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DAMP'09 -- Call for Participation
by list＠clip.dia.fi.upm.es 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

C a l l f o r P a r t i c i p a t i o n DAMP 2009: Workshop on Declarative Aspects of Multicore Programming Savannah, Georgia, USA --- January 20, 2009 (co-located with POPL 2009) DAMP 2009 is the fourth in a series of one-day workshops seeking to explore ideas in programming language design that will greatly simplify programming for multicore architectures, and more generally for tightly coupled parallel architectures. DAMP 2009 is co-located with the ACM SIGPLAN - SIGACT Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL 2009). The advance program is available at http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~pls/damp09/programme.html ============================================================================== Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Logic Programming: 25th International Conference CFP
by Gopal Gupta 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Call for Papers 25th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2009) Pasadena, California, USA, July 14--17, 2009 http://www.ist.unomaha.edu/iclp2009/ ICLP 2009 will be co-located with IJCAI 2009 (see http://ijcai-09.org/) Conference Scope ================ Since the first conference held in Marseilles in 1982, ICLP has been the premier international conference for presenting research in logic programming. Contributions are sought in all areas of logic programming including but not restricted to: - Theory: Semantic Foundations, Formalisms, Non- monotonic Reasoning, Knowledge Representation. - Implementation: Compilation, Memory Management, Virtual Machines, Parallelism. - Environments: Program Analysis, Transformation, Validation, Verification, Debugging, Profiling. - Language Issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility, Higher Order, Types, Modes, Programming Techniques. - Related Paradigms: Abductive Logic Programming, Inductive Logic Programming, Constraint Logic Programming, Answer-Set Programming. - Applications: Databases, Data Integration and Federation, Software Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Web and Semantic Web, Agents, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics. In addition to the presentations of accepted papers, the technical program will include invited talks, tutorials, a Doctoral Consortium, and workshops. Submission Details ================== The three broad categories for submissions are: (1) technical papers, where, for ICLP 2009, specific attention will be given to work describing innovative language features leading to better software development, verification, and implementation; (2) application papers, where the emphasis will be on their impact on the application domain as opposed to the advancement of the the state-of-the-art of logic programming; and (3) short papers/posters, ideal for presenting and discussing current work not yet ready for publication and research project overviews. All papers must describe original, previously unpublished research, and must not simultaneously be submitted for publication elsewhere. They must be written in English. Technical and application papers must not exceed 15 pages. The limit for short papers is 5 pages. Submissions must be in the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springeronline.com/lncs/) via the Easychair submission system, available at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2009. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, expected to be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Important Dates =============== Paper registration: February 27, 2009 Submission deadline: March 3, 2009 Notification of authors: April 7, 2009 Camera-ready copy due: May 5, 2009 ICLP 2009 Organization ====================== General Co-Chairs: Hai-Feng Guo, Gopal Gupta Program Co-chairs: Patricia Hill, David S Warren Program Committee ================= Annalisa Bossi Paulo Moura Pedro Cabalar Steve Muggleton Mireille Ducasse Gopalan Nadathur Esra Erdem Lee Naish Francois Fages Enrico Pontelli Thom Fruehwirth Ricardo Rocha Maurizio Gabbrielli Torsten Schaub Maria Garcia de la Banda Terrance Swift Michael Hanus Peter Szeredi Patricia Hill (Co-chair) Mirek Truszczynski Katsumi Inoue Frank Valencia Joxan Jaffar Wim Vanhoof Andy King David Warren (Co-chair) Nicola Leone Neng-Fa Zhou Fangzhen Lin Workshops ========= The ICLP 2009 program will include several workshops. They are perhaps the best places for the presentation of preliminary work, novel ideas, and new open problems to a wide and interested audience. Workshops also provide a venue for presenting specialized topics and opportunities for intensive discussions and project collaboration in any areas related to logic programming, including cross-disciplinary areas. Workshop proposals by Feb. 3rd, 2009. Doctoral Consortium =================== The 5th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming provides research students with the opportunity to present and discuss their research directions, and to obtain feedback from both peers and world-renown experts in the field. Accepted participants will receive partial financial support to attend the event and the main conference. The best paper and presentation from the DC will be given the opportunity to present in special session of the main ICLP conference. Conference Venue ================ ICLP 2009 will be held in conjunction with IJCAI 2009 at the Pasadena Convention Center; for more information, see http://ijcai-09.org/. ============================================================================== Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PhD positions in ICT on Formal Verification via SMT available in Trento
