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TABLEAUX 2009

International Conference

Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods

Oslo, Norway 6.-10. July 2009

http://tableaux09.ifi.uio.no/

IMPORTANT DATES

GENERAL INFORMATION

This conference is the 18th in a series of international meetings on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods.

In July 2009, the conference will be held in Oslo, Norway. The conference proceedings will be published in the LNAI series as in the previous editions of the conference.

See http://tableaux09.ifi.uio.no/ for more information on TABLEAUX 2009, and http://i12www.ira.uka.de/TABLEAUX for information about the TABLEAUX conference series.

Tableaux 2009 will be collocated with FTP 2009, the workshop on First-Order Theorem Proving, see http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~sofronie/ftp09/

TOPICS

Tableau methods are a convenient formalism for automating deduction in various non-standard logics as well as in classical logic. Areas of application include verification of software and computer systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation and its required inference engines, and system diagnosis. The conference brings together researchers interested in all aspects - theoretical foundations, implementation techniques, systems development and applications - of the mechanization of reasoning with tableaux and related methods.

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

• analytic tableaux for various logics (theory and applications)
• related techniques and concepts, e.g., model checking and BDDs
• related methods (model elimination, sequent calculi, connection method, ...)
• new calculi and methods for theorem proving in classical and non-classical logics (modal, description, intuitionistic, linear, temporal, many-valued...)
• systems, tools, implementations and applications.

As in previous years, TABLEAUX 2009 puts a special emphasis on applications. Papers describing applications of tableaux and related methods in areas such as hardware and software verification, semantic technologies, knowledge engineering, etc. are particularly invited.

One or more tutorials will be part of the conference program.

SUBMISSIONS

The conference will include contributed papers, tutorials, system descriptions, position papers and invited lectures. Submissions are invited in four categories:

A

Research papers (reporting original theoretical and/or experimental research, up to 15 pages)

B

System descriptions (up to 5 pages)

C

Position papers and brief reports on work in progress

D

Tutorials in all areas of analytic tableaux and related methods from academic research to applications (proposals up to 5 pages)

Submissions in categories A and B will be reviewed by peers, typically members of the program committee. They must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere. For category B submissions a working implementation must exist and be available to the referees. After the notification, there will be a rebuttal phase of three days during which the authors of rejected papers will have the opportunity to respond to the reviews. Accepted papers in these categories will be published in the conference proceedings.

Submissions in category C will be reviewed by members of the program committee and a collection of the accepted papers in this category will be published as a Technical Report of the University of Oslo.

Tutorial submissions (Category D) may be at introductory, intermediate, or advanced levels. Novel topics and topics of broad interest are preferred. The submission should include the title, the author, the topic of the tutorial, its level, its relevance to conference topics, and a description of the interest and the scientific contents of the proposed tutorial. Tutorial proposals will be reviewed by members of the program committee.

Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference.

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

TABLEAUX 2009 launches a Call for Workshop Proposal on specialised subjects in the range of the conference topics. We can accept up to 2 proposals. The proposals are reviewed by members of the PC committee. The purpose of a workshop is to offer an opportunity of presenting novel ideas, ongoing research, and to discuss the state of the art of an area in a less formal but more focused way than the conference itself. It is also a good opportunity for young researchers to present their own work and to obtain feedback. The format of a workshop is left to the the organizers, but it is expected to contain significant time for discussion. The intended schedule is for one-day workshops.

To submit a workshop proposal, please send a description of one or two pages to the PC chairs by Friday, 9. Jan 2009.

STUDENT SPONSORING

Apart from significantly reduced conference fees, students have access to budget accommodation at a rate of about 170 EUR for the whole week.

If necessary, we will be able to provide further financial help. Please contact the conference chairs! Lack of funds should not prevent you from participating in Tableaux 2009!

INVITED SPEAKERS

We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have accepted to give invited talks at Tableaux 2009:

• Patrick Blackburn, INRIA Nancy, France

• Peter Jeavons, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK (Joint speaker with FTP)

• Pierre Wolper, Université de Liege, Belgium

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

PC Chairs

• Martin Giese, Univ. of Oslo, Norway
• Arild Waaler, Univ. of Oslo, Norway

PC Members

• Peter Baumgartner, NICTA, Canberra, Australia
• Bernhard Beckert, Univ. of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• Christoph Benzmüller, Saarland Univ., Saarbrücken, Germany
• Marc Bezem, Univ. of Bergen, Norway
• Torben Braüner, Roskilde Univ., Denmark
• Agata Ciabattoni, TU Wien, Austria
• Marta Cialdea Mayer, Univ. of Rome 3, Italy
• Stéphane Demri, CNRS, Cachan, France
• Roy Dyckhoff, Univ. of St Andrews, Scotland
• Ulrich Furbach, Univ. of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• Didier Galmiche, LORIA, Henri Poincaré Univ., Nancy, France
• Valentin Goranko, Technical University of Denmark
• Rajeev Goré, The Australian National Univ., Canberra, Australia
• Reiner Hähnle, Chalmers Univ., Göteborg, Sweden
• Ullrich Hustadt, Univ. of Liverpool, UK
• Christoph Kreitz, Univ. Potsdam, Germany
• George Metcalfe, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, USA
• Neil V. Murray, Univ. at Albany - SUNY, USA
• Nicola Olivetti, Paul Cézanne University, Marseille, France
• Jens Otten, Univ. Potsdam, Germany
• Nicolas Peltier, LIG, Grenoble, France
• Ulrike Sattler, Univ. of Manchester, UK
• Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans, MPI, Saarbrücken, Germany
• Frank Wolter, Univ. of Liverpool, UK

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Conference and program co-chairs:

• Martin Giese
• Arild Waaler

Local organization

• Roger Antonsen (Chef de Cuisine, Printer Daemon, FTP local contact)
• Christian M. Hansen (Chief Engineer)
• Magdalena Ivanovska (Registrar General)
• Espen H. Lian (Grand Coordinator of Student Accommodation)
• Audun Stolpe (Co-Coordinator of Student Accommodation)
• Bjarne Holen (Excursion Manager)
• Evgenij Thorstensen (Master of Conference Bags)
• Martin G. Skjæveland (Purveyor of Practical Information)
• Cristian Prisacariu (Receptionist)
• Terje Aaberge (Financial Advisor, Oil&Gas)
• Roar Fjellheim (Financial Advisor, IT-Industry)

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