitaire d'Informatique University of Geneva 24 rue du General Dufour 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland e-mail: icalp@cui.unige.ch ICALP'00 Program Committee Track A: Emo Welzl, Chair, ETH Zuerich Harry Buhrman, CWI Amsterdam Peter Bro Miltersen, Univ. Aarhus Martin Dietzfelbinger, Techn Univ Ilmenau Afonso Ferreira, CNRS-I3S-INRIA Sophia Antipolis Marcos Kiwi, Univ. de Chile Jens Lagergren, KTH Stockholm Gheorghe Paun, Romanian Acad. Guenter Rote, Techn. Univ. Graz Ronitt Rubinfeld, Cornell Univ. Amin Shokrollahi, Bell Labs Luca Trevisan, Columbia Univ. Serge Vaudenay, ENS Paris Uri Zwick, Tel Aviv Univ. Track B: Ugo Montanari, Chair, Univ. of Pisa Rajeev Alur, Univ. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Rance Cleaveland, SUNY at Stony Brook Pierpaolo Degano, Univ. of Pisa Jose Fiadeiro, Univ. of Lisbon Andy Gordon, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, Orna Grumberg, Technion, Haifa Claude Kirchner, Inria, Nancy Mogens Nielsen, Univ. of Aarhus Catuscia Palamidessi, Penn. State Univ, Univ. Park Joachim Parrow, KTH, Stockholm Edmund Robinson, QMW, London Jan Rutten, CWI, Amsterdam Jan Vitek, Univ. of Geneva Martin Wirsing, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Pierre Wolper, Univ. of Liege. Invited Speakers Track A: Andrei Broder, Altavista and Compaq Oded Goldreich, MIT and Weizman Inst. Johan HÃ¥stad, KTH Stockholm Kurt Mehlhorn, Max Plank Institute Track B: Samsom Abramsky, Edinburgh U. Gregor Engels, Paderborn U. Roberto Gorrieri, U. Bologna Zohar Manna, Stanford U. General Information Geneva is situated along the banks of Lac Leman and Le Rhone. The lake showcases the plumed fountain Jet d'Eau, and various districts of Geneva are connected by bridges across the waterways. The University of Geneva where ICALP '00 will convene is located on the `Left Bank' off Place Neuve and along the Promenade des Bastions near the Old Town section of Geneva. Geneva is a city of water parks and gardens and welcoming walkways which encourage exploration of the historical sites, museums, and international business and shopping districts. The University of Geneva is located near `Old Town' an area dotted with sidewalk cafes, student life, and building antiquities dating back to the 5th century. Geneva is a crossroads situated in the heart of Europe and linked to the world by a vast network of motorways, airlines and railways. For those planning to attend ICALP '00 in Geneva, it is an excellent opportunity to organize short trips into the countryside of charming villages and vineyards. Tours to please all ages and interests are available including afternoon train excursions, shopping cruises on Lake Geneva and The Rhone, and bus and cablecar trips in the Alps. For some, the most inviting attraction will be mouintain climbing. Mont Blanc, one of the highest points in Europe and the city of Chamonix are less than an hour away. Accomodations at a very special ICALP rate have been reserved in a couple of hotels and very inexpensive rooms will be available at the Student Housing. Lunch will be served daily on campus and there will be morning and afternoon refreshment breaks. Note that the specially priced hotel accommodations reserved for ICALP participants are located only a 5-10 minute walk to the campus. Important Dates Workshop Proposals: November 10,1999 Submissions: January 17, 2000 Notification: March 21, 2000 Final Copies: April 18, 2000 Further Information Further information related to ICALP'00, with instructions for paper submissions and conference registration, as well as with details on conference site, registration fee, accommodation, social program, and payments, will appear at the conference webpage at http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~icalp and in forthcoming issues of EATCS Bulletin. The conference is organized by the Centre Universitaire d'Informatique of the University of Geneva.