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From: Carsten Fuhs <c.fuhs@bbk.ac.uk>
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
Eleventh International Conference on
Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2026)
July 20-23, Lisbon, Portugal
https://fscd-conference.org/2026
Part of FLoC 2026

IMPORTANT DATES

All deadlines are midnight anywhere-on-earth (AoE); late submissions
will not be considered.

Abstract: January 23, 2026
Submission: January 30, 2026
Author Response: March 23-27, 2026
Notification: April 16, 2026
Final version: April 30, 2026

OVERVIEW

FSCD (https://fscd-conference.org/) covers all aspects of formal
structures for computation and deduction, from theoretical foundations
to applications. Building on two communities, RTA (Rewriting Techniques
and Applications) and TLCA (Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications), FSCD
embraces their core topics and broadens their scope to closely related
areas in logic, models of computation, semantics and verification in new
challenging areas.

The suggested, but not exclusive, list of topics for submission is:

1. Calculi:

• Rewriting systems (string, term, higher-order, nominal, graph,
  conditional, modulo, infinitary, etc.);

• Lambda calculus;

• Logics (first-order, higher-order, equational, modal, linear,
  classical, constructive, etc.);

• Proof theory (natural deduction, sequent calculus, proof nets, etc.);

• Type theory and logical frameworks;
• Homotopy type theory;

• Process algebras (synchronous, asynchronous, static and dynamic
  semantics with and without time, etc.);

• Quantum calculi.

2. Methods in Computation and Deduction:

• Type systems (polymorphism, dependent, recursive, intersection,
  session, etc.);

• Induction, coinduction;

• Matching, unification, completion, orderings;
• Strategies (normalisation, completeness, etc.);
• Tree automata;
• Model building and model checking;
• Proof search and theorem proving;
• Constraint solving and decision procedures.

3. Semantics:

• Operational semantics and abstract machines;
• Game Semantics and applications;
• Domain theory and categorical models;
• Quantitative models (timing, probabilities, etc.);
• Quantum computation and emerging models of computation.

4. Algorithmic Analysis and Transformations of Formal Systems:

• Type inference and type checking;
• Abstract Interpretation;
• Complexity analysis and implicit computational complexity;

• Checking termination, confluence, derivational complexity and related
  properties;

• Symbolic computation.

5. Tools and Applications:

• Programming and proof environments;
• Verification tools;
• Proof assistants and interactive theorem provers;
• Applications in industry;
• Applications of formal systems in other sciences;
• Applications of formal systems in education.

6. Formal Systems for Modelling and Verification in new challenging areas:

• Certification;
• Security;
• Blockchain;
• Databases;
• Deep learning and machine learning algorithms;
• Planning.

PUBLICATION

The proceedings will be published as an electronic volume in the Leibniz
International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) of Schloss Dagstuhl.
All LIPIcs proceedings are open access.

SPECIAL ISSUE

There will be a special issue of Logical Methods in Computer Science of
selected papers. More details will be provided later.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The submission site is:

https://submissions.floc26.org/fscd/

Submissions must be formatted using the LIPIcs style files
(https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/5#author) and submitted
via EasyChair.

Submissions can be made in two categories: regular research papers and
system descriptions. Please indicate in the submission page in HotCRP
and in the first page of the paper in which category you are submitting.
Regular research papers are limited to 15 pages, excluding references
and appendices. They must present original research which is unpublished
and not submitted elsewhere. System descriptions are limited to 15
pages, excluding references. Shorter papers are welcome and will be
given equal consideration. A system description must present new
software tools, or significantly new versions of such tools, in which
FSCD topics play an important role. An archive of the code with
instructions on how to install and run the tool must be submitted. In
addition, a webpage where the system can be experimented with should be
provided.

One author of each accepted paper is expected to register and present
the work in person at the conference. In case that this is not possible,
online presentation will be arranged, but in person registration will
still be required.

BEST PAPER AWARD BY JUNIOR RESEARCHERS

The programme committee will select a paper in which at least one author
is a junior researcher, i.e., either a student or someone whose PhD
award date is less than three years from the first day of the meeting.
When submitting the paper, other authors should declare to the PC Chair
that at least 50% of contribution is made by the junior researcher(s).

CODE OF CONDUCT

FSCD 2026 stands by the FLoC 2026 Code of conduct
(https://www.floc26.org/policies).

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR

Frank Pfenning Carnegie Mellon University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Alejandro Díaz-Caro INRIA (LORIA) & UNQuilmes, France & Argentina
Alexis Saurin CNRS & University Paris Cité, France
Alwen Tiu Australian National University, Australia
Andreas Abel Chalmers University of Technology & University of
Gothenburg, Sweden
Andreia Mordido University of Lisbon, Portugal
Beniamino Accattoli INRIA & École Polytechnique, France
Cynthia Kop Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Daniel Gratzer Aarhus University, Denmark
Dominic Orchard University of Kent & University of Cambridge, UK
Elaine Pimentel University College London, UK
Kristina Sojakova Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kwangkeun Yi Seoul National University, Korea
Liron Cohen Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Małgorzata Biernacka University of Wrocław, Poland
Nao Hirokawa JAIST, Japan
Natarajan Shankar SRI International, USA
Niki Vazou IMDEA Madrid, Spain
Paul Downen UMass Lowell, USA
Peter Selinger Dalhousie University, Canada
Salvador Lucas Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Sarah Winkler Free University of Bozen-Bolano, Italy
Ugo Dal Lago University of Bologna, Italy

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Sandra Alves University of Porto

WORKSHOPS CHAIR

Cynthia Kop Radboud University Nijmegen

FSCD STEERING COMMITTEE

Chair:
Patrick Baillot CNRS, University of Lille
Past Chair:
Herman Geuvers Radboud University Nijmegen
Workshop Chair:
Cynthia Kop Radboud University Nijmegen
Publicity Chair:
Carsten Fuhs Birkbeck University of London
Past PC Chairs:
Marco Gaboardi Boston University
Femke van Raamsdonk VU Amsterdam
Jakob Rehof TU Dortmund
Maribel Fernández King's College London
Elected Members:
Guilio Manzonetto Université Paris Cité
Ugo Dal Lago University of Bologna
Sandra Alves University of Porto
Jürgen Giesl RWTH Aachen

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