[FOM] [LICS] LICS Newsletter 144

Andrzej Murawski martin at eipye.com
Sun Mar 3 21:28:23 EST 2013


Newsletter 144
March 3, 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* LICS-RELATED NEWS
   Preview of LICS'13
* DEADLINES
   Forthcoming Deadlines
* CALLS
   ETAPS 2014 - Call for Satellite Events
   ETAPS 2013 - Final Call for Participation
   ACCAT 2013 - Call for Participation
   DICE 2013 - Call for Participation
   MLQA 2013 - Call for Participation
   ICLP 2013 - Call for Workshop Proposals
   QEST 2013 - Last Call for Papers
   SFM-13:DCS - Call for Applications (School)
   TOPOLOGY AND INFORMATICS DAYS - Call for Participation
   HCSS 2013 - Call for Presentations
   MFPS XXIX - Preliminary Announcement
   CONCUR 2013 - Call for Papers
   CSL 2013 - Call for Papers
   TACL 2013 - Call for Papers
   ICLP 2013 - Call for Papers
   CMSB 2013 - Call for Papers
   FCS 2013 - Call for Papers
   FroCoS 2013 - Call for Papers
   GandALF 2013 - Preliminary Call for Papers
   PERSYVAL CPS SUMMER SCHOOL - Call for Applications (School)
   FMICS 2013 - Call for Papers
   MihalisFest 2013 - Early Call for Participation
* AWARDS
   Ackermann Award 2013 - Second Call for Nominations
* JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS
   PhD or Postdoc in Cryptography/Information Security at Trier
   PhD or Postdoc in Declarative Programming at Ulm
   PhD Positions in Formal Methods and Language-based Security at Chalmers


28TH ANNUAL ACM/IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (LICS 2013)
   LICS conference: June 25-28, 2013
   Workshops: June 28-29, 2013
   New Orleans, USA
   http://lii.rwth-aachen.de/lics/lics13/
* COLOCATIONS
   The twenty-eighth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic In Computer Science
   (LICS 2013) will be held in New Orleans, USA, 25-28 June 2013. It
   will be colocated with MFPS (Mathematical Foundations of Programming
   Semantics) and CSF (IEEE Computer Security Foundations).
* INVITED SPEAKERS
   LICS 2013 will feature invited lectures by Rajeev Alur, Joseph Halpern
   (with CSF), Nancy Lynch and Prakash Panangaden. It will also include
   a special session to mark the 80th birthday of Dana Scott, which will
   have the following invited speakers: Andrew Pitts, Steve Awodey, Andrej
   Bauer, Robert Harper, and Dana Scott.
* TUTORIAL SPEAKERS
   Tutorials will be given by Hubert Comon and Jan Rutten (with MFPS).
* AFFILIATED WORKSHOPS
   Foundations of Computer Security (FCS)
      http://prosecco.gforge.inria.fr/personal/bblanche/fcs13/
   Higher-Order Program Analysis (HOPA)
   Syntax and Semantics of Low-Level Languages (LOLA)
      http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/lola2013/
   Natural Language and Computer Science (NLCS)
      http://www.indiana.edu/~iulg/nlcs.html
* PROGRAMME
   Not available yet.


DEADLINES
* ETAPS 2014
   Satellite Event Proposals Deadline: March 4, 2013
* ETAPS 2013
   Normal registration deadline: March 8, 2013
   http://www.etaps.org/2013
* ACCAT 2013
   Normal registration deadline: March 8, 2013
   http://accat2013.zib.de/
* DICE 2013
   Normal registration deadline: March 8, 2013
   http://dice2013.di.unito.it/
* MLQA 2013
   Normal registration deadline: March 8, 2013
   http://wiki.ercim.eu/wg/MLQA/index.php/MLQA_2013
* ICLP 2013
   Workshop Proposals: March 11, 2013
   http://www.iclp2013.org
* QEST 2013
   Abstract deadline: March 11, 2013
   Paper submission: March 18, 2013
   http://www.qest.org/qest2013/
* SFM-13: DS
   Application deadline: March 21, 2013
   http://www.sti.uniurb.it/events/sfm13ds/
* TOPOLOGY AND INFORMATICS DAYS
   Event: March 21-22, 2013
   http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~mgehrke/TopologyandInformatics.htm
* HCSS 2013
   Abstract/poster topic submission: March 22, 2013
   http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference
* MFPS XXIX
   Abstract submission: March 25, 2013
   Full submission: April 2, 2013
   http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Conferences/MFPS29/
* CONCUR 2013
   Abstract submission: April 1, 2013
   Paper submission: April 8, 2013
   http://concur-conferences.org/concur2013/
* CSL 2013
   Abstract submission: April 1, 2013
   Paper submission: April 8, 2013
   http://csl13.di.unito.it/
* TACL 2013
   Abstract submission: April 1, 2013
   http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~tacl2013/
* ICLP 2013
   Abstract submission: April 3, 2013
   Paper submission: April 10, 2013
   http://www.iclp2013.org
* CMSB 2013
   Abstract submission: April 8, 2013
   Paper submission: April 15, 2013
   http://ist.ac.at/cmsb13
* ACKERMANN AWARD 2013
   Deadline for nominations: April 15, 2013
   http://www.eacsl.org/submissionsAck.html
* FCS 2013
   Paper submission: April 10, 2013
   http://prosecco.inria.fr/personal/bblanche/fcs13/
* FroCoS 2013
   Abstract submission: April 15, 2013
   Paper submission: April 22, 2013
   http://frocos2013.loria.fr
* GandALF 2013
   Abstract submission: May 1, 2013
   Paper submission: May 8, 2013
   http://gandalf.di.univr.it
* PERSYVAL CPS SUMMER SCHOOL
   Deadline for applications: May 1, 2013
   http://www-verimag.imag.fr/PERSYVAL-Lab-Summer-School-on.html?lang=en
* FMICS 2013
   Paper submission: May 3, 2013
   http://lvl.info.ucl.ac.be/Fmics2013


