[TYPES/announce] 1st Call for papers - GandALF 2026

[Giorgio Bacci]

[apologies for multiple copies]


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1st Call for papers  - GandALF 2026
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The Seventeenth International Symposium on Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification 
will take place in Aalborg, Denmark, September 15-17, 2026.

Web page: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gandalfsymposium.github.io/2026/__;!!IBzWLUs!SqK4m2CcpfHaVyxG-NqLp1W2BVLKSmma4KlxjBhGCNwy7Ogkcxj027uacM17ebdyTmNWLy3D9_3hxknSdBzxdz-RRd0L8DGf$ 

The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers from
academia and industry which are actively working in the fields of
Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification. The symposium covers
an ample spectrum of themes, ranging from theory to applications, and
encourages cross-fertilization. Papers focused on formal methods are
especially welcome. Authors are invited to submit original research or
tool papers on all relevant topics in these areas. Papers discussing
new ideas that are at an early stage of development are also welcome.

The topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to,
the following:

Automata Theory
Automated Deduction
Computational aspects of Game Theory
Concurrency and Distributed computation
Decision Procedures
Deductive, Compositional, and Abstraction Techniques for Verification
Finite Model Theory
First-order and Higher-order Logics
Formal Languages
Formal Methods for Systems Biology, Hybrid, Embedded, and Mobile Systems
Games and Automata for Verification
Game Semantics
Logical aspects of Computational Complexity
Logics of Programs
Modal and Temporal Logics
Model Checking
Models of Reactive and Real-Time Systems
Program Analysis and Software Verification
Run-time Verification and Testing
Specification and Verification of Finite and Infinite-state Systems Synthesis

## Proceedings:

The proceedings will be published by Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical 
Computer Science. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit a 
revised version of their work to a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science.
The previous editions of GandALF already led to special issues of the 
International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (GandALF 2010), 
Theoretical Computer Science (GandALF 2011 and 2012), 
Information and Computation (GandALF 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020), 
Acta Informatica (GandALF 2015) and 
Logical Methods in Computer Science (GandALF 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024).

## Submissions:

Submitted papers should not exceed fourteen (14) pages using EPTCS
format (please use the LaTeX style provided at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://style.eptcs.org__;!!IBzWLUs!SqK4m2CcpfHaVyxG-NqLp1W2BVLKSmma4KlxjBhGCNwy7Ogkcxj027uacM17ebdyTmNWLy3D9_3hxknSdBzxdz-RRf1lrJ1Y$ ),
be unpublished and contain original research. For papers reporting 
experimental results, authors are encouraged to make their data
available with their submission.

Submissions must be in PDF format and will be handled via
EasyChair Conference system at the following address:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gandalf2026__;!!IBzWLUs!SqK4m2CcpfHaVyxG-NqLp1W2BVLKSmma4KlxjBhGCNwy7Ogkcxj027uacM17ebdyTmNWLy3D9_3hxknSdBzxdz-RRU_dhrkK$ 

## Important Dates:

Abstract submission: June 18, 2026
Submission deadline: June 22, 2026
Notification: August 3, 2026
Camera ready: September 7, 2026
Conference Dates: September 15-17, 2026

## Program Committee (preliminary):

Giorgio Bacci (Aalborg University, Denmark) - chair
Mickaël Randour (Université de Mons, Belgium) - chair

Bartosz Bednarczyk (University of Wrocław, Poland)
Laurent Doyen (CNRS & LMF, ENS Paris-Saclay, France)
Marie Fortin (IRIF, CNRS, Université Paris Cité, France)
Raffaella Gentilini (University of Perugia, Italy)
Aline Goeminne (ENS Rennes, France)
James C. A. Main (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Alessio Mansutti (IMDEA Software Institute, Spain)
Petr Novotný (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
Charles Paperman (Université de Lille, France)
Julie Parreaux (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Igor Potapov (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Jeremy Sproston (University of Turin, Italy)
B Srivathsan (Chennai Mathematical Institute, India)
Marie Van Den Bogaard (Université Gustave Eiffel, France)
Chana Weil-Kennedy (CEA List, France)
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## Steering Committee:

Luca Aceto (Reykjavik University)
Javier Esparza (University of Munich)
Salvatore La Torre (University of Salerno)
Angelo Montanari (University of Udine)
Mimmo Parente (University of Salerno)
Jean-François Raskin (Université libre de Bruxelles)
Martin Zimmermann (Aalborg University)