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    (Updated) 20 - 21 January 2026, CfP: AAAI 2026 Bridge Program - Logic & AI, Singapore [SG]

    Date: 20 - 21 January 2026
    Location: Singapore [SG]
    Deadline: Friday 5 December 2025

    Hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is one of the oldest and most comprehensive top-tier conferences in the field of AI. At AAAI 2026, a Bridge Program on "Logic & AI" will be featured. This two-day Bridge Program on Logic & AI aims to thoroughly explore and expand the intersection of AI and Logic. It will be a platform for systematic discussion about new applications of various logical methods in AI, with special interest in the logical and symbolic reasoning abilities of LLMs. We hope this Bridge Program will explore various approaches to enhancing the capabilities of LLMs in solving complex logical tasks. In addition, this exploration could serve as a valuable model for integrating neural networks with symbolic methods.

    We welcome submissions from a wide range of fields including logic, AI, linguistics, and cognitive science. and topics of interest can be find in our website. We welcome two types of papers: (1)Full papers: Full-length research papers from 4 to 8 pages (excluding references and appendices); (2)Short papers: research/position papers of up to 4 pages (excluding references and appendices). Papers should be submitted in the AAAI format (https://aaai.org/authorkit26-1/). The review process will be single-blinded, and we welcome accepted and published papers. The contributions can be either *non-archival* or published upon the authors' choices. There will be Oral Presentation Awards, Outstanding Paper Awards, and one Best Paper Award for accepted papers with outstanding quality.

  • 6 - 8 April 2026, 8th Asian Workshop on Philosophical Logic, Chongqing [CN]

    Date & Time: 6 - 8 April 2026, 23:59
    Location: Chongqing [CN]
    Target audience: Logic
    Costs: No registration fee
    Deadline: Tuesday 9 December 2025

    The workshop's primary goal is to promote awareness, understanding, and collaboration among researchers in philosophical logic and related fields. It emphasises the interaction between philosophical ideas and formal theories. 

    Registration deadline: 22 March 2026 (AoE)

    Abstract submission deadline: 09 December 2025 (AoE)
    Full paper submission deadline: 16 December 2025 (AoE)

    All submissions should present original works that have not been previously published. Submissions should be written in English and follow the LNCS template (max. 12 pages incl. the reference list, appendixes, acknowledgements, etc.). Submissions should be sent electronically via EasyChair by the corresponding author. It is expected that at least one of the authors will attend the workshop and present the accepted work. After the workshop, selected submissions will be invited to revise and resubmit for the post-conference proceedings, which will be published in the "Logic in Asia" series.

    For more information, see https://logic.swu.edu.cn/awpl2026/Home.htm or contact Zuojun Xiong (attendance), Submissions at .
  • (Updated) 13 - 16 February 2026, Zagreb Logic Conference 2026, Zagreb [CR]

    Date: 13 - 16 February 2026
    Location: Zagreb [CR]
    Deadline: Sunday 14 December 2025

    The Zagreb Logic Conference (ZLC) encompasses various branches of logic, such as higher order logic, modal logic, set theory, proof theory, model theory, but also philosophy of logic, history of logic, and applications of logic in computer science, computability and complexity. The venue is the Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb. Invited speakers: Ivan Tomašić (Queen Mary University of London).

    We invite you to submit your abstracts to the fourth edition of the conference. Each talk will be allocated a slot of about half an hour, plus the time for questions and discussion.

    For more information, see https://zlc.math.hr/.
  • 7 - 8 May 2026, Nothing but Negation: Young Researchers' Conference 2026, Frankfurt [D]

    Date: 7 - 8 May 2026
    Location: Frankfurt [D]
    Target audience: Young researchers
    Deadline: Thursday 18 December 2025

    The early-career researchers of the CRC Negation in Language and Beyond (NegLaB) at Goethe University Frankfurt, are organizing Nothing but Negation: Young Researchers' Conference 2026.

