WRS'2001 - First call for papers
Salvador Lucas Alba
slucas@dsic.upv.es
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:59:43 +0100
[Apologies for multiple copies of this announcement]
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International Workshop on Reduction Strategies in Rewriting and
Programming (WRS 2001)
http://www.logic.at/wrs01/
held in conjunction with RTA 2001
Utrecht, The Netherlands, May 26, 2001
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Reduction strategies in rewriting and programming have attracted an
increasing attention within the last years. New types of reduction
strategies have been invented and investigated, and new results on
rewriting / computation under particular strategies have
been obtained. Research in this field ranges from primarily
theoretical
questions about reduction strategies to very practical application and
implementation issues. The need for a deeper understanding of
reduction
strategies in rewriting and programming, both in theory and practice,
is obvious, since they bridge the gap between unrestricted general
rewriting (computation) and (more deterministic) rewriting with
particular strategies (programming). Moreover, reduction strategies
provide a natural way to go from operational principles (e.g., graph
and term rewriting, narrowing, lambda-calculus) and semantics (e.g.,
normalization, computation of values, infinitary normalization,
head-normalization) to implementations of programming
languages.
Therefore any progress in this area is likely to be of interest not
only to the rewriting community, but also to neighbouring fields like
functional programming, functional-logic programming, and termination
proofs of algorithms.
The workshop wants to provide a forum for the presentation and
discussion of new ideas and results, recent developments, new research
directions, as well as of surveys on existing knowledge in this
area. Furthermore we aim at fostering interaction and exchange between
researchers and students actively working on such topics.
The workshop will be held in conjunction with RTA 2001 in Utrecht (The
Netherlands) on May 26, 2001. It will feature 2 invited talks, a panel
discussion, and contributed presentations selected from the
submissions, with ample time for discussion.
The workshop is (co-)organized by U Utrecht, TU Valencia and TU Wien.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to,
- theoretical foundations for the definition and semantic description
of reduction strategies
- strategies in different frameworks (term rewriting, graph rewriting,
infinitary rewriting, lambda calculi, higher order rewriting,
conditional rewriting, rewriting with built-ins, narrowing,
constraint solving, etc.) and their application in (equational,
functional, functional-logic) programming (languages)
- properties of reduction strategies / computations under
strategies (e.g., completeness, computability, decidability,
complexity, optimality, (hyper-)normalization, cofinality,
fairness, perpetuality, context-freeness, neededness, lazyness,
eagerness, strictness)
- interrelations, combinations and applications of
reduction under different strategies (e.g., equivalence
conditions for fundamental properties like termination and
confluence, applications in modularity analysis, connections
between strategies of different frameworks, etc.)
- program analysis and other semantics-based optimization techniques
dealing with reduction strategies
- rewrite systems / tools / implementations with flexible /
programmable strategies as essential concept / ingredient
- specification of reduction strategies in (real) languages
- data structures and implementation techniques for reduction
strategies.
SUBMISSIONS
We solicit papers on all aspects of reduction strategies in
rewriting and programming. Submissions should describe unpublished
work, except for survey papers which are explicitly welcome,
too. Submissions should not exceed 10 pages (however, survey papers
may be longer) and be sent in postscript format to the PC co-chairs
(wrs01@logic.at) by March 1, 2001. Selection of papers by the PC
will be based on originality, significance, and correctness.
Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings that will
be available at the workshop, and electronically on the web.
Depending on the number and quality of submissions, formal publication
of the proceedings is envisaged.
Researchers just interested in attending the workshop may send a
corresponding email to wrs01@logic.at by March 1, 2001, preferably
together with a brief position paper (up to two pages in postscript)
describing their interest and/or work in the area. However, we will
also consider late requests for attendance.
INVITED TALKS
Richard Kennaway (UEA Norwich, UK):
(to be confirmed)
Eelco Visser (U Utrecht, The Netherlands):
A Survey of Strategies in Program Transformation Systems
PANEL DISCUSSION on ``Hot Topics in Reduction Strategies'' with
Michael Hanus U Kiel (Germany)
Tetsuo Ida U Tsukuba (Japan)
Paul Klint (to be confirmed) CWI & U Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Maria Alpuente TU Valencia (Spain)
Rachid Echahed IMAG Grenoble (France)
Bernhard Gramlich (co-chair) TU Wien (Austria)
Salvador Lucas (co-chair) TU Valencia (Spain)
Vincent van Oostrom U Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Rinus Plasmeijer KU Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Manfred Schmidt-Schauss U Frankfurt a.M. (Germany)
Yoshihito Toyama U Tohoku (Japan)
LOCAL ORGANIZATION
Vincent van Oostrom U Utrecht (The Netherlands)
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission March 1, 2001
Notification March 31, 2001
Final version April 30, 2001
Workshop May 26, 2001
FURTHER INFORMATION
workshop website http://www.logic.at/wrs01/
workshop email address wrs01@logic.at
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