TABLEAUX2007

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This conference is the 16th in a series of international meetings on Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods. In July 2007, the conference will be held in Aix en Provence, France. The conference proceedings will be published in LNAI series as in the previous editions of the conference.

See http://tableaux2007.univ-cezanne.fr/ for more information on TABLEAUX 2007, and http://i12www.ira.uka.de/TABLEAUX for information about the TABLEAUX conference series.

[edit] 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.

TABLEAUX 2007 puts a special emphasis on applications. Papers describing applications of tableaux and related methods in areas such as, for example, hardware and software verification, knowledge engineering, semantic web, etc. are particularly invited.

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

[edit] 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. Accepted papers in these categories will be published in the conference proceedings . For category B submissions a working implementation must exist and be available to the referees.

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 LSIS/Universit Paul Czanne.

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.

[edit] Call for workshop proposals

TABLEAUX 2007 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 aworkshop is left to the organizers, but it is expected to contain significant time for discussion. The intended schedule is for one-day workshops.

Further information and instructions about submissions will be available on the conference website at http://tableaux2007.univ-cezanne.fr/.

[edit] Further important dates

Workshops

• Workshop proposal submission deadline: December 5, 2006
• Notification of acceptance of workshops: December 15, 2006

Tutorials

• Tutorial proposal submission deadline: January 10, 2007
• Notification of acceptance of tutorials: January 20, 2007

[edit] Programme committee

• Nicola Olivetti, LSIS, Paul Czanne University, Marseilles, France (Chair)
• Peter Baumgartner, Peter Baumgartner, NICTA, Canberra, Australia
• Bernhard Beckert, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• Patrick Blackburn, INRIA Lorraine, France
• Marta Cialdea, University of Roma 3, Italy
• Roy Dyckhoff, University of St Andrews, Scotland
• Christian G. Fermüller, University of Wien, Austria
• Ulrich Furbach, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• Didier Galmiche, LORIA, Henri Poincar University, Nancy, France
• Martin Giese, RICAM, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, Austria
• Rajeev P. Goré, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
• Jean Goubault-Larrecq, LSV, ENS Cachan, France
• Reiner Hähnle, University of Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Ullrich Hustadt, University of Liverpool, UK
• Christoph Kreitz, University of Potsdam, Germany
• Carsten Lutz, University of Dresden, Germany
• Angelo Montanari, University of Udine, Italy
• Ugo Moscato, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
• Neil V. Murray, ILS Institute, University at Albany, USA
• Ilkka Niemelä, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
• Lawrence C. Paulson, University of Cambridge, UK
• Camilla Schwind, CNRS, Marseille, France
• Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany (Workshop Chair)
• Arild Waaler, University of Oslo, Norway

[edit] Organising committee

Conference chair: Nicola Olivetti, LSIS, Paul Czanne University, Marseilles, France

Publicity Chair: Belad Benhamou, LSIS, Universit de Provence, Marseilles, France

Local Organisers:

• Belad Benhamou, LSIS, University of Provence, Marseilles, France
• Djamal Habet, LSIS, Paul Czanne University, Marseilles, France
• Philippe Jégou, LSIS, Paul Czanne University, Marseilles, France
• Richard Ostrowski, LSIS, University of Provence, Marseilles, France
• Cyril Pain-Barre, LSIS, University of Mediterranean, Marseilles, France
• Odile Papini, LSIS, University of Toulon, France
• Nicolas Prcovic, LSIS, Paul Czanne University, Marseilles, France
• Vincent Risch, LSIS, University of Mediterranean, Marseilles, France
• Pierre Siegel, LSIS, University of Provence, Marseilles, France
• Cyril Terrioux, LSIS, Paul Czanne University, Marseilles, France
• Eric Würbel, LSIS, University of Toulon, France