EUROPEAN JOINT CONFERENCES ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOFTWARE (ETAPS 2014)
   Call for Satellite Events
   April 5-13, 2014
   Grenoble, France
* ABOUT ETAPS
   The European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS)
   is the primary European forum for academic and industrial researchers
   working on topics relating to Software Science. ETAPS is an annual event
   which takes place in Europe each spring since 1998. The seventeenth
   conference, ETAPS 2014, takes place between April 5th and 13th, 2014 in
   Grenoble, France. Grenoble is the capital of the Alps; its history spans
   over two thousand years. Grenoble is located in an exceptional natural
   environment, surrounded by three mountain masses Vercors, Chartreuse,
   and Belledonne.
* MAIN CONFERENCES
   ETAPS main conferences take place on April 7th-11th, 2014. They are:
   -  CC: International Conference on Compiler Construction
   -  ESOP: European Symposium on Programming
   -  FASE: Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
   -  FOSSACS: Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
   -  POST: Principles of Security and Trust
   -  TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
* SATELLITE EVENTS
   The ETAPS 2014 Organizing Committee invites proposals for Satellite Events
   (workshops, tutorials, etc.) that will complement the main conferences.
   They should fall within the scope of ETAPS. This encompasses all aspects
   of the system development process, including specification, design,
   implementation, analysis and improvement, as well as the languages,
   methodologies and tools which support these activities, covering a spectrum
   from practically-motivated theory to soundly-based practice. Satellite
   Events provide an opportunity to discuss and report on emerging research
   approaches and practical experience relevant to theory and practice of
   software. ETAPS 2014 Satellite Events will be held immediately before and
   after the main conferences, on April 5th-6th and April 12th-13th, 2014.
* SUBMISSION OF SATELLITE EVENT PROPOSALS
   Researchers and practitioners wishing to organize Satellite Events are
   invited to submit proposals in ASCII, PDF or Postscript format by e-mail
   to etaps2014.satellites at imag.fr. A proposal should not exceed two pages
   and should include:
   -    Satellite Event name / acronym
   -    names and contact information of the organizers
   -    preferred period: April 5th-6th or April 12th-13th
   -    duration of the workshop: one-day or two-day event
   -    120-word description of the workshop topic for later use in
publicity material
   -    a brief explanation of the workshop topic and its relevance to ETAPS
   -    a schedule for paper submission, notification of acceptance and
final versions
   -    expected number of participants
   -    any other relevant information, like event format, invited speakers,
   -    publication policy, demo sessions, special space requirements, etc.
   The proposals will be evaluated by the ETAPS 2014 organizing committee
   on the basis of their assessed benefit for prospective participants to
   ETAPS 2014. The titles and brief information about accepted Satellite Events
   will be included in the ETAPS 2014 web site, call for papers and call for
   participation. Satellite Events organizers will be responsible for:
   - producing the event's call for papers and call for participations
   - advertising the event through specialist mailing lists etc. to complement
     publicity for ETAPS as a whole hosting and maintaining a web site for
     the event
   - reviewing and making acceptance decisions on submitted papers producing
     the event proceedings, if any; facilities for printing will be made
     available by the ETAPS organizers
   - scheduling workshop activities in consultation with the local organizers.
   Prospective organizers may wish to consult the web pages of previous
   satellite events as examples:
   ETAPS 2013: http://www.etaps.org/2013/workshops13
   ETAPS 2012: http://www.etaps.org/2012/workshops
   ETAPS 2011: http://www.etaps.org/2011/workshops
   ETAPS 2010: http://www.etaps10.cs.ucy.ac.cy/
   ETAPS 2009: http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/etaps09/
   ETAPS 2008: http://etaps08.mit.bme.hu/
   ETAPS 2007: http://www.di.uminho.pt/etaps07/
   ETAPS 2006: http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/etaps06/
   ETAPS 2005: http://www.etaps05.inf.ed.ac.uk/
   ETAPS 2004: http://www.lsi.upc.es/etaps04/
   ETAPS 2003: http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/etaps03/
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Satellite Event Proposals Deadline: March 4th, 2013
   Notification of acceptance: April 4th, 2013
* FURTHER INFORMATION AND ENQUIRIES --
   Please contact Axel Legay:
   axel.legay at inria.fr
   etaps14.satellites at imag.fr


EUROPEAN JOINT CONFERENCES ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOFTWARE (ETAPS 2013)
   Call for Participation
   Rome, Italy
   March 16-24, 2013
   http://www.etaps.org/2013
* ABOUT ETAPS
   The European Joint Conferences on Theory And Practice of Software
   (ETAPS) is the primary European forum for academic and industrial
   researchers working on topics relating to software science. ETAPS,
   established in 1998, is a confederation of six main annual conferences,
   accompanied by satellite workshops and invited tutorials (new in 2013).
   ETAPS 2013 is already the sixteenth event in the series.
* MAIN CONFERENCES
     - CC: Compiler Construction
     - ESOP: European Symposium on Programming
     - FASE: Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
     - FOSSACS: Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
     - POST: Principles of Security and Trust
     - TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of
       Systems
* INVITED SPEAKERS
     - Gilles Barthe (Fundación IMDEA Software, Madrid, Spain)
     - Emily Berger (Univ. of Mussachusetts, Amherst, USA)
     - Krzysztof Czarnecki (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada)
     - Cedric Fournet (Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK)
     - Orna Grumberg (Technion, Haifa, Israel)
     - Martin Hofmann (Univ. of Munich, Germany)
     - Jean-Pierre Hubaux (EPFL, Losanna, Switzerland)
     - Mark S. Miller (Google Research, USA)
* INVITED TUTORIAL SPEAKERS
     - John C. Mitchell (Stanford Univ., USA)
     - Martin Fraenzle (Univ. of Oldenburg, Germany)
     - Ralf Kuesters (Univ. of Trier, Germany)
   The tutorials take place on Sunday March 17 before ETAPS 2013.
* SATELLITE EVENTS
   22 satellite workshops will take place before or after ETAPS 2013.
   ACCAT, AiSoS, BX, DICE, Found. Syst. Spec., HAS, HotSpot, MBT, MEALS,
   SR, OCCP, and VSSE will take place in the weekend on 16-17 March 2013.
   Bytecode, CerCo, FESCA, GT-VMT, GRAPHITE, IC1201, MLQA, PLACSE, QAPL,
   and TERMGRAPH are scheduled for 31 March-1 April 2012.
* REGISTRATION
   http://www.etaps.org/2013/registration-menu-2013
* ORGANIZERS
   The event is organized in Sapienza Università di Roma. Sapienza has a
   very long and prestigious history, it is the largest university in
   Europe and the second-largest in the world, with more than 150,000
   students.
     - General chair: Daniele Gorla
     - Conferences Chair: Francesco Parisi Presicce
     - Workshops Chairs: Paolo Bottoni  and  Pietro Cenciarelli
     - Publicity Chair: Ivano Salvo
     - Finance Chairs: Enrico Tronci  and  Federico Mari
     - Web Site Chair: Igor Melatti


8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL CATEGORY
THEORY (ACCAT 2013)
   Call for Participation
   Rome, Italy
   March 17, 2013
   Satellite Event of ETAPS 2013
* SCOPE
   Since the 1960s, the use of category theory in computer science has been
   a fruitful one, including applications to different areas such as automata
   theory, algebraic specification, and programming languages, among others.
   In recent years, techniques and methods from CT have been adopted as a
   standard research tool, and considered as such in different venues around
   the world. The ACCAT workshop on "Applied and Computational Category Theory"
   has been one of these venues. Since its inception in 2006, ACCAT provided
   a forum where invited contributors presented their own research on different
   facets of category theory applied to computer science. Following the
   tradition, the program of this year edition will include eight invited
   talks by top researchers in the area.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
   Samson Abramsky
   Robin B. Cockett
   Barbara Koenig
   Ugo Montanari
   Till Mossakowski
   Dusko Pavlovic
   Andrzej Tarlecki
   Glynn Winskel
* FUTURE
   Despite ACCAT success, we believe that the current formula of the workshop
   should be deeply revised. Indeed, we believe that a fully fledged conference
   is missing where all kinds of applications of category theory to computer
   science can be presented (like the former CTCS conference, which somehow
   ended in 2006). Therefore, after the presentations, the workshop will end up
   with a general discussion among the invited speakers and the attendees.
   We hope that the outcome of the discussion could be a decision whether to
   push for such high-level workshop/conference on the application of category
   theory to computer science, or at least to verify the viability of a further
   meeting focusing on this issue.
* FURTHER INFORMATION
   Please contact Fabio Gadducci (gadducci at di.unipi.it) or Ulrike
   Golas (golas at zib.de).


FOURTH WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPLICIT 
COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY (DICE 2013)
   Call for Participation
   Roma, March 16-17, 2013 (satellite event of ETAPS 2013)
   http://dice2013.di.unito.it/
* INVITED SPEAKERS
   - Jean-Yves Marion (Loria - INPL Nancy)
   - Marko van Eekelen (Open University - Radboud University Nijmegen)
   - Paul-André Melliès (PPS, Paris)
* SCOPE
   The area of Implicit Computational Complexity (ICC) has grown out from
   several proposals to use logic and formal methods to provide languages
   for complexity-bounded computation (e.g. Ptime, Logspace computation).
   It aims at studying computational complexity without referring to
   external measuring conditions or a particular machine model, but only
   by considering language restrictions or logical/computational principles
   implying complexity properties. This workshop focuses on ICC methods
   related to programs (rather than descriptive methods).
   In this approach one relates complexity classes to restrictions on
   programming paradigms (functional programs, lambda calculi, rewriting
   systems), such as ramified recurrence, weak polymorphic types, linear
   logic and linear types, and interpretative measures. The two main
   objectives of this area are:
   - to find natural implicit characterizations 
of various complexity classes of
     functions, thereby illuminating their nature and importance;
   - to design methods suitable for static verification of program complexity.
   Therefore ICC is related on the one hand to the study of complexity classes,
   and on the other hand to static program analysis. The workshop will be open
   to contributions on various aspects of ICC including (but not exclusively):
                 - types for controlling complexity,
                 - logical systems for implicit computational complexity,
                 - linear logic,
                 - semantics of complexity-bounded computation,
                 - rewriting and termination orderings,
                 - interpretation-based methods for implicit complexity,
                 - programming languages for complexity-bounded computation,
                 - application of implicit complexity to other
programming paradigms
                   (e.g. imperative or object-oriented languages).
* POST-PROCEEDINGS
   An open call for post-proceedings, as special issue of
   INFORMATION & COMPUTATION will follow.


