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                                CALL FOR PAPERS                             
                                  ASPOCP 2024                             
      17th Workshop on Answer Set Programming and Other Computing Paradigms               
                  https://sites.google.com/unical.it/aspocp2024/            

                                                              
      Affiliated with ICLP 2024, 40th International Conference on Logic Programming
                         https://www.iclp24.utdallas.edu/
                              October 11 - 17, 2024

                            
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AIMS AND SCOPE                                                                  
                                                                                
 Since its introduction in the late 1980s, Answer Set Programming (ASP) has been widely applied to 
 various knowledge-intensive tasks and combinatorial search problems. ASP was found to be
 closely related to SAT, which led to a new method of computing answer sets using SAT solvers and
 techniques adapted from SAT. This has been a much studied relationship, and is currently extended
 towards satisfiability modulo theories (SMT). The relationship of ASP to other computing paradigms,
 such as constraint satisfaction, quantified Boolean formulas (QBF), Constraint Logic Programming
 (CLP), first-order logic (FOL), and FO(ID) is also the subject of active research. Consequently, new
 methods of computing answer sets are being developed based on relationships to these formalisms.                        
                                                                                
 Furthermore, the practical applications of ASP also foster work on multi-paradigm problem-solving, 
 and in particular language and solver integration. The most prominent examples in this area
 currently are the integration of ASP with description logics (in the realm of the Semantic Web) and
 constraint satisfaction (which recently led to the Constraint Answer Set Programming (CASP)
 research direction).            
                                                                                
 A large body of general results regarding ASP is available and several efficient ASP solvers have
 been implemented. However, there are still significant challenges in applying ASP to real life
 applications, and more interest in relating ASP to other computing paradigms is emerging. This 
 workshop will provide opportunities for researchers to identify these challenges and to exchange
 ideas for overcoming them.                       

TOPICS   
                                                                       
 Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):                          
 - ASP and classical logic formalisms (SAT/FOL/QBF/SMT/DL).                     
 - ASP and constraint programming.                                              
 - ASP and other logic programming paradigms, e.g., FO(ID).                     
 - ASP and other nonmonotonic languages, e.g., action languages.                
 - ASP and external means of computation.                                       
 - ASP and probabilistic reasoning.                                             
 - ASP and knowledge compilation.                                               
 - ASP and machine learning.                                                    
 - New methods of computing answer sets using algorithms or systems of          
   other paradigms.                                                             
 - Language extensions to ASP.                                                  
 - ASP and multi-agent systems.                                                 
 - ASP and multi-context systems.                                               
 - Modularity and ASP.                                                          
 - ASP and argumentation.                                                       
 - Multi-paradigm problem solving involving ASP.                                
 - Evaluation and comparison of ASP to other paradigms.                         
 - ASP and related paradigms in applications.                                   
 - Hybridizing ASP with procedural approaches.                                  
 - Enhanced grounding or beyond grounding.                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
SUBMISSIONS                                                                        

 The workshop invites two types of submissions:
  - original papers describing original research.
  - non-original paper already published on formal proceedings or journals.
 Original papers must not exceed 13 pages (excluding references) and must be formatted using the 1-column CEURART style available in the website.

 Authors are requested to clearly specify whether their submission is original or not with a footnote on the first page.
 Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in PDF via the EasyChair system at the link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aspocp2024.

 IMPORTANT DATES

  Abstract submission deadline:                              01 August 2024     -- 08 August 2024    (Extended)
  Paper submission deadline:                                 08 August 2024     -- 15 August 2024    (Extended)
  Notification:                                              05 September 2024  -- 10 September 2024 (Extended)           
                                                                                
                                                                                
PROCEEDINGS                                                                     
                                                                                
 Authors of all accepted original contributions can opt for to publish their work on formal proceedings. 
 Accepted non-original contributions will be given visibility on the conference web site including a link to the original publication, if already published.

 A selection of extended and revised versions of accepted papers could appear in a special issue. 
 Extended versions of accepted non-original contributions, if not published in a journal yet, might be included in the issue.
                   
                                                                                                                                               
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

 Francesco Pacenza, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy  - francesco.pacenza_AT_unical.it
 Zeynep G. Saribatur, Institute of Logic and Computation, TU Wien, Austria  -  zeynep_AT_kr.tuwien.ac.at 
                                                                                
                                                                                
PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mario Alviano, University of Calabria
Marcello Balduccini, Saint Joseph's University  
Pedro Cabalar, University of Corunna
Francesco Cauteruccio, University of Salerno
Stefania Costantini, University of L'Aquila
Carmine Dodaro, University of Calabria
Stefan Ellmauthaler, TU Dresden
Esra Erdem, Sabanci University
Wolfgang Faber, University of Klagenfurt
Cristina Feier
Johannes K. Fichte, Linköping University  
Martin Gebser, University of Klagenfurt
Tobias Geibinger, TU Wien
Markus Hecher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Giovambattista Ianni, University of Calabria
Daniela Inclezan, Miami University
Tomi Janhunen, Tampere University
Vladimir Lifschitz, The University of Texas at Austin
Marco Maratea, University of Calabria
Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University
Alice Tarzariol, University of Klagenfurt
Johannes P. Wallner, TU Graz
Stefan Woltran, TU Wien
Jia-Huai You, University of Alberta
Jessica Zangari, University of Calabria