FOM: Utrecht workshop on reduction strategies

[Stephen G Simpson]

 From: Salvador Lucas Alba <slucas at dsic.upv.es>
 Subject: WRS'2001 - First call for papers
 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:59:43 +0100

	    [Apologies for multiple copies of this announcement]

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 International Workshop on Reduction Strategies in Rewriting and
		      Programming (WRS 2001)

		       http://www.logic.at/wrs01/

		  held in conjunction with RTA 2001
		Utrecht, The Netherlands, May 26, 2001

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 BACKGROUND AND AIMS

 Reduction strategies in rewriting and programming have attracted an
 increasing attention within the last years. New types of reduction
 strategies have been invented and investigated, and new results on
 rewriting / computation under particular strategies have
 been obtained. Research in this field ranges from primarily
 theoretical
 questions about reduction strategies to very practical application and

 implementation issues. The need for a deeper understanding of
 reduction
 strategies in rewriting and programming, both in theory and practice,
 is obvious, since they bridge the gap between unrestricted general
 rewriting (computation) and (more deterministic) rewriting with
 particular strategies (programming). Moreover, reduction strategies
 provide a natural way to go from operational principles (e.g., graph
 and term rewriting, narrowing, lambda-calculus) and semantics (e.g.,
 normalization, computation of values, infinitary normalization,
 head-normalization) to implementations of programming
 languages.

 Therefore any progress in this area is likely to be of interest not
 only to the rewriting community, but also to neighbouring fields like
 functional programming, functional-logic programming, and termination
 proofs of algorithms.

 The workshop wants to provide a forum for the presentation and
 discussion of new ideas and results, recent developments, new research

 directions, as well as of surveys on existing knowledge in this
 area. Furthermore we aim at fostering interaction and exchange between

 researchers and students actively working on such topics.
 The workshop will be held in conjunction with RTA 2001 in Utrecht (The

 Netherlands) on May 26, 2001. It will feature 2 invited talks, a panel

 discussion, and contributed presentations selected from the
 submissions, with ample time for discussion.

 The workshop is (co-)organized by U Utrecht, TU Valencia and TU Wien.


 TOPICS OF INTEREST

 Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to,
 - theoretical foundations for the definition and semantic description
   of reduction strategies
 - strategies in different frameworks (term rewriting, graph rewriting,

   infinitary rewriting, lambda calculi, higher order rewriting,
   conditional rewriting, rewriting with built-ins, narrowing,
   constraint solving, etc.) and their application in (equational,
   functional, functional-logic) programming (languages)
 - properties of reduction strategies / computations under
   strategies (e.g., completeness, computability, decidability,
   complexity, optimality, (hyper-)normalization, cofinality,
   fairness, perpetuality, context-freeness, neededness, lazyness,
   eagerness, strictness)
 - interrelations, combinations and applications of
   reduction under different strategies (e.g., equivalence
   conditions for fundamental properties like termination and
   confluence, applications in modularity analysis, connections
   between strategies of different frameworks, etc.)
 - program analysis and other semantics-based optimization techniques
   dealing with reduction strategies
 - rewrite systems / tools / implementations with flexible /
   programmable strategies as essential concept / ingredient
 - specification of reduction strategies in (real) languages
 - data structures and implementation techniques for reduction
   strategies.


 SUBMISSIONS

 We solicit papers on all aspects of reduction strategies in
 rewriting and programming. Submissions should describe unpublished
 work, except for survey papers which are explicitly welcome,
 too. Submissions should not exceed 10 pages (however, survey papers
 may be longer) and be sent in postscript format to the PC co-chairs
 (wrs01 at logic.at) by March 1, 2001. Selection of papers by the PC
 will be based on originality, significance, and correctness.
 Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings that will

 be available at the workshop, and electronically on the web.
 Depending on the number and quality of submissions, formal publication

 of the proceedings is envisaged.

 Researchers just interested in attending the workshop may send a
 corresponding email to wrs01 at logic.at by March 1, 2001, preferably
 together with a brief position paper (up to two pages in postscript)
 describing their interest and/or work in the area. However, we will
 also consider late requests for attendance.


 INVITED TALKS

   Richard Kennaway (UEA Norwich, UK):
     (to be confirmed)
   Eelco Visser (U Utrecht, The Netherlands):
     A Survey of Strategies in Program Transformation Systems


 PANEL DISCUSSION on ``Hot Topics in Reduction Strategies'' with

   Michael Hanus                  U Kiel (Germany)
   Tetsuo Ida                     U Tsukuba (Japan)
   Paul Klint (to be confirmed)   CWI & U Amsterdam (The Netherlands)


 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

   Maria Alpuente                 TU Valencia (Spain)
   Rachid Echahed                 IMAG Grenoble (France)
   Bernhard Gramlich (co-chair)   TU Wien (Austria)
   Salvador Lucas (co-chair)      TU Valencia (Spain)
   Vincent van Oostrom            U Utrecht (The Netherlands)
   Rinus Plasmeijer               KU Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
   Manfred Schmidt-Schauss        U Frankfurt a.M. (Germany)
   Yoshihito Toyama               U Tohoku (Japan)


 LOCAL ORGANIZATION

   Vincent van Oostrom            U Utrecht (The Netherlands)


 IMPORTANT DATES

   Submission    March 1, 2001
   Notification  March 31, 2001
   Final version April 30, 2001
   Workshop      May 26, 2001


 FURTHER INFORMATION

   workshop website               http://www.logic.at/wrs01/
   workshop email address         wrs01 at logic.at


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