    The aim of this conference is to provide a dedicated space for junior researchers to explore negation from diverse theoretical and empirical perspectives, ranging from syntax, morphology, and semantics to pragmatics and cognitive science.

    Submit your proposals for 30-minute talks (including 10 minutes of discussion) and posters in English. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words (excluding bibliography and max. one page of figures), be anonymized and in PDF format. Use OpenReview to upload your submissions (accessible via the OpenReview home page of the conference). 

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    26 January 2026, ILLC PhD Day 2026

    Date & Time: Monday 26 January 2026, 10:00-17:00
    Location: ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam
    Target audience: All ILLC PhD candidates
    Deadline: Wednesday 31 December 2025

    The annual ILLC PhD Day is coming up! We look forward to another inspiring day of research and exchange within the ILLC community. The programme will feature presentations and posters by our PhD candidates, as well as opportunities to meet fellow researchers and discuss ongoing work across the four ILLC research units.

    All new and senior PhD candidates are invited to present their research by submitting a poster or talk proposal. Due to limited slots, talks will be selected based on submitted abstracts. Please send your abstract (max. one page), clearly indicating whether it is for a post or a talk , by 31 December 2025.

    For more information, contact ILLC PhD office at .
  • (New) 16 March 2026, Recent Trends in Logic and Game Theory, Chennai [IN]

    Date: Monday 16 March 2026
    Location: Chennai [IN]
    Target audience: academic (incl. students)
    Costs: Rs. 1000/-
    Deadline: Wednesday 31 December 2025

    Logic and game theory are foundational disciplines that have significantly developed, influencing diverse fields such as computer science, economics, artificial intelligence, and social choice theory. Recent trends highlight innovative applications of logic to model strategic interactions, analyse equilibria, and design systems with rational agents, as well as advancements in game-theoretic reasoning for logic-based systems. This conference aims to bring together researchers to explore the latest research, tools, and applications at the intersection of logic and game theory.  

    Submissions on any topic related to logic and game theory are welcome.

    This year's editions welcomes submissions in two categories: short abstracts and extended abstracts. Both types will be reviewed by the PC. Submissions should be sent by the corresponding author to  specifying the category. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop and present their work. A proceedings volume of extended abstracts will be published shortly after the workshop.

    For more information, see https://sites.google.com/view/rtlg2026/home?authuser=5 or contact Purbita Jana at .
  • 4 - 8 May 2026, 32nd Int’l Conference on Types for Proofs and Programs (TYPES 2026), Gothenburg [SE]

    Date: 4 - 8 May 2026
    Location: Gothenburg [SE]
    Deadline: Monday 12 January 2026

    The TYPES meetings are a forum to present new and ongoing work in all aspects of type theory and its applications, especially in formalised and computer assisted reasoning and computer programming.

    We encourage talks proposing new ways of applying type theory. In the spirit of workshops, talks may be based on newly published papers, work submitted for publication, but also work in progress. Participation in the meeting is primarily in person, as face-to-face interactions are highly valuable.

    TYPES solicits contributed talks to stimulate discussions. Talks proposing new ways of applying type theory are encouraged. In the spirit of workshops, talks may be based on newly published papers, work submitted for publication, but also work in progress. Selection of those will be based on extended abstracts of 2 pages.

    For more information see https://types2026.cse.chalmers.se/call-for-contributions.html.

    For more information, see https://types2026.cse.chalmers.se or contact .
  • 15 - 17 July 2026, IACAP 2026 – International Association for Computing and Philosophy Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS [US]

    Date: 15 - 17 July 2026
    Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence KS [US]
    Deadline: Saturday 31 January 2026

    IACAP has a long tradition of promoting philosophical dialogue and interdisciplinary research on all aspects of computing. Its members have contributed to the philosophical and ethical debates about computing, information technologies, and artificial intelligence. The 2026 annual conference will continue this tradition by bringing together researchers from various fields who are interested in the topics covered in various tracks.

