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CICLOPS 2017: Call for Papers

15th International Colloquium on Implementation of Constraint and LOgic Programming Systems

28th August 2017 Melbourne, Australia

https://software.imdea.org/Conferences/CICLOPS2017/

Co-located with ICLP'17, CP'17, and SAT'17.

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Important Dates ===============

Abstract Submission: 11 June 2017 Paper Submission: 18 June 2017 Author Notification: 10 July 2017 Camera-ready Copy: 23 July 2017

Dates are intended as Anywhere on Earth.

Aims and Scope ==============

This workshop aims at discussing and exchanging experience on the design, implementation, and optimization of logic, constraint (logic) programming systems, and other systems based on logic as a means to express computations. Experience backed up by real implementations and their evaluation will be given preference, as well as descriptions of work in progress in that direction.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

* Sequential implementation schemes (abstract machines, translation to other languages, etc.).

* Implementation of concurrent and distributed logic and constraint programming systems.

* Implementation of type inference and type checking systems for logic and constraint programming languages.

* Compile-time analysis and its application to code generation.

* Balance between compile-time effort and run-time machinery, dynamic compilation.

* Interaction between high-level optimizations / transformations / specialization and low-level issues.

* Memory management and garbage collection issues.

* Indexing techniques and optimizations for large size programs.

* Optimizations for program generated logic and constraint programs.

* Implementation of logic engines in functional and object oriented languages.

* Embedding of logic and constraint programming engines in multi-paradigm systems.

* Implementation techniques for alternative logic engines and inference mechanisms (ASP, SAT, QSAT, DL etc.).

* Implementation of theorem provers, proof assistants and logic based natural language processing systems.

* Implementation of object and agent-oriented extensions to logic and constraint programming languages.

* Object and module systems.

* Design and implementation of declarative I/O concepts for logic and constraint programming languages.

* Implementations and ports of logic and constraint programming systems for mobile phones and netbooks.

* Documenting, debugging, testing, and profiling tools for logic and constraint programming systems.

* Novel compilation methods to modern hardware (e.g. GPUs).

Workshop Goals ==============

Our intent is to bring together, in an informal setting, people involved in research on sequential and parallel implementation technologies for logic and constraint programming languages and systems, in order to promote the exchange of ideas and feedback on recent developments. We hope that the workshop will provide a meeting point for people working on implementation technology for different aspects of logic and constraint-based languages and systems.

Paper Submissions =================

The workshop will welcome all short papers that are technically sound and on-topic, including contributions to theory, reports of interesting applications, reports of work in progress, experience papers, suggestions for new challenging problems, system descriptions, comparison and discussion papers, and improvements to known results/proofs/implementations.

All papers must be written in English and should not exceed 15 pages. We welcome also shorter submissions, e.g., extended abstracts and short papers, of at least 3 pages. For all accepted papers, at least one author is required to attend the workshop and give a presentation of 30 minutes including discussion.

Submissions must be made in Springer's LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferenc...) via the page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ciclops2017.

A program committee consisting of members from different research groups in the area will review the submissions on EasyChair. Papers will be reviewed by at least two, and usually three, referees.

Proceedings ===========

The informal workshop proceedings will be available on-line at the Computing Research Repository after the workshop. An electronic copy will also be distributed during the conference.

Program Committee =================

Paul Bone (Mozilla) Mats Carlsson (SICS) Michael Hanus (CAU Kiel) Jose F. Morales (IMDEA Software Institute) - chair Paulo Moura (CRACS & INESC TEC) Joachim Schimpf (Coninfer Ltd) David Schneider (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) Tom Schrijvers (KU Leuven) Nataliia Stulova (IMDEA Software Institute) - chair Theresa Swift (NOVALINKS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Tuncay Tekle (Stony Brook University) Jan Wielemaker (VU University Amsterdam) Neng-Fa Zhou (CUNY Brooklyn College and Graduate Center)

Contact =======

ciclops2017(a)software.imdea.org

Organizers ==========

Nataliia Stulova Jose F. Morales IMDEA Software Institute, Madrid, Spain