December 2023 - finite-model-theory

LAST CALL CfP: FoIKS 2024, 13th Int. Symp. on Foundations of
by Lucia Gomez Alvarez 01 Mar '24

01 Mar '24

*Call for Papers* 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems – FoIKS 2024 https://foiks2024.github.io/ Extended Deadlines ================ (Extended) Abstract submission deadline: 11.12.2023 AoE ("anywhere on earth") (Extended) Paper submission deadline: 14.12.2023 AoE ("anywhere on earth") Invited Speakers ============== * Georg Gottlob, University of Oxford * Phokion Kolaitis, University of California Santa Cruz and IBM Research * Andrei Popescu, University of Sheffield * Uli Sattler, University of Manchester About ============= The FoIKS symposia provide a biennial forum for presenting and discussing theoretical and applied research on information and knowledge systems. The goal is to bring together researchers with an interest in this subject, share research experiences, promote collaboration and identify new issues and directions for future research. FoIKS 2024 solicits original contributions (as well as extensions of previously published contributions) dealing with any foundational aspect of information and knowledge systems. This includes submissions that apply ideas, theories or methods from specific disciplines to information and knowledge systems. Examples of such disciplines are discrete mathematics, logic and algebra, model theory, information theory, (parameterized) complexity theory, algorithmics and computation, statistics, and optimisation, among, of course, many others. The FoIKS symposia are a forum for intensive discussions. Speakers will be given sufficient time to present their ideas and results within the larger context of their research. Furthermore, participants will be asked to prepare a first response to another contribution in order to initiate discussion. Suggested topics ============= The suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Database Design: Formal models, dependencies and independencies * Big Data: Models for data in the Cloud, programming languages for big data, query processing * Dynamics of Information: Models of transactions, concurrency control, updates, consistency preservation, belief revision * Information Fusion: Heterogeneity, views, schema dominance, multiple source information merging, reasoning under inconsistency * Integrity and Constraint Management: Verification, validation, consistent query answering, information cleaning * Intelligent Agents: Multi-agent systems, autonomous agents, foundations of software agents, cooperative agents, formal models of interactions, negotiations and dialogue, logical models of emotions * Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval: Machine learning, data mining, formal concept analysis and association rules, text mining, information extraction * Knowledge Representation, Reasoning and Planning: Non-monotonic formalisms, probabilistic and non-probabilistic models of uncertainty, graphical models and independence, similarity-based reasoning, preference modeling and handling, computational models of argument, argumentation systems * Logics in Databases and AI: Classical and non-classical logics, logic programming, description logics, spatial and temporal logics, probability logic, fuzzy logic * Mathematical Foundations: Discrete structures and algorithms, graphs, grammars, automata, abstract machines, finite model theory, information theory, coding theory, (parameterised) complexity theory, randomness * Security in Information and Knowledge Systems: Identity theft, privacy, trust, intrusion detection, access control, inference control, secure Web services, secure Semantic Web, risk management * Semi-Structured Data and XML: Data modelling, data processing, data compression, data exchange * Social Computing: Collective intelligence and self-organizing knowledge, collaborative filtering, computational social choice, Boolean games, coalition formation, reputation systems * The Semantic Web and Knowledge Management: Languages, ontologies, agents, adaption, intelligent algorithms, ontology-based data access * The WWW: Models of Web databases, Web dynamics, Web services, Web transactions and negotiations, Social Networks, Web Mining Important Dates ================ All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12 (AoE, "anywhere on earth"). (Extended) Abstract submission deadline: 11.12.2023 (Extended) Paper submission deadline: 14.12.2023 Acceptance notifications: 29.01.2024 Camera-ready versions of accepted papers due: 08.02.2024 Early registration deadline: 08.03.2024 Late registration deadline: 01.04.2024 Conference: 8–11.04.2024 Submission Guidelines ==================== For long papers, the page limit is 16 plus additional pages of references. For short papers, the maximum number of pages is 10 plus additional pages of references. Missing proofs or details can be optionally added as an additional appendix read at the discretion of the program committee. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Resubmission of papers rejected in major conferences (e.g., AAAI, ICDT, STACS) is welcome. Papers must be typeset using the Springer LaTeX2e style llncs for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/192386…). Submissions that deviate substantially from these guidelines may be rejected without review. Initial submissions must be in PDF format, but authors should keep in mind that the LaTeX2e source must be submitted for the final versions of accepted papers. Submissions in alternate formats, such as Microsoft Word, cannot be accepted for either initial or final versions. The submissions will be judged for scientific quality and for suitability as a basis for broader discussion. Submission is via the EasyChair link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=foiks24. Publication ============= The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science. After the symposium, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended journal versions of their papers for a FoIKS 2024 special issue in the journal Knowledge Engineering Review (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/knowledge-engineering-review). Further details will be provided on the conference website. Organisation ============= Program Committee Chairs: Arne Meier, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Magdalena Ortiz, TU Wien, Austria and Umeå University, Sweden Local Chair: Jonni Virtema, University of Sheffield, UK Local Organisers: Timon Barlag, University of Sheffield, UK Mike Cruchten, University of Sheffield, UK Nina Pardal, University of Sheffield, UK Max Sandström, University of Sheffield, UK Publicity Chair: Lucía Gómez Álvarez, TU Dresden, DE Contact ============= All questions about submissions should be emailed to foiks24(a)easychair.org. https://foiks2024.github.io/ _________________________ Dr. Lucía Gómez Álvarez Computational Logic Group Institute for Artificial Intelligence Faculty of Computer Science TU Dresden GERMANY

