AWOCA 2006
17th Australasian Workshop
on Combinatorial Algorithms

Uluru & King's Canyon, Central Australia 
July 13-19, 2006

        

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General Information

The Seventeenth Australasian Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (AWOCA 2006) will be held at Uluru, July 13 - 16 and King's Canyon, July 16 - 19, 2006. AWOCA 2006 will be held in parallel with Dry and Discrete, a traditionally structured workshop with fewer talks and more problem sessions but without refereed proceedings.

NOTE: Ayer's Rock Resort, Uluru and Yulara all refer to the same location.

The workshops will be held in conjunction with and immediately following 31ACCMCC. This juxtaposition of conference and parallel workshops offer a great opportunity to see the natural beauty of Australia's heartland (and do some great work in a unique environment).

  AWOCA 2006 will follow the style of its predecessors: problem-oriented papers and an emphasis on informal discussions.

  Authors are invited to submit papers that present original and unpublished research in the following areas:

This is not an exclusive list and papers related to other theoretical aspects of Computer Science will also be considered.  Papers which state and discuss open problems and work-in-progress within the general theme of algorithms and computational complexity are especially encouraged.  After the workshop, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit (significantly) extended versions of their papers to a special issue of Fundamenta Informatica (editors: Costas Iliopoulos, Mirka Miller and Bill Smyth).

Important Dates

Pre-AWOCA

Monday, 29th May, 2006 Last date for submission.
Friday, 16th June, 2006 Notification to authors.
Friday, 23rd June, 2006 Final version of accepted papers.

At AWOCA

Wednesday, 12th July, 2006 Arrive at Uluru. Ground transfers from Alice Springs arranged for those attending 31ACCMCC.
Sunday, 16th July, 2006 Depart Uluru, transfer to King's Canyon for those continuing with the second part of AWOCA.
Wednesday 19th July, 2006 Depart King's Canyon for Alice Springs to connect with flights leaving after 4:00pm.

Venue and Accommodation

The workshop will be held in two of the prettiest and remotest parts of Australia. It will begin at Voyages resort in Yulara, which is next door to Uluru and then move to another Voyages resort in King's Canyon. See Local Information below.

Rooms have been booked by the conference organisers at a discounted rate of $268.80 per night (1 bedroom which sleeps up to 4) and $324 (2 bedroom which sleeps up to 6) at Uluru; and $184.80 at King’s Canyon.

You may book a room for yourself or you may prefer to share a one or two bedroom apartment at Uluru (Part 1) and a motel style twin room at King’s Canyon (Part 2).

The organisers can help find a person to share a room and share the costs. Please let us know your requirements. (email ian.roberts@cdu.edu.au with the header AWOCA Accommodation).

To book a room please contact the venue as stated below. State that you are attending AWOCA to obtain your discounted rate. The room rate is applicable to the days preceding and after the conference if you wish to stay longer at either venue.

Note that the apartments at Uluru have full cooking facilities and there is a grocery store in walking distance.

For room types and facilities please see http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/emu/(Uluru, Part 1) and http://www.kingscanyonresort.com.au/accommodation/ (standard rooms, King’s Canyon, Part 2).

To book a room contact:
Voyages Alice Springs Resort.
Phone: 1300 134 044 (toll free from within Australia)
or +61 2 8296 8010 (from overseas)
choose option 3 (group bookings) from the menu,
e-mail: groups@voyages.com.au
Fax: +61 2 9299 1763

For telephone, email or fax bookings, please quite the following reference numbers;
for Alice Springs resort 0707ACHAR
for Uluru 1207ECHAR
for King's Canyon 1607ACHAR.

LATE NEWS 10th May

Conference accommodation has been reserved and most rooms are occupied. There is very limited space left for accommodation and ground transfers. If you have not yet registered please contact Ian Roberts ASAP to check on availability of accommodation. Those who have registered and paid by the end of April are guaranteed rooms and transfers.

Registration is now subject to a $50 late fee.

Local Information

Accommodation is limited and flights to and from Uluru can get booked out or get more expensive so booking earlier is suggested. One and two bedroom apartments are booked at Uluru and motel rooms at Kings Canyon. Contact Ian Roberts for details.

At Uluru, sightseeing will centre around sunrise or sunset excursions leaving the middle of the day to work.

There are direct flights from some capitals to and from Uluru for those who prefer or for those not attending 31ACCMCC. There will be an informal welcome for attendees on 12th July. Ground transfers will be arranged from 31ACCMCC (Alice Springs) to Uluru on 12th July.

The following ground transfers will be organised at cost:

Alice Springs to Uluru - 12 July 2006 (for those also attending 31ACCMCC)
Uluru to Kings Canyon - 16 July 2006
Kings Canyon to Alice Springs 19 July 2006

Organisation and Sponsorship

AWOCA 2006 is jointly sponsored by

AWOCA from previous years


For more information:
email: ian.roberts@cdu.edu.au
Last updated: March 2006