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Phd Shcolarship
by Guido Sciavicco 28 Sep '22

28 Sep '22

PhD opportunity The University of Ferrara offers a PhD scholarship officially branded as 'PhD in Mathematics', but, in fact, in Computer Science, within the context of the co-joined PhD program of the universities of Ferrara, Modena, and Parma (Italy, Emilia-Romagna region). The program is three-years long, at the end of which a thesis must be produced. In this case, the scholarship is co-funded by an international company, and the work will be theoretical-practical in every aspect. The gross salary is around 16000 euros/year, but with a very convenient tax schema, that leaves the net salary around 1100 euro/month. The candidate will work in the context of the ACLAI lab at the University of Ferrara (https://aclai.unife.it/) and this scholarship is about bio-sensors applied to emergency/rescue operators, their signals, their wearability, and -top-down as well as AI-based- systems to detect dangerous situations in single operators. In the context of the PhD, the candidate will be expected to produce theoretical research as well as participate in the real implementation of such systems. Under the assumption of a successful program with satisfaction from all parties, the company is prepared to offer a permanent working contract at the end of the PhD, with a salary to be discussed. The ultimate deadline to apply is 11th of October. Please refer to prof. Guido Sciavicco (guido.sciavicco(a)unife.it) for all enquiries; an informal online interview will be necessary prior the application, and applicants must be informed that, in case of winning the public competition, an immediate relocation of the candidate is expected.

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RAMiCS 2023 - Deadline extension
by Michael Winter 23 Sep '22

23 Sep '22

(Apologies for multiple posting) RAMICS DEADLINE EXTENDED 20th International Conference on Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science RAMiCS 2023 3 to 6 April 2023, Technologiezentrum Augsburg, Germany https://ramics20.lis-lab.fr/ IMPORTANT DATES: Abstract Submission (extended): October 7, 2022 Paper Submission (extended): October 14, 2022 Author Notification: December 16, 2022 Final Version: January 06, 2023 RAMiCS 2023: April 03-06, 2023 GENERAL INFORMATION: Since 1994, the RAMiCS conference series has been the main venue for research on relation algebras, Kleene algebras and similar algebraic formalisms, and their applications as conceptual and methodological tools in computer science and beyond. RAMiCS 2023 will take place at the Technologiezentrum Augsburg. Depending on the Covid-19 situation, it will take the form of a physical conference, a virtual conference, or a hybrid between the two. TOPICS: We invite submissions in the general fields of algebras relevant to computer science and applications of such algebras. Topics include but are not limited to: * Theory - algebras such as semigroups, residuated lattices, semirings, Kleene algebras, relation algebras and quantales - their connections with program logics and other logics - their use in the theories of automata, concurrency, formal languages, games, networks and programming languages - the development of algebraic, algorithmic, category-theoretic, coalgebraic and proof-theoretic methods for these theories - their formalisation with theorem provers * Applications - tools and techniques for program correctness, specification and verification - quantitative and qualitative models and semantics of computing systems and processes - algorithm design, automated reasoning, network protocol analysis, social choice, optimisation and control - industrial applications INVITED SPEAKERS Alexander Knapp, Augsburg University, Germany John Stell, University of Leeds, UK Valeria Vignudelli, CNRS/ENS Lyon, France SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Submission is via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ramics2023 All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three referees. The proceedings will be published in an LNCS volume by Springer, ready at the conference. Submissions must not be published or under review for publication elsewhere. Submissions must be in English using a PDF not exceeding 16 pages in LNCS style. Submissions must provide sufficient information to judge their merits. Additional material may be provided in a clearly marked appendix or by a reference to a manuscript on a web site. Experimental data, software or mathematical components for theorem provers must be available in sufficient detail for referees. Deviation from these requirements may lead to rejection. One author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Accepted papers must be produced with LaTeX. Formatting instructions and LNCS style files are available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html As for earlier RAMiCS conferences, we intend to publish a journal special issue with revised and extended versions of a selection of the best papers. COMMITTEES: Organising Committee -------------------- Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Roland Glück, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Luigi Santocanale, LIS, Aix-Marseille University, France Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Michael Winter, Brock University, Canada Programme Committee ------------------- Adriana Balan, University Politechnic of Bucharest, Romania Manuel Bodirsky, Technical University Dresden, Germany Paul Brunet, Paris-East Créteil University, France Miguel Couceiro, Loria, Nancy, France Manfred Droste, Leipzig University, Germany Uli Fahrenberg, Epita, France Hitoshi Furusawa, Kagoshima University, Japan Wesley Fussner, University of Bern, Switzerland Silvio Ghilardi, University of Milan, Italy Roland Glueck, German Aerospace Center, Augsburg, Germany Walter Guttmann, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Robin Hirsch, University College London, UK Peter Höfner, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Marcel Jackson, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Ali Jaoua, Qatar University, Qatar Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Orange, USA Sebastian Joosten, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA Barbara König, University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany Wendy MacCaull, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada Roger Maddux, Iowa State University, Ames, USA Nelma Moreira, University of Porto, Portugal Martin Mueller, University of Applied Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany Damien Pous, CNRS, ENS Lyon, France Luigi Santocanale, Aix-Marseille University, France Ana Sokolova, University of Salzburg, Austria Sara Ugolini, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the CSIC, Spain Michael Winter, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada Sam van Gool, University Paris, France

