18th Workshop on Answer Set Programming and Other Computing Paradigms
Affiliated with ICLP 2025, 41th International Conference on Logic Programming
https://iclp25.demacs.unical.it/
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.
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). Furthermore, significant research effort is being devoted to delivering ASP-based solutions to real-world problems and end-users. This includes the development of visualization and explanation tools, which are becoming increasingly important for the acceptance of ASP in practice.
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.
The workshop is also a place for developers of solvers to present their work and to foster a place for fruitful discussions.
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.
Debugging and visualization of ASP programs.
Explanations for ASP or using ASP.
Hybridizing ASP with procedural approaches.
Enhanced grounding or beyond grounding.
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 selecting the track "Workshop on Answer Set Programming and Other Computing Paradigms" at the link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iclp25
All dates are 'Anywhere on Earth', namely 23:59 UTC-12.
Abstract registration: June 6, 2025 June 30, 2025
Submission: June 13, 2025 June 30, 2025
Notification: July 4, 2025 July 20, 2025
Camera-ready articles due: August 15, 2025 August 29, 2025
Brais Muñiz, Department of Computer Science and Information Technologies, University of Coruña - brais.mcastro@udc.es
Alice Tarzariol, University of Klagenfurt, Austria - alice.tarzariol@aau.at
Mario Alviano, University of Calabria
Pedro Cabalar, University of Coruña
Tran Cao, New Mexico State University
Francesco Cauteruccio, University of Salerno
Stefania Costantini, University of L'Aquila
Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria
Esra Erdem, Sabanci University
Cristina Feier, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Johannes K. Fichte, Linköping University
Tobias Geibinger, Vienna University of Technology
Giovambattista Ianni, University of Calabria
Tomi Janhunen, Tampere University
Vladimir Lifschitz, University of Texas
Marco Maratea, University of Calabria
Michael Morak, University of Klagenfurt
Orkunt Sabuncu, Potassco Solutions Turkey
Konstantin Schekotihin, University of Klagenfurt
Van-Giang Trinh, Inria Saclay
Jia-Huai You, University of Alberta
Johannes P. Wallner, TU Graz