Welcome to the website of the 27th International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms, to be held in Helsinki, Finland, 17-19 August, 2016.
 
- Information about excursion added.
- There is website for StringMasters workshop.
- You can download program and venue information (in PDF format).
- Proceedings of IWOCA 2016 are now published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series: [SpringerLink]
- A special issue of selected papers will be published in the journal Theory of Computing Systems.
- There will be a Best Student Paper award, sponsored by the EATCS. Please see the rules for eligibility.
- The main conference will be 17 August to 19 August (Wednesday to Friday).
- There will be an edition of the StringMasters workshop on 16 August (Tuesday), free to all IWOCA attendees. See the workshops webpage. Registration to StringMasters is now open.
Invited Speakers
- Leslie Ann Goldberg (Oxford University)
- Giuseppe F. Italiano (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
- Petteri Kaski (Aalto University)
Important Dates
-  Paper Abstract due: 25 April (Monday), Anywhere on Earth
-  Full Paper due: 2 May (Monday), Anywhere on Earth
-  Notification of authors: 9 June --> 10 June
-  Camera-ready copies due: 19 June --> 20 June
-  List of accepted papers to be published: 17 June
-  Conference program to be announced: 24 June
-  Early registration deadline: 1 July
-  Late registration deadline: 14 August (afterward, only on-site registration)
-  String Masters: 16 August
-  Conference dates: 17-19 August
-  Invitations to special issue: 31 August
Sponsors
IWOCA 2016 acknowledges the generous support of the following sponsors:

