Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021)
Tallinn, Estonia. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/
in conjunction with
" <https://cs.ttu.ee/events/medi2021/> 10th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2021)"
SIAS 2021 CFP
The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS.
IAS design and architecture
· IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc)
· Correct-by-construction in IAS
· MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS
· Virtualization and digital twins for IAS
· Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS
· IAS smart Networking
· Communication protocols for IAS
· Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS
· Distributed database for IAS
· Web services for IAS
· Social aspects and human interaction in IAS
IAS Analysis
· Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS
· Model checking and theorem proving for IAS
· Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS
· Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS
· Dynamic and static analysis for IAS
· Statistical analysis for IAS
· Testing for IAS
· Smart decision making in IAS
· Fog and edge computing for IAS
IAS Assurance
· Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS
· Security in distributed IAS
· Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS
· Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS
· Security protocols for IAS
· Safety policies for IAS
· Safety reinforcement models in IAS
· Safety standard analysis for IAS
· Resilience metrics and models for IAS
· Resilience strategies and plans for IAS
· Recovery systems for IAS resiliency
· Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency
IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases
· Applications and Software Platforms for IAS
· IoT and CPS for IAS
· Smart cities
· IAS for industrial and production CPS
· Autonomous robots and vehicles
· Human-Robot Interaction
· Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc)
Important Dates
· Submission Date: 25 April,2021
· Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021
· Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021
Submission System
· <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021
Symposium on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS 2021)
Tallinn, Estonia. June 21-23, 2021. <https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/> https://www.sscc.fr/SIAS2021/
in conjunction with
" <https://cs.ttu.ee/events/medi2021/> 10th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering (MEDI 2021)"
SIAS 2021 CFP
The needs of our daily life push forward modern systems to be well connected more user independent, autonomous, and smart. Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS), that support IoT and CPS, facilitate difficult daily tasks in large eras of applications, especially in industry where a large amount of collected data should be efficiently analyzed in order to be optimally exploited. IAS offer a great importance and promising outcomes with a direct impact on a society safety, productivity, and development. The difficulty arises on both sides of either developing new IAS or enhancing the deployed ones with the needed features and capabilities. IAS run on different environments and should follow different standards that make it difficult to ensure IAS requirements. Many solutions were developed in academia and applied by industrial to build a smart and autonomous system. Some of them rely on formal methods and system engineering whereas others look forward on big data and data analysis using mainly artificial intelligence techniques, in addition to other research areas such as networking, security, resiliency, etc. SIAS2021 provides a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss how to address the increasing challenges facing IAS.
IAS design and architecture
· IAS modeling (formal models, SysML, UML, etc)
· Correct-by-construction in IAS
· MBSE, MDA and DDA for IAS
· Virtualization and digital twins for IAS
· Blockchains and decentralized architecture for IAS
· IAS smart Networking
· Communication protocols for IAS
· Edges, Fog, and Cloud in IAS
· Distributed database for IAS
· Web services for IAS
· Social aspects and human interaction in IAS
IAS Analysis
· Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning in IAS
· Model checking and theorem proving for IAS
· Abstraction and compositional verification for IAS
· Optimization and SAT solvers for IAS
· Dynamic and static analysis for IAS
· Statistical analysis for IAS
· Testing for IAS
· Smart decision making in IAS
· Fog and edge computing for IAS
IAS Assurance
· Security specification, requirements, and management in IAS
· Security in distributed IAS
· Modeling, analysis and detection of attacks in IAS
· Data mining for cybersecurity in IAS
· Security protocols for IAS
· Safety policies for IAS
· Safety reinforcement models in IAS
· Safety standard analysis for IAS
· Resilience metrics and models for IAS
· Resilience strategies and plans for IAS
· Recovery systems for IAS resiliency
· Recommendation guided decisions for IAS resiliency
IAS Applications, Implementations, and Use cases
· Applications and Software Platforms for IAS
· IoT and CPS for IAS
· Smart cities
· IAS for industrial and production CPS
· Autonomous robots and vehicles
· Human-Robot Interaction
· Smart logistics (transportation, supply chain, etc)
Important Dates
· Submission Date: 25 April,2021
· Notification to Authors: 25 May, 2021
· Camera Ready Submission: 4 June, 2021
Submission System
· <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sias2021
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Session:
Computational Linguistics, Information, Reasoning, and AI 2021
(CompLingInfoReasAI'21)
Salamanca, Spain, 6th-8th October, 2021, HYBRID
https://www.dcai-conference.net/special-sessions/clirai
SCOPE:
Computational and technological developments that incorporate natural
language and reasoning methods are proliferating. Adequate coverage
encounters difficult problems related to partiality, underspecification,
agents, and context dependency, which are signature features of information
in nature, natural languages, and reasoning.