by Roberto Sebastiani 22 Dec '08

22 Dec '08

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[[ We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message ]]] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: December 19, 2008 Doctoral Student Positions in Information and Communication Technologies on the research project "WORD-LEVEL FORMAL VERIFICATION VIA SMT SOLVING" are available at the International Doctorate School in Information and Communication Technologies (http://www.ict.unitn.it/) of the University of Trento, Italy, under the joint supervision of Dr. ALESSANDRO CIMATTI, Embedded Systems Research Unit, FBK-Irst, via Sommarive 18, I-38100 Povo, Trento, Italy http://sra.fbk.eu/people/cimatti/, Prof. ROBERTO SEBASTIANI Software Engineering & Formal Methods Research Program DISI, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, I-38100 Povo, Trento, Italy http://disi.unitn.it/~rseba/. The research activity will be carried out jointly within the Embedded Systems (ES) Research Unit of the Center for Scientific and Technological Research of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento, and the Software Engineering & Formal Methods (SE&FM) Research Program, at Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI) of University of Trento. The research activity will aim at investigating and developing novel techniques, methodologies and support tools for Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) for the verification of WORD-level circuit designs. This work will be part of the "Word-Level Formal Verification via SMT Solving" (WOLFLING) project, a three-year custom research project supported by SRC/GRC (http://grc.src.org/fr/S200802_Call.asp), in strict collaboration with the Formal Verification Group at Intel, Haifa. SMT tools will be developed on top of the MathSAT SMT platform (http://mathsat4.disi.unitn.it), and Formal Verification tools will be developed on top of the NuSMV Model Checking platform (http://nusmv.fbk.eu). Both platforms are jointly developed and maintained by ES and SE&FM. The selected candidates will be initially enrolled in a stage and, if they pass the selection of the Ph.D. school, they will be enrolled as Ph.D. students. Ph.D. courses will start in Autumn 2009, and the thesis must be completed in three or four years. People enrolled in a stage and subsequent Ph.D. courses are expected to move to Trento, and will receive monetary support during both phases of their activity. Candidate Profile ================= The ideal candidate should have an MS or equivalent degree in computer science, mathematics or electronic engineering, and combine solid theoretical background and excellent software development skills. The candidate should be able to work in a collaborative environment, with a strong commitment to reaching research excellence and achieving assigned objectives. Background knowledge and/or previous experience in the following areas (in order of preference), though not mandatory, will be considered very favorably: - Satisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT) - Propositional Satisfiability (SAT) - Embedded Systems Design Languages (e.g. Verilog, VHDL) - Symbolic Model Checking - Automated Reasoning - Constraint Solving and Optimization Applications and Inquiries ========================== Interested candidates should inquire for further information and/or apply by sending email to Prof. Sebastiani rseba[at]disi[dot]unitn[dot]it. Applications should contain a statement of interest, with a Curriculum Vitae, and three reference persons. PDF format is strongly encouraged. Emails will be automatically processed and should have 'PHD ON WOLFLING PROJECT' as subject. Contact Person ============== Prof. ROBERTO SEBASTIANI Software Engineering & Formal Methods Research Program DISI, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, I-38100 Povo, Trento, Italy http://disi.unitn.it/~rseba/. mailto: rseba[at]disi[dot]unitn[dot]it The Embedded Systems Research Unit at FBK ========================================= The Embedded Systems Unit consists of about 15 persons, including researchers, post-Doc, Ph.D. students, and programmers. The Unit carries out research, tool development and technology transfer in the fields of design and verification of embedded systems. Current research directions include: * Satisfiability Modulo Theory, and its application to the verification of hardware, embedded critical software, and hybrid systems (Verilog, SystemC, C/C++, StateFlow/Simulink). * Formal Requirements Analysis based on techniques for temporal logics (consistency checking, vacuity detection, input determinism, cause-effect analysis, realizability and synthesis). * Formal Safety Analysis, based on the integration of traditional techniques (e.g. Fault-tree analysis, FMEA) with symbolic verification techniques. The Embedded Systems Unit is part of Fondazione Bruno Kessler, formerly Istituto Trentino di Cultura, a public research institute of the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy), founded in 1976. The institute, through its center for the scientific and technological research, is active in the areas of Information Technology, Microsystems, and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces. Today, FBK is an internationally recognized research institute, collaborating with industries, universities, and public and private laboratories in Italy and abroad. The institute's applied and basic research activities aim at resolving real-world problems, driven by the need for technological innovation in society and industry. The SW Engineering & Formal Methods Research Program at DISI ============================================================ The SW Engineering & Formal Methods R. P. at DISI currently consists on 5 faculties, 4 post-docs and 19 PhD students. The Unit carries out research, tool development and technology transfer in the fields of Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering, Agent-oriented SW engineering, Security, and Formal Methods. Referring to formal methods, current research directions include: * Satisfiability Modulo Theory, and its application to the verification of hardware, embedded critical software, and hybrid systems. * Advanced Model Checking Techniques for Formal Verification of hardware, embedded critical software, and hybrid systems. * Applications of Propositional Satisfiability (SAT) to various domains. The R.P. is part of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, DISI (http://disi.unitn.it/) of University of Trento. University of Trento in the latest years has always been rated among the top-three small&medium-size universities in Italy. DISI currently consists of 50 faculties, 68 research staff and support people, 21 postdocs and 146 Doctoral students, plus administrative and technical staff. DISI covers all the different areas of information technology (computer science, telecommunications, and electronics) and their applications. These disciplines above are studied individually but also with a strong focus on their integration, Location ======== Trento is a lively town of about 100.000 inhabitants, located 130 km south of the border between Italy and Austria. It is well known for the beauty of its mountains and lakes, and it offers the possibility to practice a wide range of sports. Trento enjoys a rich cultural and historical heritage, and it is the ideal starting point for day trips to famous towns such as Venice or Verona, as well as to enjoy great naturalistic journeys. Detailed information about Trento and its region can be found at http://www.trentino.to/home/index.html?_lang=en. ============================================================================== Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: What is $/1 for?
by "user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject"＠fi.upm.es 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

$/1 is not a Ciao standard predicate. It is an auxiliar constructor that is used in the implementation of the library of disequality constraints (dist.pl) to represent different Skolem constants ($(1), $(2), ...) victorpablosceruelo(a)gmail.com wrote: > Hi. > > I'm reading an old ciao prolog file and I have found this non-documented > predicate: $/1 > Does anyone knows for what is it for? > > simpl_desig(Term1/_Term2,fail):- > ground(Term1), > Term1=($(N)), > number(N),!. > simpl_desig(_Term1/Term2,fail):- > ground(Term2), > Term2=($(N)), > number(N),!. > > Regards, > > Victor > > > ============================================================================== > Message: Address: Action: > help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands > subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list > unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list > <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- --------------------------------- Susana Muñoz Hernández Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Tel : +34 91 336 74 55 Fax : +34 91 336 36 69 email: susana(a)fi.upm.es --------------------------------- ======================================= Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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BYTECODE09: Last Call for Papers
by Samir Genaim 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

******************************************************** * Last Call for Papers * * * * Fourth Workshop on Bytecode Semantics, * * Verification, Analysis and Transformation * * * * York, UK, 29th March 2009, part of ETAPS 2009 * * * * Venue: The University of York * * * * http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Conferences/BYTECODE09 * * * ******************************************************** Important Dates =============== Paper Submission December 21, 2008 Notification January 25, 2009 Final Version February 8, 2009 Workshop March 29, 2009 Workshop Description ==================== Bytecode, such as produced by e.g. .Net and Java compilers, has become an important topic of interest, both for industry and academia. The industrial interest stems from the fact that bytecode is typically used for the Internet and mobile devices (smartcards, phones, etc.), where security is a major issue. Moreover, bytecode is device-independent and allows dynamic loading of classes, which provides an extra challenge for the application of formal methods. In addition, the lack of structure of the code and the pervasive presence of the operand stack also provide extra challenges for the analysis of bytecode. This workshop will focus on the latest developments in the semantics, verification, analysis, and transformation of bytecode. Both new theoretical results and tool demonstrations