ASPOCP 2023

16th Workshop on Answer Set Programming and Other Computing Paradigms

https://sites.google.com/unical.it/aspocp2023/

July 10th, 2023

Affiliated with ICLP 2023, 39th International Conference on Logic Programming

https://iclp2023.imperial.ac.uk/home

AIMS AND SCOPE 

 Since its introduction in the late 1980s, Answer Set Programming (ASP) has been widely applied to  various knowledge-intensive tasks and combinatorial search problems. ASP was found to be closely related to SAT, which led to a new method of computing answer sets using SAT solvers and techniques adapted from SAT. This has been a much studied relationship, and is currently extended towards satisfiability modulo theories (SMT). The relationship of ASP to other computing paradigms,  such as constraint satisfaction, quantified Boolean formulas (QBF), Constraint Logic Programming  (CLP), first-order logic (FOL), and FO(ID) is also the subject of active research. Consequently, new  methods of computing answer sets are being developed based on relationships to these formalisms.

 Furthermore, the practical applications of ASP also foster work on multi-paradigm problem-solving,  and in particular language and solver integration. The most prominent examples in this area currently are the integration of ASP with description logics (in the realm of the Semantic Web) and constraint satisfaction (which recently led to the Constraint Answer Set Programming (CASP) research direction). 

 A large body of general results regarding ASP is available and several efficient ASP solvers have been implemented. However, there are still significant challenges in applying ASP to real life applications, and more interest in relating ASP to other computing paradigms is emerging. This workshop will provide opportunities for researchers to identify these challenges and to exchange ideas for overcoming them.

This workshop will facilitate the discussion about crossing the boundaries of current ASP techniques, in combination with or inspired by other computing paradigms.

TOPICS                                                                          

 Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):                          

•  ASP and classical logic formalisms (SAT/FOL/QBF/SMT/DL).

• ASP and constraint programming.    

• ASP and other logic programming paradigms, e.g., FO(ID).

• ASP and other nonmonotonic languages, e.g., action languages.  

• ASP and external means of computation.    

• ASP and probabilistic reasoning.   

• ASP and knowledge compilation.     

• ASP and machine learning.   

• New methods of computing answer sets using algorithms or systems of other paradigms.

• Language extensions to ASP. 

• ASP and multi-agent systems.

• ASP and multi-context systems.     

• Modularity and ASP.  

• ASP and argumentation.      

• Multi-paradigm problem solving involving ASP.    

• Evaluation and comparison of ASP to other paradigms.    

• ASP and related paradigms in applications.

• Hybridizing ASP with procedural approaches.      

• Enhanced grounding or beyond grounding.

SUBMISSIONS                                                                        

 The workshop invites two types of submissions:

• papers describing original research,

• non-original papers already published on formal proceedings or journals.

 Original papers must not exceed 13 pages (excluding references) and must be formatted using the 1-column CEURART style available here.

 A ready-to-clone overleaf project containing a 1-column CEURART style is available here.

 Authors are requested to clearly specify whether their submission is original or not with a footnote on the first page.

 Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in PDF via the EasyChair system at the link:

https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aspocp2023

 IMPORTANT DATES - EXTENDED

  All dates are 'Anywhere on Earth', namely 23:59 UTC-12.

• Abstract registration: May 15, 2023 --- May 22, 2023 (Extended)

• Submission:  May 22, 2023 --- May 29, 2023 (Extended)

• Notification:  June 12, 2023 ---June 14, 2023 (Extended)

• Camera-ready articles due: June 28, 2023 (Strict)

PROCEEDINGS

 Authors of all accepted original contributions can opt to publish their work on formal proceedings. 

 Accepted non-original contributions will be given visibility on the conference web site including a link to the original publication, if already published.

 A selection of extended and revised versions of accepted papers could appear in a special issue. 

 Extended versions of accepted non-original contributions, if not published in a journal yet, might be included in the issue.

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

 Francesco Pacenza, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy  -  francesco.pacenza_AT_unical.it

 Zeynep G. Saribatur, Institute of Logic and Computation, TU Wien, Austria  -  zeynep_AT_kr.tuwien.ac.at                                                                           

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

 Mario Alviano, University of Calabria

 Marcello Balduccini, Saint Joseph's University

 Francesco Cauteruccio, Polytechnic University of Marche

 Stefania Costantini, University of L'Aquila

 Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria

 Stefan Ellmauthaler, TU Dresden

 Esra Erdem, Sabanci University

 Cristina Feier

 Johannes K. Fichte, Linköping University

 Antti Hyvärinen, Certora

 Giovambattista Ianni, University of Calabria

 Daniela Inclezan, Miami University

 Tomi Janhunen, Tampere University

 Joao Leite, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

 Vladimir Lifschitz, The University of Texas at Austin

 Marco Maratea, University of Calabria

 Michael Morak, University of Klagenfurt

 Javier Romero, University of Potsdam

 Orkunt Sabuncu, TED University

 Konstantin Schekotihin, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt

 Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University

 Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky

 Johannes P. Wallner, TU Graz

 Stefan Woltran, TU Wien

 Jia-Huai You, University of Alberta

 Jessica Zangari, University of Calabria