The session covers theoretical work, applications, approaches, and
techniques for computational models of information, language (artificial,
human, or natural in other ways), reasoning. The goal is to promote
computational systems and related models of thought, mental states,
reasoning, and other cognitive processes.
TOPICS:
We invite contributions relevant to the following topics, without being
limited to them, across approaches, methods, theories, implementations, and
applications:
- Theorem provers and assistants
- Model checkers
- Theory of computation
- Theory of information
- Computational methods of inferences in natural language
- Computational theories and systems of reasoning in natural language
- Transfer of reasoning in natural language to theorem provers, or vice
versa
- Transfer of reasoning between natural language, theorem provers, model
checkers, and various computational assistants
- Computational approaches of computational linguistics for domain specific
areas
- Theories for applications to language, information processing, reasoning
- Type theories for applications to language, information processing,
reasoning
- Computational grammar
- Computational syntax
- Computational semantics of natural languages
- Computational syntax-semantics interface
- Interfaces between morphology, lexicon, syntax, semantics, speech, text,
pragmatics
- Parsing
- Multilingual processing
- Large-scale grammars of natural languages
- Models of computation and algorithms for linguistics, natural language
processing, argumentation
- Computational models of partiality, underspecification, and
context-dependency
- Models of situations, contexts, and agents, for applications to
computational linguistics
- Information about space and time in language models and processing
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- Data science in language processing
- Machine learning of language and reasoning
- Interdisciplinary methods
- Integration of formal, computational, model theoretic, graphical,
diagrammatic, statistical, and other related methods
- Logic for information extraction or expression in written or spoken
language
- Logic for information integrations of diagrams, with written and / or
spoken language
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- Formal models of argumentations
- Interactive computation, reasoning, argumentation
- Computation with heterogeneous information
- Reasoning with heterogeneous and/or inconsistent information
- Dialog, interactions
- Interdisciplinary approaches to language, computation, reasoning, memory
- Argumentation in AI applications, e.g., to business, economy, justice,
health, medical sciences
==
- Language processing based on biological fundamentals of information and
languages
- Computational neuroscience of language
- etc.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline: 30 April, 2021
Notification of acceptance: 7 June, 2021
Camera-Ready papers: 28 June, 2021
Conference Celebration: 6-8 October, 2021
PAPER SUBMISSION
https://www.dcai-conference.net/special-sessionshttps://www.dcai-conference.net/submission
The papers must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished
sound research results related to any of the topics of the Special Session
CompLingInfoReasAI'21.
Submitting papers
DCAI Special Session papers must be formatted according to the Springer
AISC Template, with a maximum length of 10 pages in length, including
figures and references. All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic
form (PDF format) using the Paper Submission Page.
Publication
Accepted papers will be included in DCAI Proceedings. At least one of the
authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present
the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All
accepted papers will be published by Advances in Intelligent Systems and
Computing series of Springer Verlag.
Chair:
Roussanka Loukanova,
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Bulgaria
and Stockholm University, Sweden
(Apologies for cross-posting)
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2nd Call for Papers
FORMATS 2021 (Virtual)
19th International Conference on
Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems
August 23rd-27th
Université Paris-Est Créteil, France
co-located with CONCUR, FMICS and QEST as part of QONFEST 2021
Webpage : https://qonfest2021.lacl.fr/formats21.php <https://qonfest2021.lacl.fr/formats21.php>
COVID-19 update: The conference will be online-only, hosted by the Laboratoire d'Algorithmique, Complexité et Logique, Université Paris-Est Créteil.
