Newsletter 140
November  4, 2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* DEADLINES
  Deadlines in the coming weeks
* LICS-RELATED CALLS
  LICS 2013 - Call for Workshop Proposals
  LICS 2013 - Call for Papers
* CALLS FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
  CADE-24 - Call for Workshops, Tutorials and System Competitions
  LATA 2013 - Call for Papers
  CAV 2013 - Call for Workshop Proposals
  RDP 2013 - Call for Workshop Proposals
  TERMGRAPH 2013 - Call for Papers
  CAV 2013 - Call for Papers
  CADE-24 - Call for Papers
  DICE 2013 - Call for Papers
  PETRI NETS 2013 - Call for Papers
  TASE 2013 - Call for Papers
  TLCA 2013 - Call for Papers
  TAP 2013 - Call for Papers
  RTA 2013 - Call for Papers
  CALCO 2013 - Call for Papers


DEADLINES
* CADE-24
  Proposal submission: November 9, 2012
  http://www.cade-24.info/
* LATA 2013
  Paper submission: November 15, 2012
  http://grammars.grlmc.com/LATA2013/
* CAV 2013
  Workshop Proposal: November 23, 2012
  http://cav2013.forsyte.at/
* LICS 2013
  Workshop Proposals: November 26, 2012
  http://informatik.hu-berlin.de/lics/lics13/
* RDP 2013
  Workshop Proposals: December 1, 2012
  http://www.win.tue.nl/rdp2013/
* TERMGRAPH 2013
  Abstract submission:  December 20, 2012
  Paper submission: January 7, 2013
  http://termgraph2013.imag.fr
* CAV 2013
  Abstract submission: January 3, 2013
  Paper submission (firm): January 7, 2013
  http://cav2013.forsyte.at/
* CADE-24
  Abstract submission: January 7, 2013
  Paper submission: January 14, 2013
  http://www.cade-24.info/
* LICS 2013
  Title & Short Abstracts: January 7, 2013
  Extended Abstracts: January 14, 2013
  http://informatik.hu-berlin.de/lics/lics13/
* DICE 2013
  Submission: January 10, 2013
  http://dice2013.di.unito.it/
* PETRI NETS 2013
  Submission of Papers: January 10, 2013
  Submission of Tutorial Proposals: January 10, 2013
  http://www.mc3.disco.unimib.it/petrinets2013/
* TASE 2013
  Title and abstract submission: January 18, 2013
  Paper submission: January 25, 2013
  http://www1.aston.ac.uk/tase2013/
* TLCA 2013
  Paper Registration (titles & short abstracts): January 25, 2013
  Full Paper Submission: 1 February 2013
  http://www.win.tue.nl/rdp2013/
* TAP 2013
  Abstract submission:   January 25, 2013
  Paper submission:      February 1, 2013
  http://www.spacios.eu/TAP2013
* RTA 2013
  Abstract submission: February 1, 2013
  Paper submission: February 5, 2013
  http://www.win.tue.nl/rdp2013/
* CALCO 2013
  Abstract Submission: February 22, 2013
  Paper Submission: March 1, 2013
  http://coalg.org/calco13/



28TH ANNUAL ACM/IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (LICS 2013)
  Call for Workshop Proposals
  June 24, 28-29, 2013
  New Orleans, USA
  http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/lics/lics13/
* LOCATION AND COLOCATION
  The twenty-eighth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic In Computer Science
  (LICS 2013) will be held in New Orleans, USA, 25-28 June 2013.
  It will be colocated with MFPS (Mathematical Foundations of
  Programming Semantics) and CSF (IEEE Computer Security
  Foundations). Possible dates for workshops are Monday 24 June,
  Friday 28 June afternoon, and Saturday 29 June.
* SCOPE
  Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for
  workshops on topics relating logic - broadly construed - to
  computer science or related fields. Typically, LICS workshops
  feature a number of invited speakers and a number of contributed
  presentations. LICS workshops do not usually produce formal
  proceedings. However, in the past there have been special issues
  of journals based in part on certain LICS workshops.
* PROPOSALS
  Proposals should include:
  - A short scientific summary and justification of the proposed
    topic. This should include a discussion of the particular
    benefits of the topic to the LICS community.
  - A discussion of the proposed format and agenda.
  - The proposed duration, which is typically one day (two-day
    workshops can be accommodated too).
  - Your preferred dates. This is important!
  - Let us know if you would like your workshop to be a joint
    workshop with CSF. In that case you should submit to both.
  - Procedures for selecting participants and papers.
  - Expected number of participants. This is important!
  - Potential invited speakers.
  - Plans for dissemination (for example, special issues of
    journals).
* SUBMISSION
  Proposals should be submitted via Easychair at
  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=licsworkshops2013
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Submission deadline: November 26, 2012
  Notification: December 20, 2012
  Program of the workshops ready:  April 30, 2013
  Workshops: June 24, 2013 or June 28-29, 2013
  LICS conference: June 25-28, 2013
* WORKSHOPS CHAIR
  Patricia Bouyer-Decitre, CNRS, ENS Cachan
* SELECTION COMMITTEE
  The workshops selection committee consists of the LICS General
  Chair, LICS Workshops Chair, LICS 2013 PC Chair and LICS 2013
  Conference Chair.