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Lecturer in Verification, University of Sheffield, UK (deadline:
by Jonni T Virtema 20 Sep '22

20 Sep '22

This is an exciting opportunity for a Lecturer in Verification at the University of Sheffield, a world top 100 University. We are seeking candidates with an outstanding record of scholarship in the logical and mathematical foundations of computing, including hardware and software verification. You will work within the Verification Group, a well-established research group in the Department of Computer Science which currently hosts six members of staff and one Research Assistant. Current research of the group ranges from the mathematical and logical foundations of computing to practical verification methods and tools to support these. Particular strengths of the group include the semantic, algebraic and categorical foundations of concurrent and distributed systems, computational logics, finite model theory and descriptive complexity, formal methods for hardware and software systems, verification of quantitative systems, verification of hybrid and cyber physical systems, verification of multi-core programs and weak memory models, as well as interactive and automated theorem proving. To expand and complement these strengths we encourage applications in any of the fields mentioned above, and beyond that broadly on foundational aspects of computer science. More details: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CTB680/lecturer-in-verification

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Postdoc Position on Hardware Verification via Model Learning, Royal
by Sammartino, Matteo 16 Sep '22

16 Sep '22

- Application deadline: Midnight, 15 Oct 2022 - Salary: £37,467 - Duration: until November 2023 Applications are invited for the post of Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in the Computer Science Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. The post holder will have an exciting opportunity to work on the EPSRC-funded "Verification of Hardware Concurrency via Model Learning" (CLeVer) project (EP/S028641/1), led by Prof. Alexandra Silva (UCL/Cornell) and Matteo Sammartino (RHUL), in collaboration with ARM, world-leading designer of multi-core chips. For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr. Matteo Sammartino on matteo.sammartino(a)rhul.ac.uk. # Brief description of the project Digital devices are increasingly complex, therefore there is a pressing need to automate the assessment of their correctness. Formal verification provides highly effective techniques to assess the correctness of systems. However, formal models are usually built by humans, and as such can be error-prone and inaccurate. The project aims to develop a novel verification framework for hardware, which combines learning, testing and model-checking. Not all models are suitable for this purpose and hence specific classes of models will need to be developed, depending on the task at hand. Subsequently, learning and verification techniques for these classes need to be devised and tested in realistic case studies. We have an industrial partner, ARM, that will provide valuable guidance on the design and development of the aforementioned tasks. # The ideal candidate We are looking for candidates with a PhD in one of the following areas: model-based testing and verification, model learning, automated analysis of hardware systems. Experience in multiple areas will be valued. Candidates ideally should also have strong programming skills. # Where to apply https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/0922-411 ============================== Matteo Sammartino, Lecturer Royal Holloway University of London Department of Computer Science Tel.: (+44) (0) 1784 44 3690 Office: 2-07, Bedford Building https://matteosammartino.com/ This email, its contents and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. In certain circumstances, it may also be subject to legal privilege. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. If you have received this email in error, please notify us and immediately and permanently delete it. Any views or opinions expressed in personal emails are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Royal Holloway, University of London. It is your responsibility to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free.

