From zamper@wi.leidenuniv.nl Tue Mar 29 23:07:03 EST 1994 Article: 21380 of comp.ai Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:5903 comp.software-eng:21341 comp.object:15945 comp.databases.theory:2152 comp.ai:21380 comp.specification:1937 comp.theory:9491 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sparky!sparky!not-for-mail From: zamper@wi.leidenuniv.nl (Andreas Zamperoni) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences,comp.software-eng,comp.object,comp.databases.theory,comp.ai,comp.specification,comp.theory,bionet.info-theory Subject: CFP: 5th International Workshop on GRAPH GRAMMARS and Their Aplication to Computer Science Followup-To: poster Date: 28 Mar 1994 09:11:16 -0600 Organization: Dept. of Math. & Comp. Sci.; Leiden University; Leiden; the Netherlands. Lines: 78 Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Distribution: world Expires: 16 Apr 1994 8:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <2n6s2k$fi8@sparky.sterling.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com FIFTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON GRAPH GRAMMARS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE Williamsburg, Virginia November 13 - 18, 1994 The International Workshop on Graph Grammars and Their Application to Computer Science takes place every four years. The previous workshops took place in 1978 (Bad Honnef, Germany), 1982 (Osnabrueck, Germany), 1986 (Warrenton, Virginia, USA), and 1990 (Bremen, Germany). The generic term ``graph grammars" covers the whole spectrum of methods and techniques for the investigation of the structure of graphs and graph transformations. The topics of interest range from very theoretical to very practical. Indeed, one of the aims of the workshop is to bring together researchers in the areas of graph grammar theory and practice in order to identify and discuss those open problems in graph grammar theory that are most critical to its practical application. The topics of interest for the workshop cover (but are not limited to) On the theoretical side: * Node-, edge-, and hyperedge graph grammars * Concurrency, distributivity, and semantics of graph transformations * Term graph rewriting * High-level replacement systems and module concepts for graph transformations * Hierarchical definitions and decompositions of graphs * Using logics and forbidden configurations for defining sets of graphs * Combinatorial and graph theoretical properties of graph languages * Geometrical and topological aspects of graph and map grammars * Automata on graphs and parsing of graph languages On the applied side: * Programming concepts: semantics and implementation * Concurrent and massively parallel computation * Software engineering and modular systems * Concurrent and distributed systems specifications * Specification languages based on graph transformations * Actor systems and Petri-nets * Rule and knowledge-base systems * Developmental systems in biology and chemistry * Pattern generation and picture processing If you would like to attend, please send 5 copies of an abstract (not exceeding 4 pages of your proposed talk to Janice Cuny (address below) by April 15, 1994. The authors will be notified about the acceptance/rejection of their presentations by June 1, 1994. We expect to be able to provide a limited amount of travel support for students. If you wish to receive such support, please submit a brief description of your research interests along with your abstract. The workshop will be held in Williamsburg, Virginia from November 13 to November 18, 1994. Williamsburg is located in an area of great significance in US history. The area includes Jamestown, the site of the first permanent English-speaking settlement, Colonial Williamsburg, a restored 18-th century village, and Yorktown, the site of a Revolutionary War battle. Conference Chairpersons: Janice Cuny (University of Massachusetts, USA), Hartmut Ehrig (Technical University of Berlin, Germany), Gregor Engels ( University of Leiden, The Netherlands), Grzegorz Rozenberg (University of Leiden, The Netherlands). For further information please contact: Professor Janice Cuny, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA fax: 503-346-5373, email: cuny@cs.uoregon.edu