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LICS 2024 Second Call for Papers
by Sam Staton 22 Dec '23

22 Dec '23

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Thirty-Ninth Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (LICS) Tallinn, July 2024 https://lics.siglog.org/lics24 SCOPE The LICS Symposium is an annual international forum on theoretical and practical topics in computer science that relate to logic, broadly construed. We invite submissions on topics that fit under that rubric. Suggested, but not exclusive, topics of interest include: automata theory, automated deduction, categorical models and logics, concurrency and distributed computation, constraint programming, constructive mathematics, database theory, decision procedures, description logics, domain theory, finite model theory, formal aspects of program analysis, formal methods, foundations of computability, foundations of probabilistic, real-time and hybrid systems, games and logic, higher-order logic, knowledge representation and reasoning, lambda and combinatory calculi, linear logic, logic programming, logical aspects of AI, logical aspects of bioinformatics, logical aspects of computational complexity, logical aspects of quantum computation, logical frameworks, logics of programs, modal and temporal logics, model checking, process calculi, programming language semantics, proof theory, reasoning about security and privacy, rewriting, type systems, type theory, and verification. IMPORTANT DATES FOR PAPERS Authors are required to submit a paper title and a short abstract of about 100 words in advance of submitting the extended abstract of the paper. The exact deadline time on these dates is anywhere on earth (AoE). Titles and Short Abstracts Due: 21 January 2024 Full Papers Due: 26 January 2024 Author Feedback/Rebuttal Period: 18-23 March 2024 Author Notification: 15 April 2024 Conference: 8-12 July 2024. Submission deadlines are firm; late submissions will not be considered. All submissions will be electronic via easychair. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions should use ACM SIGCONF Proceedings 2-column 10pt format and may be at most 12 pages, excluding references. Latex style files and further submission information is at https://lics.siglog.org/lics24/cfp.php. LICS 2024 will use a lightweight double-blind reviewing process. Please see the website for further details and requirements from the double-blind process. The official publication date may differ from the first day of the conference. The official publication date may affect the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. We will clarify the official publication date in due course.

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Re: PhD and Postdoc positions at University of Warsaw
by Szymon Toruńczyk 22 Dec '23

