JOINT CALL FOR PAPERS: ALP'96 / PLILP'96
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              http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/aachen96/


ALP'96:   Fifth International Conference on Algebraic and Logic Programming

PLILP'96: Eighth International Symposium on Programming Languages,
          Implementations, Logics, and Programs

                  Aachen (Germany), September 25 -- 27, 1996


Following the previous   ALP  conferences in  Gaussig (1988),   Nancy  (1990),
Volterra (1992), and Madrid  (1994) as well as the  previous PLILP meetings in
Orleans    (1988), Linkoeping (1990),   Passau (1991),  Leuven (1992), Tallinn
(1993), Madrid  (1994), and Utrecht  (1995) the Fifth International Conference
on Algebraic  and Logic Programming and  the Eighth International Symposium on
Programming Languages,  Implementations,  Logics, and  Programs will   be held
concurrently in Aachen (Germany).

                                        
                                                                       
                                    TOPICS
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ALP aims  at  strengthening the connections  between  algebraic techniques and
logic programming.     PLILP  aims  at stimulating   research   on declarative
programming  languages. It seeks  to   disseminate  insights in the   relation
between  the logics of those  languages, implementation techniques and the use
of these languages  in constructing real  programs. Typical, but not exclusive
topics of interest are:
                                       
ALP:
- - Semantics of algebraic and logic programming 
- - Integration of functional and logic programming 
- - Term rewriting, narrowing, resolution 
- - Constraint logic programming and theorem proving with constraints
- - Concurrent features in algebraic and logic programming languages 
- - Higher order features in algebraic and logic programming languages 
                                       
PLILP:
- - Implementation of declarative concepts 
- - Integration of different paradigms
- - Compiler specification and construction 
- - Program analysis and transformation 
- - Programming environments
- - Executable specifications
- - Reasoning about language constructs
- - Experiences in constructing applications
- - Typing and structuring systems

The scientific program will include a  number of invited  talks in addition to
the presentations of the accepted papers. Invited talks, as well as possibly a
selection of  accepted contributions, will  be scheduled for plenary sessions.
Other  accepted  contributions will be scheduled   for  parallel ALP and PLILP
sessions. The proceedings will  be published by   Springer Verlag in the  LNCS
series. A limited  number of  scholarships may  be available for   subsidizing
those participants who are unable to obtain support from other sources.


                                IMPORTANT DATES
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Deadline for submissions:             May 6, 1996
Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 25, 1996
Deadline for final text:              July 17, 1996

Conference: September 25 -- 27, 1996


                                  SUBMISSIONS
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Authors are invited to  send their manuscripts  by email in PostScript  format
(or, if email is not available, five copies by mail) to:

ALP papers:

Michael Hanus (ALP'96 Co-chair)
RWTH Aachen
Informatik II
D-52056 Aachen, Germany
Phone: +49 241 8021230
Fax: +49 241 8888217
e-mail: alp96@informatik.rwth-aachen.de


PLILP papers:                            
                                         
Herbert Kuchen (PLILP'96 Co-chair)       
RWTH Aachen                              
Informatik II                            
D-52056 Aachen, Germany                  
Phone: +49 241 8021211                   
Fax: +49 241 8888217                     
e-mail: plilp96@informatik.rwth-aachen.de

Papers must describe original, previously unpublished research, be written and
presented in  English, not exceed 15 pages  (A4 or letter  format, up to 5,000
words), and not  be simultaneously submitted for   publication elsewhere.  The
cover  page  should include a  return   mailing address and,   if possible, an
electronic mail  address  and a  fax number.   At the  moment of  submission a
message containing the  title of the paper,  authors, abstract, keywords,  and
the  address   information outlined  above should  be  sent  by  email  to the
corresponding address.  Authors are warned  in  advance that submitted  papers
could be moved from ALP to PLILP or vice-versa,  upon agreement of the program
committees.


ALP'96 Program Committee:
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Sergio Antoy (USA)
Egidio Astesiano (Italy)
Juergen Avenhaus (Germany)
Pierre Deransart (France)
Laurent Fribourg (France)
Michael Hanus (Germany, Co-Chair)
Joxan Jaffar (Singapore)
Giorgio Levi (Italy)
Karl Meinke (UK)
Aart Middeldorp (Japan)
Luis Monteiro (Portugal)
Fernando Orejas (Spain)
Catuscia Palamidessi (Italy)
Frank Pfenning (USA)
Mario Rodriguez-Artalejo (Spain, Co-Chair)
Vijay Saraswat (USA)
Peter Stuckey (Australia)
Andrzej Tarlecki (Poland)
Andrei Voronkov (Sweden)
Martin Wirsing (Germany)


PLILP'96 Program Committee:
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Maria Alpuente (Spain)
Patrick Cousot (France)
Yike Guo (UK) 
Maurizio Gabbrielli (Italy)
Fritz Henglein (Denmark)
Tetsuo Ida (Japan)
Gerda Janssens (Belgium)
Thomas Johnsson (Sweden)
Herbert Kuchen (Germany, Co-Chair)
Daniel Le Metayer (France)
Alexander Letichevsky (Ukraine)
Rita Loogen (Germany)
Jan Maluszynski (Sweden)
Erik Meijer (Netherlands)
Dale Miller (USA)
Masaki Murakami (Japan)
Rinus Plasmeijer (Netherlands)
Laurence Puel (France)
Gert Smolka (Germany)
Doaitse Swierstra (Netherlands, Co-Chair)
Pascal van Hentenryck (USA)


Organizing Committee:
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Michael Hanus
Herbert Kuchen
Markus Mohnen
Ulla Oebel
Frank Zartmann