are welcome. Invited Speaker =============== TBA Submission ========== There are two paper categories, Regular and Tool demo papers. Paper should be written using the ENTCS style and submitted through the easy chair page "http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bytecode09". Please indicate in the submission page the category of your submission. Submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee for inclusion in the ENTCS proceedings. Regular research papers should be at most 15 pages (including bibliography and excluding well-marked appendices not intended for publication). They must contain original contributions, be written in English and be unpublished and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Tool demo papers must describe a completed, robust and well-documented tool -- highlighting the overall functionality of the tool, the interfaces of the tool, interesting examples and applications of the tool, an assessment of the tool's strengths and weaknesses, and a summary of documentation/support available with the tool. The body of the paper must be no longer than 6 pages in length (including bibliography), and it should give an overview of the tool, the methodology associated with its use, a summary of how the tool has been applied and to what effect, and it should indicate what supporting artifacts (user manual, example repository, downloads, etc) are available. This material will be included in the ENTCS proceedings if the paper is accepted. In addition, the paper should include an appendix (limited to six pages) that gives an outline of the proposed demo presentation (this material will NOT appear in the ENTCS proceedings). Program Committee ================= Wolfgang Ahrendt Chalmers University of Technology, SWE Elvira Albert (co-chair) Complutense University of Madrid, ESP June Andronick NICTA, AUS David Aspinall University of Edinburgh, UK Cristina Cifuentes Sun Microsystems, AUS Samir Genaim (co-chair) Technical University of Madrid, ESP Sara Kalvala The University of Warwick, UK Gerwin Klein The University of New South Wales, AUS Francesco Logozzo Microsoft Research, USA David Pichardie INRIA Rennes (IRISA), FRA Tamara Rezk INRIA-Microsoft, FRA Fausto Spoto University of Verona, ITA Eran Yahav IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA ============================================================================== Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Unicode
by oui 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

I need to manage data written in diverse alphabets like Greek, Russian, Arabic or Hindi. Can Prolog help me and what is to observe to do that? (ciao would better correspond to my view of solution of my problem because of existence of the Pillow library to realize Web applications) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Unicode-tp20349040p20349040.html Sent from the Ciao Prolog - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ============================================================================== Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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DES 1.6.1 Released
by fernan＠sip.ucm.es 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

[Apologies for multiple receptions] Hello. This is a mail just for informing that the new release Datalog Educational System version 1.6.1 http://des.sourceforge.net has been launched on November, 10th, 2008 and ported to Ciao Prolog 1.10p5 Release notes are attached to the end of this message. Please, see http://des.sourceforge.net for details. Best regards. ============================================================== Fernando Sáenz Pérez Profesor Titular de Universidad / Associate Professor Home Page: http://www.fdi.ucm.es/profesor/fernan Tel: + 34 913947642. Fax: + 34 913947547 Despacho / Office: 435 (4ª planta / 4th floor) Dept. Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial / Department of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Informática C/Profesor José García Santesmases, s/n E - 28040 Madrid. Spain ============================================================== Version 1.6.1 of DES adds to previous version (1.6.0): Enhancements: o Arithmetic expressions are allowed in the projection list of SELECT statements o Subqueries in comparisons (=, <, >, ...), in either side or even in both sides of the comparison operator (read as ANY, not ALL, which is unsupported up to now) o Display of the number of computed, inserted and deleted tuples o Commands are case-insensitive o Some tweaks on the SQL parsing code for making it hopefully more understandable and efficient o The answer to a SQL query is a relation with name 'answer', and its schema is displayed when solving it o A new use for the /dbschema command: Now, it accepts an optional argument (a database object, which can be a view or a table name) for restricting the displayed schema o The /dbschema command informs about local view definitions for each view o A new SQL DDL statement: drop database, which drops the database (including tables, views, and rules) o Stratifications are not computed during building a view that involves local views. As a consequence, several messages are suppressed (as 'undefined' and 'non stratifiable') Changes: o Inserted and deleted tuples are not shown Fixed bugs: o Complex left-hand-side relations in joins failed to be parsed o Conjunctive Prolog goals failed to be parsed (bug introduced in version 1.6.0) o Natural joins now return common attributes only once o Datalog rules involving expressions with (prefix) unary operators were incorrectly displayed as infix o Parsing of Datalog bodies failed is some situations were arithmetic operators were involved (as in /assert p(X) :- X is (1) ) o Parsing of projection lists failed in some situations where table.