22 Dec '23

Apologies for the spam – the previous email contained an incorrect link. Below is the correct one. Best wishes, Szymon ––––––––––––––––––––––– Dear colleague, Please find below a job announcement for the ERC Consolidator Grant BUKA. I would be grateful if you could forward it to anyone interested. With best wishes for the holidays, and a happy new year, Szymon Toruńczyk –––––––––––––––––––––––––– The ERC Consolidator Grant BUKA (Limits of Structural Tractability) is offering 2 Postdoc and 2 PhD positions at the University of Warsaw. The goal of the project is to systematically explore the tractability limit of computational problems related to logic and structural graph theory. The project is led by Szymon Toruńczyk. The project website is https://sites.google.com/view/buka-project/ (see below for a description). We are looking for highly motivated and creative candidates. The applicants should have a strong background in at least one of the following fields: structural graph theory, algorithms and complexity, finite model theory, or model theory. The starting date of the grant is the 1st of October 2024, but applications will be considered until the positions are filled. For full consideration, we encourage applicants to express their interest by May 31st, 2024. The duration of the PhD positions will be 4 years, and the duration of the Postdoc position will be up to 2 years. The positions come with a very good salary and carry no teaching load; however, if desired participation in teaching might be arranged. There is a generous travel budget. Feel free to contact me for more details: szymtor(a)mimuw.edu.pl. ––––––––––––––– Description of BUKA The area of the project lies at the interface of algorithmic and finite model theory, structural graph theory, and model theory. The goal is systematically explore fixed-parameter tractability of the model checking problem for first-order logic for restricted classes of graphs. On the one hand, this topic is closely related to concepts studied in structural graph theory – such as classes of bounded treewidth, cliquewidth, twin-width, or nowhere dense classes – and in combinatorics – such as the Erdős-Hajnal property, χ-boundedness, VC-dimension, regularity. On the other hand, it is closely related to concepts studied in model theory – such as monadically stable and NIP theories – and in finite model theory – such as locality of first-order logic and query enumeration in database theory. Finally, it is closely related to parameterized complexity theory and algorithms. The project will develop the structure theory for the considered graphs or structures, and will seek efficient algorithms leveraging this structure. One of the main goals of the project is to characterize those hereditary graph classes, for which the model checking problem for first-order logic is fixed-parameter tractable. See https://sites.google.com/view/buka-project/ for more details.

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PhD/Postdoc position, Project TAIGER: Training and Guiding AI Agents
by Hackl, Andrea 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

The Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems Group at TU Wien is seeking a candidate for a PhD research position (four years, 30hours/week) or a postdoctoral research position (two years, 40hours/week), starting as soon as possible. The successful applicant will carry out his/her postdoc/PhD in the research area of formal methods applied to guide autonomous agents based on reinforcement learning. The position is in the context of the research project TAIGER: Training and Guiding AI Agents with Ethical Rules, aiming at designing autonomous agents sensitive to (ethical, legal and social) norms. The specific requirements for the PostDoc position are the following: * A completed PhD in Computer Science or related fields * Experience in developing tools * Solid experience in reinforcement learning method and formal methods * Knowledge of logic * Very good English skills (writing, speaking) * A promising publication record The specific requirements for the PhD position are the following: * A completed Master in Computer Science or related fields * Solid experience in reinforcement learning methods and preferably formal methods * Knowledge of logic * Very good English skills (writing, speaking) About TU Wien (https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/about-tu-wien) The TU Wien is Austria's largest research and educational institution in the field of technology and natural sciences. More than 4,000 scientists are researching "technology for people" in five main research areas at eight faculties. The content of the studies offered is derived from the excellent research. More than 26,000 students in 62 degree programmes benefit from this. As a driver of innovation, TU Wien strengthens the business location, facilitates cooperation and contributes to the prosperity of society. Doctoral Program in Trustworthy Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems The PhD student will be affiliated with the new PhD program in Trustworthy Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems. TAIGER Project (https://taiger.logic.at/abstract) Autonomous agents are increasingly becoming an integral part of our world. It is essential that they act in legal, ethically-sensitive, and socially acceptable ways; more broadly, their behavior must be regulated by norms. While the crucial importance of this endeavor is well-acknowledged, the question of how to implement such agents is still open. Two different approaches emerge: one approach uses symbolic Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques (Logic, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning), while the other relies on sub-symbolic AI (i.e., Machine Learning), where in particular Reinforcement Learning (RL) has proven to be a powerful technique to train autonomous agents to solve complex tasks in sophisticated environments. As both approaches have strengths and weaknesses, the three partners of TAIGER: E. Bartocci (Cyber-Physical Systems), A. Ciabattoni (Logic), and T. Eiter (Knowledge Representation and Answer Set Programming), aim to integrate them, thus getting the best of both worlds. Specifically, TAIGER will introduce effective frameworks for equipping RL-based agents with the ability to comply with norms in possible interplay with their goals. Grounded in formal reasoning, the frameworks will be modular and facilitate transparent justification of judgments. Moreover, they will cope with potential contradictions in normative requirements and handle situations in which no compliance is possible, without deviating too much from the optimal behavior the agent has learned. Salary The salary of the postdoctoral researcher will be around 4,351.90 Euro (gross) x 14 times = 60,926.6 Euro (gross). The salary of the doctoral researcher will be around 2,464.80 Euro x 14 times = 34,507.2 Euro (gross). Applications, including any attachments, should be submitted by the 20th of January 2024 to the following email addresses: ezio.bartocci(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:ezio.bartocci@tuwien.ac.at>, agata(a)logic.at<mailto:agata@logic.at> The following documents must be attached to the application: * Cover letter stating the candidate's motivation to apply, and the reason(s) why they should be selected for the position * CV * sample of a project of the applicant (e.g., Master thesis for PhD students) * two reference letters Contact details For further information and enquiries about this post please contact Prof. Ezio Bartocci, e-mail: ezio.bartocci(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:ezio.bartocci@tuwien.ac.at>.