28TH ANNUAL ACM/IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (LICS 2013)
  Call for Papers
  June 25-28, 2013
  New Orleans, USA
  http://informatik.hu-berlin.de/lics/lics13/
* LOCATION AND COLOCATION
  LICS 2013 will be hosted by Tulane University, in New Orleans,
  LA USA, from June 25th to 28th, 2013. LICS 2013 will be
  co-located with MFPS13 (23-25 June) and CSF13 (26-28 June).
* SCOPE
  The LICS Symposium is an annual international forum on
  theoretical and practical topics in computer science that relate
  to logic, broadly construed. We invite submissions on topics that
  fit under that rubric. Suggested, but not exclusive, topics of
  interest include: automata theory, automated deduction,
  categorical models and logics, concurrency and distributed
  computation, constraint programming, constructive mathematics,
  database theory, decision procedures, description logics, domain
  theory, finite model theory, theory of automatic structures,
  formal aspects of program analysis, formal methods, foundations
  of computability, higher-order logic, lambda and combinatory
  calculi, linear logic, logic in artificial intelligence, logic
  programming, logical aspects of bioinformatics, logical aspects
  of computational complexity, logical aspects of quantum
  computation, logical frameworks, logics of programs, modal and
  temporal logics, model checking, probabilistic systems, process
  calculi, programming language semantics, proof theory, real-time
  systems, reasoning about security, rewriting, type systems and
  type theory, and verification.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Titles & Short Abstracts Due      :   January 7, 2013
  Extended Abstracts Due            :   January 14, 2013
  Author Notification (approximate) :   March 22, 2013
* KLEENE AWARD
  An award in honor of the late Stephen C. Kleene will be given for
  the best student paper(s), as judged by the program committee.
* SPECIAL ISSUES
  Full versions of up to three accepted papers, to be selected by
  the program committee, will be invited for submission to the
  Journal of the ACM. Additional selected papers will be invited to
  a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science.
* PROGRAM CHAIR
  Orna Kupferman, Hebrew University
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
  Parosh A. Abdulla, Uppsala University
  Amal Ahmed, Northeastern Universtiy
  Sergei Artemov, City University of New York
  Andrei Bulatov, Simon Fraser University
  Yijia Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Veronique Cortier, CNRS, Loria
  Mariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini, Univ. di Torino
  Thomas Ehrhard, CNRS, Universite Paris Diderot
  Javier Esparza, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
  Kousha Etessami, University of Edinburgh
  Maribel Fernandez, King's College London
  Santiago Figueira, University of Buenos Aires
  Simon Gay, University of Glasgow
  Martin Grohe, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
  Martin Hofmann, LMU Munich
  Petr Jancar, Technical University Ostrava
  Barbara Jobstmann, CNRS, Verimag and Jasper DA
  Patricia Johann, University of Strathclyde
  Bakhadyr Khoussainov, The University of Auckland
  Antonina Kolokolova, University of Newfoundland
  Victor Marek, University of Kentucky
  Angelo Morzenti, Politecnico di Milano
  Lawrence Moss, Indiana University
  Madhavan Mukund, Chennai Math. Institute
  Anca Muscholl, Universite Bordeaux
  Mogens Nielsen, Aarhus University
  Catuscia Palamidessi, INRIA, Ecole Polytechnique
  Luc Segoufin, INRIA, ENS Cachan
  Natarajan Shankar, SRI International
  Alexandra Silva, Radboud University Nijmegen
  Balder ten Cate, UC Santa Cruz
  Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University
  Ron van der Meyden, Univ. of New South Wales
  Jeannette M. Wing, Carnegie Mellon University
  Nobuko Yoshida, Imperial College London
* CONFERENCE CHAIR
  Mike Mislove, Tulane University
* WORKSHOP CHAIR
  Patricia Bouyer-Decitre, CNRS, ENS Cachan
* PUBLICITY CHAIR
  Andrzej Murawski, University of Leicester
* GENERAL CHAIR
  Luke Ong, University of Oxford



24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED DEDUCTION (CADE-24)
  Call for Workshops, Tutorials and System Competitions
  Lake Placid, USA
  9-14 June 2013
  http://www.cade-24.info
* SCOPE
  CADE is the major international forum at which research on all aspects
  of automated deduction is presented.
* CALL FOR WORKSHOPS
  Workshop proposals for CADE-24 are solicited.  Both well-established
  workshops and newer ones are encouraged.  Similarly, proposals for
  workshops with a tight focus on a core automated reasoning
  specialization, as well as those with a broader, more applied focus,
  are very welcome.
  Please provide the following information in your application document:
  + Workshop title
  + Names and affiliations of organizers
  + Proposed workshop duration (from half a day to two days)
  + Brief description of the goals and the scope of the workshop. Why is
    the workshop relevant for CADE?
  + Is the workshop new or has it met previously? In the latter case
    information on previous meetings should be given.
  + What are the plans for publication?
* CALL FOR TUTORIALS
  Tutorial proposals for CADE-24 are solicited. Tutorials are expected to be
  half-day events, with a theoretical or applied focus, on a Topic Of Interest
  for CADE-24. Proposals should provide the following information:
  + Tutorial title.
  + Names and affiliations of organizers.
  + Brief description of the tutorial's goals and topics to be covered.
  + Whether or not a version of the tutorial has been given previously.
  CADE will take care of printing and distributing notes for tutorials that
  would like this service.
* CALL FOR SYSTEM COMPETITIONS
  The CADE ATP Systems Competition CASC, which evaluates automated
  theorem proving systems for classical logics, has become an integral
  part of the CADE conferences.
  Further system competition proposals are solicited. The goal is to
  foster the development of automated reasoning systems in all areas
  relevant for automated deduction in a broader sense.
  + Competition title.
  + Names and affiliations of organizers.
  + Duration and schedule of the competition.
  + Room/space requirements.
  + Description of the competition task and the evaluation procedure.
  + Is the competition new or has it been organized before?
    In the latter case information on previous competitions should be given.
  + What computing resources are required and how will they be provided?
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Deadline for proposal submissions:     9 November 2012
  Acceptance/rejection notification:    30 November 2012
  Workshops and Tutorials:               9-10 June 2013
  Competitions:                          9-14 June 2013
  Conference:                           11-14 June 2013
* SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
  Proposals should be uploaded via
  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cade24workshopscompe
* CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
  Christopher A. Lynch   Clarkson University
  Neil V. Murray         SUNY Albany
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
  Maria Paola Bonacina   Universita degli Studi di Verona
* TUTORIAL CHAIR
  Peter Baumgartner      NICTA and Australian National University
* WORKSHOP AND COMPETITION CHAIR
  Christoph Benzmueller  Freie Universitaet Berlin
* PUBLICITY AND WEB CHAIR
  Grant Olney Passmore   Cambridge University and University of Edinburgh



