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CAV 2021: Call for Student Volunteers
by Tobias Kappé 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

The CAV 2021 Program for Student Volunteers provides an opportunity for students all around the world to attend and contribute to the 33rd International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification. The CAV 2021 Program for Student Volunteers provides an opportunity for students all around the world to attend and contribute to the 33rd International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification. As a student volunteer, you will be working with peer students and the CAV organizing committee to help organize this year’s virtual conference. More details are described below. If you want to join, please do not hesitate to apply! Eligibility Applicants must be undergraduate, Master’s, Ph.D., full- or part-time students, studying computer science or related fields. Moreover, we expect applicants to: * Be able to attend at least 3 days of the conference during July 18 to 23, 2021. * Be punctual, responsible, and self-motivated. * Be available for pre-conference work (e.g. checking pre-recorded talks), preparation and/or training. Task description Student volunteers will mainly cover the following tasks during CAV 2021: * Help with conference scheduling. * Check and edit pre-recorded video talks. * Help organize virtual talks and Q&A sessions. * Help manage the conference’s chat channels and other virtual social activities. * Assist with publicity on social media. Benefits As a student volunteer you will get: * Free full registration of CAV 2021 and its associated workshops. * A virtual student volunteers dinner (covered by Uber Eats vouchers) * Chance to meet and network with both researchers and peer students in the field of computer-aided formal verification. Application Application is open till May 16, 2021. Applications are accepted through this form: http://i-cav.org/2021/sv-signup. All applications received before the deadline will be reviewed, and you will be notified by May 23, 2021. We look forward to receiving your applications and seeing you in CAV 2021! As a student volunteer, you will be working with peer students and the CAV organizing committee to help organize this year’s virtual conference. More details are described below. If you want to join, please do not hesitate to apply! Eligibility Applicants must be undergraduate, Master’s, Ph.D., full- or part-time students, studying computer science or related fields. Moreover, we expect applicants to: * Be able to attend at least 3 days of the conference during July 18 to 23, 2021. * Be punctual, responsible, and self-motivated. * Be available for pre-conference work (e.g. checking pre-recorded talks), preparation and/or training. Task description Student volunteers will mainly cover the following tasks during CAV 2021: * Help with conference scheduling. * Check and edit pre-recorded video talks. * Help organize virtual talks and Q&A sessions. * Help manage the conference’s chat channels and other virtual social activities. * Assist with publicity on social media. Benefits As a student volunteer you will get: * Free full registration of CAV 2021 and its associated workshops. * A virtual student volunteers dinner (covered by Uber Eats vouchers) * Chance to meet and network with both researchers and peer students in the field of computer-aided formal verification. Application Application is open till May 16, 2021. Applications are accepted through this form: http://i-cav.org/2021/sv-signup. All applications received before the deadline will be reviewed, and you will be notified by May 23, 2021. We look forward to receiving your applications and seeing you in CAV 2021!

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[fm-announcements] Call for (Virtual) Participation - NFM 2021
by Munoz, Cesar (LARC-D320) via fm-announcements 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 23 Apr '21

23 Apr '21

Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021) Virtual. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/ SIAS 2021 CFP The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS. IAS design and architecture · IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc) · Correct-by-construction in IAS · MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS · Virtualization and digital twins for IAS · Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS · IAS smart Networking · Communication protocols for IAS · Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS · Distributed database for IAS · Web services for IAS · Social aspects and human interaction in IAS IAS Analysis · Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS · Model checking and theorem proving for IAS · Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS · Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS · Dynamic and static analysis for IAS · Statistical analysis for IAS · Testing for IAS · Smart decision making in IAS · Fog and edge computing for IAS IAS Assurance · Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS · Security in distributed IAS · Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS · Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS · Security protocols for IAS · Safety policies for IAS · Safety reinforcement models in IAS · Safety standard analysis for IAS · Resilience metrics and models for IAS · Resilience strategies and plans for IAS · Recovery systems for IAS resiliency · Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases · Applications and Software Platforms for IAS · IoT and CPS for IAS · Smart cities · IAS for industrial and production CPS · Autonomous robots and vehicles · Human-Robot Interaction · Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc) Important Dates · Submission Date: 25 April,2021 · Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021 · Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021 Submission System · <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021