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FORMATS is an annual conference aimed at promoting the study of fundamental and practical aspects of timed systems, and bringing together researchers from different disciplines that share interests in modelling, design, and analysis of timed computational systems. The conference aims to attract researchers interested in real-time issues in hardware design, performance analysis, real-time software, scheduling, semantics and verification of real-timed, hybrid and probabilistic systems. We particularly encourage submissions concerning applications of real-time systems and on relevant topics in interdisciplinary areas, such as robot motion planning.
Typical topics include (but are not limited to):
(1) Foundations and Semantics
Theoretical foundations of timed systems and languages; comparison between different models (timed automata, timed Petri nets, hybrid automata, timed process algebra, max-plus algebra, probabilistic models).
(2) Methods and Tools
Techniques, algorithms, data structures, and software tools for analyzing timed systems and resolving temporal constraints (scheduling, worst-case execution time analysis, optimization, model checking, testing, constraint solving, etc.).
(3) Applications
Adaptation and specialization of timing technology in application domains such as real-time software, hardware circuits, and problems of scheduling in manufacturing and telecommunication.
Special Sessions: Control Synthesis and Motion Planning for Cyber-physical and Control Systems
There will be a special session on control synthesis and motion planning for cyber-physical and control systems in FORMATS this year. Real-world systems often include physical components, which impose constraints on the time and space evolution of the system, e.g., robots, smart cities, and medical devices. In this session, we are interested in all approaches, including both model-based and data-driven, to analysis and control design for such systems with logical and temporal specifications. We welcome submissions on this topic and in relevant areas.
Paper Submission:
FORMATS 2021 solicits high-quality papers reporting research results and/or experience reports related to the topics mentioned above. Submitted papers must contain original, unpublished contributions, not submitted for publication elsewhere. The papers should be submitted electronically in PDF, following the Springer LNCS style guidelines. Regular papers should not exceed 15 pages in length (excluding references, that are therefore not limited), and short papers (for instance describing case studies, or implementations) are limited to 5 pages. Each paper will undergo a thorough review process. If necessary, the paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix, which will be reviewed at the discretion of the program committee. Papers will be submitted electronically via the EasyChair online submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2021 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=formats2021>
The proceedings of FORMATS 2021 will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The best paper of the conference will be awarded the Oded Maler Award in Timed Systems.
Important Note Concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic:
As per common decision of the organizers and chairs of the QONFEST conferences, FORMATS will be organized as a virtual conference. We would do our best to maintain the usual quality of the program, and moreover to have a scheduling that accommodate attendance from different time zones.
