- Call for Participation - First International Summer School on CHR: Programming and Reasoning with Rules and Constraints August 30 - September 3 2010 Leuven, Belgium Website: http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dtai/CHR/summerschool **************************************************************************** * EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT: When registering (including payment) before * * March 31, the registration fee will be reduced by 20 euro! * * * * Additional early registration incentive: * * The first 7 registrants get a FREE copy of the book * * "Constraint Handling Rules - Current Research Topics" * **************************************************************************** The aim of the summer school is to familiarize the participants with state-of-the-art high-level declarative programming with rules and constraints as well as providing insights into the analysis of programs based on these concepts. The courses cover a wide range from theory to practice. The summer school will be based on the advanced high-level rule-based formalism and programming language Constraint Handling Rules (CHR) http://constraint-handling-rules.org/ Intended Audience: The summer school provides courses at various levels. It is open to anyone interested. It aims at Phd. students, but also post-docs, interested researchers and master students as well as interested parties from industry. Besides a working knowledge of English, there are no prerequisites. A basic knowledge of logic and Prolog that is usually covered in undergraduate classes could be helpful. Lectures and Courses: The programming language CHR will be introduced by several lecturers on the first day of the summer school. - Slim Abdennadher, GUC, Egypt Analysis of CHR Solvers - Henning Christiansen, U. Roskilde, Denmark Abduction and language processing with CHR - Thom Fruehwirth, University Ulm, Germany CHR - a common platform for rule-based approaches - Jon Sneyers, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Computability and Complexity of CHR - Peter Van Weert, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Implementation of CHR Systems A final evaluation for each course is possible through a final exam or project as determined by the instructor. The daily schedule admits laboratory, recitation or working group activities to be organized in addition to lectures. Registration: The registration fee for the School is 300 euro and includes teaching material with book, as well as accomodation and coffee breaks. Meals are not included. Attendance is limited to 20 students and will be allocated on a first-come- first-served basis. Without accommodation the registration fee is reduced to 200 euro. Location: Leuven is a lively student town in Belgium with a very high density of pubs offering hundreds of types of local beers. Organization: Thom Fruehwirth, University of Ulm, Germany Jon Sneyers, K.U. Leuven, Belgium Peter Van Weert, K.U. Leuven, Belgium Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm