DLT, the International Conference on Developments in Language Theory is an
academic conference
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in the field
of
computer science
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held annually under the auspices of the
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. Like most theoretical computer science conferences its contributions are strongly peer-reviewed; the articles appear in proceedings published in
Springer
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Overview
The series contains proceedings, post-proceedings, monographs, and Festschrifts. In addition, tutorials, ...
. Extended versions of selected papers of each year's conference appear in international journals, such as
Theoretical Computer Science
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and
International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science
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.
Topics of the conference
Typical topics include:
* grammars, acceptors and transducers for words, trees and graphs
* algebraic theories of automata
* algorithmic, combinatorial and algebraic properties of words and languages
* variable length codes
* symbolic dynamics
* cellular automata
* polyominoes and multidimensional patterns
* decidability questions
* image manipulation and compression
* efficient text algorithms
* relationships between formal language theory and cryptography, concurrency, complexity theory and logic
*
bio-inspired computing
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and quantum computing
History of the Conference
The DLT conference series was established by
Grzegorz Rozenberg
Grzegorz Rozenberg (born 14 March 1942, Warsaw) is a Polish and Dutch computer scientist.
His primary research areas are natural computing,
formal language and automata theory, graph transformations, and concurrent systems.
He is referre ...
and
Arto Salomaa
Arto K. Salomaa (born 6 June 1934) is a Finnish mathematician and computer scientist. His research career, which spans over forty years, is focused on formal languages and automata theory.
Early life and education
Salomaa was born in Turku, Finl ...
in 1993. Since 2010, the Steering Committee chairman is
Juhani Karhumäki
Eero Urho Juhani Karhumäki (born 1949) is a Finnish mathematician
and theoretical computer scientist
known for his contributions to automata theory.
He is a professor at the University of Turku.
Biography
Karhumäki earned his doctorate from the ...
.
23rd DLT 2019in Warsaw, Poland
22nd DLT 2018in Tokyo, Japan
21st DLT 2017in Liège, Belgium
20th DLT 2016in Montreal, Canada
19th DLT 2015in Liverpool, England
18th DLT 2014in Ekaterinburg, Russia
17th DLT 2013in Marne-la-Vallée, France
16th DLT 2012in Taipei, Taiwan
15th DLT 2011in Milan, Italy
:Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 23(5), August 2012
14th DLT 2010in London (Ontario), Canada
:Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 22(7), November 2011
13th DLT 2009in Stuttgart, Germany
:Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 22(2), February 2011
in Kyoto, Japan
:Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 21(4), August 2010
11th DLT 2007in Turku, Finland
:Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 19(3), June 2008
10th DLT 2006in Santa Barbara, CA, USA
:Special Issue: Theoretical Computer Science 376(1-2), May 2007
in Palermo, Italy
:Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 17(3), June 2006
8th DLT 2004in Auckland, New Zealand
:Special Issue: International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 16(4), August 2005
7th DLT 2003in Szeged, Hungary
:Special Issue: Theoretical Computer Science, 327(3), 2004
* 6th DLT 2002 in Kyoto, Japan
5th DLT 2001in Vienna, Austria
* 4th DLT 1999 in Aachen, Germany
* 3rd DLT 1997 in Thessaloniki, Greece
* 2nd DLT 1995 in Magdeburg, Germany
* 1st DLT 1993 in Turku, Finland
See also
*
List of computer science conferences
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General
* FCRC – Federated Computing Research ...
contains other academic conferences in computer science
*
Formal language
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The alphabet of a formal language consists of symb ...
s are the main subject of this conference
References
* M. Kudlek. "Report on DLT 2004". ''
Bulletin of the EATCS'' 85:207-215, February 2005
(available for download)* M. Daley. "Report on DLT 2006". ''
Bulletin of the EATCS'' 90:227-229, October 2006
(available for download)* M. Kudlek. "Report on DLT 2008". ''
Bulletin of the EATCS'' 97:171-174, February 2009.
* M. Kudlek. "Report on DLT 2009". ''
Bulletin of the EATCS'' 100:155-159, February 2010.
* M. Kudlek. "Report on DLT 2010". ''
Bulletin of the EATCS'' 102:227-232, October 2010
(available for download)
External links
*
DLT proceedings informationfrom
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