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[OVERLAY] Overlay 2022: Call for Papers
by Luca Geatti 12 Sep '22

12 Sep '22

*** We apologize for possible cross posting *** *********** CALL FOR PAPER *********** OVERLAY 2022 28th November - 4th December, 2022 (the precise day(s) will be announced later) Udine, Italy (unless held online, depending on the pandemic emergency situation) https://overlay.uniud.it/workshop/2022 Co-located with AIxIA 2022 https://aixia2022.uniud.it *********** *********** *********** The increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence techniques in safety-critical systems, employed in real world scenarios, requires the design of reliable, robust, and verifiable methodologies. Artificial Intelligence systems employed in such applications need to provide formal guarantees about their safety, increasing the need for a close interaction between the Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods scientific communities. To witness this increasing need, tools and methodologies integrating Formal Methods and Artificial Intelligence solutions are getting more and more attention. The workshop is the main official initiative supported by the OVERLAY group (https://overlay.uniud.it). The event aims at establishing a stable, long-term scientific forum on relevant topics connected to the relationships between Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods, by providing a stimulating environment where researchers can discuss about opportunities and challenges at the border of the two areas. Important goals of the workshop are (i) to encourage the ongoing interaction between the formal methods and artificial intelligence communities, (ii) to identify innovative tools and methodologies, and (iii) to elicit a discussion on open issues and new challenges. This year edition will be held between 28th November and 4th December 2022 (the precise day(s) will be announced later), as a hybrid workshop co-located with AIxIA 2022 (https://aixia2022.uniud.it), which is scheduled to be held in Udine, Italy (unless it will be an online event, depending on the pandemic emergency situation). *** Invited speaker *** Luca Bortolussi (University of Trieste, Italy) *** Call for contributions *** We accept extended abstracts (4 pages + references) focusing on the interaction between Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods. Invited talks will complement the presentations of contributed papers. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): automata theory automated reasoning automated planning and scheduling controller synthesis formal specification languages formal verification game theory hybrid and discrete systems logics in computer science reactive synthesis runtime verification and monitoring specification and verification of machine learning systems tools and applications Contributed papers can present recent results at the border of the two fields, new research directions, challenges and perspectives. Presentation of results recently published in other scientific journals or conferences is also welcome. We plan on including all papers in the Proceedings of the event, published at CEUR Workshop Proceedings. CEUR WS proceedings are archival proceedings indexed by DBLP and Scopus. Submitted papers should not exceed four (4) pages plus references. Authors are asked to use CEUR's LaTeX style, available at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. Submissions must be in PDF format and will be handled via the EasyChair Conference system at the following address: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=overlay22. *** Important dates *** - Paper submission: September 30th, 2022 - Acceptance notification: October 21th, 2022 - Camera-ready submission: November 4th, 2022 - Workshop: between 28th November and 4th December, 2022 (the precise day(s) will be announced later) *** COVID-19 Information *** Taking into account the emergency situation, the organizers of OVERLAY 2022 will closely monitor the evolution of the pandemic and will take all the necessary actions to guarantee a successful event. OVERLAY 2022 will be planned as a fully in-person conference, with the possibility, on a limited basis, of participating virtually, if necessary. Should the situation worsen and an in-person event become impossible, OVERLAY 2022 will be transformed into a fully virtual conference. Updates on the organization mode will be published and advertised in due time. In any case, OVERLAY 2022 will be a no-fee event. *** Program Committee *** Chairs Guido Sciavicco - Università di Ferrara Luca Geatti - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Alessandro Umbrico - ISTC-CNR, Roma PC Members Riccardo De Benedictis, CNR - Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (CNR-ISTC), Italy Davide Bresolin, University of Padova, Italy Marco Esposito, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Francesco Fabiano, University of Parma, Italy Marco Gavanelli, University of Parma, Italy Alessandro Gianola, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Nicola Gigante, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Federico Mari, University of Rome Foro Italico, Italy Andrea Micheli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy Emilio Munoz-Velasco, University of Malaga, Spain Adriano Peron, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Raine Ronnholm, University of Tampere, Finland Enrico Scala, University of Brescia, Italy Mauro Vallati, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Martin Zimmermann, Aalborg University, Denmark *** Contacts *** For more information email overlay2022(a)easychair.org<https://mailto:overlay2022@easychair.org>.

