Call for papers (special issue)

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 OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue of the journal Theoretical Computer Science on “Combinatorics on Words”

Submission deadline: February 1st, 2022 March 1st, 2022 (extended)
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Following the successful conference WORDS 2021 held in Rouen (France) online, we are pleased to announce that a Special Issue of Theoretical Computer Science will be devoted to the topics covered by the conference.

WORDS 2021 was the thirteenth in a series initiated in 1997 in Rouen (France) and its focus is on the theoretical point of view, including the combinatorial, algebraic and algorithmic aspects.
Motivations may come from other domains such as theoretical computer science, bioinformatics, digital geometry, symbolic dynamics, numeration systems, text processing, number theory, etc..

This call for papers is open to anyone (not only the participants of WORDS 2021) willing to submit a paper related to the topics of the conference.

We are seeking for contributions covering all aspects related to combinatorics on words.
In particular, the combinatorial, algebraic and algorithmic aspects are privileged.
Relations with other parts of mathematics, combinatorics, computer algebra, computer science, physics and biology will be also considered.

Submitted papers should be written in English and should neither have been published previously nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers will be reviewed according to TCS policy.

Submissions will be possible on the Elsevier submission portal from Nov 1, 2021.

Guest Editors:
Thierry Lecroq
Svetlana Puzynina

Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: 1 February 2022 1 March 2022 (extended)
Acceptance Notification: 1 August 2022 1 September 2022 (extended)