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Logica Universalis Webinar - December 15 - Decolonizing “Natural Logic” by Scott Pratt
by Antje Herbst 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Join the Logica Universalis Webinar! The next session will be held on Wednesday, December 8 at 4pm CET with the talk Decolonizing “Natural Logic”<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-58446-7_2> (Chapter of Logical Skills<https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030584450>) Scott Pratt<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__philosophy.uoregon.edu…> (University of Oregon, USA) Chair: Julie Brumberg-Chaumont<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cnrs.academia.edu_juli…> and Claude Rosental<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__cems.ehess.fr_index.php…> Editors of the book Logical Skills<https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030584450> The Logica Universalis Webinar is a World Seminar Series connected to the journal Logica Universalis<https://www.springer.com/journal/11787/>, the book series Studies in Universal Logic<https://www.springer.com/series/7391> and the Universal Logic Project<https://logica-universalis.org/>. It is an open platform for all scholars interested in the many aspects of logic. (See the full program here<https://www.springer.com/journal/11787/updates/18988758>.) The sessions take place on Wednesdays at 4pm CET (click here<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Logica+Universali…> to convert to your timezone). They are held via Zoom and are free to attend. Please register in advance. Registration is now open!<https://springer.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvdu6vrzMiHda_iDhjxw9vA9d7we9gT…> Each session of the webinar is chaired by a member of the editorial board of the journal Logica Universalis (LU), the book series Studies in Universal Logic (SUL) or an organizer of an event of the Universal Logic Project (ULP). Sessions will start with a short presentation of a logical organization related to the region of the speaker or the topic of the talk. The talk (30 min) will focus on a recently published paper in LU, on a book in SUL, on an event or on the ULP. Talks are followed by a discussion (15 min). Video recordings of the seminars are uploaded on the YouTube channel Universal Logic Project<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPS1c5ApuwjuCV9UjXHUN4w>. --- To unsubscribe from these notifications for the Logica Universalis Webinar please send a message with ‘Unsubscribe’ to this e-mail address (antje.herbst(a)springernature.com<mailto:antje.herbst@springernature.com>). -- Antje Herbst Associate Editor Mathematics Journals Springer Nature Tiergartenstraße 17, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany T +49 62214878984 antje.herbst(a)springernature.com<mailto:antje.herbst@springernature.com> www.springernature.com<http://www.springernature.com/> -- Springer Nature is a leading research, educational and professional publisher, providing quality content to our communities through a range of innovative platforms, products and services. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals and resources reach millions of people – helping researchers, students, teachers & professionals to discover, learn and achieve. -- Branch of Springer-Verlag GmbH, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, Germany Registered Office: Berlin / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 91881 B Directors: Martin Mos, Dr. Ulrich Vest, Dr. Niels Peter Thomas

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[fm-announcements] Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP) 2022: Call for Participation
by Titolo, Laura (LARC-D320)[NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE] via fm-announcements 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

