December 2021 - finite-model-theory

[fm-announcements] NFM 2022 - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
by Havelund, Klaus (US 348B) via fm-announcements 21 Dec '21

21 Dec '21

NFM 2022 – FINAL 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, 2022 *** extended *** - Paper Submission: January 10, 2022 *** 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. INVITED TALKS AND TUTORIALS - Dines Bjoerner, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark - Edwin Brady, University of St. Andrews, UK - Steve Chien, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA - Ankush Desai, Amazon Web Services, USA - Daniel Jackson, MIT, USA - Julia Lawall, INTIA Paris, France - Anastasia Mavridou, KBR Inc / NASA Ames Research Center, USA - Leonardo De Moura, Microsoft Research, USA - Sriram Sankaranarayanan, University of Colorado Boulder, USA - Alex Summers, University of British Columbia, Canada - Emina Torlak, University of Washington, USA 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 practices. - 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: - F' (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, Mälardalen 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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Fully (UK Home) Funded PhD Positions in the Safety and Security of Advanced Systems Group (Exeter, UK, Deadline 2021-01-24)
by Achim D. Brucker 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

Several fully funded PhD scholarships for UK applicants are available in the Security and Trust of Advanced Systems Group [1] (Prof. Achim Brucker [2] and Dr. Diego Marmsoler [3]) at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Exeter, UK [4]. We are looking for enthusiastic and outstanding Computer Science or Mathematics students with a strong background in at least one of the following topics: * safety or security of (software) systems, * formal modelling or formal reasoning/verification, * program analysis or program verification, * language-based security * semantics of programming languages, * theorem proving, model checking, * cryptographic protocols, * distributed systems (e.g., blockchain), * specification-based testing, and * design and implementation of security architectures. This award provides annual funding to cover UK tuition fees and a tax-free stipend. For students who pay UK tuition fees the award will cover the tuition fees in full, plus at least £15,009 per year tax-free stipend. The studentship will be awarded on the basis of merit for 3.5 years of full-time study. Interested candidates should contact the potential supervisors Prof. Achim Brucker (a.brucker(a)exeter.ac.uk) or Dr. Diego Marmsoler (d.marmsoler(a)exeter.ac.uk) to discuss their application. For more details, please consult the official advertisements: * Compositional Verification of Smart Contracts in Isabelle: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=4326 * Formal Verification for Safety- or Security-Critical Systems: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=4328 * Software Engineering for Security- or Safety-Critical Systems: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=4329 * Open Call: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=4343 The closing date for applications is midnight on the 24th of January 2022. Best, Achim and Diego [1] http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/computer-science/research/cyber-security/ [2] https://www.brucker.ch/ [3] https://marmsoler.com/ [4] http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/computer-science/ -- Prof. Achim Brucker | Chair in Cybersecurity & Head of Group | University of Exeter https://www.brucker.ch | https://logicalhacking.com/blog @adbrucker | @logicalhacking

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UNILOG'2022: Ready to go? Early Bird Registration: Dec 15
by Jean-Yves Beziau 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Dear Colleagues We are working on the preparation of UNILOG'2022 and the conditions are good. The COVID-19 has always been weak in Crete. The event will be 100% in person. The doors of the Island were opened to tourism last summer without problem and the conference center, near Chania, where UNILOG'2022 will take place has already resumed its activities a couple of months ago. Note also that the event will take place in the first half of April, before the start of the tourist season. UNILOG 2022 is organized under the Aegis of the Government of Crete. Crete is an island with a history of about 5.000 years, cradle of Western civilization, including the Labyrinth, Plato's cave and much more. Everybody is welcome to join and enjoy this wonderful place. The deadline for early bird registration fee is December 15: https://sites.google.com/view/unilog-2022/registration UNILOG is a series of events (combining a congress and a school) promoting - logic in all its aspects: mathematical, philosophical, computational, semiotic, historical - the relations between logic and other fields 7th UNIVERSAL LOGIC SCHOOL The school will have a duration of 5 days: from April 1st to April 5, 2022 with: - an opening round table on the topic "Why study logic?" - 30 tutorials - a closing session about how to publish 7th UNIVERSAL LOGIC CONGRESS The congress will have a duration of 6 days: from April 6 to April 11 2022, with - keynote speakers - contributing speakers - workshops - a secret speaker (as in previous editions), i.e. a speaker whose identity is revealed only at the time of his/her/its talk or after - a contest 2nd WORLD LOGIC PRIZES CONTEST The 1st World Logic Prizes Contest took place in Vichy, France, during the 6th UNILOG in 2018. This contest is a competition between winners of logic prizes of different countries. The winner is awarded the Universal Logic Prize. There will also be: - a session honoring recently deceased colleagues, participants of previous UNILOGs : Mike Dunn (1941-2021) and John Corcoran (1937-2021) - a book exhibition and some book launches We look forward to seeing you in Crete next April ! Best Wishes Jean-Yves Beziau & Ioannis Vandoulakis Organizers of UNILOG'2022 https://sites.google.com/view/unilog-2022/

