STOC 2003

STOC 2003

The Thirty-Fifth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), sponsored by SIGACT (the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory), will be held June 9-11 in San Diego, California, as part of the 2003 Federated Computing Research Conference, which runs June 7-14, 2003.

Contents

Call for Papers

Call for papers in html txt format.

Electronic Submission

Detailed instructions for the electronic submissions are available at here. Submissions are closed.

Instructions for Authors

If you wish to submit a STOC paper, please see the Instructions for Authors.

Simultaneous Submissions

According to SIGACT policy, abstract material which has been previously published in another conference proceedings or journal (or which is scheduled for publication prior to STOC) will not be considered for acceptance at STOC. In addition, SIGACT policy does not allow simultaneous submissions of the same (or essentially the same) abstract material to another conference with a published proceedings.

Best Paper Award

Starting this STOC 2003, the program committee may designate up to three papers accepted to the conference as STOC Best Papers. Rules for the award(s) can be found at http://sigact.acm.org/prizes/bestpaper.

Danny Lewin Best Student Paper Award

A prize of $500 will be given to the author(s) of the best student-authored paper (or split between more than one paper if there is a tie). A paper is eligible if all of its authors are full-time students at the time of submission. This must be indicated in the submission cover letter or (for electronic submissions) the registration process. Information on past winners is available.

Student Travel Awards

SIGACT supports student travel to STOC. For STOC 2003 a total of $10,000 of Student Travel Awards will be made. These awards are for needy students to help cover expenses related to attending STOC 2002. Preference will be given to students who are STOC authors. To apply send the following information to secretary@sigact.acm.org by March 15, 2003:

  1. Title of paper, if you are an author
  2. Will you be presenting the paper?
  3. A detailed expense list, in US dollars
  4. Other travel funds that are available to you
  5. (optional) Statement from your advisor on availablity of funds

This information will be used to prioritize the awards. The awards will be announced shortly after the deadline. Late applications will not be accepted.

Developing Country Travel Awards

Developing Country Travel Awards: SIGACT supports travel of faculty and researchers from developing countries to STOC. Developing Country Travel Awards will be made each year up to a total of $5,000. These awards are for needy faculty and researchers to help cover expenses related to attending STOC. Applicants should be STOC authors or co-authors, or be contributing to the conference in some other way. To apply send the information outline above(Student Travel Award) under items 1 throught 4 (item 5 is not required) to secretary@sigact.acm.org by April 15, 2003. If you are applying for a Developing Country Travel Award please explicitly mention in your application that you are applying for this award and not the regular award. This award is beginning in 2003 on a trial basis and may be discontinued.

Program

Here is a list of accepted papers. and a schedule.

Location

The conference will be held at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in Mission Valley, the heart of San Diego. A block of 3800 rooms has been reserved, at $128 single occupancy, $148 double occupancy.

Registration Information

See under FCRC.

Banquet

Banquet information is not yet available.

Travel

See under FCRC.

Program Committee

Program Committee Members: Program Chair:
Michel X. Goemans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 2-351
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Telephone: 617-253-2688.
E-mail: goemans@math.mit.edu.

Conference Committee

Created by Ian Parberry, May 1, 2002.
Last updated by Wolfgang W. Bein, May 17, 2002