MEETING OF ERCIM GROUP ON MODELS AND LOGICS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
(MLQA 2013)
   Call for Participation
   March 24th, 2013
   Rome, Italy - Colocated with QAPL at ETAPS 2013.
* SCOPE
   The fifth annual meeting of the MLQA working group will take place on
   Sunday 24 March 2013 as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory
   And Practice of Software (ETAPS) in Rome, Italy.
   This year's edition will be held in cooperation with the Quantitative
   Aspects of Programming Languages and Systems (QAPL) workshop.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
   Invited speakers will be shared between the two events:
   - Martin Fraenzle, University of Oldenburg
     A tight integration of symbolic, numeric, and statistical methods for
     the analysis of cyber-physical systems
   - Paolo Zuliani, Newcastle University
     Statistical Model Checking for Cyber-Physical Systems
   - Flemming Nielson, Technical University of Denmark
     Guarding against Denial of Service Attacks
   For abstracts of these talks please consult
   http://wiki.ercim.eu/wg/MLQA/index.php/MLQA_2013
   For more about the ERCIM working group MLQA please consult
   http://wiki.ercim.eu/wg/MLQA
   We invite all interested researchers and PhD students to participate
at MLQA 2013.
* REGISTRATION
   For registration please follow the instructions on the ETAPS website
   http://www.etaps.org


29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOGIC PROGRAMMING (ICLP 2013)
   Call for Workshop Proposals
   Istanbul, Turkey
   August 24-29, 2013
   http://www.iclp2013.org
* SCOPE
   ICLP 2013, the 29th International Conference on Logic Programming,
   will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, August 24-29, 2013.
   Workshops collocated with an international conference are one of the
   best venues for the presentation and discussion of preliminary work,
   novel ideas, and new open problems to a wide and interested audience.
   Collocated workshops also provide an opportunity for presenting
   specialised topics and opportunities for intensive discussions and
   project collaboration. The topics of the workshops collocated with
   ICLP 2013 may cover any area related to logic programming (e.g.,
   theory, systems, environments, software-engineering aspects,
   extensions, alternative paradigms, applications), including cross-
   disciplinary areas.  However, any workshop proposal will be taken
   under consideration.
   The format of the workshop will be decided by the workshop organisers,
   but ample time should be allowed for general discussions. Workshops
   can vary in length, but the optimal format are half-day workshops and
   full-day workshops.
* PROPOSALS
   People interested in organising a workshop at ICLP 2013 are invited
   to submit a workshop proposal. Proposals should be written in English
   and about two pages in length. They should contain:
   - the title of the workshop;
   - a brief technical description of the topics covered by the
     workshop;
   - a discussion of the timeline and relevance of the workshop;
   - a list of some related workshops held in recent years;
   - the (preliminary) required number of half-days allotted to the
     workshop and an estimate of the number of expected attendees;
   - the names, affiliations, and contact details (email, web page,
     phone, fax) of the workshop organiser(s) together with a
     designated contact person; and
   - the previous experience of the workshop organising committee in
     workshop or conference organisation.
   Proposals should be in PDF format and submitted to the Workshop Chair
   (Hans Tompits) by email by March 11, 2013.
* IMPORTANT DATES
   March 11, 2013: Proposal submission deadline
   April 4, 2013: Notification
   April 29, 2013: Deadline for receipt of CFP and workshop Web page URL
   July 19, 2013: Deadline for proceedings and workshop program
   August 24 and 25, 2013: ICLP 2013 workshops
* WORKSHOP CHAIR
   Hans Tompits
   Knowledge-Based Systems Group E184/3
   Institute of Information Systems
   Vienna University of Technology
   Email: tompits [at] kr [dot] tuwien [dot] ac [dot] at


10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF SYSTEMS (QEST 2013)
   Last Call for Papers
   August 26-30, 2013
   Buenos Aires, Argentina
   http://www.qest.org/qest2013/
* IMPORTANT DATES:
   Abstract submission  11 March 2013 (new)
   Paper submission     18 March 2013 (new)
   Author notification  12 May 2013
   Final version         2 June 2013
* INVITED SPEAKERS:
   Lorenzo Alvisi, University of Texas Austin, USA
   Dimitra Giannakopoulou, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
   Edmundo de Souza e Silva, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* SCOPE AND TOPICS:
   QEST is the leading forum on evaluation and verification of computer
   systems and networks, through stochastic models and measurements. QEST
   has a broad range of interests - the common thread is that the
   evaluation be quantitative. The range of performance metrics of
   interest spans classical measures involving performance and
   reliability, as well as quantification of properties that are
   classically qualitative, such as safety, correctness, and
   security. QEST welcomes measurement-based studies as well as analytic
   studies. QEST welcomes diversity in the model formalisms and
   methodologies employed, as well as development of new formalisms and
   methodologies. QEST is keenly interested in case studies highlighting
   the role of quantitative evaluation in the design of systems, where
   the notion of system is broad. Systems of interest include computer
   hardware and software architectures, communication systems, embedded
   systems and biological systems. Moreover, tools for supporting the
   practical application of research results in all of the above areas
   are of special interest, and therefore tool papers are sought. In
   short, QEST aims to create a sound methodological basis for assessing
   and designing systems using quantitative means.
* TUTORIALS
   There will be one day of tutorials at the start of the
   conference. Tutorial proposals (up to 4 pages Springer LNCS format)
   should be sent to the Tutorial Chair (Lijun Zhang, zhang at imm.dtu.dk)
   by 11 March 2013.
* GENERAL CHAIR:
   Pedro R. D'Argenio (AR)
* PC-CHAIRS:
   Kaustubh Joshi (US)
   Markus Siegle (DE)
   Marielle Stoelinga (NL)
* LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIR:
   Hernán Melgratti (AR)
* TOOLS CHAIR:
   Kai Lampka (SE)
* TUTORIAL CHAIR:
   Lijun Zhang (DK)
* PROCEEDINGS CHAIR:
   Nicolás Wolovick (AR)
* PUBLICITY CHAIR:
   Damián Barsotti (AR)


