The purpose of CONCUR 2020, the 31^st International Conference on Concurrency Theory, is to bring together researchers, developers, and students in order to advance the theory of concurrency, and promote its applications. 

CONCUR 2020 is part of the umbrella conference QONFEST 2020.

Amid the recent COVID-19 situation, the organization committee decided that QONFEST 2020, and thus also CONCUR 2020 will be organized on-line. Accepted papers will be published as planned, by September 2020, but no physical meeting/presentations will take place. We plan that the authors will record their talks and discuss them with the conference participants online. All CONCUR 2020 deadlines have been adjusted with two weeks deadline extensions.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted for publication elsewhere.

Each paper will undergo a thorough review process. The paper may be supplemented with a clearly marked appendix, which will be reviewed at the discretion of the program committee.

The CONCUR 2020 proceedings will be published by LIPIcs. Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via EasyChair. Papers must not exceed 14 pages (excluding references and clearly marked appendices) using the LIPIcs style. 

List of Topics

• Basic models of concurrency such as abstract machines, domain-theoretic models, game-theoretic models, process algebras, graph transformation systems, Petri nets, hybrid systems, mobile and collaborative systems, probabilistic systems, real-time systems, biology-inspired systems, and synchronous systems;
• Logics for concurrency such as modal logics, probabilistic and stochastic logics, temporal logics, and resource logics;
• Verification and analysis techniques for concurrent systems such as abstract interpretation, atomicity checking, model checking, race detection, pre-order and equivalence checking, run-time verification, state-space exploration, static analysis, synthesis, testing, theorem proving, type systems, and security analysis;
• Distributed algorithms and data structures: design, analysis, complexity, correctness, fault tolerance, reliability, availability, consistency, self-organization, self-stabilization, protocols;
• Theoretical foundations of architectures, execution environments, and software development for concurrent systems such as geo-replicated systems, communication networks, multiprocessor and multi-core architectures, shared and transactional memory, resource management and awareness, compilers and tools for concurrent programming, programming models such as component-based, object- and service-oriented.

Invited Speakers

• Roderick Bloem - TU Graz (Austria)
• Thomas A. Henzinger - IST (Austria)
• Annabelle McIver - Macquarie University (Australia)
• Catuscia Palamidessi - INRIA Saclay and LIX (France)

Program Committee Chairs

• Igor Konnov - INRIA Nancy, France
• Laura Kovacs - TU Wien, Austria

Publication

The CONCUR 2020 proceedings will be published by LIPIcs.

Venue

The conference will be held on-line, between August 31-September 5, 2020

Sponsors

CONCUR 2020 is sponsored as part of QONFEST 2020 by:

Platinum Sponsor

Interchain Foundation

Silver Sponsors

VCLA 

TU Wien

TU Informatics

FORSYTE

Official Carrier

Austrian Airlines

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the CONCUR 2020 PC Chairs: Igor Konnov and Laura Kovacs.