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==================================================================== LOPSTR 2017: 2nd Call for Papers ====================================================================
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)
==================================================================== DEADLINES: Abstract submission: June 6, 2017 Paper/Extended abstract submission: June 13, 2017 ==================================================================== INVITED SPEAKERS: to be announced ====================================================================
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