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*****SPAM*****Multiple Positions in Sydney
by Sasha Rubin 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

The School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney is advertising multiple academic positions at all ranks and in all areas of computer science. Closing Date: 11:59pm, 30 November 2022 (Sydney time) https://tinyurl.com/bdfkwjhd Feel free to contact me with informal enquiries. Sasha

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RAMiCS 2023 - Third call for papers
by Michael Winter 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

(Apologies for multiple posting) THIRD AND LAST CALL FOR PAPERS 20th International Conference on Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science RAMiCS 2023 3 to 6 April 2023, Technologiezentrum Augsburg, Germany https://ramics20.lis-lab.fr/ IMPORTANT DATES: Abstract Submission: September 23, 2022 Paper Submission: September 30, 2022 Author Notification: December 09, 2022 Final Version: January 06, 2023 RAMiCS 2023: April 03-06, 2023 GENERAL INFORMATION: Since 1994, the RAMiCS conference series has been the main venue for research on relation algebras, Kleene algebras and similar algebraic formalisms, and their applications as conceptual and methodological tools in computer science and beyond. RAMiCS 2023 will take place at the Technologiezentrum Augsburg. Depending on the Covid-19 situation, it will take the form of a physical conference, a virtual conference, or a hybrid between the two. TOPICS: We invite submissions in the general fields of algebras relevant to computer science and applications of such algebras. Topics include but are not limited to: * Theory - algebras such as semigroups, residuated lattices, semirings, Kleene algebras, relation algebras and quantales - their connections with program logics and other logics - their use in the theories of automata, concurrency, formal languages, games, networks and programming languages - the development of algebraic, algorithmic, category-theoretic, coalgebraic and proof-theoretic methods for these theories - their formalisation with theorem provers * Applications - tools and techniques for program correctness, specification and verification - quantitative and qualitative models and semantics of computing systems and processes - algorithm design, automated reasoning, network protocol analysis, social choice, optimisation and control - industrial applications INVITED SPEAKERS Alexander Knapp, Augsburg University, Germany John Stell, University of Leeds, UK Valeria Vignudelli, CNRS/ENS Lyon, France SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Submission is via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ramics2023 All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three referees. The proceedings will be published in an LNCS volume by Springer, ready at the conference. Submissions must not be published or under review for publication elsewhere. Submissions must be in English using a PDF not exceeding 16 pages in LNCS style. Submissions must provide sufficient information to judge their merits. Additional material may be provided in a clearly marked appendix or by a reference to a manuscript on a web site. Experimental data, software or mathematical components for theorem provers must be available in sufficient detail for referees. Deviation from these requirements may lead to rejection. One author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Accepted papers must be produced with LaTeX. Formatting instructions and LNCS style files are available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html As for earlier RAMiCS conferences, we intend to publish a journal special issue with revised and extended versions of a selection of the best papers. COMMITTEES: Organising Committee -------------------- Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Roland Glück, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Luigi Santocanale, LIS, Aix-Marseille University, France Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Michael Winter, Brock University, Canada Programme Committee ------------------- Adriana Balan, University Politechnic of Bucharest, Romania Manuel Bodirsky, Technical University Dresden, Germany Paul Brunet, Paris-East Créteil University, France Miguel Couceiro, Loria, Nancy, France Manfred Droste, Leipzig University, Germany Uli Fahrenberg, Epita, France Hitoshi Furusawa, Kagoshima University, Japan Wesley Fussner, University of Bern, Switzerland Silvio Ghilardi, University of Milan, Italy Roland Glueck, German Aerospace Center, Augsburg, Germany Walter Guttmann, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Robin Hirsch, University College London, UK Peter Höfner, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Marcel Jackson, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Ali Jaoua, Qatar University, Qatar Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Orange, USA Sebastian Joosten, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA Barbara König, University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany Wendy MacCaull, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada Roger Maddux, Iowa State University, Ames, USA Nelma Moreira, University of Porto, Portugal Martin Mueller, University of Applied Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany Damien Pous, CNRS, ENS Lyon, France Luigi Santocanale, Aix-Marseille University, France Ana Sokolova, University of Salzburg, Austria Sara Ugolini, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the CSIC, Spain Michael Winter, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada Sam van Gool, University Paris, France

