Newsletter 143
February 3, 2013
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* DEADLINES
Forthcoming Deadlines
* LICS-RELATED CALLS
LICS 2013 - Call for Workshop Proposals
* OTHER CONFERENCE CALLS
COORDINATION 2013 - Call for Papers
FORTE/FMOODS 2013 - Call for Papers
LOGICA 2013 - Call for Papers
ICALP 2013 - Call for Papers
DBSec 2013 - Call for Papers
CALCO 2013 - Call for Papers
TABLEAUX 2013 - Call for Papers, Tutorials and Workshops
TYPES 2013 - Call for Contributions
ELC TOKYO WORKSHOP - Call for Participation
ETAPS 2014 - Call for Satellite Events
ETAPS 2013 - Call for Participation
ACCAT 2013 - Call for Participation
MLQA 2013 - Call for Participation
ICLP 2013 - Call for Workshop Proposals
MFPS XXIX - Preliminary Announcement
CONCUR 2013 - Call for Papers
CSL 2013 - Call for Papers
TACL 2013 - Call for Papers
ICLP 2013 - Call for Papers
CMSB 2013 - Call for Papers
FroCoS 2013 - Call for Papers
GandALF 2013 - Preliminary Call for Papers
MihalisFest 2013 - Early Call for Participation
* AWARDS
Ackermann Award 2013 - Call for Nominations
* JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Postdoc at Trento (SAT/SMT-based verification)
DEADLINES
* COORDINATION 2013
Abstract submission: February 4, 2013
Paper submission: February 11, 2013
http://coordination.discotec.org
* FORTE/FMOODS 2013
Abstracts: February 4, 2013
Papers: February 11, 2013
http://forte13.sosy-lab.org/
* LOGICA 2013
Abstract (2 pages): February 14, 2013
http://www.flu.cas.cz/logica
* ICALP 2013
Paper submission: February 15, 2013
http://www.icalp2013.lu.lv
* LICS 2013
Workshop proposals: February 15, 2013
http://lics.siglog.org/lics13
* DBSec 2013
Paper submission: February 15, 2013
http://dbsec2013.business.rutgers.edu
* CALCO 2013
Abstract Submission: February 22, 2013
Paper Submission: March 1, 2013
http://coalg.org/calco13/
* TABLEAUX 2013
Workshop Proposals: February 22, 2013
Tutorial Proposals: March 23, 2013
Title and Abstract: April 8, 2013
Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2013
http://tableaux13.loria.fr
* TYPES 2013
Abstract submission (1-2 pages): February 25, 2013
http://www.irit.fr/TYPES2013/
* ELC TOKYO WORKSHOP
Registration deadline: February 28, 2013
http://www.al.ics.saitama-u.ac.jp/elc/ws/
* ETAPS 2014
Satellite Event Proposals Deadline: March 4, 2013
* ETAPS 2013
Normal registration deadline: March 8, 2013
http://www.etaps.org/2013
* ACCAT 2013
Normal registration deadline: March 8, 2013
http://accat2013.zib.de/
* MLQA 2013
Normal registration deadline: March 8, 2013
http://wiki.ercim.eu/wg/MLQA/index.php/MLQA_2013
* ICLP 2013
Workshop Proposals: March 11, 2013
http://www.iclp2013.org
* MFPS XXIX
Abstract submission: March 25, 2013
Full submission: April 2, 2013
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Conferences/MFPS29/
* CONCUR 2013
Abstract submission: April 1, 2013
Paper submission: April 8, 2013
http://concur-conferences.org/concur2013/
* CSL 2013
Abstract submission: April 1, 2013
Paper submission: April 8, 2013
http://csl13.di.unito.it/
* TACL 2013
Abstract submission: April 1, 2013
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~tacl2013/
* ICLP 2013
Abstract submission: April 3, 2013
Paper submission: April 10, 2013
http://www.iclp2013.org
* CMSB 2013
Abstract submission: April 8, 2013
Paper submission: April 15, 2013
http://ist.ac.at/cmsb13
* ACKERMANN AWARD 2013
Deadline for nominations: April 15, 2013
http://www.eacsl.org/submissionsAck.html
* FroCoS 2013
Abstract submission: April 15, 2013
Paper submission: April 22, 2013
http://frocos2013.loria.fr
* GandALF 2013
Abstract submission: May 1, 2013
Paper submission: May 8, 2013
http://gandalf.di.univr.it
28TH ANNUAL ACM/IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (LICS 2013)
Call for Workshop Proposals
Workshops: June 24, 2013 or June 28-29, 2013
LICS conference: June 25-28, 2013
New Orleans, USA
http://lics.siglog.org/lics13/
* DATES
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.
* PROPOSALS
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 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).
Proposals should be submitted via Easychair at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=licsworkshops2013
* IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: February 15, 2013
Notification: February 25, 2013
Program of the workshops ready: April 30, 2013
Workshops: June 24, 2013 or June 28-29, 2013
LICS conference: June 25-28, 2013
* COMMITTEE
The workshops selection committee consists of the LICS General Chair
(Luke Ong), LICS Workshops Chair (Patricia Bouyer-Decitre), LICS 2013
PC Chair (Orna Kupferman) and LICS 2013 Conference Chair (Mike Mislove).
15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION MODELS AND LANGUAGES (COORDINATION 2013)
Call for Papers
Firenze, Italy
June 3-5 2013
http://coordination.discotec.org/ - part of DisCoTec 2013
* COORDINATION 2013 is the premier forum for publishing research results
and experience reports on software technologies for collaboration and
coordination in concurrent, distributed, and socio-technical systems.
Its distinctive feature is its emphasis on high-level abstractions that
capture interaction patterns manifest at all levels of the software
architecture and extending into the realm of the end-user domain.
We seek high-quality contributions on the usage, study, design, and
implementation of languages, models, and techniques for coordination in
distributed, concurrent, pervasive, and multicore software systems.
* MAIN TOPICS OF INTEREST
- programming abstractions and languages;
- coordination models and paradigms;
- software management and software engineering;
- specification and verification;
- foundations and types;
- software for decentralized technologies;
- multicore programming;
- adaptive and autonomic systems;
- coordination for social and socio-technical systems.
* PC CHAIRS
Rocco De Nicola (IMT - Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy)
Christine Julien (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
* IMPORTANT DATES
February 4, 2013 Abstract submission
February 11, 2013 Paper submission
* FLYER
The COORDINATION 2013 flyer is available at:
http://coordination.discotec.org/docs/Coordination_2013_flyer.pdf
IFIP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FORMAL TECHNIQUES FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (FORTE/FMOODS 2013)
Call for Papers
Florence, Italy
June 3-6, 2013
http://forte13.sosy-lab.org/
* OBJECTIVES AND SCOPES
The 2013 IFIP Joint International Conference on Formal Techniques
for Distributed Systems (33rd FORTE / 15th FMOODS) is a forum for
fundamental research on theory, models, tools, and applications
for distributed systems. The joint conference is the result of
merging the conference FMOODS (Formal Methods for Open Object-Based
Distributed Systems) and FORTE (Formal Techniques for Networked
and Distributed Systems). FORTE/FMOODS 2013 is part of the
DiScoTec 2013 event (see http://www.discotec.org/).