13TH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON FORMAL METHODS FOR THE DESIGN OF
COMPUTER, COMMUNICATION AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS: DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
   Call for Participation
   17-22 June 2013
   Bertinoro (Italy)
   http://www.sti.uniurb.it/events/sfm13ds/
* GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SFM
   Formal methods are emerging in computer science as a prominent
   approach to the rigorous design of computer, communication and
   software systems.
   The aim of the SFM series is to offer a good spectrum of
   current research in foundations as well as applications of
   formal methods, which can be of interest for graduate students
   and young researchers who intend to approach the field.
   This year SFM is an offspring of the workshops QAPL and MLQA
   and is devoted to dynamical systems. It covers topics such as
   chaotic dynamics, information theory, systems biology, hybrid systems,
   quantum computing, and automata-based models and model checking.
* LECTURERS
   Herbert Wiklicky (Imperial College London, UK)
   Abbas Edalat (Imperial College London, UK)
   Boris Koepf (IMDEA Software, ES)
   Renato Renner (ETH Zurich, CH)
   Joost-Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen, DE)
   Jeremy Bradley (Imperial College London, UK)
   Oded Maler (VERIMAG, FR)
   Ion Petre (Abo Akademi, FI)
   Lubos Brim (Masaryk Univ., CZ)
   Luca Bortolussi (Univ. Trieste, IT)
   Andreas Podelski (Univ. Freiburg, DE)
   Jiannis Pachos (Univ. Leeds, UK)
   All participants will receive a copy of a tutorial book published by
   Springer as a volume in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.
* LOCATION
   SFM-13:DS will be held in the medieval hilltop town of Bertinoro.
   This town is in Emilia Romagna, about 70 km south-east of Bologna,
   at an elevation of about 230 m. It can be reached in a couple of
   hours from the international airport "G. Marconi" of Bologna by
   shuttle (from the airport to the railway station) + train (from
   Bologna to Forli`) + bus/taxi (from the railway station to Bertinoro).
   The closest airport is the "L. Ridolfi" airport of Forli`, which is
   13 km away.
* ORGANIZATION
   Scientific directors:
   - Marco Bernardo         (University of Urbino, IT)
   - Erik de Vink           (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL)
   - Alessandra Di Pierro   (University of Verona, IT)
   - Herbert Wiklicky       (Imperial College London, UK)
* SECRETARY
   Monica Michelacci      (CRU Bertinoro, IT)
* APPLICATION
   Prospective participants should send by 21 March 2013
   the application form, available on the school website,
   to the two e-mail addresses below:
    Marco Bernardo
    marco.bernardo AT uniurb.it
    Monica Michelacci
    mmichelacci AT ceub.it
* FEES
   The registration fee is 600 euros and includes the school material.
   The accommodation fee is 350 euros and covers the period June 16-23
   (7 nights), double room (to share with another participant),
   half board (breakfast and lunch, dinner of June 16 included,
   lunch of June 23 excluded).
   The reduced accommodation fee for the participants who do not
   need a room is 100 euros and covers the period June 17-22
   (6 lunches).
   A very limited number of grants is available to cover part
   of the registration fee (no grant can be requested to cover
   the accommodation fee or the travel expenses).
   Notification of accepted/rejected applications and grant requests
   will be communicated by March 31.
* Registration to the school is due by April 20.
   No refund is possible for cancellation after May 15.


TOPOLOGY AND INFORMATICS DAYS
   Call for Participation
   21-22 March 2013, 9:00-17:30.
   Turing Lecture Hall, Sophie Germain building,
   Paris Left Bank site of Universite Paris Diderot - Paris 7
   http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~mgehrke/TopologyandInformatics.htm
* GOAL
   The goal is to present a few current research topics in theoretical
   computer science that involve topology in an essential way. There
   will be 6 one and a half hour talks as well as time for discussion.
* SPEAKERS
   Thomas Ehrhard, PPS, Paris 7 et CNRS
   Jean Goubault-Larrecq, ENS Cachan
   Serge Grigorieff, LIAFA, Paris 7 et CNRS
   Achim Jung, University of Birmingham, UK
   Jean-Eric Pin, LIAFA, Paris 7 et CNRS
   Christine Tasson, PPS, Paris 7 et CNRS
* MORE INFORMATION
   http://www.liafa.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~mgehrke/TopologyandInformatics.htm


13TH ANNUAL HIGH CONFIDENCE SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (HCSS 2013)
   Call for Presentations
   Annapolis, MD, USA
   May 7-10, 2013
   http://cps-vo.org/group/hcss_conference
* INTRODUCTION
   The thirteenth annual HCSS Conference will be held May 7-10, 2013 at
   the Historic Inns of Annapolis in Annapolis, Maryland. You are invited to
   submit a proposal to present a talk at this year's conference. As an added
   feature at the 2013 HCSS Conference, you are also invited to participate
   in a poster session. See details below for more information.
* CONFERENCE SCOPE, GOALS, AND VISION
   The High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS) Conference, now in its
   second decade, draws together researchers, practitioners, and management
   leaders from government, universities, and industry. The conference
   provides a forum for dialogue centered upon the development of scientific
   foundations for the assured engineering of software-intensive complex
   computing systems and the transition of science into practice.
   The technical emphasis of the HCSS conference is on mathematically-based
   tools and techniques, scientific foundations supporting evidence creation,
   systems assurance, and security. The HCSS vision is one of engaging and
   growing a community-including researchers and skilled practitioners-that
   is focused around the creation of dependable systems that are capable,
   efficient, and responsive; that can work in dangerous or inaccessible
   environments; that can support large-scale, distributed coordination;
   that augment human capabilities; that can advance the mission of national
   security; and that enhance quality of life, safety, and security.
* TECHNICAL TRACK PRESENTATIONS
   The technical track features two kinds of talks:
   - Experience reports. These talks inform participants about how emerging
     HCSS and CPS techniques play out in real-world applications, focusing
     especially on lessons learned and insights gained. While experience
     reports do not have to be highly technical, they should emphasize
     substantive reflection on all aspects of experience, building on data
     and direct experience.
   - Technical talks. These talks focus on informing the audience regarding
     specific techniques or methods, ideally from the point of view of
     someone with experience in practice.
* POSTER PRESENTATIONS
   Posters should provide an overview of the HCSS Conference theme or research
   topic and/or results, with effective use of appropriate graphics. Only
   a limited number of posters will be accepted due to space availability.
* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
   Further instructions for electronically submitting final slide presentations
   of accepted talks and poster designs will be provided in the notification
   message that will be sent on Friday, March 29, 2013. Abstracts of accepted
   talks and posters will be published in the 2013 HCSS Conference proceedings.
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Tuesday, March 22, 2013 — Abstracts of proposed talks and poster topics
   Friday, March 29, 2013 — Notifications of acceptance/rejection
   Friday, April 27, 2013 — Final slide presentations and poster designs
   May 7-10, 2013 — HCSS Conference in Annapolis, Maryland


29TH CONFERENCE ON THE MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PROGRAMMING
SEMANTICS (MFPS XXIX)
   Preliminary Announcement
   June 23-25, 2013
   Tulane University, New Orleans, LA USA
   (co-located with LICS 2013 and CFS 2013)
   http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Conferences/MFPS29/
* GENERAL
   The 29th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming
   Semantics will take place on the campus of Tulane University, New
   Orleans, LA USA from June 23 to June 25, 2013. The conference will
   be co-located with the 2013 Logic in Computer Science Symposium
   and the 2013 Computer Security Foundations Symposium. MFPS will
   have a number of invited speakers and special sessions, one of
   which will be a shared session with LICS celebrating Dana Scott's
   80th birthday year. This is a preliminary announcement - details
   about the conference, including the program committee membership,
   the invited speakers and the special sessions will be available
   within the next few weeks. The purpose of this announcement is to
   alert members of the community about the relevant personnel
   overseeing the conference and to provide the important dates for
   the meeting.
* COMMITTEES
   The Program Committee Chair for MFPS XXIX is Dexter Kozen
   (Cornell). The local arrangements chair is Michael Mislove
   (Tulane). The Organizing Committee for MFPS includes Andrej Bauer
   (Slovenia), Stephen Brookes (CMU), Achim Jung (Birmingham),
   Catherine Meadows (NRL), Michael Mislove (Tulane), Joel Ouaknine
   (Oxford) and Prakash Panangaden (McGill).
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Deadline for titles and short abstracts:     Monday, March 25, 2013
   Deadline for full submissions:               Tuesday, April 2, 2013
   Notification of accepted papers:             Monday, April 28, 2013


