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CALL FOR PAPERS Fifth International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2020) June 29 – July 5, 2020, Paris, France http://fscd2020.org/
IMPORTANT DATES --------------- All deadlines are midnight anywhere-on-earth (AoE); late submissions will not be considered. Abstract: February 6, 2020 Submission: February 9, 2020 Rebuttal: March 27-29, 2020 Notification: April 13, 2020 Final version: April 27, 2020
FSCD (http://fscdconference.org/ ) covers all aspects of formal structures for computation and deduction from theoretical foundations to applications. Building on two communities, RTA (Rewriting Techniques and Applications) and TLCA (Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications), FSCD embraces their core topics and broadens their scope to closely related areas in logics, models of computation, semantics and verification in new challenging areas. The suggested, but not exclusive, list of topics for submission is: 1. Calculi: Rewriting systems (string, term, higher-order, graph, conditional, modulo, infinitary, etc.); Lambda calculus; Logics (first-order, higher-order, equational, modal, linear, classical, constructive, etc.); Proof theory (natural deduction, sequent calculus, proof nets, etc.); Type theory and logical frameworks; Homotopy type theory; Quantum calculi. 2. Methods in Computation and Deduction: Type systems (polymorphism, dependent, recursive, intersection, session, etc.); Induction, coinduction; Matching, unification, completion, orderings; Strategies (normalization, completeness, etc.); Tree automata; Model building and model checking; Proof search and theorem proving; Constraint solving and decision procedures. 3. Semantics: Operational semantics and abstract machines; Game Semantics and applications; Domain theory and categorical models; Quantitative models (timing, probabilities, etc.); Quantum computation and emerging models in computation. 4. Algorithmic Analysis and Transformations of Formal Systems: Type Inference and type checking; Abstract Interpretation; Complexity analysis and implicit computational complexity; Checking termination, confluence, derivational complexity and related properties; Symbolic computation. 5. Tools and Applications: Programming and proof environments; Verification tools; Proof assistants and interactive theorem provers; Applications in industry; Applications of formal systems in other sciences. 6. Semantics and Verification in new challenging areas: Certification; Security; Blockchain protocols; Data Bases; Deep learning and machine learning algorithms; Planning.
PUBLICATION ----------- The proceedings will be published as an electronic volume in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) of Schloss Dagstuhl. All LIPIcs proceedings are open access.
SPECIAL ISSUE ------------- Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- Submissions can be made in two categories. Regular research papers are limited to 15 pages (including references, with the possibility to add an annex for technical details, e.g. proofs) and must present original research which is unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. System descriptions are limited to 15 pages (including references) and must present new software tools in which FSCD topics play an important role, or significantly new versions of such tools. Complete instructions on submitting a paper can be found on the conference web site.
BEST PAPER AWARD BY JUNIOR RESEARCHERS -------------------------------------- The program committee will select a paper in which at least one author is a junior researcher, i.e. either a student or whose PhD award date is less than three years from the first day of the meeting. Other authors should declare to the PC Chair that at least 50% of contribution is made by the junior researcher(s).
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR ----------------------- Zena M. Ariola, University of Oregon fscd2020@easychair.org
PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------- M. Alpuente, Technical Univ. of Valencia S. Alves, University of Porto A. Bauer, University of Ljubljana M. P. Bonacina, Università degli studi di Verona P-L. Curien, CNRS - Univ. of Paris Diderot P. Dybjer, Chalmers Univ. of Technology U. De’Liguoro, University of Torino M. Fernandez, King’s College London M. Gaboardi, Boston University D. Ghica, University of Birmingham S. Ghilezan, University of Novi Sad J. Giesl, RWTH Aachen University S. Guerrini, University of Paris 13 R. Harper, Carnegie Mellon University M. Hasegawa, Kyoto University N. Hirokawa, JAIST P. Johann, Appalachian State University O. Kammar, University of Edinburgh D. Kesner, University of Paris Diderot C. Kop, Radboud University O. Laurent, ENS Lyon D. Licata, Wesleyan University A. Middeldorp, University of Innsbruck J. Mitchell, Stanford University K. Nakata, SAP Postdam M. Pagani, University of Paris Diderot E. Pimentel, Fed. Univ. Rio Grande do Norte Vrije F. van Raamsdonk, University Amsterdam G. Rosu, University of Illinois A. Sabry, Indiana University A. Stump, University of Iowa P. Urzyczyn, University of Warsaw T. Uustalu, Reykjavik University S. Zdancewic, University of Pennsylvania
CONFERENCE CHAIR ---------------- Stefano Guerrini, University of Paris 13
WORKSHOP CHAIR -------------- Giulio Manzonetto, University of Paris 13
STEERING COMMITTEE WORKSHOP CHAIR -------------------------------- J. Vicary, Oxford University
PUBLICITY CHAIR --------------- S. Alves, University of Porto
FSCD STEERING COMMITTEE ----------------------- S. Alves (University of Porto), M. Ayala-Rincón (University of Brasilia) C. Fuhs (Birkbeck, London University) H. Geuvers (Radboud University) D. Kesner (Chair, University of Paris Diderot ) H. Kirchner (Inria) C. Kop (Radboud University) D. Mazza (University of Paris 13) D. Miller (Inria) L. Ong (Oxford University) J. Rehof (TU Dortmund) S. Staton (Oxford University)