Important dates:
Abstract submission: April 23, 2021 (extended)
Paper submission: April 27, 2021 (extended)
Notification of acceptance: June 21, 2021
Final version due: July 02, 2021
Conference: August 23rd-27th, 2021
Invited Speakers:
Jana Tumova, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Daniele Magazzeni , King's College, London, & JP Morgan AI Research, UK
Program Chairs
Catalin Dima (France)
Mahsa Shirmohammadi (France)
QONFEST 2021 General Chair
Benoît Barbot (France)
Steering Committee
Rajeev Alur (USA)
Eugene Asarin (France)
Martin Fränzle (chair, Germany)
Thomas A. Henzinger (Austria)
Joost-Pieter Katoen (Germany)
Kim G. Larsen (Denmark)
Oded Maler (founding chair, France) (1957-2018)
Pavithra Prabhakar (USA)
Mariëlle Stoelinga (The Netherlands)
Wang Yi (Sweden)
Special-Session Chair
Morteza Lahijanian (USA)
Program Committee
Parosh Aziz Abdulla (Sweden)
Damien Busatto (Belgium)
Thomas Chatain (France)
Lorenzo Clemente (Poland)
Liliana Cucu-Grosjean (France)
Hugo Gimbert (France)
Arnd Hartmanns (The Netherlands)
Hsi-Ming Ho (UK)
Sophia Knight (USA)
Moez Krichen (Saudi Arabia)
Engel Lefaucheux (Germany)
Martina Maggio (Saarland University, Germany)
Angelo Montanari (Italy)
Igor Potapov (UK)
Mickael Randour (Belgium)
Mikhail Raskin (Germany)
Cristian Riveros (Chile)
Matteo Rossi (Italy)
Kristin Yvonne Rozier (USA)
Krishna S (India)
Sadegh Soudjani (UK)
Naijun Zhan (China)
For any questions, feel free to contact the co-chairs Catalin Dima (dima(a)u-pec.fr <mailto:dima@u-pec.fr>) and Mahsa Shirmohammadi (mahsa(a)irif.fr <mailto:mahsa@irif.fr>)
FroCoS 2021
13th International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems
TABLEAUX 2021
30th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux
and Related Methods
Birmingham, UK, September 6-10, 2021
Websites: https://frocos2021.github.io, https://www.tableaux2021.org
Contact: frocos2021(a)easychair.org <mailto:frocos2021@easychair.org> ,
tableaux21(a)easychair.org <mailto:tableaux21@easychair.org>
Proposal submission deadline: 19 April 2021
FroCoS and TABLEAUX are two of the main conferences on the theory and
application of logical systems. Their 2021 editions will be hosted by the
University of Birmingham, UK, from 6 to 10 September 2021. In keeping with
the tradition of the two events, we invite proposals for colocated workshops
and tutorials on all topics related to logical reasoning: from theoretical
aspects, to applications, to tools for interactive or automated reasoning.
Workshops and tutorials can target the logical systems community in general,
or alternatively focus on a particular system, recent theoretical
development or application.
TABLEAUX 2021 and FroCoS 2021 are intended to be hybrid conferences
welcoming both physical and virtual participation. The organisers are
closely monitoring the pandemic situation and may choose to make the
conference virtual-only if it seems unreasonable to host any sort of
physical event. A final decision will be taken before 14 June (12 weeks
before the conference) to leave ample time for potential travel plans to be
made.
If in-person participation is possible, colocated events should take place
on 6 and 8 September 2021. Workshop/tutorial-only attendees will enjoy a
significantly reduced registration fee. Detailed matters such as the paper
submission and review process, or the publication of proceedings, are up to
the organisers of individual events. All accepted workshops and tutorials
will be expected to have their program ready by *10 August 2021*.
Proposals are invited to be submitted by email to frocos2021(a)easychair.org
<mailto:frocos2021@easychair.org> and tableaux21(a)easychair.org
<mailto:tableaux21@easychair.org> , no later than *19 April 2021*. Selected
events will be notified by *26 April 2021*. The workshop/tutorial selection
committee consists of the FroCoS and TABLEAUX program chairs.
TUTORIALS
We expect tutorials to be delivered in hybrid mode, combining the use of
pre-recorded lecture material and (online or face-to-face) synchronous
sessions.
Proposals for tutorials should contain at least the following pieces of
information:
* name and contact details of the main organiser(s)
* (if applicable) names of additional organisers
* title of the tutorial
* estimated number of attendees
* short description of topic (up to one page)
WORKSHOPS
Proposals for workshops should contain at least the following pieces of
information:
* name and contact details of the main organiser(s)
* (if applicable) names of additional organisers
* title and organisational style of event (public workshop, project
workshop, etc.)
* preferred workshop mode (hybrid, situation permitting, or fully online)
* estimated number of attendees
* short description of topic (up to one page)
* (if applicable) pointers to previous editions of the workshop, or to
similar events
The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms of TU Wien (Vienna University of
Technology), calls for the nomination of authors of outstanding theses and
scientific works in the field of Logic and Computer Science, in the following
two categories:
-Outstanding Master Thesis Award*
-Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (Bachelor thesis or equivalent, 1st
cycle of the Bologna process)*
*The degree must have been awarded between November 15th, 2019 and December
31st, 2020 (inclusive).
