[TYPES/announce] Tableaux 2011 First Call for Papers

[Kai Brünnler]

                 First Call for Papers,
                Call for Tutorials, and
              Call for Workshop Proposals
                     TABLEAUX 2011

               International Conference

                    TABLEAUX 2011
                Automated Reasoning with
          Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods

                  Bern, Switzerland
                 4 July - 8 July 2011
           http://www.tableaux11.unibe.ch/


IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop & Tutorial submission:      Monday, 10 Jan 2011
Workshop & Tutorial notification:    Monday, 24 Jan 2011

Abstract and Title submission:       Monday, 24 Jan 2011
Paper Submission:                    Monday, 31 Jan 2011
Notification:                        Monday, 28 Mar 2011
Final Versions:                      Monday, 25 Apr 2011

Workshops:         Monday, 4 July 2011
Conference:        Tuesday, 5 July - Friday, 8 July 2011


GENERAL INFORMATION

  This conference is the 20th in a series of international meetings on
  Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods.

  In July 2011, the conference will be held in Bern, Switzerland.  The
  conference proceedings will be published in the Springer LNAI series as
  in the previous editions of the conference.

  See http://www.tableaux11.unibe.ch/ for more information on TABLEAUX
  2011, and http://i12www.ira.uka.de/TABLEAUX for information about
  the TABLEAUX conference series.


TOPICS

  Tableau methods are a convenient formalism for automating deduction
  in various non-standard logics as well as in classical logic. Areas
  of application include verification of software and computer
  systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation and its
  required inference engines, and system diagnosis. The conference
  brings together researchers interested in all aspects - theoretical
  foundations, implementation techniques, systems development and
  applications - of the mechanization of reasoning with tableaux and
  related methods.

  Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to):

    * analytic tableaux for various logics (theory and applications)
    * related techniques and concepts, e.g., model checking and BDDs
    * related methods (model elimination, sequent calculi,
      connection method, ...)
    * new calculi and methods for theorem proving in classical and
      non-classical logics (modal, description, intuitionistic, linear,
      temporal, many-valued...)
    * systems, tools, implementations and applications.

  As in previous years, TABLEAUX 2011 puts a special emphasis on
  applications. Papers describing applications of tableaux and related
  methods in areas such as hardware and software verification,
  semantic technologies, knowledge engineering, etc. are particularly
  invited.

  One or more tutorials will be part of the conference program.


SUBMISSIONS

  The conference will include contributed papers, tutorials, system
  descriptions, position papers and invited lectures. Submissions are
  invited in four categories:

    A  Research papers (reporting original theoretical and/or experimental
                        research, up to 15 pages)
    B  System descriptions (up to 5 pages)
    C  Short papers reporting work in progress (up to 5 pages)
    D  Tutorials in all areas of analytic tableaux and related methods
       from academic research to applications (proposals up to 5 pages)

  Submissions in categories A and B will be reviewed by peers,
  typically members of the program committee. They must be unpublished
  and not submitted for publication elsewhere.  For category B
  submissions a working implementation must exist and be available to
  the referees.  Accepted papers in these categories will be published in
  the conference proceedings.

  Submissions in category C will be reviewed by members of the program
  committee and a collection of the accepted papers in this category
  will be published as a Technical Report of the University of Bern.

  Tutorial submissions (Category D) may be at introductory,
  intermediate, or advanced levels. Novel topics and topics of broad
  interest are preferred. The submission should include the title, the
  author, the topic of the tutorial, its level, its relevance to
  conference topics, and a description of the interest and the
  scientific contents of the proposed tutorial. Tutorial proposals
  will be reviewed by members of the program committee.  Note that the
  deadline for tutorial proposals is  Monday, 10. Jan 2011.

  Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the
  conference.


CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

  TABLEAUX 2011 launches a Call for Workshop Proposal on specialised
  subjects in the range of the conference topics. We can accept up to
  three proposals.  The proposals are reviewed by members of the PC
  committee. The purpose of a workshop is to offer an opportunity of
  presenting novel ideas, ongoing research, and to discuss the state
  of the art of an area in a less formal but more focused way than the
  conference itself. It is also a good opportunity for young
  researchers to present their own work and to obtain feedback. The
  format of a workshop is left to the the organizers, but it is
  expected to contain significant time for discussion. The intended
  schedule is for one-day workshops.

  To submit a workshop proposal, please send a description of one or
  two pages to the PC chairs by Monday, 10. Jan 2011.


INVITED SPEAKERS

  We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have agreed
  to give invited talks at TABLEAUX 2011:

   * Maria Paola Bonacina, University of Verona, Italy
   * Ulrich Furbach, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
   * Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University, Japan


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  PC Chairs

   * Kai Brünnler, University of Bern, Switzerland
   * George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland

  PC Members

   * Arnon Avron, Tel Aviv University, Israel
   * Peter Baumgartner, NICTA, Canberra, Australia
   * Bernhard Beckert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
   * Torben Braüner, Roskilde University, Denmark
   * Agata Ciabattoni, TU Wien, Austria
   * Marta Cialdea, University of Rome 3, Italy
   * Roy Dyckhoff, University of St Andrews, Scotland
   * Martin Giese, University of Oslo, Norway
   * Valentin Goranko, Technical University of Denmark
   * Rajeev Goré, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
   * Reiner Hähnle, Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden
   * Ullrich Hustadt, University of Liverpool, UK
   * Martin Lange, University of Kassel, Germany
   * Dale Miller, INRIA, Saclay, France
   * Neil V. Murray, University at Albany - SUNY, USA
   * Nicola Olivetti, Paul Cezanne University, Marseille, France
   * Jens Otten, University of Potsdam, Germany
   * Dirk Pattinson, Imperial College London, UK
   * André Platzer, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
   * Renate Schmidt, University of Manchester, UK
   * Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans, MPI, Saarbrücken, Germany
   * Ulrich Ultes-Nitsche, Fribourg University, Switzerland
   * Luca Viganò, University of Verona, Italy
   * Arild Waaler, University of Oslo, Norway


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

  Conference Chairs:

   * Kai Brünnler, University of Bern, Switzerland
   * George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland

  Local Organizers:

   * Samuel Bucheli
   * Lukas Gerber
   * Roman Kuznets
   * Richard McKinley
   * Nia Stephens