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Postdoc position in Formal Methods at University of Exeter
by Marmsoler, Diego 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

Dear all, We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate that wants to apply formal methods for building correct, safe, and secure systems. The post is part of the growing Security and Trust of Advanced Systems Group (https://computerscience.exeter.ac.uk/cyber-security/). The group has a broad expertise in developing and applying formal methods tools in general and in working and extending Isabelle/HOL in particular. The advertised position is part of the EPSRC funded project "Secure Smart Contracts with Isabelle/Solidity" and is available from 01/01/2024 to 31/12/25. The successful applicant will work with me on the development of tools and techniques for the verification of Smart Contracts. This includes the development of a calculus for the verification of smart contracts, its implementation in Isabelle/HOL, as well as applying it for the verification of real-world smart contracts. For more information about the project please visit the project website: https://marmsoler.com/projects/isabelle-solidity/ You can apply online at https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACAN… Application closes 14/11/23. If you do have any questions please contact me by email (d.marmsoler(a)exeter.ac.uk<mailto:d.marmsoler@exeter.ac.uk>). All the best, Diego Diego Marmsoler Lecturer (Education and Research), Computer Science University of Exeter, Innovation 1, Room 10 www: marmsoler.com<http://www.marmsoler.com/> Twitter: @DiegoMarmsoler<https://twitter.com/DiegoMarmsoler>

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Postdoc position in computational logic
by Antti Kuusisto (TAU) 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

A one-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in computational logic is offered by Tampere University, Finland. The position is primarily for the year 2024, but the beginning date can be negotiated. The exact research agenda can be tailored according to the candidate's personal interests. For more information, please visit https://tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index.php?jid=2109&key=&o=A_RJ&rspvt=4s… The Tampere logic group currently consists of 11 researchers, with five faculty members, three postdocs and three PhD-students. The group's research interests span a wide range of topics, ranging from finite model theory and complexity of logics to answer set programming and explainability in AI.

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Six Fully-funded PhD Positions in Theoretical Computer Science at
by Jonni T Virtema 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '23

The Foundation of Computation (FOX) group at the University of Sheffield, UK invites applications for up to six fully-funded PhD positions to work in the area of theoretical computer science. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/research/groups/foundations-computation The Foundation of Computation Group at Sheffield is one of the largest of its kind in the UK. The city of Sheffield is one of the major cities in the UK, yet 60% of it is green space. It’s a city that’s safe, affordable, creative and welcoming. Living here, one gets a vibrant big city feel as well as the space and adventure of the Peak District National Park which is (almost) on the doorstep: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sheffield-guide/quick-guide The PhD positions are fully funded and also come with travel funding. We are looking for motivated students preferably with experience in one or more of the following topics: discrete mathematics, linear algebra, probability theory, and fundamentals of theoretical computer science, including algorithms, complexity, and logic. Specific research areas that the group has expertise in include: - Algorithms (incl. efficient, parameterised, approximation, randomised, linear programs, streaming, dynamic, and data structures) - Computational complexity (incl. parameterised complexity, hardness of approximation, average-case complexity, fine-grained complexity) - Logics in CS (incl. finite model theory, descriptive complexity, semantics & category theory, quantitative & probabilistic, temporal & modal, logic of random structures) - Graph theory & finite combinatorics The PhD positions will be supervised by the following member of the FOX group: Dr. Harsh Beohar is broadly interested in comparative concurrency semantics and in the interplay of category theory, logic, and semantics. Current topics include expressive modal logics, behavioural equivalence games, synthesising distinguishing/characteristic formulae all at the level of coalgebras. See https://dblp.org/pid/13/7482.html for an up-to-date list of publications. Dr. Andreas Emil Feldmann’s research interests lie in combinatorial optimization and revolves around parameterized approximation algorithms for problems in network design and clustering. https://sites.google.com/site/aefeldmann/home Dr. Charles Grellois is mainly interested in the verification of functional programs, would they be deterministic or probabilistic; mixing therefore techniques from verification with techniques originating from semantics. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/people/academic/charles-grellois Dr Joachim Spoerhase’s research interests lie in approximation algorithms for problems arising in clustering, network design, and geometric optimisation as well as the hardness of designing such algorithms. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/people/academic/joachim-spoerhase Dr. Jonni Virtema’s research focuses on the complexity and expressivity of quantitative and probabilistics logics, and temporal logics for so-called hyperproperties, which have applications in information flow and security. A further emerging topic is to study foundations of neural networks using the machinery of logics and complexity theory related to numerical data. See http://www.virtema.fi/ for further details. Dr. Maksim Zhukovskii is interested in combinatorics, probability, complexity, and logic. Currently Maksim is working on a variety of topics including extremal and probabilistic combinatorics, average-case complexity, random walks, logical limit laws. See https://www.maksimzhukovskii.com/ for the list of publications. Documents you should submit when applying: - Cover letter indicating your research interests, - CV, and - One recommendation letter. We encourage you to name one or more members whom you would like to work with, or research areas you would like to work on Please send your application and enquiries to theory-recruitment-group(a)sheffield.ac.uk <mailto:theory-recruitment-group@sheffield.ac.uk> Soft deadline: 30th of November

