6-9 April 2010
Edinburgh, Scotland
Preliminary Announcement:
26th British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science (BCTCS)
6th to 9th April 2010
University of Edinburgh
http://www.bctcs.ac.uk/BCTCS2010/
SCOPE
The purpose of the BCTCS is to provide a forum in which researchers in
theoretical computer science can meet, present research findings, and
discuss developments in the field. It also aims to provide an
environment in which PhD students can gain experience in presenting
their work, and benefit from contact with established researchers. The
conference will consist of invited keynote presentations by
distinguished researchers and a number of contributed talks.
LOCATION AND SCHEDULE
BCTCS 2010 will be held at the University of Edinburgh, in the centre
of Edinburgh. Talks will be at the Informatics Forum, and
accommodation will be in the Pollock Halls of Residence nearby.
Edinburgh is easily accessible by train from most of the U.K., and has
air connections to most UK and many European airports.
The event will start on Tuesday afternoon and will end with a lunch on
Friday.
INVITED SPEAKERS
BCTCS 2010 will include invited lectures by the following
distinguished speakers:
* Erik Demaine (MIT)
* Johan Hastad (KTH Stockholm)
* Gil Kalai (HU Jerusalem)
* Kim Guldstrand Larsen (Aalborg)
* Catuscia Palamidessi (INRIA / cole Polytechnique)
* Ulrike Sattler (Manchester)
CONTRIBUTED TALKS
Participants at the colloquium are encouraged to present a contributed
talk. Please prepare an abstract using the LaTeX template and submit
at the abstract submission page. The abstracts of accepted contributed
talks will be published in the Bulletin of the European Association
for Theoretical Computer Science.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 28 February 2010.
STUDENT GRANTS
The BCTCS steering committee has obtained ongoing funding to support
the participation of upto 45 graduate students at BCTCS. The
grants cover registration including accomodation and meals, but
not travel. Students enrolled at UK higher education institutions may
apply for fellowships by filling the online application
form. Fellowships will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis
to those PhD students who submit an abstract and commit to presenting
a contributed talk (see above). Some fellowships may be available to
students not presenting contributed talks; decisions on these cases
will be taken in March 2010.
REGISTRATION
Registration will open in late January, when a Call for Participation
will be sent.
ORGANISATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION
The conference is being organised by Julian Bradfield and Mary Cryan
of the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science,
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh.
More information about the meeting including updates are available
from the conference webpages at:
http://www.bctcs.ac.uk/BCTCS2010/
We hope to see you there!