2nd CALL FOR PAPERS ICLP'99 Sixteenth International Conference on Logic Programming The last Logic Programming Conference of the Nineteen hundreds Las Cruces, New Mexico Nov. 29 - Dec. 4, 1999 ICLP'99, the Sixteenth International Conference on Logic Programming will be a unique event in several ways. It will be organized in an integrated, theme-based way, with workshops, tutorials, invited talks and regular conference presentations grouped along key topics. Other new features will include a fully open poster session and mini-tutorials to introduce the more specialized sessions and workshops. The conference will be held in Las Cruces, a small desert town in southern New Mexico; famous for its red and green chilis, hot Mexican food, and its old western traditions. The weather is warm and sunny all year round. Recreational opportunities abound, with ski resorts, hiking trails, casinos, etc. only short driving distances away. LPNMR'99, the International Conference on Logic Programming and Non-Monotonic Reasoning, will also be held from Dec. 2 to Dec. 4 in El Paso, New Mexico, only 30 miles away from Las Cruces. Joint events, as well as the possibility of reduced joint registration are planned. NLULP'99, the Natural Language Understanding and Logic Programming Workshop, will also co-locate with ICLP'99. TOPICS Since the first ICLP, held in Marseilles in 1982, ICLP has been the premier international conference for presenting research into logic programming. Original papers are sought in all areas of logic programming including (but not restricted to): Theory Implementation Semantics Compilation Formalisms Memory Management Non-monotonic reasoning Parallelism Language Issues Environments Constraints Program Analysis Concurrency Program Transformation Objects Debugging Functions Higher Order Applications Types Modes Deductive Databases Programming Techniques Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Natural Language Specific attention will be given to work providing novel integrations over these different areas, to the application of logic programming in software engineering, including relations to object orientation, to component-based and Internet-based development, and to new applications of logic programming in general. The technical program will include several invited talks and advanced tutorials in addition to the presentations of the accepted papers. The invited speakers include: Ken Bowen (USA) Vladimir Lifschitz (USA) Fernando Pereira (USA) Bernhard Thalheim (Germany) The conference proceedings will be published by MIT Press. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Logic Programming. Members of the Association for Logic Programming will receive a registration discount and the ALP has some funds to assist financially disadvantaged participants. SUBMISSION Papers must describe original, previously unpublished research, be written and presented in English, not exceed 15 pages (A4 or letter format, up to 5,000 words), and not be simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should clearly express the contribution of the paper, both in general and in technical terms. It is essential to identify what was accomplished, describe its significance, and explain how the paper compares with and advances previous work. Authors should make every effort to make the technical content understandable to a broad audience. The primary means of submission will be electronic, in Postscript format. Details on the procedure and alternatives can be found at the ICLP'99 web site. If electronic submission is not possible, 5 hard copies should be sent to the program chair at the postal address given below. Regardless of the submission method, a letter or e-mail message accompanying the paper must contain a plain text abstract of about 200 words and the names, e-mail addresses if possible, and postal addresses of all authors. The abstracts must be received by May 4, 1999. The full submissions must be received by May 10, 1999. Both are hard deadlines. ORGANIZATION Conference chair: Gopal Gupta Program chair: Danny De Schreye Publicity co-chairs: Michael Leuschel and C.R. Ramakrishnan Workshop coordinator: Enrico Pontelli Open poster coordination: Bart Demoen and Chris Weaver Regular poster coordination: Andy King and Chris Weaver Program committee: Annalisa Bossi Mats Carlsson Philippe Codognet Veronica Dahl Andrew Davison Maria Garcia de la Banda Bart Demoen Danny De Schreye Juergen Dix Burkhard Freitag Gopal Gupta Michael Hanus Steffen Hoelldobler Andy King Fariba Sadri Giorgio Levi Dale Miller Luis Moniz Pereira Raghu Ramakrishnan Peter Stuckey Mirek Truszczynski Kazunori Ueda Pascal Van Hentenryck Peter Van Roy Andrei Voronkov Deadlines: Submission (abstract): May 4, 1999. Submission (full papers): May 10, 1999. Notification: July 13, 1999. Camera ready copies: August 20, 1999. Conference: November 29, 1999. Addresses: Contact for organizational matters: iclp99@cs.nmsu.edu Contact for program matters: iclp99@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Contact via surface mail: Danny De Schreye, Dept. Computer Science, K.U.Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200A, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium URL: http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~complog/conferences/iclp99 OR : http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~iclp99