RANDOM 2016
The 20th International Workshop on
Randomization and Computation

and

APPROX 2016
The 19th International Workshop on
Approximation Algorithms for
Combinatorial Optimization Problems

http://cui.unige.ch/tcs/random-approx/

September 7-9, 2016
Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris

CFP - Call for papers

SCOPE:
The 20th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM 2016) and
the 19th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization
Problems (APPROX 2016) will be held on September 7-9, 2016 at the Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris,
organized by IRIF (CNRS and Université Paris Diderot).
RANDOM 2016 focuses on applications of randomness to computational and combinatorial problems
while APPROX 2016 focuses on algorithmic and complexity theoretic issues relevant to the
development of efficient approximate solutions to computationally difficult problems.

TOPICS:
Papers are solicited in all research areas related to randomization and approximation, including but
not limited to:

RANDOM
- design and analysis of randomized algorithms
- randomized complexity theory
- pseudorandomness and derandomization
- random combinatorial structures
- random walks/Markov chains
- expander graphs and randomness extractors
- probabilistic proof systems
- random projections and embeddings
- error-correcting codes
- average-case analysis
- property testing
- computational learning theory

APPROX
- approximation algorithms
- hardness of approximation
- small space, sub-linear time and streaming algorithms online algorithms
- approaches that go beyond worst case analysis
- distributed and parallel approximation
- embeddings and metric space methods
- mathematical programming methods
- spectral methods
- combinatorial optimization in graphs and networks
- algorithmic game theory, mechanism design and economics
- computational geometric problems
- approximate learning

IMPORTANT DATES:
Submissions deadline: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Notifications: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Camera ready: Friday, July 1, 2016

SUBMISSIONS:
Abstract Format: Electronic submissions are solicited. Please consult the following servers:

For submission of APPROX papers: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=approx2016
For submission of RANDOM papers: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=random2016

Note: You will be asked to login using an EasyChair account. Instructions on how to register for such an
account are available at the submission servers (you may also have an old account from a previous
conference submission).

The submission must be received by 15:00 (PDT) of April 19 for your submission to be considered.
Submission Format: Submissions should start with the title of the paper, each author's name, affiliation,
and e-mail address, followed by a brief abstract of the results to be presented. This should then be
followed by a technical exposition on single-spaced pages on letter-size paper, using reasonable
margins and at least 11-point font. The first 10 pages should contain the main ideas and techniques
used to achieve the results including motivation and a clear comparison with related work (not including
the references). There is no page limit but any material beyond the first 10 pages will be read at the
sole discretion of the program committee.

Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed.

PROCEEDINGS:
Accepted papers will be published in the online proceedings of the conference in the Leibniz
International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. This guarantees
perennial, free and easy electronic access, while the authors retain the rights over their work.

PROGRAM CHAIRS:
RANDOM
Chris Umans - Caltech
email: umans@cms.caltech.edu

APPROX
Claire Mathieu - (CNRS and ENS Paris)
email: clairemmathieu@gmail.com

WORKSHOP CHAIRS:
José Rolim - University of Geneva
e-mail: jose.rolim@unige.ch
Klaus Jansen - University of Kiel
e-mail: kj@informatik.uni-kiel.de

PROGRAM COMMITTEES:

RANDOM 2016:
Chris Umans (Caltech, Chair)
Mahdi Cheraghchi (Imperial College, London)
Elena Grigorescu (Purdue)
Neeraj Kayal (MSR Bangalore)
Adam Klivans (Austin)
Swastik Kopparty (Rutgers)
Ravi Kumar (Google)
Dana Moshkovitz (MIT)
Ashwin Nayak (Waterloo)
Ryan O'Donnell (CMU)
Asaf Shapira (Tel Aviv)
Ronen Shaltiel (Haifa)
Alexander Sherstov (UCLA)
Thomas Thierauf (Aalen)
Eric Vigoda (Georgia Tech)

APPROX 2016:
Claire Mathieu (CNRS and ENS Paris, Chair)
Anna Adamaszek (University of Copenhagen)
Shiri Chechik (Tel-Aviv University)
Anne Driemel (TU Eindhoven)
Lee-Ad Gottlieb (Ariel University)
Varun Kanade (University of Oxford)
Nitish Korula (Google Research)
Stefano Leonardi (Sapienza University of Rome)
Daniel Lokshtanov (University of Bergen)
Nicole Megow (TU Munich)
Tobias Moemke (Saarland University)
Shayan Oveis Gharan (University of Washington)
Debmalya Panigrahi (Duke University)
Richard Peng (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Ely Bar Porat (Ilan University)
Adi Rosén (CNRS and Université Paris Diderot)
Adrian Vetta (McGill University)
Rico Zenklusen (ETH Zurich)

CONFERENCE WEB PAGE
http://cui.unige.ch/tcs/random-approx/