[TYPES/announce] PhD and post-doc positions in Mainz, Germany
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] We have multiple open positions for PhD students and post-docs in the PL Group of the University of Mainz in Germany. The available positions include a gross monthly salary of ~4000 Euro. Our team meets and socializes in Mainz; remote work is an option. The PL Group at the University of Mainz was founded in 2019. Our goal is to support developers in creating and maintaining software systems that are easier to write, more secure, run faster, and consume less energy. Our current research topics include: -- Incremental computing: How can a computation react to a change of its input efficiently? We have observed up to 10,000x speedups in prior work, can incrementality help us save as much energy? Can we build a new foundation for incremental computing to support a wider range of computations? -- WebAssembly: How can we discover and prevent security vulnerabilities in WebAssembly? We have built a data-flow analysis platform for WebAssembly to identify properties of WebAssembly programs at compile time. Can this platform be used to protect WebAssembly users while also optimizing the code for performance? -- Datalog: How can the power of Datalog best be exploited in modern software development? How can we abstract over and hide the technicalities of Datalog, for example, by compiling DSLs to Datalog. And how can we optimize Datalog code to provide truly declarative performance, without exposing users to details of the underlying database technology? -- Language engineering: How can we build programming-language tools with modest effort and without duplicating the language's semantics? For example, can we derive type checkers, debuggers, and other editor services from the language’s semantics? And does this require a language workbench or can we support rich services for embedded languages as well? Mainz is part of the Frankfurt Metropolitan Area and only a short train ride away from Frankfurt's international community and culture. Mainz itself lies at the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers, surrounded by plenty of nature. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mainz.de/en/worth-seeing/reasons-to-love-mainz.php__;!!IBzWLUs!Vg20rrpKTO1LE18FQ_3Sauc3RHj2z417izDJatQxpBFvwBTscaxIGwpXSgc-8A--sYoD64r9SOuJZ7veccxytaX4la1QJ0sBzg$ I'm excited to hear from interested candidates via email. If you know potential candidates, please forward this message to them. Sebastian Erdweg https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pl.informatik.uni-mainz.de/erdweg__;!!IBzWLUs!Vg20rrpKTO1LE18FQ_3Sauc3RHj2z417izDJatQxpBFvwBTscaxIGwpXSgc-8A--sYoD64r9SOuJZ7veccxytaX4la3bNuod-A$
[TYPES/announce] FSCD 2023: First Call for Papers
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] CALL FOR PAPERS Eighth International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2023) July 3-6, 2023, Rome, Italy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easyconferences.eu/fscd2023/__;!!IBzWLUs!WKzkX8GXPNruUEGQhunN41gqqVl7ZRCEhHkMykcb4jlC_iGhc21za8Q84YMB38R-2REp0vuBiuUWiBZQn7FdgZousz7DgWzLYFte$ In-cooperation with ACM SIGLOG and SIGPLAN IMPORTANT DATES --- All deadlines are midnight anywhere-on-earth (AoE); late submissions will not be considered. Abstract: January 30, 2023 Submission:February 3, 2023 Rebuttal: March 24-28, 2023 Notification: April 13, 2023 Final version: April 27, 2023 OVERVIEW FSCD (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fscd-conference.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!WKzkX8GXPNruUEGQhunN41gqqVl7ZRCEhHkMykcb4jlC_iGhc21za8Q84YMB38R-2REp0vuBiuUWiBZQn7FdgZousz7Dgczxr8sv$ ) covers all aspects of formal structures for computation and deduction from theoretical foundations to applications. Building on two communities, RTA (Rewriting Techniques and Applications) and TLCA (Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications), FSCD embraces their core topics and broadens their scope to closely related areas in logic, models of computation, semantics and verification in new challenging areas. The suggested, but not exclusive, list of topics for submission is: 1. Calculi: - Rewriting systems (string, term, higher-order, graph, conditional, modulo, infinitary, etc.); - Lambda calculus; - Logics (first-order, higher-order, equational, modal, linear, classical, constructive, etc.); - Proof theory (natural deduction, sequent calculus, proof nets, etc.); - Type theory and logical frameworks; - Homotopy type theory; - Quantum calculi. 2. Methods in Computation and Deduction: - Type systems (polymorphism, dependent, recursive, intersection, session, etc.); - Induction, coinduction; - Matching, unification, completion, orderings; - Strategies (normalization, completeness, etc.); - Tree automata; - Model building and model checking; - Proof search and theorem proving; - Constraint solving and decision procedures. 3. Semantics: - Operational semantics and abstract machines; - Game Semantics and applications; - Domain theory and categorical models; - Quantitative models (timing, probabilities, etc.); - Quantum computation and emerging models in computation. 4. Algorithmic Analysis and Transformations of Formal Systems: - Type inference and type checking; - Abstract Interpretation; - Complexity analysis and implicit computational complexity; - Checking termination, confluence, derivational complexity and related properties; - Symbolic computation. 