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Logic and Computation

Over the last few decades, computers have been increasingly used for tasks that were once thought the sole preserve of human intelligence. Scientists have developed ways of formally representing knowledge and using “intelligent” methods to solve problems with the aid of computers. This field is generally described as computational intelligence.

Logic and Computation

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Research Topics

  • Algorithms and Complexity
  • Computational Logic and Deduction
  • Constraints and Satisfiability
  • Problem Solving and Optimization
  • Foundations of Databases and Artificial Intelligence
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Methods
  • Semantic Systems and the Web
  • Formal Methods for Security and Privacy
  • Verification and Safety of Computer Systems
  • Natural Computing and Formal Languages

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Over the last few decades, computers have been increasingly used for tasks that were once thought the sole preserve of human intelligence. Scientists have developed ways of formally representing knowledge and using “intelligent” methods to solve problems with the aid of computers. This field is generally described as computational intelligence.

Logic and Computation focuses on logical methods and algorithms for modeling, constructing, and analyzing complex and intelligent computer systems. The research focus comprises basic research on mathematical logic, automated decision procedures, and algorithms and their complexity, as well as applications of logical methods to data and knowledge bases, semantic systems, artificial intelligence, and formal methods for building and operating computer systems. Logic serves as a unifying theme that provides the theory and tools to acquire, represent, and manipulate information in intelligent systems, and to address challenges such as the security, safety, and correctness of safety-critical and distributed systems.

Research Units

Seven of the faculty’s twenty-three research units are primarily focused on topics related to Logic and Computation. Visit their pages to learn about current projects, publications, courses, and the people involved.

Below is a small selection of recent research activities related to Logic and Computation. To learn more, visit the pages of the research units listed above.