*** Call for Participation *** *** Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP) 2022 *** - Early registration deadline: 3 January 2022 - Getting a visa: https://popl22.sigplan.org/attending/visa-information - Registration: https://popl22.sigplan.org/attending/registration - Further reduced student participation fee: see below - Accommodation: https://popl22.sigplan.org/venue/POPL-2022-venue 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 2022 (https://popl22.sigplan.org/home/CPP-2022) will be held on 17-18 January 2022 and will be co-located with POPL 2022. CPP 2022 is sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN, in cooperation with ACM SIGLOG, and supported by a diverse set of industrial sponsors. Similarly to other events collocated with POPL 2022, CPP will take place as an in-person event at the Westin Philadelphia (99 South 17th Street at Liberty Place, 19103 Philadelphia), and will require attendees to provide proof of vaccination (details will be available soon). Authors who are unable to attend CPP in person will be able to present remotely. All talks will be recorded, and all recordings will be available either as a livestream or soon afterwards. For more information about this edition and the CPP series, please visit https://popl22.sigplan.org/home/CPP-2022 ### Invited talks * June Andronick (UNSW Sydney). The seL4 verification: the art and craft of proof and the reality of commercial support * Andrew W. Appel (Princeton). Coq’s vibrant ecosystem for verification engineering * Cesar Munoz (Currently at AWS, Formerly at NASA, USA). Structural Embeddings Revisited ### Accepted papers The list of accepted papers is available at https://popl22.sigplan.org/home/CPP-2022#event-overview ### Subsidized student registration To facilitate in-person participation of undergraduate and graduate students who require financial assistance, CPP 2022 offers the opportunity to register at a special reduced rate, determined on a case-by-case basis, and implemented using a special-purpose registration code on POPL's registration website. Students wishing to apply for such support may do so by sending an email to the CPP conference co-chairs (Beringer and Krebbers, see below for their email) preferably by December 24, 2021, with a brief description of their situation. Notifications will be sent out at most one week later; hence, students who cannot be supported will still have the opportunity to register at the publicly available reduced rate, which is available until January 3rd. Applications arriving after December 24th will be considered only in exceptional cases. Students who already receive registration support for PLMW or are supported by SIGPLAN PAC are not eligible. CPP's student support is made possible by our generous industrial supporters: https://popl22.sigplan.org/home/CPP-2022 ### Contact For any questions please contact the chairs: Andrei Popescu <mailto:a.popescu@sheffield.ac.uk> (PC co-chair) Steve Zdancewic <mailto:stevez@seas.upenn.edu> (PC co-chair) Lennart Beringer <mailto:eberinge@cs.princeton.edu> (conference co-chair) Robbert Krebbers <mailto:mail@robbertkrebbers.nl> (conference co-chair) --- To opt-out from this mailing list, send an email to fm-announcements-request(a)lists.nasa.gov with the word 'unsubscribe' as subject or in the body. You can also make the request by contacting fm-announcements-owner(a)lists.nasa.gov

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Lecturer position in Verification, Sheffield (UK), Deadline: 3 Jan 2022
by Jonni T Virtema 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

The University of Sheffield is seeking candidates with an outstanding record of scholarship in the logical and semantic foundations of computing, and in particular 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 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. Details: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CLF125/lecturer-in-verification

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PostDoc position in Computer Science Logic, Sheffield (UK). Deadline 3rd January 2022
by Jonni T Virtema 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

