[FOM] CFP: SYMPOSIUM on PROOFS, PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES: FORMAL AND EPISTEMIC ISSUES @ CLPS13

[gprimiero at libero.it]

CFP: SYMPOSIUM on PROOFS, PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES: FORMAL AND EPISTEMIC ISSUES


The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science of Ghent University was founded 
in 1993. On occasion of its 20th anniversary the Centre organises an 
international Conference on Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS13) on the 
themes that are central to its research:

- Logical analysis of scientific reasoning processes
- Methodological and epistemological analysis of scientific reasoning 
processes

Conference dates: 16-18 September 2013

Keynote talks will be given by Diderik Batens (the founder of the Centre), 
three logicians (Natacha Alechina, Graham Priest and Stephen Read) and three 
philosophers of science (Hanne Andersen, Hasok Chang, and Jim Woodward).

We will also schedule parallel sessions with contributed papers and special 
symposia with a limited number of papers. I organise a symposium (#4) on


PROOFS, PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES: FORMAL AND EPISTEMIC ISSUES

The proof-theoretical understanding of logical relations and properties has 
received in the last 40 years a significantly new impact from the intuition 
underlying the so-called Curry-Howard Isomorphism: the contextual validity of a 
proof is equivalent to the executability of a program in a network. Given the 
large impact of this identity on theoretical aspects of logic and their 
applications, bridging formal properties of proofs with computational aspects 
of programs is of huge importance. Besides the purely syntactical relation 
between (proof-)validity and (program-) correctness, proof theories for modal, 
temporal, dynamic logics can be used to verify software and hardware 
specification in a decidable way. In the debate between denotational and 
procedural semantics of programming languages a similar paradigm change is at 
stake where the standard approach to truth is replaced by provability of type 
preservation and termination of procedures.

Proofs, programs, procedures represent the foundational elements in this novel 
understanding of traditional logical problems. In this session we will explore 
formal and epistemic issues that are relevant to proof-theoretical and type-
theoretical systems, program logics and procedural semantics. Topics of 
interest include but are not restricted to:

- proof-theories and type-theories for multi-agent systems, distributed and 
parallel computing
- formal and meta-theoretical issues in modal, temporal, concurrent systems
- applications of proof-theoretical and type-theoretical models to issues of 
trust, security, reliability, functioning and malfunctioning
- type-checking, proof-checking and automatization
- procedural semantics for epistemic purposes



If you want to present a paper at this symposium, please upload an abstract in 
PDF format (between 500 and 1000 words) to:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=clps13 before 1 April 2013.

You will be asked to choose between one of the following submission 
categories:

- Logical analysis of scientific reasoning processes

- Methodological and epistemological analysis of scientific reasoning 
processes

- Symposium submission

Select the last option and mention the symposium number in the title of your 
abstract.

If you do not have an EasyChair account you can create one here:

https://www.easychair.org/account/signup.cgi

Unfortunately, we cannot offer any financial support for symposium speakers. 
Neither can we waive the registration fee.

All abstracts for symposia will be refereed by the organisers and other 
members of the programme committee. Notification of acceptance will be given by 
15 May 2013.

All further information (e.g. accommodation, registration, maps) can be found 
at the conference website: http://www.clps13.ugent.be/.

The programme will be available on the website by 1 July 2013.


Best regards
Giuseppe Primiero