SIROCCO 2027 - Call for Papers

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*SIROCCO 2027 Call for Papers*

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*34th International Colloquium On Structural Information and Communication
Complexity*



Larnaca, Cyprus, June 2–4, 2027, https://cyprusconferences.org/sirocco2027



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*Important Dates*

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Full paper submission: October 31, 2026 (AoE)

Paper notification: January 30, 2027

Conference dates: June 2–4, 2027



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*About SIROCCO*

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SIROCCO is devoted to the study of the interplay between structural
knowledge, communication, and computing in decentralized systems that
consist of multiple communicating entities. Special emphasis is given to
innovative methodological and solution approaches that lead to a better
understanding of the relationship between computing and communication.



SIROCCO has a tradition of interesting and productive scientific meetings
in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, attracting leading researchers in a
variety of fields in which communication and knowledge play a significant
role. Websites of past SIROCCO conferences can be found at
https://sirocco.hiit.fi.

The proceedings of past SIROCCO conferences can be found at
https://link.springer.com/conference/sirocco.



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*Scope*

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Original papers are solicited from all areas of study of local structural
knowledge and global communication and computational complexities.
Typical but not exclusive topics of interest include the following (in
alphabetical order).



   - Biological and nature-inspired distributed algorithms
   - Blockchains and related distributed paradigms
   - Distributed algorithms and computability
   - Distributed graph algorithms
   - Distributed quantum computing
   - Epistemic modeling and analysis of distributed systems
   - Fault tolerance
   - Formal verification of distributed systems
   - Game theory in distributed computing
   - Mobile agents and autonomous distributed systems
   - Network modeling and analysis
   - Security in distributed computing
   - Self-stabilization
   - Shared-memory algorithms
   - Structural and communication complexity analysis
   - Topology in distributed computing
   - Wireless, ad-hoc, and peer-to-peer networks



Keeping with the tradition of SIROCCO, submissions on new areas related to
the general scope of the conference are also welcome.



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*Submission Instructions*

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Submissions must report on original research and contain results that have
not appeared previously in a regular conference paper and that have not
been concurrently submitted to or previously published in a journal or a
conference with published proceedings.



*Submission format.* Manuscripts must be submitted in PDF format using
EasyChair. Submissions must be written in English and formatted in a
single-column format on US letter-size or A4 paper, use at least 11-point
font, and have at least 2.5 cm margins.



*Submission length. *All submissions must start with a cover page, which
will include the paper’s title, a short abstract, and, preferably, keywords.

There is no page limit, and authors are encouraged to submit the full
version of their paper. The submission should contain, within the first 12
pages (excluding the cover page and bibliographic references), a concise
and clear presentation of the primary content and merits of the work.

Content beyond the cover page, references, and the first 12 pages will be
read at the discretion of the reviewers only.

A submission that is not accepted as a full paper may be invited as a brief
announcement.



*Double-blind reviewing. *SIROCCO 2027 will employ a lightweight
double-blind reviewing process. Submissions should not reveal the identity
of the authors in any way (e.g., author names, affiliations, email
addresses, and funding information should not appear in the submission).
However, authors are free to disseminate draft versions of their
submissions as they normally would (e.g., by posting drafts on the web).
Questions about the double-blind reviewing process may be directed to the
PC chair by email.



*Submission website.* Paper submissions will be handled by EasyChair, so
please make sure that you have an active account.

Papers must be submitted electronically at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sirocco2027.



Submissions deviating from these guidelines as well as papers outside the
general scope of the conference may be rejected without consideration of
their merits.



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*AI policy*

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*AI policy for authors.  *All authors of a submission must be human and are
fully responsible for the integrity, originality, and copyright of their
submission.

Authors may use AI tools for limited purposes such as language editing
(e.g., fixing typos or improving grammar) without the need for disclosure.

Any other use of AI tools (including LLMs) must be clearly disclosed in the
submission in an AI-disclosure section, and authors must specify which tool
was used and for what purpose.

Any undisclosed use of AI tools, or inaccurate representation of
AI-generated or AI-modified content, may lead to rejection of the
submission or further action.



*AI policy for reviewers.  *Reviewers may use LLM-based tools to assist
with the review process, provided that the confidentiality of the content
of the submissions is preserved.

However, the review itself must be written solely by the reviewer and must
not be drafted, generated, or rewritten with the assistance of AI tools.

Reviewers must rely on their own judgment and retain full responsibility
for the content and conclusions of their reviews.



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*Proceedings*

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The proceedings of SIROCCO 2027 will be published by Springer in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Please note that inclusion
in the proceedings requires an in-person presentation by one of the authors
at the conference and at least one full registration for each paper.



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*Best Paper Awards*

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All regular papers are eligible for the best paper award. Moreover, all
regular papers with at least one student author, where the student
author(s) have contributed most of the work, are also eligible for the best
student paper award. If a submission is eligible for the best student paper
award, please state this on the cover page.

The Program Committee may choose not to make the awards or to split them
among multiple papers.



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*Special Issue*

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Selected papers from SIROCCO 2027 will be invited to a special issue of the
journal Theoretical Computer Science.



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*Program Committee*

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Emmanuelle Anceaume - CNRS, IRISA, Université de Rennes

James Aspnes - Yale University

Hagit Attiya - Technion

Alkida Balliu - Gran Sasso Science Institute (Chair)

Petra Berenbrink - University of Hamburg

Quentin Bramas - University of Strasbourg

Yi-Jun Chang - National University of Singapore

Artur Czumaj - University of Warwick

Francesco d'Amore - Gran Sasso Science Institute

Peter Davies-Peck - Durham University

Michael Elkin - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Laurent Feuilloley - CNRS, LIRIS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Orr Fischer - University of Haifa

Maxime Flin - Aalto University

Pierre Fraigniaud - CNRS, IRIF, Université Paris Cité

Diana Ghinea - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

George Giakkoupis - Inria, Université de Rennes

Magnús M. Halldórsson - Reykjavik University

François Le Gall - Nagoya University

Nancy Lynch - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stephan Merz - Inria, LORIA, Université de Lorraine

Alessia Milani - Aix-Marseille University, LIS

Slobodan Mitrović - UC Davis

Augusto Modanese - CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Lata Narayanan - Concordia University

Alexandre Nolin - Télécom SudParis

Ami Paz - CNRS, LISN, Université Paris-Saclay

Peter Robinson - Augusta University

Jared Saia - University of New Mexico

Yuichi Sudo - Hosei University

Robin Vacus - CNRS, LIP6, Sorbonne Université

Giovanni Viglietta - University of Aizu

Jennifer Welch - Texas A&M University



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*Organizing Committee*

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Chryssis Georgiou - University of Cyprus (General Chair)

Yiannis Ioannou - EasyConferences (Webmaster)

William K. Moses Jr. - Durham University (Publicity Chair)



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*Steering Committee*

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Keren Censor-Hillel - Technion (chair)

Yuval Emek - Technion (PC Chair 2024)

Ran Gelles - Bar-Ilan University (Member At Large)

Chryssis Georgiou - University of Cyprus (PC Chair 2026)

Ulrich Schmid - TU Wien (PC Chair 2025)


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Regards,
William K. Moses Jr.
Publicity Chair, SIROCCO 2027
https://sites.google.com/view/wkmjr

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