EATCS: European Assoc. of Theoretical Computer Science

Report on
1st EATCS/LA Workshop on TCS

Contents:

  1. Workshop Report
  2. Award Report
  3. Business Meeting Report

To EATCS Japan Chapter home page (English) / EATCS Japan Chapter home page (Japanese).
Created by O. Watanabe 2003/3/31.

1. Workshop Report

The first EATCS Japan chapter workshop was held at Univ. Kyoto, Research Institute of Mathematical Sciences, February 3rd - 5th, 2003.

The workshop was jointly organized with LA, Japanese association of theoretical computer scientists. Its purpose is to give a place for discussing topics on all aspects of theoretical computer science. Please check the list of presented papers; you may be albe to find something interesting!

Here are some photos from the workshop:

2. Award Report

The EATCS/LA Presentation Award was created for this workshop, which is given to one or two young speakers who make an excellent presentation in the workshop. The awardee is selected by votes from those attended the workshop.

This year, for the 1st EATCS/LA Presentation Award, we seleceted Dr. ZhiZhou Chen (Tokyo Denki Univ.) who presented the following paper at the workshop.

Improved Algorithms for 2-Interval Scheduling and NMR Spectral Peak Assignment
by Z.Z. Chen, T. Jiang, G. Lin, and J. Wen

An award plate and two year EATCS membership were awarded to Dr. Chen. Congratulations!

3. Report on the Business Meeting

The first business meeting of the EATCS Japan Chapter was also held at the workshop. After the opening talk by Prof. Inagaki (Chair of EATCS Japan Chapter), the following items have been reported / discussed. (Note: Base on our rule, any decision/proposal becomes valid after confirmation on the mailing list.)

  1. Introduction/Invitation to EATCS and EATCS Japan Chapter
  2. Explanation on the way to join EATCS Japan Chapter
  3. Explanation of EATCS/LA Presentation Award
  4. The name of this workshop:
    A current proposal is {EATCS-JP/LA or LA/EATCS-JP} Workshop on Theoretical Computer Science, and {EATCS/LA or LA/EATCS} Workshop on TCS for the short form. (The order of EATCS-JP and LA is chosen depending on the context :-)

For questions and comments, send your e-mail message to eatcs-jp(at)is.titech.ac.jp