The Meeting

APPROX 2000 will take place in Saarbrücken, Germany, from September 5 until September 8, 2000. The Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science will be the local organizer. APPROX 2000 is jointly organized with ESA 2000 and WAE 2000 in the framework of CONF 2000. For general information please have a look at the site of CONF 2000.

Important Dates

Submission of Papers: April 3, 2000
Submissions (short abstracts): May 1, 2000
Notification of Acceptance: May 29, 2000
Final Version due: July 10, 2000
Workshop: September 6-8, 2000

Scope and Topics

The workshop on approximation algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems focuses on algorithmic and complexity aspects arising in the development of efficient approximate solutions to computationally difficult problems. It aims, in particular, at fostering the cooperation among algorithmic and complexity researchers of the field. Papers are solicited in all research areas related to approximation, including, but not limited to: design and analysis of approximation algorithms, inapproximability results, on-line problems, randomization techniques, average-case analysis, approximation classes, scheduling problems, routing and flow problems, coloring and partitioning, cuts and connectivity, packing and covering, geometric problem, network design and various applications.

Call for Papers

can be found under CFP_APPROX2000.

Program Committee

  • Klaus Jansen, University of Kiel, co-chair
  • Tao Jiang, University of California, Riverside
  • Sanjeev Khanna, University of Pennsylvania
  • Samir Khuller, University of Maryland, chair
  • Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University
  • Stefano Leonardi, Universita di Roma
  • Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University
  • Baruch Schieber, IBM Research
  • Martin Skutella, Technical University Berlin
  • Eva Tardos, Cornell University / UC Berkeley
  • Gerhard Woeginger, Technical University Graz
  • Neal Young, Dartmouth College