February 2023 - finite-model-theory

FSCD 2025: Call for Location
by Carsten Fuhs 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

(Apologies for multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate.) --------------- Call for Location for FSCD 2025 The FSCD conference covers all aspects of Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction from theoretical foundations to applications. The annual FSCD conference comprises the main conference and a considerable number of affiliated workshops (expectedly, more than ten). We invite proposals for locations to host the 10th FSCD International Conference to be held during the summer of 2025. The deadline for proposals is *** 27th May 2023 *** Proposals should be sent to the FSCD Steering Committee Chair (see contact information below). We encourage proposers to register their intention informally as soon as possible. Previous (and upcoming) FSCD meetings include: FSCD 2016 in Porto (Portugal); FSCD 2017 in Oxford (UK) co-located with ICFP 2017; FSCD 2018 in Oxford (UK) as part of FLoC 2018; FSCD 2019 in Dortmund (Germany); FSCD 2020 in Paris (France) co-located with IJCAR 2020; FSCD 2021 in Buenos Aires (Argentina); FSCD 2022 in Haifa (Israel) as part of FLOC2022; FSCD 2023 in Rome (Italy) co-located with CADE 2023; FSCD 2024 in Tallinn (Estonia). Selected proposals are to be presented at the business meeting of FSCD 2023 taking place in Rome in July 2023. The final decision about hosting and organising of FSCD 2025 will be taken by the SC after an advisory vote of the members of the community in attendance at the business meeting. Proposals should address the following points: * FSCD Conference Chair (complete name and current position), host institution, FSCD Local Committee (complete names and current positions), availability of student-volunteers. * National, regional, and local government and industry support, both organizational and financial. * Accessibility to the location (i.e., transportation) and attractiveness of the proposed site. Accessibility can include both information about local transportation and travel information to the location (flight and/or train connections), as well as estimated costs. * Proposed dates, including allowing 2-3 days before and/or after the main conference for affiliated workshops. (Please also take into consideration holidays or local events during the period). * Estimated costs of registration for the conference and workshops, both for regular and student participants. * Conference and exhibit facilities for the anticipated number of registrants (including all workshop participants, typically around 200). For example: = number, capacity and audiovisual equipment of meeting rooms; = a large plenary session room that can hold all the registrants; = enough rooms for parallel session workshops/tutorials in the two days before and the two days after the main conference; = internet connectivity and workstations for demos/competitions; = catering services; = presence of professional staff. * Support for hybrid attendance to the conference. * Residence accommodations and food services in a range of price categories and close to the conference venue, for example, number and cost range of hotels, and availability and cost of dormitory rooms (e.g., at local universities) and kind of services they offer. * Other relevant information, which can include information about leisure activities and attractiveness of the location (e.g., cultural and historical aspects, touristic activities, etc...). Contact information: Herman Geuvers herman(a)cs.ru.nl FSCD SC Chair

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29th WoLLIC 2023 - 3rd Call for Papers (DEADLINE APPROACHING)
by Ruy Jose Guerra Barretto de Queiroz 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

