SIGLOG Monthly 208
December  1, 2020

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* DEADLINES
  Forthcoming Deadlines
* LICS CALL
  LICS 2021
* CALLS
  FSCD 2021 - Call for papers and workshops
  PODS - Call for submissions
  CSL - Call for registrations
  COORDINATION 2021 - Call for papers
  ICALP 2021 - Call for papers
  CADE-28 - Call for papers, workshops, tutorials and competitions
  SPIN 2021 - Call for papers
  CCC LMCS Special Issue - Call for submissions
* JOBS
  Associate Professor/Professor of Programming Languages (Oxford)
  PhD Positions in Computing Science (Glasgow)


DEADLINES
  * FSDC Workshop proposals: Dec 6, 2020
  * PODS: Dec 13, 2020 (Abstracts), Dec 20, 2020 (Full papers)
  * CSL Registration: Dec 14, 2020 (Speakers), Jan 11, 2021 (Others)
  * SCI. COMPUT. PROGRAM. (Graph Transformation): Dec 20, 2020
  * J. LOG. COMPUT (Social Networks): Dec 31, 2020
  * LICS 2021: Jan 20 2021 (Abstracts), Jan 25, 2021 (Full papers)
  * COORDINATION 2021: Jan 29, 2021 (Abstracts), Feb 5, 2021 (Full papers)
  * CCC LMCS Special Issue: Jan 31, 2020 (Register intent), Mar 31, 2021 (Full papers)
  * ICALP 2021: Feb 12, 2021
  * FSDC: Feb 12, 2021 (Abstracts), Feb 15, 2021 (Full papers)
  * CADE-28: Feb 15, 2021 (Abstracts), Feb 22, 2021 (Full papers)
  * SPIN 2021: Mar 1, 2021



LICS 2021: Thirty-Sixth Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
  June / July 2021 (Rome)
  Co-located with ITP 2021 and ICTCS 2021
  http://easyconferences.eu/lics2021/cfp/
CALL FOR PAPERS
* 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.
* TOPICS
  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,
  formal aspects of program analysis, formal methods, foundations of
  computability, games and logic, higher-order logic, knowledge representation
  and reasoning, lambda and combinatory calculi, linear logic, logic programming,
  logical aspects of AI, 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 and privacy, rewriting,
  type systems and type theory, and verification.
* COVID-19
  The organizers are carefully monitoring the development of the COVID-19
  pandemic, and take guidance from the health authorities, to determine whether
  LICS 2021 will be held physically, virtually or in a hybrid manner.
* IMPORTANT DATES (AoE)
  - Titles and Short Abstracts Due:  20 January 2021
  - Full Papers Due:                 25 January 2021
  - Author Feedback/Rebuttal Period: 10-14 March 2021
  - Author Notification:             31 March 2021
  - Workshops:                       27 June -- 28 June 2021
  - Conference:                      29 June -- 2 July 2021
* SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
  Submission URL: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lics2021.
  12 pages excluding references, anonymised, IEEE Proceedings 2-column 10pt format.
  Papers authored or co-authored by members of the program committee are
  not allowed. Please see the website for further formatting and submission
  instructions.
  Paper  selection will be merit-based, with no a priori limit on the number of
  accepted papers. LICS 2021 will use a lightweight double-blind reviewing
  process. Following this process means that reviewers will not see the authors'
  names or affiliations as they initially review a paper. The authors' names will
  then be revealed to the reviewers only once their reviews have been submitted.
  Please see the website for further details and requirements from the
  double-blind process.
* LICS DISTINGUISHED PAPERS (NEW)
  Starting 2021, around 10% of accepted LICS papers will be selected as
  distinguished papers. These are papers that, in the view of the LICS program
  committee, make exceptionally strong contribution to the field and should be
  read by a broad audience due their relevance, originality, significance and
  clarity.
* KLEENE AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER
  An award in honour 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.



