[CFP - ASPOCP 2026] 19th Workshop on Answer Set Programming and Other Computing Paradigms

[Alice Tarzariol]

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                            CALL FOR PAPERS ASPOCP 2026                            
      19th Workshop on Answer Set Programming and Other Computing Paradigms              
                    https://sites.google.com/view/aspocp2026/  
                                  July 18th, 2026          

                                                             
      Affiliated with ICLP 2026, 42th International Conference on Logic Programming
                      https://www.semsys.aau.at/events/iclp2026/

                           
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AIMS AND SCOPE                                                                  
                                                                               
 Since its introduction in the late 1980s, Answer Set Programming (ASP) has been widely applied to
 various knowledge-intensive tasks and combinatorial search problems. ASP was found to be
 closely related to SAT, which led to a new method of computing answer sets using SAT solvers and
 techniques adapted from SAT. This has been a much studied relationship, and is currently extended
 towards satisfiability modulo theories (SMT). The relationship of ASP to other computing paradigms,
 such as constraint satisfaction, quantified Boolean formulas (QBF), Constraint Logic Programming
 (CLP), first-order logic (FOL), and FO(ID) is also the subject of active research. Consequently, new
 methods of computing answer sets are being developed based on relationships to these formalisms.                        
                                                                               
 The practical applications of ASP also foster work on multi-paradigm problem-solving,
 and in particular language and solver integration. The most prominent examples in this area
 currently are the integration of ASP with description logics (in the realm of the Semantic Web) and
 constraint satisfaction (which recently led to the Constraint Answer Set Programming (CASP)
 research direction). Furthermore, significant research effort is being devoted to
 delivering ASP-based solutions to real-world problems and end-users. This includes the development
 of visualization and explanation tools, which are becoming increasingly important for the
 acceptance of ASP in practice.      
                                                                             
 A large body of general results regarding ASP is available and several efficient ASP solvers have
 been implemented. However, there are still significant challenges in applying ASP to real life
 applications, and more interest in relating ASP to other computing paradigms is emerging. This
 workshop will provide opportunities for researchers to identify these challenges and to exchange
 ideas for overcoming them.                      

TOPICS  
                                                                       
 Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):                          
 - ASP and classical logic formalisms (SAT/FOL/QBF/SMT/DL).                    
 - ASP and constraint programming.                                              
 - ASP and other logic programming paradigms, e.g., FO(ID).                    
 - ASP and other nonmonotonic languages, e.g., action languages.                
 - ASP and external means of computation.                                      
 - ASP and probabilistic reasoning.                                            
 - ASP and knowledge compilation.                                              
 - ASP and machine learning.                                                    
 - New methods of computing answer sets using algorithms or systems of          
   other paradigms.                                                            
 - Language extensions to ASP.                                                  
 - ASP and multi-agent systems.                                                
 - ASP and multi-context systems.                                              
 - Modularity and ASP.                                                          
 - ASP and argumentation.                                                      
 - Multi-paradigm problem solving involving ASP.                                
 - Evaluation and comparison of ASP to other paradigms.                        
 - ASP and related paradigms in applications.    
 - Debugging and visualization of ASP programs.
 - Explanations for ASP or using ASP.                              
 - Hybridizing ASP with procedural approaches.                                  
 - Enhanced grounding or beyond grounding.                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
SUBMISSIONS                                                                        

  The workshop invites two types of submissions:
    - regular papers: describing original research,
    - short-papers: containing preliminary work or non-original papers already published in formal proceedings or journals.

  Regular papers must have from 9 to 13 pages (excluding references).
  Short papers must have from 4 to 5 pages (excluding references), and authors are requested to clearly specify whether
  their submission is original or not with a footnote on the first page.

  A ready-to-clone overleaf project containing a 1-column CEURART style is available here.
  Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in PDF at the link:

                          https://submissions.floc26.org/aspocp


TPLP SPECIAL ISSUE

  High-quality regular papers selected by the PC members will be invited for publication in the Journal of
  Theory and Practice of Logic Programming.

          https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theory-and-practice-of-logic-programming

  The authors of invited papers should submit a significantly revised and/or extended version of their
  conference papers to meet the journal criteria, and be re-reviewed.
 

IMPORTANT DATES

  Abstract submission deadline:              24 April 2026
  Paper submission deadline:                  01 May 2026
  Notification:                                              29 May 2026
  Conference:                                              18 July 2026

  All dates are 'Anywhere on Earth', namely 23:59 UTC-12
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

 Alice Tarzariol, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria - alice.t...@aau.at                                                                          
 Brais Muñiz, University of Coruña, A Coruña, Spain - brais....@udc.es