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CfP: New Deadline: CompLingInfoReasAI'21 / Computational Linguistics, Information, Reasoning, and AI 2021
by Roussanka Loukanova 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Session: Computational Linguistics, Information, Reasoning, and AI 2021 (CompLingInfoReasAI'21) Salamanca, Spain, 6th-8th October, 2021, HYBRID https://www.dcai-conference.net/special-sessions/clirai ** New Deadline for paper submissions: 14 May, 2021 ** SCOPE: Computational and technological developments that incorporate natural language and reasoning methods are proliferating. Adequate coverage encounters difficult problems related to partiality, underspecification, agents, and context dependency, which are signature features of information in nature, natural languages, and reasoning. The session covers theoretical work, applications, approaches, and techniques for computational models of information, language (artificial, human, or natural in other ways), reasoning. The goal is to promote computational systems and related models of thought, mental states, reasoning, and other cognitive processes. TOPICS: We invite contributions relevant to the following topics, without being limited to them, across approaches, methods, theories, implementations, and applications: - Theorem provers and assistants - Model checkers - Theory of computation - Theory of information - Computational methods of inferences in natural language - Computational theories and systems of reasoning in natural language - Transfer of reasoning in natural language to theorem provers, or vice versa - Transfer of reasoning between natural language, theorem provers, model checkers, and various computational assistants - Computational approaches of computational linguistics for domain specific areas - Theories for applications to language, information processing, reasoning - Type theories for applications to language, information processing, reasoning - Computational grammar - Computational syntax - Computational semantics of natural languages - Computational syntax-semantics interface - Interfaces between morphology, lexicon, syntax, semantics, speech, text, pragmatics - Parsing - Multilingual processing - Large-scale grammars of natural languages - Models of computation and algorithms for linguistics, natural language processing, argumentation - Computational models of partiality, underspecification, and context-dependency - Models of situations, contexts, and agents, for applications to computational linguistics - Information about space and time in language models and processing == - Data science in language processing - Machine learning of language and reasoning - Interdisciplinary methods - Integration of formal, computational, model theoretic, graphical, diagrammatic, statistical, and other related methods - Logic for information extraction or expression in written or spoken language - Logic for information integrations of diagrams, with written and / or spoken language == - Formal models of argumentations - Interactive computation, reasoning, argumentation - Computation with heterogeneous information - Reasoning with heterogeneous and/or inconsistent information - Dialog, interactions - Interdisciplinary approaches to language, computation, reasoning, memory - Argumentation in AI applications, e.g., to business, economy, justice, health, medical sciences == - Language processing based on biological fundamentals of information and languages - Computational neuroscience of language - etc. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for paper submissions: 14 May, 2021 Notification of acceptance: 7 June, 2021 Camera-Ready papers: 28 June, 2021 Conference: 6-8 October, 2021 PAPER SUBMISSION https://www.dcai-conference.net/special-sessions https://www.dcai-conference.net/submission The papers must consist of original, relevant, and previously unpublished sound research results related to any of the topics of the Special Session CompLingInfoReasAI'21. SUBMITTING PAPERS DCAI Special Session papers must be formatted according to the Springer AISC Template, with a maximum length of 10 pages in length, including figures and references. All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the Paper Submission Page. PUBLICATION All accepted, registered, and presented papers will be published by Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, AISC, series of Springer Verlag. At least one of the authors of an accepted paper will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include it in the conference proceedings. Chair: Roussanka Loukanova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria and Stockholm University, Sweden ======

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Logica Universalis Webinar - April 21 - Swyneshed, Aristotle and the Rule of Contradictory Pairs by Stephen Read
by Antje Herbst 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Join the Logica Universalis Webinar! 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. The LUW series started with two "extraordinary" sessions: * Introduction to the Universal Logic Project<https://www.springer.com/journal/11787/updates/18672866>, Dec 16, 2020 * Welcome Celebration for the World Logic Day<https://www.springer.com/journal/11787/updates/17236846>, Jan 14, 2021 We are now launching a series of regular sessions for the year 2021. 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…> The next session will be held on Wednesday, April 21 at 4pm CEST with the talk Swyneshed, Aristotle and the Rule of Contradictory Pairs<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11787-020-00246-1> Stephen Read<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.st-2Dandrews.ac.uk…>, University of St Andrews, UK Video recordings of the seminars are uploaded on the YouTube channel Universal Logic Project<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPS1c5ApuwjuCV9UjXHUN4w>. -- 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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Structure Meets Power (a LICS workshop) - Call for Contributions
by Anuj Dawar 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

**************************************** * STRUCTURE MEETS POWER * * (a LICS workshop) * * * * Call for Contributions * **************************************** Workshop dates: 27-28 June 2021 (online) https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/conference/structure-meets-power-2021 Scope ----- There is a remarkable divide in the field of logic in Computer Science, between two distinct strands: one focusing on semantics and compositionality (“Structure”), the other on expressiveness and complexity (“Power”). These two fundamental aspects of our field are studied using almost disjoint technical languages and methods, by almost disjoint research communities. We believe that bridging this divide is a major issue in Computer Science, and may hold the key to fundamental advances in the field. The aim this workshop is to attract investigators at the boundary of the two strands, and those on either side of the divide interested on establishing new connections. This workshop is a part of LICS 2021 workshops series. The even will be held entirely online. Important dates --------------- Abstract submission: 20 May 2021 Author notification: 5 June 2021 Registration: 20 June 2021 Invited speakers ---------------- * Mikolaj Bojanczyk (University of Warsaw) * Laura Mancinska (University of Copenhagen) * Daniela Petrisan (Universite Paris Diderot) Submissions ----------- Those wishing to speak at the workshop are invited to submit an Extended Abstract of up to three pages (including references) describing the content of the contributed presentation. Submissions should only have a single author -- the speaker. The co-authors are required to be clearly indicated in the abstract and later also in the slides. For submissions please use the EasyChair conference system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smp2021 We encourage talks of all levels of progress, including novel contributions, already published results, work in progress, as well as survey-type contributions. However, original contributions might be considered for a subsequent special issue, consisting of journal versions of selected extended abstracts. Depending on the number of submissions, contributed talks will be 20-30 minutes long. Registration ------------ Registration is free of charge and is mandatory in order to access the workshop. Closer to the date you will receive a password and link to access the online meeting rooms. Those who register early will receive notifications about upcoming deadlines. The registration form can be found here: https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/conference/structure-meets-power-2021/registration Organising and Programme Committee: ----------------------------------- * Samson Abramsky * Anuj Dawar * Tomas Jakl * Dan Marsden