******************************************************* * PostDoc position in Computer Science Logic * University of Sheffield, UK * Salary: £32,344 to £40,927 per annum (Grade 7) * Deadline: 3rd January 2022 * Starting date: ASAP / negotiable * Duration: Until 31.10.2023 (very likely extension to a total of 26 months) * Details: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CLB973/research-associate-in-computer-science-lo… ******************************************************* I am looking for a PostDoc to join the Verification group (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/research/groups/verification <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/research/groups/verification>) of The University of Sheffield (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs>) to work with me in my DFG funded project "Logical approach to quantum mechanics and contextuality" (http://www.virtema.fi/dfg). The project relates to logical foundations of probabilistic data, complexity theory utilising real numbers, and logical approach to quantum information theory utilising the newly discovered connections to probabilistic team semantics. Candidates with expertise in finite model theory, logic in computer science, or foundations of quantum information theory are in particular encouraged to apply. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me directly by email for further details (j.t.virtema(a)sheffield.ac.uk). For more details on the topic, the candidate may refer to the subsection “Probabilistic Logics and Metafinite Model Theory” at http://www.virtema.fi/ <http://www.virtema.fi/>. Full advert below, and in https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CLB973/research-associate-in-computer-science-lo… <https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CLB973/research-associate-in-computer-science-lo…>. Best wishes, Jonni ------------ Are you interested in working for a top computer science department in the UK? Would you like to contribute to work on logical foundations of probabilistic data and complexity theory utilising real numbers? Are you interested in a logical approach to quantum information theory? Do you have expertise in finite model theory, logic in computer science, or foundation of quantum information theory? Applications are invited for a Research Associate to work with Dr Virtema in a German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project “Logical approach to quantum mechanics”. The position is situated within the theory theme of the Department of Computer Science at The University of Sheffield, which is composed of the verification and algorithms research groups encompassing around 10 academic staff. Within the project, you will have the opportunity to work with leading groups and academics (e.g., from University of Helsinki, Hasselt University, Leibniz Universität Hannover, University of Oxford, and UC Santa Cruz) that have significant expertise in finite model theory, complexity theory, on the logical foundations of databases and quantum information theory, and on theoretical computer science as a whole. With researchers at the partner universities, you will develop theory related probabilistic team semantics, descriptive complexity of real number computation and/or their connections to quantum information theory. Collaboration with project partners will provide you with the opportunity to further extend and develop your knowledge in a range of areas associated with finite model theory and logical foundations. Candidates are expected to hold a PhD in a relevant subject (or be close to completion). You should also have experience in finite model theory, logic in computer science, or foundations of quantum information theory. Familiarity in mathematics related to real numbers, quantum information theory or logics with team semantics is seen as an advantage. You will need to have good communication skills in order to disseminate your findings in international conferences and workshops. For informal inquiries about the job, contact: Dr. Jonni Virtema on j.t.virtema(a)sheffield.ac.uk. More information can also be found on his academic website www.virtema.fi. We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development. We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience. To find out what makes the University of Sheffield a remarkable place to work, watch this short film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LblLk18zmo, and follow @sheffielduni and @ShefUniJobs on Twitter for more information.