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ICALP 2024 - Second Call for Papers
by Dmitry Chistikov 20 Dec '23

20 Dec '23

======================================================== ICALP 2024 - Second Call for Papers ======================================================== The 51st EATCS International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP) will take place in: Tallinn, Estonia, July 8-12, 2024 ICALP is the main conference and annual meeting of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). As usual, ICALP will be preceded by a series of workshops, which will take place on July 7. The 2024 edition has the following features: - Submissions are anonymous and there is a rebuttal phase. - The conference is planned as a physical, in-person event. - ICALP 2024 is co-located with Logic in Computer Science (LICS) 2024 and Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD) 2024. ======================================================== Important dates and information ======================================================== Submissions: February 14, 2024 (1pm CET) Rebuttal: March 26-29, 2024 Author notification: April 14, 2024 Camera-ready version: April 28, 2024 Early registration: TBA Conference: July 8-12, 2024 (Workshops on July 7) Deadlines are firm; late submissions will not be considered. Conference website: https://compose.ioc.ee/icalp2024/ Submission (tracks A and B): https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icalp2024 ======================================================== Submission guidelines ======================================================== 1) Papers must present original research on the theory of computer science. No prior publication and no simultaneous submission to other publication outlets (either a conference or a journal) is allowed. Authors are encouraged to also make full versions of their submissions freely accessible in an on-line repository such as ArXiv, HAL, ECCC. 2) Submissions take the form of an extended abstract of no more than 15 pages, excluding references and a clearly labelled appendix. The appendix may consist either of omitted proofs or of a full version of the submission, and it will be read at the discretion of program committee members. The use of the LIPIcs document class is an option, but not required. The extended abstract has to present the merits of the paper and its main contributions clearly, and describe the key concepts and technical ideas used to obtain the results. Submissions must provide the proofs which can enable the main mathematical claims of the paper to be verified. 3) Submissions are anonymous. The conference will employ a lightweight double-blind reviewing process. Submissions should not reveal the identity of the authors in any way. Authors should ensure that any references to their own related work are in the third person (e.g., not “We build on our previous work …” but rather “We build on the work of …”). The purpose of this double-blind process is to help PC members and external reviewers come to an initial judgment about the paper without bias, and not to make it impossible for them to discover who the authors are if they were to try. Nothing should be done in the name of anonymity that weakens the submission or makes the job of reviewing the paper more difficult. In particular, important references should not be omitted. In addition, authors should feel free to disseminate their ideas or draft versions of their paper as they normally would. For example, authors may post drafts of their papers on the web, submit them to arXiv, and give talks on their research ideas. 4) Submissions authored or co-authored by members of the program committee are allowed. 5) The submissions are done via Easychair to the appropriate track of the conference (see topics below). The use of pdflatex or similar pdf generating tools is mandatory and the page limit is strict (see point 2.) Papers that deviate significantly from these requirements risk rejection without consideration of merit. 6) During the rebuttal phase, authors will have from March 26-29, 2024 to view and respond to initial reviews. Further instructions will be sent to authors of submitted papers before that time. 7) At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register for the conference, and all talks are in-person. In exceptional cases, there may be support for remotely presenting a talk. 8) Papers authored only by students should be marked as such upon submission in order to be eligible for the best student paper awards of the track. ======================================================== Awards ======================================================== During the conference, the following awards will be delivered: – the EATCS award, – the Gödel prize, – the Presburger award, – the EATCS distinguished dissertation award, – the best papers for Track A and Track B, – the best student papers for Track A and Track B. ======================================================== Proceedings ======================================================== ICALP proceedings are published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series. This is a series of high-quality conference proceedings across all fields in informatics established in cooperation with Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics. LIPIcs volumes are published according to the principle of Open Access, i.e., they are available online and free of charge. The accepted papers will need to comply with the LIPIcs style. ======================================================== Topics ======================================================== Papers presenting original research on all aspects of theoretical computer science are sought. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are: Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games ----------------------------------------------------------- Algorithmic and Complexity Aspects of Network Economics Algorithmic Aspects of Biological and Physical Systems Algorithmic Aspects of Networks and Networking Algorithmic Aspects of Security and Privacy Algorithmic Game Theory and Mechanism Design Approximation and Online Algorithms Combinatorial Optimization Combinatorics in Computer Science Computational Complexity Computational Geometry Computational Learning Theory Cryptography Data Structures Design and Analysis of Algorithms Distributed and Mobile Computing Foundations of Machine Learning Graph Mining and Network Analysis Parallel and External Memory Computing Parameterized Complexity Quantum Computing Randomness in Computation Sublinear Time and Streaming Algorithms Theoretical Foundations of Algorithmic Fairness Track B: Automata, Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Algebraic and Categorical Models of Computation Automata, Logic, and Games Database Theory, Constraint Satisfaction Problems, and Finite Model Theory Formal and Logical Aspects of Learning Formal and Logical Aspects of Security and Privacy Logic in Computer Science and Theorem Proving Models of Computation: Complexity and Computability Models of Concurrent, Distributed, and Mobile Systems Models of Reactive, Hybrid, and Stochastic Systems Principles and Semantics of Programming Languages Program Analysis, Verification, and Synthesis Type Systems and Typed Calculi ======================================================== ICALP 2024 Programme Committee ======================================================== Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games Nima Anari (Stanford University) Karl Bringmann (co-chair, Saarland University) Parinya Chalermsook (Aalto University) Vincent Cohen-Addad (Google Research) Jose Correa (Universidad de Chile) Holger Dell (Goethe University Frankfurt) Ilias Diakonikolas (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Yuval Filmus (Technion) Arnold Filtser (Bar Ilan University) Naveen Garg (IIT Delhi) Pawel Gawrychowski (University of Wrocław) Anupam Gupta (Carnegie Mellon University) Samuel Hopkins (MIT) Sophie Huiberts (Columbia University) Giuseppe Italiano (LUISS University) Michael Kapralov (EPFL) Eun Jung Kim (Université Paris-Dauphine) Sándor Kisfaludi-Bak (Aalto University) Tomasz Kociumaka (Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics) Fabian Kuhn (University of Freiburg) Amit Kumar (IIT Delhi) William Kuszmaul (Harvard University) Rasmus Kyng (ETH Zurich) Kasper Green Larsen (Aarhus University) François Le Gall (Nagoya University) Pasin Manurangsi (Google Research) Daniel Marx (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security) Yannic Maus (TU Graz) Nicole Megow (University of Bremen) Ruta Mehta (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Jakob Nordström (University of Copenhagen) Richard Peng (University of Waterloo) Seth Pettie (University of Michigan) Adam Polak (Bocconi University) Lars Rohwedder (Maastricht University) Eva Rotenberg (DTU Compute) Sushant Sachdeva (University of Toronto) Melanie Schmidt (University of Cologne) Sebastian Siebertz (University of Bremen) Shay Solomon (Tel Aviv University) Nick Spooner (University of Warwick) Clifford Stein (Columbia University) Ola Svensson (co-chair, EPFL) Luca Trevisan (Bocconi University) Ali Vakilian (Toyota Technological Institute Chicago) Jan van den Brand (Georgia Tech) Erik Jan van Leeuwen (Utrecht University) Oren Weimann (University of Haifa) Nicole Wein (University of Michigan) Andreas Wiese (TU Munich) John Wright (UC Berkeley) Track B: Automata, Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming Arnold Beckmann (Swansea University) Manuel Bodirsky (TU Dresden) Patricia Bouyer (LMF Cachan) Yijia Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Victor Dalmau (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Laurent Doyen (CNRS, LMF) Marcelo Fiore (Cambridge University) Stefan Göller (University of Kassel) Martin Grohe (RWTH Aachen University, chair) Sandra Kiefer (Oxford University) Aleks Kissinger (Oxford University) Bartek Klin (Oxford University) Antonin Kucera (Masaryk University Brno) Carsten Lutz (University of Leipzig) Jerzy Marcinkowski (University of Wrocław) Annabelle McIver (Macquaire University Sidney) Andrzej Murawski (Oxford University) Pawel Parys (University of Warsaw) Michał Pilipczuk (University of Warsaw) Joel Ouaknine (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems) Christian Riveros (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) Alexandra Silva (Cornell University) Balder ten Cate (ILLC Amsterdam) Szymon Toruńczyk (University of Warsaw) Igor Walukiewicz (CNRS, University of Bordeaux) Sarah Winter (IRIF, University Paris Cité) Georg Zetzsche (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems) Martin Ziegler (KAIST) ======================================================== ICALP 2024 Workshops ======================================================== The call and the selection of workshops is done jointly with LICS and FSCD. The submission deadline for workshop proposals is December 31, 2023. See https://compose.ioc.ee/icalp2024/ for more details. ======================================================== ICALP 2024 Proceedings Chair ======================================================== Gabriele Puppis (University of Udine, Italy) ======================================================== ICALP-LICS-FSCD 2024 Organizing Committee ======================================================== Pawel Sobocinski (Tallinn University of Technology) Conference Chair Niccolò Veltri (Tallinn University of Technology) Amar Hadzihasanovic (Tallinn University of Technology) Fosco Loregian (Tallinn University of Technology) Matt Earnshaw (Tallinn University of Technology) Diana Kessler (Tallinn University of Technology) Kristi Ainen (Tallinn University of Technology)