* SUBMISSIONS
The conference solicits original contributions that advance the
science and technologies for distributed systems, with special
interest in the areas of:
- component- and model-based design
- object technology, modularity, software adaptation
- service-oriented, ubiquitous, pervasive, grid, cloud, and mobile
computing systems
- product-line-based systems
- software quality, reliability, availability, and safety
- security, privacy, and trust in distributed systems
- adaptive distributed systems, self-stabilization, self-healing/organizing
- verification, validation, formal analysis, and testing of the above.
The conference encourages contributions that combine theory and
practice and that exploit formal methods and theoretical foundations
to present novel solutions to problems arising from the development
of distributed systems. FORTE / FMOODS covers distributed computing
models and formal specification, testing and verification methods.
The application domains include all kinds of application-level
distributed systems, telecommunication services, Internet, embedded
and real time systems, as well as networking and communication
security and reliability.
* TOPICS
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Languages and Semantic Foundations: new modeling and language concepts
for distribution and concurrency, semantics for different types of
languages, including programming languages, modeling languages,
and domain specific languages; real-time and probability aspects;
type systems and behavioral typing;
- Formal Methods and Techniques: design, specification, analysis,
verification, validation, testing and runtime verification of various
types of distributed systems including communications and network
protocols, service-oriented systems, and adaptive distributed systems;
- Foundations of Security: new principles for qualitative and quantitative
security analysis of distributed systems, including formal models
based on probabilistic concepts;
- Applications of Formal Methods: applying formal methods and techniques
for studying quality, reliability, availability, and safety of
distributed systems;
- Practical Experience with Formal Methods: industrial applications,
case studies and software tools for applying formal methods and
description techniques to the development and analysis of real
distributed systems.
* PUBLICATION AND SUBMISSIONS
The FORTE/FMOODS 2013 conference calls for high-quality papers presenting
research results and/or application reports related to the research areas
in conference scope.
All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted for
publication elsewhere. Contributions should be submitted electronically
in PDF via the EasyChair system at the following address:
http://forte13.sosy-lab.org/submit.php
Each paper will undergo a peer review of at least 3 anonymous reviewers.
The papers must be prepared using Springer's LNCS style
(see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).
Papers must not exceed 15 pages in length, including figures and references.
* IMPORTANT DATES
Title and abstract must be submitted before the paper. Time of all deadlines
is 24:00 Samoa Standard Time (UTC-11).
Abstracts February 4, 2013
Papers February 11, 2013
Notification March 18, 2013
Camera-Ready March 25, 2013
Conference June 3-6, 2013
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
- Dirk Beyer, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics
University of Passau, Germany
- Michele Boreale, Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni
University of Florence, Italy
* DETAILS
http://forte13.sosy-lab.org/
27TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LOGIC (LOGICA 2013)
Call for papers
Hejnice, Czech Republic
June 17-21, 2013
http://www.flu.cas.cz/logica
* CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributions devoted to any of the wide range of logical problems are
welcome except those focused on specialized technical applications.
Particularly welcome are contributions that cover issues interesting both
for 'philosophically' and for 'mathematically' oriented logicians.
* IMPORTANT DATES
- 14 February 2013: Deadline for submissions (2 page abstract)
- 31 March 2013: Notification of acceptance
* INVITED SPEAKERS
Johan van Benthem, Michael Dunn, Volker Halbach and Michiel van Lambalgen
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Theodora Achourioti, Petr Cintula, Kosta Dosen, Marie Duzi, Christian
Fermueller, Gary Kemp, Vojtech Kolman, Peter Milne, Jaroslav Peregrin,
Hans Rott, Gabriel Sandu, Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson, Sonja Smets
* DETAILS
Detailed information can be found on the webpage.
40TH INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON AUTOMATA, LANGUAGES AND PROGRAMMING (ICALP 2013)
Call for Papers
Riga, Latvia
July 8-12, 2013
http://www.icalp2013.lu.lv
* GENERAL
The 40th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and
Programming (ICALP), the main conference and annual meeting of
the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS),
will take place from the 8th to the 12th of July 2013 in Riga,
Latvia.
* WORKSHOPS
The main conference will be preceded by a series of workshops,
taking place on Sunday, July 7th, 2013 (one day before ICALP).
* IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: Feb 15, 2013
Author Notification: Apr 12, 2013
Final Manuscript Due: April 28, 2013
* TOPICS
Papers presenting original research on all aspects of theoretical
computer science are sought. Typical but not exclusive topics of
interest are:
- Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
Algorithmic Game Theory
Approximation Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Combinatorics in Computer Science
Computational Biology
Computational Complexity
Computational Geometry
Cryptography
Data Structures
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Machine Learning
Parallel, Distributed and External Memory Computing
Parameterized Algorithms and Complexity
Quantum Computing
Randomness in Computation
- Track B: Logic, Semantics, Automata and Theory of Programming
Algebraic and Categorical Models
Automata Theory, Formal Languages
Emerging and Non-standard Models of Computation
Databases, Semi-Structured Data and Finite Model Theory
Principles of Programming Languages
Logics, Formal Methods and Model Checking
Models of Concurrent, Distributed, and Mobile Systems
Models of Reactive, Hybrid and Stochastic Systems
Program Analysis and Transformation
Specification, Refinement and Verification
Type Systems and Theory, Typed Calculi
- Track C: Foundations of Networked Computation: Models,
Algorithms and Information Management
Cloud Computing, Overlay Networks, P2P Systems
Cryptography, Privacy, Security, Spam
Distributed and Parallel Computing
E-commerce, Auctions, Trust and Reputation
Game Theory, Incentives, Selfishness
Internet Algorithms
Mobile and Complex Networks
Natural and Physical Algorithms
Network Information Management
Sensor, Mesh, and Ad Hoc Networks
Social Networks, Viral Marketing
Specification, Semantics, Synchronization
Web Mining, Searching, Ranking and Analysis
Wireless and Optical Communication
* INVITED SPEAKERS
Susanne Albers, Humboldt University
Orna Kupferman, Hebrew University
Paul Spirakis, University of Patras
Daniel Marx, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Peter Widmayer, ETH Zürich
* SUBMISSIONS
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of no more
than 12 pages in LNCS style presenting original research on
the theory of Computer Science. Submissions should indicate
to which track (A, B, or C) the paper is submitted. No prior
publication or simultaneous submission to other publication
outlets (either a conference or a journal) is allowed. The
proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science Series by Springer-Verlag.
* BEST PAPER AWARDS
As in previous editions of ICALP, there will be best paper
and best student paper awards for each track of the conference.
In order to be eligible for a best student paper award, a paper
should be authored only by students and should be marked as
such upon submission.
27TH ANNUAL IFIP WG 11.3 WORKING CONFERENCE ON DATA AND APPLICATIONS SECURITY AND PRIVACY (DBSec 2013)
Call for Papers
Newark, NJ, USA
July 15-17, 2013
http://dbsec2013.business.rutgers.edu/
* GOALS
The 27th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference on Data and Applications
Security and Privacy provides a forum for presenting original unpublished
research results, practical experiences, and innovative ideas in data and
applications security. Both papers and panel proposals are also solicited.