    The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) is pleased to put out this call for abstracts for its next conference in 2026. 

    For submissions, visit the conference website and follow the steps as laid out here: https://www.iacap.org/2025/10/10/iacap-2026-kansas/ 

    For more information, see https://iacapconf.org/ or contact .
  • 20 - 23 July 2026, 23rd Int. Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2026), Lisbon, Portugal

    Date: 20 - 23 July 2026
    Location: Lisbon, Portugal
    Deadline: Friday 13 February 2026

    Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR) is a well-established and vibrant field of research within Artificial Intelligence. KR builds on the fundamental thesis that knowledge can often be represented in an explicit declarative form, suitable for processing by dedicated symbolic reasoning engines. This enables the exploitation of knowledge that would otherwise be implicit through semantically grounded inference mechanisms. KR has contributed to the theory and practice of various areas of AI, including agents, automated planning, robotics and natural language processing, and to fields beyond AI, including data management, semantic web, verification, software engineering, computational biology, and cybersecurity.

    The KR conference series is the leading forum for timely, in-depth presentation of progress in the theory and practice of the representation and computational management of knowledge. 

    KR2026 will be part of the Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2026).

    We solicit papers presenting novel results on the principles of KR, which clearly contribute to the formal foundations of the field or show the applicability of KR techniques to implemented or implementable systems. We welcome papers from other areas that demonstrate clear use of, or contributions to, the principles or practice of KR. We also encourage "reports from the field" of applications, experiments, developments, and tests.

    For more information, see https://kr.org/KR2026/.
  • 1 - 3 June 2026, Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference (LELPCG 2026), University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh [UK]

    Date: 1 - 3 June 2026
    Location: University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh [UK]
    Target audience: students and recent graduates
    Deadline: Saturday 14 February 2026

    The Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference is an annual event hosted by the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, and is open to students and recent graduates from all over the world. The event is held in-person only (no online or hybrid options available).

    Postgraduates and recent PG grads are invited to submit abstracts in any subfield of linguistics, philosophy of language, and linguistic anthropology (except language pedagogy) for both oral and poster presentations. The presentations should be accessible to a general linguistics audience.  

    Talks will be 20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions. Abstracts should be 500 words excluding tables, references, and examples. Use this form to submit your abstracts.  

    For more information, see https://pgc.lel.ed.ac.uk/ or contact .
  • Special Issue of Acta Informatica on Horn Clauses for Verification and Synthesis

    Deadline: Wednesday 1 April 2026

    The aim of this special issue is to collect state of the art research on Constrained Horn Clauses (CHCs). Many program verification and synthesis problems of interest can be modeled directly using Horn clauses, and many recent advances in Constrained Logic Programming and Computer Aided Verification have centered around efficiently solving problems presented as Horn clauses. Thus, CHCs are an enabling technology for state of the art verification and synthesis techniques. CHCs are relevant for several communities like Constraint / Logic Programming, Program Verification, and Automated Deduction.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the use of Horn clauses, constraints, and related formalisms in the following areas: - Analysis and verification of programs and systems of various kinds (e.g., imperative, object-oriented, functional, logic, higher-order, concurrent, transition systems, petri-nets, smart contracts) - Program synthesis - Program testing - Program transformation - Constraint solving - Type systems - Machine learning and automated reasoning - CHC encoding of analysis and verification problems - Resource analysis - Case studies and tools - Challenging problems.

Upcoming conferences

  • (Updated) 9 - 11 December 2025, 38th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX 2025), Turin [IT]

    Date: 9 - 11 December 2025
    Location: Turin [IT]

    The JURIX conference has provided an international forum for research on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems with Law for decades, under the auspices of the JURIX Foundation for Legal Knowledge Systems.

    The purpose of the JURIX conference series is to foster scientific exchange between researchers, practitioners, students, dedicated to exploring recent advancements, challenges, and opportunities of technologies applied to legal and para-legal activities.

