[logic-ml] Topology, Algebra and Categories in Logic (TACL 2013)

Wed Mar 13 10:27:04 JST 2013

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TOPOLOGY, ALGEBRA AND CATEGORIES IN LOGIC (TACL 2013)

                     Conference and Summer School
      (Abstract Submission Deadline: April 1, 2013)
      (Support Request Deadline: April 21, 2013)
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The Sixth International Conference (and Summer School) on Topology, Algebra and Categories in conjunction with the 28th Annual Shanks Lecture Series

Conference and Shanks Lectures: July 28 - August 1, 2013
Summer School: July 24 - 27, 2013

Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee USA
http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~tacl2013/
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Sponsors
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National Science Foundation
Association for Symbolic Logic
Shanks Endowment
Vanderbilt University
Consortium for Order in Algebra and Logic 

Invited Speakers (Conference)
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Vladimir Voevodsky, Institute for Advanced Studies (Shanks Lecturer)
Nick Bezhanishvili, Utrecht University
Leo Cabrer, University of Oxford
Silvio Ghilardi, University of Milan
Rostislav Horcik, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
George Metcalfe, University of Bern
Alex Simpson, University of Edinburgh

Summer School Invited Speakers and Courses
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Grigori Mints,  Stanford University (on Proof Theory)
Lawrence Moss, Indiana University (on Recursion and Circularity)
Francesco Paoli, University of Cagliari (on Algebraic Logic)
Peter Selinger, Dalhousie University (on Categorical Logic) 

Scope of the Conference
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Studying logics via semantics is a well-established and very active branch of mathematical logic, with many applications, in computer science and elsewhere. The area is characterized by results, tools and techniques stemming from various fields, including universal algebra, topology, category theory, order, and model theory. The program of the conference TACL 2013 will focus on three interconnecting mathematical themes central to the semantical study of logics and their applications: algebraic, categorical, and topological methods. This is the sixth conference in the series Topology, Algebra and Categories in Logic (TACL, formerly TANCL).  Earlier installments of this conference have been organized in Tbilisi (2003), Barcelona (2005), Oxford (2007), Amsterdam (2009), Marseilles (2011).

Featured topics
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Contributed talks can deal with any topic dealing with the use of algebraic, categorical or topological methods in either logic or computer science. This includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

* Algebraic structures in CS
* Algebraic logic
* Coalgebra
* Categorical methods in logic
* Domain theory
* Lattice theory
* Lattices with operators
* Many-valued and fuzzy logics
* Modal logics
* Non-classical logics
* Ordered topological spaces
* Ordered algebraic structures
* Point-free topology
* Proofs and Types
* Residuated structures
* Semantics
* Stone-type dualities
* Substructural logics
* Topological semantics of modal logic 

The Summer School
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TACL brings together different disciplines with the goal of exploring problems in logic. Partly due to the success of the TACL conference series, researchers have started employing tools used outside their immediate areas, either individually or in collaboration with specialists in research fields featured in the series. Such interactions have also naturally lead to new directions that combine ideas from two or more research fields.

This has been a gradual and arduous process and TACL can boast of having participants that are at least somewhat familiar with most of the featured areas. However, young researchers and students who attend the conference and work in TACL fields have a more restricted and specialized repertoire of tools and knowledge. The goal of the Summer School is to fill the gap and expose such researchers to a variety of methods that can be used to study logic. It will primarily target graduate students and postdocs, but also more senior researchers who are not familiar with aspects of neighboring areas. 

Prospective Summer School participants should express their interest on the 'Express Interest' page of the TACL 2013 web site by selecting the events that plan to attend (summer school and/or conference). Limited funds for supporting summer school participants are available (mainly through NSF). Those who plan to request financial support should submit a copy of their CV and a letter of support from their PhD advisor or post-doc supervisor (if applicable) to tacl2013 at gmail.com with 'Summer School support request' in the subject line by April 21, 2013. In addition, they need to fill out the financial support form on the 'Support Requests' page by the same date. Registration should also be completed by June 1, 2013. We would appreciate your assistance in advertising the Summer School to interested students. Additional information can be found on the 'Summer School' page of the TACL 2013 web site.

Submissions to the Conference
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Contributed presentations will be of two types:

o 20 minutes long presentations in parallel sessions and
o featured, 30 minutes long, plenary presentations.

The submission of an abstract will be required to be selected for a contributed presentation of either kind. While preference will be given to new work, results that have already been published or presented elsewhere will also be considered. More information on the submission procedure, as well as a link to the EasyChair system, can be found at the conference web site.

Important Dates
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April 1, 2013: Abstract submission deadline
April 21, 2013: Conference support request deadline
April 21, 2013: Summer School support request deadline
May 1, 2013: Notification to authors and summer school applicants
June 1, 2013 - Deadline for early online registration and payment
July 24 - 27: Summer School
July 28-August 1, 2013:  Conference 

Program Committee
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Steve Awodey, Carnegie Mellon University
Guram Bezhanishvili, New Mexico State University
David Gabelaia, Razmadze Mathematical Institute, Tbilisi
Nick Galatos (co-chair), University of Denver
Mai Gehrke, LIAFA, University of Paris Diderot
Rob Goldblatt, Victoria University, Wellington
John Harding, New Mexico State University
Ramon Jansana, University of Barcelona
Peter Jipsen, Chapman University
Achim Jung, University of Birmingham
Alexander Kurz (co-chair), University of Leicester
Vincenzo Marra, University of Milan
Hiroakira Ono, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Alessandra Palmigiano, University of Amsterdam
Hilary Priestley, St Anne's College, Oxford
James Raftery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Thomas Streicher, Technical University of Darmstadt
Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University
Constantine Tsinakis, Vanderbilt University
Yde Venema, University of Amsterdam
Michael Zakharyaschev, Birkbeck College, University of London 

Organizing Committee
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Chris Conidis, Vanderbilt University
Lianzhen Liu, Jiangnan University, China
Warren McGovern, Florida Atlantic University
Francesco Paoli, University of Cagliari
Rebecca Steiner, Vanderbilt University
Constantine Tsinakis (chair), Vanderbilt University
William Young, Vanderbilt University 

Expression of interest
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We would greatly appreciate your taking two minutes to express your level of interest in the conference by filling out a simple form on the conference web site under "Express Interest". This will help the Organizing Committee with their planning. You can also opt-out from receiving future announcements by clicking the link at the bottom of this email.

More Information
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TACL 2013 web site: http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~tacl2013/

Use this site for local information, including hotel accommodations, for travel information and registration, and for submitting a request for financial support.

Any queries for the Program Committee (such as usage of the EasyChair conference system, abstract submission guidelines, conference program, etc.) should be sent to tacl2013 at gmail.com. Queries for the local Organizing Committee (registration, hotel accommodations, financial support and reimbursements, technology infrastructure, etc.) should be sent to tacl2013oc at vanderbilt.edu. 

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