Tableaux 2011 - Tableaux 2011: The 20th International Conference on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods

TABLEAUX 2011

International Conference

TABLEAUX 2011

Automated Reasoning with

Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods

Bern, Switzerland

4 July - 8 July 2011

http://www.tableaux11.unibe.ch/

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop & Tutorial submission: Monday, 10 Jan 2011
Workshop & Tutorial notification: Monday, 24 Jan

Abstract and Title submission: Monday, 24 Jan
Paper Submission: Monday, 31 Jan
Notification: Monday, 28 Mar
Final Versions: Monday, 25 Apr

Workshops: Monday, 4 July
Conference: Tuesday, 5 July - Friday, 8 July

GENERAL INFORMATION

This conference is the 20th in a series of international meetings on

Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods.

In July 2011, the conference will be held in Bern, Switzerland. The

conference proceedings will be published in the Springer LNAI series as

in the previous editions of the conference.

See http://www.tableaux11.unibe.ch/ for more information on TABLEAUX

2011, and http://i12www.ira.uka.de/TABLEAUX for information about

the TABLEAUX conference series.

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 2011 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 Short papers reporting work in progress (up to 5 pages)

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. 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 Bern.

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. Note that the

deadline for tutorial proposals is Monday, 10. Jan 2011.

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

conference.

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

TABLEAUX 2011 launches a Call for Workshop Proposal on specialised

subjects in the range of the conference topics. We can accept up to

three 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 Monday, 10. Jan 2011.

INVITED SPEAKERS

We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have agreed

to give invited talks at TABLEAUX 2011:

* Maria Paola Bonacina, University of Verona, Italy

* Ulrich Furbach, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

* Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University, Japan

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

PC Chairs

* Kai Brünnler, University of Bern, Switzerland

* George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland

PC Members

* Arnon Avron, Tel Aviv University, Israel

* Peter Baumgartner, NICTA, Canberra, Australia

* Bernhard Beckert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

* Torben Braüner, Roskilde University, Denmark

* Agata Ciabattoni, TU Wien, Austria

* Marta Cialdea, University of Rome 3, Italy

* Roy Dyckhoff, University of St Andrews, Scotland

* Martin Giese, University of Oslo, Norway

* Valentin Goranko, Technical University of Denmark

* Rajeev Goré, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

* Reiner Hähnle, Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden

* Ullrich Hustadt, University of Liverpool, UK

* Martin Lange, University of Kassel, Germany

* Dale Miller, INRIA, Saclay, France

* Neil V. Murray, University at Albany - SUNY, USA

* Nicola Olivetti, Paul Cézanne University, Marseille, France

* Jens Otten, University of Potsdam, Germany

* Dirk Pattinson, Imperial College London, UK

* André Platzer, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

* Renate Schmidt, University of Manchester, UK

* Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans, MPI, Saarbrücken, Germany

* Ulrich Ultes-Nitsche, Fribourg University, Switzerland

* Luca Viganò, University of Verona, Italy

* Arild Waaler, University of Oslo, Norway

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Conference Chairs:

* Kai Brünnler, University of Bern, Switzerland

* George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland

Local Organizers:

* Samuel Bucheli

* Lukas Gerber

* Roman Kuznets

* Richard McKinley

* Nia Stephens