    For more information, see https://jurix2025.di.unito.it/ or contact Réka Markovich at .
  • (Updated) 15 - 21 December 2025, 26th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2025), Modena [IT]

    Date: 15 - 21 December 2025
    Location: Modena [IT]

    Software systems are rapidly becoming more intelligent in the functionality they offer to users. They are also becoming more decentralized, with components that act autonomously and must communicate among themselves or with human users to achieve their goals. Examples of such systems include those in healthcare, disaster management, e-business, and smart grids. A multi-agent perspective is crucial to the proper conceptualization, deployment, and governance of these systems. Rooted in solid computational and software engineering foundations, this perspective offers abstractions such as intelligent agents, protocols, norms, organizations, trust and incentives, among others. As a large, but still growing research field of artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems today remain a unique enabler of interdisciplinary research.

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    (Updated) 17 - 18 December 2025, GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future, University of Amsterdam [NL]

    Date & Time: 17 - 18 December 2025, 09:00-18:00
    Location: University of Amsterdam [NL]
    Target audience: We welcome submissions from diverse disciplines, including but not limited to computer science, (digital) humanities, (computational) social sciences, law and arts.
    Costs: Registration fees (includes conference dinner & closing drinks): OECD countries, faculty & postdocs: 100 Euro OECD countries, PhD students: 50 Euro OECD countries, affiliates of NGOs and non-academic research institutes: 100 Euro Non-OECD countries, affi

    In the light of the rapid development of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), the GenAI & Creative Practices conference aims to gather together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from around the world to discuss and rethink:
    · Creative Practices
    · Values and Creative Work
    · Scalable Responsible GenAI
    · The Future of Creative Work
    · The Political Economy of GenAI and Transformation of the Cultural Sector
    · Governance and Regulation of GenAI

  • 12 - 15 January 2026, 8th International Meeting of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (APMP 2025), Orange CA, USA

    Date: 12 - 15 January 2026
    Location: Orange CA, USA

    The APMP aims to foster the philosophy of mathematical practice, that is, a broad outward-looking cluster of approaches to understanding mathematics. Relevant themes include issues in the methodology and epistemology of mathematics, history of mathematics, applications of mathematics, mathematical education, and cognitive science.

    Keynote Speakers Carolin Antos (University of Konstanz), Marc Lange (UNC Chapel Hill), John Mumma (CSU San Bernardino), Elaine Pimentel (University College London), Akshay Venkatesh (Institute for Advanced Study) and Keith Weber (Rutgers University).

  • 14 January 2026, Southern Summer Logic Day 2026 (World Logic Day) [online]

    Date & Time: Wednesday 14 January 2026, 00:01-06:00

    The Australasian Association for Logic is hosting a Southern Summer Logic Day in celebration of the UNESCO World Logic Day. To register for the event and to obtain a Zoom link, please reach out to Guillermo Badia.

    Please note that the starting time in Amsterdam is indeed 00:01 on Wednesday, 14 January 2026.

  • (Updated) 20 - 23 January 2026, 2026 Dutch Winter School on Logic and Verification

    Date: 20 - 23 January 2026
    Location: University of Twente [NL]
    Target audience: PhD students

    The 2026 Dutch Winter School on Logic and Verification is a 3.5 day event aimed at PhD/graduate students in theoretical computer science with an interest in software verification, logic, and type theory. Strong master students, as well as researchers and practitioners, are equally welcome. Participants are expected to have a background in theoretical computer science, mathematics or a related discipline at a master’s level, and have basic familiarity with (functional) programming, semantics, and logic.

    The winter school is organized as part of the project "Cyclic Structures in Programs and Proofs".

    Registration is open. Hotel block booking ends 24 Nov. Early registration ends 7 Dec 2025.

    For more information, see https://cyclic-structures.gitlab.io/school2026/ or contact Helle Hvid Hansen at .
  • 26 January 2026, P-AI-FM @ AAAI-26 – Workshop on Post-AI Formal Methods, 26 Jan 2026, Singapore, Singapore

    Date: Monday 26 January 2026
    Location: Singapore

    We are pleased to announce the AAAI-26 Workshop on Post-AI Formal Methods (P-AI-FM), which will take place in conjunction with AAAI-26, January 26th, 2026, in Singapore.

