November 2018 - Categories - categories.org.au

Postdoc Position Reminder
by Mislove, Michael W 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

Dear All, This is a reminder that we have an open postdoc position in Quantum Programming Languages here at Tulane. The project goal is to devise models of high-level functional quantum programming languages that support recursion, including recursive types. We’re also interested in contextuality as a quantum resource. This is a part of a multi-university research project that includes a new team at the University of Maryland whose work on Hoare logics for quantum programming languages also is of interest. Details and application instructions can be found at https://apply.interfolio.com/56794 Thanks, Mike Mislove =============================================== Michael Mislove Phone: +1 504 865-5803 <tel:%2B1%20504%20865-5803> Professor and Chair FAX: +1 504 865-5063 <tel:%2B1%20504%20865-5063> Department of Computer Science Tulane University URL: http://www.cs.tulane.edu/~mwm <http://www.cs.tulane.edu/~mwm> New Orleans, LA 70118 USA =============================================== [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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Workshop on Geometry in Modal Homotopy Type Theory
by Felix Wellen 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Dear all, there will be a workshop on Geometry in Modal Homotopy Type Theory at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh taking place March 11-15, 2019 Homotopy Type Theory (HoTT) is one of the tools to reason within a higher topos. The recent extensions of HoTT by modalities has led to stronger relations to the use of higher toposes in Topology, Differential Geometry and Algebraic Geometry. This workshop is about the development of Modal HoTT and its applications to Geometry. The invited speakers are: Peter Arndt Ulrik Buchholtz Eric Finster Egbert Rijke Urs Schreiber Mike Shulman For more information and instructions for contributing a talk, see: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fwellen/modal-workshop.html All the best, Felix Wellen [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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6WFTop: Formal Topology Workshop announcement
by Steve Vickers 23 Nov '18

23 Nov '18

6WFTop Announcement The 6th Workshop on Formal Topology (6WFTop) will be hosted by the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, UK, in the week Mon 8 to Fri 12 April 2019. These workshops date back to 1997, and cover point-free topology, broadly interpreted, and its logical foundations. There is always a lively and fruitful interaction between different communities and the meetings have proved fertile ground for developing commonalities between different foundational approaches such as predicative type theory, toposes and constructive set theory. 6WFTop will include a tutorial day on the Monday around the theme "What is a space?", in which Matthieu Anel and Benedikt Ahrens will introduce the ideas of toposes and univalent type theory. In addition, a number of other researchers have accepted an invitation to give a talk: Ingo Blechschmidt, Olivia Caramello Tatsuji Kawai, Peter Johnstone and Giovanni Sambin. There will be an opportunity for participants to contribute talks. If you wish to do so, please submit an abstract by 28 Feb 2019. Further details will appear on the workshop web site at http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~sjv/6WFTop/ Steve Vickers [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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26th WoLLIC 2019 (Utrecht, The Netherlands) - Call for Papers
by Ruy de Queiroz 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

