7-12 Sep 2012
Naples, Italy
================================================================ GAMES 2012 - CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Annual Workshop of the ESF Networking Programme on Games for Design and Verification 7th - 12th September 2012 - Napoli, Italy http://www.games.unina.it/ ================================================================ The ESF Networking Programme on Games for Design and Verification is a European Network pursuing research and training on the design and verification of computing systems. This network proposes a research and training programme for the design and verification of computing systems, using a methodological framework that is based on the interplay of finite and infinite games, mathematical logic and automata theory. For details, see www.games.rwth-aachen.de/ GAMES is the annual workshop of the Network and this year edition is the concluding one. GAMES 2012 will be held at Universita' di Napoli Federico II, Italy. SCOPE: The scope of the workshop includes the mathematical and algorithmic analysis of finite and infinite games, the interplay of games with automata theory and logic, and applications of games, automata, and logic to the design and verification of computing systems. PROGRAMME: As in previous years, GAMES 2012 will be an informal workshop, without proceedings. Its programme consists of 10 invited talks, contributed talks (30 min) and short presentations (15 min). Contributed talks and short presentations will be selected by the programme committee on the basis of submitted abstracts. INVITED SPEAKERS: - Mikolaj Bojanczyk (Warsaw University, Poland) - Krishnendu Chatterjee (IST Vienna, Austria) - Thomas Colcombet (CNRS Paris, France) - Olivier Friedman (University of Munich, Germany) - Hugo Gimbert (CNRS, France) - Joseph Halpern (Cornell University, USA) - Damian Niwinsky (Warsaw University, Poland) - Luke Ong (Oxford University, UK) - Jean-Franois Raskin (Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) - Wolfgang Thomas (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) SUBMISSIONS: Researchers who would like to present a talk at GAMES 2012 are invited to submit an abstract of up to two pages by email to esfgames2012@gmail.com by 27 June 2012. Decisions about acceptance will be made by 17 July 2012. IMPORTANT DATES: Abstract submission: June 27th 2012 Author notification: July 17th 2012 Travel grant application: July 30th 2012 Regular registration: July 30th 2012 Workshop: September 7th - 12th 2012 TRAVEL SUPPORT: We will be able to cover travel and accommodation costs for a limited number of participants (especially students). For information, please contact Aniello Murano via <esfgames2012@gmail.com>. There will be no registration fee. LOCATION: The workshop will be held at the Centro Congressi Ateneo Federico II, Via Partenope 36, Napoli, located on a wonderful seafront promenade, close to the historical center and the Castel dell'Ovo. The location is just in front of the baia that hosted last America's Cup World Competition. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: - Krzysztof Apt, CWI and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Dietmar Berwanger, CNRS and ENS Cachan, France - Erich Grdel, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Christof Lding, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Angelo Montanari, University of Udine, Italy - Aniello Murano, Universit di Napoli Federico II, Italy (Main Organizer) - Mimmo Parente, Univerit di Salerno, Italy - Sven Shewe, University of Liverpool, UK - Igor Walukiewicz, Universit Bordeaux 1, France CO-LOCATED EVENTS: GandALF 2012 - Third International Symposium on Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification - www.gandalf.unina.it/ - September 6th-8th, 2012 INFO: Please visit the workshop website (http://www.games.unina.it) for more information.