7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATA, THEORY AND APPLICATIONS (LATA 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Bilbao, Spain, April 2-5, 2013
  http://grammars.grlmc.com/LATA2013/
* AIMS
  LATA is a yearly conference in theoretical computer science and
  its applications. Following the tradition of the International
  Schools in Formal Languages and Applications developed at Rovira
  i Virgili University in Tarragona since 2002, LATA 2013 will
  reserve significant room for young scholars at the beginning of
  their career. It will aim at attracting contributions from both
  classical theory fields and application areas (bioinformatics,
  systems biology, language technology, artificial intelligence).
* VENUE
  LATA 2013 will take place in Bilbao, at the Basque Country in
  Northern Spain. The venue will be the Basque Center for Applied
  Mathematics (BCAM).
* SCOPE
  Topics of either theoretical or applied interest include, but are
  not limited to:
  - algebraic language theory
  - algorithms for semi-structured data mining
  - algorithms on automata and words
  - automata and logic
  - automata for system analysis and programme verification
  - automata, concurrency and Petri nets
  - automatic structures
  - cellular automata
  - combinatorics on words
  - computability
  - computational complexity
  - computational linguistics
  - data and image compression
  - decidability questions on words and languages
  - descriptional complexity
  - DNA and other models of bio-inspired computing
  - document engineering
  - foundations of finite state technology
  - foundations of XML
  - fuzzy and rough languages
  - grammars (Chomsky hierarchy, contextual, multidimensional,
    unification, categorial, etc.)
  - grammars and automata architectures
  - grammatical inference and algorithmic learning
  - graphs and graph transformation
  - language varieties and semigroups
  - language-based cryptography
  - language-theoretic foundations of artificial intelligence
    and artificial life
  - parallel and regulated rewriting
  - parsing
  - pattern recognition
  - patterns and codes
  - power series
  - quantum, chemical and optical computing
  - semantics
  - string and combinatorial issues in computational biology
    and bioinformatics
  - string processing algorithms
  - symbolic dynamics
  - symbolic neural networks
  - term rewriting
  - transducers
  - trees, tree languages and tree automata
  - weighted automata
* STRUCTURE
  LATA 2013 will consist of
  - 3 invited talks
  - 2 invited tutorials
  - peer-reviewed contributions
* PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
  Parosh Aziz Abdulla (Uppsala)
  Franz Baader (Dresden)
  Jos Baeten (CWI, Amsterdam)
  Christel Baier (Dresden)
  Gerth Stolting Brodal (Aarhus)
  John Case (Delaware)
  Marek Chrobak (Riverside)
  Mariangiola Dezani (Torino)
  Rod Downey (Wellington)
  Ding-Zhu Du (Dallas)
  Ivo Duentsch (Brock)
  E. Allen Emerson (Austin)
  Javier Esparza (Technical University Munich)
  Michael R. Fellows (Darwin)
  Alain Finkel (ENS Cachan)
  Dov M. Gabbay (King's, London)
  Juergen Giesl (Aachen)
  Rob van Glabbeek (NICTA, Sydney)
  Georg Gottlob (Oxford)
  Annegret Habel (Oldenburg)
  Reiko Heckel (Leicester)
  Sanjay Jain (Singapore)
  Charanjit S. Jutla (IBM Thomas J. Watson)
  Ming-Yang Kao (Northwestern)
  Deepak Kapur (Albuquerque)
  Joost-Pieter Katoen (Aachen)
  S. Rao Kosaraju (Johns Hopkins)
  Evangelos Kranakis (Carleton)
  Hans-Joerg Kreowski (Bremen)
  Tak-Wah Lam (Hong Kong)
  Gad M. Landau (Haifa)
  Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg)
  Richard Lipton (Georgia Tech)
  Jack Lutz (Iowa State)
  Ian Mackie (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau)
  Rupak Majumdar (Max Planck, Kaiserslautern)
  Carlos Martin-Vide (Tarragona, chair)
  Paliath Narendran (Albany)
  Tobias Nipkow (Technical University Munich)
  David A. Plaisted (Chapel Hill)
  Jean-Francois Raskin (Brussels)
  Wolfgang Reisig (Humboldt Berlin)
  Michael Rusinowitch (LORIA, Nancy)
  Davide Sangiorgi (Bologna)
  Bernhard Steffen (Dortmund)
  Colin Stirling (Edinburgh)
  Alfonso Valencia (CNIO, Madrid)
  Helmut Veith (Vienna Tech)
  Heribert Vollmer (Hannover)
  Osamu Watanabe (Tokyo Tech)
  Pierre Wolper (Liege)
  Louxin Zhang (Singapore)
* PUBLICATION
  A volume of proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series
  will be available by the time of the conference.
* DEADLINES
  Paper submission: November 15, 2012 (23:59 CET)
  Notification of paper acceptance or rejection: December 16, 2012
  Final version of the paper for the LNCS proceedings: December 25,
  2012



25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER AIDED VERIFICATION (CAV 2013)
  Call for Workshop Proposals
  Saint Petersburg, Russia
  July 13-19, 2013
  http://cav2013.forsyte.at/
* GENERAL
  The 2013 Computer-Aided Verification (CAV) Workshops provide an
  opportunity for participants to discuss topics in the broader
  verification related domains. CAV 2013 Workshops will be held before the
  main conference on July 13 and 14.
  Workshop proposals will be reviewed by the workshop chair along with the
  program chairs and members of the steering committee. Proposals must
  consist of the following two parts:
  - Part I: Technical Information
    A short (about 1 page) scientific justification of the proposed topic,
    its significance and relevance to CAV, and the particular benefits of
    the workshop to the verification community, as well as a list of
    previous or related workshops (if relevant).
  - Part II: Organizational Information
    - contact information of the workshop organizers
    - identifying a main contact for the workshop (i.e. a workshop chair)
    - the desired length of the workshop, (one or two days)
    - estimate of the audience size
    - proposed format and agenda  (for example, demo sessions, tutorials, etc.)
    - potential invited speakers
    - procedures for selecting papers and participants
    - plans for dissemination, if any (for example, special issues of journals)
    - special technical, AV, or USB stick needs
    - links to a preliminary website of the workshop and call for papers (if
      possible)
    - information if workshop has been previously held
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Proposals are due by Nov 23, 2012 by email to the workshop chair.
  Organizers will be notified by Nov 30, 2012.
  The workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated on the following
  criteria:
  - Potential to advance state of the art in verification technologies,
    especially ability to break new ground.
  - Relevance to CAV.
  - Overlap of topics with other proposed workshops.
  - Past-successes of the workshop and association with previous CAV
    conferences.
  - Organizers' ability and experience to lead a successful workshop.



7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REWRITING, DEDUCTION AND PROGRAMMING (RDP 2013)
  Call for Workshop Proposals
  Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  June 23-28, 2013
  http://www.win.tue.nl/rdp2013/
* SCOPE
  RDP 2013 is the seventh edition of the International Conference on
  Rewriting, Deduction, and Programming, consisting of two main
  conferences RTA (Rewriting Techniques and Applications), June 24-26,
  and TLCA (Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications), June 26-28.
* DATES
  Workshop proposals for RDP 2013 are solicited for the days June 24
  (Monday), June 25 (Tuesday), June 27 (Thursday) and June 28 (Friday).
  Both well-established workshops and newer ones are encouraged. Also
  system competition proposals are solicited. Due to the overlap with
  the conferences, workshops most related to TLCA are expected to be
  on June 24 and 25, and workshops most related to RTA are expected
  to be on June 27 and 28.
* CONTACT
  If you want to organize a workshop, please send the following
  information to Hans Zantema (h.zantema@tue.nl), no later than
  December 1, 2012:
  - Workshop title and description of the topic,
  - Names and affiliations of the organizers, and
  - Proposed workshop duration (from half a day to two days).
  Notification date: December 20.



7TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPUTING WITH TERMS AND GRAPHS (TERMGRAPH 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Rome, Italy
  March 23rd, 2013 (Part of ETAPS 2013)
  http://termgraph2013.imag.fr
* AIMS AND SCOPE
  Research in term and graph rewriting ranges from theoretical questions
  to practical  issues.  Computing with graphs   handles the sharing  of
  common subexpressions in a natural and seamless  way, and improves the
  efficiency of  computations in space  and time.  Sharing is ubiquitous
  in several research areas, for instance : the  modelling of first- and
  higher-order  term rewriting by (acyclic  or  cyclic) graph rewriting,
  the  modelling   of biological  or  chemical  abstract machines, the
  implementation      techniques    of   programming languages: many
  implementations of functional,  logic, object-oriented, concurrent and
  mobile calculi are based on term graphs.  Term graphs are also used in
  automated theorem proving and  symbolic computation systems working on
  shared structures.
  The aim of this workshop  is to bring  together researchers working in
  different domains on term and graph transformation and to foster their
  interaction, to provide a forum  for presenting new  ideas and work in
  progress, and to enable newcomers to learn about current activities in
  term graph rewriting.
* ETAPS
  TERMGRAPH 2013 is a one-day satellite event of ETAPS 2013, which  will
  take place  in Rome, Italy, from March 16 to  March 24, 2013. Previous
  editions of the TERMGRAPH workshop series (http://www.termgraph.org.uk/)
  took place in Barcelona (2002), in Rome (2004), in Vienna (2006), in
  Braga (2007) in York (2009) and in SaarbrŸcken (2011).
* IMPORTANT DATES
  December 20, 2012       Abstract submission
  January 7, 2013         Paper submission
  January 25, 2013        Notification of acceptance
  February 10, 2013       Proceedings version due
* TOPICS
  Topics of interest are open and include all aspects of term graphs and
  sharing of common subexpressions  in rewriting, programming, automated
  reasoning and symbolic computation. This  includes (but is not limited
  to): term rewriting, graph transformation, graph-based implementations
  of lambda-calculus, programming  languages, models of computation,
  graph-based languages, semantics   and implementation  of programming
  languages, compiler   construction,  pattern  recognition, databases,
  bioinformatics, and system descriptions.
* SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
  Authors are invited to submit either regular papers  (up to 15 pages),
  or  position papers, system  descriptions, work  in progress, extended
  abstracts (5-7 pages), via the EasyChair system, at URL
  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=termgraph2013
  Submissions should be   in PDF format,   using the EPTCS   style files
  (http://style.eptcs.org/).   The  Proceedings   will be published  in
  Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science (EPTCS).
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
  Patrick Bahr, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  Paolo Baldan, University of Padova, Italy
  Andrea Corradini, University of Pisa, Italy
  Frank Drewes, Umea University, Sweden
  Rachid Echahed (co-chair), CNRS and University of Grenoble, France
  Maribel    Fernandez, King's College London, UK
  Clemens Grabmayer,  Utrecht University, the Netherlands
  Wolfram Kahl, McMaster University, Canada
  Ian Mackie, Ecole Polytechnique, France
  Detlef Plump (co-chair), University of York, UK
* ORGANIZERS
  Rachid Echahed, CNRS and University of Grenoble, France
  Detlef Plump, University of York, UK



25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER AIDED VERIFICATION (CAV 2013)
  Call for Papers
  St. Petersburg, Russia
  July 13-19, 2013
  http://cav2013.forsyte.at/
* SCOPE
  The conference on Computer Aided Verification (CAV), 2013, is the 25th
  in a series dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of
  computer-aided formal analysis methods for hardware and software
  systems. CAV considers it vital to continue spurring advances in
  hardware and software verification while expanding to new domains such
  as biological systems and computer security. The conference covers the
  spectrum from theoretical results to concrete applications, with an
  emphasis on practical verification tools and the algorithms and
  techniques that are needed for their implementation. The proceedings
  of the conference will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture
  Notes in Computer Science series. A selection of papers will be
  invited to a special issue of Formal Methods in System Design and the
  Journal of the ACM.
* TOPICS
  - Algorithms and tools for verifying models and implementations
  - Hardware verification techniques
  - Deductive, compositional, and abstraction techniques for verification
  - Program analysis and software verification
  - Verification methods for parallel and concurrent hardware/software
    systems
  - Testing and runtime analysis based on verification technology
  - Applications and case studies in verification
  - Decision procedures and solvers for verification
  - Mathematical and logical foundations of practical verification tools
  - Verification in industrial practice
  - Algorithms and tools for system synthesis
  - Hybrid systems and embedded systems verification
  - Verification techniques for security
  - Formal models and methods for biological systems
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Abstract submission due: January 3, 2013;
  Paper submission (firm): January 7, 2013 anywhere on earth;
  Author feedback/rebuttal period: February 20-22, 2013;
  Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 6, 2013;
  Final version due: April 6, 2013



24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED DEDUCTION (CADE-24)
  Call for Papers
  June 9-14, 2013
  Lake Placid, New York, USA
  http://www.cade-24.info/
* SCOPE
  CADE is the major forum for the presentation of research in all
  aspects of automated deduction. The conference program features
  invited talks, paper presentations, system descriptions, workshops,
  tutorials, and system competitions, including the CADE ATP System
  Competition (CASC). CADE-24 invites high-quality submissions on
  the general topic of automated reasoning, including foundations,
  applications, implementations and practical experiences.
  - Logics of interest include: propositional, first-order,
    equational, classical, higher-order, non-classical, constructive,
    modal, temporal, many-valued, description, meta-logics,
    logical frameworks, type theory, set theory, as well as any
    combination thereof.
  - Paradigms of interest include: theorem proving, model building,
    constraint solving, computer algebra, model checking, proof
    checking, and their integrations.
  - Methods of interest include: resolution, superposition or
    paramodulation, completion, saturation, term rewriting,
    decision procedures and their combinations, model elimination,
    connection method, inverse method, tableaux, induction, proof
    planning, sequent calculi, natural deduction, as well as their
    supporting algorithms and data structures, including unification,
    matching, orderings, indexing, proof presentation and explanation,
    and search plans or strategies for inference control, including
    semantic guidance and AI-related methods.
  - Applications of interest include: analysis, verification and
    synthesis of software and hardware, formal methods, computer
    mathematics, computational logic, declarative programming,
    knowledge representation, deductive databases, natural language
    processing, computational linguistics, ontology reasoning,
    robotics, planning, and other areas of artificial intelligence.
* PUBLICATION AND SUBMISSION
  The proceedings of the conference will be published in the
  Springer LNAI/LNCS series. Submissions can be made in the
  categories 'regular paper' (max 15 pages) and 'system
  description' (max 7 pages). Full system descriptions that
  provide in-depth presentation of original ideas in an
  implemented system can be submitted as regular papers.
  The page for electronic submission via EasyChair is
  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cade24.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Title and abstract must be submitted before the paper.
  Abstract submission: 7 January 2013
  Paper submission: 14 January 2013
  Notification: 11 March 2013
  Final version: 1 April 2013
  Workshops and Tutorials: 9-10 June 2013
  Competitions: 9-14 June 2013
  Conference: 11-14 June 2013
* CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
  Christopher A. Lynch   Clarkson University
  Neil V. Murray         University at Albany - SUNY
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
  Maria Paola Bonacina   Universita degli Studi di Verona
* WORKSHOP AND COMPETITION CHAIR
  Christoph Benzmueller  Freie Universitaet Berlin
* TUTORIAL CHAIR
  Peter Baumgartner      NICTA and Australian National University
* PUBLICITY AND WEB CHAIR
  Grant Olney Passmore   Cambridge University and Edinburgh University
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
  Alessandro Armando           Universita degli Studi di Genova & FBK Trento, Italy
  Peter Baumgartner            NICTA & Australian National University, Australia
  Christoph Benzmueller        Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
  Maria Paola Bonacina         Universita degli Studi di Verona, Italy (Chair)
  Cristina Borralleras         Universitat de Vic, Spain
  Thierry Boy De La Tour       Universite de Grenoble, France
  Evelyne Contejean            CNRS & Universite de Paris-Sud, France
  Leonardo De Moura            Microsoft Research, USA
  Stephanie Delaune            Ecole Nationale Superieure de Cachan, France
  Clare Dixon                  University of Liverpool, UK
  Pascal Fontaine              Universite de Lorraine & LORIA, France
  Ulrich Furbach               Universitaet Koblenz-Landau, Germany
  Ruben Gamboa                 University of Wyoming, USA
  Juergen Giesl                RWTH Aachen, Germany
  Paul B. Jackson              University of Edinburgh, UK
  Predrag Janicic              Univerzitet u Beogradu, Serbia
  Helene Kirchner              INRIA Rocquencourt, France
  Konstantin Korovin           University of Manchester, UK
  K. Rustan M. Leino           Microsoft Research, USA
  Christopher A. Lynch         Clarkson University, USA
  Cesar A. Munoz               NASA Langley, USA
  Neil V. Murray               University at Albany - SUNY , USA
  Lawrence C. Paulson          University of Cambridge, UK
  Frank Pfenning               Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  Brigitte Pientka             McGill University, Canada
  David A. Plaisted            University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
  Christophe Ringeissen        LORIA & INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, France
  Ulrike Sattler               University of Manchester, UK
  Renate A. Schmidt            University of Manchester, UK
  Manfred Schmidt-Schauss      Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet, Germany
  Stephan Schulz               Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
  Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans Universitaet Koblenz-Landau, Germany
  Ashish Tiwari                SRI International, USA
  Uwe Waldmann                 MPI fuer Informatik, Germany
  Christoph Weidenbach         MPI fuer Informatik, Germany
  Jian Zhang                   Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China