FSCD 2021: International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction
  https://fscd2021.dc.uba.ar
  Buenos Aires, Argentina (ONLINE)
  Main Conference: 19-22 July 2021
  Workshops: 17-18 and 23-24 July 2021
  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fscd2021
CALL FOR PAPERS
* CONFERENCE
  FSCD (http://fscd-conference.org/) covers all aspects of formal structures for
  computation and deduction from theoretical foundations to applications. Building
  on two communities, RTA (Rewriting Techniques and Applications) and TLCA (Typed
  Lambda Calculi and Applications), FSCD embraces their core topics and broadens
  their scope to closely related areas in logics, models of computation, semantics
  and verification in new challenging areas.
* IMPORTANT DATES (AoE)
  - Abstract:      February 12, 2021
  - Submission:    February 15, 2021
  - Rebuttal:      April 2-5, 2021
  - Notification:  April 19, 2021
  - Final version: May 3, 2021
* TOPICS
  - Calculi (Rewriting systems (string, term, higher-order, graph, conditional,
  modulo, infinitary, etc.); Lambda calculus; Logics (first-order, higher-order,
  equational, modal, linear, classical, constructive, etc.); Proof theory (natural
  deduction, sequent calculus, proof nets, etc.); Type theory and logical frameworks;
  Homotopy type theory; Quantum calculi.)
  Methods in Computation and Deduction (Type systems (polymorphism, dependent,
  recursive, intersection, session, etc.); Induction, coinduction; Matching,
  unification, completion, orderings; Strategies (normalization, completeness,
  etc.); Tree automata; Model building and model checking; Proof search and
  theorem proving;
  Constraint solving and decision procedures.)
  - Semantics (Operational semantics and abstract machines; Game Semantics and
  applications; Domain theory and categorical models; Quantitative models (timing,
  probabilities, etc.); Quantum computation and emerging models in computation.)
  - Algorithmic Analysis and Transformations of Formal Systems (Type Inference
  and type checking; Abstract Interpretation; Complexity analysis and implicit
  computational complexity; Checking termination, confluence, derivational complexity
  and related properties; Symbolic computation.)
  - Tools and Applications (Programming and proof environments; Verification
  tools; Proof assistants and interactive theorem provers; Applications in industry;
  Applications of formal systems in other sciences.)
  - Semantics and Verification in new challenging area (Certification; Security;
  Blockchain protocols; Data Bases; Deep learning and machine learning algorithms;
  Planning. )
  * SPECIAL ISSUE
  Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a
  special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science.
* SUBMISSION
  The submission site is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fscd2021
  Submissions can be made in two categories. Regular research papers are limited
  to 15 pages, excluding references and appendices. They must present original
  research which is unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. System descriptions
  are limited to 15 pages (including references) and must present new software
  tools in which FSCD topics play an important role, or significantly new versions
  of such tools. An archive of the code with instructions on how to install and
  run the tool must be submitted. In addition, a webpage where the system can be
  experimented with should be provided. Complete instructions on submitting a
  paper can be found on the conference web site: https://fscd2021.dc.uba.ar/
  The proceedings will be published as an electronic volume in the Leibniz International
  Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) of Schloss Dagstuhl. All LIPIcs proceedings
  are open access.
* BEST PAPER AWARD BY JUNIOR RESEARCHERS
  The program committee will select a paper in which at least one author is a
  junior researcher, i.e. either a student or whose PhD award date is less than
  three years from the first day of the meeting. Other authors should declare to
  the PC Chair that at least 50% of contribution is made by the junior researcher(s).
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
* PROPOSALS
  We invite proposals for workshops, tutorials or other satellite events, on any
  topic related to formal structures in computation, deduction and automated reasoning,
  from theoretical foundations to tools and applications. It is expected that
  satellite events would run for 1 or 2 days, and be open to participants of parallel
  events.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  - Submission of workshop proposals: 6 December 2020
  - Notification of success of proposals: 20 December 2020
  - Main Conference: 19-22 July 2021
  - Workshops: 17-18 and 23-24 July 2021
* SUBMISSION
  Proposals must be limited to three pages and should be submitted via EasyChair:
  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fscd2021 (Workshops track). Please see
  formatting and required information guidelines at: https://fscd2021.dc.uba.ar/CfW.html



