[Caml-list] FLoC 2018 - Call for Participation

[Caml-list] FLoC 2018 - Call for Participation

[Andrzej Murawski]

THE SEVENTH FEDERATED LOGIC CONFERENCE (FLoC 2018)
Call for Participation
6-19 July 2018
Oxford, England, UK

You are warmly invited to participate in FLoC 2018, the 2018 Federated
Logic Conference, to be held in Oxford, UK, on 6-19th July 2018.

Registration is now open and we remind speakers and participants to
book accommodation as soon as possible, as Oxford is popular in the
summer.

Website: http://www.floc2018.org/
Registration: http://www.floc2018.org/register/
Accommodation: http://www.floc2018.org/accommodation/

ABOUT FLOC

During the past forty years there has been extensive, continuous, and
growing interaction between logic and computer science. In many
respects, logic provides computer science with both a unifying
foundational framework and a tool for modeling. In fact, logic has
been called “the calculus of computer science”, playing a crucial role
in diverse areas such as artificial intelligence, computational
complexity, distributed computing, database systems, hardware design,
programming languages, and software engineering.

The Federated Logic Conference brings together several international
conferences related to mathematical logic and computer science, and
was first organised in 1996, as part of the DIMACS Special Year on
Logic and Algorithms. Since then FLoC was held in Trento in 1999,
Copenhagen in 2002, Seattle in 2006, Edinburgh in 2010 and Vienna in
2014.

The seventh Federated Logic Conference (FLoC'18) will be held in
Oxford, UK, in July 2018, at the Mathematical Institute and the
Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.

CONFERENCES

FLoC 2018 brings together nine major international conferences related
to mathematical logic and computer science:

International Conference on Computer Aided Verification (CAV)
http://cavconference.org/2018/

IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium (CSF)
http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/conferences/csf2018/

International Symposium on Formal Methods (FM)
http://www.fm2018.org

International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and
Deduction (FSCD)
http://www.cs.le.ac.uk/events/fscd2018/

International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP)
https://www.cs.nmsu.edu/ALP/iclp2018/

International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning (IJCAR)
http://ijcar2018.org

International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving (ITP)
https://itp2018.inria.fr

Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS)
http://lics.siglog.org/lics18/

International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability
Testing (SAT)
http://sat2018.azurewebsites.net/

Please refer to the individual websites for conference-specific information.

KEYNOTES

Shafi Goldwasser, MIT, Pseudo Deterministic Algorithms and Proofs
Georges Gonthier, INRIA and Paris Saclay, The Logic of Real Proofs

PLENARY LECTURES

Peter O’Hearn, Facebook and UCL, Continuous Reasoning for Big Code
Byron Cook, Amazon and UCL, Formal Reasoning about the Security of
Amazon Web Services

CONFERENCE INVITED SPEAKERS

CAV:   Somesh Jha, Eran Yahav
CSF:    Srini Devdas, Catuscia Palamidessi
FM:     Kim Gulstrand Larsen, Annabelle McIver, Leonardo de Moura
FSCD:  Stephanie Delaune, Grigore Rosu, Peter Selinger, Valeria Vignudelli
ICLP:   Elvira Albert, Thomas Eiter
IJCAR: Erika Abraham, Martin Giese
ITP:     Dan Grayson, John Harrison, Jean-Christophe Filiatre
LICS:   Thierry Coquand, Javier Esparza, Ursula Martin, Val Tannen
SAT:    Christopf Scholl, Rahul Santhanam, Marijn Heule

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Corrado Boehm Memorial
Martin Hofmann Memorial
Industry Session
FLoC Olympics

Please refer to conference websites for more information.

PUBLIC EVENTS

PUBLIC LECTURE by Stuart Russell, University of California Berkeley,
to be held as part of the Strachey Lecture series in the Sheldonian
Theatre, the official ceremonial hall of the University of Oxford:
http://www.floc2018.org/public-lecture/

PUBLIC DEBATE on “Ethics and Morality of Robotics”, an event in the
LogicLounge series (http://www.vcla.at/logiclounge/), first organised
at the Vienna Summer of Logic in 2014, to be held at the Oxford Union,
a debating society with a long history of iconic debates and
world-renowned speakers founded in 1823.
Panelists: Luciano Floridi, Ben Kuipers, Francesca Rossi, Matthias
Scheutz, Sandra Wachter and Jeannette Wing
Moderator: Judy Wajcman
http://www.floc2018.org/public-debate/

SUMMIT ON MACHINE LEARNING MEETS FORMAL METHODS
The Summit on Machine Learning Meets Formal Methods, supported by the
Alan Turing Institute, will bring together academic and industrial
leaders from NVIDIA, Google, DeepMind and Microsoft who will discuss
the benefits and risks of machine learning solutions.
Speakers: Anupam Datta, Mark Girolami, Sumit Gulwani, Pushmeet Kohli,
Alison Lowndes, Rupak Majumdar, Aditya Nori, Francesca Rossi, Stuart
Russell, Christian Szegedy, Moshe Vardi and Martin Vechev
http://www.floc2018.org/summit-on-machine-learning/

FOPSS LOGIC AND LEARNING SCHOOL, 1-6 July 2018
The Logic & Learning School is an opportunity to learn from, and
interact with, the world's experts leading recent progress in
understanding the relationships between logic and learning. These
experts come from both academia and some of the leading industrial
research labs (Amazon Research and DeepMind).
Speakers: Borja Balle, Richard Evans, Nina Gierasimczuk, Varun Kanade,
Guy Katz, Jan Křetínský, Stephen H. Muggleton, Doina Precup, Dan Roy
and James Worrell
http://www.floc2018.org/fopss/

MENTORING AND STUDENT EVENTS

FLoC will host several events aimed specifically at supporting
emerging researchers, some of which will provide financial support,
including:

LICS 2nd Logic Mentoring Workshop, Sunday 8 July
CAV Verification and Deduction Mentoring Workshop, Friday 13 July
FM Doctoral Symposium, Saturday 14 July
ICLP DC 2018: 14th Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic Programming (ICLP
– DC 2018), 18 July

WORKSHOPS

In addition to conferences, FLoC 2018 will also feature 70+ workshops
(7-8 July, 13 July, and 18-19 July). The list of workshops can be
found at http://www.floc2018.org/workshops.