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FMBC 2024 - Second Call for Papers
by Marmsoler, Diego 15 Dec '23

15 Dec '23

[ Please distribute, apologies for multiple postings. ] ========================================================================= 5th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Blockchains - Second Call https://fmbc.gitlab.io/2024 April 07, 2024, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Co-located with the European joint conferences on theory and practice of software (ETAPS 2024) https://www.etaps.org/2024/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract submission: January 24, 2024 Paper submission: January 31, 2024 Notification: February 29, 2024 Camera-ready: March 15, 2024 Pre-Proceedings: March 31, 2024 Workshop: April 07, 2024 Deadlines are Anywhere on Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS OF INTEREST -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blockchain is a novel technology to store data in a decentralized way. Although the technology was originally invented to enable cryptocurrencies, it quickly found applications in several other domains. Blockchains may also provide support for Smart Contracts. Smart Contracts are scripts of an ad-hoc programming language that are stored in the blockchain and that run on the network. They can interact with the ledger’s data and update its state. These scripts can express the logic of possibly complex contracts between users of the blockchain. Thus, Smart Contracts can facilitate the economic activity of blockchain participants. Since blockchains are often used to store financial transactions, bugs may result in huge economic losses and thus it is now of utmost importance to have strong guarantees of the behaviour of blockchain software. These guarantees can be brought by using Formal Methods. Indeed, Blockchain software encompasses many topics of computer science where using Formal Methods techniques and tools is relevant: consensus algorithms to ensure the liveness and the security of the data on the chain, programming languages specifically designed to write smart contracts, cryptographic protocols, such as zero-knowledge proofs, used to ensure privacy, etc. This workshop is a forum to identify theoretical and practical approaches of formal methods for Blockchain technology. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Formal models of Blockchain applications or concepts * Formal methods for consensus protocols * Formal methods for Blockchain-specific cryptographic primitives or protocols * Design and implementation of Smart Contract languages * Verification of Smart Contracts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere) with a page limit of 12 pages for full papers and 6 pages for short and tool papers (excluding bibliography and short appendix of up to 5 additional pages). Alternatively you may also submit an extended abstract of up to 3 pages (including bibliography) summarizing your ongoing work in the area of formal methods and blockchain. Authors of selected extended-abstracts are invited to give a short lightning talk. Extended abstracts will not occur in the workshop proceedings. Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fmbc2024 Authors are encouraged to use LaTeX and prepare their submissions according to the instructions and styling guides for OASIcs provided by Dagstuhl. Instructions for authors: https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors#oasics At least one author of an accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the workshop as a registered participant. -------------------------------- -------------------------------- PROCEEDINGS -------------------------------- All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee for quality and relevance. Accepted regular papers (full, short, and tool papers) will be included in the workshop proceeding, which will be published as a volume of the OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs<https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publishing/series/details/oasics>) by Dagstuhl. -------------------------------- -------------------------------- INVITED SPEAKER -------------------------------- Franck Cassez, Head of Research, Mantle ( https://www.mantle.xyz ) https://franck44.github.io/ -------------------------------- -------------------------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE -------------------------------- PC CO-CHAIRS * Bruno Bernardo (Nomadic Labs, France) (bruno(a)nomadic-labs.com<mailto:bruno@nomadic-labs.com>) * Diego Marmsoler (University of Exeter, UK) (D.Marmsoler(a)exeter.ac.uk<mailto:D.Marmsoler@exeter.ac.uk>) PC MEMBERS * Burcu Kulahcioglu Ozkan (Delft University of Technology) * Maria Potop-Butucaru (Sorbonne University) * Bas Spitters (Aarhus University) * Sophie Rain (TU Wien) * Gordon Pace (University of Malta) * Ron Van Der Meyden (The University of New South Wales) * Maurice Herlihy (Brown University) * Vincent Rahli (University of Birmingham) * Meng Sun (Peking University) * Martin Ceresa (IMDEA Software Institute) * Massimo Bartoletti (Universita' degli Studi di Cagliari) * Denisa Diaconescu (University of Bucharest) * Manuel Chakravarty (Tweag & IOG) * Bernhard Beckert (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) * Florian Kammueller (Middlesex University London and TU Berlin) * Baoluo Meng (GE Global Research) * Albert Rubio (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) * Sylvain Conchon (Universite Paris-Saclay) * Fritz Henglein (University of Copenhagen)