PODS: Principles of Database Systems (PODS) symposium
  https://2021.sigmod.org/calls_papers_pods_research.shtml
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
* The Principles of Database Systems (PODS) symposium series, held in conjunction with
  the SIGMOD conference series, provides a premier annual forum for the communication of
  new advances in the theoretical foundations of data management, traditional or
  non-traditional (see https://databasetheory.org/PODS).
* Important Dates
  - Abstract submission: December 13, 2020
  - Paper submission:    December 20, 2020
  - Notification:        March 05, 2021
  - Conference:          June 20 - June 25, 2021
* Topics of Interest
  For the 40th edition, PODS continues to aim to broaden its scope, and calls for
  research papers providing original, substantial contributions along one or more of the
  following tracks:
  - deep theoretical exploration of topical areas central to data management
  - new formal frameworks that aim at providing a basis for deeper theoretical
    investigation of important emerging issues in data management
  - validation of theoretical approaches from the lens of practical applicability in
    data management. Papers in this track should provide an experimental evaluation that
    gives new insight in established theories. Besides, they should provide a clear
    message to the database theory community as to which aspects need further (
    theoretical) investigation, based on the experimental findings.
  Topics that fit the interests of the symposium include, but are not limited to:
    concurrency & recovery, distributed/parallel databases, cloud computing, data and
    knowledge integration and exchange, data provenance, views and data warehouses,
    metadata management, data-centric (business) process management, workflows, web
    services, data management and machine learning, data mining, information extraction,
    search, data models, data structures, algorithms for data management, data privacy
    and security, human-related data and ethics, data streams, design, semantics, query
    languages, domain-specific databases (multi-media, scientific, spatial, temporal,
    text), graph databases and (semantic) Web data, incompleteness, inconsistency,
    uncertainty in data management, knowledge-enriched data management, model theory,
    logics, algebras, computational complexity



CSL: Computer Science Logic
  https://csl2021.fmf.uni-lj.si
CALL FOR REGISTRATIONS
* DEADLINES
  - Speaker registration: 14th December 2020
  - Non-speaker registration: 11th January 2021
* THE CONFERENCE
  The European Association for Computer Science Logic invites you to participate
  in the 2021 edition of CSL, which will be held online from Mon Jan  25 to Thu
  Jan 28, 2021, organised by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University
  of Ljubljana.
  The Conference is the annual conference of the European Association for Computer
  Science Logic (EACSL). It is an interdisciplinary conference spanning both basic
  and application-oriented research in mathematical logic and computer science.
  CSL 2021 will be the 29th edition in the series. CSL moved away from its former
  August/September slot in 2020. CSL 2021 is the second conference in the series
  that takes place in January.
  Student non-speaker registration is free of charge.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
  - Assia Mahboubi, INRIA, Rennes, France
  - Sophia Drossopoulou, Imperial College, London, UK
  - Linda Westrick, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
  - Sylvain Schmitz, Université de Paris, Paris, France
  - Bartek Klin, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warsawa, Poland
* Programme: https://csl2021.fmf.uni-lj.si/accepted-papers/



