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ACAC '26

21st Athens Colloquium on Algorithms and Complexity

August 25-26, 2026

National Technical University of Athens


Scope

ACAC is an annual meeting in Athens aiming to bring together researchers working in all areas of the theory of algorithms and computational complexity. It serves as a lively forum for presenting research results that are in a preliminary stage or have been recently accepted / presented in some major conference. Contributions may appear, fully or partially, in informal electronic proceedings available only to the participants (subject to authors' approval). The language of the workshop is English.


Registration - Contributions

There are no registration fees. However, participants should register for administrative purposes, by filling the registration form until August 20.
Participants interested in giving a presentation should register, providing a tentative title and a short abstract, by using the above registration August 10. The organizers will make every possible effort, subject to scheduling constraints, so that all interested participants present their work at the workshop.


Topics of interest

Include, but are not limited to:

  •   Analysis of Algorithms
  •   Randomized and Approximation Algorithms
  •   Computational Complexity
  •   Data Structures
  •   Cryptography
  •   Graph Theory
  •   Algorithmic Game Theory
  •   Computational Geometry
  •   Combinatorial Optimization
  •   Algorithmic Algebra and Coding Theory
  •   Theoretical Aspects of Databases
  •   Computational Biology
  •   Quantum Computing
  •   Parallel and Distributed Computing
  •   Computational Learning Theory
  •   Applications of Logic


Sponsors

News

  • Important Dates
  • Registration Deadline: August 20
  • Submission Deadline: August 10



Keynote Talks

  • Evangelos Chatziafratis, UC Santa Cruz
  • George Christodoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Antonis Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens
  • Evaggelia Pitoura, University of Ioannina



Contributed Talks

  • Dimitrios Diochnos
  • Giannis Fikioris
  • Agelos Georgakopoulos
  • Alexandra Gypari
  • Sotiris Kanellopoulos
  • Andreas Kontogiannis
  • Thanasis Lianeas
  • Giorgos Mitropoulos
  • Anna Mpanti
  • Andreas Panayi
  • Panagiotis Patsilinakos
  • Christos Pergaminelis
  • Nicos Protopapas
  • Ioannis Sigalas
  • Thanos Tolias
  • Giorgos Tsimos
  • Dimitrios Tsintsilidas
  • Manolis Vasilakis
  • Ioannis Vlachos



Organizing Committee

  • Dimitris Fotakis
  • Nikos Leonardos
  • Evangelos Markakis
  • Aris Pagourtzis
  • Alkmini Sgouritsa
  • Stathis Zachos
  • Vassilis Zissimopoulos



Administration

  • Ioanna Protekdikou



Local Arrangements

  • Antonis Antonopoulos
  • Pourandokht Behrouz
  • Alexandra Gypari
  • Sotiris Kanellopoulos
  • Christos Pergaminelis
  • Thanos Tolias



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Contact

For any further details please contact the organizers by email to acac26@corelab.ntua.gr.



Program

TBA

Venue

ACAC will take place in the Multimedia Amphitheater of the National Technical University of Athens, located in the basement of the building of NTUA's Central Library. See the map below:

You can arrive at the Central Library by various ways:

By public transport:

The easiest way is by taking the Blue Metro line and getting off at the "ΚΑΤΕΧΑΚΗ" station. Then take the bus 242, get off at stop "ΘΥΡΩΡΕΙΟ" and walk 5 minutes towards the Central Library.
Another option is to take the bus 140 from the "ΚΑΤΕΧΑΚΗ" metro station and get off at stop "ΠΟΛΥΤΕΧΝΕΙΟΥΠΟΛΗ". Then get into the campus and walk 10 minutes towards the Central Library.

By car:

You can use this google map to get directions from Alimou-Katechaki Avenue.