[Termtools] FSCD 2021: First Call for Papers

[Carsten Fuhs]

                          CALL FOR PAPERS
                  Sixth International Conference on
      Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2021)
           July 17 - July 24, 2021, Buenos Aires, Argentina
                     https://fscd2021.dc.uba.ar/
              In-cooperation with ACM SIGLOG and SIGPLAN
	       
NOTE: Due to the Covid 19 pandemic situation, the 2021 edition of FSCD and its satellite workshops will be held online.

IMPORTANT DATES
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All deadlines are midnight anywhere-on-earth (AoE); late submissions will not be considered.

        Abstract:      February 12, 2021
        Submission:    February 15, 2021
        Rebuttal:      April 2-5, 2021
        Notification:  April 19, 2021
        Final version: May 3, 2021

FSCD (http://fscd-conference.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
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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
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Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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The submission site is:

  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fscd2021

Submissions can be made in two categories. Regular research papers are limited to 15 pages, excluding references and appendices. They 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. An archive of the code with instructions on how to install and run the tool must be submitted. In addition, a webpage where the system can be experimented with should be provided. Complete instructions on submitting a paper can be found on the conference web site:

  https://fscd2021.dc.uba.ar/

One author of an accepted paper is expected to present it at the conference

BEST PAPER AWARD BY JUNIOR RESEARCHERS
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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
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Naoki Kobayashi, The University of Tokyo
  fscd2021 at easychair.org

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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M. Ayala-Rincón, Universidade de Brasília
S. Berardi, University of Torino
F. Blanqui, INRIA
E. Bonelli, Stevens Institute of Technology
É. Contejean, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay
T. Coquand,  University of Gothenburg
T. Ehrhard, Université de Paris, CNRS
S. Escobar, Univ. Politècnica de València
J. Espírito Santo, University of Minho
C. Faggian, Université de Paris, CNRS
A. Felty, University of Ottawa
S. Figueira, Universidad de Buenos Aires
M. Fiore, University of Cambridge
M. Gaboardi, Boston University
S. Ghilezan, University of Novi Sad
I. Hasuo, National Institute of Informatics
D. Kesner, Université de Paris
R. Krebbers, Radboud University Nijmegen
T. Kutsia, Johannes Kepler University Linz
B. König, University of Duisburg-Essen
M. Lenisa, University of Udine
N. Nishida, Nagoya University
L. Ong, University of Oxford
P. Parys, University of Warsaw
J. Rehof, TU Dortmund University
C. Rocha, Pontificia Univ. Javeriana Cali
A. Silva, University College London
N. Szasz, Universidad ORT Uruguay
A. Tiu, Australian National University
S. Winkler, University of Verona
H. Yang, KAIST, South Korea

CONFERENCE CHAIR
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Alejandro Díaz-Caro, Quilmes Univ. & ICC/CONICET

WORKSHOP CHAIRS
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Mauricio Ayala-Rincón, Universidade de Brasília
Carlos López Pombo, Universidad de Buenos Aires

STEERING COMMITTEE WORKSHOP CHAIR
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Jamie Vicary, Oxford University

PUBLICITY CHAIR
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Carsten Fuhs, Birkbeck, University of London

FSCD STEERING COMMITTEE
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Z. Ariola, University of Oregon
M. Ayala-Rincón, University of Brasilia
C. Fuhs, Birkbeck, University of London
H. Geuvers, Radboud University
S. Ghilezan, University of Novi Sad
S. Guerrini, University of Paris 13
D. Kesner (Chair), University of Paris Diderot 
H. Kirchner, Inria
C. Kop, Radboud University
D. Mazza, University of Paris 13
L. Ong, Oxford University
J. Rehof, TU Dortmund
J. Vicary, Oxford University