21-24 June 2009
Tokyo, Japan
2nd CFP: Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation WoLLIC
2009
www. wollic.org/wollic2009/
(DEADLINE: 28:02:2009)
Call for Papers
16th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation
(WoLLIC 2009)
Tokyo, Japan
June 21-24, 2009
(SPECIAL: There will be a screening of George Csicsery's
"N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos"
http://zalafilms.com/films/nisanumber.html
with kind permission of the film director)
WoLLIC is an annual international forum on inter-disciplinary research
involving formal logic, computing and programming theory, and natural
language and reasoning. Each meeting includes invited talks and
tutorials as well as contributed papers.
The Sixteenth WoLLIC will be held at the National Institute of Informatics
in Tokyo, Japan, from June 21 to 24, 2009. It is jointly sponsored by
the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL), the Interest Group in Pure and
Applied Logics (IGPL), the Association for Logic, Language and Information
(FoLLI), the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
(EATCS), the Sociedade Brasileira de Computacao (SBC), and the
Sociedade Brasileira de Logica (SBL).
SPECIAL EVENT
2009 will mark the 60-th anniversary of the publication of Paul Erdos'
elementary proof of the Prime Number Theorem. WoLLIC will celebrate
this by screening the documentary about Paul Erdos which was directed
by George Csicsery "N is a number - A Portrait of Paul Erdos"
http://zalafilms.com/films/nisanumber.html
PAPER SUBMISSION
Contributions are invited on all pertinent subjects, with particular
interest in cross-disciplinary topics. Typical but not exclusive
areas of interest are: foundations of computing and programming;
novel computation models and paradigms; broad notions of proof and belief;
formal methods in software and hardware development; logical approach to
natural language and reasoning; logics of programs, actions and resources;
foundational aspects of information organization, search, flow, sharing,
and protection.
Proposed contributions should be in English, and consist of a scholarly
exposition accessible to the non-specialist, including motivation,
background, and comparison with related works.
They must not exceed 10 pages (in font 10 or higher), with up to
5 additional pages for references and technical appendices.
The paper's main results must not be published or submitted
for publication in refereed venues, including journals and other
scientific meetings.
It is expected that each accepted paper be presented at the meeting by
one of its authors.
Papers must be submitted electronically at
http://wollic.org/wollic2009/instructions.html
A title and single-paragraph abstract should be submitted by
February 28, and the full paper by March 8 (firm date).
Notifications are expected by April 19, and final papers for
the proceedings will be due by May 3 (firm date).
PROCEEDINGS
The proceedings of WoLLIC 2009, including both invited and contributed
papers, will be published in advance of the meeting as a volume in
Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (TBC).
In addition, abstracts will be published in the Conference Report section
of the Logic Journal of the IGPL, and selected contributions will
be published as a special post-conference WoLLIC 2009 issue of a
scientific journal.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Arnold Beckmann (Swansea U, UK)
Carlos Caleiro (UT Lisbon, Portugal)
Thomas Eiter (Tech U Wien, Austria)
Sylvain Salvati (INRIA, France)
Taisuke Sato (Tokyo Inst Tech, Japan)
Michiel van Lambalgen (U Amsterdam, NL)
Frank Wolter (U Liverpool, UK)
STUDENT GRANTS
ASL sponsorship of WoLLIC 2009 will permit ASL student members to
apply for a modest travel grant (deadline: April 1, 2009).
See http://www.aslonline.org/studenttravelawards.html for details.
IMPORTANT DATES
February 28, 2009: Paper title and abstract deadline
March 8, 2009: Full paper deadline (firm)
April 19, 2009: Author notification
May 3, 2009: Final version deadline (firm)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Toshiyasu Arai (Kobe U, Japan)
Matthias Baaz (Tech U Wien)
Alexandru Baltag (Oxford U)
Josep Maria Font (U Barcelona)
Silvio Ghilardi (U Milano)
Katsumi Inoue (Nat Inst of Informatics, Japan)
Marcus Kracht (U Bielefeld)
Hiroakira Ono (JAIST, Japan) (Chair)
Masanao Ozawa (Nagoya U)
John Slaney (Australian Nat U)
Mark Steedman (Edinburgh U)
Hans Tompits (Tech U Wien)
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Makoto Kanazawa (Nat Inst of Informatics, Japan, co-chair)
Anjolina de Oliveira (U Fed Pernambuco, Brazil)
Ruy de Queiroz (U Fed Pernambuco, Brazil, co-chair)
Ken Satoh (Nat Inst of Informatics, Japan)
STEERING COMMITTEE
Samson Abramsky, Johan van Benthem, Joe Halpern, Wilfrid Hodges,
Daniel Leivant, Angus Macintyre, Grigori Mints, Ruy de Queiroz
WEB PAGE
wollic.org/wollic2009/