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CfP: FSCD 2026 – 11th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction, 20–23 July 2026, Lisbon (Portugal)
Betreff: FSCD 2026: First Call for Papers
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
Eleventh International Conference on
Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2026)
July 20-23, Lisbon, Portugal
https://fscd-conference.org/2026
Part of FLoC 2026
IMPORTANT DATES
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All deadlines are midnight anywhere-on-earth (AoE); late submissions will not be considered.
Abstract: January 23, 2026
Submission: January 30, 2026
Author Response: March 23-27, 2026
Notification: April 16, 2026
Final version: April 30, 2026
OVERVIEW
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FSCD (https://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 logic, 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, nominal, 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;
- Process algebras (synchronous, asynchronous, static and dynamic semantics with and without time, etc.);
- Quantum calculi.
2. Methods in Computation and Deduction:
- Type systems (polymorphism, dependent, recursive, intersection, session, etc.);
- Induction, coinduction;
- Matching, unification, completion, orderings;
- Strategies (normalisation, 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 of 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;
- Applications of formal systems in education.
6. Formal Systems for Modelling and Verification in new challenging areas:
- Certification;
- Security;
- Blockchain;
- Databases;
- 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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There will be a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science of selected papers. More details will be provided later.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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The submission site is:
https://submissions.floc26.org/fscd/
Submissions must be formatted using the LIPIcs style files
(https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/5#author) and submitted via EasyChair.
Submissions can be made in two categories: regular research papers and system descriptions. Please indicate in the submission page in HotCRP and in the first page of the paper in which category you are submitting.
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, excluding references. Shorter papers are welcome and will be given equal consideration. A system description must present new software tools, or significantly new versions of such tools, in which FSCD topics play an important role. 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.
One author of each accepted paper is expected to register and present the work in person at the conference. In case that this is not possible, online presentation will be arranged, but in person registration will still be required.
BEST PAPER AWARD BY JUNIOR RESEARCHERS
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The programme committee will select a paper in which at least one author is a junior researcher, i.e., either a student or someone whose PhD award date is less than three years from the first day of the meeting.
When submitting the paper, other authors should declare to the PC Chair that at least 50% of contribution is made by the junior researcher(s).
CODE OF CONDUCT
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FSCD 2026 stands by the FLoC 2026 Code of conduct (https://www.floc26.org/policies).
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
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Frank Pfenning Carnegie Mellon University
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Alejandro Daz-Caro INRIA (LORIA) & UNQuilmes, France & Argentina
Alexis Saurin CNRS & University Paris Cit, France
Alwen Tiu Australian National University, Australia
Andreas Abel Chalmers University of Technology & University of
Gothenburg, Sweden
Andreia Mordido University of Lisbon, Portugal
Beniamino Accattoli INRIA & cole Polytechnique, France
Cynthia Kop Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Daniel Gratzer Aarhus University, Denmark
Dominic Orchard University of Kent & University of Cambridge, UK
Elaine Pimentel University College London, UK
Kristina Sojakova Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kwangkeun Yi Seoul National University, Korea
Liron Cohen Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Magorzata Biernacka University of Wrocaw, Poland
Nao Hirokawa JAIST, Japan
Natarajan Shankar SRI International, USA
Niki Vazou IMDEA Madrid, Spain
Paul Downen UMass Lowell, USA
Peter Selinger Dalhousie University, Canada
Salvador Lucas Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Sarah Winkler Free University of Bozen-Bolano, Italy
Ugo Dal Lago University of Bologna, Italy
CONFERENCE CHAIR
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Sandra Alves University of Porto
WORKSHOPS CHAIR
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Cynthia Kop Radboud University Nijmegen
FSCD STEERING COMMITTEE
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Chair:
Patrick Baillot CNRS, University of Lille
Past Chair:
Herman Geuvers Radboud University Nijmegen
Workshop Chair:
Cynthia Kop Radboud University Nijmegen
Publicity Chair:
Carsten Fuhs Birkbeck University of London
Past PC Chairs:
Marco Gaboardi Boston University
Femke van Raamsdonk VU Amsterdam
Jakob Rehof TU Dortmund
Maribel Fernndez King's College London
Elected Members:
Guilio Manzonetto Universit Paris Cit
Ugo Dal Lago University of Bologna
Sandra Alves University of Porto
Jrgen Giesl RWTH Aachen
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