Proceedings will be published by Springer as the next volume in the Research
Advances in Database and Information Systems Security series
(http://www.springeronline.com/lncs).
* SUBMISSIONS
Papers may present theory, techniques, applications, or practical
experience on topics of relevance to IFIP WG 11.3: Access Control;
Applied cryptography in data security; Identity theft and
countermeasures; Integrity maintenance; Intrusion detection;
Knowledge discovery and privacy; Logics for security and privacy;
Organizational security; Privacy-preserving data management;
Secure transaction processing; Secure information integration;
Secure Semantic Web; Secure sensor monitoring; Secure Web Services;
Threats, vulnerabilities, and risk management; Trust management.
Additional topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber Terrorism, Information
Warfare, Database Forensics, Electronic Commerce Security, and Security
in Digital Health Care.
* IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission: 15 Feb 2013;
Notification: 19 Apr 2013;
Final papers due: 3 May 2013.
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 - Université 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 Koenig - University of Duisburg-Essen, D
Jose 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 Schroeder - Friedrich-Alexander Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, 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 Schröder (Friedrich Alexander Universitaet
Erlangen-Nuernberg). Papers of this workshop will be included in the
CALCO proceedings.
22ND CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED REASONING WITH TABLEAUX AND RELATED METHODS (TABLEAUX 2013)
Call for Papers, Tutorials and Workshops
Nancy, France
September 16-19, 2013
http://tableaux13.loria.fr
co-located with FroCoS 2013
* SCOPE
Tableaux methods offer a convenient set of formalisms for automating
deduction in various non-standard logics as well as in classical
logic. Areas of application include verification of software and
computer systems, data integration and data access, deductive
databases, knowledge representation and its required inference
engines, and system diagnosis.
The conference intends to bring together researchers interested in all
aspects - theoretical foundations, implementation techniques, system
developments and applications - of the mechanization of reasoning with
tableaux and related methods.
Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to):
- proof-theory in classical and non-classical logics (modal,
temporal, description, intuitionistic, substructural, ...)
- analytic tableaux for various logics (theory and applications)
- related techniques and concepts, e.g., model checking and BDDs
- related methods (model elimination, sequent calculi, connection
method, resolution, ...)
- new calculi and methods for theorem proving and verification
in classical and non-classical logics
- systems, tools, implementations and applications (provers,
logical frameworks, model checkers, ...)
- automated deduction and formal methods applied to logic,
mathematics, software development, protocol verification,
security, ...
* IMPORTANT DATES:
- WORKSHOPS:
Workshop submission deadline: February 22, 2013
Notification of acceptance: March 8, 2013
- TUTORIALS:
Proposal submission deadline: March 23, 2013
Notification of acceptance: April 5, 2013
- CONFERENCE PAPERS:
Title and Abstract submission deadline: April 8, 2013
Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2013
* Detailed information can be found on the webpage.
19TH MEETING TYPES FOR PROOFS AND PROGRAMS (TYPES 2013)
Call for Contributions
April 23-26, Toulouse, France
http://www.irit.fr/TYPES2013/
* AIMS
The Types Meeting is a forum to present new and on-going work in all
aspects of type theory and its applications, especially in formalized
and computer assisted reasoning and computer programming.
* TOPICS
We invite all researchers to contribute talks on subjects related to
the Types area of interest. These include, but are not limited to:
foundations of type theory and constructive mathematics; applications of
type theory; dependently typed programming; industrial uses of type
theory technology; meta-theoretic studies of type systems; proof
assistants and proof technology; automation in computer-assisted
reasoning; links between type theory and functional programming;
formalizing mathematics using type theory. We would like to especially
encourage talks proposing new ways of applying type theory.
* IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of LaTeX abstract of 1 or 2 pages by February 25,
notification by March 8, final version of abstract by April 1st.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
Steve Awodey (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh)
Lars Birkedal (Aarhus University)
Ulrich Kohlenbach (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt)
ELC TOKYO COMPLEXITY WORKSHOP
Call for Participation
March 14-17, 2013
Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.al.ics.saitama-u.ac.jp/elc/ws/
* AIMS
ELC (Exploring the Limits of Computation) is a five-year project
started in 2012 in Japan, focusing on various aspects of
computational complexity theory. As a kickoff event of this
project, we are planning to have a workshop during March 14-17 in
Tokyo, inviting the following distinguished speakers. We welcome
any of you interested in computational complexity theory to
participate in this workshop. We are planning also some satellite
seminars before and after the workshop.
* REGISTRATION DEADLINE
February 28, 2013
* INVITED SPEAKERS
Eric Allender (Rutgers University)
Irit Dinur (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
Zeev Dvir (Princeton University)
Joshua A. Grochow (The University of Toronto)
Rahul Jain (National University of Singapore)
Valentine Kabanets (Simon Fraser University)
Shachar Lovett (Institute for Advanced Study)
Pinyan Lu (Microsoft Research Asia and Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Raghu Meka (Institute of Advanced Study and DIMACS)
Ketan Mulmuley (University of Chicago)
Noam Nisan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Ryan O'Donnell (Carnegie Mellon University)
Pavel Pudlak (The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Ran Raz (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
Rocco Servedio (Columbia University)
Luca Trevisan (Stanford University)
Umesh Vazirani (UC Berkeley)
Yuichi Yoshida (National Institute of Informatics)
David Zuckerman (University of Texas at Austin)
* PROJECT WEBPAGE
http://www.al.ics.saitama-u.ac.jp/elc/
EUROPEAN JOINT CONFERENCES ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOFTWARE (ETAPS 2014)
Call for Satellite Events
April 5-13, 2014
Grenoble, France
* ABOUT ETAPS
The European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS)
is the primary European forum for academic and industrial researchers
working on topics relating to Software Science. ETAPS is an annual event
which takes place in Europe each spring since 1998. The seventeenth
conference, ETAPS 2014, takes place between April 5th and 13th, 2014 in
Grenoble, France. Grenoble is the capital of the Alps; its history spans
over two thousand years. Grenoble is located in an exceptional natural
environment, surrounded by three mountain masses Vercors, Chartreuse,
and Belledonne.
* MAIN CONFERENCES
ETAPS main conferences take place on April 7th-11th, 2014. They are:
- CC: International Conference on Compiler Construction
- ESOP: European Symposium on Programming
- FASE: Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
- FOSSACS: Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
- POST: Principles of Security and Trust
- TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
* SATELLITE EVENTS
The ETAPS 2014 Organizing Committee invites proposals for Satellite Events
(workshops, tutorials, etc.) that will complement the main conferences.
They should fall within the scope of ETAPS. This encompasses all aspects
of the system development process, including specification, design,
implementation, analysis and improvement, as well as the languages,
methodologies and tools which support these activities, covering a spectrum
from practically-motivated theory to soundly-based practice. Satellite
Events provide an opportunity to discuss and report on emerging research
approaches and practical experience relevant to theory and practice of
software. ETAPS 2014 Satellite Events will be held immediately before and
after the main conferences, on April 5th-6th and April 12th-13th, 2014.
