APPIA-GULP-PRODE'98    
                    Preliminary Call for Papers    
           1998 JOINT CONFERENCE ON DECLARATIVE PROGRAMMING   
                         A Coruna, Spain  
                        July 20-23,  1998    


Following APPIA-GULP-PRODE'97 in Grado (Italy) the next joint APPIA,
GULP, and PRODE conference will be held in A Coruna (Spain), in July,
1998.

Scope:
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The aim of the Conference is to foster scientific meetings between
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish researchers, to improve the knowledge
of the state of the art of declarative programming (through the
invited talks and tutorials) and to show the ongoing research done
mainly in these three countries (through presentations of papers).
 
The technical program for the conference will include tutorials,
invited lectures and presentations of papers. Papers will be reviewed
and the accepted submissions will be published as a Technical Report.
Please specify whether the submitted paper is also under consideration
(or accepted) for presentation in other meetings. Submissions of
papers are welcome on all aspects of declarative programming,
including, but not limited to:

     - Theoretical Foundations    - Applications     
     - Implementation Issues      - Extensions   

To submit a paper:
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Papers must not exceed 12 double-spaced pages (page margin: 2.5 cms
all around), including references and figures and must include a cover
page containing the following: title of the paper, a 200-word
abstract, keywords, postal and electronic mailing addresses, and voice
and fax numbers of one of the authors. Papers must be written in
English, which is the official language of the conference. A style
file with the appropriate page size can be retrieved by anonymous ftp
from ftp://ftp.fi.udc.es/pub/agp98 or by the conference web
site. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference.

Authors are invited to submit their papers electronically in
(compressed uuencoded) postscript version to the following e-mail
address:

                    agp98@fi.udc.es 

At the time of submission a message containing an ASCII version of the
paper's cover page should also be sent by e-mail to the above address.

Important Dates:  
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          Submissions:                            April 10, 1998  
          Notification of acceptance/rejection:   May 22, 1998  
          Deadline for final text:                June 13, 1998

Program Chair:
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J.L. Freire            U. A Coruna (es)    

Program co-Chair: 
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Moreno Falaschi        U. Udine (it)    

Program Committee:
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Jose J. Alferes        U. de Evora   (pt) 
Joaquim Aparicio       U.N. de Lisboa (pt) 
Lourdes Araujo         U.C. Madrid (es) 
Mario R. Artalejo      U.C. Madrid (es) 
Pedro Barahona         U.N. de Lisboa (pt) 
Jose  M. Barja         U. A Coruna (es) 
Leopoldo Bertossi      P.U.C. Chile (ch) 
Piero Bonatti          U. Torino (it) 
Antonio Brogi          U. Pisa (it) 
Francisco Bueno        U.P. Madrid (es) 
Agostino Cortesi       U. Venezia (it) 
Manuel Diaz            U. Malaga  (es) 
Sandro Etalle          U. Amsterdam (nl) 
Roberto Giacobazzi     U. Pisa (it) 
Fosca Giannotti        Cnuce-Cnr   (it) 
Evelina Lamma          U. Bologna (it) 
Gaetano Lanzarone      U. Milano (it) 
Jordy Levy             Iiia  Barcelona (es) 
Paqui Lucio            U. Pais Vasco (es) 
Maria Chiara Meo       U. Aquila (it) 
Angelo Montanari       U. Udine (it) 
Fernando Orejas        U.P. Catalu  n a (es) 
Luigi Palopoli         U. Calabria (it) 
Ricardo Pena           U.C. Madrid (es) 
Luis Moniz Pereira     U.N. de Lisboa (pt) 
David Rosenblueth      Iimas, U.N. de Mexico (mx) 
Giafranco Rossi        U. Parma (it) 
Vitor Santos Costa     U. do Porto (pt)   
Ambrosio Toval         U. Murcia (es) 
German Vidal           U.P. Valencia (es) 
Manuel Vilares         U. A Coruna (es)   

Organizing Committee:
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Miguel A. Alonso       U. A Coruna (es)
David Cabrero          U. A Coruna (es)
Victor Gulias          U. A Coruna (es)
Juan J. Quintela       U. A Coruna (es)
Alberto Valderruten    U. A Coruna (es)
Manuel Vilares         U. A Coruna (es)
 
Conference Site: 
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The Conference is organized by the University of A Coruna, in A Coruna
(Spain). A Coruna is located on the Atlantic coast of Galicia, in the
north-west of Spain. It is famous for its attractive beaches, for its
Roman history, with the oldest Roman lighthouse yet active in the
world, and for the festive atmosphere. Santiago de Compostela is 60 km
away and cape Finisterrae is 65 km away. For further details consult:

          http://www.dc.fi.udc.es/agp98