DEADLINE APPROACHING [Please distribute. Apologies for multiple postings] CALL FOR PAPERS WoLLIC 2023 29th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation 11-14 July, 2023 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Website: https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/wollic2023/ ORGANISATION Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Canada 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-ninth WoLLIC will be held at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Canada, 11-14 July, 2023. It is scientifically sponsored by the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL), the Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics (IGPL), the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI), the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) (tbc), European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL), and the Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL). LOCATION AND FORMAT Halifax (https://www.halifax.ca/) is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. (Wikipedia) WoLLIC 2023 will be a hybrid event. All invited talks are planned to be on-site in order to stimulate discussions and interaction with participants. SCOPE Contributions are invited on all pertinent subjects, with particular interest in cross-disciplinary topics. Typical but not exclusive areas of interest are: foundations of computing, programming and Artificial Intelligence (AI); novel computation models and paradigms; broad notions of proof and belief; proof mining, type theory, effective learnability and explainable AI; formal methods in software and hardware development; logical approach to natural language and reasoning; logics of programs, actions and resources; foundational aspects of information organization, search, flow, sharing, and protection; foundations of mathematics; philosophical logic; philosophy of language. PAPER SUBMISSION Proposed contributions should be in English, and consist of a scholarly exposition accessible to the non-specialist, including motivation, background, and comparison with related works. Articles should be written in the LaTeX format of LNCS by Springer (see author's instructions at http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). They must not exceed 12 pages, with up to 5 additional pages for references and technical appendices. The paper's main results must not be published or submitted for publication in refereed venues, including journals and other scientific meetings. It is expected that each accepted paper be presented at the meeting by one of its authors either in person or via remote connection. (At least one author is required to pay a full on-site registration fee before granting that the paper will be published in the proceedings.) Papers must be submitted electronically at the WoLLIC 2023 EasyChair website https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wollic2023. PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of WoLLIC 2023, including both invited and contributed papers, will be published as a volume in Springer's LNCS series. Due to the earlier timeline this year, the proceedings will appear after the workshop. 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 2023 issue of a scientific journal (to be confirmed). INVITED SPEAKERS Thomas Bolander (Technical University of Denmark) Makoto Kanazawa (Hosei University, Japan) Magdalena Ortiz (University of Umeå, Sweden) Aybüke Özgün (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dusko Pavlovic (University of Hawaii, USA) Richard Zach (University of Calgary, Canada) IMPORTANT DATES February 20, 2023: Abstract deadline February 27, 2023: Full paper deadline May 15, 2023: Author notification June 5, 2023: Final version deadline PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Bahareh Afshari (University of Gothenburg, Sweden and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Zena Ariola (University of Oregon, USA) Adriana Balan (University Politechnica of Bucharest, Romania) Marta Bílková (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) Josée Desharnais (Laval University, Canada) David Fernández-Duque (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) Santiago Figueira, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Silvia Ghilezan (University of Novi Sad & Mathematical Institute SASA, Serbia) Sujata Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute, India) Nina Gierasimczuk (Danish Technical University, Denmark) Helle Hvid Hansen (University of Groningen, Netherlands) (co-chair) Andreas Herzig (CNRS, University of Toulouse, France) Juha Kontinen (University of Helsinki, Finland) Roman Kuznets (TU Wien, Austria) Martha Lewis (University of Bristol, UK) Johannes Marti (University of Oxford, UK) George Metcalfe (University of Bern, Switzerland) Michael Moortgat (Utrecht University, Netherlands) Cláudia Nalon (University of Brasilia, Brasil) Carlos Olarte (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France) Sophie Pinchinat (University of Rennes, France) Francesca Poggiolesi (CNRS, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) Sylvain Pogodalla (INRIA Nancy, France) Revantha Ramanayake (University of Groningen, Netherlands) Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, University College London, UK Andre Scedrov (University of Pennsylvania, USA) (co-chair) Philip Scott (University of Ottawa, Canada) Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany) Kazushige Terui (Kyoto University, Japan) Mladen Vuković (University of Zagreb, Croatia) STEERING COMMITTEE Samson Abramsky, Anuj Dawar, Juliette Kennedy, Ulrich Kohlenbach, Daniel Leivant, Leonid Libkin, Lawrence Moss, Luke Ong, Valeria de Paiva, Ruy de Queiroz, Alexandra Silva, Renata Wassermann. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Johan van Benthem, Joe Halpern, Wilfrid Hodges, Angus Macintyre, Hiroakira Ono, Jouko Väänänen. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Julien Ross (Dalhousie University) Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University) (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) (tbc) European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) (tbc) European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL) 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 documentary film which traces the history of the individuals who worked as pioneers in expanding the presence of African Americans in mathematics. " 'Journeys of Black Mathematicians' is a film that will inspire African American students to continue their studies and consider career paths in mathematics." (zalafilms.com) The film is in production, and the filmmaker George Csicsery is willing to present either a rough cut if it is ready by then, or some sample scenes. FURTHER INFORMATION Contact one of the Co-Chairs of the Organising Committee. WEB PAGE https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/wollic2023/

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CiE 2023: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (EXTENDED DEADLINE)
by acie＠acie.eu 09 Feb '23