* SUBMISSION OF SATELLITE EVENT PROPOSALS
Researchers and practitioners wishing to organize Satellite Events are
invited to submit proposals in ASCII, PDF or Postscript format by e-mail
to etaps2014.satellites@imag.fr. A proposal should not exceed two pages
and should include:
- Satellite Event name / acronym
- names and contact information of the organizers
- preferred period: April 5th-6th or April 12th-13th
- duration of the workshop: one-day or two-day event
- 120-word description of the workshop topic for later use in publicity material
- a brief explanation of the workshop topic and its relevance to ETAPS
- a schedule for paper submission, notification of acceptance and final versions
- expected number of participants
- any other relevant information, like event format, invited speakers,
- publication policy, demo sessions, special space requirements, etc.
The proposals will be evaluated by the ETAPS 2014 organizing committee
on the basis of their assessed benefit for prospective participants to
ETAPS 2014. The titles and brief information about accepted Satellite Events
will be included in the ETAPS 2014 web site, call for papers and call for
participation. Satellite Events organizers will be responsible for:
- producing the event's call for papers and call for participations
- advertising the event through specialist mailing lists etc. to complement
publicity for ETAPS as a whole hosting and maintaining a web site for
the event
- reviewing and making acceptance decisions on submitted papers producing
the event proceedings, if any; facilities for printing will be made
available by the ETAPS organizers
- scheduling workshop activities in consultation with the local organizers.
Prospective organizers may wish to consult the web pages of previous
satellite events as examples:
ETAPS 2013: http://www.etaps.org/2013/workshops13
ETAPS 2012: http://www.etaps.org/2012/workshops
ETAPS 2011: http://www.etaps.org/2011/workshops
ETAPS 2010: http://www.etaps10.cs.ucy.ac.cy/
ETAPS 2009: http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/etaps09/
ETAPS 2008: http://etaps08.mit.bme.hu/
ETAPS 2007: http://www.di.uminho.pt/etaps07/
ETAPS 2006: http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/etaps06/
ETAPS 2005: http://www.etaps05.inf.ed.ac.uk/
ETAPS 2004: http://www.lsi.upc.es/etaps04/
ETAPS 2003: http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/etaps03/
* IMPORTANT DATES
Satellite Event Proposals Deadline: March 4th, 2013
Notification of acceptance: April 4th, 2013
* FURTHER INFORMATION AND ENQUIRIES --
Please contact Axel Legay:
axel.legay@inria.fr
etaps14.satellites@imag.fr
EUROPEAN JOINT CONFERENCES ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOFTWARE (ETAPS 2013)
Call for Participation
Rome, Italy
March 16-24, 2013
http://www.etaps.org/2013
* ABOUT ETAPS
The European Joint Conferences on Theory And Practice of Software
(ETAPS) is the primary European forum for academic and industrial
researchers working on topics relating to software science. ETAPS,
established in 1998, is a confederation of six main annual conferences,
accompanied by satellite workshops and invited tutorials (new in 2013).
ETAPS 2013 is already the sixteenth event in the series.
* MAIN CONFERENCES
- CC: Compiler Construction
- ESOP: European Symposium on Programming
- FASE: Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
- FOSSACS: Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
- POST: Principles of Security and Trust
- TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of
Systems
* INVITED SPEAKERS
- Gilles Barthe (Fundación IMDEA Software, Madrid, Spain)
- Emily Berger (Univ. of Mussachusetts, Amherst, USA)
- Krzysztof Czarnecki (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada)
- Cedric Fournet (Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK)
- Orna Grumberg (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
- Martin Hofmann (Univ. of Munich, Germany)
- Jean-Pierre Hubaux (EPFL, Losanna, Switzerland)
- Mark S. Miller (Google Research, USA)
* INVITED TUTORIAL SPEAKERS
- John C. Mitchell (Stanford Univ., USA)
- Martin Fraenzle (Univ. of Oldenburg, Germany)
- Ralf Kuesters (Univ. of Trier, Germany)
The tutorials take place on Sunday March 17 before ETAPS 2013.
* SATELLITE EVENTS
22 satellite workshops will take place before or after ETAPS 2013.
ACCAT, AiSoS, BX, DICE, Found. Syst. Spec., HAS, HotSpot, MBT, MEALS,
SR, OCCP, and VSSE will take place in the weekend on 16-17 March 2013.
Bytecode, CerCo, FESCA, GT-VMT, GRAPHITE, IC1201, MLQA, PLACSE, QAPL,
and TERMGRAPH are scheduled for 31 March-1 April 2012.
* REGISTRATION
http://www.etaps.org/2013/registration-menu-2013
* ORGANIZERS
The event is organized in Sapienza Università di Roma. Sapienza has a
very long and prestigious history, it is the largest university in
Europe and the second-largest in the world, with more than 150,000
students.
- General chair: Daniele Gorla
- Conferences Chair: Francesco Parisi Presicce
- Workshops Chairs: Paolo Bottoni and Pietro Cenciarelli
- Publicity Chair: Ivano Salvo
- Finance Chairs: Enrico Tronci and Federico Mari
- Web Site Chair: Igor Melatti
8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL CATEGORY THEORY (ACCAT 2013)
Call for Participation
Rome, Italy
March 17, 2013
Satellite Event of ETAPS 2013
* SCOPE
Since the 1960s, the use of category theory in computer science has been
a fruitful one, including applications to different areas such as automata
theory, algebraic specification, and programming languages, among others.
In recent years, techniques and methods from CT have been adopted as a
standard research tool, and considered as such in different venues around
the world. The ACCAT workshop on "Applied and Computational Category Theory"
has been one of these venues. Since its inception in 2006, ACCAT provided
a forum where invited contributors presented their own research on different
facets of category theory applied to computer science. Following the
tradition, the program of this year edition will include eight invited
talks by top researchers in the area.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
Samson Abramsky
Robin B. Cockett
Barbara Koenig
Ugo Montanari
Till Mossakowski
Dusko Pavlovic
Andrzej Tarlecki
Glynn Winskel
* FUTURE
Despite ACCAT success, we believe that the current formula of the workshop
should be deeply revised. Indeed, we believe that a fully fledged conference
is missing where all kinds of applications of category theory to computer
science can be presented (like the former CTCS conference, which somehow
ended in 2006). Therefore, after the presentations, the workshop will end up
with a general discussion among the invited speakers and the attendees.
We hope that the outcome of the discussion could be a decision whether to
push for such high-level workshop/conference on the application of category
theory to computer science, or at least to verify the viability of a further
meeting focusing on this issue.
* FURTHER INFORMATION
Please contact Fabio Gadducci (gadducci@di.unipi.it) or Ulrike
Golas (golas@zib.de).
MEETING OF ERCIM GROUP ON MODELS AND LOGICS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS (MLQA 2013)
Call for Participation
March 24th, 2013
Rome, Italy - Colocated with QAPL at ETAPS 2013.
* SCOPE
The fifth annual meeting of the MLQA working group will take place on
Sunday 24 March 2013 as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory
And Practice of Software (ETAPS) in Rome, Italy.
This year's edition will be held in cooperation with the Quantitative
Aspects of Programming Languages and Systems (QAPL) workshop.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
Invited speakers will be shared between the two events:
- Martin Fraenzle, University of Oldenburg
A tight integration of symbolic, numeric, and statistical methods for
the analysis of cyber-physical systems
- Paolo Zuliani, Newcastle University
Statistical Model Checking for Cyber-Physical Systems
- Flemming Nielson, Technical University of Denmark
Guarding against Denial of Service Attacks
For abstracts of these talks please consult
http://wiki.ercim.eu/wg/MLQA/index.php/MLQA_2013
For more about the ERCIM working group MLQA please consult
http://wiki.ercim.eu/wg/MLQA
We invite all interested researchers and PhD students to participate at MLQA 2013.
