Weighted Automata: Workshop Announcement

[Sandra Grossmann]

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Weighted Automata: Theory and Applications

Dresden University of Technology, June 1 - 5, 2004

The workshop will cover all aspects of weighted automata,
ranging from the theory of formal power series to max-plus-
algebra and applications as e.g. in digital image processing
or algebraic optimization of networks.
The aim is to present tutorials and survey lectures by
outstanding scientists in this area. Moreover, we encourage
everybody to participate in this workshop and present their
own technical contribution in this area.

Tutorials:
P. Butkovic (Birmingham)   U. Montanari (Pisa)
J. Kari (Iowa City)        J. Sakarovitch (Paris)

Survey lectures:
J. Albert (Wuerzburg)          F. Katritzke (Siegen)
S. Bozapalidis (Thessaloniki)  W. Kuich (Wien)
Z. Esik (Szeged)               M. Mohri (AT&T, New Jersey)
P. Gastin (Paris)              L. Staiger (Halle)

All lecturers are asked to give a survey on their field of
interest followed by recent research results.

Submission:
If you wish to present a technical contribution, please send
us an abstract (preferably of at most one page) before
February 15, 2004. Authors will be informed about acceptance
of their submission before March 15, 2004.

There will be a special issue of the Journal of Automata,
Languages, and Combinatorics (JALC) on the topic of this
workshop. The deadline for submission of papers is July 15,
2004. All submissions will be refereed according to the usual
journal standards.

Registration:
Interested participants are most welcome. There are no
conference fees. Participants from central/eastern european
countries can apply for financial support.

Important Dates:
deadline for submission of abstracts    February 15, 2004
notification of acceptance              March 15, 2004
registration                            April 1, 2004
submission of papers                    July 15, 2004

Further Information:
http://www.orchid.inf.tu-dresden.de/gk-spezifikation/wata4.html
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Manfred Droste                      Heiko Vogler
Dresden University of Technology    Dresden University of Technology
Institute of Algebra                Inst. of Theor. Computer Science
D-01062 Dresden, Germany            D-01062 Dresden, Germany

Tel.: +49-351-463-33908             Tel.: +49-351-463-38232
Fax: +49-351-463-34235              Fax: +49-351-463-37959
E-Mail: droste@math.tu-dresden.de   E-Mail: vogler@inf.tu-dresden.de