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FoIKS 2024, 13th International Symposium on Foundations of
by Lucia Gomez Alvarez 01 Nov '23

01 Nov '23

*Call for Papers* —---------------- 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems – FoIKS 2024 https://foiks2024.github.io/ Abstract submission deadline: 24.11.2023 Paper submission deadline: 01.12.2023 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 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 Important Dates —-------------- All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12 (AoE, "anywhere on earth"). Submission server opens 01.09.2023 Abstract submission deadline (long and short papers) 24.11.2023 Paper submission deadline (long and short papers) 01.12.2023 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. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. 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. 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 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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IJCAR 2024: call for co-located events
by Peter Lammich 25 Oct '23

25 Oct '23

IJCAR 2024: call for co-located events 12th International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning – IJCAR 2024 July 1–6, 2024, Nancy, France https://ijcar2024.loria.fr The International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning (IJCAR 2024) is soliciting proposals for co-located events such as workshops, tutorials and competitions. Researchers are invited to submit proposals on any topic related to automated reasoning, from theoretical foundations to tools and applications. The co-located events will take place before the IJCAR conference on Monday & Tuesday, July 1-2, 2024. Proposals can have up to three pages and should consist of the following two parts. A description part including: a short scientific justification of the proposed topic, its significance, and the particular benefits of the workshop to the community, as well as a list of previous or related workshops (if relevant); a brief description (up to 120 words) of the event for the website and publicity material. An organisational part including: contact information for the workshop organisers; proposed affiliated conference; estimate of the number of workshop participants; proposed format and agenda (e.g. paper presentations, tutorials, demo sessions, etc.) potential invited speakers; procedures for selecting papers and participants; tentative schedule for paper submission and notification of acceptance; plans (and needs) for remote participation [*]; plans for dissemination, if any (e.g. a journal special issue); duration (which may vary from one day to two days); any other special requirements. The organisers of co-located events are expected to create and maintain a website for the event; handle paper selection, reviewing and acceptance; draw up a tentative programme of talks; advertise their event through specialist mailing lists; prepare the informal pre-proceedings (if applicable) in a timely fashion; plan for remote participation (if applicable); and arrange post-proceedings if any. The IJCAR organising committee will handle promotion of the event on the main conference website; integration of the event's programme into the overall timetable; registration of participants; arrangement of an appropriate meeting room; and provision of lunch and coffee breaks for participants. Important Dates Submission of co-located event proposals: November 27th, 2023 Notification of success of proposals: December 11th, 2023 Main conference: July 3-6, 2024 Workshop dates: July 1-2, 2024 Proposals should be sent directly to Sophie Tourret by email at sophie.tourret(a)inria.fr . [*] A zoom connection can be provided on demand.

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IJCAR 2024 --- Call for Papers
by Peter Lammich 17 Oct '23