* REGISTRATION
For registration please follow the instructions on the ETAPS website
http://www.etaps.org
29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOGIC PROGRAMMING (ICLP 2013)
Call for Workshop Proposals
Istanbul, Turkey
August 24-29, 2013
http://www.iclp2013.org
* SCOPE
ICLP 2013, the 29th International Conference on Logic Programming,
will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, August 24-29, 2013.
Workshops collocated with an international conference are one of the
best venues for the presentation and discussion of preliminary work,
novel ideas, and new open problems to a wide and interested audience.
Collocated workshops also provide an opportunity for presenting
specialised topics and opportunities for intensive discussions and
project collaboration. The topics of the workshops collocated with
ICLP 2013 may cover any area related to logic programming (e.g.,
theory, systems, environments, software-engineering aspects,
extensions, alternative paradigms, applications), including cross-
disciplinary areas. However, any workshop proposal will be taken
under consideration.
The format of the workshop will be decided by the workshop organisers,
but ample time should be allowed for general discussions. Workshops
can vary in length, but the optimal format are half-day workshops and
full-day workshops.
* PROPOSALS
People interested in organising a workshop at ICLP 2013 are invited
to submit a workshop proposal. Proposals should be written in English
and about two pages in length. They should contain:
- the title of the workshop;
- a brief technical description of the topics covered by the
workshop;
- a discussion of the timeline and relevance of the workshop;
- a list of some related workshops held in recent years;
- the (preliminary) required number of half-days allotted to the
workshop and an estimate of the number of expected attendees;
- the names, affiliations, and contact details (email, web page,
phone, fax) of the workshop organiser(s) together with a
designated contact person; and
- the previous experience of the workshop organising committee in
workshop or conference organisation.
Proposals should be in PDF format and submitted to the Workshop Chair
(Hans Tompits) by email by March 11, 2013.
* IMPORTANT DATES
March 11, 2013: Proposal submission deadline
April 4, 2013: Notification
April 29, 2013: Deadline for receipt of CFP and workshop Web page URL
July 19, 2013: Deadline for proceedings and workshop program
August 24 and 25, 2013: ICLP 2013 workshops
* WORKSHOP CHAIR
Hans Tompits
Knowledge-Based Systems Group E184/3
Institute of Information Systems
Vienna University of Technology
Email: tompits [at] kr [dot] tuwien [dot] ac [dot] at
29TH CONFERENCE ON THE MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PROGRAMMING SEMANTICS (MFPS XXIX)
Preliminary Announcement
June 23-25, 2013
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA USA
(co-located with LICS 2013 and CFS 2013)
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Conferences/MFPS29/
* GENERAL
The 29th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming
Semantics will take place on the campus of Tulane University, New
Orleans, LA USA from June 23 to June 25, 2013. The conference will
be co-located with the 2013 Logic in Computer Science Symposium
and the 2013 Computer Security Foundations Symposium. MFPS will
have a number of invited speakers and special sessions, one of
which will be a shared session with LICS celebrating Dana Scott's
80th birthday year. This is a preliminary announcement - details
about the conference, including the program committee membership,
the invited speakers and the special sessions will be available
within the next few weeks. The purpose of this announcement is to
alert members of the community about the relevant personnel
overseeing the conference and to provide the important dates for
the meeting.
* COMMITTEES
The Program Committee Chair for MFPS XXIX is Dexter Kozen
(Cornell). The local arrangements chair is Michael Mislove
(Tulane). The Organizing Committee for MFPS includes Andrej Bauer
(Slovenia), Stephen Brookes (CMU), Achim Jung (Birmingham),
Catherine Meadows (NRL), Michael Mislove (Tulane), Joel Ouaknine
(Oxford) and Prakash Panangaden (McGill).
* IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for titles and short abstracts: Monday, March 25, 2013
Deadline for full submissions: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Notification of accepted papers: Monday, April 28, 2013
24TH CONFERENCE ON CONCURRENCY THEORY (CONCUR 2013)
Call for Papers
Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 26-31, 2013
http://concur-conferences.org/concur2013/
* GOAL
The purpose of the CONCUR conferences is to bring together
researchers, developers, and students in order to advance
the theory of concurrency, and promote its applications.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
- Lorenzo Alvisi (University of Texas Austin, USA)
- Joost-Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
- Philippe Schnoebelen (LSV, CNRS & ENS de Cachan, France)
- Reinhard Wilhelm (Saarland University, Germany)
* TOPICS
Submissions are solicited in semantics, logics, verification
and analysis of concurrent systems. The principal topics include
(but are not limited to):
- Basic models of concurrency such as abstract machines, domain
theoretic models, game theoretic models, process algebras,
graph transformation systems and Petri nets;
- Logics for concurrency such as modal logics, probabilistic and
stochastic logics, temporal logics, and resource logics;
- Models of specialized systems such as biology-inspired systems,
circuits, hybrid systems, mobile and collaborative systems,
multi-core processors, probabilistic systems, real-time systems,
service-oriented computing, and synchronous systems;
- Verification and analysis techniques for concurrent systems
such as abstract interpretation, atomicity checking, model
checking, race detection, pre-order and equivalence checking,
run-time verification, state-space exploration, static analysis,
synthesis, testing, theorem proving, and type systems;
- Related programming models such as distributed, component-based,
object-oriented, and web services.
* CO-LOCATED EVENTS
10th Intl. Conf. on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST 2013)
11th Intl. Conf. on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems
(FORMATS 2013)
8th Intl. Symposium on Trustworthy Global Computing (TGC 2013)
There will be co-located workshops, which take place on August 26
and August 31, and tutorials (associated with QEST) which take
place on August 26.
* SUBMISSIONS
CONCUR 2013 solicits high quality papers reporting research
results and/or experience reports related to the topics mentioned
above. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted
for publication elsewhere. Contributions should be submitted
electronically as PDF, using the Springer LNCS style. Papers
should not exceed 15 pages in length.
Each paper will undergo a thorough review process. If necessary,
the paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix,
which will be reviewed at the discretion of the program committee.
Papers should be submitted electronically using EasyChair online
submission system:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=concur2013
The CONCUR 2013 proceedings will be published by Springer in the
ArCoSS subseries of LNCS. The proceedings will be available at
the conference.
* IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission: 1st April 2013
Paper Submission: 8th April 2013
Paper Notification: 27th May, 2013
Camera Ready Copy Due: 10t June, 2013
CONCUR 2012: 27th-30th August, 2013
* AFFILIATED WORKSHOPS
Proposal for workshops are expected to be sent to the Workshops
Chairs, Eduardo Bonelli (ebonelli@unq.edu.ar) and Diego
Garbervetsky (diegog@dc.uba.ar), by January 14, 2013.
