[TYPES/announce] Call for abstracts: Workshop on Natural Formal Mathematics (NFM 2020)

[Florian Rabe]

A workshop held between July 27 - 31, 2020 as part of the
13th Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics (CICM 2020)

(WILL BE HELD ONLINE; details to be announced on the CICM website https://cicm-conference.org/2020/cicm.php)

In (pure) mathematics there has always existed a strong informal sense of "naturality". "Natural" theories, notions, properties, or proofs are prefered over technical, convoluted, or counterintuitive approaches. If formal mathematics is to become part of mainstream mathematics, its formalizations and user experience have to become more "natural". This workshop broadly addresses the issue of naturality in formal mathematics.

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

     The notion of naturality in mathematics generally
     Natural input and output languages for formal mathematics systems
     Parsing natural mathematical language
     Controlled natural languages (CNL) for mathematics
     Making formal mathematics documents readable
     Naturality of foundational theories (types, sets, HOL, ...)
     Naturality of proof methods
     Natural proof structures and granularities
     Natural structurings of formalized mathematical texts and libraries
     Mathematical type setting (LaTeX) and formal mathematics
     Examples of natural formalizations

Invited speaker: tba

Submissions: We call for submissions of extended abstracts and demonstration proposals presenting work related to the workshop's topics of interest. To promote Natural Formal Mathematics unfinished or exploratory work will also be welcome. Electronic submission is done through EasyChair. Extended abstracts and demonstration proposals should be 1 page, formatted in LaTeX using the style onecolceurws.

     Submission deadline: June 15 2020
     Notification of acceptance: July 01 2020

Accepted abstracts and demonstrations should be presented online and live, to allow for questions and discussions. Abstracts will be made available online.

Program Committee

     Florian Rabe, Erlangen (co-chair)
     Peter Koepke, Bonn (co-chair)
     Merlin Carl, Flensburg
     Marcos Cramer, Dresden
     Adam Grabowski, Bialystok
     Michael Junk, Konstanz
     Cezary Kaliszyk, Innsbruck
     Andrea Kohlhase, Neu-Ulm
     Aarne Ranta, Gothenburg
     Josef Urban, Prague