24TH CONFERENCE ON CONCURRENCY THEORY (CONCUR 2013)
   Call for Papers
   Buenos Aires, Argentina
   August 26-31, 2013
   http://concur-conferences.org/concur2013/
* GOAL
   The purpose of the CONCUR conferences is to bring together
   researchers, developers, and students in order to advance
   the theory of concurrency, and promote its applications.
* INVITED SPEAKERS
   - Lorenzo Alvisi (University of Texas Austin, USA)
   - Joost-Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
   - Philippe Schnoebelen (LSV, CNRS & ENS de Cachan, France)
   - Reinhard Wilhelm (Saarland University, Germany)
* TOPICS
   Submissions are solicited in semantics, logics, verification
   and analysis of concurrent systems. The principal topics include
   (but are not limited to):
   - Basic models of concurrency such as abstract machines, domain
     theoretic models, game theoretic models, process algebras,
     graph transformation systems and Petri nets;
   - Logics for concurrency such as modal logics, probabilistic and
     stochastic logics, temporal logics, and resource logics;
   - Models of specialized systems such as biology-inspired systems,
     circuits, hybrid systems, mobile and collaborative systems,
     multi-core processors, probabilistic systems, real-time systems,
     service-oriented computing, and synchronous systems;
   - Verification and analysis techniques for concurrent systems
     such as abstract interpretation, atomicity checking, model
     checking, race detection, pre-order and equivalence checking,
     run-time verification, state-space exploration, static analysis,
     synthesis, testing, theorem proving, and type systems;
   - Related programming models such as distributed, component-based,
     object-oriented, and web services.
* CO-LOCATED EVENTS
   10th Intl. Conf. on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST 2013)
   11th Intl. Conf. on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems
   (FORMATS 2013)
   8th Intl. Symposium on Trustworthy Global Computing (TGC 2013)
   There will be co-located workshops, which take place on August 26
   and August 31, and tutorials (associated with QEST) which take
   place on August 26.
* SUBMISSIONS
   CONCUR 2013 solicits high quality papers reporting research
   results and/or experience reports related to the topics mentioned
   above. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted
   for publication elsewhere.  Contributions should be submitted
   electronically as PDF, using the Springer LNCS style. Papers
   should not exceed 15 pages in length.
   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 should be submitted electronically using EasyChair online
   submission system:
   https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=concur2013
   The CONCUR 2013 proceedings will be published by Springer in the
   ArCoSS subseries of LNCS.  The proceedings will be available at
   the conference.
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Abstract Submission:        1st April 2013
   Paper Submission:        8th April 2013
   Paper Notification:        27th May, 2013
   Camera Ready Copy Due:        10t June, 2013
   CONCUR 2012:                27th-30th August, 2013
* AFFILIATED WORKSHOPS
   Proposal for workshops are expected to be sent to the Workshops
   Chairs, Eduardo Bonelli (ebonelli at unq.edu.ar) and Diego
   Garbervetsky (diegog at dc.uba.ar), by January 14, 2013.
* PROGRAM CHAIRS
   - Pedro R. D'Argenio (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina)
   - Hernán Melgratti (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
   Christel Baier (Technical University of Dresden, DE)
   Paolo Baldan (Universitá di Padova, IT)
   Eike Best (Universität Oldenburg, DE)
   Patricia Bouyer (LSV, CNRS & ENS Cachan, FR)
   Tomas Brazdil (Masaryk University, CZ)
   Franck van Breugel (York University, CA)
   Krishnendu Chatterjee (IST, AT)
   Rance Cleaveland (University of Maryland, US)
   Wan Fokkink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL)
   Daniele Gorla (University of Rome "La Sapienza", IT)
   Holger Hermanns (Saarland University, DE)
   Radha Jagadeesan (DePaul University, US)
   Bengt Jonsson (Uppsala University, SE)
   Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg University, DK)
   Ugo Montanari (Universitá di Pisa, IT)
   Prakash Panangaden (McGill University, CA)
   David Parker (University of Birmingham, UK)
   Frank Pfenning (Carnegie Mellon University, US)
   Nir Piterman (University of Leicester, UK)
   Shaz Qadeer (Microsoft Research, US)
   Jean-Francois Raskin (Universit Libre de Bruxelles, BE)
   Jan Rutten (CWI, NL)
   Davide Sangiorgi (University of Bologna, IT)
   Geoffrey Smith (Florida International University, US)
   P.S. Thiagarajan (National University of Singapore, SG)
   Frits Vaandrager (Radboud University Nijmegen, NL)
   Frank Valencia (CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, FR)
   Rob Van Glabbeek (NICTA, AU)
   Nobuko Yoshida (Imperial College London, UK)
   Lijun Zhang (Technical University of Denmark, DK)


22ND EACSL ANNUAL CONFERENCES ON COMPUTER SCIENCE LOGIC (CSL 2013)
   Call for Papers
   Torino, Italy
   September 2-5, 2013
   http://csl13.di.unito.it/
* AIM AND SCOPE
   Computer Science Logic (CSL) is the annual conference of the
   European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL). The
   conference is intended for computer scientists whose research
   activities involve logic, as well as for logicians working on
   issues significant for computer science.
* LOCATION
   The 22nd EACSL Annual Conferences on Computer Science Logic
   will be held at Museo di Scienze Naturali in Torino from
   Monday 2nd through Thursday 5th of September 2013.
* LIST OF TOPICS OF INTEREST (NON EXHAUSTIVE)
   automated deduction and interactive theorem proving, constructive
   mathematics and type theory, equational logic and term rewriting,
   automata and games, game semantics, modal and temporal logic,
   model checking, decision procedures, logical aspects of
   computational complexity, computational proof theory, bounded
   arithmetic and propositional proof complexity, logic programming
   and constraints, lambda calculus and combinatory logic, domain
   theory, categorical logic and topological semantics, database
   theory, specification, extraction and transformation of programs,
   logical aspects of quantum computing, logical foundations of
   programming paradigms, verification and program analysis, linear
   logic, higher-order logic, non-monotonic reasoning.
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Abstract submission: April, 1st 2013
   Paper Submission: April, 8th 2013
   Paper Notification: June, 10th 2013
   Paper final version: July, 1st 2013
   Conference: September, 2nd --- 5th 2013
* SUBMISSION
   Authors are invited to submit papers of not more than 15 pages in
   LIPIcs style presenting work not previously published. Papers are
   to be submitted through Easychair.
* SATELLITE EVENTS
   The 14th International Workshop on Logic and Computational
   Complexity (LCC'13) will be held on 6th of September 2013 as
   a satellite event of CSL'13. An international summer school
   on Linear Logic and related topics will be held from 28th
   through 31st of August 2013 as a satellite event of CSL'13.
   Further details will appear on this page as soon as possible.
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
   Zena Ariola (University of Oregon)
   Arnon Avron (Tel-Aviv University)
   Roberto Bagnara (University of Parma, and BUGSENG srl)
   Christel Baier (Technical University of Dresden)
   Marc Bezem (University of Bergen)
   Paola Bruscoli (University of Bath, Computer Science Department)
   Agata Ciabattoni (TU Wien)
   Thierry Coquand (Chalmers University)
   Ugo Dal Lago (Universita di Bologna)
   Valeria De Paiva (Nuance Communications)
   Reinhard Kahle (CENTRIA and DM, UNL, Portugal)
   Stephan Kreutzer (Technical University Berlin)
   Olivier Laurent (CNRS - ENS Lyon)
   Carsten Lutz (Universitaet Bremen)
   Jean-Yves Marion (Universite de Lorraine, LORIA)
   Damian Niwinski (Warsaw University)
   Frank Pfenning (Carnegie Mellon University)
   Elaine Pimentel (UFMG)
   Ruzica Piskac (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS))
   Simona Ronchi Della Rocca CHAIR (Universita di Torino)
   Jan Rutten (CWI)
   Helmut Schwichtenberg (LMU Munich)
   Phil Scott (Dept. of Math & Stats, U. Ottawa)
   Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University)
   Makoto Tatsuta (National Institute of Informatics)
   Tachio Terauchi (Nagoya University)
* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
   Erika De Benedetti (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
   Paola Giannini (Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica
(DISIT), Alessandria)
   Mauro Piccolo (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
   Luca Padovani (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
   Luca Paolini (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
   Simona Ronchi Della Rocca (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
   Luca Roversi (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)
   Angelo Troina (Dipartimento di Informatica, Torino)