4TH WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPLICIT COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY (DICE 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Rome, Italy
  March 16-17, 2013 (satellite event of ETAPS 2013)
  http://dice2013.di.unito.it/
* IMPORTANT DATES:
  submission: January 10, 2013
  notification: January 25, 2013
  final version due: February 14, 2013
* INVITED
  - Jean-Yves Marion (Loria - INPL Nancy)
  - Marko van Eekelen (Open University - Radboud University Nijmegen)
  - Paul-AndrŽ Mellis (PPS, Paris)
* SCOPE
  The area of Implicit Computational Complexity (ICC) has grown out
  from several proposals to use logic and formal methods to provide
  languages for complexity-bounded computation (e.g. Ptime, Logspace
  computation). It aims at studying computational complexity without
  referring to external measuring conditions or a particular machine
  model, but only by considering language restrictions or logical/
  computational principles implying complexity properties.
  This workshop focuses on ICC methods related to programs (rather
  than descriptive methods). In this approach one relates complexity
  classes to restrictions on programming paradigms (functional
  programs, lambda calculi, rewriting systems), such as ramified
  recurrence, weak polymorphic types, linear logic and linear types,
  and interpretative measures. The two main objectives of this area
  are:
  - to find natural implicit characterizations of various complexity
    classes of functions, thereby illuminating their nature and
    importance;
  - to design methods suitable for static verification of program
    complexity. Therefore ICC is related on the one hand to the
    study of complexity classes, and on the other hand to static
    program analysis.
  The workshop will be open to contributions on various aspects of
  ICC including (but not exclusively):
  - types for controlling complexity,
  - logical systems for implicit computational complexity,
  - linear logic,
  - semantics of complexity-bounded computation,
  - rewriting and termination orderings,
  - interpretation-based methods for implicit complexity,
  - programming languages for complexity-bounded computation,
  - application of implicit complexity to other programming paradigms
    (e.g. imperative or object-oriented languages).
* SUBMISSIONS
  Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract, up to 5 pages.
  Abstracts should be written in English, in the form of a PDF file
  uploaded to DICE 13 page at Easychair
  https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=dice2013.
  Submissions of abstracts by PC members are allowed and encouraged.
  We plan on not having pre-proceedings; an open call for
  post-proceedings, hopefully as special issue of a journal, will follow.
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
  - Roberto Amadio (Paris-Diderot)
  - Harry Mairson (Brandeis)
  - Virgile Mogbil (Paris 13)
  - Simona Ronchi Della Rocca (Torino) (Chair)
  - Luca Roversi (Torino)
  - Olha Shkaravska (Nijmegen)
  - Ulrich Schšpp (LMU)
  - Aleksy Shubert (Warsaw)
  - Jakob G. Simonsen (DIKU)



34TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLICATION AND THEORY OF PETRI NETS AND CONCURRENCY (PETRI NETS 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Milano, Italy
  June 24-28, 2013
  http://www.mc3.disco.unimib.it/petrinets2013/
* SCOPE
  The 34th annual international Petri Net conference will be organised
  by the Department of Computer Science, Systems and Communication
  (DISCo), University of Milano - Bicocca. The conference takes place
  under the auspices of the EATCS, and GI SIG "Petri Nets and Related
  System Models". The language of the conference is English, and its
  proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in
  Computer Science. All accepted papers will be considered for the
  "Outstanding Paper" award(s). Papers presenting original research on
  application or theory of Petri nets, as well as contributions
  addressing topics relevant to the general field of distributed and
  concurrent systems are sought.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Submission of Papers: January 10, 2013
  Submission of Tutorial Proposals: January 10, 2013
  Notification:  March 1, 2013
  Final Version Due: April 1, 2013
  Participation in Tool Exhibition: June 1, 2013
  Workshops & Tutorials:  June 24-25, 2013
  Conference:  June 26-28, 2013
  The deadline for submission of papers is STRICT.
  However, if you submit the title page by January 10
  it is sufficient to submit the full paper by January 15.
* TOPICS
  + Topics specific to Petri Nets
  - System design using nets
  - Analysis and synthesis, structure and behaviour of nets
  - Relationships between Petri Nets and other approaches
  - Net-based semantical, logical and algebraic calculi
  - Symbolic net representation (graphical or textual)
  - Computer tools for nets
  - Experience with using nets, case studies
  - Higher-level net models
  - Timed and stochastic nets
  - Standardisation of nets
  - Experience reports describing applications of nets to different
    kinds of systems and application fields, e.g.:
      - flexible manufacturing systems
      - office automation
      - real-time systems
      - workflows
      - embedded systems
      - supervisory control
      - defence systems
      - protocols and networks
      - biological systems
      - Internet
      - health and medical systems
      - e-commerce and trading
      - environmental systems
      - programming languages
      - hardware
      - performance evaluation
      - telecommunications
      - operations research
      - railway networks
  + General topics related to concurrency
    - Model checking and verification of distributed systems
    - Verification of infinite-state or parametric systems
    - Causality/partial order theory of concurrency
    - Educational issues related to concurrency
    - New issues and developments in the theory of concurrency
    - Modelling of hardware and biological systems
* PAPER SUBMISSIONS
  Two kinds of papers can be submitted:
  - regular papers (max 20 pages) describing original results
    pertaining to the development of the theory of Petri Nets and
    distributed and concurrent systems in general, new results
    extending the applicability of Petri Nets, or case studies, application
    and experience reports pertinent to the practical use of Petri Nets and
    concurrency. For papers describing the experiences from applications
    of Petri Nets, authors are encouraged to consult the document:
    ApplicationFormat.pdf (available at
    www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/sc-info/docs/ApplicationFormat.pdf)
  - tool papers (max 10 pages) describing a computer tool based on
    Petri Nets (not an application of the tool or the theory behind the tool).
    For more information, please see the document: ToolFormat.pdf (available at
    www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/sc-info/docs/ToolFormat.pdf).
    The tool should be available for use by other groups (but not
    necessarily for free). The submission should indicate how the
    reviewers can get access to the tool (this must be for free).
    The tool will be demonstrated in the Tool Exhibition, in addition to
    being presented in a conference talk.
  Submitted papers must:
  - be contributions that have neither already been published nor are
    simultaneously being considered for publication in a peer-reviewed
    forum;
  - clearly state the problem being addressed, the goal of the work, the
    results achieved, and the relation to other work;
  - be in English and in the Springer LNCS-format:
    http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html;
  - adhere to the page limit for the relevant category (see above);
  - be sent electronically (as a PDF file) no later than the above
    mentioned deadlines using the website
    http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=petrinets2013.
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
  JosŽ Manuel Colom, Spain
  Joerg Desel, Germany
* WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS
  Serge Haddad, France
  Alex Yakovlev, UK
* ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIR
  Lucia Pomello, Italy
* PUBLICITY CHAIRS
  Luca Bernardinello, Italy
  Lucia Pomello, Italy
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
  H. Alla, France
  M. Beccuti, Italy
  J. Billington, Australia
  J. Carmona, Spain
  G. Ciardo, USA
  J.M. Colom, Spain (co-chair)
  P. Darondeau, France
  J. Desel, Germany (co-chair)
  R. Devillers, Belgium
  Z. Duan, China
  J. Esparza, Germany
  M.P. Fanti, Italy
  L. Gomes, Portugal
  S. Haddad, France
  H. Hansen, Singapore
  K. Hiraishi, Japan
  V. Khomenko, UK
  E. Kindler, Denmark
  H. Klaudel, France
  J. Kleijn, The Netherlands
  R. Lazic, UK
  C. Lin, China
  N. Lohmann, Germany
  I. Lomazova, Russia
  A. Miner, USA
  L. Pomello, Italy
  W. Reisig, Germany
  C. Seatzu, Italy
  C. Stahl, The Netherlands
  S. Taoka, Japan
  A. Valmari, Finland
  M. Westergaard, The Netherlands



