WFLP 2008

SCOPE

The Workshop on Functional and (Constraint) Logic Programming aims at bringing together researchers interested in functional programming, (constraint) logic programming, as well as the integration of the two paradigms. It promotes the cross-fertilizing exchange of ideas and experiences among researchers and students from the different communities interested in the foundations, applications and combinations of high-level, declarative programming languages and related areas.
The previous WFLP editions are: WFLP 2007 (Paris, France), WFLP 2006 (Madrid, Spain), WCFLP 2005 (Tallinn, Estonia), WFLP 2004 (Aachen, Germany), WFLP 2003 (Valencia, Spain), WFLP 2002 (Grado, Italy), WFLP 2001 (Kiel, Germany), WFLP 2000 (Benicassim, Spain), WFLP'99 (Grenoble, France), WFLP'98 (Bad Honnef, Germany), WFLP'97 (Schwarzenberg, Germany), WFLP'96 (Marburg, Germany), WFLP'95 (Schwarzenberg, Germany), WFLP'94 (Schwarzenberg, Germany), WFLP'93 (Rattenberg, Germany), and WFLP'92 (Karlsruhe, Germany).

TOPICS

WFLP'08 solicits papers in all areas of functional and (constraint) logic programming, including but not limited to:

Foundations: formal semantics, rewriting and narrowing, non-monotonic reasoning, dynamics, type theory
Language Design: modules and type systems, multi-paradigm languages, concurrency and distribution, objects
Implementation: abstract machines, parallelism, compile-time and run-time optimizations, interfacing with external languages
Transformation and Analysis: abstract interpretation, specialization, partial evaluation, program transformation, meta-programming
Software Engineering: design patterns, specification, verification and validation, debugging, test generation
Integration of Paradigms: integration of declarative programming with other paradigms such as imperative, object-oriented, concurrent, and real-time programming
Applications: declarative programming in education and industry, domain-specific languages, visual/graphical user interfaces, embedded systems, WWW applications, knowledge representation and machine learning, deductive databases, advanced programming environments and tools

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission		~~April 20, 2008~~May 2, 2008
Full Paper Submission		~~April 27, 2008~~May 7, 2008
Acceptance Notification		~~May 27, 2008~~June 1, 2008
Camera Ready		~~June 11, 2008~~June 15, 2008
Workshop		July 3- 4, 2008

INVITED SPEAKERS

Dale Miller

École Polytechnique Paris, France

PROGRAM CHAIR

Moreno Falaschi

University of Siena, Italy

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Maria Alpuente	Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Marco Comini	University of Udine, Italy
Rachid Echahed	CNRS,laboratoire LIG, France
Moreno Falaschi	University of Siena, Italy
Michael Hanus	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
Tetsuo Ida	University of Tsukuba, Japan
Herbert Kuchen	Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Germany
Francisco Lopez Fraguas	Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Wolfgang Lux	Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Germany
Mircea Marin	University of Tsukuba, Japan
Juan J.Moreno-Navarro	Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Alicia Villanueva	Technical University of Valencia, Spain

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Michele Baggi	University of Siena, Italy
Demis Ballis	University of Udine, Italy
Tommaso Flaminio	University of Siena, Italy
Maddalena Poneti	University of Siena, Italy
Elisa Tiezzi (chair)	University of Siena, Italy

SUBMISSIONS and PROCEEDINGS

Authors are invited to submit papers of at most 15 pages (pdf or postscript formats) presenting original, not previously published works. Submission categories include regular research papers, short papers (not more than 8 pages) describing on-going work, and system descriptions. Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission site http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wflp2008

Preliminary proceedings will be available at the workshop. Selected authors will be invited to submit a full version of their papers after the workshop. Accepted contributions are going to be published in the Elsevier series Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS).

ACCOMMODATION

We have reserved several rooms in the convention centre Santa Chiara (Via Valdimontone, 1 - Siena) of the University of Siena, for the nights of July 3rd and 4th (it is also possible to extend the reservation for more days). The rooms are provided at a special rate: 65 Eur/night for single rooms and 106 Eur/night for double rooms. The prices include breakfast.

It is very difficult to find room in other hotels in this period. Please reserve as soon as possible.

For reserving your accommodation at the convention centre Santa Chiara, plese fill the following form: Accommodation form
For further information, please contact Elisa Tiezzi.

LOCATION

WFLP'08 will be held in July in the convention centre of the University of Siena, Italy: http://www.unisi.it/santachiara/ (Via Valdimontone, 1 - Siena)

The workshop will be co-located with WWV'08: http://wwv08.dimi.uniud.it/

WORKSHOP VENUE

Siena is one of the nicest city in Italy. The historical centre is situated on top of a hill and is made of beautiful medieval buildings and churches, all surrounded by ancient walls. The countryside of Siena is worldwide famous for its beauty. The Palio of Siena is probably the most famous historical fair in Italy. The most important event of it is a horse race of medieval origins, which is held in the afternoon of July 2nd in "Piazza del Campo" in the centre of Siena.

For more information, please visit http://www.comune.siena.it/

TRAVEL INFORMATION

You can find all travel information to get to Siena by consulting this link: Wikitravel - Siena.
The Santa Chiara center address is:
Via Valdimontone, 1 - Siena