Call for papers

The Italian Conference on Theoretical Computer Science (ICTCS) is the conference of the Italian Chapter of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS).

The aim of ICTCS is to foster cross-fertilization of ideas across different areas of theoretical computer science and to provide an environment where junior researchers and PhD students can interact with senior researchers.

Researchers of all nationalities are invited to submit contributions in any area of theoretical computer science.

Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • algorithms
  • argumentation
  • automata theory
  • complexity theory
  • computational logic
  • computational social choice
  • concurrency theory
  • cryptography
  • discrete mathematics
  • distributed computing
  • dynamical systems
  • formal methods
  • game theory
  • graph theory
  • knowledge representation
  • languages
  • model checking
  • multi-agent systems
  • process algebras
  • quantum computing
  • reasoning
  • rewriting systems
  • security and trust
  • search and planning
  • semantics
  • specification and verification
  • symbolic AI
  • systems biology
  • theorem proving
  • type theory

Special tracks

ICTCS 2026 includes three special tracks devoted to significant application domains of theoretical computer science. The aim is to solicit contributions that, while not primarily situated within theoretical computer science, address substantive theoretical questions emerging from applied research problems.

The three special tracks are as follows:

Cyber-Physical Systems

Formal modeling, verification, synthesis, and analysis techniques for systems integrating computational and physical processes, including real-time, embedded, and safety-critical systems.

Quantum Computing

Theoretical foundations of quantum computation, including quantum algorithms, quantum complexity theory, formal models of quantum computation, verification of quantum systems, and quantum programming languages.

Bioinformatics

Algorithmic, logical, and mathematical methods for computational biology, including sequence analysis, biological networks, systems biology modeling, and formal approaches to molecular and cellular processes.

Submission

Two types of contributions (in English, CEUR-WS format) are solicited.

Regular papers: Up to 12 pages (bibliography excluded), presenting original results not published or submitted elsewhere. Authors may include an appendix; reviewers are not required to consider it.

Communications: Up to 5 pages (bibliography excluded), suitable for extended abstracts of published or submitted papers, ongoing research reports, and PhD thesis or project overviews.

Submissions must be in PDF format via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ictcs2026

All accepted original contributions (regular papers and communications of at least 5 pages including bibliography) will be published on CEUR-WS.org unless the authors opt out.

At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the contribution at the conference.

Submission deadline: June 14, 2026

Special Issue

Authors of the best papers presented at the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of a Scopus-indexed journal. Invitations will be sent after the conference. The special issue is expected to appear by the end of 2027.