7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (TASE 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Aston University Conference Centre, Birmingham, UK
  July 1-3, 2013
  http://www.aston.ac.uk/tase2013
* OVERVIEW
  Software engineering is at the heart of many state of the art
  tools designed to simplify and improve our lives, including
  cloud computing applications, the semantic web and self-configuring
  systems. As these instruments are involved in fields of vital
  importance, by providing customised solutions for education,
  businesses, government and health care, the role played by the
  theory behind their working principles bears an undeniable weight.
  In this context, the TASE International Symposium strives to provide
  top scientists with a framework for communicating their latest and
  most valuable theoretical results in the field of software engineering.
* SUBJECT AREAS
  We invite contributions concerning the theoretical aspects of the
  following areas (please note that this is not an exhaustive list):
  - model driven software engineering
  - component based software engineering
  - service oriented and cloud computing
  - semantic web and web services
  - software security, reliability, simulation and verification
  - probabilistic fundamentals of software engineering
  - embedded and real time software systems
  - program logics and underlying mathematical issues
  - aspect, rule and object oriented software design
  - self-configuring software systems
  - reverse engineering
* SUBMISSIONS
  We invite all prospective authors to submit their manuscripts
  via the TASE13 portal, hosted on Easychair at:
  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tase2013
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Title and abstract submission: 18 January 2013
  Paper submission: 25 January 2013
  Acceptance/rejection notification: 22 March 2013
  Camera-ready version submission: 26 April 2013



11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TYPED LAMBDA CALCULI AND APPLICATIONS (TLCA 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Eindhoven, 23-28 June 2013
  co-located with RTA 2013 as part of RDP 2013
  http://www.win.tue.nl/rdp2013/
* SCOPE
  The 11th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi
  and Applications (TLCA 2013) is a forum for original
  research in the theory and applications of typed lambda
  calculus, broadly construed.
  Suggested, but not exclusive, list of topics for submission are:
  - Proof-theory: natural deduction, sequent calculi, cut elimination
    and normalization, propositions as types, linear logic and proof
    nets, type-theoretic aspects of computational complexity
  - Semantics: denotational semantics, game semantics, realisability,
    domain theory, categorical models
  - Types: subtypes, dependent types, polymorphism, intersection types
    and related approaches, type inference and type checking, types in
    program analysis and verification, types in proof assistants
  - Programming: foundational aspects of functional programming,
    object-oriented programming and other programming paradigms,
    flow analysis of higher-type computation, program equivalence,
    program transformation and optimization
* IMPORTANT DATES
  - Paper Registration (titles & short abstracts): 25 January 2013
  - Full Paper Submission: 1 February 2013
  - Author Notification: 22 March 2013
  - Camera-Ready Paper for the Proceedings: 12 April 2013
* SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
  We solicit submissions of research papers, which must:
  - be in English and not exceed 15 pages (including figures and
    bibliography). Additional material intended for the reviewers
    but not for publication in the final version - for example
    details of proofs - may be placed in a clearly marked appendix
    that is not included in the page limit. Reviewers will be told
    that they may choose to ignore the appendix.
  - present original research which is unpublished and not submitted
    elsewhere (conferences, journals, books, etc.)
  - use the Springer-Verlag LNCS style.
  - be submitted electronically in PDF via the EasyChair TLCA 2013
    Submission Webpage (will open nearer the deadline)
    https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tlca2013.
  Submissions deviating from these instructions may be rejected
  without review. A condition of submission is that, if accepted,
  one of the authors must attend the conference to give the
  presentation. The proceedings will be published as a volume
  in the ARCoSS subline series of Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in
  Computer Science. Final papers will be in the format specified by
  Springer-Verlag. Any questions regarding the submission guidelines
  should be directed to the Programme Committee Chair
  (Masahito Hasegawa ) prior to
  submitting.
* COLOCATED EVENTS
  TLCA 2013 is organized as part of the Federated Conference on
  Rewriting, Deduction, and Programming (RDP 2013), together with
  the International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and
  Applications (RTA 2013) and several related events. Details on
  workshops affiliated with RDP 2013 will be available at the web
  site in due course.
* CONFERENCE CHAIR
  Herman Geuvers (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
* PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIR
  Masahito Hasegawa (Kyoto University, Japan)
* PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
  Andreas Abel (LMU Munchen, Germany)
  Patrick Baillot (CNRS and ENS Lyon, France)
  Nick Benton (Microsoft Cambridge, UK)
  Lars Birkedal (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
  Herman Geuvers (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
  Masahito Hasegawa (Kyoto University, Japan) (PC chair)
  Naoki Kobayashi (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  Paul-Andre Mellies (CNRS and Universite Paris Diderot, France)
  Thomas Streicher (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
  Lorenzo Tortora de Falco (Universita Roma Tre, Italy)
  Stephanie Weirich (University of Pennsylvania, US)
* TLCA PUBLICITY CHAIR
  Luca Paolini (Universita di Torino, Italy)