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28th WoLLIC 2022 - First Call for Papers
by Ruy Jose Guerra Barretto de Queiroz 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

[Please distribute. Apologies for multiple postings] CALL FOR PAPERS WoLLIC 2022 28th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation September 20 to 23, 2022 Iași, Romania ORGANISATION Faculty of Computer Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania Centro de Informática, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil CALL FOR PAPERS WoLLIC is an annual international forum on inter-disciplinary research involving formal logic, computing and programming theory, and natural language and reasoning. Each meeting includes invited talks and tutorials as well as contributed papers. The twenty-eighth WoLLIC will be held at the Faculty of Computer Science, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, Romania, September 20 to 23, 2022. It is scientifically sponsored by the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL), the Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics (IGPL), the The Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI), the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) (tbc), and the Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL). ABOUT THE LOCATION Iași https://www.uaic.ro/en/iasi-2/ PAPER SUBMISSION Contributions are invited on all pertinent subjects, with particular interest in cross-disciplinary topics. Typical but not exclusive areas of interest are: foundations of computing, programming and Artificial Intelligence (AI); novel computation models and paradigms; broad notions of proof and belief; proof mining, type theory, effective learnability and explainable AI; formal methods in software and hardware development; logical approach to natural language and reasoning; logics of programs, actions and resources; foundational aspects of information organization, search, flow, sharing, and protection; foundations of mathematics; philosophical logic; philosophy of language. Proposed contributions should be in English, and consist of a scholarly exposition accessible to the non-specialist, including motivation, background, and comparison with related works. Articles should be written in the LaTeX format of LNCS by Springer (see author's instructions at http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). They must not exceed 12 pages, with up to 5 additional pages for references and technical appendices. The paper's main results must not be published or submitted for publication in refereed venues, including journals and other scientific meetings. It is expected that each accepted paper be presented at the meeting by one of its authors. (At least one author is required to pay the registration fee before granting that the paper will be published in the proceedings.) Papers must be submitted electronically at the WoLLIC 2022 EasyChair website https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wollic2022. PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of WoLLIC 2022, including both invited and contributed papers, will be published in advance of the meeting as a volume in Springer's LNCS series. In addition, abstracts will be published in the Conference Report section of the Logic Journal of the IGPL, and selected contributions will be published (after a new round of reviewing) as a special post-conference WoLLIC 2022 issue of a scientific journal (to be confirmed). INVITED SPEAKERS (tba) IMPORTANT DATES April 30, 2022: Abstract deadline May 7, 2022: Full paper deadline June 15, 2022: Author notification June 26, 2022: Final version deadline (firm) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Agata Ciabattoni (Technische Universität Wien) (Co-Chair) Diana Costa (University of Lisbon) Hans van Ditmarsch (Open University of the Netherlands) Roman Kuznets (Technische Universität Wien) João Marcos (Univ Federal do Rio Grande do Norte) Larry Moss (Indiana University Bloomington) Valeria de Paiva (Topos Institute and PUC-Rio) Elaine Pimentel (Univ Federal do Rio Grande do Norte) (Co-Chair) Revantha Ramanayake (University of Groningen) Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh (University College London) Alexandra Silva (Cornell University) Alex Simpson (University of Ljubljana) Sonja Smets (University of Amsterdam) Alwen Tiu (The Australian National University) Leon van der Torre (University of Luxembourg) Andrea Aler Tubella (Umeå University) Andres Villaveces (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) Renata Wassermann (Universidade de São Paulo) (MORE TBC) STEERING COMMITTEE Samson Abramsky, Anuj Dawar, Juliette Kennedy, Ulrich Kohlenbach, Daniel Leivant, Leonid Libkin, Lawrence Moss, Luke Ong, Valeria de Paiva, Ruy de Queiroz, Alexandra Silva, Renata Wassermann. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Johan van Benthem, Joe Halpern, Wilfrid Hodges, Angus Macintyre, Hiroakira Ono, Jouko Väänänen. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Ștefan Ciobâcă (Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univ) (Co-Chair) (more to be announced) Anjolina G. de Oliveira (Univ Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil) Ruy de Queiroz (Univ Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil) (co-chair) SCIENTIFIC SPONSORSHIP Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics (IGPL) The Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL) (tbc) European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) (tbc) Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL) (tbc) SPECIAL SESSION: SCREENING OF MOVIES ABOUT MATHEMATICIANS It is planned to have a special session with the exhibition of a one-hour documentary film about a remarkable mathematician who is considered a father of modern differential geometry. "Taking the Long View: The Life of Shiing-shen Chern" (George Scisery, 2011) examines the life of a remarkable mathematician whose formidable mathematical contributions were matched by an approach and vision that helped build bridges between China and the West. The biographical documentary follows Shiing-shen Chern (1911-2004) through many of the most dramatic events of the 20th century, portraying a man who dedicated his life to pure mathematics with the style of a classical Chinese sage. (zalafilms.com) FURTHER INFORMATION Contact one of the Co-Chairs of the Organising Committee. WEB PAGE http://wollic.org/wollic2022/

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PhD student position in logics for verification, Sheffield (UK)
by Jonni T Virtema 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

******************************************************* * PhD position in Logical Approach to Verification of Hyperproperties * University of Sheffield, UK * Fully funded for 3.5 years for students applicable for UK Home rates * Possible times to start: ASAP/Spring 2022/Autumn 2022 ******************************************************* I am looking for a motivated PhD student to join the Verification group (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/research/groups/verification <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/research/groups/verification>) of The University of Sheffield (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs). The topic of the PhD project is quite flexible, but should relate to logical theory of verification (for more details: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CLH126/phd-studentship-logical-approach-to-verif…). The Studentship will cover tuition fees at the UK rate and provide a tax-free stipend at the standard UKRC rate (currently £15,609 for 2021/22) for three and a half years. International students are eligible to apply, however will have to pay the difference between the UK and Overseas tuition fees. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me directly by email for further details (j.t.virtema(a)sheffield.ac <mailto:j.t.virtema@sheffield.ac>.uk). For more details on the topic, the candidate may refer to the subsection “Logics for Verification” at http://www.virtema.fi/ <http://www.virtema.fi/>. Best wishes, Jonni

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Postdoc Position on Verification of Concurrent Systems via Model Learning, Royal Holloway University of London -- Application deadline 9 Jan 2022
by Matteo Sammartino 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

