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                         CALL FOR PAPERS
                            TAASP 2018
    Workshop on Trends and Applications of Answer Set Programming
                       November 19-20, 2018
            http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/events/taasp18/

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AIMS AND SCOPE
 Answer set programming (ASP) is a widely used declarative programming
 paradigm based on the stable-model semantics. Over the years, the
 formalism has been extended with new language elements, advanced
 evaluation techniques have been developed, and efficient and
 expressive systems have been realized. These advancements turned ASP
 into a rich modeling language which was successfully applied to
 various tasks in artificial intelligence and beyond, including
 combinatorial problems and knowledge-intense tasks. Driven by the
 needs of applications, ongoing research in the field comprises, for
 instance, the integration with other paradigms (such as constraint
 programming), distributed computation, temporal and stream reasoning.
 These developments aim at the ultimate goal of equipping ASP with the
 features needed for realizing modern information systems.  This
 workshop focuses on recent trends in the area of ASP, including novel
 techniques for the evaluation of ASP programs, extensions of the
 formalism, integration with other formalisms, advancements of
 systems, and benchmark suites.  Furthermore, discussions of
 applications of ASP and its extensions in AI and industry are
 welcome.

SUBMISSIONS
 We welcome two categories of submissions:

 - original research that is described (at most 15 pages), and
 - abstracts of already published research (at most 2 pages).

 All submissions should be in the Springer LNCS format:

   http://www.springeronline.com/lncs/

 Paper submission will be handled electronically by means of the
 Easychair system. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.
 The submission page is available here:

   https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=taasp2018

IMPORTANT DATES
 Paper submission deadline:            September 30, 2018
 Author notification:                  October 22, 2018
 Camera-ready articles due:            November 9, 2018
 Workshop:                             November 19-20, 2018

LOCATION
 The workshop will be held at Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria.

PROCEEDINGS
 TAASP is a non-archival venue and there will be no published
 proceedings. However, informal proceedings will be provided and the
 papers will be posted informally on the workshop website. Therefore,
 it will be possible to submit to other conferences and journals both
 in parallel and subsequent to TAASP 2018.

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
 Wolfgang Faber, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, Austria
 Gerhard Friedrich, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, Austria
 Torsten Schaub, Universitaet Potsdam, Germany
 Thomas Eiter, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
 Stefan Woltran, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
 Michael Morak, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, Austria
 Philipp Wanko, Universitaet Potsdam, Germany
 Markus Hecher, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
 Peter Schueller, Technische Universitaet Wien, Austria
 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 Johannes Fichte, TU Dresden, Germany
 Christoph Redl, TU Wien, Austria
 Konstantin Schekotihin, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, Austria
 Erich Teppan, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, Austria
 Antonius Weinzierl, TU Wien, Austria