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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
TABLEAUX 2017
26th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with
Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods
University of Brasilia, Brazil
September 25-28, 2017
Submission Deadline: 25 Apr 2017
http://tableaux2017.cic.unb.br/
GENERAL INFORMATION
TABLEAUX is the main international conference at which research
on all aspects, theoretical foundations, implementation techniques,
systems development and applications, of the mechanization of
tableau-based reasoning and related methods is presented. As
the first TABLEAUX workshop was held in Lautenbach in 1992, this
year's conference will include special events celebrating 25 years
of TABLEAUX.
The conference will be held in Brasilia from 25-28 September 2017.
It will be co-located with both the 11th International Symposium
on Frontiers of Combining Systems (FroCoS 2017) and the 8th
International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP
2017).
TOPICS
Tableau methods offer a convenient and flexible set of tools for
automated reasoning in classical logic, extensions of classical
logic, and a large number of non-classical logics. For large groups
of logics, tableau methods can be generated automatically. Areas
of application include verification of software and computer
systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation and its
required inference engines, teaching, and system diagnosis.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* tableau methods for classical and non-classical logics
(including first-order, higher-order, modal, temporal,
description, hybrid, intuitionistic, substructural,
relevance, non-monotonic logics) and their proof-theoretic
foundations;
* related methods (SMT, model elimination, model checking,
connection methods, resolution, BDDs, translation approaches);
* sequent calculi and natural deduction calculi for classical
and non-classical logics, as tools for proof search and proof
representation;
* flexible, easily extendable, light weight methods for theorem
proving;
* novel types of calculi for theorem proving and verification
in classical and non-classical logics;
* systems, tools, implementations, empirical evaluations and
applications (provers, logical frameworks, model checkers, ...);
* implementation techniques (data structures, efficient
algorithms, performance measurement, extensibility, ...);
* extensions of tableau procedures with conflict-driven
learning, generation of proofs; compact (or humanly readable)
representation of proofs;
* decision procedures, theoretically optimal procedures;
* applications of automated deduction to mathematics, software
development, verification, deductive and temporal
databases, knowledge representation, ontologies, fault
diagnosis or teaching.
We also welcome papers describing applications of tableau
procedures to real world examples. Such papers should be tailored
to the tableau community and should focus on the role of
reasoning, and logical aspects of the solution.
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS
To celebrate 25 years TABLEAUX the conference will include a
special session of invited talks by:
Reiner Haehnle Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
Wolfgang Bibel Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
INVITED SPEAKERS:
Carlos Areces FaMAF - Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
Katalin Bimbo University of Alberta, Canada (joint with FroCoS and
ITP)
Jasmin Blanchette Inria and LORIA, Nancy, France (joint with FroCoS and
ITP)
Cesary Kaliszyk Universitaet Innsbruck, Austria (joint with FroCoS and
ITP)
WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
There will be a three-day programme of four workshops and four
tutorials from 23-25 September.
Workshops:
12th Logical and Semantic Frameworks with Applications (LSFA 2017)
Sandra Alves, Renata Wassermann, Flavio L. C. de Moura
23 and 24 September 2017
Proof eXchange for Theorem Proving (PxTP)
Catherine Dubois, Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo
23 and 24 September 2017
EPS - Encyclopedia of Proof Systems
Giselle Reis, Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo
24 and 25 September 2017
DaLi - Dynamic Logic: new trends and applications
Mario Benevides, Alexandre Madeira
24 September 2017
Tutorials:
General methods in proof theory for modal and substructural logics
Bjoern Lellmann, Revantha Ramanayake
23 September 2017
From proof systems to complexity bounds
Anupam Das
24 September 2017
Proof Compressions and the conjecture NP =3D PSPACE
Lew Gordeev, Edward Hermann Haeusler
25 September 2017
PVS for Computer Scientists
Cesar Munoz, Mauricio Ayala-Rincon, Mariano Moscato
25 September 2017
Details will be published in separate calls and on the conference
website.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer
LNAI/LNCS series, as in previous editions.
