[TYPES/announce] Third CFP - RAMiCS 2020

[Uli Fahrenberg]

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THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS

                    18th International Conference on
          Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science
                              RAMiCS 2020

              08. April to 11. April 2020, Palaiseau, France
                  URL: http://ramics18.gforge.inria.fr/

IMPORTANT DATES:

  Abstract Submission: 06. October 2019
  Paper Submission:    13. October 2019
  Author Notification: 15. December 2019
  Final Version:       16. January 2020
  RAMiCS 2020:         08. April to 11. April 2020
  INVITED TALKS:

Christel Baier, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
Manfred Droste, Universitaet Leipzig, Germany
Daniela Petrisan, Universite Paris Diderot, France


GENERAL INFORMATION:

Since 1994, the RAMiCS conference series has been the main venue for
research on relation algebras, Kleene algebras and similar algebraic
formalisms, and their applications as conceptual and methodological
tools in computer science and beyond.


TOPICS:

We invite submissions in the general fields of algebras relevant to
computer science and applications of such algebras. Topics include but
are not limited to:

* Theory
  - algebras such as semigroups, residuated lattices, semirings,
    Kleene algebras, relation algebras and quantales
  - their connections with program logics and other logics
  - their use in the theories of automata, concurrency, formal languages,
    games, networks and programming languages
  - the development of algebraic, algorithmic, category-theoretic,
    coalgebraic and proof-theoretic methods for these theories
  - their formalisation with theorem provers

* Applications
  - tools and techniques for program correctness, specification and
    verification
  - quantitative and qualitative models and semantics of computing
    systems and processes
  - algorithm design, automated reasoning, network protocol analysis,
    social choice, optimisation and control
  - industrial applications

WATA 2020

WATA 2020, the 10th International Workshop on Weighted Automata: Theory and
Applications, will take place just after RAMICS, from 14 to 17 April, in
Marseille. We encourage participants to combine the two events.


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Submission is via EasyChair at

  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ramics2020

All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three referees. The
proceedings will be published in an LNCS volume by Springer, ready at
the conference. Submissions must not be published or under review for
publication elsewhere. Submissions must be in English using a PDF not
exceeding 16 pages in LNCS style. Submissions must provide sufficient
information to judge their merits. Additional material may be provided
in a clearly marked appendix or by a reference to a manuscript on a web
site. Experimental data, software or mathematical components for theorem
provers must be available in sufficient detail for referees. Deviation
from these requirements may lead to rejection.

One author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at
the conference. Accepted papers must be produced with LaTeX. Formatting
instructions and LNCS style files are available at
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html

As for earlier RAMiCS conferences, we intend to publish a journal
special issue with revised and extended versions of a selection of the
best papers.


COMMITTEES:

  Organising Committee
  --------------------

  Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, USA
  Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Uli Fahrenberg, École polytechnique, France
  Conf. & PC Co-Chair: Michael Winter, Brock University, Canada

  Programme Committee
  -------------------

  Roland    Backhouse    University of Nottingham, UK
  Rudolf    Berghammer    Kiel University, Germany
  Manuel    Bodirsky    TU Dresden, Germany
  Jules        Desharnais    Laval University, Canada
  Amina        Doumane        PPS, France
  Uli        Fahrenberg    École polytechnique, France
  Hitoshi    Furusawa    Kagoshima University, Japan
  Mai        Gehrke        LIAFA, France
  Walter    Guttmann    University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  Robin        Hirsch        University College London, UK
  Peter        Höfner        CSIRO, Australia
  Marcel    Jackson        La Trobe University, Australia
  Jean-Baptiste    Jeannin        University of Michigan, USA
  Peter        Jipsen        Chapman University, USA
  Stef          Joosten         Open Universiteit, Netherlands
  Wolfram    Kahl        McMaster University, Canada
  Dexter    Kozen        Cornell University, USA
  Tadeusz    Litak        FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  Wendy        MacCaull    St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
  Roger        Maddux        Iowa State University, USA
  Annabelle    McIver        Macquarie University, Australia
  Szabolcs    Mikulas        University of London, UK
  Ali        Mili        NJIT, USA
  Jose        Oliveira    University of Minho, Portugal
  Alessandra    Palmigiano    Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
  Damien    Pous        CNRS - ENS Lyon, France
  Mehrnoosh    Sadrzadeh    University College London, UK
  Luigi        Santocanale    LIS, Aix-Marseille Université, France
  John        Stell        University of Leeds, UK
  Georg        Struth            University of Sheffield, UK
  Michael    Winter            Brock University, Canada