The Association Computability in Europe 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. The Association Computability in Europe originated as a research network called Computability in Europe in 2003, became a conference series in 2005, and the ACiE was formed in 2008.
Association
The Association Computability in Europe was founded in Athens, Greece in 2008. Its founding president was Professor S. Barry Cooper; its current president is Elvira Mayordomo and its current secretary general is Giuseppe Primiero. 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.
The current member of the Council of the Association are Marcella Anselmo, Arnold Beckmann, Paola Bonizzoni, Olivier Bournez, Merlin Carl, Liesbeth De Mol, Gianluca Della Vedova, Johanna Franklin, Lorenzo Galeotti, Daniel Graça, Jarkko Kari, Benedikt Löwe, Johann Makowsky, Florin Manea, Barnaby Martin, Elvira Mayordomo, Dag Normann, Arno Pauly, Alison Pease, Giuseppe Primiero, Mariya Soskova, and Martin Ziegler.
The Association has three Special Interest Groups : Women in Computability, Transfinite Computations, and History and Philosophy of Computing. 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. The inaugural S. Barry Cooper Prize was awarded in 2020 to Bruno Courcelle.
Conference series
The Association grew out of the major international conference series Computability in Europe ; 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.
The current chair of the Steering Committee of the conference series is Florin Manea; his predecessors were Benedikt Löwe and Arnold Beckmann.
Book series & Journal
The ACiE has editorial responsibility for the Springerbook seriesTheory and Applications of Computability and the journal Computability published by IOS Press.
