[apologies for possible multiple copies] Call for Participation ***Hotel Special rate DEADLINE Sep. 2nd*** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th International Conference on Logic Programming and Non-monotonic Reasoning LPNMR 2015 http://lpnmr2015.mat.unical.it/ Lexington, KY, USA September 27-30, 2015 (Collocated with the 4th Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory 2015) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION Registration procedure is available via http://www.cs.uky.edu/lpnmr2015/. Hotel Special rate DEADLINE has been postponed to Sep. 2nd, 2015, and is available via http://lpnmr2015.mat.unical.it/hotel-reservations. AIMS AND SCOPE LPNMR 2015 is the thirteenth in the series of international meetings on logic programming and non-monotonic reasoning. LPNMR is a forum for exchanging ideas on declarative logic programming, non-monotonic reasoning, and knowledge representation. The aim of the conference is to facilitate interactions between researchers and practitioners interested in the design and implementation of logic-based programming languages and database systems, and those working in knowledge representation and nonmonotonic reasoning. LPNMR strives to encompass theoretical and experimental studies that have led or will lead to the construction of systems for declarative programming and knowledge representation, as well as their use in practical applications. LPNMR 2015 The program will include three invited talks: - Stable Models for Temporal Theories - By Pedro Cabalar, University of Corunna, Spain - Algorithmic decision theory meets logic - By Jérôme Lang, Université Paris-Dauphine, France (Plenary session with ADT 2015). - Relational and Semantic Data Mining - By Nada Lavrač, Jožef Stefan Institute and University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia This edition of LPNMR will also feature several workshops, a special session dedicated to the 6th ASP Systems Competition, and will be collocated with the 4th Algorithmic Decision Theory Conference, ADT 2015. Joint LPNMR-ADT Doctoral Consortium will be a part of the program. Some details follow; full info are available via the official conference website http://lpnmr2015.mat.unical.it/. ASSOCIATED EVENTS WORKSHOPS - LPNMR 2015 will include specialized workshops to be held on September 27 prior to the main conference. Currently planned workshops include: - Grounding, Transforming, and Modularizing Theories with Variables Organizers: Marc Denecker, Tomi Janhunen Website: https://sites.google.com/site/gttv2015/ - Action Languages, Process Modeling, and Policy Reasoning Organizer: Joohyung Lee, Gail-Joon Ahn Website: https://sites.google.com/site/alpp2015/ - Natural Language Processing and Automated Reasoning Organizers: Marcello Balduccini, Ekaterina Ovchinnikova, Peter Schueller Website: https://sites.google.com/site/nlpar2015/ - Learning and Nonmonotonic Reasoning Organizers: Alessandra Russo and Alessandra Mileo Website: http://lnmr2015.insight-centre.org/ ASP COMPETITION - A special session dedicated to a discussion of the 6th ASP System Competition, including the methodology of the competition, benchmarks used, lessons learned and, most importantly, the results and the announcement of the winners. ALGORITHMIC DECISION THEORY (ADT) 2015 (collocated - same time and place) Algorithmic Decision Theory is a vibrant and growing area of research concerned with algorithmic aspects of problems arising in social choice and economics that involve optimal ways to aggregate preferences. The area abounds in hard computational problems and may be an axciting area of applications for ASP. The two conferences will seek ways to identify and promote synergies between their respective areas of focus. JOINT LPNMR-ADT DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: co-Chairs: - Esra Erdem (LPNMR), Sabanci University, Turkey - Nick Mattei (ADT), NICTA, Australia More info: http://lpnmr2015.mat.unical.it/associated-events/adt-lpnmr-2015-doctoral-con... STUDENT SUPPORT GRANTS The organizing committee has limited funds to partially support students attending LPNMR, with priority to authors of accepted papers that are not funded by the doctoral consortium and have no other funding available. The funding will cover registration and partially cover stay in the conference hotel or some other hotel located nearby (the exact number of free nights to be determined). Applicants should submit their requests to lpnmr2015@mat.unical.it. A proof of student status is requested. NOTE: Students planning to request financial aid should directly contact Miroslaw Truszczynski <mirek@cs.uky.edu> before they register. COMPLIMENTARY MEMBERSHIP OFFER FOR CONFERENCE REGISTRANTS NEW TO AAAI LPNMR 2015 is pleased to acknowledge its cooperation with the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) [http://www.aaai.org], which will be publicizing the conference to its membership. Of special interest to conference attendees is an introductory membership offer from AAAI, which provides a complimentary 1-year online membership to conference participants who are new to AAAI. Please send a message to membership15@aaai.org for further details. VENUE Lexington is a medium size, pleasant and quiet university town. It is located in the heart of the so-called Bluegrass Region in Central Kentucky. The city is surrounded by beautiful horse farms on green pastures dotted with ponds and traditional architecture stables, and small race tracks, and bordered by white or black fences. The Horse Museum is as beautifully located as it is interesting. Overall, the city has a nice feel that mixes well old and new. The conference will be held in the Hilton Lexington Downtown hotel. COMMITTEES GENERAL CHAIR Victor Marek, University of Kentucky, KY, USA PROGRAM CHAIRS Giovambattista Ianni, University of Calabria, Italy Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky, KY, USA WORKSHOPS CHAIR Yuliya Lierler, University of Nebrska at Omaha, NE, USA PUBLICITY CHAIR Francesco Calimeri, University of Calabria, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE Agostino Dovier, Università di Udine, Italy Agustín Valverde, Universidad de Màlaga, Spain Alessandra Mileo, National University of Ireland, Galway, INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland Andrea Formisano, Dip. di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Perugia, Italy Axel Polleres, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria Bart Bogaerts, Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, Belgium Chiaki Sakama, Wakayama University, Japan Chitta Baral, Arizona State University, USA Christoph Redl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Daniela Inclezan, Miami University, USA David Pearce, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Emilia Oikarinen, Aalto University, Finland Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University, USA Esra Erdem, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey Eugenia Ternovska, Simon Fraser University, Canada Fangkai Yang, Schlumberger Ltd Fangzhen Lin, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Francesco Calimeri, Università della Calabria, Italy Gerhard Brewka, Leipzig University, Germany Giovanni Grasso, Oxford University, UK Hannes Strass, Leipzig University, Germany Hans Tompits, Vienna University of Technology, Austria James Delgrande, Simon Fraser University, Canada Jia-Huai You, University of Alberta, Canada Joohyung Lee, Arizona State University, USA Jose Julio Alferes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Kewen Wang, Griffith University, Australia Marc Denecker, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Marcello Balduccini, Drexel University, USA Marina De Vos, University of Bath, UK Martin Gebser, Aalto University, Finland Matthias Knorr, NOVA-LINCS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Mauricio Osorio, Fundacion de la Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico Michael Fink, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Michael Gelfond, Texas Tech University, USA Orkunt Sabuncu, University of Potsdam, Germany Paul Fodor, Stony Brook University, USA Pedro Cabalar, University of Corunna, Spain Saadat Anwar, Arizona State University, USA Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology Stefania Costantini, Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell'Informazione, e Matematica, Univ. di L'Aquila, Italy Terrance Swift, CENTRIA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Tomi Janhunen, Aalto University, Finland Torsten Schaub, University of Potsdam, Germany Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University, USA Vladimir Lifschitz, University of Texas at Austin, USA Wolfgang Faber, University of Huddersfield, UK Yi Zhou, University of Western Sydney, Australia Yisong Wang, Guizhou University, China Yuliya Lierler, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA CONTACT lpnmr2015@mat.unical.it