* was intermixed with references to single table attributes o Program transformation for obtaining safe rules yielded incorrect results in some cases o When dropping a view, its local view definitions (if any) were not dropped as well o Different views could define the same local view name o /listing Name failed to list rules of different arities (bug introduced in version 1.6.0) ======================================= Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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VMCAI 2009: Call for Participation
by Markus Mueller-Olm 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

[Apologies for multiple copies] =============================================================================== -------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION -------------- VMCAI 2009 Tenth International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation Savannah, GA, USA, January 18-20, 2009 http://cs.uni-muenster.de/vmcai09 Early registration deadline: December 19 =============================================================================== VMCAI 2009 is the 10th International Conference on Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation. VMCAI 2009 is co-located with POPL 2009 and will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Savannah, Georgia, USA, January 18-20, 2009. Information on how to register for VMCAI is available from the conference web site: http://cs.uni-muenster.de/vmcai09 The early registration deadline is December 19, 2008. VMCAI centers on state-of-the-art research relevant to analysis of programs and systems and drawn from three research communities: Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation. A goal is to facilitate interaction, cross-fertilization, and the advance of hybrid methods that combine two or all three areas. Topics covered by VMCAI include program verification, program certification, model checking, debugging techniques, abstract interpretation, abstract domains, static analysis, type systems, deductive methods, and optimization. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Invited Talks: ============== Allen Emerson, co-recipient of 2008 Turing Award (Univ. of Texas): Model Checking: Progress and Problems Aarti Gupta (NEC Labs, Princeton): Model Checking Concurrent Multi-Threaded Programs Mooly Sagiv (Tel-Aviv University): Thread Modular Shape Analysis Invited Tutorials: ================== Byron Cook (Microsoft Research, Cambridge): Proving Program Termination and Liveness Veronique Cortier (LORIA, CNRS, Nancy): Verification of Security Protocols Contributed Papers: =================== The VMCAI 2009 program encompasses 24 regular papers. The list of accepted papers is available on the conference web site. Acknowledgements: ================= VMCAI 2009 is held in cooperation with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). It is sponsored by EAPLS (European Association for Programming Languages and Systems) and Microsoft Research. Program Chairs: =============== Neil Jones, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Markus Müller-Olm, Universität Münster, Germany Program Committee: ================== Christel Baier, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Ahmed Bouajjani, Université Paris 7, France Michael Codish, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Patrick Cousot, Ècole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France Javier Esparza, Technische Universität München, Germany Klaus Havelund, NASA JPL, USA Michael Huth, Imperial College London, Great-Britain Bengt Jonsson, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden Sorin Lerner, University of California, San Diego, USA Francesco Logozzo, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA Pete Manolios, Northeastern University, Boston, USA Amir Pnueli, New York University, USA C. R. Ramakrishnan, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA Andrey Rybalchenko, MPI for Software Systems, Germany Helmut Seidl, Technische Universität München, Germany Henny Sipma, Stanford University, USA Carolyn Talcott, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA Greta Yorsh, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, NY, USA Steering Committee: =================== Tino Cortesi, Universita' Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy Patrick Cousot, Ècole Normale Supérieure, France E. Allen Emerson, University of Texas at Austin, USA Giorgio Levi, University of Pisa, Italy Andreas Podelski, Universität Freiburg, Germany Thomas W. Reps, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA David Schmidt, Kansas State University, USA Lenore Zuck, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA ======================================= Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PhD Positions at the Embedded System Unit of Fondazione Bruno
by Marco Roveri 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