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STACS 2023 - second call for papers
by Anuj Dawar 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

STACS 2023 - Call for Papers ----------------------- The 40th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science is planned to take place from 7 March to 10 March 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. For the first time, STACS 2023 will consist of two tracks, A and B, to facilitate the work of the program committee(s). Track A is dedicated to algorithms and data structures, complexity and games. Track B will cover automata, logic, semantics and theory of programming. LISTS OF TOPICS Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research on theoretical aspects of computer science. Typical areas include: Track A: algorithms and data structures, including: design of parallel, distributed, approximation, parameterized and randomized algorithms; analysis of algorithms and combinatorics of data structures; computational geometry, cryptography, algorithms for machine learning, algorithmic game theory, quantum algorithms complexity, including: computational and structural complexity theory, parameterized complexity, randomness in computation Track B: automata and formal languages, including: automata theory, games, algebraic and categorical methods, coding theory, models of computation, computability logic in computer science, including: finite model theory, database theory, semantics, type systems, program analysis, specification & verification, rewriting and deduction, learning theory, logical aspects of complexity These lists are not exhaustive. In particular, both tracks also welcome submissions about current challenges. PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS Track A: - Petra Berenbrink (Universität Hamburg, Germany) - Mamadou Moustapha Kanté (Université Clermont Auvergne, France) Track B: - Patricia Bouyer-Decitre (CNRS, France) - Anuj Dawar (University of Cambridge, UK) SUBMISSIONS Submissions will be through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=stacs23). Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract or full paper with at most 12 pages (excluding the title page and the references section) to the appropriate track. The title page consists of the title of the paper and the abstract, but *no* author information. The first section of the paper should start on the next page. The PCs reserve the right to reassign a paper to a different track. The usage of pdflatex and the LIPIcs style file are mandatory no changes to font size, page geometry, etc. are permitted (see http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics <http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics>) . Submissions not in the correct format or submitted after the deadline will not be considered. The paper should contain a succinct statement of the issues and of their motivation, a summary of the main results, and a brief explanation of their significance, accessible to non-specialist readers. Proofs omitted due to space constraints must be put into an appendix, to be read by the program committee members at their discretion. Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings or to journals is not allowed. PC members are excluded from submitting. As in the previous two years, STACS 2023 will employ a lightweight double-blind reviewing process: submissions should not reveal the identity of the authors in any way. The purpose of the double-blind reviewing is to help PC members and external reviewers come to an initial judgment about the paper without bias, not to make it impossible for them to discover the authors if they were to try. Nothing should be done in the name of anonymity that weakens the submission or makes the job of reviewing the paper more difficult. In particular, important references should not be omitted or anonymized. In addition, authors should feel free to disseminate their ideas or draft versions of their paper as they normally would. For example, authors may post drafts of their papers on the web, submit them to arXiv, and give talks on their research ideas. There will be a rebuttal period for authors, see below for the dates. Authors will receive the reviews of their submissions (via EasyChair) and have three days to submit rebuttals (via EasyChair). These rebuttals become part of the PC discussions, but entail no specific responses. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register at the conference. For authors who cannot present their paper in person a possibility for remote presentation will be offered. Note that at least one of the authors will have to register for STACS'23 at the cost of around 400€. PROCEEDINGS Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the symposium. As usual, these proceedings will appear in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. This guarantees perennial, free and easy electronic access, while the authors retain the rights over their work. With their submission, authors consent to sign a license authorizing the program committee chairs to organize the electronic publication of their paper, provided the paper is accepted. IMPORTANT DATES * Deadline for submissions: September 25, 2022 (AoE) * Rebuttal: November 14-16, 2022 * Author notification: December 4, 2022 * Final version: January 8, 2023 * STACS 2023: March 7-10, 2023 CONTACT INFORMATION Web: www.stacs-conf.org Email: petra.berenbrink(a)uni-hamburg.de