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RAMiCS 2021 - Third CFP
by luigi.santocanale＠lis-lab.fr 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Apologies for multiple copies of this email; please re-distribute as you see fit. THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS 19th International Conference on Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science RAMiCS 2021 2 to 5 November 2021, CIRM, Marseille, France https://ramics19.lis-lab.fr/ IMPORTANT DATES: Abstract Submission: 14 May 2021 Paper Submission: 21 May 2021 Author Notification: 9 July 2021 Final Version: 30 July 2021 RAMiCS 2021: 2 to 5 November 2021 INVITED TALKS: Marcelo Frias, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, Argentina Barbara König, Duisburg-Essen University, Germany Dmitriy Zhuk, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 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 2021 will take place at CIRM, the Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques at the beautiful Luminy campus close to Marseille. Depending on the Covid-19 situation, it will take the form of a physical conference, a virtual conference, or a hybrid between the two. There will be no registration fees to the conference. A limited number of grants, covering lodging and catering, are supplied by CIRM and the Archimède Institute. 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 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Submission is via EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ramics2021 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: Mai Gehrke, LJAD CNRS, France Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Uli Fahrenberg, Ecole polytechnique, France Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Michael Winter, Brock University, Canada Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Luigi Santocanale, LIS, Aix-Marseille University, France Programme Committee ------------------- Bahareh Afshari, University of Amsterdam, Holland Christel Baier, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Manuel Bodirsky, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Ignacio Fábregas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Uli Fahrenberg, Ecole polytechnique, France Hitoshi Furusawa, Kagoshima University, Japan Mai Gehrke, LJAD CNRS, France Silvio Ghilardi, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Roland Glueck, German Aerospace Center, Germany Walter Guttmann, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Peter Höfner, Australian National University, Australia Ali Jaoua, Qatar University, Qatar Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, USA Sebastiaan Joosten, Dartmouth College, USA Laura Kovacz, Technische Universität Wien, Austria Tadeusz Litak, Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany Roger Maddux, Iowa State University, USA Dale Miller, Ecole polytechnique, France Martin Mueller, University of Augsburg, Germany Daniela Petrisan, IRIF, University Paris 7, France Damien Pous, CNRS, ENS Lyon, France David Pym, University College, London, UK Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, University College, London, UK Luigi Santocanale, LIS, Aix-Marseille University, France Georg Struth, University of Sheffield, UK Sam van Gool, IRIF, University Paris 7, France Michael Winter, Brock University, Canada

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Call for participation: Spotlight on Logic & Databases Workshop, 6/7 May
by Nils Vortmeier 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

**************************** Call for participation **************************** -------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION Spotlight on Logic & Databases Workshop 6-7 May, online Registration is open, free and required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9EpojNv1zbKnDVz-9DJy_8KWhOo6Mrzz… (Deadline for registration: 4 May, AoE) Spotlight on Logic & Databases is the third in a series of online workshops on Logic, Games and Automata. The aim of this workshop series is to bring together the community throughout the year, around four topics: + Games: 25-26 November 2020 (past) + Transducers: 17-18 March 2021(past) + Logic and databases: this workshop, 6-7 May 2021 + Automata and category PLATFORM Talks will be live on Zoom, discussions in gather.town. More instructions will be available soon on http://highlights-conference.org/logic-in-databases-workshop-2021/ PROGRAM Thursday, May 6: Matrix query languages 14.30-15.00: Get-together on gather.town 15.00-15.45: Floris Geerts: What if Codd would have been a linear algebraist? 15.45-16.15: Break on gather.town 16.15-16.45: Erich Grädel: Logics with Linear-Algebraic Operators, Approximations of Isomorphism, and the Problem of Capturing Polynomial Time 16.45-17.15: Jorje Perez: The Expressiveness of Matrix and Tensor Query Languages in Terms of Machine-Learning Operators 17.15-18.00 (open-ended): Get-together in gather.town Friday, May 7: Updates for query languages 14.30-15.00: Get-together in gather.town 15.00-15.45: Ahmet Kara and Dan Olteanu: Trade-Offs in Incremental Maintenance for Conjunctive Queries 15.45-16.15: Break in gather.town 16.15-16.45: Jens Keppeler: Answering Conjunctive Queries Under Updates 16.45-17.15: Nils Vortmeier: Dynamic query maintenance via first-order logic 17.15-18.00 (open-ended): Get-together in gather.town CONTACT (ORGANIZERS) Nils Vortmeier <nils.vortmeier(a)uzh.ch> Thomas Zeume <thomas.zeume(a)rub.de> --------------------

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TABLEAUX 2021 – Final Call for Papers. **Extended deadlines**. 6-9 September, 2021. Birmingham, UK.
by anupamdotdas＠gmail.com 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

