LATA 2010 - LATA 2010 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATA THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

LATA is a yearly conference in theoretical computer science and its applications. As linked to the International PhD School in Formal Languages and Applications that was developed at Rovira i Virgili University (the host of the previous three editions and co-organizer of this one) in the period 2002-2006, LATA 2010 will reserve significant room for young scholars at the beginning of their career. It will aim at attracting contributions from both classical theory fields and application areas (bioinformatics, systems biology, language technology, artificial intelligence, etc.).

LATA 2010 STRUCTURE

-3 invited talks,
-2 invited tutorials,
-refereed contributions,
-open sessions for discussion in specific subfields, on open problems, or on professional issues (if requested by the participants).


SCOPE

Topics of either theoretical or applied interest include, but are not limited to:

algebraic language theory
algorithms on automata and words
automata and logic
automata for system analysis and program verification
automata, concurrency and Petri nets
cellular automata
combinatorics on words
computability
computational complexity
computer linguistics
data and image compression
decidability questions on words and languages
descriptional complexity
DNA and other models of bio-inspired computing
document engineering
foundations of finite state technology
fuzzy and rough languages
grammars (Chomsky hierarchy, contextual, multidimensional, unification, categorial, etc.)
grammars and automata architectures
grammatical inference and algorithmic learning
graphs and graph transformation
language varieties and semigroups
language-based cryptography
language-theoretic foundations of artificial intelligence and artificial life
neural networks
parallel and regulated rewriting
parsing
pattern matching and pattern recognition
patterns and codes
power series
quantum, chemical and optical computing
semantics
string and combinatorial issues in computational biology and bioinformatics
symbolic dynamics
term rewriting
text algorithms
text retrieval
transducers
trees, tree languages and tree machines
weighted machines

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages and should be formatted according to the standard format for Springer Verlag's LNCS series
(see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors...).

Submissions have to be uploaded at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lata201....


PUBLICATIONS

A volume of proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series will be available by the time of the conference.

At least one special issue of a major journal will be later published containing extended versions of the papers contributed to the conference.

Submissions to the post-conference publications will be only by invitation.


REGISTRATION

The period for registration will be open since September 1, 2009 until May 24, 2010. The registration form can be found at the website of the conference.

Early registration fees 500 euros
Early registration fees (PhD students) 400 euros
Late registration fees 530 euros
Late registration fees (PhD students) 430 euros
On site registration fees 550 euros
On site registration fees (PhD students) 450 euros

At least one author per paper should register. Papers that do not have a registered author by February 15, 2010 will be excluded from the proceedings.
Fees comprise access to all sessions, one copy of the proceedings volume, coffee breaks, lunches, excursion, and conference dinner.


PAYMENT

Early (resp. late) registration fees must be paid by bank transfer before February 15, 2010 (resp. May 14, 2010) to the conference series account at Open Bank (Plaza Manuel Gomez Moreno 2, 28020 Madrid, Spain): IBAN: ES1300730100510403506598 - Swift code: OPENESMMXXX (account holder: Carlos Martin-Vide & URV ? LATA 2010).

Please write the participant’s name in the subject of the bank form. Transfers should not involve any expense for the conference.

On-site registration fees can be paid only in cash.

A receipt for the payment will be provided on site.

Besides paying the registration fees, it is required to fill in the registration form at the website of the conference.


BEST PAPER AWARDS

An award will be presented to the authors of the two best papers accepted to the conference. Only papers fully authored by PhD students are eligible. The award intends to cover their travel expenses.