2nd International Conference on Principles
and Practice of Declarative Programming
(PPDP 2000)

Montreal, Canada
September 20-22, 2000

associated with PLI 2000:
Colloquium on Principles, Logics, and Implementations of high-hevel programming languages

Program Co-Chairs:

Maurizio Gabbrielli
University of Udine, Italy
gabbri@dimi.uniud.it

Frank Pfenning
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
fp@cs.cmu.edu

Conference Chair:

Franck van Breugel
York University, Canada
franck@cs.yorku.ca

Email:

ppdp-00@cs.yorku.ca

Program Committee:

Samson Abramsky, University of Edinburgh, UK
Zena Ariola, University of Oregon, USA
Andrea Asperti, University of Bologna, Italy
Frank de Boer, University of Utrecht, NL
Radhia Cousot, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Danny De Schreye, Catholic U. Leuven, Belgium
Saumya Debray, University of Arizona, USA
Thom Frühwirth, LMU Munich, Germany
Andrew Gordon, Microsoft Research, UK
Doug Howe, Carleton University, Canada
Claude Kirchner, LORIA & INRIA Nancy, France
Naoki Kobayashi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Michael Maher, Griffith University, Australia
Greg Morrisett, Cornell University, USA
Robert Nieuwenhuis, TU of Catalonia, Spain
Christine Paulin, LRI-University Paris Sud, France
Paul Tarau, University of North Texas, USA
Germán Vidal, University of Valencia, Spain

Scope of the Conference

PPDP represents the union of two former conferences: Programming Languages, Implementations, Logics and Programs (PLILP) and Algebraic and Logic Programming (ALP). Continuing the tradition of PLILP/ALP, PPDP 2000 aims to stimulate research on the use of declarative methods in programming and on the design, implementation and application of programming languages that support such methods. Topics of interest include any aspect related to understanding, integrating and extending programming paradigms such as those for functional, logic, constraint and object-oriented programming; concurrent extensions and mobile computing; type theory; support for modularity; use of logical methods in the design of program development tools; program analysis and verification; abstract interpretation; development of implementation methods; application of the relevant paradigms and associated methods in industry and education. This list is not exhaustive: submissions related to new and interesting ideas relating broadly to declarative programming are encouraged. The technical program of the conference will combine presentations of the accepted papers with invited talks and advanced tutorials.

Paper Submissions

Submissions must be received on or before March 15, 2000. Papers must describe original, previously unpublished work that has not been simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. They must be written in English, must contain a clearly delineated part intended for the proceedings not exceeding 15 pages and 11 pt font, or 12 pages and 9 pt (ACM conference format) and must have a cover page with an abstract of up to 200 words, keywords, postal and electronic mailing addresses, and phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. Additional material for possible consideration by reviewers may be included in the form of appendices.

All submissions are to be electronic unless specifically approved by the Program Co-Chairs. Papers in PostScript or PDF format should be submitted via START conference services, accesible via the conference home page or directly at

http://raw.fox.cs.cmu.edu:8080

Authors will be notified of acceptance decisions by May 15, 2000. Camera-ready copies of the accepted papers must be received by June 15, 2000.

Publication

The proceedings will be published by ACM Press.

Conference Venue and Related Events

PPDP 2000 is part of a federation of colloquia known as Principles, Logics and Implementations of high-level programming languages (PLI 2000) which includes the ACM-SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2000). The overall event will run from September 17 to September 22, 2000 and will be held in Montreal, Canada.

Topics

Logic and Constraint Programming; Functional Programming; Object-Oriented Programming; Concurrent Programming; Mobile Computing; Specification Languages and Methods; Type and Module Systems; Program Logics and Verification; Program Analysis and Transformation; Abstract Machines and Compilation Methods; Parallel and Distributed Implementations; Programming Environments.

Sponsorship

PPDP 2000 is sponsored by ACM-SIGPLAN, with the support of the Canadian Space Agency; Department of Computer Science, York University; Département d'Informatique et recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal; European Association for Programming Languages and Systems; Association for Logic Programming; COMPULOG Americas.