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The main areas of interest are:
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-Computational Logic, covering theoretical and mathematical foundations such
as proof theory, model theory, computability theory, Boolean satisfiability
(SAT), QBF, constraint satisfaction, satisfiability modulo theories, automated
deduction (resolution, refutation, theorem proving), non-classical logics
(substructural logics, multi-valued logics, deontic logics, modal and temporal
logics).
-Algorithms and Computational Complexity, including design and analysis of
discrete algorithms, complexity analysis, algorithmic lower bounds,
parameterized and exact algorithms, decomposition methods, approximation
algorithms, randomized algorithms, algorithm engineering, as well as
algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, parallel algorithms,
graph drawing algorithms, and distributed algorithms.
-Databases and Artificial Intelligence, concerned with logical methods for
modeling, storing, and drawing inferences from data and knowledge. This
includes subjects like query languages based on logical concepts (Datalog,
variants of SQL, XML, and SPARQL), novel database-theoretical methods (schema
mappings, information extraction and integration), logic programming,
knowledge representation and reasoning (ontologies, answer-set programming,
belief change, inconsistency handling, argumentation, planning).
-Verification, concerned with logical methods and automated tools for
reasoning about the behavior and correctness of complex state-based systems
such as software and hardware designs as well as hybrid systems. This ranges
from model checking, program analysis and abstraction to new interdisciplinary
areas such as fault localization, program repair, program synthesis, and the
analysis of biological systems.
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Awards
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-The Outstanding Master Thesis Award: 1200 EUR
-The Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award: 800 EUR
-The winners will be invited to present their work at an award ceremony in
Vienna, if the situation allows
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Eligibility
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-The degree must have been awarded between November 15th, 2019 and December
31st, 2020 (inclusive).
-Submissions already submitted to the VCLA Awards 2020 cannot be re-submitted.
-Students who obtained their degree at TU Wien are not eligible.
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Nomination Requirements
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Nominations must include:
-A cover page that contains the name and contact details of the nominated
person, the title of the work for which the person is being nominated, award
category, the date on which the degree was awarded, and the name of the
university
-An English summary of the thesis of maximum 3 pages, excluding references (A4
or letter page size, 11pt font min). The summary must clearly state the main
contribution of the work, its novelty, and its relevance to some of the
aforementioned areas of interest
-The CV of the nominated person, including publication list (if applicable)
-An endorsement letter from a supervisor or another proposing person. The
letter must clearly state the independent and novel contribution of the
student, and why the proposer believes the student deserves the award. The
endorsement letter may be provided after the submission deadline, and emailed
directly to award (AT) logic-cs.at.
-The full thesis
All documents should be in English, with the exception of the thesis. In case
the thesis is in a different language, it must be accompanied by a research
report in English of at least 10 pages that should be sufficient for the
committee to evaluate the merit and quality of the submitted work.
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Instructions for submitting self-nominations
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-Nominations should be submitted electronically by the applicants using the following link to
EasyChair here<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vclaawards2021>
-Submissions consist of two pdf files. The first is a single pdf file
containing all documents for the nomination except the full thesis; the
documents should appear in the order they are listed above. The second pdf
file is the full thesis
-The endorsement letter may optionally be sent by email by the endorser and
omitted from the Easychair submission. In this case, please email the letter
as a pdf file, including the name of the nominated person in the subject, to
award (AT) logic-cs DOT at
-The submission must be accompanied by a plain text electronic abstract of the
thesis of at most 400 words, and three keywords.
-The nominated student must be listed as the only author in
the submission form.