* PROGRAM CHAIRS
- Pedro R. D'Argenio (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina)
- Hernán Melgratti (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Christel Baier (Technical University of Dresden, DE)
Paolo Baldan (Universitá di Padova, IT)
Eike Best (Universität Oldenburg, DE)
Patricia Bouyer (LSV, CNRS & ENS Cachan, FR)
Tomas Brazdil (Masaryk University, CZ)
Franck van Breugel (York University, CA)
Krishnendu Chatterjee (IST, AT)
Rance Cleaveland (University of Maryland, US)
Wan Fokkink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL)
Daniele Gorla (University of Rome "La Sapienza", IT)
Holger Hermanns (Saarland University, DE)
Radha Jagadeesan (DePaul University, US)
Bengt Jonsson (Uppsala University, SE)
Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg University, DK)
Ugo Montanari (Universitá di Pisa, IT)
Prakash Panangaden (McGill University, CA)
David Parker (University of Birmingham, UK)
Frank Pfenning (Carnegie Mellon University, US)
Nir Piterman (University of Leicester, UK)
Shaz Qadeer (Microsoft Research, US)
Jean-Francois Raskin (Universit Libre de Bruxelles, BE)
Jan Rutten (CWI, NL)
Davide Sangiorgi (University of Bologna, IT)
Geoffrey Smith (Florida International University, US)
P.S. Thiagarajan (National University of Singapore, SG)
Frits Vaandrager (Radboud University Nijmegen, NL)
Frank Valencia (CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, FR)
Rob Van Glabbeek (NICTA, AU)
Nobuko Yoshida (Imperial College London, UK)
Lijun Zhang (Technical University of Denmark, DK)
22ND EACSL ANNUAL CONFERENCES ON COMPUTER SCIENCE LOGIC (CSL 2013)
Call for Papers
Torino, Italy
September 2-5, 2013
http://csl13.di.unito.it/
* AIM AND SCOPE
Computer Science Logic (CSL) is the annual conference of the
European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL). The
conference is intended for computer scientists whose research
activities involve logic, as well as for logicians working on
issues significant for computer science.
* LOCATION
The 22nd EACSL Annual Conferences on Computer Science Logic
will be held at Museo di Scienze Naturali in Torino from
Monday 2nd through Thursday 5th of September 2013.
* LIST OF TOPICS OF INTEREST (NON EXHAUSTIVE)
automated deduction and interactive theorem proving, constructive
mathematics and type theory, equational logic and term rewriting,
automata and games, game semantics, modal and temporal logic,
model checking, decision procedures, logical aspects of
computational complexity, computational proof theory, bounded
arithmetic and propositional proof complexity, logic programming
and constraints, lambda calculus and combinatory logic, domain
theory, categorical logic and topological semantics, database
theory, specification, extraction and transformation of programs,
logical aspects of quantum computing, logical foundations of
programming paradigms, verification and program analysis, linear
logic, higher-order logic, non-monotonic reasoning.
* IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission: April, 1st 2013
Paper Submission: April, 8th 2013
Paper Notification: June, 10th 2013
Paper final version: July, 1st 2013
Conference: September, 2nd --- 5th 2013
* SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit papers of not more than 15 pages in
LIPIcs style presenting work not previously published. Papers are
to be submitted through Easychair.
* SATELLITE EVENTS
The 14th International Workshop on Logic and Computational
Complexity (LCC'13) will be held on 6th of September 2013 as
a satellite event of CSL'13. An international summer school
on âLinear logic and related topicsâ will be held from 28th
through 31st of August 2013 as a satellite event of CSL'13.
Further details will appear on this page as soon as possible.
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Zena Ariola (University of Oregon)
Arnon Avron (Tel-Aviv University)
Roberto Bagnara (University of Parma, and BUGSENG srl)
Christel Baier (Technical University of Dresden)
Marc Bezem (University of Bergen)
Paola Bruscoli (University of Bath, Computer Science Department)
Agata Ciabattoni (TU Wien)
Thierry Coquand (Chalmers University)
Ugo Dal Lago (Universita di Bologna)
Valeria De Paiva (Nuance Communications)
Reinhard Kahle (CENTRIA and DM, UNL, Portugal)
Stephan Kreutzer (Technical University Berlin)
Olivier Laurent (CNRS - ENS Lyon)
Carsten Lutz (Universitaet Bremen)
Jean-Yves Marion (Universite de Lorraine, LORIA)
Damian Niwinski (Warsaw University)
Frank Pfenning (Carnegie Mellon University)
Elaine Pimentel (UFMG)
Ruzica Piskac (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS))
Simona Ronchi Della Rocca CHAIR (Universita di Torino)
Jan Rutten (CWI)
Helmut Schwichtenberg (LMU Munich)
Phil Scott (Dept. of Math & Stats, U. Ottawa)
Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University)
Makoto Tatsuta (National Institute of Informatics)
Tachio Terauchi (Nagoya University)
* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Erika De Benedetti (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
Paola Giannini (Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica (DISIT), Alessandria)
Mauro Piccolo (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
Luca Padovani (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
Luca Paolini (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
Simona Ronchi Della Rocca (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
Luca Roversi (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
Angelo Troina (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
SIXTH CONFERENCE ON TOPOLOGY, ALGEBRA AND CATEGOREIS IN LOGIC (TACL 2013)
Call for Presentations
July 28 - August 1, 2013
Nashville, Tennessee USA
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~tacl2013/
* SCOPE
Studying logics via semantics is a well-established and very
active branch of mathematical logic, with many applications,
in computer science and elsewhere. The area is characterized
by results, tools and techniques stemming from various fields,
including universal algebra, topology, category theory, order,
and model theory. The program of the conference TACL 2013 will
focus on three interconnecting mathematical themes central to
the semantical study of logics and their applications: algebraic,
categorical, and topological methods. This is the sixth
conference in the series Topology, Algebra and Categories in
Logic (TACL, formerly TANCL). Earlier installments of this
conference have been organized in Tbilisi (2003), Barcelona
(2005), Oxford (2007), Amsterdam (2009), Marseilles (2011).
* CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS
Vladimir Voevodsky, Institute for Advanced Studies, USA
Nick Bezhanishvili, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Leo Cabrer, University of Oxford, UK
Silvio Ghilardi, University of Milan, Italy
George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland
Alex Simpson, University of Edinburgh, UK
* FEATURED TOPICS
Contributed talks can deal with any topic dealing with the use
of algebraic, categorical or topological methods in either
logic or computer science. This includes, but is not limited to,
the following areas:
- Algebraic structures in CS
- Algebraic logic
- Coalgebra
- Categorical methods in logic
- Domain theory
- Lattice theory
- Lattices with operators
- Many-valued and fuzzy logics
- Modal logics
- Non-classical logics
- Ordered topological spaces
- Ordered algebraic structures
- Pointfree topology
- Proofs and Types
- Residuated structures
- Semantics
- Stone-type dualities
- Substructural logics
- Topological semantics of modal logic
* SUBMISSIONS
Contributed presentations will be of two types:
- 20 minutes long presentations in parallel sessions and
- featured, 30 minutes long, plenary presentations.
The submission of an abstract will be required to be selected
for a contributed presentation of either kind. While preference
will be given to new work, results that have already been
published or presented elsewhere will also be considered.
More information on the submission procedure, as well as a link
to the EasyChair system, can be found at the conference web site.
