SWAT 2024

Local Information

Travel information (airport to city and public transport)

The public transportation company of the Helsinki region is HSL. There is a zone system in place, click here for an unofficial zone map. Tickets are valid for certain zones and for a period of time. You can by paper tickets in the occasional ticket machine or from R-kiosks. For daily use it is better to download the HSL app, which offers digital tickets and payment. The city center of Helsinki and most hotels are in Zone A. The airport is in zone C.

After your arrival to the airport follow the signs either to the taxi stand or the train. The cheapest way to get to the center of Helsinki from the airport (HEL) is to take a train, which takes you to the main train station in the center of Helsinki. You can by a ticket for the ABC zones next to the train tracks. All trains go to Helsinki (In Swedish, Helsingfors) main station. Your ticket is valid for ~90 minutes which is enough to also use further trams/buses to get to your hotel.

Unfortunately, during the conference there will be significant disruption in the metro service due to construction work. The metro does not operate between Kamppi and University of Helsinki (Helsingin Yliopisto) stations, and the Metro station at the Central Railway Station (Rautatieasema) will be closed. These stations are within walkable distances, and you can also take trams 9 or 9B. For more information on this and other metro disruptions, click here.

Other local information

If this is your first time in Helisnki, it is worth taking a look at some general and tourist information.

Invited Speakers

• Karen Aardal, TU Delft, The Netherlands
• Greg Bodwin, University of Michigan, USA
• Michał Pilipczuk, University of Warsaw, Poland

Registration

All registration fees include the scientific program June 12-14, lunches, coffees, and the conference dinner on June 13. There is a student discount, but no travel grants. The early registration deadline is May 18.

Registration fees:

• Early Student: 280 EUR
• Early Full: 375 EUR
• Late (Student or Full): 570 EUR

You can register by clicking here.

Organisers

Program Committee

• Anders Aamand, MIT, US
• Ahmad Biniaz, University of Windsor, Canada
• Hans Bodlaender, Utrecht University, the Netherlands (chair)
• Flavia Bonomo, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Kevin Buchin, Technical University Dortmund, Germany
• Pål Grønås Drange, University of Bergen, Norway
• Franziska Eberle, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
• Klim Efremenko, Ben Gurion University, Israel
• Gramoz Goranci, University of Vienna, Austria
• Kazuo Iwama, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• Matthew Johnson, Durham University, UK
• Matthew Katz, Ben Gurion University, Israel
• Jan Kratochvíl, Charles University, Czech Republic
• Stefan Kratsch, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
• Łukasz Kowalik, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Anil Maheshwari, Carleton University, Canada
• George B. Mertzios, Durham University, UK
• Yoshio Okamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
• Yota Otachi, Nagoya University, Japan
• Sang-il Oum, Institute for Basic Science / KAIST, Korea
• Sharath Raghvendra, NCSU, US
• Laura Sanita, Bocconi University of Milan, Italy
• Subhash Suri, University of California, Santa Barbara, US
• Ioan Todinca, University of Orleans, France
• Jara Uitto, Aalto University, Finland
• Tandy Warnow, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, US
• Prudence Wong, University of Liverpool, UK
• Meirav Zehavi, Ben Gurion University, Israel

Local Organizing Committee

• Jara Uitto, Aalto University, Finland
• Mikko Koivisto, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak, Aalto University, Finland
• Alexandru Paler, Aalto University and InstituteQ, Finland

Code of conduct

SWAT is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful conference experience for everyone. Harassment in any form will not be tolerated. If you are subjected to, or become aware of, any form of inappropriate or unethical behavior during the conference, please contact our SafeToC advocates, or the steering committee chair, program committee chair, or local chairs.

Contact

For further questions, please contact Jara Uitto or Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak.

Email: firstname.lastname@aalto.fi.

Venue

SWAT 2024 will be held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The venue is room F3017 on the 3rd floor of the freshly renovated main building of the University of Helsinki in the heart of the city. It is close to a number of hotels, and most of the major sights in Helsinki. It is an 8 minutes walk from the central railway station.
Address: Fabianinkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki

Conference program

A downloadable pdf version of the program is available here.