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Important dates
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-Submission deadline: April 30th, 2021 (anywhere on Earth)
-Notification of decision: After July 15th, 2021
-Award ceremony: Depending on the COVID-19 situation
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Contact
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Please send all inquiries to award(a)logic-cs.at
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Website with the information on the award committee, and the previous awardees
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https://logic-cs.at/vcla-international-student-awards-2021
Call for Nominations
Editor-In-Chief
ACM Transactions on Computational Logic
The term of the current Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the ACM Transactions
on Computational Logic (TOCL http://tocl.acm.org/) is coming to an
end, and the ACM Publications Board has set up a nominating committee
to assist the Board in selecting the next EiC.
Nominations, including self-nominations, are invited for a three-year
term as TOCL EiC, beginning on July 1, 2021. The EiC appointment may
be renewed at most one time. This is an entirely voluntary position,
but ACM will provide appropriate administrative support.
Appointed by the ACM Publications Board, Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) of
ACM journals are delegated full responsibility for the editorial
management of the journal consistent with the journal's charter and
general ACM policies. The Board relies on EiCs to ensure that the
content of the journal is of high quality and that the editorial
review process is both timely and fair. He/she has the final say on
acceptance of papers, size of the Editorial Board, and appointment of
Associate Editors. A complete list of responsibilities is found in the
ACM Volunteer Editors Position Descriptions
(http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/position_descriptions). Additional
information can be found in the following documents:
- Roles and Responsibilities in ACM Publishing
https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/roles-and-responsibilities
- ACM's Evaluation Criteria for Editors-in-Chief
http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/evaluation/
Nominations should include a vita along with a brief statement of why
the nominee should be considered. Self-nominations are encouraged and
should include a statement of the candidate's vision for the future
development of TOCL. The deadline for submitting nominations is May 7,
2021, although nominations will continue to be accepted until the
position is filled.
Please send all nominations to the search committee chair,
Dale Miller (dale.miller(a)inria.fr).
The search committee members are:
- Dale Miller (Inria & LIX/IPP, France), Chair
- Christel Baier (TU Dresden, Germany)
- Prakash Panangaden (McGill University, Canada)
- Andrew Pitts (University of Cambridge, UK)
- Simona Ronchi Della Rocca (University of Turin, Italy)
- Adelinde Uhrmacher (University of Rostock, Germany) ACM Pubs Board Liaison
CALL FOR PAPERS
ESSLLI Workshop on Logics of Dependence and Independence (LoDE 2021)
https://sites.google.com/view/lode2021/
Online (virtual), during August 9-13, 2021
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Organized as part of the 32nd European Summer School
in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2021)
https://www.esslli.eu<https://www.esslli.eu/>
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*** SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 1, 2021 ***
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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Logics of dependence and independence are novel extensions of classical logics aiming at characterizing dependence and independence notions in sciences. This field of research has grown rapidly in recent years. The framework of the logics has found applications also in fields like database theory, linguistics, social choice, quantum physics and so on. This 2-day workshop will bring together researchers from all these relevant areas and provide a snapshot of the state of the art of logics of dependence and independence.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
===================
We invite submissions of 1-page abstracts of contributed talks. The submission deadline is **June 1, 2021**. Abstracts must be submitted electronically through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lode2021.
IMPORTANT DATES
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+ June 1, 2021: Deadline for paper submission
+ June 30, 2021: Notification of acceptance
+ August 9-13, 2021: Workshop dates (The workshop has a 2-day program. The exact dates will be announced soon, see ESSLLI homepage for updates.)
INVITED SPEAKERS
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Maria Aloni (Amsterdam) [TBC]
Erich Grädel (Aachen)
Lauri Hella (Tampere)
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Jouko Väänänen (Helsinki and Amsterdam)
Fan Yang (Helsinki)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
====================
Pietro Galliani (Bolzano)
Juha Kontinen (Helsinki)
Jouko Väänänen (Helsinki and Amsterdam)
Jonni Virtema (Hannover)
Heribert Vollmer (Hannover)
Fan Yang (Helsinki)
CONTACT
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For any questions regarding the workshop, please contact the organizers at jouko.vaananen(a)helsinki.fi<mailto:jouko.vaananen@helsinki.fi> or fan.yang(a)helsinki.fi<mailto:fan.yang@helsinki.fi>.
