Final Call for Papers,          
                 Call for Tutorials, and         
               Call for Workshop Proposals       

                      TABLEAUX 2011                


                International Conference


                      TABLEAUX 2011

                 Automated Reasoning with
           Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods

                   Bern, Switzerland
                  4 July - 8 July 2011

            http://www.tableaux11.unibe.ch/



IMPORTANT DATES

(Please note the extended deadline for paper submission 
and later date for notification.)

Abstract and Title submission:       Monday, 24 Jan
Paper Submission:                    Monday, 7 Feb
Notification:                        Monday, 4 Apr
Final Versions:                      Monday, 25 Apr

Short Paper Submission:              Monday, 2 May
Short Paper Notification:            Monday, 16 May

Workshops:         Monday, 4 July
Conference:        Tuesday, 5 July - Friday, 8 July


GENERAL INFORMATION

   This conference is the 20th in a series of international meetings on
   Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods.

   In July 2011, the conference will be held in Bern, Switzerland.  The
   conference proceedings will be published in the Springer LNAI series as 
   in the previous editions of the conference.

   See http://www.tableaux11.unibe.ch/ for more information on TABLEAUX
   2011, and http://i12www.ira.uka.de/TABLEAUX for information about
   the TABLEAUX conference series.


TOPICS

   Tableau methods are a convenient formalism for automating deduction
   in various non-standard logics as well as in classical logic. Areas
   of application include verification of software and computer
   systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation and its
   required inference engines, and system diagnosis. The conference
   brings together researchers interested in all aspects - theoretical
   foundations, implementation techniques, systems development and
   applications - of the mechanization of reasoning with tableaux and
   related methods.

   Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to):

     * analytic tableaux for various logics (theory and applications)
     * related techniques and concepts, e.g., model checking and BDDs
     * related methods (model elimination, sequent calculi,
       connection method, ...)
     * new calculi and methods for theorem proving in classical and
       non-classical logics (modal, description, intuitionistic, linear,
       temporal, many-valued...)
     * systems, tools, implementations and applications.

   As in previous years, TABLEAUX 2011 puts a special emphasis on
   applications. Papers describing applications of tableaux and related
   methods in areas such as hardware and software verification,
   semantic technologies, knowledge engineering, etc. are particularly
   invited.

   One or more tutorials will be part of the conference program.


SUBMISSIONS

   The conference will include contributed papers, tutorials, system
   descriptions, position papers and invited lectures. Submissions are
   invited in three categories:

     A  Research papers (reporting original theoretical and/or experimental
                         research, up to 15 pages)
     B  System descriptions (up to 5 pages)
     C  Short papers reporting work in progress (up to 5 pages)

   Submissions in categories A and B will be reviewed by peers,
   typically members of the program committee. They must be unpublished
   and not submitted for publication elsewhere.  For category B
   submissions a working implementation must exist and be available to
   the referees.  Accepted papers in these categories will be published in 
   the conference proceedings.

   Submissions in category C will be reviewed by members of the program
   committee and a collection of the accepted papers in this category
   will be published as a Technical Report of the University of Bern.

   Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the
   conference.


INVITED SPEAKERS

   We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have agreed 
   to give invited talks at TABLEAUX 2011:

    * Maria Paola Bonacina, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
    * Ulrich Furbach, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
    * Kazushige Terui, Kyoto University, Japan


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

   PC Chairs

    * Kai Brünnler, University of Bern, Switzerland
    * George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland

   PC Members

    * Arnon Avron, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    * Peter Baumgartner, NICTA, Canberra, Australia
    * Bernhard Beckert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
    * Torben Braüner, Roskilde University, Denmark
    * Agata Ciabattoni, TU Wien, Austria
    * Marta Cialdea, University of Rome 3, Italy
    * Roy Dyckhoff, University of St Andrews, Scotland
    * Martin Giese, University of Oslo, Norway
    * Valentin Goranko, Technical University of Denmark
    * Rajeev Goré, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    * Reiner Hähnle, Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden
    * Ullrich Hustadt, University of Liverpool, UK
    * Martin Lange, University of Kassel, Germany
    * Dale Miller, INRIA, Saclay, France
    * Neil V. Murray, University at Albany - SUNY, USA
    * Nicola Olivetti, Paul Cézanne University, Marseille, France
    * Jens Otten, University of Potsdam, Germany
    * Dirk Pattinson, Imperial College London, UK
    * André Platzer, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
    * Renate Schmidt, University of Manchester, UK
    * Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans, MPI, Saarbrücken, Germany
    * Ulrich Ultes-Nitsche, Fribourg University, Switzerland
    * Luca Viganò, University of Verona, Italy
    * Arild Waaler, University of Oslo, Norway 


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

   Conference Chairs:

    * Kai Brünnler, University of Bern, Switzerland
    * George Metcalfe, University of Bern, Switzerland

   Local Organizers:

    * Samuel Bucheli
    * Roman Kuznets
    * Richard McKinley
    * Nia Stephens