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FoPSS 2023 - Preliminary Announcement and Call for Participation
by Ugo Dal Lago 28 Aug '22

28 Aug '22

We are very pleased to spread the first information about the 4th edition of the School on Foundations of Programming and Software Systems, to be held in Bertinoro on February 13-17, 2023. This will be the first edition of the school after the beginning of the COVID pandemic. The previous editions of the school took place in Porto [1], Oxford [2], and Warsaw [3]. The school is oriented to Master and PhD students, and to young scholars. It will be held at CEUB [4], which can be reached from Bologna in about 90 minutes. (We are considering, depending on the number of participants, to organize bus transfers to and from Bologna Airport on February 12 and 18, 2023). The main theme of this edition of FoPSS are the quantitative aspects of program semantics, verification, and transformation. The following researchers have accepted to give short courses or seminars as part of the school: Deepak Garg (MPI-SWS), on "Resource Analysis Using Types" Marco Gaboardi (Boston University), on "Relational Reasoning for Security and Privacy" Benjamin Kaminski (Saarland University), on "Quantitative Verification, Transformer-style" Delia Kesner (Université de Paris), on "Quantitative Types for Higher-Order Programming Languages" Aleks Kissinger (Oxford), on "Picturing Quantum Software" Damiano Mazza (CNRS), on "Introduction to Differentiable Programming" Prakash Panangaden (McGill), on "Bisimulation Metrics and Variations with Applications to Representation Learning" Christin Tasson (Sorbonne Université), on "Probabilistic Program Semantics" Valeria Vignudelli (CNRS), on "Equational Theories for Probabilistic Effects" Registration will cover participation to the school and accommodation at CEUB with half board. Thanks to the help of sponsors (including ETAPS, SIGLOG, SIGPLAN, the University of Bologna, and the DIAPASoN Project), we plan to keep the registration fee as low as possible. The reception capacity of the CEUB is big, but subject to limits. We therefore encourage those interested in participating to the school to pre-register by following the link below [5] and fill the form *by September 22, 2022*. This we will us to keep track of the numbers. A web page with more detailed information will soon be ready and accessible via [5]. We would be happy to answer any questions about the organization of the school. Just send us an email! Looking forward to seeing you in Bertinoro. Best Regards, Ugo Dal Lago, Francesco Gavazzo, Paolo Pistone. [1] https://probprogschool2017.di.uminho.pt/ [2] https://www.floc2018.org/fopss/ [3] https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~fopss19/ [4] https://www.ceub.it/?lang=en [5] https://forms.gle/Z5sinvogkApZrgqaA