5. Tools and Applications: - Programming and proof environments; - Verification tools; - Proof assistants and interactive theorem provers; - Applications in industry; - Applications of formal systems in other sciences; - Applications of formal systems in education. 6. Formal Systems for Semantics and Verification in new challenging areas: - Certification; - Security; - Blockchain protocols; - Data bases; - Deep learning and machine learning algorithms; - Planning. PUBLICATION --- The proceedings will be published as an electronic volume in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) of Schloss Dagstuhl. All LIPIcs proceedings are open access. SPECIAL ISSUE - We aim to have a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science of selected papers. More details will be provided later. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - The submission site is: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fscd2023__;!!IBzWLUs!WKzkX8GXPNruUEGQhunN41gqqVl7ZRCEhHkMykcb4jlC_iGhc21za8Q84YMB38R-2REp0vuBiuUWiBZQn7FdgZousz7DgTFT6JEU$ Submissions must be formatted using the LIPIcs style files (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/5*author__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!WKzkX8GXPNruUEGQhunN41gqqVl7ZRCEhHkMykcb4jlC_iGhc21za8Q84YMB38R-2REp0vuBiuUWiBZQn7FdgZousz7DgQdGAjN-$ ) and submitted via EasyChair. Submissions can be made in two categories. Regular research papers are limited to 15 pages, excluding references and appendices. They must present original research which is unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. System descriptions are limited to 15 pages, excluding references. Shorter papers are welcome and will be given equal consideration. A system description must present new software tools, or significantly new versions of such tools, in which FSCD topics play an important role. An archive of the code with instructions on how to install and run the tool must be submitted. In addition, a webpage where the system can be experimente
[TYPES/announce] 7 PhD positions available in Austria within the SPyCoDe (Semantic and Cryptographic Foundations of Security and Privacy by Compositional Design) Special Research Program
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] SPyCoDe (Semantic and Cryptographic Foundations of Security and Privacy by Compositional Design) is a special research program funded by FWF. World-class researchers from TU Wien, IST Austria, Universität Wien, TU Graz and Universität Klagenfurt team up to create the technological foundations for designing complex, multi-layer systems with provable S&P guarantees. Interdisciplinary approach integrates computer-aided verification, system security, cryptography, and touching on further fields, like networks, game theory, and blockchains. The team includes experts from all disciplines at the core of SPyCoDe, with 6 ERC grant holders (for a total of 10 ERC grants), 6 young researchers who already received prestigious awards, and >40% female researchers. SPyCoDe is looking for 7 highly qualified and motivated students who have a master's degree in computer science or another related field and experience in formal methods, system security, security and privacy and/or cryptography for collaborative interdisciplinary research. SPyCoDe is offering PhD positions for 4 years for 30 hours/week, with an option to upgrade to 40 hours/week with very competitive salary. The 7 projects available in this call are list below, along with the principal investigator acting as supervisor and the research institution: № Project Title Principal Investigator Research Institution 1 Interface Theory for Security and Privacy Henzinger , Thomas A. IST Austria 2 Game-Theoretic Models for Blockchain Applications Fuchsbauer, Georg TU Wien 5 Verification of Side Channel Properties Bloem, Roderick TU Graz 4 Cross-Layer Security for Blockchain Consensus Pietrzak, Krzysztof IST Austria 5 Security and Privacy by Design for Smart Contracts Maffei, Matteo TU Wien 6 Secure Blockchains in Network Transition Periods Ullrich, Johanna Universität Wien 7 Secure Network and Hardware for Efficient Blockchains Kokoris-Kogias, Eleftherios IST Austria Application start: 28.11.2022 Application deadline: 23.12.2022 Expected start of work: 01.02.2023 You can find more information about the projects, requirements for candidates and application procedure on the SPyCoDe website https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://spycode.at__;!!IBzWLUs!Ug1zy62Qh-_anc49iS1lGS1lVqshVSLO09qlTVC8nBGarculcWb7a437xwQKCur1Wx8LFtxKyVrm3GQwgyIj9YZCiAV3tSMJNlV7dKk-E1M$
[TYPES/announce] Tenure-Track Faculty Position at Illinois Tech
[ The Types Forum (announcements only), http://lists.seas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/types-announce ] Illinois Tech is hiring this year (for Fall 2023), and PL is likely to be one of a few focus areas. We have a close-knit, highly collaborative faculty and an excellent, diverse, and excited group of students, and are located in Chicago! Application and more information are here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23124__;!!IBzWLUs!WelIp5g__lse0RS9Iqv49Ip3iNnaxONHOhHGK26TKkJANioKRO_5WaFF2uHu5BH-b0ctaYSvNCmOpzLSi5AcOMoWjiMoZa6x$ Feel free to contact me (smull...@iit.edu) with any questions. Stefan -- Stefan Muller Gladwin Development Chair Assistant Professor Computer Science Department Illinois Institute of Technology
