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Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH

Categorical methods have a long history in automata and language theory, but a coherent theory has started to emerge only in recent years. Some recent examples of categorical methods in automata theory include monadic, coalgebraic, functorial, fibrational and profinite approaches. Such an abstract viewpoint can provide a unifying perspective on various forms of automata; it can make it easier to bootstrap a theory in a new setting; and it provides conceptual clarity regarding which aspects and properties are fundamental and which are only coincidental. Due to being in its early stages, the field is currently still divided into several different communities with little connections between them. The purpose of this seminar is to connect these communities; to initiate collaborations; and to discuss recent developments and possible ways to go forward. The seminar will mix researchers of different backgrounds, in order to achieve a healthy balance between abstraction and applications in automata theory. We hope that the meeting will foster further interaction between the different communities. It should benefit category theorists, who may or may not have studied computation theory before, by inspiring them to look at problems motivated by automata and formal languages

Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH

The main aim of this Dagstuhl Seminar is to bring together leading researchers from all areas of activity in the theory of computation who use the constraint satisfaction paradigm, so that they can communicate state-of-the-art advances, share deep insights, and embark on a systematic interaction that will further develop the synergy between the different areas, generate new research avenues, and lead to fruitful attacks on the open problems in this area.

Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO, Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics)

Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO, Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics)

Graph Theory and Combinatorics,    Probability and Statistics, Game Theory