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are invited in two categories:
A Research papers, which describe original theoretical
research, original algorithms, or applications, with length
up to 15 pages.
B System descriptions, with length up to 9 pages.
Submissions will be reviewed by the PC, possibly with the help of
external reviewers, taking into account readability, relevance
and originality.
For category A, theoretical results and algorithms must be
original, and not submitted for publication elsewhere. Submissions
will be reviewed taking into account correctness, theoretical
elegance, and possible implementability.
For category B submissions, a working implementation must be
accessible via the internet, which includes sources. The aim of a
system description is to make the system available in such a way
that users can use it, understand it, and build on it.
Accepted papers in both categories will be published in the
conference proceedings. Papers must be edited in LaTeX using the
llncs style and must be submitted electronically as PDF files via
the EasyChair system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dtableaux2017.
For all accepted papers at least one author is required to attend
the conference and present the paper. A paper title and a short
abstract of about 100 words must be submitted before the paper
submission deadline. Further information about paper submissions
will be made available at the conference website. Be aware that
neither plagiarism, nor self-plagiarism, nor duplicate publication
is acceptable. Formatting instructions and the LNCS style files
can be obtained via
http://www.springer.com/br/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui=
delines
BEST PAPER AWARD
The TABLEAUX 2017 Best Paper Award will be presented to the best
submission nominated and chosen by the Program Committee among
the accepted papers. The eligibility criteria will place emphasis
on the originality and significance of the contribution, but
readability and the overall technical quality, including correctness
and completeness of results, will also be considered. The TABLEAUX
Best Paper Award was established in 2015 and is a permanent
initiative of TABLEAUX.
IMPORTANT DATES
18 Apr 2017 Abstract submission
25 Apr 2017 Paper submission
8 Jun 2017 Notification of paper decisions
3 Jul 2017 Camera-ready papers due
23-25 Sep 2017 Workshops & Tutorials
25-28 Sep 2017 TABLEAUX Conference
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Peter Baumgartner National ICT Australia, Canberra
Maria Paola Bonacina Universita degli Studi di Verona
Laura Bozzelli Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Torben Brauener Roskilde University
Serenella Cerrito Ibisc, Universite d'Evry Val d'Essonne
Agata Ciabattoni Technische Universitaet Wien
Clare Dixon University of Liverpool
Pascal Fontaine LORIA, INRIA, Universite de Lorraine
Didier Galmiche LORIA, Universite de Lorraine
Martin Giese Universitetet i Oslo
Laura Giordano DISIT, Universita del Piemonte Orientale
Rajeev Gore The Australian National University
Volker Haarslev Concordia University
George Metcalfe Universitaet Bern
Angelo Montanari Universita degli Studi di Udine
Barbara Morawska Technische Universitaet Dresden
Boris Motik University of Oxford
Leonardo de Moura Microsoft Research
Neil Murray SUNY at Albany
Claudia Nalon Universidade de Brasilia
Linh Anh Nguyen Uniwersytet Warszawski
Hans de Nivelle Uniwersytet Wroclawski
Nicola Olivetti LSIS, Aix-Marseille Universite
Jens Otten Universitetet i Oslo
Valeria de Paiva Nuance Communications
Nicolas Peltier Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble
Elaine Pimentel Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Giselle Reis Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar
Philipp Ruemmer Uppsala Universitet
Katsuhiko Sano Hokkaido University
Renate Schmidt The University of Manchester
Cesare Tinelli The University of Iowa
Alwen Tiu Nanyang Technological University
David Toman University of Waterloo
Josef Urban Ceske vysoke uceni technicke v Praze
LOCAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Claudia Nalon, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
Daniele Nantes Sobrinho, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
Elaine Pimentel, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Joao Marcos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Claudia Nalon, University of Brasilia, Brazil
PC CHAIRS
Claudia Nalon, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Renate Schmidt, The University of Manchester, UK
