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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 37th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2021)

https://iclp2021.dcc.fc.up.pt/

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Scope
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Since the first conference held in Marseille in 1982, ICLP has been
the premier international event for presenting research in logic
programming. Contributions are sought in all areas of logic
programming, including but not restricted to:

** Foundations: Semantics, Formalisms, Nonmonotonic reasoning,
Knowledge representation.

** Languages issues: Concurrency, Objects, Coordination, Mobility,
Higher order, Types, Modes, Assertions, Modules, Meta-programming,
Logic-based domain-specific languages, Programming techniques.

** Programming support: Program analysis, Transformation, Validation,
Verification, Debugging, Profiling, Testing, Execution visualization.

** Implementation: Compilation, Virtual machines, Memory management,
Parallel/distributed execution, Constraint handling rules, Tabling,
Foreign interfaces, User interfaces.

** Related Paradigms and Synergies: Inductive and coinductive logic
programming, Constraint logic programming, Answer set programming,
Interaction with SAT, SMT and CSP solvers, Theorem proving,
Argumentation, Probabilistic programming, Machine learning.

** Applications: Databases, Big data, Data integration and federation,
Software engineering, Natural language processing, Web and semantic
web, Agents, Artificial intelligence, Computational life sciences,
Cybersecurity, Robotics, Education.

Tracks and Special Sessions
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Besides the main track, ICLP 2021 will host additional tracks:

** Applications Track: this track invites submissions of papers on
emerging and deployed applications of LP, describing all aspects of
the development, deployment, and evaluation of logic programming
systems to solve real-world problems, including interesting case
studies and benchmarks, and discussing lessons learned.

** Recently Published Research Track: this track provides a forum to
discuss important results related to logic programming that
appeared recently (from January 2019 onwards) in selective journals
and conferences, but have not been previously presented at ICLP.

Each track will have its own dedicated chairs, PC, evaluation
criteria, and CFP with specific submission details.

ICLP 2021 will also host:

** MentorLP - Mentoring Workshop on Logic Programming: the purpose of
MentorLP is to support students and newcomers to pursue careers in
logic programming research. This workshop will hold technical
sessions on cutting-edge research in logic programming, and
mentoring sessions on how to prepare and succeed for a research
career. We will have leaders in logic programming research from
academia and industry to give talks on their research areas. We
will also have live discussions among participants on how to
overcome challenges and make contributions to the research
community. MentorLP is dedicated to fostering and supporting
diversity, equity, and inclusion. We especially encourage members
of underrepresented groups to attend.

** Fall School on Logic and Constraint Programming: the school is
suited for those who wish to learn advanced topics in logic
programming and constraint programming. It will consist of a serie
of half-day tutorials.

** Doctoral Consortium: the Doctoral Consortium (DC) on Logic
Programming provides students with the opportunity to present and
discuss their research directions, and to obtain feedback from both
peers and experts in the field. The best paper from the DC will be
given the opportunity to make a presentation in a session of the
main ICLP conference.

** Tutorials and Co-located Workshops.


Important Dates
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** Abstract registration (regular papers): May 12, 2021
** Paper submission (regular paper): May 18, 2021
** Notification to authors (regular paper): June 27, 2021
** Paper Submission (short papers): July 4, 2021
*+ Revision submission (TPLP papers): July 14, 2021
** Final notifications (all paper kinds): July 30, 2021
** Camera-ready copy due (all paper kinds): August 10, 2021
** Conference: September 20--27, 2021


Submission Details
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Expected submissions to the main conference (Tracks have specific
CFP):

** Regular papers (14 pages in TPLP format, including references) must
describe original, previously unpublished research, and must not
simultaneously be submitted for publication elsewhere. These
restrictions do not apply to previously accepted workshop papers
with a limited audience and/or without archival proceedings. The
accepted regular papers will be published in TPLP, along with the
selected ICLP-TPLP papers. The program committee may recommend some
regular papers to be published as technical communications (TCs),
along with the selected ICLP-TC papers. The authors of the TCs can
also elect to convert their submissions into extended abstracts (2
or 3 pages) for inclusion in the proceedings. This should allow
authors to submit a long version elsewhere.