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VEST 2021: 2nd Workshop on Verification of Session Types
Online on July 12, 2021, co-located with ICALP 2021
https://sites.google.com/view/vest21/home <https://sites.google.com/view/vest21/home>
Submission: Monday, 3rd May 2021
Call for Talks
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* Presentation
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and build and strengthen a community working on verification of session types using various theorem provers such as Agda, Coq, Isabelle or any other.
Session types are abstract representations of the sequences of operations that computational entities (such as channels or objects) must perform. Stateful entities offer services in a non-uniform way (one cannot pop from an empty stack); traditional type systems cannot guarantee that operations are only invoked when the entity is in the right state.
Large-scale software systems rely on message-passing protocols: their correctness largely depends on sound protocol implementations. Session types can help in the specification of correct-by-construction systems, and in verifying that programs respect their intended protocols.
Recent years have seen a steady stream of research on behavioural types: their foundations and their transfer to several programming languages. This has led to highly-cited papers in conferences such as POPL and journals such as TOPLAS. Research projects on behavioural types have advanced the theory and applications of behavioural types.
Although the foundations of session types are now well established, and new works build on approaches that have become standard, there is still a lack of reusable libraries, namely machine-verified ones. As on one hand the basis of most works is common, and on the other hand the complexity of the formal systems is considerable and may lead to errors in the proofs of the soundness results, machine verifying the type systems proposed is vital. Libraries, or at least clear formalisations of common approaches, is crucial to avoid not only to repeat work but also to increase the confidence in the knowledge base. Moreover, as many of these systems have a goal to do static analysis to ensure some safety or liveness property, machine verification of these approaches leads to certified software for program analysis.
The goal of the VEST workshop is to gather the researchers working on mechanisations of behavioural types using various theorem provers, such as Agda, Coq, Isabelle or any other. The workshop will be a platform to present both the now well-established efforts and the ongoing works the community has put on verification. The workshop will also be a forum to discuss strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches, potential obstacles and to foster collaboration.
* Types of Contributions
We request two types of research contributions.
Type 1: Short presentations (1 page) of work published elsewhere;
Type 2: Presentations (2-5 pages) of ongoing original work.
Submissions of Type 1 will consist of 1 page papers presenting the work, the publication venue and the significance of the results; the PC will select the submissions with a ranking system.
Submissions of Type 2 will consist of 2 - 5 page papers submitted to a light reviewing process.
There will be no proceedings of VEST'21, but rather the aim is to strengthen and further expand our community.
* Important Dates AoE (UTC-12h)
Submission: Monday, 3rd May 2021
Notification: Monday, 14th June 2021
Final Version: Monday, 5th July 2021
Workshop: Monday, 12th July 2021
* Submission Link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf= <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=beat2019>vest21
* Invited Speakers:
- Jesper Bengtson (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Andreia Mordido (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
*Tutorial, jointly delivered by:
- David Castro-Perez (University of Kent, UK)
- Francisco Ferreira-Ruiz (Imperial College, UK)
- Lorenzo Gheri (Imperial College, UK)
* Program Committee:
- Robert Atkey, University of Strathclyde, UK
- Laura Bocchi, University of Kent, UK
- Ornela Dardha, University of Glasgow, UK (Co-chair)
- Cinzia Di Giusto, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, I3S, France
- Wen Kokke, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Robbert Krebbers, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Luca Padovani , Università di Torino, Italy
- Kirstin Peters, TU Darmstadt, Germany
- António Ravara, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal (Co-chair)
- Ivan Scagnetto, University of Udine, Italy
- Peter Thiemann, Universität Freiburg, Germany
The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms of TU Wien (Vienna University of
Technology), calls for the nomination of authors of outstanding theses and
scientific works in the field of Logic and Computer Science, in the following
two categories:
-Outstanding Master Thesis Award*
-Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (Bachelor thesis or equivalent, 1st
cycle of the Bologna process)*
*The degree must have been awarded between November 15th, 2019 and December
31st, 2020 (inclusive).