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Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP) 2023 Call for Papers
by Steve Zdancewic 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP) is an international conference on practical and theoretical topics in all areas that consider formal verification and certification as an essential paradigm for their work. CPP spans areas of computer science, mathematics, logic, and education. CPP 2023 (https://popl23.sigplan.org/home/CPP-2023) will be held on 16-17 January 2023 and will be co-located with POPL 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. CPP 2023 is sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN, in cooperation with ACM SIGLOG. CPP 2023 will welcome contributions from all members of the community. The CPP 2023 organizers will strive to enable both in-person and remote participation, in cooperation with the POPL 2023 organizers. IMPORTANT DATES * Abstract Submission Deadline: 14 September 2022 at 23:59 AoE (UTC-12h) * Paper Submission Deadline: 21 September 2022 at 23:59 AoE (UTC-12h) * Notification (tentative): 21 November 2022 * Camera Ready Deadline (tentative): 12 December 2022 * Conference: 16-17 January 2023 Deadlines expire at the end of the day, anywhere on earth. Abstract and submission deadlines are strict and there will be no extensions. DISTINGUISHED PAPER AWARDS Around 10% of the accepted papers at CPP 2023 will be designated as Distinguished Papers. This award highlights papers that the CPP program committee thinks should be read by a broad audience due to their relevance, originality, significance and clarity. TOPICS OF INTEREST We welcome submissions in research areas related to formal certification of programs and proofs. The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics of interest to CPP: * certified or certifying programming, compilation, linking, OS kernels, runtime systems, security monitors, and hardware; * certified mathematical libraries and mathematical theorems; * proof assistants (e.g, ACL2, Agda, Coq, Dafny, F*, HOL4, HOL Light, Idris, Isabelle, Lean, Mizar, Nuprl, PVS, etc); * new languages and tools for certified programming; * program analysis, program verification, and program synthesis; * program logics, type systems, and semantics for certified code; * logics for certifying concurrent and distributed systems; * mechanized metatheory, formalized programming language semantics, and logical frameworks; * higher-order logics, dependent type theory, proof theory, logical systems, separation logics, and logics for security; * verification of correctness and security properties; * formally verified blockchains and smart contracts; * certificates for decision procedures, including linear algebra, polynomial systems, SAT, SMT, and unification in algebras of interest; * certificates for semi-decision procedures, including equality, first-order logic, and higher-order unification; * certificates for program termination; * formal models of computation; * mechanized (un)decidability and computational complexity proofs; * formally certified methods for induction and coinduction; * integration of interactive and automated provers; * logical foundations of proof assistants; * applications of AI and machine learning to formal certification; * user interfaces for proof assistants and theorem provers; * teaching mathematics and computer science with proof assistants. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Prior to the paper submission deadline, the authors should upload their anonymized paper in PDF format through the HotCRP system at https://cpp2023.hotcrp.com The submissions must be written in English and provide sufficient detail to allow the program committee to assess the merits of the contribution. They must be formatted following the ACM SIGPLAN Proceedings format using the acmart style with the sigplan option, which provides a two-column style, using 10 point font for the main text, and a header for double blind review submission, i.e., \documentclass[sigplan,10pt,anonymous,review]{acmart}\settopmatter{printfolios=true,printccs=false,printacmref=false} The submitted papers should not exceed 12 pages, including tables and figures, but excluding bibliography and clearly marked appendices. The papers should be self-contained without the appendices. Shorter papers are welcome and will be given equal consideration. Submissions not conforming to the requirements concerning format and maximum length may be rejected without further consideration. CPP 2023 will employ a lightweight double-blind reviewing process following the process from previous years. To facilitate this, the submissions must adhere to two rules: (1) author names and institutions must be omitted, and (2) references to authors’ own related work should be in the third person (e.g., not "We build on our previous work ..." but rather "We build on the work of ..."). The purpose of this process is to help the PC and external reviewers come to an initial judgment about the paper without bias, not to make it impossible for them to discover the authors if they were to try. Nothing should be done in the name of anonymity that weakens the submission or makes the job of reviewing it more