* IMPORTANT DATES
April 1, 2013: Abstract submission deadline
May 1, 2013: Notification to authors
July 28-August 1, 2013: Conference
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Steve Awodey, Carnegie Mellon University
Guram Bezhanishvili, New Mexico State University
David Gabelaia, Razmadze Mathematical Institute, Tbilisi
Nick Galatos (co-chair), University of Denver
Mai Gehrke, LIAFA, University of Paris Diderot
Rob Goldblatt, Victoria University, Wellington
John Harding, New Mexico State University
Ramon Jansana, University of Barcelona
Peter Jipsen, Chapman University
Achim Jung, University of Birmingham
Alexander Kurz (co-chair), University of Leicester
Vincenzo Marra, University of Milan
Hiroakira Ono, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Alessandra Palmigiano, University of Amsterdam
Hilary Priestley, St Anne's College, Oxford
James Raftery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Thomas Streicher, Technical University of Darmstadt
Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University
Constantine Tsinakis, Vanderbilt University
Yde Venema, University of Amsterdam
Michael Zakharyaschev, Birkbeck College, University of London
* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chris Conidis, Vanderbilt University
Lianzhen Liu, Jiangnan University, China
Warren McGovern, Florida Atlantic University
Francesco Paoli, University of Cagliari
Rebecca Steiner, Vanderbilt University
Constantine Tsinakis (chair), Vanderbilt University
William Young, Vanderbilt University
29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOGIC PROGRAMMING (ICLP 2013)
Call for Papers
Istanbul, Turkey
August 24-28, 2013
http://www.iclp2013.org
* CONFERENCE SCOPE
Since the first conference held in Marseilles in 1982, ICLP
has been the premier international conference for presenting
research in logic programming. Contributions are sought in all
areas of logic programming including but not restricted to:
- Theory: Semantic Foundations, Formalisms, Non-monotonic
Reasoning, Knowledge Representation.
- Implementation: Compilation, Virtual Machines, Parallelism.
- Environments: Program Analysis, Transformation, Validation,
Verification, Debugging, Pro- filing, Testing.
- Language Issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility,
Higher Order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Programming Techniques.
- Related Paradigms: Inductive Logic Programming, Constraint Logic
Programming, Answer-Set Programming, SAT-Checking
- Applications: Databases, Data Integration and Federation,
Software Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Web and
Semantic Web, Agents, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics.
In addition to the presentations of accepted papers, the technical
program will include invited talks, advanced tutorials, the
doctoral consortium, and several workshops.
* SUBMISSION DETAILS
The four broad categories for submissions are as follows. Regular
papers, including: (1) tech- nical papers for describing
technically sound, innovative ideas that can advance the state of
logic programming; (2) application papers, where the emphasis will
be on their impact on the application domain; (3) system and tool
papers, where the emphasis will be on the novelty, practicality,
usability and availability of the systems and tools described.
Technical communications (4) aimed at describing recent
developments, new projects, and other materials that are not ready
for publication as standard papers. All papers and technical
communications will be presented during the conference.
All submissions must describe original, previously unpublished
research, and must not simultaneously be submitted for publication
elsewhere. They must be written in English. Technical papers,
application papers, and system and tool papers must not exceed 12
pages plus bibliography: however a new condensed TPLP format may
be used and the papers may include appendices beyond 12 pages.
The limit for technical communications is 10 pages. Submissions
must be made in the condensed TPLP format (http://www.iclp2013.org)
via the Easychair submission system, available at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2013
* IMPORTANT DATES
Paper registration (abstract): April 3, 2013
Submission deadline: April 10, 2013
Notification to authors: May 21, 2013
Revision deadline (when needed): June 21, 2013
Camera-ready copy due: July 18, 2013
Conference: August 24-28, 2013
* PAPER PUBLICATION
All accepted papers will be published in the journal Theory and
Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP), Cambridge University Press
(CUP), in one or more special issues. In order to ensure the
quality of the final version, papers may be subject to more than
one round of refereeing (within the decision period). Accepted
technical communications will be published in the online abstract
of the special issue(s). The program committee may also recommend
standard papers to be published as technical communications.
* ICLP 2013 ORGANIZATION
- General Co-Chairs:
Esra Erdem Sabanci University
Joohyung Lee Arizona State University
- Program Co-chairs:
Terrance Swift New University of Lisboa
Evelina Lamma University of Ferrara
- Workshops Chair:
Hans Tompits Vienna University of Technology
- Publicity Chair:
Peter Schueller Sabanci University
- Doctoral Consortium:
Marco Gavanelli University of Ferrara
Martin Gebser University of Potsdam
- Prolog Programming Contest:
Bart Demoen K.U. Leuven
11TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (CMSB 2013)
Call for Papers
IST Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
23-25 September, 2013
http://ist.ac.at/cmsb13
* IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract deadline 8 April, 2013
Paper submission deadline 15 April, 2013
Author notification 27 May, 2013
Poster submission deadline 27 May, 2013
Poster notification 10 June, 2013
Camera-ready deadline 24 June, 2013
* SCOPE
CMSB 2013 solicits original research articles on the computational
modeling and analysis of biological systems, pathways, networks,
data, and corresponding application domains. The conference brings
together computer scientists, biologists, mathematicians,
engineers, and physicists interested in a system-level
understanding of biological processes. It covers theory,
computation, as well as applications.
* TOPICS
- original paradigms, formalisms, and languages for modeling
biological processes
- original models together with their application domains
- frameworks, techniques, and tools for verifying, validating,
analyzing, and simulating biological systems
- high-performance computational systems biology and parallel
implementations
- inference from high-throughput experimental data
- model integration from biological databases
- multi-scale modeling and analysis methods
- synthetic biology.
* POSTER TRACK
CMSB 2013 also solicits poster submissions. The abstract of each
poster will get 2 pages in the proceedings. Some selected posters
will also be given slots of short talks at the conference. We
especially encourage poster submission from experimental
biologists! In order to facilitate biologists to attend the
conference and present their work, a limited number of travel
stipends for students and postdocs presenting biology posters
will be available.
9TH SYMPOSIUM ON FRONTIERS OF COMBINING SYSTEMS (FroCoS 2013)
Call for Papers
Nancy, France
September 18-20, 2013,
http://frocos2013.loria.fr
co-located with TABLEAUX 2013
* AIMS
The aim of the conference is to publish and promote
progress in research areas requiring the development of general
techniques and methods for the combination and integration of
special, formally defined systems, as well as for the analysis
and modularization of complex systems.
* TOPICS
Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
combinations of logics such as combined higher-order, first-order,
temporal, modal, or other non-classical logics; combinations and
modularity in ontologies; combination of decision procedures, of
satisfiability procedures, of constraint solving techniques or of
logical frameworks; combination and integration methods in SAT and
SMT solving; combinations and modularity in term rewriting;
integration of equational and other theories into deductive
systems; combination of deduction systems and computer algebra;
integration of data structures into constraint logic programming
and deduction; hybrid methods for deduction, resolution and
constraint propagation; hybrid systems in knowledge representation
and natural language semantics; combined logics for distributed and
multi-agent systems; logical aspects of combining and modularizing
programs and specifications.
* IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission: 15 Apr 2013
Paper submission: 22 Apr 2013
4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GAMES, AUTOMATA, LOGICS, AND FORMAL VERIFICATION (GANDALF 2013)
Preliminary Call for Papers
Borca di Cadore, Dolomites, Italy
August 29th-31th, 2013
http://gandalf.di.univr.it/
* OBJECTIVES
The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers from academia
and industry which are actively working in the fields of Games, Automata,
Logics, and Formal Verification. The idea is to cover an ample spectrum of
themes, ranging from theory to applications, and stimulate
cross-fertilization. Papers focused on formal methods are especially
welcome. Authors are invited to submit original research or tool papers on
all relevant topics in these areas. Papers discussing new ideas that are
at an early stage of development are also welcome.
* LIST OF TOPICS
The topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Automata Theory
Automated Deduction
Computational aspects of Game Theory
Concurrency and Distributed computation
Decision Procedures
Deductive, Compositional, and Abstraction Techniques for Verification
Finite Model Theory
First-order and Higher-order Logics
Formal Languages
Formal Methods for Systems Biology, Hybrid, Embedded, and Mobile Systems
Games and Automata for Verification
Game Semantics
Logical aspects of Computational Complexity
Logics of Programs
Modal and Temporal Logics
Model Checking
Models of Reactive and Real-Time Systems
Program Analysis and Software Verification
Run-time Verification and Testing
Specification and Verification of Finite and Infinite-state Systems
Synthesis
* INVITED SPEAKERS
Alessandro Cimatti (ITC-IRST, Italy)
Thomas Henzinger (IST, Austria)
Christof Loeding (University of Aachen, Germany)
* IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission: May 1, 2013
Paper submission: May 8, 2013
Acceptance notification: June 17, 2013
Final version: June 26, 2013
Conference: August 29-31, 2013
* PROGRAM CHAIRS
Tiziano Villa (University of Verona, Italy)
Gabriele Puppis (LaBRI, Bordeaux, France)
* ORGANIZING CHAIR
Pietro Sala (University of Verona, Italy)
HORIZONS IN TCS: A CELEBRATION OF MIHALIS YANNAKAKIS's 60TH BIRTHDAY
Early Call for Participation
Workshop at Center for Computational Intractability (CCI)
Princeton University, NJ, USA
August 27-29, 2013.
http://intractability.princeton.edu/blog/2013/01/mihalisfest-2013/
* See the workshop's webpage for further information,
including list of speakers.
ACKERMANN AWARD 2013 - THE EACSL OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD FOR LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Call for Nominations
* Eligible for the 2013 Ackermann Award are PhD dissertations in topics
specified by the EACSL and LICS conferences, which were formally
accepted as PhD theses at a university or equivalent institution
between 1.1.2011 and 31.12.2012.
* Submission details are available at
http://www.eacsl.org/submissionsAck.html
* The deadline for submission is April 15, 2013
* Nominations should be sent to the chair of the Jury by
e-mail: anuj.dawar@cl.cam.ac.uk
* The award consists of
- a diploma,
- an invitation to present the thesis at the CSL conference,
- the publication of the laudation in the CSL proceedings,
- travel support to attend the conference.
* The 2013 Ackermann Award will be presented to the recipients at the
annual conference of the EACSL (CSL'13) in Torino (Italy)
to be held 2-5 September 2013.
* The jury consists of 8 members:
- T. Coquand (Chalmers University of Gothenburg)
- A. Dawar (Cambridge, U.K., president of EACSL)
- T.A. Henzinger (Klosterneuburg, Austria)
- D. Leivant (Bloomington, USA)
- D. Niwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
- L. Ong (Oxford, U.K., LICS representative)
- S. Ronchi Della Rocca (vice-president of EACSL)
- W. Thomas (Aachen, Germany)
* The jury is entitled to give more (or less) than one award per year.
* The previous Ackermann Award recipients were:
2005: Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Konstantin Korovin, Nathan Segerlind;
2006: Stefan Milius and Balder ten Cate;
2007: Dietmar Berwanger, Stephane Lengrand and Ting Zhang;
2008: Krishnendu Chatterjee;
2009: Jakob Nordstrom;
2010: ---- (no award given);
2011: Benjamin Rossman
2012: Andrew Polonsky and Szymon Torunczyk
POST-DOC POSITION IN ICT IN TRENTO, ITALY
* One post-doc position in ICT on the research project "Advanced SMT
Techniques for Word-level Formal Verification - (WOLF)" is available
in Trento, Italy, under the joint supervision of
- Alessandro Cimatti, FBK, Trento, and
- Roberto Sebastiani, DISI, University of Trento.
The research activity will be carried out jointly within the Embedded
Systems (ES) Research Unit of the Center for Scientific and
Technological Research of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento,
and the Software Engineering, Formal Methods & Security Research
Program, at Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science
(DISI) of University of Trento.
* AIM AND SCOPE
The research activity will aim at investigating and developing novel
techniques, methodologies and support tools for Satisfiability Modulo
Theories (SMT) for the formal verification of systems. This work will
be part of the "Advanced SMT Techniques for Word-level Formal
Verification - (WOLF)" project, a three-year research project
supported by SRC/GRC (http://www.src.org/compete/s201113/), in strict
collaboration with the Formal Verification Group at Intel, Haifa, and
other major HW companies.
* The ultimate goal of the WOLF project is to provide a comprehensive
SMT package to support effective formal verification of systems
ranging from RTL circuits all the way up to high-level hardware
description languages (e.g. SystemC) and software. The package will be
implemented on top of the MathSAT SMT platform
(http://mathsat.fbk.eu/), and provided as an API.
* CANDIDATE PROFILE
The ideal candidate should have an PhD in computer science or related
discipline, and combine solid theoretical background and excellent
software development skills (in particular C/C++).
A solid background knowledge and/or previous experience on one of the
following topics (in order of preference) is required:
Satisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT), Propositional Satisfiability (SAT),
Model Checking, Automated Reasoning.
Previous experience in the following areas will also be considered
favourably: Constraint Solving and Optimization, Embedded Systems
Design Languages (e.g. Verilog, VHDL).
The candidate should be able to work in a collaborative environment,
with a strong committment to reaching research excellence and achieving
assigned objectives.
* TERMS AND DATES
The position will start as soon as possible, and will have to be
renewed yearly, for a maximum of two years. The expected salary
will range from about 2200 to 2400 euros net income, and the gross
will include previdential (social security) contributions. Facilities
for meals at the local canteen can be provided.
* APPLICATION AND INQUIRIES
Interested candidates should inquire for further information and/or
apply by sending email to wolf-recruit@disi.unitn.it, with subject
'POSTDOC ON WOLF PROJECT'.
Applications should contain a statement of interest, with a Curriculum
Vitae, and the names of reference persons. PDF format is strongly
encouraged. It should also indicate an estimated starting date.
* CONTACT PERSONS
Dr. ALESSANDRO CIMATTI, Embedded Systems Research Unit,
FBK-Irst, via Sommarive 18, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
http://sra.fbk.eu/people/cimatti/
Prof. ROBERTO SEBASTIANI, Software Engineering, Formal Methods & Security
Research Program DISI, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Povo,
Trento, Italy
http://disi.unitn.it/~rseba/
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