COORDINATION 2021: 23rd International Conference on Coordination Models
and Languages
  14-18th of June, 2021 at the University of Malta, Valletta, Malta
  https://www.discotec.org/2021/coordination
  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=coordination2021
* Modern information systems rely increasingly on combining
  concurrent, distributed, mobile, adaptive, reconfigurable and
  heterogeneous components.  New models, architectures, languages
  and verification techniques are necessary to cope with the
  complexity induced by the demands of today’s software development.
  Coordination languages have emerged as a successful approach, in
  that they provide abstractions that cleanly separate behaviour
  from communication, therefore increasing modularity, simplifying
  reasoning, and ultimately enhancing software development.
  Building on the success of the previous editions, this conference
  provides a well-established forum for the growing community of
  researchers interested in models, languages, architectures, and
  implementation techniques for coordination.
* DEADLINES
  - abstract submission: January 29, 2021
  - paper submission:    February 5, 2021
  - notification:        April 2, 2021
  - camera ready:        April 23, 2021
* KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Gilles Fedak, iExec, FR; Mira Mezini, Technical
  University of Darmstadt, DE; Alexandra Silva, University College
  London, UK
* TOPICS OF INTEREST
  - Theoretical models and foundations for coordination: component
    composition, concurrency, mobility, dynamic, spatial and
    probabilistic aspects of coordination, logic, emergent
    behaviour, types, semantics;
  - Specification, refinement, and analysis of architectures:
    patterns and styles, verification of functional and
    non-functional properties, including performance and security
    aspects;
  - Dynamic software architectures: distributed mobile code,
    configuration, reconfiguration, networked computing, parallel,
    high-performance and cloud computing;
  - Nature- and bio-inspired approaches to coordination;
  - Coordination of multiagent and collective systems: models,
    languages, infrastructures, self-adaptation, self-organisation,
    distributed solving, collective intelligence and emerging
    behaviour;
  - Coordination and modern distributed computing: web services,
    peer-to-peer networks, grid computing, context-awareness,
    ubiquitous computing, mobile computing;
  - Coordination platforms for infrastructures of emerging new
    application domains like IoT, fog- and edge-computing;
  - Programming methodologies, languages, middleware, tools, and
    environments for the development and verification of coordinated
    applications;
  - Tools, languages and methodologies for secure coordination;
  - Industrial relevance of coordination and software architectures:
    programming in the large, domain-specific software architectures
    and coordination models, case studies;
  - Interdisciplinary aspects of coordination;
  - Industry-led efforts in coordination and case studies.
* SUBMISSIONS
  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=coordination2021
  Contributions must be written in English using Springer’s LNCS style
  and report on original, unpublished work not submitted for publication
  elsewhere.
  - Full papers (up to 15 pages + 2 pages references): describing
    thorough and complete research results and experience reports.
  - Short papers (up to 6 pages + 2 pages references): describing
    research in progress or opinion papers on the past of
    Coordination research, on the current state of the art, or on
    prospects for the years to come.
  - Survey papers (up to 25 pages + 2 pages references): describing
    important results and successful stories that originated in the
    context of COORDINATION.
  - Tool papers (up to 6 pages + 2 pages references): describing
    technological artefacts in the scope of the research topics of
    COORDINATION. The paper must contain a link to a publicly
    downloadable MPEG-4 demo video of at most 10 minutes length.



