Workshop on Algorithm Engineering: a Report* Bernard M.E. Motet Department of Computer Science University of New Mexico " Albuquerque, NM 87131 November 3, 1997 The Workshop on Algorithm Engineering, first of its name, took place at the University of Venice (La Universit~ di Venezia "Ca' Foscari") on September 11-13, 1997. (Details on the workshop, including a list of participants with addresses and email, final program, etc., can be found at UP~L wwv. dsJ.. unive, i t / - w a e 9 7 / . ) The workshop was well attended (54 participants formally registered). Most of the attendees are currently involved in research in the area of algorithm engineering, which, in this particular case, meant the development, experimental testing, and characterization of robust algorithms and data structures for a variety of combinatorial problems. Highlights of the conference were presentations by the LEDA team (Germany) on the current state of the library and plans for its future; by Franco Preparata (now at Brown U.) on a measure of robustness (as measured by the degree of polynomial computations involved) for algorithms, to be ranked at the level of running time and space as a goal in algorithm design; and
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