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CALL FOR PAPERS: Theory of Computing
Special Issue in honor of
Rajeev Motwani (1962 -- 2009)
Submit by: July 30, 2010
Rajeev Motwani was a pioneer.
In addition to his core contributions to theoretical computer science,
he was also one of the ambassadors of Theory to the broader Computer Science
community. Rajeev's work in TCS focused on randomized algorithms and on
approximation algorithms. He made
fundamental theoretical contributions to a number of areas, including motion planning,
databases, and scheduling. He was one
of the authors of the celebrated PCP theorem. Rajeev's interest in problems relevant to practice helped establish
new paradigms such as data streaming, nearest neighbor search, data
privacy. He worked in diverse fields
such as robotics and computational drug design, and made seminal
contributions to web search and data mining. To honor Rajeev's legacy in the theory of computing, we are
announcing a special issue of the journal Theory of Computing. Submissions should be made by email through
the journal's submission process described on the website www.theoryofcomputing.org. Authors should put "ToC submission:
Motwani special issue" in the Subject and Cc the submission to
samir@cs.umd.edu. All submissions will undergo a thorough review and will have to meet the stringent standards of Theory of Computing We expect to complete the review of the papers by January 2011 (earlier submissions shall be processed faster). Sudipto Guha,
guest editor,
sudipto@cis.upenn.edu
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