ICALP 2021: 48th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming
  http://easyconferences.eu/icalp2021/
  13-16 July 2021, Glasgow, Scotland
  @ICALPconf
CALL FOR PAPERS
* CONFERENCE
  ICALP is the main conference and annual meeting of the European Association for
  Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). As usual, ICALP will be preceded by a series
  of workshops, which will take place on 12 July 2021.
* COVID-19
  We will monitor the global travel situation and consider whether the
  conference will be physical, virtual or hybrid. If there is a physical component,
  remote participation for both speakers and attendees will also be an option.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  - Submission deadline:     Friday 12 February 2021, 23:59 AoE
  - Notification:            Wednesday 28 April 2021
  - Camera-ready deadline:   Friday 7 May 2021
* SUBMISSIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
  ICALP proceedings are published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in
  Informatics (LIPIcs) series. This is a series of high-quality conference
  proceedings across all fields in informatics established in cooperation with
  Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics. LIPIcs volumes are published
  according to the principle of Open Access, i.e., they are available online and
  free of charge.
  See full CfP http://easyconferences.eu/icalp2021/cfp/ for formatting instructions.
* 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.
* 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 and Complexity Aspects of Network Economics, Algorithmic Aspects of
    Networks and Networking, Algorithmic Aspects of Security and Privacy, Algorithms for
    Computational Biology, Algorithmic Game Theory and Mechanism Design, Approximation
    and Online Algorithms, Combinatorial Optimization, Combinatorics in Computer Science,
    Computational Complexity, Computational Geometry, Computational Learning Theory,
    Cryptography, Data Structures, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Distributed and
    Mobile Computing, Foundations of Machine Learning, Graph Mining and Network Analysis,
    Parallel and External Memory Computing, Quantum Computing, Randomness in Computation,
    Theoretical Foundations of Algorithmic Fairness
  - Track B: Automata, Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming
    Algebraic and Categorical Models of Computation, Automata, Logic, and Games, Database
    Theory, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, and Finite Model Theory, Formal and Logical
    Aspects of Learning, Formal and Logical Aspects of Security and Privacy, Logic in
    Computer Science and Theorem Proving, Models of Computation: Complexity and
    Computability, Models of Concurrent, Distributed, and Mobile Systems, Models of
    Reactive, Hybrid, and Stochastic Systems, Principles and Semantics of Programming
    Languages, Program Analysis, Verification, and Synthesis, Type Systems and Typed
    Calculi



CADE-28: 28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED DEDUCTION
  July 11-16, 2021, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
  http://www.cade-28.info
CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND COMPETITIONS
CALL FOR PAPERS
* CADE is the major international forum for presenting research on all aspects
  of automated deduction. High-quality submissions on the general topic of automated
  deduction, including logical foundations, theory and principles, applications
  in and beyond STEM, implementations, and the use/contribution of automated
  deduction in AI, are solicited. CADE-28 aims to present research that reflects
  the broad range of interesting and relevant topics in automated deduction.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  - Abstract deadline:        15 February 2021
  - Submission deadline:      22 February 2021
  - Rebuttal phase:            2 April    2021
  - Notification:             19 April    2021
  - Final version:            31 May      2021
  - Conference:            12-15 July     2021
* Detailed information can be found at https://easychair.org/cfp/CADE-28.
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND COMPETITIONS
* Workshop proposals for CADE-28 are solicited. The workshops will take place
  before (11th July) and after (16th July) the conference. 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 welcome.
* Tutorial proposals for CADE-28 are solicited. The tutorials will take place
  before (11th July) and after (16th July) the conference. Tutorials are expected
  to be either half-day or full-day events, with a theoretical or applied focus,
  on a topic of interest to CADE-28.
* The CADE ATP System Competition (CASC), which evaluates automated theorem
  proving systems for classical logics, has become an integral part of the CADE
  conferences. Further competition proposals are solicited. The goal is to foster
  the development of automated reasoning systems and applications, in all areas
  relevant to automated deduction in a broad sense.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  - Submission deadline:      16 November 2020
  - Notification:             11 December 2020
  - Workshops and tutorials:  11 & 16 July     2021
* Detailed information can be found at https://easychair.org/cfp/CADE-28.



