[TYPES/announce] LOPSTR 2017: 1st Call for Papers

[Fabio Fioravanti]

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                     LOPSTR 2017: 1st Call for Papers
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                       27th International Symposium on
              Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation
                              LOPSTR 2017

                   https://www.sci.unich.it/lopstr17/

                   University of Namur, Namur, Belgium
                          October 10 – 12, 2017
                       (co-located with PPDP 2017)

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   DEADLINES: Abstract submission:                  June 6, 2017
              Paper/Extended abstract submission:   June 13, 2017
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   INVITED SPEAKERS: to be announced
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   The aim of the LOPSTR series is to stimulate and promote international
   research and collaboration on logic-based program development. LOPSTR
   is open to contributions in logic-based program development in any
   language paradigm.  LOPSTR has a reputation for being a lively,
   friendly forum for presenting and discussing work in progress. Formal
   proceedings are produced only after the symposium so that authors can
   incorporate this feedback in the published papers.

   The 27th International Symposium on Logic-based Program Synthesis and
   Transformation (LOPSTR 2017) will be held at the University of
   Namur, Belgium; previous symposia were held in Edinburgh, Siena,
   Canterbury, Madrid, Leuven, Odense, Hagenberg, Coimbra, Valencia,
   Lyngby, Venice, London, Verona, Uppsala, Madrid, Paphos, London,
   Venice, Manchester, Leuven, Stockholm, Arnhem, Pisa, Louvain-la-Neuve,
   and Manchester.  LOPSTR 2017 will be co-located with PPDP 2017
   (International Symposium on Principles and Practice of Declarative
   Programming).

   Topics of interest cover all aspects of logic-based program
   development, all stages of the software life cycle, and issues of both
   programming-in-the-small and programming-in-the-large.  Both full
   papers and extended abstracts describing applications in these areas
   are especially welcome. Contributions are welcome on all aspects of
   logic-based program development, including, but not limited to:

   * synthesis
   * transformation
   * specialization
   * composition
   * optimization
   * inversion
   * specification
   * analysis and verification
   * testing and certification
   * program and model manipulation
   * transformational techniques in SE
   * applications and tools

   Survey papers that present some aspects of the above topics from a new
   perspective, and application papers that describe experience with
   industrial applications are also welcome.

   Papers must describe original work, be written and presented in
   English, and must not substantially overlap with papers that have been
   published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal,
   conference, or workshop with refereed proceedings.  Work that already
   appeared in unpublished or informally published workshop proceedings
   may be submitted (please contact the PC chair in case of questions).


   Important Dates

   Abstract submission:                             Jun  6, 2017
   Paper/Extended abstract submission:              Jun 13, 2017
   Notification:                                   July 25, 2017
   Camera-ready (for electronic pre-proceedings):      tba, 2017
   Symposium:                                October 10-12, 2017


   Submission Guidelines

   Authors should submit an electronic copy of the paper (written in
   English) in PDF, formatted in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science
   style. Each submission must include on its first page the paper title;
   authors and their affiliations; contact authors email; abstract; and
   three to four keywords which will be used to assist the PC in
   selecting appropriate reviewers for the paper. Page numbers (and, if
   possible, line numbers) should appear on the manuscript to help the
   reviewers in writing their report.  Submissions cannot exceed 15 pages
   including references but excluding well-marked appendices not intended
   for publication.  Reviewers are not required to read the appendices,
   and thus papers should be intelligible without them. Papers should be
   submitted via the Easychair submission website for LOPSTR 2017:
   [http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lopstr2017] (can be
   accessed also through the LOPSTR 2017 web site).


   Best Paper Award and Prize

   A best paper award will be granted, which will include a 500 EUR prize
   provided by Springer.  This award will be given to the best paper
   submitted to the conference, based on the relevance, originality, and
   technical quality. The program committee may split the award among two
   or more papers, also considering authorship (e.g., student paper).


   Proceedings

   The formal post-conference proceedings will be published by Springer
   in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Full papers can be
   directly accepted for publication in the formal proceedings, or
   accepted only for presentation at the symposium and inclusion in
   informal proceedings. After the symposium, all authors of extended
   abstracts and full papers accepted only for presentation will be
   invited to revise and/or extend their submissions in the light of the
   feedback solicited at the symposium.  Then, after another round of
   reviewing, these revised papers may also be published in the formal
   proceedings.

   Program Committee

   Roberto Bagnara, University of Parma and BUGSENG, Italy
   Sabine Broda, University of Porto, Portugal
   Henning Christiansen, Roskilde University, Denmark
   Emanuele De Angelis, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
   Daniel De Schreye, KU Leuven, Belgium
   Maribel Fernandez, King's College London, UK
   Laurent Fribourg, CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay, France
   Miguel Gomez-Zamalloa, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
   Arie Gurfinkel, University of Waterloo, Canada
   Geoff Hamilton, Dublin City University, Ireland
   Gerda Janssens, KU Leuven, Belgium
   Bishoksan Kafle, University of Melbourne, Australia
   Andy King, University of Kent, UK
   Jacopo Mauro, University of Oslo, Norway
   Jose F. Morales, IMDEA Software Institute, Spain
   Jorge A. Navas, SRI International, USA
   Corneliu Popeea, CQSE GmbH, Germany
   Francesca Scozzari, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
   Theresa Swift, NOVALINKS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
   Alicia Villanueva, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

   Program Chairs

   Fabio Fioravanti, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
   John Gallagher, Roskilde University, Denmark and IMDEA Software 
Institute, Spain

   Organizing Committee

   Wim Vanhoof (Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium, Local Organizer)

   In cooperation with:

   The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
   The European Association for Programming Languages and Systems
   The Association for Logic Programming