TABLEAUX 2021 The 30th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods Birmingham, UK, September 6-9, 2021 Website: <https://tableaux2021.org/> https://tableaux2021.org/ ***EXTENDED DEADLINES***: 26 April (abstract), 30 April 2021 (paper) GENERAL INFORMATION The 30th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods (TABLEAUX 2021) will be hosted by the University of Birmingham, UK, 6-9 September 2021. TABLEAUX is the main international conference at which research on all aspects -- theoretical foundations, implementation techniques, systems development and applications -- of tableaux-based reasoning and related methods is presented. The first TABLEAUX conference was held in Lautenbach near Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1992. Since then it has been organised on an annual basis (sometimes as a part of IJCAR). TABLEAUX 2021 will be co-located with the 13th International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems (FroCoS 2021). The conferences will provide a rich programme of workshops, tutorials, invited talks, paper presentations and system descriptions. SCOPE OF CONFERENCE Tableaux and other proof based methods offer convenient and flexible tools for automated reasoning for both classical and non-classical logics. Areas of application include verification of software and computer systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation and its required inference engines, teaching, and system diagnosis. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * tableau methods for classical and non-classical logics (including first-order, higher-order, modal, temporal, description, hybrid, intuitionistic, linear, substructural, fuzzy, relevance and non-monotonic logics) and their proof-theoretic foundations; * sequent, natural deduction, labelled, nested and deep calculi for classical and non-classical logics, as tools for proof search and proof representation; * related methods (SMT, model elimination, model checking, connection methods, resolution, BDDs, translation approaches); * flexible, easily extendable, light-weight methods for theorem proving; novel types of calculi for theorem proving and verification in classical and non-classical logics; * systems, tools, implementations, empirical evaluations and applications (provers, proof assistants, logical frameworks, model checkers, etc.); * implementation techniques (data structures, efficient algorithms, performance measurement, extensibility, etc.); * extensions of tableau procedures with conflict-driven learning; * techniques for proof generation and compact (or humanly readable) proof representation; * theoretical and practical aspects of decision procedures; * applications of automated deduction to mathematics, software development, verification, deductive and temporal databases, knowledge representation, ontologies, fault diagnosis or teaching. We also welcome papers describing applications of tableau procedures to real-world examples. Such papers should be tailored to the TABLEAUX community and should focus on the role of reasoning and on logical aspects of the solution. INVITED SPEAKERS TABLEAUX 2021 is pleased to confirm the following the invited speakers: Orna Kupferman (Hebrew University, Israel) Revantha Ramanayake (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Greg Restall (University of Melbourne, Australia / University of St Andrews, UK) Renate Schmidt (joint with FroCoS) (University of Manchester, UK) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submissions are invited in the following two categories: (A) research papers reporting original theoretical research or applications, with length up to 15 pages excluding references; (B) system descriptions, with length up to 9 pages excluding references. There will also be a later call inviting position papers and brief reports on work-in-progress. Details will be kept up to date on the website. Submissions will be reviewed by the PC, possibly with the help of external reviewers, taking into account readability, relevance and originality. Any additional material (going beyond the page limit) can be included in a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the discretion of the committee and must be removed for the camera-ready version. For category (A) submissions, the reported results must be original and not submitted for publication elsewhere. For category (B) submissions, a working implementation must be accessible via the internet. Authors are encouraged to publish the implementation under an open source license. The aim of a system description is to make the system available in such a way that people can use it, understand it, and build on it. Accepted papers in categories (A) and (B) will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers must be edited in LaTeX using the llncs style and must be submitted electronically as PDF files via the EasyChair system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tableaux21 For all accepted papers at least one author is required to register to the conference and present the paper. A title and a short abstract of about 100 words must be submitted before the paper submission deadline. Formatting instructions and the LNCS style files can be obtained at: http://www.springer.com/br/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui… IMPORTANT DATES **Extended abstract submission:** 26 April 2021 (AoE) **Extended paper submission:** 30 April 2021 (AoE) Notification: 14 June 2021 Conference: 6-9 September 2021 CONFERENCE FORMAT AND COVID-19 TABLEAUX 2021 and FroCoS 2021 are intended to be *hybrid* conferences welcoming both physical and virtual participation. The organisers are closely monitoring the pandemic situation and may choose to make the conference virtual-only if it seems unreasonable to host any sort of physical event. A final decision will be taken before the notification date 14 June (12 weeks before the conference) to leave ample time for potential travel plans to be made. PUBLICATION The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer series Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI/LNCS). BEST PAPER AWARDS The program committee will select * the TABLEAUX 2021 Best Paper; and, * the TABLEAUX 2021 Best Paper by a Junior Researcher. Researchers will be considered "junior" if either they are students or their PhD degree date is less than two years from the first day of the meeting. The two awards will be presented at the conference. TRAVEL GRANTS FOR STUDENTS Some funding may be available to support students participating at TABLEAUX 2021. More details will be given on the conference website in due time. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Bahareh Afshari (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Carlos Areces (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina) Arnon Avron (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) Nick Bezhanishvili (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Patrick Blackburn (University of Roskilde, Denmark) Serenella Cerrito (Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, France) Kaustuv Chaudhuri (Inria, France) Liron Cohen (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) Anupam Das (University of Birmingham, UK) Stéphane Demri (CNRS, France) Hans de Nivelle (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan) Valeria de Paiva (Topos Institute Berkeley, USA) Clare Dixon (University of Manchester, UK) Christian Fermüller (TU Wien, Austria) Didier Galmiche (Université de Lorraine, France) Silvio Ghilardi (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy) Rajeev Goré (Australian National University, Australia) Andrzej Indrzejczak (University of Łódź, Poland) Hidenori Kurokawa (Kanazawa University, Japan) Stepan Kuznetsov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Björn Lellmann (SBA Research, Austria) Stéphane Graham-Lengrand (SRI International, USA) George Metcalfe (University of Bern, Switzerland) Neil Murray (University At Albany, USA) Cláudia Nalon (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil) Sara Negri (University of Genoa, Italy) Nicola Olivetti (Aix-Marseille University, France) Eugenio Orlandelli (University of Bologna, Italy) Jens Otten (University of Oslo, Norway) Alessandra Palmigiano (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dirk Pattinson (Australian National University, Australia) Frank Pfenning (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Elaine Pimentel (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) Andrei Popescu (University of Sheffield, UK) Gian Luca Pozzato (University of Turin, Italy) Giselle Reis (Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar) Reuben Rowe (Royal Holloway, UK) José Espírito Santo (University of Minho, Portugal) Lutz Straßburger (Inria, France) Josef Urban (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic) PC CHAIRS Anupam Das (University of Birmingham, UK) Sara Negri (University of Genoa, Italy)

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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021) Virtual. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/ SIAS 2021 CFP The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS. IAS design and architecture · IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc) · Correct-by-construction in IAS · MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS · Virtualization and digital twins for IAS · Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS · IAS smart Networking · Communication protocols for IAS · Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS · Distributed database for IAS · Web services for IAS · Social aspects and human interaction in IAS IAS Analysis · Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS · Model checking and theorem proving for IAS · Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS · Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS · Dynamic and static analysis for IAS · Statistical analysis for IAS · Testing for IAS · Smart decision making in IAS · Fog and edge computing for IAS IAS Assurance · Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS · Security in distributed IAS · Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS · Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS · Security protocols for IAS · Safety policies for IAS · Safety reinforcement models in IAS · Safety standard analysis for IAS · Resilience metrics and models for IAS · Resilience strategies and plans for IAS · Recovery systems for IAS resiliency · Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases · Applications and Software Platforms for IAS · IoT and CPS for IAS · Smart cities · IAS for industrial and production CPS · Autonomous robots and vehicles · Human-Robot Interaction · Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc) Important Dates · Submission Date: 25 April,2021 · Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021 · Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021 Submission System · <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021