  • Exact and meta-heuristic approaches for the production leveling problem / Vass, J., Lackner, M.-L., Mrkvicka, C., Musliu, N., & Winter, F. (2022). Exact and meta-heuristic approaches for the production leveling problem. Journal of Scheduling, 25(3), 339–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00721-1
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    Project: ARTIS (2017–2024)
  • Edge-Path Bundling: A Less Ambiguous Edge Bundling Approach / Wallinger, M., Archambault, D., Auber, D., Nöllenburg, M., & Peltonen, J. (2022). Edge-Path Bundling: A Less Ambiguous Edge Bundling Approach. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28(1), 313–323. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2021.3114795
  • Strong-separation Logic / Pagel, J., & Zuleger, F. (2022). Strong-separation Logic. In ESOP 2021: Programming Languages and Systems (pp. 664–692). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72019-3_24
  • ATLAS: Automated Amortised Complexity Analysis of Self-adjusting Data Structures / Leutgeb, L., Moser, G., & Zuleger, F. (2022). ATLAS: Automated Amortised Complexity Analysis of Self-adjusting Data Structures. In Computer Aided Verification (pp. 99–122). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81688-9_5
  • Moment-based analysis of Bayesian network properties / Stankovič, M., Bartocci, E., & Kovács, L. (2022). Moment-based analysis of Bayesian network properties. Theoretical Computer Science, 903, 113–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2021.12.021
  • Induction with Recursive Definitions in Superposition / Hajdu, M., Hozzova, P., Kovacs, L., & Voronkov, A. (2021). Induction with Recursive Definitions in Superposition. In Proceedings of the 21st Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design – FMCAD 2021 (Vol. 2, pp. 246–255). TU Wien Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.34727/2021/isbn.978-3-85448-046-4_34
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  • Mīmāṃsā deontic reasoning using specificity: a proof theoretic approach / Lellmann, B., Gulisano, F., & Ciabattoni, A. (2021). Mīmāṃsā deontic reasoning using specificity: a proof theoretic approach. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 29(3), 351–394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-020-09278-w
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  • When catalytic P systems with one catalyst can be computationally complete. / Freund, R., Ivanov, S., & Alhazov, A. (2021). When catalytic P systems with one catalyst can be computationally complete. Journal of Membrane Computing, 3(3), 170–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41965-021-00079-x
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  • Instance space analysis for a personnel scheduling problem / Kletzander, L., Musliu, N., & Smith-Miles, K. (2021). Instance space analysis for a personnel scheduling problem. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 89(7), 617–637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10472-020-09695-2
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    Project: ARTIS (2017–2024)
  • Logic for exact real arithmetic / Wiesnet, F., & Schwichtenberg, H. (2021). Logic for exact real arithmetic. Logical Methods in Computer Science, 17(2), 7:1-7:27. https://doi.org/10.23638/LMCS-17(2:7)2021
  • P systems with limited number of objects / Freund, R., Ivanov, S., & Alhazov, A. (2021). P systems with limited number of objects. Journal of Membrane Computing, 3(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41965-020-00068-6
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  • Untangling Circular Drawings: Algorithms and Complexity / Bhore, S., Li, G., Nöllenburg, M., Rutter, I., & Wu, H.-Y. (2021). Untangling Circular Drawings: Algorithms and Complexity. In 32nd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2021) (pp. 1–17). LIPICS. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2021.19
  • Unit Disk Representations of Embedded Trees, Outerplanar and Multi-legged Graphs / Bhore, S., Löffler, M., Nickel, S., & Nöllenburg, M. (2021). Unit Disk Representations of Embedded Trees, Outerplanar and Multi-legged Graphs. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 304–317). LNCS / Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92931-2_22
  • On the Upward Book Thickness Problem: Combinatorial and Complexity Results / Bhore, S., Da Lozzo, G., Montecchiani, F., & Nöllenburg, M. (2021). On the Upward Book Thickness Problem: Combinatorial and Complexity Results. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 242–256). LNCS / Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92931-2_18
  • Worbel: Aggregating Point Labels intoWord Clouds / Bhore, S., Ganian, R., Li, G., Nöllenburg, M., & Wulms, J. (2021). Worbel: Aggregating Point Labels intoWord Clouds. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems. ACM SIGSPATIAL international conference on Advances in geographic information systems, Irvine, California, Non-EU. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3474717.3483959
  • Geometric planar networks on bichromatic collinear points / Bandyapadhyay, S., Banik, A., Bhore, S., & Nöllenburg, M. (2021). Geometric planar networks on bichromatic collinear points. Theoretical Computer Science, 895, 124–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2021.09.035
  • Balanced Independent and Dominating Sets on Colored Interval Graphs / Bhore, S., Haunert, J.-H., Klute, F., Li, G., & Nöllenburg, M. (2021). Balanced Independent and Dominating Sets on Colored Interval Graphs. In SOFSEM 2021: Theory and Practice of Computer Science (pp. 89–103). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67731-2_7
  • IoTCrawler: Challenges and Solutions for Searching the Internet of Things / Iggena, T., Ilyas, E. B., Fischer, M., Tönjes, R., Elsaleh, T., Rezvani, R., Pourshahrokhi, N., Bischof, S., Fernbach, A., Parreira, J., Schneider, P., Smirnov, P., Strohbach, M., Truong, H., García-González, A., Skarmeta, A. F., Singh, P., Beliatis, M. J., Presser, M., & Martinez, J. A. (2021). IoTCrawler: Challenges and Solutions for Searching the Internet of Things. Sensors, 21(5), 1559. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21051559
  • Knowledge Graph Modularization for Cyber-Physical Production Systems / Bachhofner, S., Kiesling, E., Kurniawan, K., Sallinger, E., & Waibel, P. (2021). Knowledge Graph Modularization for Cyber-Physical Production Systems. In Proceedings of the {ISWC} 2021 Posters, Demos and Industry Tracks: From Novel Ideas to Industrial Practice co-located with 20th International Semantic Web Conference {(ISWC} 2021), Virtual Conference, October 24-28, 2021 (pp. 1–5). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/55676
    Project: KnowledgeGraph (2020–2028)
  • Hypersequent calculi for non-normal modal and deontic logics: countermodels and optimal complexity. / Dalmonte, T., Lellmann, B., Olivetti, N., & Pimentel, E. (2021). Hypersequent calculi for non-normal modal and deontic logics: countermodels and optimal complexity. Journal of Logic and Computation, 31(1), 67–111. https://doi.org/10.1093/logcom/exaa072
  • Thomas Eiter: Alan Robinson 20 Years Test of Time Award
    2023 / Association for Logic Programming / UK
  • Tobias Geibinger: ASAI Master Thesis Prize
    2023 / Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence (ASAI) / Austria
  • Katja Hose: Best Demo Award - GLENDA: Querying over RDF Archives with SPARQL
    2023 / European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2023 / Greece / Website
  • Katja Hose: Best Paper Award - Automated Ontology Evaluation: Evaluating Coverage and Correctness using a Domain Corpus
    2023 / International Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Knowledge Graph Creation (NLP4KGC) 2023 / USA / Website
  • Thomas Eiter: KR 2022 Test of Time Award
    2022 / International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning / USA
  • Nysret Musliu: Best Industry and Applications Track Paper Award
    2022 / ICAPS 2022 / Singapore / Website
  • Reinhard Pichler: Best Paper Award at the 40th ACM SIGMOD-SIGACT-SIGAI Symposium on Principles of Database Systems
    2022 / ACM SIGMOD / USA / Website
  • Thomas Eiter: Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
    2022 / Mitgliedschaft / Austria
  • Reinhard Pichler: 2021 Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic and Computation
    2021 / ACM SIGLOG / USA / Website
  • Thomas Eiter: ACM Fellow
    2020 / ACM Fellowship / USA
  • Nysret Musliu: Best Practices in Education Award
    2019 / Informatics Europe / Switzerland / Website
  • Thomas Eiter: Best Paper of the 3rd International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2019)
    2019 / 3rd International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2019), September 16-19, 2019, Bolzano, Italy / Germany
  • Thomas Eiter: Best Systems Paper Award of the 35th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2019)
    2019 / 35th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2019), September 22-25, 2019, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA / UK
  • Thomas Eiter: Best Student Paper of the 15th International Conference on Logic Programming and Non-monotonic Reasoning (LPNMR 2019)
    2019 / 15th International Conference on Logic Programming and Non-monotonic Reasoning (LPNMR 2019), Jun 3-7, 2019, Philadelphia, USA / USA
  • Thomas Eiter: Best Paper Award of the 34th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2018)
    2018 / 34th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2018), July 14- 17, 2018, Oxford, UK / UK
  • Stefan Woltran: EurAI Fellows programme
    2018 / EurAI Fellow / Website
  • Thomas Eiter: Best Paper Award of the 14th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2017)
    2017 / 14th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2017), May 28 - June 1, 2017, Portoroz, Slovenia / Germany
  • Ewa Vesely: Vereinbarkeit vom Beruf/Forschung und Pflege von Angehörigen
    2016 / HR Inside Summit Award 2016, BRONZE / Austria / Website
  • Thomas Eiter: Member of Academia Europea (London)
    2016 / Academia Europea (London) Membership / UK
  • Ewa Vesely: Unterstützungsmaßnahmen für pflegende Angehörige
    2016 / Austria / Website