SPIN 2021: International Symposium on Model Checking of Software
  July 14-15, 2021 Aarhus, Denmark
  https://conf.researchr.org/home/spin-2021
  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spin20210
CALL FOR PAPERS
* The 27th edition of the SPIN symposium aims at bringing together researchers
  and practitioners interested in automated tool-based techniques for the analysis
  of software as well as models of software, for the purpose of verification and
  validation. The symposium specifically focuses on concurrent software but does
  not exclude the analysis of sequential software. Submissions are solicited on
  theoretical results, novel algorithms (classical and quantum), tool development,
  including for modern hardware (parallel and distributed), and empirical evaluation.
* IMPORTANT DATES:
  - Submission:        March 1, 2021
  - Notification:      May 14, 2021
  - Camera-ready:      June 1, 2021
  - Conference:        July 14-15, 2021
* TOPICS
  Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Formal verification techniques
  for automated analysis of software, Formal analysis for modeling languages, such
  as UML/state charts, Formal specification languages, temporal logic, design-by-contract,
  Model checking, Automated theorem proving, including SAT and SMT, Verifying
  compilers, Abstraction and symbolic execution techniques, Static analysis and
  abstract interpretation, Combination of verification techniques, Modular and
  compositional verification techniques, Verification of timed and probabilistic
  systems, Automated testing using advanced analysis techniques, Combination of
  static and dynamic analyses, Derivation of specifications, test cases, or other
  useful material via formal analysis, Case studies of interesting systems or with
  interesting results, Engineering and implementation of software verification and
  analysis tools, Benchmark and comparative studies for formal verification and
  analysis tools, Formal methods of education and training, Insightful surveys or
  historical accounts on topics of relevance to the symposium, Relevant tools and
  algorithms for modern hardware, e.g.: parallel, GPU, TPU, FPGA, cloud, and quantum
* SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
  The proceedings of SPIN 2020 will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in
  Computer Science series. Submissions should adhere to the LNCS format:
  LNCS Information for Authors. Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair
  SPIN 2021 submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spin20210
  With the exception of survey and history papers, the papers should contain original
  work that has not been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere. We are
  soliciting three categories of papers:
  - Full Research / Tool Papers describing fully developed work and complete results
  (16 pages - references are not included in this limit);
  - Short Papers presenting tools, technology, experiences with lessons learned, new
  ideas, work in progress with preliminary results, and novel contributions to formal
  methods (6 pages - references are not included in this limit).
  - Tool Demo Papers presenting the foundations, capabilities, application domains and
  relevant examples using the tools, with a clear description of what is expected to
  be shown in a live demonstration (4 pages to describe the tool foundations, features
  and use examples, plus an appendix explaining the content of the demo).
* STTT
  A selection of papers will be invited to a special issue of the International
  Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT).
* See full call for further details, questions to a.w.laarman@liacs.leidenuniv.nl.



Continuity, Computability, Constructivity: From Logic to Algorithms 2019 & 2020
  LMCS Special Issue
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
* After two years of successful work in the EU-MSCA-RISE project "Computing with Infinite
  Data" (CID) and two excellent Workshops CCC 2019 in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and CCC 2020 (
  online), we are planning to publish a collection of papers dedicated to the meetings,
  to the project and to the subject in general as a Special Issue in the open-access
  journal LOGICAL METHODS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
* TOPICS
  The issue should reflect progress made in Computable Analysis and related areas, and is
  not restricted to work in the CID project or presented at the Workshop. Submissions are
  welcome from all scientists on topics in the entire spectrum from logic to algorithms
  including, but not limited to:
  Exact real number computation, Correctness of algorithms on infinite data, Computable
  analysis, Complexity of real numbers, real-valued functions, etc. Effective descriptive
  set theory, Constructive topological foundations, Scott's domain theory, Constructive
  analysis, Category-theoretic approaches to computation on infinite data, Weihrauch
  degrees, Randomness and computable measure theory, Other related areas.
* IMPORTANT DATES
  - REGISTER INTENT:         31 January 2021
  - DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 31 March 2021
  If you intend to submit a paper for the special issue, please inform us by sending an
  email to:   dgraca@ualg.pt (Daniel Graça) or alex.simpson@fmf.uni-lj.si (Alex Simpson)
  by 31 January 2021. You will then receive concrete submission instructions about how to
  submit your paper to this special issue. Please prepare your manuscript using the LMCS
  LaTeX style which can be downloaded from  https://lmcs.episciences.org/page/authors-latex-style.
  Submissions will be reviewed according to the usual high standards of LMCS.