7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TESTS AND PROOFS (TAP 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Budapest, Hungary
  June 17-21, 2013
  http://www.spacios.eu/TAP2013
* SCOPE
  The TAP conference is devoted to the synergy of proofs and tests,
  to the application of techniques from both sides and their
  combination for the advancement of software quality. Testing and
  proving seem to be contradictory techniques: once you have proved
  your program to be correct then additional testing seems pointless;
  on the other hand, when such a proof in not feasible, then testing
  the program seems to be the only option. This view has dominated
  the research community since the dawn of computer science, and has
  resulted in distinct communities pursuing the seemingly orthogonal
  research areas. However, the development of both approaches has
  lead to the discovery of common issues and to the realization of
  potential synergy. Perhaps, use of model checking in testing was
  one of the first signs that a counterexample to a proof may be
  interpreted as a test case. Recent breakthroughs in deductive
  techniques such as satisfiability modulo theories, abstract
  interpretation, and interactive theorem proving, have paved the way
  for new and practically effective methods of powering testing
  techniques. Moreover, since formal, proof-based verification is
  costly, testing invariants and background theories can be helpful
  to detect errors early and to improve cost effectiveness. Summing up,
  in the past few years an increasing number of research efforts have
  encountered the need for combining proofs and tests, dropping
  earlier dogmatic views of incompatibility and taking instead the
  best of what each of these software engineering domains has to offer.
  The TAP conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners
  working in the converging fields of testing and proving, and will offer
  a generous allocation of papers, panels and informal discussions.
* TOPICS
  Topics of interest cover theory definitions, tool constructions and
  experimentations, and include (other topics related to TAP are welcome):
  - Bridging the gap between concrete and symbolic techniques, e.g.
    using proof search in satisfiability modulo theories solvers to
    enhance various testing techniques
  - Transfer of concepts from testing to proving (e.g., coverage criteria)
    and from proving to testing
  - Program proving with the aid of testing techniques
  - New problematics in automated reasoning emerging from specificities of
    test generation
  - Verification and testing techniques combining proofs and tests
  - Generation of test data, oracles, or preambles by deductive techniques
    such as: theorem proving, model checking, symbolic execution,
    constraint logic programming
  - Model-based testing and verification
  - Generation of specifications by deduction
  - Automatic bug finding
  - Debugging of programs combining static and dynamic analysis
  - Formal frameworks
  - Tool descriptions and experience reports
  - Case studies combining tests and proofs
  - Domain specific applications of testing and proving to new application
    domains such as validating security protocols, vulnerability detection
    of programs, security
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Abstract submission:   January 25, 2013
  Paper submission:      February 1, 2013
  Notification:          March 3, 2013
  Camera ready version:  April 5, 2013
  TAP conference:        June 17-21, 2013
* PROGRAM CHAIRS
  Margus Veanes (Microsoft Research, USA)
  Luca Vigano` (University of Verona, Italy)
* SUBMISSION
  Please submit your papers via easychair
  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tap2013
  (submission page to be opened in due time)
  TAP 2013 will accept two types of papers:
  - Research papers: full papers with at most 16 pages in LNCS format
    (pdf), which have to be original, unpublished and not submitted
    elsewhere.
  - Short contributions: work in progress, (industrial) experience
    reports or tool demonstrations, position statements; an extended
    abstract with at most 6 pages in LNCS format (pdf) is expected.
  Subject to final approval by Springer, accepted papers will be published
  in the Springer LNCS series and will be available at the conference.
  The contents of previous TAP proceedings is available at:
  http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/tap/



24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REWRITING TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS (RTA 2013)
  Call for Papers
  June 24 - 26, 2013
  Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  collocated with TLCA 2013 as part of RDP 2013
  http://www.win.tue.nl/rdp2013/
* GENERAL
  The 24th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications
  (RTA 2013) is organized as part of the Federated Conference on Rewriting,
  Deduction, and Programming (RDP 2013), together with the 11th International
  Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications (TLCA 2013), and several
  workshops. RDP 2013 will be held at the Eindhoven University of Technology
  in the Netherlands.
* TOPICS OF INTEREST
  RTA is the major forum for the presentation of research on all aspects of
  rewriting. Typical areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
  - Applications: case studies; analysis of cryptographic protocols; rule-based
    (functional and logic) programming; symbolic and algebraic computation;
    SMT solving; theorem proving; system synthesis and verification; proof
    checking; reasoning about programming languages and logics; program
    transformation; XML queries and transformations; systems biology;
    homotopy theory; implicit computational complexity;
  - Foundations: equational logic; universal algebra; rewriting logic;
    rewriting models of programs; matching and unification; narrowing;
    completion techniques; strategies; rewriting calculi; constraint solving;
    tree automata; termination; complexity; modularity;
  - Frameworks: string, term, and graph rewriting; lambda-calculus and
    higher-order rewriting; constrained rewriting/deduction; categorical and
    infinitary rewriting; stochastic rewriting; net rewriting; binding
    techniques; Petri nets; higher-dimensional rewriting;
  - Implementation: implementation techniques; parallel execution; rewrite and
    completion tools; certification of rewriting properties; abstract
    machines; explicit substitutions; automated (non)termination and
    confluence provers; automated complexity analysis.
* PUBLICATION
  The proceedings of RTA 2013 will be published by LIPIcs (Leibniz
  International Proceedings in Informatics). LIPIcs is open access, meaning
  that publications will be available online and free of charge, and authors
  keep the copyright for their papers. LIPIcs publications are indexed in DBLP.
  For more information about LIPIcs please consult:
  <http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics>
* SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
  Submissions must be
  - original and not submitted for publication elsewhere,
  - written in English,
  - a research paper, or a problem set, or a system description,
  - in pdf prepared with pdflatex using the LIPIcs stylefile:
    <http://drops.dagstuhl.de/styles/lipics/lipics-authors.tgz>,
  - at most 10 pages for system description,
    at most 15 pages for the other two types of submissions
  - submitted electronically through the EasyChair system at:
    https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rta2013.
  The page limit and the deadline for submission are strict.
  Additional material for instance proof details, may be given in an appendix
  which is not subject to the page limit. However, submissions must be
  self-contained within the respective page limit; reading the appendix should
  not be necessary to assess the merits of a submission.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  abstract submission    February 1   2013
  paper submission       February 5   2013
  rebuttal period        March 18-21  2013
  notification           April 4      2013
  final version          April 26     2013
* PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIR
  Femke van Raamsdonk (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
* PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ***
  Eduardo Bonelli, National University of Quilmes
  Byron Cook, Microsoft Research Cambridge
  Stephanie Delaune, ENS Cachan
  Gilles Dowek, Inria Paris-Rocquencourt
  Maribel Fernandez, King's College London
  Nao Hirokawa, JAIST Ishikawa
  Delia Kesner, University Paris-Diderot
  Helene Kirchner, Inria Paris-Rocquencourt
  Barbara Koenig, University Duisburg Essen
  Temur Kutsia, Johannes Kepler University Linz
  Aart Middeldorp, University of Innsbruck
  Vincent van Oostrom, Utrecht University
  Femke van Raamsdonk, VU University Amsterdam
  Kristoffer Rose, IBM Research New York
  Manfred Schmidt-Schauss, Goethe University Frankfurt
  Peter Selinger, Dalhousie University
  Paula Severi, University of Leicester
  Aaron Stump, The University of Iowa
  Tarmo Uustalu, Institute of Cybernetics Tallinn
  Roel de Vrijer, VU University Amsterdam
  Johannes Waldmann, HTWK Leipzig
  Hans Zantema, Eindhoven University of Technology
* CONFERENCE CHAIR
  Hans Zantema (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)