SIXTH CONFERENCE ON TOPOLOGY, ALGEBRA AND CATEGOREIS IN LOGIC (TACL 2013)
   Call for Presentations
   July 28 - August 1, 2013
   Nashville, Tennessee USA
   http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~tacl2013/
* SCOPE
   Studying logics via semantics is a well-established and very
   active branch of mathematical logic, with many applications,
   in computer science and elsewhere. The area is characterized
   by results, tools and techniques stemming from various fields,
   including universal algebra, topology, category theory, order,
   and model theory. The program of the conference TACL 2013 will
   focus on three interconnecting mathematical themes central to
   the semantical study of logics and their applications: algebraic,
   categorical, and topological methods. This is the sixth
   conference in the series Topology, Algebra and Categories in
   Logic (TACL, formerly TANCL). Earlier installments of this
   conference have been organized in Tbilisi (2003), Barcelona
   (2005), Oxford (2007), Amsterdam (2009), Marseilles (2011).
* CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS
   Vladimir Voevodsky, Institute for Advanced Studies, USA
   Nick Bezhanishvili, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
   Leo Cabrer, University of Oxford, UK
   Silvio Ghilardi, University of Milan, Italy
   George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland
   Alex Simpson, University of Edinburgh, UK
* FEATURED TOPICS
   Contributed talks can deal with any topic dealing with the use
   of algebraic, categorical or topological methods in either
   logic or computer science. This includes, but is not limited to,
   the following areas:
   - Algebraic structures in CS
   - Algebraic logic
   - Coalgebra
   - Categorical methods in logic
   - Domain theory
   - Lattice theory
   - Lattices with operators
   - Many-valued and fuzzy logics
   - Modal logics
   - Non-classical logics
   - Ordered topological spaces
   - Ordered algebraic structures
   - Pointfree topology
   - Proofs and Types
   - Residuated structures
   - Semantics
   - Stone-type dualities
   - Substructural logics
   - Topological semantics of modal logic
* SUBMISSIONS
   Contributed presentations will be of two types:
   - 20 minutes long presentations in parallel sessions and
   - featured, 30 minutes long, plenary presentations.
   The submission of an abstract will be required to be selected
   for a contributed presentation of either kind. While preference
   will be given to new work, results that have already been
   published or presented elsewhere will also be considered.
   More information on the submission procedure, as well as a link
   to the EasyChair system, can be found at the conference web site.
* IMPORTANT DATES
   April 1, 2013: Abstract submission deadline
   May 1, 2013:   Notification to authors
   July 28-August 1, 2013:  Conference
* PROGRAM COMMITTEE
   Steve Awodey, Carnegie Mellon University
   Guram Bezhanishvili, New Mexico State University
   David Gabelaia, Razmadze Mathematical Institute, Tbilisi
   Nick Galatos (co-chair), University of Denver
   Mai Gehrke, LIAFA, University of Paris Diderot
   Rob Goldblatt, Victoria University, Wellington
   John Harding, New Mexico State University
   Ramon Jansana, University of Barcelona
   Peter Jipsen, Chapman University
   Achim Jung, University of Birmingham
   Alexander Kurz (co-chair), University of Leicester
   Vincenzo Marra, University of Milan
   Hiroakira Ono, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
   Alessandra Palmigiano, University of Amsterdam
   Hilary Priestley, St Anne's College, Oxford
   James Raftery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
   Thomas Streicher, Technical University of Darmstadt
   Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University
   Constantine Tsinakis, Vanderbilt University
   Yde Venema, University of Amsterdam
   Michael Zakharyaschev, Birkbeck College, University of London
* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
   Chris Conidis, Vanderbilt University
   Lianzhen Liu, Jiangnan University, China
   Warren McGovern, Florida Atlantic University
   Francesco Paoli, University of Cagliari
   Rebecca Steiner, Vanderbilt University
   Constantine Tsinakis (chair), Vanderbilt University
   William Young, Vanderbilt University


29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOGIC PROGRAMMING (ICLP 2013)
   Call for Papers
   Istanbul, Turkey
   August 24-28, 2013
   http://www.iclp2013.org
* CONFERENCE SCOPE
   Since the first conference held in Marseilles in 1982, ICLP
   has been the premier international conference for presenting
   research in logic programming. Contributions are sought in all
   areas of logic programming including but not restricted to:
   - Theory: Semantic Foundations, Formalisms, Non-monotonic
     Reasoning, Knowledge Representation.
   - Implementation: Compilation, Virtual Machines, Parallelism.
   - Environments: Program Analysis, Transformation, Validation,
     Verification, Debugging, Pro- filing, Testing.
   - Language Issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility,
     Higher Order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Programming Techniques.
   - Related Paradigms: Inductive Logic Programming, Constraint Logic
     Programming, Answer-Set Programming, SAT-Checking
   - Applications: Databases, Data Integration and Federation,
     Software Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Web and
     Semantic Web, Agents, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics.
   In addition to the presentations of accepted papers, the technical
   program will include invited talks, advanced tutorials, the
   doctoral consortium, and several workshops.
* SUBMISSION DETAILS
   The four broad categories for submissions are as follows. Regular
   papers, including: (1) tech- nical papers for describing
   technically sound, innovative ideas that can advance the state of
   logic programming; (2) application papers, where the emphasis will
   be on their impact on the application domain; (3) system and tool
   papers, where the emphasis will be on the novelty, practicality,
   usability and availability of the systems and tools described.
   Technical communications (4) aimed at describing recent
   developments, new projects, and other materials that are not ready
   for publication as standard papers.  All papers and technical
   communications will be presented during the conference.
   All submissions must describe original, previously unpublished
   research, and must not simultaneously be submitted for publication
   elsewhere. They must be written in English. Technical papers,
   application papers, and system and tool papers must not exceed 12
   pages plus bibliography: however a new condensed TPLP format may
   be used and the papers may include appendices beyond 12 pages.
   The limit for technical communications is 10 pages. Submissions
   must be made in the condensed TPLP format (http://www.iclp2013.org)
   via the Easychair submission system, available at
    http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2013
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Paper registration (abstract):          April 3, 2013
   Submission deadline:                    April 10, 2013
   Notification to authors:                May 21, 2013
   Revision deadline (when needed):        June 21, 2013
   Camera-ready copy due:                  July 18, 2013
   Conference:                             August 24-28, 2013
* PAPER PUBLICATION
   All accepted papers will be published in the journal Theory and
   Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP), Cambridge University Press
   (CUP), in one or more special issues. In order to ensure the
   quality of the final version, papers may be subject to more than
   one round of refereeing (within the decision period). Accepted
   technical communications will be published in the online abstract
   of the special issue(s).  The program committee may also recommend
   standard papers to be published as technical communications.
* ICLP 2013 ORGANIZATION
   - General Co-Chairs:
     Esra Erdem                                    Sabanci University
     Joohyung Lee                            Arizona State University
   - Program Co-chairs:
     Terrance Swift                          New University of Lisboa
     Evelina Lamma                              University of Ferrara
   - Workshops Chair:
     Hans Tompits                     Vienna University of Technology
   - Publicity Chair:
     Peter Schueller                               Sabanci University
   - Doctoral Consortium:
     Marco Gavanelli                            University of Ferrara
     Martin Gebser                              University of Potsdam
   - Prolog Programming Contest:
     Bart Demoen                                          K.U. Leuven


11TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (CMSB 2013)
   Call for Papers
   IST Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
   23-25 September, 2013
   http://ist.ac.at/cmsb13
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Abstract deadline               8 April, 2013
   Paper submission deadline      15 April, 2013
   Author notification            27 May, 2013
   Poster submission deadline     27 May, 2013
   Poster notification            10 June, 2013
   Camera-ready deadline          24 June, 2013
* SCOPE
   CMSB 2013 solicits original research articles on the computational
   modeling and analysis of biological systems, pathways, networks,
   data, and corresponding application domains. The conference brings
   together computer scientists, biologists, mathematicians,
   engineers, and physicists interested in a system-level
   understanding of biological processes. It covers theory,
   computation, as well as applications.
* TOPICS
   - original paradigms, formalisms, and languages for modeling
     biological processes
   - original models together with their application domains
   - frameworks, techniques, and tools for verifying, validating,
     analyzing, and simulating biological systems
   - high-performance computational systems biology and parallel
     implementations
   - inference from high-throughput experimental data
   - model integration from biological databases
   - multi-scale modeling and analysis methods
   - synthetic biology.
* POSTER TRACK
   CMSB 2013 also solicits poster submissions. The abstract of each
   poster will get 2 pages in the proceedings. Some selected posters
   will also be given slots of short talks at the conference. We
   especially encourage poster submission from experimental
   biologists! In order to facilitate biologists to attend the
   conference and present their work, a limited number of travel
   stipends for students and postdocs presenting biology posters
   will be available.


