International Joint Conference on Theoretical Computer Science – Frontier of Algorithmic Wisdom (IJTCS-FAW 2023) will be held on August 14 - 18, 2023, jointly hosted by CCF and University of Macau. We will cooperate with CSIAM and ACM China Council to provide you with a feast of theoretical computer science. It is the 4th IJTCS and 17th FAW (originally run as a workshop). FAW is joining IJTCS as the main track selecting high quality submissions together with several new tracks. The homepage of the conference can be found here.

IJTCS-FAW 2023 is calling for papers concerning any branch of theoretical computer science, together with focus tracks in Algorithmic Game Theory, Blockchain, Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning, Quantum Computation, Theory of Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Formal Method, Algorithm and Complexity, Computational and Network Economics. Furthermore, we will also host a series of featured forums including Female Forum, Youth PhD Forum, and Undergraduate Research Forum.

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of no more than 12 pages, excluding references and the front page(s) (authors, affiliation, keywords, abstract, ...), presenting original research on the theory of computer science. Technical details necessary for a proper scientific evaluation of a submission must be included in the 12-page submission or in a clearly labeled appendix, to be consulted at the discretion of program committee members. 

Submissions are anonymous (double-blind) and must be formatted in the LNCS style. All submission must be submitted via EasyChair to the appropriate track of the conference, using the following link:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijtcsfaw2023

The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, and will be available for distribution at the conference. The paper may be excluded from the proceedings if none of the authors attends the conference. The use of pdflatex and the LNCS style is mandatory: papers that deviate significantly from the required format may be rejected without consideration of merit. No prior publication and no simultaneous submission to other conferences are allowed.

The following tracks are open to submission this year:

• Track A: The 17th Conference on Frontiers of Algorithmic Wisdom
• Track B: Blockchain Theory and Technology
• Track C: Computational Economics and Algorithmic Game Theory

The submission deadline of IJTCS-FAW 2023 is 21st April, 2023, 11:59 pm anywhere on Earth.

The Best Paper Award will be presented to the author(s) of the best paper at IJTCS-FAW 2023. The Best Student Paper Award will be presented to the author(s) of the best paper whose authors are all full time students at IJTCS-FAW 2023. After the conference, selected papers will be invited to special issues in: Theoretical Computer Science, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Journal of Systems Science and Information, and Blockchain Journal.

List of Topics

Track A: The 17th Conference on Frontiers of Algorithmic Wisdom

• Algorithms and data structures
• Approximation algorithms and online algorithms
• Bioinformatics
• Combinatorial optimization
• Combinatorics and discrete structures related to algorithms and complexity
• Complexity theory
• Computational Geometry
• Graph algorithms and theory
• Internet algorithms and protocols
• Large graph algorithms and social network analysis
• Learning based algorithms
• Optimization algorithms in economic and operations research
• Parameterized algorithms

Track B: Blockchain Theory and Technology

• Consensus protocols and scalability
• Smart contracts: design, analysis, security, attacks
• Distributed storage
• Automated market makers and exchanges
• Mechanism design for blockchains
• Equilibrium and game theoretic analysis for blockchains
• Transaction fees and tokenomics
• Network formation games, network structure and performance studies
• Mean field games, stochastic games, evolutionary games in blockchains
• Financial markets
• Information elicitation and oracles
• Token bridges and cross-chain solutions
• Security on blockchains: threat models, attacks, and solutions
• Privacy and anonymity, privacy-oriented computation
• Quantum-resilient cryptography and its applications in blockchains and financial markets

Track C: Computational Economics and Algorithmic Game Theory

• Algorithmic Mechanism Design
• Auction Design and Analysis
• Complexity Classes in Game Theory
• Computational Aspects of Equilibria
• Computational Aspects of Fixed-Point Theorems
• Computational Social Choice
• Computing with Incentives
• Cost-Sharing Algorithms and Analysis
• Decision Theory, and Pricing
• Economic Aspects of Distributed Computing
• Efficiency of Equilibria and Price of Anarchy
• Graph-Theoretic Aspects of Social Networks
• Internet Economics and Computational Advertising
• Repeated Games and Convergence of Dynamics
• Reputation, Recommendation, and Trust Systems
• Solution Concepts in Game Theory

Program Committees

Track A

• Zhiyi Huang (Co-chair)
• Chihao Zhang (Co-chair)
• Xiaohui Bei
• Xue Chen
• Donglei Du
• Shi Li
• Bingkai Lin
• Jingcheng Liu
• Shuai Shao
• Xiaorui Sun
• Kuan Yang
• Yang Yuan

Track B

• Jing Chen (Co-chair)
• Xiaotie Deng (Co-chair)
• Muhammed Esgin
• Bo Li
• Luchuan Liu
• Yi Sun
• Ye Wang
• Jiayu Xu
• Yingjie Xue

Track C

• Yukun Cheng (Co-chair)
• Zhengyang Liu (Co-chair)
• Biaoshuai Tao (Co-chair)
• Zhigang Cao
• Xujin Chen
• Mingyu Guo
• Chao Huang
• Yuqing Kong
• Moran Koren
• Jinyan Liu
• Shengxin Liu
• Xinhang Lu
• Qi Qi
• Changjun Wang
• Zihe Wang
• Haoran Yu
• Jie Zhang
• Jinshan Zhang
• Yong Zhang
• Yuhao Zhang
• Zhenzhe Zheng
• Zhijie Zhang

Venue

The conference will be held on August 14-18, 2023, hosted by University of Macau.

Contact

IJTCS@pku.edu.cn, xiaoweiwu@um.edu.mo