[TYPES/announce] LOLA 2018: First Call-for-Proposals

[Ohad Kammar]

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LOLA 2018: Syntax and Semantics of Low-Level Languages
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Saturday, 7 July 2018, Oxford, United Kingdom
A satellite workshop of LICS 2018 at FLoC 2018
https://cs.appstate.edu/~johannp/lola18/

Important dates
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 LOLA submission deadline  15 April 2018
 Notification  13 May   2018
 Early Registration Deadline6 June  2018
 Workshop   7 July  2018
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Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lola2018
Registration: http://www.floc2018.org/register/


Invited Speakers

Nada Amin, University of Cambridge
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~na482/

Nick Benton, Facebook Research
https://research.fb.com/people/benton-nick/


Context
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Since the late 1960s it has been known that tools and structures
arising in mathematical logic and proof theory can usefully be applied
to the design of high-level programming languages, and to the
development of reasoning principles for such languages. Yet low-level
languages, such as machine code, and the compilation of high-level
languages into low-level ones have traditionally been seen as having
little or no essential connection to logic.

However, a fundamental discovery of the past two decades has been that
low-level languages are also governed by logical principles. From this
key observation has emerged an active and fascinating new research
area at the frontier of logic and computer science. The
practically-motivated design of logics reflecting the structure of
low-level languages (such as heaps, registers and code pointers) and
low-level properties of programs (such as resource usage) goes hand in
hand with some of the most advanced contemporary research in semantics
and proof theory, including classical realizability and forcing,
double orthogonality, parametricity, linear logic, game semantics,
uniformity, categorical semantics, explicit substitutions, abstract
machines, implicit complexity and resource bounded programming.

The LOLA workshop, affiliated with LICS at FLoC 2018, will bring
together researchers interested in the relationships and connections
between logic and low-level languages and programs. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:

* Typed assembly languages,
* Certified assembly programming,
* Certified and certifying compilation,
* Proof-carrying code,
* Program optimization,
* Modal logic and realizability in machine code,
* Realizability and double orthogonality in assembly code,
* Parametricity, modules and existential types,
* General references, Kripke models and recursive types,
* Continuations and concurrency,
* Resource analysis and implicit complexity,
* Closures and explicit substitutions,
* Linear logic and separation logic,
* Game semantics, abstract machines and hardware synthesis,
* Monoidal and premonoidal categories, traces and effects.



Submission
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LOLA is an informal workshop aiming at a high degree of useful
interaction amongst the participants, welcoming proposals for talks on
work in progress, overviews of larger programmes, position
presentations and short tutorials as well as more traditional research
talks describing new results.

The programme committee will select the workshop presentations from
submitted proposals, which may take the form either of a two page
abstract or of a longer (published or unpublished) paper describing
completed work.


Authors are invited to submit their contribution by 15 April 2018.
Abstracts must be written in English and be submitted as a single PDF
file at EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lola2018

Submissions will undergo a lightweight review process and will be
judged on originality, relevance, interest and clarity. Submission
should describe novel works or works that have already appeared
elsewhere but that can stimulate the discussion between different
communities at the workshop.

At least one author of an accepted workshop proposal must be
registered for the workshop.

The workshop will not have formal proceedings and is not intended to
preclude later publication at another venue.



Program Committee
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* Zena Ariola,  University of Oregon
* Valentin Blot,Universite Paris-Sud
* Karl Crary,   Carnegie Mellon University
* Patricia Johann,  Appalachian State University (co-chair)
* Ohad Kammar,  University of Oxford (co-chair)
* Andrew Kennedy,   Facebook
* Ori Lahav,Tel Aviv University
* Jim Laird,University of Bath
* Rasmus Mogelberg, IT University Copenhagen
* Dave Naumann, Stevens University of Technology
* Azalea Raad,  MPI-SWS
* Christine Rizkallah,  University of Pennsylvania
* Claudio Russo,Microsoft 

[TYPES/announce] Faculty Position in Programming Languages

[Martin Erwig]

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The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon  
State University invites applications for one or more tenure-track  
faculty positions in Programming Languages to begin in Fall 2018. 

Appointment is anticipated at the Assistant Professor rank, but 
candidates with exceptional qualifications may be considered  
for appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. Applicants  
must hold a doctorate degree in Computer Science or closely related  
field by the start of employment. Applicants should demonstrate a  
strong commitment and capacity to initiate new funded research as well  
as to expand, complement, and collaborate with existing research  
programs in the OSU College of Engineering and beyond.

Apply online at http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/50857 (posting  
#P01672UF) with the following documents: A letter of interest; vita; a  
two-page statement of research interests; a one-page statement of  
teaching interests; a one-page statement on efforts towards equity and  
inclusion; and names and contact information for at least three  
references. To be assured full consideration, applications must be  
received by December 31, 2017.

