Call for Papers

About SIROCCO

SIROCCO is devoted to the study of the interplay between structural knowledge, communication, and computing in decentralized systems of multiple communicating entities. Special emphasis is given to innovative methodological and solution approaches leading 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. Past SIROCCO proceedings can be found on the Springer website (external link) .

Original papers are solicited from all areas of study of local structural knowledge and global communication and computational complexities, in particular

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

Keeping with the tradition of SIROCCO, new areas are also welcome. 

Important Dates

• Abstract submission: Friday, November 1, 2024 (AoE)
• Full paper submission: Friday, November 8, 2024 (AoE)
• Notification: January 31, 2025

Submission Instructions

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

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

All submissions must start with the paper’s title, author names, and a short abstract. There is no page limit, but it is mandatory that the paper contains, within the first 14 pages, a concise and clear presentation of the primary content and merits of the paper. Everything beyond 14 pages will be read at the discretion of the reviewers only. Whether an appendix is used or not is up to the authors.

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

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

Proceedings

The proceedings of SIROCCO 2025 will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Note carefully that inclusion in the proceedings requires a presentation by one of the authors at the conference site and at least one full registration for every full paper.

Special Issue

Selected papers from SIROCCO 2025 will be invited to a special issue of the journal Theoretical Computer Science.

Best Paper Awards

All regular papers are eligible for the best paper award. Moreover, all regular papers that have at least one student author, and these student authors have done 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 that on the first page. The program committee may decline to make the awards or may split them among multiple papers.