WCTA 2026

The 21st Workshop on Compression, Text, and Algorithms (WCTA 2026) will be held at McMaster University on October 16th, 2026, co-located with SPIRE 2026 and the day after it.

Call for papers

WCTA is a forum primarily intended for early-stage researchers to present their work. We encourage junior members of our community to submit a one-page abstract (not including references) containing preferably unpublished work, work in progress, surveys of interest, and open problems, among others.

WCTA has no published proceedings, so the results presented can also be submitted to other workshops and conferences.

Important dates

Abstract deadline: September 7th, 2026 (anywhere on Earth)

Notification: September 10th, 2026

Workshop: October 16th, 2026

Submission

Please submit a one-page abstract (excluding references) in PDF format via email to both Travis Gagie (travis.gagie at gmail.com) and Shahin Kamali (kamalis at yorku.ca) with the subject line "WCTA submission". The workshop will be in-person, with online presentations only in special cases (e.g., authors with travel difficulties). If you want to present online, please request it in your submission email. There is no fee for WCTA.

Invited Speaker

TBA

Program Chairs

Travis Gagie

Shahin Kamali (York University)