WORKSHOP ON FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SECURITY (FCS 2013)
   Call for papers
   June 29, 2013
   New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
   http://prosecco.inria.fr/personal/bblanche/fcs13/
* The FCS workshop aims at bringing computer security researchers in
   closer contact with the LICS community and giving LICS attendees an
   opportunity to talk to experts in computer security, on the one
   hand, and contribute to bridging the gap between logical methods and
   computer security foundations, on the other.
   FCS'13 will be co-located with LICS'13 (ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic
   in Computer Science), CSF'13 (IEEE Computer Security Foundations
   Symposium), and MFPS'13 (Conference on the Mathematical Foundations
   of Programming Semantics).
* Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Automated reasoning
   techniques, Composition issues, Formal specification, Foundations of
   verification, Information flow analysis, Language-based security,
   Logic-based design, Program transformation, Security models, Static
   analysis, Statistical methods, Tools, Trust management for Access
   control and resource usage control, Authentication, Availability and
   denial of service, Covert channels, Confidentiality, Integrity and
   privacy, Intrusion detection, Malicious code, Mobile code, Mutual
   distrust, Privacy, Security policies, Security protocols.
* Submission format: full papers (15 pages) or short abstracts (1 page)
* Important dates: Submission: April 10, 2013
   Notification: April 30, 2013; Final papers: May 31, 2013


9TH SYMPOSIUM ON FRONTIERS OF COMBINING SYSTEMS (FroCoS 2013)
   Call for Papers
   Nancy, France
   September 18-20, 2013,
   http://frocos2013.loria.fr
   co-located with TABLEAUX 2013
* AIMS
   The aim of the conference is to publish and promote
   progress in research areas requiring the development of general
   techniques and methods for the combination and integration of
   special, formally defined systems, as well as for the analysis
   and modularization of complex systems.
* TOPICS
   Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
   combinations of logics such as combined higher-order, first-order,
   temporal, modal, or other non-classical logics; combinations and
   modularity in ontologies; combination of decision procedures, of
   satisfiability procedures, of constraint solving techniques or of
   logical frameworks; combination and integration methods in SAT and
   SMT solving; combinations and modularity in term rewriting;
   integration of equational and other theories into deductive
   systems; combination of deduction systems and computer algebra;
   integration of data structures into constraint logic programming
   and deduction; hybrid methods for deduction, resolution and
   constraint propagation; hybrid systems in knowledge representation
   and natural language semantics; combined logics for distributed and
   multi-agent systems; logical aspects of combining and modularizing
   programs and specifications.
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Abstract submission: 15 Apr 2013
   Paper submission: 22 Apr 2013


4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GAMES, AUTOMATA, LOGICS, AND FORMAL
VERIFICATION (GANDALF 2013)
   Preliminary Call for Papers
   Borca di Cadore, Dolomites, Italy
   August 29th-31th, 2013
   http://gandalf.di.univr.it/
* OBJECTIVES
   The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers from academia
   and industry which are actively working in the fields of Games, Automata,
   Logics, and Formal Verification. The idea is to cover an ample spectrum of
   themes, ranging from theory to applications, and stimulate
   cross-fertilization. Papers focused on formal methods are especially
   welcome. Authors are invited to submit original research or tool papers on
   all relevant topics in these areas. Papers discussing new ideas that are
   at an early stage of development are also welcome.
* LIST OF TOPICS
   The topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to, the
   following:
     Automata Theory
     Automated Deduction
     Computational aspects of Game Theory
     Concurrency and Distributed computation
     Decision Procedures
     Deductive, Compositional, and Abstraction Techniques for Verification
     Finite Model Theory
     First-order and Higher-order Logics
     Formal Languages
     Formal Methods for Systems Biology, Hybrid, Embedded, and Mobile Systems
     Games and Automata for Verification
     Game Semantics
     Logical aspects of Computational Complexity
     Logics of Programs
     Modal and Temporal Logics
     Model Checking
     Models of Reactive and Real-Time Systems
     Program Analysis and Software Verification
     Run-time Verification and Testing
     Specification and Verification of Finite and Infinite-state Systems
     Synthesis
* INVITED SPEAKERS
   Alessandro Cimatti (ITC-IRST, Italy)
   Thomas Henzinger (IST, Austria)
   Christof Loeding (University of Aachen, Germany)
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Abstract submission: May 1, 2013
   Paper submission: May 8, 2013
   Acceptance notification: June 17, 2013
   Final version: June 26, 2013
   Conference: August 29-31, 2013
* PROGRAM CHAIRS
   Tiziano Villa (University of Verona, Italy)
   Gabriele Puppis (LaBRI, Bordeaux, France)
* ORGANIZING CHAIR
   Pietro Sala (University of Verona, Italy)


PERSYVAL-LAB SUMMER SCHOOL ON CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
   Call for Applications
   July 8-12, 2013
   Grenoble, France
   http://www-verimag.imag.fr/PERSYVAL-Lab-Summer-School-on.html?lang=en
* IET ICT Labs and PERSYVAL-Lab (Pervasive systems and algorithms at the
   convergence of physical and digital worlds) Based on high-level research
   laboratories present at Grenoble in Mathematics, Computer Science,
   Automatic Control, Signal Processing, and Hardware Architecture, is
   organizing the 1st edition of the CPS Summer School.
* This school will bring together some of the best lecturers from Europe
   and the USA, in a one week programme, and be a fantastic opportunity
   for interaction. It will be held in the campus 
of Grenoble University-France.
* IMPORTANT DATE
   Hard deadline for applications is May 1st 2013. Attendance is limited
   to 80, so we will be selecting amongst the candidates.
* FEES
   Registration fee is EUR350 for students, EUR650 for non-students, which
   includes lunches from Monday 8th through Friday 12th. The registration
   fee only partially covers the costs incurred. The remaining costs are
   covered by the EIT ICT Labs and PERSYVAL-Lab.


18TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FORMAL METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL CRITICAL
SYSTEMS (FMICS 2013)
   Call for Papers
   September 23-24, 2013
   Madrid, Spain
   Co-located with SEFM 2013
   http://lvl.info.ucl.ac.be/Fmics2013
* SCOPE
   The  aim of  the  FMICS workshop  series  is to  provide  a forum  for
   researchers who  are interested in the development  and application of
   formal  methods  in industry.  In  particular,  FMICS brings  together
   scientists and engineers who are  active in the area of formal methods
   and interested in exchanging their experiences in the industrial usage
   of these  methods. The FMICS  workshop series also strives  to promote
   research  and development for  the improvement  of formal  methods and
   tools for industrial applications.
* TOPICS
   - Design, specification,  code generation and testing  based on formal
     methods.
   - Methods,  techniques  and   tools  to  support  automated  analysis,
     certification, debugging,  learning, optimization and transformation
     of complex, distributed, real-time systems and embedded systems.
   - Verification  and validation  methods that  address  shortcomings of
     existing  methods  with respect  to  their industrial  applicability
     (e.g., scalability and usability issues).
   - Tools for the development of formal design descriptions.
   - Case studies  and experience  reports on industrial  applications of
     formal methods, focusing on lessons learned or identification of new
     research directions.
   - Impact of the adoption of  formal methods on the development process
     and associated costs.
   - Application  of  formal methods  in  standardization and  industrial
     forums.
* SUBMISSIONS
   Submissions must  describe authors'  original research work  and their
   results. Contributions should not  exceed 15 pages formatted according
   to  the LNCS  style (Springer),  and should  be submitted  as Portable
   Document Format (PDF) files using the EasyChair submission site:
   https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fmics2013
   All  submissions must  report on  original research.  Submitted papers
   must  not have  previously appeared  in a  journal or  conference with
   published proceedings  and must not  be concurrently submitted  to any
   other  peer-reviewed  workshop,   symposium,  conference  or  archival
   journal. Any  partial overlap with any such  published or concurrently
   submitted paper must be clearly indicated.
   Submissions  should   clearly  demonstrate  relevance   to  industrial
   application.  Case  study  papers  should  identify  lessons  learned,
   validate  theoretical results  (such  as scalability  of methods),  or
   provide specific motivation for further research and development.
* IMPORTANT DATES
   Paper submission: May 3rd
   Notification: June 24th
   Final version due: July 12th
   Workshop: September 23th-24th
* PROGRAM CHAIRS
   Michael Dierkes (Rockwell Collins, France)
   Charles Pecheur (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)


HORIZONS IN TCS: A CELEBRATION OF MIHALIS YANNAKAKIS's 60TH BIRTHDAY
   Early Call for Participation
   Workshop at Center for Computational Intractability (CCI)
   Princeton University, NJ, USA
   August 27-29, 2013.
   http://intractability.princeton.edu/blog/2013/01/mihalisfest-2013/
* See the workshop's webpage for further information,
   including list of speakers.


