LATA 2010 - LATA 2010 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATA THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

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Category LATA 2010

Deadline: December 03, 2009 | Date: May 24, 2010

Venue/Country: Trier, Germany

Updated: 2010-06-04 19:32:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

LATA 2010 STRUCTURE

-3 invited talks,

-2 invited tutorials,

-refereed contributions,

-open sessions for discussion in specific subfields, on open problems, or on professional issues (if requested by the participants).

SCOPE

Topics of either theoretical or applied interest include, but are not limited to:

algebraic language theory

algorithms on automata and words

automata and logic

automata for system analysis and program verification

automata, concurrency and Petri nets

cellular automata

combinatorics on words

computability

computational complexity

computer linguistics

data and image compression

decidability questions on words and languages

descriptional complexity

DNA and other models of bio-inspired computing

document engineering

foundations of finite state technology

fuzzy and rough languages

grammars (Chomsky hierarchy, contextual, multidimensional, unification, categorial, etc.)

grammars and automata architectures

grammatical inference and algorithmic learning

graphs and graph transformation

language varieties and semigroups

language-based cryptography

language-theoretic foundations of artificial intelligence and artificial life

neural networks

parallel and regulated rewriting

parsing

pattern matching and pattern recognition

patterns and codes

power series

quantum, chemical and optical computing

semantics

string and combinatorial issues in computational biology and bioinformatics

symbolic dynamics

term rewriting

text algorithms

text retrieval

transducers

trees, tree languages and tree machines

weighted machines

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages and should be formatted according to the standard format for Springer Verlag's LNCS series

(see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0).

Submissions have to be uploaded at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lata2010.

PUBLICATIONS

A volume of proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series will be available by the time of the conference.

At least one special issue of a major journal will be later published containing extended versions of the papers contributed to the conference.

Submissions to the post-conference publications will be only by invitation.

REGISTRATION

The period for registration will be open since September 1, 2009 until May 24, 2010. The registration form can be found at the website of the conference.

Early registration fees 500 euros

Early registration fees (PhD students) 400 euros

Late registration fees 530 euros

Late registration fees (PhD students) 430 euros

On site registration fees 550 euros

On site registration fees (PhD students) 450 euros

At least one author per paper should register. Papers that do not have a registered author by February 15, 2010 will be excluded from the proceedings.

Fees comprise access to all sessions, one copy of the proceedings volume, coffee breaks, lunches, excursion, and conference dinner.

PAYMENT

Early (resp. late) registration fees must be paid by bank transfer before February 15, 2010 (resp. May 14, 2010) to the conference series account at Open Bank (Plaza Manuel Gomez Moreno 2, 28020 Madrid, Spain): IBAN: ES1300730100510403506598 - Swift code: OPENESMMXXX (account holder: Carlos Martin-Vide & URV ? LATA 2010).

Please write the participant’s name in the subject of the bank form. Transfers should not involve any expense for the conference.

On-site registration fees can be paid only in cash.

A receipt for the payment will be provided on site.

Besides paying the registration fees, it is required to fill in the registration form at the website of the conference.

BEST PAPER AWARDS

An award will be presented to the authors of the two best papers accepted to the conference. Only papers fully authored by PhD students are eligible. The award intends to cover their travel expenses.