[Please circulate. Apologies for multiple copies.] CALL FOR PAPERS WoLLIC 2019 26th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Computation July 2nd to 5th, 2019 Utrecht, The Netherlands ORGANISATION Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, The Netherlands (host university) Centro de Informática, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil CALL FOR PAPERS WoLLIC is an annual international forum on inter-disciplinary research involving formal logic, computing and programming theory, and natural language and reasoning. Each meeting includes invited talks and tutorials as well as contributed papers. The twenty-fifth WoLLIC will be held at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, from July 2nd to 5th, 2019. It is sponsored by the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL), the Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics (IGPL), the The Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI), the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), the European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL), ACM Special Interest Group on Logic and Computation (ACM-SIGLOG) (TBC), the Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), and the Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL). Just before and after the main WoLLIC 2019 event, Utrecht University will host two satellite workshops: -Proof Theory in Logic on 1-2 July 2019. This workshop on the role of structural proof theory in the study of logics will consist of invited talks by researchers in that area. -Compositionality in formal and distributional models of natural language semantics, on July 6 2019. The workshop programs will be announced end of December 2018 via the WoLLIC 2019 website (https://wollic2019.sites.uu.nl) Attendance of these satellite workshops is free, but registration is required. PAPER SUBMISSION Contributions are invited on all pertinent subjects, with particular interest in cross-disciplinary topics. Typical but not exclusive areas of interest are: foundations of computing and programming; novel computation models and paradigms; broad notions of proof and belief; proof mining, type theory, effective learnability; formal methods in software and hardware development; logical approach to natural language and reasoning; logics of programs, actions and resources; foundational aspects of information organization, search, flow, sharing, and protection; foundations of mathematics; philosophy of mathematics; philosophical logic; philosophy of language. Proposed contributions should be in English, and consist of a scholarly exposition accessible to the non-specialist, including motivation, background, and comparison with related works. Articles should be written in the LaTeX format of LNCS by Springer (see authors instructions at http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) They must not exceed 12 pages, with up to 5 additional pages for references and technical appendices. The paper's main results must not be published or submitted for publication in refereed venues, including journals and other scientific meetings. It is expected that each accepted paper be presented at the meeting by one of its authors. (At least one author is required to pay the registration fee before granting that the paper will be published in the proceedings.) Papers must be submitted electronically at the WoLLIC 2019 EasyChair website. (Please go to http://wollic.org/wollic2019/instructions.html for instructions.) A title and single-paragraph abstract should be submitted by Feb 22, 2019, and the full paper by Feb 26, 2019 (firm date). Notifications are expected by April 5, 2019, and final papers for the proceedings will be due by April 15, 2019 (firm date). PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of WoLLIC 2019, including both invited and contributed papers, will be published in advance of the meeting as a volume in Springer's LNCS series. In addition, abstracts will be published in the Conference Report section of the Logic Journal of the IGPL, and selected contributions will be published (after a new round of reviewing) as a special post-conference WoLLIC 2019 issue of a scientific journal (to be confirmed). INVITED SPEAKERS (TBA) STUDENT GRANTS ASL sponsorship of WoLLIC 2019 will permit ASL student members to apply for a modest travel grant (deadline: May 1st, 2019). See http://www.aslonline.org/studenttravelawards.html for details. IMPORTANT DATES Feb 22, 2019: Paper title and abstract deadline Feb 26, 2019: Full paper deadline April 5, 2019: Author notification Apr 15, 2019: Final version deadline (firm) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Raffaella Bernardi (University of Trento) Nick Bezhanishvili (University of Amsterdam) Giuseppe Greco (Utrecht University) Philippe de Groote (INRIA Nancy) Rosalie Iemhoff (Utrecht University) (Co-CHAIR) Roberto Maieli (Department of Mathematics and Physics, University "Roma Tre”) Michael Moortgat (Utrecht University) (Co-CHAIR) Richard Moot (CNRS (LIRMM) & University of Montpellier) Larry Moss (Indiana University Bloomington) Sara Negri (University of Helsinki) Carlo Nicolai (King's College London) Valeria de Paiva (Nuance Comms and University of Birmingham) Alessandra Palmigiano (Delft University of Technology) Ruy de Queiroz (Centro de Informatica, Univ Federal de Pernambuco) Yde Venema (University of Amsterdam) Fan Yang (University of Helsinki) STEERING COMMITTEE Samson Abramsky, Johan van Benthem, Anuj Dawar, Joe Halpern, Wilfrid Hodges, Juliette Kennedy, Ulrich Kohlenbach, Daniel Leivant, Leonid Libkin, Angus Macintyre, Lawrence Moss, Luke Ong, Hiroakira Ono, Valeria de Paiva, Ruy de Queiroz, Jouko Väänänen. (Former Member: Grigori Mints (deceased).) ORGANISING COMMITTEE Giuseppe Greco (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) (Local co-chair) Anjolina G. de Oliveira (Univ Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil) Ruy de Queiroz (Univ Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil) (co-chair) SCIENTIFIC SPONSORSHIP Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics (IGPL) The Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL) European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL) ACM Special Interest Group on Logic and Computation (ACM-SIGLOG) (TBC) Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC) Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL) FURTHER INFORMATION Contact one of the Co-Chairs of the Organising Committee. WEB PAGE http://wollic.org/wollic2019/ [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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1st Logic Prizes Contest : Papers of all the Winners now on-line
by jean-yves beziau 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