- Application deadline: Midnight, 9 Jan 2022 - Starting date: As soon as possible - Salary: £35,931-£37,979 - Duration: until February 2023 Applications are invited for the post of Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in the Computer Science Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. Successful applicants will be working on the EPSRC-funded "Verification of Hardware Concurrency via Model Learning" (CLeVer) project (EP/S028641/1), led by Alexandra Silva (UCL/Cornell) and Matteo Sammartino (Royal Holloway University of London). This is a joint research effort involving Royal Holloway University of London, University College London, and 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. # Project Description Digital devices increasingly rely on multi-threaded computation, with sophisticated concurrent behaviour becoming prevalent at any scale. As the complexity of these systems increases, there is a pressing need to automate the assessment of their correctness, especially with respect to concurrency-related aspects. 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 CLeVer project aims to: - develop a novel verification framework that relies on learning techniques to automatically build and verify models of concurrency, with a particular focus on multi-core systems. - apply the framework to real-world verification tasks, in collaboration with ARM. # The ideal candidate We are looking for candidates with a PhD in one of the following areas: model-based testing and verification, formal methods for concurrency, 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/0721-259-R-R

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FORMATS 2022: first call for papers
by Gethin Norman 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

FORMATS 2022: FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS 20th International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/formats2022/ 12-17 September 2022, Warsaw, Poland co-located with CONCUR, FMICS and QEST as part of CONFEST 2022 SCOPE & TOPICS FORMATS (International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems) is an annual conference which aims to promote the study of fundamental and practical aspects of timed systems, and to bring together researchers from different disciplines that share interests in the modelling, design and analysis of timed computational systems. The conference aims to attract researchers interested in real-time issues in hardware design, performance analysis, real-time software, scheduling, semantics and verification of real-timed, hybrid and probabilistic systems. Typical topics include (but are not limited to): • Foundations and Semantics: Theoretical foundations of timed systems, languages and models (e.g., timed automata, timed Petri nets, hybrid automata, timed process algebra, max-plus algebra, probabilistic models). • Methods and Tools: Techniques, algorithms, data structures, and software tools for analyzing timed systems and resolving temporal constraints (e.g., scheduling, worst-case execution time analysis,optimization, model checking, testing, constraint solving). • Applications: Adaptation and specialization of timing technology in application domains in which timing plays an important role (e.g., real-time software, hardware circuits, scheduling in manufacturing and telecommunication, robotics). New for this year, FORMATS will incorporate a special track on: • Learning-based and data-driven systems: We particularly encourage papers that exploit synergies between the formal analysis of timed systems and data-driven techniques (such as reinforcement learning or deep learning), or which target application domains where learning is important (such as robotics or autonomous systems). PAPER SUBMISSION FORMATS 2022 solicits high-quality papers reporting research results, experience reports and/or tools related to the topics mentioned above. Submitted papers must contain original, unpublished contributions, not submitted for publication elsewhere. The papers should be submitted electronically in PDF, following the Springer LNCS style guidelines. Two categories of papers are invited: • Regular papers, which should not exceed 15 pages in length • Short papers, which should not exceed 7 pages in length Both page limits exclude references, which are not limited in length. If necessary, the paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix, which will be reviewed at the discretion of the program committee. Each paper will undergo a thorough review process. Papers should be submitted electronically via the EasyChair online submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2022 ARTIFACT EVALUATION This year, FORMATS is encouraging authors to submit artifacts where appropriate, for example to demonstrate how to reproduce experimental data in a research paper or to examine the usability and applicability of a software tool. Artifacts will be submitted and evaluated only for papers accepted for publication. These will be evaluated by the Artifact Evaluation Committee and those that are accepted will receive a repeatability badge to be displayed on the first page of the published version. PUBLICATION AND BEST PAPER AWARD The proceedings of FORMATS 2022 will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The best paper of the conference will be awarded the Oded Maler Award in Timed Systems. IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: 19 April 2022 • Paper submission: 22 April 2022 • Acceptance notification: 17 June 2022 • Artifact submission deadline: 24 June 2022 • Camera-ready copy deadline: 15 July 2022 • Conference: 12-17 September 2022 CONFEST 2022, which includes FORMATS 2022, is currently planned as a physical, in-person event with support for remote presence for speakers and participants. Depending on the pandemic situation, a decision whether to cancel the physical component of CONFEST or not will be made by the end of June 2022. For any questions, feel free to contact the program chairs Sergiy Bogomolov (sergiy.bogomolov(a)ncl.ac.uk) and David Parker (d.a.parker(a)cs.bham.ac.uk). ORGANISATION Program Chairs • Sergiy Bogomolov (UK) • David Parker (UK) Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Akshay Rajhans (USA) • Paolo Zuliani (UK) Publicity Chair • Gethin Norman (UK) Special Track Chair • Alessandro Abate (UK) Program Committee • Alessandro Abate (UK) • Parosh Aziz Abdulla (Sweden) • Erika Abraham (Germany) • Bernhard Aichernig (Austria) • Nicolas Basset (France) • Nathalie Bertrand (France) • Sergiy Bogomolov (co-chair, UK) • Lei Bu (China) • Milan Ceska (Czech Republic) • Thao Dang (France) • Catalin Dima (France) • Rayna Dimitrova (Germany) • Mirco Giacobbe (UK) • Radu Grosu (Austria) • Arnd Hartmanns (The Netherlands) • Hsi-Ming Ho (UK) • Peter Gjøl Jensen (Denmark) • Taylor Johnson (USA) • Sebastian Junges (Netherlands) • Joost-Pieter Katoen (Germany) • Sophia Knight (USA) • Matthieu Martel (France) • Gethin Norman (UK) • Miroslav Pajic (USA) • David Parker (co-chair, UK) • Igor Potapov (UK) • Christian Schilling (Denmark) • Ana Sokolova (Austria) • Sadegh Soudjani (UK) • Stavros Tripakis (USA) • Jana Tumova (Sweden) • Naijun Zhan (China) Steering Committee • Rajeev Alur (USA) • Eugene Asarin (France) • Martin Fränzle (chair, Germany) • Thomas A. Henzinger (Austria) • Joost-Pieter Katoen (Germany) • Kim G. Larsen (Denmark) • Oded Maler (founding chair, France) (1957-2018) • Pavithra Prabhakar (USA) • Mariëlle Stoelinga (The Netherlands) • Wang Yi (Sweden)

