Tableaux 2011: Final Call for Papers

[Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans]

[Apologies for multiple copies]

                   Final Call for Papers
                       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

(Please note the extended deadline for paper submission
and later date for notification.)

Abstract and Title Submission:       Monday, 24 Jan
Paper Submission:                    Monday, 7 Feb
Notification:                        Monday, 4 Apr
Final Versions:                      Monday, 25 Apr

Short Paper Submission:              Monday, 2 May
Short Paper Notification:            Monday, 16 May

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 three 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)

    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.

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

INVITED SPEAKERS

    We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have agreed
    to give invited talks at TABLEAUX 2011:

     * Maria Paola Bonacina, Università degli Studi di 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