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IWOCA has provided an annual forum for researchers who design algorithms for the myriad combinatorial problems that underlie computer applications in science, engineering and business.

Important Dates

Mon, Jan 26, 2026
abstract submission deadline
Mon, Feb 2, 2026
full paper submission deadline
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
notification
Mon, Apr 6, 2026
camera-ready deadline
Mon, May 11, 2026
early registration deadline
Wed, May 27, 2026
late registration deadline
Mon, Jun 8, 2026
IWOCA 2026
Thu, Jun 11, 2026
collaborative workshop
Sat, Oct 31, 2026
special issues submission deadline

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Algorithms and data structures
Combinatorics
Computational Geometry
Computational Biology
Online and streaming algorithms
Graph theory
Combinatorial optimization
Complexity Theory
Algorithmic Game Theory
Algorithmic Lower Bounds and Fine-grained Complexity
Algorithms for Big Data and Networks Analytics
Algorithms for Cryptography and Information Security
Algorithms on Graphs, Strings, and other Discrete Structures
Approximation Algorithms
Circuits and Boolean Functions
Combinatorics of Words
Combinatorial Games
Combinatorial Generation, Enumeration and Counting
Computational Algebra
Distributed and Parallel Algorithms
Dynamic and Temporal Networks
Experimental Evaluation of Algorithms
Graph Drawing
Mobile Agents
New Paradigms of Computation
Parameterized and Exact Algorithms
Probabilistic and Randomized Algorithms
Scheduling Algorithms

Call for Papers Description

Authors are invited to submit high-quality manuscripts reporting original unpublished research in the topics of IWOCA. Simultaneous submission to other conferences or workshops with published proceedings or to a journal is not allowed.

Committee

Programme Chairs

Florent Foucaud

Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Aline Parreau

CNRS, Université Lyon 1, France

Programme Committee

Cristina Bazgan

Université Paris Dauphine, France

Petra Berenbrink

Universität Hamburg, Germany

Davide Bilo

UniversitĂ  dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Hans-Joachim Böckenhauer

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland

Hans Bodlaender

Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands

Tiziana Calamoneri

Sapienza UniversitĂ  di Roma, Italy

Dibyayan Chakraborty

University of Leeds, UK

Monika Csikos

Université Paris Cité, France

Antoine Dailly

INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Peter Dankelmann

University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Jessica Enright

University of Glasgow, UK

Henning Fernau

Universität Trier, Germany

Florent Foucaud

Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Serge Gaspers

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Pavol Hell

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Ling-Ju Hung

National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan

Ralf Klasing

CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, France

Thierry Lecroq

Université de Rouen Normandie, France

Daniel Lokshtanov

University of California Santa Barbara, USA

Arnaud Mary

Université Lyon 1, France

Martin Milanic

Univerza na Primorskem, Koper, Slovenia

Valia Mitsou

Université Paris Cité, France

Pedro Montealegre

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Amer Mouawad

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Lucia Moura

University of Ottawa, Canada

Alantha Newman

CNRS, ENS Lyon, France

Prajakta Nimbhorkar

Chennai Mathematical Institute, India

Aline Parreau

CNRS, Université Lyon 1, France

Rajiv Raman

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India

Adele Rescigno

UniversitĂ  degli studi di Salerno, Italy

Matthieu Rosenfeld

Université de Montpellier, France

Sagnik Sen

Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, India

Maria Serna

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Ana Silva

Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

Ueverton Souza

IMPA Tech, Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Prafullkumar Tale

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India

Kunihiro Wasa

Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

Binhai Zhu

State University of Montana, Bozeman, USA

Organizing Chairs

Antoine Dailly

INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Florent Foucaud

Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Organizing Committee

Gaétan Berthe

Université Clermont Auvergne

BĂ©atrice Bourdieu

Université Clermont Auvergne

Antoine Dailly

Université Clermont Auvergne

Jona Dirks

Université Clermont Auvergne

Solène Drouet

Université Clermont Auvergne

Florent Foucaud

Université Clermont Auvergne

Yan Gerard

Université Clermont Auvergne

Claire Hilaire

Université Clermont Auvergne

Sophie Huiberts

Université Clermont Auvergne

Victoria Kaial

Université Clermont Auvergne

Lucas Lorieau

Université Clermont Auvergne

Anirudh Rachuri

Université Clermont Auvergne

Alexandre Vigny

Université Clermont Auvergne

LoĂŻc Yon

Université Clermont Auvergne

Steering Committee

Maria Chudnovsky

Princeton University, USA

Henning Fernau

Universität Trier, Germany

Ralf Klasing

CNRS and Université de Bordeaux, France

Tomasz Radzik

King's College London, UK

Bill Smyth

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Wing-Kin (Ken) Sung

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Tickets

Conference Fee Structure
Student
Early Bird Registration
€275€275
Late Registration€385
Regular
Early Bird Registration
€385€385
Late Registration€495

Speakers

Sergio Cabello

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Pierre Fraigniaud

CNRS, Université Paris Cité, France

Neeldhara Misra

Indian Institute of Technology Ghandinagar, India