** Short papers (7 pages in EPTCS format (http://info.eptcs.org/),
including references) can describe published research. The accepted
short papers that describe original and previously unpublished work
will be published as TCs, along with the selected ICLP-TC
papers. The accepted short papers that describe published research
will be made available at the conference webpage, with the
permission of the authors.

All accepted regular papers and technical communications will be
presented during the conference. Authors of accepted papers will, by
default, be automatically included in the list of ALP members, who
will receive quarterly updates from the Logic Programming Newsletter
at no cost. All submissions must be written in English.

Submissions will be done via EasyChair. The submission Web page for
ICLP2021 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp2021


Organization
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** General Chair
Ricardo Rocha, University of Porto, Portugal

** Program Chairs
Andrea Formisano, University of Udine, Italy
Y. Annie Liu, Stony Brook University, USA

** Publicity Chair
Miguel Areias, University of Porto, Portugal

** Applications Track
Alex Brik, Google Inc., USA
Joost Vennekens, KU Leuven, Belgium

** Recently Published Research Track
Gian Luca Pozzato, University of Genova, Italy
Neng-Fa Zhou, CUNY Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, USA

** MentorLP - Mentoring Workshop on Logic Programming
Veronica Dahl, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Paul Fodor, Stony Brook University, USA

** Workshop Chair
Nicos Angelopoulos, Cardiff University, UK

** Doctoral Consortium and Fall School Chairs
Bart Bogaerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria, Italy

** Programming Contest Chair
Mario Alviano, University of Calabria, Italy


Program Committee
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Agostino Dovier, University of Udine, Italy
Alicia Villanueva, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Allen van Gelder, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Antonius Weinzierl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Carlos Olarte, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Chiaki Sakama, Wakayama University, Japan
Ekaterina Komendantskaya, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University, USA
Esra Erdem, Sabanci University, Turkey
Fangzhen Lin, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Francesca Alessandra Lisi, University of Bari, Italy
Francesco Ricca, University of Calabria, Italy
German Vidal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Giovambattista Ianni, University of Calabria, Italy
Gopal Gupta, University of Texas, USA
Inês Dutra, University of Porto, Portugal
Jan Wielemaker, VU University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jia-Huai You, University of Alberta, Canada
Jorge Lobo, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Jose F. Morales, IMDEA Software Institute, Spain
Katsumi Inoue, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Konstantin Schekotihin, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Laura Giordano, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Magdalena Ortiz, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Manuel Carro, Technical University of Madrid and IMDEA, Spain
Manuel Hermenegildo, IMDEA and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Manuel Ojeda-Aciego, University of Malaga, Spain
Marcello Balduccini, Saint Joseph's University, USA
Marco Gavanelli, University of Ferrara, Italy
Marina De Vos, University of Bath, UK
Mario Alviano, University of Calabria, Italy
Martin Gebser, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Mauricio Osorio, Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico
Michael Gelfond, Texas Tech University, USA
Michael Hanus, CAU Kiel, Germany
Michael Kifer, Stony Brook University, USA
Michael Leuschel, University of Dusseldorf, Germany
Michael Thielscher, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky, USA
Nicola Leone, University of Calabria, Italy
Ondřej Lhoták, University of Waterloo, Canada
Orkunt Sabuncu, TED University, Turkey
Paul Tarau, University of North Texas, USA
Pedro Cabalar,University of Corunna, Spain
Roland Yap, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Roman Barták, Charles University, Czech Republic
Salvador Abreu, Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Sarah Alice Gaggl, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Stefania Costantini, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Theresa Swift, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Thomas Meyer, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Toby Walsh, University of New South Wales, Australia
Tom Schrijvers, KU Leuven, Belgium
Tomi Janhunen, Tampere University, Finland
Torsten Schaub, University of Potsdam, Germany
Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University, USA
Tuncay Tekle, Stony Brook University, USA
Vitor Santos Costa, University of Porto, Portugal
Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy
Vladimir Lifschitz, University of Texas, USA
Wolfgang Faber, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

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Any additional question can be directed towards ICLP Chairs:

iclp2021@easychair.org

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