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CiE 2024: CALL FOR PAPERS
by acie＠acie.eu 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

CiE 2024: CALL FOR PAPERS Computability in Europe 2024 Twenty years of theoretical and practical synergies Amsterdam, The Netherlands July 08-12, 2024 https://events.illc.uva.nl/CiE/CiE2024/ [1] Submission link: https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/CiE2024 [2] IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for article submission: February 10, 2024 (AOE) Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2024 Final versions due: May 1, 2024 Deadline for informal presentations submission: May 15, 2024 (The notifications of acceptance for informal presentations will be sent a few days after submission) Early registration before: May 20, 2024 Conference: July 08-12, 2024 GENERAL INFORMATION CiE 2024 will be an anniversary event. It is the 20th conference organized by CiE (Computability in Europe), in the same place as the first edition, Amsterdam. CiE is a European association of mathematicians, logicians, computer scientists, philosophers, physicists and others interested in new developments in computability and their underlying significance for the real world. 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), Salerno (2020, virtually), Ghent (2021, virtually), Swansea (2022) and Batumi (2023). TUTORIAL SPEAKERS Matthew Harrison-Trainor (University of Illinois Chicago) Sonja Smets (University of Amsterdam) INVITED SPEAKERS Arnold Beckmann (Swansea University) Rod Downey (Victoria University of Wellington) Elvira Mayordomo (University of Zaragoza) Alexandre Miquel (Universidad de la República) Monika Seisenberger (Swansea University) Mariya Soskova (University of Wisconsin-Madison) SPECIAL SESSIONS There will be 6 special sessions: - Computable aspects of symbolic dynamics and tilings (chairs: Benjamin Hellouin and Ilkka Torma) - Algorithmic randomness and Kolmogorov complexity session (chairs: Rupert Hölzl abd Denis Hirschfeldt) - Quantum Computation (chairs: Delaram Kahrobaei and Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh) - History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC) (chairs: Ekaterina Koubychkina and Marianna Girlando) - Bio-inspired Computation (BiC) (chairs: Gianluca Della Vedova and Jasmijn Baaijens) - Computable Structure Theory (chairs: Stefan Vatev and Ekaterina Fokina) CONFERENCE TOPICS The CiE conferences serve as an interdisciplinary forum for research in all aspects of computability, foundations of computer science, logic, and theoretical computer science, as well as the interplay of these areas with practical issues in computer science and with other disciplines such as biology, mathematics, philosophy, or physics. PAPER SUBMISSION THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE cordially invites all researchers, European and non-European, to submit their papers in all areas related to the above for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings of CiE 2024 at https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/CiE2024 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Papers submitted to the conference proceedings should represent original work, not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference with formal proceedings. The Program Committee will rigorously review and select submitted papers. Accepted papers will be published as a proceedings volume in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series from Springer-Verlag. Papers to be considered in the conferences proceedings must be submitted in PDF format, using the LNCS style (available at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and must have a maximum of 12 pages, including references but excluding a possible appendix in which one can include proofs and other additional material. Papers building bridges between different parts of the research community are particularly welcome. INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS Continuing the tradition of past CiE conferences, we invite researchers to present informal presentations of their recent work. A proposal for an informal presentation must be submitted via e-mail (e.pimentel(a)ucl.ac.uk), using the LNCS style file (available at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…), and be 1 page long; a brief description of the results suffices and an abstract is not required. Informal presentations will not be published in the LNCS conference proceedings. Results presented as informal presentations at CiE 2024 may appear or may have appeared in other conferences with formal proceedings and/or in journals. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Contributed papers will be selected from submissions received by the PROGRAM COMMITTEE consisting of: Bahareh Afshari (University of Amsterdam & University of Gothenburg) Nathalie Aubrun (CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay) Marie-Pierre Béal (Université Gustave Eiffel) Benno van den Berg (University of Amsterdam) Sebastian Berndt (University of Lübeck) Patricia Bouyer-Decitre (CNRS) Jin-Yi Cai (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Barbara Csima (University of Waterloo) Gianluca Della Vedova (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca) Leah Epstein (University of Haifa) Gilda Ferreira (Universidade Aberta) Yannick Foster (INRIA, Nantes) Lorenzo Galeotti (Amsterdam University College) Mathieu Hoyrup (INRIA, LORIA, Nancy) Jarkko Kari (University of Turku) Julia Knight (University of Notre-Dame) Susana Ladra (Universidade da Coruña) Timo Lang (Technische Universität Wien) Karen Lange (Wellesley College) Florin Manea (University of Göttingen) Alexander Melnikov (Victoria University of Wellington) Alberto Naibo (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Ludovic Patey (CNRS, Université Paris-Cité co-Chair) Elaine Pimentel (University College London co-chair) Cristóbal Rojas (Universidad Católica) Viola Schiaffonati (Politecnico di Milano) Paul Shafer (University of Leeds) Reed Solomon (University of Connecticut) Andreas Weiermam (Ghent University) WOMEN IN COMPUTABILITY We are very happy to announce that within the framework of the Women in Computability program, we are able to offer some grants for junior women researchers who want to participate in CiE 2024. Applications for this grant should be sent to Lorenzo Galeotti before May 15, 2024 and include a short cv (at most 2 pages) and contact information for an academic reference. Preference will be given to junior women researchers who are presenting a paper (including informal presentations) at CiE 2024. HOSTED BY The event will be held in the Amsterdam University College academic building located at Amsterdam Science Park. We are grateful for support from the University of Amsterdam. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Bahareh Afshari (University of Gothenburg) Luis Aguilar Suarez (Amsterdam University College) Benno van den Berg (University of Amsterdam) Andrea De Domenico (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Tamara Dobler (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Lorenzo Galeotti (Amsterdam University College -- chair) Yurii Khomskii (Amsterdam University College) Mattia Panettiere (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Benjamin Rin (Universiteit Utrecht) Links: ------ [1] https://events.illc.uva.nl/CiE/CiE2024/ [2] https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/CiE2024

