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Vienna Summer of Logic 2014 Overview Vienna Summer of Logic (VSL) With more than 2000 expected participants, the Vienna Summer of Logic 2014 will be the largest conference in the history of logic. Date July 9-24, 2014 Organizer Kurt Gödel Society (KGS) Venue Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria [email protected] http://vsl2014.at Vienna Profiting from its location in the center of Europe, Vienna has a rich history and cultural life. The beauty of Vienna Explore… …the lively cultural life – museums – opera – theaters ©barnyz ©patrick theiner ©jiuguang wang The beauty of Vienna Explore… … stunning architecture ©chop1n ©bill barber ©miroslav petrasko The beauty of Vienna Explore… … beautiful nature – large gardens in city center and the west – Danube and surrounding nature ©rejik – hills in the north and west ©daniel weber ©lucas artoni The beauty of Vienna Explore… … excellent food – traditional coffee houses – desserts – Heurigen with top ©paula soler moya wines – international cuisine ©astrid kopp ©paula soler moya Conference venues The Vienna University of Technology consists of several buildings with a number of large lecture rooms (with air conditioning except for the main building). Each VSL stream will take place in one of these buildings to ensure that all space requirements are met. Logic in AI Logic in CS / FLoC Mathematical Logic Conference venues All venues are within walking distance to the city center (Karlsplatz, Opera, Kärntner Straße, Ringstraße, museums). City Center Museums Opera Logic in AI FLoC Math. Logic Travel to Vienna Vienna International Airport • 20 km/30 min from city center • S-Bahn train (€ 4,-) • Shuttle bus (€ 8,-) • City Airport Train CAT (€ 11,-) Bratislava Airport Austria is a member of the Schengen • 60km/90min from Vienna Area – a common Schengen visa procedure and a common visa for all • Shuttle bus (€ 10,-) countries Munich Airport 5h by train to Vienna (€ 30,- to 100,-) Hotels and registration Registration Hotels • Austropa Interconvention (PCO) • booking through Austropa will be in charge of all Interconvention agency registrations including the registrations webpage and • reduced rates (€55,- to 150,-) accommodations • all hotels are close to conference • Accommodations offers venues and city center including student housing will be included into the registration • several price categories available webpage. It will be up to registrants to decide whether to book accommodations through Student accommodation this webpage or on their own • Apartments with multiple beds • Every single participant MUST register, i.e. also invited • starting at € 19,- per night speakers, organizers, various committees’ members, etc. VSL scientific program Three independent streams Logic in Computer Science / Mathematical Logic Logic in Artificial Intelligence Federated Logic Conference FLoC • CAV • Logic Colloquium • Principles of Knowledge • CSF • Infinity Workshop Representation and • ICLP • Logic, Algebra and Truth Reasoning • IJCAR Degrees • Description Logics • ITP • Kurt Gödel Fellowship • Non-Monotonic • LICS/ CSL Conference Reasoning • RTA /TLCA • Vardi-Fest • SAT VSL program at a glance VSL Organizing Committee Vienna Summer of Logic Logic in CS / FLoC Helmut Veith / Matthias Baaz Matthias Baaz (chair) Helmut Veith (co-chair) Workshop Chair Thomas Eiter (co-chair) Stefan Szeider Competition Chair Vesna Sabljakovic-Fritz (VSL Fundraising Chair) Thomas Krennwallner FLOC Organization Committee Katarina Jurik (Communication) Baaz, Szeider, Vardi, Veith Markus Pichlmair (Organization) Agata Ciabattoni Mathematical Logic Thomas Eiter Matthias Baaz / Stefan Hetzl Georg Gottlob Tom Henzinger Alexander Leitsch Logic in AI Michael Fink / Stefan Woltran Preliminary timeline General Call for Workshops June 2013 Conference workshop chairs act as by October 2013 PC members to evaluate proposals FLoC OC makes final decision by October/November 2013 Plenary + Keynote Speaker Deadline July 2013 Invited Speaker Deadline December 2013 Call for Papers September 2013 (deadline) Conference Program Deadline April 15, 2014 (Program proposals by PC chairs) USB Stick PDF Deadline May 15, 2014 (Camera -ready) Conference Program Ready May 15, 2014 (Coordinated online program) Early Registration Deadline May 30, 2014 Regular Registration Deadline June 30, 2014 RTA/TLCA within VSL • Mo, 14 July 2014 – Th, 17 July 2014 • Ca. 30 contributions, ca. 100 participants • Single track, single room (capacity 200 persons) • Same building as other FLoC events • Lunch: self-organised, many pubs around • Registration fee early/late/onsite: € 425/510/595 • Workshops: joint FLoC-call – € 100/120/140 per person and day • Discussion: additional RTA/TLCA conference dinner? Financial issues • Separate accounting for each conference • Costs distributed per capita • Local organisation costs (venue, coffee breaks, proceedings, dinner, …) – approx. € 275/225 per regular participant/student – approx. € 50 per workshop participant and day • Excess money after deduction of all costs goes to the registrant’s conference. • Funding stays with the conference that raised it • Final accounts’ settlement until one year after VSL Message from the PC chair PC will keep a balance between • people involved both in RTA and TLCA community • RTA/TLCA authors that haven’t yet been in PC • senior members of our community PC members will be contacted soon. Prospective timeline (to be coordinated with VSL): • Call for papers: October 2013 • Abstract submission: 10 February 2014 • Paper submission: 17 February 2014 • Notification: 15 April 2014 • Final version: 5 May 2014 Best regards, Gilles .
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