Computability in Europe

The Association Computability in Europe (ACiE) is an international organization of mathematicians, logicians, computer scientists, philosophers, theoretical physicists and others interested in new developments in computability and in their underlying significance for the real world. CiE aims to widen understanding and appreciation of the importance of the concepts and techniques of computability theory, and to support the development of a vibrant multi-disciplinary community of researchers focused on computability-related topics. The ACiE positions itself at the interface between applied and fundamental research, prioritising mathematical approaches to computational barriers.

Association Computability in Europe
AbbreviationACiE
Formation2008 (2008)
TypeINGO
President
Elvira Mayordomo
WebsiteAssociation Computability in Europe website

The Association Computability in Europe originated as a research network called Computability in Europe (CiE) in 2003, became a conference series in 2005, and the ACiE was formed in 2008.[1]

Association

The Association Computability in Europe was founded in Athens, Greece in 2008. Its founding president (2008 to 2015) was Professor S. Barry Cooper; its current president is Elvira Mayordomo and its current secretary general is Giuseppe Primiero.[2] The Association is promoting the development, particularly in Europe, of computability-related science, ranging over mathematics, computer science, and applications in various natural and engineering sciences such as physics and biology. This also includes the promotion of the study of philosophy and history of computing as it relates to questions of computability. The ACiE is an international member of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (DLMPST/IUHPST).

Past and Present Presidents
Name Term of office
1st President S. Barry Cooper 2008–2015
2nd President Dag Normann 2015–2016
3rd President Paola Bonizzoni 2016–2020
4th President Elvira Mayordomo 2020–2026

Current Members of the Association Council

The current member of the Council of the Association are Marcella Anselmo, Arnold Beckmann, Paola Bonizzoni (Past President), Olivier Bournez, Merlin Carl, Liesbeth De Mol (Member-at-Large Executive Committee), Gianluca Della Vedova, Johanna Franklin, Lorenzo Galeotti, Daniel Graça, Jarkko Kari, Benedikt Löwe, Johann Makowsky, Florin Manea (Chair of the Conference Series Steering Committee), Barnaby Martin (Member-at-Large Executive Committee), Elvira Mayordomo (President), Dag Normann (Treasurer and Past President), Arno Pauly, Alison Pease, Giuseppe Primiero (Secretary General), Mariya Soskova (Member-at-Large Executive Committee), and Martin Ziegler.[3]

Special Interest Groups

The Association has three Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Women in Computability (WiC), Transfinite Computations (TraC), and History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC).[4] SIGWiC has been organising the workshop Women in Computability at the CiE conferences since 2007; HaPoC is also organising two separate conference series: History and Philosophy of Computing and History and Philosophy of Programming.

S. Barry Cooper Prize

In memory of the visionary engagement of its founding president, the association established the S. Barry Cooper Prize honouring a researcher who has contributed to a broad understanding and foundational study of computability by outstanding results, by seminal and lasting theory building, by exceptional service to the research communities involved, or by a combination of these.[5] The inaugural S. Barry Cooper Prize was awarded in 2020 to Bruno Courcelle.[6]

Conference series

The Association grew out of the major international conference series Computability in Europe (CiE); the first CiE conference was held in Amsterdam in June 2005. CiE is an interdisciplinary annual conference series promoting the development of computability-related science, ranging over mathematics, computer science, and applications in various natural and engineering sciences such as physics and biology. The conference scope also includes the study of philosophy and history of computing as it relates to questions of computability.[7]

The current chair of the Steering Committee of the conference series is Florin Manea; his predecessors were Benedikt Löwe (2005–2013) and Arnold Beckmann (2013–2016).

Book series and journal

The ACiE has editorial responsibility for the Springer book series Theory and Applications of Computability[8] and the journal Computability published by IOS Press.[9]

References
  1. "Benedikt Löwe, Barry Cooper (1943–2015): The engine of Computability in Europe, Computability 5(1):3-11 (2016)". Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. "@AssociationCiE Tweet: The @AssociationCiE AGM 2020 elects Elvira Mayordomo as the next President of the Association (2020-2022)". 2 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. "Association CiE Website: Governance". Retrieved 19 July 2019. "Tweet by @AssociationCiE on the Council Elections 2019". Retrieved 19 July 2019. "Tweet by @AssociationCiE on the Council Elections 2020". 2 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. "Association CiE website: Special Interest Groups". Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. "Association CiE website: S. Barry Cooper Prize". Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. "Association CiE website: 2020 S. Barry Cooper Prize awarded to Bruno Courcelle". Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. "Association CiE Website: CiE Conference Series". Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. "Springer Verlag Website of the book series". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  9. "Website of the journal Computability". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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