Newsletter 17, June 23, 1994


JOURNAL PUBLICATION OF LICS'92 PAPERS
* Selected papers are being published in a Special Issue of Information and
  Computation (two numbers) and a Special Issue of Annals of Pure and
  Applied Logic. The I&C Special Issue, which has just appeared in print,
  will be made available on site to the participants of LICS '94.

KGS-AILA JOINT MEETING ON MODEL THEORY
  August 21-24, 1995, Florence, Italy
* Topics. All fields of active research in Model Theory will be covered by
  invited, as well as by contributed papers.
* Submissions. 3 copies of a full paper, preferably in LaTeX format, before
  February 1, 1995 to the program committee chairman.
* Program Committee.  Maurice Boffa (Co-chair), Gregory Cherlin, Ulrich
  Felgner, Wilfrid Hodges, Annalisa Marcja (Co-chair), Daniele Mundici
  (Chair), Gabriel Sabbagh.
* Program chair.  Daniele Mundici, Department of Computer Science,
  University of Milan, via Comelico 39-41, I-20135 Milan, Italy.  Phone:
  +39 (0)2 55006247.  Fax: +39 (0)2 55006253.  E-mail:
  mundici@imiucca.csi.unimi.it.
* Further information.  Participants in this meeting will be assumed to
  have registered with the International LMPS-IUHPS Symposium on Logic,
  Methodology and Philosophy of Science.  For further information on this
  meeting, contact LMPS, Centro Servizi di Segreteria, via A. Lapini, 1,
  I-50136 Florence, Italy.  Phone: +39 (0)55 670369.  Fax: +39 (0)55
  660236.

WORLD WIDE WEB HOMEPAGE FOR INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION
  an international journal of theoretical Computer Science published by
  Academic Press.
* URL.  http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~iandc
* Features. Up-to-date backlog information, a hypertext bibliography of all
  papers published since 1982, a hypertext list of editors, information for
  authors.

EC WORKSHOP ON PROOF THEORY AND COMPUTATION
  September 14-17, Fairbairn House, Leeds University, UK
* Speakers.  J-Y. Girard, D. Leivant, D. Normann, H. Schwichtenberg,
  R. Sommer.
* Cost.  Approx. 55 UK pounds per night, including single room, breakfast,
  lunch and dinner.
* Notes.  Accommodation at Fairbairn House is limited to 30 residents, so
  interested participants should register early and in any case not later
  than 8 July.
* Contact.  Dr. Anton Setzer, Pure Mathematics, The University, Leeds LS2
  9JT, UK.  E-mail: pmt6ans@amsta.leeds.ac.uk.

TAPSOFT'95: INT. JOINT CONF. ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT.  
  Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark, 22-26 May, 1995.
TAPSOFT brings together theoretical computer scientists and software
engineers (researchers and practitioners) with a view to discussing how
formal methods can usefully be applied in software development.  Includes
CAAP, FASE, TOOLS.
* Invited Speakers.  H. Ehrig, C. Floyd, M.-C. Gaudel, J. A. Goguen,
  D. Kozen, V. Pratt.
CAAP: COLLOQUIUM ON TREES IN ALGEBRA AND PROGRAMMING.
* Topics.  Properties of discrete structures such as strings, trees,
  graphs, etc.; the theory of formal languages, considered in a broad
  sense, i.e., automata, grammars, systems of equations, rewriting systems,
  etc.; syntax and semantics of programming languages; algorithms and
  data-structures; logic and formal verification; theoretical problems
  arising in software development.
* Programme Committee.  A. Arnold, B. Courcelle, J. Diaz, V. Diekert,
  H. Ehrig, J. Karhumaki, J. W. Klop, U. Montanari, M. Nielsen (chair),
  C. Stirling, W. Thomas, S. Tison.
FASE: COLLOQUIUM ON FORMAL APPROACHES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING.
* Topics. Formal concepts for software development; software development
  using formal methods; formal approaches for real-time and distributed
  systems; provably correct software, and verification methods; reports on
  case studies of applications of formal methods; programming languages and
  type systems; tools and environments supporting formal approaches.
* Programme Committee.  E. Astesiano, D. Basin, V. Donzeau-Gouge,
  M.-C.Gaudel, B. Jonsson, P. Klint, B. Mahr, F. Orejas, D. Sannella,
  M. Schwartzbach (chair), B. Steffen, R. Wilhelm.
TOOLS. Demonstration of support tools for practical use of formal approaches.
* CAAP/FASE Submissions.  Send 5 hard copies of a full draft paper (15
  pages) to arrive by 15 October 1994 at the address below.
* TOOLS Submissions.  Send 1 copy of a brief description (2 pages) to
  arrive by 15 October 1994 at the address below (possibly by e-mail).
* Local organisation chair.  P. D. Mosses.
* Information.  WWW file://ftp.daimi.aau.dk/pub/TAPSOFT/README.html.  FTP:
  ftp.daimi.aau.dk, get pub/TAPSOFT/README.  E-mail: tapsoft@daimi.aau.dk.
  Fax: +45 8942 3255.  BRICS - TAPSOFT'95, Dept. of Computer Science,
  Univ. of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade Bldg. 540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

4TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON LOGICS IN AI (JELIA '94)
  September 5-8, 1994, York, England.
[Call for papers in newsletter #13]
* Information via WWW.  Use URL
  ftp://minster.york.ac.uk/pub/isg/jelia.html.

LOGIC COLLOQUIUM '94
  July 21-3O, l'Universite d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
* Programme Committee.  A. Arnold, P. Cegielski, R. David, M. Magidor,
  Y. Matijasevic, L. Pacholski, D. Richard (chair,
  richard@llaic.univ-bpclermont.fr), H. Sinaceur, A. Wilkie, B. Zil'ber.
* Organizing Committee.  J.P. Blanc, P. Cegielski (vice-chair), M.A. Deveau
  (chair), H.A. Esbelin, F. Gaillard, P.F.Jurie- P. Lambey, R. Malgouyres,
  M. More, J. Plyer, J. Tomasik.
* Sessions.  Logics : modal and temporal logics, artificial intelligence.
  Proof theory; logics : intuitionism, lambda-calculus, linear logic.
  Model theory, universal algebra.  Algorithms : recursivity, computational
  complexity, definability, finite models.  History, philosophy and
  methodology of mathematics / set theory.