The 1st Logic Prizes Contest was organized during UNILOG'2018 (6th World Congress and School in Universal Logic) in Vichy, France, June 16-26, 2018. There was the participation of winners of 9 different countries. All the contestants presented their work during a special session Sunday 24. And it was decided which was the best paper among the 9 by a jury formed by 7 world famous logicians. The winning paper as well as the other ones have been published in a special issue of Logica Universalis (Birkhäuser / Springer Nature) This issue is freely accessible to anybody: https://www.springer.com/birkhauser/mathematics/journal/11787?detailsPage=p… Jean-Yves Beziau Editor-in-Chief Logica Universalis [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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2019 Doctoral Fellowships in Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, Applications Now Open
by Benedikt Ahrens 17 Nov '18

17 Nov '18

============================================= 2019 DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, UK ============================================= We are happy to announce that applications are now open for the Doctoral Fellowship programme in Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, UK, for start in October 2019. These Fellowships fund a 4-year full-time programme of PhD study, and provide a elevated stipend of ??18,150 per year (tax-free, healthcare provided for free). Successful applicants will be expected to contribute to the research and teaching life of the School of Computer Science, with a maximum teaching load of 1 day per week, averaged over the year. The School of Computer Science has a large and thriving Theoretical Computer Science research group, with a particular focus on category theory and its applications to the logical foundations of computer science. Among our research interests are: - category theory and higher category theory; - type theory; - homotopy type theory and univalent foundations; - formal proof; - lambda-calculus and computational effects; - topology and domain theory; - constructive mathematics; - quantum computing; - semantics; - program compilation. Our group currently has 11 permanent staff (see list below) and more than a dozen PhD students. We have a weekly seminar, as well as more informal meetings and reading groups. Information on all of this can be found on our webpage: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/groupings/theory/ The Fellowships are available to UK and EU citizens only. However, partial fellowships may still be available to Non-EU overseas students depending on circumstances. Further information about PhD applications may be found here: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/admissions/postgraduate-research/ If you are considering applying, please contact a potential supervisor from the list below. Benedikt Ahrens <b.ahrens(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~ahrensb) Categorical semantics of programming languages, univalent foundations, computer theorem proving. Mart??n Escard?? <m.escardo(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mhe/) Topology, computation with infinite objects, constructive mathematics, univalent mathematics. Dan Ghica <d.r.ghica(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~drg/) Dataflow programming languages, foundations of machine learning, game semantics. Achim Jung <a.jung(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axj/) Mathematical structures in the foundations of computing: logic, topology, order, domain theory. Paul Blain Levy <p.b.levy(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~pbl/) Denotational semantics, computational effects and call-by-push-value, nondeterminism, category theory, coalgebra, game semantics. Uday Reddy <u.s.reddy(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~udr/) Semantics of state, separation logic. Eike Ritter <e.ritter(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~exr/) Security protocol verification. Jamie Vicary <j.o.vicary(a)bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~vicaryjo/) Quantum computing, higher-dimensional algebra, category theory, quantum field theory, formal proof. Noam Zeilberger <n.zeilberger(a)cs.bham.ac.uk> (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~zeilbern/) Type systems and programming languages, category theory and proof theory, as well as their interactions with combinatorics. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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fully funded graduate positions in mathematics at Western
by Chris Kapulkin 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

