DLT 2027

31st International Conference on Developments in Language Theory. July 27–30, 2027, Saskatoon, Canada

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Overview

The Developments in Language Theory (DLT) conference series brings together researchers working on formal languages, automata theory, and related areas. DLT welcomes theoretical and applied contributions that advance our understanding of languages, models of computation, and their applications. Proceedings are traditionally published in the Springer LNCS series.

The 31st edition of the conference, DLT 2027, will be held at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Canada. The conference dates are July 27-30, 2027.

List of Topics

The series of International Conferences Developments in Language Theory provides a forum for presenting current developments in formal languages and automata. Its scope is very general and includes, among others, the following topics and areas:

• combinatorial and algebraic properties of words and languages
• grammars, acceptors and transducers for strings, trees, graphs, arrays
• algebraic theories for automata and languages
• codes
• efficient text algorithms
• symbolic dynamics
• groups and semigroups generated by automata
• decision problems
• image manipulation and compression
• relationships to complexity theory and logic
• picture description and analysis
• polyominoes and bidimensional patterns
• relationships to cryptography
• relationships to concurrency
• cellular automata
• bio-inspired computing
• quantum computing

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research. The proceedings will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Series. Submissions will use Easychair (link to be provided later).

History

The first Developments in Language Theory conference was organized by G. Rozenberg and A. Salomaa in Turku, Finland in 1993. The last 10 editions of the conference were held at:

• Liege, Belgium (2017),
• Tokyo, Japan (2018),
• Warsaw, Poland (2019),
• Tampa, Florida, USA (2020, cancelled),
• Porto, Portugal (2021),
• Tampa, Florida, USA (2022),
• Umeå, Sweden (2023),
• Göttingen, Germany (2024),
• Seoul, South Korea (2025),
• Rouen, France (2026).