[DMANET] FLoC workshop on proof complexity - Call for Presentations

FLoC workshop on proof complexity - Call for Presentations ---------------------------------------------------------- Lisbon, 18/19 July 2026 https://proofcomplexityworkshop.gitpages.uni-jena.de The workshop will be part of FLoC (https://www.floc26.org) and affiliated with the conference SAT'26 (https://satisfiability.org/SAT26/). === Important Dates === 15 May 2026 ........ Abstract submission 20 May 2026 ........ Notification to authors 1 June 2026 ........ Early registration deadline 18-19 July 2026 .... Workshop in Lisbon === Scope === Proof complexity is the study of the complexity of theorem proving procedures. The central question in proof complexity is: given a theorem F (e.g. a propositional tautology) and a proof system P (i.e., a formalism usually comprised of axioms and rules), what is the size of the smallest proof of F in the system P? Moreover, how difficult is it to construct a small proof? Many ingenious techniques have been developed to try to answer these questions, which bare tight relations to intricate theoretical open problems from computational complexity (such as the celebrated P vs. NP problem), mathematical logic (e.g. separating theories of Bounded Arithmetic) as well as to practical problems in SAT solving. === Invited Speakers === Noah Fleming (University of Lund) Jan Pich (University of Oxford) === Submissions === We welcome 1-2-page abstracts presenting (finished, ongoing, or if clearly stated even recently published) work on proof complexity. Particular topics of interest are * Proof Complexity * Bounded Arithmetic * Relations to SAT solving * Relations to Computational Complexity === Submission Guidelines === Abstracts are invited of ongoing, finished, or (if clearly stated) even recently published work on a topic relevant to the workshop. Abstracts (at most 2 pages) are to be submitted electronically in PDF via https://submissions.floc26.org/pc/ Accepted communications must be presented at the workshop by one of the authors. === Student travel bursaries available === Bursaries for travel support will be available for students, who want to attend the workshop and combine this with a visit to SAT. Details will be announced on the SAT'26 websites in due time. === Organizers === Olaf Beyersdorff (University of Jena) Massimo Lauria (Sapienza Rome) Jan Johannsen (LMU Munich) ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************