09 Feb '23

CIE 2023: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (EXTENDED DEADLINE) COMPUTABILITY IN EUROPE 2023 Unity of Logic and Computation Batumi, Georgia July 24-28, 2023 https://www.viam.science.tsu.ge/cie2023/ Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2023 FORMAT The conference will have a hybrid format. IMPORTANT DATES: * Deadline for article submission: February 15, 2023 (AOE) * Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2023 * Final versions due: May 1, 2023 * Deadline for informal presentations submission: June 8, 2023 (The notifications of acceptance for informal presentations will be sent a few days after submission.) * Early registration before: June 10, 2023. GENERAL INFORMATION CiE 2023 is the 19th conference organized by CiE (Computability in Europe), 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), and Swansea (2022). TUTORIAL SPEAKERS * Ludovic Perret (Sorbonne University) * Ludovic Patey (Université Paris Diderot) INVITED SPEAKERS * Andrei Bulatov (Simon Fraser University) * Anne Condon (University of British Columbia) * Stephanie Dick (University of Pennsylvania) * Kirsten Eisenträger (Pennsylvania State University) * Neil Lutz (Iowa State University) * Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh) SPECIAL SESSIONS We are going to have 6 special sessions. The topics of the special sessions will be announced soon. 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 2023 at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2023 The deadline for submissions is February 15th, 2023. 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 EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2023), 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 2023 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: * Nikolay Bazhenov (Novosibirsk State University) * Manuel Bodirsky (TU Dresden) * Vasco Brattka (Munich) * Liesbeth De Mol (University of Lille) * Gianluca Della Vedova (University of Milano-Bicocca, co-chair) * Besik Dundua (Kutaisi Intl University) * Giudittta Franco (University of Verona) * Juan Luis Gastaldi (ETH Zurich) * Thomas Graf (Stony Brook University) * Delaram Kahrobaei (CUNY) * Ekaterina Komendantskaya (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh) * Angeliki Koutsoukou-Argyraki (Cambridge University) * Steffen Lempp (University of Wisconsin-Madison, co-chair) * Florin Manea (Goettingen University) * Klaus Meer (University Cottbus) * Isabel Oitavem (Nova University Lisbon) * Roland Omanadze (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) * Daniel Paulusma (Durham University) * Elaine Pimentel (University College London) * Markus Schmid (Humboldt University Berlin) * Shinnosuke Seki (University Electro Comm Tokyo) * Sebastiaan Terwijn (Radboud University Nijmegen) * Dan Turetsky (Victoria University Wellington) * Linda Westrick (Pennsylvania State 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 2023. Applications for this grant should be sent to Liesbeth de Mol, liesbeth.de-mol(a)univ-lille.fr, before May 15, 2023 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 2023. Association CiE [1] CiE Conference Series [2] HOSTED BY Both the in-person and the virtual aspects of the conference will be hosted by Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Rustaveli str. 32, Batumi, Georgia. The conference will have a hybrid format that guarantees the highest possible level of interaction. We are grateful for support from Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and Institute of Applied Mathematics, Tbilisi State University. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Davit Begashvili (Kutaisi International University) * Mikheil Donadze (Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University) * Besik Dundua (chair, Kutaisi International University and Institute of Applied Mathematics, Tbilisi State University) * Tsotne Mikadze (Kutaisi International University) * Mikheil Rukhaia (co-chair, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Tbilisi State University) * Lela Turmanidze (Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University) Links: ------ [1] https://www.acie.eu [2] https://www.acie.eu/cie-conference-series/

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Postdoc Position on Hardware Verification via Model Learning, Royal
by Sammartino, Matteo 07 Feb '23

07 Feb '23

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

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RAMiCS 2023 - Call for participation
by Michael Winter 02 Feb '23

02 Feb '23

(Apologies for multiple posting) CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 20th International Conference on Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science RAMiCS 2023 3 to 6 April 2023, Technologiezentrum Augsburg, Germany https://ramics20.lis-lab.fr/ IMPORTANT DATES: Registration deadline: February 28, 2023 RAMiCS 2021: 3 to 6 April 2023 GENERAL INFORMATION: Since 1994, the RAMiCS conference series has been the main venue for research on relation algebras, Kleene algebras and similar algebraic formalisms, and their applications as conceptual and methodological tools in computer science and beyond. RAMiCS 2023 will take place at the Technologiezentrum Augsburg, as a physical conference. There are no conference fees but, due to limited resources, it is subject to approval by the conference organisers. REGISTRATION Participating at the conference dinner can take place at cost price (to be paid on site). To register for the conference please refer to the registration section of https://ramics20.lis-lab.fr/#registration. PROGRAM AND INVITED TALKS The RAMiCS 2023 program features 3 invited talks, 17 contributed talks, and 7 short talks. The invited talks are: Alexander Knapp, Augsburg University, Germany Specifying Event/Data-based Systems John Stell, University of Leeds, UK Algebra and Logic in Granularity Valeria Vignudelli, CNRS/ENS Lyon, France Equational Theories and Distances for Computational Effects For more details, see https://ramics20.lis-lab.fr/accepted.html ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Roland Glück, German Aerospace Center, Germany Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Luigi Santocanale, LIS, Aix-Marseille University, France Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Michael Winter, Brock University, Canada For more information, see https://ramics20.lis-lab.fr/

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VCLA International Student Awards - Call for Nominations
by Hackl, Andrea 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

Dear colleagues, we would like to inform you that the Call for Nominations for the 7th edition of the VCLA International Student Awards is now open! We invite self-nominations from the field of Logic and Computer Science in the following two categories: · Outstanding Master Thesis Award (EUR 1,200) * Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (EUR 800) (Bachelor thesis or equivalent, 1st cycle of the Bologna process) The degree must have been awarded between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022 (inclusive). Submission deadline is March 31, 2023. For details, please visit our website: www.vcla.at/2023/01/call-for-nominations-vcla-international-student-awards/<http://www.vcla.at/2023/01/call-for-nominations-vcla-international-student-…> All inquiries should be addressed to award(a)logic-cs.at<mailto:award@logic-cs.at>. Feel free to share the call with anyone who might be interested! Kind regards Andrea Hackl, MA Project Manager Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms Technische Universität Wien Favoritenstraße 9-11, Stiege 3, 3. Stock, 1040 Wien andrea.hackl(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:andrea.hackl@tuwien.ac.at> www.vcla.at<http://www.vcla.at>

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