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27th WoLLIC 2021 - 2nd Call for Papers
by Ruy Jose Guerra Barretto de Queiroz 18 Apr '21

18 Apr '21

[Please circulate. Apologies for multiple copies.] CALL FOR PAPERS WoLLIC 2021 27th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation October 5 to 8, 2021 ORGANISATION Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil University College London, UK 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-seventh WoLLIC will be held online from October 5 to 8, 2021. 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), ACM Special Interest Group on Logic and Computation (ACM-SIGLOG) (TBC), the Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), and the Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL). 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 and programming; novel computation models and paradigms; broad notions of proof and belief; proof mining, type theory, effective learnability; 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; philosophy 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 authors 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 2020 EasyChair website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wollic2021 ). PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of WoLLIC 2021, 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 2021 issue of a scientific journal (to be confirmed). INVITED SPEAKERS Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam) Santiago Figueira (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) Andreas Herzig (IRIT, France) Cláudia Nalon (UnB - Brazil) Giselle Reis (CMU - Qatar) IMPORTANT DATES May 15, 2021: Full paper deadline June 23, 2021: Author notification June 30, 2021: Final version deadline (firm) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Carlos Areces (Cordoba, Argentina) Arthur Amorim Azevedo (CMU, USA) Nina Gierasimczuk (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) Justin Hsu (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA) Fairouz Kamareddine (Heriot-Watt University, UK) Sandra Kiefer (Aachen University, Germany) Clemens Kupke (Strathclyde University, Scotland) Konstantinos Mamouras (Rice University, USA) Maria Vanina Martinez (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) Larry Moss (Indiana Univ, USA) Claudia Nalon (University of Brasília, Brazil) Valeria de Paiva (Samsung Research, USA) Elaine Pimentel (UFRN, Brazil) Revantha Ramanayake (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Jurriaan Rot (Radboud University, The Netherlands) Alexandra Silva (Univ College London) (Co-Chair) Christine Tasson (IRIF, France) Sebastiaan Terwijn (Radboud University, The Netherlands) Renata Wassermann (Univ São Paulo) (Co-Chair) STEERING COMMITTEE Samson Abramsky, Anuj Dawar, Juliette Kennedy, Ulrich Kohlenbach, Daniel Leivant, Leonid Libkin, Lawrence Moss, Luke Ong, Valeria de Paiva, Ruy de Queiroz. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Johan van Benthem, Joe Halpern, Wilfrid Hodges, Angus Macintyre, Hiroakira Ono, Jouko Väänänen. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Renata Wassermann (Univ São Paulo) (Co-Chair) Alexandra Silva (Univ College London) (Co-Chair) 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) European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) ACM Special Interest Group on Logic and Computation (ACM-SIGLOG) (TBC) Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC) Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL) 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 whose contributions were recognized with a Fields Medal just a few years before her untimely death. It is a joint production (still on its course) of The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and George Csicsery (Zala Films): ‘Secrets of the Surface - The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani’. “The biographical film is about Maryam Mirzakhani, a brilliant woman, and Muslim immigrant to the United States who became a superstar in her field. The story of her life will be complemented with sections about Mirzakhani’s mathematical contributions, as explained by colleagues and illustrated with animated sequences. Throughout, we will look for clues about the sources of Mirzakhani’s insights and creativity." (http://www.zalafilms.com/secrets/) FURTHER INFORMATION Contact one of the Co-Chairs of the Organising Committee. WEB PAGE http://wollic.org/

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CiE 2021 - CALL FOR INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS
by acie＠acie.eu 16 Apr '21

