AAAC 2024

The 15th Annual Meeting of Asian Association for Algorithms and Computation

General Information

AAAC 2024, the 15th annual meeting of Asian Association for Algorithms and Computation, is held at Osaka, Japan.
Group photo
- Asian Association for Algorithms and Computation (AAAC) was founded in 2007 to give a place for promoting collaborations of Asian researchers and students in the areas of theoretical computer science.
Date: May 31 and June 1, 2024.
Venue: I-site Namba (facility of Osaka Metropolitan University).
- I-site Namba (Japanese web page).
- Contact email:: aaac2024local@gmail.com
Program

NEWS

2023.05.15: The AAAC 2024 dates and venues are determined.
2023.11.21: Call-for-Papers is posted: Call-for-Papers
Call-for-Papers in PDF
2024. 01.19: Registration information is given.
2024.04.09: Accepted paper list
2024.04.09: Preliminary Program
Registration is open. Registration page for registration
2024.05.21 Registration closed. (Contact local organizers for further registration request)
2024.06.01 Conference successfully closed. Group photo
2024.06.05 Best student presentation award announcement:
Yuwei Liu ( Shanghai Jiao Tong University) won the Best Student Presentation Award for his presentation "Improved Lower Bounds for Approximating Parameterized Nearest Codeword and Related Problems under ETH"

Scientific Information

MEETING FORMAT

The meeting includes two plenary invited talks and contributed talks in parallel sessions.
There will be no online broadcasting, and the talks are given in person at the conference venue.

TOPICS

The meeting is mainly focused on theory of algorithms and computation and its applications.
Related topics of theoretical computer science are also welcome.

Program

INVITED SPEAKERS

Herbert Edelsbrunner (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)
Shuichi Hirahara (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit one-page abstracts (A4 size in pdf format) that can be based on original results or surveys of existing results of authors in theoretical computer science.
An informal collection of the one page abstracts will be distributed at the meeting, which does not prevent any future publication of the results.
Abstracts should be submitted through the EasyChair Conference System.
Call-for-Papers

Registration

Click Registration page for registration link and information.
Early registration fee: (By April 27, 2024: 20,000JPY for regular, 10.000JPY for students)
Regsitration fee includes banquet and coffee break.

Committees

The AAAC board members serve as program committee members.

AAAC Board Members

Hee-Kap Ahn, POSTECH
Sang Won Bae, Kyonggi University
Siu-Wing Cheng (Chair), HKUST
Chung-Shou Liao, National Tsing Hua University
Ho-Lin Chen, National Taiwan University
Pinyan Lu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Heejin Park, Hanyang University
Kunihiko Sadakane, The University of Tokyo
Xiaoming Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Takeshi Tokuyama, Kwansei Gakuen University
Ryuhei Uehara, JAIST
Guochuan Zhang, Zhejiang University
Shengyu Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

AAAC Honorary Board Members

Francis Chin, Hang Seng Management College
Kazuo Iwama, Kyoto University and National Tsing Hua University
DT Lee, Academia Sinica
Kunsoo Park, Seoul National University

Local Organizers

Takeshi Tokuyama, Kwansei Gakuen University
Yushi Uno, Osaka Metropolitan University

Important dates

Submission deadline: March 10, 2024 AoE
Notification: April 10, 2024
Camera-ready version due: April 20, 2024
Early registration due: April 27, 2024
Conference: May 31-June 1, 2024

Local Information

Location:
I-site Namba, the venue, is located in Namba (also written as Nanba), a lively area of Osaka city.
Transportation:
- By air: The nearest international airport is Kansai International Airport (KIX) .
  - From KIX, Nankai limited express train Rapi:t directly connects to Namba station in 40 min.
  - Osaka Internatioal airport is also available for international connecting flights via Narita/Haneda/Fukuoka.
- By train:
  - Namba station is a major hub, consisting of three separate stations of Nankai railway, Osaka-Metro, and JR.
    It takes 10-15 min on foot to the venue.
    Walking route from Nankai Namba station to I-site Namba.
  - Nearest metro stations are Ebisu-cho and Daikoku-cho stations, which are about 7 min far on foot to the venue.
    - Walking route from Ebisu-Cho station.
    - Walking route from Daikoku-Cho station.
  - From Shin-Osaka station, it takes 15 min by metro to Namba and Daikoku-cho stations.
    - From Shin-Osaka station, it takes 2.5 hours to Tokyo by Shinkansen bullet train.
Nearby attractive spots:
- Lunch area
  - Shinsekai (New World) :
    - Near Ebisucho station (10 min walk from Isite Namba). Famous for Kushikatsu and Osaka local foods.
    - Shinsekai Guide
    - Lunch map of Shinsekai
  - Namba City (a shopping/restaurant mall at the south part of Namba station)
    - Restaurant guide at Namba CITY
    - Location
  - Kizu wholesale market (Market is only operated in the morning, but some restaurants open for lunch)
- Imamiya Ebisu shrine & Tutenkaku tower
- Minami : Wider entertaining area around Namba
Banquet information
- Banquet: May 31, at Nakanoshima Social Eat Awake restaurant in the basement of Osaka City Central Public Hall
- Nakanoshima area
Accommodation:
There are many inexpensive hotels in walking distance, and more are reachable via metro.