SOCIAL EVENTS

There is one Reception and one Banquet during each FLoC block, and one
Workshop Dinner during each of the workshop blocks.  For details, see
http://floc2018.org/social-events/.  Guests are welcome: you can
reserve your place(s) via the registration system.

REGISTRATION

To register for FLoC, go to http://www.floc2018.org/register/
Registration for the main conference block gives you access to any
other conference in the same period. Conference registration includes
reception, lunches and coffee breaks. Stand up banquet can be added to
the conference registration.

Registration for a workshop day means you can attend any other
workshop on the same day. Workshop registration includes lunches and
coffee breaks. A dinner at an Oxford college can be added to the
workshop registration.

You can bring a guest to the banquet or college dinner for an extra charge.

Public events are free of charge.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES on 6th June 2018

LATE REGISTRATION until 25th June 2018

ON SITE REGISTRATION will be possible during the conference.

ACCOMMODATION
http://www.floc2018.org/accommodation/

We have made block bookings at several locations in Oxford, and have
other recommendations as well. Book early to avoid disappointment, as
July is a busy period in Oxford!

VOLUNTEERING AND TRAVEL SUPPORT

A generous scheme to provide travel support for early career
researchers and opportunities to volunteer (subject to restrictions)
is available:
http://www.floc2018.org/volunteer/

LOCAL INFORMATION

Our website includes details for travel (including accessibility),
venues and things to do in Oxford for our attendees and their
families: see http://www.floc2018.org/local-information/ for more
information.

FLoC 2018 promises to be an exciting meeting, and we hope to see you in Oxford!

FLOC 2018 CHAIRS

Marta Kwiatkowska
Daniel Kroening
Moshe Vardi

COMMITTEES

FLoC'18 Steering Committee

General Chair: Moshe Y. Vardi
Conference Co-chairs: Daniel Kroening, Marta Kwiatkowska
CAV Representative: Orna Grumberg
CSF Representative: Stephen Chong
FM Representative: Ana Cavalcanti
FSCD Representative: Luke Ong
ICLP Representative: Torsten Schaub
IJCAR Representative: Franz Baader
ITP Representative: Larry Paulson
LICS Representative: Martin Grohe
SAT Representative: Armin Biere
SIGLOG Representative: Prakash Panangaden

FLoC'18 Programme Committee

General Chair: Moshe Y. Vardi
Co-chair: Daniel Kroening
Co-chair: Marta Kwiatkowska
CAV: Hana Chockler
CSF: Stephen Chong
FM: Bill Roscoe
FSCD: Hélène Kirchner
ICLP: Paul Tarau
IJCAR: Roberto Sebastiani
ITP: Assia Mahboubi
LICS: Anuj Dawar and Erich Graedel

FLoC'18 Workshops Committee

General Chair: Moshe Y. Vardi
Co-chair: Daniel Kroening
Co-chair: Marta Kwiatkowska
Workshops Chair: Gethin Norman
Workshops Deputy Chair: Christoph Haase
CAV: Hana Chockler
CSF: Cas Cremers
FM: Helen Treharne
FSCD: Paula Severi
ICLP: Stefan Woltran
IJCAR: Alberto Griggio
ITP: Assia Mahboubi
LICS: Patricia Bouyer
SAT: Martina Seidl

FLoC'18 Organising Committee

Co-chair: Daniel Kroening
Co-chair: Marta Kwiatkowska
Website: Michael Tautschnig
PR: Andrzej Murawski
Fundraising: Hana Chockler
Workshops Chair: Gethin Norman
Workshops Deputy Chair: Christoph Haase
Proceedings: Radu Calinescu
Program: Dave Parker
Mentoring and Diversity: Alexandra Silva
Volunteer Coordinators: Julian Gutierrez, Stefan Kiefer
Oxford Union Debate: May Chan
CAV: Georg Weissenbacher
CSF: Cas Cremers
FM: Erik de Vink
FSCD: Paula Severi
ICLP: Marco Gavanelli
IJCAR: Ian Horrocks
ITP: Jeremy Avigad
LICS: Sam Staton
SAT: Christoph Wintersteiger

FLoC'18 Local Organising Committee

Co-Chair: Daniel Kroening
Co-Chair: Marta Kwiatkowska
Website: Michael Tautschnig
PR: Andrzej Murawski
Fundraising: Hana Chockler
Workshops Chair: Gethin Norman
Workshops Deputy Chair: Christophe Haase
Proceedings: Radu Calinescu
Program: Dave Parker
Mentoring and Diversity: Alexandra Silva
Volunteer Coordinator: Julian Gutierrez, Stefan Kiefer
Oxford Union Debate: May Chan
Admin team – coordination: Patrizia Ferrari
Admin team – volunteer coordination: Katherine Fletcher
Admin team – publications: Jordan Summers Young
Admin team – venues: Renate Henison
Admin team – speakers: Sarah Baldwin
PR Strategy – Helen Wilcox

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