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Welcome to the website of the 20th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2026).
The event will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 17-19 2026.

SWAT, which alternates with the Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS), is a forum for researchers in the area of design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.

See you in Copenhagen!

Important dates (all are AoE)

• Call for papers: Now!
• Abstract submission deadline: February 16, 2026
• Submission deadline: February 20, 2026
• Author notification: April 10, 2026
• Final paper due: April 17, 2026
• Conference: June 17-19, 2026

Proceedings

Symposium proceedings will be published in the "Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics" (LIPIcs) series.

Close (and related) events

• Summer School (June 13-14, Technical University of Denmark)
• CPM 2026 (June 15-17, same location)
• SEA 2026 (June 22-24, same location)

Sponsors

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the PC chair Pierre Fraigniaud.
For other questions, contact Philip Bille.