14-18 Sep 2009
Salerno, Italy
********************************************************************** * * * 7th International Conference on Words * * * * September 14-18, 2009 * * University of Salerno, Fisciano - Italy * * * * http://words2009.dia.unisa.it * * * ********************************************************************** WORDS is a biannual conference devoted entirely to combinatorics on words (finite or infinite sequences of symbols taken from a finite alphabet). The 7th edition of WORDS will take place at University of Salerno, Italy, from September 14 to September 18, 2009. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the algebraic aspects of the combinatorics on words and their applications. Special attention will be paid to the relations with automata theory. Detailed information about every aspect related to WORDS 2009 will be available in due time on the conference web site http://words2009.dia.unisa.it INVITED SPEAKERS M. Crochemore (Paris, France) A. Fraenkel (Rehovot, Israel) R. Grossi (Pisa, Italy) A. Restivo (Palermo, Italy) C. Reutenauer (Montreal, Canada) J. Shallit (Ontario, Canada) PROGRAM COMMITTEE J. P. Allouche (Paris, France) J. Berstel (Paris, France) A. Carpi (Perugia, Italy, co-chair) J. Cassaigne (Marseille, France) C. Choffrut (Paris, France) C. De Felice (Salerno, Italy, co-chair) A. de Luca (Naples, Italy) L. Ilie (Ontario, Canada) J. Karhumaki (Turku, Finland) J. Neraud (Rouen, France) D. Perrin (Paris, France) W. Rytter (Warsaw, Poland) M. Volkov (Ekaterinburg, Russia) L. Vuillon (Le Bourget du Lac, France) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE C. De Felice (Salerno, Italy, chair) M. Bucci (Naples, Italy) A. Castiglione (Salerno, Italy) L. Catuogno (Salerno, Italy) V. D'Alonzo (Naples, Italy) A. De Luca (Naples, Italy) G. Fici (Salerno, Italy) R. Zizza (Salerno, Italy) CONTACT ADDRESS words2009@dia.unisa.it SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract presenting original research dealing with the topic of the conference. The paper should not exceed 12 pages in length, including appendices, using 11-point font. To submit a paper, please use preferably the automated tool on the conference web site. Otherwise please send the paper by e-mail to words2009@dia.unisa.it in pdf format. PROCEEDINGS A CD-ROM with the extended abstracts of all the invited and accepted papers will be available to participants during the conference upon registration. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science. CONFERENCE SITE Salerno is located at the geographical center of a triangle nicknamed Tourist Triangle of the 3 P (namely a triangle with the corners in Pompei, Paestum and Positano). Salerno hosted the oldest university in Europe, the Schola Medica Salernitana, the most important source of medical knowledge in Europe in the early Middle Ages. In 1988, the University of Salerno, which now has over 43,000 students, moved to the village of Fisciano in the Irno valley, a few miles from Salerno. Its structure is that of a university campus and its modern buildings offer many efficient services for teaching, research and student life in general. SPONSORS - Dipartimento di Informatica ed Applicazioni (University of Salerno) - MIUR project (PRIN) "Mathematical aspects and emerging applications of automata and formal languages" - ESF project "AutoMathA - Automata from Mathematics to Applications". IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance: June 29, 2009 Final version: July 20, 2009 Registration deadline: July 15, 2009