It was our great pleasure to welcome you to the 17th Annual International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2006), which was held for the first time in Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), during December 18–20, 2006. This is the second ISAAC meeting organized in India; the first one was held in the city of Chennai in 1999. This symposium provided an excellent opportunity for sharing thoughts among the participants on the recent advances in algorithm design and their manifold applications to emerging areas. Thanks go to the members of the Advisory Committee of ISAAC for their concurrence to hold this symposium in Kolkata