5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALGEBRA AND COALGEBRA IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (CALCO 2013)
  Call for Papers
  Warsaw, Poland
  September 3 - 6, 2013
  http://coalg.org/calco13/
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Abstract submission:        February 22, 2013
  Paper submission:        March 1, 2013
  Author notification:        May 6, 2013
  Final version due:        June 3, 2013
* SCOPE
  CALCO aims to bring together researchers and practitioners with
  interests in foundational aspects, and both traditional and emerging
  uses of algebra and coalgebra in computer science.
  It is a high-level, bi-annual conference formed by joining the
  forces and reputations of CMCS (the International Workshop on
  Coalgebraic Methods in Computer Science), and WADT (the Workshop on
  Algebraic Development Techniques). Previous CALCO editions took place
  in Swansea (Wales, 2005), Bergen (Norway, 2007), Udine (Italy, 2009)
  and Winchester (UK, 2011). The fifth edition will be held in Warsaw,
  the capital of Poland.
* TOPICS OF INTEREST
  We invite submissions of technical papers that report results of
  theoretical work on the mathematics of algebras and coalgebras, the
  way these results can support methods and techniques for software
  development, as well as experience with the transfer of the resulting
  technologies into industrial practice. We encourage submissions in
  topics included or related to those listed below.
  + Abstract models and logics
    - Automata and languages
    - Categorical semantics
    - Modal logics
    - Relational systems
    - Graph transformation
    - Term rewriting
    - Adhesive categories
  + Specialised models and calculi
    - Hybrid, probabilistic, and timed systems
    - Calculi and models of concurrent, distributed, mobile, and
      context-aware computing
    - General systems theory and computational models (chemical,
      biological, etc.)
  + Algebraic and coalgebraic semantics
    - Abstract data types
    - Inductive and coinductive methods
    - Re-engineering techniques (program transformation)
    - Semantics of conceptual modelling methods and techniques
    - Semantics of programming languages
  + System specification and verification
    - Algebraic and coalgebraic specification
    - Formal testing and quality assurance
    - Validation and verification
    - Generative programming and model-driven development
    - Models, correctness and (re)configuration of
      hardware/middleware/architectures,
    - Process algebra
* NEW TOPICS
  This edition of CALCO will feature two new topics, and submission of
  papers on these topics is especially encouraged.
  + Corecursion in Programming Languages
     - Corecursion in logic / constraint / functional / answer set
       programming
     - Corecursive type inference
     - Coinductive methods for proving program properties
     - Implementing corecursion
     - Applications
  + Algebra and Coalgebra in quantum computing
     - Categorical semantics for quantum computing
     - Quantum calculi and programming languages
     - Foundational structures for quantum computing
     - Applications of quantum algebra
* SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
  Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers in English
  presenting original research. Submitted papers must be unpublished and
  not submitted for publication elsewhere. Experience papers are
  welcome, but they must clearly present general lessons learned that
  would be of interest and benefit to a broad audience of both
  researchers and practitioners. As with previous editions, the
  proceedings will be published in the Springer LNCS series. Final
  papers should be no more than 15 pages long in the format specified by
  Springer (see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). It is
  recommended that submissions adhere to that format and
  length. Submissions that are clearly too long may be rejected
  immediately. Proofs omitted due to space limitations may be included
  in a clearly marked appendix. Both an abstract and the full paper must
  be submitted by their respective submission deadlines.
* BEST PAPER AND BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS
  For the first time, this edition of CALCO will feature two kinds of
  awards: a best paper award whose recipients will be selected by the PC
  before the conference and a best presentation award, elected by the
  participants.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  Abstract submission:        February 22, 2013
  Paper submission:        March 1, 2013
  Author notification:        May 6, 2013
  Final version due:        June 3, 2013
* PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
  Luca Aceto - Reykjavik University, Iceland
  Jiri Adamek - TU Braunschweig, D
  Lars Birkedal - IT University of Copenhagen, DK
  Filippo Bonchi - CNRS, ENS-Lyon, F
  Corina Cirstea - University of Southhampton, UK
  Bob Coecke - University of Oxford, UK
  Andrea Corradini - University of Pisa, I
  Mai Gehrke - UniversitŽ Paris Diderot - Paris 7, F
  H. Peter Gumm - Philipps University Marburg, D
  Gopal Gupta - University of Texas at Dallas, USA
  Ichiro Hasuo - Tokyo University, Japan
  Reiko Heckel - University of Leicester, UK (cochair)
  Bart Jacobs - Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
  Ekaterina Komendantskaya - University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
  Barbara Kšnig - University of Duisburg-Essen, D
  JosŽ Meseguer - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
  Marino Miculan - University of Udine, I
  Stefan Milius - TU Braunschweig, D (cochair)
  Larry Moss - Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
  Till Mossakowski - DFKI Lab Bremen and University of Bremen, D
  Prakash Panangaden - McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  Dirk Pattinson - Imperial College London, UK
  Dusko Pavlovic - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
  Daniela Petrisan - University of Leicester, UK
  John Power - University of Bath, UK
  Jan Rutten - CWI Amsterdam and Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
  Lutz Schršder - Friedrich-Alexander UniversitŠt Erlangen-NŸrnberg, D
  Monika Seisenberger - Swansea University, UK
  Sam Staton - University of Cambridge, UK
  Alexandra Silva - Radboud University Nijmegen and CWI Amsterdam, NL
  Pawel Sobocinski - University of Southampton, UK
  Yde Venema - University of Amsterdam, NL
  Uwe Wolter - University of Bergen, NO
* ORGANISING COMMITTEE
  Bartek Klin      (University of Warsaw, Poland)
  Andrzej Tarlecki (University of Warsaw, Poland)
* LOCATION
  Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a lively city with many historic
  monuments and sights, but also with a thriving business district. It
  is easily accessible via two airports: the main Chopin Airport, used by
  most international carriers, and the recently open Warsaw Modlin
  Airport (30 minutes away by rail), used by budget airlines.
* SATELLITE WORKSHOPS
  CALCO 2013 will be preceded by the CALCO Early Ideas Workshop, chaired
  by Monika Seisenberger (Swansea University). The workshop is dedicated
  to presentation of work in progress and original research
  proposals. PhD students and young researchers are particularly
  encouraged to contribute.
  A workshop dedicated to tools based on algebraic and/or coalgebraic
  principles, CALCO Tools, will be held alongside the main conference,
  chaired by Lutz Schršder (Friedrich Alexander Universitaet
  Erlangen-Nuernberg). Papers of this workshop will be included in the
  CALCO proceedings.




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