17 Oct '23

** *IJCAR 2024* * ======================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS IJCAR 2024 The 12th International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning Nancy, France <https://www.nancy.fr/accueil>, July 1-6, 2024 https://ijcar2024.loria.fr/ <https://ijcar2024.loria.fr/> ======================================================================= IJCAR is the premier international joint conference on all topics in automated reasoning. IJCAR 2024 will be hosted by the Inria Nancy Research Center and LORIA in Nancy, France, from July 1-6, 2024. IJCAR 2024 is the merger of leading events in automated reasoning: * CADE (Conference on Automated Deduction) * FroCoS (Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems) * TABLEAUX (Conference on Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods) TOPICS ====== IJCAR 2024 invites submissions related to all aspects of automated or interactive logical reasoning, including foundations, implementations, and applications. Original research papers and descriptions/evaluationsof working automated deduction systems or proof assistant systems are solicited. IJCAR topics include the following: * Logics of interest include: propositional, first-order, classical, equational, higher-order, non-classical, constructive, modal, temporal, many-valued, substructural, description, type theory. * Methods of interest include: tableaux, sequent calculi, resolution, model-elimination, inverse method, paramodulation, term rewriting, induction, unification, constraint solving, decision procedures, model generation, model checking, semantic guidance, interactive theorem proving, logical frameworks, AI-related methods for deductive systems, proof presentation, automated theorem proving, combination of decision or proof procedures, SAT and SMT solving, machine learning and theorem proving,integration of automated provers/proof assistants in automated test generators, program synthesisers, verified compilers, intelligent systems, agent based systems, knowledge processing systems, formal methods tools and other symbolic tools, etc. * Applications of interest include: verification, formal methods, program analysis and synthesis, computer mathematics, declarative programming, deductive databases, knowledge representation and processing/engineering, education, formalization of mathematics, trusted AI,etc. IMPORTANT DATES (partly tentative) ================ 15 Jan 2024 Abstract submission deadline 22 Jan 2024 Paper submission deadline 15 Mar 2024 Notification of paper decisions (tentative) 04 Apr 2024 Camera-ready papers due (tentative) 1-2 Jul 2024Workshops & Tutorials 3-6 Jul 2024Conference, including CASC WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS, SYSTEM COMPETITION ========================================== A two-day workshop and tutorial programme will be co-organized with the conference. In addition, the annual CADE ATP System Competition (CASC) will be held during the conference. Details will be published in separate calls and on the conference website. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ====================== IJCAR 2024 invites submissions related to the topics of interest mentioned above. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another peer-reviewed journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome: Regular papersdescribing solid new research results. They can be up to 15 pages in LNCS style, including figures but excluding references and appendices. Where applicable, regular papers are supported by experimental validation. Submissions reporting on case studies in an industrial context are strongly invited as regular papers. Short papersdescribing implemented systems, user experiences, case studies and domain models, etc. They can be up to 7 pages in LNCS style, excluding references and appendices. All submissions will be judged on relevance, originality, significance, correctness, and readability. Proofs of theoretical results that do not fit in the page limit, executables of systems, and input data of experiments should be made available, e.g., via a reference to a website or in an appendix of the paper. The review process will include a feedback/rebuttal period where authors will have the option to respond to reviewer comments. The PC chairs may solicit further reviews after the rebuttal period. All submissions must be formatted using the Springer LNCS styles <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…> and submitted in PDF via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijcar2024 The IJCAR 2024 proceedings will be published in the Springer series Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI/LNCS) as Gold Open Access, and will be available online during the conference. All accepted papers must have one registration including the processing fees of the Gold Open Access (200 Euros per paper is foreseen, like for the previous edition of IJCAR). Authors of accepted papers are required to ensure that at least one of them will participate in the conference and present the work. BEST PAPER AWARD ================ IJCAR 2024 will recognize the most outstanding submissions with a best paper award and a best student paper award at the conference. STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS ===================== Woody Bledsoe Travel Awards will be available to support selected students in attending the conference. ORGANIZATION ============ Conference Co-Chairs: * Didier Galmiche (University of Lorraine, France) * Stephan Merz (Inria Nancy, France) * Christophe Ringeissen (Inria Nancy, France) Programme Chairs: * Christoph Benzmüller (University of Bamberg & FU Berlin, Germany) * Marijn Heule (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) * Renate Schmidt (University of Manchester, UK) Workshop, Tutorial and Competition Chairs: * Sophie Tourret (Inria Nancy, France) Publicity Chair * Peter Lammich (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Local Arrangements * Anne-Lise Charbonnier (Inria Nancy, France) * Sabrina Verdenal (Inria Nancy, France) Programme Committee: * TBA *

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

12 Oct '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/ Submission link: https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/CiE2024 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 innew 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, including: - 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) - Bio-inspired Computation (BiC) - History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC) Other 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 andwith 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 tothe 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 de A 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 <l.galeotti(a)uva.nl>, 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 Amsterdam & University of Gothenburg) Luis Aguilar Suarez (Amsterdam University College) Benno van der Berg (University of Amsterdam) Andrea De Domenico (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Tamara Dobler (Amsterdam University College) Lorenzo Galeotti (Amsterdam University College -- chair) Yurii Khomskii (Amsterdam University College) Mattia Panettiere (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Benjamin Rin (Universiteit Utrecht)

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ICALP 2024 - 1st CFP
by Anca Muscholl 08 Oct '23

08 Oct '23

======================================================== ICALP 2024 - First 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 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 will be done jointly with LICS. The first call will be issued in October. ======================================================== 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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FoIKS 2024 Call for Papers - 13th International Symposium on
by Jonni T Virtema 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

*Call for Papers* 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems – FoIKS 2024 https://foiks2024.github.io/ 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 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. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. 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. 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 Important Dates All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12 (AoE, "anywhere on earth"). Submission server opens 01.09.2023 Abstract submission deadline (long and short papers) 24.11.2023 Paper submission deadline (long and short papers) 01.12.2023 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 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 Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to foiks24(a)easychair.org <mailto:foiks24@easychair.org>. https://foiks2024.github.io/

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Paraconsistent Newsletter Summer-Winter 2023
by jean-yves beziau 21 Sep '23

21 Sep '23

Just released, including an interview with John Grant, papers, books, videos, events of interest for paraconsistentists and a contest to win holidays on the island of inconsistency Enjoy ! Paraconsistent Newsletter Summer-Winter 2023 https://sites.google.com/view/paranews-2023-3/ Jean-Yves Beziau Editor of the Paraconsistent Newsletter https://philpeople.org/profiles/jean-yves-beziau

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