Please distribute to undergraduate and master's students and appropriate counsellors and supervisors. Note that we have several faculty members, postdocs and graduate students with interests involving category theory and its applications, including Dan Christensen, Rick Jardine, and Chris Kapulkin. ----- Graduate Student Positions Department of Mathematics University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada The Department of Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario solicits applications for its MSc and PhD programs. We have up to 15 fully funded positions available, and applicants from any country are welcome. Our faculty members supervise research in a variety of areas: http://www.math.uwo.ca/graduate/supervisors.html The Department of Mathematics is part of the School of Mathematical Sciences: http://uwo.ca/smss/ More information about our program, including the application procedure, is available at http://www.math.uwo.ca/graduate/ Students normally start in September, in which case applications should be complete (including letters of reference and supplementary material) by February 1. Applications received after this deadline will be reviewed as space permits. We encourage applicants to apply for external scholarships they are eligible for. Please contact math-grad-program(a)uwo.ca with any questions you may have. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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Homotopy Type Theory and Univalent Foundations conference in Oslo
by Bjørn Ian Dundas 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

This is the first announcement for the workshop on Homotopy Type Theory and Univalent Foundations Oslo, Norway, 12 - 14 June 2019 https://cas.oslo.no/hott-uf/ Homotopy Type Theory and Univalent Foundations combines ideas and techniques from algebraic topology, logic, higher categories and computer science. As a fairly young subject it is still under dramatic development and sees vibrant activity. The workshop aims at bringing together researchers spanning the width of the field, complementing the concurrent TYPES conference https://cas.oslo.no/types2019/ with which it will share some plenary sessions. Tentative list of invited speakers: • Paolo Capriotti • Evan Cavallo • Liron Cohen • Eric Finster • Dan Grayson • Simon Huber • Nicolai Kraus • Paige North • Christian Sattler • Andrew Swan • Taichi Uemura • Liang Ze Wong For further information, see the home page https://cas.oslo.no/hott-uf/ Hope to see you in Oslo in June! The workshop is organised jointly by the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and the University of Bergen. Best regards. Scientific Committee: • Benedikt Ahrens (University of Birmingham) • Thierry Coquand (Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg) • Bjørn Ian Dundas (University of Bergen) • Chris Kapulkin (University of Western Ontario) • Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University) Local organisers: • Marc Bezem (chair)(University of Bergen) • Bjørn Ian Dundas (University of Bergen) • Erna Kas (Utrecht University) • Camilla K. Elmar (Centre for Advanced Study) [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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*** 105th Peripatetic Seminar on Sheaves and Logic *** University of Palermo, Italy *** May 18th-19th, 2019 + satellite event May 17th, 2019
by Giuseppe Metere 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

*** 105th Peripatetic Seminar on Sheaves and Logic *** University of Palermo, Italy *** May 18th-19th, 2019 + satellite event May 17th, 2019 Dear colleagues and friends, We are pleased to announce that the 105th PSSL will be held at the University of Palermo, Italy, on the weekend of May 18th-19th, 2019. A satellite event on "Categorical methods in algebra" will be held on Friday May 17th, 2019. We are making this preliminary announcement well in advance, as we hope that many of you will be able to join us and contribute talks for this event. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. A web site with practical information will be made available shortly. We hope to see you in Palermo. With best regards, Andrea Montoli Giuseppe Metere Tim Van der Linden (organizers) -- Giuseppe Metere, PhD. Ricercatore di Algebra Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Universit?? degli Studi di Palermo [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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*** 105th Peripatetic Seminar on Sheaves and Logic *** University of Palermo, Italy *** May 18th-19th, 2019 + satellite event May 17th, 2019 (resnding)
by Giuseppe Metere 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

[Note from moderator: repeated message, some list members did not receive this.] *** 105th Peripatetic Seminar on Sheaves and Logic *** University of Palermo, Italy *** May 18th-19th, 2019 + satellite event May 17th, 2019 Dear colleagues and friends, We are pleased to announce that the 105th PSSL will be held at the University of Palermo, Italy, on the weekend of May 18th-19th, 2019. A satellite event on "Categorical methods in algebra" will be held on Friday May 17th, 2019. We are making this preliminary announcement well in advance, as we hope that many of you will be able to join us and contribute talks for this event. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. A web site with practical information will be made available shortly. We hope to see you in Palermo. With best regards, Andrea Montoli Giuseppe Metere Tim Van der Linden (organizers) -- Giuseppe Metere, PhD. Ricercatore di Algebra Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Universit?? degli Studi di Palermo [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]

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