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[fm-announcements] NFM 2022 - call for papers - DEADLINE EXTENSION!
by Havelund, Klaus (US 348B) via fm-announcements 30 Nov '21

30 Nov '21

NFM 2022 - FOURTH CALL FOR PAPERS The 14th NASA Formal Methods Symposium https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnfm2022.c… May 24-27, 2022 Pasadena, California, USA *** EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 10, 2022 *** The symposium is planned to be held in person at California Institute of Technology, but potentially transitioning to fully virtual if the COVID situation persists. Virtual presentations will be possible even if the conference is held in-person. The symposium has NO registration fee for presenting and attending. IMPORTANT DATES - Abstract Submission: January 3, 2021 *** extended *** - Paper Submission: January 10, 2021 *** extended *** - Paper Notifications: February 28, 2022 - Camera-ready Papers: March 28, 2022 - Symposium: May 24-27, 2022 THEME OF SYMPOSIUM The widespread use and increasing complexity of mission-critical and safety-critical systems at NASA and in the aerospace industry requires advanced techniques that address these systems' specification, design, verification, validation, and certification requirements. The NASA Formal Methods Symposium (NFM) is a forum to foster collaboration between theoreticians and practitioners from NASA, academia, and industry. NFM's goals are to identify challenges and to provide solutions for achieving assurance for such critical systems. The focus of the symposium will be on formal/rigorous techniques for software assurance, including their theory, current capabilities and limitations, as well as their potential application to aerospace during all stages of the software life-cycle. The NASA Formal Methods Symposium is an annual event organized by the NASA Formal Methods (NFM) Research Group, composed of researchers spanning six NASA centers. The organization of NFM 2022 is being led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), located in Pasadena, California. TOPICS ON INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following aspects of formal methods: Advances in formal methods - Interactive and automated theorem proving - SMT and SAT solving - Model checking - Static analysis - Runtime verification - Automated testing - Specification languages, textual and graphical - Refinement - Code synthesis - Design for verification and correct-by-design techniques - Requirements specification and analysis Integration of formal methods techniques - Integration of diverse formal methods techniques - Use of machine learning and probabilistic reasoning techniques in formal methods - Integration of formal methods into software engineering practicesÃ¢â‚¬Â¯ - Combination of formal methods with simulation and analysis techniques - Formal methods and fault tolerance, resilient computing, and self healing systems - Formal methods and graphical modeling languages such as SysML, UML, MATLAB/Simulink - Formal methods and autonomy, e.g., verification of systems and languages for planning and scheduling (PDDL, Plexil, etc.), self-sufficient systems, and fault-tolerant systems. Formal methods in practice - Experience reports of application of formal methods on real systems, such as autonomous systems, safety-critical systems, concurrent and distributed systems, cyber-physical, embedded, and hybrid systems, fault-detection, diagnostics, and prognostics systems, and human-machine interaction analysis. - Use of formal methods in systems engineering (including hardware components) - Use of formal methods in education - Reports on negative results in the development and the application for formal methods in practice. - Usability of formal method tools, and their infusion into industrial contexts. - Challenge problems for future reference by the formal methods community. The formulation of these papers can range from plain English description of a problem over formal specifications, to specific implementations in a programming language. NASA OPEN SOURCE Courageous authors, who want to delve in open source software being applied in real NASA missions, and find possible connections to and applications of Formal Methods, are invited to visit the open source repositories for the following two frameworks for programming flight software: - FÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnasa.gith…) - cFS (https://cfs.gsfc.nasa.gov/) SUBMISSIONS There are two categories of submissions: - Regular papers describing fully developed work and complete