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, at the heart of Oregon's  
Willamette Valley. Corvallis has been ranked # 1 on a list of "Best  
Places for Work-Life Balance". Portland, Eugene, the Cascade mountain  
range, and the Oregon Coast are all within easy reach.

Oregon State University has a strong institutional commitment to  
diversity and multiculturalism, and provides a welcoming atmosphere  
with unique professional opportunities for leaders from  
underrepresented groups. OSU seeks diversity as a source of enrichment  
for our university community. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal  
Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from  
members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women,  
individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and  
others who share our vision of an inclusive community.

[TYPES/announce] Call for Papers: SCAV 2018 - 2nd Workshop on Safe Control of Autonomous Vehicles

[Sven Linker]

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SCAV 2018
2nd International Workshop on
Safe Control of Autonomous Vehicles

hosted by CPS Week 2018, April 10-13, 2018, Porto, PT


# Important Dates (AoE) #
Full paper deadline:26 Jan 2018
Author notification:28 Feb 2018
Camera-ready due:   20 Mar 2018
Workshop:   10 Apr 2018


Autonomous vehicles (AV) of any kind (e.g. road, maritime, aerial,
unmanned) and in any configuration (e.g. individual, connected,
cooperative, traffic) will provide novel services having to fulfill
strong safety requirements. For controllers of AVs and for control
schemes of AV collectives, we must

(1) guarantee safety and resilience,
(2) deliver verified system designs for (1), and
(3) enhance verification approaches for (1) & (2).

These objectives will play a decisive role in the adoption of AVs as a
consumer, transport, and mobility technology. These objectives demand
novel approaches to the analysis and assurance of local, distributed,
and supervisory controllers.

The goal of this workshop is to discuss and consolidate models,
algorithms, and verification approaches for safety and resilience of
the whole control loop of autonomous machines and machine collectives.

The task of this workshop is to identify open research problems,
discuss recent achievements, bring together researchers in,
e.g. control theory, adaptive systems, machine self-organization and
autonomy, mobile intelligent robotics, transportation, traffic
control, machine learning, software verification, and dependability
and security engineering.

For this interactive single-day workshop we plan a keynote, an
optional poster session, and a final discussion.


# Paper Categories #
 * technical research or methodology (max. 8 pages incl. bib.),
 * case studies (max. 8 pages incl. bib.), and
 * problem statements or tools (max. 2 pages incl. bib.)


# Topics #
We kindly request contributions to (but not limited to):
** formal verification and validation (e.g. testing,
   simulation, experimentation) of
 * safe high-performance requirements,
 * safe non-deterministic behaviors (weakest invariants),
 * safe off-line and on-line machine-learnable behaviors,
 * resilience against hazardous unintentional or malicious
   misuse (e.g. non-vigilance, security attacks),
** formal models and design methods for
 * controllers,
 * monitors,
 * platforms (i.e., architecture, SW, HW, network),
** verified efficient algorithms for
 * incremental and online synthesis of controllers,
 * optimal adaptive control,
 * self-adaptation and run-time reconfiguration
for AVs and AV collectives in open environments.


# Workshop Format #
All submissions are expected to be original work not published, or in
submission, elsewhere, and will be peer-reviewed by at least three
members of the program committee for quality, relevance, and novelty.
Accepted papers will be included in the electronic CPSWeek workshop
proceedings. Please, check our workshop website for updates!


# Workshop Organizers #
Mario Gleirscher (U York, UK)
Stefan Kugele (TU Munich, DE)
Sven Linker (U Liverpool, UK)

# Workshop Website #
http://scav.in.tum.de

# Contact #
mario.gleirsc...@york.ac.uk

[TYPES/announce] 15 Faculty Positions at University of Melbourne

[Toby Murray]

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The University of Melbourne School of Computing and Information
Systems is seeking applicants for 15 continuing (tenure-track)
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer positions. We seek dynamic academics with
expertise in Computer Science or Information Systems who have the
potential to build a stellar teaching and research career at
Melbourne.

The School of Computing and Information Systems is an international
research leader in computer science, information systems and software
engineering. In this discipline, the School was ranked number 1 in
Australia and 13th in the world in the 2016 QS World University
Ranking exercise.

We are particularly seeking applicants with expertise in the areas of
business information systems, health informatics/digital health,
software engineering, cybersecurity, or high-performance and
distributed systems, but applicants whose work is aligned with any of
the research groups in the School are encouraged to apply.

Applications close on 15 Jan 2018. The positions are advertised at
http://go.unimelb.edu.au/jsp6, where the formal position description
and a brochure with more information are available.

Contact Karin Verspoor  for enquiries
and further information.