    The workshop aims to bring together the communities of Formal Methods and Artificial Intelligence, exploring how symbolic reasoning, verification, and trustworthy AI can jointly address the challenges of modern AI systems.

    For more information, see https://www.p-ai-fm.com/.
  • 18 - 20 February 2026, PLM Workshop "Traces and Engrams: Philosophical and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Memory"

    Date: 18 - 20 February 2026
    Location: Bochum, Germany
    Target audience: philosophers and scientists working on memory
    Costs: free

    This PLM workshop aims to bring together philosophers and scientists working on memory. The workshop focuses on the role of memory traces and engrams for remembering. We intend to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on the theoretical foundations and empirical underpinnings of traces and engrams across philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and related disciplines.

    For more information, see https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/phil-lang/tracesandengrams2025.html or contact Markus Werning & Jonathan Najenson at .
  • 23 - 28 February 2026, Computer Science Logic 2026 (CSL 2026), Paris, France

    Date: 23 - 28 February 2026
    Location: Paris, France

    CSL is the annual conference of the European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL). It is an interdisciplinary conference, spanning across both basic and application oriented research in mathematical logic and computer science.  CSL 2026 is the 34th edition of the conference and will be held in Paris on the 23-28 February 2026 and is organised by the Logic and Computation team of the LIPN of Sorbonne Paris Nord University.

    For more information, see https://csl2026.github.io/.
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    3 - 5 April 2026, The 5th Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic, Language and Meaning (TLLM2026) "Modality in Logic and Language", Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Date: 3 - 5 April 2026
    Location: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    Costs: Student: CNY 800; Non-student: CYN 1200

    The TLLM workshops aim to bring together logicians, philosophers, and linguists around a specific theme of common interest. For the 2026 event, the theme is unusually wide, and we welcome contributions on any general or particular aspect of the modalities in logic or language.

    For more information, see https://tsinghualogic.net/JRC/tllm-2026/ or contact Jialiang Yan at .
  • 8 - 10 April 2026, 29th European Conference on Genetic Programming (EuroGP), Toulouse [FR]

    Date: 8 - 10 April 2026
    Location: Toulouse [FR]

    EuroGP is the premier annual conference on Genetic Programming (GP), the oldest and the only meeting worldwide explicitly devoted to this branch of evolutionary computation. It is always a high-quality, enjoyable, friendly event, attracting participants from all continents, and offering excellent opportunities for networking, informal contact, and exchange of ideas with fellow researchers. It will feature a mixture of oral presentations and poster sessions and invited keynote speakers. EuroGP 2026 will be held as part of EvoStar 2026.

     

     

    For more information, see https://www.evostar.org/2026/eurogp/.
  • 11 - 16 April 2026, 29th International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS 2026), Turin, Italy

    Date: 11 - 16 April 2026
    Location: Turin, Italy

    ETAPS is a primary forum for academic and industrial researchers working on topics relating to software science. ETAPS, established in 1998, is a confederation of four annual conferences accompanied by satellite workshops. ETAPS 2026 is the twenty-nineth event in the series.

    Main conferences:
    * ESOP: European Symposium on Programming
    * FASE: Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
    * FoSSaCS: Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
    * TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems

    Several satellite workshops and other events will take place during the weekend before the main conferences.

