[sci.logic] Program: Workshop on Logic Prog. & Non-Monotonic Reasoning

vs@tarski.cs.umd.edu (VS Subrahmanian) (10/03/90)

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Workshop on}\\  $\: \:$ \\
{\Large\bf Logic Programming and Non-Monotonic Reasoning}\\ $\: $  \\
{\large TECHNICAL PROGRAM}\\ $\: $  \\
Austin, Texas\\
Nov. 1-2, 1990.
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\noindent {\em Thursday, Nov. 1. 1990.}

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1:30PM: \>  Welcome - V.S. Subrahmanian\\
1:45PM: \>  Computational Aspects of the Perfect Model Semantics\\
$\: $ \>    {\em Krzysztof R. Apt} (CWI, Amsterdam)\\
2:15PM: \>  Modal Non-Monotonic Logic with Restricted Application\\
$\:$ \>     of the Negation-as-Failure Rule\\
$\:$ \>     {\em M. Truszczynski} (Kentucky)\\
2:45PM: \>  Embedding a Default System into Non-Monotonic
Logics\\
$\:$ \> {\em M. Kaminski}  (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)\\  \\
3:15PM: \>  COFFEE BREAK \\   \\
3:45PM: \>  The Meaning of Negative Premises in Transition System Specifications\\
$\:$ \> {\em R. N. Bol and J. Groote} (CWI, Amsterdam)\\  
4:15PM: \>  Autoepistemic Logic Revisited:  The Bias-Free Stable Semantics\\
$\:$ \>   {\em V.S. Lakshmanan} (Concordia)\\
4:45PM: \>  Integrating Assumption Based and Non-Monotonic Reasoning\\  
$\:$ \>  {\em S. Pimentel} (Inst. for Defence Analyses) and 
{\em W. Rodi} (MIT)\\  \\
$\:$  \>  COFFEE BREAK\\  \\
5:00PM:  \>  PANEL DISCUSSION:  \\
$\:$  \>  Topic:  Directions for Non-Monotonic Reasoning in Logic Programming\\
$\:$  \>  Participants:  {\em O. Dressler} (Siemens, Germany),  
          {\em A. Nerode} (Cornell)\\
$\:$  \>  {\em 	V.S.Subrahmanian} (Maryland), {\em C. Zaniolo} (MCC)\\  \\
6:15PM : \>  DINNER (on your own)\\  \\
8:30PM: \> A Comparative Study of the Well Founded and Stable Model\\
$\: $ \> Semantics:  Transformation's Viewpoint\\
$\: $ \> {\em H. Seki} (ICOT)\\
8:50PM:  \> A New Form of Circumscription for Logic Programs\\
$\:$ \>  {\em A. Van Gelder} (UC, Santa Cruz)\\
9:10PM: \>  Programming with Default Logic\\
$\:$ \>  {\em F. Yang} (Syracuse), {\em A. Brown} (Xerox Webster) and 
{\em H. Blair} (Syracuse)\\
9:30PM: \>  Metalevel Negation in Non-Monotonic Reasoning\\
$\:$ \>  {\em S. Costantini} and {\em G. Lanzarone} (Milan)\\
9:50PM: \>  The LOCO Language:  towards an integration of Logic and Object\\
$\:$ \> Oriented Programming\\
$\:$ \> {\em E. Laenens, B. Verdonk, D. Vermeir} (Antwerp) and 
{\em D. Sacca} (Calabria)\\
10:10PM:  \> A Semantically Justified Approach to Non-Monotonic Reasoning in\\
$\:$ \> Logic Programming\\
$\:$ \>  {\em J. Delgrande} (Simon Fraser)\\
10:30PM:  \>  Abductive Logic Programming\\
$\:$ \> {\em A.C. Kakas} (Imperial College) and {\em P. Mancarella} (Pisa)\\
10:50PM:  \> Possible Model Semantics for Disjunctive Databases II\\
$\: $\> {\em C. Sakama} (Japan)\\
11:10PM:  \> On Reasoning with Closed World Databases with Disjunctive Views\\
$\:$ \>  {\em M. Suchenek} (Cal. State Univ.) and 
{\em R. Sunderraman} (Wichita)\\
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\noindent {\em Friday, Nov. 2. 1990.}

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8:30AM:\>  A More General Solution to the Multiple Expansion Problem\\
$\:$ \>  P. Bonatti (Pisa)\\
9:00AM:\>  Stable Models of Programs and the
Hierarchy of Subsets of Functions Spaces\\
$\: $\> W. Marek, A. Nerode and J. Remmel\\
9:30AM:\> Declarative Semantics for Pruning Operators in Logic Programming\\
$\:$ \> F. Giannotti, D. Pedreschi (Pisa) and C. Zaniolo (MCC)\\  \\
10:00AM: COFFEE BREAK\\  \\
10:15AM: \> The Case for Explicit Exceptions\\
$\:$ \> L. T. McCarty and W. W. Cohen (Rutgers)\\
10:45AM: \> A Preferred Model Semantics for Inheritance Systems\\
$\:$ \>  L. Sonenberg and R. Topor (Melbourne)\\
11:15AM:  \> Three Valued Non-Monotonic Formalism and Semantics of Logic Programs\\
$\:$ \> T. Przymusinski (El Paso)\\
11:45AM:  \> On the Existence of Stable Models for General Logic Programs\\
$\: $  \>  Francois Fages (France)\\
12:15PM:  \>  Topic to be Announced\\
$\: $ \> Oskar Dressler (Siemens, West Germany).\\
12:45PM:  \> Concluding Remarks\\
$\: $ \>  Wiktor Marek\\
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