Call for Papers [pdf (16KB)] .
The First Symposium on Innovations in Computer Science (ICS 2010) will be held in Beijing, China, January 5-7, 2010, with a welcome reception on January 5.
Innovations in Computer Science (ICS) is a new conference in theoretical computer science, broadly construed. ICS seeks to promote research that carries a strong conceptual message (e.g., introducing a new concept or model, opening a new line of inquiry within traditional or cross-disciplinary areas, or introducing novel techniques or novel applications of known techniques). ICS welcomes all submissions whether they are aligned with the current TCS research directions or transcend these boundaries.
ICS is a public conference designed to run in a workshop-like environment. The conference will run for two-and-a-half days. The total number of papers will be around 30, so as to allow for ample time for open and one-on-one discussions and exchanges of ideas.
Proceedings: The conference proceedings containing all the accepted papers will be published by the Tsinghua University Press, Beijing.
Discussion Panels: To enhance the interaction, comprehension and impact of the presentations, ICS shall have organized interactive discussions about the papers. The discussions will be moderated by panels in which the panelists will offer their own perspective and reflections regarding the main conceptual messages of these papers.
Camera-ready Version:The authors of accepted papers must ensure that their Latex file uses the class ics.cls (click here for manual). Papers not following this format may NOT appear in the proceedings.An example of Latex file written with this class can be downloaded here (you will need this picture to compile the file). When compiling the previous example, you should get this PDF file.
(If you have any problem, please contact itcsky@tsinghua.edu.cn)
In order to have a successful compilation of your file, please make sure that you Latex distribution is updated to its latest version (in particular, the package natlib). Proper compilation using the ics.cls class file was tested with MikTex 2.7 run under the operating systems Windows XP Pro (32 bits - SP3) and Windows Vista Ultimate (64 bits). The text editor was TeXnicCenter (1.0 Stable RC1).
The following documents must be submitted into a single compressed file using RAR, ZIP or TAR.
The previous three documents must be emailed by November 15, 2009 23:59 PM PDT (firm deadline). Late papers will NOT appear in the proceedings.
Important Dates:
Notification of acceptance date: November 1, 2009 23:59 PM US PDT
Submission deadline: September 15, 2009 23:59 PM US PDT
Camera-ready deadline:November 16, 2009 15:00 PDT
Online registration for supported author deadline: December 1, 2009 23:59 PM PDT
Poster submission deadline: December 1, 2009 23:59 PM PDT
Student grant application deadline: December 1, 2009 23:59 PM PDT
Early pre-registration deadline: December 10, 2009 23:59 PM PDT
Hotel reservation deadline: December 15, 2009 23:59 PM PDT
Cancellation of registration deadline: December 31, 2009 23:59 PM PDT
Online registration for regular participant deadline: December 31, 2009 23:59 PM PDT
Conference: January 5-7, 2010
Simultaneous Submissions: Material that has been previously published (in journal or conference) or is currently under submission to another conference will not be considered for acceptance at ICS 2010.
Financial Support for ICS 2010: ITCS will provide full support for one author of each accepted paper, including flight (economy airfare at the minimum of the amount), hotel lodging, and registration fee. In addition, ITCS will also award some travel grants to some graduate students interested in attending ICS. (The number and amount will be determined based on availability of funds.) Please consult the ICS 2010 web site for the procedure to apply for student travel grants.
Poster Sessions: In addition to the above regular papers, ICS welcomes posters on work that authors wish to bring to the attention of the attendees, including work that has been, or will be, published elsewhere. The posters will not appear in the published proceedings of the conference, but will be on display throughout the conference. There will be a dedicated session during which authors will be present to discuss their posters. Depending on the number of poster submissions, these may be screened for acceptance. Instructions for poster submissions may be found at http://conference.itcs.tsinghua.edu.cn/ICS2010/posters/
Program Committee
Andrew Yao (Chair), Tsinghua University
Michael Ben-Or, Hebrew University
Avrim Blum, Carnegie-Mellon University
Cynthia Dwork, Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley
Shafi Goldwasser, MIT and Weizmann Institute of Science
Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania
Sanjeev Khanna, University of Pennsylvania
Ming Li, University of Waterloo
Christos Papadimitriou, University of California, Berkeley
Rafael Pass, Cornell University
Nir Shavit, Tel Aviv University
Vijay Vazirani, Georgia Institute of Technology
Local Arrangements Committee
Yuexuan Wang (Chair), Tsinghua University
Christophe Tartary, Tsinghua University
Xiang Li, Tsinghua University
Steering Committee
Sanjeev Arora, Manuel Blum, Bernard Chazelle, Oded Goldreich, Shafi Goldwasser, Richard Karp, Silvio Micali, Christos Papadimitriou, Michael Rabin, Madhu Sudan, Leslie Valiant, Umesh Vazirani, Avi Wigderson, Andrew Yao