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CfParticipation LACompLing2021 / Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021, MALIN, Montpellier
by Roussanka Loukanova 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Call for Participation Symposium Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021 (LACompLing2021) 15 - 17 December 2021, Online https://staff.math.su.se/rloukanova/LACompLing2021-web/ Online streaming by CNRS, Montpellier, France https://malin2021.sciencesconf.org LACompLing2021 is part of the week Mathematical Linguistics (MALIN) 2021, Université de Montpellier, LIRMM, CNRS, Montpellier, France 13--17 December 2021, Online ==== PROGRAM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 / Wed 15 Dec 09:00-9::40 Wed 15 Dec Stefan Müller (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) The CoreGram Project: Deriving Crosslinguisitc Generalizations with HPSG Grammars of Multiple Languages (Invited Talk) 9:40-10:20 Wed 15 Dec Lars Hellan (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) A Unified Valence Resource (Invited Talk) 10:20-10:40 Break 10:40-11:00 Wed 15 Dec Luuk Suurmeijer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Noortje Venhuizen (Saarland University) and Harm Brouwer (Saarland University, Germany) Compositionality in Distributional Formal Semantics 11:00-12:00 Wed 15 Dec Michael Moortgat (Utrecht University, Netherlands) Dependency Relations, Modalities and the Syntax-Semantics Interface (Keynote Talk) 12:00-13:30 Lunch break 13:30-14:10 Wed 15 Dec Stepan Kuznetsov (Steklov Mathematical Institute, RAS, Russia) Complexity of the Lambek Calculus and Its Extensions (Invited Talk) 14:10-14:30 Wed 15 Dec Renhao Pei (Utrecht University, Netherlands) Generating Pragmatically Appropriate Sentences from Propositional Logic: the Case of Conditional and Biconditional 14:30-15:30 Wed 15 Dec Christian Retoré (Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, France) Inferentialism and Natural Language Semantics, with a Focus on Quantifiers (Keynote Talk) 15:30-15:50 Break 15:50-16:30 Wed 15 Dec Denis Bechet (LS2N - University of Nantes, France) and Annie Foret (IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France) Categorial Dependency Grammars: Analysis and Learning (Invited Talk) 16:30-17:30 Wed 15 Dec Tracy King (Adobe, United States) White Roses, Red Backgrounds: Bringing Structured Representations to Search (Keynote Talk) THURSDAY DECEMBER 16 / Thu 16 Dec 09:00-09:20 Thu 16 Dec Hitomi Yanaka (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Towards Compositional Semantics and Inference System for Telicity 09:20-09:40 Thu 16 Dec Daisuke Bekki, Ribeka Tanaka and Yuta Takahashi (Ochanomizu University, Japan) Integrating Deep Neural Network with Dependent Type Semantics 09:40-10:20 Thu 16 Dec Zhaohui Luo (Dept of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, United Kingdom) Universes in Type-Theoretical Semantics (Invited Talk) 10:20-10:40 Break 10:40-11:20 Thu 16 Dec Kristina Liefke (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany) Meaning-Driven Combinatorial Restrictions and 'imagine *whether' (Invited Talk) 11:20-12:00 Thu 16 Dec Alexey Stukachev (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia) Generalized Computability and Effective Model Theory in Mathematical Linguistics (Invited Talk) 12:00-13:30 Lunch break 13:30-14:30 Thu 16 Dec Richard Moot, (Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, Montpellier, France Graph Rewriting as a Universal Proof Theory for Modern Type-Logical Grammars (Keynote Talk) 14:30-15:30 Thu 16 Dec Randy Harris (University of Waterloo, Canada) Rhetorical Figures as Algorithms (Keynote Address) FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 / Fri 17 Dec 09:00-10:00 Fri 17 Dec Aarne Ranta (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Abstract Wikipedia and Vastly Multilingual Natural Language Generation (Keynote Talk) 10:00-10:20 Fri 17 Dec Inari Listenmaa (Singapore Management University, Singapore), Martin Strecker (Singapore Management University, Singapore) and Warrick Macmillan (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Natural Language Generation and Processing for the Legal Domain 10:20-10:40 Break 10:40-11:20 Fri 17 Dec Bjoern Jespersen (Utrecht University, Netherlands) Impossibilities without Impossibilia (Invited Talk) 11:20-12:00 Fri 17 Dec Marie Duzi (VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia) Questions and Answers on Dynamic Activities of Agents (Invited Talk) 12:00-13:30 Lunch break 13:30-13:50 Fri 17 Dec Symon Jory Stevensguille (The Ohio State University, United States) Decomposing Events into GOLOG 13:50-15:30 Fri 17 Dec Lasha Abzianidze (Utrecht University, Netherlands) How to Train a Theorem Prover for Natural Language Inference (Invited Talk) 15:30-16:00 Break 16:00-17:00 Fri 17 Dec Larry Moss (Indiana University Mathematics Department, United States) Monotonicity in Natural Language Inference: Theory and Practice (Keynote Talk LACL / LACompLing2021) ====

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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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