16 Apr '21

(Apologies for multiple postings.) ================================ CALL FOR INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS ========================= ======= CiE 2021: Connecting with computability 5 - 9 July 2021 website: www.CiE2021.ugent.be [1] **Due to the current pandemic CiE 2021 will be held as a virtual conference.** CiE 2021 is the seventeenth conference organized by the Association Computability in Europe. The /Computability in Europe/ conference (CiE) series has built up a strong tradition for developing a scientific program which is interdisciplinary at its core bringing together all aspects of computability and foundations of computer science, as well as the interplay of these theoretical areas with practical issues in CS and other disciplines such as biology, mathematics, history, philosophy, and physics. For more information about the CiE conferences and the Association CiE, please have a look at: https://www.acie.eu/ [2]. CiE 2021 will be the second CiE conference that is organized as a virtual event and aims at a high-quality meeting that allows and invites active participation from all participants. It will be hosted virtually by Ghent University. Previous meetings have taken place in Amsterdam (2005), Swansea (2006), Siena (2007), Athens (2008), Heidelberg (2009), Ponta Delgada (2010), Sofia (2011), Cambridge (2012), Milan (2013), Budapest (2014), Bucharest (2015), Paris (2016), Turku (2017), Kiel (2018), Durham (2019) and virtually in Salerno (2020) INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS: ========================= Continuing the tradition of past CiE conferences, in addition to the formal presentations based on the LNCS proceedings volume, CiE 2021 will host a track of informal presentations, that are prepared very shortly before the conference and inform the participants about current research and work in progress. The Programme Committee cordially invites all researchers (European and non-European) to submit their abstract for informal presentations. The abstract will be posted on the CiE 2021 website. The deadline for the submission of abstracts for informal presentations is May 15, 2021. Informal presentations should be at most one page long and sent in .pdf format. Authors should submit their abstracts electronically using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2021 [3] Notification can be expected a few days after the submission deadline REGISTRATION: ============= Registration for CiE 2021 will be free. The registration website will open soon PLENARY SPEAKERS ========================= * Laura Crosilla (University of Oslo, Norway) * Markus Lohrey (Universität Siegen. Germany) * Russell Miller (tutorial speaker, CUNY, US) * Joan Rand Moschovakis (Occidental College, emerita) * Joël Ouaknine (Max Planck Institute for software systems, Germany) * Christine Tasson (tutorial speaker, Université Paris Diderot, France) * Keita Yokoyama (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) * Henry Yuen (University of Toronto, Canada) SPECIAL SESSIONS ========================= /Church's thesis in constructive mathematics (HaPoC session)/ Marianna Antonutti-Marfori (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) and Alberto Naibo (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) _/Classical Computability theory: Open problems and solutions/_ Noam Greenberg (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) and Steffen Lempp (University of Wisconsin) _/Computational geometry/_ Maike Buchin (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany) and Maarten Löffler (Utrecht University, Netherlands) /Computational Pangenomics/ Nadia Pisanti (University of Pisa, Italy) and Solon Pissis (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) _/Proof theory and computation/_ David Fernández Duque (Ghent University, Belgium) and Juan Pablo Aguilera (Ghent University, Belgium) _/Quantum computation and information/_ Harry Buhrman (Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Frank Verstraete (Ghent University, Belgium) WOMEN IN COMPUTABILITY ========================= The Computability in Europe conference series has a long tradition in setting up a Women in Computability program. For CiE 2021 we plan a Women in Computability workshop combined with an online mentoring program. For more details on the Special Interest Group Women in Computability, see: https://www.acie.eu/cie-conference-series/cie-cs-women-in-computability/ [4] ORGANIZED BY: ========================= Department of Mathematics WE16, Ghent University Organizing Committee: David Fernández-Duque, chair (Ghent University) Juan Pablo Aguilera (Ghent University) David Belanger (Ghent University) Ana Borges (University of Barcelona) Liesbeth De Mol (University of Lille) Andreas Debrouwere (Ghent University) Lorenz Demey (Catholic University of Leuven) Eduardo Hermo-Reyes (University of Barcelona) Christian Michaux (University of Mons) Fedor Pakhomov (Ghent University) Pawel Pawlowski (Ghent University) Frederik Van De Putte (Ghent University) Peter Verdée (Catholic University of Louvain) Andreas Weiermann (Ghent University) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ========================= Marianna Antonutti Marfori (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) Nathalie Aubrun (CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay) Christel Baier (TU Dresden) Nikolay Bazhenov (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics) Marie-Pierre Béal (Université Paris-Est) Arnold Beckmann (Swansea University) David Bélanger (Ghent University) Joel Day (Loughborough University) Liesbeth De Mol (CNRS, Université de Lille, PC co-chair) Carola Doerr (Sorbonne University, CNRS) Jérôme Durand-Lose (Université d'Orléans) David Fernández-Duque (Ghent University) Zuzana Haniková (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) Mathieu Hoyrup (LORIA) Assia Mahboubi (INRIA) Florin Manea (University of Göttingen) Irène Marcovici (Université de Lorraine) Klaus Meer (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg) Ludovic Patey (Institut Camille Jordan) Cinzia Pizzi (University of Padova) Giuseppe Primiero (University of Milan) Simona Ronchi Della Rocca (Università di Torino) Paul Shafer (University of Leeds) Svetlana Selivanova (KAIST) Monika Seisenberger (Swansea University) Alexander Shen (CNRS & Univ. Montpellier 2) Alexandra Soskova (Sofia University) Mariya Soskova (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Frank Stephan (National University of Singapore) Peter Van Emde Boas (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Sergey Verlan (Université Paris Est - Créteil Val de Marne) Andreas Weiermann (Ghent University, PC co-chair) Damien Woods (Maynooth University) Links: ------ [1] http://www.cie2021.ugent.be/ [2] https://www.acie.eu/ [3] https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2021 [4] https://www.acie.eu/cie-conference-series/cie-cs-women-in-computability/

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Logica Universalis Webinar - April 14 - UNILOG’2022: 7th World Congress and School on Universal Logic April 1-11, 2022 by Jean-Yves Beziau
by Antje Herbst 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Join the Logica Universalis Webinar! 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. The LUW series started with two "extraordinary" sessions: * Introduction to the Universal Logic Project<https://www.springer.com/journal/11787/updates/18672866>, Dec 16, 2020 * Welcome Celebration for the World Logic Day<https://www.springer.com/journal/11787/updates/17236846>, Jan 14, 2021 We are now launching a series of regular sessions for the year 2021. 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…> The next session will be held on Wednesday, April 14 at 4pm CET with the talk UNILOG’2022: 7th World Congress and School on Universal Logic April 1-11, 2022<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_view_…> Jean-Yves Beziau<https://www.jyb-logic.org/> Editor-in-Chief of Logica Universalis Video recordings of the seminars are uploaded on the YouTube channel Universal Logic Project<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPS1c5ApuwjuCV9UjXHUN4w>. -- 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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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021) Tallinn, Estonia. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/ in conjunction with " <https://cs.ttu.ee/events/medi2021/> 10th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2021)" SIAS 2021 CFP The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS. IAS design and architecture · IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc) · Correct-by-construction in IAS · MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS · Virtualization and digital twins for IAS · Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS · IAS smart Networking · Communication protocols for IAS · Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS · Distributed database for IAS · Web services for IAS · Social aspects and human interaction in IAS IAS Analysis · Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS · Model checking and theorem proving for IAS · Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS · Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS · Dynamic and static analysis for IAS · Statistical analysis for IAS · Testing for IAS · Smart decision making in IAS · Fog and edge computing for IAS IAS Assurance · Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS · Security in distributed IAS · Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS · Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS · Security protocols for IAS · Safety policies for IAS · Safety reinforcement models in IAS · Safety standard analysis for IAS · Resilience metrics and models for IAS · Resilience strategies and plans for IAS · Recovery systems for IAS resiliency · Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases · Applications and Software Platforms for IAS · IoT and CPS for IAS · Smart cities · IAS for industrial and production CPS · Autonomous robots and vehicles · Human-Robot Interaction · Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc) Important Dates · Submission Date: 25 April,2021 · Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021 · Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021 Submission System · <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021

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[SIAS 2021] Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems
by Symposium IAS 09 Apr '21

