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            TOPOLOGY, ALGEBRA AND CATEGORIES IN LOGIC (TACL 2013)

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                                              July 28 - August 1, 2013

                        Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University

                                      Nashville, Tennessee USA

                             http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~tacl2013/

                 The Sixth International Conference on Topology, Algebra and Categories

                                               in conjunction with the

                                        28th Annual Shanks Lecture Series

 

Scope

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Studying logics via semantics is a well-established and very active branch of mathematical logic, with many applications, in computer science and elsewhere. The area is characterized by results, tools and techniques stemming from various fields, including universal algebra, topology, category theory, order, and model theory. The program of the conference TACL 2013 will focus on three interconnecting mathematical themes central to the semantical study of logics and their applications: algebraic, categorical, and topological methods. This is the sixth conference in the series Topology, Algebra and Categories in Logic (TACL, formerly TANCL). Earlier installments of this conference have been organized in Tbilisi (2003), Barcelona (2005), Oxford (2007), Amsterdam (2009), Marseilles (2011).

 

Confirmed invited speakers

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Vladimir Voevodsky, Institute for Advanced Studies, USA (Shanks Lecturer)

Nick Bezhanishvili, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Leo Cabrer, University of Oxford, UK

Silvio Ghilardi, University of Milan, Italy

George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland

Alex Simpson, University of Edinburgh, UK

 

Featured topics

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Contributed talks can deal with any topic dealing with the use of algebraic, categorical or topological methods in either logic or computer science. This includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

 

* Algebraic structures in CS

* Algebraic logic

* Coalgebra

* Categorical methods in logic

* Domain theory

* Lattice theory

* Lattices with operators

* Many-valued and fuzzy logics

* Modal logics

* Non-classical logics

* Ordered topological spaces

* Ordered algebraic structures

* Pointfree topology

* Proofs and Types

* Residuated structures

* Semantics

* Stone-type dualities

* Substructural logics

* Topological semantics of modal logic

 

Submissions

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Contributed presentations will be of two types:

o 20 minutes long presentations in parallel sessions and

o featured, 30 minutes long, plenary presentations.

The submission of an abstract will be required to be selected for a contributed presentation of either kind. While preference will be given to new work, results that have already been published or presented elsewhere will also be considered. More information on the submission procedure, as well as a link to the EasyChair system, can be found at the conference web site.

 

Important dates

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April 1, 2013: Abstract submission deadline

May 1, 2013:   Notification to authors

July 28-August 1, 2013:  Conference

 

Program Committee

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Steve Awodey, Carnegie Mellon University

Guram Bezhanishvili, New Mexico State University

David Gabelaia, Razmadze Mathematical Institute, Tbilisi

Nick Galatos (co-chair), University of Denver

Mai Gehrke, LIAFA, University of Paris Diderot

Rob Goldblatt, Victoria University, Wellington

John Harding, New Mexico State University

Ramon Jansana, University of Barcelona

Peter Jipsen, Chapman University

Achim Jung, University of Birmingham

Alexander Kurz (co-chair), University of Leicester

Vincenzo Marra, University of Milan

Hiroakira Ono, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Alessandra Palmigiano, University of Amsterdam

Hilary Priestley, St Anne's College, Oxford

James Raftery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Thomas Streicher, Technical University of Darmstadt

Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University

Constantine Tsinakis, Vanderbilt University

Yde Venema, University of Amsterdam

Michael Zakharyaschev, Birkbeck College, University of London

 

Organizing Committee

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Chris Conidis, Vanderbilt University

Lianzhen Liu, Jiangnan University, China

Warren McGovern, Florida Atlantic University

Francesco Paoli, University of Cagliari

Rebecca Steiner, Vanderbilt University

Constantine Tsinakis (chair), Vanderbilt University

William Young, Vanderbilt University

 

Expression of interest

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More Information

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