    For more information, see https://etaps.org/2026.
  • 31 May - 5 June 2026, The 2026 ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems (PODS 2026), Bengaluru, India

    Date: 31 May - 5 June 2026
    Location: Bengaluru, India

    The PODS symposium series, held in conjunction with the SIGMOD conference series, provides a premier annual forum for the communication of new advances in the theoretical foundation of database systems. The PODS community aims to provide a solid scientific basis for methods, techniques, and solutions for the data management challenges that continually arise in our data-driven society. It develops new ways of advancing data management to reflect the rich landscape of data requirements in applications nowadays. Our goal is to develop solutions that ensure high levels of efficiency, scalability, usability, expressiveness, robustness, security, clarity, and privacy, among others. The PODS community is an open space where researchers from various areas related to the principles of computer science can discuss, interact, and propose solutions to problems in data management.

    For more information, see https://2026.sigmod.org/.
  • 29 June - 3 July 2026, Advances in Modal Logic 2026 (AiML 2026), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Date: 29 June - 3 July 2026
    Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Advances in Modal Logic is an initiative aimed at presenting the state of the art in modal logic and its various applications. The initiative consists of a conference series together with volumes based on the conferences. AiML 2026 is organized by the ILLC.  Information about the AiML series can be obtained at http://www.aiml.net.

    For more information, see here or at https://events.illc.uva.nl/aiml2026/ or contact .
  • 6 - 10 July 2026, 4th European Summer School on Artificial Intelligence (ESSAI 2026), Vienna [A]

    Date: 6 - 10 July 2026
    Location: Vienna [A]

    ESSAI is an annual summer school on AI held under the auspices of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI). ESSAI is the largest school of broad AI in Europe.

    The ESSAI 2026 will offer an intensive 5-day program featuring various AI courses and tutorials. With over 30 lecturers from multiple fields, participants will have the opportunity to engage in 5+ parallel tracks of sessions each day.

    For more information, see https://essai2026.eu/ or contact Kees van Berkel at .
  • 12 - 16 July 2026, International School on Rewriting, Nijmegen [NL]

    Date: 12 - 16 July 2026
    Title: International School on Rewriting (ISR) 2026
    Location: Nijmegen [NL]
    Target audience: academic (incl. master students)

    Term rewriting is a powerful model of computation that underlies much of declarative programming and which is heavily used in symbolic computation in mathematics, theorem proving, and protocol verification.

    The ISR is open to master and PhD students, researchers and practitioners interested in the study of rewriting concepts and their applications. Participants can follow one of two tracks: basic or advance.

    For more information, see https://isr2026.cs.ru.nl or contact Cynthia Kop at , or Femke van Raasmdonk at .
  • 3 - 14 August 2026, 37th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2026), Prague (Czech Republic)

    Date: 3 - 14 August 2026
    Location: Prague (Czech Republic)

    Under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language, and Information (FoLLI), the European Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (ESSLLI) runs every year. Except for 2021, when the school was virtual, it runs in a different European country each year. It takes place over two weeks in the summer, hosts approximately 50 different courses at levels that run from foundational to introductory to advanced, and attracts around 400 participants from all over the world. In 2026, ESSLLI returns to Prague after exactly 30 years.

    The main focus of ESSLLI is the interface between linguistics, logic and computation, with special emphasis on human linguistic and cognitive ability. Courses, both introductory and advanced, cover a wide variety of topics within the combined areas of interest: Logic and Computation, Computation and Language, and Language and Logic. Workshops are also organized, providing opportunities for in-depth discussion of issues at the forefront of research, as well as a series of invited evening lectures.

    For more information, see here or at https://2026.esslli.eu/ or contact Thomas Icard at .
  • 17 - 21 August 2026, ICERM Graduate Training Workshop “Teaching Higher Category Theory with Computers”, Providence RI [USA]

    Date: 17 - 21 August 2026
    Location: Providence RI [USA]
    Target audience: Master and PhD students

    This workshop aims to teach participants the fundamentals of higher category theory using the proof assistant Rzk. The participants will learn both the classical point of view and the type theoretic point of view in two lecture series, and, in the exercise sessions, will learn how to use the proof assistant Rzk to prove basic higher categorical results.

    Students with some familiarity with homotopy theory, category theory, homotopy type theory, and/or proof assistants who are interested in learning about ∞-categories are particularly encouraged.