results (maximum 15 pages, excluding references); - Short papers on tools, experience reports, or work in progress with preliminary results (maximum 6 pages, excluding references). Additional appendices can be submitted as supplementary material for reviewing purposes. They will not be included in the proceedings. All papers must be in English and describe original work that has not been published. All submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. Reviewing is Single-blind. We encourage authors to focus on readability of their submissions. Papers will appear in the Formal Methods subline of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and must use LNCS style formatting (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sprin…). Papers must be submitted in PDF format at the EasyChair submission site: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair…. Authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue in Springer's Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering: A NASA Journal (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sprin…). ARTIFACTS Authors are encouraged, but not strictly required, to submit artifacts that support the conclusions of their work (if allowed by their institutions). Artifacts may contain software, mechanized proofs, benchmarks, examples, case studies and data sets. Artifacts will be evaluated by the Program Committee together with the paper. ORGANIZERS PC chairs - Klaus Havelund, JPL, USA - Jyo Deshmukh, USC, USA - Ivan Perez, NIA, USA Application Advisors - Robert Bocchino, JPL, USA - John Day, JPL, USA - Maged Elasaar, JPL, USA - Amalaye Oyake, Blue Origin, USA - Nicolas Rouquette, JPL, USA - Vandi Verma, JPL, USA Application advisors advise the PC chairs to ensure a strong connection to the problems facing NASA. Local Organizer - Richard Murray, Caltech, USA Scientific Advisor - Mani Chandy, Caltech, USA Program Committee - Aaron Dutle, NASA, USA - Alessandro Cimatti, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy - Anastasia Mavridou, SGT Inc. / NASA Ames Research Center, USA - Anne-Kathrin Schmuck, Max-Planck-Institute for Software Systems, Germany - Arie Gurfinkel, University of Waterloo, Canada - Bardh Hoxha, Toyota Research Institute North America, USA - Bernd Finkbeiner, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany - Betty H.C. Cheng, Michigan State University, USA - Borzoo Bonakdarpour, Michigan State University, USA - Carolyn Talcott, SRI International, USA - Chuchu Fan, MIT, USA - Constance Heitmeyer, Naval Research Laboratory, USA - Corina Pasareanu, CMU, NASA, KBR, USA - Cristina Seceleanu, MÃƒÂ¤lardalen University, Sweden - Dejan Nickovic, Austrian Institute of Technology AIT, Austria - Dirk Beyer, LMU Munich, Germany - Doron Peled, Bar Ilan University, Israel - Erika Abraham, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Ewen Denney, NASA, USA - Gerard Holzmann, Nimble Research, USA - Giles Reger, The University of Manchester, UK - Huafeng Yu, TOYOTA InfoTechnology Center USA, USA - Jean-Christophe Filliatre, CNRS, France - Johann Schumann, NASA, USA - John Day, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA - Julia Badger, NASA, USA - Julien Signoles, CEA LIST, France - Kerianne Hobbs, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA - Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Iowa State University, USA - Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy - Lu Feng, University of Virginia, USA - Marcel Verhoef, European Space Agency, The Netherlands - Marie Farrell, Maynooth University, Ireland - Marieke Huisman, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Marielle Stoelinga, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Martin Feather, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA - Martin Leucker, University of Luebeck, Germany - Michael Lowry, NASA, USA - Misty Davies, NASA, USA - Natasha Neogi, NASA, USA - Nicolas Rouquette, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA - Nikos Arechiga, Toyota Research Institute, USA - Rajeev Joshi, Amazon Web Services, USA - Stanley Bak, Stony Brook University, USA - Sylvie Boldo, INRIA, France - Vandi Verma, NASA, USA - Willem Visser, Amazon Web Services, USA CONTACT Email: nfm2022 [at] easychair [dot] org --- To opt-out from this mailing list, send an email to fm-announcements-request(a)lists.nasa.gov with the word 'unsubscribe' as subject or in the body. 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20 PhD positions in Logics for Computer Science at TU Wien - deadline 30 Dec
by Magdalena Ortiz 29 Nov '21