09 Apr '21

Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021) Tallinn, Estonia. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/ in conjunction with " <https://cs.ttu.ee/events/medi2021/> 10th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2021)" SIAS 2021 CFP The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS. IAS design and architecture · IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc) · Correct-by-construction in IAS · MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS · Virtualization and digital twins for IAS · Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS · IAS smart Networking · Communication protocols for IAS · Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS · Distributed database for IAS · Web services for IAS · Social aspects and human interaction in IAS IAS Analysis · Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS · Model checking and theorem proving for IAS · Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS · Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS · Dynamic and static analysis for IAS · Statistical analysis for IAS · Testing for IAS · Smart decision making in IAS · Fog and edge computing for IAS IAS Assurance · Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS · Security in distributed IAS · Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS · Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS · Security protocols for IAS · Safety policies for IAS · Safety reinforcement models in IAS · Safety standard analysis for IAS · Resilience metrics and models for IAS · Resilience strategies and plans for IAS · Recovery systems for IAS resiliency · Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases · Applications and Software Platforms for IAS · IoT and CPS for IAS · Smart cities · IAS for industrial and production CPS · Autonomous robots and vehicles · Human-Robot Interaction · Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc) Important Dates · Submission Date: 25 April,2021 · Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021 · Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021 Submission System · <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021

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CfP: Computational Linguistics, Information, Reasoning, and AI 2021 (CompLingInfoReasAI'21)
by Roussanka Loukanova 08 Apr '21

08 Apr '21

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Session: Computational Linguistics, Information, Reasoning, and AI 2021 (CompLingInfoReasAI'21) Salamanca, Spain, 6th-8th October, 2021, HYBRID https://www.dcai-conference.net/special-sessions/clirai SCOPE: Computational and technological developments that incorporate natural language and reasoning methods are proliferating. Adequate coverage encounters difficult problems related to partiality, underspecification, agents, and context dependency, which are signature features of information in nature, natural languages, and reasoning. The session covers theoretical work, applications, approaches, and techniques for computational models of information, language (artificial, human, or natural in other ways), reasoning. The goal is to promote computational systems and related models of thought, mental states, reasoning, and other cognitive processes. TOPICS: We invite contributions relevant to the following topics, without being limited to them, across approaches, methods, theories, implementations, and applications: - Theorem provers and assistants - Model checkers - Theory of computation - Theory of information - Computational methods of inferences in natural language - Computational theories and systems of reasoning in natural language - Transfer of reasoning in natural language to theorem provers, or vice versa - Transfer of reasoning between natural language, theorem provers, model checkers, and various computational assistants - Computational approaches of computational linguistics for domain specific areas - Theories for applications to language, information processing, reasoning - Type theories for applications to language, information processing, reasoning - Computational grammar - Computational syntax - Computational semantics of natural languages - Computational syntax-semantics interface - Interfaces between morphology, lexicon, syntax, semantics, speech, text, pragmatics - Parsing - Multilingual processing - Large-scale grammars of natural languages - Models of computation and algorithms for linguistics, natural language processing, argumentation - Computational models of partiality, underspecification, and context-dependency - Models of situations, contexts, and agents, for applications to computational linguistics - Information about space and time in language models and processing == - Data science in language processing - Machine learning of language and reasoning - Interdisciplinary methods - Integration of formal, computational, model theoretic, graphical, diagrammatic, statistical, and other related methods - Logic for information extraction or expression in written or spoken language - Logic for information integrations of diagrams, with written and / or spoken language == - Formal models of argumentations - Interactive computation, reasoning, argumentation - Computation with heterogeneous information - Reasoning with heterogeneous and/or inconsistent information - Dialog, interactions - Interdisciplinary approaches to language, computation, reasoning, memory - Argumentation in AI applications, e.g., to business, economy, justice, health, medical sciences == - Language processing based on biological fundamentals of information and languages - Computational neuroscience of language - etc. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline: 30 April, 2021 Notification of acceptance: 7 June, 2021 Camera-Ready papers: 28 June, 2021 Conference Celebration: 6-8 October, 2021 PAPER SUBMISSION https://www.dcai-conference.net/special-sessions https://www.dcai-conference.net/submission The papers must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished sound research results related to any of the topics of the Special Session CompLingInfoReasAI'21. Submitting papers DCAI Special Session papers must be formatted according to the Springer AISC Template, with a maximum length of 10 pages in length, including figures and references. All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the Paper Submission Page. Publication Accepted papers will be included in DCAI Proceedings. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers will be published by Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series of Springer Verlag. Chair: Roussanka Loukanova, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria and Stockholm University, Sweden

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FORMATS 2021: 2nd CFP
by Mahsa 02 Apr '21