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The main areas of interest are:
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-Computational Logic, covering theoretical and mathematical foundations such
as proof theory, model theory, computability theory, Boolean satisfiability
(SAT), QBF, constraint satisfaction, satisfiability modulo theories, automated
deduction (resolution, refutation, theorem proving), non-classical logics
(substructural logics, multi-valued logics, deontic logics, modal and temporal
logics).
-Algorithms and Computational Complexity, including design and analysis of
discrete algorithms, complexity analysis, algorithmic lower bounds,
parameterized and exact algorithms, decomposition methods, approximation
algorithms, randomized algorithms, algorithm engineering, as well as
algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, parallel algorithms,
graph drawing algorithms, and distributed algorithms.
-Databases and Artificial Intelligence, concerned with logical methods for
modeling, storing, and drawing inferences from data and knowledge. This
includes subjects like query languages based on logical concepts (Datalog,
variants of SQL, XML, and SPARQL), novel database-theoretical methods (schema
mappings, information extraction and integration), logic programming,
knowledge representation and reasoning (ontologies, answer-set programming,
belief change, inconsistency handling, argumentation, planning).
-Verification, concerned with logical methods and automated tools for
reasoning about the behavior and correctness of complex state-based systems
such as software and hardware designs as well as hybrid systems. This ranges
from model checking, program analysis and abstraction to new interdisciplinary
areas such as fault localization, program repair, program synthesis, and the
analysis of biological systems.
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Awards
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-The Outstanding Master Thesis Award: 1200 EUR
-The Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award: 800 EUR
-The winners will be invited to present their work at an award ceremony in
Vienna, if the situation allows
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Eligibility
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-The degree must have been awarded between November 15th, 2019 and December
31st, 2020 (inclusive).
-Submissions already submitted to the VCLA Awards 2020 cannot be re-submitted.
-Students who obtained their degree at TU Wien are not eligible.
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Nomination Requirements
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Nominations must include:
-A cover page that contains the name and contact details of the nominated
person, the title of the work for which the person is being nominated, award
category, the date on which the degree was awarded, and the name of the
university
-An English summary of the thesis of maximum 3 pages, excluding references (A4
or letter page size, 11pt font min). The summary must clearly state the main
contribution of the work, its novelty, and its relevance to some of the
aforementioned areas of interest
-The CV of the nominated person, including publication list (if applicable)
-An endorsement letter from a supervisor or another proposing person. The
letter must clearly state the independent and novel contribution of the
student, and why the proposer believes the student deserves the award. The
endorsement letter may be provided after the submission deadline, and emailed
directly to award (AT) logic-cs.at.
-The full thesis
All documents should be in English, with the exception of the thesis. In case
the thesis is in a different language, it must be accompanied by a research
report in English of at least 10 pages that should be sufficient for the
committee to evaluate the merit and quality of the submitted work.
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Instructions for submitting self-nominations
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-Nominations should be submitted electronically by the applicants using the following link to
EasyChair here<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vclaawards2021>
-Submissions consist of two pdf files. The first is a single pdf file
containing all documents for the nomination except the full thesis; the
documents should appear in the order they are listed above. The second pdf
file is the full thesis
-The endorsement letter may optionally be sent by email by the endorser and
omitted from the Easychair submission. In this case, please email the letter
as a pdf file, including the name of the nominated person in the subject, to
award (AT) logic-cs DOT at
-The submission must be accompanied by a plain text electronic abstract of the
thesis of at most 400 words, and three keywords.
-The nominated student must be listed as the only author in
the submission form.
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Important dates
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-Submission deadline: April 30th, 2021 (anywhere on Earth)
-Notification of decision: After July 15th, 2021
-Award ceremony: Depending on the COVID-19 situation
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Contact
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Please send all inquiries to award(a)logic-cs.at
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Website with the information on the award committee, and the previous awardees
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https://logic-cs.at/vcla-international-student-awards-2021