29 Nov '21

The novel interdisciplinary Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND doctoral training programme LogiCS@TUWien - Logics for Computer Science http://www.vcla.at/msca co-funded by the European Commission, will offer 20 full-time PhD positions. The program is hosted by TU Wien, one of the most successful technical universities in Europe and the largest one in Austria. The Faculty of Informatics of TU Wien is a leading research and teaching institution which consistently ranks among the top 100 computer science faculties in the global Times Higher Education ranking. In the heart of Europe, Vienna has a distinguished history in mathematics, computer science, and logic research and offers one of the highest living standards in the world. The doctoral positions are open to international high-potential early-stage researchers working on Logical Methods in Computer Science and their applications, including: * Artificial Intelligence * Databases * Verification * Algorithms * Security * Cyber-Physical Systems The programme provides a 4-year long doctoral training for international PhD candidates within an English-language curriculum. LogiCS@TUWien will run for 60 months and foresees the recruitment of 20 PhD candidates. The PhD candidates will be supervised by: * Ezio Bartocci * Pavol Cerny * Agata Ciabattoni * Thomas Eiter * Robert Ganian * Georg Gottlob * Laura Kovács * Matteo Maffei * Magdalena Ortiz * Stefan Szeider * Georg Weissenbacher * Stefan Woltran * Florian Zuleger Two calls will accomplish the recruitment of the 20 positions. The first call is now open, with an application deadline of December 30, 2021. For details on how to apply, seehttp://www.vcla.at/msca/apply or watch the video athttps://youtu.be/Aq0JGJ9eqzQ. -- Magdalena Ortiz Assoc.Prof. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Institute of Logic and Computation (E192/3) Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien

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