Second Calls for Papers: 2nd Workshop on Machine Learning for Solvers and Provers

[Nguyen Dang]

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Dear colleagues,

We warmly invite you to submit your work to the 2nd Workshop on Machine Learning for Solvers and Provers (ML4SP), organised as part of the 2026 Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2026) at Lisbon, Portugal. The workshop will run during the first block of the conference, on July 18, 2026.

Key dates:

• Submission deadline: 15 May 2026 AoE

• Result notification: 25 May 2026

• Camera ready: 2 July 2026

• Workshop day: 18 July 2026

Workshop website: https://ml4sp.github.io/ 

Machine learning (ML) has had a substantial impact on SAT/SMT and CP solvers, as well as automated theorem provers. Recent advances have demonstrated the power of ML to inform solver heuristics, guide proof search, and optimize algorithm portfolios. Despite growing interest in this direction, work on ML for solvers and provers is often scattered across multiple research communities – SAT, SMT, CP, theorem proving, formal methods, and machine learning – with few opportunities for focused interaction. 

The ML4SP workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of machine learning and formal reasoning systems. It provides a forum for the presentation of recent work, the exchange of ideas, and the fostering of collaboration between these communities. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, ML-driven approaches for:

• Heuristics (branching, restarts, ...) in CP, SAT, SMT, and MIP solvers

• Tactic selection and proof guidance in automated and interactive theorem provers

• Algorithm selection, parameter tuning and algorithm configuration, and portfolio solvers

• End-to-end learning for solvers and provers

• Benchmark generation and instance hardness prediction

• Applications of ML-enhanced reasoning in verification, synthesis, planning, and related areas

• Leveraging large language models (LLMs) for solver heuristics and proof guidance

We welcome submissions describing previously published work, ongoing research, and position papers and early-stage ideas intended to stimulate discussion. 

Submission should be in PDF form, following the LIPIcs guidelines. They can be:

• Extended abstracts (up to two pages, excluding references); or 

• Full papers (up to 15 pages, excluding references). 

All submissions will be reviewed by the PC members. A presentation time slot will be given to each accepted submission.

Submission link: https://submissions.floc26.org/ml4sp/ 

Registration: please see FLoC’26 registration page

Programme Committee

Shaowei Cai, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Quentin Cappart, Polytechnique Montréal

Wuyang Chen, Simon Fraser University

Pascal Fontaine, LORIA, INRIA, Université de Lorraine

Guy Katz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Sean Holden, Cambridge University

Mikoláš Janota, Czech Technical University

Lars Kotthoff, University of St Andrews

Peter Nightingale, University of York

Martin Suda, Czech Technical University

Dimos Tsouros, University of Western Macedonia

Felix Ulrich-Oltean, University of York

Vijay Ganesh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Nguyen Dang, University of St Andrews

We are very much looking forward to your submissions to the ML4SP workshop. We would be grateful if you could help distribute this call to interested colleagues and students.

Best wishes,

Vijay Ganesh, Georgia Tech, vgan...@gatech.edu

Nguyen Dang, University of St Andrews, nt...@st-andrews.ac.uk