ACKERMANN AWARD 2013 - THE EACSL OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD FOR
LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
   Second Call for Nominations
* Eligible for the 2013 Ackermann Award are PhD dissertations in topics
   specified by the EACSL and LICS conferences, which were formally
   accepted as PhD theses at a university or equivalent institution
   between 1.1.2011 and 31.12.2012.
* Submission details are available at
   http://www.eacsl.org/submissionsAck.html
* The deadline for submission is April 15, 2013
* Nominations should be sent to the chair of the Jury by
   e-mail: anuj.dawar at cl.cam.ac.uk
* The award consists of
   - a diploma,
   - an invitation to present the thesis at the CSL conference,
   - the publication of the laudation in the CSL proceedings,
   - travel support to attend the conference.
* The 2013 Ackermann Award will be presented to the recipients at the
   annual conference of the EACSL (CSL'13) in Torino (Italy)
   to be held 2-5 September 2013.
* The jury consists of  8  members:
   - T. Coquand (Chalmers University of Gothenburg)
   - A. Dawar (Cambridge, U.K., president of EACSL)
   - T.A. Henzinger (Klosterneuburg, Austria)
   - D. Leivant (Bloomington, USA)
   - D. Niwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
   - L. Ong (Oxford, U.K., LICS representative)
   - S. Ronchi Della Rocca (vice-president of EACSL)
   - W. Thomas (Aachen, Germany)
* The jury is entitled to give more (or less) than one award per year.
* The previous Ackermann Award recipients were:
   2005: Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Konstantin Korovin, Nathan Segerlind;
   2006: Stefan Milius and Balder ten Cate;
   2007: Dietmar Berwanger, Stephane Lengrand and Ting Zhang;
   2008: Krishnendu Chatterjee;
   2009: Jakob Nordstrom;
   2010: ---- (no award given);
   2011: Benjamin Rossman
   2012: Andrew Polonsky and Szymon Torunczyk


PHD/POSTDOC POSITION IN CRYPTOGRAPHY/INFORMATION SECURITY, UNIVERSITY OF TRIER
* The Chair for Information Security and Cryptography at
   University of Trier, Germany, offers a full-time
   PhD/Postdoc position.
* The position involves both research and teaching in the
   area of cryptography/information security. The successful
   candidate is expected to contribute to research in applied
   cryptography.
* The position is available immediately and is fully
   funded. The salary scale for the position is TV-L
   E13. The gross income depends on the candidate's
   experience level. At the lowest level it corresponds to
   approx. 40,000 EUR per year.
* Contracts are initially offered for two years. An
   extension to a total duration of up to six years is
   possible.
* He or she is given the possibility to carry out a
   Ph.D. or, for Postdocs, a Habilitation.
* The successful candidate should have a Master's degree
   or a Ph.D. (or should be very close to completion
   thereof) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information
   Security, or a related field, with a strong background in
   Theoretical Computer Science/Mathematics. Knowledge in
   cryptography is an asset.  Since teaching is mostly done
   in German, sufficient knowledge of German is required.
* The deadline for applications is March 17th,
   2013. However, late applications will be considered until
   the position is filled.


DOCTORAL OR POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN DECLARATIVE PROGRAMMING AT ULM
* A research/teaching position is available for Ph.D. students or postdocs
   in the area of Constraint Programming, in particular Constraint Handling
   Rules (CHR). For background information on the subject start at
   http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/pm/fileadmin/pm/home/fruehwirth/
* The applicant should have prior knowledge in one or more of the
   following areas: Declarative Programming, Logic, Program Analysis,
   Artificial Intelligence, and be willing to work in the field of
   Constraint Handling Rules.
* The context of the position requires a basic command of German at the
   time of application. Applicants are expected to be fluent in English.
   Mandatory teaching responsibilities are four lecture hours per week
   (in German or English).
* At least a master or equivalent in computer science or strongly related
   area is required. The initial appointment will be for two years, with
   possible renewals for up to six years and more.
* The position is state-funded according to salary scheme E13 TV-L,
   which means a gross salary of about 60.000 Euro per year, resulting
   in a net income of about 1750 to 2000 Euro a month depending on
   qualification (after deduction of taxes and of mandatory health and
   social insurance). Rents for flats start at about 500 Euro a month.
* Ulm is a pleasant city of 150.000 on the Danube, close to Stuttgart,
   Munich, the Alps, and Lake Konstanz. Every day life requires a basic
   command of German.
* Prospective applicants should email their resume with two references,
   certificates, proof of German language skills, and links to homepage
   and publications together in a single pdf file to
     Prof. Dr. Thom Fruehwirth,
     c/o Ulrike Seiter (secretary)
     ulrike.seiter at uni-ulm.de
   by May 1, 2013.
   Also use above email address for questions concerning the position.
* The University of Ulm is committed to increase the share of women in
   research and teaching positions and therefore explicitly encourages female
   candidates to apply.
* Job sharing is always possible for full-time positions. Physically
   disabled applicants receive favourable consideration when equally
   qualified. The job appointment is made by the central university
   administration.


PHD POSITIONS IN FORMAL METHODS AND LANGUAGE-BASED SECURITY AT CHALMERS
* 4 PhD Positions in Formal Methods and Language-based Security are
   available at the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers
   University of Technology, Sweden
* DEADLINE
   Application deadline: March 30, 2013
* 2 PHD POSITIONS IN FORMAL METHODS
   The research of the two advertised PhD positions will be in the area of
   Software Verification, where
   - one position has a stronger focus on the creative use and development
   of automated reasoning techniques for software verification,
   - the other has a stronger focus on combining static and runtime
   verification of software.
   The selection of the specific research topic will take into account both
   the interests of the new PhD student and the research agenda of the group.
* 2 PHD POSITIONS IN LANGUAGE-BASED SECURITY
   The PhD students will join a world-leading team of researchers on
   programming language-based security. Language-based security facilitates
   specifying and enforcing security policies at the level of programming
   languages early in the software design and construction phase. The focus
   of the advertised positions is on the following directions of work:
   - To design rich security policies for confidentiality and integrity, as
   demanded by practical applications (such as web applications).
   - To develop practical enforcement mechanisms for these policies in
   expressive programming languages (such as web languages). These enforcement
   mechanisms may combine static (for example, type system-based) and dynamic
   (for example, execution monitoring-based) techniques.
   - To support the above with case studies in web-application security.
   In pursuing these goals, there are possibilities for collaboration with
   our high-profile academic and industrial partners. We run a number of
   ambitious projects with top international partners in academia and
   industry, including the European project WebSand on web application
   security: https://www.websand.eu/
* EMPLOYMENT DETAILS
   PhD student positions are limited to five years and normally include 20 per
   cent departmental work, mostly teaching duties. Salary for the position is
   as specified in Chalmers' general agreement for PhD student positions.
   Currently the starting salary is 26,250SEK a month before tax. The positions
   are intended to start in spring or fall 2013. Knowledge of Swedish is not
   a prerequisite for application. English is our 
working language for research.
   Both Swedish and English are used in undergraduate courses. Half of our
   researchers and PhD students come from more than 30 different countries.


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