[Opt-Net] ACDA'27 Call for papers: SIAM Activity Group on Applied & Computational Discrete Algorithms (ACDA)

[Yihan Sun]

SIAM Activity Group on Applied & Computational Discrete Algorithms (ACDA)



*February 23-24, 2027**, **Pittsburgh, PA, USA*



We are happy to announce the SIAM Activity Group on Applied & Computational
Discrete Algorithms (ACDA), which will be held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, on
February 23-24, 2027. ACDA26 brings together researchers who design and
study combinatorial and graph algorithms motivated by applications. ACDA27
includes in its scope all topics where models and algorithms from discrete
mathematics are applied to solve problems in computer science, scientific
computing, data science, physical sciences, life sciences, engineering,
social and information sciences, etc. ACDA27 invites papers on the
formulation of combinatorial problems from applications; theoretical
analyses; design of algorithms; computational evaluation of the algorithms;
and deployment of the resulting software to enable applications.



The ACDA27 conference will include refereed proceedings as well as talks
without proceedings papers (in the conventional SIAM style of conferences),
posters, tutorials, invited talks, and industry sessions. Awards will be
given for best paper, best poster, and best student presentation.

Contact

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the
organizers:



*Program Committee Chairs:*

Gonzalo Navarro (University of Chile) gnavarro at dcc.uchile.cl

Yihan Sun (University of California, Riverside) yihans at cs.ucr.edu



*Organizing Committee chairs:*

Paul Hovland (Argonne National Laboratory) hovland at anl.gov

Henning Meyerhenke (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) meyerhenke at kit.edu


Useful Links



*ACDA Website*:
https://www.siam.org/conferences-events/siam-conferences/acda27/

*Submission Site*: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acda27

*Submission guidelines*:
https://www.siam.org/conferences-events/siam-conferences/acda27/submissions/
Important Dates

·         September 8, 2026: Short Abstract submission and submission
registration

·         September 15, 2026: Archival Proceedings Presentations and
Non-Archival Presentations submission

·         November 2, 2026: Author Notifications (papers & extended
abstracts) rejected papers have an opportunity to submit poster

·         November 9, 2026: Posters submission (prior years rejected
papers/talks were given the opportunity to submit posters)

·         November 23, 2026: Camera-ready deadline

·         January 29, 2027: Early registration deadline

·         February 22–24 , 2027: Conference


Included Themes

Topics of interest include but are not limited to discrete or combinatorial
problems and algorithms arising in:

·         Algorithm engineering

·         Algorithmic differentiation (AD)

·         Combinatorial optimization and mathematical programming,
including scheduling and resource allocation problems

·         Combinatorial scientific computing (CSC) including models,
algorithms, applications, numerical methods, and problems arising in data
analysis

·         Computational biology and bioinformatics

·         Data management and data science

·         Design and analysis of application-inspired exact, approximation,
randomized, streaming, and learning-augmented algorithms

·         Graph and hypergraph algorithms, including problems arising in
network science and complex networks

·         Interaction between algorithms and modern computing platforms,
including challenges arising from memory hierarchies, accelerators, and
novel memory technologies

·         Machine learning and statistical methods for solving
combinatorial problems

·         Numerical linear algebra, including sparse matrix computations
and randomized approaches

·         Parallel and distributed computing, including algorithms,
architectures, distributed systems, and all parallelism ranging from
instruction-level and multi-core all the way to clouds and
Exascale computing

·         Other applications arising from security, computational finance,
computational chemistry/physics, quantum computing, etc.

·         Numerical linear algebra, including sparse matrix computations
and randomized approaches

·         Parallel and distributed computing, including algorithms,
architectures, distributed systems, and all parallelism ranging from
instruction-level and multi-core all the way to clouds and
Exascale computing

·         Other applications arising from security, computational finance,
computational chemistry/physics, quantum computing, etc.
Submission Guidelines

Papers should be submitted electronically via the EasyChair submission
system at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acda27. There are three
types of submissions to ACDA: archival Proceedings Papers, non-archival
Extended Abstracts, and Posters. Each accepted submission of archival
proceedings papers and non-archival extended abstracts will have an oral
presentation.

*Archival proceedings papers*

Submissions may be up to 12 pages in length, excluding references, and must
present original research that is not published or submitted elsewhere. Due
dates for submissions are included below. The submissions will be refereed
and authors will be provided an opportunity to respond to the reviews.
Notification of acceptance or rejection with final camera-ready copy will
be provided a few weeks later.  Accepted papers will be included in the
proceedings published by SIAM. Submissions should use the LaTeX macros at
the web page: http://www.siam.org/proceedings/macros.php. An author of an
accepted proceedings paper will be expected to register and present the
paper at the ACDA25 conference.

Authors may, at their option, include an appendix containing proofs,
details, or additional experimental results. The appendix will be read by
the program committee members at their discretion and will not be included
in the proceedings. The main part of the submission should therefore
contain a clear technical presentation of the merits of the paper,
including a discussion of the paper's significance within the context of
prior work and a description of the key technical and conceptual ideas used
to achieve its main claims.

All accepted proceedings papers must use the double-column LaTeX macro at
the bottom of the following web page:
https://www.siam.org/publications/proceedings/



*Double-blind reviewing of archival proceedings papers: *ACDA will employ a
lightweight double-blind reviewing process for proceedings papers (but not
for the other two submission categories). Proceedings submissions should
not reveal the identity of the authors in any way.  Please refer to the
ACDA website (
https://www.siam.org/conferences-events/siam-conferences/acda27/submissions/)
for more details. Authors with further questions on double-blind reviewing
are encouraged to contact the PC chairs.

We strongly encourage also making code and data available; please keep in
mind the double-blind nature of the review process. We recommend including
a link to an anonymized version that makes a 'best-effort' to avoid
revealing the identity of the authors (e.g., using Anonymous Github or an
anonymous Dropbox/Google Drive folder).

*Non-Archival Extended Abstracts*

These submissions are 2-page extended abstracts, are not considered for
archival publications, and will not appear in the proceedings. The primary
criterion for review will be broad interest to the ACDA community. Reviews
of extended abstracts will *not* be double-blind. Authors will be asked to
indicate whether they want to be considered for a talk only, considered for
a poster only, or considered for either. Authors will be notified of
acceptance or rejection after review. Rejected extended abstracts will be
considered for a poster presentation, unless the author specifies "talk
only". Submissions should use the LaTeX macros at the  web page:
http://www.siam.org/proceedings/macros.php. An author of an accepted
abstract will be expected to register and present at ACDA25. Talks for
extended abstracts will be of  the same length as talks for proceedings
papers.

ACDA seeks to cast a wide net for extended abstracts, emphasizing talks
that are closely connected to applications. Abstracts may describe work in
progress or work of interest to the ACDA community that is being published
archivally elsewhere. An abstract should specify the source of the problem
it describes: Is it from a paper in the literature? A newly invented
problem? From a project or person (in academia, labs, industry) that will
use the results in practice? Will the community have access to real or
surrogate data for the problem? ACDA welcomes all abstracts, but there will
be a preference for work that is motivated by specific real-world problems.
ACDA is particularly interested in descriptions of industrial problems and
applications.

*Posters*

A poster submission is in the form of a 2-page (maximum) abstract. Posters
are not considered archival, and reviewing of posters will *not* be
double-blind. Authors will be asked to indicate whether they want to be
considered for a talk only, considered for a poster only, or considered for
either.
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