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Incipit..."... pleasure has probably been the main goal all along. But I hesitate to admit it, because computer scientists want to maintain their image as hard-working individuals who deserve high salaries. Sooner or later society will realise that certain kinds of hard work are in fact admirable even though they are more fun than just about anything else."D. E. Knuth, Stanford U., The Stanford Graph Base: A Platform for Combinatorial Computing. |
TOPICS [Click here for the PRINTABLE VERSION]This is the third conference dedicated to the use, design, and analysis of algorithms and data structures, focusing on results that provide amusing, witty but nonetheless original and scientifically profound contributions to the area. The first two conferences were held in Elba Island, and a special issue of Theoretical Computer Science (Fun 1998) and of Discrete Applied Mathematics (Fun 2001) were dedicated to them. Among the covered topics: |
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FUN with biological algorithms FUN with compression algorithms FUN with distributed algorithms FUN with geometrical algorithms FUN with mobile algorithms FUN with optimization algorithms FUN with string algorithms |
FUN with combinatorial algorithms FUN with cryptographic algorithms FUN with game algorithms FUN with internet algorithms FUN with network algorithms FUN with robot algorithms FUN with ... |
IMPORTANT DATES
The deadline for receiving submissions is February 27, 2004. Notification of acceptance will be sent by March 26, 2004. Final version of accepted papers is due by April 27, 2004 (please download the LaTeX package file plus.sty and the example file plus.tex, with maximum 12 pages allowed). Conference dates are May 26-28, 2004. Early registration is before May 12, 2004.
RELATED EVENT
A co-located event is a two-day intensive research meeting on Mobile Agent Computing (MAC'04) to be held on May 24-25, 2004, just before FUN, in the same conference site. It is organized by Evangelos Kranakis, Danny Krizanc and Nicola Santoro on topics related to (but not limited to) models for mobile agents, distributed algorithmics with mobile agents, peer-to-peer (P2P) computing, and interconnection of P2P networks.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Erik D. DEMAINE (MIT, USA), Fabrizio LUCCIO (Pisa U., Italy), S. MUTHUKRISHNAN (AT&T & Rutgers, USA), Godfried TOUSSAINT (McGill, Canada).
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Lars ARGE (Duke University, USA), Michael BENDER (State U. of NY at Stony Brook), Gerth BRODAL (BRICS, Denmark), Pierluigi CRESCENZI (Firenze U., Italy), Martin FARACH-COLTON (Rutgers U., USA), Paolo FERRAGINA (co-Chair, Pisa U., Italy), Rudolf FLEISCHER (The Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology), Paola FLOCCHINI (Ottawa U., Canada), Pierre FRAIGNIAUD (Paris-Sud U., France), Roberto GROSSI (co-Chair, Pisa U., Italy), Stefano LEONARDI (Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza"), Giovanni MANZINI (Piemonte Orientale U., Italy), Gonzalo NAVARRO (Universidad de Chile), Andrea PIETRACAPRINA (Padova U., Italy), Giuseppe PRENCIPE (Pisa U., Italy), Rajeev RAMAN (Leicester U., UK), Kunihiko SADAKANE (Kyushu U., Japan), Peter SANDERS (Max-Planck-Institut fur Informatik), Steven SKIENA (State U. of NY at Stony Brook), Christos ZAROLIAGIS (Patras U.).
STEERING COMMITTEE
Elena LODI (Pisa U., Italy), Linda PAGLI (Siena U., Italy), Nicola SANTORO (Carleton U., Canada).
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CONFERENCE FORMATThe conference will have two tracks: Paper Track and Tutorial Track. For the Paper Track, we solicit papers that provide amusing, original and scientifically profound contributions to the algorithmic area. For the Tutorial Track, we solicit brilliant surveys on novel or revitalized algorithmic fields, with fascinating open problems. |
SPECIAL ISSUEThere will be a special issue on the journal Theory of Computing Systems (Springer Verlag) dedicated to the conference, edited by Paolo Ferragina, Roberto Grossi, and Fabrizio Luccio. |
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONSAuthors should send an extended abstract of their submitted paper (at most 12 pages) or tutorial proposal (at most 4 pages) via electronic mail, in Postscript or PDF format, to the address fun04@di.unipi.it. All accepted papers and tutorials are expected to be presented at the conference and will appear in the proceedings of the conference. |
LOCATION and SHUTTLE SERVICEThe conference venue is at Grand Hotel Elba International, in Isola d'Elba (Island of Elba, Tuscany, Italy), a famous Mediterranean resort for its white sand, deep blue sea, and fascinating nature. Hotel rooms will be reserved at a special price for the conference attendants. At your arrival in Portoferraio on May 25th, there will be a shuttle service from 3pm to 7pm. |