JOB: Associate Professor/Professor of Programming Languages
  University of Oxford and University College, Oxford
  Full details: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/1870-full.html
* The Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, together with
  University College, Oxford, seek to appoint an associate professor/professor in
  programming languages, with a tutorial fellowship at University College.
  The post is based in the Department of Computer Science and University College, to
  start before October 2021. You will also be appointed as a Fellow and Tutor in Computer
  Science at University College. Tutors are responsible for the organisation and teaching
  of their subject within the College.
  You will be a member of both the University and the College community, part of a lively
  and intellectually stimulating research community with access to the excellent research
  facilities which Oxford offers. You will play a role in the running of the College as a
  member of the Governing Body and a trustee of the College as a charity, and have
  opportunities to interact with academics in other disciplines as part of Oxford's
  unique collegiate system.
  The Department is a vibrant and growing academic department, which has a research
  profile across the entire spectrum of contemporary computing. You will be expected to
  engage in independent and original research in the area of programming languages,
  securing funding and engaging in the management of research projects, and disseminate
  research of the highest international standard through publications, conferences and
  seminars. You will also contribute to teaching on the Department's highly successful
  undergraduate and graduate programmes.
* REQUIREMENTS
  You will hold a doctoral degree in Computer Science (or cognate discipline), have the
  ability to teach across a range of Computer Science subjects, and will also have a
  proven research record of high quality at international level in the area of
  Programming Languages, and experience of research collaborations at both national and
  international level.
* SALARY
  From: £48,114 p.a. (plus benefits including additional pensionable benefits including
  college housing allowance of 11,246 p.a. at current rates, or access to joint equity scheme,
  and private health insurance scheme). (An allowance of £2,804 p.a. would be payable upon
  award of Full Professor title).
* DATES
  - Closing date for applications: 12 noon on 15th February 2021
  - Interviews are expected to be held on 22nd March 2021



JOB: PhD Positions in Computing Science (inc Programming Languages)
  University of Glasgow
* The School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow is offering up to 17
  studentships to support PhD research for students starting in 2021.  Funding is
  available to support tuition fees for both home and international students, and in
  most cases to support living expenses at the recommended UKRI rate (currently £15,285
  per annum) in addition. Whilst the above funding is open to students in all areas of
  computing science, applications in the area of programming languages are welcomed.
* Potential supervisors in Programming Languages (check the PL theme website
  https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/research/researchthemes/pl-theme/
  for further details)
  - Dr Ornela Dardha (programming language foundations, logic, session types for
  concurrent/distributed systems), email ornela.dardha@glasgow.ac.uk
  - Prof Simon Gay (programming language theory, verification techniques based on
  session types for concurrent/distributed systems), email simon.gay@glasgow.ac.uk
  - Dr Jeremy Singer (compilers, cloud, managed run-times, parallelism, resource
  management), email Jeremy.singer@glasgow.ac.uk
  - Prof Phil Trinder (programming languages, functional programming, parallel/
  distributed systems), email phil.trinder@glasgow.ac.uk
  - Prof Wim Vanderbauwhede (programming languages, compilation, heterogeneous & FPGA
  computing), email wim.vanderbauwhede@glasgow.ac.uk
* DATES
  - Students can apply for admission to PhD study at any time.
  - To be considered for the studentships we are offering at this round, we must
  receive your application by 31 January 2021.
  - Information session (Zoom): Friday 11 December from 1100-1200 GMT.
  The session is intended to give you an insight into the research currently undertaken
  in the School of Computing Science, scholarships and other sources of funding
  available, and how to make your application.  You must sign up here:
  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-information-session-tickets-129903562051.
* PROCESS
  - For more information about how to apply, see
  https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/prospectivestudents/.
  This web page includes information about the research proposal, which is required as
  part of your application.
  - Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact a potential supervisor and discuss an
  application before the submission deadline.  See 
  https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/prospectivestudents/studentshipinformation/
  and
  https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/postgraduateresearch/prospectivestudents/phd-projects
  for more details about the funding available.




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