ASPOCP 2019 - call for papers

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                                                                  CALL FOR PAPERS                                                                  
                                                                       ASPOCP 2019                                   
                    12th Workshop on Answer Set Programming and Other Computing Paradigms                           
                                                  https://sites.google.com/site/aspocp2019                 
                                                      June 3 or 4, 2019 (LPNMR Workshop)

        Affiliated with 15th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning,
                                                 Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
                                                                          June 4-7, 2019

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AIMS AND SCOPE                                                                  

 Since its introduction in the late 1980s, Answer Set Programming (ASP) has been widely applied to 
 various knowledge-intensive tasks and combinatorial search problems. ASP was found to be
 closely related to SAT, which led to a new method of computing answer sets using SAT solvers and
 techniques adapted from SAT. This has been a much studied relationship, and is currently extended
 towards satisfiability modulo theories (SMT). The relationship of ASP to other computing paradigms,
 such as constraint satisfaction, quantified Boolean formulas (QBF), Constraint Logic Programming
 (CLP), first-order logic (FOL), and FO(ID) is also the subject of active research. Consequently, new
 methods of computing answer sets are being developed based on relationships to these formalisms.                        

 Furthermore, the practical applications of ASP also foster work on multi-paradigm problem-solving, 
 and in particular language and solver integration. The most prominent examples in this area
 currently are the integration of ASP with description logics (in the realm of the Semantic Web) and
 constraint satisfaction (which recently led to the Constraint Answer Set Programming (CASP)
 research direction).            

 A large body of general results regarding ASP is available and several efficient ASP solvers have
 been implemented. However, there are still significant challenges in applying ASP to real life
 applications, and more interest in relating ASP to other computing paradigms is emerging. This 
 workshop will provide opportunities for researchers to identify these challenges and to exchange
 ideas for overcoming them.                       

TOPICS                                                                          
 Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):                          
 - ASP and classical logic formalisms (SAT/FOL/QBF/SMT/DL).                     
 - ASP and constraint programming.                                              
 - ASP and other logic programming paradigms, e.g., FO(ID).                     
 - ASP and other nonmonotonic languages, e.g., action languages.                
 - ASP and external means of computation.                                       
 - ASP and probabilistic reasoning.                                             
 - ASP and knowledge compilation.                                               
 - ASP and machine learning.                                                    
 - New methods of computing answer sets using algorithms or systems of          
   other paradigms.                                                             
 - Language extensions to ASP.                                                  
 - ASP and multi-agent systems.                                                 
 - ASP and multi-context systems.                                               
 - Modularity and ASP.                                                          
 - ASP and argumentation.                                                       
 - Multi-paradigm problem solving involving ASP.                                
 - Evaluation and comparison of ASP to other paradigms.                         
 - ASP and related paradigms in applications.                                   
 - Hybridizing ASP with procedural approaches.                                  
 - Enhanced grounding or beyond grounding.                                      

SUBMISSIONS                                                                        
 Papers must describe original research and should not exceed 13 pages (excluding
 references).

Submissions must be written in English, present original research, and be formatted according to Springer’s guidelines and technical instructions available at:

https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conference-proceedings-guidelines

 Paper submission will be handled electronically by means of the Easychair system. 
 The submission page is available here

IMPORTANT DATES (tentative)                                                     
Abstract submission deadline:                     March 26, 2019
 Paper submission deadline:                        April 1, 2019
 Notification:                                                 May 1, 2019
 Camera-ready articles due:                         May 12, 2019
 Workshop:                                                 June 3 or 4, 2019

PROCEEDINGS                                                                     

 Accepted papers will be made available online as inofficial proceedings with 
 Arxiv.org. 

 A selection of extended and revised versions of accepted papers will appear 
 in a special issue. We are currently negotiating with potential journals.
 Such papers will go through a second formal selection process to meet
 the high quality standard of the journal.     

LOCATION
Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA (USA)

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
 Jorge Fandinno, IRIT, Toulouse, France
 Johannes K. Fichte, TU Wien, Austria                                                              

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Alessandro	Mosca	
Amelia	Harrison	The University of Texas at Austin
Anne	Siegel	IRISA, CNRS
Antti	Hyvärinen	USI
Bart	Bogaerts	Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bernhard	Bliem	University of Helsinki
Carmine	Dodaro	University of Genova
Chitta	Baral	Arizona State University
Cristina	Feier	University of Bremen
Daniela	Inclezan	Miami University
Enrico	Giunchiglia	University Genova
Fangkai	Yang	Maana Inc.
Francesco	Ricca	University of Calabria
Guillermo R.	Simari	Universidad del Sur in Bahia Blanca
Javier	Romero	University of Potsdam
Jia-Huai	You	University of Alberta
Joao	Leite	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Johannes K.	Fichte	TU Dresden
Johannes P.	Wallner	Vienna University of Technology
Joohyung	Lee	Arizona State University
Jörg	Pührer	Leipzig University
Jorge	Fandiño	IRIT, University of Toulouse, CNRs
Marc	Denecker	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Marcello	Balduccini	Saint Joseph's University
Marco	Maratea	University of Genova
Mario	Alviano	University of Calabria
Markus	Hecher	Vienna University of Technology
Martin	Gebser	University of Potsdam
Max	Ostrowski	
Michael	Morak	
Michael	Gelfond	Texas Tech University
Mirek	Truszczynski	University of Kentucky
Mutsunori	Banbara	IKobe University,
Nicola	Leone	University of Calabria
Orkunt	Sabuncu	TED University, Ankara
Pedro	Cabalar	University of Corunna
Richard	Watson	Texas Tech University, Department of Computer Science
Stefan	Ellmauthaler	Leipzig University
Stefan	Woltran	Vienna University of Technology
Stefania	Costantini	University of Aquila
Tomi	Janhunen	Aalto University
Tran Cao	Son	New Mexico State University
Vladimir	Lifschitz	The University of Texas at Austin
Wolfgang	Faber	Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
Yusuf	Izmirlioglu	Sabanci University