SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual five-day international conference devoted
to the theory and practice of Computer Science.
Its aim is to foster co-operation among professionals from academia and industry
working in various areas of Computer Science.
The program consists of a series of Invited Talks, given by prominent professionals
and researchers, Contributed Talks and Talks describing Work-in-progress and Applications
selected by the Program Committee from submitted papers, and the Student Research Forum.
General Conference Chair: Peter Van Emde Boas (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
SOFSEM offers a unique opportunity to quickly obtain a representative overview
of the areas of Computer Science that are selected as the topics of the year.
To avoid excess diversity among the conference participants and foster the atmosphere
of close professional interaction, the 30th Anniversary SOFSEM 2004 will be
organized in parallel tracks with topics narrow enough to attract a community
of researchers that share very specific fields of interest.
The schedule is tailored so that a unique opportunity to interact with
other participants (invited speakers, researchers, students) of the tracks will
be given.
For the 30th Anniversary SOFSEM 2004 the following four tracks have been selected:
SOFSEM provides an ideal framework for discussions and meetings, for establishing
contacts, and for socializing.
SOFSEM is especially suited for young computer scientists.
The SOFSEM 2004 Proceedings, containing both Invited and Contributed papers, will
be published by Springer-Verlag in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series
(LNCS) and distributed at the conference.
Papers describing "Work-in-progress and Applications" and Student Research Forum papers
will be published in SOFSEM 2004 Proceedings published by MatFyzPres.
Selected papers from the SOFSEM 2004 Proceedings published by MatFyzPres are also planned to appear in a special
issue of the ENTCS journal, published by Elsevier.