Call-for-Papers
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 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 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 on the first page of the paper which category you are submitting.
- Regular research papers are limited to 15 pages, excluding references and appendices. They must present original, unpublished research not submitted elsewhere.
- System descriptions are limited to 15 pages, excluding references. Shorter papers are welcome and 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 installation and usage instructions must be submitted, and a webpage for online experimentation should be provided.
One author of each accepted paper is expected to register and present the work in person at the conference.
If in-person attendance 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 the contribution is made by the junior researcher(s).
CODE OF CONDUCT
FSCD 2026 stands by the FLoC 2026 Code of Conduct.
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