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[Vardi-list] Jan 12th, 2024: Moshe Vardi - What Came First,
by Moshe Vardi 02 Dec '23

02 Dec '23

World Logic Day Event: What Came First, Math or Computing? Moshe Y. Vardi, University Professor and the George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University Talk with reception to follow. Remote participation will be available via Zoom. The link will be sent to those who RSVP. RSVP: https://vardi.eventbrite.com ABSTRACT: One of the most famous questions in the philosophy of mathematics is whether mathematics is discovered or invented. As Timothy Gowers wrote: “It has been asked over and over again, and it is not clear what would constitute a satisfactory answer.” In this talk, I will address this question from the perspective of a computer scientist. I will argue that the developments of mathematics and computing has dovetailed each other for thousands of years: Computing begat math, and math begat computing. Furthermore, both are connected to the real world via one of the most amazing faculties of the human mind: the capacity to abstract. BIO: Moshe Y. Vardi is University Professor and the George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University. His research focuses on the interface of mathematical logic and computation — including database theory, hardware/software design and verification, multi-agent systems, and constraint satisfaction. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the ACM SIGACT Goedel Prize, the ACM Kanellakis Award, the ACM SIGMOD Codd Award, the Knuth Prize, the IEEE Computer Society Goode Award, and the EATCS Distinguished Achievements Award. He is the author and co-author of over 750 papers, as well as two books. He is a Guggenheim Fellow as well as fellow of several societies, and a member of several academies, including the US National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Science, and the Royal Society of London. He holds nine honorary titles. He is a Senior Editor of the Communications of the ACM, the premier publication in computing. This talk is being held in conjunction with World Logic Day. The proclamation of World Logic Day by UNESCO, in association with the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), intends to bring the intellectual history, conceptual significance and practical implications of logic to the attention of interdisciplinary science communities and the broader public. _______________________________________________ Vardi-list mailing list Vardi-list(a)mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/vardi-list

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