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Indian School on Logic and Applications (ISLA 2010)

18-29 Jan 2010
Hyderabad, India

ISLA 2010 Call for Participation
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ALI announces a two-week winter school on logic and applications at the
University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, during January 18--29, 2010.
Graduate students with a background in logic and an interest in research
are welcome to apply. Active researchers and teachers of the subject may
apply as well.

The program consists of the following invited courses:
Hans van Ditmarsch (University of Seville)
Dynamic Epistemic Logic and Belief Revision

Antony Galton (University of Exeter)
Spatial and Temporal Knowledge Representation

Valentin Goranko (TU Denmark, Lyngby)
Model theory of modal logic

Neil Immerman (University of Massachussets, Amherst)
Logic and Complexity

Steven Lindell (Haverford College)
Logic and Models of Computation

Tobias Nipkow (Technische Universitt Mnchen)
A Practical Introduction to Theorem Proving with the Isabelle System

The following workshops happen in the afternoons:

Relational structures in reasoning with incomplete information
1922 January 2010
Convener(s):
Mohua Banerjee (IIT Kanpur)

Logic for information security
1923 January 2010
Convener(s):
Hans van Ditmarsch (University of Seville)
S P Suresh (Chennai Mathematical Institute)

Practical computer formalization of mathematics with the Mizar proof 
assistant
2528 January 2010
Convener(s):
Adam Naumowicz (University of Biaystok, Poland)

Alternative approaches to belief change: a consolidated perspective
2529 January 2010
Convener(s):
Sujata Ghosh (University of Groningen)

Set theory
2529 January 2010
Convener(s):
Benedikt Lwe (ILLC, Amsterdam)
Agatha Walczak-Typke (visiting Institut Mittag-Leffler, Sweden)
Philip Welch (University of Bristol)


Online registration is open on October 16, 2009. The link to the 
registration
form is available at http://ali.cmi.ac.in/isla2010/reg.php. The 
deadline for
receiving applications is November 13, 2009. Notification of selected
Indian participants will appear on this webpage on November 17, 2009.
Participants from outside India needing to make travel plans will be
informed within a week of applying. Upon being selected, you have to
ensure that you obtain the necessary leave from your organization to
attend the school.

There are no registration fees for the school for academic participants.
Lunch will be covered by the school. Shared accommodation at the
University of Hyderabad may be provided on request.  For Indian
participants from outside Hyderabad, 2nd class sleeper train fare by the
shortest route may be provided on request.

For any clarifications, please contact icla AT imsc.res.in.

School website: http://ali.cmi.ac.in/isla2010

Suresh
(on behalf of ISLA 2010 organisers)