difficult. In particular, important background references should not be omitted or anonymized. In addition, authors are free to disseminate their ideas or draft versions of their papers as usual. For example, authors may post drafts of their papers on the web or give talks on their research ideas. Note that POPL 2023 itself will employ full double-blind reviewing, which differs from the light-weight CPP process. This FAQ from previous SIGPLAN conference addresses many common concerns: https://popl20.sigplan.org/track/POPL-2020-Research-Papers#Submission-and-R… We strongly encourage the authors to provide any supplementary material that supports the claims made in the paper, such as proof scripts or experimental data. This material must be uploaded at submission time, as an archive, not via a URL. Two forms of supplementary material may be submitted: (1) Anonymous supplementary material is made available to the reviewers before they submit their first-draft reviews. (2) Non-anonymous supplementary material is made available to the reviewers after they have submitted their first-draft reviews and have learned the identity of the authors. Please use anonymous supplementary material whenever possible, so that it can be taken into account from the beginning of the reviewing process. The submitted papers must adhere to the SIGPLAN Republication Policy (https://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Policies/Republication/) and the ACM Policy on Plagiarism (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism). Concurrent submissions to other conferences, journals, workshops with proceedings, or similar forums of publication are not allowed. The PC chairs should be informed of closely related work submitted to a conference or journal in advance of submission. One author of each accepted paper is expected to present it at the (possibly virtual) conference. PUBLICATION, COPYRIGHT AND OPEN ACCESS The CPP 2023 proceedings will be published by the ACM, and authors of accepted papers will be required to choose one of the following publication options: (1) Author retains copyright of the work and grants ACM a non-exclusive permission-to-publish license and, optionally, licenses the work under a Creative Commons license. (2) Author retains copyright of the work and grants ACM an exclusive permission-to-publish license. (3) Author transfers copyright of the work to ACM. For authors who can afford it, we recommend option (1), which will make the paper Gold Open Access, and also encourage such authors to license their work under the CC-BY license. ACM will charge you an article processing fee for this option (currently, US$700), which you have to pay directly with the ACM. For everyone else, we recommend option (2), which is free and allows you to achieve Green Open Access, by uploading a preprint of your paper to a repository that guarantees permanent archival such as arXiv or HAL. This is anyway a good idea for timely dissemination even if you chose option 1. The official CPP 2023 proceedings will also be available via SIGPLAN OpenTOC (http://www.sigplan.org/OpenTOC/#cpp). For ACM’s take on this, see their Copyright Policy (http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright-policy) and Author Rights (http://authors.acm.org/main.html). PROGRAM COMMITTEE Steve Zdancewic, University of Pennsylvania, USA (co-chair) Brigitte Peintka, McGill University, Canada (co-chair) Reynald Affeldt, AIST, Japan Tej Chajed, MIT, USA Koen Claessen, Chalmers, Sweden Ranald Clouston, ANU, Australia Leonardo de Moura, Microsoft Research, USA Xinyu Feng, Nanjing University, China Denis Firsov, Tallinn University/GuardTime, Estonia Yannick Forster, Inria Nantes, France Milos Gligoric, UT Austin, USA Stephane Graham-Lengrand, SRI, USA Elsa Gunter, Univerisity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Chris Hawblitzel, Microsoft Research, US Chantal Keller , Université Paris Saclay, France Marie Kerjean, CNRS, France Yoonseung Kim, Seoul National University, Korea Kenji Maillard, INRIA, France César Muñoz, Amazon Web Services, USA Tobias Nipkow, Technical University of Munich, Germany Lawrence Paulson, Cambridge, UK Pierre-Marie Pédrot, INRIA, France Anja Petković Komel, TU Wien, Vienna Clément Pit-Claudel, EPFL, France Christine Rizkallah, University of Melbourne, Australia Cody Roux, AWS, USA Kazuhiko Sakaguchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan Anna Slobodova, Intel, USA Aaron Stump, University of Iowa, USA René Thiemann, University of Innsbruck, Austria Amin Timany, Aarhus University, Denmark Josef Urban, CIIRC (Prague), Czech Republic Viktor Vafeiadis, MPI-SWS, Germany Yuting Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Tjark Weber, Uppsala University, Sweden ORGANIZERS Dmitriy Traytel, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (conference co-chair) Robbert Krebbers, Radboud University, Netherlands (conference co-chair) Brigitte Peintka, McGill University, Canada (PC co-chair) Steve Zdancewic, University of Pennsylvania, United States (PC co-chair) CONTACT For any questions please contact the two PC chairs: Steve Zdancewic <stevez(a)seas.upenn.edu> Brigitte Pientka <bpientka(a)cs.mcgill.ca>

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