[FOM] [pc2010] PHYSICS AND COMPUTATION 2010 --- CALL FOR PAPERS

[PC2010]

PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
PHYSICS AND COMPUTATION 2010, P&C 10

P&C 2010
3th International Workshop on PHYSICS AND COMPUTATION
On the Nile, Egypt
August 30 (embarkation) -- September 3 (desembarkation on September 5)

Deadline for submissions: January 15th, 2010

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Original papers are solicited in all areas of 
Physics and Computation (and related fields). 
Typical, but not exclusive, topics are:

- Analogue Computation
- Axiomatization of Physics: completeness, decidability, reduction
- Church-Turing thesis
- Computing beyong the Turing barrier
- Digital Physics
- Philosophy of Physics (and computation)
- Quantum computation (digital, analogue). 
Applications to Biology. Quantum logics
- Reaction-diffusion models of computation: 
including Brain Dynamics, BZ Computers
- Relativity: spacetimes, computation, time travel, speedup
- Theory of measurement: axiomatization , complexity

All researchers in the area of the Workshop are 
kindly invited to submit their papers (at most 12 
pages) electronically, via easychair: 
<http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pc10>http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pc10 
. The submissions of papers are expected to be in 
PDF format using the suitable class files of 
Springer LNCS. Joint submissions to other 
conferences are not permitted. Each accepted 
paper must be presented at the Workshop.

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Submissions due: January 15th, 2010
Notification: February 12h, 2010
Final versions due: March 20, 2010

Early Registration: February 19 --- The charter 
will take a limited number of 40 participants 
with some further space for people travelling together.

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Contributed papers will be selected from submissions received by the



PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

- Andrew ADAMATZKI, University of West England
- Selim AKL, Queen's University, Canada
- Hajnal ANDREKA, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest
- Edwin BEGGS, University of Swansea
- Olivier BOURNEZ, École Polytechnique
- Dan BROWNE, University College London
- Cristian CALUDE, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Arturo CARSETTI, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
- Barry COOPER, University of Leeds
- Bob COECKE, University of Oxford
- José Félix COSTA, Technical University of Lisbon
- Gilles DOWEK, École Polytechnique and INRIA
- Walid GOMAA, University of Alexandria
- Viv KENDON, University of Leeds
- Carlos LOURENÇO, University of Lisbon
- Judit MADARASZ, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest
- Yasser OMAR, Technical University of Lisbon
- Sonja SMETS, University of Groningen , Netherlands
- Mike STANNETT, University of Sheffield
- Karl SVOZIL, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Wien
- John V. TUCKER, University of Swansea
- Jiri WIEDERMANN, Academy of Sciences of the 
Czech Republic , Institute of Computer Science
- Karoline WIESNER, University of Bristol
- Martin ZIEGLER, University of Paderborn, Germany



STEERING COMMITTEE:

- Caslav BRUKNER
- Cristian CALUDE
- José Félix COSTA
- Gregory CHAITIN
- Istvan NÉMETI




ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:

- Cristian CALUDE
- José Félix COSTA
- Walid GOMAA
- Karl SVOZIL



INVITED SPEAKERS AND TUTORIALS:

- To be confirmed in the SECOND CALL



VENUE:

3rd International Workshop on Physics and Computation, P&C 10
Egypt , August 30 -- September 3 , Cruise 
downstream and upstream the Nile, from Luxor (through Aswan) to Luxor.
Arrival and departure airports: Luxor or Cairo.

Includes one (or half) a cabin (7 nights) on 
board and the meals (but not drinks) for the 8 days cruise on the Nile.

Registration fees: between $800 and $1200, plus 
the (optional) sightseeing package of $145 (till February 20).




PREVIOUS EVENTS:

Second International Workshop on Physics and Computation
<http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/%7Ebournez/PC2009/i.php>http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~bournez/PC2009/i.php

First International Workshop on Physics and Computation
<http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/CDMTCS/conferences/physicsandcomputation/pc08.html>http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/CDMTCS/conferences/physicsandcomputation/pc08.html




POST--CONFERENCE PUBLICATION:

P&C 08: Two Issues of Applied Mathematics and 
Computation (Volume 215, Issue 4, October 15 , 
2009 , Elsevier) and Natural Computing (Volume 8, 
Number 3 , September, 2009 , Springer) .
P&C 09: Proceedings will appear as a Bentham Book.
P&C 10: We are applying for a special Issue of Physica D.




STRUCTURE OF THE EVENT

Our 5 days (Monday to Friday) Workshop «Physics 
and Computation 2010» comprises:
   8 Invited speakers (50 minutes each, 10 minutes for discussion);
   2 Tutorials (100 minutes each, 20 minutes for discussion);
16 Contributed papers (35 minutes each , 10 minutes for discussion);
   1 Special Session : Homage to Arthur C. Clarke 
's 2010 , HAL 9000 New Legacy (120 minutes). 
David G. Stork has done a respectable work with 
respect to 2001 
(<http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/Hal/contents.html>http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/Hal/contents.html). 
«Which realizations in Unconventional Computation 
make us feel closer to HAL 9000 ?»

Social programme includes sightseeing (with 
visits to) the main Archeological Stations, 
discussions with an egyptologist on board, light 
lectures after dinner on Egyptology and the reading of hieroglyphs.



CONTACT:

Walid GOMAA

Faculty of Engineering,
Alexandria University,
Alexandria, Egypt
Email: 
<mailto:wgomaa at alex.edu.eg>wgomaa at alex.edu.eg and 
<mailto:walid.gomaa at loria.fr>walid.gomaa at loria.fr



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