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ESAEuropean Symposium on Algorithms
ESA is a rank B conference in Theoretical Computer Science in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. The ESA 2027 deadline is not announced; past editions suggest late April. ESA 2026 took place on Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2026 in L'Aquila, Italy. Acceptance rate 2026: 32.4% (158/487).
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Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition
Latest edition
ESA 2026: call for papers timeline
- Apr 22, 2026, 11:59 UTCAbstractCommunity data · unverified
- Apr 24, 2026, 11:59 UTC
- Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2026Local timeConferenceL'Aquila, Italy
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Past editions
Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates
| Year | Paper deadline | Acceptance | Papers (dblp) | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-04-23AoE | 32.4%158/487 · source | 161 | Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2026 | L'Aquila, Italy |
| 2025 | 2025-04-23AoE | 30.9%115/372 · source | 117 | Sep 15–17, 2025 | Warsaw, Poland |
| 2024 | 2024-04-22AoE | 30.9%103/333 · source | 106 | Sep 2–4, 2024 | Egham, UK |
| 2023 | 2023-04-28AoE | 27.8%103/370 · source | 105 | Sep 4–6, 2023 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2022 | 2022-04-21AoE | 30.7%92/300 · source | 93 | Sep 5–7, 2022 | Potsdam, Germany |
| 2021 | 2021-05-03AoE | 25.0%80/320 · source | 83 | Sep 6–8, 2021 | Online |
| 2020 | — | — | 84 | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | 84 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — | 74 | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — | 71 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | 79 | — | — |
ESA 2027 deadline forecast: late April (not announced). The last paper deadlines: 2026: Apr 24, 2026; 2025: Apr 24, 2025; 2024: Apr 23, 2024. The conference's own announcement decides.
Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗
CCF list
ESA in the CCF list
- 7th edition (2026)
- CCF B Theoretical Computer Science · no. 2
- 6th edition (2022)
- CCF B Theoretical Computer Science
- Name in the list
- European Symposium on Algorithms
- Publisher
- Springer
- dblp
- conf/esa ↗
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FAQ
About ESA
What CCF rank is ESA?
ESA is a rank B conference in Theoretical Computer Science in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.
When is the ESA 2027 deadline?
Not announced yet. The last paper deadlines were 2026: Apr 24, 2026; 2025: Apr 24, 2025; 2024: Apr 23, 2024, so late April is likely; the conference's announcement decides.
Where is ESA 2026?
ESA 2026 took place on Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2026 in L'Aquila, Italy.
What is the ESA acceptance rate?
2026: 487 submissions, 158 accepted, 32.4%. 2025: 30.9% (115/372). The history table links each figure to its source.
Do ESA workshop and short papers count as CCF B?
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.
In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines
Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).