[[[ Apologies for multiple copies of this message ]]] Doctoral Student Positions Available Design and Verification of Embedded Software Embedded Systems Research Unit Fondazione Bruno Kessler (formerly part of IRST - Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica) Trento, Italy Posted: November 26, 2008 The Embedded Systems Research Unit (http://es.fbk.eu) of the Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy, is seeking several candidates for Ph.D positions. The Ph.D. studies will be held at the International Doctorate School in Information and Communication Technologies (http://www.ict.unitn.it/) of the University of Trento, Italy. The research activity will be carried out within the Embedded Systems Unit of the Center for Scientific and Technological Research of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler. The research activity will aim at techniques, methodologies and support tools for the design and verification of embedded systems. In particular, possible topics will include: - Embedded Software Design and Verification - Formal Requirements Analysis - Design and Verification of Hybrid and Timed systems The selected candidates will be initially enrolled in a stage and, if they pass the selection of the Ph.D. school, they will be enrolled as Ph.D. students. Ph.D. courses will start in Autumn 2009, and the thesis must be completed in three or four years. People enrolled in a stage and subsequent Ph.D. courses are expected to move to Trento, and will receive monetary support during both phases of their activity. Candidate Profile ================= The ideal candidate should have an MS or equivalent degree in computer science, mathematics or electronic engineering, and combine solid theoretical background and software development skills. The candidate should be able to work in a collaborative environment, with a strong commitment to reaching research excellence and achieving assigned objectives. Background knowledge and/or previous experience in the following areas, though not mandatory, will be considered favorably: - Symbolic Model Checking - Propositional Satisfiability - Satisfiability Modulo Theory - Constraint Solving and Optimization - Formal Requirements Analysis - Software Verification - Software Synthesis - Embedded Systems Design Languages (e.g. Verilog, VHDL, System C, and System Verilog) - Safety Analysis (FTA, FMEA) Applications and Inquiries ========================== Interested candidates should inquire for further information and/or apply by sending email to <jobs[at]fbk[dot]eu>. Applications should contain a statement of interest, with a Curriculum Vitae, and three reference persons. PDF format is strongly encouraged. Emails will be automatically processed and should have 'RIF: ES/phd' as subject. Please note that the positions are already open, and they will be evaluated as soon as they arrive. The Embedded Systems Research Unit ================================= The Embedded Systems Unit consists of about 15 persons, including researchers, post-Doc, Ph.D. students, and programmers. The Unit carries out research, tool development and technology transfer in the fields of design and verification of embedded systems. Current research directions include: * Satisfiability Modulo Theory, and its application to the verification of hardware, embedded critical software, and hybrid systems (Verilog, SystemC, C/C++, StateFlow/Simulink) * Formal Requirements Analysis based on techniques for temporal logics (consistency checking, vacuity detection, input determinism, cause-effect analysis, realizability and synthesis) * Formal Safety Analysis, based on the integration of traditional techniques (e.g. Fault-tree analysis, FMEA) with symbolic verification techniques. The unit develops and maintains several tools: * the NuSMV symbolic model checker (http://nusmv.fbk.eu) * the MathSAT SMT solver (http://mathsat.fbk.eu) * the Formal Safety Analysis Platform FSAP (http://fsap.fbk.eu) * the Requirements Analysis Tool RAT (http://rat.fbk.eu) The unit is currently involved in several research projects, funded by the European Union (FP VI and FP VII), the European Space Agency, the European Railway Agency, as well as in industrial technology transfer projects. The projects aim at applying research results to key application domains such as space, avionics, railways, hardware design and mobile embedded applications. The Embedded Systems Unit is part of Fondazione Bruno Kessler, formerly Istituto Trentino di Cultura, a public research institute of the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy), founded in 1976. 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What is $/1 for?
by victorpablosceruelo＠gmail.com 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Hi. I'm reading an old ciao prolog file and I have found this non-documented predicate: $/1 Does anyone knows for what is it for? simpl_desig(Term1/_Term2,fail):- ground(Term1), Term1=($(N)), number(N),!. simpl_desig(_Term1/Term2,fail):- ground(Term2), Term2=($(N)), number(N),!. Regards, Victor ============================================================================== Message: Address: Action: help majordomo(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Info. on useful commands subscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Subscribe to this list unsubscribe ciao-users-request(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Unsubscribe from this list <whatever> ciao-users(a)clip.dia.fi.upm.es Send message to list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages: http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Mail/ciao-users/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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