02 Apr '21

(Apologies for cross-posting) ================================================================ 2nd Call for Papers FORMATS 2021 (Virtual) 19th International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems August 23rd-27th Université Paris-Est Créteil, France co-located with CONCUR, FMICS and QEST as part of QONFEST 2021 Webpage : https://qonfest2021.lacl.fr/formats21.php <https://qonfest2021.lacl.fr/formats21.php> COVID-19 update: The conference will be online-only, hosted by the Laboratoire d'Algorithmique, Complexité et Logique, Université Paris-Est Créteil. ================================================================ FORMATS is an annual conference aimed at promoting the study of fundamental and practical aspects of timed systems, and bringing together researchers from different disciplines that share interests in 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. We particularly encourage submissions concerning applications of real-time systems and on relevant topics in interdisciplinary areas, such as robot motion planning. Typical topics include (but are not limited to): (1) Foundations and Semantics Theoretical foundations of timed systems and languages; comparison between different models (timed automata, timed Petri nets, hybrid automata, timed process algebra, max-plus algebra, probabilistic models). (2) Methods and Tools Techniques, algorithms, data structures, and software tools for analyzing timed systems and resolving temporal constraints (scheduling, worst-case execution time analysis, optimization, model checking, testing, constraint solving, etc.). (3) Applications Adaptation and specialization of timing technology in application domains such as real-time software, hardware circuits, and problems of scheduling in manufacturing and telecommunication. Special Sessions: Control Synthesis and Motion Planning for Cyber-physical and Control Systems There will be a special session on control synthesis and motion planning for cyber-physical and control systems in FORMATS this year. Real-world systems often include physical components, which impose constraints on the time and space evolution of the system, e.g., robots, smart cities, and medical devices. In this session, we are interested in all approaches, including both model-based and data-driven, to analysis and control design for such systems with logical and temporal specifications. We welcome submissions on this topic and in relevant areas. Paper Submission: FORMATS 2021 solicits high-quality papers reporting research results and/or experience reports 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. Regular papers should not exceed 15 pages in length (excluding references, that are therefore not limited), and short papers (for instance describing case studies, or implementations) are limited to 5 pages. Each paper will undergo a thorough review process. If necessary, the paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix, which will be reviewed at the discretion of the program committee. Papers will be submitted electronically via the EasyChair online submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2021 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2021> The proceedings of FORMATS 2021 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 Note Concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic: As per common decision of the organizers and chairs of the QONFEST conferences, FORMATS will be organized as a virtual conference. We would do our best to maintain the usual quality of the program, and moreover to have a scheduling that accommodate attendance from different time zones. Important dates: Abstract submission: April 23, 2021 (extended) Paper submission: April 27, 2021 (extended) Notification of acceptance: June 21, 2021 Final version due: July 02, 2021 Conference: August 23rd-27th, 2021 Invited Speakers: Jana Tumova, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Daniele Magazzeni , King's College, London, & JP Morgan AI Research, UK Program Chairs Catalin Dima (France) Mahsa Shirmohammadi (France) QONFEST 2021 General Chair Benoît Barbot (France) 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) Special-Session Chair Morteza Lahijanian (USA) Program Committee Parosh Aziz Abdulla (Sweden) Damien Busatto (Belgium) Thomas Chatain (France) Lorenzo Clemente (Poland) Liliana Cucu-Grosjean (France) Hugo Gimbert (France) Arnd Hartmanns (The Netherlands) Hsi-Ming Ho (UK) Sophia Knight (USA) Moez Krichen (Saudi Arabia) Engel Lefaucheux (Germany) Martina Maggio (Saarland University, Germany) Angelo Montanari (Italy) Igor Potapov (UK) Mickael Randour (Belgium) Mikhail Raskin (Germany) Cristian Riveros (Chile) Matteo Rossi (Italy) Kristin Yvonne Rozier (USA) Krishna S (India) Sadegh Soudjani (UK) Naijun Zhan (China) For any questions, feel free to contact the co-chairs Catalin Dima (dima(a)u-pec.fr <mailto:dima@u-pec.fr>) and Mahsa Shirmohammadi (mahsa(a)irif.fr <mailto:mahsa@irif.fr>)

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Call for Tutorials and Workshops: FroCoS 2021 & TABLEAUX 2021. 6-10 September, 2021. Birmingham, UK.
by anupamdotdas＠gmail.com 01 Apr '21

01 Apr '21

FroCoS 2021 13th International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems TABLEAUX 2021 30th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods Birmingham, UK, September 6-10, 2021 Websites: https://frocos2021.github.io, https://www.tableaux2021.org Contact: frocos2021(a)easychair.org <mailto:frocos2021@easychair.org> , tableaux21(a)easychair.org <mailto:tableaux21@easychair.org> Proposal submission deadline: 19 April 2021 FroCoS and TABLEAUX are two of the main conferences on the theory and application of logical systems. Their 2021 editions will be hosted by the University of Birmingham, UK, from 6 to 10 September 2021. In keeping with the tradition of the two events, we invite proposals for colocated workshops and tutorials on all topics related to logical reasoning: from theoretical aspects, to applications, to tools for interactive or automated reasoning. Workshops and tutorials can target the logical systems community in general, or alternatively focus on a particular system, recent theoretical development or application. TABLEAUX 2021 and FroCoS 2021 are intended to be hybrid conferences welcoming both physical and virtual participation. The organisers are closely monitoring the pandemic situation and may choose to make the conference virtual-only if it seems unreasonable to host any sort of physical event. A final decision will be taken before 14 June (12 weeks before the conference) to leave ample time for potential travel plans to be made. If in-person participation is possible, colocated events should take place on 6 and 8 September 2021. Workshop/tutorial-only attendees will enjoy a significantly reduced registration fee. Detailed matters such as the paper submission and review process, or the publication of proceedings, are up to the organisers of individual events. All accepted workshops and tutorials will be expected to have their program ready by *10 August 2021*. Proposals are invited to be submitted by email to frocos2021(a)easychair.org <mailto:frocos2021@easychair.org> and tableaux21(a)easychair.org <mailto:tableaux21@easychair.org> , no later than *19 April 2021*. Selected events will be notified by *26 April 2021*. The workshop/tutorial selection committee consists of the FroCoS and TABLEAUX program chairs. TUTORIALS We expect tutorials to be delivered in hybrid mode, combining the use of pre-recorded lecture material and (online or face-to-face) synchronous sessions. Proposals for tutorials should contain at least the following pieces of information: * name and contact details of the main organiser(s) * (if applicable) names of additional organisers * title of the tutorial * estimated number of attendees * short description of topic (up to one page) WORKSHOPS Proposals for workshops should contain at least the following pieces of information: * name and contact details of the main organiser(s) * (if applicable) names of additional organisers * title and organisational style of event (public workshop, project workshop, etc.) * preferred workshop mode (hybrid, situation permitting, or fully online) * estimated number of attendees * short description of topic (up to one page) * (if applicable) pointers to previous editions of the workshop, or to similar events

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