The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) is an international organization with a

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an focus, founded in 1972. Its aim is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and results among theoretical computer scientists as well as to stimulate cooperation between the theoretical and the practical community in

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. The major activities of the EATCS are: * Organization of

ICALP ICALP, the International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming is an academic conference organized annually by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science and held in different locations around Europe. Like most theoret ...

, the

International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming ICALP, the International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming is an academic conference organized annually by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science and held in different locations around Europe. Like most theoret ...

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theoretical computer science computer science (TCS) is a subset of general computer science and mathematics that focuses on mathematical aspects of computer science such as the theory of computation, lambda calculus, and type theory. It is difficult to circumscribe the ...

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Fundamenta Informaticae ''Fundamenta Informaticae'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering computer science. The editor-in-chief is Damian Niwiński. It was established in 1977 by the Polish Mathematical Society as Series IV of the '' Annales Societatis Mathemati ...

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EATCS Award

Each year, the EATCS Award is awarded in recognition of a distinguished career in theoretical computer science. The first award was assigned to

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in 2000; the complete list of the winners is given below:

Presburger Award

Starting in 2010, the European Association of Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) confers each year at the conference ICALP the Presburger Award to a young scientist (in exceptional cases to several young scientists) for outstanding contributions in theoretical computer science, documented by a published paper or a series of published papers. The award is named after Mojzesz Presburger who accomplished his path-breaking work on decidability of the theory of addition (which today is called Presburger arithmetic) as a student in 1929. The complete list of the winners is given below:

EATCS Fellows

The EATCS Fellows ProgramEATCS Fellows
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. has been established by the Association to recognize outstanding EATCS Members for their scientific achievements in the field of Theoretical Computer Science. The Fellow status is conferred by the EATCS Fellows-Selection Committee upon a person having a track record of intellectual and organizational leadership within the EATCS community. Fellows are expected to be “model citizens” of the TCS community, helping to develop the standing of TCS beyond the frontiers of the community.

Texts in Theoretical Computer Science

EATCS Bulletin

The EATCS Bulletin is a newsletter of the EATCS, published online three times annually in February, June, and October respectively. The Bulletin is a medium for rapid publication and wide distribution of material such as: * EATCS matters; * information about the current ICALP; * technical contributions; * columns; * surveys and tutorials; * reports on conferences; * calendar of events; * reports on computer science departments and institutes; * listings of technical reports and publications; * book reviews; * open problems and solutions; * abstracts of PhD Theses; * information on visitors at various institutions; and * entertaining contributions and pictures related to computer science. Since 2021 its editor-in-chief has been Stefan Schmid (TU Berlin).

EATCS Young Researchers Schools

Beginning in 2014, the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) established a series of Young Researcher Schools on TCS topics. A brief history of the schools follows below.

References

External links

European Association for Theoretical Computer Science website
{{DEFAULTSORT:European Association For Theoretical Computer Science Computer science societies Information technology organizations based in Europe International organisations based in Italy Organizations established in 1972 Theoretical computer science